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  • 61 interés1

    1 = appeal, appetite, concern, focus, involvement, interest, knowledge interest, piquancy, penchant, pursuit, topicality.
    Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.
    Ex. We need to know what and how consumers' information appetites have changed.
    Ex. The use of agents is necessary but not ideal, because an agent often represents rival concerns, and aims for a quick turnover rather than long-term profitability.
    Ex. Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
    Ex. Clearly, anyone having any dealings at all with the CAP needs a general understanding of how the system works, at a level which is appropriate to their involvement.
    Ex. An abstracting bulletin is generally a weekly or monthly current-awareness service containing abstracts of all documents of interest that have passed into the library or information unit during that time.
    Ex. Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.
    Ex. Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.
    Ex. Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.
    Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.
    Ex. This year, the event is gaining topicality because of the EU enlargement.
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    * actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotec = library advocacy.
    * adaptarse a un interés = accommodate + interest.
    * ámbito de interés = sphere of interest.
    * ampliar el interés = broaden + interest.
    * aprovecharse del interés general por Algo = exploit + appeal.
    * área de interés = field of interest.
    * atraer el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, draw + interest.
    * atraer el interés de = catch + the imagination of.
    * caer fuera del interés de = lie outside + the scope of.
    * caer fuera del interés de uno = fall outside + Posesivo + interest.
    * campo de interés = sphere of interest.
    * captar el interés = capture + the imagination, capture + the interest.
    * captar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.
    * coincidir con los intereses de uno = match + interests.
    * combinar intereses = bridge + interests.
    * conflicto de intereses = conflict of interest(s), competing interests.
    * con intereses ocultos = agenda-laden.
    * con intereses propios = self-interested.
    * conjunto de intereses = set of interests.
    * Consejo Internacional de Museos y Lugares de Interés (ICOMS) = International Council of Museums and Sites (ICOMOS).
    * constatar el interés = gauge + interest.
    * con un interés en = with a stake in.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * dar interés = spice up, add + spice.
    * debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.
    * defender los intereses = defend + interests, lobby for + interests.
    * defender los intereses de = go to + bat for, bat for.
    * defensa de intereses = lobbying.
    * defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.
    * defensor de los intereses del ciudadano = watchdog.
    * de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.
    * de intereses similares = of like interest.
    * de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.
    * de interés humano = human interest.
    * de interés periodístico = newsworthy.
    * despertar el interés = provoke + interest, stimulate + interest, stir + interest, whet + the appetite, heighten + interest, rouse + interest, capture + the imagination, capture + the interest, work up + an interest, pique + interest.
    * despertar el interés de = catch + the imagination of.
    * despertar interés = arouse + interest, attract + interest, raise + interest, spark + interest.
    * despertar interés por = kindle + interest in.
    * destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.
    * dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.
    * el interés público = the public interest.
    * en interés de = in the interest(s) of.
    * esperar con interés (+ Infinitivo), = look forward to (+ Gerundio).
    * estar fuera del interés = lie outside + the scope of.
    * estar fuera del interés de uno = lie beyond + concern.
    * expresión de interés = application.
    * falta de interés por cooperar = unresponsiveness.
    * foco de interés = focus of interest, focus of concern, focus of attention.
    * fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest, foster + interest.
    * fomentar interés = build + interest.
    * generar interés = generate + interest.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * guiado por intereses propios = interest-determined.
    * hacer que pierda el interés = take + the shine off things.
    * institución de interés histórico = heritage institution.
    * institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.
    * interés + centrarse en = interest + lie with.
    * interés comercial = business interest, commercial interest.
    * interés común = shared interest.
    * interés creado = vested interest.
    * interés + decaer = interest + flag.
    * interés económico = economic interest.
    * intereses = breadth of interests.
    * intereses comerciales = market forces, marketplace forces.
    * intereses comunes = common ground, community of interest.
    * intereses contrapuestos = conflicting interests.
    * intereses cotidianos = life interests.
    * intereses de lectura = reading interests.
    * intereses encontrados = competing interests.
    * intereses ocultos = hidden agenda.
    * interés general = public interest.
    * interés pasajero = passing interest.
    * interés periodístico = newsworthiness.
    * interés personal = vested interest, self-interest, axe + to grind, personal interest.
    * interés por ganar dinero = profit motive.
    * interés por los libros = awareness of books.
    * interés público = public interest.
    * interés renovado = renewed interest.
    * ir en detrimento de los intereses = prejudice + interests.
    * lleno de interés = solicitously.
    * lugar de interés = attraction, sight.
    * lugares de interés = sights.
    * mantener el interés = hold + the interest.
    * mantener un interés = pursue + interest.
    * material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.
    * máximo interés = maximum interest.
    * mostrar interés = mark + interest.
    * mostrar interés en = show + interest in.
    * mostrar interés por = express + interest in.
    * motivado por intereses propios = interest-based.
    * mucho interés = keen interest.
    * muestra de interés = expression of interest.
    * no tener ningún interés = can't/couldn't be bothered.
    * noticias diarias de interés = daily news alerts.
    * objeto de interés = object of interest.
    * ordenación topográfica según los intereses del lector = reader interest arrangement.
    * para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.
    * perder el interés = pall.
    * perder interés = lapse, lose + interest.
    * perfil de interés = subject interest.
    * perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.
    * perjudicar los intereses = prejudice + interests.
    * por interés = out of interest.
    * por interés personal = self-interested.
    * profundizar el interés = deepen + interest.
    * promover un interés = promote + interest.
    * proyección de cuestiones de interés = issues management.
    * punto de interés = point of interest.
    * quitar el interés = take + the shine off things.
    * renovado interés = upsurge.
    * resumen de interés = highlight abstract.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * según los intereses personales de cada uno = interest-based.
    * ser de interés para = be of interest (to/for).
    * servir los intereses = serve + interests.
    * sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.
    * sin interés = unexciting, uninteresting, unmoving, vapid.
    * tarea falta de interés = chore.
    * tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * temas de interés particular = particular concerns.
    * tenemos intereses en ambas partes = our feet are in both worlds.
    * tener intereses en juego = have + invested.
    * tener interés por = have + an interest in.
    * tener interés por = be interested in.
    * tener mucho interés en = have + a high stake in.
    * tener mucho interés por = be keen to.
    * tener un interés muy personal en = have + a stake in, hold + a stake in.
    * tomarse interés por = take + an interest in.

    Spanish-English dictionary > interés1

  • 62 las cosas siguen igual

    Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on ' business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    * * *

    Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on ' business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > las cosas siguen igual

  • 63 mercado

    m.
    1 market.
    mercado de abastos wholesale food market
    mercado bursátil stock market
    el mercado Común Common Market
    mercado de divisas currency market
    mercado exterior foreign market
    mercado financiero financial market
    mercado inmobiliario housing o property market
    mercado interbancario interbank market
    mercado interior domestic market
    mercado laboral labor market
    mercado libre free market
    mercado monetario money market
    mercado negro black market
    mercado de trabajo job market
    mercado único single market
    mercado Único Europeo European Single Market
    2 marketplace, mart, market, market place.
    3 market town.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: mercar.
    * * *
    1 market
    \
    mercado bursátil stock market
    Mercado Común Common Market
    mercado de abastos wholesale food market
    mercado de trabajo job market
    mercado de valores stock market
    mercado negro black market
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) fair
    * * *

    mercado de divisas — currency market, foreign exchange market

    mercado de trabajo — labour o (EEUU) labor market

    mercado exterior — foreign market, overseas market

    mercado laboral — labour o (EEUU) labor market

    mercado persa — Cono Sur cut-price store

    * * *
    1) ( plaza) market

    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

    2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

    el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

    un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

    •
    * * *
    = market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.
    Ex. They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.
    Ex. These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.
    Ex. This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.
    Ex. The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.
    Ex. Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.
    Ex. This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.
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    * abrir el mercado = open up + market.
    * abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.
    * acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.
    * analista de mercado = business researcher.
    * aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.
    * base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.
    * con salida al mercado = due out.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.
    * demanda de mercado = market demand.
    * de mercado = marketing.
    * de venta en el mercado = commercially available.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.
    * especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.
    * estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.
    * investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * lanzar al mercado = ship.
    * lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.
    * liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.
    * libre mercado = free market.
    * líder del mercado = market leader.
    * lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.
    * madurez del mercado = market maturity.
    * manipular el mercado = rig + the market.
    * mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.
    * mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.
    * mercado comercial = commercial market.
    * Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.
    * mercado corporativo = corporate market.
    * mercado de abastos = public market.
    * mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.
    * mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.
    * mercado de la empresa = corporate market.
    * mercado de la información = information market place, information market.
    * mercado de la propiedad = property market.
    * mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.
    * mercado del libro, el = book market, the.
    * mercado del turismo = tourist market.
    * mercado de masas = consumer market.
    * mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.
    * mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.
    * mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.
    * mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.
    * mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.
    * mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.
    * mercado doméstico = domestic market.
    * mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].
    * mercado educativo = education market, educational market.
    * mercado empresarial = corporate market.
    * mercado específico = niche market.
    * mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.
    * mercado inmobiliario = property market.
    * mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.
    * mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.
    * mercado internacional = international trade, international market.
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * mercado laboral = labour market, job market.
    * mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.
    * mercado mundial = global market, world market.
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.
    * mercado negro = black market.
    * mercado público = public market.
    * mercado tradicional = traditional market.
    * mercado turístico = tourist market.
    * mercado único = single market.
    * Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.
    * monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.
    * orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].
    * para todo el mercado = industry-wide.
    * penetración de mercado = market penetration.
    * plaza del mercado = market square.
    * población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.
    * regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.
    * regulador del mercado = market regulator.
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.
    * segmento de mercado = market segment.
    * sistema de mercado = market system.
    * técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.
    * * *
    1) ( plaza) market

    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

    2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

    el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

    un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

    •
    * * *
    = market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.

    Ex: They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.

    Ex: These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.
    Ex: This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.
    Ex: The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.
    Ex: Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.
    Ex: This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.
    * abrir el mercado = open up + market.
    * abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.
    * acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.
    * analista de mercado = business researcher.
    * aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.
    * base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.
    * con salida al mercado = due out.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.
    * demanda de mercado = market demand.
    * de mercado = marketing.
    * de venta en el mercado = commercially available.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.
    * especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.
    * estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.
    * investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * lanzar al mercado = ship.
    * lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.
    * liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.
    * libre mercado = free market.
    * líder del mercado = market leader.
    * lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.
    * madurez del mercado = market maturity.
    * manipular el mercado = rig + the market.
    * mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.
    * mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.
    * mercado comercial = commercial market.
    * Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.
    * mercado corporativo = corporate market.
    * mercado de abastos = public market.
    * mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.
    * mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.
    * mercado de la empresa = corporate market.
    * mercado de la información = information market place, information market.
    * mercado de la propiedad = property market.
    * mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.
    * mercado del libro, el = book market, the.
    * mercado del turismo = tourist market.
    * mercado de masas = consumer market.
    * mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.
    * mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.
    * mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.
    * mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.
    * mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.
    * mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.
    * mercado doméstico = domestic market.
    * mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].
    * mercado educativo = education market, educational market.
    * mercado empresarial = corporate market.
    * mercado específico = niche market.
    * mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.
    * mercado inmobiliario = property market.
    * mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.
    * mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.
    * mercado internacional = international trade, international market.
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * mercado laboral = labour market, job market.
    * mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.
    * mercado mundial = global market, world market.
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.
    * mercado negro = black market.
    * mercado público = public market.
    * mercado tradicional = traditional market.
    * mercado turístico = tourist market.
    * mercado único = single market.
    * Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.
    * monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.
    * orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].
    * para todo el mercado = industry-wide.
    * penetración de mercado = market penetration.
    * plaza del mercado = market square.
    * población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.
    * regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.
    * regulador del mercado = market regulator.
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.
    * segmento de mercado = market segment.
    * sistema de mercado = market system.
    * técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.

    * * *
    A (plaza) market
    ir al mercadoor (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market
    día de mercado market day
    libre1 (↑ libre (1))
    Compuestos:
    ● mercado de abastos or ( RPl) de abasto
    ( Méx) flea market
    ● mercado de las pulgas or ( AmL) de pulgas
    flea market
    (CS) bazaar, street market
    B ( Com, Econ, Fin) market
    el mercado del petróleo the oil market
    inundan el mercado con sus productos they are flooding o swamping the market with their products
    el mercado nacional the domestic market
    el nuevo modelo ya salió al mercado the new model is available o on sale now, the new model is now on the market
    no hay mercado para ese producto there's no market for that product
    un mercado alcista a rising o bull market
    un mercado bajista a falling o bear market
    Compuestos:
    foreign exchange market
    ( Hist): el Mercado Común the Common Market
    capital market
    money market
    foreign exchange market
    futures market
    commodities market
    labor* market
    stock market
    emerging market
    niche market
    aftermarket, after-hours market
    labor* market
    money market
    world market
    black market
    niche market
    ( esp AmL period) parallel market, gray* market
    secondary market
    single (European) market
    vertical market
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mercar: ( conjugate mercar)

    mercado es:

    el participio

    mercado sustantivo masculino
    market;
    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market;

    mercado de (las) pulgas flea market;
    mercado persa (CS) bazaar, street market;
    el mercado del petróleo the oil market;
    salir al mercado to come onto the market;
    el Mmercado Común the Common Market;
    mercado de divisas foreign exchange market;
    mercado de trabajo job market;
    mercado negro black market;
    mercado paralelo parallel market
    mercado sustantivo masculino market
    mercado de trabajo, labour market
    mercado nacional/negro, domestic/black market

    ' mercado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abasto
    - abierta
    - abierto
    - abrir
    - CNMV
    - duda
    - economía
    - estudio
    - hormiguear
    - nacional
    - negra
    - negro
    - plaza
    - prospección
    - rastro
    - segmento
    - tejemaneje
    - tendencia
    - alcista
    - artesanía
    - barato
    - barrio
    - bazar
    - conquistar
    - estudiar
    - feria
    - hueco
    - libre
    - lonja
    - marchante
    - mundial
    - municipal
    - parada
    - pasar
    - puesto
    - regir
    - salir
    - único
    - vendedor
    - vuelco
    English:
    AMEX
    - arm's length
    - bazaar
    - bottom
    - bullish
    - buoyancy
    - buoyant
    - come out
    - commodity
    - consumer research
    - corner
    - depress
    - depressed
    - dump
    - economy
    - equip
    - future
    - LIBOR
    - market
    - market demand
    - market forces
    - market price
    - market research
    - market share
    - market stall
    - marketplace
    - money market
    - niche
    - open
    - open up
    - out
    - outlet
    - penetrate
    - recall
    - slack
    - stall
    - stand
    - tap
    - target market
    - withdraw
    - black
    - bring
    - common
    - field
    - flea
    - flood
    - inroads
    - muscle
    - release
    - shopping
    * * *
    1. [lugar] market
    RP mercado de abasto wholesale market;
    mercado de abastos wholesale market;
    mercado al aire libre open-air market;
    mercado de ganado cattle market;
    mercado mayorista wholesale market;
    Chile mercado persa flea market; RP Fam
    ser un mercado persa to be a mess;
    Méx mercado sobre ruedas street market
    2. Com & Fin mercado alcista bull market;
    mercado al alza bull market;
    mercado a la baja bear market;
    mercado bajista bear market;
    mercado bursátil stock market;
    mercado de cambios currency market, foreign exchange market;
    mercado de capitales capital market;
    mercado común Common Market;
    Mercado Común Centroamericano Central Amercan Common Market, = Central American economic community formed by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua;
    Antes Mercado Común Europeo European Common Market;
    Mercado Común del Sur MERCOSUR, = South American economic community consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay;
    mercado continuo continuous market;
    mercado de divisas currency market, foreign exchange market;
    mercado exterior foreign market;
    mercados financieros financial markets;
    mercado de futuros futures market;
    mercado global global marketplace;
    mercado inmobiliario housing market, property market;
    mercado interbancario interbank market;
    mercado interior domestic market;
    mercado laboral labour market;
    mercado libre free market;
    mercado de materias primas commodity market;
    mercado monetario money market;
    mercado mundial global marketplace;
    mercado nacional domestic market;
    mercado negro black market;
    Am mercado paralelo parallel market;
    mercado de trabajo labour o job market;
    UE mercado único single market;
    mercado de valores securities market
    * * *
    m market;
    abrir nuevos mercados open up new markets
    * * *
    : market
    mercado de trabajo: or
    mercado laboral: labor market
    mercado de valores: or
    mercado bursátil: stock market
    * * *
    mercado n market

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercado

  • 64 multimedia

    adj.
    multimedia (computing).
    * * *
    1 multimedia
    1 multimedia
    * * *
    ADJ INV multimedia antes de s
    * * *
    adjetivo invariable multimedia
    * * *
    = mixed-media, multimedia [multi-media], multimedial, multimedia.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. Interfaces for the following types of resources are of special interest to this workshop: textual documents; statistical data; multimedia or mixed-media data; geospatial data; and genomics and proteomics data = En este traller de trabajo son de interés especial los interfaces para los siguientes tipos de recursos: documentos de texto, datos estadísticos, información multimedia, información geospacial y datos de la genómica y la proteómica.
    Ex. These changes will indubitably be ruled by the demands of commercial markets, largely multi-media entertainment, not the requirements of the academic community.
    Ex. We are, in short, faced with the greatest upheaval in the transmission of knowledge since the invention of the printing press: the electronic onslaught of multimedial, digital communication.
    Ex. The project investigated the application of multimedia in libraries.
    ----
    * base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.
    * centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.
    * centro multimedia = library media centre.
    * colección multimedia = media collection.
    * conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.
    * documento multimedia = multimedia document (MD).
    * editor de material multimedia = multimedia publisher.
    * especialista en multimedia = media specialist.
    * material multimedia = media material.
    * multimedia con duración temporal = time-based media.
    * multimedia simultánea = streaming media, streaming, multimedia streaming.
    * multimedia streaming = multimedia streaming.
    * presentación multimedia = multimedia show.
    * producción multimedia = media production.
    * reserva de multimedia = media booking.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sistema automatizado multimedia = multimedia computer system.
    * suministro de material multimedia = media supply.
    * * *
    adjetivo invariable multimedia
    * * *
    = mixed-media, multimedia [multi-media], multimedial, multimedia.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Interfaces for the following types of resources are of special interest to this workshop: textual documents; statistical data; multimedia or mixed-media data; geospatial data; and genomics and proteomics data = En este traller de trabajo son de interés especial los interfaces para los siguientes tipos de recursos: documentos de texto, datos estadísticos, información multimedia, información geospacial y datos de la genómica y la proteómica.

    Ex: These changes will indubitably be ruled by the demands of commercial markets, largely multi-media entertainment, not the requirements of the academic community.
    Ex: We are, in short, faced with the greatest upheaval in the transmission of knowledge since the invention of the printing press: the electronic onslaught of multimedial, digital communication.
    Ex: The project investigated the application of multimedia in libraries.
    * base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.
    * centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.
    * centro multimedia = library media centre.
    * colección multimedia = media collection.
    * conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.
    * documento multimedia = multimedia document (MD).
    * editor de material multimedia = multimedia publisher.
    * especialista en multimedia = media specialist.
    * material multimedia = media material.
    * multimedia con duración temporal = time-based media.
    * multimedia simultánea = streaming media, streaming, multimedia streaming.
    * multimedia streaming = multimedia streaming.
    * presentación multimedia = multimedia show.
    * producción multimedia = media production.
    * reserva de multimedia = media booking.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sistema automatizado multimedia = multimedia computer system.
    * suministro de material multimedia = media supply.

    * * *
    multimedia
    * * *

    multimedia adj Inform multimedia
    ' multimedia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    multimedia
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    multimedia
    ♦ nf
    multimedia
    * * *
    f/adj multimedia
    * * *
    : multimedia

    Spanish-English dictionary > multimedia

  • 65 nivel

    m.
    1 level, height (altura).
    al nivel de level with
    al nivel del mar at sea level
    la capital está a 250 metros sobre el nivel del mar the capital is 250 meters above sea level
    2 level, standard (grado).
    no tiene un buen nivel de inglés his level of English is poor
    una reunión al más alto nivel a meeting at the highest level, a top-level meeting
    al mismo nivel (que) on a level o par (with)
    a nivel europeo at a European level
    nivel mental level of intelligence
    nivel de vida standard of living
    3 spirit level (instrument).
    4 carpenter's level, level.
    5 floor, storey, decker.
    De dos niveles Used as a suffix -decker: Double-decker
    * * *
    1 (altura) level, height
    2 (categoría) level, standard, degree
    \
    a nivel de as for
    ■ a nivel de gastos as far as expenses are concerned, regarding expenses
    al más alto nivel at the highest level
    nivel de producción production level
    nivel de vida standard of living
    nivel del mar sea level
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=altura) level, height

    la nieve alcanzó un nivel de 1,5m — the snow reached a depth of 1.5m

    a nivel — [gen] level, flush; (=horizontal) horizontal

    al nivel de — on a level with, at the same height as, on the same level as

    paso a nivel — level crossing, grade crossing (EEUU)

    nivel de(l) aceite — (Aut etc) oil level

    2) [escolar, cultural] level, standard

    conferencia al más alto nivel, conferencia de alto nivel — high-level conference, top-level conference

    estar al nivel de — to be equal to, be on a level with

    niveles de audiencia — ratings, audience rating sing ; (TV) viewing figures

    3) (=instrumento) (tb: nivel de aire, nivel de burbuja) spirit level
    4)

    a nivel de — (=en cuanto a) as for, as regards; (=como) as; (=a tono con) in keeping with

    a nivel de viajes — so far as travel is concerned, regarding travel

    * * *
    a) ( altura) level
    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], level, range, scale, threshold, rank, gradation, grade, plateau [plateaux, -pl.], stratum [strata, -pl.], tier, rung.
    Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.
    Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex. As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex. In particular series entries are useful for series where the series title indicates a particular subject scope, style of approach, level or audience.
    Ex. Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex. Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex. But documents with the following terms assigned would be rejected on the grounds that their combined weights did not exceed the pre-selected threshold.
    Ex. However, Cutter suggested that we should ignore on economic grounds both upward links (from narrower to broader subjects) and collateral (sideways) links from one term to another of equal rank.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. With the advent of both library on-line public access catalogue and end-user searching of on-line and CD-ROM data bases, the need for improved instruction in library use approaches a new plateau.
    Ex. However, amongst this stratum of the population, library users demonstrated greater residential stability.
    Ex. The author proposes a four tier planning framework for information technology, information systems and information management.
    Ex. In all types of libraries, programmes have been started, usually by keen librarians from the lower rungs of the profession.
    ----
    * a bajo nivel = low-level.
    * a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * a dos niveles = two-tier.
    * alcanzar niveles mínimos = reach + a low ebb.
    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * al mismo nivel de = flush with.
    * al mismo nivel que = on a par with, in the same league as.
    * alto nivel = high standard.
    * a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.
    * a nivel de calle = on the ground level.
    * a nivel de la calle = at ground level.
    * a nivel del suelo = at ground level.
    * a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].
    * a nivel federal = federally, federally.
    * a nivel individual = privately.
    * a nivel local = locally, domestically.
    * a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].
    * a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.
    * a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].
    * a nivel privado = privately.
    * a nivel regional = regionally.
    * a todos los niveles = at all levels.
    * a tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].
    * a un nivel básico = at a lay level.
    * a un nivel por debajo del nacional = sub-national [subnational].
    * a varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level], at varying levels, many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * bajada de nivel = drawdown.
    * bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * construido en dos niveles = split-level.
    * con una nivel de especialización medio = semi-skilled.
    * con un buen nivel = fluent.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.
    * con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].
    * curva de nivel = contour line.
    * dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.
    * de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.
    * de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.
    * de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * de dos niveles = two-tier.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range, mid-level.
    * de nivel superior = upper-level, top echelon, higher-level.
    * de primer nivel = first-level.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.
    * de segundo nivel = second-level.
    * de tercer nivel = third-level.
    * de tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * de varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level].
    * en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.
    * en dos niveles = split-level.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.
    * en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.
    * en otro nivel = on a different plane.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en un nivel bajo = at a low ebb.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * gestor de nivel medio = middle manager.
    * gran nivel = high standard.
    * nivel alto de dirección = higher management.
    * nivel alto de gestión = higher management.
    * nivel avanzado = advanced level.
    * nivel básico = introductory level.
    * nivel cultural = literacy.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * nivel de adopción = adoption rate.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * nivel de analfabetismo = illiteracy rate.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de colesterol = cholesterol level.
    * nivel de colesterol en la sangre = blood cholesterol level.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * nivel de demanda = level of demand.
    * nivel de desarrollo = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development.
    * nivel de detalle = completeness, granularity, level of detail.
    * nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.
    * nivel de estudios = educational background, level of education.
    * nivel de ingresos = income level, earning capacity, earning power.
    * nivel de la calle = road-level.
    * nivel del agua = water level.
    * nivel del alfabetización = literacy.
    * nivel de lectura = reading ability.
    * nivel de los usuarios = audience level.
    * nivel del público = audience level.
    * nivel del subconsciente, el = subconscious level, the.
    * nivel de luminosidad = light level.
    * nivel de pobreza = poverty level.
    * nivel de presentación = level of presentation.
    * nivel de ruido = noise level.
    * nivel de saciedad = point of futility.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * nivel de solvencia = credit rating.
    * nivel de subdivisión = granularity.
    * nivel de utilización = degree of use.
    * nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.
    * nivel económico = wealth.
    * nivel educativo = educational level, education level, level of education.
    * nivel escolar = grade level.
    * niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.
    * nivel freático = groundwater table, water table.
    * nivel inferior = micro level [micro-leve/microlevel].
    * nivel intermedio = meso level, intermediate level.
    * nivel introductorio = introductory level.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * nivel máximo = high-water mark.
    * nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.
    * nivel medio = middle range.
    * nivel medio de gestión = middle management.
    * nivel mínimo = low-water mark.
    * nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.
    * nivel profesional = competence, professional level.
    * nivel salarial = salary bracket.
    * nivel socioeconómico = socioeconomic status.
    * nivel superior = top level, top layer, macro level [macro-leve/macrolevel].
    * ocupar un nivel de prioridad alto = be high on + list, rank + high on the list of priorities.
    * pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * paso a nivel = level-crossing.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poner al mismo nivel que = bring + Nombre + to a par with.
    * por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.
    * preparación contra emergencias a nivel nacional = domestic preparedness.
    * rebajarse al nivel de Alguien = get down to + Posesivo + level.
    * ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * situado a nivel de la calle = ground-floor.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * teoría de niveles integrados = theory of integrative levels.
    * último nivel, el = bottom rung, the.
    * * *
    a) ( altura) level
    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level
    * * *
    = degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], level, range, scale, threshold, rank, gradation, grade, plateau [plateaux, -pl.], stratum [strata, -pl.], tier, rung.

    Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

    Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.
    Ex: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.
    Ex: In particular series entries are useful for series where the series title indicates a particular subject scope, style of approach, level or audience.
    Ex: Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.
    Ex: Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.
    Ex: But documents with the following terms assigned would be rejected on the grounds that their combined weights did not exceed the pre-selected threshold.
    Ex: However, Cutter suggested that we should ignore on economic grounds both upward links (from narrower to broader subjects) and collateral (sideways) links from one term to another of equal rank.
    Ex: Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.
    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex: With the advent of both library on-line public access catalogue and end-user searching of on-line and CD-ROM data bases, the need for improved instruction in library use approaches a new plateau.
    Ex: However, amongst this stratum of the population, library users demonstrated greater residential stability.
    Ex: The author proposes a four tier planning framework for information technology, information systems and information management.
    Ex: In all types of libraries, programmes have been started, usually by keen librarians from the lower rungs of the profession.
    * a bajo nivel = low-level.
    * a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * a dos niveles = two-tier.
    * alcanzar niveles mínimos = reach + a low ebb.
    * alfabetización a nivel mundial = world literacy.
    * al mismo nivel de = flush with.
    * al mismo nivel que = on a par with, in the same league as.
    * alto nivel = high standard.
    * a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.
    * a nivel de calle = on the ground level.
    * a nivel de la calle = at ground level.
    * a nivel del suelo = at ground level.
    * a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].
    * a nivel federal = federally, federally.
    * a nivel individual = privately.
    * a nivel local = locally, domestically.
    * a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].
    * a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.
    * a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].
    * a nivel privado = privately.
    * a nivel regional = regionally.
    * a todos los niveles = at all levels.
    * a tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].
    * a un nivel básico = at a lay level.
    * a un nivel por debajo del nacional = sub-national [subnational].
    * a varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level], at varying levels, many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].
    * bajada de nivel = drawdown.
    * bajar el nivel = lower + the bar.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * construido en dos niveles = split-level.
    * con una nivel de especialización medio = semi-skilled.
    * con un buen nivel = fluent.
    * con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].
    * con un menor nivel educativo = lesser-educated.
    * con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].
    * curva de nivel = contour line.
    * dar un nivel de prioridad alto = put + Nombre + high on + Posesivo + list of priorities.
    * de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.
    * de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.
    * de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].
    * de dos niveles = two-tier.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * de nivel medio = medium level [medium-level], middle-range, mid-level.
    * de nivel superior = upper-level, top echelon, higher-level.
    * de primer nivel = first-level.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.
    * de segundo nivel = second-level.
    * de tercer nivel = third-level.
    * de tres niveles = three-tiered.
    * de varios niveles = multilevel [multi-level].
    * en cuatro niveles = quadraplaner.
    * en dos niveles = split-level.
    * en el nivel básico = at grass roots level.
    * en el nivel intermedio de = in the middle range of.
    * en el nivel medio de = in the middle range of.
    * en otro nivel = on a different plane.
    * en su nivel más bajo = at its lowest ebb.
    * en un nivel bajo = at a low ebb.
    * estar al mismo nivel = be on a par.
    * gestor de nivel medio = middle manager.
    * gran nivel = high standard.
    * nivel alto de dirección = higher management.
    * nivel alto de gestión = higher management.
    * nivel avanzado = advanced level.
    * nivel básico = introductory level.
    * nivel cultural = literacy.
    * nivel de aceptación = adoption rate, acceptance rate.
    * nivel de adopción = adoption rate.
    * nivel de alfabetización = literacy, literacy rate.
    * nivel de analfabetismo = illiteracy rate.
    * nivel de atención = attention span.
    * nivel de azúcar en la sangre = level of blood sugar.
    * nivel de cobertura = depth of coverage.
    * nivel de colesterol = cholesterol level.
    * nivel de colesterol en la sangre = blood cholesterol level.
    * nivel de confianza = confidence level.
    * nivel de demanda = level of demand.
    * nivel de desarrollo = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development.
    * nivel de detalle = completeness, granularity, level of detail.
    * nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.
    * nivel de estudios = educational background, level of education.
    * nivel de ingresos = income level, earning capacity, earning power.
    * nivel de la calle = road-level.
    * nivel del agua = water level.
    * nivel del alfabetización = literacy.
    * nivel de lectura = reading ability.
    * nivel de los usuarios = audience level.
    * nivel del público = audience level.
    * nivel del subconsciente, el = subconscious level, the.
    * nivel de luminosidad = light level.
    * nivel de pobreza = poverty level.
    * nivel de presentación = level of presentation.
    * nivel de ruido = noise level.
    * nivel de saciedad = point of futility.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nivel de saturación = point of futility.
    * nivel de solvencia = credit rating.
    * nivel de subdivisión = granularity.
    * nivel de utilización = degree of use.
    * nivel de vida = standard of living, living standard.
    * nivel económico = wealth.
    * nivel educativo = educational level, education level, level of education.
    * nivel escolar = grade level.
    * niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.
    * nivel freático = groundwater table, water table.
    * nivel inferior = micro level [micro-leve/microlevel].
    * nivel intermedio = meso level, intermediate level.
    * nivel introductorio = introductory level.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * nivel máximo = high-water mark.
    * nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.
    * nivel medio = middle range.
    * nivel medio de gestión = middle management.
    * nivel mínimo = low-water mark.
    * nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.
    * nivel profesional = competence, professional level.
    * nivel salarial = salary bracket.
    * nivel socioeconómico = socioeconomic status.
    * nivel superior = top level, top layer, macro level [macro-leve/macrolevel].
    * ocupar un nivel de prioridad alto = be high on + list, rank + high on the list of priorities.
    * pasar al siguiente nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * paso a nivel = level-crossing.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poner al mismo nivel que = bring + Nombre + to a par with.
    * por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.
    * preparación contra emergencias a nivel nacional = domestic preparedness.
    * rebajarse al nivel de Alguien = get down to + Posesivo + level.
    * ser de alto nivel = be at a high level.
    * sin ningún nivel de especialización = unskilled.
    * situado a nivel de la calle = ground-floor.
    * subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.
    * subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.
    * teoría de niveles integrados = theory of integrative levels.
    * último nivel, el = bottom rung, the.

    * * *
    A
    1 (altura) level
    está a 2.300 metros sobre el nivel del mar it is 2,300 meters above sea level
    pon los cuadros al mismo nivel hang the pictures at the same height
    2 (en una escala, jerarquía) level
    negociaciones al más alto nivel top-level negotiations
    un funcionario de bajo nivel a low-ranking civil servant
    a nivel de mandos medios at middle-management level
    una solución a nivel internacional an international solution
    la obra no llega a pasar del nivel de un melodrama the play never rises above melodrama
    no está al nivel de los demás he's not up to the same standard as the others, he's not on a par with the others
    no supo estar al nivel de las circunstancias he failed to rise to the occasion, he didn't live up to expectations
    es incapaz de comprometerse tanto a nivel político como a nivel personal he's incapable of committing himself either politically or emotionally o on either a political or an emotional level
    Compuestos:
    standard of living
    water table
    B ( Const) tb
    nivel de burbuja or de aire spirit level
    * * *

     

    nivel sustantivo masculino

    b) (en escala, jerarquía) level;


    nivel de vida standard of living;
    no está al nivel de los demás he's not up to the same standard as the others;
    el nivel de las universidades mexicanas the standard of Mexican universities
    nivel sustantivo masculino
    1 (de las aguas, de un punto) level: estamos tres metros sobre el nivel del mar, we are at three metres above sea level
    2 (cultural, social, económico) level, standard: su nivel de francés es peor que el tuyo, her level of French is lower than yours
    3 (jerarquía) level
    4 (utensilio) level
    5 Ferroc paso a nivel, level crossing, US grade crossing
    ' nivel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - altura
    - baja
    - bajo
    - escalón
    - indicador
    - indicadora
    - ministerial
    - paso
    - plana
    - plano
    - ras
    - tren
    - alcanzar
    - azúcar
    - chato
    - competir
    - creces
    - crecida
    - cultural
    - descender
    - descenso
    - desnivelado
    - elemental
    - elevar
    - equiparar
    - hundimiento
    - hundir
    - intermedio
    - menguar
    - parejo
    - rango
    - sobre
    - sobrepasar
    - superior
    English:
    above
    - academic
    - catch up
    - crossing
    - down
    - grade
    - ground level
    - high-level
    - high-powered
    - intermediate
    - keep up
    - level
    - level crossing
    - living standards
    - maintain
    - oil
    - oil gauge
    - par
    - plane
    - proficiency
    - quality
    - rank
    - reach
    - sea-level
    - spirit level
    - stand
    - standard
    - top
    - top-level
    - up to
    - water level
    - watermark
    - A level
    - basis
    - bracket
    - catch
    - comprehensive
    - contour
    - county
    - deck
    - degree
    - descend
    - dumb
    - ground
    - high
    - keep
    - lapse
    - living
    - lowest common denominator
    - low
    * * *
    nivel nm
    1. [altura] level, height;
    al nivel de level with;
    al nivel del mar at sea level;
    la capital está a 250 metros sobre el nivel del mar the capital is 250 metres above sea level
    2. [piso, capa] level
    Geol nivel freático groundwater level o table
    3. [grado] level, standard;
    a nivel europeo at a European level;
    son los líderes a nivel mundial they are the world leaders;
    un problema que hay que abordar a nivel mundial a problem that has to be tackled internationally o globally;
    tiene un buen nivel de inglés she speaks good English;
    en esa universidad tienen un nivel altísimo the standard at that university is very high;
    una reunión al más alto nivel a meeting at the highest level, a top-level meeting;
    al mismo nivel (que) on a level o par (with)
    Informát nivel de acceso access level;
    nivel de colesterol cholesterol level;
    Informát niveles de gris grey(scale) levels;
    nivel mental level of intelligence;
    nivel de vida standard of living
    4. [instrumento]
    nivel (de burbuja) spirit level
    5.
    a nivel de [considerado incorrecto] as regards, as for;
    a nivel de salarios as regards o as for salaries;
    a nivel personal estoy contento on a personal level I'm happy
    * * *
    m
    1 level;
    a nivel mundial/nacional at o on a global/national level;
    un incremento del 4% a nivel nacional a 4% increase nationwide
    2 ( altura) height
    * * *
    nivel nm
    1) : level, height
    nivel del mar: sea level
    2) : level, standard
    nivel de vida: standard of living
    * * *
    1. (en general) level
    2. (calidad) standard

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel

  • 66 no debidamente reconocido

    (adj.) = unsung
    Ex. There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unsung

    Ex: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no debidamente reconocido

  • 67 no ser de la incumbencia + Infinitivo

    (v.) = have + no business + Gerundio
    Ex. Magro was on record as subscribing to the view that the public library as a democratically based public institution had no business using a disproportionate amount of its resources to support an elitist program for a tiny minority of the community.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + no business + Gerundio

    Ex: Magro was on record as subscribing to the view that the public library as a democratically based public institution had no business using a disproportionate amount of its resources to support an elitist program for a tiny minority of the community.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no ser de la incumbencia + Infinitivo

  • 68 norma

    f.
    1 standard.
    este producto no cumple la norma europea this product does not meet European standards
    la norma es que llueva al final de la tarde it usually o normally rains toward the end of the afternoon
    tener por norma hacer algo to make it a rule to do something
    2 Norma.
    3 piece of legislation.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: normar.
    * * *
    1 norm, rule
    \
    norma de conducta rule of conduct
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) rule
    2) norm
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=regla) (tb Educ) rule; [oficial] regulation

    • como o por norma general — as a general rule, as a rule of thumb

    • tener por norma hacer algo — to make it a rule to do sth

    norma de comprobación — (Fís) control

    normas de conducta — [sociales] rules of behaviour; [de periódico, empresa] policy sing

    2) (=situación, costumbre) norm

    es norma ofrecer una copa de bienvenida — it is standard practice o it is the norm to offer a complimentary drink

    como es norma en estos casos — as is standard practice o as is the norm in these cases

    3)

    la norma — (Ling) the standard form

    4) (Arquit, Téc) square
    * * *
    a) ( regla) rule, regulation

    dictar normas — to lay down rules o regulations

    tengo por norma... — I make it a rule...

    es norma que or la norma es que acudan los directivos — it is standard practice for the directors to attend

    * * *
    = convention, guide, norm, pattern, prescription, rule, standard, yardstick.
    Ex. Articulated subject indexes are based on title-like phrases that have some conventions concerning citation order.
    Ex. In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.
    Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.
    Ex. Granted, standard is an ambiguous term, because it can mean either quality or simply prescription.
    Ex. If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.
    Ex. A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.
    Ex. The legitimate yardstick against which to evaluate 'Beatlemusik' is not, pace Paul Johnson, Beethoven's last quartets, but other contemporary popular music.
    ----
    * acatar las normas = toe + the line.
    * atenerse a una norma = conform to + standard.
    * ausencia de normas = anomie.
    * como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.
    * como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.
    * convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.
    * cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.
    * dar como norma = rule.
    * dar una norma = give + prescription.
    * de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.
    * desacatar las normas establecidas = flout + convention.
    * desviación de la norma = deviation + from the norm, departure from the norm.
    * establecer norma = legislate.
    * establecer normas = make + provision, establish + standards.
    * establecer normas de funcionamiento = establish + policy.
    * establecer una norma = lay down + standard, set down + rule.
    * establecer un norma = give + prescription.
    * fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.
    * hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.
    * hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.
    * hoja de normas = rule sheet.
    * imponer una norma = place + prescription.
    * incumplimiento de normas = rule breaking.
    * incumplir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + regulation, break + rules.
    * infracción de las normas = breach of regulations, infringement of the rules, breach of the rules.
    * infracción de normas = rule breaking.
    * infringir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules.
    * no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * norma absoluta = ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * norma absouta = hard and fast rule.
    * norma básica = ground rule.
    * Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.
    * Norma Británica número + Número = BS + Número.
    * norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.
    * norma de entrada de datos = input standard.
    * norma de la industria = industry standard.
    * norma de trabajo = working rule.
    * norma de vestir = dress code.
    * norma fija = firm rule.
    * norma general = rule of thumb.
    * Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).
    * norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).
    * Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.
    * norma legal = statutory provision.
    * Norma + Número = ISO + Número.
    * norma ortográfica = spelling convention.
    * norma personal = personal norm.
    * norma que se puede aplicar a rajatabla = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * norma rígida = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * normas = policy, code of practice, regulation.
    * normas comunes = standard practices.
    * normas de préstamos vencidos = overdue policy.
    * normas de procedimiento = rules of procedure.
    * normas de uso = user policy.
    * normas habituales = standard practices.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * norma social = social norm, societal norm.
    * normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.
    * norma técnica = technical standard.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * ofrecer una norma = offer + prescription.
    * por norma = as a rule.
    * que se atiene a una norma = compliant (with).
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.
    * * *
    a) ( regla) rule, regulation

    dictar normas — to lay down rules o regulations

    tengo por norma... — I make it a rule...

    es norma que or la norma es que acudan los directivos — it is standard practice for the directors to attend

    * * *
    = convention, guide, norm, pattern, prescription, rule, standard, yardstick.

    Ex: Articulated subject indexes are based on title-like phrases that have some conventions concerning citation order.

    Ex: In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.
    Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.
    Ex: Granted, standard is an ambiguous term, because it can mean either quality or simply prescription.
    Ex: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.
    Ex: A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.
    Ex: The legitimate yardstick against which to evaluate 'Beatlemusik' is not, pace Paul Johnson, Beethoven's last quartets, but other contemporary popular music.
    * acatar las normas = toe + the line.
    * atenerse a una norma = conform to + standard.
    * ausencia de normas = anomie.
    * como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.
    * como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.
    * convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.
    * cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.
    * dar como norma = rule.
    * dar una norma = give + prescription.
    * de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.
    * desacatar las normas establecidas = flout + convention.
    * desviación de la norma = deviation + from the norm, departure from the norm.
    * establecer norma = legislate.
    * establecer normas = make + provision, establish + standards.
    * establecer normas de funcionamiento = establish + policy.
    * establecer una norma = lay down + standard, set down + rule.
    * establecer un norma = give + prescription.
    * fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.
    * hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.
    * hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.
    * hoja de normas = rule sheet.
    * imponer una norma = place + prescription.
    * incumplimiento de normas = rule breaking.
    * incumplir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + regulation, break + rules.
    * infracción de las normas = breach of regulations, infringement of the rules, breach of the rules.
    * infracción de normas = rule breaking.
    * infringir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules.
    * no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * norma absoluta = ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * norma absouta = hard and fast rule.
    * norma básica = ground rule.
    * Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.
    * Norma Británica número + Número = BS + Número.
    * norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.
    * norma de entrada de datos = input standard.
    * norma de la industria = industry standard.
    * norma de trabajo = working rule.
    * norma de vestir = dress code.
    * norma fija = firm rule.
    * norma general = rule of thumb.
    * Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).
    * norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).
    * Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.
    * norma legal = statutory provision.
    * Norma + Número = ISO + Número.
    * norma ortográfica = spelling convention.
    * norma personal = personal norm.
    * norma que se puede aplicar a rajatabla = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * norma rígida = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.
    * normas = policy, code of practice, regulation.
    * normas comunes = standard practices.
    * normas de préstamos vencidos = overdue policy.
    * normas de procedimiento = rules of procedure.
    * normas de uso = user policy.
    * normas habituales = standard practices.
    * normas internas = in-house guidelines.
    * norma social = social norm, societal norm.
    * normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.
    * norma técnica = technical standard.
    * no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.
    * ofrecer una norma = offer + prescription.
    * por norma = as a rule.
    * que se atiene a una norma = compliant (with).
    * que sigue una norma = compliant (with).
    * ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.

    * * *
    1 (regla) rule, regulation
    normas de conducta rules of conduct
    normas sociales social norms
    observar las normas de seguridad to observe the safety regulations
    las normas vigentes the regulations currently in force
    dictar normas to lay down rules o regulations
    tengo por norma no beber al mediodía I make it a rule not to drink at lunchtime
    2
    (manera común de hacer algo): es norma que or la norma es que acudan a este tipo de reunión los directivos de la empresa it is standard practice for the directors of the company to attend this kind of meeting
    Compuesto:
    linguistic norm
    * * *

     

    norma sustantivo femenino


    normas de seguridad safety regulations;
    tengo por norma … I make it a rule …


    norma sustantivo femenino norm, rule: tiene que ajustarse a la norma europea, it has to meet the European standard
    ' norma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aplicarse
    - caprichosa
    - caprichoso
    - criterio
    - desordenada
    - desordenado
    - imposición
    - normalizar
    - normalización
    - principio
    - regla
    - reglamentaria
    - reglamentario
    - relajar
    - romper
    - saltarse
    - validez
    - canon
    - cumplimiento
    - disposición
    - elemental
    - excepción
    - implantar
    - inadecuado
    - obedecer
    - regular
    - respetar
    English:
    law
    - norm
    - operative
    - policy
    - regulation
    - rule
    - set aside
    - set down
    - standard
    - vary
    - yardstick
    - departure
    - deviant
    * * *
    norma nf
    1. [patrón, modelo] standard;
    [regla] rule;
    las normas de circulación o [m5] de tráfico the traffic regulations, Br the Highway Code;
    este producto no cumple la norma europea this product does not meet European standards;
    normas de conducta [principios] standards (of behaviour);
    [pautas] patterns of behaviour;
    la norma es que llueva al final de la tarde it usually o normally rains towards the end of the afternoon;
    es la norma hacerlo así it's usual to do it this way;
    tener por norma hacer algo to make it a rule to do sth
    2. Ling norm
    * * *
    f
    1 standard
    2 ( regla) rule, regulation
    * * *
    norma nf
    1) : rule, regulation
    2) : norm, standard
    * * *
    norma n rule
    tener por norma hacer algo to always do something / to never do something

    Spanish-English dictionary > norma

  • 69 obstáculo

    m.
    obstacle, drag, snag, balk.
    * * *
    1 (barrera) obstacle
    2 (inconveniente) objection
    3 (valla) fence, jump
    \
    salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [físico] obstacle
    carrera 2)
    2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

    poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    obstacle
    quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles
    superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning
    me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path
    el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory
    un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project
    * * *

    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    obstacle
    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
    2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
    una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
    ' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escollo
    - esquivar
    - estorbo
    - franquear
    - insalvable
    - remover
    - salvar
    - sortear
    - vencer
    - allanar
    - apartar
    - brincar
    - chocar
    - eliminar
    - encontrar
    - saltar
    - subsanar
    English:
    bar
    - barrier
    - block
    - chief
    - clash
    - clear
    - get across
    - get over
    - get past
    - hazard
    - hurdle
    - impassable
    - impediment
    - jump
    - negotiate
    - obstacle
    - obstruction
    - pitfall
    * * *
    1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
    poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb
    2. [en una carrera] hurdle
    * * *
    m obstacle;
    carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;
    ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;
    ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult
    * * *
    impedimento: obstacle
    * * *
    obstáculo n obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo

  • 70 obtener beneficios

    v.
    to obtain benefits, to make a profit.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit
    Ex. It examines the role that small university libraries can play in their surrounding communities and the benefits to be gained by both parties.
    Ex. Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.
    Ex. This situation will change through greater understanding of OSI standards and the benefits that can be realized through their use.
    Ex. Students who avoid work on projects will not derive the full benefit that normally accrues from comparative librarianship.
    Ex. The first countries to enter the information society will reap the greatests rewards whereas countries which temporise or favour half-hearted solutions could, in less than a decade, face disastrous declines in investment and a squeeze on jobs.
    Ex. A library which opts to join a network may reap the benefit of advantages in terms of: efficiency, productivity, currency, control, costs.
    Ex. These new consortial arrangements are based upon a spirit of cooperation and trust that has the potential to reap returns well beyond the initial aspirations of the participants.
    Ex. All business people share a common goal which is to make profit.
    * * *
    (v.) = gain + benefit, make + a profit, realise + benefits, derive + benefit, reap + rewards, reap + benefits, reap + returns, make + profit

    Ex: It examines the role that small university libraries can play in their surrounding communities and the benefits to be gained by both parties.

    Ex: Following our examples, the neighbors decide that they can provide the lower-cost food service to the wider community by buying in even larger quantities, and in the process make a profit for themselves.
    Ex: This situation will change through greater understanding of OSI standards and the benefits that can be realized through their use.
    Ex: Students who avoid work on projects will not derive the full benefit that normally accrues from comparative librarianship.
    Ex: The first countries to enter the information society will reap the greatests rewards whereas countries which temporise or favour half-hearted solutions could, in less than a decade, face disastrous declines in investment and a squeeze on jobs.
    Ex: A library which opts to join a network may reap the benefit of advantages in terms of: efficiency, productivity, currency, control, costs.
    Ex: These new consortial arrangements are based upon a spirit of cooperation and trust that has the potential to reap returns well beyond the initial aspirations of the participants.
    Ex: All business people share a common goal which is to make profit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > obtener beneficios

  • 71 olvidado

    adj.
    1 forgotten, forsaken, forlorn.
    2 forgetful (person).
    3 ungrateful (ingrato).
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: olvidar.
    * * *
    1→ link=olvidar olvidar
    1 forgotten
    \
    olvidado,-a de Dios godforsaken
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=abandonado) forgotten
    * * *
    - da adjetivo forgotten

    murió olvidado de todos — (liter) he died forgotten by everyone (liter)

    * * *
    = unsung, neglected, rusty [rustier -comp., rustiest -sup.].
    Ex. There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.
    Ex. The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex. Adults who have chosen to interrupt their educational careers often face the problem of rusty academic skills.
    ----
    * héroe olvidado = unsung hero.
    * olvidado de Dios = God-forsaken.
    * olvidado desde hace tiempo = long forgotten.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo forgotten

    murió olvidado de todos — (liter) he died forgotten by everyone (liter)

    * * *
    = unsung, neglected, rusty [rustier -comp., rustiest -sup.].

    Ex: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.

    Ex: The work of the Belgian internationalist and documentalist, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) forms an important and neglected part of the history of information.
    Ex: Adults who have chosen to interrupt their educational careers often face the problem of rusty academic skills.
    * héroe olvidado = unsung hero.
    * olvidado de Dios = God-forsaken.
    * olvidado desde hace tiempo = long forgotten.

    * * *
    1 (abandonado) forgotten
    murió olvidado de todos ( liter); he died forgotten by everyone ( liter)
    2 (tranquilo) secluded
    * * *
    olvidado, -a adj
    forgotten

    Spanish-English dictionary > olvidado

  • 72 opuesto

    adj.
    opposed, conflicting, contrary, opposite.
    m.
    opposite, antithesis, converse, antipode.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: oponer.
    * * *
    1→ link=oponer oponer
    1 (contrario) contrary, opposed
    2 (de enfrente) opposite
    * * *
    (f. - opuesta)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    PP de oponer
    2. ADJ
    1) [ángulo, lado] opposite
    2) (Dep) [equipo] opposing
    3) [intereses, versiones] conflicting
    4)
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <versiones/opiniones> conflicting; <extremos/polos> opposite

    es opuesto a todo cambio — he is opposed to o he is against any change

    * * *
    = antithetical, conflicting, contrary, differing, inverse, opposing, inimical, argumentative, opposite, counterpoint, competing, opposed, adversarial, aversive, contrasting, averse, reverse, resistant, refractory.
    Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex. As is the way with these things there were two conflicting criticisms levelled at the joint code.
    Ex. Perhaps there has been a contrary reaction by British academic librarians to conserve their collections.
    Ex. Different devices for the organisation of knowledge place differing emphasis on the relative importance of these two objectives.
    Ex. Most relationships should be shown in both their direct and inverse forms.
    Ex. When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex. Cutter instructs that 'of two subjects exactly opposite choose one and refer from the other, e.g. 'Free Trade and Protection', 'Protection' See 'Free Trade and Protection''.
    Ex. The point and counterpoint nature of the talks specifically concerned with AACR reflects the official roles the speakers have with respect to that draft.
    Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    Ex. Librarianship is faced with the problem of the reconciliation of opposed objectives -- the arrest of deterioration in books versus the idea that books are meant to be used, becoming ultimately worn with use.
    Ex. The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.
    Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex. The author describes 2 contrasting Florida libraries on the Gulf of Mexico, how they serve and are served by the community.
    Ex. The advantage of an acoustic pulse as the averse stimulus is discussed.
    Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex. After a number of years in office, however, they became increasingly abrasive, remote, contemptuous of criticism, and resistant to any change that might reduce their authority.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    ----
    * como algo opuesto a = as against.
    * como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.
    * continuar opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * diametralmente opuesto a = diametrically opposed to, diametrically opposite to.
    * diametralmente opuestos = worlds apart.
    * mundos opuestos = like oil and water.
    * opiniones opuestas = contrasting opinions.
    * opuesto a = versus (vs - abreviatura), antagonistic to, at odds with.
    * opuesto, el = reverse, the.
    * opuesto, lo = converse, the.
    * polos opuestos = polar types, worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.
    * reacciones opuestas = mixed reactions.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * sexo opuesto = opposite sex.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <versiones/opiniones> conflicting; <extremos/polos> opposite

    es opuesto a todo cambio — he is opposed to o he is against any change

    * * *
    el opuesto
    = reverse, the

    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.

    = antithetical, conflicting, contrary, differing, inverse, opposing, inimical, argumentative, opposite, counterpoint, competing, opposed, adversarial, aversive, contrasting, averse, reverse, resistant, refractory.

    Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.

    Ex: As is the way with these things there were two conflicting criticisms levelled at the joint code.
    Ex: Perhaps there has been a contrary reaction by British academic librarians to conserve their collections.
    Ex: Different devices for the organisation of knowledge place differing emphasis on the relative importance of these two objectives.
    Ex: Most relationships should be shown in both their direct and inverse forms.
    Ex: When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.
    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex: Cutter instructs that 'of two subjects exactly opposite choose one and refer from the other, e.g. 'Free Trade and Protection', 'Protection' See 'Free Trade and Protection''.
    Ex: The point and counterpoint nature of the talks specifically concerned with AACR reflects the official roles the speakers have with respect to that draft.
    Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    Ex: Librarianship is faced with the problem of the reconciliation of opposed objectives -- the arrest of deterioration in books versus the idea that books are meant to be used, becoming ultimately worn with use.
    Ex: The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.
    Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.
    Ex: The author describes 2 contrasting Florida libraries on the Gulf of Mexico, how they serve and are served by the community.
    Ex: The advantage of an acoustic pulse as the averse stimulus is discussed.
    Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.
    Ex: After a number of years in office, however, they became increasingly abrasive, remote, contemptuous of criticism, and resistant to any change that might reduce their authority.
    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    * como algo opuesto a = as against.
    * como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.
    * continuar opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * diametralmente opuesto a = diametrically opposed to, diametrically opposite to.
    * diametralmente opuestos = worlds apart.
    * mundos opuestos = like oil and water.
    * opiniones opuestas = contrasting opinions.
    * opuesto a = versus (vs - abreviatura), antagonistic to, at odds with.
    * opuesto, el = reverse, the.
    * opuesto, lo = converse, the.
    * polos opuestos = polar types, worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.
    * reacciones opuestas = mixed reactions.
    * seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.
    * sexo opuesto = opposite sex.

    * * *
    opuesto -ta
    ‹versiones/opiniones› conflicting; ‹extremos/polos› opposite
    tienen caracteres opuestos they have very different personalities
    venía en dirección opuesta she was coming the other way o from the opposite direction
    opuesto A algo:
    el lado opuesto a éste the opposite side to this one
    es opuesto a todo cambio he is opposed to o he is against any change
    * * *

     

    Del verbo oponer: ( conjugate oponer)

    opuesto es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    oponer    
    opuesto
    oponer ( conjugate oponer) verbo transitivo ‹ resistencia› to offer, put up;
    ‹ objeción› to raise
    oponerse verbo pronominal ( ser contrario) to object;
    opuestose A algo to oppose sth;

    opuesto -ta adjetivo ‹versiones/opiniones› conflicting;

    ‹extremo/polo/lado› opposite;

    venía en dirección opuesta he was coming from the opposite direction
    oponer verbo transitivo
    1 to put up: no opuso resistencia, he put up no resistance
    2 (un argumento, razón) to put forward
    opuesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (versión, opinión, etc) opposite: tenían intereses opuestos, they had conflicting interests
    2 (posición) opposite: estaba en la acera opuesta, he was on the opposite sidewalk
    en direcciones opuestas, in opposite directions

    ' opuesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diametralmente
    - fondo
    - negación
    - opuesta
    - provincia
    - antidemocrático
    - contra
    - contrario
    - ligar
    - pinchar
    English:
    against
    - contrasting
    - opposed
    - opposite
    - sex
    - sublime
    - conflicting
    * * *
    opuesto, -a
    ♦ participio
    ver oponer
    ♦ adj
    1. [contrario] opposed, contrary (a to);
    los dos hermanos son opuestos en todo the two brothers are completely different;
    opiniones opuestas contrary o opposing opinions;
    ser opuesto a algo to be opposed o contrary to sth
    2. [del otro lado] opposite;
    el extremo opuesto a éste the opposite end to this;
    el coche venía en dirección opuesta the car was coming the other way o in the opposite direction;
    son dos polos opuestos [personas] they are complete o polar opposites
    * * *
    I part → oponer
    II adj
    1 en el espacio opposite
    2 opinión contrary
    * * *
    opuesto adj
    1) : opposite, contrary
    2) : opposed
    * * *
    opuesto adj
    1. (enfrentado) opposing / conflicting
    2. (contrario) opposite

    Spanish-English dictionary > opuesto

  • 73 participación

    f.
    1 participation, a piece of the action, involvement.
    2 participation, assistance.
    3 participation, participance, share, take.
    * * *
    1 (intervención) participation, involvement
    2 (comunicado) announcement
    ■ ¿te han mandado la participación de boda? have they notified you of their wedding?
    4 (en lotería) (part of a) lottery ticket
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto)
    2) (Econ) (=parte) share; (=inversión) holding, interest

    participación accionarial — holding, shareholding

    3) (=número de participantes) entry

    hubo una nutrida participación — there was a big entry, there were a lot of entries

    4) (=parte) share; [de lotería] (share in a) lottery ticket
    See:
    5) (=aviso) notice, notification
    * * *
    1) ( intervención) participation

    participación EN algo —; en debate/clase/huelga) participation in something; en robo/fraude involvement in something; en obra/pelicula role in something

    2)
    a) ( en ganancias) share
    b) ( en empresa) stockholding, interest
    3) (de casamiento, nacimiento) announcement
    * * *
    = commitment, involvement, participation, empowerment, input, say, engagement, partaking (of/in).
    Ex. Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.
    Ex. This software is normally self-contained and can be set up with a minimum of involvement of computer specialist staff.
    Ex. Apart from participation in a co-operative cataloguing scheme, libraries have one other possible strategy in the creation of catalogues.
    Ex. The women's movement and those concerned with women and development have long recognized that information is a means of empowerment for women.
    Ex. In order to stimulate international input, the IFLA Office for UBC invited catalogers in unrepresented countries to recommend revisions of the AACR and to comment on the potential of the second edition as an international code.
    Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex. A longitudinal study of older adult learners has found that the act of partaking of education was often an empowering gesture.
    ----
    * participación ciudadana = civic involvement, citizen participation, community involvement.
    * participación en red = networking.
    * recabar + participación = solicit + contribution.
    * tasa de participación = participation rate.
    * * *
    1) ( intervención) participation

    participación EN algo —; en debate/clase/huelga) participation in something; en robo/fraude involvement in something; en obra/pelicula role in something

    2)
    a) ( en ganancias) share
    b) ( en empresa) stockholding, interest
    3) (de casamiento, nacimiento) announcement
    * * *
    = commitment, involvement, participation, empowerment, input, say, engagement, partaking (of/in).

    Ex: Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.

    Ex: This software is normally self-contained and can be set up with a minimum of involvement of computer specialist staff.
    Ex: Apart from participation in a co-operative cataloguing scheme, libraries have one other possible strategy in the creation of catalogues.
    Ex: The women's movement and those concerned with women and development have long recognized that information is a means of empowerment for women.
    Ex: In order to stimulate international input, the IFLA Office for UBC invited catalogers in unrepresented countries to recommend revisions of the AACR and to comment on the potential of the second edition as an international code.
    Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex: A longitudinal study of older adult learners has found that the act of partaking of education was often an empowering gesture.
    * participación ciudadana = civic involvement, citizen participation, community involvement.
    * participación en red = networking.
    * recabar + participación = solicit + contribution.
    * tasa de participación = participation rate.

    * * *
    A (intervención) participation
    la participación del público audience participation
    con la participación especial de Emilio Dávila with a special guest appearance by Emilio Dávila
    participación EN algo:
    su participación en el proyecto her participation in the project
    tuvo una destacada participación en las negociaciones she played an important role in the negotiations
    confirmó su participación en el campeonato he confirmed that he would be taking part in o participating in the championship
    el índice de participación en las elecciones the turnout for the elections
    su participación en el fraude no se pudo probar his part in the fraud could not be proved, it could not be proved that he had taken part in o participated in the fraud
    B
    1 (en ganancias, en un fondo) share
    exigen participación en los beneficios they are demanding a share in the profits
    aumentaron su participación en el mercado they increased their market share
    2 (en una empresa) stockholding, interest, shareholding ( BrE)
    C (de casamiento, nacimiento) announcement
    * * *

     

    participación sustantivo femenino
    1 ( intervención) participation;

    participación EN algo ‹en debate/clase/huelga›) participation in sth;

    ‹en robo/fraude› involvement in sth;
    ‹en obra/película› role in sth
    2



    participación sustantivo femenino
    1 participation
    2 (de un décimo de lotería) part of a lottery ticket
    3 Fin share, US stock
    4 (comunicación formal) notice, notification
    ' participación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    actuación
    - contribución
    - implicación
    - parte
    English:
    acquire
    - equity
    - holding
    - interest
    - involvement
    - participation
    - profit sharing
    - quota
    - share
    - stake
    - voluntary
    - draw
    - involve
    * * *
    1. [colaboración, intervención] participation;
    hubo mucha participación [en actividad] many people took part;
    [en elecciones] there was a high turnout;
    anunció su participación en el torneo he announced that he would be taking part o participating in the tournament;
    han negado su participación en el atentado they have denied taking part in the attack;
    la participación cubana en los Juegos Olímpicos fue la mejor de las últimas décadas Cuba's performance in the Olympic Games was the best in recent decades
    2. [de lotería] = ticket or receipt representing a share in a lottery number
    3. [comunicación] notice
    participación de boda wedding invitation
    4. Econ [acción] share, interest;
    [inversión] investment;
    quieren una participación en los beneficios they want a share in the profits
    participación mayoritaria majority interest;
    participación minoritaria minority interest
    * * *
    f participation
    * * *
    1) : participation
    2) : share, interest
    3) : announcement, notice
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > participación

  • 74 pertinencia

    f.
    1 appropriateness.
    2 relevance (relevancia).
    3 pertinence, concernment, pertinency, relevance.
    * * *
    1 (conveniencia) appropriateness
    2 (relevancia) relevance, pertinence
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=relevancia) relevance, pertinence; (=idoneidad) appropriateness
    * * *
    a) ( lo adecuado) appropriateness
    b) ( relevancia) pertinence, relevance
    * * *
    = appropriateness, precision, relevance, relevancy, responsiveness, aptness, pertinence.
    Ex. The quality and appropriateness of the end product of a search depends upon the recognition of these factors.
    Ex. As discussed above, precision, or the proportion of relevant documents retrieved, is related to recall, the extent of retrieval of relevant documents.
    Ex. Searching can be tedious and prone to error, and relevance judgements can only be made by reference to a second list or index.
    Ex. Software has been developed which orders citations retrieved from an on-line data base in terms of relevancy.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex. This article considers current management theory and its aptness for libraries in a period of rapid change.
    Ex. Selection then takes place based on the pertinence of the information.
    ----
    * algoritmo de ordenación por pertinencia = ranking algorithm.
    * clasificación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * coeficiente de pertinencia = precision ratio, precision ratio, relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.
    * grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.
    * índice de pertinencia = relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * ordenación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output.
    * pertinencia con respecto al género = gender relevance.
    * tasa de pertinencia = precision ratio.
    * valoración de pertinencia = relevance judgement.
    * valor de pertinencia = estimation of relevance.
    * * *
    a) ( lo adecuado) appropriateness
    b) ( relevancia) pertinence, relevance
    * * *
    = appropriateness, precision, relevance, relevancy, responsiveness, aptness, pertinence.

    Ex: The quality and appropriateness of the end product of a search depends upon the recognition of these factors.

    Ex: As discussed above, precision, or the proportion of relevant documents retrieved, is related to recall, the extent of retrieval of relevant documents.
    Ex: Searching can be tedious and prone to error, and relevance judgements can only be made by reference to a second list or index.
    Ex: Software has been developed which orders citations retrieved from an on-line data base in terms of relevancy.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex: This article considers current management theory and its aptness for libraries in a period of rapid change.
    Ex: Selection then takes place based on the pertinence of the information.
    * algoritmo de ordenación por pertinencia = ranking algorithm.
    * clasificación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * coeficiente de pertinencia = precision ratio, precision ratio, relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * falta de pertinencia = irrelevance.
    * grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.
    * índice de pertinencia = relevance rating, relevance ranking.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * ordenación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output.
    * pertinencia con respecto al género = gender relevance.
    * tasa de pertinencia = precision ratio.
    * valoración de pertinencia = relevance judgement.
    * valor de pertinencia = estimation of relevance.

    * * *
    1 (lo adecuado) appropriateness
    2 (relevancia) pertinence, relevance
    * * *

    pertinencia sustantivo femenino appropriateness: no fue capaz de justificar la pertinencia de la medida, he wasn't able to justify the appropriateness of the measures
    2 (relevancia) pertinence
    * * *
    1. [adecuación] appropriateness
    2. [relevancia] relevance
    * * *
    f relevance, pertinence
    * * *
    : pertinence, relevance
    ♦ pertinente adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > pertinencia

  • 75 poco científico

    adj.
    unscientific.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hit-or-miss, unscientific
    Ex. There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.
    Ex. Despite relatively ' unscientific' methods, useful data were collected on reading habits and use of stock and a noteworthy, albeit insufficient, curb has been placed on periodicals expenditure.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hit-or-miss, unscientific

    Ex: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.

    Ex: Despite relatively ' unscientific' methods, useful data were collected on reading habits and use of stock and a noteworthy, albeit insufficient, curb has been placed on periodicals expenditure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco científico

  • 76 poner fin a

    to put an end to
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off
    Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.
    Ex. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
    Ex. Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
    Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
    Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
    Ex. Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
    Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.
    * * *
    (v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off

    Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

    Ex: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.
    Ex: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.
    Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.
    Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.
    Ex: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.
    Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner fin a

  • 77 punto de acceso

    (n.) = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point
    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. UNIBID has less redundancy and covers more types of bibliographic material than UNIMARC, whereas the latter probably has more entry points for catalogue headings.
    Ex. These instructions codes convert the operators into machine-readable manipulation codes, and show which terms are to be used as entry term.
    Ex. All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.
    Ex. Much more important, however, is the fact that an online catalog contains many more retrieval accesses than a catalog based on the Paris Principles and is therefore a far more effective tool from the user's point of view.
    Ex. Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex. Such libraries act as access points to the full range of resources that are housed in the central libraries with which they are linked.
    Ex. One of the greatest assets that libraries possess as potential hosts for community information services is their extensive network of service points.
    Ex. Simplifying the filing rules and adding more points of access are exactly what we need.
    Ex. Written in engaging, lively prose, the biography might offer an accessible entrance point into 17th-century studies for scholars new to the period.
    * * *
    (n.) = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point

    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: UNIBID has less redundancy and covers more types of bibliographic material than UNIMARC, whereas the latter probably has more entry points for catalogue headings.
    Ex: These instructions codes convert the operators into machine-readable manipulation codes, and show which terms are to be used as entry term.
    Ex: All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.
    Ex: Much more important, however, is the fact that an online catalog contains many more retrieval accesses than a catalog based on the Paris Principles and is therefore a far more effective tool from the user's point of view.
    Ex: Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex: Such libraries act as access points to the full range of resources that are housed in the central libraries with which they are linked.
    Ex: One of the greatest assets that libraries possess as potential hosts for community information services is their extensive network of service points.
    Ex: Simplifying the filing rules and adding more points of access are exactly what we need.
    Ex: Written in engaging, lively prose, the biography might offer an accessible entrance point into 17th-century studies for scholars new to the period.

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto de acceso

  • 78 que deja mucho al azar

    (adj.) = hit-or-miss
    Ex. There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hit-or-miss

    Ex: There may be many excellent community information services whose praises have gone unsung and it may seem that my choice has been based on a rather hit-or-miss method.

    Spanish-English dictionary > que deja mucho al azar

  • 79 relevancia

    f.
    1 importance.
    2 relevance, appositeness, bearing, pertinence.
    * * *
    1 (significación) relevance
    2 (importancia) importance
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    = relevance, significance, relevancy, responsiveness, worthwhileness, fuse, pertinence, importance.
    Ex. Searching can be tedious and prone to error, and relevance judgements can only be made by reference to a second list or index.
    Ex. However, a chi-squared test applied to the first three columns of each table does not give significance.
    Ex. Software has been developed which orders citations retrieved from an on-line data base in terms of relevancy.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex. Selection then takes place based on the pertinence of the information.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    ----
    * cobrar relevancia = be on the agenda.
    * criterios de relevancia = relevance criteria.
    * dar relevancia = give + relevance.
    * dar relevancia a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.
    * dar relevancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda.
    * indicación de la relevancia = relevance feedback.
    * relevancia más allá del tema de búsqueda = beyond topical relevance.
    * sistema de recuperación por relevancia = relevance system.
    * tener alguna relevancia para = have + some bearing on.
    * tener relevancia para = have + bearing on.
    * * *
    = relevance, significance, relevancy, responsiveness, worthwhileness, fuse, pertinence, importance.

    Ex: Searching can be tedious and prone to error, and relevance judgements can only be made by reference to a second list or index.

    Ex: However, a chi-squared test applied to the first three columns of each table does not give significance.
    Ex: Software has been developed which orders citations retrieved from an on-line data base in terms of relevancy.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex: Selection then takes place based on the pertinence of the information.
    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    * cobrar relevancia = be on the agenda.
    * criterios de relevancia = relevance criteria.
    * dar relevancia = give + relevance.
    * dar relevancia a = create + a high profile for, give + a high profile.
    * dar relevancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda.
    * indicación de la relevancia = relevance feedback.
    * relevancia más allá del tema de búsqueda = beyond topical relevance.
    * sistema de recuperación por relevancia = relevance system.
    * tener alguna relevancia para = have + some bearing on.
    * tener relevancia para = have + bearing on.

    * * *
    importance
    * * *

    relevancia sustantivo femenino importance: no te preocupes, ese gesto suyo no tenía la menor relevancia, don't worry, his behaviour was of minor importance
    ' relevancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pertinencia
    - protagonismo
    - trascendencia
    English:
    high
    - relevance
    * * *
    importance
    * * *
    f relevance

    Spanish-English dictionary > relevancia

  • 80 seguir haciendo lo mismo

    Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on ' business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.
    * * *

    Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on ' business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguir haciendo lo mismo

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