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congested

  • 1 transitado

    • congested

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > transitado

  • 2 congestionado

    • congested
    • crammed
    • stuffed-up

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > congestionado

  • 3 superpoblado

    • congested
    • overcrowded
    • overpopulated

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > superpoblado

  • 4 congestionado

    adj.
    1 congested, stuffed-up, crammed, jammed.
    2 congested, filled with blood or fluid.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: congestionar.
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    ADJ
    1) [circulación] congested
    2) (Med) [pecho, pulmones, nariz] congested
    3) [rostro] flushed, red
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) congested, blocked
    b) < cara> flushed
    c) < tráfico> congested
    * * *
    = congested, bunged-up.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. Of course, we are all vulnerable if our noses are bunged-up when we have a cold or hay fever.
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    * congestionado de tráfico = gridlocked.
    * tráfico congestionado = traffic congestion, gridlock traffic.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (Med) congested, blocked
    b) < cara> flushed
    c) < tráfico> congested
    * * *
    = congested, bunged-up.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: Of course, we are all vulnerable if our noses are bunged-up when we have a cold or hay fever.
    * congestionado de tráfico = gridlocked.
    * tráfico congestionado = traffic congestion, gridlock traffic.

    * * *
    1 ( Med) congested, blocked
    2 ‹cara› flushed
    3 ‹tráfico› congested
    * * *

    Del verbo congestionar: ( conjugate congestionar)

    congestionado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    congestionado    
    congestionar
    congestionado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) (Med) congested

    b) ‹ cara› flushed

    c) ‹calle/área› congested

    congestionar verbo transitivo to congest
    ' congestionado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    congested
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    congestionado, -a adj
    1. [nariz] blocked;
    tener la nariz congestionada to have a blocked nose
    2. [cara] flushed
    3. [tráfico] congested
    * * *
    congestionado, -da adj
    : congested

    Spanish-English dictionary > congestionado

  • 5 congestionar

    v.
    1 to block.
    2 to congest, to jam.
    Los autos congestionan las calles The cars congest the streets.
    * * *
    1 to congest
    1 to become congested
    2 (la cara) to go red, blush
    * * *
    1.
    VT to congest, produce congestion in
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < cara> to make... flushed
    b) (Med) to congest
    2.
    a) cara to become flushed
    b) (Med) to become congested o blocked
    c) calle/centro to become congested; tráfico to come to a standstill
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < cara> to make... flushed
    b) (Med) to congest
    2.
    a) cara to become flushed
    b) (Med) to become congested o blocked
    c) calle/centro to become congested; tráfico to come to a standstill
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    vt
    1 ‹cara› to make … flushed
    2 ( Med) to congest
    1 «cara» to become flushed
    se le congestionó la cara de rabia his face became flushed with rage
    2 ( Med) to become congested o blocked
    3 «calle/centro» to become congested
    la gran afluencia de gente hizo que se congestionara el tráfico the huge influx of people brought traffic to a standstill
    * * *

    congestionar verbo transitivo to congest
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to block
    * * *
    v/t congest

    Spanish-English dictionary > congestionar

  • 6 congestionarse

    1 to become congested
    2 (la cara) to go red, blush
    * * *
    * * *

    congestionarse ( conjugate congestionarse) verbo pronominal

    b) (Med) to become congested o blocked

    c) [calle/área] to become congested

    * * *
    vpr
    1. [cara] to flush, to turn purple;
    su cara se congestionó con el enfado his face went purple with rage
    2. [tráfico] to become congested
    * * *
    v/r MED become congested
    * * *
    1) : to become flushed
    2) : to become congested

    Spanish-English dictionary > congestionarse

  • 7 abarrotado

    adj.
    crammed, packed, completely full, crowded.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abarrotar.
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    1→ link=abarrotar abarrotar
    1 (cosas) packed (de, with), crammed (de, with); (personas) jam-packed (de, with), packed (de, with)
    * * *
    (f. - abarrotada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [sala, tren] packed, jam-packed

    • estar abarrotado de — [+ personas] to be packed o jam-packed with; [+ objetos] to be crammed o jam-packed with

    * * *
    - da adjetivo crammed, packed

    abarrotado de algo — < de gente> packed o crammed with something

    * * *
    = congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.
    Ex. The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.
    Ex. As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex. The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.
    Ex. Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.
    Ex. They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.
    Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex. The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.
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    * abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo crammed, packed

    abarrotado de algo — < de gente> packed o crammed with something

    * * *
    = congested, packed to capacity, overcrowded, bursting at the seams, stuffed looking, choc-a-block, chock-full, cluttered, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.
    Ex: The library solved the problems of budget cuts, a library building bursting at the seams, and stock ill matched to some of the courses by switching to the use of on-line search services.
    Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.
    Ex: The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.
    Ex: Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.
    Ex: They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.
    Ex: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.
    Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.
    Ex: The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.
    * abarrotado (de) = teeming with, bursting with, jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

    * * *
    crammed, packed abarrotado DE algo packed o crammed WITH sth
    estanterías abarrotadas de adornos shelves crammed with ornaments
    el foyer estaba abarrotado de gente the foyer was packed with people
    * * *

    Del verbo abarrotar: ( conjugate abarrotar)

    abarrotado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    abarrotado    
    abarrotar
    abarrotado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    crammed, packed;
    abarrotado de algo ‹ de gente› packed o crammed with sth
    abarrotar ( conjugate abarrotar) verbo transitivo ‹sala/teatro› to pack
    abarrotado,-a adjetivo packed, crammed [de, with]: no pudimos entrar en el local, estaba abarrotado (de gente), we couldn't get into the place because it was jam-packed with people
    abarrotar verbo transitivo to pack, cram [de, with]: el público abarrotaba el teatro, the theatre was packed (with people)

    ' abarrotado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abarrotada
    English:
    astir
    - chock-a-block
    - chock-full
    - overcrowded
    - swarm
    - cluttered
    - congested
    - crowded
    - over
    * * *
    abarrotado, -a adj
    1. [lleno] [teatro, autobús] packed (de with); [desván, baúl] crammed (de with)
    2. Ven
    estar abarrotado de trabajo to have a lot of work
    * * *
    I adj packed
    II part → abarrotar
    * * *
    abarrotado, -da adj
    : packed, crammed

    Spanish-English dictionary > abarrotado

  • 8 atolladero

    m.
    1 fix, jam (apuro).
    meter en/sacar de un atolladero a alguien to put somebody in/get somebody out of a tight spot
    2 deadlock, logjam.
    3 bog, swamp, mudhole, mire.
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    1 (atascadero) morass, quagmire
    2 figurado (aprieto) fix, jam
    \
    estar en un atolladero to be in a jam
    sacar a alguien del atolladero to get somebody out of a fix
    salir del atolladero to get out of a jam
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=lodazal) mire, morass
    2) (=aprieto) jam *, fix *
    * * *
    a) ( lugar cenagoso) mire
    c) (aprieto, apuro) predicament, awkward situation
    * * *
    = logjam [log-jam], jam, predicament.
    Ex. In this section, we're going to discuss strategies you can use to break up some of the political logjams that might be hindering your IT projects.
    Ex. Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    * * *
    a) ( lugar cenagoso) mire
    c) (aprieto, apuro) predicament, awkward situation
    * * *
    = logjam [log-jam], jam, predicament.

    Ex: In this section, we're going to discuss strategies you can use to break up some of the political logjams that might be hindering your IT projects.

    Ex: Plus, being at the mercy of train signals and jams on the roads is not my idea of a good start to the day.
    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

    * * *
    2
    (aglomeración): la estación es un atolladero a estas horas the station is horribly congested at this time of day
    la plaza era un atolladero de coches the square was jam-packed o was (packed) solid with cars
    a la salida del recital nos perdimos en el atolladero as we came out of the concert we lost one another in the mass of people o in the crowd
    3 (aprieto, apuro) predicament, awkward situation
    me puso en un atolladero it put me in a predicament o an awkward situation o a tight spot
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    atolladero sustantivo masculino

    b) (aprieto, apuro) predicament, awkward situation

    atolladero sustantivo masculino bog
    ' atolladero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sacar
    English:
    quagmire
    - hook
    * * *
    1. [apuro] fix, jam;
    estamos en un atolladero we are in a fix o jam;
    se metió en un atolladero he got himself into a fix o jam;
    meter en/sacar de un atolladero a alguien to put sb in/get sb out of a tight spot
    2. [lodazal] mire
    * * *
    m fig
    :
    sacar a alguien del atolladero fam get s.o. out of a jam o
    a tight spot;
    estar en un atolladero fam be in a jam o
    a tight spot

    Spanish-English dictionary > atolladero

  • 9 alimentos procesados

    Ex. A lifesyle that has included taking medications of any kind, eating too much cooked food, processed/refined food, meat, dairy and poultry causes your body to become congested with mucous.
    * * *

    Ex: A lifesyle that has included taking medications of any kind, eating too much cooked food, processed/refined food, meat, dairy and poultry causes your body to become congested with mucous.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alimentos procesados

  • 10 alimentos refinados

    (n.) = refined food
    Ex. A lifesyle that has included taking medications of any kind, eating too much cooked food, processed/ refined food, meat, dairy and poultry causes your body to become congested with mucous.
    * * *

    Ex: A lifesyle that has included taking medications of any kind, eating too much cooked food, processed/ refined food, meat, dairy and poultry causes your body to become congested with mucous.

    Spanish-English dictionary > alimentos refinados

  • 11 apiñamiento

    m.
    1 cramming, overcrowding, jamming.
    2 crowd.
    3 crowding.
    * * *
    1 cramming, packing
    * * *
    = huddle, overcrowding [over-crowding], crowding.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. We can learn from good shopwindow displays and from the best museums about such matters as grouping of books shown and the number included (clutter is ugly and overcrowding confuses the eye).
    Ex. Nearly all librarians were enthusiastic about the drawing power of public access computers in spite of the drawbacks such as theft, noise and crowding.
    * * *
    = huddle, overcrowding [over-crowding], crowding.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: We can learn from good shopwindow displays and from the best museums about such matters as grouping of books shown and the number included (clutter is ugly and overcrowding confuses the eye).
    Ex: Nearly all librarians were enthusiastic about the drawing power of public access computers in spite of the drawbacks such as theft, noise and crowding.

    * * *
    cramming

    Spanish-English dictionary > apiñamiento

  • 12 casa de pisos

    block of flats
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.

    * * *
    apartment house, Br
    block of flats

    Spanish-English dictionary > casa de pisos

  • 13 colección

    f.
    1 collection, set, array, assemblage.
    2 collection.
    3 collection, array, panoply.
    * * *
    1 collection
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex. It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex. Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex. Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex. While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex. It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex. In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex. The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex. Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    ----
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.
    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex: It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex: The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex: Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex: Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex: While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex: In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex: The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex: Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.

    * * *
    1 (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    hace colección de mariposas she collects butterflies
    2 ( fam)
    (gran cantidad): no sé cómo quiere otro hijo, si ya tiene una colección I can't imagine why she wants another child, she already has a whole brood ( hum)
    tiene una colección de pulseras she has a huge collection of bracelets
    3 ( Lit) collection
    4 (de modas) collection
    colecciones infantiles children's fashions o wear
    * * *

     

    colección sustantivo femenino
    collection
    colección sustantivo femenino collection
    ' colección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antológica
    - antológico
    - discoteca
    - engrosar
    - exhibir
    - herbolaria
    - herbolario
    - panoplia
    - adquirir
    - biblioteca
    - línea
    - presentar
    English:
    array
    - body
    - collection
    - invaluable
    - model
    - put together
    - set
    - stamp collection
    - swap for
    - collector
    - large
    - menagerie
    - round
    * * *
    1. [de sellos, objetos] collection
    la colección permanente [de museo] the permanent collection
    2. Fam [gran cantidad]
    tiene una colección de primos he has loads of cousins;
    cometió una colección de errores he made a whole series of mistakes;
    no dijo más que una colección de tonterías he talked a load of nonsense
    3. [de moda] collection;
    la colección de primavera the spring collection
    * * *
    f collection
    * * *
    colección nf, pl - ciones : collection
    * * *
    colección n collection

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección

  • 14 dentado

    adj.
    1 toothed, cogged, serrate, jagged.
    2 dentate, with teeth.
    3 dentulous.
    4 rack-and-pinion.
    5 crenate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: dentar.
    * * *
    1 perforation
    ————————
    1→ link=dentar dentar
    1 (con dientes) toothed
    2 (cuchillo) serrated
    3 BOTÁNICA dentate
    1 perforation
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [filo] jagged; [sello] perforated; (Bot) dentate
    2.
    SM [de sello] perforation
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < filo> serrated

    una rueda dentada — a gearwheel, a cogwheel

    * * *
    = jagged, serrated.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. Parts of the plate were toned by roughening it with a serrated rocker, the tone then being graded by burnishing.
    ----
    * tijeras dentadas = pinking shears, pinking scissors.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < filo> serrated

    una rueda dentada — a gearwheel, a cogwheel

    * * *
    = jagged, serrated.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: Parts of the plate were toned by roughening it with a serrated rocker, the tone then being graded by burnishing.
    * tijeras dentadas = pinking shears, pinking scissors.

    * * *
    dentado -da
    ‹filo› serrated
    una rueda dentada a gearwheel, a cogwheel, a cogged wheel
    * * *

    Del verbo dentar: ( conjugate dentar)

    dentado es:

    el participio

    dentado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ filo› serrated;

    una rueda dentada a gearwheel, a cogwheel

    ' dentado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    jagged
    - perforated
    - serrated
    * * *
    dentado, -a adj
    1. [rueda] cogged, toothed;
    [filo, cuchillo] serrated; [sello] perforated
    2. Bot [hojas] dentate
    * * *
    adj serrated;
    rueda dentada cogwheel
    * * *
    dentado, -da adj
    serrado: serrated, jagged

    Spanish-English dictionary > dentado

  • 15 descongestionar

    v.
    1 to clear (medicine).
    2 to make less congested.
    descongestionar el tráfico to reduce congestion
    3 to decongest, to clear, to relieve someone's congestion, to relieve the congestion of.
    * * *
    1 to clear
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=quitar el bullicio a) [+ calle, ciudad] to relieve, ease congestion in; [+ prisión] to relieve overcrowding in
    2) (=despejar) [+ pulmones, nariz] to clear, decongest frm; [+ cabeza] to clear
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < nariz> to clear; < tráfico> to clear
    * * *
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < nariz> to clear; < tráfico> to clear
    * * *

    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹nariz› to clear
    2 ‹tráfico› to clear
    * * *

    descongestionar ( conjugate descongestionar) verbo transitivo
    to clear
    descongestionar verbo transitivo to clear
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [nariz, vías respiratorias] to clear
    2. [calle, centro de ciudad] to make less congested;
    descongestionar el tráfico to reduce congestion
    ♦ See also the pronominal verb descongestionarse
    * * *
    v/t
    1 MED clear
    2
    :
    descongestionar el tráfico relieve traffic congestion

    Spanish-English dictionary > descongestionar

  • 16 escueto

    adj.
    plain, bare, concise, unadorned.
    * * *
    1 (sin adornos) bare, plain, unadorned
    2 (conciso) concise, brief, succinct
    * * *
    (f. - escueta)
    adj.
    plain, simple, concise
    * * *
    ADJ [verdad] plain, naked; [estilo] simple; [explicación, presentación] concise, succinct
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain
    * * *
    = stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex. While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.
    Ex. This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < explicación> succinct; <lenguaje/estilo> concise, plain
    * * *
    = stark, bald, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], terse.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
    Ex: While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.
    Ex: This terse McLuhanesque turn of phrase is at the core of what I want to talk about today.

    * * *
    escueto -ta
    ‹explicación› succinct; ‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain
    no se extendió mucho, fue muy escueto al respecto he didn't go into great detail, he was very succinct
    su mensaje fue escueto his message was concise o brief
    * * *

    escueto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ explicación› succinct;


    ‹lenguaje/estilo› concise, plain;

    escueto,-a adjetivo plain
    (lenguaje) concise

    ' escueto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escueta
    English:
    bare
    - crisp
    - stark
    * * *
    escueto, -a adj
    [sucinto] concise; [sobrio] plain, unadorned;
    fue o [m5] estuvo muy escueto en la rueda de prensa he was rather unforthcoming at the press conference
    * * *
    adj succinct, concise
    * * *
    escueto, -ta adj
    1) : plain, simple
    2) : succinct, concise
    ♦ escuetamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > escueto

  • 17 fábrica de tejidos de algodón

    (n.) = mill, cotton mill
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. As women became a vital and very large source of labour, particularly in New England, where they worked in the cotton mills, they achieved access to libraries through obligatory attendance at Sunday Schools.
    * * *
    (n.) = mill, cotton mill

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: As women became a vital and very large source of labour, particularly in New England, where they worked in the cotton mills, they achieved access to libraries through obligatory attendance at Sunday Schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fábrica de tejidos de algodón

  • 18 fábrica textil

    f.
    textile plant.
    * * *
    (n.) = mill
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    * * *
    (n.) = mill

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fábrica textil

  • 19 grupo

    m.
    1 group (conjunto).
    en grupo in a group
    grupo ecologista environmental group
    grupo de estudio study group
    grupo de presión (politics) pressure group, lobby
    grupo de riesgo group at risk
    grupo de rock rock group
    2 group of people, bevy, circle, group.
    * * *
    1 group
    2 TÉCNICA unit, set
    \
    en grupo together, en masse
    grupo electrógeno power plant
    grupo sanguíneo blood group
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) band
    •
    * * *
    SM
    1) [gen] group; (=equipo) team; [de árboles] cluster, clump

    grupo de contacto — (Pol) contact group

    grupo de estafas — (Policía) fraud squad

    grupo de estupefacientes — (Policía) drug squad

    grupo de homicidios — (Policía) murder squad

    grupo de investigación — research team, team of researchers

    grupo de presión — pressure group, special interest group (EEUU)

    2) (Elec, Téc) unit, plant; (=montaje) assembly

    grupo electrógeno, grupo generador — generating set, power plant

    3) Cono Sur (=trampa) trick, con *
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.
    Ex. The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex. This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex. SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex. Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex. If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex. 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex. Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex. These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex. DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex. It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex. No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    ----
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.
    * * *
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group; ( de árboles) clump

    en grupo — <salir/trabajar> in a group/in groups

    b) (Mús) tb

    grupo musical — group, band

    * * *
    = aggregate, bank, batch [batches, -pl.], body, class, cluster, clutch, congeries, grouping, pack, cohort, camp, set, group, gang, bunch, corps, band, class group, combine, constituent group, collective, ensemble, bevy, line-up, cluster, segment, pod, order, mob.

    Ex: The result of this is to provide a distinct class number for an aggregate of subjects which are adjacent in the UDC schedule order.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.
    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.
    Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.
    Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.
    Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.
    Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.
    Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.
    Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.
    Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.
    Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.
    Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.
    Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.
    Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.
    Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.
    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    * admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * atacar en grupo = swarm.
    * camaradería de grupo = group ride.
    * cena de grupo = dinner party.
    * cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.
    * como grupo = collectively.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * debate de grupo = group discussion.
    * debate en grupo = group discussion.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.
    * empresa de un grupo = operating company.
    * en algunos grupos = in some quarters.
    * en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.
    * enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * en muchos grupos = in many quarters.
    * en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.
    * entre grupos sociales = intergroup.
    * entrevista en grupo = group interview.
    * formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.
    * formar un grupo = set up + group.
    * formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.
    * G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.
    * gran grupo = constellation.
    * grupo activista = faction group.
    * grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.
    * grupo alimenticio = food group.
    * grupo asesor = advisory group.
    * Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).
    * grupo chantajista = extortion racket.
    * grupo cívico = civic group.
    * grupo consultivo = advisory group.
    * grupo coordinador = steering group.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.
    * grupo de amigos = clan of friends.
    * grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.
    * grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.
    * grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.
    * grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.
    * grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.
    * grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.
    * grupo de consumidores = consumer group.
    * grupo de control = control group.
    * grupo de datos = data set [dataset].
    * grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.
    * grupo de dirección = management.
    * grupo de discusión = discussion group.
    * grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].
    * grupo de empresas = business group.
    * grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.
    * grupo de estudio = study circle.
    * grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.
    * grupo defensor = interest group.
    * grupo de gestión = management team.
    * grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.
    * grupo de investigación = research group.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * grupo de los 20 = G-20.
    * grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.
    * grupo del proyecto = project team.
    * grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.
    * grupo de normalización = standards group.
    * grupo de opinión = focus group.
    * grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.
    * grupo de poder = power group.
    * grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.
    * grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.
    * grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.
    * grupo de recursos = clump.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * grupo de representantes = focus group.
    * grupo de rock = rock group.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.
    * grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.
    * Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
    * grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.
    * Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).
    * grupo de tres = threesome.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.
    * grupo dominante = dominant group.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.
    * grupo especial = special interest group.
    * grupo específico = niche.
    * grupo etario = age bracket.
    * grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.
    * grupo experimental = experimental group.
    * grupo extremista = extremist group.
    * grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.
    * grupo influyente = force.
    * grupo instrumental = ensemble.
    * grupo integrante = constituent group.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo intérprete = executant body.
    * grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.
    * grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.
    * grupo mayoritario = majority group.
    * grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.
    * grupo minoritario = minority group.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * grupo político = political group.
    * grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.
    * grupo profesional = occupational group.
    * grupo racial = racial group.
    * grupo racista = hate group.
    * grupo referente = reference group.
    * grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.
    * grupos = quarters.
    * grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.
    * grupos de diez = tens of.
    * grupo según edad = age group [age-group].
    * grupo social = community group, social group.
    * grupo supervisor = steering group.
    * grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.
    * grupo terrorista = terrorist group.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * perfil de grupo = group profile.
    * por grupos = in batches.
    * presión del grupo = peer pressure.
    * relativo a un grupo = group-related.
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).
    * rodear en grupo = swarm.
    * SDI por grupos = group SDI.
    * sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.
    * sesión de grupo = group session.
    * tarifa de grupo = group rate.
    * técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.
    * terapia de grupo = group therapy.
    * trabajar en grupo = team.
    * trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).
    * una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.
    * un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.
    * un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.
    * un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.
    * un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.
    * un grupo variado de = a collection of.
    * violación en grupo = gang rape.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de personas) group; (de empresas, países) group; (de árboles) clump
    los grupos sociales marginados marginalized social groups
    un grupo de casas a group o cluster of houses
    se dividieron en grupos de (a) cuatro they split into groups of four
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    2 ( Mús) tb
    grupo musical group, band
    3 ( Quím) group
    Compuestos:
    support group
    advisory group, think tank
    construction consortium
    control group
    consortium
    hotel chain
    ● grupo de interés or presión
    pressure group
    jazz group o band
    internet forum
    press consortium
    ( Pol) Group of Eight
    newsgroup
    working party
    user group
    generator
    ● grupo fónico/tónico
    phonic/tonic group
    target group
    ( frml); peer group
    parliamentary group
    blood group
    tener el grupo sanguíneo Rh or Rhesus positivo/negativo to be Rhesus positive/negative
    ¿qué grupo sanguíneo tiene? what blood group are you?
    tengo el grupo sanguíneo A/AB/B positivo/negativo I'm blood group A/AB/B positive/negative
    control group
    B ( Chi arg) (mentira) lie; (engaño) trick
    * * *

     

    grupo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de personas, empresas, países) group;

    ( de árboles) clump;

    grupos sociales social groups;
    de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
    en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups
    b) (Mús) tb


    grupo sustantivo masculino
    1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
    tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
    grupo de trabajo, working party
    terapia de grupo, group therapy
    2 Mús group, band
    3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
    ' grupo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - argot
    - beatería
    - cada
    - clase
    - comando
    - componente
    - conjunta
    - conjunto
    - contra
    - cuerpo
    - delirio
    - descolgarse
    - desfilar
    - dirigirse
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - dispersar
    - dispersarse
    - ecologista
    - entrada
    - equipo
    - escolta
    - estamento
    - exclusión
    - figurar
    - fuerza
    - GEO
    - guerrilla
    - incorporarse
    - iniciar
    - jerga
    - junta
    - manifestarse
    - maquinaria
    - mayoría
    - minoritaria
    - minoritario
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - núcleo
    - nutrido-a
    - panel
    - paquete
    - patrulla
    - pertenencia
    - pesar
    - piña
    - readmitir
    - relevo
    English:
    address
    - army
    - back
    - band
    - bear down on
    - blood group
    - body
    - bracket
    - breakaway
    - bunch
    - camp
    - chain gang
    - class
    - cliquey
    - clump
    - cluster
    - collection
    - collective
    - combine
    - come under
    - commission
    - contra
    - crowd
    - demo
    - dense
    - drummer
    - dynamics
    - fervent
    - flagship
    - flock
    - foursome
    - fraternity
    - frenzied
    - gather
    - group
    - guard
    - heterogeneous
    - homogeneous
    - huddle
    - inbred
    - Ivy League
    - join
    - knot
    - lead
    - leadership
    - lobby
    - make up
    - manager
    - manageress
    - motley
    * * *
    grupo nm
    1. [conjunto] group;
    [de árboles] cluster;
    grupo (de empresas) (corporate) group;
    en grupo in a group;
    el grupo de cabeza [en carrera] the leading group
    Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group;
    grupo ecologista environmental group;
    grupo de edad age group;
    grupo empresarial (business) group o combine;
    grupo de estudio study group;
    Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup;
    grupo parlamentario parliamentary group;
    Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby;
    grupo de riesgo group at risk;
    UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men;
    grupo sanguíneo blood group;
    Informát grupo de usuarios user group
    2. [de músicos] group, band
    3. Tec unit, set
    Elec grupo electrógeno generator
    4. Quím group
    5. Ling grupo consonántico consonant cluster;
    grupo fónico phonic group;
    grupo nominal noun phrase;
    grupo de palabras word group;
    grupo vocálico vowel cluster
    * * *
    m group;
    en grupos in groups
    * * *
    grupo nm
    : group
    * * *
    grupo n group

    Spanish-English dictionary > grupo

  • 20 horizonte

    m.
    horizon.
    horizonte artificial artificial horizon
    * * *
    1 horizon
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=línea) horizon
    2) pl horizontes (=perspectivas)
    * * *
    a) ( línea) horizon
    b) horizontes masculino plural ( perspectivas) horizons (pl)
    * * *
    = skyline, horizon.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.
    ----
    * abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.
    * abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.
    * agrandar los horizontes = enlarge + horizons.
    * ampliar el horizonte = broaden + perspective, widen + the scope.
    * ampliar los horizontes = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views.
    * desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.
    * en el horizonte = on the horizon.
    * ensanchar horizontes = open out + horizons.
    * ensanchar los horizontes = broaden + perspective.
    * explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.
    * horizonte dibujado por los edificios = skyline.
    * horizonte dibujado por un edificio = roofline.
    * línea del horizonte = skyline.
    * nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.
    * * *
    a) ( línea) horizon
    b) horizontes masculino plural ( perspectivas) horizons (pl)
    * * *
    = skyline, horizon.

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.
    * abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.
    * abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.
    * agrandar los horizontes = enlarge + horizons.
    * ampliar el horizonte = broaden + perspective, widen + the scope.
    * ampliar los horizontes = broaden + horizons, extend + horizons, enlarge + horizons, widen + horizons, expand + Posesivo + horizons, expand + views.
    * desaparecer en el horizonte cabalgando al atardecer = ride off + into the sunset.
    * en el horizonte = on the horizon.
    * ensanchar horizontes = open out + horizons.
    * ensanchar los horizontes = broaden + perspective.
    * explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.
    * horizonte dibujado por los edificios = skyline.
    * horizonte dibujado por un edificio = roofline.
    * línea del horizonte = skyline.
    * nuevos horizontes = greener pastures, pastures new.

    * * *
    1 (línea) horizon
    se quedó con los ojos perdidos en el horizonte he stood there staring into space
    2 horizontes mpl (perspectivas) horizons (pl)
    quiere abrirse nuevos horizontes he wants to broaden his horizons
    tiene unos horizontes muy estrechos/limitados she is very narrow-minded, she has very limited horizons
    * * *

    horizonte sustantivo masculino

    b)

    ◊ horizontes sustantivo masculino plural ( perspectivas) horizons (pl)

    horizonte sustantivo masculino
    1 horizon
    2 (línea entre cielo y tierra) skyline
    ' horizonte' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escudriñar
    - fijar
    English:
    horizon
    - scan
    - skyline
    - perpendicular
    - sky
    * * *
    1. [línea] horizon;
    la barca se perdió por el horizonte the boat disappeared over the horizon
    horizonte artificial artificial horizon
    2. [perspectivas]
    un horizonte poco prometedor an unpromising outlook;
    este proyecto amplía nuestros horizontes this project represents a widening of our horizons;
    no hay perspectivas de mejora en el horizonte más cercano there is no prospect of improvement in the immediate future
    * * *
    m horizon
    * * *
    : horizon, skyline
    * * *
    horizonte n horizon

    Spanish-English dictionary > horizonte

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