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defense

  • 61 ataque nuclear

    Ex. The article 'The indestructible, indispensable Internet' provides a brief background to the Internet's origins as a defense communications network of the cold war era designed to withstand nuclear attack = El artículo "Internet, indestructible e indispensable" ofrece una introdución breve a los orígenes de Internet como red de comunicaciones de defensa de la época de la guerra fría diseñada para resistir un ataque nuclear.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'The indestructible, indispensable Internet' provides a brief background to the Internet's origins as a defense communications network of the cold war era designed to withstand nuclear attack = El artículo "Internet, indestructible e indispensable" ofrece una introdución breve a los orígenes de Internet como red de comunicaciones de defensa de la época de la guerra fría diseñada para resistir un ataque nuclear.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ataque nuclear

  • 62 bate de béisbol

    (n.) = baseball bat
    Ex. 24 respondents reported using another weapon (eg, knife, baseball bat) in home self-defense.
    * * *

    Ex: 24 respondents reported using another weapon (eg, knife, baseball bat) in home self-defense.

    * * *
    baseball bat

    Spanish-English dictionary > bate de béisbol

  • 63 camarón

    m.
    shrimp, prawn, squilla.
    * * *
    1 prawn, common prawn
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Zool) shrimp
    2) CAm (=propina) tip, gratuity
    3) And * (=traidor) turncoat

    hacer camarón — to change sides, go over to the other side o camp

    4) CAm * (=trabajo) casual o occasional work
    5) Cono Sur (=litera) bunk (bed)
    * * *
    masculino ( crustáceo pequeño) shrimp; (- más grande) shrimp (AmE), prawn (BrE)
    * * *
    = prawn, krill.
    Ex. According to these results, it is suggested that both chemicals examined could damage hemocytes and further influence the defense mechanism of prawns.
    Ex. Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.
    * * *
    masculino ( crustáceo pequeño) shrimp; (- más grande) shrimp (AmE), prawn (BrE)
    * * *
    = prawn, krill.

    Ex: According to these results, it is suggested that both chemicals examined could damage hemocytes and further influence the defense mechanism of prawns.

    Ex: Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.

    * * *
    1 (pequeño) shrimp
    2 (más grande) shrimp ( AmE), prawn ( BrE)
    camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente time and tide wait for no man
    B ( Per fam) (en una fiesta, comida) gate-crasher
    C ( Ven fam) (siesta) nap, snooze ( colloq)
    echó un camaroncito he had a quick snooze o nap, he had forty winks
    * * *

     

    camarón sustantivo masculino ( crustáceo — pequeño) shrimp;
    (— más grande) shrimp (AmE), prawn (BrE)
    camarón sustantivo masculino Zool (common) prawn
    ' camarón' also found in these entries:
    English:
    shrimp
    - prawn
    * * *
    1. [quisquilla] Br shrimp, US prawn
    2. CAm, Col [propina] tip
    3. Perú [persona] turncoat
    4. Ven Fam [siesta] nap
    * * *
    m L.Am.
    ZO shrimp, Br
    prawn
    * * *
    camarón nm, pl - rones
    1) : shrimp
    2) : prawn
    * * *
    camarón n shrimp

    Spanish-English dictionary > camarón

  • 64 cartera

    f.
    1 wallet (for money).
    2 briefcase.
    3 portfolio (commerce, Fin & Pol).
    4 handbag (British), purse (United States). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)
    5 purse, pannier bag, pocketbook.
    6 attaché case, letter-case, briefcase, document case.
    7 saddlebag.
    * * *
    1 (monedero) wallet
    2 (de colegial) satchel, school bag
    3 (de ejecutivo) briefcase
    4 figurado portfolio
    5 COMERCIO portfolio
    \
    tener algo en cartera figurado to be planning something
    cartera de clientes client portfolio
    cartera de pedidos order book
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) wallet, billfold
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=monedero) [de hombre] wallet, billfold (EEUU); [de mujer] purse, billfold (EEUU)
    2) LAm (=bolso) handbag, purse (EEUU)
    3) [de colegial] satchel, schoolbag
    4) [para documentos] briefcase
    5) (Pol)
    6) (Com, Econ)

    cartera de acciones — stock portfolio, share portfolio

    7) (Cos) [en bolsillo] pocket flap
    cartero
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( billetera) wallet, billfold (AmE)
    b) ( para documentos) document case, briefcase; ( de colegial) satchel; ( de cobrador) money bag; ( de cartero) sack, bag
    c) (AmS) ( bolso de mujer) purse (AmE), handbag (BrE)
    2) (Com, Fin) portfolio
    3) (period) (Pol) ( cargo) portfolio (journ); ( departamento) department
    * * *
    = briefcase, wallet, portfolio, pocketbook.
    Ex. He picked up his briefcase, returned the papers, and hurried off.
    Ex. On the next park bench, a student pulls out a wallet containing several small silver discs.
    Ex. Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex. Auto dealers are forcing newspapers to choose between their pocketbooks and their principles.
    ----
    * del tamaño de una cartera = briefcase-sized.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( billetera) wallet, billfold (AmE)
    b) ( para documentos) document case, briefcase; ( de colegial) satchel; ( de cobrador) money bag; ( de cartero) sack, bag
    c) (AmS) ( bolso de mujer) purse (AmE), handbag (BrE)
    2) (Com, Fin) portfolio
    3) (period) (Pol) ( cargo) portfolio (journ); ( departamento) department
    * * *
    = briefcase, wallet, portfolio, pocketbook.

    Ex: He picked up his briefcase, returned the papers, and hurried off.

    Ex: On the next park bench, a student pulls out a wallet containing several small silver discs.
    Ex: Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex: Auto dealers are forcing newspapers to choose between their pocketbooks and their principles.
    * del tamaño de una cartera = briefcase-sized.

    * * *
    A
    1 (billetera — de hombre) wallet, billfold ( AmE); (— de mujer) wallet, purse, billfold ( AmE)
    2 (para documentos) document case, briefcase; (de un colegial) schoolbag, satchel; (de un cobrador) money bag; (de un cartero) sack, bag
    3 ( AmS) (bolso de mujer) purse ( AmE), handbag ( BrE)
    B ( Com, Fin) portfolio
    tener algo en cartera to have sth in the pipeline o lined up o planned
    Compuestos:
    stock o share portfolio
    client portfolio
    order book
    securities portfolio
    C ( period) ( Pol) (cargo) portfolio ( journ); (departamento) department
    le ofrecieron la cartera de defensa he was offered the post of defense secretary, he was offered the defense portfolio
    el titular de la cartera de Salud the head of the Department of Health, the Minister for Health, ≈ the Health Secretary ( in UK)
    en la sede de la cartera laboral at the headquarters of the Department of Employment
    D
    2 ( Chi) (bolsillo) patch pocket
    * * *

     

    cartera sustantivo femenino
    1


    ( de colegial) satchel;
    ( de cobrador) money bag;
    ( de cartero) sack, bag
    c) (AmS) ( bolso de mujer) purse (AmE), handbag (BrE)

    2 (Com, Fin) portfolio
    cartero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino (hombre) postman
    (mujer) postwoman
    cartera sustantivo femenino
    1 (billetera, monedero) wallet
    2 (para llevar documentos) briefcase
    (de niño) satchel, schoolbag
    3 Pol portfolio
    la cartera de Economía, the Finance portfolio
    4 Com (de clientes) client list
    cartera de pedidos, order book
    5 LAm (bolso) handbag, US purse
    ' cartera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afanar
    - desaparecer
    - guardarse
    - señor
    - ver
    - abultado
    - encontrar
    - hurguetear
    - oír
    - quitar
    - sobre
    English:
    billfold
    - flash
    - leave
    - minister
    - pick
    - portfolio
    - retrace
    - satchel
    - schoolbag
    - tuck
    - wallet
    - wrestle
    - bag
    - bill
    - gone
    - hand
    - pocket
    - purse
    - shoulder
    * * *
    1. [para dinero] wallet, US billfold
    2. [para documentos] briefcase;
    [sin asa] portfolio; [de colegial] satchel;
    tener algo en cartera to have sth in the pipeline
    3. Com & Fin portfolio
    cartera de acciones share portfolio;
    cartera de clientes client portfolio;
    cartera de inversiones investment portfolio;
    cartera de pedidos [pedidos pendientes] orders in hand;
    [pedidos atrasados] backlog;
    cartera de valores investment portfolio
    4. Pol [de ministro] portfolio;
    ocupa la cartera de Defensa he is the Minister of Defence, he has the Defence portfolio
    5. Andes, RP [bolso] Br handbag, US purse
    * * *
    f
    1 wallet
    2 L.Am.
    purse, Br
    handbag
    3 ( maletín) briefcase; de colegio knapsack, Br
    satchel
    4 COM, POL portfolio
    5 mujer mailwoman, Br
    postwoman
    * * *
    1) billetera: wallet, billfold
    2) bolso: pocketbook, purse
    3) : portfolio
    cartera de acciones: stock portfolio
    * * *
    1. (billetera) wallet
    2. (monedero) purse
    3. (maletín) briefcase
    4. (de colegio) school bag / satchel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cartera

  • 65 censurar

    v.
    1 to censor.
    El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information
    2 to criticize severely, to censure.
    El público censuró la película The public censured the film.
    La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.
    * * *
    1 to censor
    2 (criticar) to censure, criticize
    * * *
    verb
    2) censure, criticize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Pol) to censor
    2) [+ obra, película] to censor
    3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.

    * * *
    censurar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize
    2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor
    3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor
    * * *

    censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

    censurar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
    2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
    ' censurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cortar
    - condenar
    - criticar
    English:
    black out
    - bowdlerize
    - censor
    - censure
    - reprove
    * * *
    1. [prohibir] to censor;
    censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored
    2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;
    siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour
    * * *
    v/t
    1 censor
    2 tratamiento condemn
    * * *
    1) : to censor
    2) : to censure, to criticize

    Spanish-English dictionary > censurar

  • 66 criticar

    v.
    1 to criticize.
    Su padre criticó su vestimenta Her father criticized her clothes.
    María critica cuando siente envidia Mary criticizes when she feels envy.
    El profesor criticó su proceder The teacher criticized his behavior.
    2 to review (enjuiciar) (literatura, arte).
    3 to gossip.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to criticize
    1 (murmurar) to gossip
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=censurar) to criticize
    2) (=hablar mal)

    siempre está criticando a la gente — he's always criticizing people, he's always finding fault with people

    3) (Arte, Literat, Teat) [+ libro, obra] to review
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex. 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex. The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex. Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex: 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex: The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.

    * * *
    criticar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (atacar) to criticize
    una postura que fue muy criticada por los ecologistas a position which came in for fierce criticism from o which was fiercely criticized by ecologists
    criticó duramente a los especuladores he strongly attacked o criticized the speculators
    un proyecto muy criticado a plan which has been heavily criticized o which has come in for a lot of criticism
    2 (hablar mal de) to criticize
    tú no hace falta que la critiques porque eres igual de egoísta que ella you're in no position to criticize o ( colloq) you can't talk, you're just as selfish as she is
    3 ( Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review
    ■ criticar
    vi
    to gossip, backbite
    * * *

     

    criticar ( conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo

    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review

    verbo intransitivo
    to gossip, backbite
    criticar
    I verbo transitivo to criticize
    II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
    ' criticar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    censurar
    - dedicarse
    - desollar
    - despellejar
    - tralla
    - vapulear
    - arremeter
    - murmurar
    - rajar
    - sino
    English:
    attack
    - carp
    - critical
    - criticize
    - fault
    - knock
    - pan
    - pick on
    - run down
    - slam
    - slate
    - get
    - run
    * * *
    1. [censurar] to criticize
    2. [enjuiciar] [literatura, arte] to review
    * * *
    v/t criticize
    * * *
    criticar {72} vt
    : to criticize
    * * *
    1. (en general) to criticize
    2. (cotillear) to gossip

    Spanish-English dictionary > criticar

  • 67 de Arabia Saudí

    Ex. The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation, which contracts for management of military hospitals, responded to the libraries' needs for more complete and extensive journal holdings.
    * * *

    Ex: The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation, which contracts for management of military hospitals, responded to the libraries' needs for more complete and extensive journal holdings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de Arabia Saudí

  • 68 de paso

    = by the way, by the by(e)
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.
    * * *
    = by the way, by the by(e)

    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

    Ex: Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de paso

  • 69 decir en defensa de

    (v.) = say in + defence of
    Ex. What has been said in defense of full titles may be true, that 'it takes longer to abridge a title than to copy it in full'.
    * * *
    (v.) = say in + defence of

    Ex: What has been said in defense of full titles may be true, that 'it takes longer to abridge a title than to copy it in full'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > decir en defensa de

  • 70 defensa de tesis

    (n.) = dissertation defence, thesis defence
    Ex. This paper attempts to deal with these issues by means of an in-depth analysis of the tape recorded transcripts of a dissertation defense.
    Ex. After the thesis defence, the student will therefore sign a document, whereby he or she, as author, permits the consultation and the lending of the thesis.
    * * *
    (n.) = dissertation defence, thesis defence

    Ex: This paper attempts to deal with these issues by means of an in-depth analysis of the tape recorded transcripts of a dissertation defense.

    Ex: After the thesis defence, the student will therefore sign a document, whereby he or she, as author, permits the consultation and the lending of the thesis.

    Spanish-English dictionary > defensa de tesis

  • 71 defensivo

    adj.
    defensive, apologetical, apologetic.
    * * *
    1 defensive
    * * *
    (f. - defensiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.

    política defensiva — defence policy, defense policy (EEUU)

    2.
    SM defence, defense (EEUU), safeguard
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < arma> defensive; <actitud/táctica> defensive

    estar/ponerse a la defensiva — to be/get on the defensive

    * * *
    Ex. His first defensive impulse was boldly to deny any involvement.
    ----
    * actitud defensiva = bunker mentality.
    * a la defensiva = on the defensive.
    * fuerzas defensivas, las = defence forces, the.
    * línea defensiva = defence line.
    * poner a la defensiva = put on + the defensive.
    * postura defensiva = bunker mentality.
    * sistema defensivo = defence system.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo < arma> defensive; <actitud/táctica> defensive

    estar/ponerse a la defensiva — to be/get on the defensive

    * * *

    Ex: His first defensive impulse was boldly to deny any involvement.

    * actitud defensiva = bunker mentality.
    * a la defensiva = on the defensive.
    * fuerzas defensivas, las = defence forces, the.
    * línea defensiva = defence line.
    * poner a la defensiva = put on + the defensive.
    * postura defensiva = bunker mentality.
    * sistema defensivo = defence system.

    * * *
    ‹arma› defensive; ‹actitud/táctica› defensive
    estar/ponerse a la defensiva to be/get on the defensive
    jugar a la defensiva to play defensively o a defensive game
    * * *

    defensivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo ‹arma/actitud/táctica› defensive;

    estar/ponerse a la defensiva to be/get on the defensive
    defensivo,-a adjetivo defensive

    ' defensivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defensiva
    English:
    defensive
    * * *
    defensivo, -a adj
    defensive;
    área o [m5] zona defensiva [en fútbol] defence;
    estrategia defensiva defensive strategy
    * * *
    adj defensive
    * * *
    defensivo, -va adj
    : defensive

    Spanish-English dictionary > defensivo

  • 72 departamento

    m.
    1 department.
    departamento de atención al cliente customer services (department)
    departamento de caballeros menswear department
    departamento de marketing marketing department
    departamento de personal personnel (department)
    2 administrative district.
    3 compartment (compartimento).
    4 flat(apartment). (Argentinian Spanish)
    5 apartment, flat.
    * * *
    1 (sección) department, section
    2 (provincia) district, province
    3 (de tren) compartment
    4 (de un objeto) compartment, section
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de empresa, universidad] department
    2) [de caja, tren] compartment
    3) (Náut)
    4) LAm (=piso) flat, apartment (EEUU)
    5) And, Chile (=provincia) province
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de empresa, institución) department

    departamento de ventas/publicidad — sales/advertising department

    Departamento de Inglés — Department of English, English Department

    b) (provincia, distrito) department
    2) (AmL) ( apartamento) apartment (esp AmE), flat (BrE)
    * * *
    = department, office, arm.
    Ex. In some organisations microcomputers will be maintained (that is, mended) by a central computer department, but if this is not the case it may be necessary to take out separate maintenance contracts.
    Ex. The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.
    Ex. The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.
    ----
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * departamento de adquisiciones = acquisitions department.
    * Departamento de Agricultura de la Commonwealth (CAB) = Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (CAB).
    * departamento de atención al cliente = customer service department.
    * departamento de catalogación = cataloguing department, catalogue department, technical services department.
    * departamento de circulación = circulation department.
    * departamento de contabilidad = accounting department, accounting office.
    * Departamento de Defensa = Department of Defense.
    * departamento de defensa del consumidor = consumer protection department.
    * departamento de encuadernación = binding department.
    * Departamento de Financiación de las Universidades (UGC) = University Grants Committee (UGC).
    * departamento de formación = teaching unit.
    * departamento de investigación = research unit.
    * departamento de lectura "formativo-recreativa" = popular department.
    * departamento del gobierno = government office.
    * departamento de marketing = marketing department.
    * departamento de préstamo = circulation department.
    * departamento de préstamo interbibliotecario = interlibrary loan department.
    * departamento de procesos técnicos = processing department.
    * departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.
    * departamento de sanidad = health department.
    * departamento de servicios técnicos = technical services department.
    * departamento de transportes = transport authorities.
    * departamento de urbanismo, el = building department, the.
    * departamento de ventas = sales team, sales department.
    * departamento universitario = academic department.
    * director de departamento = department head.
    * división en departamentos = departmentation.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de empresa, institución) department

    departamento de ventas/publicidad — sales/advertising department

    Departamento de Inglés — Department of English, English Department

    b) (provincia, distrito) department
    2) (AmL) ( apartamento) apartment (esp AmE), flat (BrE)
    * * *
    = department, office, arm.

    Ex: In some organisations microcomputers will be maintained (that is, mended) by a central computer department, but if this is not the case it may be necessary to take out separate maintenance contracts.

    Ex: The principal sprang up from her chair and began to perambulate with swift, precise movements about her spacious office.
    Ex: The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.
    * biblioteca de departamento = department library.
    * departamento de adquisiciones = acquisitions department.
    * Departamento de Agricultura de la Commonwealth (CAB) = Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (CAB).
    * departamento de atención al cliente = customer service department.
    * departamento de catalogación = cataloguing department, catalogue department, technical services department.
    * departamento de circulación = circulation department.
    * departamento de contabilidad = accounting department, accounting office.
    * Departamento de Defensa = Department of Defense.
    * departamento de defensa del consumidor = consumer protection department.
    * departamento de encuadernación = binding department.
    * Departamento de Financiación de las Universidades (UGC) = University Grants Committee (UGC).
    * departamento de formación = teaching unit.
    * departamento de investigación = research unit.
    * departamento de lectura "formativo-recreativa" = popular department.
    * departamento del gobierno = government office.
    * departamento de marketing = marketing department.
    * departamento de préstamo = circulation department.
    * departamento de préstamo interbibliotecario = interlibrary loan department.
    * departamento de procesos técnicos = processing department.
    * departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.
    * departamento de sanidad = health department.
    * departamento de servicios técnicos = technical services department.
    * departamento de transportes = transport authorities.
    * departamento de urbanismo, el = building department, the.
    * departamento de ventas = sales team, sales department.
    * departamento universitario = academic department.
    * director de departamento = department head.
    * división en departamentos = departmentation.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una empresa, institución) department
    departamento de ventas/publicidad sales/advertising department
    Departamento de Inglés Department of English, English Department
    2 ( Ferr) compartment
    departamento de no fumadores no-smoking compartment
    3 (provincia, distrito) department
    Compuesto:
    State Department
    B ( AmL) (piso) apartment ( esp AmE), flat ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    Dep.    
    departamento
    Dep.,
    ◊ Dept. (Departamento) Dept

    departamento sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de empresa, institución) department

    b) (provincia, distrito) department

    2 (AmL) ( apartamento) apartment (esp AmE), flat (BrE)
    departamento sustantivo masculino
    1 (de universidad, de empresa, territorial) department
    2 Ferroc compartment
    3 LAm (piso) flat
    ' departamento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adscribir
    - contabilidad
    - informatizar
    - nido
    - redacción
    - secretaría
    - unidad
    - urgencia
    - administración
    - autónomo
    - Dep.
    - negociado
    - rentar
    - repartición
    - sanidad
    English:
    bureau
    - CID
    - department
    - Dept
    - manager
    - manageress
    - personnel department
    - purchasing
    - sales department
    - unit
    - apartment
    - college
    - flat
    - interior
    - second
    - solicitor
    - state
    - superintendent
    - treasury
    * * *
    1. [en empresa, organización] department
    departamento de administración administration department;
    departamento de atención al cliente customer service department;
    departamento de compras purchasing department;
    departamento de contabilidad accounting o accounts department;
    departamento financiero finance department;
    departamento jurídico legal department;
    departamento de personal personnel department;
    departamento de ventas sales department
    2. [en tienda] department;
    departamento de caballeros menswear department
    3. [en universidad, centro de secundaria] department;
    Departamento de Historia Antigua Department of Ancient History
    4. [ministerio] ministry, department
    Departamento de Estado State Department
    5. [de cajón, maleta] compartment
    6. [de tren] compartment
    7. [provincia, distrito] department
    8. Arg [apartamento] Br flat, US apartment
    * * *
    m
    1 department
    2 L.Am. ( apartamento) apartment, Br
    flat
    * * *
    1) : department
    2) apartamento: apartment
    * * *
    1. (de empresa, grandes almacenes) department
    2. (de mueble, tren) compartment

    Spanish-English dictionary > departamento

  • 73 depredación

    f.
    depredation, devastation, plundering, predation.
    * * *
    1 (saqueo) pillaging, plundering
    2 (malversación) misappropriation (of funds), embezzlement
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=saqueo) pillage
    2) (Zool) predation
    * * *
    femenino (frml)
    a) (Zool) predation (frml)
    b) ( daño) depredation (frml)
    * * *
    = predation, depredation, plundering.
    Ex. Safety in numbers serves as a defense strategy in many organisms, as aggregation can reduce the probability of predation for individual group members.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    * * *
    femenino (frml)
    a) (Zool) predation (frml)
    b) ( daño) depredation (frml)
    * * *
    = predation, depredation, plundering.

    Ex: Safety in numbers serves as a defense strategy in many organisms, as aggregation can reduce the probability of predation for individual group members.

    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    1 ( Zool) predation ( frml)
    2 (daño) depredation ( frml)
    * * *
    1. [entre animales] hunting, preying
    2. [daño] depredation, pillaging
    * * *
    f depredation
    * * *
    saqueo: depredation, plunder

    Spanish-English dictionary > depredación

  • 74 deslucir

    v.
    1 to spoil, to ruin.
    2 to make unattractive.
    3 to dull, to spoil, to make look dull, to dim.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LUCIR], like link=lucir lucir
    1 (quitar la brillantez) to tarnish, take the shine off; (descolorar) to fade
    2 figurado (quitar la gracia) to mar, spoil; (desacreditar) to discredit
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ mármol] to fade; [+ metal] to tarnish
    2) (=estropear) to spoil, ruin
    3) [+ persona] to discredit
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <actuación/desfile> to spoil; <colores/cortinas> to fade, cause... to fade
    * * *
    = tarnish, take + the shine off things, mar.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".
    Ex. Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.
    Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <actuación/desfile> to spoil; <colores/cortinas> to fade, cause... to fade
    * * *
    = tarnish, take + the shine off things, mar.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

    Ex: Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.
    Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

    * * *
    deslucir [I5 ]
    vt
    1 ‹actuación/desfile› to spoil
    la lluvia deslució el festival the rain spoiled the festival
    la presentación desluce el trabajo the presentation detracts from o spoils the work
    2 ‹colores/cortinas› to fade, cause … to fade
    el polvo deslucía los muebles the dust made the furniture look dull
    * * *

    deslucir vtr (un acto, espectáculo) to mar: el mal sonido deslució el concierto, the concert was marred by poor sound equipment
    una pelea deslució la fiesta, the party was ruined because of a fight
    ' deslucir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sombra
    * * *
    to spoil;
    la lluvia deslució el desfile the rain spoiled the parade;
    las acusaciones deslucieron su victoria the accusations took the shine off his victory
    * * *
    v/t tarnish; fig
    spoil
    * * *
    deslucir {45} vt
    1) : to spoil
    2) : to fade, to dull, to tarnish
    3) : to discredit

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslucir

  • 75 deslustrar

    v.
    to take the shine off (also figurative).
    * * *
    1 (telas) to take the shine off, dull
    2 (vidrio) to grind, frost
    3 (metal) to tarnish
    1 (metal) to become dull
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=quitar lustre a) [+ vidrio] to frost; [+ loza] to remove the glaze from
    2) [+ reputación] to sully, tarnish
    * * *
    Ex. The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".
    * * *

    Ex: The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

    * * *
    deslustrar [A1 ]
    vt
    to take the shine off
    * * *
    1. [zapatos] to take the shine off
    2. [metal] to tarnish;
    [madera] to take the shine off
    3. [victoria] to tarnish, to take the shine off
    * * *
    v/t
    :
    deslustrar algo take the shine off sth
    * * *
    : to tarnish, to dull

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslustrar

  • 76 dicho sea de paso

    let it be said in passing
    * * *
    = by the way, on a sidenote, by the by(e)
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. On a sidenote, this book almost didn't happen when the author showed her editor her proposal.
    Ex. Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.
    * * *
    = by the way, on a sidenote, by the by(e)

    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

    Ex: On a sidenote, this book almost didn't happen when the author showed her editor her proposal.
    Ex: Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dicho sea de paso

  • 77 dificultoso

    adj.
    difficult, troublesome, complicated, hard.
    * * *
    1 difficult, hard
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=difícil) difficult, hard
    2) [persona] difficult, awkward
    3) * [cara] ugly
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo difficult, problematic
    * * *
    = obstinate, bumpy.
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo difficult, problematic
    * * *
    = obstinate, bumpy.

    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.

    * * *
    awkward, difficult, problematic
    * * *

    dificultoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    difficult, problematic
    dificultoso,-a adjetivo hard, laborious: es un camino dificultoso, the road is full of obstacles

    ' dificultoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dificultosa
    English:
    labored
    * * *
    dificultoso, -a adj
    hard, fraught with difficulties
    * * *
    adj difficult, awkward
    * * *
    dificultoso, -sa adj
    : difficult, hard

    Spanish-English dictionary > dificultoso

  • 78 difícil

    adj.
    difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.
    Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.
    * * *
    1 difficult, hard
    2 (improbable) unlikely
    ■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there
    * * *
    adj.
    difficult, hard
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

    me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

    2) [persona] difficult
    3) * [cara] ugly
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].
    Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

    Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

    * * *
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult
    el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult
    es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem
    corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy
    con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that
    no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position
    me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him
    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses
    cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job
    difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF
    mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please
    2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):
    está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    (poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely
    difícil QUE + SUBJ:
    va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept
    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win
    C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    un niño difícil a difficult child
    * * *

     

    difícil adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

    ‹ examen› hard, difficult;
    ◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

    es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
    b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

    2 ( poco probable) unlikely;

    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
    difícil adjetivo
    1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
    difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
    difícil de soportar, hard to bear
    2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
    3 (una persona) difficult
    ' difícil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amarre
    - cañón
    - compaginación
    - concienciarse
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - despreocuparse
    - disyuntiva
    - engorrosa
    - engorroso
    - escabrosa
    - escabroso
    - escala
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - estrechamiento
    - gustar
    - harta
    - harto
    - hueso
    - impronunciable
    - insensible
    - judicatura
    - lance
    - mas
    - onerosa
    - oneroso
    - papelón
    - respirar
    - sí
    - tocha
    - tocho
    - viabilidad
    - arrecho
    - caprichoso
    - contentar
    - costar
    - creer
    - duro
    - epopeya
    - especial
    - esperar
    - esquivo
    - fregado
    - hacer
    - ingrato
    - jodido
    - malabarismo
    - mancha
    - manchar
    English:
    arduous
    - around
    - awkward
    - beating
    - choose
    - climb
    - concentrate
    - cumbersome
    - desperately
    - difficult
    - distance
    - dodgy
    - elusive
    - embark
    - folly
    - for
    - gap
    - grammar
    - hard
    - hard-won
    - housekeeper
    - immensely
    - injustice
    - lean
    - mess
    - problematic
    - problematical
    - realize
    - replacement
    - ruggedness
    - scramble
    - shake off
    - situation
    - so
    - sticky
    - stiff
    - surely
    - think ahead
    - to
    - tough
    - tricky
    - trying
    - agonizing
    - deep
    - demanding
    - going
    - increasingly
    - keep
    - likely
    - plight
    * * *
    1. [complicado] difficult;
    va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;
    son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;
    pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;
    no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;
    es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;
    hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;
    se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;
    ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;
    no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;
    serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;
    tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work
    2. [improbable] unlikely;
    puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;
    es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;
    no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen
    3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;
    es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;
    tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with
    * * *
    adj
    1 difficult;
    ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;
    difícil de decir hard o difficult to say
    :
    es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come
    * * *
    : difficult, hard
    * * *
    1. (en general) difficult
    2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difícil

  • 79 dirigir una tesis

    (v.) = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis
    Ex. Professors emeriti may also supervise dissertations.
    Ex. Dissertation advisors supervising theses are required to be present during the thesis defense.
    * * *
    (v.) = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis

    Ex: Professors emeriti may also supervise dissertations.

    Ex: Dissertation advisors supervising theses are required to be present during the thesis defense.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dirigir una tesis

  • 80 dirigirse a Alguien

    (v.) = approach + Alguien
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    * * *
    (v.) = approach + Alguien

    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dirigirse a Alguien

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