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1 publicación

f.

1 publication, bulletin, journal, periodical.

2 broadcast, announcement, posting.

3 publishing, putting forth.

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publicación

► nombre femenino

1 publication

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noun f.

publication

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SF publication

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femenino publication

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= item, launch, publication, publication, publishing, issuance, printed work.

Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex. A gathering of 10 CD-ROM application developers resulted in the launch of the CD-ROM Standards and Practices Action Group.

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. In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex. It embodied programmes in secretarial studies, publishing, office management and graphic design.

Ex. The date of publication must be inferred from the date of issuance or coverage on a periodical.

Ex. The last mentioned covers, with certain provisos, periodical articles, other printed works, and copies for other libraries.

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* agencia de publicación = issuing bureau.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* artículo de publicación periódica = journal article, periodical article.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las publicaciones seriadas = serials librarianship.

* canales de publicación = publishing channels.

* Catalogación en Publicación (CEP) = Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP).

* catalogador de publicaciones seriadas = serials cataloguer.

* catálogo de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* catálogo de publicaciones periódicas = serials catalogue.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* circulación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical routing.

* colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.

* colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.

* comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.

* de próxima publicación = about to be published.

* de reciente publicación = recently published, recently released, newly published.

* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicaciones Seria = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* directorio de publicaciones periódicas = serials directory.

* edición de publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* editor de publicación = publishing editor.

* editor de publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publisher [e-publisher].

* exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.

* explosión de las publicaciones = publication explosion.

* explosión de las publicaciones, la = literature explosion, the.

* expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.

* fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fondos de publicaciones periódicas = serial holdings.

* hábito de publicación = publishing habit.

* índice de impacto de una publicación periódica = periodical impact factor.

* índice de publicaciones periódicas = periodical index.

* industria de las publicaciones periódicas, la = serial industry, the.

* industria de las publicaciones seriadas, la = serials industry, the.

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* libertad de publicación = freedom to publish.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lugar de publicación = place of publication.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control system, serials control module.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* parte de una publicación = component part.

* pedido de publicaciones periódicas = serials ordering.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación académica = academic publication.

* publicación científica = scholarly publication, scientific publication, scientific paper, research publication.

* publicación comercial = trade publication.

* publicación de documentos del gobierno = government publishing.

* publicación de documentos oficiales = official publishing.

* publicación del gobierno = government publication.

* publicación de movimiento = movement publication.

* publicación de recensiones bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de reseñas bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.

* publicación de una noticia dos veces = crossposting [cross-posting].

* publicación digital = digital publication.

* publicación divulgativa = trade publication.

* publicación electrónica = electronic publication [e-publication].

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* publicación en la web = Web publishing.

* publicación en microfilm = microfilm publication.

* publicación en papel = paper publication.

* publicación en prensa = forthcoming title.

* publicación en publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* publicaciones = literature, publishing activity.

* publicaciones académicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones alternativas = alternative publications.

* publicaciones científicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones del parlamento = Command papers, parliamentary papers.

* publicaciones divulgativas = trade literature.

* publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publishing (e-publishing).

* publicación especializada = specialised publication, specialist publication.

* publicaciones periódicas = journal literature, periodical literature, serial literature.

* publicación gratuita = free publication.

* publicación gubernamental = government publication.

* publicación mensual = monthly publication.

* publicación no periódica = non-periodical publication.

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación oficial = government publication, official publication.

* publicación periódica = periodical, periodical title, serial, periodical publication.

* publicación periódica electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación quinquenal = quinquennial.

* publicación según la demanda = on-demand publishing.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication, serials publication, serial(s) title.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* publicación seriada impresa = print serial.

* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

* publicación seriada muerta = dead serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* publicación técnica = technical publication.

* publicación trimestral = quarterly publication.

* publicación troceada = salami publishing.

* recepción de publicaciones periódicas = checking in [checking-in].

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* reclamación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical claiming.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* restricción a la publicación en prensa = press restriction.

* rotación de publicaciones periódicas = routing, journal routing.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones peri = periodicals indexing service.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* título de la publicación periódica = serial title.

* título de publicación periódica = periodical title.

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femenino publication

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= item, launch, publication, publication, publishing, issuance, printed work.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: A gathering of 10 CD-ROM application developers resulted in the launch of the CD-ROM Standards and Practices Action Group.

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: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex: It embodied programmes in secretarial studies, publishing, office management and graphic design.

Ex: The date of publication must be inferred from the date of issuance or coverage on a periodical.

Ex: The last mentioned covers, with certain provisos, periodical articles, other printed works, and copies for other libraries.

* agencia de publicación = issuing bureau.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* artículo de publicación periódica = journal article, periodical article.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las publicaciones seriadas = serials librarianship.

* canales de publicación = publishing channels.

* Catalogación en Publicación (CEP) = Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP).

* catalogador de publicaciones seriadas = serials cataloguer.

* catálogo de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* catálogo de publicaciones periódicas = serials catalogue.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* circulación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical routing.

* colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.

* colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.

* comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.

* de próxima publicación = about to be published.

* de reciente publicación = recently published, recently released, newly published.

* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicaciones Seria = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* directorio de publicaciones periódicas = serials directory.

* edición de publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* editor de publicación = publishing editor.

* editor de publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publisher [e-publisher].

* exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.

* explosión de las publicaciones = publication explosion.

* explosión de las publicaciones, la = literature explosion, the.

* expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.

* fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fondos de publicaciones periódicas = serial holdings.

* hábito de publicación = publishing habit.

* índice de impacto de una publicación periódica = periodical impact factor.

* índice de publicaciones periódicas = periodical index.

* industria de las publicaciones periódicas, la = serial industry, the.

* industria de las publicaciones seriadas, la = serials industry, the.

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* libertad de publicación = freedom to publish.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lugar de publicación = place of publication.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control system, serials control module.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* parte de una publicación = component part.

* pedido de publicaciones periódicas = serials ordering.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación académica = academic publication.

* publicación científica = scholarly publication, scientific publication, scientific paper, research publication.

* publicación comercial = trade publication.

* publicación de documentos del gobierno = government publishing.

* publicación de documentos oficiales = official publishing.

* publicación del gobierno = government publication.

* publicación de movimiento = movement publication.

* publicación de recensiones bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de reseñas bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.

* publicación de una noticia dos veces = crossposting [cross-posting].

* publicación digital = digital publication.

* publicación divulgativa = trade publication.

* publicación electrónica = electronic publication [e-publication].

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* publicación en la web = Web publishing.

* publicación en microfilm = microfilm publication.

* publicación en papel = paper publication.

* publicación en prensa = forthcoming title.

* publicación en publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* publicaciones = literature, publishing activity.

* publicaciones académicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones alternativas = alternative publications.

* publicaciones científicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones del parlamento = Command papers, parliamentary papers.

* publicaciones divulgativas = trade literature.

* publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publishing (e-publishing).

* publicación especializada = specialised publication, specialist publication.

* publicaciones periódicas = journal literature, periodical literature, serial literature.

* publicación gratuita = free publication.

* publicación gubernamental = government publication.

* publicación mensual = monthly publication.

* publicación no periódica = non-periodical publication.

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación oficial = government publication, official publication.

* publicación periódica = periodical, periodical title, serial, periodical publication.

* publicación periódica electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación quinquenal = quinquennial.

* publicación según la demanda = on-demand publishing.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication, serials publication, serial(s) title.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* publicación seriada impresa = print serial.

* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

* publicación seriada muerta = dead serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* publicación técnica = technical publication.

* publicación trimestral = quarterly publication.

* publicación troceada = salami publishing.

* recepción de publicaciones periódicas = checking in [checking-in].

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* reclamación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical claiming.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* restricción a la publicación en prensa = press restriction.

* rotación de publicaciones periódicas = routing, journal routing.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones peri = periodicals indexing service.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* título de la publicación periódica = serial title.

* título de publicación periódica = periodical title.

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publicación

feminine

1 (acción) publication

fecha de publicación date of publication

2 (obra) publication

Compuesto:

publicación periódica

periodical

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publicación sustantivo femenino
publication
publicación sustantivo femenino publication
' publicación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abono
- boletín
- bombazo
- dicha
- dicho
- ejemplar
- revista
- secuestrar
- traer
- consagrar
- índice
- luz
- mensual
- número
- reaparición
- suscripción
- trimestral
English:
appearance
- milestone
- paper
- publication
- quarterly
- release
- journal
- monthly
- periodical

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publicación nf

1. [acción] publication;

una revista de publicación semanal a weekly magazine

2. [escrito, revista] publication

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publicación

f publication

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publicación nf, pl - ciones : publication

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publicación n publication

Spanish-English dictionary > publicación
2 publicación seriada en curso

(n.) = current serial

Ex. Many libraries have had to cancel a significant number of current serials to maintain acquisitions of monographs.

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(n.) = current serial

Ex: Many libraries have had to cancel a significant number of current serials to maintain acquisitions of monographs.

Spanish-English dictionary > publicación seriada en curso
3 curso

m.

1 year.

2 course (lecciones).

un curso de inglés/informática an English/computing course

curso por correspondencia correspondence course

curso intensivo crash course

3 textbook (texto, manual).

4 course (dirección) (de río, acontecimientos).

dar curso a algo to give free rein to something; (dar rienda suelta) to process o deal with something (tramitar)

en el curso de una semana ha habido tres accidentes there have been three accidents in the course of a week

la situación comenzará a mejorar en el curso de un año the situation will begin to improve within a year

en curso current; (mes, año) in progress (trabajo)

seguir su curso to go on, to continue

5 trend, development.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cursar.

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curso

► nombre masculino

1 (dirección) course, direction

■ el curso de los acontecimientos the course of events

2 EDUCACIÓN (nivel) year, class; (materia) course; (escolar) school year

■ vamos al mismo curso we are in the same class

■ un curso de historia a history course

■ ¿cuándo empieza el curso? when do classes start?

3 (río) flow, current

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar curso a algo (tramitar) to deal with something 2 (dar libertad) to give free rein to something

dejar que las cosas sigan su curso figurado to let things take their course

en el curso de... figurado during the course of...

estar en curso figurado to be under way

año en curso current year

curso acelerado crash course

mes en curso current month

moneda de curso legal legal tender

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noun m.

1) course

2) school year

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SM

1) (Escol, Univ) (=año escolar) year; (=clase) year, class ( esp EEUU)

este curso empieza el dos de septiembre — this school year begins on the second of September

los alumnos del segundo curso — second year pupils, the second years

es el único chico de mi curso — he's the only boy in my year

curso escolar — school year, academic year

2) (=estudios) course

un curso de informática — a course in computing

apertura/clausura de curso — beginning/end of term

curso acelerado — crash course, intensive course

curso de actualización — refresher course

curso de formación — training course

Curso de Orientación Universitaria — = COU

curso de reciclaje — refresher course

curso intensivo — crash course, intensive course

curso lectivo — academic year

curso por correspondencia — correspondence course

3) [de río] course

curso de agua, curso fluvial — watercourse

4) (=desarrollo) course

un nuevo tratamiento que retrasa el curso de la enfermedad — a new treatment which delays the course of the illness

deja que las cosas sigan su curso — let matters take their course

seguimos por la tele el curso de la carrera — we watched the progress o course of the race on TV

la recuperación del enfermo sigue su curso normal — the patient is recovering normally

• en curso, el proceso judicial está en curso — the case is under way o in progress

el año en curso — the present year, the current year

• en el curso de, en el curso de la entrevista — during the interview, in o during the course of the interview

en el curso de la vida — in the course of a lifetime

en el curso de los años — over the years

5) frm

• dar curso a algo, dar curso a una solicitud — to deal with an application

estaba dando curso a las instrucciones recibidas — she was carrying out the instructions she had received

dio curso a su indignación — she gave vent to her anger

dar libre curso a algo: dio libre curso a sus pensamientos — he gave free rein to his thoughts

dimos libre curso a la imaginación — we let our imagination run wild

6) (Com)

moneda de curso legal — legal tender

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masculino

1) (Educ)

a) ( año académico) year

está en (el) tercer curso — he's in the third year

el curso escolar/universitario — the academic year

b) ( clases) course

un curso de contabilidad — an accountancy course

c) ( grupo de alumnos) year

una chica de mi curso — a girl in my year

- curso acelerado or intensivo

- Curso de Orientación Universitaria

- curso por correspondencia

2)

a) (transcurso, desarrollo) course

en el curso de la reunión — in the course of the meeting

dejar que algo siga su curso — to let something take its course

seguir el curso de los acontecimientos — to follow the development of events

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

b) ( de río) course

3) ( circulación)

monedas/billetes de curso legal — legal tender, legal currency

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masculino

1) (Educ)

a) ( año académico) year

está en (el) tercer curso — he's in the third year

el curso escolar/universitario — the academic year

b) ( clases) course

un curso de contabilidad — an accountancy course

c) ( grupo de alumnos) year

una chica de mi curso — a girl in my year

- curso acelerado or intensivo

- Curso de Orientación Universitaria

- curso por correspondencia

2)

a) (transcurso, desarrollo) course

en el curso de la reunión — in the course of the meeting

dejar que algo siga su curso — to let something take its course

seguir el curso de los acontecimientos — to follow the development of events

el año/el mes en curso — (frml) the current year/month (frml)

dar curso a algo — (a una instancia/solicitud) to start to process something; ( a la imaginación) to give free rein to something

b) ( de río) course

3) ( circulación)

monedas/billetes de curso legal — legal tender, legal currency

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curso¹

¹ = course, taught course, year, course unit, grade.

Ex: Earlier in this course we defined a compound subject as consisting, at the level of summarization, of a basic subject and two or more of its isolates.

Ex: During the early 1970s European studies became a fashionable growth area boosted by the trend towards inter-disciplinarity in taught courses.

Ex: General lectures to a whole year, or even several courses, are supplemented with more specialised tutorials or practicals, frequently in small groups.

Ex: This paper discusses the library education programme in the 1st library school in Nigeria to offer the course unit system as operated in the USA.

Ex: Each grade tackles a different genre e.g. fifth graders read historical fiction.

* alumno de cuarto curso = fourth grader.

* alumno de primer curso = first grader.

* alumno de quinto curso = fifth grader.

* alumno de segundo curso = second grader.

* alumno de séptimo curso = seventh grader.

* alumno de sexto curso = sixth grader.

* alumno de tercer curso = third grader.

* alumno de un curso = grader.

* asistir a un curso = attend + course.

* bibliografía recomendada para el curso = course reading.

* calificación del curso = course grade.

* celebrar un curso especial = hold + institute.

* curso académico = academic course.

* curso acelerado = crash course.

* curso a distancia = telecourse.

* curso a tiempo completo = full-time course.

* curso con créditos = credit course.

* curso de clases magistrales = lecture course.

* curso de diplomatura = undergraduate course, honours course.

* curso de formación = training course.

* curso de formación continua = continuing education course.

* curso de iniciación = induction course.

* curso de licenciatura = postgraduate course.

* curso de orientación = orientation.

* curso de reciclaje = refresher course, retraining course.

* curso de verano = summer institute, summer session.

* curso escolar = school year.

* curso inferior = junior class.

* curso intensivo = intensive course, crash course.

* curso intensivo con residencia = residential programme.

* curso introductorio = induction course.

* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.

* curso modular = modular course.

* curso para alumnos con matrícula libre = part-time course.

* curso por correspondencia = correspondence course.

* curso que abarca varias disciplinas = umbrella course.

* curso que tiene lugar fuera de la universidad = extension course, off-campus course.

* cursos = coursework [course work].

* cursos de gestión de información = management course.

* cursos de verano = summer school.

* cursos en línea = courseware.

* curso superior = senior class.

* cursos virtuales = courseware.

* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.

* director de curso = course leader.

* discurso de fin de curso = commencement salutatory.

* diseñador de curso = course planner.

* documentación de un curso = course pack.

* estudiante de cursos superiores = upperclassman.

* estudiante de último curso = final year student.

* estudiante universitario de último curso = senior major.

* hacer un curso = take + course.

* material del curso = course material, curriculum material, curriculum resource.

* nota del curso = course grade.

* oferta de cursos = course offering.

* ofrecer un curso = offer + course.

* organizar un curso = arrange + course, run + course.

* primer curso = first grade.

* programa de curso = course program(me).

* programa del curso = course syllabus.

* quinto curso = fifth grade.

* realización de cursos = coursework [course work].

* repetición de cursos = grade retention.

* segundo curso = second grade.

* sistema virtual de gestión de cursos = course management system.

curso²

² = course.

Ex: The course of the race contains many steep hills, often paved with cobblestones.

* bibliografía en curso = current bibliography.

* curso de agua = water body [waterbody].

* curso de un río = course of a river.

* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.

* en curso = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation.

* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.

* en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.

* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.

* en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* fichero de catalogación en curso = in-process cataloguing file.

* marcar el curso = chart + course.

* moneda de curso legal = legal tender.

* proyecto en curso = work in progress.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* revista en curso = current journal.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

* * *

curso

masculine

A ( Educ)

1 (año académico) year

está en (el) tercer curso he's in the third year

el curso escolar/universitario the academic year

2 (clases) course

está haciendo un curso de contabilidad she's doing an accountancy course, she's doing a course in accountancy o accounting

3 (grupo de alumnos) year

una chica de mi curso a girl in my year

Compuestos:

● curso acelerado or intensivo

crash o intensive course

● Curso de Orientación Universitaria

(en Esp) ( Hist) pre-university course

● curso por correspondencia

correspondence course

B

1

(transcurso, desarrollo): en el curso de la reunión in the course of o during the meeting

seguir atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos to follow the development of events very closely

es su segunda visita en el curso del año it is her second visit this year

el año/el mes/la semana en curso ( frml); the current year/month/week ( frml)

dar curso a algo ‹a una instancia/solicitud› to start to process sth;

‹a la imaginación› to give free rein to sth

dio libre curso a su indignación he gave vent to his indignation

2 (de un río) course

ríos de curso rápido fast flowing rivers

C

(circulación): monedas/billetes de curso legal legal tender, legal currency

* * *

Del verbo cursar: ( conjugate cursar)

curso es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

cursó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
cursar
curso
cursar ( conjugate cursar) verbo transitivo ( estudiar):
◊ cursa segundo (año) she is in her second year;

cursó estudios de Derecho she did o studied o (BrE) read Law
curso sustantivo masculino
1 (Educ)
a) ( año académico) year;

◊ está en (el) tercer curso he's in the third year;

el curso escolar/universitario the academic year
b) (de inglés, mecanografía) course;

◊ curso intensivo crash o intensive course;

Ccurso de Orientación Universitaria ( en Esp) pre-university course;
curso por correspondencia correspondence course
2
a) (transcurso, desarrollo) course;

◊ dejar que algo siga su curso to let sth take its course

b) ( de río) course

3 ( circulación):
◊ monedas de curso legal legal tender, legal currency

cursar verbo transitivo
1 (estudiar) to study
2 (enviar) to send
(tramitar) to process
curso sustantivo masculino
1 (marcha de acontecimientos, río) course
(transcurso) en el curso de estos años he ido conociéndola, I've got to know her over the years
estará listo en el curso de esta semana, it'll be ready in the course of this week
año o mes en curso, current year o month
2 (rumbo, trayectoria) course: cada uno siguió su curso, each of them took his own course
3 (año académico) year
(niños de una misma clase) class
4 (clases sobre una materia) course
5 Fin moneda de curso legal, legal tender
' curso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
COU
- de
- dinamizar
- entrada
- entrado
- ser
- iniciación
- invertir
- marcha
- nos
- pelada
- pelado
- reciclaje
- retener
- satisfacción
- seguir
- acabar
- acceso
- acelerado
- año
- apertura
- apuntar
- base
- bibliografía
- corriente
- corto
- cursar
- cursillo
- delegado
- dictar
- duración
- elemental
- grado
- iniciar
- inscribir
- inscripción
- pasar
- perder
- preámbulo
- preparatorio
- programa
- repetir
- reprobar
- sacar
- semestral
- semestre
- teórico
- terminar
- torcer
- tutor
English:
A-level
- academy
- advanced
- ancillary
- correspondence course
- course
- crash course
- current
- go along with
- graduate
- intensive
- legal tender
- nature
- ongoing
- PGCE
- postgraduate
- profit
- progress
- required
- sandwich course
- senior
- tender
- year
- bias
- blow
- correspondence
- drop
- form
- foundation
- go
- grade
- home
- legal
- lower
- on
- process
- program
- retrain
- sophomore
- summer
- though

* * *

curso nm

1. [año académico] year;

¿en qué curso estás? what year are you in?

Comp
curso académico academic year;
curso escolar school year

2. [lecciones] course;

un curso de inglés/informática an English/computing course

Comp
curso por correspondencia correspondence course;
curso intensivo crash course;
Educ curso puente = intermediate course which enables a university student to change degree courses
3. [grupo de alumnos] class

4. [texto, manual] textbook

5. [evolución] [de acontecimientos] course;
[de la economía] trend;
el curso de la enfermedad es positivo he has taken a turn for the better;

dar curso a algo [dar rienda suelta] to give free rein to sth;
[tramitar] to process sth, to deal with sth;
en el curso de una semana ha habido tres accidentes there have been three accidents in the course of a week;

la situación comenzará a mejorar en el curso de un año the situation will begin to improve within a year;

en curso [mes, año] current;
[trabajo] in progress;
seguir su curso to go on, to continue

6. [circulación]
billete/moneda de curso legal legal tender

7. [de río] course;

el curso alto/medio the upper/middle reaches

* * *

curso

m

1 course;

en el curso de in the course of

2 COM

:

moneda de curso legal legal tender

3 EDU

:

pasar de curso move up a grade;

perder el curso miss the school year;

repetir curso repeat a grade

* * *

curso nm

1) : course, direction

2) : school year

3) : course, subject (in school)

* * *

curso n

1. (en general) course

una curso de informática a computer course

un curso intensivo an intensive course

2. (año) year

¿qué curso haces? what year are you in?

es una carrera de cuatro cursos it's a four year degree

Spanish-English dictionary > curso
4 curso2

² = course.

Ex. The course of the race contains many steep hills, often paved with cobblestones.

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* bibliografía en curso = current bibliography.

* curso de agua = water body [waterbody].

* curso de un río = course of a river.

* desviarse del curso = veer from + course.

* en curso = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation.

* en el curso de la historia = in the course of history.

* en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.

* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.

* en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* fichero de catalogación en curso = in-process cataloguing file.

* marcar el curso = chart + course.

* moneda de curso legal = legal tender.

* proyecto en curso = work in progress.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* revista en curso = current journal.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

Spanish-English dictionary > curso2
5 número

m.

1 number, amount, quantity, sum.

2 number, numeral, Arabic numeral, cipher.

3 size, number.

4 issue, copy, number.

5 act, number.

* * *

número

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) number

2 (de una publicación) number, issue

3 (de zapatos) size

■ ¿qué número calzas? what's your shoe size?, what size shoe do you take?

4 (de un espectáculo) act

5 (de lotería) lottery ticket number

6 (cargo sin graduación) officer

7 LINGÚÍSTICA number

8 familiar scene

9 familiar (persona) case

■ tenemos un profesor que es un número we have a teacher who's a real case

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en números redondos in round figures

en números rojos in the red

hacer números to do the figures

montar un número familiar to make a scene

pedir número to take a numbered ticket

ser el número uno to be the number one

ser miembro de número to be a full member

sin número (edificio) unnumbered 2 (en abundancia) countless

número arábigo Arabic numeral

número atrasado back number

número de matrícula registration number, US license number

número de serie serial number

número entero whole number

número extraordinario (en prensa) special edition, special issue

número fraccionario fraction

número impar odd number

número ordinal ordinal number

número par even number

número primo prime number

número quebrado fraction

número romano Roman numeral

* * *

noun m.

1) number

2) issue

3) figure

4) size

* * *

SM

1) (Mat) number

en números redondos — in round numbers

estar en números rojos — to be in the red

volver a números negros — to get back into the black, return to profitability

• de número, miembro de número — full member

profesor de número — tenured teacher, teacher with a permanent post

• echar o hacer números — * to do one's sums, number-crunch

• sin número, calle Aribau, sin número — Aribau street, no number

problemas sin número — countless problems

número arábigo — Arabic numeral

número binario — (Inform) binary number

número cardinal — cardinal number

número de identificación fiscal — ID number used for tax purposes

número de lote — batch number, batch code

número de matrícula — (Aut) registration number

número de referencia — reference number

número de serie — serial number

número de teléfono — telephone number, phone number

número dos — (lit) number two

el número dos del partido — the second in command of the party, the party's number two

número entero — whole number

número fraccionario — fraction

número impar — odd number

número negativo — negative number

número ordinal — ordinal number

número par — even number

número perfecto — perfect number

número personal de identificación — (=clave) personal identification number

número primo — prime number

número quebrado — fraction

número romano — Roman numeral

número uno — number one

para mí, Sinatra será siempre el número uno — for me Sinatra will always be number one

el jugador número uno de su país — the number one player in his country, the top player in his country

2) [de zapatos] size

3) [de periódico, revista] number, issue

número atrasado — back number

número cero — dummy number, dummy run

número extraordinario — special edition, special issue

número suelto — single issue

4) (=billete de lotería) ticket

5) (Teat) act, number

- montar el o un número

6) (Gram) number

7) (Mil) man; (=soldado raso) private; (=policía) policeman

un sargento y cuatro números — a sergeant and four men

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Mat) number

vive en el número 15 — she lives at number 15

el número premiado — the winning number

pagó una suma de seis números — he paid a six figure sum

un número cada vez mayor de emigrantes — more and more emigrants

problemas sin número — innumerable o countless problems

en números redondos — in round numbers

estar en números rojos — (fam) to be in the red (colloq)

hacer números — to do one's arithmetic o (BrE) sums

b) ( de zapatos) size

¿qué número calzas? — what size shoe do you take?

c) ( billete de lotería) lottery ticket

- número arábigo/romano

- número cardinal/ordinal

- número decimal

- número de identificación personal

- número de matrícula

- número de serie

- número de teléfono/fax

- número fraccionario

- número par/impar

- número uno

2) (Espec) act

montar un/el número — (Esp fam) to kick up a fuss (colloq)

3) ( de publicación) issue

* * *

= extent, incidence, issue, number, numeral, percentage, tally [tallies, pl.], scale.

Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.

Ex. The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.

Ex. This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.

Ex. The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).

Ex. Records can be retrieved by character strings (that is, sequences of letters and numerals).

Ex. But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.

Ex. As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.

Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

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* acción de marcar un número = dialling.

* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.

* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* colorear por números = paint by + numbers.

* con el número = numbered.

* con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.

* cuadrar números = add up + figures.

* el mismo número = as many.

* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.

* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.

* en grandes números = in record numbers.

* en gran número = numerously.

* en números redondos = in round figures.

* en números reducidos = in small numbers.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* exceder en número = outnumber.

* exponente de un número = superscript numeral.

* ficha de número de registro = accessions card.

* gran número de = great numbers of.

* integridad de los números = integrity of numbers.

* línea de números = number line.

* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.

* montar un número = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* nº (número) + Número = # (number) + Número, no. (number) + Número.

* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.

* número actual = current issue.

* Número + al año = Número + annually.

* Número + al día = Número + a day.

* número anterior = backrun, back issue.

* número aproximado = ballpark number.

* número arábigo = Arabic numeral.

* número atrasado = back issue, back copy.

* número binario = binary digit.

* Número + cada año = Número + annually.

* número cada vez mayor = rising numbers.

* número capicúo = palindrome.

* número consecutivo = running number.

* número de adquisiciones = acquisition rate.

* número de alumnos matriculados = enrolment [enrollment, -USA].

* Número + de ancho = Número + wide.

* número de aprobados = pass rate.

* número de asientos = seating.

* número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.

* número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.

* número decimal = decimal number.

* número de citas = number of citations.

* número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.

* número de control = control number.

* número de documentos devueltos a los estantes = shelving statistics.

* número de ejemplar = copy number.

* número de emergencia = hotline [hot-line].

* número de exportaciones = export figures.

* número de fascículo = issue number.

* número de identificación = ID number (identification number).

* número de identificación del documento = library registration number.

* número de intentos fallidos = failure rate.

* número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.

* número de la búsqueda = set number.

* Número + de largo = Número + long.

* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.

* número del documento = document identification number, document number.

* número de lector = borrower number.

* número del editor = publisher's number (música).

* número de matrícula = registration number, car registration number.

* número de modelo = model number.

* número de muertos = death toll.

* número de opus = opus number.

* número de orden = rank number.

* número de páginas = pagination.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* número de participantes = turnout.

* número de pedido = order number.

* número de plancha = plate number.

* número de préstamo = charging number.

* número de préstamos = circulation figures.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* número de referencia del documento = document reference number.

* número de referencias = number of citations.

* número de registro = accession number, card number.

* número de relación = linking number.

* número de respuestas recibidas = response rate, rate of response.

* número de serie = serial number.

* número de solicitudes denegadas = failure rate.

* número de suspensos = failure rate.

* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.

* número de teléfono = phone number, telephone number, dial-up number, dial-up number, dial-up number.

* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.

* número de teléfono que no está incluido en el directorio telefónico = unlisted telephone number.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* número determinado de = nth.

* número de víctimas = death toll.

* número de volumen = volume number.

* número entero = integer.

* número entero positivo = positive integer.

* Número + en total = Número + in number.

* número equivocado = wrong number.

* número especial = special issue, special number.

* número identificado de un ordenador en una red = network address.

* número impar = odd number.

* número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.

* Número Internacional Normalizado para Libros (ISBN) = ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

* Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas (ISSN) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* número limitado de alumnos matriculados = limited enrolment.

* número mágico = magic number.

* número matriz = master number.

* número monográfico = thematic issue.

* número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.

* número normalizado = standard number.

* número ordinal = ordinal, ordinal number.

* número par = even number.

* número pin = PIN (personal identification number), PIN number.

* Número + por ciento = by + factor of + Número, Número + percentage points.

* número reclamado = claimed issue.

* número romano = roman numeral.

* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.

* número total = head count.

* número trascendente = transcendental number.

* número trece = thirteenth.

* número uno = number one.

* Número + vez = Número + time.

* número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.

* ordenación por número curren = accession order, accession order, arrangement by accession number.

* ordenado por número de clasificación = in class number order.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).

* poner a + Número = set to + Número.

* procesador de números = number cruncher.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.

* superar en número = outnumber.

* tarifa por el número de operaciones = volume-based tariff.

* último número, el = latest issue, the.

* una gran número de = a broad variety of.

* un buen número de = a good number of.

* un cierto número de = a number of.

* un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* un número de = a series of.

* un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.

* un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (Mat) number

vive en el número 15 — she lives at number 15

el número premiado — the winning number

pagó una suma de seis números — he paid a six figure sum

un número cada vez mayor de emigrantes — more and more emigrants

problemas sin número — innumerable o countless problems

en números redondos — in round numbers

estar en números rojos — (fam) to be in the red (colloq)

hacer números — to do one's arithmetic o (BrE) sums

b) ( de zapatos) size

¿qué número calzas? — what size shoe do you take?

c) ( billete de lotería) lottery ticket

- número arábigo/romano

- número cardinal/ordinal

- número decimal

- número de identificación personal

- número de matrícula

- número de serie

- número de teléfono/fax

- número fraccionario

- número par/impar

- número uno

2) (Espec) act

montar un/el número — (Esp fam) to kick up a fuss (colloq)

3) ( de publicación) issue

* * *

= extent, incidence, issue, number, numeral, percentage, tally [tallies, pl.], scale.

Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.

Ex: The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.

Ex: This is an issue devoted in part to papers presented at the conference arranged and hosted by the State Library of New South Wales.

Ex: The headings will be arranged according to the filing sequence of the notation (for example, alphabetically for letters or numerically for numbers).

Ex: Records can be retrieved by character strings (that is, sequences of letters and numerals).

Ex: But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.

Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.

Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

* acción de marcar un número = dialling.

* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.

* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* colorear por números = paint by + numbers.

* con el número = numbered.

* con un gran número de lectores = widely-read.

* cuadrar números = add up + figures.

* el mismo número = as many.

* en el mismo número de años = in as many years.

* enemigo público número uno = public enemy number one.

* en grandes números = in record numbers.

* en gran número = numerously.

* en números redondos = in round figures.

* en números reducidos = in small numbers.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* exceder en número = outnumber.

* exponente de un número = superscript numeral.

* ficha de número de registro = accessions card.

* gran número de = great numbers of.

* integridad de los números = integrity of numbers.

* línea de números = number line.

* marcar un número de teléfono = dial + number.

* montar un número = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* nº (número) + Número = \# (number) + Número, no. (number) + Número.

* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.

* número actual = current issue.

* Número + al año = Número + annually.

* Número + al día = Número + a day.

* número anterior = backrun, back issue.

* número aproximado = ballpark number.

* número arábigo = Arabic numeral.

* número atrasado = back issue, back copy.

* número binario = binary digit.

* Número + cada año = Número + annually.

* número cada vez mayor = rising numbers.

* número capicúo = palindrome.

* número consecutivo = running number.

* número de adquisiciones = acquisition rate.

* número de alumnos matriculados = enrolment [enrollment, -USA].

* Número + de ancho = Número + wide.

* número de aprobados = pass rate.

* número de asientos = seating.

* número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.

* número de búsquedas fallidas = failure rate.

* número decimal = decimal number.

* número de citas = number of citations.

* número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.

* número de control = control number.

* número de documentos devueltos a los estantes = shelving statistics.

* número de ejemplar = copy number.

* número de emergencia = hotline [hot-line].

* número de exportaciones = export figures.

* número de fascículo = issue number.

* número de identificación = ID number (identification number).

* número de identificación del documento = library registration number.

* número de intentos fallidos = failure rate.

* número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.

* número de la búsqueda = set number.

* Número + de largo = Número + long.

* número de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card number.

* número del documento = document identification number, document number.

* número de lector = borrower number.

* número del editor = publisher's number (música).

* número de matrícula = registration number, car registration number.

* número de modelo = model number.

* número de muertos = death toll.

* número de opus = opus number.

* número de orden = rank number.

* número de páginas = pagination.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* número de participantes = turnout.

* número de pedido = order number.

* número de plancha = plate number.

* número de préstamo = charging number.

* número de préstamos = circulation figures.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* número de referencia del documento = document reference number.

* número de referencias = number of citations.

* número de registro = accession number, card number.

* número de relación = linking number.

* número de respuestas recibidas = response rate, rate of response.

* número de serie = serial number.

* número de solicitudes denegadas = failure rate.

* número de suspensos = failure rate.

* número de tarjeta de proceso = transaction card number.

* número de teléfono = phone number, telephone number, dial-up number, dial-up number, dial-up number.

* número de teléfono de llamada gratuita = toll free telephone number, toll-free number.

* número de teléfono que no está incluido en el directorio telefónico = unlisted telephone number.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* número determinado de = nth.

* número de víctimas = death toll.

* número de volumen = volume number.

* número entero = integer.

* número entero positivo = positive integer.

* Número + en total = Número + in number.

* número equivocado = wrong number.

* número especial = special issue, special number.

* número identificado de un ordenador en una red = network address.

* número impar = odd number.

* número indicador de materia = SIN, Subject Indicator Number.

* Número Internacional Normalizado para Libros (ISBN) = ISBN (International Standard Book Number).

* Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas (ISSN) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* número limitado de alumnos matriculados = limited enrolment.

* número mágico = magic number.

* número matriz = master number.

* número monográfico = thematic issue.

* número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.

* número normalizado = standard number.

* número ordinal = ordinal, ordinal number.

* número par = even number.

* número pin = PIN (personal identification number), PIN number.

* Número + por ciento = by + factor of + Número, Número + percentage points.

* número reclamado = claimed issue.

* número romano = roman numeral.

* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.

* número total = head count.

* número trascendente = transcendental number.

* número trece = thirteenth.

* número uno = number one.

* Número + vez = Número + time.

* número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.

* ordenación por número curren = accession order, accession order, arrangement by accession number.

* ordenado por número de clasificación = in class number order.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).

* poner a + Número = set to + Número.

* procesador de números = number cruncher.

* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* ser de número limitado = be limited in number.

* superar en número = outnumber.

* tarifa por el número de operaciones = volume-based tariff.

* último número, el = latest issue, the.

* una gran número de = a broad variety of.

* un buen número de = a good number of.

* un cierto número de = a number of.

* un gran número de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a plethora of, a wide range of, a full roster of, a fair number of, a great number of, a wide variety of, a broad range of, a vast corpus of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* un número de = a series of.

* un número reducido de = a residue of, a small number of.

* un número variado de + Nombre = any number of + Nombre.

* * *

número

masculine

A

1 ( Mat) number

vive en el número 15 she lives at number 15

el número premiado es el 10895 the winning number is (number) 10895

pagó una suma de seis números he paid a six figure sum

un número cada vez mayor de emigrantes more and more emigrants

el gran número de respuestas recibidas the large number of replies received

problemas sin número innumerable o countless problems

en números redondos in round numbers

estar en números rojos ( fam); to be in the red ( colloq)

tengo la cuenta en números rojos my account is o I'm in the red ( colloq)

hacer números to do one's arithmetic o ( BrE) sums

2 (de zapatos) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] size

¿qué número calzas? what size shoe do you take?

3 (billete de lotería) lottery ticket

Compuestos:

● número aleatorio

random number

● número arábigo

Arabic numeral

● número atómico

atomic number

● número binario

binary number

● número cardinal

cardinal number

● número complejo

complex number

● número decimal

decimal

● número de chasis

vehicle identification number

● número de cuenta

account number

● número de fax

fax number

● número de identidad

identity number

● número de identificación

(de persona) identity number; (de producto) identification number

● número de identificación fiscal or tributaria

tax identity number, taxpayer ID ( AmE), Unique Taxpayer Reference ( BrE)

● número de identificación personal

PIN number, Personal Identification Number

● número del DNI

(en Esp) national identity card number

● número de masa

mass number

● número de matrícula

license number ( AmE), registration number ( BrE)

● número de serie

serial number

● número de teléfono

telephone number

● número de vuelo

flight number

● número entero

whole number

● número fraccionario

fraction

● número impar

odd number

● número mixto

mixed number

● número ordinal

ordinal number

● número par

even number

● número perfecto

perfect number

● número primo

prime number

● número real

real number

● número romano

Roman numeral

● número uno

masculine and feminine (de un equipo) number one; (líder) leader

es el número uno de su clase he's top of o the best in his class

el número uno egipcio the Egyptian leader

B ( Espec) act

un excelente número cómico an excellent comedy act o ( BrE) turn

montar un/el número ( Esp fam); to kick up a fuss ( colloq)

C (de una publicación) issue

el número del mes de mayo the May issue o edition

un número especial or extraordinario a special issue o edition

números atrasados back numbers o issues

D (en gramática) number

E ( Esp frml) (policía) officer, constable ( BrE)

* * *

Del verbo numerar: ( conjugate numerar)

numero es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

numeró es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
numerar
número
numerar ( conjugate numerar) verbo transitivo
to number
número sustantivo masculino
1
a) (Mat) number;

◊ número de identificación personal PIN number, Personal Identification Number;

número de matrícula license number (AmE), registration number (BrE);
número de serie serial number;
número de teléfono/fax phone/fax number;
una suma de seis números a six figure sum;
problemas sin número innumerable o countless problems
b) ( de zapatos) size;

◊ ¿qué número calzas? what size shoe do you take?

c) ( billete de lotería) lottery ticket

2
a) (Espec) act

b) ( de publicación) issue

numerar verbo transitivo to number
número sustantivo masculino
1 number: me equivoqué al escribir el último número, I made a mistake writting the last figure
soy el número tres de la lista, I'm third on the list
número de teléfono, telephone number
número par/impar, even/odd number
un buen número de personas, a large number of people
2 (de una revista) number, issue
número atrasado, back number
3 (de calzado) size
4 (de un espectáculo) sketch, act
5 familiar montar un número, to make a scene
6 (billete de juego de azar) ticket: tengo un número de lotería de Navidad, I have a Christmas lottery ticket
♦ Locuciones: números rojos, in the red: mi cuenta está en números rojos, my account is in the red
' número' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acrecentar
- acrobacia
- aforo
- arábiga
- arábigo
- atrasada
- atrasado
- cabeza
- calzar
- cantidad
- capicúa
- cardinal
- cifra
- espectáculo
- espuma
- herida
- herido
- imaginaria
- imaginario
- indeterminada
- indeterminado
- matrícula
- n.º
- núm.
- otra
- otro
- par
- pasada
- pasado
- plato
- premiada
- premiado
- prima
- primo
- quedarse
- redonda
- redondo
- referencia
- repetida
- repetido
- rey
- salir
- serie
- superior
- teléfono
- terminación
- abundar
- buscar
- ciento
- cinco
English:
accurate
- act
- admission
- alarming
- Arabic numeral
- army
- back
- copy
- death toll
- dial
- eight
- even
- exact
- fascism
- flock
- grand finale
- grand total
- growth
- intake
- integer
- issue
- licence number
- low
- lucky
- membership
- myriad
- N
- no.
- number
- numeral
- O
- odd
- one
- ordinal
- outnumber
- over
- poll
- prime
- registration number
- round
- round down
- round up
- routine
- scene
- serial
- size
- special
- stock up
- strength
- strong

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número nm

1. [signo] number;

mi número de la suerte my lucky number;

en números rojos in the red;

hacer números to reckon up;

ser el número uno to be number one;
[en lista de éxitos] to top the charts;
fue el número uno de su promoción he was the best in his year;

el número dos del partido republicano the number two o second in command of the Republican Party;

sin número [muchos] countless, innumerable;

un sin número de modelos diferentes countless o innumerable different models

Comp
número de afiliación a la seguridad social Br national insurance number, US social security number;
número atómico atomic number;

número binario binary number;

número cardinal cardinal number;

número complejo complex number;

número complementario [en lotería] = complementary number, Br ≈ bonus ball;

número de cuenta account number;

número entero whole number, integer;
Fot número f f number;
número de fax fax number;

número fraccionario fraction;

número de identificación personal PIN (number);

número impar odd number;
Informát número IP IP number;
número irracional irrational number;

número de matrícula [de vehículo] Br registration number, US license number;
[de alumno] matriculation number;
número natural natural number;

número ordinal ordinal number;

número par even number;

número primo prime number;

número quebrado fraction;

número racional rational number;

número redondo round number;

número de referencia reference number;
Informát número de registro registration number;
número romano Roman numeral;

número de serie serial number;

número de sucursal [de banco] sort code;

número de teléfono telephone number

2. [tamaño, talla] size;

¿qué número calzas? what size shoe are you?, what size shoe do you take?

3. [de publicación] issue, number

Comp
número atrasado back number;
número extraordinario special edition o issue

4. [de lotería] ticket

5. Gram number

6. [de espectáculo] turn, number;

Comp
Esp Fam
montar el número to make o cause a scene

7. Esp [de policía] officer

8. Rel
Números Numbers

* * *

número

m

1 number;

un gran número de a large number of;

sin número countless;

ser el número uno be number one, be the best;

en números redondos in round figures;

en números rojos fig in the red;

hacer números fam add up the figures, Br

do one’s sums

2 de publicación issue

3 de zapato size

4

:

montar un número fam make a scene

5

:

de número socio full; empleado, profesor permanent; catedrático tenured

* * *

número nm

1) : number

número impar: odd number

número ordinal: ordinal number

número arábico: Arabic numeral

número quebrado: fraction

2) : issue (of a publication)

3)

sin número : countless

* * *

número n

1. (en general) number

un gran número de participantes a large number of participants

2. (de calzado) size

¿qué número calzas? what size do you take in shoes?

3. (publicación) issue

el primer número de la revista the first issue of the magazine

4. (espectáculo) act / number

un número de magia a magic act

número de teléfono phone number

número impar odd number

número par even number

números romanos Roman numerals

Spanish-English dictionary > número
6 revista

f.

1 magazine.

revista del corazón gossip magazine

2 revue.

3 revision, review.

4 new trial, re-trial, retrial, rehearing.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: rever.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: revistar.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: revestir.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: revistar.

* * *

revista

► nombre femenino

1 (publicación) magazine, review, journal

2 (inspección) inspection

3 MILITAR review

4 TEATRO revue

■ chica de revista chorus girl

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pasar revista a (inspeccionar) to inspect, review 2 (tratar) to review

revista de modas fashion magazine

revista del corazón gossip magazine

revista juvenil teenage magazine

revista semanal weekly review

* * *

noun f.

journal, magazine

* * *

SF

1) [de información general] magazine; [especializada] journal, review

revista científica — scientific journal

revista comercial — trade journal

revista de destape — † erotic magazine

revista de información general — current affairs magazine

revista del corazón — magazine featuring celebrity gossip and real-life romance stories

revista de moda — fashion magazine

revista gráfica — † illustrated magazine

revista juvenil — teenage magazine

revista literaria — literary review

revista semanal — weekly (magazine)

2) (=sección) section

revista de libros — books section

revista de toros — bullfighting news

3) (=inspección) inspection; (Mil, Náut) review, inspection

pasar revista a la tropa — to review o inspect the troops

ahora pasaremos revista a la actualidad deportiva — now we'll review today's sporting events

¿ya has pasado revista a todos los invitados? — * have you given all the guests the once-over, then? *

4) (Teat) variety show, revue

5) (Jur) retrial

6) And [del pelo] trim

* * *

femenino

1) ( publicación ilustrada) magazine; ( de profesión) journal; ( crítica) review section

- revista de chistes

- revista del corazón

- revista de modas

2) (Espec, Teatr) revue

teatro de revista — variety theater

3) ( inspección) review

pasar revista a las tropas — to inspect o review the troops

pasó revista a la situación — he reviewed the situation

pasé revista a los últimos detalles — I checked over the final details

* * *

= magazine, journal title, news magazine.

Ex. Trade literature, popular magazines, and newspapers do not abound with citations.

Ex. Results show that a relatively small number of journal titles supplied a majority of the articles sent.

Ex. Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.

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* cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* distribuidor de revistas = journal host.

* distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.

* edición de revistas electrónicas = electronic journal publishing.

* editor de revista científica = scholarly editor.

* editor de una revista científica = journal editor.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* factor de impacto de la revista = journal impact, journal impact factor.

* fondo de revistas = periodical holdings.

* fondos de revistas = journal holdings.

* material que no es revista científica = non-journal material.

* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.

* paquete de revistas = journal package.

* pasar revista = review.

* productividad de la revista = journal productivity.

* revista académica = academic journal.

* revista anual = annual journal.

* revista a un real = shilling magazine.

* revista científica = journal, periodical, scholarly journal, scientific journal, technical journal, research journal, learned journal, scholarly periodical, scientific serial, scientific periodical, research periodical, academic journal.

* revista citada = cited journal.

* revista citante = citing journal.

* revista de actualidad = popular magazine, house magazine, entertainment magazine.

* revista de ciencias = science journal.

* revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.

* revista de índices = indexing journal.

* revista de indización = indexing periodical.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* revista de media corona = half-crown magazine.

* revista de modas = fashion magazine.

* revista deportiva = sports magazine.

* revista de recensiones = reviewing journal.

* revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.

* revista divulgativa = trade journal, trade magazine.

* revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.

* revista electrónica = electronic journal (e-journal), electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), electronic newsletter.

* revista electrónica en línea = online journal.

* revista en curso = current journal.

* revista especializada = specialist journal, specialised journal.

* revista evaluada por expertos = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* revista impresa = print serial.

* revista interna = in-house journal.

* revista literaria = literary magazine.

* revista mensual = monthly.

* revista mensual de media corona = half-crown monthly magazine.

* revista muerta = inactive journal.

* revista popular = house magazine.

* revista pornográfica = pornographic magazine.

* revista primaria = primary journal.

* revista profesional = professional journal.

* revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.

* revistas = journal material.

* revistas de informática = computer press, the.

* revista semanal = weekly.

* revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.

* revista viva = active journal.

* revista web = electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), zine.

* solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.

* título de la revista = journal title.

* vaciado de revistas = periodical indexing.

* * *

femenino

1) ( publicación ilustrada) magazine; ( de profesión) journal; ( crítica) review section

- revista de chistes

- revista del corazón

- revista de modas

2) (Espec, Teatr) revue

teatro de revista — variety theater

3) ( inspección) review

pasar revista a las tropas — to inspect o review the troops

pasó revista a la situación — he reviewed the situation

pasé revista a los últimos detalles — I checked over the final details

* * *

= magazine, journal title, news magazine.

Ex: Trade literature, popular magazines, and newspapers do not abound with citations.

Ex: Results show that a relatively small number of journal titles supplied a majority of the articles sent.

Ex: Additionally, popular news magazines have characterized the Soviets as 'savages, dupes, despots, and barbarians,' prompting the United States to believe itself superior.

* cancelación de suscripción a revista = serials deselection, journal deselection.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* distribuidor de revistas = journal host.

* distribuidor de revistas electrónicas = e-journal host.

* edición de revistas electrónicas = electronic journal publishing.

* editor de revista científica = scholarly editor.

* editor de una revista científica = journal editor.

* editorial de revistas del corazón = vanity press.

* factor de impacto de la revista = journal impact, journal impact factor.

* fondo de revistas = periodical holdings.

* fondos de revistas = journal holdings.

* material que no es revista científica = non-journal material.

* números recientes de las revistas = current journals.

* paquete de revistas = journal package.

* pasar revista = review.

* productividad de la revista = journal productivity.

* revista académica = academic journal.

* revista anual = annual journal.

* revista a un real = shilling magazine.

* revista científica = journal, periodical, scholarly journal, scientific journal, technical journal, research journal, learned journal, scholarly periodical, scientific serial, scientific periodical, research periodical, academic journal.

* revista citada = cited journal.

* revista citante = citing journal.

* revista de actualidad = popular magazine, house magazine, entertainment magazine.

* revista de ciencias = science journal.

* revista de ciencia y tecnología = science and technology journal.

* revista de índices = indexing journal.

* revista de indización = indexing periodical.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* revista del corazón = popular magazine, gossip magazine, celebrity magazine, entertainment magazine.

* revista de media corona = half-crown magazine.

* revista de modas = fashion magazine.

* revista deportiva = sports magazine.

* revista de recensiones = reviewing journal.

* revista de resúmenes = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication.

* revista divulgativa = trade journal, trade magazine.

* revista editada por la propia institución = house journal.

* revista electrónica = electronic journal (e-journal), electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), electronic newsletter.

* revista electrónica en línea = online journal.

* revista en curso = current journal.

* revista especializada = specialist journal, specialised journal.

* revista evaluada por expertos = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* revista evaluada por pares = refereed journal, peer-reviewed journal.

* revista impresa = print serial.

* revista interna = in-house journal.

* revista literaria = literary magazine.

* revista mensual = monthly.

* revista mensual de media corona = half-crown monthly magazine.

* revista muerta = inactive journal.

* revista popular = house magazine.

* revista pornográfica = pornographic magazine.

* revista primaria = primary journal.

* revista profesional = professional journal.

* revista que tiene una gran demanda popular = mass-market journal.

* revistas = journal material.

* revistas de informática = computer press, the.

* revista semanal = weekly.

* revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.

* revista viva = active journal.

* revista web = electronic magazine (e-zine/EZine), zine.

* solapamiento en la cobertura de las revistas = journal coverage overlap.

* título de la revista = journal title.

* vaciado de revistas = periodical indexing.

* * *

revista

feminine

A

1 (publicación ilustrada) magazine

la revista del domingo the Sunday magazine o supplement

2 (crítica) review section

3 (de una profesión) journal

una revista científica a scientific review o journal

Compuestos:

● revista de chistes

( RPl) comic book ( AmE), comic ( BrE)

● revista del corazón

real-life o true-romance magazine

● revista de modas

fashion magazine

B ( Espec, Teatr) revue

teatro de revista variety theater

revista musical musical revue

C (inspección) review

pasará revista a las tropas he will inspect o review the troops

pasó revista a la situación he reviewed the situation

se entretenía pasando revista a los demás pasajeros she entertained herself by studying the other passengers

fui pasando revista a los últimos detalles I checked over the last details

* * *

Del verbo revestir: ( conjugate revestir)

revista es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
revestir
revista
revestir ( conjugate revestir) verbo transitivo ( cubrir) ‹pared/suelo› to cover;
‹ cable› to sheathe, cover;
‹ tubería› ( con material aislante) to lag;
◊ paredes revestidas de madera wood-paneled walls

revista sustantivo femenino
a) ( publicación ilustrada) magazine;

( de profesión) journal;
◊ revista del corazón real-life o true-romance magazine

b) (Espec, Teatr) revue;

◊ teatro de revista variety theater

c) ( inspección) review;

◊ pasar revista a las tropas to inspect o review the troops

revestir verbo transitivo
1 (como protección o adorno) to cover [de, with]
2 (presentar un aspecto, cualidad, carácter) to have: el asunto revestía gran importancia, the matter was really serious
3 (encubrir) to disguise [de, in]
revista sustantivo femenino
1 magazine
(publicación técnica o especializada) journal
Esp revista del corazón, celebrity o romance magazine
revista pornográfica, pornographic magazine
2 Teat revue, variety show
3 Mil inspection
♦ Locuciones: pasar revista, to review: pasamos revista a la situación, we evaluated the situation
' revista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descafeinada
- descafeinado
- distribuir
- hojear
- ilustrada
- ilustrado
- número
- pasada
- pasado
- reseñar
- tira
- abonado
- abonar
- aparecer
- artículo
- categoría
- cochino
- coger
- colaborador
- colaborar
- comic
- consultorio
- contraportada
- corista
- coro
- director
- dirigir
- editar
- entrega
- espacio
- folletín
- mono
- portada
- público
- recorte
- reportaje
- salir
- tapa
English:
copy
- flick through
- girlie magazine
- issue
- journal
- magazine
- monthly
- newsmagazine
- number
- periodical
- review
- revue
- subscribe
- subscription
- weekly
- browse
- comic
- digest
- glossy
- inspect
- inspection
- music

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revista

♦ ver revestir

♦ nf

1. [publicación] magazine;
[académica] journal
Comp
CSur revista de chistes (children's) comic;
revista del corazón gossip magazine [with details of celebrities' lives];
Am revista de historietas (children's) comic;
revista pornográfica pornographic magazine

2. [espectáculo teatral] revue

Comp
revista musical musical revue
3. [inspección]
pasar revista a [tropas] to inspect, to review;

el informe pasa revista a la situación del sector agrícola the report reviews the situation of the farming sector;

un estudio que pasa revista a las transformaciones de final de siglo a study which reviews o looks at the transformations undergone at the turn of the century

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revista

f

1 magazine

2

:

pasar revista a MIL inspect, review; fig review

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revista nf

1) : magazine, journal

2) : revue

3)

pasar revista : to review, to inspect

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revista n (publicación) magazine

Spanish-English dictionary > revista
7 vigente

adj.

1 in force (ley).

2 in use, as currently conducted, in effect, in force.

La ley en curso The law in effect...

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vigente

► adjetivo

1 in force, valid

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adj.

valid, in force

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ADJ [ley, reglamento] current, in force; [tarifa] current

según la normativa vigente — according to the regulations currently in force

una costumbre aún vigente en nuestro siglo — a custom which still prevails in our own century

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adjetivo

a) <pasaporte/contrato> valid

la legislación vigente — the legislation currently in force, the current legislation

estar vigente — < ley> to be in force

precios vigentes — current prices

b) <argumento/razón> valid

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= alive, current, in effect, in force, actively maintained.

Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.

Ex. Catalogers are reluctant to adopt new terminology unless they can be assured that new terms will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.

Ex. Despite what amounts to undercutting by direct sale publishers calling themselves 'book clubs', the British net book agreement has remained in force until the present day.

Ex. Librarians who have established diverse, actively maintained graphic novel collections tend to agree on this point = Los bibliotecarios que han creado colecciones de novelas gráficas diversas y actualizadas tienden a coincidir en este punto.

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* campeón vigente, el = defending champion.

* legislación vigente = governing law.

* leyes vigentes, leyes = the law of the land.

* mantenerse vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* mantener vigente = keep + alive.

* no vigente = non-current.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

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adjetivo

a) <pasaporte/contrato> valid

la legislación vigente — the legislation currently in force, the current legislation

estar vigente — < ley> to be in force

precios vigentes — current prices

b) <argumento/razón> valid

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= alive, current, in effect, in force, actively maintained.

Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.

Ex: Catalogers are reluctant to adopt new terminology unless they can be assured that new terms will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.

Ex: Despite what amounts to undercutting by direct sale publishers calling themselves 'book clubs', the British net book agreement has remained in force until the present day.

Ex: Librarians who have established diverse, actively maintained graphic novel collections tend to agree on this point = Los bibliotecarios que han creado colecciones de novelas gráficas diversas y actualizadas tienden a coincidir en este punto.

* campeón vigente, el = defending champion.

* legislación vigente = governing law.

* leyes vigentes, leyes = the law of the land.

* mantenerse vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* mantener vigente = keep + alive.

* no vigente = non-current.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

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vigente

adjective

las instituciones democráticas vigentes the existing democratic institutions, the democratic institutions currently in force

de acuerdo con la legislación vigente in accordance with the legislation currently in force o with current legislation

el acuerdo firmado hace cinco años continúa vigente the agreement signed five years ago is still in force o in effect

precios vigentes hasta fin de mes prices valid o applicable until the end of the month

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vigente adjetivo ‹pasaporte/contrato› valid;
‹legislación/precio› current ( before n);
◊ estar vigente [ ley] to be in force

vigente adj (argumento, costumbre, etc) valid
(ley, decreto) estar vigente, to be in force

' vigente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cumplimiento
English:
force
- going
- operative
- stand
- current

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vigente adj
[ley] in force; [contrato, tarifa] current; [campeón] reigning; [costumbre] in use;
según la normativa vigente… according to the current regulations o the regulations currently in force…;

el contrato estará vigente durante tres años the contract will run o be valid for three years;

la tregua sigue vigente the ceasefire is still in force

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vigente

adj legislación in force

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vigente adj

: valid, in force

Spanish-English dictionary > vigente
8 título de la publicación periódica

(n.) = serial title

Ex. This sequence of current serials may be arranged according to serial titles.

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(n.) = serial title

Ex: This sequence of current serials may be arranged according to serial titles.

Spanish-English dictionary > título de la publicación periódica
9 activo

adj.

1 active, vigorous, diligent, animated.

2 active, running.

3 active, effectual.

4 busy.

m.

1 asset, assets, commodity.

2 active soldier.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: activar.

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activo

► adjetivo

1 active

■ estar en activo to be on active service

► nombre masculino activo

1 FINANZAS asset, assets plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

activo disponible liquid assets plural

activo y pasivo assets and liabilities

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activo

► nombre masculino

1 FINANZAS asset, assets plural

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(f. - activa)

adj.

active

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1. ADJ

1) (=que obra) active; (=vivo) lively, energetic; (=ocupado) busy

2) (Ling) active

2. SM

1) (Com) assets pl

activo circulante — circulating assets pl

activo corriente — current assets pl

activo de la quiebra — bankrupt's estate

activo fijo — fixed assets pl

activo flotante — floating assets pl

activo inmaterial — intangible assets pl

activo intangible — intangible assets pl

activo invisible — invisible assets pl

activo líquido — liquid assets pl

activo neto — net worth

activo oculto — hidden assets pl

activo operante — operating assets pl

activo realizable — liquid assets pl

activos bloqueados — frozen assets

activos congelados — frozen assets

activos inmobiliarios — property assets, real-estate assets

activo tangible — tangible assets pl

activo y pasivo — assets and liabilities pl

2) (Mil)

oficial en activo — serving officer

estar en activo — to be on active service

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I
- va adjetivo

a) <persona/población> active

tomar parte activa en algo — to take an active part in something

b) (Ling) active

c) < volcán> active
II
masculino

a) (bien, derecho) asset

activos líquidos — liquid assets

b) ( conjunto) assets (pl)

el activo y el pasivo — the assets and liabilities

- activo neto

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= active, assets, underway [under way], lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], proactive [pro-active], in operation, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], industrious, energetic, up and about.

Ex. This function can be used when some information on an active order has to be changed.

Ex. Those eligible normally include only companies with less than 45 million of net fixed assets and fewer than 500 employees.

Ex. Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.

Ex. 'Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.

Ex. Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.

Ex. However, the network remained in operation until its management was taken over by the fascist regime.

Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.

Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.

Ex. The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.

Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.

Ex. Active kids are happy kids - they like to be up and about, running around and having fun.

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* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* activo digital = digital assets.

* activo fijo = fixed assets.

* activo fijo tangible = tangible fixed assets.

* activos socialmente, los = socially committed, the.

* activo tangible = tangible assets.

* capital activo = working capital.

* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].

* hiperactivo = hyperactive.

* mantener activo = keep + Nombre + going.

* mantener Algo activo = keep + Nombre + at the fore.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* personas muy activas, las = those on the go.

* población activa = work-force [workforce], labour force, working population.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* verbo activo = active verb.

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I
- va adjetivo

a) <persona/población> active

tomar parte activa en algo — to take an active part in something

b) (Ling) active

c) < volcán> active
II
masculino

a) (bien, derecho) asset

activos líquidos — liquid assets

b) ( conjunto) assets (pl)

el activo y el pasivo — the assets and liabilities

- activo neto

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= active, assets, underway [under way], lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], proactive [pro-active], in operation, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], industrious, energetic, up and about.

Ex: This function can be used when some information on an active order has to be changed.

Ex: Those eligible normally include only companies with less than 45 million of net fixed assets and fewer than 500 employees.

Ex: Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.

Ex: 'Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.

Ex: Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.

Ex: However, the network remained in operation until its management was taken over by the fascist regime.

Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.

Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.

Ex: The article 'Books made to order: libraries as publishers' reviews the practice of publishing as an activity for industrious smaller libraries.

Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.

Ex: Active kids are happy kids - they like to be up and about, running around and having fun.

* activo de nuevo = up and about.

* activo digital = digital assets.

* activo fijo = fixed assets.

* activo fijo tangible = tangible fixed assets.

* activos socialmente, los = socially committed, the.

* activo tangible = tangible assets.

* capital activo = working capital.

* en activo = practising [practicing, -USA].

* hiperactivo = hyperactive.

* mantener activo = keep + Nombre + going.

* mantener Algo activo = keep + Nombre + at the fore.

* participar de forma activa = involve.

* participar de forma activa en = engage in.

* personas muy activas, las = those on the go.

* población activa = work-force [workforce], labour force, working population.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* verbo activo = active verb.

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activo¹ -va

adjective

1 ‹persona/participación› active

tomar parte activa en algo to take an active part in sth

2 ‹población/edad› active

en servicio activo on active service

3 ( Ling) active

la voz activa the active (voice)

4 ‹volcán› active

activo²

masculine

1 (bien, derecho) asset

activos líquidos liquid assets

2 (conjunto) assets (pl)

el activo y el pasivo de la empresa the assets and liabilities of the company

Compuestos:

● activo circulante

current assets (pl)

● activo congelado

frozen assets (pl)

● activo corriente

current assets (pl)

● activo de explotación

working assets

● activo fijo

fixed assets (pl)

● activo flotante

floating assets (pl)

● activo inmaterial or intangible

intangible assets (pl)

● activo inmobiliario

property assets (pl), real-estate assets (pl)

● activo inmovilizado

fixed assets (pl)

● activo invisible

invisible assets (pl)

● activo neto

net assets (pl), net worth

● activo oculto

hidden assets (pl), concealed assets (pl)

● activo operante

operating assets (pl)

● activo de la quiebra

bankrupt's estate

● activo social

corporate assets (pl)

● activo tangible

tangible assets (pl)

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Del verbo activar: ( conjugate activar)

activo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

activó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

Multiple Entries:
activar
activo
activar ( conjugate activar) verbo transitivo
a) ( agilizar) ‹proceso/crecimiento› to speed up;

‹economía/producción› to stimulate;
‹ circulación› to stimulate;
‹ negociaciones› to give fresh impetus to
b) ( poner en funcionamiento) ‹ alarma› to activate, trigger;

‹ dispositivo› to activate;
‹ máquina› to set … in motion
activarse verbo pronominal [ alarma] to go off;
[ dispositivo] to start working
activo 1
◊ -va adjetivo

active
activo 2 sustantivo masculino
assets (pl)
activar verbo transitivo
1 (poner en marcha) to activate
2 (acelerar, animar) to liven up: la publicidad les ayudó a activar el negocio, the publicity campaign helped them to bolster up business
activo,-a
I adjetivo active
II m Fin assets pl
♦ Locuciones: estar en activo, to be on active service

' activo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
activa
- capital
- empresarial
- intensificar
- liquidación
- liquidar
- revalorización
- sin
English:
active
- asset
- brisk
- fixed assets
- frisky
- liquidity
- live
- move
- who
- working
- fixed

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activo, -a

♦ adj

1. [dinámico] active;

el principio activo de un medicamento the active ingredient of a medicine;

es muy activo, siempre está organizando algo he's very active, he's always organizing something or other

2. [que trabaja]
la población activa the working population;

en activo [trabajador] in employment;
[militar] on active service;
todavía está en activo he's still working

3. [eficaz] [veneno, medicamento] fast-acting;

tiene un veneno poco activo its poison is fairly weak

4. [volcán] active

5. Fís [material] active

6. Gram active

7. Comp
Fam
por activa y por pasiva: hemos tratado por activa y por pasiva de… we have tried everything to…;

se lo he explicado por activa y por pasiva y no lo entiende I've tried every way I can to explain but she doesn't understand

♦ nm
Fin assets
Comp
activos de caja available assets, bank reserves;
activo circulante current assets;

activo disponible liquid assets;

activo fijo fixed assets;

activo financiero financial assets;

activo inmaterial intangible assets;

activo inmovilizado fixed assets;

activos invisibles invisible assets;

activo líquido liquid assets

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activo

I adj

1 active;

en activo on active service

2 LING

:

voz activa active voice

II m COM assets pl

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activo, -va adj

: active

♦ activamente adv

activo nm

: assets pl

activo y pasivo: assets and liabilities

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activo adj active

Spanish-English dictionary > activo
10 dividir

v.

1 to divide.

el río divide en dos la ciudad the river divides o splits the city in two

Ellos dividen el dinero They divide the money.

Ellas dividen el trabajo They divide the work.

Ella divide los tipos de plantas She divides=classifies the plant types.

Los pleitos dividen a los casados Fights divide married couples.

2 to share out.

nos dividimos las tareas domésticas we shared the household chores between us

3 to divide by (Mat).

dividir 12 entre 3 divide 12 by 3

15 dividido por 3 igual a 5 15 divided by 3 is 5

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dividir

► verbo transitivo

1 to divide

■ dividir 4 entre 2 to divide 4 by 2

2 (separar) to divide, separate

■ el río divide las dos comarcas the river separates the two counties

3 (repartir) to divide, split

■ el hombre dividió la herencia entre sus hijos the man divided the inheritance between his children

► verbo pronominal dividirse

1 (separarse) to divide, split up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

divide y vencerás divide and conquer, divide and rule

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verb

to divide, split

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1. VT

1) (=partir) to divide

los dividieron en tres grupos — they split them (up) o divided them into three groups

las obras de Ibsen se pueden dividir en dos etapas — Ibsen's works can be divided into two periods

dividía su tiempo entre el cargo y su familia — he divided his time between his job and his family

la bodega del barco está dividida en cuatro secciones — the hold of the ship is divided into four sections

2) (Mat) to divide (entre, por by)

doce dividido entre o por cuatro son tres — twelve divided by four is three

3) (=repartir) [+ ganancias, posesiones] to split up, divide up; [+ gastos] to split

hemos dividido el premio entre toda la familia — we have split up o divided up the prize among the whole family

4) (=separar) to divide

los Pirineos dividen España y Francia — the Pyrenees divide France from Spain

5) (=enemistar) to divide

utilizó el chantaje para dividirnos — he used blackmail to divide us

la guerra dividió al país — the war divided the country

- divide y vencerás

2.

VI (Mat) to divide (entre, por into)

se me ha olvidado dividir — I've forgotten how to do division o how to divide

3.

See:

dividirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( partir) to divide

lo dividió en partes iguales/por la mitad — he divided it (up) into equal portions/in half

seis dividido por or entre dos es igual a tres — (Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos — the inheritance was shared (out) among the brothers

c) ( separar)

el río divide el pueblo en dos — the river cuts the village in two

d) ( enemistar) <partido/familia> to divide

divide y vencerás — divide and conquer
2.
dividir vi (Mat) to divide
3.
dividirse v pron

a) célula to split; grupo/partido to split up; camino/río to divide

nos dividimos en dos grupos — we split up into two groups

b) obra/período

su obra se divide en cuatro períodos — his work can be divided into four periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en... — the human body is made up of...

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

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= break down, partition, tell out into, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, split up, drive + a wedge between, dissect, segment, split, break out, parcel out, splinter, section, balkanize, rive, rend.

Ex. The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex. Punctuation is present in order to partition the elements of a citation and should contribute to its comprehension.

Ex. The finished paper was sorted for imperfections and told out into quires and reams for sale.

Ex. Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex. In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex. So, the state-of-the-art in speech recognition requires the speaker to pronounce words with definite pauses between them, or else it starts with segmenting the speech on the basis of its acoustical features.

Ex. In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex. Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex. Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.

Ex. The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.

Ex. They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

Ex. The scholarly system has become balkanized into autonomous, even antagonistic, cultures or camps based on differing technological competencies and interests.

Ex. The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.

Ex. Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.

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* divide y vencerás = divide-and-conquer.

* dividir Algo en partes iguales = divide + Nombre + in equal parts.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* dividir en = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto.

* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.

* dividir en partes = break into + parts.

* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.

* dividir en zonas = zone.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* dividir + Posesivo + fuerzas = fragment + Posesivo + energies, fragment + Posesivo + energies.

* dividirse = branch, fork.

* dividirse en partes = fall into + parts.

* producir dividendos = pay + dividends.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( partir) to divide

lo dividió en partes iguales/por la mitad — he divided it (up) into equal portions/in half

seis dividido por or entre dos es igual a tres — (Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos — the inheritance was shared (out) among the brothers

c) ( separar)

el río divide el pueblo en dos — the river cuts the village in two

d) ( enemistar) <partido/familia> to divide

divide y vencerás — divide and conquer
2.
dividir vi (Mat) to divide
3.
dividirse v pron

a) célula to split; grupo/partido to split up; camino/río to divide

nos dividimos en dos grupos — we split up into two groups

b) obra/período

su obra se divide en cuatro períodos — his work can be divided into four periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en... — the human body is made up of...

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

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dividir(en)

(v.) = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto

Ex: AACR2 divides works of mixed responsibility into two groups.

Ex: External databases can be partitioned into two major categories: bibliographic and non-bibliographic or full-text databases.

Ex: The notation is non-expressive, and is split into groups of three digits as in DC.

Ex: Many databases are divided onto several discs, usually by time period.

= break down, partition, tell out into, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, split up, drive + a wedge between, dissect, segment, split, break out, parcel out, splinter, section, balkanize, rive, rend.

Ex: The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex: Punctuation is present in order to partition the elements of a citation and should contribute to its comprehension.

Ex: The finished paper was sorted for imperfections and told out into quires and reams for sale.

Ex: Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex: In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex: So, the state-of-the-art in speech recognition requires the speaker to pronounce words with definite pauses between them, or else it starts with segmenting the speech on the basis of its acoustical features.

Ex: In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex: Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex: Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.

Ex: The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.

Ex: They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

Ex: The scholarly system has become balkanized into autonomous, even antagonistic, cultures or camps based on differing technological competencies and interests.

Ex: The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.

Ex: Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.

* divide y vencerás = divide-and-conquer.

* dividir Algo en partes iguales = divide + Nombre + in equal parts.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* dividir en = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto.

* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.

* dividir en partes = break into + parts.

* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.

* dividir en zonas = zone.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* dividir + Posesivo + fuerzas = fragment + Posesivo + energies, fragment + Posesivo + energies.

* dividirse = branch, fork.

* dividirse en partes = fall into + parts.

* producir dividendos = pay + dividends.

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dividir [I1 ]

vt

1 (partir) to divide

dividió la tarta en partes iguales he divided the cake (up) into equal portions

dividió a la clase en cuatro equipos she divided o split the class (up) into four teams

seis dividido dos igual tres or seis dividido por dos es igual a tres or seis dividido entre dos es igual a tres ( Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

divide 96 por or entre 12 ( Mat) divide 96 by 12

2 (repartir) to divide, share, share out

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos the inheritance was shared (out) o divided among the brothers

3

(separar): el río divide el pueblo en dos the river cuts o divides the village in two

4 (apartar, enemistar) to divide

esa cuestión dividió profundamente al sindicato the issue caused deep division within the union

los científicos están divididos en esa materia scientists are divided on that subject

divide y vencerás/reinarás divide and conquer/rule

■ dividir

vi

( Mat) to divide

todavía no sabe dividir she still can't do division, she still doesn't know how to divide

■ dividirse

v pron

1 «célula» to split; «grupo/partido» to split up

nos dividimos en dos grupos we split up into two groups

el río se divide en dos brazos the river divides into two branches

no me puedo dividir ( fam); I only have one pair of hands ( colloq), I can't be in two places at once ( colloq)

2

«obra/período»: su obra podría dividirse en cuatro períodos básicos his work could be divided into four basic periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en cabeza, tronco y extremidades the human body is made up of the head, the torso and the extremities

3 (repartirse) to divide up, share out

* * *

dividir ( conjugate dividir) verbo transitivo
a) ( partir) to divide;

◊ lo dividió en partes iguales he divided it (up) into equal portions

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

c) ( enemistar) ‹partido/familia› to divide

verbo intransitivo (Mat) to divide
dividirse verbo pronominal
a) [ célula] to split;

[grupo/partido] to split up;
[camino/río] to divide
b) dividir en algo [obra/período] to be divided into sth

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

dividir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to divide: dividieron la herencia entre los cuatro, they divided the inheritance among the four of them
tienes que dividir entre tres, you must divide by three
' dividir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descomponer
- partir
- rompecabezas
- seccionar
- cortar
- distribuir
- mitad
- separar
English:
carve up
- cut
- divide
- equally
- partition
- quarter
- separate
- share
- split
- split up
- tear
- zone
- break
- halve
- stream
- way

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dividir

♦ vt

1. [separar] to divide (en into); [átomo] to split (en into);
dividió la hoja en tres partes she divided the page into three parts;

dividió a los alumnos en grupos de cinco he split o divided the pupils into groups of five;

el río divide en dos la ciudad the river divides o splits the city in two

2. [repartir] to share out ( entre among);
el resto de los beneficios fue dividido entre los empleados the rest of the profits were shared out o divided among the employees;

dividimos las tareas domésticas entre todos we shared the household chores between all of us

3. [desunir] to divide;

un asunto que tiene dividida a la comunidad científica an issue that has divided the scientific community;

el testamento dividió a los hermanos the will set the brothers against one another

4. [en matemáticas] to divide;

dividir 12 entre 3 divide 12 by 3;

15 dividido entre o [m5] por 3 igual a 5 15 divided by 3 is 5

♦ vi
[en matemáticas] to divide;
Comp

divide y vencerás divide and rule

♦ See also the pronominal verb dividirse

* * *

dividir

v/t divide

* * *

dividir vt

1) : to divide, to split

2) : to distribute, to share out

♦ See also the reflexive verb dividirse

* * *

dividir vb

1. (en general) to divide

dividió la tarta en ocho trozos she divided the cake into eight pieces

si divido 30 entre 5, el resultado es 6 if I divide 30 by 5, the result is 6

2. (repartir) to split [pt. & pp. split]

dividió el dinero entre sus dos hijos he split the money between his two sons

Spanish-English dictionary > dividir
11 inquilino

m.

1 tenant, inmate, lodger, occupant.

2 inquiline.

* * *

inquilino

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 tenant

* * *

(f. - inquilina)

noun

tenant

* * *

inquilino, -a
SM / F (=arrendatario) tenant; (Com) lessee; Chile (Agr) tenant farmer
inquilino de renta antigua — long-standing tenant, protected tenant

* * *

- na masculino, femenino

a) ( arrendatario) tenant

el actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca — the current occupant of the White House

b) (Chi) (Agr) tenant farmer

* * *

= resident, tenant, occupant, sharecropper, roomer, boarder, lodger, householder, renter.

Ex. Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.

Ex. This library serves a population displaying all the familiar features of low income, family social and financial crises, juvenile delinquency, and landlord/ tenant problems.

Ex. The administrative assistant position is a new one, and its first occupant, Booth Slye, has been on the job one week.

Ex. The south London 'white trash' it portrays are as marginalized in their council flats as any poor sharecroppers, but the novel neither condescends toward them nor sentimentalizes their plight.

Ex. In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.

Ex. In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.

Ex. The plot has the serial killer hiding out as a lodger in an upstanding family's home.

Ex. It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.

Ex. As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.

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* asociación de inquilinos = tenants' association.

* robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.

* * *

- na masculino, femenino

a) ( arrendatario) tenant

el actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca — the current occupant of the White House

b) (Chi) (Agr) tenant farmer

* * *

= resident, tenant, occupant, sharecropper, roomer, boarder, lodger, householder, renter.

Ex: Since they were operated as part of the local authority, they achieved little credibility with residents.

Ex: This library serves a population displaying all the familiar features of low income, family social and financial crises, juvenile delinquency, and landlord/ tenant problems.

Ex: The administrative assistant position is a new one, and its first occupant, Booth Slye, has been on the job one week.

Ex: The south London 'white trash' it portrays are as marginalized in their council flats as any poor sharecroppers, but the novel neither condescends toward them nor sentimentalizes their plight.

Ex: In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.

Ex: In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.

Ex: The plot has the serial killer hiding out as a lodger in an upstanding family's home.

Ex: It is the responsibility of the householder to ensure the refuse is bagged securely.

Ex: As a first time vacation home renter, the experience was like home away from home.

* asociación de inquilinos = tenants' association.

* robo con los inquilinos dentro = home invasion.

* * *

inquilino -na

masculine, feminine

A

1 (arrendatario) tenant

el actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca the current occupant of the White House

2 ( Chi) ( Agr) tenant farmer

B

inquilino masculine ( fam euf) (piojo) louse, lodger ( colloq euph) (gusano) worm

* * *

inquilino
◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino ( arrendatario) tenant

inquilino,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino tenant

' inquilino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desahuciar
- desahuciada
- desahuciado
- desalojar
- desalojo
- inquilina
English:
occupier
- only
- tenant
- lodger
- occupant

* * *

inquilino, -a

♦ nm,f

tenant;

el inquilino de 10 Downing Street the current occupant of number 10 Downing Street

♦ nm
Biol inquiline
* * *

inquilino

m, inquilina f tenant

* * *

inquilino, -na n

: tenant, occupant

* * *

inquilino n tenant

Spanish-English dictionary > inquilino
12 sección

f.

1 section.

2 section, division, department.

3 section, district.

4 cross-section.

5 article.

6 section, cutting, incision.

* * *

sección

► nombre femenino

1 (corte) section, cut

2 (geometría) section

3 (departamento) section, department

4 (en periódico, revista) page, section

5 MILITAR section

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sección transversal cross-section

* * *

noun f.

1) department

2) section

* * *

SF

1) (Arquit, Mat) section

sección cónica — conic section

sección longitudinal — longitudinal section

sección transversal — cross section

sección vertical — vertical section

2) (=parte) [gen] section; [de almacén, oficina] department

sección de contactos — personal column ( containing offers of marriage {etc}4})

sección de cuerdas — string section

sección deportiva — sports page, sports section

sección económica — financial pages pl, city pages pl

sección fija — regular feature

sección oficial — Official Section

3) (Mil) section, platoon

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femenino

1) ( corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal — longitudinal/cross section

2)

a) (división, área - en general) section; (- de empresa) department, section; (- en grandes almacenes) department

b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3) (Mil) platoon

* * *

= frame, piece, portion, section, section, unit, area, chapter, arm, tranche, pod.

Ex. Please return to frame 244 and read again about the use of the / (oblique stroke), paying particular attention to the examples given.

Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.

Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

Ex. Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex. Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex. For example, the American Library Association and its chapters usually include a subsidiary group designed for library trustees.

Ex. The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.

Ex. The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

Ex. There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

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* bibliotecario encargado de la sección infantil = children's librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección juvenil = young adult librarian.

* de sección = sectional.

* división en secciones = departmentation.

* en sección = sectional.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* sección alfabética = alphabetical section.

* sección central = midsection [mid-section].

* sección de adquisiciones = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de adultos = adult section, adult department, adult services section.

* sección de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.

* Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (IASD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).

* sección de catalogación = cataloguing division, cataloguing department.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* sección de compras = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de fondos locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sección de libros en rústica = paperback rack.

* sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.

* sección de nóminas = payroll department, salaries section.

* sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.

* sección de préstamo = lending collection, lending stock.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de referencia = reference section, reference department, reference division, reference area.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* sección de vídeos = video collection.

* sección infantil = children's department.

* sección juvenil = young adult department.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* subsección = subsection [sub-section].

* * *

femenino

1) ( corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal — longitudinal/cross section

2)

a) (división, área - en general) section; (- de empresa) department, section; (- en grandes almacenes) department

b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3) (Mil) platoon

* * *

= frame, piece, portion, section, section, unit, area, chapter, arm, tranche, pod.

Ex: Please return to frame 244 and read again about the use of the / (oblique stroke), paying particular attention to the examples given.

Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.

Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

Ex: Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex: Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex: For example, the American Library Association and its chapters usually include a subsidiary group designed for library trustees.

Ex: The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.

Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

Ex: There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección infantil = children's librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección juvenil = young adult librarian.

* de sección = sectional.

* división en secciones = departmentation.

* en sección = sectional.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* sección alfabética = alphabetical section.

* sección central = midsection [mid-section].

* sección de adquisiciones = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de adultos = adult section, adult department, adult services section.

* sección de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.

* Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (IASD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).

* sección de catalogación = cataloguing division, cataloguing department.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* sección de compras = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de fondos locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sección de libros en rústica = paperback rack.

* sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.

* sección de nóminas = payroll department, salaries section.

* sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.

* sección de préstamo = lending collection, lending stock.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de referencia = reference section, reference department, reference division, reference area.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* sección de vídeos = video collection.

* sección infantil = children's department.

* sección juvenil = young adult department.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* subsección = subsection [sub-section].

* * *

sección

feminine

A (corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal longitudinal/cross section

B

1 (división, área — en general) section; (— de una empresa) department, section; (— en los grandes almacenes) department

la sección del edificio que va a ser demolida the part of the building that is going to be demolished

2 (de un periódico) section

Compuestos:

● sección de cuerdas/vientos

string/wind section

● sección de deportes

sports page

C ( Mil) platoon

* * *

sección sustantivo femenino
1 ( corte) section
2
a) (división, área — en general) section;

(— de empresa, en grandes almacenes) department
b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3 (Mil) platoon
sección sustantivo femenino
1 (parte, apartado, tramo) section
Com sección de bisutería, costume jewellery department
2 (de un plano) cross-sección
3 (incisión) cut
4 Mat section
5 Mil (una unidad del ejército) platoon
' sección' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corte
- oportunidad
- unidad
- acomodar
- caballero
- cónico
- encima
- fumador
- incluir
- jefe
- menaje
- parte
- repartición
- reunir
- suceso
English:
cross-section
- department
- departmental
- division
- platoon
- section
- block
- complement
- cross
- desk
- personnel
- scratch

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sección nf

1. [parte] section;
[departamento] department;
la sección de discos the record department

Comp
sección de cuerda(s) string section;
sección de necrológicas [en periódico] obituary section;

sección rítmica rhythm section;

sección de viento(s) wind section

2. [corte] section

Comp
sección longitudinal longitudinal section;
sección transversal cross-section

3. Geom section

4. Mil section

* * *

sección

f

1 GEOM section

2 BOT cutting

3 de documento, organización section

4 MIL platoon

* * *

sección nf, pl secciones

1) : section

sección transversal: cross section

2) : department, division

* * *

sección n

1. (en general) section

2. (en una tienda, empresa) department

Spanish-English dictionary > sección
13 enfrentar

v.

1 to bring face to face (poner frente a frente).

2 to confront, to face (hacer frente a).

enfrentan el futuro con inquietud they face the future with unease

María enfrentó a la chismosa Mary confronted the gossip.

María confrontó sus problemas Mary confronted her problems.

* * *

enfrentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner frente a frente) to bring face to face, confront

■ el debate enfrentó a los líderes the debate brought the leaders face to face

2 (encarar) to face, confront

► verbo pronominal enfrentarse

1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)

■ tuvo que enfrentarse con los sindicatos he had to confront the unions

2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)

3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)

* * *

verb

to face, confront

* * *

1. VT

1) (=enemistar) to set against

la herencia enfrentó a los dos hermanos — the inheritance set the two brothers against each other o at loggerheads

2) (=afrontar) [+ dificultad] to face (up to), confront; [+ realidad] to face (up to)

tienes que enfrentar el problema — you have to face (up to) o confront the problem

3) (=encarar)

este partido enfrentará a los dos mejores tenistas — this match will bring together the two best tennis players, this match will bring the two best tennis players face to face

2.

See:

enfrentarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <problema/peligro/realidad> to confront, face up to; < futuro> to face

2)

a) <contrincantes/opositores> to bring... face to face

enfrentar a alguien con alguien — to bring somebody face to face with somebody

b) ( enemistar) to bring... into conflict
2.
enfrentarse v pron

a) ( hacer frente a)

enfrentarse a/con alguien: se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police; se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy; el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay; enfrentarse a algo a dificultades/peligros to face something; no quiere enfrentarse a la realidad — he doesn't want to face up to reality

b) (recípr) equipos/atletas to meet; tropas/oponentes to clash

* * *

= oppose, drive + a wedge between.

Ex. A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

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* enfrentar a = pit against.

* enfrentarse = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face.

* enfrentarse a = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse a alternativas = be faced with choices, face + choices.

* enfrentarse a la muerte = face + death.

* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.

* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* enfrentarse al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* enfrentarse a los elementos = brave + the elements.

* enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.

* enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.

* enfrentarse a una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.

* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.

* enfrentarse a una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un dilema = face + dilemma.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <problema/peligro/realidad> to confront, face up to; < futuro> to face

2)

a) <contrincantes/opositores> to bring... face to face

enfrentar a alguien con alguien — to bring somebody face to face with somebody

b) ( enemistar) to bring... into conflict
2.
enfrentarse v pron

a) ( hacer frente a)

enfrentarse a/con alguien: se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police; se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy; el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay; enfrentarse a algo a dificultades/peligros to face something; no quiere enfrentarse a la realidad — he doesn't want to face up to reality

b) (recípr) equipos/atletas to meet; tropas/oponentes to clash

* * *

= oppose, drive + a wedge between.

Ex: A respondent is a candidate for a degree who, in an academic disputation, defends or opposes a thesis proposed by the praeses (q.v.); also called the defendant.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

* enfrentar a = pit against.

* enfrentarse = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face.

* enfrentarse a = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with.

* enfrentarse a Algo cara a cara = address + Nombre + head-on, meet + Nombre + head-on, tackle + Nombre + head-on, face + Nombre + head-on.

* enfrentarse a alternativas = be faced with choices, face + choices.

* enfrentarse a la muerte = face + death.

* enfrentarse a la realidad = confront + reality, face + (the) facts, face + reality.

* enfrentarse a la realidad (de que) = face + (up to) the fact that, face + the truth (that).

* enfrentarse a la vida = cope with + life, face + life, cope.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* enfrentarse al hecho de que = face + (up to) the fact that.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* enfrentarse a los elementos = brave + the elements.

* enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a una crisis = face + crisis.

* enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.

* enfrentarse a una limitación = face + constraint, face + limitation.

* enfrentarse a una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.

* enfrentarse a una tarea = face + task.

* enfrentarse a una traba = face + limitation, face + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un dilema = face + dilemma.

* enfrentarse a un impás = face + impasse.

* enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + problem, confront + problem, come up against + problem, experience + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse a un reto = face + challenge, meet + challenge, undertake + challenge, handle + challenge, confront + challenge.

* enfrentarse cara a cara con = go + eyball to eyeball with.

* enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.

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enfrentar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹problema/peligro› to confront, face up to

podemos enfrentar el futuro con optimismo we can face the future with optimism

tienes que enfrentar la realidad you have to face up to reality, you have to face facts

B

1 ‹contrincantes/opositores› to bring … face to face enfrentar a algn CON algn to bring sb face to face WITH sb

el combate enfrentará al campeón europeo con el africano the fight will bring together the European and African champions, the fight will bring the European champion face to face with the African champion, the European and African champions will meet in the fight

2 (enemistar) to bring … into conflict

■ enfrentarse

v pron

1 (hacer frente a) enfrentarse A/ CON algn:

se enfrentaron con la policía they clashed with the police

se enfrentó con el enemigo he confronted the enemy

se enfrentó duramente al or con el líder de la oposición she clashed with the leader of the opposition

el equipo se enfrenta hoy a Paraguay today the team comes up against o meets Paraguay

enfrentarse A algo:

tuvieron que enfrentarse a múltiples dificultades/peligros they had to face many difficulties/dangers

nunca ha querido enfrentarse a la realidad he has never wanted to face up to reality

ya cambiará cuando tenga que enfrentarse a la vida he'll change when he has to face up to life

2 ( recípr) «equipos/atletas» to meet; «tropas» to clash

los dos líderes se enfrentaron en un duro debate the two leaders clashed in a fierce debate

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enfrentar ( conjugate enfrentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹problema/peligro/realidad› to confront, face up to;
‹ futuro› to face
2
a) ‹contrincantes/opositores› to bring … face to face

b) ( enemistar) to bring … into conflict

enfrentarse verbo pronominal
a) ( hacer frente a) enfrentarse con algn ‹con rival/enemigo› to confront sb;

enfrentarse a algo ‹a dificultades/peligros› to face sth;
‹a realidad/responsabilidad› to face up to sth
b) ( recípr) [equipos/atletas] to meet;

[tropas/oponentes] to clash
enfrentar verbo transitivo
1 (afrontar) to confront, face up to
2 (enemistar) to set at odds: las diferencias políticas enfrentaron a los dos amigos, political differences set them at odds
3 (poner frente a frente) to bring face to face
' enfrentar' also found in these entries:
English:
play off against
- confront
- pit
- tackle

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enfrentar

♦ vt

1. [enemistar] to bring into conflict

2. [poner frente a frente] to bring face to face ( con with);
un partido que enfrentará al actual campeón con sus antiguos rivales a game that will pit the current champions against their old rivals

3. [hacer frente a] to confront, to face;

enfrentan el futuro con inquietud they face the future with unease

♦ See also the pronominal verb enfrentarse

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enfrentar

v/t confront, face up to

* * *

enfrentar vt

: to confront, to face

♦ See also the reflexive verb enfrentarse

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentar
14 aguantar

v.

1 to bear.

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books

2 to bear, to stand.

no lo aguanto I can't bear him

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

3 to hold.

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

Aguante su respiración Hold your breath.

4 to hold (contener) (respiración, mirada).

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

5 to hold on (time).

aguanta un poco más hold on a bit longer

no aguanto más I can't take any more

Ella aguantará porque es fuerte She will hold on because she is strong.

6 to wait for (esperar). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

7 to last.

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance

8 to endure, to abide, to bear, to tolerate.

Noel aguanta muchas penas Noel endures many sorrows.

9 to withstand, to hold, to uphold, to support.

El barrote aguanta el techo The crosspiece holds the roofing.

10 to tolerate to, to suffer to, to bear to, to endure to.

Silvia aguanta estudiar de noche Silvia tolerates to study nights.

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aguantar

► verbo transitivo

1 (contener) to hold (back)

2 (sostener) to hold, support

3 (soportar) to tolerate

■ no aguanto más I can't stand any more, I can't take any more

► verbo pronominal aguantarse

1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back

2 (resignarse) to resign oneself

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡que se aguante! familiar that's her/his tough luck!

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verb

1) to bear, endure, withstand

2) hold

•

- aguantarse

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1. VT

1) (=soportar deliberadamente) to put up with, endure

aguanté el dolor como pude — I bore o put up with o endured the pain as best as I could

tenemos que estar aguantando continuas ofensas — we have to put up with o endure continual insults

no aguantaré tus impertinencias ni un minuto más — I won't stand for o take o put up with your cheek a minute longer

- aguantar el chaparrón

2) (=tener capacidad de resistir) to stand up to

esta planta aguanta bien el calor — this plant withstands o can take heat well, this plant stands up well to heat

aguanta bastante bien el trabajo en la mina — he stands up pretty well to the work in the mine

no sé si podré aguantar ese ritmo — I don't know if I'll be able to stand the pace

sabe aguantar bien las bromas — he can take a joke

• no aguantar, no aguanto a los cotillas — I can't bear o stand gossips

no aguanto ver sufrir a un animal — I can't bear o stand to see an animal suffering

no aguantaba la rutina de los entrenamientos — he couldn't cope with o take the training programme

• no hay quien te aguante — you're impossible o insufferable

este frío no hay quien lo aguante — this cold is just unbearable

no hay quien aguante una ópera tan larga — who could sit through an opera that long?

3) (=sostener) [persona] to hold; [muro, columna] to support, hold up

aguanta un momento el paquete — hold the parcel a minute

la pierna que aguanta la guitarra — the leg that supports the guitar

se rompió el cable que aguantaba la antena — the cable holding up o supporting the aerial broke

estas vigas pueden aguantar cualquier peso — these beams can take any weight

esta estantería no podrá aguantar tantos libros — these shelves won't take so many books

4) (=contener) [+ respiración] to hold; [+ risa, llanto] to hold back

soy capaz de aguantar la respiración durante dos minutos — I can hold my breath for two minutes

el mundo aguantó la respiración temiendo un desastre — the world waited with bated breath, fearing a disaster

apenas podía aguantar la risa — she couldn't hold back her laughter

• aguantar las ganas de hacer algo — to resist the urge to do sth

no pude aguantar las ganas de decirle lo que pensaba — I couldn't resist telling her what I thought, I couldn't resist the urge to tell her what I thought

se tuvo que aguantar las ganas de llorar — she had to stifle her desire to cry

5) (=durar) to last

este abrigo no aguantará otro invierno — this coat won't last another winter

2. VI

1) [persona]

ya no aguanto más — I can't bear it o stand it o take it any longer, I can't bear o stand o take any more

cuando empezaba a correr no aguantaba más de diez minutos — when she started running she couldn't keep going o last for more than ten minutes

aguantaré en Madrid hasta que pueda — I'll hang on o hold on in Madrid as long as I can

yo me emborracho enseguida, pero él aguanta mucho — I get drunk straight away but he can really hold his drink

tienes que aguantar hasta el año que viene con esos zapatos — you'll have to make do with those shoes until next year

yo ya no aguanto mucho, a las diez estoy en la cama — I can't take the pace any more, I'm in bed by ten

aguantan poco sin aburrirse — they have a low boredom threshold, they're easily bored

bailaremos hasta que el cuerpo aguante — we'll dance till we drop

es de guapo que no se puede aguantar — * he's drop dead gorgeous *, he's to die for *

2) [clavo, columna] to hold

¿crees que este clavo aguantará? — do you think this nail will hold?

esa columna va a aguantar poco — that pillar won't hold (out) much longer

3) LAm * (=esperar) to hang on *, hold on

¡aguanta! — hang on * o hold on a minute!

3.

See:

aguantarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

* * *

= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

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

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex. Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex. Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

* * *

= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

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

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex: Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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aguantar [A1 ]

vt

A

1

(tolerar, soportar): aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas en el desierto they had to endure extremely high temperatures in the desert

y como no tengo donde ir tengo que aguantar sus bromas estúpidas and since I have nowhere to go I have to put up with o suffer his stupid jokes

aguantó el dolor con gran fortaleza she bore o endured the pain very bravely

lo aguantó durante años she put up with him for years

no tengo por qué aguantar que me traten así I don't have to stand for this kind of treatment, I don't have to put up with being treated like this

a ése le aguantan todo porque es el hijo del jefe he gets away with anything because he's the boss's son

aguantó su mirada un momento y desvió los ojos he held her stare for a moment, then averted his eyes

2

(uso hiperbólico): este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke

no puedo aguantarlo I can't stand him

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable

B

1 ‹peso/presión›

aguanta todo el peso del tejado it supports o bears the whole weight of the roof

el puente no aguanta más de cierto tonelaje the bridge will only withstand o take o stand a certain tonnage

no aguantó la presión it didn't take o withstand the pressure

el mástil no aguantaría otra embestida del viento the mast wouldn't stand up to o take another gust

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo she can take twice as much drink as I can

2

(durar): estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

construcciones que han aguantado el paso del tiempo buildings that have survived the passing of time

aguantó tres meses en ese trabajo he lasted three months in that job

C (sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes mientras compro las entradas hold (on to) the parcels for me while I buy the tickets

una cuña para aguantar la puerta a wedge to hold the door open

D (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back

aguanta la respiración todo lo que puedas hold your breath for as long as you can

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer

■ aguantar

vi

¡ya no aguanto más! yo renuncio I can't take any more! I quit

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no puedo aguantar hasta enero con este abrigo I can't last till January with this coat, this coat won't last me till January

tenemos que aguantar hasta fin de mes con este dinero we have to make this money last o stretch till the end of the month, we have to get by on o manage on o survive on this money till the end of the month

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold

■ aguantarse

v pron

A

(conformarse, resignarse): no me apetece ir pero me tendré que aguantar I don't feel like going, but I'll just have to grin and bear it o put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it ( colloq)

me he quedado sin cena — te aguantas, por no haber llegado antes there's no dinner left for me — tough, you should have got(ten) here earlier ( colloq)

B ( euf)

(reprimirse, contenerse): aguántate un poquito que enseguida llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

ya no se aguanta las ganas de abrir los paquetes he can't resist the temptation to open the packages any longer

se aguantó hasta que no pudo más y se lo dijo todo she kept quiet as long as she could and then she told him everything

C ( AmL fam) (esperarse) to hang on ( colloq)

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aguantar ( conjugate aguantar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dolor/sufrimiento› to bear, endure;
◊ aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat;

no tengo por qué aguantar esto I don't have to put up with this;
este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable;
no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke;
no los aguanto I can't stand them;
no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable
2
a) ‹peso/carga› to support, bear;

‹ presión› to withstand
b) ( durar):

◊ estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

3 ( sostener) to hold
4 (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back;
◊ aguantar la respiración to hold one's breath

verbo intransitivo:
◊ ¡ya no aguanto más! I can't take any more!;

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold
aguantarse verbo pronominal
1 (conformarse, resignarse):
◊ me tendré que aguantar I'll just have to put up with it;

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2 (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse):
◊ no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears;

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3 (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)
aguantar
I verbo transitivo
1 (soportar, tolerar) to tolerate: no puedo aguantar más tu prepotencia, I can't stand your arrogance any longer ➣ Ver nota en bear y stand
2 (sujetar) to support, hold: por favor, aguanta la escalera mientras cambio la bombilla, please hold the ladder while I change the bulb
3 (reprimirse) aguantó la respiración tres minutos, he held his breath for three minutes
II verbo intransitivo
1 (durar) to last
2 (soportar) aguanta un poco más, hold on a bit longer
' aguantar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calibre
- mecha
- pasar
- resistir
- saber
- sufrir
- tipo
- soplar
- tragar
English:
abide
- bear
- bear up
- brave
- bullet
- endure
- going
- hang on
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- last
- pace
- put up with
- ride out
- ridicule
- sit out
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stick
- stick out
- stomach
- suffer
- sweat out
- take
- go
- hang
- keep
- put
- ride
- sit
- stuck
- support
- tolerate

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aguantar

♦ vt

1. [sostener] to hold;

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

2. [peso, presión] to bear;

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books;

la presa no aguantará otro terremoto the dam won't withstand another earthquake;

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

3. [tolerar, soportar] to bear, to stand;

estas plantas no aguantan bien el calor these plants don't like the heat;

no aguantó el ritmo de sus rivales she couldn't keep up with her rivals;

a tu hermana no hay quien la aguante your sister's unbearable;

no puedo aguantarlo, no lo aguanto I can't bear him;

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her;

ya no aguanto más este dolor this pain is unbearable;

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

4. [tiempo] to hold out for;

aguantó dos meses en el desierto he survived for two months in the desert;

no creo que aguante mucho tiempo fuera su país I don't think he'll be able to last long abroad;

¿cuánto tiempo aguantas sin fumar un cigarillo? how long can you go without smoking a cigarette?;

este abrigo me ha aguantado cinco años this coat has lasted me five years

5. [contener] [respiración, mirada] to hold;
[risa] to contain;
debes aguantar la respiración para hacerte la radiografía you'll have to hold your breath when you have the X-ray;

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

6. Méx, RP Fam [esperar] to wait for

♦ vi

1. [tiempo] to hold on;

aguanta un poco más, en seguida nos vamos hold on a bit longer, we'll be going soon;

no aguanto más – necesito un vaso de agua I can't take any more, I need a glass of water;

¡ya no aguanto más, vámonos! I've had enough, let's go!

2. [resistir] to last;

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year;

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance;

a pesar de estar lesionado, aguantó hasta el final despite his injury, he carried on until the end

3. Taurom to stand firm

♦ See also the pronominal verb aguantarse

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aguantar

I v/t

1 un peso bear, support

2 respiración hold

3 ( soportar) put up with;

no lo puedo aguantar I can’t stand o bear it

II v/i

:

no aguanto más I can’t take (it) any more, I can’t bear it any longer

* * *

aguantar vt

1) soportar: to bear, to tolerate, to withstand

2) : to hold

3)

aguantar las ganas : to resist an urge

no pude aguantar las ganas de reír: I couldn't keep myself from laughing

aguantar vi

: to hold out, to last

♦ See also the reflexive verb aguantarse

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aguantar vb

1. (sufrir frases afirmativas) to put up with [pt. & pp. put]

no sé cómo aguanta a su marido I don't know how she puts up with her husband

2. (sufrir frases negativas) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

no aguanto a gente como él I can't stand people like him

3. (peso) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

la estantería no aguantó el peso de los libros the shelf couldn't take the weight of the books

4. (durar) to last

el coche tendrá que aguantar un año más the car will have to last another year

5. (esperar) to hold on [pt. & pp. held]

aguanta, que falta poco hold on, we're nearly there

6. (en la mano) to hold

¿me aguantas la carpeta un momento? can you hold my folder for a minute?

aguantar la respiración to hold your breath

aguantar las lágrimas to hold back your tears

Spanish-English dictionary > aguantar
15 caída

f.

1 fall, collapse, downfall, downturn.

2 wipe-out.

3 prolapse, ptosis, drooping, lapsus.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: caer.

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caída

► nombre femenino

1 (acción de caer) fall, falling

2 (pérdida) loss

■ la caída del cabello hair loss

3 (de precios, temperatura) fall, drop

■ ha habido una fuerte caída de ventas sales have fallen sharply

4 (de un terreno) slope

5 (del sol) setting

6 (de tejidos) body, hang

■ una tela con mucha caída a material with a lot of body

7 COSTURA (ancho) width; (largo) length

8 figurado downfall, fall

■ la caída del Imperio the fall of the Empire

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a la caída del sol at sunset

caída de ojos demure look

caída libre free fall

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noun f.

1) fall

2) drop

3) collapse

4) loss

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SF

1) (=accidente) fall; [de caballo] fall, tumble

tuvo una aparatosa caída de la moto — he had a spectacular fall from his motorbike

• sufrir una caída — to have a fall, take a tumble

durante un campeonato regional, sufrió una grave caída del caballo — during a regional championship, he had a bad fall o tumble off his horse

caída de agua — waterfall

caída de cabeza, sufrir una caída de cabeza — to fall headfirst, take a header *

caída en barrena — spiral fall

2) [de gobierno, imperio] fall, collapse; [de un gobernante] downfall

la caída del Muro de Berlín — the collapse o fall of the Berlin Wall

la crisis ocasionó la caída del gobierno — the crisis brought down the government

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall of the Roman Empire

la caída de Napoleón se produjo en Waterloo — Waterloo was Napoleon's downfall

3) (=pérdida) [de cabello, dientes] loss

un champú contra la caída del cabello — a shampoo that helps prevent hair loss

4) (Dep)

caída al vacío, caída libre — free fall

5) (=descenso) [de precios, ventas] fall, drop; [de divisa] fall

la espectacular caída de precios afectó con gran dureza a numerosas economías — many economies were hard hit by the dramatic fall o drop in prices

el gobierno está decidido a frenar la caída de la libra — the government is determined to curb the fall of the pound

caída de la temperatura — drop in temperature

caída de tensión — (Med) drop in blood pressure; (Elec) drop in voltage

caída de la actividad económica — downturn in the economy

• caída en picado — sharp fall

el banco intervino para evitar la caída en picado del dólar — the bank intervened to stop the dollar taking a nose-dive o plummeting

6)

• a la caída del sol o de la tarde — at sunset

7) (=desprendimiento) fall

había una continua caída de piedras desde la cima de la montaña — rocks fell continuously from the top of the mountain

8) (=inclinación) [de terreno] slope; [brusco] drop

9) [de tela, ropa] hang

esta chaqueta tiene buena caída — this jacket hangs well

caída de hombros — slope of the shoulders

caída de ojos, tenía una caída de ojos entre coqueta y malvada — the way she lowered her eyes was somewhere between coquettish and wicked

10) (Rel)

la Caída — the Fall

11)

caída radiactiva — radioactive fallout

12) pl caídas

a) * (=golpes) witty remarks

¡qué caídas tiene! — isn't he witty?

b) (=lana) low-grade wool sing

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femenino

1) ( accidente) fall

sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

fue una mala caída — it was a nasty fall

- caída libre

2) ( del cabello)

la caída del cabello — hair loss

3) (de tela, falda)

necesitas una tela con más caída — you need a heavier material

tiene buena caída — it hangs well

4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

5) ( descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar — the fall in the dollar

- caída de agua

6)

a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop

* * *

= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.

Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex. What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.

Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.

Ex. Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex. Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex. The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.

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* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

* caída de la tarde = sundown.

* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.

* caída de los precios = falling prices.

* caída del sistema = system crash.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* caída libre = free fall.

* en caída = flowing.

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femenino

1) ( accidente) fall

sufrir una caída — persona to have a fall

fue una mala caída — it was a nasty fall

- caída libre

2) ( del cabello)

la caída del cabello — hair loss

3) (de tela, falda)

necesitas una tela con más caída — you need a heavier material

tiene buena caída — it hangs well

4) (de gobierno, de ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano — the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

5) ( descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar — the fall in the dollar

- caída de agua

6)

a la caída del sol or de la tarde — at sunset, at dusk

7) (de terreno, de superficie) slope; ( más pronunciada) drop

* * *

= drop, spiral, downfall, slippage, downturn, droop, trough, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, labefaction.

Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.

Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.

Ex: Part of the trend towards declining conference attendance results from the downturn in the economy = Parte de la tendencia hacia el descenso de la asistencia a los congresos es consecuencia de la caída de la economía.

Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex: Public libraries have continued to expand since the trough of the 1950s.

Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.

* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* amortiguar la caída = break + Posesivo + fall.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

* caída de la tarde = sundown.

* caída del imperio romano, la = Fall of the Roman Empire, the.

* caída de los precios = falling prices.

* caída del sistema = system crash.

* caída de pelo = hair loss.

* caída en picado = plunge, nosedive, swoop.

* caída libre = free fall.

* en caída = flowing.

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caída

feminine

A (accidente) fall

sufrir una caída «persona» to have a fall

ha sufrido varias caídas y no se ha roto it's fallen on the floor/it's been dropped several times without breaking

fue una mala caída it was a nasty fall, he took a nasty tumble ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● caída de ojos

hacerle una caída de ojos a algn to flutter one's eyelids at sb

● caída libre

free fall

B

(del cabello): un tratamiento contra la caída del cabello a treatment to prevent hair loss

C

(de una tela, falda): para esta falda se necesita una tela con más caída you need a heavier material for this skirt

tiene muy buena caída it hangs very well

D

1 (de un gobierno) fall; (de una ciudad) fall

la caída del Imperio Romano the fall o collapse of the Roman Empire

2

la Caída ( Bib) the Fall

E (descenso) fall, drop

la caída del dólar/del precio del petróleo the fall in the dollar/in the price of oil

se ha producido una caída de las exportaciones/la demanda there has been a fall o drop in exports/demand

la caída de la temperatura the drop in temperature

una caída de voltaje or tensión a drop in voltage

Compuesto:

caída de agua

waterfall

F

a la caída del sol or de la tarde at sunset, at dusk

G

1 (del terreno) slope; (más pronunciada) drop

2 (de un techo) slope, pitch; (de una superficie) slope, drop

H ( Náut) (de un palo, mástil) rake

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caída sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) fall;
◊ sufrir una caída [ persona] to have a fall;

caída libre free fall;
la caída del gobierno the fall of the government;
la caída del cabello hair loss
2 (de tela, falda):
◊ necesitas una tela con más caída you need a heavier material;

tiene buena caída it hangs well
3 ( descenso) caída de algo ‹del dólar/de los precios/de la demanda› fall in sth;
‹de temperatura/voltaje› drop in sth;
◊ caída de agua waterfall

caído,-a
I adjetivo
1 fallen: había varios troncos caídos en la carretera, there were tree trunks on the road
2 (en defensa de una causa) los soldados caídos en el desembarco de Normandía, the soldiers who fell in during the Normandy landings
3 (parte del cuerpo) Pedro es caído de hombros, Pedro has drooping shoulders
II mpl Mil los caídos, the fallen
caída sustantivo femenino
1 fall
la caída del muro de Berlín, the fall of the Berlin wall
2 (del pelo, los dientes) loss
3 (de los precios) drop
4 (de un tejido) es una tela con poca caída, it's a fabric that hangs badly
5 Pol downfall, collapse
6 (salto de agua) waterfall, cascade
' caída' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
capa
- convalecer
- escalabrarse
- patinazo
- precipitarse
- aparatoso
- malo
- pique
- revolcón
English:
break
- collapse
- cushion
- downfall
- drape
- fall
- free fall
- inflamed
- rise
- sheer
- sky-dive
- sky-diver
- tumble
- descent
- dip
- doldrums
- down
- drop
- sky
- slump
- sun
- wind

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caída nf

1. [de persona] fall;

sufrir una caída to have a fall;

se rompió la cadera por una mala caída he fell badly and broke his hip

2. [de hojas, lluvia, nieve] fall;
[de diente, pelo] loss;
en la época de la caída de la hoja when the leaves fall off the trees;

Comp
RP Fam
ser la caída de la estantería to be out of this world

Comp
caída de agua waterfall;
caída libre free fall;

caída de ojos: [m5] tiene una atractiva caída de ojos she has an attractive way of lowering her eyelashes;

caída en picado [de avión] crash dive

3. [de imperio, ciudad, dictador] fall;

la caída del Imperio Romano the fall of the Roman Empire;

la caída del muro (de Berlín) the fall of the Berlin Wall

4. [de paro, precios] drop (de in);
se espera una caída de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to drop;

se ha registrado una caída del desempleo there has been a fall in unemployment, unemployment has gone down

Comp
caída en picado [de la economía] free fall; [de precios] nose-dive;
caída de tensión voltage drop

5. [de sol]
a la caída del sol at sunset;

a la caída de la tarde at nightfall

6. [de terreno] drop (de in);
una caída muy pronunciada del terreno a steep incline o slope

7. [de tela, vestido] drape

8. Fam Informát [de red] crash

9. Náut [de velas] drop, hoist

10. [en golf] break

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caída

f fall;

a la caída del sol at sunset;

a la caída de la tarde at sunset;

caída del gobierno fall of the government;

caída del pelo hair loss

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caída nf

1) baja, descenso: fall, drop

2) : collapse, downfall

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caída n fall

tuvo una caída muy fuerte he had a very bad fall

la caída del imperio romano the fall of the Roman Empire

a la caída de la tarde at dusk

Spanish-English dictionary > caída
16 composición

f.

1 composition, work, piece, opus.

2 composition, article, essay, paper.

3 make-up, constitution, conformation, formation.

4 setting-up.

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composición

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) composition

2 (acuerdo) agreement

3 (arreglo) arrangement

4 (en impresión) setting, composition

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer composición de lugar (decidirse) to make a plan of action 2 (formarse una idea) to get a picture of a situation

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noun f.

composition

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SF

1) (Mús, Quím, Arte) composition

2) (Educ) essay

3)

composición de lugar — stocktaking, inventory

hacerse una composición de lugar — to take stock (of one's situation)

4) (Tip) typesetting

composición por ordenador — computer typesetting

5) [de desacuerdo] settlement; [de personas] reconciliation

composición procesal — (Jur) out-of-court settlement

6) (=arreglo) arrangement

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femenino

1)

a) (de grupo, equipo) composition, makeup

b) ( de sustancia) composition

2) (Art, Fot, Mús) composition; (Educ) ( redacción) composition

hacerse una composición de lugar: para que te hagas una composición de composición, la cocina es alargada just to give you an idea, the kitchen is long and narrow; se hizo una composición de composición y decidió irse — he took stock of the situation and decided to leave

•

- composición de textos

* * *

= composition, essay, make, setting, writing, make-up [makeup], constitution.

Ex. In particular, a title that consists solely of the name(s) of type(s) of composition requires the following elements in addition to the statement of the medium of performance: serial number, opus number or thematic index number, key.

Ex. In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.

Ex. Typically a patent abstract is informative, and includes in the case of an article, its method of making or manufacture.

Ex. A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.

Ex. This is a project for collaboration in formal report writing based on current social theories of writing.

Ex. Account also had to be taken of the disparate make-up and wide age-spread of a reader community which consists of Commission officials and trainees plus diverse visitors from outside.

Ex. The chemical constitution of these materials is described and their deterioration characteristics explained.

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* composición de canciones = songwriting [song-writing].

* composición de imágenes = image setting.

* composición demográfica = demographic composition.

* composición musical = musical composition.

* composición musical manida = war horse.

* composición original = creative writing.

* composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.

* composición tipográfica = typesetting [type-setting].

* composición tipográfica automatizada = computerised typesetting.

* composición tipográfica por ordenador = computer typesetting.

* sala de composición = composing room.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* técnicas de composición escrita = writing skills.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de grupo, equipo) composition, makeup

b) ( de sustancia) composition

2) (Art, Fot, Mús) composition; (Educ) ( redacción) composition

hacerse una composición de lugar: para que te hagas una composición de composición, la cocina es alargada just to give you an idea, the kitchen is long and narrow; se hizo una composición de composición y decidió irse — he took stock of the situation and decided to leave

•

- composición de textos

* * *

= composition, essay, make, setting, writing, make-up [makeup], constitution.

Ex: In particular, a title that consists solely of the name(s) of type(s) of composition requires the following elements in addition to the statement of the medium of performance: serial number, opus number or thematic index number, key.

Ex: In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.

Ex: Typically a patent abstract is informative, and includes in the case of an article, its method of making or manufacture.

Ex: A companionship was a team of piecework compositors, led by one of their number, who co-operated in the setting of a book and submitted a single bill for the work, the proceeds of which were then divided amongst themselves.

Ex: This is a project for collaboration in formal report writing based on current social theories of writing.

Ex: Account also had to be taken of the disparate make-up and wide age-spread of a reader community which consists of Commission officials and trainees plus diverse visitors from outside.

Ex: The chemical constitution of these materials is described and their deterioration characteristics explained.

* composición de canciones = songwriting [song-writing].

* composición de imágenes = image setting.

* composición demográfica = demographic composition.

* composición musical = musical composition.

* composición musical manida = war horse.

* composición original = creative writing.

* composición por confrontación de ideas = brain-writing.

* composición tipográfica = typesetting [type-setting].

* composición tipográfica automatizada = computerised typesetting.

* composición tipográfica por ordenador = computer typesetting.

* sala de composición = composing room.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* técnicas de composición escrita = writing skills.

* * *

composición

feminine

A

1 (de un grupo, equipo) composition, makeup

la actual composición de la junta the present composition o makeup of the board

2 (de una sustancia) composition

B

1 (obra) composition, work

2 ( Mús) (disciplina) composition

3 (ejercicio) composition

4 ( Art, Fot) composition

hacerse una composición de lugar: para que te hagas una composición de composición, la cocina es la cuarta parte de ésta just to give you an idea o to help you picture it, the kitchen is a quarter of the size of this one

se hizo una composición de composición y decidió irse he took stock of o sized up the situation and decided to leave

Compuesto:

composición de textos

typesetting

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composición sustantivo femenino
composition
composición sustantivo femenino composition
' composición' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concierto
- ser
- movimiento
- tarantela
- baile
- consistir
- coro
- de
- dúo
- falla
- redactar
- tema
- terreno
English:
composition
- layout
- make-up
- sketch
- typesetting
- essay
- sum

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composición nf

1. [de sustancia, producto] composition

Comp
composición química chemical composition
2. [de equipo, comité] composition, make-up

3. [obra literaria] work;
[obra musical] composition, work
Comp
composición musical composition;
composición poética poetic composition, poem

4. [técnica musical] composition

5. [redacción] essay, composition ( sobre on)

6. [en fotografía, pintura] composition;

Comp

hacerse una composición de lugar to size up the situation;

no me hago una composición de lugar, ¿cómo es la casa? I can't quite visualize it, what's the house like?

7. Ling compounding, combination

8. [en imprenta] typesetting

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composición

f composition

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composición nf, pl - ciones

1) obra: composition, work

2) : makeup, arrangement

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composición n composition

Spanish-English dictionary > composición
17 descenso

m.

1 descent.

2 drop.

ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline

3 downhill.

4 relegation.

5 demotion.

6 descensus.

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descenso

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) descent, lowering

2 (de temperatura) drop, fall

3 figurado (declive) decline, fall

4 DEPORTE (de división) relegation; (en esquí) downhill race

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noun m.

1) descent

2) drop, fall

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SM

1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, drop

un descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production

un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils

un descenso de la calidad del servicio — a decline in the quality of service

descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature

2) [de un lugar a otro] descent

inició el descenso 20 minutos antes de aterrizar — he began his descent 20 minutes before landing

el ciclista se cayó en el descenso — the cyclist fell off during the descent

la prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event

3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation

el CD ha sufrido un descenso de tres puestos — the CD has gone down three places in the charts

4) (=pendiente) slope

el descenso hacia el río — the slope down to the river

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masculino

1)

a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

b) ( desde una altura) descent

la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

2) (Dep) relegation

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= decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.

Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.

Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.

Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.

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* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.

* descenso de nivel = drawdown.

* descenso en picado = swoop.

* experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

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masculino

1)

a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

b) ( desde una altura) descent

la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

2) (Dep) relegation

* * *

= decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.

Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.

Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.

Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.

Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.

Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.

Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.

* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.

* descenso de nivel = drawdown.

* descenso en picado = swoop.

* experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

* * *

descenso

masculine

A

1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fall

el descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirs

ha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oil

el descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

2 (desde una altura) descent

iniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutes

la carrera or prueba de descenso the downhill

B ( Dep) relegation

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descenso sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop;

( de precios) fall
b) ( desde una altura) descent

2 (Dep) relegation
descenso sustantivo masculino
1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
' descenso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajada
- bajón
- abrupto
- agudo
- brusco
- caída
- notorio
- picada
English:
comedown
- descent
- dip
- downhill
- downturn
- drop
- fall
- swoop
- anticlimax
- couple
- decline
- decrease
- demotion
- dive

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descenso nm

1. [de una altura] descent;

los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;

sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way down

Comp
descenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;
descenso de barrancos canyoning

2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;

el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;

la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;

ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline

3. [prueba de esquí] downhill

4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;

estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone

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descenso

m

1 de precio etc drop; de montaña, AVIA descent;

la prueba de descenso en esquí the downhill (race o competition)

2 DEP relegation

* * *

descenso nm

1) : descent

2) baja, caída: drop, fall

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descenso n

1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall

hubo un descenso de accidentes there was a drop in the number of accidents

2. (bajada) descent

el avión comenzaba el descenso the plane began its descent

Spanish-English dictionary > descenso
18 fuera de lo normal

fuera de lo normal

extraordinary, very unusual

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(adj.) = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary

Ex. The head of the serial department in our library must cope with an abnormally heavy workload and a transferred-in employee who refuses to work overtime in her department.

Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex. He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.

Ex. In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.

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(adj.) = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary

Ex: The head of the serial department in our library must cope with an abnormally heavy workload and a transferred-in employee who refuses to work overtime in her department.

Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex: He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts.

Ex: In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.

Spanish-English dictionary > fuera de lo normal
19 hacer una búsqueda

(v.) = look up, submit + search, do + search

Ex. If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex. Hypersearch performs a very fast serial search of the complete database when a search request is submitted.

Ex. But If you want to do a comprehensive search, you may need to search archival discs as well as the current disc.

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(v.) = look up, submit + search, do + search

Ex: If so, the call number of the document is looked up and displayed.

Ex: Hypersearch performs a very fast serial search of the complete database when a search request is submitted.

Ex: But If you want to do a comprehensive search, you may need to search archival discs as well as the current disc.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer una búsqueda
20 resistir

v.

1 to withstand.

resiste muy mal el calor he can't take the heat

2 to resist (it) (mostrarse firme) (ante tentaciones).

resistir a algo to resist something

Noel aguanta muchas penas Noel endures many sorrows.

3 to tolerate, to stand.

no lo resisto más, me voy I can't stand it any longer, I'm off

4 to keep going (person).

ese corredor resiste mucho that runner has a lot of stamina

el tocadiscos aún resiste the record player's still going strong

resistir a algo to stand up to something, to withstand something

5 to take the strain (mesa, dique).

resistir a algo to withstand something

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resistir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (aguantar - algo) to hold (out); (- alguien) to hold out, take (it), have endurance

■ la cuerda no resistirá the rope won't hold

■ no resistes nada you can't take anything

2 (durar) to endure, last

■ mi moto aún resiste there's still life in my motorbike yet

3 (ejército) to hold out, resist

► verbo transitivo

1 (soportar) to stand, tolerate

■ no resisto la vagancia I can't stand laziness

2 (peso etc) to bear, withstand, take

3 (tentación etc) to resist

► verbo pronominal resistirse

1 (rechazar) to resist

2 (oponerse) to resist, put up resistance

3 familiar (costar) to be difficult, be hard

■ la física se le resiste he's struggling with physics

4 (negarse) to refuse

■ me resisto a opinar I refuse to give my opinion

■ me resisto a creerlo I find it hard to believe

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verb

1) to resist

2) endure

3) hold

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1. VT

1) [+ peso] to bear, take, support; [+ presión] to take, withstand

2) [+ ataque, tentación] to resist; [+ propuesta] to resist, oppose, make a stand against

resisto todo menos la tentación — I can resist anything but temptation

3) (=tolerar) to put up with, endure

no puedo resistir este frío — I can't bear o stand this cold

no lo resisto un momento más — I'm not putting up with this a moment longer

4)

resistirle la mirada a algn — to stare sb out

2. VI

1) (=oponer resistencia) to resist

2) (=durar) to last (out), hold out

el equipo no puede resistir mucho tiempo más — the team can't last o hold out much longer

el coche resiste todavía — the car is still holding out o going

3) (=soportar peso)

¿resistirá la silla? — will the chair take it?

3.

See:

resistirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( aguantar) <dolor/calor/presión> to withstand, take

¿resistirá otro invierno? — will it last o survive another winter?

su corazón no resistiría un golpe tan fuerte — his heart couldn't take o stand a shock like that

no la resisto — (Col, Per fam) I can't stand her

b) <tentación/impulso> to resist

c) < ataque> to resist, withstand; < enemigo> to resist, hold out against
2.
resistir vi

a) ( aguantar)

no resistió, era demasiado peso — it didn't take it o hold, it was too heavy

ya no resisto más — I can't take (it) any more

¿cuánto resistes debajo del agua? — how long can you stay underwater?

b) ejército to hold out, resist
3.
resistirse v pron

1) ( oponer resistencia) to resist

no hay mujer que se le resista — women find him irresistible

2) ( tener reticencia)

resistirse A + INF: se resiste a aceptarlo she's unwilling o reluctant to agree to it; me resisto a creerlo I find it hard to believe; no pude resistirme a decírselo — I couldn't resist telling her

3) (fam) ( plantear dificultades)

la cerradura se me resistía — I couldn't get the lock open

las cifras se me resisten — figures are beyond me (colloq)

* * *

= defy, resist, stand up to, cope with, withstand, hold fast, hold off, stand + the gaff.

Ex. Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.

Ex. Abstracts are, it must be noted, covered by copyright provisions, and an author may resist direct copying of his abstract.

Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex. Publishers sometimes produce library editions, particularly of reference works, which will cope with the frequent handling expected in library use.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. He tried to hold fast defending the cause of the Church and avoiding debates on particular cases of intolerance or persecution.

Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex. Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

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* imposible de resistir = impossible to resist.

* resistir con todas las fuerzas = resist + with every cell in + Posesivo + body.

* resistir el paso del tiempo = stand + the test of time, withstand + the test of time, survive + the test of time, pass + the test of time.

* resistirse = buck + the system, buck.

* resistirse a = be loath to.

* resistir una tentación = resist + temptation.

* resistir un impulso = resist + impulse.

* sin resistirse = passively.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( aguantar) <dolor/calor/presión> to withstand, take

¿resistirá otro invierno? — will it last o survive another winter?

su corazón no resistiría un golpe tan fuerte — his heart couldn't take o stand a shock like that

no la resisto — (Col, Per fam) I can't stand her

b) <tentación/impulso> to resist

c) < ataque> to resist, withstand; < enemigo> to resist, hold out against
2.
resistir vi

a) ( aguantar)

no resistió, era demasiado peso — it didn't take it o hold, it was too heavy

ya no resisto más — I can't take (it) any more

¿cuánto resistes debajo del agua? — how long can you stay underwater?

b) ejército to hold out, resist
3.
resistirse v pron

1) ( oponer resistencia) to resist

no hay mujer que se le resista — women find him irresistible

2) ( tener reticencia)

resistirse A + INF: se resiste a aceptarlo she's unwilling o reluctant to agree to it; me resisto a creerlo I find it hard to believe; no pude resistirme a decírselo — I couldn't resist telling her

3) (fam) ( plantear dificultades)

la cerradura se me resistía — I couldn't get the lock open

las cifras se me resisten — figures are beyond me (colloq)

* * *

= defy, resist, stand up to, cope with, withstand, hold fast, hold off, stand + the gaff.

Ex: Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.

Ex: Abstracts are, it must be noted, covered by copyright provisions, and an author may resist direct copying of his abstract.

Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex: Publishers sometimes produce library editions, particularly of reference works, which will cope with the frequent handling expected in library use.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: He tried to hold fast defending the cause of the Church and avoiding debates on particular cases of intolerance or persecution.

Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex: Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

* imposible de resistir = impossible to resist.

* resistir con todas las fuerzas = resist + with every cell in + Posesivo + body.

* resistir el paso del tiempo = stand + the test of time, withstand + the test of time, survive + the test of time, pass + the test of time.

* resistirse = buck + the system, buck.

* resistirse a = be loath to.

* resistir una tentación = resist + temptation.

* resistir un impulso = resist + impulse.

* sin resistirse = passively.

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resistir [I1 ]

vt

1 (aguantar, soportar) ‹dolor/calor› to withstand, take; ‹presión› to withstand, take, stand

no resistía más el frío que hacía allí it was so cold there, I couldn't take it any more

¿crees que resistirá otro invierno? do you think it will last o withstand o survive another winter?

su corazón no resistiría un golpe tan fuerte his heart wouldn't take o stand a shock like that

no resistió el peso adicional it couldn't take the extra weight

no resisto que se burlen de mí ( fam); I can't stand people making fun of me

a María no la invites, no la resisto (Col, Per fam); don't invite María, I can't stand her

2 ‹tentación/impulso› to resist

3 ( Mil) ‹ataque› to resist, withstand; ‹enemigo› to resist, hold out against

■ resistir

vi

1

(aguantar): ya te dije que no resistiría, era demasiado peso I told you it wouldn't take it o hold, it was too heavy

ya no resisto más I can't stand it any more, I can't take (it) any more

¿cuánto resistes debajo del agua? how long can you stay underwater?

2 «ejército» to hold out, resist

■ resistirse

v pron

A (oponer resistencia) to resist

si se resisten, dispararemos if you resist o put up any resistance, we will fire

no hay mujer que se le resista women find him irresistible

B (tener reticencia) resistirse A + INF:

se resiste a aceptar las condiciones she's unwilling o reluctant to agree to the conditions

me resisto a creerlo I find it hard to believe, I'm loath to believe it

no pude resistirme a decírselo I couldn't resist telling her

C ( fam)

(plantear dificultades): esta cerradura se me resiste I can't get this lock open

tantas cifras se me resisten all these figures defeat me o are beyond me ( colloq)

* * *

resistir ( conjugate resistir) verbo transitivo
a) ( aguantar) ‹dolor/calor/presión› to withstand, take;

◊ no la resisto (Col, Per fam) I can't stand her

b) ‹tentación/impulso› to resist

c) ‹ataque/enemigo› to resist

verbo intransitivo
a) ( aguantar) [cuerda/puerta] to hold;

◊ ya no resisto más I can't take (it) any more

b) [ ejército] to hold out, resist

resistirse verbo pronominal
a) ( oponer resistencia) to resist

b) ( tener reticencia):

◊ se resiste a aceptarlo she's unwilling o reluctant to agree to it;

me resisto a creerlo I find it hard to believe
resistir
I verbo transitivo
1 (soportar, tener paciencia) to put up with: no resisto que hablen a gritos, I can't stand shouting
no podrá resistir otro golpe así, he won't be able to stand another blow like this
2 (contener una tentación, impulso, curiosidad) to resist
3 (un ataque, etc) to resist ➣ Ver nota en resist
II verbo intransitivo
1 (mantenerse en pie, aguantar) to hold (out): me voy a la cama, no resisto más, I'm going to bed, I can't last any longer
espero que el estante resista, I hope the shelf holds
2 (ante un enemigo, invasor) to resist: resistieron heroicamente, they held out heroically
' resistir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vencer
English:
bear up
- hang on
- hold off
- hold out
- last
- last out
- oppose
- resist
- stand
- stand up
- withstand
- hang
- hold
- support

* * *

resistir

♦ vt

1. [peso, dolor, críticas] to withstand, to take;
[ataque] to withstand;
la presa no resistió la fuerza de las aguas the dam could not withstand the force of the water;

resiste muy mal el calor he can't take the heat

2. [tentación, impulso, deseo] to resist

3. [tolerar] to tolerate, to stand;

no lo resisto más I can't stand it any longer

♦ vi

1. [ejército, ciudad]
resistir (a algo/a alguien) to resist (sth/sb)

2. [persona, aparato] to keep going;

ese corredor resiste mucho that runner has a lot of stamina;

el tocadiscos aún resiste the record player's still going strong;

resistir a algo to stand up to sth, to withstand sth

3. [mesa, dique] to take the strain;

este puente ya no resiste en pie this bridge is on its last legs;

resistir a algo to withstand sth

4. [mostrarse firme] [ante tentaciones] to resist (it);

¡ya no resisto más! I can't stand it any longer!;

resistir a algo to resist sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb resistirse

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resistir

I v/i

1 resist

2 ( aguantar) hold out;

no resisto más I can’t take any more

II v/t

1 tentación resist

2 frío, dolor etc stand, bear

* * *

resistir vt

1) : to stand, to bear, to tolerate

2) : to withstand

resistir vi

: to resist

resistió hasta el último minuto: he held out until the last minute

♦ See also the reflexive verb resistirse

* * *

resistir vb

1. (soportar en frases afirmativas) to withstand [pt. & pp. withstood]

es increíble lo que resiste este coche it's amazing what this car can withstand

2. (soportar en frases negativas) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

no resisto las películas de guerra I can't stand war films

no resisto más sin dormir I can't go on any more without sleep

3. (peso) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

la estantería no resistía tanto peso y se partió the shelf couldn't take so much weight and it broke in two

4. (tentación) to resist

no pudo resistir la tentación de coger otro pastelito he couldn't resist taking another cake

Spanish-English dictionary > resistir

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Словари и энциклопедии на Академике

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current serial

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