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1 fichero automatizado

(n.) = machine file, computer-based file

Ex. However, it doesn't take very long before the supporting machine file attains greater importance than the manual catalog.

Ex. At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

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(n.) = machine file, computer-based file

Ex: However, it doesn't take very long before the supporting machine file attains greater importance than the manual catalog.

Ex: At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

Spanish-English dictionary > fichero automatizado
2 oportuno

adj.

1 opportune, heaven-sent, expedient, timely.

Una oferta oportuna A seasonable offer.

2 opportune, felicitous.

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oportuno

► adjetivo

1 (a tiempo) opportune, timely

■ la oferta llegó en el momento oportuno the offer came at the right time

2 (conveniente) appropriate

■ habrá que tomar las medidas oportunas the appropriate measures will have to be taken

3 (ingenioso) witty, sharp

■ estás hoy muy oportuno you're really sharp today

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(f. - oportuna)

adj.

opportune, timely

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ADJ

1) [ocasión] opportune

en el momento oportuno — at an opportune moment, at the right moment

su llamada no pudo ser más oportuna — his call could not have come at a better moment, his call could not have been better timed

2) (=pertinente) appropriate

no me ha parecido oportuno decírselo — I didn't think it appropriate to tell him

una respuesta oportuna — an apt reply

sería oportuno hacerlo en seguida — it would be best to do it at once

3) [persona]

¡ella siempre tan oportuna! — iró you can always rely on her!

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- na adjetivo

a) <visita/lluvia> timely, opportune

llegó en el momento oportuno — he arrived at just the right moment

b) ( conveniente) appropriate

se tomarán las medidas oportunas — appropriate measures will be taken

sería oportuno avisarle — we ought to inform her

c) < respuesta> appropriate

estuvo muy oportuno — what he said was very much to the point

tú siempre tan oportuno! — (iró) you can always be relied upon to put your foot in it

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= adequate, apposite, appropriate, felicitous, timely, salutary, salutary, opportune, expedient.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex. There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex. The State, as producer, is deficient in producing sufficient copies to meet demand, ensuring timely distribution, and providing efficient bibliographic control.

Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex. At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.

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* considerar oportuno = consider + appropriate.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.

* estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo oportuno = timeliness.

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- na adjetivo

a) <visita/lluvia> timely, opportune

llegó en el momento oportuno — he arrived at just the right moment

b) ( conveniente) appropriate

se tomarán las medidas oportunas — appropriate measures will be taken

sería oportuno avisarle — we ought to inform her

c) < respuesta> appropriate

estuvo muy oportuno — what he said was very much to the point

tú siempre tan oportuno! — (iró) you can always be relied upon to put your foot in it

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= adequate, apposite, appropriate, felicitous, timely, salutary, salutary, opportune, expedient.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex: There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex: The State, as producer, is deficient in producing sufficient copies to meet demand, ensuring timely distribution, and providing efficient bibliographic control.

Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.

Ex: At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.

* considerar oportuno = consider + appropriate.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento oportuno = at the right time, not a moment too soon, not a minute too soon.

* estar en el lugar oportuno en el momento oportuno = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo oportuno = timeliness.

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oportuno -na

adjective

1 ‹momento/visita/lluvia› timely, opportune

llegó en el momento oportuno she arrived at just the right moment o at a very opportune moment

2 (indicado, conveniente) appropriate

se tomarán las medidas que se estimen or consideren oportunas appropriate measures will be taken

señaló que se llevarían a cabo las investigaciones oportunas she indicated that the appropriate o necessary investigation would be carried out

sería oportuno avisarle we ought to inform her

3 ‹respuesta› appropriate

estuvo muy oportuno en el debate what he said in the debate was very much to the point

¡vaya, hombre, tú siempre tan oportuno! ( iró); you can always be relied upon to show up at the wrong time/to put your foot in it

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oportuno
◊ -na adjetivo

a) ‹visita/lluvia› timely, opportune;

◊ llegó en el momento oportuno he arrived at just the right moment

b) ‹medida/respuesta› appropriate;

◊ sería oportuno avisarle we ought to inform her;

estuvo muy oportuno what he said was very much to the point
oportuno,-a adjetivo
1 (momento, acción) timely
un gol muy oportuno, a timely goal
2 (persona, comentario, medidas) appropriate: no creo que sea oportuno llamarle, I don't think it is appropriate to phone him
irón ¡tú siempre tan oportuno!, trust you to say something tactless!
' oportuno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cielo
- oportuna
- pertinente
- ocasión
- oportunidad
- providencial
- tiempo
English:
acceptable
- appropriate
- apt
- convenient
- expedient
- good
- happy
- inopportune
- opportune
- pop up
- right
- ripe
- timely
- timing
- well
- bide
- wrong

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oportuno, -a adj

1. [pertinente] appropriate;

me pareció oportuno callarme I thought it best to say nothing

2. [propicio] timely, opportune;

el momento oportuno the right time;

en el momento menos oportuno at the very worst time o moment;

su llegada fue muy oportuna she arrived at an opportune moment;

se lo diré cuando sea oportuno I'll tell him in due course o when the time is right;
Irónico
¡ella siempre tan oportuna! she really chooses her moments

3. [agudo] sharp, acute;

has estado muy oportuno al contestarle así it was very sharp of you to answer him like that

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oportuno

adj

1 timely; momento opportune

2 respuesta, medida suitable, appropriate

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oportuno, -na adj

1) : opportune, timely

2) : suitable, appropriate

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oportuno adj

1. (en buena hora) timely

un aviso muy oportuno a timely warning

llegaste en el momento oportuno you arrived at the right time

2. (conveniente) appropriate

Spanish-English dictionary > oportuno
3 profesional informático

(n.) = computer professional

Ex. At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

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(n.) = computer professional

Ex: At this point it is opportune to attempt to distinguish briefly between the cataloguer's sort of database, in essence a computer-based file of bibliographic records, and the computer professional's, which is a much more general collection of data.

Spanish-English dictionary > profesional informático
4 profesional1

¹ = practitioner, professional, pro.

Nota: Abreviatura de professional.

Ex. The expansion of knowledge presents an even more serious problem for other practitioners, such as managers and teachers who need to keep abreast of a relatively wide field in a general way.

Ex. Hernandez preferred to show his gratitude and loyalty to Crane by staying on as a professional at CPFPL after he had earned his MLS.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Installing a low-cost LAN: fool-proof tips from a pro'.

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* edición especializada para profesionales = professional publishing.

* herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* producto para profesionales = specialist product.

* profesional bibliotecario = library professional.

* profesional dedicado al servicio = service professional.

* profesional dedicado a prestar un servicio a la población = service professional.

* profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.

* profesional de la educación = educational professional.

* profesional de la enseñanza = educational professional.

* profesional de la gestión documental = information management professional.

* profesional de la información = information officer, information professional, information worker, info pro.

* profesional de la salud = health professional.

* profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.

* profesional de la tecnología de la información = informatics professional.

* profesional encargado de la gestión de documentos = records professional.

* profesionales de la información, los = information community, the.

* profesionales de la salud = healing professions.

* profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.

* profesionales sanitarios = healing professions.

* profesional informático = computer professional.

* profesional sanitario = health-care worker, health worker, health professional, health care professional.

Spanish-English dictionary > profesional1
5 profesional

adj.

professional.

f. & m.

1 professional, career man, pro.

2 career woman.

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profesional

► adjetivo

1 (gen) professional

■ es futbolista profesional he's a professional footballer

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 professional

■ en este barrio viven mayormente profesionales mostly professional people live in this neighbourhood

■ trabaja el cuero de maravilla, es todo un profesional he does wonders with leather, he's a real professional

■ los profesionales de la enseñanza están en huelga the teachers are on strike

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noun mf. adj.

professional

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1.

ADJ professional

no profesional — non-professional

2.

SMF professional

un profesional del diseño — a professional designer

esta gran profesional del cine — this great professional of the cinema

profesional del amor — prostitute

profesional del sexo — sex worker

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I
adjetivo <fotógrafo/deportista> professional

su vida profesional — her work, her professional life
II
masculino y femenino

a) ( no aficionado) professional

un profesional del crimen — a professional criminal

b) ( de las profesiones liberales) professional

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I
adjetivo <fotógrafo/deportista> professional

su vida profesional — her work, her professional life
II
masculino y femenino

a) ( no aficionado) professional

un profesional del crimen — a professional criminal

b) ( de las profesiones liberales) professional

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profesional¹

¹ = practitioner, professional, pro.

Nota: Abreviatura de professional.

Ex: The expansion of knowledge presents an even more serious problem for other practitioners, such as managers and teachers who need to keep abreast of a relatively wide field in a general way.

Ex: Hernandez preferred to show his gratitude and loyalty to Crane by staying on as a professional at CPFPL after he had earned his MLS.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Installing a low-cost LAN: fool-proof tips from a pro'.

* edición especializada para profesionales = professional publishing.

* herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* producto para profesionales = specialist product.

* profesional bibliotecario = library professional.

* profesional dedicado al servicio = service professional.

* profesional dedicado a prestar un servicio a la población = service professional.

* profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.

* profesional de la educación = educational professional.

* profesional de la enseñanza = educational professional.

* profesional de la gestión documental = information management professional.

* profesional de la información = information officer, information professional, information worker, info pro.

* profesional de la salud = health professional.

* profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.

* profesional de la tecnología de la información = informatics professional.

* profesional encargado de la gestión de documentos = records professional.

* profesionales de la información, los = information community, the.

* profesionales de la salud = healing professions.

* profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.

* profesionales sanitarios = healing professions.

* profesional informático = computer professional.

* profesional sanitario = health-care worker, health worker, health professional, health care professional.

profesional²

² = occupational, professional, vocational, workmanlike.

Ex: The United States Labor Department has diligently worked on removing both age and sex reference from their official occupational titles in accordance with federal law and executive directives.

Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.

Ex: Large numbers of students are choosing short vocational courses today.

Ex: If the book fulfils a useful function for the students of this subject at the appropriate level then the author should congratulate himself on having done a useful workmanlike job.

* afiliación profesional = professional membership, professional affiliation.

* asesoramiento profesional = career(s) advice.

* asesor de salidas profesionales = career(s) adviser.

* asociación profesional = guild [gild].

* carrera profesional = professional career.

* código de ética profesional = professional code of ethics.

* compartir la experiencia profesional = pool + expertise.

* con experiencia profesional = professionally-qualified.

* consejero sobre salidas profesionales = career counsellor.

* contactos profesionales = networking, professional networking.

* con titulación profesional = professionally educated.

* con una orientación profesional = career-focused.

* crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.

* cultura profesional = professional culture.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de manera poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* desarrollo profesional del personal = staff development.

* ejército profesional = professional army.

* ejército profesional, el = regular army, the.

* enfermedad profesional = occupational disease.

* establecer contactos profesionales = networking.

* experiencia profesional = career experience, expertise, staff expertise, professional skills, professional experience.

* experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise.

* falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional = unethical behaviour, unethical conduct, malpractice.

* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.

* falta de ética profesional sexual = sexual misconduct.

* formación profesional = vocational training, further education.

* futuro profesional = professional future.

* herramienta profesional = specialist tool, professional tool.

* Junta Profesional de la IFLA = IFLA's Professional Board.

* negligencia profesional = malpractice.

* no profesional = non-professional [nonprofessional].

* pérdida de las técnicas profesionales = de-skilling.

* perfil profesional = career profile.

* poco profesional = amateurish, unprofessional.

* producto profesional = specialist product.

* promoción profesional = career movement.

* salidas profesionales = employability, job opportunities.

* satisfacción profesional = professional satisfaction, job satisfaction, work satisfaction.

* solidaridad profesional = professional solidarity.

* titulación profesional = professional qualification.

* título profesional = professional qualification.

* trayectoria profesional como bibliotecario = library career.

* vida profesional = professional life.

* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.

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profesional¹

adjective

‹fotógrafo/jugador› professional

influye en su vida profesional it is affecting her work o her professional life

profesional²

masculine and feminine

1 (no amateur) professional

un gran profesional a true professional

un profesional del crimen a professional criminal

2 (de las profesiones liberales) professional

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profesional adjetivo ‹fotógrafo/deportista› professional ( before n)
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
professional
profesional adjetivo & mf professional
' profesional' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aficionada
- aficionado
- argot
- asesorar
- bata
- colegio
- deformación
- estamento
- formación
- FP
- jerga
- negligencia
- rango
- secreta
- secreto
- truncar
- verdadera
- verdadero
- calificado
- cita
- colegiado
- consagrar
- destacado
- gremial
- orientación
- preparado
- reconversión
- reconvertir
- retirada
- trayectoria
English:
advice
- advise
- adviser
- bar
- business card
- dancer
- diver
- high
- job satisfaction
- malpractice
- manner
- occupational
- on-the-job
- practicing
- practising
- practitioner
- prizefighter
- pro
- professional
- qualified
- rise
- trade
- trade secret
- train
- training
- unbusinesslike
- unprofessional
- untrained
- vocational
- disqualify
- move
- paramedic
- technical
- work
- workmanlike

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profesional

♦ adj

1. [de la profesión] professional

2. [eficaz] professional;

es un albañil muy profesional he's a very professional bricklayer

3. [deportista] professional

♦ nmf

1. [trabajador liberal] professional

2. [deportista] professional

3. [practicante de actividad] professional;

un profesional del crimen a professional criminal;
Hum
un profesional del pesimismo a professional pessimist

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profesional

I adj professional

II m/f professional

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profesional adj & nmf

: professional

♦ profesionalmente adv

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profesional adj n professional

Spanish-English dictionary > profesional
6 Apple Computer

m.

Apple Computer, Apple, Apple Computer Inc..

Spanish-English dictionary > Apple Computer
7 aceptar

v.

1 to accept.

no aceptaron sus condiciones they didn't accept his conditions

no se aceptan cheques we do not take checks (en letrero)

se aceptan donativos donations welcome (en letrero)

María acepta el libertinaje Mary accepts licentiousness.

Pedro acepta su supremacía Peter accepts her supremacy.

2 to agree to, to accept to.

Ricardo aceptó ser el testaferro Richard agreed to be the figurehead.

Ricardo aceptó Richard accepted.

3 to welcome, to believe in, to embrace, to buy.

María aceptó la ayuda Mary welcomed the aid.

4 to receive, to take.

La agencia aceptó la encomienda The agency received the parcel.

5 to admit to.

Ricardo aceptó conocer el paradero Richard admitted to knowing the whereabouts.

6 to click OK, to OK.

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aceptar

► verbo transitivo

1 to accept, receive

2 (aprobar) to approve of

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verb

1) to accept

2) approve

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VT

1) [+ oferta, propuesta, dimisión] to accept; [+ cheque, moneda, tarjeta, trabajo] to accept, take; [+ condición] to accept, agree to

aceptó las tareas que se le asignaron — he accepted the tasks he was assigned

la impresora solo acepta este tipo de papel — the printer only takes this type of paper

se niega a aceptar los hechos — he refuses to face the facts

no han aceptado mi solicitud de trabajo — they have rejected my job application

no aceptamos devoluciones — no refunds given

2)

aceptar hacer algo — to agree to do sth

aceptó rebajarnos el alquiler — he agreed to reduce our rent

no aceptar hacer algo — to refuse to do sth

no acepta pagar su parte — he refuses to pay his share

por fin aceptaron que se publicara — they finally agreed for it to be published, they finally allowed it to be published

no acepta que las mujeres trabajen — he doesn't accept o agree that women should work

3)

aceptar a algn — to accept sb

no me aceptaron en la carrera de medicina — I wasn't accepted on the medical course

me aceptaron muy bien en mi nuevo trabajo — I was made to feel very welcome in my new job

¿aceptas a María por esposa? — do you take María to be your lawful wedded wife?

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verbo transitivo <excusas/invitación/cargo> to accept; <términos/condiciones> to agree to

¿acepta a Luis como or por legítimo esposo? — (frml) do you take Luis to be your lawful wedded husband? (frml)

aceptan cheques — they take checks

no aceptamos devoluciones — no refunds

aceptar + inf — to agree to + inf

aceptó venir — she agreed to come

no acepto que me digas eso — I won't have you saying that to me

¿por qué aceptas que te trate así? — why do you allow her to treat you like that?

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= accept, acknowledge, fall in with, go along with, subscribe (to), take (in/into), welcome, give + acceptance, take up, come to + terms with, embrace, put to + bed, countenance, take on, be game, spring for, agree to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

Ex. Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.

Ex. In acknowledging these principles, Sears' is consistent with traditional ideas on the construction of alphabetical subject catalogues.

Ex. Stanton fell in with the suggestion readily.

Ex. The same thing happended in the case of the British refusal to go along with the American compromises in the last revision.

Ex. As regards abbreviations, and the extent to which they are used, most citation standards subscribe to the use of abbreviations.

Ex. For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

Ex. The decision to revert to standard spelling must have been widely welcomed in countries where DC is used but English is not the native language.

Ex. Even in 1678 this usage of the word 'bibliography' was hardly given full acceptance.

Ex. Wove paper, which was slightly more difficult to make than laid, was very slow to be taken up by the trade.

Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex. The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.

Ex. At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.

Ex. Unfortunately, in the field of reference work advocates of such professional independence of judgement must by implication be prepared to countenance differential service to the user.

Ex. If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.

Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.

Ex. If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.

Ex. In this case, the librarian 'reluctantly agreed to change the heading to 'Sexual Orientation' in anticipation of Library Board disapproval' = En este caso, el bibliotecario " accedió de mala gana a cambiarlo a 'Orientación Sexual' preveyendo el rechazo por parte de la Comisión de la Biblioteca".

Ex. Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.

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* aceptar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.

* aceptar el cambio = embrace + change.

* aceptar incondicionalmente = accept + whole-heartedly.

* aceptar la responsabilidad = assume + responsibilitiy (for).

* aceptar las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.

* aceptar las condiciones = agree + terms.

* aceptar la situación = accept + situation.

* aceptar lo inevitable = accept + the inevitable.

* aceptar los términos de un acuerdo = enter into + agreement.

* aceptar tal cual = take + Nombre + at face value, accept + Nombre + at face value.

* aceptar tarjeta de crédito = honour + credit card.

* aceptar una decisión = accept + decision.

* aceptar una idea = accept + notion, deal with + concept.

* aceptar una invitación = accept + invitation.

* aceptar una tarea = take on + task.

* aceptar un cambio = accommodate + change.

* aceptar un desafío = throw down + the gauntlet.

* aceptar un reto = throw down + the gauntlet, call + Posesivo + bluff.

* creencia generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.

* negarse a aceptar = disavow.

* no aceptar = disavow.

* no aceptar un no por respuesta = not take + no for an answer.

* opinión generalmente acepta = conventional wisdom.

* resignarse y aceptar = bite + the bullet.

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

* seguir trabajando aceptando un defecto = work (a)round + shortcoming.

* ser aceptado = gain + acceptance.

* ser un hecho ampliamente aceptado = it + be + widely agreed.

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verbo transitivo <excusas/invitación/cargo> to accept; <términos/condiciones> to agree to

¿acepta a Luis como or por legítimo esposo? — (frml) do you take Luis to be your lawful wedded husband? (frml)

aceptan cheques — they take checks

no aceptamos devoluciones — no refunds

aceptar + inf — to agree to + inf

aceptó venir — she agreed to come

no acepto que me digas eso — I won't have you saying that to me

¿por qué aceptas que te trate así? — why do you allow her to treat you like that?

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= accept, acknowledge, fall in with, go along with, subscribe (to), take (in/into), welcome, give + acceptance, take up, come to + terms with, embrace, put to + bed, countenance, take on, be game, spring for, agree to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.

Ex: In acknowledging these principles, Sears' is consistent with traditional ideas on the construction of alphabetical subject catalogues.

Ex: Stanton fell in with the suggestion readily.

Ex: The same thing happended in the case of the British refusal to go along with the American compromises in the last revision.

Ex: As regards abbreviations, and the extent to which they are used, most citation standards subscribe to the use of abbreviations.

Ex: For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

Ex: The decision to revert to standard spelling must have been widely welcomed in countries where DC is used but English is not the native language.

Ex: Even in 1678 this usage of the word 'bibliography' was hardly given full acceptance.

Ex: Wove paper, which was slightly more difficult to make than laid, was very slow to be taken up by the trade.

Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex: The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.

Ex: At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.

Ex: Unfortunately, in the field of reference work advocates of such professional independence of judgement must by implication be prepared to countenance differential service to the user.

Ex: If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.

Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.

Ex: If I decide to spring for this I'll let you in on what I find out.

Ex: In this case, the librarian 'reluctantly agreed to change the heading to 'Sexual Orientation' in anticipation of Library Board disapproval' = En este caso, el bibliotecario " accedió de mala gana a cambiarlo a 'Orientación Sexual' preveyendo el rechazo por parte de la Comisión de la Biblioteca".

Ex: Ellyse has slowly solidified her game by knocking the rough edges off and by opening her mind up to what's required and what's available.

* aceptar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* aceptar Algo sin protestar = take + Nombre + lying down.

* aceptar el cambio = embrace + change.

* aceptar incondicionalmente = accept + whole-heartedly.

* aceptar la responsabilidad = assume + responsibilitiy (for).

* aceptar las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.

* aceptar las condiciones = agree + terms.

* aceptar la situación = accept + situation.

* aceptar lo inevitable = accept + the inevitable.

* aceptar los términos de un acuerdo = enter into + agreement.

* aceptar tal cual = take + Nombre + at face value, accept + Nombre + at face value.

* aceptar tarjeta de crédito = honour + credit card.

* aceptar una decisión = accept + decision.

* aceptar una idea = accept + notion, deal with + concept.

* aceptar una invitación = accept + invitation.

* aceptar una tarea = take on + task.

* aceptar un cambio = accommodate + change.

* aceptar un desafío = throw down + the gauntlet.

* aceptar un reto = throw down + the gauntlet, call + Posesivo + bluff.

* creencia generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* haber sido aceptado = be here to stay, have come + to stay.

* negarse a aceptar = disavow.

* no aceptar = disavow.

* no aceptar un no por respuesta = not take + no for an answer.

* opinión generalmente acepta = conventional wisdom.

* resignarse y aceptar = bite + the bullet.

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

* seguir trabajando aceptando un defecto = work (a)round + shortcoming.

* ser aceptado = gain + acceptance.

* ser un hecho ampliamente aceptado = it + be + widely agreed.

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aceptar [A1 ]

vt

‹excusas/invitación/cargo› to accept

¿acepta a Luis como or por legítimo esposo? ( frml); do you take Luis to be your lawful wedded husband? ( frml)

aceptan cheques de viaje they take traveler's checks

[ S ] no aceptamos devoluciones no refunds

aceptar + INF to agree to + INF

aceptó acompañarme he agreed to accompany me

aceptar QUE + SUBJ:

no acepto que me diga eso I can't accept him saying that to me

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aceptar ( conjugate aceptar) verbo transitivo ‹excusas/invitación/cargo› to accept;
‹términos/condiciones› to agree to;
◊ aceptan cheques they take checks;

aceptó venir she agreed to come;
no acepto que me digas eso I won't have you saying that to me
aceptar verbo transitivo to accept: no acepto excusas, I won't accept any excuses

' aceptar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encajar
- entrada
- nariz
- negarse
- renunciar
- venderse
- admitir
- asumir
- coger
- creer
- modo
- otro
- vacilar
English:
accept
- adopt
- board
- fall in with
- job
- joke
- jump at
- overbook
- reject
- seize on
- seize upon
- settle for
- take
- take up
- agree
- come
- fact
- go
- grip
- have
- honor
- refuse
- rise
- share
- term
- turn

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aceptar vt

1. [regalo] to accept

2. [admitir] to accept;

no aceptaron sus condiciones they didn't accept her conditions;

¿aceptas a Enrique como tu legítimo esposo? do you take Enrique to be your lawful wedded husband?;

no aceptará un “no” por respuesta he won't take no for an answer;

no se aceptan cheques [en letrero] we do not take cheques;

se aceptan donativos [en letrero] donations welcome

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aceptar

v/t accept

* * *

aceptar vt

1) : to accept

2) : to approve

* * *

aceptar vb to accept

no aceptó mi regalo he wouldn't accept my gift

Spanish-English dictionary > aceptar
8 analista

adj.

analystical.

f. & m.

1 analyst.

analista financiero o de inversiones investment analyst

analista de mercados market analyst

analista de sistemas systems analyst

2 annalist, chronicler.

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analista

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 analyst

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noun mf.

analyst

* * *

SMF (=analizador) analyst; (=escritor de anales) chronicler, annalist

analista de inversiones — investment consultant

analista de sistemas — systems analyst

analista financiero — financial analyst, market analyst

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masculino y femenino analyst

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= analyst, tester, observer.

Ex. He taught physics at Brooklyn College for two years and was a systems analyst for NASA for two years, where he played a important role in the Apollo project's successful moon landing.

Ex. Nine CD-ROM publishers were interviewed by phone to find out what criteria they used to select beta test sites, what they saw as the responsibilities of testers, the benefits to the companies and the companies' plans for the future.

Ex. A number of observers and critics of professional education for library and information work has expressed concern at the failure of SLIS to respond rapidly and sensitively to such IT induced changes.

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* analista de medios de comunicación = media analyst.

* analista de mercado = business researcher.

* analista de sistemas = system(s) analyst.

* analista de sistemas de gestión bibliotecaria = library systems analyst.

* analista financiero = finance analyst.

* analista político = political commentator, political analyst.

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masculino y femenino analyst

* * *

= analyst, tester, observer.

Ex: He taught physics at Brooklyn College for two years and was a systems analyst for NASA for two years, where he played a important role in the Apollo project's successful moon landing.

Ex: Nine CD-ROM publishers were interviewed by phone to find out what criteria they used to select beta test sites, what they saw as the responsibilities of testers, the benefits to the companies and the companies' plans for the future.

Ex: A number of observers and critics of professional education for library and information work has expressed concern at the failure of SLIS to respond rapidly and sensitively to such IT induced changes.

* analista de medios de comunicación = media analyst.

* analista de mercado = business researcher.

* analista de sistemas = system(s) analyst.

* analista de sistemas de gestión bibliotecaria = library systems analyst.

* analista financiero = finance analyst.

* analista político = political commentator, political analyst.

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analista

masculine and feminine

1 ( Psic) analyst

2 ( Med, Quím) analyst

3 ( period) (experto) analyst

Compuestos:

● analista financiero, analista financiera

masculine, feminine financial analyst

● analista de inversiones

investment analyst

● analista de mercado

market analyst

● analista de presupuestos

budget analyst

● analista programador, analista programadora

masculine, feminine computer analyst and programmer

● analista de sistemas

systems analyst

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analista sustantivo masculino y femenino
analyst
analista mf analyst
' analista' also found in these entries:
English:
analyst
- systems analyst
- systems

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analista nmf

1. [experto] analyst

Comp
analista financiero investment analyst;
analista de mercados market analyst;

analista político political analyst

2. [de laboratorio] analyst

3. Informát (computer) analyst

Comp
analista de sistemas systems analyst
4. [psiquiatra] analyst

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analista

m/f analyst

* * *

analista nmf

1) : analyst

2) : annalist

Spanish-English dictionary > analista
9 anticuado

adj.

old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.

f. & m.

old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.

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anticuado

► adjetivo

1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date

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(f. - anticuada)

adj.

old-fashioned, outdated

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ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete

quedarse anticuado — to go out of date

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I
- da adjetivo old-fashioned
II
- da masculino, femenino

eres un anticuado — you're so old-fashioned

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= antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.

Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.

Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.

Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.

Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.

Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.

Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

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* estar anticuado = dated.

* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.

* quedarse anticuado = date.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo old-fashioned
II
- da masculino, femenino

eres un anticuado — you're so old-fashioned

* * *

= antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.

Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.

Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.

Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.

Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.

Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.

Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.

Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.

Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

* estar anticuado = dated.

* estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.

* quedarse anticuado = date.

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anticuado¹ -da

adjective

‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated

anticuado² -da

masculine, feminine

eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned

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Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

anticuado es:

el participio

anticuado
◊ -da adjetivo

old-fashioned
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

' anticuado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anticuada
- apolillada
- apolillado
- antiguo
- atrasado
- pasado
- zanahoria
English:
antiquated
- date
- fuddy-duddy
- old
- old-fashioned
- outdated
- outmoded
- dated
- out
- time

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anticuado, -a

♦ adj
[persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;

mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date

♦ nm,f

old-fashioned person;

mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned

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anticuado

adj antiquated

* * *

anticuado, -da adj

: antiquated, outdated

* * *

anticuado adj old fashioned

Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado
10 así

f.

ISA, intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.

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así

► adverbio

1 (de esta manera) thus, (in) this way

2 (de esa manera) (in) that way

■ por decirlo así so to speak

■ y así sucesivamente and so on

3 (tanto) as

■ así usted como yo both you and I

4 (por tanto) therefore

5 (tan pronto como) as soon as

■ así que lo sepa as soon as I know

► adjetivo

1 such

■ un hombre así a man like that, such a man

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

así así so-so

así que so

■ llovía, así que cogimos el paraguas it was raining, so we took our umbrella

así sea so be it

* * *
1. adv.
1) like this, like that

2) so, thus, in this way

•

- así así
- así como
- no así 2. conj.
even if
3. adj.
such

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1. ADV

1) (=de este modo)

a) [con ser]

-te engañaron, ¿no es así? -sí, así es — "they deceived you, didn't they?" - "yes, they did", "they deceived you, isn't that so?" -"yes, it is"

usted es periodista ¿no es así? — you're a journalist, aren't you?

yo soy así — that's the way I am

perdona, pero creo que eso no es así — excuse me, but I think that's not true

así es como lo detuvieron — that's how o this is how they arrested him

¡(que) así sea! —

- solo les falta ganar la copa -que así sea — "all they have to do is win the cup" - "let's hope they do"

- que el Señor esté con vosotros -así sea — "(may) God be with you" - "amen"

b) [con otros verbos] like that, like this

lo hizo así — he did it like that o like this

esto no puede seguir así — things can't go on this way, this can't go on like this

se iniciaba así una nueva etapa — thus o so a new phase began

¡así se habla! — that's what I like to hear!

así ocurrió el accidente — that's how o this is how the accident happened

así me agradecen lo que hice por ellos — this is the thanks I get for what I did for them

así están las cosas — that's the way things are

puede leer el contrato si así lo desea — you can read the contract if you wish

¿por qué te pones así? no es más que un niño — why do you get worked up like that? he's only a child

- salúdelos de mi parte -así lo haré — "give them my best wishes" - "I will"

dijo que llamaría y así lo hizo — he said he would call and he did

2) [acompañando a un sustantivo] like that

un hombre así — a man like that, such a man más frm

¿por una cosa así se han enfadado? — they got angry over a thing like that?

3)

• así de —

a) + sustantivo

tuvieron así de ocasiones de ganar y no las aprovecharon — they had so o this many chances to win but didn't take them

b) + adj, adv

un baúl así de grande — a trunk as big as this, a trunk this big

él todo lo hace así de rápido — he does everything that fast, that's how fast he does everything

no para de comer y luego así está de gordita — she never stops eating, that's why she's so plump

no creo que puedas hacerlo así de bien — I can't believe that you can do it that well

así de feo era que... — LAm he was so ugly that...

4)

• así como —

a) (=lo mismo que) the same way as

así como tú te portes conmigo, me portaré yo — I'll behave the same way as you do to me

así en la Tierra como en el Cielo — on Earth as it is in Heaven

b) (=mientras que) whereas, while

así como uno de sus hijos es muy listo, el otro no estudia nada — whereas o while one of their children is very clever, the other doesn't study at all

c) (=además de) as well as

se necesita el original así como una copia — you need the original as well as a copy

5) [otras locuciones]

• así las cosas — with things as they are

• por así decirlo — so to speak

• no así — unlike

los gastos fueron espectaculares, no así los resultados — the expenditure was astonishing, unlike the results

• ¡así no más! — Méx * (=sin cuidado) anyhow; (=sin motivo) just like that

es un tema muy importante para tratarlo así no más — it's a very important issue, you can't just treat it any old how

a mí me cuesta tanto y él lo hace así no más — I find it really hard, but he does it easily o just like that

se fue así no más, sin decir nada — he left just like that, without saying anything

lo echaron del trabajo así no más — they gave him the sack just like that *

• o así — about, or so

20 dólares o así — about 20 dollars, 20 dollars or so

llegarán el jueves o así — they'll arrive around Thursday, they'll arrive on Thursday or thereabouts

• así sin más — just like that

• y así sucesivamente — and so on and so forth

• así y todo — even so

- así así

-¿cómo te encuentras hoy? -así así — "how do you feel today?" - "so-so"

- así o asá

- así como así

no gastan el dinero así como así — they don't spend money willy-nilly

no se hace así como así — it's not as easy as all that

- así porque sí

y empezó a insultarme así porque sí — and he began to insult me just for the sake o hell of it *

no hemos conseguido el éxito así porque sí — it's no accident that we've become successful

- así es la vida

2. CONJ

1) (=aunque) even if

así tenga que recorrer el mundo entero, la encontraré — even if I have to travel the whole world, I'll find her

2) (=consecuentemente) so

se gastó todo el dinero y así no pudo ir de vacaciones — he spent all the money, so he couldn't go on holiday

esperan lograr un acuerdo, evitando así la huelga — they are hoping to reach an agreement and so avoid a strike, they are hoping to reach an agreement, thereby o thus avoiding a strike frm

• así pues — so

ha conseguido una beca, así pues, podrá seguir estudiando — he got a grant, so he can carry on studying

• así (es) que — so

estábamos cansados, así que no fuimos — we were tired so we didn't go

3) (=ojalá)

¡así te mueras! — I hope you drop dead! *

4) (=en cuanto)

• así que — + subjun as soon as

así que te enteres, comunícamelo — as soon as you find out, let me know

así que pasen unos años todo se olvidará — in a few years everything will be forgotten

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I
adjetivo invariable like that

si es así te pido disculpas — if that's the case, I'm sorry

yo soy así — that's the way I am

así es la vida — (fr hecha) that's life

es un tanto así de hojas — it's about that many pages

esperamos horas ¿no es así? — we waited for hours, didn't we?

tan or tanto es así que... — so much so that...
II
adverbio

1) (de este/ese modo)

no le hables así a tu padre — don't talk to your father like that

así cualquiera! — that's cheating! (colloq & hum)

¿así me lo agradeces? — is this how you thank me?

no te pongas así — don't get so worked up

así me podré comprar lo que quiera — that way I'll be able to buy whatever I want

así me llaman — that's what people call me

así es — that's right

¿está bien así o quieres más? — is that enough, or do you want some more?

¿fue así cómo ocurrió? — is that how it happened?

y así sucesivamente — and so on

¿dimitió? - así como lo oyes — you mean he resigned? - believe it or not, yes

2)

así de + adj/adv: así de fácil! it's as easy as that; debe ser así de grueso it must be about this thick; ¿así de egoísta me crees? — do you think I'm that selfish?

3) ( expresando deseo)

así se muera — I hope she drops dead!

4) (en locs)

así así — (fam) so-so

así como: así como el mayor trabaja mucho, el pequeño es un vago while o whereas the older boy works very hard, the younger one is really lazy; por su módico precio así como por su calidad both for its low price and its high quality; sus familiares, así como sus amigos his family as well as his friends; así como así just like that; así me gusta! (fr hecha) that's what I like to see!; ¿le dijiste que no? así me gusta! you said no? good for you!; así mismo asimismo; así nomás (AmL) just like that; hace los deberes así nomás he dashes his homework off any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how; así o asá (fam): puedes ponerlo así o asá (fam) you can put it any way you like; así pues so; así que ( por lo tanto) so; ( en cuanto) as soon as; así que te casas! so, you're getting married...; así sea (Relig) amen; así y todo even so; no así: se mostraron muy satisfechos. No así los Vives, que... they were very pleased, unlike the Vives, who...; o así: tendrá 30 años o así he must be about 30; cien al mes o así around a hundred a month; por así decirlo — so to speak
III
conjunción ( aunque)

así + subj: lo encontraré, así se esconda en el fin del mundo I'll find him, no matter where he tries to hide; no pagaré así me encarcelen — I won't pay even if they put me in prison

* * *

= thereby, like that, like this.

Ex. To help eliminate false drops, and thereby improve precision, certain devices can be employed at the indexing stage.

Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

Ex. And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.

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* algo así como = something like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así de improviso = off-hand [offhand].

* así de pronto = off-hand [offhand].

* así es = that's how it is.

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* así me maten = for the life of me.

* así pues = as such, thus.

* así sea = amen.

* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.

* aún así = even so.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* conocérsele así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

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

* denominado así = so named.

* denominarse así = be so called.

* denominarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

* esto es así = this is the case.

* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).

* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* llamado así = so named.

* llamarse así = be so called.

* llamarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.

* o algo así = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

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

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

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

* ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.

* si así lo desean = should they so wish.

* si es así = if so, if this is the case.

* si no es así = if this is not the case.

* si no fuera así = if it were not.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* tanto es así que = so much so that.

* visto así = viewed in this light.

* y así sucesivamente = and so on, and so on....

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable like that

si es así te pido disculpas — if that's the case, I'm sorry

yo soy así — that's the way I am

así es la vida — (fr hecha) that's life

es un tanto así de hojas — it's about that many pages

esperamos horas ¿no es así? — we waited for hours, didn't we?

tan or tanto es así que... — so much so that...
II
adverbio

1) (de este/ese modo)

no le hables así a tu padre — don't talk to your father like that

así cualquiera! — that's cheating! (colloq & hum)

¿así me lo agradeces? — is this how you thank me?

no te pongas así — don't get so worked up

así me podré comprar lo que quiera — that way I'll be able to buy whatever I want

así me llaman — that's what people call me

así es — that's right

¿está bien así o quieres más? — is that enough, or do you want some more?

¿fue así cómo ocurrió? — is that how it happened?

y así sucesivamente — and so on

¿dimitió? - así como lo oyes — you mean he resigned? - believe it or not, yes

2)

así de + adj/adv: así de fácil! it's as easy as that; debe ser así de grueso it must be about this thick; ¿así de egoísta me crees? — do you think I'm that selfish?

3) ( expresando deseo)

así se muera — I hope she drops dead!

4) (en locs)

así así — (fam) so-so

así como: así como el mayor trabaja mucho, el pequeño es un vago while o whereas the older boy works very hard, the younger one is really lazy; por su módico precio así como por su calidad both for its low price and its high quality; sus familiares, así como sus amigos his family as well as his friends; así como así just like that; así me gusta! (fr hecha) that's what I like to see!; ¿le dijiste que no? así me gusta! you said no? good for you!; así mismo asimismo; así nomás (AmL) just like that; hace los deberes así nomás he dashes his homework off any which way (AmE) o (BrE) any old how; así o asá (fam): puedes ponerlo así o asá (fam) you can put it any way you like; así pues so; así que ( por lo tanto) so; ( en cuanto) as soon as; así que te casas! so, you're getting married...; así sea (Relig) amen; así y todo even so; no así: se mostraron muy satisfechos. No así los Vives, que... they were very pleased, unlike the Vives, who...; o así: tendrá 30 años o así he must be about 30; cien al mes o así around a hundred a month; por así decirlo — so to speak
III
conjunción ( aunque)

así + subj: lo encontraré, así se esconda en el fin del mundo I'll find him, no matter where he tries to hide; no pagaré así me encarcelen — I won't pay even if they put me in prison

* * *

= thereby, like that, like this.

Ex: To help eliminate false drops, and thereby improve precision, certain devices can be employed at the indexing stage.

Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.

Ex: And as small as Iowa as, I think something like this can have a far larger effect than you might realize if you live in a large industrial area.

* algo así como = something like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así de improviso = off-hand [offhand].

* así de pronto = off-hand [offhand].

* así es = that's how it is.

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* así me maten = for the life of me.

* así pues = as such, thus.

* así sea = amen.

* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.

* aún así = even so.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* conocérsele así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

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

* denominado así = so named.

* denominarse así = be so called.

* denominarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

* esto es así = this is the case.

* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).

* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).

* la vida es así = life's like that.

* llamado así = so named.

* llamarse así = be so called.

* llamarse así por = get + Posesivo + name from.

* no ser así ya = be no longer the case.

* o algo así = or something of that sort, or something to that effect, or something of that nature.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

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

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

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

* ser así = be the case (with), be just like that.

* si así lo desean = should they so wish.

* si es así = if so, if this is the case.

* si no es así = if this is not the case.

* si no fuera así = if it were not.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* tanto es así que = so much so that.

* visto así = viewed in this light.

* y así sucesivamente = and so on, and so on....

* * *

así¹

adj inv

like that

no discutan por una tontería así don't argue over a silly thing like that

si es así te pido disculpas if that's the case, I'm sorry

yo soy así ¿qué voy a hacer? that's the way I am, I can't help it

anda, no seas así, préstamelo come on, don't be like that, lend it to me

así es la vida ( fr hecha); that's life

es un tanto así de hojas it's about that many pages

esperamos horas ¿no es así? we waited for hours, didn't we?

estaba contento, tan es así que no quería volver a casa he was happy, so much so that he didn't want to return home

así²

adverb

A

(de este/ese modo): no le hables así a tu padre don't talk to your father like that

¿por qué me tratas así? why are you treating me like this?

la ayudó un profesional — ¡así cualquiera! she got help from a professional — anyone can do it with that kind of help! o ( colloq hum) that's cheating!

¿así me agradeces lo que hago por ti? is this how you thank me o is this the thanks I get for everything I do for you?

lo hice muy rápido — ¡y así te quedó! I did it very quickly — yes, it shows o yes, it looks like it!

no te pongas así, no es para tanto don't get so worked up, it's not that bad

le voy a regalar dinero, así él se puede comprar lo que quiera I'll give him some money, that way he can buy whatever he wants

¿eres `el Rubio'? — así me llaman are you `el Rubio'? — that's what people call me

¿lo perdieron todo? — así es you mean they lost everything? — that's right

¿está bien así o quieres más? is that enough, or do you want some more?

¿fue así cómo ocurrió? is that how it happened?

y así sucesivamente and so on

¿dimitió? — así como lo oyes you mean he resigned? — believe it or not, yes

B así de + ADJ/ ADV:

se enfría y se sirve ¡así de fácil! allow to cool and serve, it's as easy as that

debe ser así de grueso it must be about this thick

¿así de egoísta me crees? do you think I'm that selfish?

C (expresando deseo) así + SUBJ:

así se muera I hope she drops dead!

D ( en locs):

así así ( fam); so-so

¿te gusta? — así así do you like it? — so-so o it's OK

así como: así como el mayor trabaja mucho, el pequeño es un vago while o whereas the older boy works very hard, the younger one is really lazy

así como es con el dinero es con el afecto: mezquino he's (just) as mean with his affection as he is with his money

así como en verano el clima es agradable, en invierno te mueres de frío the weather's very pleasant in summer but, by the same token, in winter you freeze to death

por su módico precio así como por su calidad both for its low price and its high quality

así como él insiste, tampoco ella ceja the more he insists, the more she refuses to back down

todos sus familiares, así como algunos amigos, estuvieron presentes his whole family was there, and a few friends as well

hágase tu voluntad así en la Tierra como en el Cielo Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven

así como así just like that

gasta el dinero así como así he spends money just like that o as if it meant nothing to him

¡así me gusta! ( fr hecha); that's what I like to see!

¿le dijiste que no? ¡así me gusta! you said no? good for you!

así mismo asimismo:

así nomás ( AmL); just like that

a ella no la vas a convencer así nomás you're not going to persuade her that easily o just like that

hace los deberes así nomás he dashes his homework off any which way ( AmE) o ( BrE) any old how

así o asá or asao ( fam): puedes ponerlo así o asá or asao, a mí no me importa ( fam); you can put it any way you like, I don't care

da lo mismo así que asá or asao ( fam); it doesn't matter which way you do it ( o put it etc)

así pues so

no me gustaba el trabajo; así pues, decidí dejarlo I didn't like the job, so I decided to give it up

así que (por lo tanto) so; (en cuanto) as soon as

esto no es asunto tuyo, así que no te metas this has nothing to do with you, so mind your own business

¡así que te casas! so, you're getting married …

así sea ( Relig) amen

descanse en paz — así sea rest in peace — Amen

así y todo even so

tiene dos empleos y así y todo no le alcanza el dinero she has two jobs and even then she can't manage on the money she earns

no así: se mostraron muy satisfechos. No así los Vives, que no hicieron más que quejarse they were very pleased, unlike the Vives, who did nothing but complain o they were very pleased. The Vives, on the other hand did nothing but complain o they were very pleased. Not so the Vives, who did nothing but complain

o así: tendrá 30 años o así he must be about 30

gana unas cien mil al mes o así she earns around a hundred thousand a month

por así decirlo so to speak

así³

conjunction

(aunque) así + SUBJ:

lo encontraré, así se esconda en el fin del mundo I'll find him, no matter where he tries to hide

no pagaré así me encarcelen I won't pay even if they put me in prison

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Del verbo asir: ( conjugate asir)

así es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
asir
así
asir ( conjugate asir) verbo transitivo (liter) to seize, grasp;
así a algn de or por algo:
◊ la asió de un brazo he seized o grasped her arm

asirse verbo pronominal (liter) asíse de or a algo: se asió a la cuerda she grabbed (hold of) o seized the rope;
caminaban asidos de la mano they walked hand in hand
así 1 adjetivo invariable
like that;
no seas así don't be like that;
con gente así yo no me meto I don't mix with people like that;
yo soy así that's the way I am;
así es la vida (fr hecha) that's life;
es un tanto así de hojas it's about that many pages;
esperamos horas ¿no es así? we waited for hours, didn't we?;
tanto es así que … so much so that …
así 2 adverbio
1 ( de este modo) like this;
( de ese modo) like that;
◊ ¿por qué me tratas así? why are you treating me like this?;

no le hables así don't talk to him like that;
¡así cualquiera! that's cheating! (colloq &
hum);
◊ así es como pasó this is how it happens;

no te pongas así don't get so worked up;
así me podré comprar lo que quiera that way I'll be able to buy whatever I want;
así es that's right;
¿está bien así o quieres más? is that enough, or do you want some more?;
y así sucesivamente and so on
2
◊ ¡así de fácil! it's as easy as that;

así de alto/grueso this high/thick
3 ( en locs)
◊ así así (fam) so-so;

así como así just like that;
¡así me gusta! (fr hecha) that's what I like to see!;
así nomás (AmL) just like that;
así pues so;
así que ( por lo tanto) so;
así y todo even so;
por así decirlo so to speak
asir verbo transitivo to grasp, seize
así
I adverbio
1 (de este modo) like this o that, this way: hazlo así, do it this way
es así de grande/alto, it is this big/tall
buscábamos algo así, we were looking for something like this o that
usted es bombero, ¿no es así?, you are a fireman, aren't you?
así así, so-so 2 estaremos de vuelta a las diez o así, we'll come back around ten o'clock
la casa tiene quince años o así, the house is fifteen years old or so
II conj así pasa lo que pasa, (por eso) that's why those things happen
así tenga que..., (aunque) even if I have to...
III excl (¡ojalá!) ¡así te rompas la crisma!, I hope you break your neck!
♦ Locuciones: así como, just as: así como Juan me parece adorable, no soporto a su hermana, just as I think Juan is adorable, I can't stand his sister
así pues, so
así que..., so...
' así' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
algo
- atizar
- aturullarse
- aun
- botepronto
- consentir
- de
- decir
- derecha
- derecho
- desahogarse
- desalmada
- desalmado
- destrozar
- disponer
- empujar
- escarmentar
- estar
- excitarse
- generalizar
- hilaridad
- impertinencia
- misma
- mismo
- necesaria
- necesario
- niñería
- no
- ojo
- panza
- pequeña
- pequeño
- por
- primera
- primero
- rezar
- resistir
- sic
- sucesivamente
- ver
- agradecer
- alguno
- atención
- autorizar
- avergonzar
- bien
- como
- conforme
- continuar
- cosa
English:
after
- as
- bull
- change over
- even
- forecast
- forth
- if
- inclined
- keep up
- lie down
- life
- like
- lot
- manner
- name
- offhand
- on
- outrank
- phrase
- rig
- same
- seem
- so
- so-so
- sort
- speak
- still
- such
- that
- then
- this
- thus
- way
- will
- bargain
- bring
- case
- do
- easy
- find
- get
- go
- instead
- kind
- pain
- stick
- take
- there
- want

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así

♦ adv
[de este modo] this way, like this; [de ese modo] that way, like that;
ellos lo hicieron así they did it this way;

así es la vida that's life;

yo soy así that's just the way I am;

¿así me agradeces todo lo que he hecho por ti? is this how you thank me for everything I've done for you?;

así no vamos a ninguna parte we're not getting anywhere like this o this way;

¿eso le dijo? – así, como te lo cuento did she really say that to him? – (yes) indeed, those were her very words;

así así [no muy bien] so-so;

¿cómo te ha ido el examen? – así así how did the exam go? – so-so;

algo así [algo parecido] something like that;

tiene seis años o algo así she is six years old or something like that;

algo así como [algo igual a] something like;

el apartamento les ha costado algo así como 20 millones the Br flat o US apartment cost them something like 20 million;

así como [también] as well as;
[tal como] just as;
las inundaciones, así como la sequía, son catástrofes naturales both floods and droughts are natural disasters;

así como para los idiomas no vale, para las relaciones públicas nadie la supera whilst she may be no good at languages, there is no one better at public relations;

así como así [como si nada] as if it were nothing;
[irreflexivamente] lightly; [de cualquier manera] any old how;
¡no puedes marcharte así como así! you can't leave just like that!;

así cualquiera gana anyone could win that way o like that;

subimos hasta la cumbre en teleférico – ¡así cualquiera! we reached the summit by cable car – anyone could do that!;

así de… so…;

no seas así de celoso don't be so jealous;

era así de largo it was this/that long;

es así de fácil it's as easy as that;

no hace nada de ejercicio – así de gordo está he doesn't do any exercise – it's no wonder he's so fat;
Irónico
me ha costado muy barato – así de bueno será it was very cheap – don't expect it to be any good, then;

así es/fue como… that is/was how…;

así es [para asentir] that is correct, yes;

¡así me gusta! that's what I like (to see)!;

¡así me gusta, sigue trabajando duro! excellent, keep up the hard work!, that's what I like to see, keep up the hard work!;
Fam
así o asá either way, one way or the other;

el abrigo le quedaba pequeño, así es que se compró otro the coat was too small for her, so she bought another one;

así sea so be it;
Esp
así sin más, Am [m5] así no más o [m5] nomás just like that;

así y todo even so;

se ha estado medicando mucho tiempo y, así y todo, no se encuentra bien he's been taking medication for some time and even so he's no better;

aun así even so;

o así [más o menos] or so, or something like that;

y así thus, and so;

y así sucesivamente and so on, and so forth;

y así todos los días and the same thing happens day after day

♦ conj

1. [aunque] even if;

te encontraré así tenga que recorrer todas las calles de la ciudad I'll find you even if I have to look in every street in the city

2. Am [aun si] even if;

no nos lo dirá, así le paguemos he won't tell us, even if we pay him

♦ adj inv
[como éste] like this; [como ése] like that;
no seas así don't be like that;

con un coche así no se puede ir muy lejos you can't go very far with a car like this one;

una situación así es muy peligrosa such a situation is very dangerous

♦ interj

I hope…;

¡así no vuelva nunca! I hope he never comes back!;

¡así te parta un rayo! drop dead!

♦ así pues loc conj

so, therefore;

no firmaron el tratado, así pues la guerra era inevitable they didn't sign the treaty, so war became inevitable

♦ así que loc conj
[de modo que] so;
la película empieza dentro de media hora, así que no te entretengas the movie o Br film starts in half an hour, so don't be long;

¿así que te vas a presentar candidato? so you're going to stand as a candidate, are you?

♦ así que loc adv
[tan pronto como] as soon as;
así que tengamos los resultados del análisis, le citaremos para la visita as soon as we have the results of the test we'll make an appointment for you

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así

I adv

1 (de este modo) like this;

así de grande this big;

así o asá this way or that (way)

2 (de ese modo) like that;

una cosa así a thing like that, something like that;

soy así (yo) that’s how I am;

una casa así a house like that;

así es that’s right;

así no más S.Am. just like that;

así como así just like that;

así así so-so

II conj

:

así como al igual que while, whereas;

así y todo even so;

así pues so;

así que so;

así (es) que so that’s how, so that’s why;

¿así que no vienes? so you’re not coming?;

tanto es así, que … and (as a result) …;

… tanto es así, que varias estaciones han cerrado … and (as a result) a number of stations are closed

* * *

así adv

1) : like this, like that

2) : so, thus

así sea: so be it

3)

así de : so, about so

una caja así de grande: a box about so big

4)

así que : so, therefore

5)

así como : as well as

6)

así así : so-so, fair

así adj

: such, such a

un talento así es inestimable: a talent like that is priceless

así conj

aunque: even if, even though

no irá, así le paguen: he won't go, even if they pay him

* * *

así adv

1. (de esta manera) like this / this way

se hace así you do it like this

2. (de esa manera) like that / that way

un ordenador así a computer like that

así, así so so

así de... this...

era así de grande it was this big

así que so

así que no te preocupes so don't worry

¡así que te vas! so you're going, are you?

o así or so

Spanish-English dictionary > así
11 base

adj.

host.

f.

1 foundations (parte inferior) (de edificio).

base de maquillaje foundation (cream)

2 basis (fundamento, origen).

el petróleo es la base de su economía their economy is based on oil

ese argumento se cae por su base that argument is built on sand

partimos de la base de que… we assume that…

sentar las bases para to lay the foundations of

base imponible (finance) taxable income

3 base.

base aérea air base

base espacial space station

base de lanzamiento launch site

base naval naval base

base de operaciones operational base

4 base (chemistry).

5 base (math & geometry).

6 base.

7 makeup.

8 radix, base of a system of numbers or logarithms.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: basar.

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base

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) base

■ la base de la torre the base of the tower

2 figurado basis

■ las cereales son la base de nuestra agricultura cereals form the basis of our agriculture

■ si partimos de la base de que... if we start from the premise that...

3 QUÍMICA base, alkali

4 MATEMÁTICAS base

5 (en béisbol) base

► nombre femenino plural bases

1 (de concurso) rules

2 las bases (de partido etc) grass roots, rank and file

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a base de (por) through, by means of, using 2 (de) consisting of

■ se hizo rico a base de trabajar mucho he became rich through hard work

■ una dieta a base de hortalizas y pescado a diet consisting of vegetables and fish

a base de bien familiar really well

en base a based on, on the basis of

base aérea air base

base de datos database

base de datos documental documentary database

base de datos relacional relational database

base de lanzamiento launch site

base de operaciones operational headquarters

base imponible taxable income

base naval naval base

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noun f.

1) base

2) basis

•

- base de datos

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1. SF

1) (=parte inferior) base

la base de la columna — the base of the pillar

este jarrón tiene muy poca base — this vase has a very narrow base

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

la base del cráneo — the base of the skull

2) (=fondo) [de pintura] background; [de maquillaje] foundation

sobre una base de amarillo — on a yellow background

primero se coloca una base de tomate — start by laying a tomato base

3) (=fundamento) basis

ese artículo no tiene base científica alguna — that article has no scientific basis at all

la base del éxito está en el trabajo — the key to success is hard work

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

un programa elaborado en base a criterios subjetivos — a programme based on subjective criteria

en base a lo que acabamos de ver — based on what we have just seen

en base a que: no publicaron la carta en base a que era demasiado larga — they didn't publish the letter because it was too long

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

partiendo de esta base, nos planteamos la necesidad... — on this assumption, we think it necessary...

partir de la base de que... — to take as one's starting point that...

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

Chomsky sentó las bases de la gramática generativa — Chomsky laid the foundations of generative grammar

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

hay que negociar sobre la base de resoluciones previas — we must negotiate on the basis of previous resolutions

- coger a algn fuera de base

base de poder — power base

4) (=componente principal)

la leche es la base de su alimentación — his diet is milk-based

la base de este jabón es la soda — this soap is soda-based

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

un plato a base de verduras — a vegetable-based dish, a dish based on vegetables

este aparato funciona a base de ultrasonidos — this machine works with ultrasound

sólo conseguirás salir adelante a base de mucho esfuerzo — you will only get ahead by working hard

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

así, a base de no hacer nada, poco vas a conseguir — you won't achieve much by doing nothing

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

cenamos a base de bien — we had a really good meal

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

5) (=conocimientos básicos) grounding

le falta un poco de base — he doesn't have the proper grounding

este manual le aportará una buena base de química — this handbook will give you a good grounding in chemistry

6) (Mil) base

base aérea — air base

base aeronaval — naval air base

base avanzada — forward base

base de lanzamiento — launch site

base de operaciones — operations base

base espacial — space station

base militar — military base

base naval — naval base

7) pl bases

a) (=condiciones) [de concurso] conditions, rules; [de convocatoria] requirements

b) (Pol)

las bases — the rank and file

8) (Inform)

base de datos — database

base de datos documental — documentary database

base de datos relacional — relational database

9) (Mat) [en una potencia] base

10) (Quím) base

11) (Téc) base, mounting

12) (Agrimensura) base, base line

13) (Ling) (tb: base derivativa) base form

14) (Béisbol) base

15) ** (=droga) base

2.

SMF (Baloncesto) guard

3. ADJ INV

1) (=de partida) [campamento, campo] base antes de s ; [puerto] home antes de s

dejamos el campamento base por la mañana — we left base camp in the morning

2) (=básico) [idea] basic; [documento, texto] provisional, draft

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color
salario, sueldo
* * *
I
femenino

1)

a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

base de maquillaje — foundation

2)

a) ( fundamento)

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso — I have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana — the basis of good health is a balanced diet

sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of something

un movimiento sin base popular — a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base — to take something as a starting point

sobre la base de estos datos — on the basis of this information

b) ( componente principal)

la base de su alimentación es el arroz — their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín — this perfume has a jasmine base

c) ( conocimientos básicos)

tiene una sólida base científica — he has a sound grounding in science

llegó al curso sin ninguna base — he didn't have the basics when he began the course

- base de datos

- base imponible

3) (en locs)

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

4) ( centro de operaciones) base

base aérea/naval/militar — air/naval/military base

- base de lanzamiento

5)

las bases — (Pol) the rank and file (pl)

6) (Mat, Quím) base

7) bases femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

8)

a) ( en béisbol) base

b) base masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard
II
adjetivo invariable

a) (básico, elemental) basic; <documento/texto> draft (before n)

b) < campamento> base (before n)

* * *

= base, base, base plate, basis [bases, -pl.], basis [bases, -pl.], bedrock, core, cornerstone [corner-stone], foundation, grounding, underpinning, cradle, warp and woof.

Ex. The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.

Ex. The base of a notation is the set of symbols used in a specific notation.

Ex. The two windows in the base plate of the scanner help move the read head accurately across the bar codes.

Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex. We are the bedrock of our profession and the standards that we attain fundamentally affect the status of the profession.

Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex. Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications.

Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.

Ex. The experience gained with these special schemes provided a grounding for work on the development of a new general scheme.

Ex. The criteria must be subject to continuing review and annual updating if they are to remain valid as the underpinning for a professional activity.

Ex. 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'.

Ex. Training in self-help is part of the warp and woof of any tenable theory of reference work.

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* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* afianzar las bases = strengthen + foundations.

* aplicar una capa base = prime.

* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.

* banda de base = baseband.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database, cataloguing database.

* base de datos comercial = commercial database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = textual data base, text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos documental = textual data base.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos financiera = financial database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos local = local area database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos numérico-textual = textual-numeric database, text-numeric database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* base de datos textual = textual data base.

* base de operaciones = home base.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* base impositiva = tax base.

* base lógica = rationale.

* base militar = military base.

* bases = background.

* base teórica = theoretical underpinning, theoretical underpinning.

* búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.

* campamento base = base camp.

* comenzar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* como base para = as a basis for.

* con base de arena = sand-based.

* con base empírica = empirically-based.

* con base en = based in.

* conformar las bases = set + the framework.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* constituir la base = form + the foundation.

* constituir la base de = form + the basis of.

* construir la base = form + the skeleton.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* crear una base = form + a basis.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.

* en la base = at the core (of).

* en su base = at its core.

* específico de una base de datos = database-specific.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestor de bases de datos = database management system (DBMS), DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* línea base = baseline [base line].

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.

* partir de la base de que = start from + the premise that, build on + the premise that.

* poner las bases = lay + foundation, lay + the basis for.

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.

* sentar base = make + things happen.

* sentar las bases = lay + foundation, set + the scene, set + the wheels in motion, set + the tone, set + the framework, set + the pattern, provide + the basis, lay + the basis for, provide + the material for.

* sentar las bases de Algo = lay + the groundwork for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sobre base de arena = sand-based.

* sobre esta base = on this basis, on that basis.

* sobre la base de = in relation to, on the usual basis.

* subsistir a base de = live on.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tratamiento a base de hierbas = herbal treatment.

* * *
I
femenino

1)

a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

base de maquillaje — foundation

2)

a) ( fundamento)

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso — I have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana — the basis of good health is a balanced diet

sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of something

un movimiento sin base popular — a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base — to take something as a starting point

sobre la base de estos datos — on the basis of this information

b) ( componente principal)

la base de su alimentación es el arroz — their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín — this perfume has a jasmine base

c) ( conocimientos básicos)

tiene una sólida base científica — he has a sound grounding in science

llegó al curso sin ninguna base — he didn't have the basics when he began the course

- base de datos

- base imponible

3) (en locs)

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

4) ( centro de operaciones) base

base aérea/naval/militar — air/naval/military base

- base de lanzamiento

5)

las bases — (Pol) the rank and file (pl)

6) (Mat, Quím) base

7) bases femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

8)

a) ( en béisbol) base

b) base masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard
II
adjetivo invariable

a) (básico, elemental) basic; <documento/texto> draft (before n)

b) < campamento> base (before n)

* * *

= base, base, base plate, basis [bases, -pl.], basis [bases, -pl.], bedrock, core, cornerstone [corner-stone], foundation, grounding, underpinning, cradle, warp and woof.

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.

Ex: The base of a notation is the set of symbols used in a specific notation.

Ex: The two windows in the base plate of the scanner help move the read head accurately across the bar codes.

Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex: We are the bedrock of our profession and the standards that we attain fundamentally affect the status of the profession.

Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex: Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications.

Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.

Ex: The experience gained with these special schemes provided a grounding for work on the development of a new general scheme.

Ex: The criteria must be subject to continuing review and annual updating if they are to remain valid as the underpinning for a professional activity.

Ex: 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'.

Ex: Training in self-help is part of the warp and woof of any tenable theory of reference work.

* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* afianzar las bases = strengthen + foundations.

* aplicar una capa base = prime.

* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.

* banda de base = baseband.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database, cataloguing database.

* base de datos comercial = commercial database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = textual data base, text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos documental = textual data base.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos financiera = financial database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos local = local area database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos numérico-textual = textual-numeric database, text-numeric database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* base de datos textual = textual data base.

* base de operaciones = home base.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* base impositiva = tax base.

* base lógica = rationale.

* base militar = military base.

* bases = background.

* base teórica = theoretical underpinning, theoretical underpinning.

* búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.

* campamento base = base camp.

* comenzar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* como base para = as a basis for.

* con base de arena = sand-based.

* con base empírica = empirically-based.

* con base en = based in.

* conformar las bases = set + the framework.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* constituir la base = form + the foundation.

* constituir la base de = form + the basis of.

* construir la base = form + the skeleton.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* crear una base = form + a basis.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.

* en la base = at the core (of).

* en su base = at its core.

* específico de una base de datos = database-specific.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestor de bases de datos = database management system (DBMS), DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* línea base = baseline [base line].

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.

* partir de la base de que = start from + the premise that, build on + the premise that.

* poner las bases = lay + foundation, lay + the basis for.

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.

* sentar base = make + things happen.

* sentar las bases = lay + foundation, set + the scene, set + the wheels in motion, set + the tone, set + the framework, set + the pattern, provide + the basis, lay + the basis for, provide + the material for.

* sentar las bases de Algo = lay + the groundwork for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sobre base de arena = sand-based.

* sobre esta base = on this basis, on that basis.

* sobre la base de = in relation to, on the usual basis.

* subsistir a base de = live on.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tratamiento a base de hierbas = herbal treatment.

* * *

base¹

feminine

A

1 (parte inferior) base

la base de una columna the base of a column

el contraste está en la base the hallmark is on the base o the bottom

2 (fondo) background

sobre una base de tonos claros against o on a background of light tones

3

tb base de maquillaje foundation

4 (permanente) soft perm

B

1

(fundamento): no tienes suficiente base para asegurar eso you don't have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana the basis of good health is a balanced diet

esa afirmación carece de bases sólidas that statement is not founded o based on any firm evidence

sentar las bases de un acuerdo to lay the foundations of an agreement

un movimiento sin base popular a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base to take sth as a starting point

partiendo or si partimos de la base de que … if we start from the premise o assumption that …

sobre la base de estos datos podemos concluir que … on the basis of this information we can conclude that …

2

(componente principal): la base de su alimentación es el arroz rice is their staple food, their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín this perfume has a jasmine base, this is a jasmine-based perfume

los diamantes forman la base de la economía the economy is based on diamonds

3

(conocimientos básicos): tiene una sólida base científica he has a sound basic knowledge of o he has a sound grounding in science

llegó sin ninguna base he hadn't mastered the basics when he arrived

Compuestos:

● base de datos

database

● base de datos relacional

relational database

● base imponible

tax base ( AmE), taxable income o base ( BrE)

C ( en locs):

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered

lo consiguió a base de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to achieve it

un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet, a diet mainly consisting of vegetables

una bebida a base de ginebra a gin-based drink

vive a base de pastillas pills are what keep her going

de base ‹planteamiento/error› fundamental, basic;

‹militante› rank-and-file ( before n), ordinary ( before n); ‹movimiento/democracia› grass roots ( before n)

en base a ( crit); on the basis of

en base a las recientes encuestas on the evidence o basis of recent polls

una propuesta de negociación en base a un programa de diez puntos a proposal for negotiations based on a ten-point plan

a base de bien ( Esp fam): comimos a base de bien we really ate well, we had a really good meal

D (centro de operaciones) base

Compuestos:

● base aérea

air base

● base de lanzamiento

launch site

● base de operaciones

center* of operations, operational headquarters ( sing o pl)

● base militar

military base

● base naval

naval base

E ( Pol) tb

bases rank and file (pl)

F ( Mat) base

G ( Quím) base

H bases fpl (de un concurso) rules (pl), conditions of entry (pl)

I

1 (en béisbol) base

2

base masculine and feminine (en baloncesto) guard

base²

adj inv

1 (básico, elemental) ‹alimento› basic, staple ( before n); ‹documento/texto› draft ( before n)

la idea base partió de … the basic idea stemmed from …

salario, sueldo

2 (de origen) ‹puerto› home ( before n); ‹campamento› base ( before n)

* * *

Del verbo basar: ( conjugate basar)

basé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

base es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
basar
base
basar ( conjugate basar) verbo transitivo ‹teoría/idea› base algo en algo to base sth on sth
basarse verbo pronominal
a) [ persona] basese EN algo:

◊ ¿en qué te basas para decir eso? and what basis o grounds do you have for saying that?;

se basó en esos datos he based his argument (o theory etc) on that information
b) [teoría/creencia/idea/opinión] basese EN algo to be based on sth

base sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

◊ base de maquillaje foundation

2
a) ( fundamento) basis;

◊ la base de una buena salud the basis of good health;

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso I have sufficient grounds to claim that;
sentar las bases de algo to lay the foundations of sth;
tomar algo como base to take sth as a starting point
b) ( conocimientos básicos):

◊ tiene una sólida base científica he has a sound grounding in science;

llegó al curso sin ninguna base he didn't have the basics when he began the course;
base de datos database
3 ( en locs)
◊ a base de: un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet;

vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills
4 ( centro de operaciones) base;
◊ base aérea/naval/militar air/naval/military base

5
◊ bases sustantivo femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

6
a) ( en béisbol) base

b)

◊ base sustantivo masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard

basar verbo transitivo to base [en, on]
base
I sustantivo femenino
1 base
2 (fundamento de una teoría, de un argumento) basis, (motivo) grounds: tus quejas no tienen base alguna, your complaints are groundless
3 (conocimientos previos) grounding: tiene muy mala base en matemáticas, he's got a very poor grasp of maths
4 Mil base
base aérea/naval, air/naval base
5 Inform base de datos, data base
II fpl
1 Pol the grass roots: las bases no apoyan al candidato, the candidate didn't get any grass-roots support
2 (de un concurso) rules
♦ Locuciones: a base de: la fastidiaron a base de bien, they really messed her about
a base de estudiar consiguió aprobar, he passed by studying
a base de extracto de camomila, using camomile extract
' base' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- basar
- columpiarse
- concentración
- esquema
- fundar
- fundamentar
- fundarse
- innoble
- mantenerse
- pie
- salario
- somier
- subsistir
- tejemaneje
- asiento
- banco
- bastardo
- cimentar
- fundamento
- inicial
- mantener
- rejilla
- sueldo
English:
air base
- base
- basis
- circuit board
- cornerstone
- data base
- decision making
- fatty
- foundation
- from
- grounding
- rank
- rationale
- roll out
- stand
- undercoat
- work
- air
- ball
- base pay
- bed
- cover
- data
- educated
- found
- French
- go
- ground
- hard
- home
- model
- pickle
- primary
- report
- rocky
- sordid
- squash
- staple
- starchy
- taxable
- under

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base

♦ nf

1. [parte inferior] base;
[de edificio] foundations;
colocaron un ramo de flores en la base del monumento they placed a bunch of flowers at the foot of the monument

Comp
base de maquillaje foundation (cream)
2. [fundamento, origen] basis;

el respeto al medio ambiente es la base de un desarrollo equilibrado respect for the environment is o forms the basis of balanced development;

el petróleo es la base de su economía their economy is based on oil;

salí de la universidad con una sólida base humanística I left university with a solid grounding in the humanities;

ese argumento se cae por su base that argument is built on sand;

esta teoría carece de base this theory is unfounded, this theory is not founded on solid arguments;

partimos de la base de que… we assume that…;

se parte de la base de que todos ya saben leer we're starting with the assumption that everyone can read;

sentar las bases para… to lay the foundations of…;

sobre la base de esta encuesta se concluye que… on the basis of this opinion poll, it can be concluded that… Fin base imponible taxable income

3. [conocimientos básicos] grounding;

habla mal francés porque tiene mala base she doesn't speak French well because she hasn't learnt the basics properly

4. [militar, científica] base

Comp
base aérea air base;
base espacial space station;

base de lanzamiento launch site;

base naval naval base;

base de operaciones operational base;
[aeropuerto civil ] base (of operations)
5. Quím base

6. Geom base

7. Mat base

8. Ling base (form)

9. Informát base de datos database;

base de datos documental documentary database;

base de datos relacional relational database

10. Com base de clientes customer base

11.
bases [para prueba, concurso] rules

12.
las bases [de partido, sindicato] the grass roots, the rank and file;

afiliado de las bases grassroots member

13. [en béisbol] base;
Méx
dar base por bola a alguien to walk sb

♦ nmf
[en baloncesto] guard
♦ a base de loc prep

by (means of);

me alimento a base de verduras I live on vegetables;

el flan está hecho a base de huevos crème caramel is made with eggs;

a base de no hacer nada by not doing anything;

a base de trabajar duro fue ascendiendo puestos she moved up through the company by working hard;

aprender a base de equivocarse to learn the hard way;

se sacó la carrera a base de codos she got her degree by sheer hard work

Comp
Esp Fam
a base de bien: nos humillaron a base de bien they really humiliated us;

lloraba a base de bien he was crying his eyes out;

los niños disfrutaron a base de bien the children had a great time

♦ en base a loc prep
[considerado incorrecto] on the basis of;
en base a lo visto hasta ahora, no creo que puedan ganar from what I've seen so far, I don't think they can win;

el plan se efectuará en base a lo convenido the plan will be carried out in accordance with the terms agreed upon

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base

I f

1 QUÍM, MAT, MIL, DEP base

2

:

bases pl de concurso etc conditions

3

:

una dieta a base de frutas a diet based on fruit, a fruit-based diet;

consiguió comprarse una casa a base de ahorrar he managed to buy a house by (dint of) saving;

nos divertimos a base de bien we had a really o fam a real good time

II m/f en baloncesto guard

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base nf

1) : base, bottom

2) : base (in baseball)

3) fundamento: basis, foundation

4)

base de datos : database

5)

a base de : based on, by means of

6)

en base a : based on, on the basis of

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base n

1. (en general) base

colocaron la estatua sobre una base de mármol they placed the statue on a marble base

2. (fundamento) basis [pl. bases]

la higiene es la base de una buena salud hygiene is the basis of good health

la base de su alimentación es la patata their diet is based on potatoes

a base de (mediante) by / through (basado en) based on

una alimentación a base de pescado a diet based on fish

han logrado el éxito a base de tocar en directo they've achieved success by playing live

base de datos database

base militar military base

Spanish-English dictionary > base
12 biblioteca

f.

1 library (lugar, conjunto de libros).

biblioteca ambulante/pública mobile/public library

biblioteca de préstamo lending library

2 bookcase (forniture).

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biblioteca

► nombre femenino

1 library

2 (mueble) bookcase, bookshelf

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noun f.

library

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SF

1) (=edificio) library

biblioteca ambulante — mobile library, bookmobile (EEUU)

biblioteca circulante — [de préstamo] lending library; [ambulante] circulating library

biblioteca de consulta — reference library

biblioteca de préstamo — lending library

biblioteca pública — public library

biblioteca universitaria — university library

2) (=mueble) bookcase, bookshelves pl

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femenino

a) (institución, lugar) library

biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

b) ( colección) book collection

c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase

* * *

= library, document collection.

Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.

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* actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.

* alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* amante de la biblioteca = library lover.

* Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.

* ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.

* ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.

* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.

* Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).

* Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).

* automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.

* auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.

* ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.

* basado en la biblioteca = library-based.

* biblioteca académica = academic library.

* biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.

* biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.

* biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.

* biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.

* Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).

* biblioteca central = central library, main library.

* biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].

* biblioteca como edificio = library building.

* biblioteca comunitaria = community library.

* biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.

* biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.

* biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.

* biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.

* Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.

* biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.

* biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.

* biblioteca de arte = art library.

* biblioteca de asociación = society's library.

* biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.

* biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.

* biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.

* biblioteca de botánica = botany library.

* biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.

* biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.

* biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.

* biblioteca de ciencias = science library.

* biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.

* biblioteca de condado = county library.

* biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.

* biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.

* biblioteca de departamento = department library.

* biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.

* biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.

* biblioteca de derecho = law library.

* biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.

* biblioteca de distrito = district library.

* biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.

* biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.

* biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.

* biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.

* biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.

* biblioteca de juzgado = court library.

* biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.

* biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.

* Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).

* biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.

* Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.

* Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.

* biblioteca de medicina = medical library.

* biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.

* biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.

* biblioteca de misión = mission library.

* biblioteca de música = music library.

* biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.

* biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.

* biblioteca departamental = departmental library.

* biblioteca de periódico = news library.

* biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.

* biblioteca de prisión = prison library.

* biblioteca de recursos = resource library.

* biblioteca de referencia = reference library.

* biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.

* biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.

* biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.

* biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.

* biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.

* biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.

* biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).

* biblioteca ducal = ducal library.

* biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.

* biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.

* biblioteca en red = network library.

* biblioteca escolar = school library.

* biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.

* biblioteca especializada en música = music library.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteca estatal = state library.

* biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.

* biblioteca general = central library, general library.

* biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.

* biblioteca gubernamental = government library.

* biblioteca hermana = sister library.

* biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.

* biblioteca industrial = factory library.

* biblioteca infantil = children's library.

* biblioteca juvenil = junior library.

* biblioteca local = local library, home library.

* biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.

* biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.

* biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.

* biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.

* biblioteca monástica = monastic library.

* biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.

* biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.

* biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.

* biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.

* biblioteca nacional = national library.

* Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.

* Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).

* Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.

* Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).

* Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).

* Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.

* biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.

* biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.

* biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.

* biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.

* biblioteca popular = popular library.

* biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.

* biblioteca principal = main library.

* biblioteca privada = private library.

* biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.

* biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.

* Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.

* biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.

* biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.

* biblioteca regional = regional library.

* biblioteca religiosa = religious library.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.

* biblioteca rural = rural library.

* biblioteca sanitaria = health library.

* biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.

* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.

* biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.

* biblioteca técnica = technical library.

* biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.

* biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.

* biblioteca traditional = physical library.

* biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.

* biblioteca virtual = virtual library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.

* biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.

* biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.

* BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).

* carnet de biblioteca = library card.

* catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.

* Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).

* Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).

* colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].

* colección de una biblioteca = local holding.

* comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.

* consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.

* cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.

* destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.

* dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.

* dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.

* director de biblioteca = library director.

* director de la biblioteca = head librarian.

* División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).

* División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).

* dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.

* dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.

* edición para bibliotecas = library edition.

* eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.

* encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.

* encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.

* entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.

* especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.

* especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.

* específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.

* específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.

* estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.

* estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.

* experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.

* facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.

* feria de la biblioteca = library fair.

* fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.

* formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* función de la biblioteca = library's function.

* gestión de la biblioteca = library management.

* guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.

* hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.

* hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].

* hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.

* historia de las bibliotecas = library history.

* IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).

* imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.

* información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.

* la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.

* LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).

* LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).

* lector de una biblioteca = library user.

* legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.

* ley de bibliotecas = library law.

* ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.

* libro de la biblioteca = library book.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.

* LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).

* mapa de la biblioteca = library map.

* MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.

* Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.

* misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.

* mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.

* ordenanza de biblioteca = page.

* organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.

* órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.

* perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.

* personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.

* persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.

* pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.

* política de la biblioteca = library's policy.

* prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.

* profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.

* profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.

* profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.

* profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.

* programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.

* programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).

* programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.

* proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.

* Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).

* quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.

* ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.

* red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.

* red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.

* relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.

* responsable de bibliotecas = library official.

* responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.

* responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.

* ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.

* sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.

* sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.

* sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.

* sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).

* subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.

* sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.

* utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.

* visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

* * *

femenino

a) (institución, lugar) library

biblioteca pública/de consulta — public/reference library

b) ( colección) book collection

c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase

* * *

= library, document collection.

Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.

Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.

* actuar en defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliot = library advocacy.

* alfabetización en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* amante de la biblioteca = library lover.

* Amigos de la Biblioteca = Friends of the Library.

* ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.

* ansiedad provocada por la biblioteca = library anxiety.

* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* asesor técnico de bibliotecas = library consultant.

* asesor técnico en construcción de bibliotecas = library building consultant.

* Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas de Teología = American Theological Library Association (ATLA).

* Asociación de Bibliotecas Especializadas = Special Libraries Association (SLA).

* automatización de bibliotecas = library automation.

* auxiliar de biblioteca = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly.

* ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.

* basado en la biblioteca = library-based.

* biblioteca académica = academic library.

* biblioteca arzobispal = archiepiscopal library.

* biblioteca asociada = affiliated library.

* biblioteca biomédica = biomedical library.

* biblioteca Bodliana, la = Bodleian, the.

* Biblioteca Británica = British Library (BL).

* biblioteca central = central library, main library.

* biblioteca cibernética = cyberlibrary [cyber-library].

* biblioteca como edificio = library building.

* biblioteca comunitaria = community library.

* biblioteca con préstamos interbibliotecarios netos = net-lender, net-borrower.

* biblioteca con un solo bibliotecario = one person library.

* biblioteca de acceso restringido = closed-stack library.

* biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural library.

* Biblioteca de Alejandría, la = Alexandria Library, the.

* biblioteca de alquiler = rental library.

* biblioteca de arqueología = archaeology library.

* biblioteca de arte = art library.

* biblioteca de asociación = society's library.

* biblioteca de barco = shipboard library, ship library.

* biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.

* biblioteca de biomedicina = health care library, biomedical library.

* biblioteca de botánica = botany library.

* biblioteca de campo de concentración = concentration camp library.

* biblioteca de catedral = cathedral library.

* biblioteca de centro penitenciario = prison library.

* biblioteca de ciencias = science library.

* biblioteca de ciencias de la salud = health sciences library, health library.

* biblioteca de condado = county library.

* biblioteca de conservatorio = conservatoire library.

* biblioteca de copyright = copyright library.

* biblioteca de departamento = department library.

* biblioteca de depósito = deposit library.

* biblioteca de depósito legal = copyright library, depository library.

* biblioteca de derecho = law library.

* biblioteca de diplomatura = undergraduate library.

* biblioteca de distrito = district library.

* biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.

* biblioteca de farmacia = pharmaceutical library.

* biblioteca de hospital = patient library, hospital library.

* biblioteca de hospital clínico = teaching hospital library.

* biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteca de jardín de infancia = kindergarten library.

* biblioteca de juzgado = court library.

* biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.

* biblioteca de la zona ártica = arctic library.

* Biblioteca del Congreso (LC) = Library of Congress (LC).

* biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.

* Biblioteca del Museo Británico = British Museum Library.

* Biblioteca del Vaticano, la = Vatican Library, the.

* biblioteca de medicina = medical library.

* biblioteca de mezquita = mosque library.

* biblioteca de minoría étnica = ethnic library.

* biblioteca de misión = mission library.

* biblioteca de música = music library.

* biblioteca de pacientes = patient library.

* biblioteca de parlamento = parliamentary library.

* biblioteca departamental = departmental library.

* biblioteca de periódico = news library.

* biblioteca de préstamo = lending library, circulating library, circulation library.

* biblioteca de prisión = prison library.

* biblioteca de recursos = resource library.

* biblioteca de referencia = reference library.

* biblioteca de sindicato = trade union library, union library.

* biblioteca de suscripción = subscription library.

* biblioteca de universidad politécnica = polytechnic library.

* biblioteca de vestuario = costume library.

* biblioteca de veterinaria = veterinary library.

* biblioteca de zona rural = rural library.

* biblioteca digital = digital library (DL).

* biblioteca ducal = ducal library.

* biblioteca eclesiástica = ecclesiastical library, church library.

* biblioteca electrónica = electronic library (e-library), library without walls.

* biblioteca en red = network library.

* biblioteca escolar = school library.

* biblioteca especializada = special library, specialised library, specialist library.

* biblioteca especializada en música = music library.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteca estatal = state library.

* biblioteca física = physical library, brick and mortar library.

* biblioteca general = central library, general library.

* biblioteca gestionada por microordenador = microlibrary.

* biblioteca gubernamental = government library.

* biblioteca hermana = sister library.

* biblioteca híbrida = hybrid library, brick and click library.

* biblioteca industrial = factory library.

* biblioteca infantil = children's library.

* biblioteca juvenil = junior library.

* biblioteca local = local library, home library.

* biblioteca mantenida por las donaciones de una fundación = donor-endowed library.

* biblioteca metropolitana = metropolitan library.

* biblioteca miembro de una cooperativa = member library.

* biblioteca ministerial = ministerial library.

* biblioteca monástica = monastic library.

* biblioteca móvil = bookmobile, mobile library, mobile.

* biblioteca móvil en trailer = trailer library.

* biblioteca multimedia = multimedia library.

* biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library.

* biblioteca nacional = national library.

* Biblioteca Nacional Central = National Central Library.

* Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura (NAL) = National Agricultural Library (NAL).

* Biblioteca Nacional de Alemania = Deutsche Bibliothek.

* Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).

* Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo para la Ciencia y Tecnología (NLL) = National Lending Library for Science and Technology (NLL).

* Biblioteca Nacional Francesa = Bibliotheque Nationale.

* biblioteca para ciegos = library for the blind.

* biblioteca para pacientes = hospital patient library, patients' library.

* biblioteca parroquial = parochial library, parish library.

* biblioteca personal = personal library, home collection, personal collection, home library.

* biblioteca popular = popular library.

* biblioteca presidencial = presidential library, presidential archive.

* biblioteca principal = main library.

* biblioteca privada = private library.

* biblioteca provincial = provincial library centre.

* biblioteca pública = public library, public library service.

* Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York (NYPL) = NYPL (New York Public Library).

* biblioteca pública municipal = municipal public library.

* biblioteca pública provincial = provincial public library.

* biblioteca quiosco = kiosk library.

* biblioteca regional = regional library.

* biblioteca religiosa = religious library.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de agricultura = agricultural librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de arte = art librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de derecho = law librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de hospital = hospital librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca especializada = special librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca móvil = mobile librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca pública = public librarian.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca sucursal = branch librarian.

* biblioteca rural = rural library.

* biblioteca sanitaria = health library.

* biblioteca sin muros = library without walls.

* biblioteca sin paredes = library without walls.

* biblioteca sucursal = library branch, branch library, branch collection, library outlet.

* biblioteca técnica = technical library.

* biblioteca tradicional = brick and mortar library.

* biblioteca tradicional y virtual = brick and click library.

* biblioteca traditional = physical library.

* biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.

* biblioteca virtual = virtual library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas académica = college librarianship.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitarias = academic librarianship.

* biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas de derecho = law librarianship.

* biblioteconomía para las bibliotecas especializadas = special librarianship.

* BLAISE (Servicio de Información Automatizada de la Biblioteca Británica) = BLAISE (British Library Automated Information Service).

* carnet de biblioteca = library card.

* catálogo de biblioteca = library catalogue.

* Centro de Distribución de Documentos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLDSC) = British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC).

* Coalición Internacional de Consorcios de Bibliotecas (ICOLC) = International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC).

* colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].

* colección de una biblioteca = local holding.

* comisión de biblioteca = library board, library committee.

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* Conferencia de Directores de Bibliotecas Nacionales (CDNL) = Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL).

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* consejo de administración de la biblioteca = library trustees.

* consorcio de bibliotecas = library consortium.

* cooperativa de bibliotecas = library cooperative.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* defensa de los intereses de las bibliotecas y bibliotecarios = library advocacy.

* destreza en la búsqueda de información en una biblioteca = library research skills.

* dirección de la biblioteca = library administrators.

* dirección de la biblioteca, la = library administration, the.

* director de biblioteca = library director.

* director de la biblioteca = head librarian.

* División de Préstamo de la Biblioteca Británica (BLLD) = British Library Lending Division (BLLD).

* División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).

* dotación económica de las bibliotecas = library funding.

* dotar de fondos a una biblioteca = stock + library.

* edición para bibliotecas = library edition.

* eficacia de la biblioteca = library goodness.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* encuadernación de biblioteca = library binding.

* encuadernador de la biblioteca = library binder.

* encuentro de bibliotecas móviles = mobile meet.

* entre varias bibliotecas = cross-library.

* especialista en bibliotecas = library specialist.

* especialización en bibliotecas de prisiones = prison librarianship.

* específico a la biblioteca = library-specific.

* específico de la biblioteca = library-specific.

* estadísticas de la biblioteca = library statistics.

* estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.

* experiencia en bibliotecas = library experience.

* facultativos de bibliotecas = library faculty.

* feria de la biblioteca = library fair.

* fondos de la biblioteca = library's stock, library materials.

* formación en el uso de la biblioteca = library literacy.

* función de la biblioteca = library's function.

* gestión de la biblioteca = library management.

* guía de biblioteca = library guide, library guiding.

* hacerse socio de la biblioteca = join + library.

* hecho por la propia biblioteca = in-house [inhouse].

* hermanamiento de bibliotecas = library twinning.

* historia de las bibliotecas = library history.

* IFLA (Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Bibliotecarios y Bibliotec = IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).

* imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.

* información de existencias por bibliotecas = local holdings information.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* La Biblioteca Responde = Ask the Library.

* la Biblioteca y el Archivo de Canadá = Library and Archives Canada.

* LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).

* LCSH (Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).

* lector de una biblioteca = library user.

* legislación sobre bibliotecas = library law.

* ley de bibliotecas = library law.

* ley de bibliotecas, la = library act, the.

* libro de la biblioteca = library book.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.

* LRTS (Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).

* mapa de la biblioteca = library map.

* MARC de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LC MARC.

* Matica Slovenca (Biblioteca Nacional de Yugoslavia) = Matica Slovenska.

* misión de la biblioteca = library's mission.

* mundo de las bibliotecas, el = library world, the.

* ordenanza de biblioteca = page.

* organismo gestor de bibliotecas = library authority.

* órgano encargado de bibliotecas = library authority.

* perfil de la biblioteca = library profile.

* personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.

* persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.

* pertinente a las bibliotecas = library-related.

* política de la biblioteca = library's policy.

* prioridad de la biblioteca = library's priority.

* profesional de la biblioteca = library professional.

* profesional de las bibliotecas y la información = library and information professional.

* profesionales de las bibliotecas y la información, los = library and information profession, the.

* profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.

* programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.

* programa integrado de gestión de bibliotecas = integrated library system (ILS), integrated library management system (ILMS).

* programas de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation software.

* proveedor de bibliotecas = library supplier.

* Proyecto Cooperativo de Mecanización de las Bibliotecas de Birmingham (BLCMP = Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project (BLCMP).

* quiosco biblioteca = library kiosk.

* ratón de biblioteca = bookish, bookworm.

* red cooperativa de bibliotecas = cooperative network.

* red de bibliotecas = library network, library system, library networking.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* Reglas de Intercalación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = Library of Congress Filing Rules.

* relacionado con las bibliotecas = library-related.

* responsable de bibliotecas = library official.

* responsable de la biblioteca = library manager.

* responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sello de la biblioteca = library stamp.

* ser lector de una biblioteca = library membership.

* sistema automatizado de bibliotecas = automated library information system, library computer system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de un sólo tipo = single-type library system.

* sistema bibliotecario de bibliotecas de varios tipos = multitype library system.

* sistema de automatización de bibliotecas = library automation system.

* sistema de bibliotecas públicas = public library system.

* sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).

* subalterno de biblioteca = library clerk, library page.

* sucursal de biblioteca situada en un centro comercial = storefront library.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* uso de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* uso público en la propia biblioteca = in-library use.

* usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.

* utilización de la biblioteca = library use, library usage.

* visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.

* visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

* * *

biblioteca

feminine

1 (institución, lugar) library

biblioteca universitaria/pública university/public library

biblioteca de consulta reference library

biblioteca ambulante or móvil mobile library

biblioteca circulante mobile library

biblioteca de componentes visuales ( Inf) visual component library, VCL

biblioteca de depósito legal copyright library

ratón² (↑ ratón (2))

2 (colección) collection

3 (mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase

* * *

biblioteca sustantivo femenino
a) (institución, lugar) library;

◊ biblioteca pública/de consulta public/reference library

b) ( colección) book collection

c) ( mueble) bookshelves (pl), bookcase

biblioteca sustantivo femenino library
biblioteca pública, public library
' biblioteca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alcanzar
- cerca
- conservador
- conservadora
- descuidarse
- laguna
- pertenecer
- pública
- público
- ratón
- albergar
- ambulante
- carné
- celador
- consulta
- curiosear
English:
bookmobile
- bookworm
- library
- microfilm
- mobile library
- monastery
- public library
- reference library
- sign out
- addition
- be
- book
- down
- peace
- reference

* * *

biblioteca nf

1. [lugar] library

Comp
biblioteca ambulante mobile library;
biblioteca de consulta reference library;

biblioteca de préstamo lending library;

biblioteca pública public library

2. [conjunto de libros] library

3. Chile, Perú, RP [mueble] bookcase

* * *

biblioteca

f

1 library

2 mueble bookcase

* * *

biblioteca nf

: library

* * *

biblioteca n

1. (edificio, conjunto de libros) library [pl. libraries]

se pasa cada tarde en la biblioteca she spends every afternoon at the library

2. (mueble) bookcase

la biblioteca está en el salón the bookcase is in the living room

Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca
13 colega

f. & m.

1 colleague (profesional coworker).

2 counterpart, opposite number.

3 pal (informal) (friend) (peninsular Spanish).

4 geezer.

5 confrere.

* * *

colega

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 colleague

2 argot (amigo) chum, mate, US buddy

* * *

noun mf.

1) colleague

2) counterpart

* * *

SMF

1) [de trabajo] colleague

2) (=amigo) * mate *, pal *, buddy (EEUU) *; [en oración directa] man *

* * *

masculino y femenino

a) ( compañero de profesión) colleague

b) ( homólogo) counterpart

c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)

* * *

= colleague, peer, peer, fellow + Profesión, partner, co-worker [coworker], buddy, fellow worker, matey.

Ex. Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.

Ex. SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.

Ex. SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.

Ex. As a communications device, Internet allows you to reach your fellow librarians with messages and documents independent of the constraints of mail, telegraph, or fax.

Ex. Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.

Ex. Co-workers are the most often consulted information sources.

Ex. Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.

Ex. Unlike most of their fellow workers, they have 'primitive' social interests, limited to games of cards & dominoes, & are heavy drinkers.

Ex. They barmaids plied the three mateys with grog until they passed out.

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* colegas = peer group, peeps.

* * *

masculino y femenino

a) ( compañero de profesión) colleague

b) ( homólogo) counterpart

c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)

* * *

= colleague, peer, peer, fellow + Profesión, partner, co-worker [coworker], buddy, fellow worker, matey.

Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.

Ex: SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.

Ex: SLIS are rarely credited by their professional peers with the same degree of insight and analytical penetration as their potential competitors.

Ex: As a communications device, Internet allows you to reach your fellow librarians with messages and documents independent of the constraints of mail, telegraph, or fax.

Ex: Under this agreement, UTLAS has a Quebec partner with the exclusive right to offer UTLAS' services and products in that province.

Ex: Co-workers are the most often consulted information sources.

Ex: Each volunteer is assigned a staff member ' buddy' for training and supervision.

Ex: Unlike most of their fellow workers, they have 'primitive' social interests, limited to games of cards & dominoes, & are heavy drinkers.

Ex: They barmaids plied the three mateys with grog until they passed out.

* colegas = peer group, peeps.

* * *

colega

masculine and feminine

1 (compañero de profesión) colleague, co-worker ( AmE)

2 (homólogo) opposite number, counterpart

3 ( fam) (amigo) buddy ( AmE), mate ( BrE colloq)

* * *

colega sustantivo masculino y femenino
a) ( de profesión) colleague

b) ( homólogo) counterpart

c) (fam) ( amigo) buddy (AmE), mate (BrE colloq)

colega mf
1 colleague
2 argot (compinche, amigo) mate, buddy
' colega' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
socia
- socio
English:
associate
- colleague
- pal
- coworker
- of

* * *

colega nmf

1. [compañero profesional] colleague, US co-worker

2. [homólogo] counterpart, opposite number

3. Esp Fam [amigo] pal, Br mate, US buddy;

voy a salir con mis colegas I'm going out with my pals o Br mates o US buddies;

¿te puedo ayudar, colega? can I help you, pal o Br mate o US buddy?

* * *

colega

m/f

1 de trabajo colleague

2 fam

pal fam

* * *

colega nmf

1) : colleague

2) homólogo: counterpart

3) fam : buddy

* * *

colega n

1. (compañero) colleague

2. (amigo) mate / friend

Spanish-English dictionary > colega
14 conocimiento

m.

1 knowledge.

hablar/actuar con conocimiento de causa to know what one is talking about/doing

poner algo en conocimiento de alguien to bring something to somebody's attention, to inform somebody of something

tener conocimiento de algo to be aware of something

ha llegado a mi conocimiento que estás insatisfecho it has come to my attention that you are not happy

2 consciousness (sentido, conciencia).

perder/recobrar el conocimiento to lose/regain consciousness

estaba tumbado en el suelo, sin conocimiento he was lying unconscious on the floor

3 awareness, consciousness, cognizance.

* * *

conocimiento

► nombre masculino

1 (In 1, also used in plural with the same meaning) (saber) knowledge

■ tiene pocos conocimientos de pintura she knows little about painting

2 (sensatez) good sense

3 (conciencia) consciousness

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

con conocimiento de causa with full knowledge of the facts

perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness

poner algo en conocimiento de alguien to make something known to somebody, inform somebody of something

recobrar el conocimiento to regain consciousness, come round

tener conocimiento de algo to know about something

* * *

noun m.

1) knowledge

2) consciousness

* * *

SM

1) (=saber) knowledge

un conocimiento profundo del tema — a thorough knowledge of the subject

conocimientos — (=nociones) knowledge sing

tengo algunos conocimientos musicales — I have some knowledge of music

mis pocos conocimientos de filosofía/cocina — my limited knowledge of philosophy/cookery

tener conocimientos generales de algo — to have a general knowledge of sth

2) (=información) knowledge

el encuentro tuvo lugar sin conocimiento público — the meeting took place without the public's knowledge

• dar conocimiento de algo, dimos conocimiento del robo a la policía — we informed the police about the robbery

• llegar a conocimiento de algn — to come to sb's attention o notice

• tener conocimiento de algo, aún no tenemos conocimiento de su detención — we still do not know that he has been arrested

no tenemos conocimiento del accidente — we are unaware of the accident

se les informó al tenerse conocimiento del suceso — they were informed as soon as it was known what had happened

poner algo en conocimiento de algn — to bring sth to sb's attention

desea ponerlo en conocimiento público — he wants it brought to the public's attention, he wishes it to be made public

el Ministro ha puesto en conocimiento del rey su decisión — the minister has informed the king of his decision

conocimiento de causa, hacer algo con conocimiento de causa — to be fully aware of what one is doing

hablar con conocimiento de causa — to know what one is talking about

3) (=consciencia) consciousness

estuvo sin conocimiento durante unos minutos — he was unconscious for a few minutes

perder el conocimiento — to lose consciousness

quedarse sin conocimiento — to lose consciousness

recobrar o recuperar el conocimiento — to regain consciousness

4) (=sentido común) common sense

los niños no tienen conocimiento — children have no common sense

5) (Jur) cognizance frm

6) (Com)

conocimiento de embarque — bill of lading

conocimiento de embarque aéreo — air waybill

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( saber) knowledge

b) conocimientos masculino plural ( nociones) knowledge

tiene algunos conocimientos de inglés — he has some knowledge of English

2) (frml) ( información)

dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

poner algo en conocimiento de alguien — to inform somebody of something

pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

al tener conocimiento del suceso — upon learning of the incident (frml)

tener conocimiento de algo — to be aware of something

llegar a conocimiento de alguien — to come to somebody's attention o notice (frml)

con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

- conocimiento de embarque

3) ( sentido) consciousness

perder/recobrar el conocimiento — to lose/regain consciousness

estar sin conocimiento — to be unconscious

4) ( entendimiento)

aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento — he's not old enough to understand

* * *

= cognition, competency, enlightenment, expertise, familiarisation [familiarization, -USA], familiarity, insight, knowledge, learning, acquaintance, understanding, cognisance [cognizance, -USA], connoisseurship, consciousness.

Ex. The information-processing model of cognition, and developments in artificial intelligence encourage such comparisons = El modelo de la cognición sobre el procesamiento de la información de y los avances de la inteligencia artificial fomentan este tipo de comparaciones.

Ex. SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.

Ex. Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.

Ex. Its primary function is to provide a centre for software and hardware expertise for its members.

Ex. Step 1 Familiarisation: This first step involves the indexer in becoming conversant with the subject content of the document to be indexed.

Ex. The most effective searchers are those who have both system experience and some familiarity with the subject area in which they are searching.

Ex. The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.

Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex. It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.

Ex. It is only with accumulating experience and many years of close study and acquaintance with bibliographic works that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.

Ex. We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.

Ex. The passive cognisance of growth causes considerable difficulties = El conocimiento pasivo del crecimiento causa dificultades importantes.

Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.

Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.

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* actualizar los conocimientos = upgrade + Posesivo + skills.

* adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.

* ampliar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, expand + Posesivo + knowledge, widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.

* ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.

* área de conocimiento = area of study.

* área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* bannco de conocimiento = knowledge bank.

* basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-based.

* basado en las disciplinas del conocimiento = discipline-based.

* bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.

* búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.

* campo del conocimiento = field of knowledge.

* centrado en el conocimiento = knowledge-centric.

* ciencia del conocimiento = cognitive science.

* compartir el conocimiento = knowledge sharing, pool + knowledge.

* con conocimiento = authoritatively.

* con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* con conocimiento de = appreciative of, conversant with.

* con conocimiento de causa = knowingly, knowingly.

* con conocimiento de informática = computer literate [computer-literate].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* con conocimientos en = versed in.

* con conocimientos sobre el correo electrónico = e-mail literate.

* con el conocimiento de que = on the understanding that.

* conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.

* conocimiento académico = academic knowledge.

* conocimiento acumulado sobre un tema = lore.

* conocimiento básico = working familiarity, working knowledge.

* conocimiento científico = scientific knowledge.

* conocimiento compartido = knowledge sharing.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* conocimiento de cómo sobrevivir en el bosque = woodcraft.

* conocimiento de embarque = bill of lading.

* conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.

* conocimiento de lengua = language skill.

* conocimiento del objeto = object knowledge.

* conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.

* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.

* conocimiento documentado = recorded knowledge.

* conocimiento enciclopédico = factual knowledge.

* conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.

* conocimiento específico = expert knowledge.

* conocimiento experto = expert knowledge, expertise.

* conocimiento explícito = explicit knowledge.

* conocimiento factual = declarative knowledge.

* conocimiento humano = human consciousness.

* conocimiento humano, el = human record, the.

* conocimiento indígena = indigenous knowledge.

* conocimiento lingüístico = language skill.

* conocimiento mutuo = mutual knowledge.

* conocimiento pasivo = nodding acquaintance.

* conocimiento pleno = awareness.

* conocimiento práctico = working knowledge, procedural knowledge.

* conocimiento previo = foreknowledge.

* conocimientos = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* conocimientos básicos = literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de búsqueda, recuperación y organización de informació = information literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de documentación = information literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de informática = computer literacy.

* conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.

* conocimientos en el manejo de la información = info-savvy.

* conocimiento sobre una materia = subject knowledge.

* conocimientos requeridos = job specs.

* conocimiento tácito = tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge.

* conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.

* conocimiento teórico = declarative knowledge.

* con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.

* corpus de conocimiento = corpus of knowledge.

* crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.

* cúmulo de conocimiento = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository.

* decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.

* difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.

* economía basada en el conocimiento = knowledge driven economy.

* economía del conocimiento = knowledge economy.

* Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.

* estructuración del conocimiento = knowledge structuring.

* examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* filtro del conocimiento = knowledge filter.

* fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.

* fondo común de conocimientos = pool of knowledge, pool of expertise.

* frontera del conocimiento = frontier of knowledge.

* fundamentos del conocimiento, los = foundations of knowledge, the.

* gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).

* gestor del conocimiento = knowledge worker, knowledge manager.

* hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* hacer gala del conocimiento que uno tiene = air + knowledge.

* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.

* impartir conocimiento = impart + knowledge.

* inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.

* ingeniería del conocimiento = knowledge engineering.

* ingeniero del conocimiento = knowledge engineer.

* institucion del conocimiento = institution of learning.

* intercambio de conocimientos = learning exchange, cross-fertilisation [cross-fertilization, -USA], cross-fertilisation of knowledge.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* metaconocimiento = meta-knowledge.

* navegación por el conocimiento = knowledge navigation.

* navegador del conocimiento = knowledge navigator.

* obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.

* ofrecer conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.

* personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.

* presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* producto del conocimiento = knowledge record.

* profundizar en el conocimiento = deepen + knowledge.

* propagar el conocimiento = propagate + knowledge.

* proporcionar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* quedarse sin conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.

* recobrar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* recuperar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* red de conocimiento = knowledge network.

* servidor del conocimiento = knowledge server.

* sin conocimiento = unconscious.

* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sintetizar el conocimiento = synthesise + knowledge.

* sistema basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-base system.

* sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).

* sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.

* sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.

* Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.

* suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.

* toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.

* tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.

* transferencia de conocimiento = transfer of knowledge, knowledge transfer.

* utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( saber) knowledge

b) conocimientos masculino plural ( nociones) knowledge

tiene algunos conocimientos de inglés — he has some knowledge of English

2) (frml) ( información)

dar conocimiento de algo a alguien — to inform o (frml) apprise somebody of something

poner algo en conocimiento de alguien — to inform somebody of something

pongo en su conocimiento que... — (Corresp) I am writing to inform you that...

al tener conocimiento del suceso — upon learning of the incident (frml)

tener conocimiento de algo — to be aware of something

llegar a conocimiento de alguien — to come to somebody's attention o notice (frml)

con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa (frml) he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be; hablo con conocimiento de causa — I know what I'm talking about

- conocimiento de embarque

3) ( sentido) consciousness

perder/recobrar el conocimiento — to lose/regain consciousness

estar sin conocimiento — to be unconscious

4) ( entendimiento)

aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento — he's not old enough to understand

* * *

= cognition, competency, enlightenment, expertise, familiarisation [familiarization, -USA], familiarity, insight, knowledge, learning, acquaintance, understanding, cognisance [cognizance, -USA], connoisseurship, consciousness.

Ex: The information-processing model of cognition, and developments in artificial intelligence encourage such comparisons = El modelo de la cognición sobre el procesamiento de la información de y los avances de la inteligencia artificial fomentan este tipo de comparaciones.

Ex: SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.

Ex: Considered as necessary work in the interest of humanity and general enlightenment, bibliography gains ground as the years pass.

Ex: Its primary function is to provide a centre for software and hardware expertise for its members.

Ex: Step 1 Familiarisation: This first step involves the indexer in becoming conversant with the subject content of the document to be indexed.

Ex: The most effective searchers are those who have both system experience and some familiarity with the subject area in which they are searching.

Ex: The human indexer works mechanically and rapidly; he should require no insight into the document content.

Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex: It is the responsibility of educators to stretch their student's intellects, hone their skills of intuitive judgment and synthesis, and build a love of learning that will sustain them beyond the level of formal education.

Ex: It is only with accumulating experience and many years of close study and acquaintance with bibliographic works that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.

Ex: We librarians ought to have a clearer understanding of our stock-in-trade (books) and their function of social mechanism.

Ex: The passive cognisance of growth causes considerable difficulties = El conocimiento pasivo del crecimiento causa dificultades importantes.

Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.

Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.

* actualizar los conocimientos = upgrade + Posesivo + skills.

* adquirir conocimiento = gain + knowledge, glean + knowledge, acquire + knowledge, build up + knowledge.

* ampliar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, expand + Posesivo + knowledge, widen + knowledge, broaden + knowledge, deepen + understanding.

* ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* aprendizaje rico en conocimiento = knowledge-rich learning.

* área de conocimiento = area of study.

* área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* bannco de conocimiento = knowledge bank.

* basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-based.

* basado en las disciplinas del conocimiento = discipline-based.

* bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.

* búsqueda del conocimiento = quest for/of knowledge.

* campo del conocimiento = field of knowledge.

* centrado en el conocimiento = knowledge-centric.

* ciencia del conocimiento = cognitive science.

* compartir el conocimiento = knowledge sharing, pool + knowledge.

* con conocimiento = authoritatively.

* con conocimiento básico en el manejo de la información = information literate [information-literate].

* con conocimiento básico en el uso de la biblioteca = library literate [library-literate].

* con conocimiento de = appreciative of, conversant with.

* con conocimiento de causa = knowingly, knowingly.

* con conocimiento de informática = computer literate [computer-literate].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* con conocimientos en = versed in.

* con conocimientos sobre el correo electrónico = e-mail literate.

* con el conocimiento de que = on the understanding that.

* conjunto de conocimientos = body of knowledge.

* conocimiento académico = academic knowledge.

* conocimiento acumulado sobre un tema = lore.

* conocimiento básico = working familiarity, working knowledge.

* conocimiento científico = scientific knowledge.

* conocimiento compartido = knowledge sharing.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* conocimiento de cómo sobrevivir en el bosque = woodcraft.

* conocimiento de embarque = bill of lading.

* conocimiento de la existencia = awareness.

* conocimiento de lengua = language skill.

* conocimiento del objeto = object knowledge.

* conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.

* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.

* conocimiento documentado = recorded knowledge.

* conocimiento enciclopédico = factual knowledge.

* conocimiento en tecnología = technological skill.

* conocimiento específico = expert knowledge.

* conocimiento experto = expert knowledge, expertise.

* conocimiento explícito = explicit knowledge.

* conocimiento factual = declarative knowledge.

* conocimiento humano = human consciousness.

* conocimiento humano, el = human record, the.

* conocimiento indígena = indigenous knowledge.

* conocimiento lingüístico = language skill.

* conocimiento mutuo = mutual knowledge.

* conocimiento pasivo = nodding acquaintance.

* conocimiento pleno = awareness.

* conocimiento práctico = working knowledge, procedural knowledge.

* conocimiento previo = foreknowledge.

* conocimientos = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* conocimientos básicos = literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de búsqueda, recuperación y organización de informació = information literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de documentación = information literacy.

* conocimientos básicos de informática = computer literacy.

* conocimientos básicos en tecnología = technical literacy.

* conocimientos básicos sobre el uso de las bibliotecas = library skills.

* conocimientos de tecnología = techno-savvy, tech-savvy.

* conocimientos en el manejo de la información = info-savvy.

* conocimiento sobre una materia = subject knowledge.

* conocimientos requeridos = job specs.

* conocimiento tácito = tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge, tacit knowledge.

* conocimiento técnico = know-how, technical knowledge.

* conocimiento teórico = declarative knowledge.

* con poco conocimiento de las nuevas tecnologías = technologically challenged.

* corpus de conocimiento = corpus of knowledge.

* crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.

* cúmulo de conocimiento = repository of knowledge, knowledge repository.

* decisión con conocimiento de causa = informed decision.

* difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.

* director ejecutivo de la gestión del conocimiento = knowledge executive.

* dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.

* economía basada en el conocimiento = knowledge driven economy.

* economía del conocimiento = knowledge economy.

* Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.

* estructuración del conocimiento = knowledge structuring.

* examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.

* falta de conocimiento = unfamiliarity.

* filtro del conocimiento = knowledge filter.

* fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.

* fondo común de conocimientos = pool of knowledge, pool of expertise.

* frontera del conocimiento = frontier of knowledge.

* fundamentos del conocimiento, los = foundations of knowledge, the.

* gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management (KM).

* gestor del conocimiento = knowledge worker, knowledge manager.

* hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* hacer gala del conocimiento que uno tiene = air + knowledge.

* hacer perder el conocimiento = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* hacer uso de un conocimiento = draw on/upon + knowledge.

* impartir conocimiento = impart + knowledge.

* inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.

* ingeniería del conocimiento = knowledge engineering.

* ingeniero del conocimiento = knowledge engineer.

* institucion del conocimiento = institution of learning.

* intercambio de conocimientos = learning exchange, cross-fertilisation [cross-fertilization, -USA], cross-fertilisation of knowledge.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* metaconocimiento = meta-knowledge.

* navegación por el conocimiento = knowledge navigation.

* navegador del conocimiento = knowledge navigator.

* obtener conocimiento = gain + an understanding.

* ofrecer conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* perder el conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + senses, pass out, lose + Posesivo + consciousness.

* pérdida del conocimiento = unconsciousness, fainting, fainting fit, loss of consciousness.

* personas sin conocimientos técnicos, las = non-technical, the.

* presentar conocimiento = package + knowledge.

* producto del conocimiento = knowledge record.

* profundizar en el conocimiento = deepen + knowledge.

* propagar el conocimiento = propagate + knowledge.

* proporcionar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* quedarse sin conocimiento = lose + Posesivo + consciousness, pass out.

* rama del conocimiento = branch of learning.

* recobrar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* recuperar el conocimiento = regain + Posesivo + consciousness.

* red de conocimiento = knowledge network.

* servidor del conocimiento = knowledge server.

* sin conocimiento = unconscious.

* sin conocimiento de causa = unbeknown to, unbeknownst to.

* sintetizar el conocimiento = synthesise + knowledge.

* sistema basado en el conocimiento = knowledge-base system.

* sistema de gestión del conocimiento = knowledge management system (KMS).

* sociedad basada en el conocimiento = knowledge based society.

* sociedad del conocimiento = knowledge society.

* Sociedad para el Conocimiento Global = Global Knowledge Partnership.

* suministrar conocimientos técnicos = supply + know-how.

* tener conocimiento de = be privy to, be aware of.

* toma de decisiones con conocimiento de causa = informed decision making.

* tomar decisiones con conocimiento de causa = make + informed decisions.

* transferencia de conocimiento = transfer of knowledge, knowledge transfer.

* utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.

* * *

conocimiento

masculine

A

1 (saber) knowledge

2 conocimientos mpl (nociones) knowledge

tiene algunos conocimientos de inglés he has some knowledge of English, he knows some English

B ( frml)

(información): dio conocimiento del suceso a las autoridades he informed o ( frml) apprised the authorities of the incident

puso el hecho en conocimiento de la policía she informed the police of the incident, she reported the incident to the police

pongo en su conocimiento que … ( Corresp) I am writing to inform you that …

al tener conocimiento del suceso upon learning of the incident ( frml)

a esas horas no se tenía todavía conocimiento de la noticia at that time we/they still had not heard the news

ciertas personas tienen conocimiento de sus actividades certain people are aware of her activities

llegar a conocimiento de algn to come to sb's attention o notice ( frml)

con conocimiento de causa: obró con conocimiento de causa ( frml); he took this step, fully aware of what the consequences would be

te lo digo con conocimiento de causa I know what I'm talking about

Compuesto:

conocimiento de embarque

bill of lading, waybill

C (sentido) consciousness

perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness

cuando recobró el conocimiento when he regained consciousness, when he came to o round

estar sin conocimiento to be unconscious

D

(entendimiento): aún es pequeño, no tiene todavía conocimiento he's not old enough to understand

* * *

conocimiento sustantivo masculino
a) ( saber) knowledge;

◊ tiene algunos conocimientos de inglés he has some knowledge of English;

poner algo en conocimiento de algn to inform sb of sth;
tener conocimiento de algo to be aware of sth
b) ( sentido) consciousness;

◊ perder/recobrar el conocimiento to lose/regain consciousness;

estar sin conocimiento to be unconscious
conocimiento sustantivo masculino
1 knowledge
2 (conciencia) consciousness
3 conocimientos, knowledge
♦ Locuciones: perder/recobrar el conocimiento, to lose/regain consciousness
con conocimiento de causa, with full knowledge of the facts
' conocimiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
braga
- ciencia
- conciencia
- desfallecer
- desvanecerse
- dominio
- error
- orientación
- parcela
- revelar
- sentida
- sentido
- experiencia
- perder
- pérdida
- reanimar
- recobrar
- saber
English:
acquaintance
- air
- black out
- blackout
- cognizance
- come to
- comprehensive
- consciousness
- familiarity
- grounding
- improve
- knock out
- knowledge
- notice
- privy
- recover
- self-awareness
- sketchy
- superficial
- thorough
- unconsciousness
- black
- knock
- know
- pass

* * *

conocimiento nm

1. [saber] knowledge;

hablar/actuar con conocimiento de causa to know what one is talking about/doing;

puso el robo en conocimiento de la policía she informed the police of the burglary;

ponemos en su conocimiento que se ha detectado un error en el programa this is to inform you that an error has been detected in the program;

no teníamos conocimiento de su dimisión we were not aware that he had resigned;

al tener conocimiento del accidente, acudió inmediatamente al hospital when she found out about the accident she immediately went to the hospital;

ha llegado a mi conocimiento que estás insatisfecho it has come to my attention that you are not happy

2.
conocimientos [nociones] knowledge;

tengo algunos conocimientos de informática I have some knowledge of computers, I know a bit about computers;

nuestros conocimientos acerca de la enfermedad son muy limitados our knowledge of the disease is very limited, we know very little about the disease

3. [sentido, conciencia] consciousness;

perder el conocimiento to lose consciousness;

recobrar el conocimiento to regain consciousness;

estaba tumbado en el suelo, sin conocimiento he was lying unconscious on the floor

4. [juicio] (common) sense;

no tiene todavía conocimiento para saber lo que es peligroso he doesn't yet have a sense of danger

5. Com conocimiento de embarque bill of lading

* * *

conocimiento

m

1 knowledge;

con conocimiento de causa hacer algo fully aware of the consequences;

poner alguien en conocimiento de algo inform s.o. of sth;

para su conocimiento for your information;

conocimientos pl ( nociones) knowledge sg

2 MED consciousness;

perder el conocimiento lose consciousness;

sin conocimiento unconscious;

recobrar el conocimiento regain consciousness

* * *

conocimiento nm

1) : knowledge

2) sentido: consciousness

* * *

conocimiento n

1. (en general) knowledge

mis conocimientos de informática my knowledge of computers

2. (sentido) consciousness

perdió el conocimiento he lost consciousness

sin conocimiento unconscious

Spanish-English dictionary > conocimiento
15 control

m.

1 control (dominio).

bajo control under control

fuera de control out of control

perder el control to lose one's temper (perder la calma)

control de cambios (economics) exchange control

control de la natalidad birth control

2 examination, inspection.

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision

control antidoping dope o drugs test

control de calidad quality control

control de existencias stock control

control del tráfico aéreo (aviation) air traffic control

3 checkpoint.

control de pasaportes passport control

4 test (exam).

5 control (mando).

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

control remoto remote control

6 check, checking, test.

7 control knob, control, command.

8 restraint.

* * *

control

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) control

2 (comprobación) check

3 (sitio) checkpoint

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

bajo el control de under the supervision of

estar bajo control to be under control

estar fuera de control to be out of control

llevar el control to be in control

perder el control to lose control

control a distancia remote control

control de calidad quality control

control de natalidad birth control

control de pasaportes passport control

■ pasaron por el control de pasaportes they went through passport control

control de sí mismo self-control

control policial roadblock

* * *

noun m.

1) control

2) check

* * *

SM

1) (=dominio, vigilancia) control

nunca pierde el control — he never loses control

bajo control — under control

fuera de control — out of control

perder el control — to lose control (of o.s.)

hacerse con el control de algo — to take control o charge of sth

control de o sobre sí mismo — self-control

control armamentista — arms control

control de alquileres — rent control

control de calidad — quality control

control de cambio — exchange control

control de costos — cost control

control de créditos — credit control

control de existencias — stock control

control de la circulación — traffic control

control de la demanda — demand management

control de la natalidad — birth control

control del tráfico — traffic control

control de natalidad — birth control

control de precios — price control

control nuclear — nuclear inspection

control presupuestario — budget control

2) (=inspección) (Jur) inspection, check; (Com, Econ) audit, auditing

3) (=puesto) (tb: control de carretera) roadblock; (tb: control de frontera) frontier checkpoint

montar un control — to set up a roadblock

control de pasaportes — passport inspection

control policial en carretera — police roadblock

4) [de un aparato] control

control del volumen — volume control

control de tonalidad — tone control

control remoto — remote control

5) (=examen) (Educ) test

6) (Med) test

control antidopaje — drugs test, dope test

control antidoping — drug test, dope test

control de alcoholemia — Breathalyser ® test

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex. Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex. Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex. When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex. SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex. Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

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. The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex. Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex. Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex. Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex. The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex. The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex. It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex. Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex. What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex. The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex. Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex. The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex. The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

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* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex: Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex: When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex: SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex: Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

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: The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex: Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex: Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex: Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex: The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex: The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex: Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex: What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex: The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex: Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex: The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex: The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

control

masculine

A (dominio) control

la epidemia está bajo control the epidemic is under control

perdió el control del vehículo he lost control of the vehicle

el coche giró sin control the car spun, out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

no tiene ningún control sobre sí mismo he has no self-control

se hizo con el control de la compañía he gained control of the company

Compuestos:

● control del pensamiento

thought control

● control presupuestario

budget o budgetary control

B

(vigilancia, fiscalización): lleva el control de los gastos she keeps tabs o a check on the money that is spent

Compuestos:

● control de armamentos

arms control

● control de calidad

quality control o check

● control de créditos

credit control

● control de (la) natalidad

birth control

● control de pasaportes

passport control

● control del tráfico or tránsito

traffic control

● control de sanidad

sanitary control

● control de seguridad

security check

C (en la carretera) checkpoint; (en un rally) checkpoint

D

1 (de un aparato) control

el control del volumen/brillo the volume/brightness control

2 controles mpl ( Rad):

con Martín en los controles with studio production by Martín

Compuesto:

control remoto

remote control

funciona a or por control remoto it works by remote control

E

1 ( Educ) test

2 ( Med) check-up

Compuesto:

control antidopaje or antidoping

dope test, drug test

* * *

control sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) control;
◊ bajo control under control;

sin control out of control;
perdí el control I lost control (of myself);
hacerse con el control de algo to gain control of sth;
lleva el control de los gastos she keeps a check on the money that is spent;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
control de calidad quality control o check;
control de pasaportes passport control;
control remoto remote control
2 (en carretera, rally) checkpoint
3
a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up;

◊ control antidoping dope test, drug test

control sustantivo masculino
1 (dominio) control: está todo bajo control, everything is under control
2 Educ test
3 (inspección) check
control de calidad, quality control
4 (de Policía, militar) checkpoint, roadblock
5 control remoto, remote control
' control' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- adueñarse
- ajena
- ajeno
- angular
- autocontrol
- contención
- controlar
- controlarse
- cuadro
- descontrol
- descontrolarse
- desenfreno
- disciplina
- dominar
- dominación
- dominarse
- dominio
- dueña
- dueño
- encima
- fraude
- mando
- moderarse
- órbita
- palanca
- papel
- planificación
- potingue
- pública
- público
- regular
- regulación
- reportarse
- reprimirse
- reprivatizar
- resbalar
- retener
- rienda
- señorío
- sofocar
- teleguiada
- teleguiado
- telemando
- tenerse
- torre
- ala
- anticoncepción
- apoderarse
English:
air traffic control
- arms control
- beyond
- birth control
- check
- checkpoint
- control
- equity
- fiendish
- freak out
- gain
- grip
- hand
- hit
- hold
- knob
- over
- override
- panel
- passport control
- pest control
- piece
- quality control
- rein
- remote control
- resume
- roadblock
- rule
- runaway
- self-control
- speed trap
- take over
- tight
- tighten
- tighten up
- time clock
- time-keeping
- traffic control
- unionist
- volume control
- watchdog
- wild
- air
- birth
- boil
- break
- compose
- curb
- discipline
- dual

* * *

control nm

1. [dominio] control;

bajo control under control;

fuera de control out of control;

perder el control [de vehículo] to lose control;
[perder la calma] to lose one's temper;
bebe/fuma sin control he drinks/smokes an enormous amount

Comp
Econ control de cambios exchange control; Econ control de costos o Esp costes cost control; Fin control crediticio credit control; Fin control de crédito credit control; Econ control de gestión management control;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
Econ control de precios price control
2. [comprobación, verificación] examination, inspection;

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined;

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision;

él se encarga del control del gasto he is the person in charge of controlling expenditure;

efectúan un control continuo de su tensión his blood pressure is being continuously monitored

Comp
Informát control de acceso access control;
el control de acceso al edificio the system controlling access to the building;

control de alcoholemia breath test, Br Breathalyser® o US Breathalyzer® test;

control antidoping drugs test;

control de armamento arms control;

control de calidad quality control;
Com control de existencias stock control;
control financiero financial control;
Av control de tierra ground control;
control del tráfico aéreo air-traffic control

3. [vigilancia] examination;

un edificio sometido a un fuerte control a building with very heavy security

4. [de policía] checkpoint;
[en rally] checkpoint
Comp
control de pasaportes passport control;
control de velocidad por radar radar speed trap

5. [examen] test, US quiz

6. Dep [del balón] control;

tiene un buen control he's got good control

7. [mando] control;

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

Comp
control remoto remote control;
activar algo por control remoto to activate sth by remote control

8. Rad
en los controles estuvo Sandra the show was produced by Sandra

* * *

control

m

1 control;

perder el control lose control;

tenerlo todo bajo control have everything under control

2 ( inspección) check

* * *

control nm

1) : control

2) : inspection, check

3) : checkpoint, roadblock

* * *

control n

1. (en general) control

perdió el control del coche he lost control of the car

control de pasaportes passport control

2. (examen) check

control de seguridad security check

llevar el control de algo to run something [pt. ran; pp. run]

control de natalidad birth control

control policial police checkpoint

Spanish-English dictionary > control
16 controlar

v.

1 to control.

Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.

María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.

2 to check.

3 to watch, to keep an eye on.

4 to take over, to control.

María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.

* * *

controlar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to control

2 (comprobar) to check

► verbo pronominal controlarse

1 (moderarse) to control oneself

* * *

verb

1) to control

2) monitor

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to control

los rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country

mis padres quieren controlarme la vida — my parents want to control my life

no pudo controlar el impulso de pegarle — he couldn't control the urge to hit him

medidas para controlar la calidad — quality-control measures

los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

2) (=vigilar)

inspectores para controlar el proceso electoral — observers to monitor the electoral process

deberías controlar tu peso — you should watch your weight

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

3) (=regular) to control

este termostato controla la temperatura — this thermostat controls the temperature

2.

VI *

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

3.

See:

controlarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

* * *

= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

* * *

= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *

controlar [A1 ]

vt

A (dominar)

1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to control

controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under control

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under control

controlan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole area

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company

2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know about

estos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)

B

(vigilar): tiene que controlar su peso he has to watch o check o ( frml) monitor his weight

deja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole time

me tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight rein

el portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took me

C (regular) to control

este mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressure

medidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under control

D ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test to

fue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victory

lo controlaron negativo he was tested negative

■ controlarse

v pron

A (dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

B (vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, watch, monitor ( frml)

se controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight

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Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
◊ controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;
◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly

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controlar

♦ vt

1. [dominar] to control;

controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;

la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;

los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;

medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices

2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;

controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;

controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure

3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;

la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;

nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;

controla que no se cuele nadie see o make sure that no one Br jumps the queue o US cuts in line

♦ vi
Fam [saber] to know;
Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry

♦ See also the pronominal verb controlarse

* * *

controlar

v/t

1 control

2 ( vigilar) check

* * *

controlar vt

1) : to control

2) : to monitor, to check

* * *

controlar vb

1. (dominar) to control [pt. & pp. controlled]

controló la situación he controlled the situation

2. (comprobar) to check

un programa que controla los errores de ortografía a program that checks spelling mistakes

Spanish-English dictionary > controlar
17 dato

m.

1 piece of information, fact (hecho, cifra).

datos information, data; (información) data (computing)

datos (personales) (personal) details

2 Dato.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: datar.

* * *

dato

► nombre masculino

1 (información) fact, piece of information, datum

■ no pudimos resolver el problema por falta de datos we couldn't solve the problem due to lack of information

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

datos personales personal details

* * *

noun m.

fact, piece of information

- datos

* * *

SM

1) (=información) piece of information

un dato interesante — an interesting fact o piece of information

no tenemos todos los datos — we don't have all the facts

otro dato que tener en cuenta es... — another thing to bear in mind is...

datos de entrada — input data

datos de salida — output data

datos estadísticos — statistics

datos personales — personal details, particulars

2) (Mat) datum

* * *

masculino

a) ( elemento de información) piece of information

no dispongo de todos los datos — I don't have all the information

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía — (CS) somebody informed o (colloq) tipped off the police

darle un dato a alguien — (CS) to give somebody a tip

b) datos masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

- datos personales

* * *

= attribute value, data element, data item, datum [data, -pl.], fact, value, piece of information.

Ex. Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex. The Working Group undertook to determine from the data available what data elements should be included for each type of authority.

Ex. Information is held in files or databases, which are comprise of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex. Thus, having entered the authority datum correctly once, we could be sure that no matter how many bibliographic records used it they would all do so with mechanical consistency.

Ex. Other data bases, which may be described as non-bibliographic, and are sometimes known as data banks, store actual facts and figures and text.

Ex. A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex. On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

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* alimentar datos = populate.

* almacenamiento de datos = data storage.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* archivo de datos = database [data base].

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* auditoría de datos = data auditing, data audit.

* banco de datos = data bank [databank], factual data bank.

* banco de datos factual = factual data bank.

* banco de datos terminológico = terminological data bank.

* basado en los datos = data-driven.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* búfer de datos = data buffer.

* bus de datos = databus.

* búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.

* campo de datos = datafield.

* capturar datos = capture + data.

* centro de datos = data centre.

* codificación de datos = data-coding [data coding].

* con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* contaminación de datos = data contamination.

* corrupción de datos = data corruption.

* creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dato concreto = hard fact.

* datos = data [datum, -sing.], details, figure.

* datos bibliográficos = bibliographic data, bibliodata.

* datos biográficos = biodata.

* datos concretos = specifics, the.

* datos concretos y reales = hard data.

* datos de contacto = contact details.

* datos de entrada = input data.

* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.

* datos demográficos = demographics.

* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.

* datos empíricos = empirical data.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* datos en estado bruto = raw facts.

* datos en propiedad = property data.

* datos erróneos = dirty data.

* datos estadísticos = statistics, statistical data.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* datos factuales = factual data.

* datos legibles por máquina = machine-readable data.

* datos numéricos = numerical data.

* datos personales = personal details.

* datos privados = property data.

* de lectura de datos = data-capture.

* depósito de datos = data warehouse.

* depuración de datos = data cleaning.

* descubrimiento de datos = data mining.

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = host system.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* EDI (Intercambio Electrónico de Datos) = EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

* entrada de datos = data entry, input, inputting.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* estructura de datos = data structure.

* extracción inteligente de datos = data mining.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestor de bases de datos = DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* hoja con los datos básicos para Hacer Algo = data sheet [datasheet].

* hoja de toma de datos = checklist [check-list], data sheet [datasheet].

* impreso de recogida de datos = enquiry form, inquiry form.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* inserción de datos = input.

* instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* introducir datos = key + data.

* introducir datos en el ordenador = input.

* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.

* introductor de datos en un ordenador = inputter.

* limpieza de datos = data cleaning.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* localización de datos = addressing.

* manipulación de datos = data manipulation.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memorizar datos = memorise + facts.

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* migración de datos = data migration.

* minería de datos = data mining.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.

* operación sobre datos = data manipulation.

* operario de entrada de datos = data entry operator.

* paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.

* pérdida de datos = data loss.

* personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.

* preparación de los datos = data preparation.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* proceso de datos = data processing, transaction processing.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* protección de datos = data protection.

* prototipo para el proceso de datos = data modelling.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* recabar datos = solicit + data.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recogida de datos = data collection, data gathering [data-gathering], fact-gathering, reporting, data collecting.

* salida de datos = output.

* sistema de proceso de datos = data processing system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* suministrar datos = furnish + details.

* suministro de datos = reporting.

* tecla de borrado de datos = ERASE INPUT key.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

* técnico encargado del proceso de datos = data-processing professional.

* tiempo de descarga de datos = download time, latency.

* tráfico de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* transformación de datos = data transformation.

* transmisión de datos = data-flow, data transfer, data transmission.

* tratamiento de datos = transaction processing.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* verificación de los datos = fact checking.

* vía de transmisión de datos = data pathway, pathway.

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masculino

a) ( elemento de información) piece of information

no dispongo de todos los datos — I don't have all the information

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía — (CS) somebody informed o (colloq) tipped off the police

darle un dato a alguien — (CS) to give somebody a tip

b) datos masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

- datos personales

* * *

= attribute value, data element, data item, datum [data, -pl.], fact, value, piece of information.

Ex: Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex: The Working Group undertook to determine from the data available what data elements should be included for each type of authority.

Ex: Information is held in files or databases, which are comprise of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex: Thus, having entered the authority datum correctly once, we could be sure that no matter how many bibliographic records used it they would all do so with mechanical consistency.

Ex: Other data bases, which may be described as non-bibliographic, and are sometimes known as data banks, store actual facts and figures and text.

Ex: A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex: On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* almacenamiento de datos = data storage.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* archivo de datos = database [data base].

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* auditoría de datos = data auditing, data audit.

* banco de datos = data bank [databank], factual data bank.

* banco de datos factual = factual data bank.

* banco de datos terminológico = terminological data bank.

* basado en los datos = data-driven.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* búfer de datos = data buffer.

* bus de datos = databus.

* búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.

* campo de datos = datafield.

* capturar datos = capture + data.

* centro de datos = data centre.

* codificación de datos = data-coding [data coding].

* con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* contaminación de datos = data contamination.

* corrupción de datos = data corruption.

* creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dato concreto = hard fact.

* datos = data [datum, -sing.], details, figure.

* datos bibliográficos = bibliographic data, bibliodata.

* datos biográficos = biodata.

* datos concretos = specifics, the.

* datos concretos y reales = hard data.

* datos de contacto = contact details.

* datos de entrada = input data.

* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.

* datos demográficos = demographics.

* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.

* datos empíricos = empirical data.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* datos en estado bruto = raw facts.

* datos en propiedad = property data.

* datos erróneos = dirty data.

* datos estadísticos = statistics, statistical data.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* datos factuales = factual data.

* datos legibles por máquina = machine-readable data.

* datos numéricos = numerical data.

* datos personales = personal details.

* datos privados = property data.

* de lectura de datos = data-capture.

* depósito de datos = data warehouse.

* depuración de datos = data cleaning.

* descubrimiento de datos = data mining.

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = host system.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* EDI (Intercambio Electrónico de Datos) = EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

* entrada de datos = data entry, input, inputting.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* estructura de datos = data structure.

* extracción inteligente de datos = data mining.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestor de bases de datos = DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* hoja con los datos básicos para Hacer Algo = data sheet [datasheet].

* hoja de toma de datos = checklist [check-list], data sheet [datasheet].

* impreso de recogida de datos = enquiry form, inquiry form.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* inserción de datos = input.

* instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* introducir datos = key + data.

* introducir datos en el ordenador = input.

* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.

* introductor de datos en un ordenador = inputter.

* limpieza de datos = data cleaning.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* localización de datos = addressing.

* manipulación de datos = data manipulation.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memorizar datos = memorise + facts.

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* migración de datos = data migration.

* minería de datos = data mining.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.

* operación sobre datos = data manipulation.

* operario de entrada de datos = data entry operator.

* paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.

* pérdida de datos = data loss.

* personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.

* preparación de los datos = data preparation.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* proceso de datos = data processing, transaction processing.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* protección de datos = data protection.

* prototipo para el proceso de datos = data modelling.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* recabar datos = solicit + data.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recogida de datos = data collection, data gathering [data-gathering], fact-gathering, reporting, data collecting.

* salida de datos = output.

* sistema de proceso de datos = data processing system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* suministrar datos = furnish + details.

* suministro de datos = reporting.

* tecla de borrado de datos = ERASE INPUT key.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

* técnico encargado del proceso de datos = data-processing professional.

* tiempo de descarga de datos = download time, latency.

* tráfico de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* transformación de datos = data transformation.

* transmisión de datos = data-flow, data transfer, data transmission.

* tratamiento de datos = transaction processing.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* verificación de los datos = fact checking.

* vía de transmisión de datos = data pathway, pathway.

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dato

masculine

1 (elemento de información) piece of information

no tengo más datos que el título de la obra the only thing I know about the work is its title, the only information I have about the work is its title

no dispongo de todos los datos I don't have all the information o details o facts

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía (CS); somebody informed o ( colloq) tipped off the police

me han dado un dato muy interesante (CS); I've been given a very interesting piece of information o ( colloq) a hot tip

te voy a dar un dato, si no lo enchufas no funciona (CS hum); let me give you a tip: it won't work unless you plug it in

2 datos mpl ( Inf) data (pl), information

Compuesto:

datos personales

mpl particulars (pl), personal details (pl)

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Del verbo datar: ( conjugate datar)

dato es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

dató es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
datar
dato
datar ( conjugate datar) verbo intransitivo
to date;
◊ data del siglo XII it dates from the 12th century;

data de hace muchos años it goes back many years
dato sustantivo masculino
a) ( elemento de información) piece of information;

◊ no dispongo de todos los datos I don't have all the information;

datos personales personal details (pl)
b)

◊ datos sustantivo masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

datar
I verbo transitivo to date, put a date on
II verbo intransitivo datar de, to date back to o from: este libro data de la Edad Media, this book dates back to the Middle Ages
dato sustantivo masculino
1 piece of information 2 datos, Inform data
(pormenores) information: no tengo más datos sobre este autor, I don't have any more details about his author
datos personales, personal details
La traducción de dato es datum, pero solo se usa en situaciones muy formales. La traducción de datos es data (plural irregular). El singular más común de data es a piece of information.
' dato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
filtrar
- filtración
- informativa
- informativo
- relevante
- consignar
- consultar
- equivocado
- falso
English:
data
- information
- tip

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dato nm

1. [hecho, cifra] piece of information, fact;

lo que necesitamos son datos concretos what we need is hard facts;

el alto desempleo es un dato que hay que tener en cuenta the high level of unemployment is a factor which has to be borne in mind;

datos [información] information, data;

si no me das más datos, no voy a poderte aconsejar unless you give me more information, I won't be able to advise you;

el ministerio aún no cuenta con todos los datos the ministry does not yet have all the information at its disposal;

datos (personales) (personal) details;

déjenos sus datos y nos pondremos en contacto con usted leave us your details and we will get in touch with you

Comp
datos bancarios bank details;
datos estadísticos statistical data

2.
datos Informát data

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dato

m piece of information;

datos pl information sg, data sg

* * *

dato nm

1) : fact, piece of information

2) datos nmpl

: data, information

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dato n (información) piece of information

Spanish-English dictionary > dato
18 de

prep.

1 of.

el coche de mi padre/mis padres my father's/parents' car

es de ella it's hers

la pata de la mesa the table leg

La casa de mi padre The house of my father [My father's house]

2 from (procedencia, distancia).

salir de casa to leave home

soy de Bilbao I'm from Bilbao

de la playa al apartamento hay 100 metros it's 100 meters from the beach to the apartment

3 (made) of (materia).

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup

un reloj de oro a gold watch

4 about (asunto).

hablábamos de ti we were talking about you

libros de historia history books

5 as.

trabaja de bombero he works as a fireman

6 from (time) (since).

trabaja de nueve a cinco she works from nine to five

de madrugada early in the morning

a las cuatro de la tarde at four in the afternoon

trabaja de noche y duerme de día he works at night and sleeps during the day

7 with (causa, modo).

morirse de hambre to die of hunger

llorar de alegría to cry with joy

de una patada with a kick

de una sola vez in one go

de tres en tres three at a time

8 if.

de ir a verte, sería este domingo if I do visit you, it'll be this Sunday

de no ser por ti, me hubiese hundido if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have made it

9 to.

Está ansiosa de obtener ese trabajo She is anxious to have that job.

f.

1 letter d.

2 SD, standard deviation.

3 ED, dose of erythema, erythema dose.

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de

► nombre femenino

1 name of the letter d

————————

de

► preposición

1 (posesión, pertenencia) of

■ el libro de Juan Juan's book

■ el coche de mis padres my parents' car

■ el hermano de mi padre my father's brother

■ la mesa de mi habitación the table in my bedroom

2 (procedencia, origen) from

■ soy de Córdoba I'm from Córdoba

■ viene de Barcelona she comes from Barcelona

3 (descripción) with

■ la niña de ojos castaños the girl with dark eyes, the dark-eyed girl

■ el señor del abrigo azul the man in the blue coat

4 (tema) of, on, about

■ hablaron del tiempo they talked about the weather

5 (materia) made of, of

■ una mesa de madera a wooden table

■ un anillo de oro a gold ring

■ lo hicieron de plástico they made it out of plastic

6 (contenido) of

■ un vaso de agua a glass of water

7 (uso) for

■ aguja de calcetar knitting needle

■ gallo de pelea fighting cock

8 (oficio) by, as

■ trabaja de profesor he works as a teacher

■ es médico de profesión he's a doctor by profession

9 (modo) on, in, as

■ de pie standing up

■ estar de moda to be in fashion

10 (tiempo) at, by, in

■ de día by day, during the day

■ de noche at night

■ a las diez de la mañana at ten in the morning

11 (lugar) varias traducciones

■ la vecina de arriba our upstairs neighbour

■ el lavabo de abajo the downstairs toilet

■ la ventana de la derecha the window on the right

■ la puerta de la calle the street door

12 (precio) at

■ manzanas de dos euros el kilo apples at two euros a kilo

13 (medida) measuring

■ una botella de dos litros a two litre bottle

■ una mesa de un metro de ancho a metre-wide table

14 (causa) with, because of, of

■ llorar de alegría to cry with joy

■ morir de frío to die of cold

15 (agente) by

■ es una obra de Lope a play by Lope

16 (con superlativo) in, of

■ el mejor de España the best in Spain

■ el mayor de los tres the eldest of the three

17 (suposición) if

■ de haberlo dicho if he had told us

18 (en una aposición) of

■ la ciudad de Barcelona the city of Barcelona Table 1 NOTA See also del/Table 1

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prep.

1) of

2) from

3) in, at

4) than

5) by

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PREPOSITION

1) [relación] of

las calles de Madrid — the streets of Madrid

el alcalde de Valencia — the mayor of Valencia

cabo de Buena Esperanza — Cape of Good Hope

la ciudad de Madrid — the city of Madrid

en el mes de agosto — in the month of August

un libro de consulta — a reference book

un millón de euros — a million euros

la carretera de Valencia — the Valencia road, the road to Valencia

el interés del préstamo — the interest on the loan

la llave de mi cuarto — the key to my room

en el día de hoy — today

tuvieron la desgracia de perder el partido — they were unlucky enough to lose the match

ya era hora de que vinieses — it's about time you got here

el hecho de que yo no supiera nada — the fact that I didn't know anything about it

2) [pertenencia]

la casa de Isabel — Isabel's house

el coche de mi amigo — my friend's car

un familiar de mi vecina — a relative of my neighbour's

los coches de mis amigos — my friends' cars

el vestuario de las actrices — the actresses' dressing room

la señora de Pérez — Pérez's wife, Mrs Pérez

es de ellos — it's theirs

esa contestación es muy de ella — that answer is typical of her

3) [característica, material]

una cadena de oro — a gold chain

no es de oro — it's not gold

una puerta de cristal — a glass door

una cocina de gas — a gas cooker

este modelo es de electricidad — this model uses electricity, this is an electric model

ropa de buena calidad — good-quality clothes

un billete de primera clase — a first-class ticket

la niña de pelo largo — the girl with the long hair

ese tío del sombrero — that chap with o in the hat

pintado de rojo — painted red

lo tengo de varios colores distintos — I have it in several different colours

4) [contenido]

una caja de bombones — a box of chocolates

una copa de vino — [llena] a glass of wine; [vacía] a wine glass

una bolsita de té — a tea bag

estaba hecha un saco de nervios — she was a bundle of nerves

5) [origen, distancia, espacio temporal] from

soy de Galicia — I'm from Galicia

Julia no es de aquí — Julia is not from round here

los de Madrid son los mejores — the ones from Madrid are the best, the Madrid ones are the best

es de buena familia — he's from a good family

vuelo 507 (procedente) de Londres — flight 507 from London

vive a 20km de Madrid — she lives 20km from Madrid

aléjate del fuego — move away from the fire

marcó un gol a dos minutos del final del partido — he scored two minutes from the end of the match

el tren de Santiago — the Santiago train

el avión pasó a muy poca altura del suelo — the plane flew by at very low altitude

salir del cine — to come out of the cinema
de... a...
vivió de 1898 a 1937 — he lived from 1898 to 1937

de mi casa a la suya hay 5km — it is 5km from my house to his

de mayo a julio — from May to July

del 15 al 30 — from the 15th to the 30th

6) [causa]

murió de viejo — he died from old age

me dolían los pies de tanto andar — my feet were sore from all that walking

de puro cansado — out of sheer tiredness

no podía moverse de miedo — he was rigid with fear

estar loco de alegría — to be wild with joy

saltar de alegría — to jump for joy

7) [manera]

lo derribó de un solo puñetazo — he felled him with a single blow

se puso a mi lado de un salto — he jumped to my side

se lo bebió de un trago — he drank it all down in one go
de... en...
iban entrando de dos en dos — they came in two by two

bajó la escalera de tres en tres — he came down the stairs three at a time

de puerta en puerta — from door to door

8) (=respecto de)

estar mejor de salud — to be in better health, be better

es fuerte de brazos — he has strong arms

paralizado de las dos piernas — paralysed in both legs

es muy estrecho de hombros — he doesn't have very broad shoulders

9) [tema] about

un libro de biología — a biology book, a book on o about biology

hablaba de política — he was talking about politics

no sé nada de él — I don't know anything about him

una clase de francés — a French class

10) [uso]

máquina de coser — sewing machine

goma de mascar — chewing gum

11) [cantidad, medida, valor]

un chico de quince años — a fifteen-year-old boy

un viaje de dos días — a two-day journey

un embarazo de siete meses — a seven-month pregnancy

una moneda de 5 pesos — a 5-peso coin

tiene un metro de alto — it's a metre high

12) [con horas y fechas]

a las siete de la mañana — at seven o'clock in the morning, at seven a.m.

son las dos de la tarde — it's two o'clock in the afternoon, it's two p.m.

muy de mañana — very early in the morning

el 3 de mayo — 3 May ( leído May the third {o}2} the third of May)

13) [tiempo]

de día — during the day(time)

de noche — at night

de niño — as a child

de mayor voy a ser médico — when I grow up I'm going to be a doctor

14) [proporción]

tres de cada cuatro — three out of every four

15) [uso partitivo] of

uno de nosotros — one of us

comió un poco de pastel — she ate a bit of cake

¡había una de gente! — * there were loads of people there! *

16) [autoría] by

un libro de Cela — a book by Cela, a book of Cela's

las películas de Almodóvar — Almodóvar's films

17) [como complemento agente] by

fue amado de todos — he was loved by all

el rey entró seguido de su séquito — the king entered, followed by his entourage

tiene dos hijos de su primera mujer — he has two children by his first wife

18) [en aposición a sustantivos o adjetivos]

el bueno/pobre de Pedro — good/poor old Pedro

el imbécil de Fernández — that idiot Fernández

es un encanto de persona — he's a lovely person

19) [en comparaciones] than

es más difícil de lo que creía — it's more difficult than I thought

más/menos de siete — more/less than seven

más de 500 personas — more than o over 500 people

20) [con superlativos] in

el peor alumno de la clase — the worst pupil in the class

el más caro de la tienda/mundo — the most expensive in the shop/world

es el coche más caro del mercado — it's the dearest car on the market

21) + infin

un problema fácil de resolver — an easily solved problem

un libro agradable de leer — a nice book to read
ser de ({+ infin}8})
es de admirar su lealtad — his loyalty is admirable

es de esperar que recibamos una pronta respuesta — it is to be hoped that we receive a prompt reply

sería de desear que actualizaran su información — it would be desirable for them to update their information

22) [dependiente de formas verbales]

la acusaban de hipócrita — they accused her of being a hypocrite

colmar de elogios a algn — to shower praise on sb

se dio cuenta de que lo sabía — she realized (that) she knew it

de esto se deduce que... — from this it can be deduced that...

disfrutar de la vida — to enjoy life

¿qué esperabas de él? — what did you expect from him?

limpiar algo de polvo — to dust sth

llenar algo de algo — to fill sth with sth

se sirvió de sus amigos para salir de un mal trago — he turned to his friends to help him through a difficult patch

trabaja de camarero — he works as a waiter

lo uso de despensa — I use it as a pantry

vestido de azul — dressed in blue

23) [uso condicional] if

de ser posible — if possible

de haberlo sabido no habría venido — if I had known, I wouldn't have come

de resultar esto así — if this turns out to be true

de no ser así — if it were not so, were it not so

de no — LAm (=si no) otherwise

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I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

* * *

= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex. These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex. However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex. From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex. The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

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* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de †frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* 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.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambassadorial.

* de la época = of the time(s), of the day.

* de la época isabelina = Elizabethan.

* de la época victoriana = Victorian.

* de la espina dorsal = spinal.

* de la extensión de un libro = book-length.

* de la fama al olvido = riches to rags.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la fóvea = foveal.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* de la gama baja = low-end.

* de la gama inferior = low-end.

* de la guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* de la hipótesis = hypothesised [hypothesized, -USA].

* de la localidad = locally based [locally-based].

* de la malaria = malarial.

* de la mama = mammary.

* de la mandíbula inferior = mandibular.

* de la mandíbula superior = maxillar, maxillary.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mañana = a.m. (latín - ante meridiam), in the morning.

* de la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* de la marina = marine.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + abili.

* * *
I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

* * *

= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex: These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex: However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex: From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex: The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* 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.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambas

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