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  • 121 aculturación

    f.
    acculturation, adoption of a higher culture, process of adopting the culture of another social group, adoption of another culture.
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    = acculturation, enculturation, culturation.
    Ex. Increasingly, US historians are carrying out research into the acculturation of immigrants to the USA.
    Ex. This document discusses a seminar in which participants focused on the enculturation of boys into American society.
    Ex. The author discusses the social development of infants in terms of a set of tasks which include identity, culturation, and reproduction.
    * * *
    = acculturation, enculturation, culturation.

    Ex: Increasingly, US historians are carrying out research into the acculturation of immigrants to the USA.

    Ex: This document discusses a seminar in which participants focused on the enculturation of boys into American society.
    Ex: The author discusses the social development of infants in terms of a set of tasks which include identity, culturation, and reproduction.

    * * *
    acculturation

    Spanish-English dictionary > aculturación

  • 122 caldo de cultivo

    BIOLOGÍA culture medium 2 figurado breeding ground
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    (Biol) culture medium; ( ambiente propicio) breeding ground
    * * *
    (n.) = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dish
    Ex. One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.
    Ex. This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.
    Ex. Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.
    * * *
    (Biol) culture medium; ( ambiente propicio) breeding ground
    * * *
    (n.) = hotbed, breeding ground, petri dish

    Ex: One of the most common misconceptions and criticisms held by the general public concerning universities is that they are hotbeds of radicalism, alcoholism, and sexism.

    Ex: This serves as an example of the Web acting as a breeding ground for a printed reference annual.
    Ex: Web sites such as the popular Psychobike.com are the cyberspace petri dishes that incubate grudge matches.

    * * *
    fig
    breeding ground

    Spanish-English dictionary > caldo de cultivo

  • 123 chicano

    adj.
    Chicano, chicane.
    m.
    Chicane.
    * * *
    1 chicano, Chicano
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) chicano; (mujer) chicana
    * * *
    chicano, -a
    1.
    ADJ Chicano, Mexican-American
    2.
    SM / F Chicano, Mexican immigrant in the USA
    * * *
    - na adjetivo/masculino, femenino Chicano
    •• Cultural note:
    Chicanos are Mexican Americans, the descendants of Mexican immigrants living in the United States. For long looked down on by Americans of European descent, Chicano society has found a new pride in its origins and culture. There are numerous Chicano radio stations and cultural organizations in the United States and many universities and colleges now offer courses in Chicano Studies
    * * *
    Ex. The author assesses the history and development of library services to users of Latin American origin in the USA ( Chicanos or Latinos).
    ----
    * lo chicano = Chicana.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo/masculino, femenino Chicano
    •• Cultural note:
    Chicanos are Mexican Americans, the descendants of Mexican immigrants living in the United States. For long looked down on by Americans of European descent, Chicano society has found a new pride in its origins and culture. There are numerous Chicano radio stations and cultural organizations in the United States and many universities and colleges now offer courses in Chicano Studies
    * * *

    Ex: The author assesses the history and development of library services to users of Latin American origin in the USA ( Chicanos or Latinos).

    * lo chicano = Chicana.

    * * *
    Chicanos are Mexican Americans, the descendants of Mexican immigrants living in the United States. For long looked down on by Americans of European descent, Chicano society has found a new pride in its origins and culture. There are numerous Chicano radio stations and cultural organizations in the United States and many universities and colleges now offer courses in Chicano Studies.
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    Chicano    
    chicano
    chicano
    ◊ -na adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    Chicano
    chicano,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino chicano

    ' chicano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chicana
    * * *
    chicano, -a
    ♦ adj
    Chicano, Mexican-American
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Chicano, Mexican-American
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Chicano
    * * *
    chicano, -na adj & n
    : Chicano, Chicana f

    Spanish-English dictionary > chicano

  • 124 clase1

    1 = class, class, cluster, kind, nature, schedules, the, sort, type, schedule, table, ilk, class standing.
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. A class is a set of things which share some property, or characteristic, in common.
    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. Document descriptions may be drafted for a wide variety of different kinds of library material, but some common principles can be established.
    Ex. Since all of the headings are alphabetical words, it is possible to interfile entries regardless of the nature of their heading.
    Ex. The list of terms, representing concepts systematically arranged and showing their relationships, constitutes the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
    Ex. There are a number of types of abstracts or labels that can be applied to abstracts.
    Ex. We have now established all the information that we need to enable us to construct a schedule, or table, in a given subject area.
    Ex. We have now established all the information that we need to enable us to construct a schedule, or table, in a given subject area.
    Ex. Perhaps she would be well advised to read that book and others of its ilk to see if she could learn something about surviving in the corporate world.
    Ex. Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.
    ----
    * análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.
    * área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.
    * clase acomodada = nob.
    * clase alta = upper class.
    * clase anterior = anterior numeral class.
    * clase baja = lower class, the.
    * clase business = business class.
    * clase capitalista = capitalist class.
    * clase fénix = Phoenix schedule.
    * clase general = containing class.
    * clase gobernante, la = ruling class, the, ruling elite, the.
    * clase intelectual = intellectual class.
    * clase marginada = underclass.
    * clase media = middle class.
    * clase media alta = upper-middle class.
    * clase obrera = working class.
    * clase política = political class.
    * clase principal = main class.
    * clases altas, las = upper circles, the.
    * clases auxiliares = auxiliaries.
    * clases inferiores, las = lower orders, the.
    * clase social = social class.
    * clase superior = brahmin.
    * clase trabajadora = working class, labouring class.
    * clase turista = economy class.
    * con toda clase de comodidades = with all mods and cons.
    * con toda clase de lujos = with all mods and cons.
    * correo de primera clase = first class post.
    * cultura de la clase alta = high culture.
    * cultura de la clase baja = low culture.
    * cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.
    * de primera clase = first class, first-rate, tip-top.
    * de segunda clase = second-rate.
    * designación específica de la clase de documento = specific material designation.
    * designación general de la clase de documento = general material designation.
    * de una clase social superior = above + Posesivo + class.
    * dimensión de clase = class dimension.
    * fuera de clase = out-of-class.
    * identidad clase-tipo = type-token identity.
    * lucha de clases = class warfare.
    * modelo en su clase = showpiece.
    * notación de clase = class notation.
    * política de clases = class politics.
    * prejuicio de clases = class prejudice.
    * relación clase-tipo = type-token ratio.
    * sin clases sociales = classless.
    * sistema de clases sociales = class system.
    * subdivisión dentro de una clase = link, step of division.
    * toda clase de = all sorts of.
    * una clase de = a kind of.

    Spanish-English dictionary > clase1

  • 125 cultural

    adj.
    cultural.
    * * *
    1 cultural
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo cultural
    * * *
    Ex. There is now an even better (or worse) example that supplants rock music as the classical example of, not cultural lag, but musical lag, and that's GOSPEL MUSIC or GOSPEL SONGS, which has just now been established.
    ----
    * actividad cultural = cultural activity.
    * agenda cultural = cultural agenda.
    * barrera cultural = cultural barrier.
    * brecha cultural, la = cultural divide, the.
    * cambio cultural = cultural change.
    * capital cultural = cultural asset.
    * centro cultural = cultural centre, cultural venue.
    * complejo recreativo-cultural = leisure-recreation-cultural complex.
    * concurso cultural = talent show.
    * conflicto cultural = cultural conflict.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * desde un punto de vista cultural = culturally.
    * desfase cultural = cultural lag.
    * división cultural, la = cultural divide, the.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * idea cultural = meme.
    * institución cultural = heritage institution.
    * institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución del patrimonio histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución para el estudio y la conservación del patrimonio = heritage organisation.
    * intercambio cultural = cultural exchange.
    * intercultural = cross-cultural [cross cultural].
    * lazo cultural = cultural bond.
    * minoría cultural = cultural minority.
    * monumento cultural = cultural monument.
    * movimiento cultural = cultural movement.
    * objeto cultural = cultural object.
    * objeto de valor cultural = cultural valuable.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * programa cultural = cultural programme.
    * religioso-cultural = religious-cultural.
    * sociocultural = sociocultural [socio-cultural].
    * supremacía cultural = cultural supremacism, cultural supremacy.
    * velada cultural = cultural evening.
    * viaje cultural = cultural visit.
    * visita cultural = cultural visit.
    * * *
    adjetivo cultural
    * * *

    Ex: There is now an even better (or worse) example that supplants rock music as the classical example of, not cultural lag, but musical lag, and that's GOSPEL MUSIC or GOSPEL SONGS, which has just now been established.

    * actividad cultural = cultural activity.
    * agenda cultural = cultural agenda.
    * barrera cultural = cultural barrier.
    * brecha cultural, la = cultural divide, the.
    * cambio cultural = cultural change.
    * capital cultural = cultural asset.
    * centro cultural = cultural centre, cultural venue.
    * complejo recreativo-cultural = leisure-recreation-cultural complex.
    * concurso cultural = talent show.
    * conflicto cultural = cultural conflict.
    * de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * desde un punto de vista cultural = culturally.
    * desfase cultural = cultural lag.
    * división cultural, la = cultural divide, the.
    * grupo cultural = cultural group.
    * idea cultural = meme.
    * institución cultural = heritage institution.
    * institución de interés histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución del patrimonio histórico y cultural = cultural heritage institution.
    * institución para el estudio y la conservación del patrimonio = heritage organisation.
    * intercambio cultural = cultural exchange.
    * intercultural = cross-cultural [cross cultural].
    * lazo cultural = cultural bond.
    * minoría cultural = cultural minority.
    * monumento cultural = cultural monument.
    * movimiento cultural = cultural movement.
    * objeto cultural = cultural object.
    * objeto de valor cultural = cultural valuable.
    * persona con nivel cultural medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * persona de nivel cultural bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * programa cultural = cultural programme.
    * religioso-cultural = religious-cultural.
    * sociocultural = sociocultural [socio-cultural].
    * supremacía cultural = cultural supremacism, cultural supremacy.
    * velada cultural = cultural evening.
    * viaje cultural = cultural visit.
    * visita cultural = cultural visit.

    * * *
    cultural
    un acto cultural a cultural event
    el interés cultural demostrado por los jóvenes the interest in the arts o in culture shown by young people
    bajo nivel cultural low standard of general education
    * * *

    cultural adjetivo
    cultural;

    bajo nivel cultural low standard of general education
    cultural adjetivo cultural

    ' cultural' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acervo
    - bagaje
    - concejalía
    - consejería
    - desarraigar
    - desnivel
    - granada
    - granado
    - instituto
    - involución
    - legar
    - legado
    - ministra
    - ministro
    - nivel
    - patrimonio
    - Unesco
    - velada
    - ambiente
    - herencia
    - manifestación
    - movida
    - turismo
    English:
    cement
    - cultural
    - cultural exchange
    - culture shock
    - intercultural
    - culture
    - further
    - heritage
    - UNESCO
    * * *
    cultural;
    una actividad cultural a cultural activity;
    la diversidad cultural cultural diversity
    * * *
    adj cultural;
    un nivel cultural muy pobre a very poor standard of education
    * * *
    : cultural
    * * *
    cultural adj cultural

    Spanish-English dictionary > cultural

  • 126 difundir

    v.
    1 to spread (noticia, doctrina, epidemia).
    2 to spread out, to broadcast, to blaze abroad, to diffuse.
    La prensa difunde las noticias The press spreads out the news.
    El cono difundía energía The cone diffused energy.
    * * *
    1 (luz, calor) to diffuse
    2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread
    3 RADIO TELEVISIÓN to broadcast
    1 (luz, calor) to be diffused
    2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=extender) [+ calor, luz] to diffuse; [+ gas] to give off
    2) (=propagar) [+ programa, imagen] to broadcast, transmit; [+ teoría, ideología] to spread, disseminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue
    * * *
    = disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.
    Ex. The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
    Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex. A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
    Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex. As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex. We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex. This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex. The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.
    Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex. Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    ----
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.
    * difundir información = hand out + information.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * difundir noticias = broadcast + news.
    * difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.
    * difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.
    * difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.
    * noticias + difundirse = news + spread.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue
    * * *
    = disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.

    Ex: The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.

    Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex: A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
    Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex: As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex: We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex: This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex: The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.
    Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex: Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.
    * difundir información = hand out + information.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * difundir noticias = broadcast + news.
    * difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.
    * difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.
    * difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.
    * noticias + difundirse = news + spread.

    * * *
    difundir [I1 ]
    vt
    ‹noticia/rumor› to spread; ‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, diffuse, disseminate
    difundían el temor entre la población they were spreading fear among the population
    se difundió un comunicado desmintiendo el rumor a communiqué was issued denying the rumor
    la noticia fue difundida por la radio the news was broadcast on the radio
    una institución que se encarga de difundir la cultura an institution responsible for disseminating culture
    son creencias difundidas en esta región such beliefs are widespread in this area
    la lámpara difundía una luz tenue the lamp gave off a dim light
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    difundir ( conjugate difundir) verbo transitivo ‹noticia/rumor› to spread;
    ‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, disseminate;
    ‹ cultura› to disseminate;
    ‹ comunicado› to issue;
    ( por radio) to disseminate;

    difundir vtr, difundirse verbo reflexivo to spread

    ' difundir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difundirse
    - sembrar
    English:
    bandy about
    - broadcast
    - diffuse
    - propagate
    - radiate
    - spread
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [divulgar] [noticia, pánico, religión] to spread;
    [comunicado, informe] to publish; [cultura, costumbres] to spread, to diffuse
    2. [sujeto: emisora radiofónica, canal televisivo] to broadcast;
    una cadena argentina difundió las imágenes an Argentinian channel broadcast the pictures
    3. [extender] [epidemia, olor] to spread;
    [sonido, ondas] to diffuse, to propagate;
    la estufa difunde muy bien el calor the stove heats the place up well
    * * *
    v/t
    1 spread
    2 programa broadcast
    * * *
    1) : to diffuse, to spread out
    2) : to broadcast, to spread
    * * *
    1. (en general) to spread [pt. & pp. spread]
    2. (radio, televisión) to broadcast [pt. & pp. broadcast]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difundir

  • 127 difusor

    adj.
    diffusing, disseminator, propagating, diffusive.
    m.
    1 broadcaster.
    2 diffuser.
    3 delivery nozzle, spreading nozzle.
    * * *
    1 spreading, propagating
    2 RADIO TELEVISIÓN broadcasting
    1 (de secador) diffuser
    ————————
    1 (de secador) diffuser
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    el medio difusor — (Radio) the broadcasting medium

    2.
    SM [de pelo] blow-drier
    * * *
    - sora adjetivo
    * * *
    = disseminator, disseminatory.
    Ex. This tool has provided both a very significant testing ground for the techniques, and also an influential disseminator of the methods.
    Ex. The 1990 conference will discuss libraries' disseminatory function in education.
    ----
    * difusor de información = information disseminator.
    * * *
    - sora adjetivo
    * * *
    = disseminator, disseminatory.

    Ex: This tool has provided both a very significant testing ground for the techniques, and also an influential disseminator of the methods.

    Ex: The 1990 conference will discuss libraries' disseminatory function in education.
    * difusor de información = information disseminator.

    * * *
    un organismo difusor de nuestra cultura an organization that disseminates our culture
    diffuser
    * * *

    difusor,-ora
    I adjetivo spreading: no hay que subestimar el efecto difusor del boca en boca, we shouldn't underestimate how much information is spread by word of mouth
    II sustantivo masculino diffuser: se ha taponado el difusor del grifo, the diffuser on the tap is plugged
    ' difusor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difusora
    * * *
    difusor, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [medio, agencia] broadcasting
    2. [divulgador]
    una institución difusora de la lengua española an institution whose mission is to spread the Spanish language
    ♦ nm,f
    [divulgador]
    los difusores de la religión católica those who spread the Catholic religion;
    el principal difusor de noticias en el país the main source of news in the country
    ♦ nm
    [utensilio] diffuser

    Spanish-English dictionary > difusor

  • 128 portero

    m.
    1 doorman, redcap, porter, hall porter.
    2 janitor, super, porter, superintendent.
    3 goalkeeper, goalie, gatekeeper.
    4 doorkeeper, person in charge of the door, porter.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 DEPORTE goalkeeper
    \
    portero automático entryphone
    * * *
    (f. - portera)
    noun
    1) doorman, caretaker
    * * *
    portero, -a
    1. SM / F
    1) [de edificio] caretaker, concierge, (apartment house) manager (EEUU)
    2) [en hotel, hospital] porter
    3) (Dep) goalkeeper
    2.
    SM

    portero automático, portero eléctrico, portero electrónico — entry phone

    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)
    2) (Dep) goalkeeper
    •• Cultural note:
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip
    * * *
    = janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.
    Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.
    Ex. It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.
    Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex. He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.
    Ex. This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.
    Ex. Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.
    Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    ----
    * cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.
    * portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)
    2) (Dep) goalkeeper
    •• Cultural note:
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip
    * * *
    = janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.
    Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.

    Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.

    Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex: He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.
    Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.
    Ex: Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.
    Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    * cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.
    * portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].

    * * *
    portero -ra portero (↑ portero a1)
    masculine, feminine
    A (que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; (que cuida el edificio) super ( AmE), superintendent ( AmE), caretaker ( BrE), concierge
    Compuesto:
    portero eléctrico or ( Esp) automático
    masculine intercom ( AmE), entryphone ( BrE)
    B ( Dep) goalkeeper
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay.
    Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom).
    The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip.
    * * *

     

    portero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter;
    ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE);
    portero eléctrico or (Esp) automático sustantivo masculino
    entryphone
    2 (Dep) goalkeeper
    portero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (de una vivienda) porter, caretaker
    (de un edificio público) doorman
    portero automático, entry-phone
    2 Dep goalkeeper
    ' portero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camelarse
    - despeje
    - garita
    - gorila
    - obnubilarse
    - portera
    - interfono
    - mayordomo
    English:
    caretaker
    - doorman
    - goalkeeper
    - intercom
    - janitor
    - porter
    - scapegoat
    - door
    - entry
    - goal
    - superintendent
    - turn
    * * *
    portero, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de casa] Br caretaker, US super(intendent)
    2. [de hotel, ministerio] [en recepción] porter;
    [a la puerta] doorman
    3. [de discoteca] doorman
    4. [en fútbol, balonmano, hockey] goalkeeper;
    [en hockey] goalminder
    ♦ nm
    portero automático entryphone;
    portero eléctrico entryphone;
    * * *
    m
    1 doorman
    2 de edificio superintendent, Br
    caretaker
    3 DEP goalkeeper
    * * *
    portero, -ra n
    1) arquero: goalkeeper, goalie
    2) : doorman m
    3) : janitor, superintendent
    * * *
    1. (en deportes) goalkeeper

    Spanish-English dictionary > portero

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