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41 dejar

v.

1 to leave, to put.

dejó los papeles en la mesa he put o left the papers on the table

deja el abrigo en la percha put your coat on the hanger

he dejado la moto muy cerca I've left o parked my motorbike nearby

Ricardo dejó a Ilse Richard left Ilse.

Fuss dejó a Ricardo en la escuela Fuss left=dropped off Richard at school.

Dejé mi trabajo anterior I left my former job.

Dejé el lugar limpio ó dejé limpio el lugar I left the place clean.

El viejo le dejó su dinero a su hijo The old man left his money to his son.

2 to leave (abandonar) (casa, trabajo, país).

dejar a alguien en algún sitio to drop somebody off somewhere (con el coche)

dejar algo por imposible to give something up as a lost cause

dejar a alguien atrás to leave somebody behind

su marido la ha dejado her husband has left her

te dejo, tengo que irme I have to leave you now, I must go

3 to leave out.

dejar algo por o sin hacer to fail to do something

dejó lo más importante por resolver he left the most important question unresolved

4 to forget (about).

¡déjame, que tengo trabajo! leave me alone, I'm busy!

déjame tranquilo o en paz leave me alone o in peace

déjalo, no importa forget it, it doesn't matter

5 to leave behind, to clear out of, to leave.

Missy dejó su bolso en su apuro Missy left behind her purse in the rush.

6 to be given, to inherit, to receive.

Se me dejó dinero en el testamento I was given money in the will.

7 to let, to allow to.

Dejé al perro salir a la calle I allowed the dog to go outside.

8 to be allowed to.

Se nos dejó ir We were allowed to go.

9 to be left.

Se nos dejó asombrados We were left astonished.

10 to quit, to give up, to abandon, to relinquish.

Ella dejó y se fue She quitted and left.

11 to lend, to lend out.

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dejar

► verbo transitivo

1 (colocar) to leave, put

■ dejó unos tomates en la mesa he left some tomatoes on the table

2 (abandonar - persona, lugar) to leave; (- hábito, cosa, actividad) to give up

■ dejó el despacho a las ocho she left the office at eight o'clock

■ ha dejado a su mujer he has left his wife

■ dejó el tabaco he gave up smoking

3 (permitir) to allow, let

■ déjale jugar let him play

■ no nos dejaron ir allí we were not allowed go there

4 (prestar) to lend

■ me dejó su abrigo she lent me her coat

5 (ceder) to give

6 (producir dinero) to bring in, make

■ esta tienda deja un buen dinero this shop makes a lot of money

7 (producir humo, ceniza) to produce, leave

8 (esperar) to wait

■ deja que llegue wait till he arrives

9 (aplazar) to put off

■ dejémoslo hasta mañana let's leave it till tomorrow

10 (omitir) to leave out, omit

11 (causar un efecto) to make

■ me ha dejado nuevo I feel like a new man

■ le película me ha dejado triste the film made me sad

12 (legar) to bequeath, leave

► auxiliar

1 dejar de + inf (cesar - voluntariamente) to stop + gerund, give up + gerund; (- involuntariamente) to stop + gerund

■ ha dejado de llover it's stopped raining

■ dejó de fumar he gave up smoking

2 no dejar de + inf not to fail to + inf

■ no deja de sorprenderme she never fails to surprise me

■ no dejes de hacerlo don't forget to do it

■ no deja de molestarme she's always annoying me

3 dejar + past participle

■ dejó dicho que vendría mañana he left a message that he would come tomorrow

■ lo dejó escrito en su agenda he wrote it down in his diary

► verbo pronominal dejarse

1 (abandonarse) to neglect oneself, let oneself go

2 (olvidar) to forget, leave behind

■ me he dejado las llaves en casa I've left my keys at home

3 (permitir) to let oneself, allow oneself to

■ se dejó pegar he let himself be hit

► verbo pronominal dejarse de

1 (cesar) to stop

■ déjate de llorar stop crying

■ déjate de tonterías don't be silly

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar algo por imposible to give up on something

dejar caer to drop

dejar en paz to leave alone

dejar frío,-a figurado to leave cold

dejar mal a alguien to make somebody look bad

dejar plantado,-a a alguien to stand somebody up

dejar preocupado,-a to worry

dejarse caer to drop, fall 2 (en casa de alguien) to drop in

■ déjate caer por mi casa cuando puedas drop in whenever you can

dejarse llevar por alguien to be influenced by somebody

dejarse llevar por algo to get carried away with something

dejarse oír (gen) to be heard 2 (gritar) to make oneself heard

dejarse sentir el frío/verano/invierno to feel the cold/summer/winter

■ se deja sentir el invierno one can feel that winter's here

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verb

1) to leave

2) abandon

3) give up

4) let

5) allow, permit

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- dejar de
- dejarse
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Para las expresiones dar importancia, dar ejemplo, dar las gracias, dar clases, dar a conocer, dar a entender, darse prisa, ver la otra entrada.
1. VERBO TRANSITIVO

1) (=poner, soltar) to leave

he dejado las llaves en la mesa — I've left the keys on the table

se lo dejo en la conserjería — I'll leave it for you at the porter's office

dejé 1.500 euros de entrada — I put down 1,500 euros as a deposit

podemos dejarle los niños a mi madre si salimos — we can leave the children with my mother if we go out

• dejar algo [aparte] — to leave sth aside

• dejar [atrás] — [+ corredor, vehículo adelantado, competidor] to leave behind

dejó atrás a los demás corredores — he left the other runners behind

se vino de Holanda, dejando atrás a su familia — he came over from Holland, leaving his family behind

dejar a algn muy atrás — to leave sb a long way behind

• dejar algo a un [lado] — to set sth aside

2) [al desaparecer, morir] to leave

el agua ha dejado una mancha en la pared — the water has left a stain on the wall

te deja un sabor demasiado dulce después de comerlo — it leaves a sickly aftertaste in your mouth

dejó todo su dinero a sus hijos — he left all his money to his children

dejó dos niñas pequeñas — she left two small girls

deja escritas tres novelas — he leaves three completed novels behind

3) (=guardar)

¿me habéis dejado algo de tarta? — have you left {o} saved me some cake?

deja algo de dinero para cuando lo necesites — put some money aside for when you need it

4) (=abandonar)

a) [+ actividad, empleo] to give up

dejó el esquí después del accidente — he gave up skiing after the accident

ha dejado los estudios por el fútbol — he has given up his studies to pursue a career in football

lo dejamos porque era muy difícil — we gave up because it was too hard

lo dejamos por imposible — we gave it up as being impossible

• dejar la [bebida] — to give up drink, stop drinking

b) [+ persona, lugar] to leave

dejaron al niño en la puerta de una iglesia — they left the child outside a church

su novio la ha dejado — her boyfriend has left her

dejé su casa al amanecer — I left his house at dawn

c) [en coche] to drop off

¿te dejo en tu casa? — shall I drop you off at your place?

5) (=no molestar)

deja ya el ordenador, que lo vas a romper — leave the computer alone, you're going to break it

déjame, quiero estar solo — leave me be, I want to be alone

¡déjalo! — (=¡no hagas eso!) stop it!; (=no te preocupes) forget it!, don't worry about it!

• dejar [así] las cosas — to leave things as they are

dejémoslo así — let's leave it at that

• ¡déjame [en paz]!, ¡déjame [tranquilo]! — leave me alone!

6) (=posponer)

• dejar algo [para] — to leave sth till

dejar algo para mañana — to leave sth till tomorrow

dejar algo para después — to leave sth till later

he dejado el italiano para cuando tenga más tiempo — I've put off learning Italian till I have more time

7) (=prestar) to lend

le dejé mi libro de física — I lent him my physics book

¿me dejas diez euros? — can you lend me ten euros?

¿me dejas el coche? — can I borrow the car?, will you lend me the car?

8) (=permitir) + infin to let

mis padres no me dejan salir de noche — my parents won't let me go out at night

quiero pero no me dejan — I want to but they won't let me

dejar entrar a algn — to let sb in

dejar pasar a algn — to let sb through {o} past

dejar salir a algn — to let sb out
dejar que ({+ subjun})
dejar que las cosas vayan de mal en peor — to let things go {o} allow things to go from bad to worse

9) [indicando resultado]
+ adj
dejó la ventana abierta — she left the window open

lo ha dejado muy triste — it has left him very sad

me dejó confundido — she left me confused, she confused me

nos dejó a todos asombrados — he stunned us all

hay algo que quiero dejar bien claro — there is one thing I want to make perfectly clear

dejaron el jardín tal como estaba — they left the garden as it was

• dejar algo [como nuevo], me han dejado el abrigo como nuevo — my coat was as good as new when it came back from them

esa ducha me ha dejado como nueva — I feel like a different person after that shower

10) (=producir)
[+ dinero]
el negocio le deja lo justo para vivir — the business brings in just enough for him to live on

ese fondo de inversión apenas me deja intereses — that investment fund barely pays any interest

11) dejar que (=esperar)

deja que acabe de llover — wait for it to stop raining

dejaron que pasara el temporal antes de zarpar — they waited for the storm to pass before setting sail

deja que me toque la lotería y verás — just wait till I win the lottery, then you'll see

12) (=omitir) to leave out, forget

2.

VERBO INTRANSITIVO [con una actividad]

deja, ya lo hago yo — leave it, I'll do it

deja, yo lo pago — no {o} it's all right, I'll pay for it
dejar de hacer algo [por un momento] to stop doing sth; [por una temporada] to give up doing sth, stop doing sth
cuando deje de llover — when it stops raining, when the rain stops

¡déja de hacer eso! — stop that!

yo dejé de ir hace muchos años — I gave up {o} stopped going years ago

no puedo dejar de fumar — I can't give up {o} stop smoking

cuando murió su padre dejó de comer — when her father died she stopped eating {o} she went off her food
no dejar de ({+ infin})
no deja de preguntarme por ti — he's always asking me about you

eso no deja de tener gracia — it has its funny side

no deja de ser raro que no haya venido — it's rather odd that she hasn't come

no por eso deja de ser una tontería lo que has dicho — that doesn't change the fact that what you said was stupid

no puedo dejar de asombrarme — I can't help being astonished

no dejes de visitarlos — don't fail to visit them, make sure you visit them

no dejes de comprar el billete — make sure you buy the ticket

3.

See:

dejarse
DEJAR Dejar en el sentido de prestar se puede traducir al inglés empleando borrow o lend. Borrow se usa cuando el sujeto es quien pide (significa tomar prestado) y lend cuando el sujeto es quien da (significa dejar prestado): ¿Me dejas tus botas de esquiar? Can I borrow your ski boots? o Can you lend me your ski boots? ¿Me podrías dejar tu reloj? Could I borrow your watch? o Could you lend me your watch? NOTA: Borrow y lend no se utilizan normalmente con cosas que no pueden trasladarse de un sitio a otro: ¿Me dejas tu casa de campo este fin de semana? Can I use your house in the country this weekend? Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) ( en lugar determinado) to leave

lo dejé en recepción/en la mesa — I left it in reception/on the table

dejó a los niños en el colegio — she dropped the children (off) at school

dejar un recado — to leave a message

dejar un depósito — to put down a deposit

¿cuánto se deja de propina? — how much do you leave as a tip?

deja ese cuchillo — put that knife down

déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa — leave her alone, it wasn't her fault

dejar mucho que desear — to leave a great deal to be desired

b) ( olvidar) to leave

dejé el paraguas en el tren — I left my umbrella on the train

déjalo! — forget it!

c) ( como herencia) to leave

2)

a) <marca/mancha/huella> to leave

deja un gusto amargo en la boca — it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth

b) < ganancia> to produce

el negocio dejó pérdidas — the business made a loss

3) ( abandonar) <novia/marido> to leave; < familia> to leave, abandon; < trabajo> to give up, leave; < lugar> to leave

quiere dejar el ballet — he wants to give up ballet dancing

4) (+ compl)

a) ( en cierto estado) to leave

dejé la ventana abierta — I left the window open

dejar las luces apagadas — to leave the lights off

su muerte los dejó en la miseria — his death left them in absolute poverty

su respuesta me dejó boquiabierta — I was astonished by her reply

el golpe lo dejó inconsciente — the blow knocked him unconscious

me dejó esperando afuera — she left me waiting outside

el avión/bus nos dejó — (Col, Ven) we missed the plane/bus

déjame en paz! — leave me alone!

me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos — he let me have it for 1,000 pesos

quiero dejar esto bien claro — I want to make this quite clear

dejó atrás a los otros corredores — she left the other runners behind

dejar algo/a alguien estar — to let something/somebody be (colloq), to leave something/somebody alone; lado 5)

b) (CS)

dejar algo dicho — to leave a message

5)

a) ( posponer) leave

no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora — don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

b) (reservar, guardar) <espacio/margen> to leave

deja un poco para los demás — leave some for other people

deja tus chistes para otro momento — save your jokes for some other time

Sentido II

6) ( permitir)

dejar algo/a alguien + inf — to let something/somebody + inf

déjalo entrar/salir — let it/him in/out

deja correr el agua — let the water run

¿me dejas ir? — will you let me go?

dejar que algo/alguien + subj — to let somebody/something + inf

dejó que lo eligiera ella — he let her choose

déjame que te ayude — let me help you

no dejes que se queme la carne — don't let the meat burn

dejar que espese la salsa — allow the sauce to thicken

deja que se tranquilice un poco — let him calm down a bit

7)

a)

dejar paso — to make way

hay que dejar paso a las nuevas ideas — we have to make way for new ideas

b)

dejar caer — < objeto> to drop; < comentario> to let... drop

dejó caer la noticia de que se casaba — she let it drop that she was getting married
2.
dejar de

a) ( cesar)

dejar de + inf — to stop -ing

deja de llorar/importunarme — stop crying/bothering me

dejar de fumar — to give up smoking

b) (omitir, no hacer)

dejar de + inf: no dejes de escribirme en cuanto llegues make sure you write as soon as you get there; no dejes de recordarles que... be sure to remind them that...; es algo que no deja de sorprenderme — it's something I still find surprising
3.
dejarse v pron

1)

a) ( abandonarse) to let oneself go

b)

dejarse + inf: se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him; se deja convencer fácilmente he's easily persuaded; dejarse llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music; no te dejes, tú también pégale (AmL exc RPl) don't just take it, hit him back (colloq); nunca te dejas ver we never seem to see you; dejarse estar (AmL): no te dejes estar you'd better do something; si nos dejamos estar vamos a perder el contrato — if we don't get our act together we'll lose the contract

2) <barba/bigote> to grow

quiero dejarme el pelo largo — I want to grow my hair long

3) (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave

me dejé el dinero en casa — I left my/the money at home

4) dejarse de (fam)

a ver si se dejan de hablar — why don't you stop talking?

déjate de lamentaciones/de rodeos — stop complaining/beating about the bush

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= cease, dump, leave, let, forsake, put down, drop off, maroon, flake out, let + go of, go + cold turkey, leave off, walk out on.

Ex. After collection has ceased (because a point of diminishing returns appears to have been reached), the cards must be put into groups of 'like' terms.

Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex. Many libraries are reluctant to reclassify stock and many libraries leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after the earlier edition has been superseded.

Ex. If the user does not know what the answer is, he stops the command chain at that point, lets the system show an intermediate display for guidance, and then continues his work.

Ex. Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.

Ex. The implication is that these are books to be picked up, looked at, leafed through and put down again.

Ex. That they received regular visits from people who dropped off packages on a regular basis along with money.

Ex. A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel 'Lord of the Flies' is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature.

Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex. For one, large areas of city were in the hands of the Mafia, who was not eager to let got of their vested interests.

Ex. Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.

Ex. This book takes up the thread where Volume One left off.

Ex. There are many thankless jobs in this world, but does that mean you can just walk out on them for your own selfish reasons?.

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* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dejando a un lado = apart from.

* dejar a Alguien atónito = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien boquiabierto = leave + Nombre + gagging, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien embarazada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en estado = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en la cuneta = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien en la estacada = leave + Alguien + in the lurch, hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien en la ignorancia = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* dejar a Alguien estupefacto = leave + Nombre + speechless, astound, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien inconsciente = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien patidifuso = make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien plantado = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien preñada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe como pueda = leave + Alguien + to sink or swim.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien sin sentido = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar abierta la posibilidad de que = leave + open the possibility that.

* dejar a la buena de Dios = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar a la posteridad = bequeath to + posterity.

* dejar al descubierto = lay + bare.

* dejar Algo a la suerte = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al azar = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al criterio de Alguien = leave + Nombre + up to.

* dejar Algo aparcado = put + Nombre + on ice, put + Nombre + on mothballs.

* dejar Algo completamente destrozado = leave + Nombre + in shambles.

* dejar Algo para otro día = take + a rain cheque.

* dejar a oscuras = cut out + light.

* dejar aparte = leave + aside.

* dejar a + Posesivo + suerte = strand.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo, leave + unchecked.

* dejar atónito = stun, astound.

* dejar atrás = leave + behind, outstrip, outpace, outdistance, leave + Nombre + behind, leave by + the wayside, move on from.

* dejar a una lado = put + Nombre + to one side.

* dejar a un lado = put + aside, move + beyond, lay + Nombre + aside, leave by + the wayside.

* dejar bastante que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* dejar caer = drop, dump.

* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.

* dejar caer un indirecta = drop + a hint.

* dejar ciego = blind.

* dejar claro = make + it + clear, hammer + home + message, make + plain, send + a clear signal that.

* dejar claro que = make + the point that.

* dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar constancia de = record.

* dejar de = cease to, relax + the grip on.

* dejar de actualizar el catálogo = close down + catalogue.

* dejar de circular = drop out of + circulation.

* dejar de existir = be no more.

* dejar de fumar = stop + smoking, quit + smoking, smoking cessation.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* dejar de gustar = go off.

* dejar de hacer huelga = cross + the picket line.

* dejar de hacer sufrir = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* dejar de + Infinitivo = skip + Gerundio, give up + Gerundio, stop + Gerundio.

* dejar de lado = leave + aside, forego [forgo].

* dejar de percatarse de = become + blind to.

* dejar de pie = leave + standing.

* dejar de publicarse = cease + publication.

* dejar de remar = lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.

* dejar de ser actual = date.

* dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* dejar desguarnecido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.

* dejar desprotegido = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de trabajar temporalmente = career break.

* dejar de ver = become + blind to.

* dejar dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

* dejar el hábito = kick + the habit.

* dejar el nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar en adobo = marinade.

* dejar en blanco = leave + blank.

* dejar encargado = leave in + charge.

* dejar en el dique seco = mothball.

* dejar en evidencia = call + Posesivo + bluff.

* dejar en garantía = pledge.

* dejar en herencia = bequeath.

* dejar en la cuneta = ditch.

* dejar en la estacada = leave + Nombre + high and dry, be left out on a limb.

* dejar en libertad para + Infinitivo = afford + the freedom to + Infinitivo.

* dejar en prenda = pledge.

* dejar en remojo = steep.

* dejar en ridículo = make + a joke of, put + Nombre + to shame.

* dejar en segundo plano = overshadow.

* dejar en suspenso = put into + abeyance.

* dejar en testamento = will.

* dejar entrever = provide + a glimpse of, hint, insinuate, hint at, give + a hint, intimate.

* dejar escapar a Alguien = let + Nombre + escape.

* dejar espacio para = leave + room for.

* dejar estupefacto = stagger.

* dejar frío a Alguien = knock + Nombre + cold.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar fuera = leave out, cut out, count + Nombre + out, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.

* dejar fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.

* dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.

* dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.

* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.

* dejar huérfano = orphan.

* dejar incompleto = leave + unfinished.

* dejar inconsciente = overcome, knock + the hell out out of, leave + unconscious.

* dejar indefenso = leave + unprotected.

* dejar intacto = leave + intact, leave + untouched.

* dejar la cuestión abierta = leave + the question open.

* dejar la empresa = jump + ship.

* dejar la puerta abierta a = open + the door to.

* dejar la puerta abierta de par en par = leave + the door wide open.

* dejar las armas = put down + weapons.

* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.

* dejar libertad para + Infinitivo = leave + Nombre + free to + Infinitivo.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar limpio a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar lisiado = lame.

* dejarlo a la discreción de = leave + it to the discretion of.

* dejarlo en paz = give + it a rest, let + it drop.

* dejarlo para última hora = leave + it until the last minute.

* dejar los campos en barbecho = let + fields lie fallow.

* dejar los estudios = drop out (from school), drop out of + school.

* dejar marcado = scar.

* dejar margen = allow + margin.

* dejar mella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar para cuando = move to + a time when.

* dejar pasar = pass up, forego [forgo], let through.

* dejar pasar a Alguien = let + Alguien + by.

* dejar pasar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.

* dejar pasar una oportunidad = forego + opportunity, miss + opportunity, pass up + opportunity, miss + chance.

* dejar pasmado = stagger.

* dejar paso = step + aside.

* dejar paso (a) = give + way (to).

* dejar pelado a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar perplejo = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.

* dejar plantado = walk out on.

* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar que Alguien se salga con la suya = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se vaya = let + Nombre + go.

* dejar que desear = leave + something + to be desired, leave + a bit to be desired.

* dejar que se pudra = leave to + rot.

* dejar que + Subjuntivo = allow + Infinitivo.

* dejar rastro = leave + a trace.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse caer = drop by, drop in, slump, droop, mosey.

* dejarse el pellejo = play out + Posesivo + skin, work + Posesivo + butt off, sweat + blood, slog + Posesivo + guts out, give + Posesivo + all.

* dejarse el pellejo trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.

* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* dejarse guiar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse la piel = sweat + blood, work + Posesivo + butt off, slog + Posesivo + guts out, play out + Posesivo + skin.

* dejarse la piel trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse llevar = become + carried away by, drift along, drift, coast along, go with + the flow, let + go, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.

* dejarse llevar (por) = fall + victim to, give + way (to).

* dejarse llevar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.

* dejarse llevar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse ver = have + visibility.

* dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.

* dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.

* dejar sin palabras = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplus.

* dejar sin poder = disempower.

* dejar sin protección = leave + unprotected.

* dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar sitio (a) = make + room (for), make + way (for).

* dejar solo = leave + Alguien + alone, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.

* dejar tiempo = free up + time.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* dejar tirado = strand, walk out on.

* dejar tranquilo = leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar tras sí = leave + behind.

* dejar una cicatriz = scar.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression, leave + a lasting memory.

* dejar una impresión = leave with + the impression, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar una marca = leave + Posesivo + mark.

* dejar una pista = leave + a trace.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un cargo = resign + office, step down from + Posesivo + position, leave + office.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un hábito = stop + habit.

* dejar un hueco = leave + gap.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un reguero de = leave + a trail of.

* dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* dejar vacante = leave + vacant.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* dejar vulnerable = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre/Reflexivo + vulnerable.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desapareder sin dejar rastro = vanish into + thin air.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* golpear a Alguien hasta dejarlo inconsciente = beat + Nombre + unconscious.

* los efectos negativos se están dejando sentir ahora = chickens come home to roost.

* lo tomas o lo dejas = take it or leave it.

* no dejar a nadie fuera = inclusivity.

* no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.

* no dejar entrar = turn + Nombre + away, keep out.

* no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.

* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

* no dejar pasar = keep out.

* no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.

* no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.

* no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + de = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + of = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persuadir a Alguien para que deje Algo = lure away from.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

* sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

* sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* vive y deja vivir = live and let live.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

Sentido I

1)

a) ( en lugar determinado) to leave

lo dejé en recepción/en la mesa — I left it in reception/on the table

dejó a los niños en el colegio — she dropped the children (off) at school

dejar un recado — to leave a message

dejar un depósito — to put down a deposit

¿cuánto se deja de propina? — how much do you leave as a tip?

deja ese cuchillo — put that knife down

déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa — leave her alone, it wasn't her fault

dejar mucho que desear — to leave a great deal to be desired

b) ( olvidar) to leave

dejé el paraguas en el tren — I left my umbrella on the train

déjalo! — forget it!

c) ( como herencia) to leave

2)

a) <marca/mancha/huella> to leave

deja un gusto amargo en la boca — it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth

b) < ganancia> to produce

el negocio dejó pérdidas — the business made a loss

3) ( abandonar) <novia/marido> to leave; < familia> to leave, abandon; < trabajo> to give up, leave; < lugar> to leave

quiere dejar el ballet — he wants to give up ballet dancing

4) (+ compl)

a) ( en cierto estado) to leave

dejé la ventana abierta — I left the window open

dejar las luces apagadas — to leave the lights off

su muerte los dejó en la miseria — his death left them in absolute poverty

su respuesta me dejó boquiabierta — I was astonished by her reply

el golpe lo dejó inconsciente — the blow knocked him unconscious

me dejó esperando afuera — she left me waiting outside

el avión/bus nos dejó — (Col, Ven) we missed the plane/bus

déjame en paz! — leave me alone!

me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos — he let me have it for 1,000 pesos

quiero dejar esto bien claro — I want to make this quite clear

dejó atrás a los otros corredores — she left the other runners behind

dejar algo/a alguien estar — to let something/somebody be (colloq), to leave something/somebody alone; lado 5)

b) (CS)

dejar algo dicho — to leave a message

5)

a) ( posponer) leave

no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora — don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

b) (reservar, guardar) <espacio/margen> to leave

deja un poco para los demás — leave some for other people

deja tus chistes para otro momento — save your jokes for some other time

Sentido II

6) ( permitir)

dejar algo/a alguien + inf — to let something/somebody + inf

déjalo entrar/salir — let it/him in/out

deja correr el agua — let the water run

¿me dejas ir? — will you let me go?

dejar que algo/alguien + subj — to let somebody/something + inf

dejó que lo eligiera ella — he let her choose

déjame que te ayude — let me help you

no dejes que se queme la carne — don't let the meat burn

dejar que espese la salsa — allow the sauce to thicken

deja que se tranquilice un poco — let him calm down a bit

7)

a)

dejar paso — to make way

hay que dejar paso a las nuevas ideas — we have to make way for new ideas

b)

dejar caer — < objeto> to drop; < comentario> to let... drop

dejó caer la noticia de que se casaba — she let it drop that she was getting married
2.
dejar de

a) ( cesar)

dejar de + inf — to stop -ing

deja de llorar/importunarme — stop crying/bothering me

dejar de fumar — to give up smoking

b) (omitir, no hacer)

dejar de + inf: no dejes de escribirme en cuanto llegues make sure you write as soon as you get there; no dejes de recordarles que... be sure to remind them that...; es algo que no deja de sorprenderme — it's something I still find surprising
3.
dejarse v pron

1)

a) ( abandonarse) to let oneself go

b)

dejarse + inf: se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him; se deja convencer fácilmente he's easily persuaded; dejarse llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music; no te dejes, tú también pégale (AmL exc RPl) don't just take it, hit him back (colloq); nunca te dejas ver we never seem to see you; dejarse estar (AmL): no te dejes estar you'd better do something; si nos dejamos estar vamos a perder el contrato — if we don't get our act together we'll lose the contract

2) <barba/bigote> to grow

quiero dejarme el pelo largo — I want to grow my hair long

3) (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave

me dejé el dinero en casa — I left my/the money at home

4) dejarse de (fam)

a ver si se dejan de hablar — why don't you stop talking?

déjate de lamentaciones/de rodeos — stop complaining/beating about the bush

* * *

= cease, dump, leave, let, forsake, put down, drop off, maroon, flake out, let + go of, go + cold turkey, leave off, walk out on.

Ex: After collection has ceased (because a point of diminishing returns appears to have been reached), the cards must be put into groups of 'like' terms.

Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex: Many libraries are reluctant to reclassify stock and many libraries leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after the earlier edition has been superseded.

Ex: If the user does not know what the answer is, he stops the command chain at that point, lets the system show an intermediate display for guidance, and then continues his work.

Ex: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.

Ex: The implication is that these are books to be picked up, looked at, leafed through and put down again.

Ex: That they received regular visits from people who dropped off packages on a regular basis along with money.

Ex: A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel 'Lord of the Flies' is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature.

Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex: For one, large areas of city were in the hands of the Mafia, who was not eager to let got of their vested interests.

Ex: Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.

Ex: This book takes up the thread where Volume One left off.

Ex: There are many thankless jobs in this world, but does that mean you can just walk out on them for your own selfish reasons?.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dejando a un lado = apart from.

* dejar a Alguien atónito = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien boquiabierto = leave + Nombre + gagging, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien embarazada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en estado = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en la cuneta = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien en la estacada = leave + Alguien + in the lurch, hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien en la ignorancia = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* dejar a Alguien estupefacto = leave + Nombre + speechless, astound, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien inconsciente = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien patidifuso = make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien plantado = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien preñada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe como pueda = leave + Alguien + to sink or swim.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien sin sentido = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar abierta la posibilidad de que = leave + open the possibility that.

* dejar a la buena de Dios = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar a la posteridad = bequeath to + posterity.

* dejar al descubierto = lay + bare.

* dejar Algo a la suerte = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al azar = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al criterio de Alguien = leave + Nombre + up to.

* dejar Algo aparcado = put + Nombre + on ice, put + Nombre + on mothballs.

* dejar Algo completamente destrozado = leave + Nombre + in shambles.

* dejar Algo para otro día = take + a rain cheque.

* dejar a oscuras = cut out + light.

* dejar aparte = leave + aside.

* dejar a + Posesivo + suerte = strand.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo, leave + unchecked.

* dejar atónito = stun, astound.

* dejar atrás = leave + behind, outstrip, outpace, outdistance, leave + Nombre + behind, leave by + the wayside, move on from.

* dejar a una lado = put + Nombre + to one side.

* dejar a un lado = put + aside, move + beyond, lay + Nombre + aside, leave by + the wayside.

* dejar bastante que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* dejar caer = drop, dump.

* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.

* dejar caer un indirecta = drop + a hint.

* dejar ciego = blind.

* dejar claro = make + it + clear, hammer + home + message, make + plain, send + a clear signal that.

* dejar claro que = make + the point that.

* dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar constancia de = record.

* dejar de = cease to, relax + the grip on.

* dejar de actualizar el catálogo = close down + catalogue.

* dejar de circular = drop out of + circulation.

* dejar de existir = be no more.

* dejar de fumar = stop + smoking, quit + smoking, smoking cessation.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* dejar de gustar = go off.

* dejar de hacer huelga = cross + the picket line.

* dejar de hacer sufrir = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* dejar de + Infinitivo = skip + Gerundio, give up + Gerundio, stop + Gerundio.

* dejar de lado = leave + aside, forego [forgo].

* dejar de percatarse de = become + blind to.

* dejar de pie = leave + standing.

* dejar de publicarse = cease + publication.

* dejar de remar = lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.

* dejar de ser actual = date.

* dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* dejar desguarnecido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.

* dejar desprotegido = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de trabajar temporalmente = career break.

* dejar de ver = become + blind to.

* dejar dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

* dejar el hábito = kick + the habit.

* dejar el nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar en adobo = marinade.

* dejar en blanco = leave + blank.

* dejar encargado = leave in + charge.

* dejar en el dique seco = mothball.

* dejar en evidencia = call + Posesivo + bluff.

* dejar en garantía = pledge.

* dejar en herencia = bequeath.

* dejar en la cuneta = ditch.

* dejar en la estacada = leave + Nombre + high and dry, be left out on a limb.

* dejar en libertad para + Infinitivo = afford + the freedom to + Infinitivo.

* dejar en prenda = pledge.

* dejar en remojo = steep.

* dejar en ridículo = make + a joke of, put + Nombre + to shame.

* dejar en segundo plano = overshadow.

* dejar en suspenso = put into + abeyance.

* dejar en testamento = will.

* dejar entrever = provide + a glimpse of, hint, insinuate, hint at, give + a hint, intimate.

* dejar escapar a Alguien = let + Nombre + escape.

* dejar espacio para = leave + room for.

* dejar estupefacto = stagger.

* dejar frío a Alguien = knock + Nombre + cold.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar fuera = leave out, cut out, count + Nombre + out, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.

* dejar fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.

* dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.

* dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.

* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.

* dejar huérfano = orphan.

* dejar incompleto = leave + unfinished.

* dejar inconsciente = overcome, knock + the hell out out of, leave + unconscious.

* dejar indefenso = leave + unprotected.

* dejar intacto = leave + intact, leave + untouched.

* dejar la cuestión abierta = leave + the question open.

* dejar la empresa = jump + ship.

* dejar la puerta abierta a = open + the door to.

* dejar la puerta abierta de par en par = leave + the door wide open.

* dejar las armas = put down + weapons.

* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.

* dejar libertad para + Infinitivo = leave + Nombre + free to + Infinitivo.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar limpio a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar lisiado = lame.

* dejarlo a la discreción de = leave + it to the discretion of.

* dejarlo en paz = give + it a rest, let + it drop.

* dejarlo para última hora = leave + it until the last minute.

* dejar los campos en barbecho = let + fields lie fallow.

* dejar los estudios = drop out (from school), drop out of + school.

* dejar marcado = scar.

* dejar margen = allow + margin.

* dejar mella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar para cuando = move to + a time when.

* dejar pasar = pass up, forego [forgo], let through.

* dejar pasar a Alguien = let + Alguien + by.

* dejar pasar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.

* dejar pasar una oportunidad = forego + opportunity, miss + opportunity, pass up + opportunity, miss + chance.

* dejar pasmado = stagger.

* dejar paso = step + aside.

* dejar paso (a) = give + way (to).

* dejar pelado a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar perplejo = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.

* dejar plantado = walk out on.

* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar que Alguien se salga con la suya = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se vaya = let + Nombre + go.

* dejar que desear = leave + something + to be desired, leave + a bit to be desired.

* dejar que se pudra = leave to + rot.

* dejar que + Subjuntivo = allow + Infinitivo.

* dejar rastro = leave + a trace.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse caer = drop by, drop in, slump, droop, mosey.

* dejarse el pellejo = play out + Posesivo + skin, work + Posesivo + butt off, sweat + blood, slog + Posesivo + guts out, give + Posesivo + all.

* dejarse el pellejo trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.

* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* dejarse guiar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse la piel = sweat + blood, work + Posesivo + butt off, slog + Posesivo + guts out, play out + Posesivo + skin.

* dejarse la piel trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse llevar = become + carried away by, drift along, drift, coast along, go with + the flow, let + go, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.

* dejarse llevar (por) = fall + victim to, give + way (to).

* dejarse llevar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.

* dejarse llevar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse ver = have + visibility.

* dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.

* dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.

* dejar sin palabras = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplus.

* dejar sin poder = disempower.

* dejar sin protección = leave + unprotected.

* dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar sitio (a) = make + room (for), make + way (for).

* dejar solo = leave + Alguien + alone, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.

* dejar tiempo = free up + time.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* dejar tirado = strand, walk out on.

* dejar tranquilo = leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar tras sí = leave + behind.

* dejar una cicatriz = scar.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression, leave + a lasting memory.

* dejar una impresión = leave with + the impression, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar una marca = leave + Posesivo + mark.

* dejar una pista = leave + a trace.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un cargo = resign + office, step down from + Posesivo + position, leave + office.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un hábito = stop + habit.

* dejar un hueco = leave + gap.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un reguero de = leave + a trail of.

* dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* dejar vacante = leave + vacant.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* dejar vulnerable = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre/Reflexivo + vulnerable.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desapareder sin dejar rastro = vanish into + thin air.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* golpear a Alguien hasta dejarlo inconsciente = beat + Nombre + unconscious.

* los efectos negativos se están dejando sentir ahora = chickens come home to roost.

* lo tomas o lo dejas = take it or leave it.

* no dejar a nadie fuera = inclusivity.

* no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.

* no dejar entrar = turn + Nombre + away, keep out.

* no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.

* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

* no dejar pasar = keep out.

* no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.

* no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.

* no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + de = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + of = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persuadir a Alguien para que deje Algo = lure away from.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

* sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

* sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* vive y deja vivir = live and let live.

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dejar [A1 ] [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

GUIA DE BUSQUEDA

■ dejar (verbo transitivo)

Sentido I

A

1 dejar en un lugar

2 olvidar

3 como herencia

4 depositar: persona

B

1 dejar: marca, mancha etc

2 Comercio

C abandonar: novia, marido etc

D

1 en cierto estado

2 dejar algo dicho

E

1 posponer

2 reservar, guardar

F prestar

Sentido II

A

1 permitir

2 esperar

B

1 dejar paso

2 dejar caer

■ dejar (verbo intransitivo)

A deja/dejen

B

1 dejar de: omitir, no hacer

2 dejar de: cesar

■ dejarse (verbo pronominal)

A abandonarse

B

1 dejarse la barba etc

2 dejarse + infinitivo

C olvidar

D dejarse de

vt

Sentido I

A

1 (en un lugar) to leave

¿dónde dejaste el coche? where did you leave the car?

déjamelo en recepción leave it in reception for me

deja ese cuchillo, que te vas a cortar put that knife down, you'll cut yourself

dejé un depósito I put down o left a deposit

¿cuánto se suele dejar de propina? how much do you normally leave as a tip?

dejémoslo, no quiero discutir por eso let's forget o drop it, I don't want to argue about it

déjalo ya, no le pegues más that's enough o stop it now, don't hit him any more

déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa leave her alone o let her be, it wasn't her fault

dejar que desear: la calidad deja bastante/mucho que desear the quality leaves rather a lot/much to be desired

2 (olvidar) to leave

dejó el paraguas en el tren she left her umbrella on the train

3 (como herencia) to leave

le dejó sus alhajas a su nieta she left her jewels to her granddaughter

4 (depositar) ‹persona› to drop, drop … off

dejó a los niños en el colegio she dropped the children (off) at school

B

1 ‹marca/mancha/huella› to leave

deja un gusto amargo en la boca it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth

deja viuda y tres hijos he leaves a widow and three children

2 ( Comercio):

no deja mucho margen it does not have a very high profit margin

ese tipo de negocio deja mucho dinero that type of business is very lucrative o yields high returns

C (abandonar) ‹novia/marido› to leave; ‹familia› to leave, abandon; ‹trabajo› to give up, leave; ‹lugar› to leave

lo dejó por otro she left him for another man

quiere dejar el ballet he wants to give up ballet dancing

no quería dejar esa casa donde había sido tan feliz he didn't want to leave that house where he had been so happy

te dejo, que tengo que arreglarme I must go, I have to get ready

D (+ compl)

1 (en cierto estado) to leave

dejé la ventana abierta I left the window open

su muerte los dejó en la miseria his death left them in absolute poverty

su respuesta me dejó boquiabierta I was astonished by her reply

ese estilo de cine me deja frío that sort of movie leaves me cold

el golpe lo dejó inconsciente the blow knocked o rendered him unconscious

dejar los garbanzos en remojo leave the chickpeas to soak

dejo el asunto en tus manos I'll leave the matter in your hands

me dejó esperando afuera she left me waiting outside

el avión/bus nos dejó (Col, Ven); we missed the plane/bus

¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!

me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos he let me have it for 1,000 pesos

quiero dejar esto bien claro I want to make this quite clear, I want this to be quite clear

dejando aparte la cuestión de … leaving aside the question of …

dejó atrás a los otros corredores she left the other runners behind

dejar algo/a algn estar to let sth/sb be ( colloq), to leave sth/sb alone

lado

2

(CS): dejar algo dicho to leave a message

dejó dicho que lo llamaran he left a message for them to call him

¿quiere dejar algo dicho? do you want to leave a message?

E

1 (posponer) leave

no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

dejemos los platos para mañana let's leave the dishes until tomorrow

2 (reservar, guardar) to leave

deja tus chistes para otro momento save your jokes for some other time

dejen un poco de postre para Gustavo leave some dessert for Gustavo

deja un margen leave a margin

F ( Esp fam) (prestar) (+ me/te/le etc) to lend

he salido sin dinero — yo te puedo dejar algo I've come out without any money — I can lend you some o let you have some

Sentido II

A

1 (permitir) dejar algo/a algn + INF to let sth/sb + INF

¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?, can I go?

déjame entrar/salir let me in/out

siempre lo han dejado hacer lo que le da la gana they've always allowed him to do o let him do just as he pleases

deja correr el agua let the water run, run the water

tú déjame hacer a mí y no te preocupes you leave it to me and don't worry

sacar del horno y dejar reposar remove from the oven and leave to stand

su rostro no dejaba traslucir ninguna emoción his face showed no emotion

dejar que algo/algn + SUBJ to let sth/sb + INF

dejó que lo eligiera ella he let her choose, he left the choice to her

déjame que te ayude let me help you

no dejes que se queme la carne don't let the meat burn

2 (esperar) dejar que algo/algn + SUBJ:

dejar que espese la salsa allow the sauce to thicken, wait until the sauce thickens

deja que se tranquilice un poco primero wait for him to calm down o let him calm down a bit first

¡deja que te agarre y vas a ver! just you wait till I get my hands on you!

B

1

dejar paso to make way

dejen paso a la ambulancia let the ambulance through, make way for the ambulance

hay que dejar paso a las nuevas ideas we have to make way for new ideas

2

dejar caer ‹objeto› to drop;

‹comentario› to let … drop

dejó caer la noticia de que se casaba she let it drop that she was getting married

■ dejar

vi

A

deja/dejen: deja, me toca pagar a mí no, no, it's my turn to pay

toma lo que te debía — deja, deja here, this is what I owed you — no, it doesn't matter o no, forget it o no, please

dejen, no se preocupen look, leave it, don't bother

B dejar de

1 (omitir, no hacer) dejar DE + INF:

no dejes de escribirme en cuanto llegues don't forget to write o make sure you write as soon as you get there

no deja de llamar ni un solo día he telephones every day without fail

no dejes de recordarles que … be sure to remind them that …

no por eso voy a dejar de decir lo que siento that won't stop me from saying what I feel

yo no puedo dejar de sacar mis propias conclusiones I can't help but draw my own conclusions

no deja de sorprenderme que haya venido a disculparse I still find it surprising that he came to apologize

lo que hagan o dejen de hacer es cosa suya whatever they do or don't do is their business

por no dejar ( Chi fam); for the sake of it

2 (cesar) dejar DE + INF to stop -ING

deja de llorar/importunarme stop crying/bothering me

creía que habías dejado de fumar I thought you had given up smoking

■ dejarse

v pron

A (abandonarse) to let oneself go

se ha dejado mucho desde que enviudó he's let himself go terribly since he lost his wife

B

1 ‹barba/bigote› to grow

quiero dejarme el pelo largo I want to grow my hair long

2 dejarse + INF:

se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him

no me voy a dejar convencer tan fácilmente I am not going to be persuaded that easily

quería besarla, pero ella no se dejó he wanted to kiss her but she wouldn't let him

se dejó llevar por la música she let herself be carried o swept along by the music

se dejó abatir por el desánimo she succumbed to despondency

no te dejes, tú también pégale ( AmL exc RPl); don't just take it, hit him back ( colloq)

¿qué tal el postre? — se deja comer ( fam hum); what's the dessert like? — it's not bad o I've tasted worse ( colloq hum)

de vez en cuando se dejaba caer por el club he used to drop by o into the club now and then

nunca te dejas ver we never seem to see you

dejarse estar: no te dejes estar you'd better do something

si nos dejamos estar vamos a perder el contrato if we don't get our act together o get a move on we'll lose the contract, if we don't do something, we'll lose the contract ( colloq)

C ( fam) (olvidar) to leave

me dejé el dinero en casa I left my/the money at home

D dejarse de ( fam):

déjate de rodeos y dime la verdad stop beating about the bush and tell me the truth

déjense ya de lamentaciones stop complaining

a ver si se dejan de perder el tiempo why don't you stop wasting time

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Multiple Entries:
dejar
dejar algo
dejar ( conjugate dejar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( en lugar determinado) to leave;

◊ lo dejé en recepción I left it in reception;

dejó a los niños en el colegio she dropped the children (off) at school;
dejar un recado to leave a message;
dejar propina to leave a tip;
deja ese cuchillo put that knife down;
déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa leave her alone, it wasn't her fault;
dejar mucho que desear to leave a great deal to be desired
b) ( olvidar) ‹dinero/objeto› to leave;

◊ ¡déjalo! forget it!

c) ( como herencia) to leave

2
a) ‹mancha/huella/sabor› to leave

b) ‹ ganancia› to produce;

◊ el negocio dejó pérdidas the business made a loss

3 ( abandonar) ‹novia/marido› to leave;
‹ familia› to leave, abandon;
‹ trabajo› to give up, leave;
‹ lugar› to leave;
◊ quiere dejar el ballet he wants to give up ballet dancing

4 (+ compl) ( en cierto estado) to leave;
◊ dejé la ventana abierta I left the window open;

me dejó esperando afuera she left me waiting outside;
¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!;
me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos he let me have it for 1,000 pesos;
See also→ lado 3
5
a) ( posponer) leave;

◊ no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

b) (reservar, guardar) ‹espacio/margen/comida› to leave

( permitir)
◊ dejara algo/algn hacer algo to let sth/sb do sth;

déjalo entrar let it/him in;
deja correr el agua let the water run;
¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?;
dejar que algo/algn haga algo to let sb/sth do sth;
déjame que te ayude let me help you;
See Also→ caer 1, See Also→ paso 1 b
verbo intransitivo dejar de hacer algo to stop doing sth;
◊ dejar de fumar to give up o to stop smoking;

no dejes de escribirme make sure you write to me
dejarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( abandonarse) to let oneself go

b)

◊ dejarse hacer algo: se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him;

se deja influir fácilmente he's easily influenced;
dejarse llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music;
dejarse estar (AmL);

( descuidarse) to be careless;
( abandonarse) to let oneself go
2 ‹barba/bigote› to grow
3 dejarse de hacer algo to stop doing sth;
◊ déjate de lamentarte stop complaining

4 (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave
dejar
1 verbo transitivo
1 (poner en un sitio una cosa) to leave: déjalo donde estaba, leave it where it was
no sé dónde dejé las llaves, I don't know where I left my keys
(a una persona en un lugar) to drop off
2 (prestar) to lend: ¿me dejas tu blusa?, may I borrow your blouse?
3 (abandonar a un niño) to abandon
(romper relaciones con) to leave: Carmen dejó a su novio, Carmen broke up with her boyfriend
(una actividad) to give up: dejó de bailar, she gave up dancing
dejar el trabajo, to leave one's job
(desistir) to give up: lo dejé por imposible, I gave it up
4 (autorizar, dar permiso) to let, allow: no sé si le dejarán viajar solo, I don't know if they'll let her travel unaccompanied
dejar entrar/salir, to let in/out ➣ Ver nota en let 5 (no molestar) to leave sb alone: deja a mamá, que está descansando, leave mummy alone, she's having a rest
6 (producir beneficios) to produce
7 (aplazar) dejaron la visita para otro día, they put the visit off for another day
8 (+ adjetivo: en un estado) to make
dejar cansado, to make (sb) tired
dejar preocupado/satisfecho, to worry/satisfy
II v aux ( dejar de + infinitivo) to stop, give up: no deja de hablar de él, she never stops talking about him
no dejes de llamar para avisarme, don't forget to call me
de pronto dejó de respirar, suddenly he stoped breathing ➣ Ver nota en give y stop
♦ Locuciones: déjame en paz, leave me alone
dejar dicho, to leave a word o a message
dejar fuera, (excluir, no tener en cuenta) to leave out, omit
dejar mucho que desear, to leave a lot to be desired: su examen dejó mucho que desear, his exam performance left a lot to be desired
' dejar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agotar
- aplanar
- aturdir
- barbecho
- betún
- cabida
- cabo
- caer
- callar
- clara
- claro
- colgada
- colgado
- consistir
- Cristo
- dejarse
- descendencia
- descolgar
- desconectarse
- despedirse
- desplumar
- destartalar
- destilar
- desvelar
- deteriorarse
- enseñar
- entrever
- estacada
- estampar
- franquear
- hoy
- huella
- imprimir
- miel
- olvidar
- palmo
- petrificar
- piedra
- pieza
- plantar
- plantificar
- poltrona
- prenda
- rastro
- reñir
- reposo
- respirar
- sabor
- salirse
- señal
English:
abandon
- admit
- advance
- advise
- allow
- astound
- black out
- blind
- boggle
- bowl over
- break off
- brew
- brush aside
- burner
- butt out
- cease
- chuck in
- cold
- come off
- consider
- cripple
- cut
- cut off
- cut out
- dangle
- dent
- device
- disable
- dismiss
- drop
- drop off
- drop out
- dump
- end
- fool
- forward
- fox
- free
- gear
- give
- give up
- gripping
- imprint
- jack in
- jilt
- keep
- keep in
- keep out
- knock out
- lay down

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dejar

♦ vt

1. [poner] to leave, to put;

dejó los papeles en la mesa he put o left the papers on the table;

deja el abrigo en la percha put your coat on the hanger;

he dejado la moto muy cerca I've left o parked my motorbike nearby;

deja el jarrón, que lo vas a romper put that vase down or you'll break it;

su compañero le dejó un balón perfecto y sólo tuvo que rematar a gol his team-mate played a perfect ball for him and all he had to do was tap it in

2. [olvidar] to leave;

dejé el paraguas en el cine I left my umbrella at the movies

3. [encomendar]
dejarle algo a alguien to leave sth with sb;

le dejé los niños a mi madre I left the children with my mother

4. Esp [prestar]
dejar algo a alguien to lend sb sth, to lend sth to sb;

¿me dejas un paraguas? could you lend me an umbrella?;

¿nos dejarás tu casa el próximo verano? will you let us use your house next summer?

5. [abandonar] [casa, trabajo, país] to leave;
[tabaco, estudios] to give up; [familia] to abandon;
dejé la fiesta a medianoche I left the party at midnight;

dejó el tenis cuando empezó la universidad she gave up tennis when she started university;

dejó lo que estaba haciendo para ayudarla he stopped o dropped what he was doing to help her;

te dejo, que si no pierdo el autobús I have to leave you now, or I'll miss the bus;

su marido la ha dejado her husband has left her;

lo dejó por un hombre más joven she left him for a younger man;

dejar a alguien en algún sitio [con el coche] to drop sb off somewhere;

el avión dejó a treinta pasajeros en la primera escala thirty passengers got off (the plane) at the first stopover;

dejar atrás a alguien to leave sb behind;

es muy inteligente y ha dejado atrás al resto de la clase she's very intelligent and has left the rest of the class behind (her), she's very intelligent and is way ahead of the rest of the class;

dejó atrás al resto de corredores he left the other runners behind o in his wake;

dejar algo por imposible to give sth up as a lost cause

6. [posponer] to leave;

dejemos esto para la próxima reunión let's leave this matter until the next meeting;

dejamos el viaje para diciembre we put off the journey until December;

Prov

no dejes para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy don't put off till o leave for tomorrow what you can do today

7. [permitir]
dejar a alguien hacer algo to let sb do sth, to allow sb to do sth;

no me dejan salir, estoy castigado I'm being kept in as a punishment;

dejar entrar/salir a alguien to let sb in/out;

sus gritos no me dejaron dormir his cries prevented me from sleeping;

déjame a mí, que tengo más experiencia let me do it, I'm more experienced;

déjame a mí, yo me encargo de preparar la comida leave it to me, I'll get dinner;

deja que tu hijo venga con nosotros let your son come with us;

¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?, can I go?;

dejar correr algo to leave sth be;

dejar pasar o [m5] escapar algo to let sth slip;

dejó pasar tres semanas he let three weeks go by;

el resultado final no deja lugar a dudas the final result leaves no room for doubt

8. [reservar]
deja algo de café para mí leave some coffee for me;

deja algo para los demás leave some for the others;

deja tus críticas para una mejor ocasión save your criticisms for another time

9. [legar] to leave;

dejar algo a alguien to leave sth to sb;

dejó todos sus ahorros a varias instituciones benéficas she left all her savings to charity

10. [reportar] to bring;

el negocio les deja varios millones al año the business brings them several million a year

11. [omitir] to leave out;

la cocina déjala de momento, ahora hay que limpiar el baño leave the kitchen for the moment, I want you to clean the bathroom now;

dejemos aparte las introducciones y comencemos la negociación let's dispense with the introductions and get straight down to the negotiations;

dejar algo por o [m5] sin hacer to fail to do sth;

dejó lo más importante por resolver he left the most important question unresolved

12. (en imperativo) [olvidar] to forget (about);

déjalo, no importa forget it, it doesn't matter

13. (en imperativo) [no molestar] to leave alone o in peace;

¡déjame, que tengo trabajo! leave me alone, I'm busy!;

déjame tranquilo o [m5] en paz leave me alone o in peace;

¡deja a tu padre, está durmiendo! leave your father alone o in peace, he's sleeping!;

déjalo estar leave it as it is, let it be

14. (+ infinitivo)
dejó adivinar sus intenciones she allowed her intentions to be guessed;

lo dejó caer she dropped it;

dejó caer que no se presentaría a las próximas elecciones he let it drop that he wouldn't be standing at the next election;

dejó escapar una magnífica oportunidad she missed an excellent opportunity, she allowed an excellent opportunity to slip by

15. [indica resultado] to leave;

deja un sabor agridulce it has a bittersweet aftertaste;

la lejía ha dejado marcas en la ropa the bleach has left stains on the clothes;

el examen me dejó agotado I was left exhausted by the exam;

¡no me dejes así, cuéntame qué pasó! don't leave me guessing, tell me what happened!;

yo dejaría la pared tal y como está I'd leave the wall as it is;

tu comportamiento deja bastante/mucho que desear your behaviour leaves something/a lot to be desired;

dejar algo hecho to get sth done;

te lo dejaré hecho para el lunes I'll get it done for you by Monday;

dejar algo como nuevo to leave sth as good as new

16. [esperar a]
dejar que to wait until;

dejó que acabara de llover para salir he waited until it had stopped raining before going out;

retirar del fuego y dejar enfriar o [m5] que se enfríe remove from the heat and allow to cool;

deja que se calme un poco, y entonces háblale wait until she calms down a bit before you talk to her

♦ vi

1. [parar]
dejar de hacer algo to stop doing sth;

dejó de llover it stopped raining, the rain stopped;

ha dejado de fumar/beber he's stopped smoking/drinking;

no deja de venir ni un solo día he never fails to come;

poco a poco dejaron de llamarse they gradually stopped phoning one another;

no deja de ser extraño que haga tanto calor en esta época del año it really is most strange for it to be so hot at this time of year

2. (en negativo) [indica promesa]
no dejar de to be sure to;

¡no dejes de escribirme! be sure to write to me!;

no dejes de avisarnos si tienes algún problema be sure to tell us if you have any problem

3. (en imperativo) [indica negación]
deja, ya subo yo las maletas leave the cases, I'll bring them up;

deje, señora, ya lo hago yo allow me, madam, I'll do it;

¿vas a volver a correr la maratón? – ¡deja, deja! ya tuve suficiente con la del año pasado are you going to run the marathon again? – don't! last year was more than enough

♦ See also the pronominal verb dejarse

* * *

dejar

I v/t

1 leave; estudios give up, quit fam ;

dejar mucho que desear leave a lot to be desired;

dejar algo para mañana leave sth until tomorrow;

dejémoslo aquí let’s leave it here;

¡déjalo! persona leave him alone!; asunto drop it!

2 ( permitir) let, allow;

déjale marcharse let him go;

dejar que algo ocurra let sth happen, allow sth to happen

3 ( prestar) lend

4 beneficios yield

5

:

déjame en la esquina drop me at the corner;

dejar caer algo drop sth

II v/i

1 ( parar)

:

dejar de hacer algo stop doing sth;

dejar de fumar give up smoking, stop o quit smoking;

no deja de fastidiarme he keeps (on) annoying me;

no puedo dejar de pensar en ellos I can’t stop thinking about them

2

:

no dejes de visitarnos be sure to visit us

* * *

dejar vt

1) : to leave

2) abandonar: to abandon, to forsake

3) : to let be, to let go

4) permitir: to allow, to permit

dejar vi

dejar de : to stop, to quit

dejar de fumar: to quit smoking

♦ See also the reflexive verb dejarse

* * *

dejar vb

1. (en general) to leave [pt. & pp. left]

déjalo todo en la mesa leave everything on the table

ha dejado a su marido she's left her husband

2. (abandonar una actividad) to give up [pt. gave; pp. given]

dejó los estudios he gave up his studies

3. (permitir) to let [pt. & pp. let]

mi padre no me deja ir a la discoteca my father doesn't let me go to the disco

4. (prestar) to lend [pt. & pp. lent]

me dejó su vestido para la fiesta she lent me her dress for the party

¿me dejas este libro? can you lend me this book? / can I borrow this book?

dejar caer to drop [pt. & pp. dropped]

has dejado caer el pañuelo you've dropped your hankie

dejar de (involuntariamente) to stop [pt. & pp. stopped] (voluntariamente) to give up [pt. gave; pp. given]

ha dejado de llover it's stopped raining

mi padre ha dejado de fumar my father's given up smoking

¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!

Spanish-English dictionary > dejar
42 ordenar

v.

1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).

2 to order.

Le ordené ir I ordered him to go

Ordené la habitación I straightened up the room.

La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.

3 to ordain (religion).

4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.

Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.

6 to ordain as.

Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.

7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.

Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.

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ordenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up

■ ordenó a los alumnos en filas she lined up the students

■ los libros estaban ordenados por materias the books were classified by subject matter

2 (mandar) to order

■ me ordenó que saliera de la habitación he ordered me to leave the room

3 RELIGIÓN to ordain

4 (encaminar) to direct

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts

* * *

verb

1) to order

2) arrange

* * *

1. VT

1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sort

hay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date

voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books

ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order

nunca ordena sus papeles — he never tidies his paperwork

• ordenar sus asuntos — to put one's affairs in order

• ordenar su vida — to put o get one's life in order

2) (=mandar) to order

la juez ordenó su detención — the judge ordered his arrest

les habían ordenado que siguieran al vehículo — they had been ordered to follow the vehicle

• un tono de ordeno y mando — a dictatorial tone

3) (Rel) to ordain

fue ordenado sacerdote en octubre — he was ordained as a priest in October

2.

See:

ordenarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex. Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.

Ex. Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex. Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex. For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.

Ex. During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex. Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.

Ex. This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.

Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex. The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.

Ex. Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.

Ex. Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex. Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.

Ex. Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.

Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex. The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

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* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.

Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex: Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex: For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.

Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex: Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.

Ex: This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.

Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.

Ex: Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.

Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex: Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.

Ex: Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* * *

ordenar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹habitación/armario/cajón› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

hay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subject

ordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in order

B

1 (dar una orden) to order

la policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closed

el médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete rest

ordenar + INF:

le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediately

ordenar QUE + SUBJ:

me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet

2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi to call a taxi

C ‹sacerdote› to ordain

■ ordenarse

v pron

to be ordained

se ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest

* * *

Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
◊ ordené los libros por materias I arranged the books according to subject

2
a) ( dar una orden) to order;

◊ le ordenó salir de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office

b) (AmL) ( pedir) ‹taxi/bebida/postre› to order

3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort

* * *

ordenar

♦ vt

1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;
[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);
ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;

ordenar en montones to sort into piles;

ordenar por temas to arrange by subject

2. Informát to sort

3. [mandar] to order;

te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;

me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet

4. Rel to ordain

5. Am [pedir] to order;

acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast

♦ vi

1. [mandar] to give orders;

Comp

(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do

2. Am [pedir] to order;

¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?

♦ See also the pronominal verb ordenarse

* * *

ordenar

v/t

1 habitación tidy up

2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort

3 ( mandar) order

4 L.Am. ( pedir) order

* * *

ordenar vt

1) mandar: to order, to command

2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange

3) : to ordain (a priest)

* * *

ordenar vb

1. (colocar por orden) to arrange / to put in order [pt. & pp. put]

ha ordenado los apuntes por materias he's arranged his notes according to subject

2. (recoger) to tidy [pt. & pp. tidied]

pasó toda la mañana ordenando su habitación she spent all morning tidying her bedroom

3. (mandar) to order

le ordené que volviera I ordered him to come back

Spanish-English dictionary > ordenar
43 repetidas veces

adv.

over and over again, many times, often, again and again.

* * *

repetidas veces

repeatedly, countless times

* * *

= repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again

Ex. This capability can be used to save command chains which will be used repeatedly with slight modification.

Ex. These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.

Ex. Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex. The reference people time and time again say that the subject catalog, which is based wholeheartedly on the LC subject heading list, is one of the most important things that they use in serving their clientele.

* * *

= repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again

Ex: This capability can be used to save command chains which will be used repeatedly with slight modification.

Ex: These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.

Ex: Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.

Ex: The reference people time and time again say that the subject catalog, which is based wholeheartedly on the LC subject heading list, is one of the most important things that they use in serving their clientele.

Spanish-English dictionary > repetidas veces
44 además

adv.

besides, also, furthermore, moreover.

intj.

furthermore, additionally.

pres.indicat.

2^nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: ademar.

* * *

además

► adverbio

1 (también) also, as well

■ necesitarás además ropa de abrigo you will also need warm clothing

2 (es más) furthermore, what is more

■ ¡y además, el coche es mío! and what's more, the car's mine!

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

además de as well as, in addition to

■ además de gordo es feo as well as being fat, he's ugly

* * *

adv.

also, besides, furthermore, moreover

- además de

* * *

ADV

1) (=también) [para añadir otro elemento] also, in addition frm; [para reforzar un comentario] what's more, besides, furthermore frm, moreover frm

hay, además, pistas de tenis y campos de golf — there are also tennis courts and golf courses, in addition, there are tennis courts and golf courses frm

y además, me dijo que no me quería — and what's more o and besides, he told me he didn't love me

estoy cansado y, además, no me apetece — I'm tired, and what's more o besides, I don't feel like it

quiero decirle, además, que esa no era mi intención — furthermore o moreover I want to tell you that that was not my intention frm

2)

• además de — as well as, besides, in addition to frm

además del alojamiento, necesitamos la comida — as well as o besides somewhere to stay we need food

además de una fotocopia, se requiere el documento original — as well as o frm in addition to a photocopy, we require the original document

el examen fue largo, además de difícil — the exam was long as well as difficult

• además de que — + indic as well as + ger

además de que estaba cansado, no había comido — as well as being tired he hadn't eaten

* * *

adverbio

1)

estudia y además trabaja — she's working as well as studying

además ¿a mí qué me importa? — anyway, what do I care?

y es que además, la insultó — on top of everything else he insulted her

señaló, además, que su objetivo era... — he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to... (frml)

2)

además de — besides, apart from

además de eso, está la cuestión del dinero — apart from that there is the question of money

además de nuestro pedido anterior — in addition to our previous order

además de hacerte mal, engorda — besides o apart from o as well as being bad for you, it's also fattening

además de hacerlos, los diseña — he designs them as well as making them

* * *

= additionally, also, aside, Verbo + further, further, furthermore, moreover, to boot, at that, for what it's worth [FWIW], and all, beyond that, withal, plus.

Ex. Additionally, menu-based information retrieval systems permit the selected option to be indicated on a simple numerical keypad if so designed.

Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.

Ex. Cost considerations aside, an informative abstract is to be preferred in most instances.

Ex. Main classes are divided into subclasses which are further subdivided into form, place, time and subject aspects.

Ex. Further, no guidance can be expected on alternative terms that are related to the searcher's initial search term.

Ex. Furthermore, since each systems indexes a separate set of documents, each system will have a different natural indexing language.

Ex. Moreover, it was stated that only selected elements of subject indexing will be included.

Ex. Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.

Ex. Terry Lugg, on the other hand, is a much less active borrower, though more active than Stephen Hathaway, and takes books from the science collection, the pure sciences at that.

Ex. For what it's worth, you can greatly extend the range by using an antenna.

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

Ex. Beyond that, a library can create these commons in cyberspace as well as in public buildings = Más aún, la biblioteca puede crear estos espacios públicos comunes en el ciberespacio además de en los edificios públicos.

Ex. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Ex. All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.

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* además de = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention.

* además de eso = add to this, beyond that.

* además de..., hay otros + Nombre = with..., there are + other + Nombre.

* además del belga = extra-Belgian.

* además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).

* Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.

* referencia "véase además" = see also reference.

* véase además = see also.

* y además = then again, and on top of that.

* y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).

* * *

adverbio

1)

estudia y además trabaja — she's working as well as studying

además ¿a mí qué me importa? — anyway, what do I care?

y es que además, la insultó — on top of everything else he insulted her

señaló, además, que su objetivo era... — he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to... (frml)

2)

además de — besides, apart from

además de eso, está la cuestión del dinero — apart from that there is the question of money

además de nuestro pedido anterior — in addition to our previous order

además de hacerte mal, engorda — besides o apart from o as well as being bad for you, it's also fattening

además de hacerlos, los diseña — he designs them as well as making them

* * *

= additionally, also, aside, Verbo + further, further, furthermore, moreover, to boot, at that, for what it's worth [FWIW], and all, beyond that, withal, plus.

Ex: Additionally, menu-based information retrieval systems permit the selected option to be indicated on a simple numerical keypad if so designed.

Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.

Ex: Cost considerations aside, an informative abstract is to be preferred in most instances.

Ex: Main classes are divided into subclasses which are further subdivided into form, place, time and subject aspects.

Ex: Further, no guidance can be expected on alternative terms that are related to the searcher's initial search term.

Ex: Furthermore, since each systems indexes a separate set of documents, each system will have a different natural indexing language.

Ex: Moreover, it was stated that only selected elements of subject indexing will be included.

Ex: Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.

Ex: Terry Lugg, on the other hand, is a much less active borrower, though more active than Stephen Hathaway, and takes books from the science collection, the pure sciences at that.

Ex: For what it's worth, you can greatly extend the range by using an antenna.

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

Ex: Beyond that, a library can create these commons in cyberspace as well as in public buildings = Más aún, la biblioteca puede crear estos espacios públicos comunes en el ciberespacio además de en los edificios públicos.

Ex: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Ex: All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.

* además de = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention.

* además de eso = add to this, beyond that.

* además de..., hay otros + Nombre = with..., there are + other + Nombre.

* además del belga = extra-Belgian.

* además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).

* Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.

* referencia "véase además" = see also reference.

* véase además = see also.

* y además = then again, and on top of that.

* y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).

* * *

además

adverb

A

estudia y además trabaja she's working as well as studying

es caro y además no te queda bien it's expensive, and anyway o besides, it doesn't look right on you

además ¿a mí qué me importa? anyway, what do I care?

recuerdo, además, que iba vestida de azul I remember, moreover, that she was wearing blue o furthermore, I remember that she was wearing blue

señaló, además, que su objetivo era … he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to … ( frml)

se casó con ella por el dinero, … y es que además te lo dice he married her for her money, and what's more, he'll tell you so himself

B

además de besides, apart from

además de caro, es feo y demasiado grande not only is it expensive, it's also ugly and too big, besides being expensive, it's also ugly and too big

además de + INF:

además de hacerte mal, engorda apart from o as well as o besides being bad for you, it's also fattening

* * *

además adverbio
1
a) ( también) as well, too;

◊ además habla ruso she speaks Russian as well o too

b) ( lo que es más) what's more

c) ( por otra parte) anyway, besides;

◊ además ¿a mí qué me importa? anyway, what do I care?

2
◊ además de besides, apart from;

además de hacerte mal, engorda besides o apart from being bad for you, it's also fattening;
además de hacerlos, los diseña he designs them as well as making them
además adverbio moreover, furthermore: además, es un engreído, besides, he's arrogant
además de, as well as: además de ser barata, es preciosa, as well as being cheap, it's also beautiful
' además' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amén
- añadidura
- aparte
- encima
- junta
- junto
- otra
- otro
- pequeña
- pequeño
- poder
- sobre
- también
- lado
- más
- parte
English:
addition
- again
- also
- bargain
- besides
- bonus
- both
- furthermore
- in
- moreover
- over
- plus
- still
- well
- aside
- further
- moonlight
- more
- that
- then

* * *

además adv

moreover, besides;
[también] also;
es guapa y además inteligente she's beautiful, and clever too;

dijo, además, que no pensaba retirarse she also said that she didn't intend to retire;

canta muy bien y además toca la guitarra not only does she sing very well, she also plays the guitar;

no sólo es demasiado grande, sino que además te queda mal it's not just that it's too big, it doesn't suit you either;

además hay que tener en cuenta que… it should, moreover, be remembered that…;

además de as well as;

además de simpático es inteligente as well as being nice, he's intelligent;

además de perder el partido, enfadaron a la afición on top of losing the match they upset their supporters

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además

I adv as well, besides

II prp

:

además de as well as

* * *

además adv

1) : besides, furthermore

2)

además de : in addition to, as well as

* * *

además adv

1. (encima) what's more

y además, ni siquiera es suyo and what's more, it's not even his

2. (también) also / as well

nos dieron comida y, además, algo de dinero they gave us some food and some money as well

además de as well as

Spanish-English dictionary > además
45 gastar

v.

1 to spend.

Ricardo gasta mucho dinero Richard spends a lot of money.

2 to waste (malgastar) (dinero, energía).

3 to wear (tener, usar) (clothes). (peninsular Spanish)

gastar mal genio to have a bad temper

4 to wear down, to play out, to sap, to wear.

María gastó las suelas Mary wore down the soles.

María gastó una broma Mary played a joke.

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gastar

► verbo transitivo

1 (consumir dinero, tiempo) to spend; (gasolina, electricidad) to use (up), consume

■ este coche gasta mucha gasolina this car uses a lot of petrol

2 (malgastar) to waste

■ gastó la fortuna en cuatro días he squandered all the money in four days

3 (usar perfume, jabón) to use; (ropa) to wear

■ ¿qué número gastas? what size do you take?

4 (tener) to have

■ gastar mal genio to have a bad temper

► verbo pronominal gastarse

1 (desgastarse) to wear out

■ se le han gastado los zapatos his shoes are worn out

2 (consumirse) to run out

■ se nos ha gastado toda la gasolina we've run out of petrol

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FRASEOLOGÍA

gastarlas familiar to behave

■ ya sé cómo las gastas I know what you get up to

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verb

1) to spend

2) use

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1. VT

1) [+ dinero] to spend (en on)

han gastado un dineral en el arreglo del coche — they've spent a fortune on fixing the car

2) (=consumir) [+ gasolina, electricidad, agua] to use

un radiocasete como este gasta más pilas — a radio cassette player like this goes through o uses more batteries

he gastado todas las velas que tenía — I've used up all the candles I had

3) (=desgastar) [+ ropa, zapato] to wear out; [+ tacones] to wear down

4) (=malgastar) to waste

gastar palabras — to waste one's breath
saliva
5) (=llevar) [+ ropa, gafas] to wear; [+ barba] to have

antes no gastaba gafas — he didn't use to wear glasses

¿qué número (de zapatos) gasta? — what size (shoes) do you take?

¿qué talla gasta? — what size are you?

6) [+ broma] to play (a on)

gastar una broma pesada a algn — to play a practical joke o a hoax on sb

7)

gastarlas Esp *: no le repliques, que ya sabes como las gasta — don't answer him back, you know what he's like when he gets angry *

2. VI

1) (=gastar dinero)

a todos nos gusta gastar — we all like spending money

2) (=consumir)

este coche gasta poco — this car uses very little petrol

una bombilla normal apenas gasta — a normal light bulb uses hardly any electricity

3.

See:

gastarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( consumir)

a) < dinero> to spend

gastar algo en algo — to spend something on something

b) <gasolina/electricidad> to use

me vas a gastar las pilas — you're going to run the batteries down

2) (desperdiciar, malgastar) <dinero/tiempo/energía> to waste

3) ( desgastar) <ropa/zapatos> to wear out; < tacones> to wear down

4)

a) (fam) (llevar, usar) <ropa/gafas> to wear

gasto el 37 — I'm a size 37

¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? — what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?

b) (fam) ( tener) to have

ése gasta un genio... — he has a terrible temper!

5) < broma> to play

le gastaron una broma — they played a joke o trick on him
2.
gastarse v pron

1) (enf) < dinero> to spend

2) <pilas/batería> to run down

se me gastó la tinta — I ran out of ink

3) ropa/zapatos ( desgastarse) to wear out

4) (enf) (fam) ( tener) to have

qué modales se gasta! — that's a fine way to behave

qué pinta de hippy se gasta! — he looks like a real hippy!

* * *

= disburse, spend, expend.

Ex. The final aspect of budgeting is that of keeping accurate records of what has been disbursed, what has been encumbered, and what remains.

Ex. In 1986/87 Glasgow District Library spent over £30,000 on vandalism -- both on putting it right and in trying to prevent it.

Ex. Command of various techniques for forecasting payments and managing funds is necessary to expend fully without overspending the annual materials budget.

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* apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* gastar bromas = prank, play + pranks, banter.

* gastar con prudencia = spend + wisely.

* gastar demasiado = overspend.

* gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.

* gastar en exceso = overspend.

* gastarle una putada a Alguien = do + this/that + across + Nombre.

* gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.

* gastar saliva = preach + to the converted.

* gastarse + Dinero + en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.

* gastarse un dineral = fork out + lots of money.

* gastarse un dineral en = go to + great expense to.

* gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( consumir)

a) < dinero> to spend

gastar algo en algo — to spend something on something

b) <gasolina/electricidad> to use

me vas a gastar las pilas — you're going to run the batteries down

2) (desperdiciar, malgastar) <dinero/tiempo/energía> to waste

3) ( desgastar) <ropa/zapatos> to wear out; < tacones> to wear down

4)

a) (fam) (llevar, usar) <ropa/gafas> to wear

gasto el 37 — I'm a size 37

¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? — what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?

b) (fam) ( tener) to have

ése gasta un genio... — he has a terrible temper!

5) < broma> to play

le gastaron una broma — they played a joke o trick on him
2.
gastarse v pron

1) (enf) < dinero> to spend

2) <pilas/batería> to run down

se me gastó la tinta — I ran out of ink

3) ropa/zapatos ( desgastarse) to wear out

4) (enf) (fam) ( tener) to have

qué modales se gasta! — that's a fine way to behave

qué pinta de hippy se gasta! — he looks like a real hippy!

* * *

= disburse, spend, expend.

Ex: The final aspect of budgeting is that of keeping accurate records of what has been disbursed, what has been encumbered, and what remains.

Ex: In 1986/87 Glasgow District Library spent over £30,000 on vandalism -- both on putting it right and in trying to prevent it.

Ex: Command of various techniques for forecasting payments and managing funds is necessary to expend fully without overspending the annual materials budget.

* apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* gastar bromas = prank, play + pranks, banter.

* gastar con prudencia = spend + wisely.

* gastar demasiado = overspend.

* gastar dinero = expend + funds, spend + money.

* gastar en exceso = overspend.

* gastarle una putada a Alguien = do + this/that + across + Nombre.

* gastar más de la cuenta = overspend.

* gastar saliva = preach + to the converted.

* gastarse + Dinero + en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* gastarse más dinero = dig + deep.

* gastarse un dineral = fork out + lots of money.

* gastarse un dineral en = go to + great expense to.

* gastarse un montón de dinero = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* * *

gastar [A1 ]

vt

A (consumir)

1 ‹dinero› to spend gastar algo EN algo to spend sth ON sth

ha gastado un dineral en arreglar la casa she's spent a fortune on doing up the house

2 ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use

estamos gastando demasiada agua we're using too much water

¿ya has gastado toda la leche? you haven't used up all the milk already!

no sé ya cuántas cajas he gastado esta semana I don't know how many boxes I've got through o gone through this week

apágala, me vas a gastar las pilas turn it off, you're going to run the batteries down

B (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero› to waste, squander; ‹tiempo/energía› to waste; ‹gasolina/electricidad› to waste

C (desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out; ‹tacones› to wear down

D

1 ( fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear

gasta barba he has a beard

gasto el 37 I'm a size 37, I take a (size) 37

¿qué marca de cigarrillos gastas? what brand of cigarettes do you smoke?

2 ( fam) ‹genio/modales›

¡vaya unos modales que gasta con su padre! what a way to behave toward(s) her father!

ten cuidado porque ése gasta un genio … be careful, he has a terrible temper!

gastarlas ( Esp fam): ya sabes cómo las gasta you know how nasty he can get

E ‹broma› to play

siempre está gastando bromas he's always playing practical jokes

le gastaron una broma they played a joke o trick on him

■ gastarse

v pron

A ( enf) ‹dinero› to spend

¿ya te has gastado todo lo que te di? you don't mean to say you've already spent all the money I gave you!

B (consumirse) to run down

estas pilas se gastan enseguida these batteries run down so quickly o last no time at all

está gastada la batería the battery's flat, the battery's run down

se me ha gastado la tinta I've run out of ink

C «ropa/zapatos» (desgastarse) to wear out

se le gastaron los codos a la chaqueta the elbows of his jacket wore thin/wore through

D ( enf) ( fam) (tener) to have

¡vaya modales que se gasta! that's a fine way to behave, isn't it?

se gasta un genio de mil demonios he has a hell of a temper ( colloq)

¡qué pinta de hippy se gasta! he looks like a real hippy!

con la puntería que se gasta, no puede fallar she's such a good shot, she won't miss

E ( RPl fam) (desperdiciar esfuerzos) to waste one's breath

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gastar ( conjugate gastar) verbo transitivo
1 ( consumir)
a) ‹ dinero› to spend;

gastar algo en algo to spend sth on sth
b) ‹gasolina/electricidad› to use

2 (desperdiciar, malgastar) ‹dinero/tiempo/energía› to waste
3 ( desgastar) ‹ropa/zapatos› to wear out;
‹ tacones› to wear down
4 (fam) (llevar, usar) ‹ropa/gafas› to wear;
◊ gasto el 37 I'm a size 37

5 ‹ broma› to play;
◊ le gastaron una broma they played a joke o trick on him

gastarse verbo pronominal
1 ( enf) ‹ dinero› to spend
2 [pilas/batería] to run down;
◊ se me gastó la tinta I ran out of ink

3 [ropa/zapatos] ( desgastarse) to wear out
4 ( enf) (fam) ( tener) to have;
◊ se gasta un genio … he has a terrible temper!

gastar verbo transitivo
1 (dinero, tiempo) to spend
(gasolina, energía) to consume
2 (desperdiciar) to waste
3 (terminar) to use up
4 (emplear, usar) (ropa, gafas, zapatos) to wear: gasta papel de cartas azul, he uses blue writing paper
5 le gastaron una broma, they played a joke on him
♦ Locuciones: gastarlas, to behave, act: procura no llevarte mal con el jefe, que no sabes como las gasta, tread carefully with the boss until you find out what sort of person she is
' gastar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
broma
- irse
- terminar
- cachar
- desgastar
English:
dip into
- expend
- go through
- joke
- lay out
- overspend
- pay out
- play
- prank
- spend
- trick
- use
- use up
- wear down
- wear out
- eat
- go
- lay
- over
- splash
- wear

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gastar

♦ vt

1. [dinero] to spend;

gastar algo en algo to spend sth on sth;

gastó una fortuna en decorar la casa she spent a fortune (on) decorating the house

2. [consumir] [tiempo] to spend;
[gasolina, electricidad] to use;
esta lámpara gasta mucha electricidad this lamp uses a lot of electricity;

esta moto gasta muy poco this motorbike uses very little Br petrol o US gas;

mi coche gasta 7 litros a los cien ≈ my car does 41 miles to the gallon

3. [malgastar] [dinero, energía] to waste

4. [desgastar] [ropa, zapatos] to wear out

5. Esp [tener, usar] [ropa] to wear;

gasta sombrero he wears a hat;

gasto el 42 I take a size 42, I'm a size 42

6. Esp [hacer]
gastar una broma (a alguien) to play a joke (on sb)

7. Esp [genio]
gastar mal genio to have a bad temper;

gastarlas to carry on, to behave;

¡no sabes cómo se las gastan allí! you can't imagine how they carry on there!

8. RP Fam [burlarse de] to make fun of

♦ vi

to spend (money)

♦ See also the pronominal verb gastarse

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gastar

v/t

1 dinero spend; energía, electricidad etc use

2 ( llevar) wear;

¿qué número gastas? what size do you take?, what size are you?

3 ( desperdiciar) waste

4 ( desgastar) wear out

* * *

gastar vt

1) : to spend

2) consumir: to consume, to use up

3) : to squander, to waste

4) : to wear

gasta un bigote: he sports a mustache

♦ See also the reflexive verb gastarse

* * *

gastar vb

1. (dinero) to spend [pt. & pp. spent]

gasta mucho dinero en ropa she spends a lot of money on clothes

2. (consumir) to use

hay que gastar menos agua we must use less water

este coche gasta mucha gasolina this car uses a lot of petrol

3. (utilizar) to use / to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

¿qué champú gastas? what shampoo do you use?

¿qué número gastas? what size shoes do you take?

gastar bromas to play practical jokes

Spanish-English dictionary > gastar
46 relevar

v.

1 to relieve, to take over from.

Relevamos a María de su carga We relieved Mary of her burden.

2 to dismiss.

3 to free.

4 to substitute (sport) (en partidos).

5 to acquit.

El juez relevó al demandado The judge acquitted the defendant.

* * *

relevar

► verbo transitivo

1 (sustituir) to relieve, take over from

2 (eximir) to exempt (de, from)

3 (destituir) to dismiss, remove, relieve

4 MILITAR to change, relieve

5 figurado (engrandecer) to exaggerate

► verbo pronominal relevarse

1 to take turns

* * *

verb

to relieve

* * *

VT

1) (Mil) [+ guardia] to relieve; [+ colega] to replace, substitute for

relevar la guardia — to relieve the guard

2) (=destituir)

relevar a algn de un cargo — to remove sb from office

ser relevado de su mando — to be relieved of one's command

3) (=dispensar)

relevar a algn de una obligación — to relieve sb of a duty, free sb from an obligation

relevar a algn de hacer algo — to free sb from the obligation to do sth

relevar a algn de la culpa — to exonerate sb, free sb from blame

4) (Téc) to emboss

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( sustituir) to relieve

relevar la guardia — (Mil) to change the guard

relevó a Salinas como entrenador — he took over from o replaced Salinas as coach

2) ( destituir) to remove

3) ( eximir) to exempt

relevar a alguien DE algo — to exempt somebody from something

lo relevaron de servicio — he was exempted from duty
2.
relevarse v pron to take turns, take it in turn(s)

* * *

= take over, put out to + grass, put out to + pasture.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS can take over much of the housekeeping work necessary for a smoothly functioning library = DOBIS/LIBIS puede encargarse de la mayor parte del trabajo de gestión administrativa para que la biblioteca funcione sin problemas.

Ex. The article 'Should the computer be put out to grass?' argues that successful transfer of information relies more on quality than quantity.

Ex. Let the free market decide whether it wants to support Prince's way of doing business or it wants to put him out to pasture.

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* relevar de una obligación = relieve of + duty.

* relevar de un cargo = relieve of + duty.

* relevarse = take + a turn at, take + turns.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( sustituir) to relieve

relevar la guardia — (Mil) to change the guard

relevó a Salinas como entrenador — he took over from o replaced Salinas as coach

2) ( destituir) to remove

3) ( eximir) to exempt

relevar a alguien DE algo — to exempt somebody from something

lo relevaron de servicio — he was exempted from duty
2.
relevarse v pron to take turns, take it in turn(s)

* * *

= take over, put out to + grass, put out to + pasture.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS can take over much of the housekeeping work necessary for a smoothly functioning library = DOBIS/LIBIS puede encargarse de la mayor parte del trabajo de gestión administrativa para que la biblioteca funcione sin problemas.

Ex: The article 'Should the computer be put out to grass?' argues that successful transfer of information relies more on quality than quantity.

Ex: Let the free market decide whether it wants to support Prince's way of doing business or it wants to put him out to pasture.

* relevar de una obligación = relieve of + duty.

* relevar de un cargo = relieve of + duty.

* relevarse = take + a turn at, take + turns.

* * *

relevar [A1 ]

vt

A (sustituir) to relieve

relevar la guardia ( Mil) to change the guard

relevamos a los soldados que hacían la guardia we relieved the soldiers on guard duty

relevó a Salinas como entrenador he took over from o replaced Salinas as coach

B (destituir) to remove

fue relevado del cargo he was relieved of o removed from his post

C (eximir) to exempt relevar a algn DE algo to exempt sb FROM sth

lo relevaron de descargar los camiones he was exempted from unloading the trucks

■ relevarse

v pron

to take turns, take it in turn(s)

las enfermeras se relevaron para atenderla toda la noche the nurses took turns at looking after her all night, the nurses took it in turn(s) to look after her all night

* * *

relevar ( conjugate relevar) verbo transitivo
a) ( sustituir) ‹guarda/enfermera› to relieve;

‹ jugador› to replace, take over from;
◊ relevar la guardia (Mil) to change the guard

b) ( destituir) to remove

relevarse verbo pronominal
to take turns, take it in turn(s)
relevar verbo transitivo
1 (de una carga u obligación) to exempt from, let off
2 (de un puesto o cargo) to remove, relieve
3 (una persona a otra en una función) to relieve, take over from
4 Dep to substitute, replace
' relevar' also found in these entries:
English:
relieve
- take

* * *

relevar

♦ vt

1. [sustituir] to relieve, to take over from;
[en deporte] to substitute;
el presidente lo relevó por una mujer the president replaced him with a woman;

los bomberos recién llegados relevaron a sus agotados compañeros the firemen who had just arrived relieved o took over from their exhausted colleagues;

¿quién lo va a relevar cuando se jubile? who's going to take over from him when he retires?

2. [destituir] to dismiss (de from), to relieve (de of);
lo relevaron de la presidencia del partido they dismissed him as leader of the party

3. [eximir] to free (de from)

4. [en relevos] to take over from

♦ See also the pronominal verb relevarse

* * *

relevar

v/t MIL relieve;

relevar a alguien de algo relieve s.o. of sth

* * *

relevar vt

1) : to relieve, to take over from

2)

relevar de : to exempt from

♦ See also the reflexive verb relevarse

Spanish-English dictionary > relevar
47 puesto

adj.

on.

Va siempre con el sombrero puesto He always walks with the hat on.

m.

1 position, job, appointment.

2 stall, stand.

3 place.

4 post.

5 position.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: poner.

* * *

puesto

► nombre masculino

1 (sitio) place

■ ya han llegado al primer puesto de la liga they've made it to the top of the league

2 (de mercado) stall; (de feria etc) stand

3 (empleo) position, post

4 MILITAR post

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puesto

► participio pasado

1→ link=poner poner

► nombre masculino puesto

1 (sitio) place

■ ya han llegado al primer puesto de la liga they've made it to the top of the league

2 (de mercado) stall; (de feria etc) stand

3 (empleo) position, post

4 MILITAR post

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar muy puesto,-a en algo to be well up in something

ir (muy) puesto,-a to be very smart

puesto que since, as

puesto de la Guardia Civil Civil Guard post

puesto de mando command post

puesto de socorro first-aid post

puesto de vigilancia lookout post

* * *

noun m.

1) place

2) position

3) post

4) booth, stall

•

- puesto que

* * *

1.

PP de poner

2. ADJ

1)

con el sombrero puesto — with one's hat on, wearing a hat

una mesa puesta para nueve — a table laid for nine

salieron del país con lo puesto — they left the country with nothing but the clothes they were wearing

- tenerlos bien puestos

2) [persona]

bien puesto, muy puesto — well dressed, smartly turned out

3)

ir puesto — * (=estar drogado) to be high *; (=estar borracho) to be steaming *, be soused (EEUU) *

4)

no está muy puesto en este tema — he's not very well up on this subject

3. SM

1) (=lugar) place; (=posición) position

ocupa el tercer puesto en la liga — it is in third place in the league

ceder el puesto a algn — to give up one's place to sb

guardar o mantener su puesto — to keep the proper distance

sabe estar en su puesto — he knows his place

puesto de amarre — berth, mooring

puesto de honor — leading position

2) (=empleo) post, position, job

tiene un puesto de conserje — he works as a porter

puesto de decisión — position of power

puesto de trabajo — post, position, job

se crearán 200 puestos de trabajo — 200 new jobs will be created

3) [de vigilancia] post

puesto de control — checkpoint

puesto de escucha — listening-post

puesto de observación — observation post

puesto de policía — police post

puesto de socorro — first-aid post

puesto de vigilancia — (=garita) guard post; (=torre) watchtower

puesto fronterizo — border post

4) (Caza) stand, place

5) (Com) [en mercado] stall; [en feria de muestras] stand, booth

puesto callejero — street stall

puesto de mercado — market stall

puesto de periódicos — newspaper stand

6) Cono Sur land and house held by ranch caretaker

4.

puesto que — conj since, as

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

¿qué haces con el abrigo puesto? — what are you doing with your coat on?

la mesa estaba puesta — the table was laid

iba muy puesto — he was all dressed up

con lo puesto: se marchó con lo puesto he left with nothing but the clothes he was wearing; estar puesto — ( estar dispuesto) (Méx) to be ready o set; ( estar borracho) (Chi fam) to be plastered o sloshed (colloq); ver tb poner
II
masculino

1)

a) (lugar, sitio) place

cada uno que ocupe su puesto — (to your) places, everyone!, positions, everyone!

b) ( en una clasificación) place, position

sacó el primer puesto de su clase — she came top o (AmE) came out top of the class

2) ( empleo) position, job

quedó vacante un puesto de mecanógrafa — there was a vacancy for a typist

no es un puesto fijo — it isn't a permanent job o position

- puesto de trabajo

3)

a) (Com) ( en mercado) stall; ( quiosco) kiosk; ( tienda) stand, stall

b) (de la policía, del ejército) post

- puesto de observación

- puesto de policía

- puesto de socorro

- puesto fronterizo

4)

puesto que — (conj) (frml) since

puesto que así lo quieres... — since that's the way you want it...

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

¿qué haces con el abrigo puesto? — what are you doing with your coat on?

la mesa estaba puesta — the table was laid

iba muy puesto — he was all dressed up

con lo puesto: se marchó con lo puesto he left with nothing but the clothes he was wearing; estar puesto — ( estar dispuesto) (Méx) to be ready o set; ( estar borracho) (Chi fam) to be plastered o sloshed (colloq); ver tb poner
II
masculino

1)

a) (lugar, sitio) place

cada uno que ocupe su puesto — (to your) places, everyone!, positions, everyone!

b) ( en una clasificación) place, position

sacó el primer puesto de su clase — she came top o (AmE) came out top of the class

2) ( empleo) position, job

quedó vacante un puesto de mecanógrafa — there was a vacancy for a typist

no es un puesto fijo — it isn't a permanent job o position

- puesto de trabajo

3)

a) (Com) ( en mercado) stall; ( quiosco) kiosk; ( tienda) stand, stall

b) (de la policía, del ejército) post

- puesto de observación

- puesto de policía

- puesto de socorro

- puesto fronterizo

4)

puesto que — (conj) (frml) since

puesto que así lo quieres... — since that's the way you want it...

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puesto¹

¹ = stand, stall.

Ex: A leaflet stand is placed outside the van when the weather permits.

Ex: The first step is to bring the library to them by organising stalls and exhibitions in public places.

* comerciante de puesto de mercadillo = market trader, stall-holder.

* dueño de puesto de mercadillo = stall-holder, market trader.

* puesto ambulante = roadside vendor, street vendor.

* puesto de artesanía = craft stand.

* puesto de café y comida = coffee and lunch corner.

* puesto de comida = food stall.

* puesto de fruta = fruit stand.

* puesto de mercadillo = market stall.

* puesto de verdura = vegetable stand.

puesto²

² = rank number, mindshare.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Journal ranking: the issue of allotting rank numbers when there is a tie'.

Ex: Libaries mindshare in this new self-service e-resource environment is also clear: behind newer entrants.

* ascender a un puesto = rise to + position.

* aspirar a un puesto de trabajo = aspire to + position.

* conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* denominación del puesto de trabajo = job title, occupational title.

* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* en el puesto de dirección = in the hot seat.

* funciones del puesto de trabajo = position + entail + duty.

* intercambio de puestos de trabajo = job exchange.

* obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* ocupar el puesto de = replace, have + the rank of.

* ocupar el puesto de + Nombre = hold + Nombre + rank.

* ocupar un puesto = hold + position.

* ocupar un puesto de confianza = be on the inside.

* ocupar un puesto de trabajo = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post.

* ocupar un puesto en = have + a place in.

* pasar a ocupar el puesto de Alguien = step into + the shoes of, stand in + Posesivo + shoes.

* pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.

* primer puesto + ser para = pride of place + go to.

* puesto de batalla = battle-station.

* puesto de bibliotecario = library staff post.

* puesto de combate = battle-station.

* puesto de consulta = service station.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* puesto de dirección = position of leadership.

* puesto de escucha = listening post.

* puesto de lector = accommodation.

* puesto de lectura = reader place, reader seat [reader's seat], study place.

* puesto de observación = lookout [look-out].

* puesto de trabajo = appointment, position, post, opening, career path, professional position, position held.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* puesto de trabajo ocupado = position held.

* puesto directivo = senior post, senior position, managerial position, executive position.

* puesto ejecutivo = managerial position, executive position.

* puesto laboral = staff position.

* puesto público = public service position.

* puestos = seating.

* puestos de lectura = seating capacity, seating space, reading space.

* puestos de trabajo ocupados = positions held.

* puesto vacante = vacant post, position vacancy, vacant position.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* reserva de puestos de lectura = seat reservation.

puesto³

* estar muy puesto = stay on top of + the game, stay on top.

* llevar puesto el cinturón de seguridad = wear + a seat belt.

* puesto a prueba = overstretched.

* puesto que = as, because, for, since, seeing that/as.

* que no se ha puesto en duda = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].

* vivir con lo puesto = live on + a shoestring (budget).

* * *

puesto¹ -ta

adjective

¿qué haces con el abrigo puesto? what are you doing with your coat on?

la mesa estaba puesta para dos the table was laid for two

bien puesto well-dressed

¿dónde vas tan puesto? where are you off to all dressed up like that?

con lo puesto: se marchó con lo puesto y un billete de avión he left with nothing but the clothes he was wearing o the clothes he had on and his plane ticket

estar puesto (estar dispuesto) ( Méx) to be ready o set; (estar borracho) ( Chi fam) to be plastered o sloshed ( colloq)

yo estaba puestísimo, pero ellos se echaron para atrás I was all ready o set to do it, but they got cold feet

estar puesto en algo ( Esp); to be well up on sth ( colloq), to know a lot about sth

tenerlas bien puestas or ( Esp) tenerlos bien puestos ( arg); to have guts ( colloq)

para hacerles frente a esos matones hay que tenerlas bien puestas it takes guts to stand up to those thugs ( colloq)

ver tb poner

puesto²

masculine

A

1 (lugar, sitio) place

cada uno que ocupe su puesto (to your) places, everyone!, positions, everyone!

no pudo ir y me mandó en su puesto she couldn't go so she sent me in her place

2 (en una clasificación) place, position

siempre saca el primer puesto de su clase she always comes top o ( AmE) comes out top of the class

B (empleo) position, job

tiene un buen puesto en la empresa she has a good position o job in the company

ha quedado vacante un puesto de mecanógrafa there is now a vacancy for a typist

¿te salió el puesto en esa editorial? did you get the job with that publishing company?

no es un puesto fijo it isn't a permanent job o position

Compuesto:

puesto de trabajo

(empleo) job; ( Inf) workstation

C

1 ( Com) (en el mercado) stall; (quiosco) kiosk; (tienda) stand, stall

2 (de la policía, del ejército) post

un puesto de la Cruz Roja a Red Cross post/station

Compuestos:

● puesto de observación

observation post

● puesto de policía

police post

● puesto de socorro

first-aid post/station

● puesto fronterizo

border post

D

puesto que ( conjunction) ( frml); since

no veo cómo se puede haber enterado, puesto que yo no se lo dije a nadie I don't see how she can have found out, given that o since I didn't tell anyone

puesto que así lo quieres, así se hará if o since that's the way you want it, that's the way we'll do it

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Del verbo poner: ( conjugate poner)

puesto es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
poner
puesto
poner ( conjugate poner) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( colocar) to put;

◊ ponlo en el suelo put it on the floor;

ponle el collar al perro put the dog's collar on;
puesto una bomba to plant a bomb
b) ‹anuncio/aviso› to place, put

c) ‹ ropa› (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ le puse el sombrero I put his hat on (for him)

2 ( agregar) to put
3 ‹inyección/supositorio› to give
4
◊ poner la mesa to lay o set the table

5 (instalar, montar)
a) ‹oficina/restaurante› to open

b) ‹cocina/teléfono/calefacción› to install

c) ‹cerradura/armario› to fit

6 [ ave] ‹ huevo› to lay
7 (Esp) (servir, dar):
◊ póngame un café, por favor I'll have a coffee, please;

¿cuántos le pongo? how many would you like?
1 ‹ dinero› ( contribuir) to put in;
◊ pusimos 500 pesos cada uno we put in 500 pesos each

2 ‹ atención› to pay;
‹cuidado/interés› to take;
◊ pon más cuidado en la presentación take more care over the presentation

3
a) ( imponer) ‹ deberes› to give, set;

‹examen/problema› to set;
◊ le pusieron una multa he was fined

b) ( oponer) ‹ inconvenientes› to raise;

◊ me pusieron problemas para entrar they made it difficult for me to get in

c) ( adjudicar) ‹ nota› to give

4 ( dar) ‹nombre/apodo› to give;
‹ ejemplo› to give;
◊ le pusieron Eva they called her Eva

5 ( enviar) ‹ telegrama› to send
6 ( escribir) ‹dedicatoria/líneas› to write
7 (Esp) (exhibir, dar) ‹ película› to show;
◊ ¿ponen algo interesante en la tele? is there anything interesting on TV?;

¿qué ponen en el Royal? what's on o what's showing at the Royal?
1
a) (conectar, encender) ‹televisión/calefacción› to turn on, switch on, put on;

‹programa/canal› to put on;
‹cinta/disco/música› to put on;
◊ puso el motor en marcha she switched on o started the engine

b) (ajustar, graduar) ‹ despertador› to set;

◊ pon la música más alta turn the music up;

puso el reloj en hora she put the clock right
2 (Esp) ( al teléfono): puesto a algn con algo/algn to put sb through to sth/sb
(en estado, situación) (+ compl):
◊ puesto a algn nervioso to make sb nervous;

puesto a algn en un aprieto to put sb in an awkward position
vi [ ave] to lay
ponerse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ( colocarse):
◊ pongámonos ahí let's stand (o sit etc) there;

puestose de pie to stand (up);
puestose de rodillas to kneel (down), get down on one's knees
2 [ sol] to set
3 ( refl) ‹calzado/maquillaje/alhaja› to put on;
◊ no tengo nada que puestome I don't have a thing to wear

1 (en estado, situación) (+ compl):
◊ puestose enfermo to get sick;

se puso triste she became sad;
cuando lo vio se puso muy contenta she was so happy when she saw it;
se puso como loco he went mad;
puestose cómodo to make oneself comfortable
2 ( empezar) puestose a + inf to start -ing, to start + inf;
◊ se puso a llover it started raining, it started to rain

(Esp):
◊ puestose al teléfono to come to the phone

puesto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo: ¿qué haces con el abrigo puesto? what are you doing with your coat on?;

tenía las botas puestas she was wearing her boots;
la mesa estaba puesta the table was laid;
ver tb poner
puesto 2 sustantivo masculino
1
a) (lugar, sitio) place;

◊ se sentó en mi puesto he sat in my place

b) ( en una clasificación) place, position;

◊ sacó el primer puesto de la clase she came top o (AmE) came out top of the class

2 ( empleo) position, job;
◊ puesto de trabajo ( empleo) job;

(Inf) workstation
3
a) (Com) ( en mercado) stall;

( quiosco) kiosk;
( tienda) stand, stall
b) (de la policía, del ejército) post;

◊ puesto de socorro first-aid post/station

4
◊ puesto que ( conj) (frml) since

poner verbo transitivo
1 (en un lugar, una situación) to put: me puso en un aprieto, he put me in a tight corner
(seguido de adjetivo) to make: me pone contento, he makes me happy
2 (hacer funcionar) to turn o switch on
3 (un fax, telegrama) to send
poner una conferencia, to make a long-distance call
4 (una multa, un castigo) to impose
5 (abrir un negocio) to set up
6 (vestir) to put on
7 (exponer) tienes que poner la planta al sol/a la sombra, you have to put the plant in the sun/shade
8 (aportar) yo puse mil pesetas, I contributed a thousand pesetas
9 (conjeturar, imaginar) to suppose: pongamos que..., supposing (that)...
10 (estar escrito) lo pone aquí, it's written here
no pone nada de eso, it doesn't say anything about that
11 TV Cine to put on, show
12 Tel ponme con él, put me through to him
13 (un nombre) le pondremos Tadeo, we are going to call him Tadeo
ya le puso título a la novela, he has already given the novel a title
♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a caldo, to pull sb to pieces
poner a cien, to make sb nervous: me pone a cien cuando habla de ese modo, when he talks that way I get nervous
poner en duda, to call into question: los inversores pusieron su competencia en duda, the investors questioned his competence
poner a alguien en evidencia, to show sb up
poner en evidencia, to show up: la situación pone en evidencia la falta de justicia del sistema, the situation exposes the system's unfairness
poner a alguien en su sitio, to put sb in his place
puesto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (la mesa) set, laid: la mesa está puesta, the table is laid
2 (prenda de vestir) to have on
con el abrigo puesto, with one's coat on
familiar ir muy puesto, to be all dressed up
3 fam (saber mucho) está muy puesto en filosofía, he's very well up in philosophy
4 fam (borracho) drunk
II sustantivo masculino
1 (lugar) place
2 (empleo) position, post: es un puesto fijo, it's a permanent job
3 (tienda) stall, stand
4 Mil post
puesto de mando, command post
III conj puesto que, since, as
' puesto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- absurdo
- antigüedad
- apoltronarse
- ascender
- brete
- callejera
- callejero
- cargo
- cesar
- conquistar
- desempeñar
- designar
- destino
- dieta
- disputa
- empeño
- enchufe
- excavar
- huevo
- instalar
- le
- libertad
- maldita
- maldito
- ocupar
- optar
- precio
- pues
- puesta
- rehabilitación
- relevar
- reponer
- saco
- tenderete
- traer
- vestir
- acomodar
- alto
- apetecible
- aplicar
- aspirante
- barraca
- candidato
- cargar
- ceder
- clasificación
- como
- concursar
- confianza
English:
applicant
- apply
- appointment
- bearer
- bookstall
- boost
- capacity
- chair
- checkpoint
- command post
- concession
- designate
- downgrade
- earth
- economic
- fill
- fit
- free
- fresh
- give up
- government
- hold
- inside
- job
- job description
- leave on
- lookout
- market stall
- name
- nominate
- observation post
- occupy
- on
- opening
- outpost
- place
- position
- post
- put in
- qualification
- qualified
- qualify
- quit
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- resign
- responsible
- retiring
- shove out

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puesto, -a

♦ participio
ver poner
♦ adj

1. [objeto]
llevaba puesto el sombrero he was wearing his hat;

iba sólo con lo puesto all she had with her were the clothes on her back;

dejaron la mesa puesta they didn't clear the table;

Comp
muy Fam
los tiene bien puestos he's got guts o balls

2. [persona]
ir muy puesto to be all dressed up;
Fam
estar muy puesto en algo to be well up on sth

3. [drogado] high, stoned;
[borracho] drunk, smashed
♦ nm

1. [empleo] post, position;

escalar puestos to work one's way up

Comp
puesto de trabajo job;
puesto vacante opening, vacancy

2. [en fila, clasificación] place

3. [lugar] place;

¡cada uno a sus puestos! to your places, everyone!;

¿quieres que te cambie el puesto? do you want me to swap places o seats with you?

4. [tenderete] stall, stand

Comp
puesto de escucha [en tienda] listening post;
puesto de periódicos newsstand

5. [de control] post

Comp
puesto de la Cruz Roja Red Cross post;
puesto de mando command post;

puesto de observación observation post;

puesto de policía police station;

puesto de socorro first-aid post;

puesto de vigilancia sentry post

6. RP [de ganado] cattle station

7. Col, Méx [estanco] tobacconist's

♦ puesto que loc conj

since, as;

preferimos este modelo, puesto que además de ser eficaz es barato we chose this model, since it is not only efficient but also cheap

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puesto

I part → poner;

bien puesto well-dressed

II m

1 lugar place

2 en mercado stand, stall

2 MIL post

III conj

:

puesto que since, given that

* * *

puesto pp poner

puesto, -ta adj

: dressed

bien puesto: well-dressed

puesto nm

1) lugar, sitio: place, position

2) : position, job

3) : kiosk, stand, stall

4)

puesto que : since, given that

* * *

puesto¹ adj

1. (ropa) on

lleva puesta la camisa nueva he's got his new shirt on / he's wearing his new shirt

2. (bien arreglado) smart / well dressed

siempre va muy puesto he's always very smart

puesto² n

1. (lugar) place

todos los atletas están en sus puestos all the athletes are in their places

2. (trabajo) job / post

tiene un buen puesto she's got a good job

3. (de mercado) stall

un puesto de fruta a fruit stall

puesto que as / since

Spanish-English dictionary > puesto
48 alto

adj.

1 tall, elevated, high-rise.

2 high, upland.

3 tall.

4 high, steep.

Precios altos High (steep) prices

5 loud.

6 lofty.

adv.

1 loudly, aloud, high up.

2 high, in a high position.

intj.

stop, hold everything, halt, hold it.

m.

1 height.

2 stop, halt, interruption, pause.

3 hill, top of the hill, height.

4 upper floor.

5 high point, high, maximum.

6 Alto.

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alto

► adjetivo

1 (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

■ es una mujer muy alta she's a very tall woman

2 (montaña, pared, techo, precio) high

■ lleva zapatos de tacón alto she wears high-heeled shoes

■ la marea está alta it's high tide

■ tiene la presión alta he's got high blood pressure

3 (elevado) top, upper

■ viven en los pisos altos they live on the upper floors

4 (importancia) high, top

■ es un alto ejecutivo en la empresa he's a top executive in the company

5 (voz, sonido) loud

■ lo dijo en voz alta she said it aloud

■ pon la tele más alta turn the telly up

► adverbio alto

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a altas horas de la noche late at night

en lo alto de on the top of

pasar por alto to pass over

por todo lo alto figurado in a grand way

tirando alto figurado at the most

alta cocina haute cuisine

alta sociedad high society

alta tecnología high technology

altas presiones high pressure sing

alto horno blast furnace

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alto

► adverbio

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

————————

alto

► nombre masculino

1 (parada) stop

■ hicieron un alto para comer they stopped for lunch

► interjección

1 halt! (policía) stop!

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el alto a alguien MILITAR to order somebody to halt

alto el fuego cease-fire

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1. (f. - alta)
adj.

1) tall

2) high

3) loud
2. adv.
1) high

2) loudly
3. noun m.
1) height

2) halt, stop

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I
1. ADJ

1) [en altura]

a) [edificio, persona] tall; [monte] high

está muy alto para su edad — he is very tall for his age

los pisos altos tienen más luz natural — the top flats have more natural light

• jersey de cuello alto — polo neck jumper, turtleneck

• camino de alta montaña — high mountain path

• zapatos de tacón o Cono Sur, Perú taco alto — high-heeled shoes, high heels
mar I, 1)
b)

• lo alto, una casa en lo alto de la cuesta — a house on top of the hill

desde lo alto del árbol — from the top of the tree

• lanzar algo de o desde lo alto — to throw sth down, throw sth down from above

por todo lo alto —

lo celebraron por todo lo alto — they celebrated it in style

2) [en nivel] [grado, precio, riesgo] high; [clase, cámara] upper

se han alcanzado muy altas temperaturas — there have been very high temperatures

tiene la tensión alta — he has high blood pressure

los alumnos de los niveles más altos — the highest level students

la marea estaba alta — it was high tide, the tide was in

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su descaro — he paid a very high price for his cheekiness

una familia de clase alta — an upper class family

la cámara alta del Parlamento ruso — the upper house of the Russian parliament

ocupa una alta posición en el gobierno — he occupies a high-ranking position in the government

tiene un alto sentido del deber — he has a strong sense of duty

• alta burguesía — upper-middle class

• alto cargo — [puesto] high-ranking position; [persona] senior official, high-ranking official

• alta cocina — haute cuisine

• alto/a comisario/a — High Commissioner

• Alto Comisionado — High Commission

• alta costura — high fashion, haute couture

• de alta definición — high-definition antes de s

• alto/a ejecutivo/a — top executive

• alta escuela — (Hípica) dressage

un jugador de alta escuela — a top quality player

• altas esferas — upper echelons

• alta fidelidad — high fidelity, hi-fi

• altas finanzas — high finance

• alta frecuencia — high frequency

• alto funcionario — senior official, high-ranking official

• oficiales de alta graduación — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• altos hornos — blast furnace

• altos mandos — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• de altas miras, es un chico de altas miras — he is a boy of great ambition

• alta presión — (Téc, Meteo) high pressure

hoy continuarán las altas presiones — the high pressure system will continue today

• alta sociedad — high society

• alta tecnología — high technology

• temporada alta — high season

• alta tensión — high tension, high voltage

• alta traición — high treason

• alta velocidad — high speed

Alta Velocidad Española — Esp name given to high speed train system

3) [en intensidad]

el volumen está muy alto — the volume is very loud

la calefacción está muy alta — the heating is very high

• en voz alta — [leer] out loud; [hablar] in a loud voice

4) [en el tiempo]

hasta altas horas de la madrugada — until the early hours

5) [estilo] lofty, elevated

6) (=revuelto)

• estar alto — [río] to be high; [mar] to be rough

7) (Geog) upper

el Alto Rin — the Upper Rhine

8) (Mús) [nota] sharp; [instrumento, voz] alto

9) ( Hist, Ling) high

alto antiguo alemán — Old High German

la alta Edad Media — the high Middle Ages

2. ADV

1) (=arriba) high

sube un poco más alto — go up a little higher

ha llegado muy alto en su carrera profesional — he's reached the top in his professional career

lanzar algo alto — to throw sth high

2) (=en voz alta)

gritar alto — to shout out loud

hablar alto — (=en voz alta) to speak loudly; (=con franqueza) to speak out, speak out frankly

¡más alto, por favor! — louder, please!

pon la radio un poco más alto — turn the radio up a little

pensar (en) alto — to think out loud, think aloud
volar
3. SM

1) (=altura)

el muro tiene 5 metros de alto — the wall is 5 metres high

mide 1,80 de alto — he is 1.80 metres tall

• en alto, coloque los pies en alto — put your feet up

con las manos en alto — [en atraco, rendición] with one's hands up; [en manifestación] with one's hands in the air

dejar algo en alto —

el resultado deja muy en alto su reputación como el mejor del mundo — the result has boosted his reputation as the best in the world

estas cosas dejan en alto el buen nombre de un país — these things contribute to maintaining the country's good name

2) (Geog) hill

el pueblo está en un alto — the town lies on a hill

Altos del Golán — Golan Heights

3) (Arquit) upper floor

4) (Mús) alto

5)

altos y bajos — ups and downs

6)

• pasar por alto — [+ detalle, problema] to overlook

7) Chile [de ropa, cartas] pile

8) Chile [de tela] length

9)

los altos — Cono Sur, Méx [de casa] upstairs; (Geog) the heights

los altos de Jalisco — the Jalisco heights
II
1. SM

1) (=parada) stop

• dar el alto a algn — to order sb to halt, stop sb

• hacer un alto — [en viaje] to stop off; [en actividad] to take a break

a este bar vienen los camioneros que hacen un alto en el camino — the lorry drivers stop off at this bar on the way

hicieron un alto en el trabajo para comer un bocadillo — they took a break from work to eat a sandwich

• poner el alto a algo — Méx to put an end to sth

alto el fuego — Esp ceasefire

2) (Aut) (=señal) stop sign; (=semáforo) lights pl

2.

EXCL

¡alto! — halt!, stop!

¡alto ahí! — stop there!

¡alto el fuego! — cease fire!

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *

alto¹

¹ = stop.

Ex: It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.

* alto del fuego = cease-fire.

* alto en el camino = stopover.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.

* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.

* un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.

alto²

² = alto.

Ex: The simultaneous interweaving of several melodic lines (usually four: soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in a musical composition is known as polyphony.

alto³

³ = height.

Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.

* altos y bajos = highs and lows, peaks and valleys.

* celebrar por todo lo alto = make + a song and dance about.

* con la frente en alto = stand + tall.

* en lo alto = on top.

* en lo alto de = on top of, atop.

* poner los pies en alto = put + Posesivo + feet up.

alto⁴

⁴ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], high [higher -comp., highest -sup.], superior, tall [taller -comp., tallest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

Ex: In fact, the area was well served by a very good neighbourhood advice centre which had a heavy workload of advice and information-giving.

Ex: Lower specificity will be associated with lower precision but high recall.

Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.

Ex: Occasionally, however, a differently shaped pyramid -- either taller or shorter, is more appropriate.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* alta burguesía, la = gentry, the.

* alta cocina = haute cuisine.

* alta costura = haute couture.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* alta intensidad = high-rate.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* alta posición = high estate.

* alta productividad = high yield.

* alta resolución = high resolution.

* altas esferas del poder, las = echelons of power, the.

* altas esferas, las = corridors of power, the.

* alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.

* alta traición = high treason.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* alto cargo = senior post, top official, senior position, top person [top people, -pl.], top executive, top position, senior manager, senior executive, high official, top manager, senior official.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alto comisario = high commissioner.

* alto dignatario = high official.

* alto en fibras = high-fibre.

* alto funcionario = high official.

* alto horno = blast furnace.

* alto nivel = high standard.

* alto precio = costliness.

* alto rendimiento = high yield.

* alto riesgo = high stakes.

* altos cargos = people in high office.

* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* amontonarse muy alto = be metres high.

* apuntar muy alto = reach for + the stars, shoot for + the stars.

* a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* clase alta = upper class.

* con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].

* cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* edificio alto = high-rise building.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.

* fijar precios altos = price + high.

* física de altas energías = high energy physics.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.

* línea de alta tensión = power line.

* llevar a cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* marea alta = high tide.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* pagar un precio alto por Algo = pay + a premium price for.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA].

* persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.

* poner un precio a Algo muy alto = overprice.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* quimioterapia de altas dosis = high-dose chemotherapy.

* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.

* temporada alta = high season.

* tener un alto contenido de = be high in.

* unaprobabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.

* un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.

alto⁵

⁵ = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.].

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* en voz alta = loudly, out loud.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* leer en voz alta = read + aloud, read + out loud.

* pensar en voz alta = think + out loud.

* sonido alto = loud noise.

* * *

alto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall; ‹pared/montaña› high

zapatos de tacones altos or ( AmS) de taco alto high-heeled shoes

es más alto que su hermano he's taller than his brother

una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

2 [ ESTAR]:

¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!

mi hija está casi tan alta como yo my daughter's almost as tall as me now o almost my height now

B (indicando posición, nivel)

1 [ SER] high

los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto a high-waisted dress

2 [ ESTAR]:

ese cuadro está muy alto that picture's too high

ponlo más alto para que los niños no alcancen put it higher up so that the children can't reach

el río está muy alto the river is very high

la marea está alta it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos del edificio the top floors of the building

salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands up o with your hands in the air

eso deja muy en alto su buen nombre (CS); that has really boosted his reputation

últimamente están con or tienen la moral bastante alta they've been in pretty high spirits lately, their morale has been pretty high recently

a pesar de haber perdido, ha sabido mantener alto el espíritu he's managed to keep his spirits up despite losing

Dios te está mirando allá en lo alto God is watching you from on high

habían acampado en lo alto de la montaña they had camped high up on the mountainside

en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree, at the top of the tree

por todo lo alto in style

celebraron su triunfo por todo lo alto they celebrated their victory in style

una boda por todo lo alto a lavish wedding

C (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta she has high blood pressure

cereales de alto contenido en fibra high-fiber cereals

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su irreflexión he has paid a very high price for his rashness

productos de alta calidad high-quality products

[ S ] imprescindible alto dominio del inglés good knowledge of English essential

el nivel es bastante alto en este colegio the standard is quite high in this school

el alto índice de participación en las elecciones the high turnout in the elections

embarazo de alto riesgo high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto at the most, at the outside

tirando por lo alto costará unas 200 libras it will cost about 200 pounds at the most o at the outside

D

1 [ ESTAR] (en intensidad) ‹volumen/radio/televisión› loud

pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

¡qué alta está la televisión! the television is so loud!

2

en voz alta or en alto aloud, out loud

estaba pensando en voz alta I was thinking aloud o out loud

E ( delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/dirigente/funcionario› high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango a high-ranking army officer

uno de los más altos ejecutivos de la empresa one of the company's top executives

conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

F ( delante del n) ‹ideales› high

tiene un alto sentido del deber she has a strong sense of duty

es el más alto honor de mi vida it is the greatest honor I have ever had

tiene un alto concepto or una alta opinión de ti he has a high opinion of you, he thinks very highly of you

G ( delante del n)

1 ( Ling) high

el alto alemán High German

2 ( Geog) upper

el alto Aragón upper Aragon

el Alto Paraná the Upper Paraná

Compuestos:

● alta burguesía

feminine upper-middle classes (pl)

● alta cocina

feminine haute cuisine

● alta comedia

feminine high comedy

● alta costura

feminine haute couture, high fashion

● alta definición

feminine high definition

de or en altoa definición high-definition ( before n)

● alta Edad Media

feminine High Middle Ages (pl)

● alta escuela

feminine dressage

● alta fidelidad

feminine high fidelity, hi-fi

● alta frecuencia

feminine high frequency

● alta mar

masculine or feminine el pesquero fue apresado en (el or la) altoa mar the trawler was seized on the high sea(s)

se hundió cerca de la costa y no en (el or la) altoa mar it sank near the coast and not on the open sea o not out at sea

la flota de altoa mar the deep-sea fleet

● alta peluquería

feminine hairstyling

● altas esferas

fpl upper echelons (pl)

● altas finanzas

fpl:

las altoas finanzas high finance

● alta sociedad

feminine high society

● altas presiones

fpl high pressure

un sistema de altoas presiones a high-pressure system

● alta tecnología

feminine high technology

● alta tensión

feminine high tension o voltage

● alta traición

feminine high treason

● alto cargo

masculine (puesto) high-ranking position, important post; (persona) high-ranking official

● alto comisario, alta comisaria

masculine, feminine high commissioner

● alto comisionado or comisariado

masculine high commission

● alto horno

masculine blast furnace

● alto mando

masculine high-ranking officer

● alto relieve

masculine high relief, alto relievo

● Alta Velocidad Española

AVE

● alto voltaje

masculine high voltage o tension

alto²

adverb

A ‹volar/subir/tirar› high

tírala más alto throw it higher

B ‹hablar› loud, loudly

habla más alto que no te oigo can you speak up a little o speak a bit louder, I can't hear you

pasar por alto ver pasar vt Sense I F. (↑ pasar)

alto³

interjection

halt!

¡alto (ahí)! (dicho por un centinela) halt!; (dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

¡alto ahí! ¡eso sí que no estoy dispuesto a aceptarlo! hold on! I'm not taking that!

¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

Compuesto:

alto el fuego

masculine ( Esp) ( Mil) cease-fire

alto⁴

masculine

A

1

(altura): de alto high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto por dos de ancho it's three meters high by two wide

2 (en el terreno) high ground

siempre se edificaban en un alto they were always built on high ground

B

1 (de un edificio) top floor

viven en un alto they live in a top floor apartment o ( BrE) flat

2 los altos mpl (CS) (en una casa) upstairs

viven en los altos del taller they live above the workshop

C

(parada, interrupción): hacer un alto to stop

hicieron un alto en el camino para almorzar they stopped off o they stopped on the way for lunch

dar el alto a algn ( Mil) to stop sb, to order sb to halt

D ( Méx) ( Auto)

1 (señal de pare) stop sign

pasarse el alto to go through the stop sign

2 (semáforo) stoplight

pasarse el alto to run the red light ( AmE), to jump the lights ( BrE)

E

1 ( Chi fam) (de cosas) pile, heap

2 ( Chi) (cantidad de tela) length

* * *

alto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) [ser] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall;

‹pared/montaña› high;
◊ una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]:

◊ ¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!;

está tan alta como yo she's as tall as me now
2 (indicando posición, nivel)
a) [ser] high;

◊ los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

b) [estar]:

◊ el río está muy alto the river is very high;

la marea está alta it's high tide;
los pisos más altos the top floors;
salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands in the air;
con la moral bastante alta in pretty high spirits;
en lo alto de la montaña high up on the mountainside;
en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree;
por todo lo alto in style
3 (en cantidad, calidad) high;
◊ el alto nivel de contaminación the high level of pollution;

productos de alta calidad high-quality products;
tirando por lo alto at the most
4
a) [estar] ( en intensidad) ‹volumen/televisión› loud;

◊ pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

b) en alto or en voz alta aloud, out loud

5 ( delante del n)
a) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/funcionario› high-ranking, top;

◊ conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

b) ‹ideales/opinión› high;

◊ un alto sentido del deber a strong sense of duty

c) ( en nombres compuestos)

◊ alta burguesía sustantivo femenino

upper-middle classes (pl);
alta costura sustantivo femenino
haute couture;
alta fidelidad sustantivo femenino
high fidelity, hi-fi;
alta mar sustantivo femenino: en alta mar on the high seas;
flota/pesca de alta mar deep-sea fleet/fishing;
alta sociedad sustantivo femenino
high society;
alta tensión sustantivo femenino
high tension o voltage;
alto cargo sustantivo masculino ( puesto) high-ranking position;

( persona) high-ranking official;
◊ alto mando sustantivo masculino

high-ranking officer
alto 2 adverbio
1 ‹volar/subir› high
2 ‹ hablar› loud, loudly;
◊ habla más alto speak up a little

alto 3 interjección
halt!;
◊ ¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

alto 4 sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( altura)

◊ de alto high;

tiene tres metros de alto it's three meters high
b) ( en el terreno) high ground;

◊ construido en un alto built on high ground

2
a) (parada, interrupción):

◊ hacer un alto to stop;

alto el fuego (Esp) (Mil) cease-fire
b) (Méx) (Auto):

◊ pasarse el alto ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE);

( un stop) to go through the stop sign
alto,-a 2
I adjetivo
1 (que tiene altura: edificio, persona, ser vivo) tall
2 (elevado) high
3 (sonido) loud
en voz alta, aloud, in a loud voice
(tono) high-pitched
4 (precio, tecnología) high
alta tensión, high tension
5 (antepuesto al nombre: de importancia) high-ranking, high-level: es una reunión de alto nivel, it's a high-level meeting
alta sociedad, high society ➣ Ver nota en aloud II sustantivo masculino
1 (altura) height: ¿cómo es de alto?, how tall/high is it?
2 (elevación del terreno) hill
III adverbio
1 high, high up
2 (sonar, hablar, etc) loud, loudly: ¡más alto, por favor!, louder, please!
tienes que poner el horno más alto, you must turn the oven up ➣ Ver nota en high
♦ Locuciones: la boda se celebró por todo lo alto, the wedding was celebrated in style
alto 1 sustantivo masculino (interrupción) stop, break
' alto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alta
- así
- barrio
- caer
- colmo
- cómo
- ella
- fuerte
- horno
- listón
- medir
- media
- monte
- ojo
- pasar
- relativamente
- riesgo
- superior
- suprimir
- suspender
- tacón
- tono
- última
- último
- vida
- vocinglera
- vocinglero
- buzo
- contralto
- cuello
- funcionario
- grande
- hablar
- imaginar
- individuo
- lo
- nivel
- redondear
- saltar
- salto
- subir
- taco
- tanto
- todo
- torre
English:
above
- aloud
- alto
- arch
- atop
- blast-furnace
- brass
- ceasefire
- discount
- foreigner
- gloss over
- halt
- height
- high
- high-end
- high-level
- high-powered
- inflated
- labour-intensive
- laugh
- lifestyle
- loud
- omission
- overhead
- overlook
- pass down
- pass over
- peak
- polo neck
- second
- senior
- short
- sing up
- small
- soar
- speak up
- stop
- tall
- top
- top-level
- top-secret
- topmost
- tree-house
- turtleneck
- unemployment
- up
- upper
- uppermost
- world
- aloft

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alto, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, árbol, edificio] tall;
[montaña] high;
es más alto que su compañero he's taller than his colleague;

el Everest es la montaña más alta del mundo Everest is the world's highest mountain;

¡qué alta está tu hermana! your sister's really grown!;

un jersey de cuello alto Br a polo neck, US a turtleneck;

tacones o Andes, RP [m5] tacos altos high heels;

lo alto [de lugar, objeto] the top;
Fig [el cielo] Heaven;
en lo alto de at the top of;

el gato se escondió en lo alto del árbol the cat hid up the tree;

Comp

hacer algo por todo lo alto to do sth in (great) style;

una boda por todo lo alto a sumptuous wedding

Comp
alto relieve high relief
2. [indica posición elevada] high;
[piso] top, upper;
tu mesa es muy alta para escribir bien your desk is too high for writing comfortably;

¡salgan con los brazos en alto! come out with your arms raised o your hands up;

aguántalo en alto un segundo hold it up for a second;

tienen la moral muy alta their morale is very high;

el portero desvió el balón por alto the keeper tipped the ball over the bar;

de alta mar deep-sea;

en alta mar out at sea;

le entusiasma la alta montaña she loves mountaineering;

equipo de alta montaña mountaineering gear;

Comp

mantener la cabeza bien alta to hold one's head high;

Comp

pasar algo por alto [adrede] to pass over sth;
[sin querer] to miss sth out;
esta vez pasaré por alto tu retraso I'll overlook the fact that you arrived late this time

3. [cantidad, intensidad] high;

de alta calidad high-quality;

tengo la tensión muy alta I have very high blood pressure;

tiene la fiebre alta her temperature is high, she has a high temperature;
Informát
un disco duro de alta capacidad a high-capacity hard disk;

un televisor de alta definición a high-definition TV;

una inversión de alta rentabilidad a highly profitable investment;

un tren de alta velocidad a high-speed train

Comp
alto horno blast furnace;
altos hornos [factoría] iron and steelworks;
Informát alta resolución high resolution;
alta temperatura high temperature;

alta tensión high voltage;
Der alta traición high treason;
alto voltaje high voltage

4. [en una escala]
la alta competición [en deporte] competition at the highest level;

de alto nivel [delegación] high-level;

un alto dirigente a high-ranking leader

Comp
Hist la alta aristocracia the highest ranks of the aristocracy;
alto cargo [persona] [de empresa] top manager;
[de la administración] top-ranking official; [puesto] top position o job;
los altos cargos del partido the party leadership;

los altos cargos de la empresa the company's top management;

alta cocina haute cuisine;

Alto Comisionado High Commission;

alta costura haute couture;
Mil alto mando [persona] high-ranking officer; [jefatura] high command;
alta sociedad high society

5. [avanzado] alta fidelidad high fidelity;

altas finanzas high finance;
Informát de alto nivel [lenguaje] high-level;
alta tecnología high technology

6. [sonido, voz] loud;

en voz alta in a loud voice;

el que no esté de acuerdo que lo diga en voz alta if anyone disagrees, speak up

7. [hora] late;

a altas horas de la noche late at night

8. Geog upper;

un crucero por el curso alto del Danubio a cruise along the upper reaches of the Danube;

el Alto Egipto Upper Egypt

Comp
Hist Alto Perú = name given to Bolivia during the colonial era; Antes Alto Volta Upper Volta
9. Hist High;

la alta Edad Media the High Middle Ages

10. [noble] [ideales] lofty

11. [crecido, alborotado] [río] swollen;
[mar] rough;
con estas lluvias el río va alto the rain has swollen the river's banks

♦ nm

1. [altura] height;

mide 2 metros de alto [cosa] it's 2 metres high;
[persona] he's 2 metres tall
2. [lugar elevado] height

Comp
los Altos del Golán the Golan Heights
3. [detención] stop;

hacer un alto to make a stop;

hicimos un alto en el camino para comer we stopped to have a bite to eat;

dar el alto a alguien to challenge sb

Comp
alto el fuego [cese de hostilidades] ceasefire;
¡alto el fuego! [orden] cease fire!

4. Mús alto

5. [voz alta]
no se atreve a decir las cosas en alto she doesn't dare say out loud what she's thinking

6. Andes, Méx, RP [montón] pile;

tengo un alto de cosas para leer I have a pile o mountain of things to read

7. CSur, Perú
altos [de casa] upstairs Br flat o US apartment [with its own front door];

vive en los altos de la tintorería she lives in a separate Br flat o US apartment above the dry cleaner's

8. Méx [señal] stop sign

♦ adv

1. [arriba] high (up);

volar muy alto to fly very high

2. [hablar] loud;

por favor, no hables tan alto please, don't talk so loud

♦ interj

halt!, stop!;

¡alto! ¿quién va? halt! who goes there?;

¡alto ahí! [en discusión] hold on a minute!;
[a un fugitivo] stop!
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alto

1

I adj persona tall; precio, número, montaña high;

en alta mar on the high seas;

el alto Salado the upper (reaches of the) Salado;

los pisos altos the top floors;

en voz alta out loud;

a altas horas de la noche in the small hours;

clase alta high class;

alta calidad high quality

II adv volar, saltar high;

hablar alto speak loudly;

pasar por alto overlook;

poner más alto TV, RAD turn up;

por todo lo alto fam lavishly;

en alto on high ground, high up;

llegar alto go far

III m

1 ( altura) height;

dos metros de alto two meters high

2 Chi

pile

3

:

los altos de Golán GEOG the Golan Heights

alto

2 m

1 halt;

¡alto! halt!;

dar el alto a alguien order s.o. to stop;

¡alto ahí! stop right there!

2 ( pausa) pause;

hacer un alto stop

* * *

alto adv

1) : high

2) : loud, loudly

alto, -ta adj

1) : tall, high

2) : loud

en voz alta: aloud, out loud

alto nm

1) altura: height, elevation

2) : stop, halt

3) altos nmpl

: upper floors

alto interj

: halt!, stop!

* * *

alto¹ adj

1. (en general) high

la montaña más alta del mundo the highest mountain in the world

una puntuación muy alta a very high score

2. (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

soy más alto que tú I'm taller than you

3. (sonido, voz) loud

la música está muy alta the music is really loud

dilo en voz alta say it out loud

a altas horas de la noche late at night

pasar por alto to overlook

alto cargo senior official

alta fidelidad hi fi

alta mar high sea

alta sociedad high society

clase alta upper class

alto² adv

1. (volar, subir) high

los aviones vuelan muy alto aeroplanes fly very high

2. (hablar) loudly

no hables tan alto don't talk so loudly

alto³ n (altura) height

mide más de dos metros de alto he's over two metres tall

el muro tiene cinco metros de alto the wall is five metros high

alto el fuego ceasefire

Spanish-English dictionary > alto
49 buscar

v.

1 to look.

2 to look for.

busco piso en esta zona I am looking for a flat o (British) apartment in this area (United States)

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America

María busca su bolso Mary looks for her purse.

3 to look up.

Busca esa palabra en el diccionario Look up that word in the dictionary.

4 to search for (computing).

El detective buscó incansablemente The detective searched tirelessly.

5 to push, to try the patience of (informal) (provocar).

buscar bronca/camorra to look for trouble

6 to pick up.

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper

ir a buscar a alguien to pick somebody up

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

7 to seek to, to attempt to, to try to, to try how to.

Ese plan busca destruirnos That plan seeks to destroy us.

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buscar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to look for, search for

■ busco un hombre que se llama Pedro I'm looking for a man called Pedro

■ la policía busca un hombre de unos treinta años the police are searching for a man of about thirty

■ hay que buscar una solución al problema we have to find a solution to the problem

2 (en lista, índice etc) to look up

■ búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3 (ir a coger) to go and get, fetch

■ ves a buscar pan go and get some bread

■ busca un médico, ¡rápido! fetch a doctor, quick!

4 (recoger) to pick up

■ iré a buscarte a la estación I'll pick you up at the station, I'll meet you at the station

■ a la una voy a buscar a los chicos al colegio at one o'clock I go to pick the children up from school

5 (intentar conseguir) to try to achieve

■ no sé qué buscan con esto I don't know what they're trying to achieve with this

► verbo intransitivo

1 (mirar) to look

■ he buscado en todas partes I've looked everywhere

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FRASEOLOGÍA

buscársela familiar to be looking for trouble

■ se la estaba buscando y la encontró she was looking for trouble and she found it

buscarse la vida familiar to try and earn one's living

'Se busca...' "... wanted"

* * *

verb

1) to look for, seek

2) search

* * *

1. VT

1) (=tratar de encontrar)

a) [+ persona, objeto perdido, trabajo] to look for

estuvieron buscando a los montañeros — they were searching for o looking for the mountaineers

llevo meses buscando trabajo — I've been job-hunting for months, I've been looking for a job for months

el ejército busca a un comando enemigo — the army is searching for o looking for an enemy commando unit

el terrorista más buscado del país — the most wanted terrorist in the country

"se busca piso" — "flat wanted"

"chico busca chica" — "boy seeks girl"

el acomodador me buscó un asiento al fondo — the usher found me a seat at the back

las plantas buscan la luz — plants grow towards the light

- buscarle tres pies al gato

- busca y encontrarás

b) [en diccionario, enciclopedia] to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

c) [con la vista] to try to spot, look for

lo busqué entre el público pero no lo vi — I tried to spot him o looked for him in the crowd but I didn't see him

2) (=tratar de conseguir) [+ solución] to try to find

no sé lo que buscas con esa actitud — I don't know what you're aiming to o trying to achieve with that attitude

con esta novela se busca la creación de un estilo diferente — this novel attempts to o aims to create a different style

yo no busco la fama — I'm not looking for fame

solo buscaba su dinero — he was only out for o after her money

como tienen una niña ahora van buscando la parejita — as they've got a girl they're trying for a boy now

• buscar excusas — to make excuses

• buscar hacer algo — to seek to do sth, try to do sth

siempre buscaba hacerlo lo mejor posible — she always sought o tried to do the best possible thing

• ir a buscar algo/a algn, ha ido a buscar una servilleta — she's gone to fetch o get a napkin

ve a buscar a tu madre — go and fetch o get your mother

voy a buscar tabaco — I'll go and get some cigarettes

- buscarla

vino buscando pelea — he was looking for trouble o a fight, he was spoiling for a fight *

- buscar la ruina a algn

este hijo mío me va a buscar la ruina — this son of mine will be the ruin of me

3) (=recoger) to pick up, fetch

¿vais a ir a buscarme a la estación? — are you going to pick me up o fetch me from the station?

vino a buscar sus plantas — she came to pick up o fetch her plants

4) (Inform) to search

5) (=preguntar por) to ask for

¿quién me busca? — who is asking for me?

2.

VI to look

ya puedes dejar de buscar, aquí tienes las llaves — you can stop looking, here are the keys

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

busca en la página 45 — look on page 45

¡busca! — [al perro] fetch!

3.

See:

buscarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

* * *

= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

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. I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex. This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex. A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex. Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex. In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex. Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex. The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex. The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex. This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex. The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex. Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex. In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex. One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex. The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex. Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex. On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex. The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex. This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex. We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex. When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

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* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( intentar encontrar)

a) <persona/objeto> to look for; <fama/fortuna> to seek; <trabajo/apartamento/solución> to look for, try to find

no trates de buscar excusas — don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando — the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

se busca — wanted

te buscan en la portería — someone is asking for you at reception

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo — try and find an easier way of doing it

b) (en libro, lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía — look up the number in the directory

2)

a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up

vengo a buscar mis cosas — I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi — he went to get a doctor/a taxi

3)

a) ( intentar conseguir)

una ley que busca la igualdad de los sexos — a law which aims to achieve sexual equality

¿qué buscas con eso? — what are you trying to achieve by that?

buscar + inf — to try to + inf, set out to + inf

el libro busca destruir ese mito — the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

b) ( provocar) <bronca/camorra> to look for
2.
buscar vi to look

busca en el cajón — look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? — have you looked properly?

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás — seek and ye shall find
3.
buscarse v pron

1) ( intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse (a) alguien que le cuidara los niños — she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

2) < problemas>

no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas — I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado — you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas — she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) — (fam)

te la estás buscando — you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)

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= chase, dig out, dig up, find, hunt, investigate, locate, look for, look out, look under, look up, probe for, prowl through, search (for), seek (after), seek out, trace, track, trawl, burrow through, woo, root out, look out for, go for, look (a)round, fish (for), track down, jockey for, search out, line up, check for, forage, perform + search.

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: I would also have dug out information references to which readers can be directed who want to know more about the setting.

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: The command function ' FIND' is used to input a search term.

Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.

Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex: This order suffices for a list whose purpose is to identify and locate documents, whose bibliographic details are already known.

Ex: A user might start by looking for a map of London, when he really wants a map of Camden.

Ex: Discovering these tales, looking out printed versions and comparing them with the oral tradition would have introduced us step by step into the rich lode of folklore.

Ex: In a printed catalogue or index a user is constrained to look under the headings in the catalogue.

Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.

Ex: Her article urges librarians not to buy inferior biographies simply to fill gaps in their collections but to seek out the best of the genre.

Ex: The author approach remains an important means of tracing a specific document.

Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.

Ex: The Internet search engines, such as AltaVista and Excite, send out robots or Web crawlers to trawl the Internet and automatically index the files that they find.

Ex: This article explains how to use gophers to burrow through the Internet.

Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.

Ex: The article has the title ' Rooting out journals on the Net'.

Ex: Panellists presented the criteria they adopted and features they looked out for when selecting a library automation system.

Ex: In an exclusive conversation Gates reveals where he goes for information knowledge, insights and ideas.

Ex: One has only to look around in bookshops to see how many paperbacks on show have film or TV links.

Ex: The article 'Catfish ain't ugly' reviews the range of Web sites providing information about the catfish in the USA and places to go to fish for catfish.

Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.

Ex: Librarians are not yet very successful in jockeying for position and power in the political world.

Ex: On any one occasion there will always be children who do not want to borrow or buy, but they are still learning to live with books and how to search out the ones that interest them.

Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex: This was important before computers were invented, when calculations were all done by hand, and also were done repeatedly to check for calculation errors.

Ex: We both woke up bright and early to forage for food nearby, which was a breeze.

Ex: When viewing a record, you can also display its references and perform citation searches directly from the reference display.

* buscando = in search of.

* buscando como loco = in hot pursuit of.

* buscar amparo = seek + shelter.

* buscar apoyo = line up + support.

* buscar a tientas = grope (for/toward).

* buscar a través de los índices = browse.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* buscar cobijo = seek + shelter.

* buscar con ahínco = look + hard.

* buscar detenidamente = look + hard.

* buscar el apoyo de = woo.

* buscar el camino = wind + Posesivo + way.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.

* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.

* buscar el peligro = court + danger, flirt with + danger.

* buscar empleo = seek + employment.

* buscar en = sift through, search through.

* buscar en Google = google.

* buscar en las posas entre las rocas de la orilla = rock-pool.

* buscar en otro sitio = go + elsewhere.

* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.

* buscar en varios + Nombre + a la vez = search across + Nombre.

* buscar información = mine + information, seek + information.

* buscar interiormente = probe + Reflexivo + for.

* buscar la controversia = court + controversy.

* buscar la fama = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la forma de = look for + ways to.

* buscar la forma de + Infinitivo = develop + way of + Gerundio.

* buscar la identidad de uno = trace + Posesivo + identity.

* buscar la manera de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* buscar la noticia = grab at + a headline.

* buscar la oportunidad = make + an opportunity.

* buscar la protección de = burrow back into.

* buscarle cinco pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscarle los tres pies al gato = nitpick.

* buscarle tres pies al gato = split + hairs.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* buscar material = pursue + material.

* buscar oro = pan for + gold.

* buscar placer = seek + pleasure.

* buscar por autor y título = search by + name-title key.

* buscar por título = search by + title key.

* buscar por todas partes = scour + Nombre + for.

* buscar por todo el mundo = search + the world (over).

* buscar por todo + Nombre = search across + Nombre.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* buscar razones que expliquen Algo = ascribe + reasons to.

* buscar refugio = seek + shelter.

* buscar satisfacción = seek + satisfaction.

* buscárselo = have it + coming.

* buscar simultáneamente en varios sitios = cross-search [cross search].

* buscar solución = seek + solution.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* buscar una forma de hacer Algo = develop + way + to make + Nombre, develop + way + to make + Nombre.

* buscar una oportunidad = look for + an opportunity.

* buscar una respuesta = pursue + answer.

* buscar una solución = contrive + solution.

* buscar y encontrar = match.

* en busca de quimeras = in pursuit of + windmills.

* encargado de buscar a los alumnos que hacen novillos = truant officer.

* en el que se puede buscar = searchable.

* estar siempre buscando = be on the lookout for.

* hallar lo buscado = achieve + match.

* mandar a buscar = send for.

* no buscarle las pulgas al perro = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* no poderse buscar = be unsearchable.

* peinar en busca de = scour + Nombre + for.

* que busca el beneficio propio = self-serving.

* que se puede buscar = searchable.

* respuesta + buscar = answer + lie.

* saber buscar con inteligencia = be search-savvy.

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buscar [A2 ]

vt

A (intentar encontrar)

1 ‹persona/objeto› to look for; ‹fama/fortuna› to seek; ‹trabajo/apartamento› to look for, try to find; ‹solución› to look for, try to find

lo he buscado en or por todas partes I've looked o searched for it everywhere

no trates de buscar excusas don't try to make excuses

la policía lo está buscando the police are looking for him, he's wanted by the police

[ S ] se busca wanted

los hombres como él sólo buscan una cosa men like him are only after one thing ( colloq)

te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

las flores buscan la luz flowers grow towards the light

la buscaba con la mirada or los ojos he was trying to spot her

está buscando la oportunidad de vengarse he's looking for a chance to get his own back ( colloq)

busca una manera más fácil de hacerlo try and find an easier way of doing it

2 (en un libro, una lista) to look up

busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

B

1 (recoger) to collect, pick up

fuimos a buscarlo al aeropuerto we went to pick him up from o fetch him from o collect him from o meet him at the airport

vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

2 (conseguir y traer) to get

fue a buscar un médico he went to get a doctor, he fetched a doctor

salió a buscar un taxi/el pan he went to get a taxi/the bread

sube a buscarme las tijeras go up and get me o bring me o fetch me the scissors

C

1

(intentar conseguir): una ley que busca la igualdad de (los) sexos a law which aims to achieve sexual equality o equality between the sexes

¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?

tiene cuatro hijas y busca el varón ( fam); she has four girls and she's trying for a boy

buscar + INF to try to + INF, set out to + INF

el libro busca destruir ese mito the book sets out o tries o attempts to explode that myth

2 (provocar) ‹bronca/camorra› to look for

siempre están buscando pelea they're always looking o spoiling for a fight

me está buscando y me va a encontrar he's looking for trouble and he's going to get it

■ buscar

vi

to look

busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

¿has buscado bien? have you looked properly?, have you had a proper look?

¡busca! ¡busca! (a un perro) fetch!

el que busca encuentra or busca y encontrarás seek and ye shall find

■ buscarse

v pron

A (intentar encontrar) to look for

debería buscarse a alguien que le cuidara los niños she should look for o find somebody to look after the children

B ‹complicaciones/problemas›

no quiero buscarme complicaciones I don't want any trouble

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right

se está buscando problemas she's asking for trouble

buscársela(s) ( fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it ( colloq)

no te quejes, la verdad es que te la buscaste don't complain, the truth is you had it coming to you o you brought it on yourself ( colloq)

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Multiple Entries:
buscar
buscar algo
buscar ( conjugate buscar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( intentar encontrar) to look for;

‹fama/fortuna› to seek;
◊ te buscan en la portería someone is asking for you at reception

b) (en libro, lista) to look up;

◊ busca el número en la guía look up the number in the directory

2
a) ( recoger) to collect, pick up;

◊ fui a buscarlo al aeropuerto ( para traerlo — en coche) I went to pick him up from the airport;

(— en tren, a pie) I went to meet him at the airport;
◊ vengo a buscar mis cosas I've come to collect o pick up my things

b) ( conseguir) to get;

◊ yo le busqué trabajo I found him a job;

fue a buscar un médico/un taxi he went to get a doctor/a taxi;
¿qué buscas con eso? what are you trying to achieve by that?
verbo intransitivo
to look;
◊ busca en el cajón look o have a look in the drawer

buscarse verbo pronominal
1 ( intentar encontrar) to look for
2 ‹ problemas› to ask for;
◊ no quiero buscarme complicaciones/problemas I don't want any trouble;

tú te lo has buscado you've brought it on yourself, it serves you right;
buscársela(s) (fam): te la estás buscando you're asking for trouble, you're asking for it (colloq)
buscar verbo transitivo
1 to look for
2 (en la enciclopedia, en el diccionario) to look up
3 (conseguir, traer) to fetch: ve a buscar un poco de agua, go and fetch some water
4 (recoger cosas) to collect
(recoger personas) to pick up: fue a buscarme al trabajo, she picked me up from work
' buscar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acudir
- condicionamiento
- ir
- mirar
- sistema
- tienta
- aguja
- andar
- bronca
- camorra
- colocación
- pelea
- perro
- recoger
- refugio
- trabajo
- venir
English:
advertise
- collect
- dig around
- down-market
- expressly
- fetch
- fish
- forage
- fumble
- get
- go for
- hunt
- instrumental
- kerb-crawl
- look
- look for
- look out for
- look up
- meet
- needle
- pick
- pick up
- prospect
- pursue
- scout around
- search
- search for
- seek
- seek after
- spoil for
- want
- afield
- call
- collection
- court
- dig
- feel
- ferry
- go
- grope
- house
- job
- nook
- scout
- send
- trouble
- woo

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buscar

♦ vt

1. [para encontrar] to look for, to search for;
[provecho, beneficio propio, fortuna] to seek;
busco apartamento en esta zona I am looking for Br a flat o US an apartment in this area;

estoy buscando trabajo I'm looking for work;

la policía busca a los terroristas the police are searching o hunting for the terrorists;

lo busqué, pero no lo encontré I looked o hunted for it, but I couldn't find it;

¿me ayudas a buscar las llaves? can you help me to look for the keys?;

se fue a buscar fortuna a América he went to seek his fortune in America;

fui a buscar ayuda I went in search of help;

¡ve a buscar ayuda, rápido! quick, go for help o go and find help!;

Comp

es como buscar una aguja en un pajar it's like looking for a needle in a haystack;

Comp
CSur Fam
buscar la vuelta a algo to (try to) find a way of doing sth

2. [recoger] to pick up;

vino a buscar sus libros he came to pick up his books;

voy a buscar el periódico I'm going for the paper o to get the paper;

ir a buscar a alguien to pick sb up;

ya iré yo a buscar a los niños al colegio I'll go and pick the children up from school;

pasará a buscarnos a las nueve she'll pick us up at nine

3. [en diccionario, índice, horario] to look up;

buscaré la dirección en mi agenda I'll look up the address in my address book

4. [intentar conseguir]
siempre busca quedar bien con todos she always tries to please everybody;

no sé qué está buscando con esa actitud I don't know what he is hoping to achieve with that attitude;

con estas medidas buscan reducir la inflación these measures are intended to reduce inflation, with these measures they are seeking to reduce inflation;
Fam
ése sólo busca ligar he's only after one thing

5. Informát to search for

6. Fam [provocar] to push, to try the patience of;

no me busques, que me voy a enfadar don't push me o it, I'm about to lose my temper;

buscar bronca o [m5] camorra to look for trouble

♦ vi

to look;

busqué bien pero no encontré nada I had a thorough search, but didn't find anything;

buscamos por toda la casa we looked o searched throughout the house, we searched the house from top to bottom

♦ See also the pronominal verb buscarse

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buscar

v/t search for, look for;

ir/venir a buscar fetch;

se la estaba buscando he was asking for trouble o for it

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buscar {72} vt

1) : to look for, to seek

2) : to pick up, to collect

3) : to provoke

buscar vi

: to look, to search

buscó en los bolsillos: he searched through his pockets

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buscar vb

1. (tratar de encontrar) to look for

estoy buscando las llaves I'm looking for my keys

2. (consultar) to look up

búscalo en el diccionario look it up in the dictionary

3. (recoger) to pick up / to meet [pt. & pp. met]

iré a buscarte al aeropuerto I'll pick you up at the airport

4. (traer) to fetch / to get

voy a buscar el pan I'm going to get the bread

"Se busca" "Wanted"

Spanish-English dictionary > buscar
50 considerable

adj.

considerable (grande).

Un salario sustancioso A handsome salary.

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considerable

► adjetivo

1 considerable

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adj.

considerable

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ADJ considerable

hubo un retraso considerable — there was a considerable delay

hemos tenido pérdidas considerables — we have suffered substantial o considerable losses

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adjetivo considerable

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= considerable, significantly, substantial, acute, appreciable, major, goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

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

Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.

Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.

Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.

Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.

Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.

Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.

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* de forma considerable = considerably.

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adjetivo considerable

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= considerable, significantly, substantial, acute, appreciable, major, goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

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

Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.

Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.

Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.

Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.

Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

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considerable

adjective

‹pérdidas› considerable, heavy; ‹cantidad/ganancia/cambios› considerable, substantial; ‹importancia/éxito› considerable

la tormenta causó considerables daños the storm caused considerable o extensive damage

revelaciones de considerable importancia revelations of some o of considerable importance

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considerable adjetivo
considerable
considerable adjetivo considerable: he hecho un considerable esfuerzo por no interrumpirte, I have made a great effort not to interrupt you
' considerable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonita
- bonito
- buena
- bueno
- consideración
- cuantiosa
- cuantioso
- estimable
- importante
- respetable
- suma
- tomo
- apreciable
- bastante
- sensible
English:
advance
- amok
- considerable
- fair
- handsome
- hefty
- major
- sizable
- sizeable
- substantial
- tidy
- commanding
- commuter
- contention
- good
- length
- steep

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considerable adj
[grande] [diferencias, aumento] considerable; [avance] significant; [oferta] substantial; [desperfectos] considerable, extensive;
supone un considerable ahorro it means a substantial saving;

llegó primero, a considerable distancia del segundo he arrived first, a long way ahead of the person who came second

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considerable

adj considerable

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considerable adj

: considerable

♦ considerablemente adv

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considerable adj considerable

Spanish-English dictionary > considerable
51 consulta

f.

1 consultation (sobre un problema) (acción).

hacer una consulta a alguien to seek somebody's advice

libro/obra de consulta reference book/work

2 surgery (British), office (United States) (doctor's office).

horas de consulta surgery hours

pasar consulta to hold a surgery

3 office.

4 doctor's office, office, consulting room, practice.

5 poll.

6 consult.

7 advice.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: consultar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: consultar.

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consulta

► nombre femenino

1 (acción) consultation

2 (consejo) advice, opinion

■ ¿te puedo hace una consulta? can I ask you something?

3 MEDICINA surgery, US doctor's office (consultorio) consulting room

■ horas de consulta surgery hours, US office hours

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

pasar consulta to see patients, hold surgery

obra de consulta reference book

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noun f.

consultation

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SF

1) (=pregunta) enquiry

para cualquier consulta, llamen a partir de las cinco — if you have any enquiries, please call after five o'clock

hice una consulta telefónica al banco — I telephoned the bank to make an enquiry

¿le puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

servicio de consulta — enquiry service

consulta de saldo — statement request
biblioteca 1), libro 1), obra 2), b)
2) (Med) (=visita) consultation; (=local) surgery, consulting room, office (EEUU)

horas de consulta u horario de consulta — surgery hours

el pediatra pasa consulta a las tres — the paediatrician has a surgery o sees patients at three

el doctor no pasa consulta a domicilio — the doctor does not make home visits

3) (Pol) (=referéndum) referendum

consulta electoral — elections pl

consulta popular — referendum, plebiscite

4) pl consultas (=negociaciones)

se llegó a un acuerdo tras intensas consultas — an agreement was reached after intense negotiations

ronda o rueda de consultas — round of talks

5) (Jur) review

6) (Inform) enquiry

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femenino

1) (pregunta, averiguación)

¿te puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

este problema queda pendiente de consulta — this matter is awaiting consultation

de consulta — <biblioteca/libro> reference (before n)

- consulta popular

2) (Med)

a) ( entrevista) consultation

¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? — what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?

horas de consulta — surgery hours

consulta a domicilio — home o house visit

b) ( reunión) conference

c) ( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE)

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= consultation, counselling [counseling, -USA], enquiry [inquiry, -USA], interrogation, look-up [lookup], perusal, surgery, doctor's surgery, surgery, hit, query, consultation exercise, querying.

Ex. Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.

Ex. If you do this, the system ANDs together the results of query 1, 'juvenile delinquent', and the new term, ' counseling'.

Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex. These include MUMS (Multiple Use MARC System) in connection with online interrogation and correction of MARC data.

Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.

Ex. Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.

Ex. The library may also arrange for local councillors to hold a rota of surgeries once a week.

Ex. The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.

Ex. The scheme is publicized on village notice boards, shops, pubs, surgeries, post offices etc and through the various village organizations.

Ex. As used in reference to the World Wide Web, 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.

Ex. We might therefore argue that our information retrieval system should enable us to rank documents in response to a query using the weighted vector 'wij'.

Ex. Following a preliminary survey by Aslib, the council's consultation exercise found that residents opted for service quality over quantity.

Ex. The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.

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* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* colección de consulta = browsing collection.

* consulta en sala = in-house materials use.

* consulta imprecisa = browsing.

* consulta por materias = subject browsing.

* consulta rápida = ready reference.

* consultas = demand load.

* consultas al directorio = directory assistance.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* documento de consulta = discussion document.

* fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.

* función de consulta = enquiry function.

* horas de consulta = surgery.

* interfaz gráfico de consulta imprecisa = graphical browser.

* lenguaje de consulta = query language, access language.

* libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.

* obras de consulta rápida = quick reference material.

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* porcentaje de satisfacción de consultas imprecisas = browsers' fill rate.

* primer lugar de consulta = first stop.

* puesto de consulta = service station.

* que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.

* reformulación de la consulta = query reformation.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* Servicio de Consulta en Línea de BLAISE = BLAISE-LINE.

* sesión de consulta = query session.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.

* * *

femenino

1) (pregunta, averiguación)

¿te puedo hacer una consulta? — can I ask you something?

este problema queda pendiente de consulta — this matter is awaiting consultation

de consulta — <biblioteca/libro> reference (before n)

- consulta popular

2) (Med)

a) ( entrevista) consultation

¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? — what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?

horas de consulta — surgery hours

consulta a domicilio — home o house visit

b) ( reunión) conference

c) ( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE)

* * *

= consultation, counselling [counseling, -USA], enquiry [inquiry, -USA], interrogation, look-up [lookup], perusal, surgery, doctor's surgery, surgery, hit, query, consultation exercise, querying.

Ex: Although this is generally successful, this approach does necessitate the consultation of two chapters.

Ex: If you do this, the system ANDs together the results of query 1, 'juvenile delinquent', and the new term, ' counseling'.

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex: These include MUMS (Multiple Use MARC System) in connection with online interrogation and correction of MARC data.

Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.

Ex: Computer searching has many facilities and permits a more flexible approach to index searching, but printed indexes have the advantage of ease of perusal.

Ex: The library may also arrange for local councillors to hold a rota of surgeries once a week.

Ex: The idea has been suggested to set up multipurpose community centres where services like a grocer, a chemist, a doctor's surgery, a family planning clinic, and a bank, could all be located.

Ex: The scheme is publicized on village notice boards, shops, pubs, surgeries, post offices etc and through the various village organizations.

Ex: As used in reference to the World Wide Web, 'hit' means a single request from a web browser for a single item from a web server.

Ex: We might therefore argue that our information retrieval system should enable us to rank documents in response to a query using the weighted vector 'wij'.

Ex: Following a preliminary survey by Aslib, the council's consultation exercise found that residents opted for service quality over quantity.

Ex: The project consortium will complete a feasibility study into the automatic indexing of free text and the multilingual querying of text databases = El consorcio creado realizar el proyecto llevará a cabo un estudio de viabilidad sobre la indización automática de texto libre y la consulta en varios idiomas de bases de datos de texto.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* colección de consulta = browsing collection.

* consulta en sala = in-house materials use.

* consulta imprecisa = browsing.

* consulta por materias = subject browsing.

* consulta rápida = ready reference.

* consultas = demand load.

* consultas al directorio = directory assistance.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* documento de consulta = discussion document.

* fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.

* función de consulta = enquiry function.

* horas de consulta = surgery.

* interfaz gráfico de consulta imprecisa = graphical browser.

* lenguaje de consulta = query language, access language.

* libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.

* obras de consulta rápida = quick reference material.

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* porcentaje de satisfacción de consultas imprecisas = browsers' fill rate.

* primer lugar de consulta = first stop.

* puesto de consulta = service station.

* que permite desarrollar menús de consulta = menu-making.

* reformulación de la consulta = query reformation.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* Servicio de Consulta en Línea de BLAISE = BLAISE-LINE.

* sesión de consulta = query session.

* sin conservar información sobre las consultas realizadas anteriormente = stateless.

* * *

consulta

feminine

A

(pregunta, averiguación): ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? can I ask your advice o ask you something?

este problema queda pendiente de consulta this matter is awaiting consultation

de consulta ‹biblioteca/libro› reference ( before n)

Compuesto:

consulta popular

referendum, plebiscite

B ( Med)

1 (entrevista) consultation

¿cuánto cuesta la consulta? how much does the consultation cost?

¿a qué horas pasa or tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? what are Dr Sosa's office hours ( AmE) o ( BrE) surgery times?

[ S ] horas de consulta surgery hours

el doctor está en consulta con un paciente the doctor is seeing a patient

consulta a domicilio home o house visit

2 (reunión) conference

3 (consultorio) office ( AmE), practice ( AmE), surgery ( BrE)

abrir or instalar una consulta to open a practice o surgery

C ( Der) obligatory review of certain sentences by a higher court

* * *

Del verbo consultar: ( conjugate consultar)

consulta es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
consulta
consultar
consulta sustantivo femenino
a) (pregunta, averiguación):

◊ ¿te puedo hacer una consulta? can I ask you something?;

de consulta ‹biblioteca/libro› reference ( before n)
b) (Med) ( entrevista) consultation;

( consultorio) office (AmE), practice (AmE), surgery (BrE);
◊ ¿a qué horas tiene consultas el Dr. Sosa? what are Dr Sosa's office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery times?;

consulta a domicilio home o house visit
consultar ( conjugate consultar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/obra› to consult;
‹dato/duda› to look up;
consulta algo con algn to consult sb about sth
verbo intransitivo: consulta con algn to consult sb
consulta sustantivo femenino
1 (petición de consejo) query
2 (búsqueda de información) search: tras la consulta de los archivos hemos concluido que..., after consulting the archives, we have concluded that...
3 Med (visita al médico) consultation
(despacho) GB surgery, US doctor's office
horas de consulta, GB surgery hours, US office hours
consulta a domicilio, house call
consultar verbo transitivo
1 to consult, seek advice [con, from]
2 (en un diccionario, etc) to look up
' consulta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alterna
- alterno
- anexa
- anexo
- de
- biblioteca
- libro
English:
consultation
- consulting
- establish
- practice
- practise
- reference
- reference book
- reference library
- surgery
- antenatal
- office

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consulta nf

1. [petición de consejo] [acción] consultation;
[pregunta] query, enquiry;
hacer una consulta a alguien to ask sb's advice

2. [búsqueda de información] consultation;

la consulta del manual aclaró nuestras dudas consulting the manual cleared up our doubts;

hacer una consulta a alguien to ask sb's advice;

libros de consulta reference books

Comp
consulta electoral election(s);
consulta popular referendum, plebiscite

3. [de médico] [consultorio] Br surgery, US office

4. [de médico] [visita] appointment;

horas de consulta Br surgery hours, US (doctor's) office hours;

pasar consulta to hold Br a surgery o US (doctor's) office hours;

tengo consulta con el médico a las seis I've got an appointment with the doctor at six;

consulta previa petición de hora [en letrero] appointments only, consultation by appointment only

5.
llamar a consultas [diplomático] to recall

* * *

consulta

f

1 consultation

2 MED local office, Br

surgery;

pasar consulta have office hours, Br have a surgery

* * *

consulta nf

1) : consultation

2) : inquiry

* * *

consulta n

1. (pregunta) enquiry [pl. enquiries]

le hice una consulta I asked him something

2. (lugar, atención) surgery [pl. surgeries]

3. (visita) visit

hacer una consulta con alguien to discuss it with somebody

Spanish-English dictionary > consulta
52 encadenamiento

m.

1 linking, stringing together.

2 enchainment, connection, chaining, connecting.

* * *

encadenamiento

► nombre masculino

1 TÉCNICA chaining

2 (unión) connection, linking

3 LITERATURA concatenation, linking

* * *

= chaining, concatenation.

Ex. The information seeking patterns of a variety of academic social scientists were broken down into 6 characteristics: starting; chaining; browsing; differentiating; monitoring; and extracting.

Ex. Facilities are being developed to enable fast, effective communication over a concatenation of terrestrial and satellite networks.

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* encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.

* encadenamiento de citas = citation chain, chain of citation.

* encadenamiento de conversación = threading.

* encadenamiento de mensajes = threading.

* encadenamiento de órdenes = command chaining.

* * *

= chaining, concatenation.

Ex: The information seeking patterns of a variety of academic social scientists were broken down into 6 characteristics: starting; chaining; browsing; differentiating; monitoring; and extracting.

Ex: Facilities are being developed to enable fast, effective communication over a concatenation of terrestrial and satellite networks.

* encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.

* encadenamiento de citas = citation chain, chain of citation.

* encadenamiento de conversación = threading.

* encadenamiento de mensajes = threading.

* encadenamiento de órdenes = command chaining.

* * *

encadenamiento

masculine

1 (con cadenas) chaining, chaining up

2 (enlace) linking

* * *

encadenamiento nm

1. [con cadenas] chaining

2. [sucesión]
un encadenamiento de circunstancias a chain of events

* * *

encadenamiento

m chaining

Spanish-English dictionary > encadenamiento
53 funcionar

v.

1 to work, to run (machine).

funciona a pilas it works o runs off batteries

no funciona out of order (en letrero)

El motor anda bien The engine is working well.

2 to work for.

Me funcionó la idea The idea worked for me.

* * *

funcionar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (desempeñar una función) to work, function

■ funciona con gasolina/diesel it runs on petrol/diesel

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer funcionar algo to operate something

'No funciona' "Out of order"

* * *

verb

1) to function

2) run, work

* * *

VI

1) [aparato, mecanismo] to work; [motor] to work, run; [sistema] to work, function

¿cómo funciona el vídeo? — how does the video work?, how do you work the video?

funciona con monedas de un euro — it works with one-euro coins

hacer funcionar una máquina — to operate a machine

no funciona — out of order

2) [plan, método] to work; [negocio, película] to be a success

su primer matrimonio no funcionó — her first marriage did not work out o was not a success

su última novela no ha funcionado tan bien como la anterior — his latest novel hasn't been as successful o as much of a success as the previous one

* * *

verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

no funciona — out of order

funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

* * *

= be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.

Ex. ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.

Ex. Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.

Ex. The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.

Ex. These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.

Ex. The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.

Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.

Ex. It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.

Ex. The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.

Ex. We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

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* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* funcionar además como = double as, double up as.

* funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].

* funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.

* funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.

* funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* funcionar en/a = run over.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.

* funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.

* funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.

* funcionar también como = double as, double up as.

* hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.

* hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.

* hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.

* hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.

* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.

* máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.

* no funcionar = be out of order.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.

* que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.

* que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.

* que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.

* que funciona manualmente = manually operated.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

* * *

verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

no funciona — out of order

funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

* * *

= be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.

Ex: ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.

Ex: Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.

Ex: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.

Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.

Ex: The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.

Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.

Ex: It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.

Ex: The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.

Ex: We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* funcionar además como = double as, double up as.

* funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].

* funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.

* funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.

* funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* funcionar en/a = run over.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.

* funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.

* funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.

* funcionar también como = double as, double up as.

* hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.

* hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.

* hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.

* hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.

* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.

* máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.

* no funcionar = be out of order.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.

* que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.

* que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.

* que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.

* que funciona manualmente = manually operated.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

* volver a funcionar = be back in business.

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funcionar [A1 ]

vi

to work

el reloj funciona a la perfección the clock works perfectly

¿cómo funciona este cacharro? how does this thing work?

[ S ] no funciona out of order

la relación no funcionaba their relationship wasn't working (out) ( colloq)

el servicio no puede funcionar con tan poco personal the service cannot operate o function with so few staff

funciona con pilas it works on o runs off batteries

* * *

funcionar ( conjugate funcionar) verbo intransitivo [aparato/máquina] to work;
[ servicio] to operate;
( on signs) no funciona out of order;
◊ funcionar con pilas/gasolina to run off batteries/on gasoline

funcionar verbo intransitivo to work: no funciona, (en letrero) out of order

' funcionar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
- deteriorarse
- evolucionar
- ir
- marchar
- poner
- resultar
- vez
- bien
- carburar
English:
act
- act up
- behave
- dare
- function
- get
- go
- malfunction
- need
- operate
- perform
- run
- work
- develop
- die
- drive
- flush
- pack
- play
- turn

* * *

funcionar vi

to work;

el sistema funciona de maravilla the system works superbly;

funciona con gasolina it runs on Br petrol o US gasoline;

funciona a o [m5] con pilas it uses o runs off batteries, it's battery-powered;

no funciona [en letrero] out of order;

su matrimonio no está funcionando their marriage isn't working (out);

conmigo los lloros no funcionan you won't get anywhere with me by crying

* * *

funcionar

v/i work;

no funciona out of order

* * *

funcionar vi

1) : to function

2) : to run, to work

* * *

funcionar vb

1. (en general) to work

la fotocopiadora no funciona the photocopier isn't working

2. (ir) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

este juguete funciona con pilas this toy runs on batteries

"no funciona" "out of order"

Spanish-English dictionary > funcionar
54 guiar

v.

1 to guide, to lead.

El jinete guía al caballo The rider guides the horse.

2 to drive (automobiles).

Ella guía el auto She drives the car.

3 to train (plantas, ramas).

4 to direct, to guide.

Ella guió a su hijo She directed her son.

* * *

guiar

Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar

► verbo transitivo

1 to guide, lead

2 (conducir automóvil) to drive; (barco) to steer; (avión) to pilot; (caballo, bici) to ride

3 (plantas) to train

► verbo pronominal guiarse

1 to be guided

■ nos guiamos por tu consejo we are guided by your advice

* * *

verb

1) to guide

2) conduct, lead

3) pilot

* * *

1. VT

1) [gen] to guide; (=dirigir) to lead, direct; (=controlar) to manage; (=orientar) to advise

no te dejes guiar por la propaganda — don't be influenced o led by propaganda

2) (Aut) to drive; (Náut) to steer; (Aer) to pilot

3) (Bot) to train

2.

See:

guiarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( por un camino) to guide

guiados por el afán de lucro — drawn by the desire to make money

b) ( aconsejar) to guide

no te dejes guiar por él — don't let yourself be led by him
2.
guiarse v pron

guiarse por algo — por mapa/consejo to follow something

guiarse por las apariencias — to be led by appearances

guiarse por el instinto — to follow one's instincts

* * *

= lead, steer, guide, signpost, coach, step + Nombre + through, hold + Posesivo + hand, shepherd.

Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex. They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.

Ex. You can press F2 key at this point to take advantage of menus that will guide you through Command Search.

Ex. There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.

Ex. The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.

Ex. At your convenience, our team would like to step you and your associates through a demonstration of the Digital Library Reserve System.

Ex. They sent me an update for the file and held my hand over the phone when I modified it.

Ex. He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.

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* dejarse guiar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* guiar a Alguien por = walk + Nombre + through.

* guiarse por = abide by.

* que se guía por sí mismo = self-guiding.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( por un camino) to guide

guiados por el afán de lucro — drawn by the desire to make money

b) ( aconsejar) to guide

no te dejes guiar por él — don't let yourself be led by him
2.
guiarse v pron

guiarse por algo — por mapa/consejo to follow something

guiarse por las apariencias — to be led by appearances

guiarse por el instinto — to follow one's instincts

* * *

= lead, steer, guide, signpost, coach, step + Nombre + through, hold + Posesivo + hand, shepherd.

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex: They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.

Ex: You can press F2 key at this point to take advantage of menus that will guide you through Command Search.

Ex: There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.

Ex: The rapidly changing environment is forcing many librarians to seek new strategies for coaching researchers through the maze of electronic information sources = Los continuos cambios de nuestro entorno están obligando a muchos bibliotecarios a encontrar nuevas estrategias para guiar a los investigadores por el laberinto de las fuentes de información electrónicas.

Ex: At your convenience, our team would like to step you and your associates through a demonstration of the Digital Library Reserve System.

Ex: They sent me an update for the file and held my hand over the phone when I modified it.

Ex: He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.

* dejarse guiar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* guiar a Alguien por = walk + Nombre + through.

* guiarse por = abide by.

* que se guía por sí mismo = self-guiding.

* * *

guiar [ A17 ]

vt

1 (por un camino) to guide

nos guió a través de las callejuelas he guided us through the backstreets

guiados por el afán de lucro drawn by the desire to make money

2 (aconsejar) to guide

me guió y me aconsejó he gave me guidance and advice

no te dejes guiar por él don't be guided by him, don't let yourself be led by him

■ guiarse

v pron

guiarse POR algo:

sabía guiarse por las estrellas he knew how to orient himself o navigate by the stars

nos guiamos por el mapa we followed the map, we used the map to guide us

¿te has guiado por algún patrón? did you follow a pattern?

a veces es peligroso guiarse por el instinto it's sometimes dangerous to be led by o to follow one's instincts

* * *

guiar ( conjugate guiar) verbo transitivo
to guide
guiarse verbo pronominal guiarse por algo ‹por mapa/consejo› to follow sth;
◊ guiarse por las apariencias to be led by appearances;

guiarse por el instinto to follow one's instincts
guiar verbo transitivo
1 (indicar el camino) to guide
2 (un automóvil) to drive
(una embarcación) to steer
(un caballo, moto) to ride

' guiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acompañar
- conducir
- llevar
- orientación
English:
conduct
- govern
- guide
- lead
- navigate
- route
- shepherd
- steer
- train

* * *

guiar

♦ vt

1. [indicar dirección] to guide, to lead;

la estrella les guió al pesebre the star guided o led them to the manger;

no les guía ningún afán de lucro they are not motivated by profit

2. [aconsejar] to guide, to direct;

no te dejes guiar por sus consejos don't be guided by his advice

3. [coche] to drive;
[barco] to steer
4. [plantas, ramas] to train

♦ See also the pronominal verb guiarse

* * *

guiar

v/t guide

* * *

guiar {85} vt

1) : to guide, to lead

2) conducir: to manage

♦ See also the reflexive verb guiarse

* * *

guiar vb to guide / to lead [pt. & pp. led]

me guió hacia la salida he guided me to the exit

un muchacho nos guió por la ciudad a boy took us round the city

Spanish-English dictionary > guiar
55 importante

adj.

1 important (destacado, significativo).

2 considerable.

3 significant, considerable, sizable.

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importante

► adjetivo

1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable

■ es importante que aprenda a nadar it is important that he (should) learn to swim

2 (influyente) important

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adj.

important

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ADJ

1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

se trata de algo importante — it's important

tu padre es un hombre importante — your father's an important man

uno de los momentos más importantes de mi vida — one of the most significant o important moments in my life

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

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

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

lo importante es participar — the main thing is taking part

lo más importante en la vida — the most important thing in life

• poco importante — unimportant

• es importante que — it is important that

es importante que expreses tu opinión — it's important for you to express your opinion

2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious

una importante suma de dinero — a considerable amount of money

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adjetivo

a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

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

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

es importante que vayas — it's important that you go

dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant

* * *

= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

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

Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.

Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.

Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.

Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.

Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.

Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.

Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.

Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.

Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.

Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.

Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.

Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.

Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.

Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.

Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.

Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.

Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.

Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.

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* acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.

* considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.

* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.

* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* es importante destacar = importantly.

* evento importante = milestone.

* hacer que sea importante = render + important.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* la parte más importante = the heart of.

* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.

* lo más importante = most of all.

* lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.

* lo que es muy importante = importantly.

* más importante = foremost.

* más importante aun = more significantly.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.

* poco importante = small-time.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* sentirse importante = feel + important.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.

* suceso importante = critical incident.

* suma importante = princely sum.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

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adjetivo

a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

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

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

es importante que vayas — it's important that you go

dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant

* * *

= considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

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

Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.

Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.

Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.

Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.

Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.

Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.

Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.

Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.

Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.

Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.

Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.

Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.

Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.

Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.

Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.

Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.

Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.

Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.

* acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.

* considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.

* continuar siendo importante = remain + big.

* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* es importante destacar = importantly.

* evento importante = milestone.

* hacer que sea importante = render + important.

* hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* la parte más importante = the heart of.

* llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.

* lo más importante = most of all.

* lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.

* lo que es muy importante = importantly.

* más importante = foremost.

* más importante aun = more significantly.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.

* poco importante = small-time.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* sentirse importante = feel + important.

* ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.

* ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.

* ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.

* suceso importante = critical incident.

* suma importante = princely sum.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

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importante

adjective

1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant

tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you

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

lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part

es importante que vayas it's important that you go

dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant

una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money

la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage

un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens

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

‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs
b) ‹ pérdidas› serious, considerable;

‹ daños› severe, considerable;
‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
' importante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bonita
- bonito
- categoría
- ciudad
- comodidad
- consignar
- cosa
- cualquiera
- despreciable
- eje
- eslabón
- floricultura
- gorda
- gordo
- historia
- histórica
- histórico
- inmediatez
- menos
- nada
- núcleo
- opinar
- personaje
- pintar
- poderosa
- poderoso
- reseñar
- sabrosa
- sabroso
- salario
- señalada
- señalado
- señor
- suma
- sustancial
- sustantiva
- sustantivo
- tomo
- viso
- indiferente
- notable
- papel
- parecer
- personalidad
- pez
- que
- trascendental
- trascendente
- un
- visita
English:
amount to
- appreciable
- armory
- armoury
- assassin
- assassination
- big
- consideration
- depreciate
- edit
- flagship
- grain
- grand
- great
- head-hunt
- high
- if
- important
- increasingly
- large
- last
- leading
- least
- major
- mean
- morality
- prominent
- significant
- sponsor
- thing
- VIP
- weighty
- assassinate
- come
- considerable
- feature
- feel
- first
- foremost
- name
- priority
- strongly
- substantial

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importante adj

1. [destacado, significativo] important;

el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;

ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;

ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;

lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;

no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;

Comp

dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important

2. [cantidad] considerable;
[lesión] serious;
una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;

el tren llegó con un retraso importante the train was very late

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importante

adj important

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importante adj

: important

♦ importantemente adv

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importante adj

1. (en general) important

una persona importante an important person

2. (considerable) considerable

una suma importante a considerable sum

lo importante the important thing

Spanish-English dictionary > importante
56 jefe

adj.

chief, top.

m.

1 boss, principal, chief, manager.

2 chief, chieftain, leader, ringleader.

3 boss, woman in charge, headwoman, top woman.

4 boss.

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jefe

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 boss, head, chief

2 COMERCIO (hombre) manager; (mujer) manageress

3 PLÍTICA leader

4 MILITAR officer in command

5 (de una tribu) chief

► interjección ¡jefe!

1 familiar waiter!

► nombre femenino la jefa

1 familiar the old lady, the wife

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FRASEOLOGÍA

jefe de cocina chef

jefe de estación station master

jefe de Estado Head of State

jefe de Estado Mayor Chief of Staff

jefe de redacción editor in chief

jefe de taller foreman

jefe de ventas sales manager

jefe supremo commander-in-chief

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(f. - jefa)

noun

1) boss

2) head

3) chief

* * *

jefe, -a
SM / F
1) (=superior) boss; (=director) head; (Pol) leader; (Com) manager; (Mil) officer in command; [de tribu] chief

comandante en jefe — commander-in-chief

¿quién es el jefe aquí? — who's in charge around here?

jefe/a civil — Caribe registrar

jefe/a de almacén — warehouse manager/manageress

jefe/a de bomberos — fire chief, chief fire officer

jefe/a de cabina — (Aer) chief steward/stewardess

jefe/a de camareros — head waiter/waitress

jefe/a de cocina — head chef

jefe/a de equipo — team leader

jefe/a de estación — station master, station manager

jefe/a de estado — head of state

jefe/a de estado mayor — chief of staff

jefe/a de estudios — (Escol) director of studies

jefe/a de filas — (Pol) party leader

jefe/a de máquinas — (Náut) chief engineer

jefe/a de márketing — marketing manager

jefe/a de obras — site manager

jefe/a de oficina — office manager/manageress

jefe/a de personal — personnel manager

jefe/a de pista — ringmaster

jefe/a de plató — (Cine, TV) floor manager

jefe/a de producción — production manager

jefe/a de protocolo — chief of protocol

jefe/a de realización — (Cine, TV) production manager

jefe/a de redacción — editor-in-chief

jefe/a de sala — head waiter/waitress

jefe/a de taller — foreman

jefe/a de tren — guard, conductor (EEUU)

jefe/a de ventas — sales manager

jefe/a ejecutivo/a — chief executive

jefe/a supremo/a — commander-in-chief

2) [como apelativo]

¡oiga jefe! — hey!, mate! *

sí, mi jefe — esp LAm yes, sir o boss

* * *

- fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss

b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief

c) (Pol) leader

d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)

- jefe -fa de bomberos

- jefe -fa de cocina

- jefe -fa de estación

- jefe -fa de Estado/gobierno

- jefe -fa de Estado Mayor

- jefe -fa de estudios

- jefe -fa de personal/ventas

- jefe -fa de redacción

* * *

= boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex. He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex. But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex. Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.

Ex. In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.

Ex. Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex. Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex. Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* editor jefe = editor-in-chief.

* jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.

* jefe de cocina = chef.

* jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.

* jefe de espías = spymaster.

* jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.

* jefe de facturación = billing clerk.

* jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.

* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* jefe de milicia = warlord.

* jefe de oficina = office manager.

* jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.

* jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* jefe de prensa = press officer.

* jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* jefe de taller = overseer.

* jefe militar = army official, army officer.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* * *

- fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss

b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief

c) (Pol) leader

d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)

- jefe -fa de bomberos

- jefe -fa de cocina

- jefe -fa de estación

- jefe -fa de Estado/gobierno

- jefe -fa de Estado Mayor

- jefe -fa de estudios

- jefe -fa de personal/ventas

- jefe -fa de redacción

* * *

= boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex: He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex: Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.

Ex: In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.

Ex: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* editor jefe = editor-in-chief.

* jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.

* jefe de cocina = chef.

* jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.

* jefe de espías = spymaster.

* jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.

* jefe de facturación = billing clerk.

* jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.

* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* jefe de milicia = warlord.

* jefe de oficina = office manager.

* jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.

* jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* jefe de prensa = press officer.

* jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* jefe de taller = overseer.

* jefe militar = army official, army officer.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* * *

jefe -fa

masculine, feminine

jefe masculine and feminine

1 (superior) boss

aquí el jefe soy yo I'm the boss here, I'm in charge here

2 (de una sección, un departamento) head

3 (de una tribu) chief

4 (de un partido, una banda) leader

5 (como apelativo) buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq), guv ( BrE colloq dated)

6 jefes mpl ( fam) (padres) folks (pl) ( colloq), parents (pl)

Compuestos:

● jefe/jefa de bomberos

fire chief

● jefe/jefa de cocina

chef

● jefe/jefa de departamento

head of department

● jefe/jefa de estación

stationmaster

● jefe/jefa de Estado

head of state

● jefe/jefa de Estado Mayor

Chief of Staff

● jefe/jefa de estudios

director of studies

● jefe/jefa de filas

group leader

● jefe/jefa de gobierno

(primer ministro) prime minister; (presidente) president

● jefe/jefa de la guerrilla

guerrilla leader

● jefe/jefa de la oposición

leader of the opposition

● jefe/jefa de la policía

chief of police

● jefe/jefa de los espías

spymaster

● jefe/jefa de máquinas

chief engineer

● jefe/jefa de negociado

head of section, head of department

● jefe/jefa de oficina

chief clerk, office manager

● jefe/jefa de personal

personnel manager

● jefe/jefa de planta

floor manager

● jefe/jefa de producción

production manager

● jefe/jefa de producto

product manager

● jefe/jefa de redacción

editor-in-chief

● jefe/jefa de sección

section head

● jefe/jefa de seguridad

chief of security

● jefe/jefa de taller

supervisor, foreman

● jefe/jefa de tren

head conductor, train manager ( BrE)

● jefe/jefa de ventas

sales manager

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jefe
◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino, jefe sustantivo masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss;

◊ jefe de estudios director of studies;

jefe de personal/ventas personnel/sales manager;
jefe de redacción editor-in-chief
b) ( de empresa) manager;

( de sección) head;
( de tribu) chief
c) (Pol) leader;

◊ jefe de Estado/gobierno head of state/government

jefe,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 boss
Com manager
jefe de estación, station master
jefe de informativos, news editor
jefe de personal, personnel manager
jefe de redacción, editor-in-chief
jefe de ventas, sales manager
2 (líder) leader: es el jefe de la tribu, he's the chief of the tribe
jefe de Estado, Head of State
3 Mil comandante en jefe, commander-in-chief
' jefe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arder
- bailar
- bebida
- cabestro
- congraciarse
- definitivamente
- encima
- faltar
- gastar
- gusano
- jefa
- mondarse
- patrón
- patrona
- patrono
- quemada
- quemado
- redactor
- redactora
- sapo
- sheriff
- tal
- trinar
- abajo
- canciller
- citar
- comandante
- condición
- enfermero
- facultar
- mandar
- pensar
- plantear
- quedar
- rabiar
- robar
- salir
- ver
English:
absence
- abuse
- anybody
- approachable
- around
- ask for
- bluster
- boss
- busywork
- by
- by-product
- chancellor
- chief
- chieftain
- clear
- comeback
- cow
- deal with
- departmental
- deputy
- discount
- doormat
- edit
- even
- expect
- forceful
- foreman
- forge
- frustrated
- grievance
- guard
- head
- higher-up
- imagine
- in
- initially
- leader
- manager
- marshal
- mate
- of
- pass over
- pat
- pool
- postmaster
- promise
- Secretary of State
- sister
- staff nurse
- take over

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jefe, -a nm,f

1. [persona al mando] boss;
[de empresa] manager, f manageress; [líder] leader; [de tribu, ejército] chief; [de departamento] head; Mil
en jefe in-chief;

Comp
Méx Fam
como jefe: entró a la oficina como jefe he walked into the office as if he owned the place

Comp
jefe de bomberos fire chief;
jefe de cocina chef;

jefe de compras purchasing manager;

jefe de estación stationmaster;

jefe de Estado head of state;

jefe del estado mayor chief of staff;

jefe de estudios director of studies;
Dep jefe de fila(s) team leader [driver or cyclist];
jefe de gabinete chief of staff;

jefe de gobierno prime minister;

una reunión de jefes de gobierno a meeting of heads of government;

jefe de policía police chief, chief of police, Br chief constable;

jefe de prensa press officer;

jefe de producción production manager;

jefe de producto product line manager;

jefe de protocolo chief of protocol;

jefe de proyecto project manager;

jefe de redacción editor-in-chief;

jefe de sección departmental head o chief;

jefe de ventas sales manager

2. Fam [como apelativo]
pregúntale al jefe qué se debe ask the guy for the bill;

jefe, pónganos dos cervezas give us two beers, Br guv o US mac

3. Méx Fam [padre, madre] old man, f old girl

4. Esp Fam
mis jefes [mis padres] my folks

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jefe

m, jefa f de departamento, organización head; ( superior) boss; POL leader; de tribu chief

3 Méx fam

:

mi jefe my dad fam ;

mi jefa my mom fam

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jefe, -fa n

1) : chief, head, leader

jefe de bomberos: fire chief

2) : boss

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jefe n

1. (superior) boss [pl. bosses]

voy a discutirlo con el jefe I'm going to speak to the boss about it

2. (de un grupo) head

la jefa del departamento the head of the department

3. (de un partido, de una asociación) leader

4. (de una tribu) chief

jefe de cocina chef

jefe de estación station master

jefe de Estado head of state

Spanish-English dictionary > jefe
57 mayúsculo

adj.

capital, majuscule.

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mayúsculo

► adjetivo

1 (enorme) enormous, gigantic; (terrible) terrible

2 (letra) capital

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ADJ

1) [letra] capital

2) (=enorme) tremendous

un susto mayúsculo — a tremendous fright o scare

un error mayúsculo — a tremendous mistake

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- la adjetivo

a) < letra> capital (before n), upper-case (tech)

b) <susto/error> terrible

un disparate mayúsculo — an absolutely stupid thing to do/say

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= considerable, big [bigger -comp., biggest -sup.], formidable, huge, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

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* * *

- la adjetivo

a) < letra> capital (before n), upper-case (tech)

b) <susto/error> terrible

un disparate mayúsculo — an absolutely stupid thing to do/say

* * *

= considerable, big [bigger -comp., biggest -sup.], formidable, huge, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

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mayúsculo -la

adjective

1 ‹letra› capital ( before n), upper-case ( tech)

2 ‹susto› terrible

me dio un susto mayúsculo she gave me a terrible fright

es un disparate mayúsculo it's an absolutely stupid thing to do/say

un fallo mayúsculo a terrible mistake

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mayúsculo
◊ -la adjetivo

a) ‹ letra› capital ( before n), upper-case (tech)

b) ‹susto/error› terrible

mayúsculo,-a adjetivo very big, enormous
' mayúsculo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mayúscula
English:
glaring

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mayúsculo, -a adj

1. [letra]
letra mayúscula capital letter, upper-case letter

2. [grande] terrible;

nos dieron un disgusto mayúsculo they upset us terribly, they really upset us;

cometió un error mayúsculo he made a terrible mistake;

mi sorpresa fue mayúscula al encontrarte allí I was amazed to see you there

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mayúsculo

adj capital, uppercase

* * *

mayúsculo, -la adj

1) : capital, uppercase

2) : huge, terrible

un problema mayúsculo: a huge problem

Spanish-English dictionary > mayúsculo
58 ordeñar

v.

1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).

2 to order.

Le ordené ir I ordered him to go

Ordené la habitación I straightened up the room.

La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.

3 to ordain (religion).

4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.

Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.

6 to ordain as.

Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.

7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.

Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.

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ordenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up

■ ordenó a los alumnos en filas she lined up the students

■ los libros estaban ordenados por materias the books were classified by subject matter

2 (mandar) to order

■ me ordenó que saliera de la habitación he ordered me to leave the room

3 RELIGIÓN to ordain

4 (encaminar) to direct

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts

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verb

1) to order

2) arrange

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1. VT

1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sort

hay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date

voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books

ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order

nunca ordena sus papeles — he never tidies his paperwork

• ordenar sus asuntos — to put one's affairs in order

• ordenar su vida — to put o get one's life in order

2) (=mandar) to order

la juez ordenó su detención — the judge ordered his arrest

les habían ordenado que siguieran al vehículo — they had been ordered to follow the vehicle

• un tono de ordeno y mando — a dictatorial tone

3) (Rel) to ordain

fue ordenado sacerdote en octubre — he was ordained as a priest in October

2.

See:

ordenarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

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= milk.

Ex. Results showed that the first colostrum of ewes milked one hour postpartum had significantly more protein than that of nanny-goats.

----

* no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

* ordeñar una vaca = milk + a cow.

* sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

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* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

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ordenar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹habitación/armario/cajón› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

hay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subject

ordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in order

B

1 (dar una orden) to order

la policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closed

el médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete rest

ordenar + INF:

le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediately

ordenar QUE + SUBJ:

me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet

2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi to call a taxi

C ‹sacerdote› to ordain

■ ordenarse

v pron

to be ordained

se ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest

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Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
◊ ordené los libros por materias I arranged the books according to subject

2
a) ( dar una orden) to order;

◊ le ordenó salir de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office

b) (AmL) ( pedir) ‹taxi/bebida/postre› to order

3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort

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ordenar

♦ vt

1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;
[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);
ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;

ordenar en montones to sort into piles;

ordenar por temas to arrange by subject

2. Informát to sort

3. [mandar] to order;

te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;

me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet

4. Rel to ordain

5. Am [pedir] to order;

acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast

♦ vi

1. [mandar] to give orders;

Comp

(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do

2. Am [pedir] to order;

¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?

♦ See also the pronominal verb ordenarse

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ordenar

v/t

1 habitación tidy up

2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort

3 ( mandar) order

4 L.Am. ( pedir) order

* * *

ordenar vt

1) mandar: to order, to command

2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange

3) : to ordain (a priest)

* * *

ordenar vb

1. (colocar por orden) to arrange / to put in order [pt. & pp. put]

ha ordenado los apuntes por materias he's arranged his notes according to subject

2. (recoger) to tidy [pt. & pp. tidied]

pasó toda la mañana ordenando su habitación she spent all morning tidying her bedroom

3. (mandar) to order

le ordené que volviera I ordered him to come back

Spanish-English dictionary > ordeñar
59 presentar

v.

1 to present.

Ella presenta soluciones She presents solutions.

Ella le presenta a Ricardo un regalo She presents Richard a gift.

Ellos presentan a los candidatos They present=field the candidates.

2 to make (ofrecer) (disculpas, excusas).

3 to introduce (person).

me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends

me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced

Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen

permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager

Ella presenta a los invitados She introduces the guests.

4 to have, to show (tener) (aspecto).

presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve

Ella le presenta al público una obra She shows the public a play.

5 to host, to be the host of, to act as a compere for, to compere.

Ella presenta el programa She hosts the program.

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presentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to present; (mostrar) to show

■ hay que presentar la identificación you have to show your identification

■ me ha presentado sus disculpas he has apologized

■ presentó a concurso su primera novela she entered her first novel in a competition

2 (entregar) to hand in

3 (sacar al mercado) to launch

4 (personas) to introduce

■ ¿te han presentado ya? have you been introduced yet?

■ os presento a mi novia this is my girlfriend

5 TELEVISIÓN to present

6 (ofrecer) to offer, show

■ esta cicatriz no presenta buen aspecto that scar doesn't look good

► verbo pronominal presentarse

1 (comparecer) to turn up

■ nos presentamos en su casa sin previo aviso we turned up at her house without prior warning

■ se presentó a la policía inmediatamente he went straight to the police

2 (para elección) to stand; (en un concurso) to enter

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

presentar una denuncia to lodge a complaint

presentar una ponencia to present a paper

* * *

verb

1) to present

2) introduce

3) submit

4) make a gift

•

- presentarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=enseñar, exponer) [gen] to present; [+ moción, candidato] to propose, put forward; [+ pruebas, informe] to submit; [+ documento, pasaporte] to show

presentar una propuesta — to make o present a proposal

presentar algo al cobro o al pago — (Com) to present sth for payment

2) (=entregar) to hand in

mañana tengo que presentar un trabajo — I have to hand in an essay tomorrow

presentó la dimisión — he handed in his resignation, he resigned

3) (=mostrar) [+ señal, síntoma] to show

presenta señales de deterioro — it is showing signs of wear

4) (=exponer al público) [+ producto, disco, libro] to launch

presentó su obra en la Galería Mons — she showed her work at the Galería Mons

5) [en espectáculo] [+ obra] to perform; [+ actor, actriz] to present, feature

el grupo presentó una obra en un solo acto — the group performed a one-act play

6) (=ser presentador de) [+ programa televisivo] to present, host

J. Pérez presenta el programa — the programme is presented o hosted by J. Pérez

¿quién presenta ahora las noticias de las nueve? — who presents o reads the nine o'clock news now?

7) (=tener) to have

este año el examen presenta novedades — this year the exam has some new features

el ferrocarril presenta ventajas evidentes — the train offers o has obvious advantages

el cadáver presentaba varios impactos de bala — the body had several bullet wounds

el coche presenta ciertas modificaciones — the car has had certain changes made to it

8) [+ persona] to introduce

me presentó a sus padres — he introduced me to his parents

permítanme presentarles a don Narciso Gómez — allow me to introduce Mr Narciso Gómez (to you)

te presento a Carlos — this is Carlos

a ver si te presento a mi amiga Jacinta — you must meet my friend Jacinta, I must introduce you to my friend Jacinta

ser presentada en sociedad — to come out, make one's début

9) (=ofrecer) [+ disculpa] to offer, make

presentó sus respetos — she paid her respects

le presento mis consideraciones — [en carta] yours faithfully

10) (Mil)

presentar armas — to present arms

presentar batalla — (lit) to draw up in battle array; (fig) to offer resistance

2.

See:

presentarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( mostrar) to present

un producto bien presentado — a well-presented product

b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit

c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

d) ( enseñar) to show

hay que presentar el carné para entrar — you have to show your membership card to get in

e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

fui a presentar mis respetos — I went to pay my respects

presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

presentar pruebas — to present evidence

presentar cargos — to bring charges

presentar una demanda — to bring a lawsuit

f) (Mil)

presentar armas — to present arms

2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce

3) < persona> to introduce

te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
2.
presentarse v pron

1)

a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear

presentarse (como) voluntario — to volunteer

se presentó voluntariamente a la policía — he turned himself in to the police

presentarse ante el juez — to appear before the judge

b) (a concurso, examen)

se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

me presenté al concurso — I entered the competition

se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

presentarse para un cargo — to apply for a post

2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

el futuro se presenta prometedor — the future looks promising

3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself

presentarse en sociedad — to make one's debut (in society)

* * *

= bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.

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Ex. The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.

Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.

Ex. I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.

Ex. It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.

Ex. This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.

Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.

Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.

Ex. They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.

Ex. The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.

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* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.

* oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.

* presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.

* presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* presentar deficiencias = fall + short.

* presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.

* presentar dentro de = package.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentar detalladamente = spread out.

* presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* presentar información = submit + information, package + information.

* presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.

* presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.

* presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.

* presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.

* presentar peligro = present + danger.

* presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.

* presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar pruebas = give + evidence.

* presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.

* presentar reto = defy.

* presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.

* presentarse a = stand for.

* presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* presentar (según) = cast (in/into).

* presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.

* presentar similitudes = share + similarities.

* presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.

* presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.

* presentar una contribución = present + contribution.

* presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.

* presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.

* presentar una denuncia = file + police report.

* presentar una factura = submit + bill.

* presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.

* presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.

* presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.

* presentar una petición = submit + petition.

* presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.

* presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.

* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.

* presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.

* presentar un argumento = advance + argument.

* presentar una solicitud = submit + application.

* presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.

* presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.

* presentar una visión = present + a picture.

* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.

* presentar un frente común = present + common front.

* presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.

* presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.

* presentar un peligro = pose + danger.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* presentar un programa = present + programme.

* presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.

* presentar un resumen = give + summary.

* presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.

* presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.

* presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.

* seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.

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

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( mostrar) to present

un producto bien presentado — a well-presented product

b) ( exponer por primera vez) <libro/disco> to launch; < obra de arte> to present; < colección de moda> to present, exhibit

c) ( entregar) <informe/solicitud> to submit

le presenté el pasaporte — I gave him my passport, I presented my passport to him

d) ( enseñar) to show

hay que presentar el carné para entrar — you have to show your membership card to get in

e) <disculpas/excusas> to make; < dimisión> to hand in, submit; < queja> to file, make

fui a presentar mis respetos — I went to pay my respects

presentaron una denuncia — they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

presentar pruebas — to present evidence

presentar cargos — to bring charges

presentar una demanda — to bring a lawsuit

f) (Mil)

presentar armas — to present arms

2) (TV) < programa> to present, introduce

3) < persona> to introduce

te presento a mi hermana — I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

4) <novedad/ventaja> to offer; < síntoma> to show
2.
presentarse v pron

1)

a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear

presentarse (como) voluntario — to volunteer

se presentó voluntariamente a la policía — he turned himself in to the police

presentarse ante el juez — to appear before the judge

b) (a concurso, examen)

se presentó al examen — she took o (BrE) sat the exam

me presenté al concurso — I entered the competition

se presenta como candidato independiente — he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent

presentarse para un cargo — to apply for a post

2) dificultad/problema to arise, come up, crop up (colloq)

si se me presenta la oportunidad — if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

el futuro se presenta prometedor — the future looks promising

3) ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself

presentarse en sociedad — to make one's debut (in society)

* * *

presentar (según)

(v.) = cast (in/into)

Ex: Which of the following subject analyses is cast in the citation order PMEST?.

= bring to + the attention, display, draw, exhibit, expose, feature, introduce, open up, pose, present, provide with, set out, subject, throw up, render, put before, produce, table, submit, unveil, showcase, surrender, lay out, roll out, construct, tender, come up with, report, bring forward, deliver.

Ex: Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.

Ex: The command function 'DISPLAY' is used to display a list of alphabetically linked terms.

Ex: For example, when setting up the format for records in a data base, the user can draw a form on the screen, complete with headings for each field, and then, the data is entered into the form.

Ex: These headings, therefore, in addition to exhibiting a bias in favor of the majority, actively hinder access.

Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.

Ex: Other catalogues and bibliographies only feature added entries under title where it is deemed that the author main entry heading is not likely to be obvious to the users.

Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.

Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex: This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.

Ex: Informative abstract present as much as possible of the quantitative or qualitative information contained in a document.

Ex: Many libraries provide users with photocopies of contents pages of selected journals.

Ex: A short score is a sketch made by a composer for an ensemble work, with the main features of the composition set out on a few staves.

Ex: Author abstracts are the abstracts prepared by authors of the document that has been subjected to abstracting.

Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.

Ex: The eventuality is, admittedly, remote but it is also necessary to render the imprint statement in this amount of detail.

Ex: The art of documentation is the process by which the documentalist is enabled to put before the creative specialist the existing literature bearing on the subject of his investigation.

Ex: The perfect librarian may be defined as one who produces the information a reader requires as soon as the reader asks for it.

Ex: This list indicates the dates the reports were tabled and any further action take.

Ex: Most publications are probably free distribution material and whilst that does not absolve the publishers from the obligation of legal deposit it is probable that many local authorities do not submit their materials.

Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

Ex: Officially known as SOLEX, this exhibition showcases mainly IT based products for the legal profession.

Ex: The book's date label is stamped in the usual way, and the reader must surrender one token for each book he is borrowing.

Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.

Ex: I don't need to tell those of you from higher education institutions how course management systems are starting to really proliferate and roll out in higher education.

Ex: It is argued that newspaper reporting of bigamy constructs bigamists as being a threat to the institution of marriage.

Ex: This address was tendered at the State Library of Victoria, Nov 88, to mark the retirement of Professor Jean Whyte.

Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.

Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.

Ex: They also intend to bring forward legislation to provide that the maximum amount of compensation should be £500,000.

Ex: The result could be termed a full-provision data base -- a data base including both text and reference, and delivering much more than the 2 added together.

* argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.

* oportunidad + presentarse = opportunity + knock, opportunity + present + Reflexivo.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva óptica = throw + Nombre + in a new light, throw + new light on.

* presentar Algo desde un nuevo ángulo = throw + new light on.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar como = make + Nombre + out to be.

* presentar conclusiones = provide + conclusions.

* presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* presentar deficiencias = fall + short.

* presentar de manera esquemática = give + overview.

* presentar dentro de = package.

* presentar Algo desde una nueva perspectiva = shed + new light on, throw + new light on.

* presentar detalladamente = spread out.

* presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.

* presentar en forma de tabla = tabulate.

* presentar en pantalla = call up, print + online, bring up, screen.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* presentar información = submit + information, package + information.

* presentar información de varios modos = repackage + information.

* presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.

* presentar la oportunidad = allow + the opportunity to.

* presentar las pruebas ante = lay + evidence before.

* presentar peligro = present + danger.

* presentar + Posesivo + respetos = pay + Posesivo + respects.

* presentar posibilidades = present + possibilities, open (up) + avenues.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar pruebas = give + evidence.

* presentar resultados = report + findings, report + results.

* presentar reto = defy.

* presentarse = come in, manifest + Reflexivo, turn up, show up, unfold, come forward, come with.

* presentarse a = stand for.

* presentarse a una elección = stand for + election, run for + election.

* presentarse desde una nueva perspectiva = stand in + a new light.

* presentar (según) = cast (in/into).

* presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.

* presentar similitudes = share + similarities.

* presentar una amenaza = pose + threat.

* presentar una comunicación = deliver + paper, give + paper, present + paper.

* presentar una contribución = present + contribution.

* presentar una demanda = file + suit against, file + lawsuit against.

* presentar una demanda judicial = take + legal action, take + legal proceedings.

* presentar una denuncia = file + police report.

* presentar una factura = submit + bill.

* presentar una idea = make + point, put forward + idea, offer + perspective, present + idea.

* presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.

* presentar una oportunidad = afford + opportunity.

* presentar una petición = submit + petition.

* presentar una ponencia = give + paper, read + paper.

* presentar una propuesta = submit + proposal.

* presentar una queja = register + complaint, lodge + complaint, file + complaint, file + grievance.

* presentar una reclamación = enter + complaint, place + claim, file + complaint.

* presentar un argumento = advance + argument.

* presentar una solicitud = submit + application.

* presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.

* presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.

* presentar una visión = present + a picture.

* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* presentar un dilema = present + dilemma.

* presentar un frente común = present + common front.

* presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.

* presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.

* presentar un peligro = pose + danger.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* presentar un programa = present + programme.

* presentar un proyecto = submit + project, present + project.

* presentar un resumen = give + summary.

* presentar un reto = present + challenge, provide + challenge.

* presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.

* presentar vestigios de = bear + traces of.

* seleccionar y presentar en un documento = package.

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

* * *

presentar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (mostrar) to present

un producto bien presentado a well-presented product

2 (exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch

presentó sus nuevos cuadros she presented her new paintings

presentará su colección de otoño en Londres he will present o exhibit his autumn collection in London

el nuevo XS34 se presentará al público en el salón de Turín the new XS34 will be on display (to the public) for the first time at the Turin show

3 (entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit

le presenté el pasaporte para que me lo sellara I gave him my passport for stamping, I presented my passport to him for stamping

tengo que presentar los planes mañana I have to submit o present the plans tomorrow

4 (enseñar) to show

hay que presentar el carné para entrar you have to show your membership card to get in

5 ‹disculpas/excusas› to make

fui a presentar mis respetos I went to pay my respects

presentó su dimisión she handed in o submitted her resignation, she resigned

pienso presentar una queja I intend filing o making a complaint

presentaron una denuncia they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint

presentar pruebas to present evidence

presentar cargos to bring charges

presentar una demanda to bring a lawsuit

6 ( Mil):

presentar armas to present arms

B (TV) ‹programa› to present, introduce

C [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹persona› to introduce

el director presentó al conferenciante the director introduced the speaker

me presentó a su familia he introduced me to his family

te presento a mi hermana I'd like you to meet my sister/this is my sister

D

(mostrar, ofrecer): el nuevo modelo presenta algunas novedades the latest model has o offers some new features

presenta muchas ventajas para el consumidor it offers the consumer many advantages

el paciente no presentaba síntomas de intoxicación the patient showed no signs of food poisoning

el cadáver presenta un impacto de bala en el costado ( frml); there is a bullet wound in the side of the body, the body has a bullet wound in the side

■ presentarse

v pron

A

1 (en un lugar) to turn up, appear

se presentó en casa sin avisar he turned up o showed up o appeared at the house unexpectedly

se presentó (como) voluntario he volunteered

se presentó voluntariamente a la policía he turned himself in to the police

tendrá que presentarse ante el juez he will have to appear before the judge

2

(a un concurso, examen): se presentó al examen she took o ( BrE) sat the exam

me presenté al concurso I entered the competition

se presenta como candidato independiente he's an independent candidate, he's running as an independent ( AmE), he's standing as an independent ( BrE)

se presentó para el cargo de director he applied for the post of director

B «dificultad/problema» to arise, come up, crop up ( colloq)

estaré allí salvo que se presente algún impedimento I'll be there unless something crops up o comes up

si se me presenta la oportunidad if I get the opportunity, if the opportunity arises

el futuro se presenta prometedor the future looks promising

el asunto se presenta muy mal things are looking very bad

C (darse a conocer) to introduce oneself

permítame que me presente allow me to introduce myself

presentarse en sociedad to make one's debut (in society)

* * *

presentar ( conjugate presentar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( mostrar) to present

b) ( exponer por primera vez) ‹libro/disco› to launch;

‹ obra de arte› to present;
‹ colección de moda› to present, exhibit
c) ( entregar) ‹informe/solicitud› to submit;

‹ trabajo› to hand in;
‹ renuncia› to hand in, submit
d) ( enseñar) ‹carnet/pasaporte› to show

e) ‹disculpas/excusas› to make;

‹ queja› to file, make;
‹ cargos› to bring;
◊ presentaron una denuncia they reported the matter (to the police), they made an official complaint;

presentar pruebas to present evidence
f) (Mil):

◊ presentar armas to present arms

2 (TV) ‹ programa› to present, introduce
3 ‹ persona› to introduce;
◊ te presento a mi hermana I'd like you to meet my sister, this is my sister

4 ‹novedad/ventaja› to offer;
‹ síntoma› to show
presentarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( en lugar) to turn up, appear;

◊ presentarse (como) voluntario to volunteer

b) presentarse a algo ‹ a examen› to take sth;

‹ a concurso› to enter sth;
‹ a elecciones› to take part in sth;
◊ se presenta como candidato independiente he's running (AmE) o (BrE) he's standing as an independent;

presentarse para un cargo to apply for a post
2 [dificultad/problema] to arise, come up;
[ oportunidad] to arise
3 ( darse a conocer) to introduce oneself
presentar verbo transitivo
1 (un programa, pruebas, etc) to present
2 (un producto) to launch
3 (a una persona) to introduce
4 (síntomas, características, etc) to have, show
5 (disculpas) to give, present
(condolencias) to give, pay
6 (la dimisión) to hand in
7 (una queja) to file, make
' presentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alegar
- compeler
- convenir
- dimisión
- esquema
- revestir
- dar
- demanda
- denuncia
- introducir
- licitar
- moción
- queja
- querella
- renuncia
English:
bring forward
- charge
- claim
- field
- file
- hand in
- host
- introduce
- lay
- lodge
- make out
- model
- pay
- present
- press
- produce
- put in
- put on
- put up
- register
- render
- replay
- report
- represent
- rerun
- respect
- serve up
- set out
- show
- slant
- star
- submit
- table
- this
- bring
- come
- display
- enter
- exhibit
- float
- hand
- notice
- propose
- put
- retake
- sponsor
- tender

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presentar

♦ vt

1. [mostrar, entregar] to present;
[dimisión] to tender, to hand in; [tesis] to hand in, to submit; [pruebas, propuesta] to submit; [recurso, denuncia] to lodge; [solicitud] to make; [moción] to propose;
presente su pasaporte en la ventanilla show your passport at the window;

presentar cargos/una demanda contra alguien to bring charges/an action against sb;

¡presenten armas! [en ejército] present arms!;

es un trabajo muy bien presentado it is a very well presented piece of work

2. [dar a conocer] to introduce;

me presentó a sus amigos she introduced me to her friends;

Juan, te presento a Carmen Juan, this is Carmen;

me parece que no nos han presentado I don't think we've been introduced;

permítame que le presente a nuestra directora allow me to introduce you to our manager, I'd like you to meet our manager;

no se conocían, pero yo los presenté they didn't know each other, but I introduced them (to each other)

3. [anunciar] [programa de radio o televisión] to present;
[espectáculo] to compere;
la mujer que presenta el telediario the woman who reads the news on TV

4. [proponer para competición] [obra] to enter;

presentar una novela a un premio literario to enter a novel for a literary prize;

presentar una película a concurso to enter a film at a film festival;

presentar a alguien para algo to propose sb for sth, to put sb forward for sth;

el partido presentará a la señora Cruz para la alcaldía the party is putting Mrs Cruz forward for the office of mayor, Mrs Cruz will be the party's candidate for the office of mayor

5. [exhibir por primera vez] [planes, presupuestos] to present;
[película] to premiere; [libro, disco] to launch;
el club presentó a su último fichaje ante la prensa the club introduced its new signing to the press

6. [ofrecer] [disculpas, excusas] to make;
[respetos] to pay;
nos presentó (sus) disculpas he made his excuses to us

7. [tener] [aspecto, características, novedades] to have;

este fondo de inversión presenta grandes ventajas this investment fund offers o has big advantages;

la playa presenta un aspecto deplorable the beach is in a terrible state;

presenta difícil solución it's going to be difficult to solve;

el paciente presentaba síntomas de deshidratación the patient presented symptoms of dehydration

♦ See also the pronominal verb presentarse

* * *

presentar

v/t

1 TV present

2 a alguien introduce

3 producto launch

4 solicitud submit

* * *

presentar vt

1) : to present, to show

2) : to offer, to give

3) : to submit (a document), to launch (a product)

4) : to introduce (a person)

♦ See also the reflexive verb presentarse

* * *

presentar vb

1. (personas) to introduce

me presentó a su marido she introduced me to her husband

te presento a Iván this is Iván / meet Iván

2. (programa, idea, propuesta) to present

3. (un producto) to launch

el escritor presenta su nuevo libro the writer is launching his new book

4. (señales, aspecto) to have / to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

el paciente presenta muy buen aspecto the patient looks quite well

Spanish-English dictionary > presentar
60 retomar

v.

1 to take up again.

2 to retake, to fetch, to rescue, to take back.

* * *

retomar

► verbo transitivo

1 (territorio) to retake

2 (tema) to return to

* * *

VT to take up again

* * *

verbo transitivo

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa — she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el adagio — the theme is reintroduced in the adagio

retomé mi carril — I got back in (the) lane

* * *

= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].

Ex. The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex. The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.

Ex. The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.

Ex. France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.

Ex. The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.

Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex. Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.

Ex. Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.

Ex. BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.

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* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.

* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* retomar una causa = take up + cause.

* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.

* * *

verbo transitivo

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa — she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el adagio — the theme is reintroduced in the adagio

retomé mi carril — I got back in (the) lane

* * *

= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].

Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex: The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.

Ex: The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.

Ex: France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.

Ex: The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.

Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex: Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.

Ex: Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.

Ex: BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.

* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.

* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* retomar una causa = take up + cause.

* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.

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retomar [A1 ]

vt

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el segundo movimiento the theme is reintroduced o taken up again in the second movement

retomé mi carril I got back in lane

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retomar verbo transitivo to take up again

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retomar vt

to take up again;

retomar la conversación to pick up the conversation

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retomar

v/t

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retomar algo fig take sth up again

Spanish-English dictionary > retomar

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