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21 daño

m.

1 damage, harm, hurt, detriment.

2 curse.

3 affect.

pres.indicat.

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

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daño

► nombre masculino

1 (a persona) harm, injury; (a cosa) damage; (perjuicio) wrong

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer daño (doler) to hurt 2 (causar dolor a alguien) to hurt 3 (ser malo para algo) to damage, harm; (ser malo para alguien) to do somebody harm

■ me hace daño la pierna my leg hurts

■ me hizo daño con sus palabras her words hurt me

■ aquellas fotografías hicieron daño a su reputación those photographs damaged her reputation

■ una copa de vino no te hará ningún daño a glass of wine won't do you any harm

hacerse daño to hurt oneself

■ se hizo daño en la mano she hurt her hand

daños materiales material damage sing

daños colaterales collateral damage

daños y perjuicios DERECHO damages

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noun m.

1) damage

2) harm

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SM

1) [a algo] damage, harm

el granizo ha producido grandes daños a los cultivos — the hail has caused extensive damage to crops

estas medidas han ocasionado un gran daño a la industria — these measures have caused a great deal of harm to the industry

daños y perjuicios — damages

daños colaterales — collateral damage

2) [a alguien] [físico, emocional] pain; [económico] harm

¡ay, qué daño! — ow, that hurts!

en daño de — frm to the detriment of

por mi daño — frm to my cost

causar o hacer daño a algn — to hurt sb

¡suelta, que me haces daño! — let go, you're hurting me!

el ajo me hace daño — garlic doesn't agree with me, garlic disagrees with me

tanta comida picante hace daño al estómago — all that spicy food is bad for the stomach

hacerse daño — to hurt o.s.

¿te has hecho daño? — have you hurt yourself?

se hizo daño en el pie — he hurt his foot

daños corporales — physical injury sing

3) (Med) (=mal) problem, trouble

los médicos no saben dónde está el daño — the doctors can't tell where the problem o trouble is

4) LAm (=maleficio) spell, curse

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masculino

1)

a) ( dolor físíco)

hacerse daño — to hurt oneself

me he hecho daño en la espalda — I've hurt my back

hacerle daño a alguien — persona to hurt somebody

el picante me hace daño — hot, spicy food doesn't agree with me

b) ( destrozo) damage

muchas viviendas sufrieron daños — many houses were damaged o suffered damage

- daños y perjuicios

2) (CS, Méx fam) ( en brujería) curse

le hicieron un daño — they put a curse on him

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= damage, harm, taint, harmdoing.

Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.

Ex. If by being identified in the popular mind with a few gifted youngsters we compromise our ability to attract blue collar workers, for example, I think we'll have done ourselves irreparable harm.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. The act of ' harmdoing' is defined, & the impact of legal structures on the behavior of the harmdoer & victim is examined.

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* caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.

* causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.

* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.

* causar daño material = cause + material injury.

* causar daños = cause + erosion.

* causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.

* causarse daño = bring + disaster on.

* compensación por daños y perjuicios = liquidated damages.

* daño causado por el agua = water damage.

* daño causado por el fuego = fire damage.

* daño causado por el humo = smoke damage.

* daño consiguiente = consequential damage.

* daño corporal = bodily injury, bodily harm, physical injury.

* daño económico = financial damage.

* daño físico = bodily harm, physical injury.

* daño material = material damage.

* daño no material = immaterial damage.

* daño producido por las condiciones ambientales = environmental damage.

* daños colaterales = collateral damage.

* daños corporales = personal injury.

* daños y perjuicios = consequential damage.

* demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.

* hacer daño = do + harm, hurt.

* hacerse daño = get + hurt, hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.

* indemnización por daños y perjuicios = compensatory damages.

* mitigar el daño = minimise + damage, alleviate + damage.

* paliar el daño = minimise + damage.

* proteger de daños = protect from + damage.

* reclamar daños = claim + damages.

* reparar daños = repair + the damage, remedy + the damage.

* reparar un daño = right + a wrong, make + amends (for/to).

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

* subsanar daños = remedy + the damage, repair + the damage.

* sufrir daños = suffer + damage, suffer + harm, come to + harm.

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masculino

1)

a) ( dolor físíco)

hacerse daño — to hurt oneself

me he hecho daño en la espalda — I've hurt my back

hacerle daño a alguien — persona to hurt somebody

el picante me hace daño — hot, spicy food doesn't agree with me

b) ( destrozo) damage

muchas viviendas sufrieron daños — many houses were damaged o suffered damage

- daños y perjuicios

2) (CS, Méx fam) ( en brujería) curse

le hicieron un daño — they put a curse on him

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= damage, harm, taint, harmdoing.

Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.

Ex: If by being identified in the popular mind with a few gifted youngsters we compromise our ability to attract blue collar workers, for example, I think we'll have done ourselves irreparable harm.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: The act of ' harmdoing' is defined, & the impact of legal structures on the behavior of the harmdoer & victim is examined.

* caso por daños y perjuicios = damages case.

* causar daño = do + harm, be injurious, cause + damage, cause + harm, cause + hurt, bring + harm, inflict + damage.

* causar daño corporal = cause + injury.

* causar daño material = cause + material injury.

* causar daños = cause + erosion.

* causar graves daños a = bring + ruin to.

* causarse daño = bring + disaster on.

* compensación por daños y perjuicios = liquidated damages.

* daño causado por el agua = water damage.

* daño causado por el fuego = fire damage.

* daño causado por el humo = smoke damage.

* daño consiguiente = consequential damage.

* daño corporal = bodily injury, bodily harm, physical injury.

* daño económico = financial damage.

* daño físico = bodily harm, physical injury.

* daño material = material damage.

* daño no material = immaterial damage.

* daño producido por las condiciones ambientales = environmental damage.

* daños colaterales = collateral damage.

* daños corporales = personal injury.

* daños y perjuicios = consequential damage.

* demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.

* hacer daño = do + harm, hurt.

* hacerse daño = get + hurt, hurt + Reflexivo, injure + Reflexivo.

* indemnización por daños y perjuicios = compensatory damages.

* mitigar el daño = minimise + damage, alleviate + damage.

* paliar el daño = minimise + damage.

* proteger de daños = protect from + damage.

* reclamar daños = claim + damages.

* reparar daños = repair + the damage, remedy + the damage.

* reparar un daño = right + a wrong, make + amends (for/to).

* sin causar daño = harmlessly.

* subsanar daños = remedy + the damage, repair + the damage.

* sufrir daños = suffer + damage, suffer + harm, come to + harm.

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daño

masculine

A

1

(a personas): ¿te hiciste daño? did you hurt yourself?

no te voy a hacer daño I'm not going to hurt you

me he hecho daño en la espalda I've hurt my back

el picante me hace daño hot, spicy food doesn't agree with me o disagrees with me

sus palabras me causaron un daño enorme I was deeply hurt by his words, his words hurt me deeply

2 (destrozo) damage

el daño causado or los daños causados por las lluvias the damage caused by the rain

muchas viviendas sufrieron daños many houses were damaged o suffered damage

Compuestos:

● daño colateral

víctimas de otro daño colateral victims of another case of collateral damage

se hacen esfuerzos para evitar los daños colaterales efforts are made to avoid collateral damage

● daños y perjuicios

mpl damages (pl)

B (CS, Méx fam) (en brujería) curse

le hicieron un daño they put a curse on him

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Del verbo dañar: ( conjugate dañar)

daño es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

dañó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
dañar
daño
dañó
dañar ( conjugate dañar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to damage;
‹salud/organismo› to be bad for
dañarse verbo pronominal
1 ( en general) to be/get damaged;
‹ salud› to damage
2 (Col, Ven)
a) [carne/comida] to rot, go bad

b) [ carro] to break down;

[ aparato] to break
daño sustantivo masculino
a) ( dolor físíco):

◊ hacerse daño to hurt oneself;

me he hecho daño en la espalda I've hurt my back;
hacerle daño a algn [ persona] to hurt sb;
el picante me hace daño hot, spicy food doesn't agree with me
b) ( destrozo) damage;

◊ sufrir daños to be damaged, to suffer damage

c)

◊ daños y perjuicios damages (pl)

dañar verbo transitivo
1 (deteriorar, estropear) to damage: este producto puede dañar el esmalte, this product is damaging to the enamelwork
2 (herir) to hurt, (perjudicar, molestar) to harm, prejudice
daño sustantivo masculino
1 (deterioro, perjuicio) damage
Jur daños y perjuicios, (legal) damages
2 (a persona) (físico, moral) to hurt: se hizo daño en la pierna, he hurt his leg
me hace daño que digas esas cosas, it upsets me when you say those things
(mal, molestia) harm: el niño no hace daño a nadie, the child isn't hurting anybody
' daño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desperfecto
- hacer
- herida
- jamás
- moler
- os
- remediar
- reparar
- reparación
- rozar
- sangrar
- sufrir
- vista
- apretujar
- ecológico
- embromar
- mal
- miedoso
- nos
- perjuicio
- pupa
- valorar
English:
abuse
- bad
- damage
- derive
- good
- harm
- hurt
- inflict
- injury
- kill
- major
- mean
- repair
- right
- sustain
- all right
- amends
- mischief
- strain

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daño nm

1. [dolor] pain, hurt;

hacer daño a alguien to hurt sb;

me hacen daño los zapatos my shoes are hurting me;

hacerse daño to hurt oneself;

cuidado, no te vayas a hacer daño con las tijeras be careful you don't o Br mind you don't hurt yourself with the scissors;

me hice daño en el tobillo I hurt my ankle;

¿te has hecho daño? have you hurt yourself?, are you hurt?

2. [perjuicio] [a algo] damage;
[a alguien] harm;
daños estructurales structural damage;

los daños se calculan en miles de euros the damage may run to thousands of euros;

daños y perjuicios damages

3. Méx, RP Fam [mal de ojo] evil eye

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daño

m

1 harm; a un objeto damage;

hacer daño a hurt;

hacerse daño hurt o.s.

2

:

daños pl damage sg ;

daños ecológicos o

ambientales environmental damage, damage to the environment

3 L.Am fam

evil eye

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daño nm

1) : damage

2) : harm, injury

3)

hacer daño a : to harm, to damage

4)

daños y perjuicios : damages

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daño n

1. (destrozo) damage

el incendio provocó muchos daños en la vivienda the fire caused a lot of damage to the house

2. (mal) harm

¡un poco de trabajo no te hará daño! a bit of hard work won't do you any harm!

hacer daño to hurt

me haces daño you're hurting me

le hiciste daño con tus palabras your words hurt her

hacerte daño to hurt yourself

me he hecho daño en la mano I've hurt my hand

Spanish-English dictionary > daño
22 dejo

m.

1 accent (acento).

2 aftertaste.

3 resigning, relinquishment.

pres.indicat.

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

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dejo

► nombre masculino

1→ link=deje deje

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SM

1) (=sabor) aftertaste

tiene un dejo raro — it has an odd aftertaste

2) [de arrogancia, laxitud] touch

3) (Ling) accent, trace of accent

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masculino

a) ( acento) (slight) accent, lilt

b) (de una bebida, comida) aftertaste

dejo a algo — slight taste of something

c) ( tono) touch, hint

con un dejo de arrogancia — with a touch o hint of arrogance

d) (impresión, sensación)

me quedó un dejo triste tras hablar con él — I was left with a feeling of sadness after talking to him

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= taint, aftertaste.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. I don't know if it's paranoia or my subconscious acting up or a vitamin deficiency, but I have now twice had a soapy aftertaste when eating.

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masculino

a) ( acento) (slight) accent, lilt

b) (de una bebida, comida) aftertaste

dejo a algo — slight taste of something

c) ( tono) touch, hint

con un dejo de arrogancia — with a touch o hint of arrogance

d) (impresión, sensación)

me quedó un dejo triste tras hablar con él — I was left with a feeling of sadness after talking to him

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= taint, aftertaste.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: I don't know if it's paranoia or my subconscious acting up or a vitamin deficiency, but I have now twice had a soapy aftertaste when eating.

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dejo

masculine

1 (acento) accent, lilt

tiene un dejo aragonés she has a slight Aragonese accent o lilt

2 (de una bebida, comida) aftertaste dejo A algo slight taste OF sth

3 (toque) touch, hint

se expresó con un dejo de arrogancia he spoke with a touch o hint of arrogance

4

(impresión, sensación): me quedó un dejo triste tras hablar con él I was left with a feeling of sadness after talking to him

5

( Chi) (semejanza) dejo A algn: tiene un cierto dejo a su abuelo he bears a certain resemblance to his grandfather, he has something of his grandfather about him ( colloq)

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Del verbo dejar: ( conjugate dejar)

dejo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

dejó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
dejar
dejo
dejar ( conjugate dejar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( en lugar determinado) to leave;

◊ lo dejé en recepción I left it in reception;

dejó a los niños en el colegio she dropped the children (off) at school;
dejo un recado to leave a message;
dejo propina to leave a tip;
deja ese cuchillo put that knife down;
déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa leave her alone, it wasn't her fault;
dejo mucho que desear to leave a great deal to be desired
b) ( olvidar) ‹dinero/objeto› to leave;

◊ ¡déjalo! forget it!

c) ( como herencia) to leave

2
a) ‹mancha/huella/sabor› to leave

b) ‹ ganancia› to produce;

◊ el negocio dejó pérdidas the business made a loss

3 ( abandonar) ‹novia/marido› to leave;
‹ familia› to leave, abandon;
‹ trabajo› to give up, leave;
‹ lugar› to leave;
◊ quiere dejo el ballet he wants to give up ballet dancing

4 (+ compl) ( en cierto estado) to leave;
◊ dejé la ventana abierta I left the window open;

me dejó esperando afuera she left me waiting outside;
¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!;
me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos he let me have it for 1,000 pesos;
See also→ lado 3
5
a) ( posponer) leave;

◊ no lo dejes para después, hazlo ahora don't put it off o leave it until later, do it now

b) (reservar, guardar) ‹espacio/margen/comida› to leave

( permitir)
◊ dejoa algo/algn hacer algo to let sth/sb do sth;

déjalo entrar let it/him in;
deja correr el agua let the water run;
¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?;
dejo que algo/algn haga algo to let sb/sth do sth;
déjame que te ayude let me help you;
See Also→ caer 1, See Also→ paso 1 b
verbo intransitivo dejo de hacer algo to stop doing sth;
◊ dejo de fumar to give up o to stop smoking;

no dejes de escribirme make sure you write to me
dejarse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( abandonarse) to let oneself go

b)

◊ dejose hacer algo: se deja dominar por la envidia he lets his feelings of envy get the better of him;

se deja influir fácilmente he's easily influenced;
dejose llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music;
dejose estar (AmL);

( descuidarse) to be careless;
( abandonarse) to let oneself go
2 ‹barba/bigote› to grow
3 dejose de hacer algo to stop doing sth;
◊ déjate de lamentarte stop complaining

4 (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave
dejo sustantivo masculino
a) ( acento) (slight) accent, lilt

b) (de una bebida, comida) aftertaste;

dejo a algo slight taste of sth
c) (de arrogancia, ironía) touch, hint

d) (impresión, sensación):

◊ me quedó un dejo triste I was left with a feeling of sadness

dejar
1 verbo transitivo
1 (poner en un sitio una cosa) to leave: déjalo donde estaba, leave it where it was
no sé dónde dejé las llaves, I don't know where I left my keys
(a una persona en un lugar) to drop off
2 (prestar) to lend: ¿me dejas tu blusa?, may I borrow your blouse?
3 (abandonar a un niño) to abandon
(romper relaciones con) to leave: Carmen dejó a su novio, Carmen broke up with her boyfriend
(una actividad) to give up: dejó de bailar, she gave up dancing
dejar el trabajo, to leave one's job
(desistir) to give up: lo dejé por imposible, I gave it up
4 (autorizar, dar permiso) to let, allow: no sé si le dejarán viajar solo, I don't know if they'll let her travel unaccompanied
dejar entrar/salir, to let in/out ➣ Ver nota en let 5 (no molestar) to leave sb alone: deja a mamá, que está descansando, leave mummy alone, she's having a rest
6 (producir beneficios) to produce
7 (aplazar) dejaron la visita para otro día, they put the visit off for another day
8 (+ adjetivo: en un estado) to make
dejar cansado, to make (sb) tired
dejar preocupado/satisfecho, to worry/satisfy
II v aux ( dejar de + infinitivo) to stop, give up: no deja de hablar de él, she never stops talking about him
no dejes de llamar para avisarme, don't forget to call me
de pronto dejó de respirar, suddenly he stoped breathing ➣ Ver nota en give y stop
♦ Locuciones: déjame en paz, leave me alone
dejar dicho, to leave a word o a message
dejar fuera, (excluir, no tener en cuenta) to leave out, omit
dejar mucho que desear, to leave a lot to be desired: su examen dejó mucho que desear, his exam performance left a lot to be desired
' dejo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
albedrío
- aliento
- anonadada
- anonadado
- blanca
- blanco
- boca
- bocinazo
- brillantez
- constreñimiento
- criterio
- dejar
- dejarse
- desconcertada
- desconcertado
- descubierta
- descubierto
- desprotegida
- desprotegido
- escapar
- estela
- fugacidad
- gustillo
- helada
- helado
- huella
- mano
- menester
- palabra
- plana
- plano
- préstamo
- regusto
- respiración
- reticencia
- saldo
- sanctasanctórum
- señal
- sentada
- sentado
- sorpresa
- suya
- suyo
- temblar
- trancazo
- vacía
- vacío
- acento
- alucinado
- bien
English:
abrupt
- and
- blunt
- breath
- bring back
- capable
- cease
- climb
- cloud
- coast
- collapse
- come out
- crying
- disenchanted
- egg
- exhaust
- flop
- fortunately
- gap
- gust
- intimate
- leave
- leave behind
- leave on
- loan
- mark
- on
- option
- outage
- pour out
- quit
- rough up
- roughen
- sad
- set down
- shattered
- tinge
- undeterred
- wake
- walk out
- bowl
- breathless
- caller
- for
- give
- heart
- hint
- keep
- laughing
- let

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deje, dejo

m

1 acento slight accent

2 gusto aftertaste

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dejo nm

1) : aftertaste

2) : touch, hint

3) : (regional) accent

Spanish-English dictionary > dejo
23 dominio

m.

1 control.

2 authority, power.

3 domain (territorio).

dominios dominions (territorio)

4 mastery (conocimiento) (de arte, técnica).

5 domain (computing).

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dominio

► nombre masculino

1 (soberanía) dominion

2 (poder) power, control

3 (supremacía) supremacy

4 (de conocimientos) mastery, good knowledge; (de un idioma) good command

■ tiene un buen dominio del francés she has a good command of French

5 (territorio) domain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dominio de sí mismo self-control

ejercer dominio to exert control

ser del dominio público to be public knowledge

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noun m.

1) domain

2) dominance, domination

3) mastery

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SM

1) (=control) control

tiene el dominio de la situación — he is in control of the situation

dominio de sí mismo, dominio sobre sí mismo — self-control

2) (=conocimiento) command

es impresionante su dominio del inglés — his command of o fluency in English is impressive

¡qué dominio tiene! — isn't he good at it?

- es del dominio público

3) (=autoridad) authority ( sobre over)

4) (=territorio) dominion

5) (Educ) field, domain

6) (Inform) domain

nombre de dominio — domain name

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masculino

1)

a) ( control) control

perdió el dominio de sí mismo — he lost his self-control

en pleno dominio de sus facultades — in full command of her faculties

b) (de idioma, tema) command

se requiere perfecto dominio del inglés — fluent English o perfect command of English required

ser del dominio público — to be public knowledge

c) (ámbito de ciencia, arte) sphere

el dominio de la fantasía — the realms of fantasy

2)

a) (Hist, Pol) dominion

b) dominios masculino plural ( colonias) dominions (pl)

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= area, dominance, realm, command, mastery, domain, domination, dominion, grip, pervasiveness, primacy, preserve, rule, sway.

Ex. The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex. The arrangements should also negotiate resistance to perceived 'American dominance', erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex. Nevertheless, this situation does not appropriately demonstrate what is normally conceived to be the realm of indexing systems.

Ex. Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex. The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex. The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.

Ex. He cautions, however, that this approach can also mean domination of one person by another.

Ex. The author reviews the sources of information relating to the emigration of Indians to the various British dominions, colonies and other countries for the period 1830-1950.

Ex. It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex. New technologies are leading to a gradual recognition of the importance of information and of its pervasiveness throughout society and the economy.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. This article discusses the role of the librarian, who may view on-line as either status-enhancing or their own preserve.

Ex. The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex. During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.

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* afianzar el dominio sobre = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* dominio completo = stranglehold.

* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.

* dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.

* dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.

* dominio perfecto = a fine art.

* dominio público = public domain.

* dominio total = stranglehold.

* entrar dentro del dominio de = fall under + the umbrella of.

* nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.

* nombre de dominio = domain name.

* programa de dominio público = public domain software.

* ser de dominio público = be public domain.

* ser el dominio de = be the domain of.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( control) control

perdió el dominio de sí mismo — he lost his self-control

en pleno dominio de sus facultades — in full command of her faculties

b) (de idioma, tema) command

se requiere perfecto dominio del inglés — fluent English o perfect command of English required

ser del dominio público — to be public knowledge

c) (ámbito de ciencia, arte) sphere

el dominio de la fantasía — the realms of fantasy

2)

a) (Hist, Pol) dominion

b) dominios masculino plural ( colonias) dominions (pl)

* * *

= area, dominance, realm, command, mastery, domain, domination, dominion, grip, pervasiveness, primacy, preserve, rule, sway.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: The arrangements should also negotiate resistance to perceived 'American dominance', erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: Nevertheless, this situation does not appropriately demonstrate what is normally conceived to be the realm of indexing systems.

Ex: Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex: The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex: The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.

Ex: He cautions, however, that this approach can also mean domination of one person by another.

Ex: The author reviews the sources of information relating to the emigration of Indians to the various British dominions, colonies and other countries for the period 1830-1950.

Ex: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex: New technologies are leading to a gradual recognition of the importance of information and of its pervasiveness throughout society and the economy.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: This article discusses the role of the librarian, who may view on-line as either status-enhancing or their own preserve.

Ex: The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex: During this period Africa was influenced by external forces as the Islamic states of the north extended their sway south.

* afianzar el dominio sobre = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* dominio completo = stranglehold.

* dominio de las personas con más edad = senior power.

* dominio del conocimiento = knowledge domain.

* dominio de una lengua extranjera = language proficiency.

* dominio perfecto = a fine art.

* dominio público = public domain.

* dominio total = stranglehold.

* entrar dentro del dominio de = fall under + the umbrella of.

* nivel de dominio medio = working knowledge.

* nombre de dominio = domain name.

* programa de dominio público = public domain software.

* ser de dominio público = be public domain.

* ser el dominio de = be the domain of.

* * *

dominio

masculine

A

1 (control) control

bajo el dominio árabe under Arab control o rule

en ningún momento perdió el dominio de sí mismo at no time did he lose his self-control

en pleno dominio de sus facultades in full command of her faculties

para ampliar su dominio to extend their control o dominance

el dominio de su país sobre los mares their country's naval supremacy

2 (de un idioma, un tema) command

su dominio de estas técnicas her command o mastery of these techniques

se requiere perfecto dominio del inglés fluent English o perfect command of English required

el escritor tiene un gran dominio del lenguaje the author has an excellent command of the language

ser del dominio público to be public knowledge

3

(ámbito, campo): el dominio de las letras the field o sphere of letters

entra en el dominio de la fantasía it moves into the realms of fantasy

B

1 ( Hist, Pol) dominion

2 dominios mpl (colonias) dominions (pl)

C ( Inf) domain

nombre de dominio domain name

* * *

dominio sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( control) control;

◊ perdió el dominio de sí mismo he lost his self-control

b) (de idioma, tema) command;

◊ ser del dominio público to be public knowledge

2
a) (Hist, Pol) dominion

b)

◊ dominios sustantivo masculino plural ( colonias) dominions (pl)

3 (Inf) domain
dominio sustantivo masculino
1 (poder) control: tiene mucho dominio de sí mismo, he's very self-controlled
2 (conocimiento profundo) command, grasp
3 (ámbito, campo) scope, sphere
4 (territorio) lands
(colonias) colonies
♦ Locuciones: ser de dominio público, to be public knowledge
' dominio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- contención
- control
- lastre
- pública
- público
- señorío
- garra
English:
astonishing
- command
- domain
- dominion
- excellent
- mastery
- out
- preserve
- realm
- rule
- self-command
- self-composure
- self-control
- self-restraint
- stranglehold
- sway
- control
- dominance
- hold
- public
- self
- strangle

* * *

dominio nm

1. [dominación] control ( sobre over);
la guerrilla tiene el dominio sobre esta zona this area is under guerrilla control;

territorios bajo dominio romano territory under Roman rule;

tenía al partido bajo su absoluto dominio he had the party under his absolute control;

el dominio del partido correspondió al equipo visitante the visiting team had the best of the match;

en ningún momento perdió el dominio de la situación at no time did he lose control of the situation;

trata de mantener el dominio de ti mismo try to keep control of yourself

2. [territorio] domain;

un antiguo dominio portugués a former Portuguese territory o colony;

la caza estaba prohibida en sus dominios hunting was forbidden on his land o domain

3. [ámbito] realm, field;

temas que pertenecen al dominio de la cibernética topics relating to the field of cybernetics;

entramos en los dominios de la ciencia ficción we are entering the realms of science fiction

4. [conocimiento] [de arte, técnica] mastery;
[de idiomas] command;
su dominio del tema his mastery of the subject;

tiene un buen dominio del pincel she has a good command of the brush;

para el puesto requerimos dominio de al menos dos lenguas the post requires mastery of at least two languages;

tiene un gran dominio del balón he has great ball control;

Comp

ser de dominio público to be public knowledge;

era de dominio público que vivían separados it was common o public knowledge that they were living apart

5. Informát domain

Comp
dominio público public domain
6. Der [propiedad] ownership, domain

* * *

dominio

m

1 control;

dominio de sí mismo self-control

2 fig: de idioma command

3 INFOR domain

4

:

ser del dominio público be in the public domain

* * *

dominio nm

1) : dominion, power

2) : mastery

3) : domain, field

* * *

dominio n

1. (control, poder) control / rule

ejerce un fuerte dominio sobre su familia he exerts strict control over his family

2. (conocimiento) command

tiene un buen dominio del francés she has a good command of French

Spanish-English dictionary > dominio
24 mancha

f.

1 stain, spot.

tienes una mancha en la camisa you've got a stain on your shirt

una mancha de petróleo an oil slick (en el mar)

2 blotch (in skin).

3 blemish.

este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record

4 tache.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

mancha

► nombre femenino

1 stain, spot

2 figurado blemish

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sin mancha flawless, spotless

mancha solar sunspot

* * *

noun f.

mark, stain, spot

* * *

SF

La Mancha — La Mancha

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa — a grease stain

manchas de humedad — damp patches

no le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out

b) ( borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire

- mancha de petróleo

- mancha solar

2)

a) ( en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento — a birthmark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas — black with white patches

las manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings

3) ( en pulmón) shadow

4) ( de vegetación) patch

5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

sin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless

6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang

7) (RPl) ( juego)

la mancha — tag

* * *

= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.

Ex. Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.

Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex. The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.

Ex. Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.

Ex. Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.

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

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.

Ex. The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.

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* mancha de la piel = age spot.

* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.

* mancha de sangre = blood stain.

* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.

* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.

* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.

* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.

* manchas = staining.

* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark; ( difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa — a grease stain

manchas de humedad — damp patches

no le pude quitar or (AmL) sacar la mancha — I couldn't get the stain out

b) ( borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite — noticia to spread like wildfire

- mancha de petróleo

- mancha solar

2)

a) ( en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento — a birthmark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas — black with white patches

las manchas del leopardo — the leopard's spots o markings

3) ( en pulmón) shadow

4) ( de vegetación) patch

5) (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

sin mancha — < alma> pure; < reputación> spotless

6) (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang

7) (RPl) ( juego)

la mancha — tag

* * *

= deposit, spot, blemish, blob, stain, blotch, taint, blot, mottle.

Ex: Can you wonder that it should carry such deposits of jam, egg, butter, coffee and personal dirt?.

Ex: If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.

Ex: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.

Ex: Reciprocal RT references work both ways and are marked with a kind of blob in the shape of a distorted inverted comma.

Ex: Even though the facsimilist's paper is of the same period as that of the rest of the book, he is most unlikely to be able to match it precisely in all its characteristics thickness, texture, colour, chain-lines, watermark, and the propinquity of worm-holes and stains.

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

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: Some editorial departments claim indexes are unnecessary and a typographical blot.

Ex: The preservation and size of iron mottles in the paste suggests that clays were minimally processed before vessel manufacture.

* mancha de la piel = age spot.

* mancha de petróleo = oil slick, oil spill.

* mancha de sangre = blood stain.

* mancha de tinta = set-off, inkblot.

* mancha en + Posesivo + honor = blot on + Posesivo + escutcheon.

* mancha producida por goteo = drip mark.

* mancha resistente = stubborn stain.

* manchas = staining.

* ser una mancha para = be a blot on.

* sin mancha = unblemished, untainted, stainless.

* * *

mancha

feminine

A

1 (de suciedad) spot, mark; (difícil de quitar) stain

una mancha de grasa/sangre a grease/blood stain

la mancha no salió the stain didn't come out

manchas de humedad damp patches

no le pude quitar or ( AmL) sacar la mancha I couldn't get rid of the stain, I couldn't get the stain out

este mantel está lleno de manchas this tablecloth is covered in stains

la sábana tiene manchas de óxido the sheet has rust marks on it

2 (borrón) blot

extenderse como una mancha de aceite «noticia» to spread like wildfire

estas barriadas pobres se están extendiendo como una mancha de aceite these shantytowns are spreading rapidly

¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? ( Arg); what difference does/will it make?

Compuestos:

● mancha de hielo

patch of ice

● mancha de petróleo

oil slick

● mancha solar

sunspot

B

1 (en la piel) mark

una mancha de nacimiento a birthmark

2 (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch

negro con manchas blancas black with white patches

las manchas del tigre the tiger's stripes o markings

las manchas del leopardo the leopard's spots o markings

Compuesto:

mancha amarilla

yellow spot

C (en el pulmón) shadow

D (de vegetación) patch

E ( liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain

un alma sin mancha a pure soul

una reputación sin mancha a spotless reputation

una mancha imborrable en el honor de la familia an indelible stain on the family honor

F ( Per fam) (pandilla) gang

G

( RPl) (juego): la mancha tag

* * *

Del verbo manchar: ( conjugate manchar)

mancha es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
mancha
manchar
mancha sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( de suciedad) spot, mark;

( difícil de quitar) stain;
◊ una mancha de grasa a grease stain;

manchas de humedad damp patches;
mancha de petróleo oil slick
b) ( borrón) blot

2
a) ( en la piel) mark

b) (en el pelaje, las plumas) patch;

( del leopardo) spot
3 (liter) (imperfección, mácula) stain;
◊ sin mancha ‹ alma› pure;

‹ reputación› spotless
4 (Per fam) ( pandilla) gang
manchar ( conjugate manchar) verbo transitivo
1 ( ensuciar) to mark, get … dirty;
( de algo difícil de quitar) to stain
2 ‹reputación/honra/memoria› to tarnish
verbo intransitivo
to stain
mancharse verbo pronominal
a) [ropa/mantel] to get dirty;

( de algo difícil de quitar) to get stained;
manchase DE or con algo to get stained with sth
b) ( refl) [ persona] to get dirty;

◊ me manché la blusa de aceite I got oil stains on my blouse

mancha sustantivo femenino
1 (de grasa, pintura, etc) stain
2 (en la piel) spot: le ha salido una mancha roja en la mano, she has a red spot on her hand
manchar verbo transitivo to stain: su implicación mancha el nombre de la Universidad, his involvement is a disgrace to the University
' mancha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canal
- guiso
- lamparón
- manchar
- penetrar
- pinta
- quitar
- quitarse
- rebelde
- sacar
- salpicadura
- aparecer
- aureola
- borrón
- cerco
- dejar
- desaparecer
- gotera
- ir
- manchego
- salir
- tenaz
English:
blemish
- blob
- blot
- blotch
- Channel Tunnel
- chunnel
- come off
- come out
- fleck
- get off
- get out
- mark
- patch
- removal
- remove
- rub off
- scrub away
- shift
- show
- show up
- slick
- smear
- smudge
- smut
- somewhere
- spot
- stain
- stubborn
- sunspot
- untarnished
- wash out
- wipe off
- birth
- blood
- channel
- cross
- dab
- marking
- sun
- wash

* * *

mancha nf

1. [de suciedad] stain, spot;
[de tinta] blot;
me he echado una mancha en la camisa I've stained my shirt, I've got a stain on my shirt;

no consiguió que se fuera la mancha she couldn't get the stain out;

una mancha de petróleo [en el mar] an oil slick;

una mancha de aceite an oil stain;

Comp

extenderse como una mancha de aceite to spread like wildfire

2. [de color] spot, mark;

un caballo con manchas negras a horse with black patches;

Comp
RP
¿qué le hace una mancha más al tigre? what difference does one more make?, one more won't make any difference

3. [en la piel] [por reacción] blotch;
[de la vejez] liver spot;
le han salido unas manchas en la piel he's come out in blotches

Comp
mancha de nacimiento birthmark
4. Astron mancha solar sunspot

5. [deshonra] blemish, blot;

este suspenso supondrá una mancha en su expediente this fail will be a blot on his academic record;

tiene un historial sin mancha she has a spotless record

6. Perú Fam [grupo de amigos] gang

7. RP
la mancha [juego] tag

* * *

Mancha

:

Canal de la Mancha English Channel;

la Mancha La Mancha

* * *

mancha nf

1) : stain, spot, mark

mancha de sangre: bloodstain

2) : blemish, blot

una mancha en su reputación: a blemish on his reputation

3) : patch

* * *

mancha n

1. (en general) stain

2. (en la pared, tierra) patch [pl. patches]

3. (de animal) spot

Spanish-English dictionary > mancha
25 predominio

m.

preponderance, predominance.

* * *

predominio

► nombre masculino

1 predominance

* * *

SM predominance

* * *

masculino predominance

predominio SOBRE algo — predominance over something

* * *

= predominance, preponderance, prevalence, primacy.

Ex. Another feature of the American community information scene worthy of comment is the predominance of telephone enquiries over personal visits.

Ex. The census report clearly shows that the increase in foreign population is alarming, and that in time the preponderance in our city at least will be largerly in their favor.

Ex. The study clearly shows the high prevalence of solo research in the field of bibliometrics.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

* * *

masculino predominance

predominio SOBRE algo — predominance over something

* * *

= predominance, preponderance, prevalence, primacy.

Ex: Another feature of the American community information scene worthy of comment is the predominance of telephone enquiries over personal visits.

Ex: The census report clearly shows that the increase in foreign population is alarming, and that in time the preponderance in our city at least will be largerly in their favor.

Ex: The study clearly shows the high prevalence of solo research in the field of bibliometrics.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

* * *

predominio

masculine

predominance predominio SOBRE algo predominance OVER sth

el predominio de los tonos claros sobre los oscuros the predominance of light shades over dark ones

* * *

predominio sustantivo masculino
predominance
predominio sustantivo masculino predominance
' predominio' also found in these entries:
English:
dominance
- preponderance
- predominance
- prevalence

* * *

predominio nm

predominance;

predominio de algo sobre algo predominance of sth over sth;

había un predominio de gente joven entre el público the audience was made up predominantly of young people

* * *

predominio

m predominance

* * *

predominio nm

: predominance, prevalence

Spanish-English dictionary > predominio
26 prejucio

= taint.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

* * *

= taint.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Spanish-English dictionary > prejucio
27 primacía

f.

predominance, excellence, primacy, supremacy.

* * *

primacía

► nombre femenino

1 primacy

* * *

SF

1) [como cualidad] (=superioridad) primacy, first place; (=supremacía) supremacy; (=prioridad) priority

tener la primacía sobre algo — to be superior to sth

primacía de paso — (Aut) priority, right of way

2) (Rel) primacy

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( preeminencia) supremacy

b) ( prioridad) priority

primacía SOBRE algo — priority over something, precedence over something

2) (Relig) primacy

* * *

= primacy.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( preeminencia) supremacy

b) ( prioridad) priority

primacía SOBRE algo — priority over something, precedence over something

2) (Relig) primacy

* * *

= primacy.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

* * *

primacía

feminine

A

1 (preeminencia) supremacy

no afectará nuestra primacía en este campo it will not affect our preeminence o supremacy o primacy in this field

la primacía del equipo en los torneos domésticos the team's supremacy in domestic competitions

2 (prioridad) priority

dieron primacía a los problemas económicos priority was given to the economic problems

primacía SOBRE algo priority OVER sth, precedence OVER sth

debe tener primacía sobre los demás problemas it must take priority o precedence over the other problems

B ( Relig) primacy

* * *

primacía sustantivo femenino primacy, preeminence, supremacy
' primacía' also found in these entries:
English:
primacy

* * *

primacía nf

1. [superioridad]
la derrota puso fin a la primacía del equipo en la liga the defeat knocked the team off the top of the league;

defienden la primacía de la estética sobre la técnica they believe aesthetic qualities to be more important than technique

2. [prioridad]
esta tarea tiene primacía sobre las demás this task takes priority over the others

* * *

primacía

f

1 ( supremacía) supremacy, primacy

2 ( prioridad) priority

* * *

primacía nf

1) : precedence, priority

2) : superiority, supremacy

Spanish-English dictionary > primacía
28 sesgo

m.

1 slant.

al sesgo on a slant; (en general) on the bias (costura)

2 course, path (rumbo).

3 bias.

pres.indicat.

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

* * *

sesgo

► nombre masculino

1 (torcimiento) slant

2 figurado (curso) slant, turn

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al sesgo COSTURA on the bias

tomar un sesgo favorable / tomar un sesgo desfavorable figurado to take a turn for the better / take a turn for the worse

* * *

SM

1) (=inclinación) slant

estar al sesgo — to be slanting

2) (=torcimiento) warp, twist

3) (Cos) bias

cortar algo al sesgo — to cut sth on the bias

4) (Téc) bevel

5) (=dirección) direction

ha tomado otro sesgo — it has taken a new turn

6) * (=truco) dodge *

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( de falda) bias

se corta al sesgo — you cut it on the bias

b) ( diagonal)

al sesgo — crosswise, diagonally

2) (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant; ( rumbo) direction

* * *

= bent, bias [biases, -pl.], skewness, skew, taint, tilt, slant.

Ex. This factor was a constant theme especially in those programmes with a highly technical bent.

Ex. The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

Ex. This skewness implies that there will always be a large fraction of uncited publications.

Ex. The results shows that the new algorithm performs better than existing algorithms for a wide degree of skew.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex. This has contributed to a tilt toward English-language publications in Web of Science.

Ex. The 7th edition of CC is due to appear in 1971, and Ranganathan has given an extensive preview in an article in Library Science with a slant to documentation, cited at the end of this chapter.

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* sesgo de género = gender bias.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( de falda) bias

se corta al sesgo — you cut it on the bias

b) ( diagonal)

al sesgo — crosswise, diagonally

2) (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant; ( rumbo) direction

* * *

= bent, bias [biases, -pl.], skewness, skew, taint, tilt, slant.

Ex: This factor was a constant theme especially in those programmes with a highly technical bent.

Ex: The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

Ex: This skewness implies that there will always be a large fraction of uncited publications.

Ex: The results shows that the new algorithm performs better than existing algorithms for a wide degree of skew.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

Ex: This has contributed to a tilt toward English-language publications in Web of Science.

Ex: The 7th edition of CC is due to appear in 1971, and Ranganathan has given an extensive preview in an article in Library Science with a slant to documentation, cited at the end of this chapter.

* sesgo de género = gender bias.

* * *

sesgo

masculine

A

1 (de una falda) bias

se corta al sesgo you cut it on the bias

2

(diagonal): al sesgo crosswise, diagonally

B

1 (tendencia, enfoque) bias, slant

la conferencia tuvo un sesgo marcadamente político the lecture had a markedly political slant o bias, the lecture was markedly political

2 (rumbo) direction

no me gusta el sesgo que está tomando el asunto I don't like the direction this is taking o the way this is going

* * *

Del verbo sesgar: ( conjugate sesgar)

sesgo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

sesgó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
sesgar
sesgo
sesgar verbo transitivo
1 (cortar en diagonal) to cut on the bias
(poner en diagonal) to slant
2 (un punto de vista, una opinión) to slant
sesgo sustantivo masculino
1 (cariz, rumbo) turn
2 (enfoque) slant
' sesgo' also found in these entries:
English:
slant

* * *

sesgo nm

1. [oblicuidad] slant;

al sesgo [en diagonal] on a slant;
[costura] on the bias
2. [rumbo] course, path;

preocupa el sesgo que está tomando el conflicto the conflict has taken a worrying turn

* * *

sesgo

m fig

bias

* * *

sesgo nm

: bias

Spanish-English dictionary > sesgo
29 universal

adj.

1 universal (total).

2 world (mundial).

historia universal world history

universales (Filosofía) universals

* * *

universal

► adjetivo

1 universal

■ la historia universal world history

► nombre masculino plural universales

1 (filosofía, lingüística, etc) universals

* * *

adj.

1) universal

2) worldwide

* * *

ADJ (=general) universal; (=mundial) world, world-wide

historia universal — world history

de fama universal — internationally o world famous

una especie de distribución universal — a species with a world-wide distribution o found all over the world

* * *

adjetivo

a) <ley/principio> universal

una marca de fama universal — a world-famous brand

no tiene validez universal — it is not universally valid

b) <llave/enchufe> universal

* * *

= universal, all-encompassing, all-embracing, embracing, encompassing, all-purpose.

Ex. Document analysis is, then, a universal tool.

Ex. In publishing itself there is little use made of the all-encompassing schemes such as Dewey or the Library of Congress.

Ex. Some databases are very all-embracing in their coverage and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of entire disciplines.

Ex. What is needed is an embracing approach to guarantee freedom for Palestine and legitimacy for Israel.

Ex. By drawing Russia into an encompassing coalition with Europe and other powers, the risk of conflict will be diminished.

Ex. In UDC the colon has to act as an ' all purpose' facet indicator to a very large extent.

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* casi universal = quasi-universal.

* CBU (Control Bibliográfico Universal) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* escolarización universal = universal schooling.

* SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).

* sistema de clasificación universal = universal classification scheme.

* sufragio universal = universal suffrage.

* UAP (Accesibilidad Universal a la Información) = UAP (Universal Availability of Information).

* UDC (Clasificación Decimal Universal) = UDC (Universal Decimal Classification).

* URI (Identificador Uniforme de Recursos) = URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).

* * *

adjetivo

a) <ley/principio> universal

una marca de fama universal — a world-famous brand

no tiene validez universal — it is not universally valid

b) <llave/enchufe> universal

* * *

= universal, all-encompassing, all-embracing, embracing, encompassing, all-purpose.

Ex: Document analysis is, then, a universal tool.

Ex: In publishing itself there is little use made of the all-encompassing schemes such as Dewey or the Library of Congress.

Ex: Some databases are very all-embracing in their coverage and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of entire disciplines.

Ex: What is needed is an embracing approach to guarantee freedom for Palestine and legitimacy for Israel.

Ex: By drawing Russia into an encompassing coalition with Europe and other powers, the risk of conflict will be diminished.

Ex: In UDC the colon has to act as an ' all purpose' facet indicator to a very large extent.

* casi universal = quasi-universal.

* CBU (Control Bibliográfico Universal) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* escolarización universal = universal schooling.

* SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).

* sistema de clasificación universal = universal classification scheme.

* sufragio universal = universal suffrage.

* UAP (Accesibilidad Universal a la Información) = UAP (Universal Availability of Information).

* UDC (Clasificación Decimal Universal) = UDC (Universal Decimal Classification).

* URI (Identificador Uniforme de Recursos) = URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).

* * *

universal

adjective

1 ‹ley/principio› universal

una marca de fama universal a world-famous brand

un escritor que trata temas universales a writer who deals with universal themes

no tiene validez universal it is not universally valid

2 ‹llave/enchufe› universal

* * *

universal adjetivo
universal
universal adjetivo
1 (para todo el mundo: concepto, ley, etc) universal
Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(uso enfático) un actor de fama universal, a world-famous actor
2 (del Universo) universal
gravitación universal, universal gravitation
' universal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clásica
- clásico
- diluvio
- exposición
- sede
- señera
- señero
- sufragio
English:
flood
- universal
- universal joint
- U
- washer

* * *

universal

♦ adj

1. [total] [acceso, idioma, sufragio] universal;

un principio de validez universal a universally valid principle

2. [mundial] world;

historia universal world history;

literatura universal world literature;

un artista de fama universal a world-famous artist

♦ universales nmpl Filosofía

universals

* * *

universal

adj universal

* * *

universal adj

: universal

♦ universalmente adv

* * *

universal adj

1. (ley, prinicpio) universal

2. (historia, fama) world

Spanish-English dictionary > universal
30 provisionalmente

adv.

provisionally.

* * *

provisionalmente

► adverbio

1 provisionally

* * *

ADV provisionally

* * *

adverbio provisionally

vive allí provisionalmente — he's living there for the time being

* * *

= tentatively.

Ex. By late 1967, a library had tentatively been established and the Dewey Decimal Classification was introduced = A finales de 1967, se creó provisionalmente una biblioteca en la que se empezó a utilizar la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey.

* * *

adverbio provisionally

vive allí provisionalmente — he's living there for the time being

* * *

= tentatively.

Ex: By late 1967, a library had tentatively been established and the Dewey Decimal Classification was introduced = A finales de 1967, se creó provisionalmente una biblioteca en la que se empezó a utilizar la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey.

* * *

provisionalmente

adverb

provisionally

la colección se instalará provisionalmente en Valencia the collection will be housed provisionally in Valencia

podrías quedarte con nosotros provisionalmente you could stay with us for the time being

* * *

provisionalmente adv

provisionally

* * *

provisionalmente adv

: provisionally, tentatively

* * *

provisionalmente adv temporarily

Spanish-English dictionary > provisionalmente
31 tentativamente

adv.

tentatively, probingly, on approval.

* * *

= tentatively.

Ex. By late 1967, a library had tentatively been established and the Dewey Decimal Classification was introduced = A finales de 1967, se creó provisionalmente una biblioteca en la que se empezó a utilizar la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey.

* * *

= tentatively.

Ex: By late 1967, a library had tentatively been established and the Dewey Decimal Classification was introduced = A finales de 1967, se creó provisionalmente una biblioteca en la que se empezó a utilizar la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey.

Spanish-English dictionary > tentativamente
32 DC

f. & m.

1 de Democracia Cristiana. (Poland)

2 CD, cadaver donor.

3 SD, skin dose.

* * *

DC (Clasificación Decimal de Dewey)

= Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC o DC).

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

* Fecha + d.C. (Después de Cristo) = AD [A.D.] + Fecha (Anno Domini).

* * *

DC

feminine

(en Chi) = Democracia Cristiana

* * *

DC nf (abrev de Democracia Cristiana)

Christian Democracy

Spanish-English dictionary > DC
33 DDC

DDC (Clasificación Decimal de Dewey)

= Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC o DC).

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification (abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Spanish-English dictionary > DDC
34 abreviar

v.

1 to shorten.

2 to hurry up (darse prisa).

para abreviar to keep it quick; (al hacer algo) to cut a long story short (al narrar algo)

3 to abbreviate, to abridge, to condense, to curtail.

Contraje tu ensayo por estética I shortened your essay for aesthetics.

4 to reduce, to decrease.

Abreviar la velocidad Reduce speed.

* * *

abreviar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 (acortar) to shorten, cut short

2 (texto) to abridge; (palabra) to abbreviate

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

abreviar los trámites to speed up the formalities

para abreviar to cut a long story short

* * *

1. VT

1) (=acortar) [+ palabra] to abbreviate; [+ texto] to abridge, reduce; [+ discurso, estancia etc] to shorten, cut short

2) (=acercar) [+ fecha] to bring forward; [+ acontecimiento] to hasten

2.

VI (=apresurarse) to be quick

bueno, para abreviar... — well, to cut a long story short...

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <permanencia/visita> to cut short; < plazo> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to abridge; < palabra> to abbreviate
2.
abreviar vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde — cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando... — in short...

* * *

= abbreviate, telescope.

Ex. The Dewey Decimal Classification ( abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex. What certainly happens without a doubt is that the experienced librarian telescopes into what may appear to be a single instantaneous decision a whole series of logically-connected search steps.

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* interrumpir para abreviar = cut + Nombre + short.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <permanencia/visita> to cut short; < plazo> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to abridge; < palabra> to abbreviate
2.
abreviar vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde — cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando... — in short...

* * *

= abbreviate, telescope.

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification ( abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex: What certainly happens without a doubt is that the experienced librarian telescopes into what may appear to be a single instantaneous decision a whole series of logically-connected search steps.

* interrumpir para abreviar = cut + Nombre + short.

* * *

abreviar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹estancia/visita› to cut short; ‹plazo› to shorten; ‹texto/artículo› to abridge

tuvo que abreviar su visita he had to cut short his visit

2 ‹palabra› to abbreviate

■ abreviar

vi

abrevia, que se hace tarde cut it short, it's getting late

abreviando, no sabemos nada todavía in short, we don't know anything yet

* * *

abreviar ( conjugate abreviar) verbo transitivo ‹permanencia/visita› to cut short;
‹ plazo› to shorten;
‹texto/artículo› to abridge;
‹ palabra› to abbreviate
verbo intransitivo:
◊ abreviando … in short …

abreviar
I verbo transitivo
1 to shorten: abreviaremos nuestra estancia en Niza, we'll cut short our stay in Nice
2 (resumir o acortar un texto) to abridge: ¿puedes abreviar un poco el prólogo?, could you abridge the prologue a bit?
3 (una palabra) to abbreviate
II verbo intransitivo
1 to be quick o brief: ¡abrevia, que no llegamos! be quick, or we'll never get there!
♦ Locuciones: para abreviar, to cut a long story short: ... para abreviar: no fue a la entrevista, to cut a long story short: she didn't go to the interview

' abreviar' also found in these entries:
English:
abbreviate
- curtail
- do
- short
- shorten

* * *

abreviar

♦ vt

1. [proceso, explicación] to shorten;
[viaje, estancia] to cut short
2. [texto] to abridge

3. [palabra] to abbreviate

♦ vi
[darse prisa] to hurry up;
para abreviar [al hacer algo] to keep it quick;
[al narrar algo] to cut a long story short;
¡venga, abrevia! come on, keep it short!

♦ See also the pronominal verb abreviarse

* * *

abreviar

v/t shorten; palabra tb

abbreviate; texto tb

abridge

* * *

abreviar vt

1) : to abbreviate

2) : to shorten, to cut short

* * *

abreviar vb

1. (palabra) to abbreviate

2. (reunión, etc) to cut short [pt. & pp. cut]

¡abrevia! hurry up!

abrevia, que tengo prisa hurry up I'm in a hurry

Spanish-English dictionary > abreviar
35 acortar

v.

1 to shorten (longitud, cuerda).

Ellos acortaron el tiempo asignado They shortened the alloted time.

2 to abridge, to shorten.

Ellos acortaron la versión para cine They abridged the movie version.

* * *

acortar

► verbo transitivo

1 to shorten, make shorter

■ acortar distancias to cut down the distance

► verbo intransitivo

1 to shorten

► verbo pronominal acortarse

1 figurado to be shy

* * *

verb

to shorten, reduce

- acortarse

* * *

1.

VT [+ vestido, falda, traje] to take up, shorten; [+ artículo, texto] to shorten, cut down; [+ periodo, duración] to shorten, reduce

esta carretera acortará la distancia entre las dos ciudades — this road will shorten the distance between the two cities

yendo por aquí acortamos camino — it's shorter if we go this way

tuve que acortar las vacaciones y volver a casa — I had to cut short my holidays and go home

el Barcelona está acortando distancias con el Real Madrid — Barcelona is catching up with Real Madrid

2.

See:

acortarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <falda/vestido> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to cut, shorten; <vacaciones/permanencia> to cut short; <película/carrera> to reduce the length of

acortar camino — to take a short cut
2.
acortarse v pron to get shorter

* * *

= curtail, shorten, truncate, conflate, foreshorten, cut + Nombre + short, abridge, abbreviate, cut across.

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. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

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

Ex. Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex. Medicine also needs to reconsider whether actions that foreshorten life can be normative and permissible.

Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. The Dewey Decimal Classification ( abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex. He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

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* acortar las diferencias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* acortarse = grow + shorter.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <falda/vestido> to shorten; <texto/artículo> to cut, shorten; <vacaciones/permanencia> to cut short; <película/carrera> to reduce the length of

acortar camino — to take a short cut
2.
acortarse v pron to get shorter

* * *

= curtail, shorten, truncate, conflate, foreshorten, cut + Nombre + short, abridge, abbreviate, cut across.

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: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.

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

Ex: Authors did not always read proofs; revises might be omitted and routines conflated.

Ex: Medicine also needs to reconsider whether actions that foreshorten life can be normative and permissible.

Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: The Dewey Decimal Classification ( abbreviated to either DC or DDC) is arguably the most important bibliographic classification scheme.

Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

* acortar las diferencias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias = close + the gap.

* acortar las distancias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.

* acortar + Posesivo + vida = cut + Posesivo + life short.

* acortarse = grow + shorter.

* * *

acortar [A1 ]

vt

‹falda/vestido› to shorten; ‹texto/artículo› to cut, shorten; ‹vacaciones/estancia› to cut short

vamos por aquí, para acortar camino let's go this way, it's quicker o shorter

acortaron la distancia de la prueba they reduced the length of the race

■ acortarse

v pron

to get shorter

* * *

acortar ( conjugate acortar) verbo transitivo ‹falda/vestido› to shorten;
‹texto/artículo› to cut, shorten;
‹vacaciones/permanencia› to cut short;
‹película/carrera› to reduce the length of;
‹ distancia› to reduce;
◊ acortar camino to take a short cut

acortarse verbo pronominal
to get shorter
acortar verbo transitivo to shorten
♦ Locuciones: acortar las distancias, to cut down the distance

' acortar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abreviar
- hacer
- interrumpir
English:
curtail
- cut
- shorten
- take up
- gain
- take
- turn

* * *

acortar

♦ vt

1. [longitud, cuerda] to shorten

2. [falda, pantalón] to take up

3. [reunión, viaje] to cut short

4. [condena] to cut, to reduce

♦ vi

por este camino acortaremos we'll get there quicker this way

♦ See also the pronominal verb acortarse

* * *

acortar

I v/t shorten

II v/i take a short cut

* * *

acortar vt

: to shorten, to cut short

♦ See also the reflexive verb acortarse

* * *

acortar vb

1. (tamaño, longitud) to shorten

tienes que acortar los vaqueros you have to shorten your jeans

2. (tiempo) to reduce

queremos acortar las horas de espera we want to reduce the waiting time

Spanish-English dictionary > acortar
36 botánico

adj.

botanical, botanic.

m.

botanist.

* * *

botánico

► adjetivo

1 botanical

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 botanist

* * *
botánico, -a
1.

ADJ botanical

2.

SM / F botanist

* * *

- ca adjetivo botanical

* * *

= botanical, botanist, botanic.

Ex. Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) uses divisions rather than families for algal literature and follows a hierarchical arrangement that corresponds to botanical classification.

Ex. Volume 16 contains the history of the most important travels by water and by land undertaken by botanists since the 12th century.

Ex. The library has long been a repository for some of the rarest and most important botanic literature in existence.

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* jardín botánico = botanic garden.

* * *

- ca adjetivo botanical

* * *

= botanical, botanist, botanic.

Ex: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) uses divisions rather than families for algal literature and follows a hierarchical arrangement that corresponds to botanical classification.

Ex: Volume 16 contains the history of the most important travels by water and by land undertaken by botanists since the 12th century.

Ex: The library has long been a repository for some of the rarest and most important botanic literature in existence.

* jardín botánico = botanic garden.

* * *

botánico¹ -ca

adjective

botanical

botánico² -ca

masculine, feminine

botanist

* * *

botánico
◊ -ca adjetivo

botanical
botánico,-a
I adjetivo botanic(al)
jardín botánico, botanic(al) gardens
II sustantivo masculino y femenino botanist

' botánico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
botánica
- jardín
English:
botanic
- botanical
- botanical garden
- botanist

* * *

botánico, -a

♦ adj

botanical

♦ nm,f

botanist

* * *

botánico

I adj botanical

II m, botánica f botanist

* * *

botánico, -ca adj

: botanical

botánico, -ca n

: botanist

Spanish-English dictionary > botánico
37 limitar

v.

1 to limit, to restrict.

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an hour

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

Ricardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.

El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.

2 to mark out (terreno).

3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).

4 to border.

* * *

limitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to limit

► verbo intransitivo limitar con

1 to border with

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

limitarse a + inf to restrict oneself to + gerund, do no more than + inf

■ una persona inteligente no se limita a ver la televisión an intelligent person does not restrict himself to watching television

■ limítate a cumplir ordenes just obey orders

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verb

to restrict, limit

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1.

VT (=restringir) to limit, restrict

nos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have

limitaron el tiempo del examen a dos horas — the exam time was limited to two hours

hay que limitar el consumo de alcohol entre los adolescentes — alcohol consumption among young people should be restricted

2.

VI

limitar con — to border on

España limita al norte con Francia — Spain borders on France to the north

3.

See:

limitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month
2.
limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west
3.
limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

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= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

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* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

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1.
verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month
2.
limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west
3.
limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

* * *

= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

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limitar [A1 ]

vt

‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrict

las disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearms

es necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of action

habrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakers

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week

■ limitar

vi

limitar CON algo to border ON sth

España limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the west

■ limitarse

v pron

limitarse A algo:

yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to me

no hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watching

limítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to do

el problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big cities

tiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means

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limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
limitarse verbo pronominal:
◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
limitar
I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France

' limitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constreñir
- tapiar
- lindar
English:
border on
- confine
- limit
- narrow down
- restrict
- border

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limitar

♦ vt

1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;

quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

2. [terreno] to mark out;

limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land

♦ vi

to border ( con on);
limita al norte con Venezuela it borders on Venezuela to the north

♦ See also the pronominal verb limitarse

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limitar

I v/t limit; ( restringir) limit, restrict

II v/i

:

limitar con border on

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limitar vt

restringir: to limit, to restrict

limitar vi

limitar con : to border on

♦ See also the reflexive verb limitarse

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limitar vb

1. (restringir) to limit

quieren limitar el consumo de agua they want to limit water consumption

2. (tener frontera) to border

España limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France

Spanish-English dictionary > limitar
38 poca utilidad

(n.) = unhelpfulness

Ex. This article discusses the provision of bilingual dictionaries for the Dewey Decimal Classification, indicating its inconsistency and unhelpfulness and the usefulness of the Colon Classification in this regard.

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(n.) = unhelpfulness

Ex: This article discusses the provision of bilingual dictionaries for the Dewey Decimal Classification, indicating its inconsistency and unhelpfulness and the usefulness of the Colon Classification in this regard.

Spanish-English dictionary > poca utilidad
39 relativo a las algas

(adj.) = algal

Ex. Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) uses divisions rather than families for algal literature and follows a hierarchical arrangement that corresponds to botanical classification.

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(adj.) = algal

Ex: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) uses divisions rather than families for algal literature and follows a hierarchical arrangement that corresponds to botanical classification.

Spanish-English dictionary > relativo a las algas
40 abreviado

adj.

abridged, condensed, abbreviated, summarized.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: abreviar.

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abreviado

► participio pasado

1→ link=abreviar abreviar

► adjetivo

1 concise

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ADJ (=breve) brief; (=reducido) shortened, abridged

la palabra es forma abreviada de... — the word is short for...

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= shortened, shorthand [short-hand], cut-down, abbreviated, abridged, condensed.

Ex. Would it be feasible to construct a coding system with such flexibility that a research library could use a more expanded coding system, while nonresearch libraries can use a shortened coding system in the same code?.

Ex. The five words in the right hand column form a convenient shorthand descriptor of each stage in the analysis.

Ex. The 8088 is a ' cut-down' version of the 8086, having a smaller databus.

Ex. The following is an abbreviated list of standard subdivisions from the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex. This article examines the abridged versus un abridged debate in the realm of books on tape or audiocassettes outlining the advantages of each format.

Ex. The table of contents, in a condensed form, is often used as a means of describing scope and contents.

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* muy abreviado = highly-abbreviated.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

* * *

= shortened, shorthand [short-hand], cut-down, abbreviated, abridged, condensed.

Ex: Would it be feasible to construct a coding system with such flexibility that a research library could use a more expanded coding system, while nonresearch libraries can use a shortened coding system in the same code?.

Ex: The five words in the right hand column form a convenient shorthand descriptor of each stage in the analysis.

Ex: The 8088 is a ' cut-down' version of the 8086, having a smaller databus.

Ex: The following is an abbreviated list of standard subdivisions from the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex: This article examines the abridged versus un abridged debate in the realm of books on tape or audiocassettes outlining the advantages of each format.

Ex: The table of contents, in a condensed form, is often used as a means of describing scope and contents.

* muy abreviado = highly-abbreviated.

* ser la forma abreviada de = be short for.

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abreviado, -a adj
[texto] abridged

Spanish-English dictionary > abreviado

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