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  • 101 garaje mecánico

    (n.) = mechanic garage, mechanic workshop, garage
    Ex. Both the mechanic garage and the bodywork workshop suffered extensive damage to the roof, and 11 cars belonging to customers were also damaged by heat and smoke during the fire.
    Ex. Thus, in order to replace the punctured tire by a new one, the automobile should be driven to a mechanic workshop nearby.
    Ex. Each time it's been in the garage, it drives OK for about 10-15 miles, before starting to play up again.
    * * *
    (n.) = mechanic garage, mechanic workshop, garage

    Ex: Both the mechanic garage and the bodywork workshop suffered extensive damage to the roof, and 11 cars belonging to customers were also damaged by heat and smoke during the fire.

    Ex: Thus, in order to replace the punctured tire by a new one, the automobile should be driven to a mechanic workshop nearby.
    Ex: Each time it's been in the garage, it drives OK for about 10-15 miles, before starting to play up again.

    Spanish-English dictionary > garaje mecánico

  • 102 gratis

    adj.
    free, free of charge, give-away, costless.
    adv.
    free, for nothing.
    ser gratis to be free
    me salió gratis el viaje the journey didn't cost me anything
    * * *
    1 free
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADV free, for nothing

    de gratis — LAm gratis

    2.
    ADJ free
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo free
    II
    adverbio free
    * * *
    = free, freely, free of charge, giveaway [give-away], gratis, complimentary, without charge, pro bono, at no cost, no cost(s), free of cost, cost free, freebie, for free, without cost, freely available, costless, free for the taking, at no charge, on a complimentary basis.
    Ex. Late in 1986, the Medical Library took advantage of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' free trial offer of its compact Medline on CD-ROM.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex. HUD publications range from give-away pamphlets to multi-volume research tomes = Las publicaciones HUD van desde los folletos gratuitos a tomos de investigaciones en varios volúmenes.
    Ex. Answers were obtained from 102 centres, 1/2 of which provide information services gratis, but some charges for photocopying.
    Ex. This is a classified, annotated guide to magazines which fall into the general category of house magazines available to libraries on a complimentary basis.
    Ex. There is a drop-in centre with a fully equipped sound recording studio and video editing suite offering guitar tuition and rehearsal space to local teenagers without charge.
    Ex. Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex. Some commercial information providers are giving away a little information at no cost in order to attract customers onto the system.
    Ex. Respondents who preferred CD-ROM searching did so because they liked doing their own searches and the fact that there were no costs involved.
    Ex. An annexure reviews electronic journals available free of cost.
    Ex. In an attempt to overcome this problem, a group of small health related libraries responded by forming a cost free cooperative called GRATIS in 1982.
    Ex. The article 'Professional reference service with ' freebie' librarians' discusses the free online reference service offered by the Internet Public Library.
    Ex. In addition, most or all of the contents of the resources listed are available for free.
    Ex. The author looks at how 'free' information really is and whether we can continue to expect high quality information to be available without cost.
    Ex. Thus, resources should be freely available, or at the very last charge only nominal fees for their use.
    Ex. Another property of DSMA protocols is a provision for a graceful dynamic reconfiguration and costless protocol recovery after a lost token.
    Ex. The short answer of course is 'yes,' simply because we now live in a world where these resources are expected to be there, and many expect them to be there free for the taking.
    Ex. This latest move makes available at no charge more than 150 electronic publications for which fees were previously charged.
    Ex. Mountain bikes are available on a complimentary basis for guests who wish to explore the scenic north coast of the island.
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    * billete gratis = free ticket.
    * de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.
    * de pago o gratis = fee or free, fee versus free.
    * entrada gratis = free ticket.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * recibir gratis = get + free.
    * servicio gratis = frill.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo free
    II
    adverbio free
    * * *
    = free, freely, free of charge, giveaway [give-away], gratis, complimentary, without charge, pro bono, at no cost, no cost(s), free of cost, cost free, freebie, for free, without cost, freely available, costless, free for the taking, at no charge, on a complimentary basis.

    Ex: Late in 1986, the Medical Library took advantage of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts' free trial offer of its compact Medline on CD-ROM.

    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex: Law centres employ qualified lawyers and they receive a waiver from the Law Society that allows them to provide their services free of charge.
    Ex: HUD publications range from give-away pamphlets to multi-volume research tomes = Las publicaciones HUD van desde los folletos gratuitos a tomos de investigaciones en varios volúmenes.
    Ex: Answers were obtained from 102 centres, 1/2 of which provide information services gratis, but some charges for photocopying.
    Ex: This is a classified, annotated guide to magazines which fall into the general category of house magazines available to libraries on a complimentary basis.
    Ex: There is a drop-in centre with a fully equipped sound recording studio and video editing suite offering guitar tuition and rehearsal space to local teenagers without charge.
    Ex: Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex: Some commercial information providers are giving away a little information at no cost in order to attract customers onto the system.
    Ex: Respondents who preferred CD-ROM searching did so because they liked doing their own searches and the fact that there were no costs involved.
    Ex: An annexure reviews electronic journals available free of cost.
    Ex: In an attempt to overcome this problem, a group of small health related libraries responded by forming a cost free cooperative called GRATIS in 1982.
    Ex: The article 'Professional reference service with ' freebie' librarians' discusses the free online reference service offered by the Internet Public Library.
    Ex: In addition, most or all of the contents of the resources listed are available for free.
    Ex: The author looks at how 'free' information really is and whether we can continue to expect high quality information to be available without cost.
    Ex: Thus, resources should be freely available, or at the very last charge only nominal fees for their use.
    Ex: Another property of DSMA protocols is a provision for a graceful dynamic reconfiguration and costless protocol recovery after a lost token.
    Ex: The short answer of course is 'yes,' simply because we now live in a world where these resources are expected to be there, and many expect them to be there free for the taking.
    Ex: This latest move makes available at no charge more than 150 electronic publications for which fees were previously charged.
    Ex: Mountain bikes are available on a complimentary basis for guests who wish to explore the scenic north coast of the island.
    * billete gratis = free ticket.
    * de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.
    * de pago o gratis = fee or free, fee versus free.
    * entrada gratis = free ticket.
    * nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.
    * nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.
    * obtener gratis = obtain + free.
    * recibir gratis = get + free.
    * servicio gratis = frill.

    * * *
    free
    la entrada es gratis entrance is free
    este folleto es gratis this brochure is free (of charge) o gratis
    free
    me lo arregló gratis he fixed it for me free
    entramos gratis we got in free o for nothing
    * * *

     

    gratis adj/adv
    free;

    entramos gratis we got in free o for nothing
    gratis
    I adv inv free: le salió gratis la matrícula, his registration was free
    II adjetivo free: hay un billete gratis para ir al cine, we have a free ticket for the movies

    ' gratis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balde
    - gratuidad
    - gratuita
    - gratuito
    - pesetera
    - pesetero
    English:
    bonus
    - charge
    - complimentary
    - delivery
    - free
    - mooch
    - nothing
    - toll-free
    - wangle
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    free;
    ser gratis to be free;
    entrada gratis [en letrero] entrance free
    ♦ adv
    (for) free, for nothing;
    entré gratis al concierto I got into the concert (for) free o for nothing;
    me salió gratis el viaje the journey didn't cost me anything
    * * *
    adj & adv free
    * * *
    gratis adv
    gratuitamente: free, for free, gratis
    gratis adj
    gratuito: free, gratis
    * * *
    gratis adv
    1. (sin pagar) free
    2. (sin cobrar) for nothing

    Spanish-English dictionary > gratis

  • 103 hacer huir

    v.
    to scare away, to put to flight, to disband, to disarray.
    * * *
    (v.) = drive away, chase + Nombre + off
    Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.
    Ex. Wolverines are very ferocious scavengers that even chase wolves and bears off.
    * * *
    (v.) = drive away, chase + Nombre + off

    Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

    Ex: Wolverines are very ferocious scavengers that even chase wolves and bears off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer huir

  • 104 hacerse de

    v.
    1 to acquire, to buy, to get, to get hold of.
    María se hizo de un vestido blanco Mary acquired a white dress.
    2 to be made of.
    El adorno se hace de arcilla The ornament is made of clay.
    3 to pluck up, to pluck out.
    María se hizo de valor Mary plucked up courage.
    * * *
    = avail + Reflexivo + of, grab, buy in, snag, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own
    Ex. This paper deals with the advantages of optical publishing for information providers and traditional publishers, and how they can avail themselves of the technology.
    Ex. If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.
    Ex. Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.
    Ex. For sunny days, snag yourself a cute terry cloth hat and revel in the shade.
    Ex. This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.
    * * *
    = avail + Reflexivo + of, grab, buy in, snag, call + Nombre + Posesivo + own

    Ex: This paper deals with the advantages of optical publishing for information providers and traditional publishers, and how they can avail themselves of the technology.

    Ex: If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.
    Ex: Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.
    Ex: For sunny days, snag yourself a cute terry cloth hat and revel in the shade.
    Ex: This 12-room penthouse of the newly renovated Mark Hotel is up for sale but it will cost you a princely sum to call it your own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse de

  • 105 hastiado de la recesión económica

    (adj.) = recession-weary
    Ex. A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.
    * * *

    Ex: A watering hole in Spain is serving up free beer and tapas to recession-weary customers who insult its bartenders as a way to let off steam.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hastiado de la recesión económica

  • 106 hospitalidad

    f.
    hospitality.
    * * *
    1 hospitality
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino hospitality
    * * *
    Ex. Topics covered include cooperation; decision making; initiative taking; storytelling; hospitality to customers; and networking.
    * * *
    femenino hospitality
    * * *

    Ex: Topics covered include cooperation; decision making; initiative taking; storytelling; hospitality to customers; and networking.

    * * *
    hospitality
    me dio/brindó su hospitalidad she gave/offered me her hospitality
    * * *

    hospitalidad sustantivo femenino
    hospitality
    hospitalidad sustantivo femenino hospitality
    ' hospitalidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    obligada
    - obligado
    - abuso
    - atención
    English:
    hospitality
    - lavish
    * * *
    hospitality
    * * *
    f hospitality
    * * *
    : hospitality
    * * *
    hospitalidad n hospitality

    Spanish-English dictionary > hospitalidad

  • 107 huésped

    f. & m.
    1 guest, boarder, hotel guest, lodger.
    2 host.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (invitado) guest
    2 (en hotel) lodger, boarder
    3 (anfitrión) host; (anfitriona) hostess
    * * *
    (f. - huéspeda)
    noun
    2) host
    * * *
    1. SMF
    1) (=invitado) [en casa, hotel] guest; [en pensión] lodger, roomer (EEUU), boarder

    hacerse los dedos huéspedes —

    2) (=anfitrión) host/hostess
    3) †† (=posadero) innkeeper, landlord/landlady
    2.
    ADJ
    * * *
    masculino y femenino, huésped - peda masculino, femenino
    1) (en casa, hotel) guest
    2) huésped masculino (Biol) host
    * * *
    = host, roomer, boarder, lodger, guest, visiting guest.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The perfect match - parasite & host: made for each other'.
    Ex. In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.
    Ex. In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.
    Ex. The plot has the serial killer hiding out as a lodger in an upstanding family's home.
    Ex. And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex. As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.
    ----
    * casa de huéspedes = guesthouse [guest house], bed and breakfast (B&B).
    * cuarto de huéspedes = spare room, guest room.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino, huésped - peda masculino, femenino
    1) (en casa, hotel) guest
    2) huésped masculino (Biol) host
    * * *
    = host, roomer, boarder, lodger, guest, visiting guest.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'The perfect match - parasite & host: made for each other'.

    Ex: In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.
    Ex: In contrast, a roomer or boarder shares the same residence as the owner.
    Ex: The plot has the serial killer hiding out as a lodger in an upstanding family's home.
    Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex: As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.
    * casa de huéspedes = guesthouse [guest house], bed and breakfast (B&B).
    * cuarto de huéspedes = spare room, guest room.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A (en una casa, un hotel) guest
    B
    * * *

     

    huésped sustantivo masculino y femenino (en casa, hotel) guest
    huésped,-eda sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (invitado) guest
    (cliente de pensión, hotel, etc) lodger, boarder, guest
    2 Biol host
    ' huésped' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    huéspeda
    - acomodar
    English:
    boarder
    - guest
    - host
    - lodger
    - resident
    * * *
    huésped, -eda
    ♦ nm,f
    guest
    ♦ nm
    Biol [de parásito] host
    * * *
    m/f guest
    * * *
    invitado: guest
    : host
    organismo huésped: host organism
    * * *
    huésped n guest

    Spanish-English dictionary > huésped

  • 108 ilusorio

    adj.
    illusory, chimerical, imaginary, illusive.
    * * *
    1 illusory
    * * *
    ADJ (=irreal) illusory; (=sin valor) empty; (=sin efecto) ineffective
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    a) ( engañoso) < promesa> false; < esperanza> false, illusory
    b) ( imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    = illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    Ex. It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.
    Ex. Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    Ex. Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    a) ( engañoso) < promesa> false; < esperanza> false, illusory
    b) ( imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    = illusory, starry-eyed, hallucinatory, deceptive, delusional, airy-fairy, fantastical, fantastic.

    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.

    Ex: It would be starry-eyed to imagine that we the library ever reach into every home.
    Ex: Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.
    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    Ex: Home Secretary David Blunkett says an ' airy fairy, libertarian' view of the world is no good for fighting terrorism.
    Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.
    Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.

    * * *
    1 (engañoso) ‹promesa› false, deceptive; ‹esperanza› false, illusory
    2 (imaginario) imaginary
    * * *
    ilusorio, -a adj
    [imaginario] illusory; [promesa] empty
    * * *
    adj illusory
    * * *
    ilusorio, - ria adj
    engañoso: illusory, misleading

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilusorio

  • 109 impago

    adj.
    unpaid.
    m.
    non-payment, nonpayment.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: impagar.
    * * *
    1 nonpayment
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ Cono Sur unpaid
    2.
    SM non-payment, failure to pay
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo (AmL) < persona> unpaid; <deuda/impuesto> unpaid, outstanding
    II
    masculino non-payment
    * * *
    Ex. If full payment of arrears is not made customers will be reminded that continued non-payment will lead to disconnection of the service.
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo (AmL) < persona> unpaid; <deuda/impuesto> unpaid, outstanding
    II
    masculino non-payment
    * * *

    Ex: If full payment of arrears is not made customers will be reminded that continued non-payment will lead to disconnection of the service.

    * * *
    impago1 -ga
    ( AmL) ‹persona› unpaid; ‹deuda/impuesto› unpaid, outstanding
    non-payment
    impago del alquiler non-payment of rent
    aquéllos que incurran en el impago de los préstamos those who default on the repayment of loans
    * * *

    impago
    ◊ -ga adjetivo (AmL) ‹ persona› unpaid;


    ‹deuda/impuesto› unpaid, outstanding
    ' impago' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bad debt
    - default
    * * *
    impago, -a
    ♦ adj
    Am [no pagado] unpaid;
    los salarios impagos the unpaid wages;
    los obreros impagos the workers who haven't been paid;
    factura impaga unpaid o outstanding invoice
    ♦ nm
    non-payment;
    el impago de una multa non-payment of a fine
    * * *
    m non-payment
    * * *
    impago nm
    : nonpayment

    Spanish-English dictionary > impago

  • 110 incitar la curiosidad

    (v.) = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. This software is still in its infancy, but its launch excited the curiosity of many users, and produced a spin-off in the form of increased usage of the other two databases.
    * * *
    (v.) = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

    Ex: This software is still in its infancy, but its launch excited the curiosity of many users, and produced a spin-off in the form of increased usage of the other two databases.

    Spanish-English dictionary > incitar la curiosidad

  • 111 incremento

    m.
    1 increase.
    2 increment, build-up, increase, augmentation.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incrementar.
    * * *
    1 increase, rise
    \
    incremento salarial wage rise, US raise
    * * *
    SM [de conocimiento] increase, gain; [de precio, sueldo, productividad] increase, rise
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].
    Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.
    Ex. The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    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. There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex. One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].

    Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

    Ex: The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    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: There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    (aumento) increase; (del salario) increase, increment
    * * *

     

    Del verbo incrementar: ( conjugate incrementar)

    incremento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    incrementó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    incrementar    
    incremento
    incrementar ( conjugate incrementar) verbo transitivo (frml) to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino (frml) increase
    incrementar verbo transitivo to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino increase, growth
    incremento salarial, wage rise
    ' incremento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    subida
    - aumento
    - multiplicación
    English:
    increase
    - increment
    - rise
    * * *
    [de precios, salario] increase, rise; [de actividad] increase; [de temperatura] rise incremento porcentual percentage increase
    * * *
    m growth
    * * *
    aumento: increase

    Spanish-English dictionary > incremento

  • 112 ineficaz

    adj.
    1 inefficient.
    2 ineffective.
    3 effectless.
    * * *
    1 (incompetente) inefficient
    2 (improductivo) ineffective
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [medida] ineffective
    2) (=inútil) [proceso] inefficient; [gobierno, persona] inefficient, incompetent
    * * *
    a) <remedio/medida> ineffectual, ineffective
    b) <método/sistema/persona> inefficient
    * * *
    = powerless, ineffective, inefficient, ineffectual, non-efficient, lame, toothless.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    Ex. Microcomputers are best at single tasks, having limited addressing capability, and are difficult to program except in relatively high level (and inefficient) programming languages.
    Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex. These difficulties are of such a magnitude that the use of law in international situations becomes non-efficient.
    Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.
    Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    ----
    * ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.
    * * *
    a) <remedio/medida> ineffectual, ineffective
    b) <método/sistema/persona> inefficient
    * * *
    = powerless, ineffective, inefficient, ineffectual, non-efficient, lame, toothless.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

    Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    Ex: Microcomputers are best at single tasks, having limited addressing capability, and are difficult to program except in relatively high level (and inefficient) programming languages.
    Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex: These difficulties are of such a magnitude that the use of law in international situations becomes non-efficient.
    Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.
    Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    * ser ineficaz = fire + blanks.

    * * *
    1 ‹remedio/medida› ineffectual, ineffective
    2 ‹método/sistema› inefficient; ‹persona› inefficient, incompetent
    * * *

    ineficaz adjetivo
    a) ‹remedio/medida› ineffectual, ineffective

    b) ‹método/sistema/persona› inefficient

    ineficaz adjetivo (inefectivo) ineffective
    ' ineficaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vano
    English:
    ineffective
    - inefficient
    - powerless
    * * *
    1. [de bajo rendimiento] inefficient
    2. [de baja efectividad] ineffective
    * * *
    adj inefficient; procedimiento ineffective
    * * *
    ineficaz adj, pl - caces
    1) : inefficient
    2) : ineffective
    * * *
    ineficaz adj inefficient

    Spanish-English dictionary > ineficaz

  • 113 información sobre la competencia

    (n.) = business intelligence, competitive intelligence, competitive business intelligence, competitor intelligence
    Ex. This article presents 5 examples of ways in which the Internet can be used by companies to gather business intelligence in a range of industries.
    Ex. Competitive intelligence systems enable an organisation to learn from what its competitors are doing now and have done in the past, and they integrate an organisation's internal information sources - reports, studies, numeric information, verbal information - with information available from outside sources.
    Ex. This is a system that automates the day to day tasks of gathering of competitive business intelligence from the Internet.
    Ex. Technology is now being implemented to arm organizations with this weapon -- competitor intelligence -- to improve business and win the war for customers.
    * * *
    (n.) = business intelligence, competitive intelligence, competitive business intelligence, competitor intelligence

    Ex: This article presents 5 examples of ways in which the Internet can be used by companies to gather business intelligence in a range of industries.

    Ex: Competitive intelligence systems enable an organisation to learn from what its competitors are doing now and have done in the past, and they integrate an organisation's internal information sources - reports, studies, numeric information, verbal information - with information available from outside sources.
    Ex: This is a system that automates the day to day tasks of gathering of competitive business intelligence from the Internet.
    Ex: Technology is now being implemented to arm organizations with this weapon -- competitor intelligence -- to improve business and win the war for customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > información sobre la competencia

  • 114 informe

    adj.
    shapeless.
    m.
    1 report (documento, estudio).
    2 denunciation, report.
    3 advice.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: informar.
    * * *
    1 (sin forma) shapeless, formless
    1 report
    1 references
    \
    dar informes sobre alguien (referencias) to provide references for somebody 2 (datos) to give information about somebody
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [bulto, figura] shapeless
    II
    SM
    1) (=escrito) report ( sobre on)

    informe médico/policial/técnico — medical/police/technical report

    2) pl informes (=datos) information sing ; [de trabajador] references

    dar informes sobre algn/algo — to give information about sb/sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algo — to ask for information about sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algn — [para trabajo] to follow up sb's references

    3) (Jur) report

    informe del juez — summing-up, summation (EEUU)

    4) (Com) report
    5) (Pol) White Paper
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex. The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex. In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex. This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex. Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex. The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex. If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    ----
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.

    Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

    Ex: The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex: The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex: In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex: This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex: Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex: The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex: If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.

    * * *
    shapeless, formless
    A (exposición, dictamen) report
    informe policial/médico police/medical report
    Compuestos:
    annual report
    chairman's report
    1 (datos) information, particulars (pl)
    2 (de un empleado) reference, references (pl)
    pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references
    3 ( Per); information desk
    * * *

     

    Del verbo informar: ( conjugate informar)

    informé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    informe es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    informar    
    informe
    informar ( conjugate informar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/prensa› to inform;

    ¿podría informeme sobre los cursos de idiomas? could you give me some information about language courses?
    verbo intransitivo (dar noticias, información) to report;
    informe sobre algo to report on sth, give a report on sth;
    informe de algo to announce sth
    informarse verbo pronominal
    to get information;
    informese sobre algo to find out o inquire about sth
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 (exposición, dictamen) report;

    2
    ◊ informes sustantivo masculino plural



    ◊ pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references

    informar
    I verbo transitivo to inform [de, of]
    II verbo intransitivo & verbo transitivo to report
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 report 2 informes, (para un empleo) references
    ' informe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acompañar
    - baja
    - disentir
    - estimativa
    - estimativo
    - fragmentaria
    - fragmentario
    - galimatías
    - incluida
    - incluido
    - listada
    - listado
    - memoria
    - ojeada
    - parte
    - peritaje
    - puntual
    - resumir
    - amañar
    - anexo
    - bibliografía
    - corresponder
    - elaborar
    - encargar
    - entregar
    - escamotear
    - exacto
    - filtración
    - global
    - llevar
    - minucioso
    - presentar
    - pulcro
    - redactar
    - reporte
    English:
    absolve
    - account
    - anomaly
    - brief
    - compile
    - concise
    - consistent
    - dispatch
    - error
    - exhaustive
    - foresee
    - glimpse
    - job
    - plonk
    - present
    - reference
    - report
    - report card
    - say
    - school report
    - shapeless
    - slanted
    - submission
    - thrust
    - weekly report
    - audit
    - chase
    - debriefing
    - disservice
    - hold
    - indictment
    - out
    - survey
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [documento, estudio] report ( sobre on o about);
    un informe policial a police report;
    han solicitado el informe de un técnico they have asked for a report from an expert
    informe anual annual report; Com informe de gestión management report
    2. Der = oral summary of case given to the judge by counsel for defence or prosecution, ≈ closing speech
    ♦ informes nmpl
    [información] information; [sobre comportamiento] report; [para un empleo] reference(s)
    informe2 adj
    shapeless
    * * *
    I adj shapeless
    II m
    1 report
    2
    :
    informes pl ( referencias) references
    * * *
    informe adj
    amorfo: shapeless, formless
    1) : report
    2) : reference (for employment)
    3) informes nmpl: information, data
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > informe

  • 115 insatisfacible

    Ex. The survey categorises 45 per cent of these lost sales as ` unsatisfiable demand', half of which stems from inability to identify the books the customers believed they wanted and the rest from the books not being published, not in paperback, out of print or seen and rejected.
    * * *

    Ex: The survey categorises 45 per cent of these lost sales as ` unsatisfiable demand', half of which stems from inability to identify the books the customers believed they wanted and the rest from the books not being published, not in paperback, out of print or seen and rejected.

    Spanish-English dictionary > insatisfacible

  • 116 interponer demanda

    (v.) = face + legal action
    Ex. This article examines the question of whether fee-based information service producers could face legal action, from dissatisfied customers, if the information product is found wanting.
    * * *
    (v.) = face + legal action

    Ex: This article examines the question of whether fee-based information service producers could face legal action, from dissatisfied customers, if the information product is found wanting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > interponer demanda

  • 117 invitado

    adj.
    invited.
    f. & m.
    1 guest, house guest, invited guest.
    2 invitee.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: invitar.
    * * *
    1 invited
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 guest
    * * *
    (f. - invitada)
    noun
    * * *
    invitado, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F guest

    invitado/a de honor — guest of honour

    invitado/a de piedra — unwanted guest

    invitado/a estelar — star guest

    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino guest
    * * *
    1 = visiting guest, guest, house guest.
    Ex. As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.
    Ex. And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex. I'm embarrassed that you are my house guest and have to ask at 4pm if it's beer time yet -- it's always beer time on holidays around here.
    ----
    * atender a invitados = entertain + guests.
    * cama para invitados = guest bed.
    * cuarto de invitados = spare room, guest room.
    * invitado especial = special guest.
    * no invitados, los = uninvited, the.
    * ponencia dada por invitado especial = key paper.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino guest
    * * *
    invitado2

    Ex: Weekly press briefings on general and topical issues and press conferences are given by visiting members of the European Commission.

    * conferenciante invitado = guest speaker.
    * no invitado = uninvited, uninvited.
    * personas no invitadas, las = uninvited, the.
    * ponencia invitada = invited talk.
    * profesor invitado = fellow, visiting scholar, visiting fellow.

    1 = visiting guest, guest, house guest.

    Ex: As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.

    Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex: I'm embarrassed that you are my house guest and have to ask at 4pm if it's beer time yet -- it's always beer time on holidays around here.
    * atender a invitados = entertain + guests.
    * cama para invitados = guest bed.
    * cuarto de invitados = spare room, guest room.
    * invitado especial = special guest.
    * no invitados, los = uninvited, the.
    * ponencia dada por invitado especial = key paper.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    guest
    esta noche tenemos invitados a cenar we have people coming to dinner tonight, we're expecting guests for dinner tonight ( frml)
    los invitados a la boda the wedding guests
    Compuestos:
    masculine unwanted guest
    ● invitado especial, invitada especial
    masculine, feminine special guest
    * * *

     

    Del verbo invitar: ( conjugate invitar)

    invitado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    invitado    
    invitar
    invitado
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino

    guest;
    tenemos invitados a cenar we have people coming to dinner;
    los invitados a la boda the wedding guests
    invitar ( conjugate invitar) verbo transitivo
    to invite;
    invitado a algn a algo to invite sb to sth;
    te invito a una copa I'll buy o get you a drink;
    invitado a algn a hacer algoor a que haga algo to invite sb to do sth.;
    me invitó a cenar ( en casa) she invited me (round) to dinner;

    ( en restaurante) she invited me out to dinner
    verbo intransitivo [ persona]:
    ◊ invito yo it's on me, I'm buying;

    invita la casa it's on the house
    invitado,-a
    I adjetivo invited
    artista invitado, guest artist
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino guest
    invitar verbo transitivo
    1 to invite: hoy invitas tú, today it's on you ➣ Ver nota en invite 2 (incitar) el sol invita a vivir, the sunshine makes it good to be alive

    ' invitado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colarse
    - de
    - huésped
    - huéspeda
    - invitada
    - visita
    - sentar
    English:
    ask
    - guest
    - houseguest
    - list
    - never
    - step forward
    - visitor
    - invitation
    * * *
    invitado, -a
    ♦ adj
    estoy invitado a la boda I've been invited o I'm invited to the wedding;
    estrella invitada guest star
    ♦ nm,f
    guest;
    hoy no podemos salir, tenemos invitados we can't go out today, we've got guests o we're having some people over
    invitado especial special guest
    * * *
    m, invitada f guest
    * * *
    invitado, -da n
    : guest
    * * *
    invitado n guest

    Spanish-English dictionary > invitado

  • 118 inútil

    adj.
    useless, needless, pointless, unnecessary.
    f. & m.
    lame duck, prat, ineffectual person, sad pack.
    * * *
    1 (gen) useless
    2 (intento) vain, futile
    3 MEDICINA disabled
    4 MILITAR unfit
    1 familiar (persona) hopeless case
    \
    es inútil que + subjuntivo there is no point in + gerund
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vano) [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, fruitless

    lo intenté todo, pero fue inútil — I tried everything, but it was no use o useless

    es inútil que usted proteste — it's no good o use you protesting, there's no point in protesting

    2) (=inepto) useless *, hopeless *
    3) (=inválido) disabled
    4) (=inservible) useless
    5) (Mil) unfit
    2.
    SMF

    ¡tu hermana es una inútil! — your sister is useless o hopeless! *

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.
    Ex. To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
    Ex. Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex. Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex. However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex. Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex. Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    ----
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) <esfuerzo/papeleo> useless
    b) < trasto> useless
    2)
    a) ( incompetente) useless
    b) (Mil) ( no apto) unfit
    c) (Med) disabled
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = futile, useless, deadwood [dead wood], helpless, ineffectual, inutile, wasteful, good-for-nothing, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], duffer, toothless, ineffective.

    Ex: To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.

    Ex: Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
    Ex: Ostensibly, the maneuver was accomplished to curb patronage abuses and make it easier to dismiss deadwood employees in the long run.
    Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
    Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex: However, only certain philosophies are deemed relevant to social scientific inquiry; linguistic theory & deconstructionism are identified as inutile.
    Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
    Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.
    Ex: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: This is what happens when a company does not listen to their customers, you end up with a toothless and ineffective policy.
    Ex: Too often US library professionals have difficulty 'code switching' in order to accommodate the foreign students' needs and resort to familiar but ineffective patterns.
    * algo inútil = a dead dog.
    * cosa inútil = dead horse.
    * misión inútil = fool's errand.
    * ser inútil = fire + blanks.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹esfuerzo/papeleo› useless
    es inútil, no lo vas a convencer it's useless o you're wasting your time, you won't convince him
    todo fue inútil it was all futile o useless o in vain
    es inútil que insistas there's no point (in) insisting
    es inútil que trates de hacerlo entender it's pointless trying to make him understand, there's no point trying to make him understand
    2 ‹trasto› useless
    B
    1 (incompetente) useless
    2 ( Mil) (no apto) unfit
    3 ( Med) disabled
    quedó inútil después del accidente the accident left him disabled
    es un inútil he's useless
    * * *

     

    inútil adjetivo
    useless;

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino: es un inútil he's useless
    inútil
    I adjetivo
    1 (sin utilidad) useless
    (sin resultado) vain, pointless
    2 Mil unfit (for service)
    II mf fam good-for-nothing

    ' inútil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chisme
    - desperdicio
    - gasto
    - lindeza
    - pegote
    - trasto
    - vana
    - vano
    - cachivache
    - calamidad
    - incapaz
    - inservible
    - insistir
    English:
    breath
    - dead loss
    - dead weight
    - dead wood
    - dud
    - futile
    - gesture
    - good-for-nothing
    - helpless
    - lemon
    - render
    - unhelpful
    - unnecessary
    - use
    - useless
    - vain
    - which
    - white elephant
    - wild-goose chase
    - hopeless
    - incapable
    - pointless
    - waste
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [objeto] useless;
    [intento, esfuerzo] unsuccessful, vain;
    sus intentos resultaron inútiles his attempts were unsuccessful o in vain;
    es inútil, ya es demasiado tarde there's no point, it's too late;
    es inútil que lo esperes, se ha ido para siempre there's no point in waiting for him, he's gone for good
    2. [inválido] disabled;
    le dieron la baja por inútil he was allowed to take disability leave;
    quedó inútil tras el accidente she was disabled as a result of the accident
    3. [no apto] unfit;
    fue declarado inútil para el servicio militar he was declared unfit for military service
    ♦ nmf
    hopeless case, useless person;
    es un inútil he's useless o hopeless
    * * *
    I adj
    1 useless
    2 MIL unfit
    II m/f
    :
    es un inútil he’s useless
    * * *
    inútil adj
    inservible: useless
    ♦ inútilmente adv
    inútil nmf
    : good-for-nothing
    * * *
    inútil1 adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > inútil

  • 119 irradiar

    v.
    1 to radiate.
    2 to irradiate.
    El metal irradia energía The metal irradiates energy.
    3 to radiate.
    4 to emit radiation, to radiate.
    Este metal irradia This metal emits radiation.
    Ella irradia alegría She radiates happiness.
    * * *
    1 to irradiate, radiate
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=emanar) to irradiate, radiate
    2) (Med) to irradiate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <calor/luz> to radiate
    b) <simpatía/felicidad> to radiate, irradiate
    2) ( someter a radiaciones) to irradiate
    * * *
    = radiate, exude.
    Ex. One method to strengthen brittle paper without unbinding the books is to impregnate them with monomer acrylics and to radiate for polymerisation.
    Ex. Customers choose an establishment and spend hard-earned money and they want employees to exude appreciation through the attitude that 'we aim to please, the customer is always right, service is our business, and quality is our middle name'.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <calor/luz> to radiate
    b) <simpatía/felicidad> to radiate, irradiate
    2) ( someter a radiaciones) to irradiate
    * * *
    = radiate, exude.

    Ex: One method to strengthen brittle paper without unbinding the books is to impregnate them with monomer acrylics and to radiate for polymerisation.

    Ex: Customers choose an establishment and spend hard-earned money and they want employees to exude appreciation through the attitude that 'we aim to please, the customer is always right, service is our business, and quality is our middle name'.

    * * *
    irradiar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹calor/luz› to radiate
    2 ‹simpatía/felicidad› to radiate, irradiate
    B (someter a radiaciones) ‹alimentos› to irradiate; ‹tumor› to irradiate
    * * *

    irradiar ( conjugate irradiar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹calor/luz› to radiate

    b) ‹simpatía/felicidad› to radiate, irradiate

    irradiar verbo transitivo
    1 (luz, calor, alegría) to radiate
    2 LAm fig (expulsar) to expel
    ' irradiar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    irradiate
    - radiate
    - send
    * * *
    1. [luz, calor] to radiate
    2. [cultura, ideas] to disseminate
    3. [alimentos, enfermo, órgano] to irradiate
    4. [simpatía, felicidad] to radiate
    5. RP [emitir] to broadcast
    * * *
    v/t
    1 FÍS, fig
    radiate
    2 MED irradiate
    * * *
    : to radiate, to irradiate

    Spanish-English dictionary > irradiar

  • 120 irritantemente

    adv.
    annoyingly, sorely, stringently.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.
    Ex. The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.
    Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
    * * *
    = vexingly, annoyingly.

    Ex: The writer sheds light on the at times vexingly complex topic of exchange rates and their role in the serials marketplace.

    Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritantemente

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