con economía de palabras

con economía de palabras — succinctly o concisely

con economía de palabras — succinctly o concisely

Ex: The social sciences class, 300, subsumes economics, Politics, Law and Education.

• levantar la mano — to put one's hand up, raise one's hand

levantó la mano para pedir la vez — she put her hand up o raised her hand to ask for a turn

• levantar la mirada o los ojos o la vista — to look up

no levantó la mirada del libro cuando entramos — she didn't raise her eyes from her book o she didn't look up from the book when we came in

levantó un gran imperio comercial — he founded o established a great commercial empire

necesito algo que me levante la moral — I need something to lift o raise my spirits

levantar la mesa — LAm to clear the table

levantar falso testimonio — (Jur) to give false testimony; (Rel) to bear false witness

levanté la mano para contestar — I put up o raised my hand to answer

levantar la mesa — (AmL) to clear the table

levanté la mano para contestar — I put up o raised my hand to answer

levantar la mesa — (AmL) to clear the table

Ex: Other walls, where security and privacy are absolutely essential, are not structural and are designed to be easily demounted and erected elsewhere.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.

la clave de la caja fuerte — the code of o to the safe

clave de acceso — (Inform) password

clave de búsqueda — (Inform) search key

clave de clasificación — (Inform) sort key

una interpretación en clave económica — an economic interpretation, an interpretation from an economic viewpoint o perspective

una novela escrita en clave de humor — a novel written in a humorous style o tone

Ex: Note that this is a wide-ranging definition which permits a cataloguer to regard any group which works together and has a name (the name is the key) as a corporate body.