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2 eliminar

v.

to eliminate.

El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.

El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.

* * *

eliminar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude

■ han eliminado el equipo del campeonato they've eliminated the team from the championship

2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside

3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate

* * *

verb

1) to eliminate

2) remove

3) kill

* * *

1. VT

1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

un detergente que elimina las manchas — a washing powder that removes the stains

debemos eliminar la desigualdad entre los sexos — we must eliminate sexual inequality

eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *

4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate

5) (Fisiol) to eliminate

2.

See:

eliminarse

* * *

verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

* * *

= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

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* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1)

a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove

b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out

c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) < residuos> to dispose of

2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate

3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate

* * *

= abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.

Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.

Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.

Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.

Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.

Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.

Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.

Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.

Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.

Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.

Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.

Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.

Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.

Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.

Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.

Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.

Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.

Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.

Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.

Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.

Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.

Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.

Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.

Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* * *

eliminar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove

para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches

2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate

fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament

3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)

B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate

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eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ obstáculo› to remove;

‹ párrafo› to delete, remove
b) ‹ candidato› to eliminate;

(Dep) to eliminate, knock out
c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)

d) ‹ residuos› to dispose of

e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap

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eliminar vt

1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;

lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round

2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech

3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate

4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of

* * *

eliminar

v/t

1 eliminate

2 desperdicios dispose of

3 INFOR delete

* * *

eliminar vt

1) : to eliminate, to remove

2) : to do in, to kill

* * *

eliminar vb

1. (en general) to eliminate

la policía lo eliminó de la lista de sospechosos the police eliminated him from the list of suspects

2. (manchas) to remove

este detergente elimina todas las manchas this soap powder removes all stains

Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar
3 arrastrar

v.

1 to drag (objeto, pies) (gen) & (computing).

el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along

arrastrar y soltar (computing) to drag and drop

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

2 to win over, to sway.

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead somebody into something/to do something

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by something/somebody

3 to drag along the ground (rozar el suelo).

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground

El perrito arrastraba a su dueño The puppy dragged along his owner.

4 to carry along, to suffer, to drag.

El tractor arrastró el leño hacia abajo The tractor dragged the log down.

Él arrastra su culpa todo el tiempo He drags along his guilt feelings always

5 to bring along, to bring about.

La acciones arrastran consecuencias Actions carry along consequences.

6 to entrain.

La reacción arrastró las partículas The reaction entrained the particles.

7 to drag-and-drop.

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arrastrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to drag, pull

■ no arrastres los pies don't drag your feet

2 (corriente, aire) to sweep along

3 figurado to sway, win over, draw

■ este grupo arrastra a muchas quinceañeras this group draws lots of teenage girls

■ lo arrastra la pasión por el teatro he lives for the theatre

4 (traer como consecuencia) to cause, bring, lead to

5 (tener) to have

■ arrastra ese catarro desde hace un mes she's had that cold for a month

■ arrastran muchos problemas they've got lots of problems

► verbo intransitivo

1 to drag, trail

► verbo pronominal arrastrarse

1 to drag oneself, crawl

2 figurado (humillarse) to creep, crawl

* * *

verb

1) to drag, pull

2) sweep away

3) attract

•

- arrastrarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ objeto pesado] to drag; [+ carro] to pull; [+ caravana] to tow; [+ vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground)

no arrastres la silla por el suelo — don't drag that chair (along the ground)

arrastrar los pies — to drag one's feet, shuffle along

arrastrar las palabras — to slur one's words

2) (=transportar) [río, viento] to sweep away o along

la corriente arrastró las ramas — the current swept the branches away o along

3) (=atraer) to draw, attract

su última película ha arrastrado mucho público — his latest film has drawn o attracted large audiences

no te dejes arrastrar por esa idea — don't get carried away by that idea

arrastrar a algn a hacer algo — to sweep sb into doing sth

4) (=soportar)

este país arrastra desde hace décadas el problema del paro — this country's been dogged by unemployment for decades

arrastra un complejo de inferioridad desde la adolescencia — he's had an inferiority complex ever since he was a youth

5) (=provocar) [+ dificultad, problema] to bring with it

su dimisión arrastró varias crisis financieras — his resignation brought with it several financial crises

6) (Bridge) [+ triunfos] to draw

2. VI

1) [vestido, capa] to trail (along the ground), drag

te arrastra el vestido — your dress is trailing (along the ground) o dragging

2) (Bot) to trail

3.

See:

arrastrarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

* * *

= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

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. The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex. Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex. The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex. He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

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* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies — she dragged her feet as she walked

b) <remolque/caravana> to tow

c) ( llevar consigo)

el río arrastraba ramas — branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro — the current was carrying him out to sea

2)

a) <problema/enfermedad>

arrastra esa tos desde el invierno — that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años — they had that debt hanging over them for many years

b) ( atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público — it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda — they are slaves to fashion

3) ( en naipes) to draw
2.
arrastrar vi

1) mantel/cortina to trail along the ground

2) ( en naipes) to draw trumps (o spades etc)
3.
arrastrarse v pron

1) ( por el suelo) persona to crawl; culebra to slither

se arrastró hasta el teléfono — she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

2) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

* * *

= haul, lug off, sweep along, tow, drag, sweep + Nombre + away, lug.

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: The whole affair, assembled and compressed, could be lugged off in a moving van.

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her and she towed a chair over to his desk.

Ex: Users can either select a pull-down menu and enter search terms in a text box or highlight and drag text into the search box from other applications including electronic mail.

Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

Ex: He had a tough time lugging his lumpy, oversized travelbag onto the plane and stuffing it in the overhead bin.

* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* arrastrando los pies = shuffling.

* arrastrar al mar = wash out to + sea.

* arrastrar los pies = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* arrastrarse = crawl.

* arrastrar y pegar = drag and drop.

* corriente + arrastrar = wash up.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* introducir arrastrando = haul in.

* sacar arrastrando = haul out.

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arrastrar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (por el suelo) to drag

caminaba arrastrando los pies she dragged her feet as she walked

vas a ir aunque te tenga que arrastrar you are going even if I have to drag you there

2 ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

3

(llevar consigo): el río arrastraba piedras y ramas stones and branches were being swept along by the river

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea

4 ‹sector/mercado› to drag down

al desplomarse en la Bolsa arrastró a todo el sector when its stock price collapsed, it dragged down the whole sector

no hay que dejarse arrastrar por el pesimismo there's no need to give way to pessimism

B

1

‹problema/enfermedad› viene arrastrando esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter, she's had that cough since the winter and she just can't shake it off

arrastraron esa deuda muchos años they had that debt hanging over them for many years

2 (atraer) to draw

está arrastrando mucho público it is drawing big crowds

se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

arrastrar a algn A algo:

las malas compañías lo arrastraron a la delincuencia he was led o drawn into crime by the bad company he kept

la miseria lo arrastró a robar poverty drove him to steal

3 ( fam) ( Elec) to use

arrastra mucha corriente it uses a lot of power

4 ( Inf) to drag

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

C (en naipes) to draw

■ arrastrar

vi

A «mantel/cortina» to trail along the ground

la gabardina le arrastraba the raincoat was so long on him that it trailed along the ground

B (en naipes) to draw trumps ( o spades etc)

■ arrastrarse

v pron

A (por el suelo) «persona» to crawl; «culebra» to slither

llegué arrastrándome de cansancio I could hardly put one foot in front of the other by the time I got there

se arrastró hasta el teléfono she dragged herself o crawled to the telephone

B (humillarse) to grovel, crawl

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arrastrar ( conjugate arrastrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( por el suelo) to drag

b) ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

c) ( llevar consigo):

◊ arrastró todo a su paso it swept away everything in its path;

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea
2
a) ‹problema/enfermedad›:

◊ arrastra esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter;

vienen arrastrando el problema desde hace años they've been dragging out the problem for years
b) ( atraer) to draw;

◊ se dejan arrastrar por la moda they are slaves to fashion

verbo intransitivo [mantel/cortina] to trail along the ground
arrastrarse verbo pronominal
a) ( por el suelo) [ persona] to crawl;

[ culebra] to slither
b) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

arrastrar verbo transitivo to pull (along), drag (along): la corriente lo arrastró mar adentro, he was swept out to sea by the current
' arrastrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
grúa
- seducir
- barrer
English:
carry along
- drag
- draw
- haul
- lug
- pull
- pull along
- shuffle
- slur
- sweep
- trail
- tug
- wash
- suck

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arrastrar

♦ vt

1. [objeto, persona] to drag;
[carro, vagón] to pull; [remolque] to tow;
el viento arrastró las hojas the wind blew the leaves along;
Fig
el presidente arrastró en su caída a varios ministros the president took several ministers down with him;

la caída de la Bolsa neoyorquina arrastró al resto de mercados the crash on the New York stock exchange pulled the other markets down with it;

arrastrar los pies to drag one's feet;

Comp
RP Fam
arrastrar el ala a alguien to set one's cap at sb

2. Informát to drag;

arrastrar y soltar to drag and drop

3. [convencer] to win over, to sway;

arrastrar a alguien a algo/a hacer algo to lead sb into sth/to do sth;

dejarse arrastrar por algo/alguien to allow oneself to be swayed by sth/sb

4. [producir] to bring;

la guerra arrastra ya 3.000 muertos the war has already claimed 3,000 lives

5. [atraer] to pull in;

un cantante que arrastra muchos seguidores a singer who pulls in large crowds

6. [soportar]
arrastra una vida miserable she leads a miserable life;

arrastra muchas deudas/muchos problemas he has a lot of debts/problems hanging over him;

arrastra esa dolencia desde hace varios años she has been suffering from this complaint for several years

7. [al hablar] to draw out;

arrastra las erres he rolls his r's

♦ vi

1. [rozar el suelo] to drag along the ground;

te arrastra el vestido your dress is dragging on the ground;

estas cortinas arrastran these curtains are touching the floor

2. [en juegos de cartas]
arrastrar con tréboles to lead with a club

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrastrarse

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arrastrar

I v/t

1 por el suelo, INFOR drag ( por along)

2 ( llevarse) carry away

II v/i

1 por el suelo trail on the ground

2 en juegos de cartas draw trumps

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arrastrar vt

1) : to drag, to tow

2) : to draw, to attract

arrastrar vi

: to hang down, to trail

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrastrarse

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arrastrar vb

1. (llevar por el suelo) to drag [pt. & pp. dragged]

coge la silla en vez de arrastrarla pick the chair up instead of dragging it

2. (soportar) to have

arrastra la enfermedad desde hace años she's had the illness for years

3. (rozar el suelo) to trail on the floor

el vestido arrastraba her dress trailed on the floor

Spanish-English dictionary > arrastrar
4 aspecto

m.

1 appearance (apariencia).

tener buen aspecto to look well; (persona) to look nice (comida)

tiene mal aspecto he doesn't look well; (persona) it doesn't look very nice (comida)

tenía aspecto de vagabundo he looked like a tramp

2 aspect (faceta).

bajo este aspecto from this angle

en todos los aspectos in every respect

3 point of view, side.

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aspecto

► nombre masculino

1 (faceta) aspect, side, angle

■ en el aspecto político from a political point of view, politically

2 (apariencia) look, appearance

■ ¿qué aspecto tenía? what did he look like?

■ no tienes muy buen aspecto you don't look too good

■ este pastel tiene buen aspecto this cake looks delicious

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en el aspecto de que in the sense that, in that

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noun m.

1) aspect

2) look

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SM

1) (=apariencia) look

no lo conozco, pero no me gusta su aspecto — I don't know him, but I don't like the look of him

un señor con aspecto de ejecutivo — a man who looks/looked like an executive

un hombre de aspecto saludable — a healthy-looking man

tener aspecto simpático — to look friendly

¿qué aspecto tenía? — what did he look like?

el debate iba tomando un aspecto desagradable — the discussion was starting to turn ugly

• tener buen aspecto — to look well

• tener mal aspecto, Juan tiene muy mal aspecto — Juan isn't looking good o well at all

esa herida tiene mal aspecto — that wound looks nasty

aspecto exterior — outward appearance

2) (=punto) aspect

los aspectos a tener en cuenta para el análisis — aspects to bear in mind when analysing the problem

estudiar todos los aspectos de una cuestión — to study all aspects of an issue

en algunos aspectos me parece una obra genial — in some respects I think it is a work of genius

el aspecto más destacado de la teoría — the strong(est) point of the theory

bajo ese aspecto — from that point of view

3) (Geog) aspect

4) (Arquit) aspect

5) (Ling) aspect

6)

al primer aspecto — † at first sight

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masculino

1)

a) (de persona, lugar) appearance

un hombre de aspecto distinguido — a distinguished-looking man

le da aspecto de intelectual — it makes him look rather intellectual o gives him an intellectual look

¿qué aspecto tiene? — what does he look like?

esa herida tiene muy mal aspecto — that wound looks nasty

b) (de problema, asunto)

no me gusta el aspecto que van tomando las cosas — I don't like the way things are going o looking

2) (rasgo, faceta)

quisiera aclarar algunos aspectos del asunto — there are a few aspects of the matter I'd like to get cleared up

en ese aspecto tienes razón — in that respect you're right

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= aspect, facet, twist, face, complexion, look and feel, look, respect, outward appearance.

Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.

Ex. The extent to which each of these facets contributes towards a good abstract is a function of the style and type of abstract and the documents being abstracted.

Ex. Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.

Ex. Had this venture succeeded, the complete face of bibliographical control today would have been different.

Ex. These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex. Paperback publishers know how strong an influence the look and feel of a book can have in attracting or repelling buyers.

Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.

Ex. However, the survey developed in the current study would need to be similar in other key respects to the water quality survey developed by Carson and Mitchell = No obstante, el cuestionario desarrollado en este estudio debería parecerse en otros aspectos importantes al cuestionario desarrollado por Carson y Mitchell sobre la calidad del agua.

Ex. The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.

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* arreglarse el aspecto = preen.

* aspecto exterior = facade.

* aspecto externo = outward appearance.

* aspecto físico = physical appearance.

* aspecto negativo = irritant.

* aspectos básicos = nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* aspectos económicos = economics.

* aspectos financieros = economics.

* aspectos fundamentales = nitty-gritty.

* aspectos más notables = highlights.

* aspectos prácticos = nuts and bolts.

* aspectos técnicos = engineering aspects.

* aspecto técnico = technical aspect.

* cambio de aspecto = lick of paint.

* con aspecto de adulto = adult-looking.

* dar un aspecto + Adjetivo = give + a + Adjetivo + look.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de aspecto tosco = rough-looking.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* en + Cuantificador + aspectos = in + Cuantificador + respects.

* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.

* en todos los aspectos = all-round.

* presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.

* presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* tener aspecto = look.

* tener el mejor aspecto posible = look + Posesivo + best.

* tener un aspecto = look and feel.

* tener un aspecto + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + look.

* tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

* tener un buen aspecto = look + good.

* un aspecto de = an air of.

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masculino

1)

a) (de persona, lugar) appearance

un hombre de aspecto distinguido — a distinguished-looking man

le da aspecto de intelectual — it makes him look rather intellectual o gives him an intellectual look

¿qué aspecto tiene? — what does he look like?

esa herida tiene muy mal aspecto — that wound looks nasty

b) (de problema, asunto)

no me gusta el aspecto que van tomando las cosas — I don't like the way things are going o looking

2) (rasgo, faceta)

quisiera aclarar algunos aspectos del asunto — there are a few aspects of the matter I'd like to get cleared up

en ese aspecto tienes razón — in that respect you're right

* * *

= aspect, facet, twist, face, complexion, look and feel, look, respect, outward appearance.

Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.

Ex: The extent to which each of these facets contributes towards a good abstract is a function of the style and type of abstract and the documents being abstracted.

Ex: Given such a narrow area in which to write it would be argued that the miracle is how so many authors can continue to find new twists to such a restricted basic theme.

Ex: Had this venture succeeded, the complete face of bibliographical control today would have been different.

Ex: These documents contain the Commission's sentiments on how policy should be evolved in particular sectors and what complexion it should take = Estos documentos contienen el sentir de la Comisión de cómo debería desarrollarse la política en sectores concretos y qué cariz debería tomar.

Ex: Paperback publishers know how strong an influence the look and feel of a book can have in attracting or repelling buyers.

Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.

Ex: However, the survey developed in the current study would need to be similar in other key respects to the water quality survey developed by Carson and Mitchell = No obstante, el cuestionario desarrollado en este estudio debería parecerse en otros aspectos importantes al cuestionario desarrollado por Carson y Mitchell sobre la calidad del agua.

Ex: The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.

* arreglarse el aspecto = preen.

* aspecto exterior = facade.

* aspecto externo = outward appearance.

* aspecto físico = physical appearance.

* aspecto negativo = irritant.

* aspectos básicos = nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts.

* aspectos de la vida = sphere of life.

* aspectos económicos = economics.

* aspectos financieros = economics.

* aspectos fundamentales = nitty-gritty.

* aspectos más notables = highlights.

* aspectos prácticos = nuts and bolts.

* aspectos técnicos = engineering aspects.

* aspecto técnico = technical aspect.

* cambio de aspecto = lick of paint.

* con aspecto de adulto = adult-looking.

* dar un aspecto + Adjetivo = give + a + Adjetivo + look.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de aspecto tosco = rough-looking.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* el nuevo aspecto de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* en + Cuantificador + aspectos = in + Cuantificador + respects.

* en muchos aspectos = in most respects.

* en todos los aspectos = all-round.

* presentar un aspecto = present + a picture.

* presentar un aspecto de = wear + a look of.

* presentar un buen aspecto = look + good.

* tener aspecto = look.

* tener el mejor aspecto posible = look + Posesivo + best.

* tener un aspecto = look and feel.

* tener un aspecto + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + look.

* tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

* tener un buen aspecto = look + good.

* un aspecto de = an air of.

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aspecto

masculine

A (apariencia)

1 (de una persona) appearance; (de un objeto, lugar) appearance

un hombre de aspecto distinguido a distinguished-looking man, a man of distinguished appearance

la barba le da aspecto de intelectual his beard makes him look intellectual o gives him an intellectual look

no lo recuerdo ¿qué aspecto tiene? I don't remember him, what does he look like?

tiene buen aspecto, no parece enfermo he looks fine, he doesn't look sick at all

esa herida tiene muy mal aspecto that's a nasty-looking wound, that wound looks nasty

por su aspecto exterior la casa parecía deshabitada the house looked unoccupied from (the) outside

2

(cariz): no me gusta el aspecto que van tomando las cosas I don't like the way things are going o looking

B (rasgo, faceta) aspect

ése es sólo un aspecto del problema that's only one aspect of the problem

debemos considerar el aspecto legal we have to consider the legal aspect(s)

me gustaría aclarar algunos aspectos del asunto there are a few aspects of the matter I'd like to get cleared up

en ciertos aspectos la situación no ha cambiado in certain respects the situation has not changed

en ese aspecto tienes razón in that respect you're right

C ( Ling) aspect

D ( Astron) aspect

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aspecto sustantivo masculino
1
a) (de persona, lugar) look, appearance;

◊ un hombre de aspecto distinguido a distinguished-looking man;

¿qué aspecto tiene? what does he look like?;
a juzgar por su aspecto judging by the look of her;
tiene mal aspecto [ persona] she doesn't look well;

[ cosa] it doesn't look nice
b) (de problema, asunto):

◊ no me gusta el aspecto que van tomando las cosas I don't like the way things are going o looking

2 (rasgo, faceta) aspect;
◊ en ese aspecto tienes razón in that respect you're right

aspecto sustantivo masculino
1 look, appearance
2 (matiz de un asunto) aspect
' aspecto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonada
- abandonado
- achantar
- achinada
- achinado
- aire
- conservarse
- descuidarse
- dimensión
- enjuiciar
- esteroide
- faceta
- fachada
- figura
- giro
- igual
- lado
- lechosa
- lechoso
- lozana
- lozano
- ofrecer
- panorama
- parecer
- parecerse
- pinta
- plana
- plano
- planta
- presencia
- presentación
- querer
- rasgo
- revestir
- siniestra
- siniestro
- traza
- ver
- vertiente
- abandonar
- campesino
- cara
- corresponder
- cuidado
- dejado
- descuidar
- desgarbado
- encarado
- enfermizo
- exterior
English:
air
- appearance
- aspect
- bearing
- cat
- complexion
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- doleful
- dowdy
- dramatically
- drawn
- feminine
- flip side
- frumpy
- good
- grim
- light
- look
- metamorphosis
- odd-looking
- old-looking
- regard
- seedy
- side
- tidiness
- young-looking
- economics
- scruffy
- smarten up
- sorry
- way

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aspecto nm

1. [apariencia] appearance;

un adulto con aspecto de niño an adult who looks like a child, an adult with a childlike appearance;

tener buen aspecto [persona] to look well;
[comida] to look nice o good;
tiene mal aspecto [persona] she doesn't look well;
[comida] it doesn't look very nice;
tenía aspecto de vagabundo he looked like a tramp;

la casa ofrecía un aspecto horrible después de la fiesta the house looked a real mess after the party

2. [faceta] aspect;

bajo este aspecto from this angle;

en ese aspecto in that sense o respect;

en todos los aspectos in every respect;

en cuanto al aspecto económico del plan,… as far as the financial aspects of the plan are concerned,…;

hay que destacar como aspecto negativo que… one negative aspect o point is that…

3. Gram aspect

4. [en astrología] aspect

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aspecto

m

1 de persona, cosa look, appearance;

tener buen aspecto look good;

tener aspecto de ser/estar seem (to be);

tenía aspecto de ser una persona simpática he seemed (to be) o he looked a nice guy

2 ( faceta) aspect

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aspecto nm

1) : aspect

2) apariencia: appearance, look

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aspecto n

1. (apariencia) appearance

no juzgues a las personas por su aspecto físico don't judge people by their physical appearance

Se suele traducir aspecto mediante el verbo to look más un adjectivo

tiene aspecto de cansada she looks tired

esa tortilla tiene buen aspecto that omelette looks delicious

2. (faceta) aspect

me interesa el aspecto político I'm interested in the political aspect

Spanish-English dictionary > aspecto
5 retomar

v.

1 to take up again.

2 to retake, to fetch, to rescue, to take back.

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retomar

► verbo transitivo

1 (territorio) to retake

2 (tema) to return to

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VT to take up again

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verbo transitivo

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa — she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el adagio — the theme is reintroduced in the adagio

retomé mi carril — I got back in (the) lane

* * *

= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].

Ex. The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex. The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.

Ex. The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.

Ex. France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.

Ex. The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.

Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex. Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.

Ex. Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.

Ex. BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.

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* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.

* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* retomar una causa = take up + cause.

* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.

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verbo transitivo

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa — she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el adagio — the theme is reintroduced in the adagio

retomé mi carril — I got back in (the) lane

* * *

= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].

Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.

Ex: The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.

Ex: The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.

Ex: France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.

Ex: The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.

Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

Ex: Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.

Ex: Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.

Ex: BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.

* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.

* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.

* retomar su camino = get back on + track.

* retomar una causa = take up + cause.

* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.

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retomar [A1 ]

vt

retomó (el hilo de) la narrativa she picked up the thread of the narrative

el tema se retoma en el segundo movimiento the theme is reintroduced o taken up again in the second movement

retomé mi carril I got back in lane

* * *

retomar verbo transitivo to take up again

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retomar vt

to take up again;

retomar la conversación to pick up the conversation

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retomar

v/t

:

retomar algo fig take sth up again

Spanish-English dictionary > retomar
6 abrir

v.

1 to open.

la tienda abre a las cinco the shop opens at five (o'clock)

Ricardo abre la celda de Mario Richard opens Mario's cell.

El Dr. Zus abre el abdomen Dr. Zus opens=cuts open the abdomen.

2 to dig.

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

abrir paso o camino (también figurative) to clear the way

3 to open (negocio, colegio, mercado).

4 to whet (apetito).

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

5 to head.

6 to open the door (abrir la puerta).

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

7 to draw open, to open.

Ricardo abre las cortinas Richard draws the curtains open.

8 to turn on.

Ricardo abre el paso de corriente Richard turns on the electricity.

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abrir

(pp abierto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to open

■ abre la ventana open the window

■ abriré esta botella de cava I'll open this bottle of cava

■ abrid vuestros libros en la página diez open your books at page ten

■ ya puedes abrir los ojos you can open your eyes now

■ quisiera abrir una cuenta corriente I would like to open a current account

2 (con llave) to unlock

■ sacó una llave y abrió la caja he took out a key and unlocked the safe

3 (cremallera) to undo

■ abrió la cremallera de la maleta she undid the zip on the case, she unzipped the case

4 (negocio) to open

■ van a abrir un bar en la esquina they're going to open a bar on the corner

5 (túnel) to dig; (agujero) to make

6 (luz) to switch on, turn on; (gas, grifo) to turn on

7 (iniciar) to start, begin

■ abrieron una investigación para aclarar la causa del incendio they started an investigation into the causes of the fire

8 (encabezar) to head, lead

■ un niño con una cruz abría la procesión a boy with a cross headed the procession

► verbo pronominal abrirse

1 (gen) to open

■ la puerta se abre hacia fuera the door opens outwards

■ le dieron puntos para que no se le abriera la herida they gave her stitches so that the wound wouldn't open

2 (flor) to open, come out

■ las rosas se están abriendo the roses are opening

3 (iniciarse) to begin, start, open

■ la película se abre con una escena muy bella the film opens with a very beautiful scene

4 (extenderse) to spread out, unfold

5 (dar) to open (a, onto), look (a, onto)

■ la casa se abre al mar the house looks onto the sea

6 (ligamentos) to sprain

7 figurado (sincerarse) to open out

8 argot (largarse) to clear off, be off,

■ ¡adiós, me abro! bye, I'm off!, US I'm out of here!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir fuego MILITAR to open fire

abrir la mano figurado to relax standards

abrir paso to make way

abrir un expediente DERECHO to start proceedings

abrir una posibilidad to open up a possibility

■ la nueva ley abre la posibilidad de que los terroristas se reinserten en la sociedad the new law makes it possible for terrorists to be reintegrated into society

abrirle la cabeza a alguien familiar to smash somebody's head in

abrirse paso en la vida figurado to make one's way in life

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos familiar in the twinkling of an eye

no abrir (la) boca figurado not to say a word

* * *

verb

1) to open

2) unlock

3) undo

* * *
( pp abierto)
1. VT

1) [algo que estaba cerrado]

a) [+ puerta, armario, libro, ojos] to open; [+ cremallera, bragueta] to undo

abre la ventana — open the window

abrir una puerta/ventana de par en par — to open a door/window wide

le abrían las cartas — they were opening his letters

abre la boca — open your mouth; [en el dentista] open wide

no encuentro la llave para abrir la puerta — I can't find the key to open o unlock the door

abrid el libro por la página 50 — turn to page 50 in the book, open the book at page 50

- en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

b) [desplegando] [+ mapa, mantel] to spread out; [+ paraguas] to open, put up; [+ mano, abanico, paracaídas] to open

c) [haciendo una abertura] [+ pozo] to sink; [+ foso, cimientos] to dig; [+ agujero, perforación] to make, bore; [+ camino] to clear; LAm [+ bosque] to clear

tuvimos que abrir camino cortando ramas — we had to cut a path through the branches

he abierto un sendero en el jardín — I've made a path in the garden

la explosión abrió una brecha en la pared — the explosion blew a hole in the wall

las lluvias han abierto socavones en las calles — the rain has caused potholes to appear on the streets

d) [haciendo un corte] [+ sandía] to cut open; [+ herida] to open

abre el pan por la mitad — cut the loaf in half

e) [+ grifo, luz, agua] to turn on; [+ válvula] to open

abre el grifo del agua caliente — turn the hot water tap on

abre un poco más el grifo — open the tap a bit more

¿has abierto el gas? — have you turned the gas on?

2) (=encabezar) [+ manifestación, desfile] to lead, head; [+ baile] to open, lead off; [+ lista] to head

3) (=inaugurar)

a) [+ acto, ceremonia] to open

se acaban de volver a abrir las negociaciones con los sindicatos — negotiations with the unions have been reopened

el plazo para las solicitudes se abre en abril — applications may be made from April

ya han abierto el plazo de matrícula — registration has already started

b) (Com) [+ negocio] to set up, start; [+ cuenta] to open

ha decidido abrir su propio negocio — she has decided to set up o start her own business

han abierto un centro de atención al cliente — they've opened a customer service centre

he abierto la cuenta con 400 euros — I opened the account with 400 euros

abrir un expediente a algn — [investigación] to open a file on sb; [proceso] to begin proceedings against sb

abrir una información — to open o start an inquiry

c) (Tip)

abrir comillas — to open quotes

abrir paréntesis — to open brackets

d) (Mil)

¡abran fuego! — (open) fire!

4) (=ampliar) [+ perspectivas] to open up

este acuerdo abre nuevas perspectivas de paz — this agreement offers new hope of peace

vivir en el extranjero le abrió la mente — living abroad opened up his mind o made him more open-minded

estos países han abierto sus economías — these countries have opened their economy up

5) [+ apetito]

las vitaminas te abrirán el apetito — taking vitamins will improve your appetite

ese olor me está abriendo el apetito — that smell is making me hungry

esta selección abre el apetito a los lectores — this selection is intended to whet the readers' appetite

2. VI

1) [puerta, cajón] to open

esta puerta no abre — this door won't open

2) [persona] to open the door, open up

¡abre, soy yo! — open the door o open up, it's me!

llamé pero no abrió nadie — I knocked at the door, but nobody answered

esta llave no abre bien — this key is a bit stiff

3) [comercio, museo] to open

las tiendas abren a las diez — the shops open at ten o'clock

los sábados no abrimos al público — we're not open to the public on Saturdays

el banco abre de 9 a 1 — the bank is open from 9 to 1

el almacén volverá a abrir en septiembre — the warehouse will reopen in September

4) [flor] to open

5) [en operación quirúrgica]

vamos a tener que abrir — we're going to have to open him up

6) (Meteo) to clear up

parece que está empezando a abrir — it looks like it's starting to clear up

7) (Bridge) to open

abrir de tres a un palo — to open three in a suit

abrir de corazones — to open (with a bid in) hearts

8) Caribe * (=huir) to escape, run off

3.

See:

abrirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex. The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex. Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex. The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

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* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex: Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *

abrir [ I33 ]

vt

A

1 ‹puerta/ventana/armario› to open ver tb puerta

2 ‹ojos/boca› to open ver tb

ojo, abrir, etc

3 ‹paquete/maleta› to open; ‹carta/sobre› to open

4 ‹botella/frasco/lata› to open

5 ‹paraguas› to open, put up; ‹abanico› to open; ‹mapa› to open out, unfold; ‹libro› to open; ‹mano› to open

6 ‹cortinas› to open, draw back; ‹persianas› to raise, pull up

B ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn on; ‹válvula› to open

C

1 ‹zanja/túnel› to dig; ‹agujero› to make

la bomba abrió un boquete en la pared the bomb blew o blasted a hole in the wall

abrieron una entrada en la pared they made o smashed a hole in the wall

abrieron una zanja en la calzada they dug a trench in the road

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

abrió un abismo insondable entre los dos países it created a yawning gulf between the two countries

2 ‹absceso› to open … up ‹paciente›

va a haber que abrirlo ( fam); they're going to have to open him up o cut him open ( colloq)

D

1 ‹comercio/museo/restaurante› (para el quehacer diario) to open; (inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren el mercado? what time does the market open?

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

van a abrir un nuevo hospital they're going to open a new hospital

la exposición se abrirá al público mañana the exhibition will open to the public tomorrow

2 ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open; ‹frontera› to open (up) camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

3 ( Com) to open up

con el fin de abrir nuevos mercados para nuestros productos with the aim of opening up new markets for our products

4 ( Inf) ‹documento/fichero› to open

E (iniciar) ‹cuenta bancaria› to open; ‹negocio› to start, set up; ‹suscripción› to take out; ‹caso› to open; ‹investigación› to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio applications will be accepted from June 2

todavía no se ha abierto la matrícula registration hasn't begun yet

F

1 (dar comienzo a) ‹acto/debate/ceremonia› to open

abrieron el baile los novios the bride and groom opened the dancing

¡abran fuego! open fire!

2 ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

3 ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

G ‹apeitito› to whet

la caminata me abrió el apetito the walk whetted my appetite

H ‹perspectivas› to open up

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador para la flota pesquera the agreement points to o ( frml) presages a bleak future for the fishing fleet

este descubrimiento abre nuevas posibilidades en este campo this discovery opens up new possibilities in this field

abriría una etapa de entendimiento mutuo it was to mark the beginning of o to herald the beginning of o to usher in a period of mutual understanding

I

(hacer más receptivo): le había abierto la mente it had made her more open-minded

abrir algo A algo to open sth up TO sth

para abrir nuestro país a las nuevas corrientes ideológicas to open our country up to new ways of thinking

■ abrir

vi

A «persona» to open up

¡abre! soy yo open the door o open up! it's me

llaman al timbre, ve a abrir there's someone ringing the bell, go and answer it

B «puerta/ventana/cajón» to open

esta ventana no abre/no abre bien this window doesn't open/doesn't open properly

C «comerciante/comercio/oficina» to open

no abrimos los domingos we don't open on Sundays, we're not open on Sundays

la biblioteca abre de nueve a tres the library is open from nine till three

el museo abrirá al público el próximo lunes the museum will open to the public next Monday

D

1 «acto/ceremonia» to open

2 ( Jueg) to open

E ( fam)

(para operar): va a haber que abrir we're going to have to open him up ( colloq), we're going to have to cut him open ( colloq)

■

v impers

( fam) ( Meteo):

parece que quiere abrir it looks as if it's going to clear up

■ abrirse

v pron

A

1 «puerta/ventana» to open

la puerta se abrió violentamente the door flew open

abrirse A algo to open INTO/ ONTO sth

las habitaciones se abren a un corredor/a un patio interior the rooms open onto a corridor/into a courtyard

2 «flor/almeja» to open

3 «paracaídas» to open

B

1 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo

2

(rajarse): se cayó y se abrió la cabeza she fell and split her head open

3 ( refl) ‹venas›

se abrió las venas he slashed his wrists

4 ‹muñeca/tobillo› to sprain

5 «madera/costura» to split

la tela se está abriendo en las costuras the fabric's going o beginning to go o beginning to split at the seams

camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

C

1 ( liter)

(ofrecerse a la vista): un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos the most beautiful view unfolded before their eyes ( liter)

al final de la calle se abría una plazuela the end of the street opened out into a little square

2 «perspectivas» to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

un maravilloso porvenir se abre ante nosotros a wonderful future lies ahead of us, we have a wonderful future ahead of us

D ‹período› to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa en las relaciones bilaterales this treaty marks o heralds a new era in bilateral relations

E

1 (confiarse) abrirse A algn to open up TO sb

2 (hacerse más receptivo) abrirse A algo to open up TO sth

nuestro país debe abrirse a las influencias externas our country must open up to outside influences

F

1 ( arg) (marcharse) to be off ( colloq), to take off ( AmE colloq)

yo a las cinco me abro come five o'clock I'm off o I'll be off o I'm taking off

2 ( AmL fam) (echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

abrir ( conjugate abrir) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to open;
‹ paraguas› to open, put up;
‹ mapa› to open out, unfold;
‹ cortinas› to open, draw back;
‹ persianas› to raise, pull up;
‹ cremallera› to undo
2 ‹llave/gas› to turn on;
‹ válvula› to open;
‹ cerradura› to unlock
3
a) ‹zanja/túnel› to dig;

‹ agujero› to make
b) (fam) ‹ paciente› to open … up (colloq)

4
a) ‹comercio/museo› ( para el quehacer diario) to open;

( inaugurar) to open (up);
◊ ¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

b) ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open;

‹ frontera› to open (up)
5
a) ( iniciar) ‹ cuenta bancaria› to open;

‹ negocio› to start, set up;
‹ suscripción› to take out;
‹ investigación› to begin, set up;
◊ no han abierto la matrícula aún registration hasn't begun yet;

abrir fuego to open fire
b) ‹acto/debate/baile› to open

c) ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

d) ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

6 ‹ apetito› to whet
abrirse verbo pronominal
1
a) [puerta/ventana] to open;

abrirse a algo ‹a jardín/corredor› to open onto sth
b) [flor/almeja] to open;

[ paracaídas] to open
2 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo
3
a) [ porvenir] to lie ahead;

[ perspectivas] to open up;
◊ con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

b) [período/era] to begin

abrir
I verbo transitivo
1 (separar, permitir el acceso, desplegar) to open
(una cerradura) to unlock
(una cremallera) to undo
2 (una llave, un grifo) to turn on
3 (hacer una zanja, un túnel, etc) to dig
(hacer un ojal, el agujero de una ventana) to make: abriremos una ventana en esta pared, we'll make an opening for a window on this wall
4 (iniciar un discurso, una actividad) to open, start: van a abrir una tienda en la esquina, they're going to open a shop on the corner
tienes que abrir una cuenta en este banco, you've got to open an account at this bank
5 (ampliar, expandir) to open: deberíamos abrir nuestro mercado, we should open up our market
6 (rajar) to slit: cuando abrimos la sandía resultó que no estaba madura, when we cut open the watermelon we realised that it wasn't ripe
abrieron la res en canal, they slit open the animal
7 Jur a Álvarez le han abierto un expediente, they have started investigating Álvarez
II verbo intransitivo
1 to open
♦ Locuciones: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, in the twinkling of an eye
' abrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caja
- canal
- dar
- fuego
- ojo
- poner
- tardar
- zanja
- apalancar
- baile
- correr
- cuenta
- grifo
- intención
- palanca
- paso
English:
answer
- blaze
- claw
- door
- draw
- fire
- force
- get
- hurtle
- instruct
- light
- manage
- open
- open up
- prise
- put on
- put up
- reopen
- sharpen
- snap
- trice
- turn on
- twinkling
- unlock
- unwrap
- whet
- whisk away
- whisk off
- work up
- wrench
- bore
- breach
- downstairs
- gouge
- ground
- lance
- lever
- pick
- put
- quarry
- set
- sink
- splay
- start
- time
- try
- tunnel
- turn
- undo
- unopened

* * *

abrir

♦ vt

1. [en general] to open;
[alas] to spread; [agua, gas] to turn on; [cerradura] to unlock, to open; Informát [archivo] to open; [cremallera] to undo; [melón, sandía] to cut open; [paraguas] to open; [cortinas] to open, to draw; [persianas] to raise; [frontera] to open (up);
ella abrió la caja she opened the box;

abre el grifo turn the Br tap o US faucet on;

abrir un libro to open a book;

abrir la licitación/sesión to open the bidding/session;

Comp

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the blink o twinkling of an eye

2. [túnel] to dig;
[canal, camino] to build; [agujero, surco] to make;
la explosión abrió un gran agujero en la pared the explosion blasted a big hole in the wall;

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

3. [iniciar] [cuenta bancaria] to open;
[investigación] to open, to start
4. [inaugurar] to open;

van a abrir un nuevo centro comercial they're going to open a new shopping centre

5. [apetito] to whet;

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

6. [signo ortográfico] to open;

abrir comillas/paréntesis to open inverted commas/brackets

7. [encabezar] [lista] to head;
[manifestación, desfile] to lead
8. [mentalidad] to open;

viajar le ha abierto la mente travelling has opened her mind o made her more open-minded

9. [posibilidades] to open up;

el acuerdo abre una nueva época de co-operación the agreement paves the way for a new era of co-operation;

la empresa intenta abrir nuevos mercados en el exterior the company is trying to open up new markets abroad

10. [comenzar] to open;

el discurso del Presidente abrió el congreso the President's speech opened the congress;

abrió su participación en el torneo con una derrota she opened o started the tournament with a defeat

11.
abrir fuego (sobre o [m5] contra) [disparar] to open fire (on)

12. también Fig
abrir paso o [m5] camino to clear the way;

su dimisión abre paso a una nueva generación his resignation clears the way for a new generation

13. Dep
abrir el juego to play a more open o expansive game

14. Fam [operar]
tuvieron que abrir al paciente para sacarle la bala they had to cut the patient open to remove the bullet

15. Col, Cuba [desbrozar] to clear

♦ vi

1. [en general] to open;

la tienda abre a las nueve the shop opens at nine (o'clock);

abrimos también los domingos [en letrero] also open on Sundays

2. [abrir la puerta] to open the door;

abre, que corra un poco el aire open the door and let a bit of air in here;

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

3. [en juego de cartas] to open;

me toca abrir a mí it's my lead

4. Fam [en operación]
será una intervención sencilla, no hará falta abrir it's a straightforward procedure, we won't need to cut her open

♦ See also the pronominal verb abrirse

* * *

abrir

< abierto>

I v/t

1 open; nuevos mercados open (up);

abrir los ojos open one’s eyes;

abrir al tráfico open to traffic;

abrir camino fig pave the way;

le abrió el apetito it gave him an appetite

2 túnel dig

3 grifo turn on

II v/i de persona open up; de ventana, puerta open (a onto);

a medio abrir half-open;

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye

* * *

abrir {2} vt

1) : to open

2) : to unlock, to undo

3) : to turn on (a tap or faucet)

abrir vi

: to open, to open up

♦ See also the reflexive verb abrirse

* * *

abrir vb

1. (en general) to open

abre los ojos open your eyes

¿a qué hora abren los bancos? what time do the banks open?

2. (grifo, gas) to turn on

abre el grifo turn the tap on

Spanish-English dictionary > abrir
7 parado

adj.

1 stationary, motionless, at a standstill, still.

2 standing, upright, on one's feet.

3 unemployed, out-of-work, workless.

4 steep.

5 stuck-up.

6 foolishly sentimental, drippy.

7 placed in a vertical position, standing, up-ended, upended.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: parar.

* * *

parado

► participio pasado

1→ link=parar parar

► adjetivo

1 (quieto) still, motionless

2 figurado (lento) slow, awkward

3 (sin trabajo) unemployed

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 unemployed person

■ los parados the unemployed

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar parado,-a to be unemployed

salir bien parado,-a to come off well

salir mal parado,-a to come off badly

* * *
1. (f. - parada)
noun

unemployed person
2. (f. - parada)
adj.

1) motionless

2) still

3) unemployed

* * *
parado, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=detenido)

me quedé parado para que no me oyese — I stood still so that he couldn't hear me

estuve un momento parado delante de su puerta — I stopped for a moment in front of his door

¿por qué no nos echas una mano en vez de estar ahí parado? — can't you give us a hand instead of just standing there o around?

no le gusta estar parado, siempre encuentra algo que hacer — he doesn't like to be idle o doing nothing, he always finds himself something to do

¿qué hace ese coche ahí parado? — what's that car doing standing there?

la producción estuvo parada durante unos meses — production was at a standstill o stopped for a few months

salida parada — (Dep) standing start

2) Esp (=sin trabajo) unemployed

llevo dos años parada — I've been out of work o unemployed for two years

se ha quedado parado hace poco tiempo — he was made redundant a short time ago

3) (=desconcertado)

me quedé parado sin saber qué hacer después — I was taken aback and did not know what to do next

me dejó parado con lo que me dijo — what he said really took me aback, I was really taken aback by what he said

4) LAm (=de pie) standing (up)

estuve parado durante dos horas — I was standing for two hours

- caer parado como los gatos

5) Esp
*
ser parado — (=ser tímido) to be tongue-tied; (=tener poca iniciativa) to be a wimp *

6) Caribe, Cono Sur (=engreído) vain

7)

bien/mal parado: en este libro la mujer queda muy bien parada — women are shown in a good light in this book, women come out well in this book

la crítica ha dejado mal parada a la película — the film got a battering from the critics

salir bien/mal parado: salió mejor parado de lo que cabía esperar — he came out of it better than could be expected

salió muy mal parado del accidente — he was in a bad way after the accident

la imagen del partido ha salido muy mal parada de todo este escándalo — the party's image has suffered because of this scandal

8) And, Caribe (=afortunado)

estar bien parado — to be lucky

estar mal parado — to be unlucky

9) Méx, Col

estar bien parado con algn — to be well in with sb *

10) LAm (=hacia arriba) [pelo] stiff; [poste] upright; [orejas] pricked-up

con la cola parada — with its tail held high

11) Méx, Ven (=levantado) up, out of bed

12) Chile (=en huelga) (out) on strike

2.

SM / F Esp unemployed person

Miguel López, un parado de 27 años... — Miguel López, an unemployed, 27-year-old man...

el número de parados — the number of people out of work o the number of unemployed

los parados de larga duración — the long-term unemployed

3. SM

1) Ven

dar un parado a algn — to stop sb

2) Méx (=parecido) air, look, resemblance

tener parado de algn — to look like sb

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) ( detenido)

no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

la producción está parada — production has stopped o is at a standstill

b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed

3)

a) (AmL) ( de pie)

estar parado — to stand, be standing

tuve que viajar parado — I had to stand for the whole journey

b) (AmL) ( erguido)

tengo el pelo todo parado — my hair's standing on end

escuchaba con las orejas paradas — she was all ears

c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep

4)

bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

5)

a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up

b) (Esp fam) ( soso)

no seas parada — don't be such a drip (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

* * *

= stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.

Ex. Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.

Ex. Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.

Ex. The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.

Ex. In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.

Ex. In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.

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* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.

* parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.

* permanecer parado = stand + still.

* quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.

* tasa de parados = jobless rate.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

1)

a) ( detenido)

no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

la producción está parada — production has stopped o is at a standstill

b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed

3)

a) (AmL) ( de pie)

estar parado — to stand, be standing

tuve que viajar parado — I had to stand for the whole journey

b) (AmL) ( erguido)

tengo el pelo todo parado — my hair's standing on end

escuchaba con las orejas paradas — she was all ears

c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep

4)

bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

5)

a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up

b) (Esp fam) ( soso)

no seas parada — don't be such a drip (colloq)
II
- da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

* * *

= stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.

Ex: Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.

Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.

Ex: The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.

Ex: In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.

Ex: In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.

* parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.

* permanecer parado = stand + still.

* quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.

* tasa de parados = jobless rate.

* * *

parado¹ -da

adjective

A

1

(detenido, inmóvil): no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me

¿qué hace ese coche parado en medio de la calle? what's that car doing sitting o stopped in the middle of the street?

la producción está parada por falta de materia prima production has stopped o is at a standstill because of a lack of raw materials

2

(confuso, desconcertado): se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

B ( Esp) (desempleado) unemployed

está parado he's unemployed o out of work

C

1

( AmL) (de pie): estar parado to stand, be standing

tuve que viajar parado I had to stand for the whole journey

no lo dejes ahí parado don't leave him standing there

2

( AmL) (erguido): tengo el pelo todo parado my hair's standing on end

escuchaba con las orejas paradas she was all ears, she listened carefully

lo tenía parado or la tenía parada ( fam); he had an erection, he had a hard on ( colloq)

3 ( Chi) ‹cuesta/subida› steep

D

(en una situación): bien/mal parado: salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident

salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed o unhurt

salió mal parado del último negocio en que se metió he lost a lot of money on his last business venture

ha quedado muy mal parada ante la opinión pública she has been made to look bad in the eyes of the public

con esas declaraciones ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas by saying those things he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation

él está muy bien parado con el director ( AmL); he's in o he's well in with the director ( colloq)

es el que mejor parado ha salido del reparto he's the one who's done (the) best out of the share-out

E ‹persona›

1 (CS fam) (engreído) stuck up

2 ( Esp fam) (soso) drippy ( colloq)

no seas parada don't be such a drip o wimp

parado² -da

masculine, feminine

( Esp) unemployed person

el número de parados the number of (people) unemployed, the number of people out of work

* * *

Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

parado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
parado
parar
parado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ( detenido):
◊ un coche parado en medio de la calle a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street;

no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me
2 (AmL)
a) ( de pie):

◊ estar parado to stand, be standing

b) ( erguido):

◊ tengo el pelo todo parado my hair's standing on end;

ver tb See Also→ parar verbo transitivo 2b
3 (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
4
◊ salir (de algo) bien/mal parado (de pelea, discusión) to come off well/badly (in sth);

es el que mejor parado ha salido he's the one who's come off best
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person;
◊ los parados the unemployed

parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( detenerse) to stop;
◊ paró en seco she stopped dead;

ir/venir a parado to end up;
fue a parado a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
¿a dónde habrá ido a parado aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
¡a dónde iremos a parado! I don't know what the world's coming to
2 ( cesar) to stop;
◊ para un momento hang on a minute;

ha estado lloviendo sin parado it hasn't stopped raining;
no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
no para en casa she's never at home;
parado DE + INF to stop -ing;
paró de llover it stopped raining
3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

‹ golpe› to block, ward off
2 (AmL)
a) ( poner de pie) to stand

b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;

◊ el perro paró las orejas the dog pricked up its ears

pararse verbo pronominal
1 ( detenerse)
a) [ persona] to stop

b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

[coche/motor] to stall;
◊ se me paró el reloj my watch stopped

2
a) (AmL) ( ponerse de pie) to stand up;

◊ párate derecho stand up straight;

se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
¿te puedes parado de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

( en los lados) to stick out
c) (Méx, Ven) ( levantarse de la cama) to get up

parado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (máquina, vehículo, etc) stopped, stationary
(persona) still: ¡no te quedes parada, haz algo!, don't just stand there, do something!
2 (sin trabajo) unemployed, out of work
3 fig (sin iniciativa) slow
4 (desconcertado) stunned
5 LAm (de pie) standing
II sustantivo masculino y femenino unemployed person
♦ Locuciones: salir bien/mal parado, to come off well/ badly
parar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
2 (alojarse) to stay
3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
II verbo transitivo
1 to stop
2 Dep to save
3 LAm to stand up
♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
' parado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
parada
- seca
- seco
- caer
- quedar
English:
dole
- idle
- jobless
- stand about
- stand around
- stationary
- unemployed
- work
- foot
- go
- have
- relief
- stand
- standing
- stick
- stop
- well

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parado, -a

♦ adj

1. [inmóvil] [vehículo] stationary;
[persona] still, motionless; [fábrica, proyecto] at a standstill o halt;
¡no te quedes ahí parado! don't just stand there!

2. Esp [pasivo] lacking in initiative;

tu hermano es muy parado your brother lacks initiative

3. Esp [sin empleo] unemployed, out of work;

estar parado to be unemployed

4. Am [en pie] standing;

estar parado to be standing;

caer parado to land on one's feet

5. Am [en posición vertical] standing;

tenía los pelos parados her hair was on end;
muy Fam
tenerlo parado, tenerla parada to have a stiffie;

Comp
Méx Fam
estar parado de pestañas to be in high dudgeon

6. Chile, PRico [orgulloso] vain, conceited

7. Comp
Am
está bien parado con el jefe he's well in with the boss;

salir bien/mal parado de algo: el actual campeón salió muy bien parado en el sorteo the current holder of the title had a lucky draw;

fue el que mejor parado salió del accidente he was the one who came off best in the accident;

el conductor salió muy mal parado the driver was badly hurt o injured;

la imagen de la empresa ha salido muy mal parada the company's image has suffered a serious blow

♦ nm,f
Esp [desempleado] unemployed person;
los parados the unemployed;

los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed

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parado

I adj

1 unemployed

2 L.Am. (de pie) standing (up)

3

:

quedarse parado stand still;

dejar parado a alguien de noticia, sorpresa stun s.o.;

salir bien/mal parado come off well/badly;

II m, parada f unemployed person;

los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed

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parado, -da adj

1) : motionless, idle, stopped

2) : standing (up)

3) : confused, bewildered

4)

bien (mal) parado : in good (bad) shape

salió bien parado: it turned out well for him

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parado¹ adj

1. (desempleado) unemployed

estoy parado desde hace seis meses I've been unemployed for six months

2. (que no se mueve) not moving

el tren no está parado the train is moving

3. (tímido) shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

es una chica parada she's shy

quedarse parado to be stunned

salir bien parado to come off well

salir mal parado to come off badly

parado² n (desempleado) unemployed person

Spanish-English dictionary > parado
8 virtud

f.

1 virtue.

la principal virtud de este método es que… the principal virtue of this method is that…

virtud cardinal/teologal cardinal/theological virtue

2 power.

tener la virtud de to have the power o ability to

* * *

virtud

► nombre femenino

1 (cualidad) virtue

2 (propiedad, eficacia) property, quality

■ con virtudes curativas with medicinal properties

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en virtud de by virtue of

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noun f.

virtue

* * *

SF

1) (=calidad) virtue

virtud cardinal — cardinal virtue

2) (=capacidad) ability, power; (=eficacia) efficacy

en virtud de — by virtue of, by reason of

tener la virtud de... — [+ infin] to have the virtue of... [+ ger], have the power to... [+ infin]

una planta que tiene virtud contra varias enfermedades — a plant which is effective against certain diseases

virtudes curativas — healing power [sing], healing properties

3) (Caribe)
*** (=pene) prick ***; (=vagina) cunt ***
* * *

femenino

a) ( cualidad) virtue

b) ( capacidad) power

con virtudes curativas — with healing powers

tiene la virtud de exasperarme — (iró) he has a knack of driving me up the wall

en virtud de — by virtue of

* * *

= virtue, gift, glory, righteousness, claim to fame.

Nota: Algo por lo que Alguien destaca.

Ex. Murra described a number of these enterprises, their virtues and weaknesses and the possible explanations for their demise.

Ex. The writer's gift is to orchestrate words in print better than the rest of us.

Ex. One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex. Some of themes depict the diverse possibilities available to those who 'tread the path of righteousness and enter the gates of salvation'.

Ex. Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.

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* en virtud de = by virtue of.

* en virtud del cargo que ocupa = ex officio.

* en virtud de su cargo = ex officio.

* virtud moral = moral virtue.

* * *

femenino

a) ( cualidad) virtue

b) ( capacidad) power

con virtudes curativas — with healing powers

tiene la virtud de exasperarme — (iró) he has a knack of driving me up the wall

en virtud de — by virtue of

* * *

= virtue, gift, glory, righteousness, claim to fame.

Nota: Algo por lo que Alguien destaca.

Ex: Murra described a number of these enterprises, their virtues and weaknesses and the possible explanations for their demise.

Ex: The writer's gift is to orchestrate words in print better than the rest of us.

Ex: One of the great glories of books is that there are plenty to suit everybody, no matter what our taste, our mood, our intellectual ability, age or living experience.

Ex: Some of themes depict the diverse possibilities available to those who 'tread the path of righteousness and enter the gates of salvation'.

Ex: Not one, but five towns use albino squirrels as their claims to fame, and none is particularly happy about the others.

* en virtud de = by virtue of.

* en virtud del cargo que ocupa = ex officio.

* en virtud de su cargo = ex officio.

* virtud moral = moral virtue.

* * *

virtud

feminine

1 (buena cualidad) virtue

2 (capacidad) power

una planta con virtudes curativas a plant with healing powers

tiene la virtud de ponerme histérica ( iró); he has a knack of driving me up the wall

en virtud de by virtue of

en virtud de los acuerdos firmados en 1992 by virtue of the agreements signed in 1992

en virtud de la normativa vigente in accordance with current regulations

Compuestos:

● virtud cardinal

cardinal virtue

● virtud teologal

theological virtue

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virtud sustantivo femenino
a) ( cualidad) virtue

b) ( capacidad) power;

◊ con virtudes curativas with healing powers

virtud sustantivo femenino
1 (cualidad moral) virtue
2 (capacidad, propiedad) property, power
virtudes curativas, curative o healing properties
' virtud' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ejercitar
English:
rightness
- virtue
- strength

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virtud

♦ nf

1. [moral] virtue;

la virtud se opone al vicio virtue is opposed to vice

Comp
virtud cardinal cardinal virtue;
virtud teologal theological virtue

2. [cualidad] virtue;

la principal virtud de este método es que… the principal virtue of this method is that…

3. [poder, facultad] power;

una planta con virtudes curativas a plant with medicinal properties;

tener la virtud de to have the power o ability to;

dicho acuerdo tiene al menos la virtud de interesar a la gente en el tema this agreement at least has the virtue of getting people interested in the topic

♦ en virtud de loc prep

by virtue of;

es una de las principales potencias económicas en virtud de su población it's one of the major economic powers by virtue of its population;

en virtud del tratado de París, cedieron varios territorios under the Paris treaty they ceded several territories

* * *

virtud

f virtue;

en virtud de by virtue of

* * *

virtud nf

1) : virtue

2)

en virtud de : by virtue of

* * *

virtud n (cualidad) virtue

Spanish-English dictionary > virtud
9 arrastre

m.

1 dragging (acarreo).

estar para el arrastre (informal figurative) to have had it (peninsular Spanish)

2 trawling (pesca).

3 haulage, transportation, transport.

4 creep.

5 carry.

pres.subj.

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

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arrastre

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) dragging, pulling

2 (telesquí) drag lift

3 (en naipes) lead

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar para el arrastre familiar (persona) to be on one's last legs, be done for 2 (objeto) to be done for

materiales de arrastre trawling gear sing

* * *

SM

1) (=acción) dragging, pulling; (Aer) drag; (Pesca) trawling

flota de arrastre — trawling fleet, fleet of trawlers

arrastre por correa — belt-drive

2) Méx, CAm (=influencia) influence

tener mucho arrastre — to have friends in high places

3) (Taur) removal of dead animal

estar para el arrastre — * to be knackered *

4) (Inform)

arrastre de dientes — tractor

arrastre de papel por fricción — friction feed

arrastre de papel por tracción — tractor feed

* * *

masculino

a) ( acción) dragging

estar para el arrastre — (fam) to be done in (colloq)

b) (Náut) trawling

la flota de arrastre — the trawlers

c) (CS fam) ( atractivo) appeal

ese chico tiene mucho arrastre — that guy's a real hit with the girls (colloq)

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* barco dedicado a la pesca de arrastre = fishing trawler.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* polea de arrastre = driving pulley.

* * *

masculino

a) ( acción) dragging

estar para el arrastre — (fam) to be done in (colloq)

b) (Náut) trawling

la flota de arrastre — the trawlers

c) (CS fam) ( atractivo) appeal

ese chico tiene mucho arrastre — that guy's a real hit with the girls (colloq)

* * *

* barco dedicado a la pesca de arrastre = fishing trawler.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* polea de arrastre = driving pulley.

* * *

arrastre

masculine

1 (acción) dragging

estar para el arrastre ( fam); to be done in ( colloq), to be dead on one's feet ( colloq)

2 ( Náut) trawling

la flota de arrastre the trawlers, the trawling fleet

3 (juguete) pull-along toy

4 (CS fam) (atractivo) appeal

un político con poco arrastre entre la juventud a politician with very little appeal among young people

ese chico tiene mucho arrastre that guy's really popular with o a real hit with the girls ( colloq)

* * *

Del verbo arrastrar: ( conjugate arrastrar)

arrastré es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

arrastre es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
arrastrar
arrastre
arrastrar ( conjugate arrastrar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( por el suelo) to drag

b) ‹remolque/caravana› to tow

c) ( llevar consigo):

◊ arrastró todo a su paso it swept away everything in its path;

la corriente lo arrastraba mar adentro the current was carrying him out to sea
2
a) ‹problema/enfermedad›:

◊ arrastra esa tos desde el invierno that cough of hers has been dragging on since the winter;

vienen arrastrando el problema desde hace años they've been dragging out the problem for years
b) ( atraer) to draw;

◊ se dejan arrastre por la moda they are slaves to fashion

verbo intransitivo [mantel/cortina] to trail along the ground
arrastrarse verbo pronominal
a) ( por el suelo) [ persona] to crawl;

[ culebra] to slither
b) ( humillarse) to grovel, crawl

arrastre sustantivo masculino
a) ( acción) dragging;

◊ estar para el arrastre (fam) to be done in (colloq)

b) (CS fam) ( atractivo) appeal

arrastrar verbo transitivo to pull (along), drag (along): la corriente lo arrastró mar adentro, he was swept out to sea by the current
arrastre sustantivo masculino
1 pulling, dragging
2 (pesca) trawling
♦ Locuciones: familiar para el arrastre: hoy estoy para el arrastre, I'm on my last legs
este coche está para el arrastre this car is done for
' arrastre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pesca
English:
trawler
- past
- trawl

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arrastre nm

1. [acarreo] dragging;

Comp
Fam
estar para el arrastre to have had it;
Fam
el partido de tenis me ha dejado para el arrastre the tennis match has done me in

2. [pesca] trawling

3. Taurom = dragging of the dead bull from the bullring

4. Geol
de arrastre alluvial

5. [atractivo] pull, influence;

un político con mucho arrastre a politician with a lot of pull;
RP Fam
tener arrastre: esa chica tiene mucho arrastre that girl is quite something o can really turn heads

6. Col, Méx [molino] silver mill

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arrastre

m

:

estar para el arrastre fig fam be fit to drop fam

* * *

arrastre nm

1) : dragging

2) : pull, attraction

3)

red de arrastre : dragnet, trawling net

Spanish-English dictionary > arrastre
10 desplazar

v.

1 to move.

desplazar algo/a alguien de to remove somebody/something from

2 to take the place of (tomar el lugar de).

3 to displace (Nautical).

La tormenta desplazó al botecito The storm displaced the dinghy.

El hule desplazó al cuero Rubber outmoded leather.

* * *

desplazar

Conjugation model [ REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (mover) to move, shift

2 MARÍTIMO to displace

3 figurado (sustituir) to replace, take over from

■ el compact-disc ha desplazado al disco de vinilo compact discs have taken over from records

► verbo pronominal desplazarse

1 to travel

■ tiene que desplazarse a Barcelona cada día he has to commute to Barcelona every day

* * *

verb

1) to displace

2) move, shift

* * *

1. VT

1) (=mover) [+ objeto] to move; [+ tropas] to transfer

2) (=suplantar) to take the place of

las cámaras digitales no han conseguido desplazar a las convencionales — digital cameras have not taken the place of o superseded conventional ones

lo desplazaron de su cargo — he was ousted from his position

3) (Fís, Náut, Téc) to displace

4) (Inform) to scroll

2.

See:

desplazarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (frml) (mover, correr) to move

el choque desplazó el vehículo unos 20 metros — the impact moved o shunted the vehicle a distance of some 20 meters

b) (Fís) to displace

c) (Náut) to displace

2) (suplantar, relegar) < persona> to displace

la nueva secretaria la ha venido a desplazar — the new secretary has come to displace her

desplazar a algo: las computadoras han desplazado a las máquinas de escribir — typewriters have been superseded by word processors
2.
desplazarse v pron

1) (frml) (trasladarse, moverse) animal to move around; avión/barco to travel, go; persona to get around

2) voto to swing, shift

* * *

= move over, displace, dislocate, move, dislodge, elbow out.

Ex. Then press the tabulator key once to move the cursor over to the language field.

Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex. This article discusses the role of libraries serving the needs of immigrants dislocated by upheaval in various parts of the world.

Ex. This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.

Ex. Images of homosexuality and lesbianism are used as a confrontational political tool to dislodge male hegemony within the current cultural context.

Ex. The desire for a different today has elbowed out concern with a better tomorrow.

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* desplazar a la fuerza = uproot [up-root].

* desplazar el cursor en pantalla pulsando la tecla de tabulación = tab over to.

* desplazar hacia la derecha = inset.

* desplazarse = move about, travel, travel + distance, cruise, get around, trek.

* desplazarse a = get to.

* desplazarse de... a... = move from... to....

* desplazarse de un lugar a otro = move from + place to place.

* desplazarse diariamente entre dos lugares = commute.

* desplazarse en helicóptero = helicopter.

* desplazarse en pantalla = scroll.

* desplazarse en pantalla pulsando la barra espaciadora = space over.

* desplazarse en pantalla usando las teclas de desplazamiento hacia la derech = space over.

* desplazarse grandes distancias = travel + long distances.

* desplazarse hacia arriba = move up.

* desplazarse hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track], draw back, move + backwards.

* desplazarse lentamente = drift.

* desplazarse librevemente = roam (about/around).

* desplazarse por = move through, navigate (through).

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (frml) (mover, correr) to move

el choque desplazó el vehículo unos 20 metros — the impact moved o shunted the vehicle a distance of some 20 meters

b) (Fís) to displace

c) (Náut) to displace

2) (suplantar, relegar) < persona> to displace

la nueva secretaria la ha venido a desplazar — the new secretary has come to displace her

desplazar a algo: las computadoras han desplazado a las máquinas de escribir — typewriters have been superseded by word processors
2.
desplazarse v pron

1) (frml) (trasladarse, moverse) animal to move around; avión/barco to travel, go; persona to get around

2) voto to swing, shift

* * *

= move over, displace, dislocate, move, dislodge, elbow out.

Ex: Then press the tabulator key once to move the cursor over to the language field.

Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.

Ex: This article discusses the role of libraries serving the needs of immigrants dislocated by upheaval in various parts of the world.

Ex: This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.

Ex: Images of homosexuality and lesbianism are used as a confrontational political tool to dislodge male hegemony within the current cultural context.

Ex: The desire for a different today has elbowed out concern with a better tomorrow.

* desplazar a la fuerza = uproot [up-root].

* desplazar el cursor en pantalla pulsando la tecla de tabulación = tab over to.

* desplazar hacia la derecha = inset.

* desplazarse = move about, travel, travel + distance, cruise, get around, trek.

* desplazarse a = get to.

* desplazarse de... a... = move from... to....

* desplazarse de un lugar a otro = move from + place to place.

* desplazarse diariamente entre dos lugares = commute.

* desplazarse en helicóptero = helicopter.

* desplazarse en pantalla = scroll.

* desplazarse en pantalla pulsando la barra espaciadora = space over.

* desplazarse en pantalla usando las teclas de desplazamiento hacia la derech = space over.

* desplazarse grandes distancias = travel + long distances.

* desplazarse hacia arriba = move up.

* desplazarse hacia atrás = backtrack [back-track], draw back, move + backwards.

* desplazarse lentamente = drift.

* desplazarse librevemente = roam (about/around).

* desplazarse por = move through, navigate (through).

* * *

desplazar [A4 ]

vt

A

1 ( frml)

(mover, correr): el aluvión desplazó todo lo que encontró a su paso the flood washed away everything in its path o carried everything before it

chocó contra el vehículo estacionado, desplazándolo unos 20 metros it collided with the stationary vehicle, shunting o carrying o pushing it a distance of some 20 meters

2 ( Fís) to displace

3 ( Náut) to displace

4 ( Inf) to scroll

desplaza el texto horizontalmente it scrolls the text horizontally

B (suplantar, relegar) desplazar A algo/algn:

el avión desplazó al tren para los viajes más largos the airplane took over from o displaced the train for longer journeys

los procesadores de textos han desplazado a las máquinas de escribir typewriters have been superseded by word processors, word processors have taken the place of typewriters

consiguió desplazar a Soriano, convirtiéndose en cabecilla del grupo he succeeded in supplanting o ousting Soriano to become leader of the group, he succeeded in taking Soriano's place as leader of the group

se sintió desplazado por su nuevo hermanito he felt pushed out o he felt as if he had been supplanted by his baby brother

fue desplazado de su cargo he was removed from his post o was replaced

■ desplazarse

v pron

A ( frml) (trasladarse, moverse) «animal» to move around, move from one place to another; «avión/barco» to travel, go; «persona» to travel, go

B «voto» to swing, shift

* * *

desplazar ( conjugate desplazar) verbo transitivo
1 (frml) (mover, correr) to move;
(Inf) to scroll
2 (suplantar, relegar) ‹ persona› to displace;
desplazar a algo to take the place of sth;
desplazarse verbo pronominal (frml) (trasladarse, moverse) [ animal] to move around;
[avión/barco] to travel, go;
[ persona] to get around
desplazar verbo transitivo
1 to displace
2 Inform to scroll
' desplazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
empujar
- mover
English:
dislodge
- displace

* * *

desplazar

♦ vt

1. [trasladar] to move (a to);
desplazaron la sede de la empresa a otro edificio they moved the firm's headquarters to another building;

desplazar algo/a alguien de to remove sth/sb from;

el impacto lo desplazó por el aire unos metros the impact tossed him several metres through the air

2. [tomar el lugar de] to take the place of;

fue desplazado de su puesto por alguien más joven he was pushed out of his job by a younger person;

la cerveza ha desplazado al vino como bebida más consumida beer has replaced wine as the most popular drink;

el correo electrónico está desplazando al correo convencional electronic mail is taking over from conventional mail

3. Fís to displace

4. Náut to displace

♦ See also the pronominal verb desplazarse

* * *

desplazar

v/t

1 move

2 ( suplantar) take over from

* * *

desplazar {21} vt

1) : to replace, to displace

2) trasladar: to move, to shift

* * *

desplazar vb (sustituir) to replace / to take the place of [pt. took; pp. taken]

puede que el correo electrónico desplace al correo tradicional electronic mail might replace traditional mail

Spanish-English dictionary > desplazar
11 vencer

v.

1 to beat (to defeat) (rival).

consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer

2 to overcome (superar) (miedo, obstáculo).

venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness

lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness

3 to win (equipo, partido).

dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy

4 to expire (caducar) (garantía, contrato).

el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15 May

La garantía expira mañana The guarantee expires tomorrow.

5 to prevail.

6 to defeat, to conquer, to beat out, to beat.

El equipo malo venció al campeón The lousy team defeated the champ.

Ella vence sus miedos She conquers her fears.

* * *

vencer

Conjugation model [ MECER], like link=mecer mecer

► verbo transitivo

1 DEPORTE to beat

2 MILITAR to defeat, conquer, vanquish

■ vencieron al enemigo they defeated the enemy

3 (exceder) to outdo, surpass

■ la vence en belleza she surpasses her in beauty

4 (problema etc) to overcome, surmount

5 (ser dominado) to overcome

■ la venció el cansancio she was overcome by tiredness

6 (romper) to break; (doblar) to bend

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ganar) to win

2 (deuda etc) to fall due, be payable

3 (plazo) to expire

4 (torcer) to go off to

■ el camino vence a la derecha the path goes off to the right

► verbo pronominal vencerse

1 (romperse) to break; (doblarse) to bend, incline

2 figurado (reprimir) to control oneself

* * *

verb

1) to win

2) defeat

3) overcome

4) expire

* * *

1. VT

1) (=derrotar) [+ enemigo, rival] to defeat, beat; [+ enfermedad, dolor] to beat, overcome

vencieron al equipo visitante por 3 a 2 — they defeated o beat the visiting team 3-2

nuestro sistema inmunológico es capaz de vencer al virus — our immune system is capable of beating o overcoming the virus

a decir tonterías nadie le vence — when it comes to talking rubbish he's in a class of his own, no one beats him when it comes to talking rubbish

vence a todos en elegancia — he outdoes them all in style, he beats them all for style

2) (=controlar) [+ miedo, tentación] to overcome; [+ pasión] to control

consiguió vencer la tentación de fumar — he managed to overcome the temptation to smoke

3) (=prevalecer) [miedo, sueño] to overcome

por fin lo venció el sueño — sleep finally overcame him

me venció el pánico cuando tuve que hablarle — panic got the better of me o I was overcome with panic when I had to speak to him

4) (Dep) [+ obstáculo] to overcome; [+ prueba] to complete; [+ distancia] to do, complete; [+ montaña] to conquer

vencieron los 15km en dos horas — they did o completed the 15km in two hours

no consiguió vencer todas las pruebas — he didn't manage to complete all the heats

5) (=hacer ceder) [+ soporte, rama] to break

el peso de los libros ha vencido el estante — the shelf gave way under the weight of the books, the weight of the books broke the shelf

conseguimos vencer la puerta — we managed to break the door down

2. VI

1) (en batalla, partido, elecciones) to win

hemos vencido por dos a cero — we won two nil

¡venceremos! — we shall win o overcome!

dejarse vencer (por) — to give in(to)

no te dejes vencer y sigue adelante — keep going and don't give in

por fin se dejó vencer por la curiosidad — he finally gave in to his curiosity, he finally let (his) curiosity get the better of him

no te dejes vencer por las dificultades — don't give up in the face of difficulties, don't let difficulties get the better of you

2) liter [amor, pasión] to triumph, be triumphant

3) (Com) [documento, póliza, pasaporte] to expire; [inversión] to mature

su contrato vence a final de año — his contract runs out o expires at the end of the year

el plazo para pagar el alquiler vence mañana — the deadline for paying the rent is tomorrow, the rent is due tomorrow

el plazo para la entrega de solicitudes vence mañana — the closing date for applications is tomorrow

la semana que viene me vence el primer plazo del ordenador — I have to pay my first instalment on the computer next week, my first instalment on the computer is due next week

3.

See:

vencerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer — don't give in

b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome

c) ( dominar)

me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness
2.
vencer vi

1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious

venceremos! — we shall overcome!

2)

a) pasaporte/garantía to expire

el lunes vence el plazo — Monday is the deadline

antes de que venza la garantía — before the guarantee runs out o expires

b) letra to be due for payment
3.
vencerse v pron

1) tabla/rama to give way, break

2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire

se me venció el carnet — my card expired o ran out

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= be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.

Ex. The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex. The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.

Ex. A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex. Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex. The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.

Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

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* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* vencer completamente = beat + soundly.

* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer — don't give in

b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome

c) ( dominar)

me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness
2.
vencer vi

1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious

venceremos! — we shall overcome!

2)

a) pasaporte/garantía to expire

el lunes vence el plazo — Monday is the deadline

antes de que venza la garantía — before the guarantee runs out o expires

b) letra to be due for payment
3.
vencerse v pron

1) tabla/rama to give way, break

2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire

se me venció el carnet — my card expired o ran out

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= be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.

Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex: The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.

Ex: A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex: Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex: The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.

Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* vencer completamente = beat + soundly.

* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

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vencer [E2 ]

vt

A

1 (derrotar) ‹enemigo› to defeat, vanquish ( liter); ‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer don't give in

2 ‹pasiones/miedo› to overcome, conquer; ‹pereza/pesimismo› to overcome; ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome, surmount

no consiguieron vencer la inflación they were unable to overcome o beat inflation

3

«cansancio/sueño»: me venció el sueño/el cansancio I was overcome by sleep/tiredness

dejó que la pereza/la curiosidad lo venciera he allowed his laziness/his curiosity to get the better of him

B

(romper): el peso venció el estante the shelf collapsed o gave way under the weight

han vencido los resortes de la cama they've ruined o broken the bed springs

la presión del agua venció la compuerta the water pressure burst open the hatch o caused the hatch to burst open

■ vencer

vi

A «ejército/equipo» (ganar) to win, be victorious

¡venceremos! we shall overcome!, we shall be victorious!

B

1 «pasaporte» (terminar) to expire

el lunes vence el plazo para la entrega de solicitudes Monday is the last day o the deadline o the closing date for the submission of applications

me vence el carnet de identidad dentro de poco my identity card expires soon

antes de que venza la garantía before the guarantee runs out o expires

2 «pago» to be o fall due; «letra» to mature, be due for payment

■ vencerse

v pron

A «tabla/rama» to give way, break

la pata de le silla se venció por el peso the leg of the chair gave way o broke under the weight

no te apoyes, que la mesa se puede vencer don't lean on the table, it might collapse

B «pasaporte» to expire

se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out

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vencer ( conjugate vencer) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ enemigo› to defeat, vanquish (liter);

‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat;
◊ no te dejes vencer don't give in

b) ‹miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo› to overcome

c) ( dominar):

◊ me venció el sueño I was overcome by sleep

verbo intransitivo
1 [ejército/equipo] to win, be victorious;
◊ ¡venceremos! we shall overcome!

2
a) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;

◊ el lunes vence el plazo Monday is the deadline

b) [ letra] to be due for payment

vencerse verbo pronominal (AmL) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;
◊ se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out

vencer
I verbo transitivo
1 Mil to defeat
Dep to beat
1 (resistir, dominar) to restrain
vencer la tentación, to overcome the temptation
2 (superar) vencer un obstáculo/una dificultad, to surmount an obstacle/a difficulty
3 (ser dominado por) les venció la desesperación, they were overcome by despair
nos venció el sueño, we were overcome by sleep
II verbo intransitivo
1 (una letra, factura) to fall due
2 (un plazo, contrato) to expire
3 Mil Dep to win
♦ Locuciones: dejarse vencer: no te dejes vencer, sigue adelante, don't lose heart, go ahead

' vencer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aplastar
- batir
- ganar
- machacar
- poder
- apabullar
- arrollar
- imponer
- superar
English:
beat
- conquer
- defeat
- establishment
- expire
- get over
- mature
- overcome
- run out
- surmount
- warranty
- wear down
- grim
- lapse
- over
- rout
- run
- vanquish

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vencer

♦ vt

1. [derrotar] [rival] to beat;
[enemigo] to defeat;
consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer

2. [superar] [miedo, obstáculos] to overcome;
[tentación] to resist;
venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness;

lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness

3. [aventajar]
vencer a alguien a o [m5] en algo to outdo o beat sb at sth;

nadie lo vence a contar anécdotas no one can beat him when it comes to telling stories

4. [hacer ceder] to break, to snap;

el peso de los libros venció la estantería the weight of the books caused the bookshelf to collapse

♦ vi

1. [equipo, partido] to win;
[ejército] to be victorious;
dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy

2. [imponerse, prevalecer] to prevail;

al final venció el sentido común common sense prevailed in the end

3. [caducar] [garantía, contrato] to expire;
[deuda, pago] to fall due, to mature; [bono] to mature; Am [medicamento] to reach o pass its expiry date;
el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15th May

♦ See also the pronominal verb vencerse

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vencer

I v/t defeat; fig ( superar) overcome

II v/i

1 win

2 COM de plazo etc expire

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vencer {86} vt

1) derrotar: to vanquish, to defeat

2) superar: to overcome, to surmount

vencer vi

1) ganar: to win, to triumph

2) caducar: to expire

el plazo vence el jueves: the deadline is Thursday

3) : to fall due, to mature

♦ See also the reflexive verb vencerse

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vencer vb

1. (derrotar) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten] / to defeat

vencimos al otro equipo 2 a 1 we beat the other team 2 1

2. (resultar ganador) to win [pt. & pp. won]

el español venció en la carrera de 1.500 metros the Spaniard won the 1,500 metres race

3. (controlar, superar) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]

tuvo que vencer el miedo he had to overcome his fear

le venció el sueño sleep overcame her

Spanish-English dictionary > vencer
12 favor

adv.

please.

m.

favor (servicio).

hacerle un favor a alguien to do somebody a favor

hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?

pedir un favor a alguien to ask somebody a favor

por favor please

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favor

► nombre masculino

1 favour (US favor)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a favor de in favour (US favor) of

a mi (tu, su, etc) favor in my (your, his, etc) favour (US favor)

■ al final quedamos 2 a 1 a nuestro favor we finally won 2 to 1

en favor de in favour (US favor) of

hacer un favor to do a favour (US favor)

haga (hagan, etc) el favor de + inf formal please + inf

¿me harías (harían, haríais, etc) el favor de + inf? could you + inf?

por favor please

tener a alguien a su favor to have somebody on one's side

tener algo a su favor to have something in one's favour (US favor)

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noun m.

favor

- por favor

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SM

1) (=ayuda) favour, favor (EEUU)

favor de venir puntualmente — Méx please be punctual

• hacer un favor a algn — to do sb a favour

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favour?

¡está para hacerle un favor! — ** she's really something! *

hacer un flaco favor a algn — to do no favours to sb

¿me hace el favor de bajarme la maleta? — I wonder if you could get my suitcase down for me, please?, could you possibly get my suitcase down for me, please?

¡haced el favor de callaros! — will you please be quiet!

si hace el favor de pasar — if you'd like o care to go in

si hace favor — LAm if you don't mind

• pedir un favor a algn — to ask sb (for) a favour, ask a favour of sb más frm

• por favor — please

¿me dejan pasar, por favor? — could I get past, please?

¡por favor! ¡qué calor hace! — goodness me, it's hot today!

- favor con favor se paga

2) [locuciones]

a)

• a favor — in favour

hay un 50% de gente a favor — 50% of people are in favour

votos a favor — votes in favour

¿estás a favor o en contra? — are you for or against it?

tener el viento a favor — to have the wind behind one o in one's favour

b)

• a favor de — in favour of

no me convencen sus argumentos a favor de la huelga — I'm not convinced by his arguments in favour of the strike

¿está a favor de poner fin al bloqueo del país? — are you in favour of ending the blockade of the country?

la balanza está a nuestro favor — the balance is in our favour

el tiempo corre a nuestro favor — time is on our side

lo tenía todo a su favor — she had everything going for her

el partido ya estaba decidido a favor de la jugadora española — the Spanish player already had the match sewn up

• ir a favor de la corriente — to go with the flow

• a favor de la noche — under cover of darkness

• votar a favor de algo — to vote in favour of sth

c)

• en favor de — [abdicar, manifestarse] in favour of; [intervenir] on behalf of; [trabajar, luchar] for

el director se manifestó en favor del cine europeo — the director spoke in favour of o expressed his support for the European film industry

piden a la ONU su intervención en favor de los detenidos — the UN is being asked to intervene on behalf of those detained

una recogida de firmas en favor del indulto de los presos — a petition for the pardon of the prisoners

siempre abogó en favor de los más débiles — he always defended the underdog

se tomarán nuevas medidas en favor de los ganaderos — new measures are to be taken to help livestock farmers

el sistema fue perdiendo terreno en favor de otros métodos más modernos — the system gradually lost ground to more up-to-date methods

3) (=apoyo) [del rey, dioses] favour, favor (EEUU), protection; [del público] support

gracias al favor del rey — thanks to the king's protection, thanks to the favour he enjoyed with the king

la pérdida del favor popular — the loss of popular support

la película nunca tuvo el favor del gran público — the movie never found favour with the general public

ha sabido ganarse el favor de la audiencia — she has succeeded in winning the audience's affection

• gozar del favor de algn — to have sb's support o backing, enjoy sb's favour frm

el partido goza del favor del 49% de la población — the party has the support o backing of 49% of the population
condición 1)
4)

• entrada de favor — complimentary ticket

5) pl favores [de mujer] favours, favors (EEUU)

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masculino

1)

a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor — I've come to ask you (for) a favor

¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

b) (en locs)

a favor — in favor*

dos votos a favor — two votes in favor

llevamos el viento a favor — we have the wind behind us

estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

en favor de — in favour of

por favor — please

pide las cosas por favor — say please

¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

2) ( apoyo)

el favor de la crítica — the approval of the critics

favor del rey — the king's favor

cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor

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= favour [favor, -USA].

Ex. Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.

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* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.

* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.

* devolver un favor = return + a favour.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* en favor de = in favour of.

* estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).

* estar a favor de = be for.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* favor sexual = sexual favour.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.

* pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.

* punto a favor = asset.

* romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.

* tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* trato de favor = preferential treatment.

* viento a favor = tailwind.

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masculino

1)

a) (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? — can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor — I've come to ask you (for) a favor

¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? — would you copy this for me, please?

hagan el favor de esperar — would you mind waiting, please?

gracias, no sabes el favor que me haces — thanks ever so much, you're doing me a big favor

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen — if they don't invite you, they'll be doing you a favor

favor de hacer la cola — (Méx) please stand in line (AmE), please queue here (BrE)

b) (en locs)

a favor — in favor*

dos votos a favor — two votes in favor

llevamos el viento a favor — we have the wind behind us

estar a favor de algo/alguien/+ inf — to be in favor* of something/somebody/-ing

si es así, aún más a mi favor — that makes me all the more right

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional — five-two, with Nacional ahead (AmE), five-two to Nacional (BrE)

en favor de — in favour of

por favor — please

pide las cosas por favor — say please

¿y tú le creíste? por favor, mujer! — and you believed him? honestly!

2) ( apoyo)

el favor de la crítica — the approval of the critics

favor del rey — the king's favor

cuenta con el favor del jefe — he's/she's in favor with the boss

3) favores (liter) ( sexuales) favor

* * *

= favour [favor, -USA].

Ex: Any favours librarians receive from vendors will be minimal.

* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humano = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* argumentar a favor de = put + the case for, present + case for, make + a case for.

* argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* decir a favor de = say in + favour of.

* declarar a favor de = testify (to/of).

* devolución de un favor = repayment of debt.

* devolver un favor = return + a favour.

* dicho sea a su favor = to + Posesivo + credit.

* en favor de = in favour of.

* estar a favor (de) = be in favour (of).

* estar a favor de = be for.

* estar a favor de una idea = favour + idea.

* estar a favor o en contra = be for or against.

* favor sexual = sexual favour.

* ganarse el favor de = win + the favour of.

* hablar a favor de = speak up for.

* hablar en favor de = put + a word in for.

* hacer un favor = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* hacer un favor a Alguien = do + Nombre + a favour.

* hay que decir a su favor que = to + Posesivo + credit.

* perder el favor de = lose + popularity with.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* predispuesto a favor de = disposed for.

* presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.

* presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.

* presentar evidencia a favor de = present + case for.

* probabilidades a favor de = odds in favour of.

* pronunciarse a favor o en contra de Algo = take + sides.

* punto a favor = asset.

* romper una lanzar en favor de = stick up for.

* tiempo + estar a favor de Alguien = time + be + on + Posesivo + side.

* trato de favor = preferential treatment.

* viento a favor = tailwind.

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favor

masculine

A

1 (ayuda, servicio) favor*

¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?

vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor o to ask a favor of you

no me han hecho ningún favor con estos cambios these changes are a great help, I must say! ( iro)

¿me harías el favor de pasarme esto a máquina? would you type this for me, please?

¿puede hacer el favor de llamar más tarde? could you possibly phone later?

hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?

¡hágame el favor, hombre! ¿a eso le llaman arte? they call that art? get out of here! ( AmE) o ( BrE) do me a favour! ( colloq)

si no te invitan, favor que te hacen if they don't invite you, so much the better o they'll be doing you a favor

¿quién es ése? se le puede hacer un favor ¿eh? ( fam hum); who's that guy? I wouldn't say no to him ( colloq)

[ S ] favor de hacer la cola ( Méx); please stand in line ( AmE), please queue here ( BrE)

2 ( en locs):

a favor in favor*

hubo dos votos en contra y seis a favor there were two votes against and six in favor

llevamos el viento a favor we have the wind behind us

a favor de in favor* of

está a favor del divorcio she is in favor of divorce

si es así, aún más a mi favor if that's the case, that makes me all the more right

los que estén a favor de la propuesta, levanten la mano those in favor of the proposal, please show

cinco a dos, a favor de Nacional (durante el partido) five-two, with Nacional ahead ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE) (resultado final) Nacional wins, five-two ( AmE), five-two to Nacional ( BrE)

saldo a su/nuestro favor balance in your/our favor

en favor de: abdicó en favor de su hijo he abdicated in favor of his son

actuó en favor de los intereses de la empresa he acted in the interests of the company

una colecta en favor de los damnificados a collection in aid of the victims, a collection for the victims

por favor please

la cuenta, por favor can I have the check ( AmE) o ( BrE) bill, please?

pide las cosas por favor say please

¡que no se te vaya a caer, por favor! don't drop it, please!, for heaven's sake don't drop it!

¿y tú le creíste? ¡por favor, mujer! and you believed him? honestly o really!

B

(apoyo, protección): la exposición gozó de los favores del público the exhibition was well supported by the public

intenta ganarse el favor de la crítica he's trying to win the approval of the critics

muchos buscaban sus favores ( liter); many men sought her favors ( liter)

disfrutaba del favor del rey he enjoyed the king's favor

C ( arc) (prenda) favor*

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favor sustantivo masculino
a) (ayuda, servicio) favor^{( conjugate favor)};

◊ ¿me puedes hacer un favor? can you do me a favor?;

vengo a pedirte un favor I've come to ask you (for) a favor;
¿me harías el favor de copiarme esto? would you copy this for me, please?;
hagan el favor de esperar would you mind waiting, please?
b) ( en locs)

◊ a favor in favor^{( conjugate favor)};

dos votos a favor two votes in favor;
en favor de in favour of;
estar a favor de algo/algn/hacer algo to be in favor^{( conjugate favor)} of sth/sb/doing sth;
por favor please
favor sustantivo masculino
1 favour, US favor: ¿me puedes hacer un favor?, could you do me a favour?
2 favores (de una mujer) favours
♦ Locuciones: estar a favor de, to be in favour of
por favor, please
' favor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogar
- abonar
- admitir
- aguantar
- alegar
- alta
- alto
- apestosa
- apestoso
- aquí
- asiento
- baja
- bajo
- balanza
- cara
- cobrar
- cobrarse
- coger
- correrse
- decir
- declararse
- delante
- desgracia
- desobedecer
- envolver
- favorecer
- fuego
- guardar
- hacer
- instante
- interceder
- introducir
- lanza
- liquidación
- luz
- pagar
- parar
- partidaria
- partidario
- pedir
- por
- pronunciarse
- resolverse
- salir
- silencio
- soborno
- su
- voto
- abdicar
- atención
English:
against
- argue
- argument
- ask
- assessment
- believe in
- biased
- bring
- bring in
- campaign
- carefully
- carve up
- charity
- come out
- complete
- con
- disregard
- disturb
- divulge
- do
- electioneering
- favor
- favour
- feature
- fetch in
- find
- for
- fragile
- get
- hand out
- hand up
- kindly
- longhand
- lower
- make out
- mind
- oblige
- odds
- path
- please
- plus
- put back
- put through
- really
- receipt
- redeeming
- repay
- report
- return
- ring up

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favor nm

1. [servicio] favour;

pedir un favor a alguien to ask sb a favour;

hacerle un favor a alguien [ayudar a] to do sb a favour;

hágame el favor de cerrar la puerta would you mind shutting the door, please?;

se ruega a los señores viajeros que hagan el favor de esperar sentados passengers are requested to remain seated;
Am
favor de pasar por la puerta B please proceed through gate B;

¡haz el favor de no golpear la puerta! would you kindly stop slamming that door?;

¿abro la ventana? – si haces el favor… shall I open the window? – please, if you don't mind…;

con esa actitud hace un flaco favor a la democracia he's not doing anything for democracy with an attitude like that;
Fam
tu amiga está como para hacerle un favor, a tu amiga le hacía yo un favor I wouldn't mind doing your friend a favour

2. Anticuado o Hum
favores [de una mujer] favours;

la dama le concedió sus favores the lady graced him with her favours

3. [apoyo]
tener a o [m5] en su favor a alguien to enjoy sb's support;

tenía a todo el pueblo a su favor he had the people on his side;

los políticos tienen el favor de sus votantes the politicians enjoy the support of the voters;

goza del favor del público he has public support

4.
de favor [gratuito] complimentary, free

5. [en frases]
un viento/una corriente a favor a favourable wind/current;

¿tú estás a favor o en contra de la nueva ley? are you for or against the new law?;

tienen diez goles a favor y once en contra they've scored ten goals and conceded eleven;

89-99 a favor de los Nets 99-89 to the Nets;

el juez falló a su favor the judge found in his favour;

a favor de in favour of;

estar a favor de to be in favour of;

extendió un cheque a favor de Henar y Cía. she made out a cheque to Henar & Co;

en favor de to the benefit of;

si ahora no contesta, más a mi favor if he doesn't reply now, that proves I'm right all the more;

por favor [al pedir algo] please;
[expresa indignación, sorpresa] for heaven's sake!;
las cosas se piden por favor you say “please” when you ask for something;

nos pidió por favor que la acompañáramos she asked if we could please go with her

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favor

m

1 favor, Br

favour;

hacer un favor do a favor;

¿me harías el favor de echarme esta carta? could you do me a favor and mail this letter?, could you (please) mail this letter for me?;

haz el favor de callarte would you please be quiet!;

pedir un favor a alguien ask s.o. for a favor

2 en locuciones

:

a favor de in favor o Br favour of;

por favor please

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favor nm

1) : favor

2)

a favor de : in favor of

3)

por favor : please

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favor n favour

me has hecho un gran favor you've done me a big favour

En inglés americano favour se escribe favor

estar a favor de algo to be in favour of something

¡haz el favor de hacer algo! will you please do something!

¡haz el favor de sentarte! will you please sit down!

por favor please

Spanish-English dictionary > favor
13 trabajo1

¹ = employment, endeavour [endeavor, -USA], job, labour [labor, -USA], leg work, occupation, task, work, working environment, workload [work load], pursuit, workmanship, footwork, handwork, professional position, working practice, pursuit in life, handiwork, lifework, line of business, toil, industry.

Ex. Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex. Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.

Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.

Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.

Ex. The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.

Ex. This article examines the various features now available on copiers and comments on the usefulness in a working environment.

Ex. Each of these changes, if we were to deal with them in an adequate manner, create severe workload problems for the cataloging department.

Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex. William R Lethaby, the architect who had Westminster Abbey in his charge for over twenty years, once said 'Art is thoughtful workmanship'.

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

Ex. The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex. In virtually all of her professional positions she has been involved with the handling of documents.

Ex. While many believe that print on paper will never die, new formats are already changing working practice in many spheres.

Ex. People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.

Ex. Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.

Ex. This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex. The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.

Ex. Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.

Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

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* acoso en el trabajo = workplace mobbing.

* agenda de trabajo = work agenda.

* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* ahorrar el trabajo de = save + effort in.

* almuerzo de trabajo = work luncheon.

* ámbito de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* amor al trabajo = love of work.

* ansiedad en el trabajo = job anxiety, work anxiety.

* anterior al trabajo = pre-service.

* anuncio de trabajo = help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* anuncios de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* año de trabajo = man year.

* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.

* ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.

* aspirar a un puesto de trabajo = aspire to + position.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.

* basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.

* bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.

* biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.

* bolsa de trabajo = labour exchange, job opportunities, employment bureau, employment centre, employment opportunity, job centre, job pool.

* borrador de trabajo = working paper.

* buscador de trabajo = job applicant, job seeker.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* campo de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* campo de trabajos forzados = labour camp, forced labour camp.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* carga de trabajo = workload [work load].

* centro de trabajo = workplace.

* cobrar en un trabajo = job + pay.

* comenzar el turno de trabajo = go on + duty.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.

* conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.

* condiciones de trabajo = working conditions.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.

* con trabajo = in post.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* contrato de trabajo = contract position.

* conversación de trabajo = shop talk.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* costar trabajo = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.

* definición de trabajo = working definition.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* denominación del puesto de trabajo = job title, occupational title.

* dentro del mismo trabajo = intraoccupational.

* derecho del trabajo = employment law.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.

* desempeñar un trabajo = exercise + work.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* después del horario de trabajo = after hours [after-hours].

* de trabajo = working.

* día del trabajo = Labour Day.

* día de trabajo = working day.

* día internacional del trabajo = Labour Day.

* diario automático de trabajo = time log.

* dignidad del trabajo = dignity of work.

* dinámica de trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribución del trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.

* división del trabajo = division of labour.

* documento de trabajo = working document, working draft.

* eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.

* elaborar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* encomendar un trabajo a Alguien = assign + job.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.

* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* enseñanza en el trabajo = in-service education.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entrevista de trabajo = job interview.

* equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* escribir un trabajo = write + essay.

* espacio de trabajo = workspace.

* específico de un trabajo concreto = job-specific.

* estación de trabajo = workstation [work station], desktop workstation.

* estación de trabajo remota = outstation.

* estadía de trabajo = work visit.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estrategia que ahorra trabajo = labour saver.

* estrés en el trabajo = job stress.

* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.

* excedencia en el trabajo = leave of absence.

* ficha de trabajo = worksheet, project worksheet.

* formación continua en el trabajo = workplace training, workplace learning.

* formación en el trabajo = in-service training, in-service education, in-service, on-the-job training, in-service support.

* funciones del puesto de trabajo = position + entail + duty.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guía de trabajo = working guide.

* hábito de trabajo = work habit, working habit.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hacer + Posesivo + trabajo = get on with + Posesivo + work.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* hacer un trabajo = do + work, do + job.

* hacer un trabajo sobre = do + a project about.

* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* herramienta de trabajo = tool, tool.

* hora de trabajo = man-hour.

* horario de trabajo = hours of operation, working hours, work hours.

* horario intenso de trabajo = long hours, the.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.

* intercambio de puestos de trabajo = job exchange.

* jornada de trabajo = workshop.

* liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.

* liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.

* línea de trabajo = line of work.

* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.

* llegar tarde al trabajo = be late for work.

* lugar de trabajo = affiliation, institutional affiliation, working environment, workplace, place of work, worksite [work site], home institution.

* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.

* magistratura del trabajo = industrial tribunal.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* medida de seguridad e higiene en el trabajo = health and safety standard.

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mesa de trabajo = desk, study table.

* método de trabajo = working method.

* Ministerio de Trabajo = Department of Labor.

* modelo de trabajo = working model, business model.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* negligente en el trabajo = malpractitioner.

* neurosis producida por el trabajo = occupational neurosis.

* NISTF (Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la A = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* norma de trabajo = working rule.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* ocupar un puesto de trabajo = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post.

* oferta de trabajo = job advertisement, job offer, help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* ofertas de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* oportunidad de trabajo = career opportunity.

* organización del trabajo = workflow [work flow], working arrangement.

* paquete de trabajo = workpackage.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.

* permiso de trabajo = work permit.

* permuta de trabajo = job exchange.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

* persona que asigna el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.

* personas sin trabajo remunerado, los = unwaged, the.

* plan de trabajo = research agenda, work plan, working plan, work schedule.

* política de trabajo = policy.

* postura exigida por el trabajo = work posture.

* proceso de trabajo = work process.

* programa de formación en el trabajo = in-service training program(me).

* programa de trabajo = work schedule.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency.

* promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.

* propuesta de trabajo = project proposal.

* proyecto de trabajo = work project.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puesto de trabajo = appointment, position, post, opening, career path, professional position, position held.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* puesto de trabajo ocupado = position held.

* puestos de trabajo ocupados = positions held.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* realizar el trabajo = get + Posesivo + work done.

* realizar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* realizar un trabajo = perform + work, undertake + work.

* realizar un trabajo monótono = have + Posesivo + nose to the grindstone.

* red de trabajo = peer-to-peer network.

* relacionado con el trabajo = job-related, work-related.

* relación de trabajo = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation.

* relativo al trabajo = occupational.

* rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.

* reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* rutina de trabajo = work process.

* sala de trabajo = workroom.

* salir del trabajo = clock off + work.

* salud en el trabajo = occupational health.

* satisfacción en el trabajo = job satisfaction, work satisfaction.

* segregación en el trabajo = job segregation, employment segregation.

* seguridad en el trabajo = safety at work, occupational safety.

* sesión de trabajo = work session, working session.

* sicología del trabajo = occupational psychology.

* sin trabajo = jobless.

* sobrecargado de trabajo = overworked.

* sociología del trabajo = sociology of work.

* soliciante de trabajo = job applicant.

* solicitud de trabajo = job application.

* superficie de trabajo = working surface, work surface.

* taller de trabajo = workshop, study school.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* tener un segundo trabajo = moonlight, work + a second job.

* tener un trabajo = hold down + job.

* tener un trabajo remunerado = be gainfully employed.

* tener un trabajo retribuido = be gainfully employed.

* tensión en el trabajo = job stress.

* tensión producida por el trabajo = occupational stress.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* tomarse excedencia en el trabajo = take + leave from + employment.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de permiso en el trabajo = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off, take + time out.

* trabajo académico = academic work.

* trabajo a destajo = piecework.

* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.

* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.

* trabajo a medias = job share.

* trabajo artesanal = craftsmanship.

* trabajo a tiempo parcial = part-time work, part-time employment, part-time job.

* trabajo atípico = atypical work.

* trabajo autónomo = self-employment.

* trabajo bibliográfico = bibliographic work.

* trabajo bibliotecario = library work.

* trabajo burocrático = paper-keeping.

* trabajo científico = scientific work, scholarly work.

* trabajo compartido = job sharing.

* trabajo complicado = major exercise.

* trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* trabajo con ordenador = computer work.

* trabajo cotidiano = daily work.

* trabajo creativo = creative work.

* trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.

* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.

* trabajo de calidad = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* trabajo de campo = fieldwork [field work].

* trabajo de catalogación = cataloguing work.

* trabajo de chinos = fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.].

* trabajo de clase = term paper, coursework [course work], term project, homework.

* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

* trabajo de escolta = escort work.

* trabajo de impresión = bookwork.

* trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* trabajo de la casa = housework.

* trabajo de menores = child labour.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* trabajo de referencia = reference work.

* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.

* trabajo detectivesco = sleuthing.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* trabajo diario = day's work, daily work.

* trabajo doméstico = domestic duty, domestic work, domestic task.

* trabajo duro = hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

* trabajo duro, mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* trabajo editorial = editorship.

* trabajo en archivística = archives work.

* trabajo en colaboración = interworking.

* trabajo en común = interworking.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

* trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.

* trabajo en red = networking.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

* trabajo entre manos, el = work at hand, the.

* trabajo eventual = jobbing.

* trabajo físico = physical work.

* trabajo improductivo = busywork.

* trabajo individual = independent study, self-study.

* trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.

* trabajo ininterrumpido = continuous work.

* trabajo manual = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labour.

* trabajo monótono = drudge work, drudgery.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* trabajo no remunerado = unpaid work, unremunerated work.

* trabajo pesado = grind, grinding, donkey work.

* trabajo por cuenta propia = self-employment.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por + Posesivo + cuenta = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por turnos = shift work.

* trabajo práctico = fieldwork [field work], practical work.

* trabajo preliminar = groundwork, legwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo previo = groundwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo remunerado = work-for-hire, paid work, paid labour.

* trabajo rutinario = chore, routine work, mundane task.

* trabajos = life's work.

* trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

* trabajos forzados = forced labour, hard labour.

* trabajo social = social work.

* trabajo sucio = dirty work.

* trabajo sumergido = informal work.

* trabajo temporal = temporary job, casual job.

* trabajo urgente = hurried work, rush job.

* trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.

* turno de trabajo de atención al usuario = desk duty.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* útil de trabajo = tool.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo1
14 alto

adj.

1 tall, elevated, high-rise.

2 high, upland.

3 tall.

4 high, steep.

Precios altos High (steep) prices

5 loud.

6 lofty.

adv.

1 loudly, aloud, high up.

2 high, in a high position.

intj.

stop, hold everything, halt, hold it.

m.

1 height.

2 stop, halt, interruption, pause.

3 hill, top of the hill, height.

4 upper floor.

5 high point, high, maximum.

6 Alto.

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alto

► adjetivo

1 (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

■ es una mujer muy alta she's a very tall woman

2 (montaña, pared, techo, precio) high

■ lleva zapatos de tacón alto she wears high-heeled shoes

■ la marea está alta it's high tide

■ tiene la presión alta he's got high blood pressure

3 (elevado) top, upper

■ viven en los pisos altos they live on the upper floors

4 (importancia) high, top

■ es un alto ejecutivo en la empresa he's a top executive in the company

5 (voz, sonido) loud

■ lo dijo en voz alta she said it aloud

■ pon la tele más alta turn the telly up

► adverbio alto

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a altas horas de la noche late at night

en lo alto de on the top of

pasar por alto to pass over

por todo lo alto figurado in a grand way

tirando alto figurado at the most

alta cocina haute cuisine

alta sociedad high society

alta tecnología high technology

altas presiones high pressure sing

alto horno blast furnace

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alto

► adverbio

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

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alto

► nombre masculino

1 (parada) stop

■ hicieron un alto para comer they stopped for lunch

► interjección

1 halt! (policía) stop!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el alto a alguien MILITAR to order somebody to halt

alto el fuego cease-fire

* * *
1. (f. - alta)
adj.

1) tall

2) high

3) loud
2. adv.
1) high

2) loudly
3. noun m.
1) height

2) halt, stop

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I
1. ADJ

1) [en altura]

a) [edificio, persona] tall; [monte] high

está muy alto para su edad — he is very tall for his age

los pisos altos tienen más luz natural — the top flats have more natural light

• jersey de cuello alto — polo neck jumper, turtleneck

• camino de alta montaña — high mountain path

• zapatos de tacón o Cono Sur, Perú taco alto — high-heeled shoes, high heels
mar I, 1)
b)

• lo alto, una casa en lo alto de la cuesta — a house on top of the hill

desde lo alto del árbol — from the top of the tree

• lanzar algo de o desde lo alto — to throw sth down, throw sth down from above

por todo lo alto —

lo celebraron por todo lo alto — they celebrated it in style

2) [en nivel] [grado, precio, riesgo] high; [clase, cámara] upper

se han alcanzado muy altas temperaturas — there have been very high temperatures

tiene la tensión alta — he has high blood pressure

los alumnos de los niveles más altos — the highest level students

la marea estaba alta — it was high tide, the tide was in

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su descaro — he paid a very high price for his cheekiness

una familia de clase alta — an upper class family

la cámara alta del Parlamento ruso — the upper house of the Russian parliament

ocupa una alta posición en el gobierno — he occupies a high-ranking position in the government

tiene un alto sentido del deber — he has a strong sense of duty

• alta burguesía — upper-middle class

• alto cargo — [puesto] high-ranking position; [persona] senior official, high-ranking official

• alta cocina — haute cuisine

• alto/a comisario/a — High Commissioner

• Alto Comisionado — High Commission

• alta costura — high fashion, haute couture

• de alta definición — high-definition antes de s

• alto/a ejecutivo/a — top executive

• alta escuela — (Hípica) dressage

un jugador de alta escuela — a top quality player

• altas esferas — upper echelons

• alta fidelidad — high fidelity, hi-fi

• altas finanzas — high finance

• alta frecuencia — high frequency

• alto funcionario — senior official, high-ranking official

• oficiales de alta graduación — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• altos hornos — blast furnace

• altos mandos — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• de altas miras, es un chico de altas miras — he is a boy of great ambition

• alta presión — (Téc, Meteo) high pressure

hoy continuarán las altas presiones — the high pressure system will continue today

• alta sociedad — high society

• alta tecnología — high technology

• temporada alta — high season

• alta tensión — high tension, high voltage

• alta traición — high treason

• alta velocidad — high speed

Alta Velocidad Española — Esp name given to high speed train system

3) [en intensidad]

el volumen está muy alto — the volume is very loud

la calefacción está muy alta — the heating is very high

• en voz alta — [leer] out loud; [hablar] in a loud voice

4) [en el tiempo]

hasta altas horas de la madrugada — until the early hours

5) [estilo] lofty, elevated

6) (=revuelto)

• estar alto — [río] to be high; [mar] to be rough

7) (Geog) upper

el Alto Rin — the Upper Rhine

8) (Mús) [nota] sharp; [instrumento, voz] alto

9) ( Hist, Ling) high

alto antiguo alemán — Old High German

la alta Edad Media — the high Middle Ages

2. ADV

1) (=arriba) high

sube un poco más alto — go up a little higher

ha llegado muy alto en su carrera profesional — he's reached the top in his professional career

lanzar algo alto — to throw sth high

2) (=en voz alta)

gritar alto — to shout out loud

hablar alto — (=en voz alta) to speak loudly; (=con franqueza) to speak out, speak out frankly

¡más alto, por favor! — louder, please!

pon la radio un poco más alto — turn the radio up a little

pensar (en) alto — to think out loud, think aloud
volar
3. SM

1) (=altura)

el muro tiene 5 metros de alto — the wall is 5 metres high

mide 1,80 de alto — he is 1.80 metres tall

• en alto, coloque los pies en alto — put your feet up

con las manos en alto — [en atraco, rendición] with one's hands up; [en manifestación] with one's hands in the air

dejar algo en alto —

el resultado deja muy en alto su reputación como el mejor del mundo — the result has boosted his reputation as the best in the world

estas cosas dejan en alto el buen nombre de un país — these things contribute to maintaining the country's good name

2) (Geog) hill

el pueblo está en un alto — the town lies on a hill

Altos del Golán — Golan Heights

3) (Arquit) upper floor

4) (Mús) alto

5)

altos y bajos — ups and downs

6)

• pasar por alto — [+ detalle, problema] to overlook

7) Chile [de ropa, cartas] pile

8) Chile [de tela] length

9)

los altos — Cono Sur, Méx [de casa] upstairs; (Geog) the heights

los altos de Jalisco — the Jalisco heights
II
1. SM

1) (=parada) stop

• dar el alto a algn — to order sb to halt, stop sb

• hacer un alto — [en viaje] to stop off; [en actividad] to take a break

a este bar vienen los camioneros que hacen un alto en el camino — the lorry drivers stop off at this bar on the way

hicieron un alto en el trabajo para comer un bocadillo — they took a break from work to eat a sandwich

• poner el alto a algo — Méx to put an end to sth

alto el fuego — Esp ceasefire

2) (Aut) (=señal) stop sign; (=semáforo) lights pl

2.

EXCL

¡alto! — halt!, stop!

¡alto ahí! — stop there!

¡alto el fuego! — cease fire!

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *

alto¹

¹ = stop.

Ex: It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.

* alto del fuego = cease-fire.

* alto en el camino = stopover.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.

* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.

* un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.

alto²

² = alto.

Ex: The simultaneous interweaving of several melodic lines (usually four: soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in a musical composition is known as polyphony.

alto³

³ = height.

Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.

* altos y bajos = highs and lows, peaks and valleys.

* celebrar por todo lo alto = make + a song and dance about.

* con la frente en alto = stand + tall.

* en lo alto = on top.

* en lo alto de = on top of, atop.

* poner los pies en alto = put + Posesivo + feet up.

alto⁴

⁴ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], high [higher -comp., highest -sup.], superior, tall [taller -comp., tallest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

Ex: In fact, the area was well served by a very good neighbourhood advice centre which had a heavy workload of advice and information-giving.

Ex: Lower specificity will be associated with lower precision but high recall.

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

Ex: Occasionally, however, a differently shaped pyramid -- either taller or shorter, is more appropriate.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* alta burguesía, la = gentry, the.

* alta cocina = haute cuisine.

* alta costura = haute couture.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* alta intensidad = high-rate.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* alta posición = high estate.

* alta productividad = high yield.

* alta resolución = high resolution.

* altas esferas del poder, las = echelons of power, the.

* altas esferas, las = corridors of power, the.

* alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.

* alta traición = high treason.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* alto cargo = senior post, top official, senior position, top person [top people, -pl.], top executive, top position, senior manager, senior executive, high official, top manager, senior official.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alto comisario = high commissioner.

* alto dignatario = high official.

* alto en fibras = high-fibre.

* alto funcionario = high official.

* alto horno = blast furnace.

* alto nivel = high standard.

* alto precio = costliness.

* alto rendimiento = high yield.

* alto riesgo = high stakes.

* altos cargos = people in high office.

* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* amontonarse muy alto = be metres high.

* apuntar muy alto = reach for + the stars, shoot for + the stars.

* a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* clase alta = upper class.

* con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].

* cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* edificio alto = high-rise building.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.

* fijar precios altos = price + high.

* física de altas energías = high energy physics.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.

* línea de alta tensión = power line.

* llevar a cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* marea alta = high tide.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* pagar un precio alto por Algo = pay + a premium price for.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA].

* persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.

* poner un precio a Algo muy alto = overprice.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* quimioterapia de altas dosis = high-dose chemotherapy.

* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.

* temporada alta = high season.

* tener un alto contenido de = be high in.

* unaprobabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.

* un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.

alto⁵

⁵ = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.].

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* en voz alta = loudly, out loud.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* leer en voz alta = read + aloud, read + out loud.

* pensar en voz alta = think + out loud.

* sonido alto = loud noise.

* * *

alto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall; ‹pared/montaña› high

zapatos de tacones altos or ( AmS) de taco alto high-heeled shoes

es más alto que su hermano he's taller than his brother

una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

2 [ ESTAR]:

¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!

mi hija está casi tan alta como yo my daughter's almost as tall as me now o almost my height now

B (indicando posición, nivel)

1 [ SER] high

los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto a high-waisted dress

2 [ ESTAR]:

ese cuadro está muy alto that picture's too high

ponlo más alto para que los niños no alcancen put it higher up so that the children can't reach

el río está muy alto the river is very high

la marea está alta it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos del edificio the top floors of the building

salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands up o with your hands in the air

eso deja muy en alto su buen nombre (CS); that has really boosted his reputation

últimamente están con or tienen la moral bastante alta they've been in pretty high spirits lately, their morale has been pretty high recently

a pesar de haber perdido, ha sabido mantener alto el espíritu he's managed to keep his spirits up despite losing

Dios te está mirando allá en lo alto God is watching you from on high

habían acampado en lo alto de la montaña they had camped high up on the mountainside

en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree, at the top of the tree

por todo lo alto in style

celebraron su triunfo por todo lo alto they celebrated their victory in style

una boda por todo lo alto a lavish wedding

C (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta she has high blood pressure

cereales de alto contenido en fibra high-fiber cereals

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su irreflexión he has paid a very high price for his rashness

productos de alta calidad high-quality products

[ S ] imprescindible alto dominio del inglés good knowledge of English essential

el nivel es bastante alto en este colegio the standard is quite high in this school

el alto índice de participación en las elecciones the high turnout in the elections

embarazo de alto riesgo high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto at the most, at the outside

tirando por lo alto costará unas 200 libras it will cost about 200 pounds at the most o at the outside

D

1 [ ESTAR] (en intensidad) ‹volumen/radio/televisión› loud

pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

¡qué alta está la televisión! the television is so loud!

2

en voz alta or en alto aloud, out loud

estaba pensando en voz alta I was thinking aloud o out loud

E ( delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/dirigente/funcionario› high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango a high-ranking army officer

uno de los más altos ejecutivos de la empresa one of the company's top executives

conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

F ( delante del n) ‹ideales› high

tiene un alto sentido del deber she has a strong sense of duty

es el más alto honor de mi vida it is the greatest honor I have ever had

tiene un alto concepto or una alta opinión de ti he has a high opinion of you, he thinks very highly of you

G ( delante del n)

1 ( Ling) high

el alto alemán High German

2 ( Geog) upper

el alto Aragón upper Aragon

el Alto Paraná the Upper Paraná

Compuestos:

● alta burguesía

feminine upper-middle classes (pl)

● alta cocina

feminine haute cuisine

● alta comedia

feminine high comedy

● alta costura

feminine haute couture, high fashion

● alta definición

feminine high definition

de or en altoa definición high-definition ( before n)

● alta Edad Media

feminine High Middle Ages (pl)

● alta escuela

feminine dressage

● alta fidelidad

feminine high fidelity, hi-fi

● alta frecuencia

feminine high frequency

● alta mar

masculine or feminine el pesquero fue apresado en (el or la) altoa mar the trawler was seized on the high sea(s)

se hundió cerca de la costa y no en (el or la) altoa mar it sank near the coast and not on the open sea o not out at sea

la flota de altoa mar the deep-sea fleet

● alta peluquería

feminine hairstyling

● altas esferas

fpl upper echelons (pl)

● altas finanzas

fpl:

las altoas finanzas high finance

● alta sociedad

feminine high society

● altas presiones

fpl high pressure

un sistema de altoas presiones a high-pressure system

● alta tecnología

feminine high technology

● alta tensión

feminine high tension o voltage

● alta traición

feminine high treason

● alto cargo

masculine (puesto) high-ranking position, important post; (persona) high-ranking official

● alto comisario, alta comisaria

masculine, feminine high commissioner

● alto comisionado or comisariado

masculine high commission

● alto horno

masculine blast furnace

● alto mando

masculine high-ranking officer

● alto relieve

masculine high relief, alto relievo

● Alta Velocidad Española

AVE

● alto voltaje

masculine high voltage o tension

alto²

adverb

A ‹volar/subir/tirar› high

tírala más alto throw it higher

B ‹hablar› loud, loudly

habla más alto que no te oigo can you speak up a little o speak a bit louder, I can't hear you

pasar por alto ver pasar vt Sense I F. (↑ pasar)

alto³

interjection

halt!

¡alto (ahí)! (dicho por un centinela) halt!; (dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

¡alto ahí! ¡eso sí que no estoy dispuesto a aceptarlo! hold on! I'm not taking that!

¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

Compuesto:

alto el fuego

masculine ( Esp) ( Mil) cease-fire

alto⁴

masculine

A

1

(altura): de alto high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto por dos de ancho it's three meters high by two wide

2 (en el terreno) high ground

siempre se edificaban en un alto they were always built on high ground

B

1 (de un edificio) top floor

viven en un alto they live in a top floor apartment o ( BrE) flat

2 los altos mpl (CS) (en una casa) upstairs

viven en los altos del taller they live above the workshop

C

(parada, interrupción): hacer un alto to stop

hicieron un alto en el camino para almorzar they stopped off o they stopped on the way for lunch

dar el alto a algn ( Mil) to stop sb, to order sb to halt

D ( Méx) ( Auto)

1 (señal de pare) stop sign

pasarse el alto to go through the stop sign

2 (semáforo) stoplight

pasarse el alto to run the red light ( AmE), to jump the lights ( BrE)

E

1 ( Chi fam) (de cosas) pile, heap

2 ( Chi) (cantidad de tela) length

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alto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) [ser] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall;

‹pared/montaña› high;
◊ una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]:

◊ ¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!;

está tan alta como yo she's as tall as me now
2 (indicando posición, nivel)
a) [ser] high;

◊ los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

b) [estar]:

◊ el río está muy alto the river is very high;

la marea está alta it's high tide;
los pisos más altos the top floors;
salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands in the air;
con la moral bastante alta in pretty high spirits;
en lo alto de la montaña high up on the mountainside;
en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree;
por todo lo alto in style
3 (en cantidad, calidad) high;
◊ el alto nivel de contaminación the high level of pollution;

productos de alta calidad high-quality products;
tirando por lo alto at the most
4
a) [estar] ( en intensidad) ‹volumen/televisión› loud;

◊ pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

b) en alto or en voz alta aloud, out loud

5 ( delante del n)
a) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/funcionario› high-ranking, top;

◊ conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

b) ‹ideales/opinión› high;

◊ un alto sentido del deber a strong sense of duty

c) ( en nombres compuestos)

◊ alta burguesía sustantivo femenino

upper-middle classes (pl);
alta costura sustantivo femenino
haute couture;
alta fidelidad sustantivo femenino
high fidelity, hi-fi;
alta mar sustantivo femenino: en alta mar on the high seas;
flota/pesca de alta mar deep-sea fleet/fishing;
alta sociedad sustantivo femenino
high society;
alta tensión sustantivo femenino
high tension o voltage;
alto cargo sustantivo masculino ( puesto) high-ranking position;

( persona) high-ranking official;
◊ alto mando sustantivo masculino

high-ranking officer
alto 2 adverbio
1 ‹volar/subir› high
2 ‹ hablar› loud, loudly;
◊ habla más alto speak up a little

alto 3 interjección
halt!;
◊ ¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

alto 4 sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( altura)

◊ de alto high;

tiene tres metros de alto it's three meters high
b) ( en el terreno) high ground;

◊ construido en un alto built on high ground

2
a) (parada, interrupción):

◊ hacer un alto to stop;

alto el fuego (Esp) (Mil) cease-fire
b) (Méx) (Auto):

◊ pasarse el alto ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE);

( un stop) to go through the stop sign
alto,-a 2
I adjetivo
1 (que tiene altura: edificio, persona, ser vivo) tall
2 (elevado) high
3 (sonido) loud
en voz alta, aloud, in a loud voice
(tono) high-pitched
4 (precio, tecnología) high
alta tensión, high tension
5 (antepuesto al nombre: de importancia) high-ranking, high-level: es una reunión de alto nivel, it's a high-level meeting
alta sociedad, high society ➣ Ver nota en aloud II sustantivo masculino
1 (altura) height: ¿cómo es de alto?, how tall/high is it?
2 (elevación del terreno) hill
III adverbio
1 high, high up
2 (sonar, hablar, etc) loud, loudly: ¡más alto, por favor!, louder, please!
tienes que poner el horno más alto, you must turn the oven up ➣ Ver nota en high
♦ Locuciones: la boda se celebró por todo lo alto, the wedding was celebrated in style
alto 1 sustantivo masculino (interrupción) stop, break
' alto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alta
- así
- barrio
- caer
- colmo
- cómo
- ella
- fuerte
- horno
- listón
- medir
- media
- monte
- ojo
- pasar
- relativamente
- riesgo
- superior
- suprimir
- suspender
- tacón
- tono
- última
- último
- vida
- vocinglera
- vocinglero
- buzo
- contralto
- cuello
- funcionario
- grande
- hablar
- imaginar
- individuo
- lo
- nivel
- redondear
- saltar
- salto
- subir
- taco
- tanto
- todo
- torre
English:
above
- aloud
- alto
- arch
- atop
- blast-furnace
- brass
- ceasefire
- discount
- foreigner
- gloss over
- halt
- height
- high
- high-end
- high-level
- high-powered
- inflated
- labour-intensive
- laugh
- lifestyle
- loud
- omission
- overhead
- overlook
- pass down
- pass over
- peak
- polo neck
- second
- senior
- short
- sing up
- small
- soar
- speak up
- stop
- tall
- top
- top-level
- top-secret
- topmost
- tree-house
- turtleneck
- unemployment
- up
- upper
- uppermost
- world
- aloft

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alto, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, árbol, edificio] tall;
[montaña] high;
es más alto que su compañero he's taller than his colleague;

el Everest es la montaña más alta del mundo Everest is the world's highest mountain;

¡qué alta está tu hermana! your sister's really grown!;

un jersey de cuello alto Br a polo neck, US a turtleneck;

tacones o Andes, RP [m5] tacos altos high heels;

lo alto [de lugar, objeto] the top;
Fig [el cielo] Heaven;
en lo alto de at the top of;

el gato se escondió en lo alto del árbol the cat hid up the tree;

Comp

hacer algo por todo lo alto to do sth in (great) style;

una boda por todo lo alto a sumptuous wedding

Comp
alto relieve high relief
2. [indica posición elevada] high;
[piso] top, upper;
tu mesa es muy alta para escribir bien your desk is too high for writing comfortably;

¡salgan con los brazos en alto! come out with your arms raised o your hands up;

aguántalo en alto un segundo hold it up for a second;

tienen la moral muy alta their morale is very high;

el portero desvió el balón por alto the keeper tipped the ball over the bar;

de alta mar deep-sea;

en alta mar out at sea;

le entusiasma la alta montaña she loves mountaineering;

equipo de alta montaña mountaineering gear;

Comp

mantener la cabeza bien alta to hold one's head high;

Comp

pasar algo por alto [adrede] to pass over sth;
[sin querer] to miss sth out;
esta vez pasaré por alto tu retraso I'll overlook the fact that you arrived late this time

3. [cantidad, intensidad] high;

de alta calidad high-quality;

tengo la tensión muy alta I have very high blood pressure;

tiene la fiebre alta her temperature is high, she has a high temperature;
Informát
un disco duro de alta capacidad a high-capacity hard disk;

un televisor de alta definición a high-definition TV;

una inversión de alta rentabilidad a highly profitable investment;

un tren de alta velocidad a high-speed train

Comp
alto horno blast furnace;
altos hornos [factoría] iron and steelworks;
Informát alta resolución high resolution;
alta temperatura high temperature;

alta tensión high voltage;
Der alta traición high treason;
alto voltaje high voltage

4. [en una escala]
la alta competición [en deporte] competition at the highest level;

de alto nivel [delegación] high-level;

un alto dirigente a high-ranking leader

Comp
Hist la alta aristocracia the highest ranks of the aristocracy;
alto cargo [persona] [de empresa] top manager;
[de la administración] top-ranking official; [puesto] top position o job;
los altos cargos del partido the party leadership;

los altos cargos de la empresa the company's top management;

alta cocina haute cuisine;

Alto Comisionado High Commission;

alta costura haute couture;
Mil alto mando [persona] high-ranking officer; [jefatura] high command;
alta sociedad high society

5. [avanzado] alta fidelidad high fidelity;

altas finanzas high finance;
Informát de alto nivel [lenguaje] high-level;
alta tecnología high technology

6. [sonido, voz] loud;

en voz alta in a loud voice;

el que no esté de acuerdo que lo diga en voz alta if anyone disagrees, speak up

7. [hora] late;

a altas horas de la noche late at night

8. Geog upper;

un crucero por el curso alto del Danubio a cruise along the upper reaches of the Danube;

el Alto Egipto Upper Egypt

Comp
Hist Alto Perú = name given to Bolivia during the colonial era; Antes Alto Volta Upper Volta
9. Hist High;

la alta Edad Media the High Middle Ages

10. [noble] [ideales] lofty

11. [crecido, alborotado] [río] swollen;
[mar] rough;
con estas lluvias el río va alto the rain has swollen the river's banks

♦ nm

1. [altura] height;

mide 2 metros de alto [cosa] it's 2 metres high;
[persona] he's 2 metres tall
2. [lugar elevado] height

Comp
los Altos del Golán the Golan Heights
3. [detención] stop;

hacer un alto to make a stop;

hicimos un alto en el camino para comer we stopped to have a bite to eat;

dar el alto a alguien to challenge sb

Comp
alto el fuego [cese de hostilidades] ceasefire;
¡alto el fuego! [orden] cease fire!

4. Mús alto

5. [voz alta]
no se atreve a decir las cosas en alto she doesn't dare say out loud what she's thinking

6. Andes, Méx, RP [montón] pile;

tengo un alto de cosas para leer I have a pile o mountain of things to read

7. CSur, Perú
altos [de casa] upstairs Br flat o US apartment [with its own front door];

vive en los altos de la tintorería she lives in a separate Br flat o US apartment above the dry cleaner's

8. Méx [señal] stop sign

♦ adv

1. [arriba] high (up);

volar muy alto to fly very high

2. [hablar] loud;

por favor, no hables tan alto please, don't talk so loud

♦ interj

halt!, stop!;

¡alto! ¿quién va? halt! who goes there?;

¡alto ahí! [en discusión] hold on a minute!;
[a un fugitivo] stop!
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alto

1

I adj persona tall; precio, número, montaña high;

en alta mar on the high seas;

el alto Salado the upper (reaches of the) Salado;

los pisos altos the top floors;

en voz alta out loud;

a altas horas de la noche in the small hours;

clase alta high class;

alta calidad high quality

II adv volar, saltar high;

hablar alto speak loudly;

pasar por alto overlook;

poner más alto TV, RAD turn up;

por todo lo alto fam lavishly;

en alto on high ground, high up;

llegar alto go far

III m

1 ( altura) height;

dos metros de alto two meters high

2 Chi

pile

3

:

los altos de Golán GEOG the Golan Heights

alto

2 m

1 halt;

¡alto! halt!;

dar el alto a alguien order s.o. to stop;

¡alto ahí! stop right there!

2 ( pausa) pause;

hacer un alto stop

* * *

alto adv

1) : high

2) : loud, loudly

alto, -ta adj

1) : tall, high

2) : loud

en voz alta: aloud, out loud

alto nm

1) altura: height, elevation

2) : stop, halt

3) altos nmpl

: upper floors

alto interj

: halt!, stop!

* * *

alto¹ adj

1. (en general) high

la montaña más alta del mundo the highest mountain in the world

una puntuación muy alta a very high score

2. (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

soy más alto que tú I'm taller than you

3. (sonido, voz) loud

la música está muy alta the music is really loud

dilo en voz alta say it out loud

a altas horas de la noche late at night

pasar por alto to overlook

alto cargo senior official

alta fidelidad hi fi

alta mar high sea

alta sociedad high society

clase alta upper class

alto² adv

1. (volar, subir) high

los aviones vuelan muy alto aeroplanes fly very high

2. (hablar) loudly

no hables tan alto don't talk so loudly

alto³ n (altura) height

mide más de dos metros de alto he's over two metres tall

el muro tiene cinco metros de alto the wall is five metros high

alto el fuego ceasefire

Spanish-English dictionary > alto
15 señalar

v.

1 to indicate, to point at, to point out, to signal.

Pedro apunta las necesidades de ella Peter points out her needs.

2 to point.

3 to point fingers, to accuse.

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señalar

► verbo transitivo

1 (marcar) to mark

2 (rubricar) to sign and seal

3 (hacer herida) to mark, scar

4 (hacer notar) to point out

■ señaló algunas contradicciones she pointed out some contradictions

5 (apuntar hacia) to point to, show

■ la manecilla pequeña señala las dos the little hand is pointing to two

6 (con el dedo) to point at

7 (fijar - cita) to arrange, make; (fecha, lugar, precio) to set, fix

8 (designar) to appoint

9 (subrayar la importancia) to stress, underline

► verbo pronominal señalarse

1 (distinguirse) to distinguish oneself

2 (sobresalir) to stand out

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verb

1) to indicate, show

2) mark

3) point out

* * *

1. VT

1) (=indicar) [gen] to show; [con el dedo] to point

me señaló el camino — he showed me the way

como señala el informe — as shown in the report

la aguja señala el nivel del aceite — the needle shows the oil level

el termómetro señalaba 25 grados — the thermometer read 25 degrees

es de mala educación señalar a la gente — it's rude to point (at people)

señalar una falta — (Dep) to indicate a foul

2) (=marcar) to mark

señala en rojo dónde están los fallos — mark the mistakes in red

señaló las cajas con etiquetas — he labelled the boxes

el acné le ha señalado la cara — his face has been marked o scarred by acne

eso señaló el principio de la decadencia — that marked the start of the decline

3) (=destacar) to point out

tenemos que señalar tres aspectos fundamentales — we have to point out three fundamental aspects

tuve que señalarle varios errores en el examen — I had to point out several mistakes in the exam to him

señalar que — to point out that

4) (=designar) [+ fecha, precio] to fix, settle; [+ tarea] to set

en el momento señalado — at the given moment, at the appointed time

todas las encuestas lo señalan como el candidato favorito — all the opinion polls point to him as the favourite candidate

5) (Aut) [+ carretera, ruta] to signpost

6) [+ ganado] to brand

2.

See:

señalarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( indicar)

la flecha señalaba la salida — the arrow pointed to the exit

me estaba señalando con el dedo — he was pointing at me (with his finger)

me señaló la ruta en un mapa — he showed me the route o pointed out the route (to me) on a map

me señaló con el dedo qué pasteles quería — he pointed out (to me) which cakes he wanted

las manecillas del reloj señalaban las doce — the hands of the clock showed twelve

2) (marcar con lápiz, rotulador) to mark

3) ( afirmar) to point out

señaló que... — she pointed out that...

4) ( fijar) < fecha> to fix, set

a la hora señalada — at the appointed o arranged time

en el lugar señalado — in the appointed o agreed place

5) ( anunciar) to mark
2.
señalar vi to point

no señales! — don't point!
3.
señalarse v pron to distinguish oneself

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( indicar)

la flecha señalaba la salida — the arrow pointed to the exit

me estaba señalando con el dedo — he was pointing at me (with his finger)

me señaló la ruta en un mapa — he showed me the route o pointed out the route (to me) on a map

me señaló con el dedo qué pasteles quería — he pointed out (to me) which cakes he wanted

las manecillas del reloj señalaban las doce — the hands of the clock showed twelve

2) (marcar con lápiz, rotulador) to mark

3) ( afirmar) to point out

señaló que... — she pointed out that...

4) ( fijar) < fecha> to fix, set

a la hora señalada — at the appointed o arranged time

en el lugar señalado — in the appointed o agreed place

5) ( anunciar) to mark
2.
señalar vi to point

no señales! — don't point!
3.
señalarse v pron to distinguish oneself

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señalar¹

¹ = mark off, point to, tick (off), mark out, bring to + Posesivo + notice, mark + Nombre + down as.

Ex: Human intervention may also be necessary to mark off the area in the string on the title page that should be indexed, and possibly to add an imprint date if not present.

Ex: This article points to economically feasible and communication-based indexing methods which fit the potentials of current information technology.

Ex: In particular note, for example by ticking them, those terms that merit a turn in the lead position, and those that do not.

Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.

Ex: One moonlight night Sweeny was brought to our notice by his ejaculations of impatience at being obliged to come to a dead halt.

Ex: One look convinced the employer that she was unsuited for the work, and he marked her down as unsuitable.

* señalar a Alguien = put + Alguien + on the spot.

* señalar con el dedo = point + the fingers at.

* señalar con un círculo = circle.

señalar²

² = bring to + Posesivo + attention, get at, indicate, mark, point, point out, signal, signify, stress, note, state, point + (a/the) finger(s) at.

Ex: Errors in colleagues' work should be brought to their attention tactfully and not in the presence of others = A los compañeros se les debería hacer ver sus errores discretamente y no en presencia de otros.

Ex: What I'm getting at is this: At least in the CIP entry that I have seen, LC, following customary practice, made a title entry for the main title, 'Women in Librarianship', but nothing under Melvil's 'Rib Symposium'.

Ex: The general index of CC lists isolates and indicates where they may be found as in a relative index.

Ex: In addition, synthesis often requires the use of a facet indicator, which marks the beginning of a new facet for example.

Ex: An arrow pointing upwards indicates when the terminal is in insert mode.

Ex: By means of the arrangement of document substitutes in library catalogues, and also by the arrangement of documents themselves, it is possible to point out, or indicate, classes of documents.

Ex: Main classes are denoted by a capital letter, and in most classes a second capital letter is used to signal major sections or subclasses.

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

Ex: However, it must be stressed that these problems are still in the future.

Ex: In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.

Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.

Ex: It is easy to point the fingers at the refs.

* señalar diferencias = point out + differences, note + difference, point to + differences.

* señalar las dificultades = note + difficulties.

* señalar similitudes = point out + similarities.

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señalar [A1 ]

vt

A

(indicar): nos señaló la ruta en un mapa she showed us the route o pointed out the route to us on a map

me señaló con el dedo qué pasteles quería he pointed out to me which cakes he wanted

las manecillas del reloj señalaban las doce the hands of the clock showed twelve

B (marcar) to mark

los he señalado con una cruz I've marked them with a cross, I've put a cross by them

C (afirmar) to point out

señaló la necesidad de abrir nuevos hospitales she pointed out the need to open new hospitals

D (fijar) ‹fecha› to fix, set

a la hora señalada at the appointed o arranged time

señalaron el día 15 como fecha tope they set o fixed the deadline for the 15th

en el lugar señalado in the appointed o agreed place

E (anunciar) to mark

la llegada de las cigüeñas señala el final del invierno the arrival of the storks marks o signals the end of winter

■ señalarse

v pron

to distinguish oneself

se señaló por su heroísmo en la guerra during the war he distinguished himself by his heroism

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señalar ( conjugate señalar) verbo transitivo
1 ( indicar) ‹ruta/camino› to show;
◊ el reloj señalaba las doce the clock showed twelve;

me señaló con el dedo he pointed at me (with his finger);
señalarle algo a algn to show sb sth, point sth out to sb;
me señaló con el dedo qué pasteles quería he pointed out (to me) which cakes he wanted
2 (marcar con lápiz, rotulador) to mark
3 ( afirmar) to point out;
◊ señaló que … she pointed out that …

4 ( fijar) ‹ fecha› to fix, set;
◊ en el lugar señalado in the appointed o agreed place

5 ( anunciar) to mark
verbo intransitivo
to point
señalar verbo transitivo
1 (con el dedo) to point at
(desprestigiar)
2 (apuntar, subrayar) me gustaría señalar que..., I would like to point out that...
3 (señalizar) to indicate: la brújula señalaba el norte, the compass was pointing North
4 (una fecha) to fix
5 (dejar una marca o huella) el navajazo le señaló la cara, the knife wound scarred his face
' señalar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apuntar
- indicar
- marcar
- dar
- dedo
- penalty
- puntero
- puntualizar
English:
appoint
- designate
- mark
- must
- pinpoint
- point
- point out
- signal
- at
- give
- indicate
- show
- single

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señalar

♦ vt

1. [marcar] to mark;
[hora, temperatura] to indicate, to show;
el termómetro señalaba 10 grados the thermometer showed 10 degrees;

la brújula debe señalar el norte the compass should indicate north;

cuando el reloj señale las doce when the clock says twelve;

las elecciones de aquel año señalaron el comienzo de la transición that year's elections marked the beginning of the transition

2. [apuntar] to point out;

nos señaló con el dedo he pointed at us;

no quiero señalar a nadie, pero… I don't want to point the finger at anyone, but…;

la flecha señala el camino the arrow indicates the path;

me señaló los errores que había cometido he showed me o pointed out to me the mistakes I had made

3. [ser el inicio de] to mark, to signal;

las lluvias señalan la llegada del monzón the rains signal o announce the arrival of the monsoon

4. [recalcar] to point out;

me gustaría señalar que… I'd like to point out that…

5. [fijar] to set, to fix;

aún no han señalado el día de la boda they haven't yet fixed the date of the wedding;

señaló su valor en 1.000 dólares he set o fixed its value at 1,000 dollars

6. [ganado] to brand

♦ See also the pronominal verb señalarse

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señalar

v/t

1 indicate, point out;

señalar a alguien con el dedo tb fig point at s.o.

2 con símbolo, línea etc mark

3 ( fijar) set, decide on

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señalar vt

1) indicar: to indicate, to show

2) : to mark

3) : to point out, to stress

4) : to fix, to set

♦ See also the reflexive verb señalarse

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señalar vb

1. (marcar) to mark

señalaré con una cruz los paquetes urgentes I'll mark the urgent parcels with a cross

2. (indicar) to point out / to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

el niño señalaba los juguetes que le gustaban the boy pointed out the toys he liked

el termómetro señalaba treinta grados the thermometer showed thirty degrees

3. (fijar) to set [pt. & pp. set] / to fix

la profesora ya ha señalado el día del examen the teacher has already set the day of the exam

señalar con el dedo to point

es de mala educación señalar con el dedo a las personas it's rude to point at people

Spanish-English dictionary > señalar
16 trabajo

m.

1 work.

una casa tan grande da mucho trabajo a big house like that is a lot of work

hacer un buen trabajo to do a good job

ser un trabajo de chinos (informal figurative) to be a finicky job

trabajo de campo field work

trabajo en o de equipo teamwork

trabajo físico physical effort

trabajo intelectual mental effort

trabajo manual manual labor

trabajos forzados o forzosos hard labor

trabajo de oficina office work

trabajo social social work

trabajo sucio dirty work

trabajo temporal temporary work

2 job (empleo).

buscar/encontrar trabajo to look for/find work o a job

no tener trabajo to be out of work

3 work (place).

en el trabajo at work

ir al trabajo to go to work

4 essay (escrito) (por estudiante).

5 labor (economics & politics).

6 effort (esfuerzo).

costar mucho trabajo to take a lot of effort

tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo to go to o take the trouble of doing something

7 work place, job, workplace.

pres.indicat.

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

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trabajo

► nombre masculino

1 (ocupación) work

2 (tarea) task, job

3 (empleo) job, employment

4 (esfuerzo) effort

5 EDUCACIÓN report, paper

► nombre masculino plural trabajos

1 figurado (penalidades) hardships

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ahorrarse el trabajo to save oneself the trouble

con gran trabajo / con mucho trabajo with great effort

cuesta trabajo... it's hard to...

■ cuesta trabajo aceptarlo it's hard to accept it

estar sin trabajo to be out of work

ir al trabajo to go to work

sin trabajo (fácilmente) easily

tomarse el trabajo de to take the trouble to

puesto de trabajo job

trabajo a destajo piecework

trabajo de chinos familiar very intricate work, time-consuming work

trabajo de equipo teamwork

trabajo de media jornada part-time job

trabajo eventual casual labour (US labor)

trabajo intelectual brainwork

trabajo por turno / trabajo por turnos shiftwork

trabajos forzados / trabajos forzosos hard labour (US labor) sing

trabajos manuales arts and crafts, handicrafts

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noun m.

1) work, job

2) labor

3) effort

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SM

1) (=labor) work

tengo mucho trabajo — I have a lot of work

me queda trabajo para una hora — I have an hour's work left

¡buen trabajo! — good work!

en reconocimiento a su trabajo como actor — in recognition of his work as an actor

tiene una enorme capacidad de trabajo — she's a very willing worker

planchar la ropa es el trabajo que menos me gusta — the ironing is the job I like least

a veces le sale algún que otro trabajillo — he gets odd jobs now and then

• el trabajo de la casa — the housework

• ropa de trabajo — work clothes

• estar sin trabajo — to be unemployed

los que están sin trabajo — the unemployed

quedarse sin trabajo — to find o.s. out of work, lose one's job

- ¡esto es un trabajo de chinos!

trabajo a destajo — piecework

trabajo de campo, trabajo en el terreno — fieldwork

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

trabajo intelectual — brainwork

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

trabajo nocturno — night work

trabajo por turnos — shiftwork

trabajos forzados — hard labour sing, hard labor (EEUU) sing

trabajos manuales — (Escol) handicrafts

trabajo social — social work

trabajo sucio — dirty work

2) (tb: puesto de trabajo) job

le han ofrecido un trabajo en el banco — he's been offered a job at the bank

tengo un trabajo de media jornada — I have a job working half-days

no encuentro trabajo — I can't find work o a job

trabajo eventual — temporary job

trabajo fijo — permanent job

3) (tb: lugar de trabajo) work

vivo cerca de mi trabajo — I live near work o near my workplace

está en el trabajo — she's at work

me puedes llamar al trabajo — you can call me at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

4) (=esfuerzo)

lo hizo con mucho trabajo — it cost him a lot of effort to do it

han sido muchos años de trabajo para ganar el pleito — it has taken many years' hard work to win the lawsuit

• ahorrarse el trabajo — to save o.s. the trouble

• costar trabajo, le cuesta trabajo hacerlo — he finds it hard to do

me cuesta trabajo decir que no — I find it hard to say no

• dar trabajo, reparar la casa nos ha dado mucho trabajo — it was hard work o a real job repairing the house

los niños pequeños dan mucho trabajo — small children are a lot of work

• tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

- trabajo te doy, trabajo te mando

5) (=obra) (Arte, Literat) work; (Educ) essay; [de investigación] study

uno de los mejores trabajos del arquitecto — one of the architect's greatest works

tengo que entregar dos trabajos mañana — I have to hand in two essays tomorrow

6) (Econ)

a) (=mano de obra) labour, labor (EEUU)

b) (tb: Ministerio de Trabajo) ≈ Department of Employment, ≈ Department of Labor (EEUU)

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masculino

1)

a) ( empleo) job

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

quedarse sin trabajo — to lose one's job

no tiene trabajo fijo — he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

b) ( lugar) work

está en el trabajo — she's at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

2) (actividad, labor) work

requiere años de trabajo — it takes years of work

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

el trabajo de la casa — housework

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo — a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

los niños dan mucho trabajo — children are hard work

buen trabajo! — well done!

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película — he was given an award for his performance in that movie

- trabajo a destajo

- trabajo a reglamento

- trabajo de campo

- trabajo de chinos

- trabajo de parto

- trabajo de práctica

- trabajos forzados

- trabajos manuales

- trabajo voluntario

3)

a) ( tarea) job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work

hice un trabajo sobre Lorca — I did a paper on Lorca

4) ( esfuerzo)

con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse — with great effort she managed to get up

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard to believe

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir — she took the trouble to come

5) (Econ) labor*

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masculino

1)

a) ( empleo) job

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

quedarse sin trabajo — to lose one's job

no tiene trabajo fijo — he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

b) ( lugar) work

está en el trabajo — she's at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

2) (actividad, labor) work

requiere años de trabajo — it takes years of work

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

el trabajo de la casa — housework

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo — a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

los niños dan mucho trabajo — children are hard work

buen trabajo! — well done!

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película — he was given an award for his performance in that movie

- trabajo a destajo

- trabajo a reglamento

- trabajo de campo

- trabajo de chinos

- trabajo de parto

- trabajo de práctica

- trabajos forzados

- trabajos manuales

- trabajo voluntario

3)

a) ( tarea) job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work

hice un trabajo sobre Lorca — I did a paper on Lorca

4) ( esfuerzo)

con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse — with great effort she managed to get up

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard to believe

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir — she took the trouble to come

5) (Econ) labor*

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trabajo¹

¹ = employment, endeavour [endeavor, -USA], job, labour [labor, -USA], leg work, occupation, task, work, working environment, workload [work load], pursuit, workmanship, footwork, handwork, professional position, working practice, pursuit in life, handiwork, lifework, line of business, toil, industry.

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.

Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.

Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.

Ex: The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.

Ex: This article examines the various features now available on copiers and comments on the usefulness in a working environment.

Ex: Each of these changes, if we were to deal with them in an adequate manner, create severe workload problems for the cataloging department.

Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex: William R Lethaby, the architect who had Westminster Abbey in his charge for over twenty years, once said 'Art is thoughtful workmanship'.

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

Ex: The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex: In virtually all of her professional positions she has been involved with the handling of documents.

Ex: While many believe that print on paper will never die, new formats are already changing working practice in many spheres.

Ex: People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.

Ex: Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.

Ex: This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.

Ex: Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.

Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

* acoso en el trabajo = workplace mobbing.

* agenda de trabajo = work agenda.

* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* ahorrar el trabajo de = save + effort in.

* almuerzo de trabajo = work luncheon.

* ámbito de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* amor al trabajo = love of work.

* ansiedad en el trabajo = job anxiety, work anxiety.

* anterior al trabajo = pre-service.

* anuncio de trabajo = help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* anuncios de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* año de trabajo = man year.

* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.

* ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.

* aspirar a un puesto de trabajo = aspire to + position.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.

* basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.

* bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.

* biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.

* bolsa de trabajo = labour exchange, job opportunities, employment bureau, employment centre, employment opportunity, job centre, job pool.

* borrador de trabajo = working paper.

* buscador de trabajo = job applicant, job seeker.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* campo de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* campo de trabajos forzados = labour camp, forced labour camp.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* carga de trabajo = workload [work load].

* centro de trabajo = workplace.

* cobrar en un trabajo = job + pay.

* comenzar el turno de trabajo = go on + duty.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.

* conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.

* condiciones de trabajo = working conditions.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.

* con trabajo = in post.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* contrato de trabajo = contract position.

* conversación de trabajo = shop talk.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* costar trabajo = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.

* definición de trabajo = working definition.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* denominación del puesto de trabajo = job title, occupational title.

* dentro del mismo trabajo = intraoccupational.

* derecho del trabajo = employment law.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.

* desempeñar un trabajo = exercise + work.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* después del horario de trabajo = after hours [after-hours].

* de trabajo = working.

* día del trabajo = Labour Day.

* día de trabajo = working day.

* día internacional del trabajo = Labour Day.

* diario automático de trabajo = time log.

* dignidad del trabajo = dignity of work.

* dinámica de trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribución del trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.

* división del trabajo = division of labour.

* documento de trabajo = working document, working draft.

* eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.

* elaborar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* encomendar un trabajo a Alguien = assign + job.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.

* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* enseñanza en el trabajo = in-service education.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entrevista de trabajo = job interview.

* equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* escribir un trabajo = write + essay.

* espacio de trabajo = workspace.

* específico de un trabajo concreto = job-specific.

* estación de trabajo = workstation [work station], desktop workstation.

* estación de trabajo remota = outstation.

* estadía de trabajo = work visit.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estrategia que ahorra trabajo = labour saver.

* estrés en el trabajo = job stress.

* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.

* excedencia en el trabajo = leave of absence.

* ficha de trabajo = worksheet, project worksheet.

* formación continua en el trabajo = workplace training, workplace learning.

* formación en el trabajo = in-service training, in-service education, in-service, on-the-job training, in-service support.

* funciones del puesto de trabajo = position + entail + duty.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guía de trabajo = working guide.

* hábito de trabajo = work habit, working habit.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hacer + Posesivo + trabajo = get on with + Posesivo + work.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* hacer un trabajo = do + work, do + job.

* hacer un trabajo sobre = do + a project about.

* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* herramienta de trabajo = tool, tool.

* hora de trabajo = man-hour.

* horario de trabajo = hours of operation, working hours, work hours.

* horario intenso de trabajo = long hours, the.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.

* intercambio de puestos de trabajo = job exchange.

* jornada de trabajo = workshop.

* liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.

* liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.

* línea de trabajo = line of work.

* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.

* llegar tarde al trabajo = be late for work.

* lugar de trabajo = affiliation, institutional affiliation, working environment, workplace, place of work, worksite [work site], home institution.

* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.

* magistratura del trabajo = industrial tribunal.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* medida de seguridad e higiene en el trabajo = health and safety standard.

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mesa de trabajo = desk, study table.

* método de trabajo = working method.

* Ministerio de Trabajo = Department of Labor.

* modelo de trabajo = working model, business model.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* negligente en el trabajo = malpractitioner.

* neurosis producida por el trabajo = occupational neurosis.

* NISTF (Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la A = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* norma de trabajo = working rule.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* ocupar un puesto de trabajo = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post.

* oferta de trabajo = job advertisement, job offer, help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* ofertas de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* oportunidad de trabajo = career opportunity.

* organización del trabajo = workflow [work flow], working arrangement.

* paquete de trabajo = workpackage.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.

* permiso de trabajo = work permit.

* permuta de trabajo = job exchange.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

* persona que asigna el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.

* personas sin trabajo remunerado, los = unwaged, the.

* plan de trabajo = research agenda, work plan, working plan, work schedule.

* política de trabajo = policy.

* postura exigida por el trabajo = work posture.

* proceso de trabajo = work process.

* programa de formación en el trabajo = in-service training program(me).

* programa de trabajo = work schedule.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency.

* promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.

* propuesta de trabajo = project proposal.

* proyecto de trabajo = work project.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puesto de trabajo = appointment, position, post, opening, career path, professional position, position held.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* puesto de trabajo ocupado = position held.

* puestos de trabajo ocupados = positions held.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* realizar el trabajo = get + Posesivo + work done.

* realizar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* realizar un trabajo = perform + work, undertake + work.

* realizar un trabajo monótono = have + Posesivo + nose to the grindstone.

* red de trabajo = peer-to-peer network.

* relacionado con el trabajo = job-related, work-related.

* relación de trabajo = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation.

* relativo al trabajo = occupational.

* rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.

* reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* rutina de trabajo = work process.

* sala de trabajo = workroom.

* salir del trabajo = clock off + work.

* salud en el trabajo = occupational health.

* satisfacción en el trabajo = job satisfaction, work satisfaction.

* segregación en el trabajo = job segregation, employment segregation.

* seguridad en el trabajo = safety at work, occupational safety.

* sesión de trabajo = work session, working session.

* sicología del trabajo = occupational psychology.

* sin trabajo = jobless.

* sobrecargado de trabajo = overworked.

* sociología del trabajo = sociology of work.

* soliciante de trabajo = job applicant.

* solicitud de trabajo = job application.

* superficie de trabajo = working surface, work surface.

* taller de trabajo = workshop, study school.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* tener un segundo trabajo = moonlight, work + a second job.

* tener un trabajo = hold down + job.

* tener un trabajo remunerado = be gainfully employed.

* tener un trabajo retribuido = be gainfully employed.

* tensión en el trabajo = job stress.

* tensión producida por el trabajo = occupational stress.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* tomarse excedencia en el trabajo = take + leave from + employment.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de permiso en el trabajo = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off, take + time out.

* trabajo académico = academic work.

* trabajo a destajo = piecework.

* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.

* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.

* trabajo a medias = job share.

* trabajo artesanal = craftsmanship.

* trabajo a tiempo parcial = part-time work, part-time employment, part-time job.

* trabajo atípico = atypical work.

* trabajo autónomo = self-employment.

* trabajo bibliográfico = bibliographic work.

* trabajo bibliotecario = library work.

* trabajo burocrático = paper-keeping.

* trabajo científico = scientific work, scholarly work.

* trabajo compartido = job sharing.

* trabajo complicado = major exercise.

* trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* trabajo con ordenador = computer work.

* trabajo cotidiano = daily work.

* trabajo creativo = creative work.

* trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.

* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.

* trabajo de calidad = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* trabajo de campo = fieldwork [field work].

* trabajo de catalogación = cataloguing work.

* trabajo de chinos = fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.].

* trabajo de clase = term paper, coursework [course work], term project, homework.

* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

* trabajo de escolta = escort work.

* trabajo de impresión = bookwork.

* trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* trabajo de la casa = housework.

* trabajo de menores = child labour.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* trabajo de referencia = reference work.

* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.

* trabajo detectivesco = sleuthing.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* trabajo diario = day's work, daily work.

* trabajo doméstico = domestic duty, domestic work, domestic task.

* trabajo duro = hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

* trabajo duro, mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* trabajo editorial = editorship.

* trabajo en archivística = archives work.

* trabajo en colaboración = interworking.

* trabajo en común = interworking.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

* trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.

* trabajo en red = networking.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

* trabajo entre manos, el = work at hand, the.

* trabajo eventual = jobbing.

* trabajo físico = physical work.

* trabajo improductivo = busywork.

* trabajo individual = independent study, self-study.

* trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.

* trabajo ininterrumpido = continuous work.

* trabajo manual = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labour.

* trabajo monótono = drudge work, drudgery.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* trabajo no remunerado = unpaid work, unremunerated work.

* trabajo pesado = grind, grinding, donkey work.

* trabajo por cuenta propia = self-employment.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por + Posesivo + cuenta = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por turnos = shift work.

* trabajo práctico = fieldwork [field work], practical work.

* trabajo preliminar = groundwork, legwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo previo = groundwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo remunerado = work-for-hire, paid work, paid labour.

* trabajo rutinario = chore, routine work, mundane task.

* trabajos = life's work.

* trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

* trabajos forzados = forced labour, hard labour.

* trabajo social = social work.

* trabajo sucio = dirty work.

* trabajo sumergido = informal work.

* trabajo temporal = temporary job, casual job.

* trabajo urgente = hurried work, rush job.

* trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.

* turno de trabajo de atención al usuario = desk duty.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* útil de trabajo = tool.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

trabajo²

² = assignment, student paper, work, project work, term project.

Nota: Trabajo escrito que debe realizar el estudiante a lo largo de un curso.

Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

Ex: 5 data collection instruments were used: printouts of data base searches executed by students; a questionnaire; bibliographies from student papers; serial holdings of the university library; and interviews with instructors.

Ex: An authority entry is an entry for which the initial element is the uniform heading for a person, corporate body, or work, as established by the cataloguing agency responsible.

Ex: For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

Ex: In 1994, 21 students on an introductory course on communication processes completed analyses of 14 different electronic lists or newsgroups as their term projects.

* impresor de pequeños trabajos = jobbing house, jobbing office, jobbing printer.

* mesa de trabajo = writing desk, work desk.

* preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.

* trabajo de clase = essay assignment, class assignment, course assignment, student assignment, written assignment.

* trabajo de lectura obligatoria = a must-read.

* trabajo de restauración = restoration work.

* trabajo editado = published work.

* trabajo escolar = school work [schoolwork].

* trabajo impreso = printed work.

* trabajo publicado = published work.

* trabajos de clase = classroom asignment.

* un trabajo cuqlquiera = casual job.

* * *

trabajo

masculine

A

1

(empleo): conseguir trabajo to get o find work

consiguió un trabajo muy bien pagado he got himself a very well-paid job

hay dos trabajos interesantes en el periódico de hoy there are two interesting vacancies o jobs in today's paper

se fue a la capital a buscar trabajo he went to the capital to look for work o for a job

la pérdida de 200 puestos de trabajo the loss of 200 jobs

se quedó sin trabajo she lost her job, she was made redundant, she was let go ( AmE)

no tiene trabajo fijo he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada a part-time job

buscaba trabajo de jornada completa or a tiempo completo or de tiempo completo I was looking for full-time work o for a full-time job

2 (lugar) work

está en el trabajo she's at work

ir al trabajo to go to work

llámame al trabajo give me a call at work

la estación queda cerca de mi trabajo the station's close to where I work

Compuesto:

trabajo compartido

work-sharing

B (actividad, labor) work

trabajo intelectual intellectual work o brainwork

su capacidad de trabajo es enorme he has an enormous capacity for work

la máquina hace el trabajo de cinco personas the machine does the work of five people

requiere años de trabajo it takes years of work

todo nuestro trabajo ha sido en vano all our work has been in vain

el trabajo en equipo teamwork

el trabajo de la casa housework

es un trabajo especializado/de precisión it's specialized/precision work

me tocó a mí hacer todo el trabajo I ended up doing all the work, I got stuck o ( BrE) landed with all the work ( colloq)

hoy no puedo, tengo mucho trabajo I can't today, I have o I've got a lot of work to do

tengo mucho trabajo acumulado I have a huge backlog of work to do

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

¡buen trabajo! te felicito nice work! well done

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película he was given an award for his performance in that movie

hacer un trabajo de zapa to work o scheme behind the scenes

le he estado haciendo un trabajo de trabajo y ya lo tengo en el bote I've been quietly working on him o softening him up and now I've got him right where I want him

Compuestos:

● trabajo a destajo

piece work

● trabajo agrícola

agricultural work

● trabajo a reglamento

(CS) work to rule

● trabajo de campo

fieldwork

● trabajo de chinos

fiddly o laborious job

● trabajo de parto

labor*

● trabajo de práctica

work experience

● trabajo en cadena

assembly-line work

● trabajos forzados

mpl hard labor*

● trabajos manuales

mpl handicrafts (pl)

● trabajo social

social work

● trabajo voluntario

voluntary o ( AmE) volunteer work

C

1 (tarea, obra) job

es un trabajo que no lo puede hacer cualquiera it's not a job that just anyone can do

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

la satisfacción de un trabajo bien hecho the satisfaction of a job well done

me cobró un dineral por un par de trabajos he charged me a fortune for doing a couple of little jobs o tasks

2 (obra escrita) piece of work

un trabajo bien documentado a well-documented piece of work

estoy haciendo un trabajo sobre Lorca I'm doing a paper/an essay on Lorca

D

(esfuerzo): con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse with great effort she managed to get up

nos dio mucho trabajo pintarlo painting it was hard work o took a lot of work

los niños dan mucho trabajo children are hard work o a lot of work

me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard to believe

nos costó trabajo convencerla de que viniera we had a hard time persuading her to come

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir a buscarme she took the trouble to come and pick me up

puedes ahorrarte el trabajo de ir hasta allá you can save yourself the trouble o bother of going all the way over there

E ( Econ) labor*

el capital y el trabajo capital and labor

F ( Fís) work

* * *

Del verbo trabajar: ( conjugate trabajar)

trabajo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

trabajó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
trabajar
trabajo
trabajar ( conjugate trabajar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to work;
◊ trabajo por cuenta propia to be self-employed;

trabajo jornada completa or a tiempo completo to work full-time;
trabajo media jornada to work part-time;
trabajo mucho to work hard;
¿en qué trabajas? what do you do (for a living)?;
estoy trabajando en una novela I'm working on a novel;
trabajo DE or COMO algo to work as sth
2 ( actuar) to act, perform;
◊ ¿quién trabaja en la película who's in the movie?

verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹campo/tierra/madera› to work

b) ‹ masa› ( con las manos) to knead, work

2 (perfeccionar, pulir) to work on
trabajo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( empleo) job;

◊ buscar trabajo to look for work o for a job;

quedarse sin trabajo to lose one's job;
un trabajo fijo a steady job;
un trabajo de media jornada a part-time job;
un trabajo de jornada completa or a tiempo completo a full-time job
b) ( lugar) work;

◊ está en el trabajo she's at work;

ir al trabajo to go to work
2 (actividad, labor) work;
◊ trabajo en equipo teamwork;

el trabajo de la casa housework;
los niños dan mucho trabajo children are hard work;
¡buen trabajo! well done!;
trabajo de campo fieldwork;
trabajos forzados hard labor^{( conjugate labor)};
trabajos manuales handicrafts (pl);
trabajo voluntario voluntary o (AmE) volunteer work
3
a) ( tarea) job;

◊ limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio cleaning the oven is a job I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work;

(en universidad, escuela) essay
4 ( esfuerzo):
◊ con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse with great effort she managed to get up;

me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard to believe
trabajar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to work: trabaja de secretaria, she works as a secretary
trabaja en los astilleros, she works in the shipyard
trabaja bien, he's a good worker
2 Cine (actuar) to act: en esta película trabaja mi actriz favorita, my favourite actress is in this movie
II verbo transitivo
1 (pulir, ejercitar, estudiar) to work on: tienes que trabajar más el estilo, you have to work on your style
2 (la madera) to work
(un metal) to work
(la tierra) to work, till
(cuero) to emboss
2 (comerciar) to trade, sell: nosotros no trabajamos ese artículo, we don't stock that item
trabajo sustantivo masculino
1 work: hoy tengo poco trabajo, I have little work today
2 (empleo) job: no tiene trabajo, he is unemployed
3 (esfuerzo) work, effort: nos costó mucho trabajo hacerlo, it was hard to do it
4 Educ (sobre un tema) paper
(de manualidades) craft work
5 (tarea) task
un trabajo de chinos, a laborious job
' trabajo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
- abundancia
- actual
- adicta
- adicto
- afanosa
- afanoso
- agencia
- agobiada
- agobiado
- agobiante
- antigüedad
- ascender
- asquerosidad
- aterrizar
- balde
- bestialidad
- bicoca
- bolsa
- bordar
- buscar
- cadena
- calendario
- calle
- cambiar
- campo
- capear
- cara
- cargada
- cargado
- caterva
- chapucera
- chapucero
- chapuza
- chollo
- colocarse
- como
- condición
- condicionamiento
- construcción
- cuanta
- cuanto
- cubierta
- cubierto
- dar
- dejar
- desbandada
- descansada
- descansado
- descargar
English:
abandon
- acclaim
- actual
- allocation
- ambivalent
- anxiety
- apathetic
- application
- apply
- apply for
- apprentice
- arm-twisting
- artwork
- assignment
- at
- attack
- backlog
- backup
- barrel
- be-all and end-all
- begrudge
- better
- blouse
- blue
- board
- bog down
- boiler suit
- book
- botch
- bother
- bread-and-butter
- bulk
- burn out
- bury
- busywork
- by
- capacity
- careless
- carry over
- casual
- catch up
- chapter
- choose
- chuck in
- clerical
- collaboration
- colleague
- comedown
- commute
- commuter

* * *

trabajo nm

1. [tarea, actividad, práctica] work;

tengo mucho trabajo que hacer I've got a lot of work to do;

una casa tan grande da mucho trabajo a big house like that is a lot of work;

uno de los últimos trabajos de Diego Rivera one of Diego Rivera's last works;

recibió un Óscar por su trabajo en “Cabaret” she received an Oscar for (her performance in) “Cabaret”;

¡buen trabajo! good work!;

hacer un buen trabajo to do a good job;

Comp

ser un trabajo de chinos [minucioso] to be a fiddly o finicky job;
[pesado] to be hard work
Comp
trabajo de campo fieldwork;
trabajo de o en equipo teamwork;

trabajo físico physical work, manual labour;

trabajos forzados o forzosos hard labour;

trabajo intelectual intellectual work;

trabajo de investigación research work;

trabajo manual manual labour;

trabajos manuales [en el colegio] arts and crafts;

trabajo de oficina office job;

trabajo remunerado paid work;

trabajo social social work;

trabajo sucio dirty work;

trabajo temporal temporary work;

trabajo por turnos shiftwork;

trabajo voluntario voluntary work

2. [empleo] job;

buscar/encontrar trabajo to look for/find work o a job;

no tener trabajo, estar sin trabajo to be out of work;

me he quedado sin trabajo I've been left without a job, I'm out of work;

tener un trabajo fijo to have a permanent job

3. [lugar] work;

en el trabajo at work;

ir al trabajo to go to work;

¿quieres que pase a recogerte al trabajo? do you want me to pick you up from work?

4. [escrito] [por estudiante] essay, paper;

hacer un trabajo sobre algo/alguien to write an essay on sth/sb

5. [esfuerzo] effort;

lograron sacar el armario con mucho trabajo they managed to remove the wardrobe, but not without a lot of effort o but it was no easy task;

costar mucho trabajo (a alguien) to take (sb) a lot of effort;

me cuesta mucho trabajo levantarme por las mañanas I find it a real struggle getting up in the morning;

cuesta trabajo admitir que uno se ha equivocado it's not easy to admit that you're wrong;

tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo to go to o take the trouble of doing sth

6. Econ & Pol labour

7. Fís work

8. Literario
trabajos [apuros] hardships;

pasar trabajos to suffer hardships

* * *

trabajo

m work; ( tarea, puesto) job;

buscar trabajo be looking for work, be looking for a job;

tengo un buen trabajo I have a good job;

costar trabajo be hard o difficult;

tomarse el trabajo de take the trouble to

* * *

trabajo nm

1) : work, job

2) labor: labor, work

tengo mucho trabajo: I have a lot of work to do

3) tarea: task

4) esfuerza: effort

5)

costar trabajo : to be difficult

6)

tomarse el trabajo : to take the trouble

7)

trabajo en equipo : teamwork

8) trabajos nmpl

: hardships, difficulties

* * *

trabajo n

1. (actividad, esfuerzo) work

me gusta el trabajo de oficina I like office work

me costó mucho trabajo repararlo it was hard work mending it

2. (empleo, tarea) job

encontró un trabajo de secretaria she found a job as a secretary

3. (lugar) work

va al trabajo en coche he goes to work by car

en el trabajo at work

4. (redacción) essay / project

trabajos forzados hard labour

trabajos manuales crafts

Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo

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