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1 valorar

v.

1 to value (tasar) (propiedad, obra).

la casa está valorada en 25 millones the house is valued at 25 million

2 to evaluate, to assess.

su actuación ha sido valorada muy positivamente her performance has been judged very favorably

el peor valorado entre todos los candidatos the least favored among the candidates

3 to value.

valoran mucho los conocimientos de inglés they value a knowledge of English very highly

4 to appraise, to price, to evaluate, to give an estimate on.

María valora los bienes Mary appraises the assets.

5 to appreciate, to value, to cherish, to esteem.

Ella valora los regalos She appreciates the gifts.

6 to appreciate to.

María valora poder caminar de nuevo Mary appreciates to be able to walk again

7 to weigh.

Ellos valoraron la decisión The weighed the decision.

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valorar

► verbo transitivo

1 (tasar) to value, calculate the value of

2 (aumentar el valor) to raise the value of

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FRASEOLOGÍA

valorar a alguien en mucho figurado to hold somebody in high esteem

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verb

1) to assess, evaluate

2) value

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VT

1) (=tasar) [+ joya, obra de arte] to value (en at); [+ daños, pérdidas] to assess (en at)

un cuadro valorado en dos millones — a painting valued at two million

las pérdidas han sido valoradas en miles de millones — the damage has been estimated o assessed at thousands of millions

2) (=apreciar) [+ cualidad] to value, appreciate

no sabes valorar la amistad — you don't value o appreciate friendship

un trabajo no valorado por la sociedad — it is a job which is not valued o appreciated by society

valoro mucho la sinceridad — I value honesty highly

los resultados han sido valorados negativamente — the results were judged negatively

los jóvenes valoran muy poco a los políticos — young people have a very poor opinion of politicians

"se valorarán los conocimientos de inglés" — "knowledge of English an advantage"

3) (=revalorizar) to raise the value of

4) (Quím) to titrate

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verbo transitivo

a) <joya/cuadro> to value; <pérdida/daño> to assess

valorar algo en algo — to value something at something

la casa está valorada en... — the house is valued at...

las pérdidas se valoran en varios millones de dólares — the damage is estimated at several million dollars

eso no se puede valorar en dinero — you cannot put a value on it

b) (frml) <trabajo/actuación> to assess

valorar algo positivamente/negativamente — to consider something to be positive/negative

c) <amistad/lealtad> to value

valoraba muy poco su dedicación — he attached very little value to her dedication

se valorará experiencia — experience an advantage

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= appraise, rate, value, respect, cherish, prize [prise, -USA], hold + Nombre + dear.

Ex. Historical archives may be briefly be defined as that portion of the total mass of records which, being no longer current, have been appraised and selected for permanent preservation.

Ex. A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.

Ex. Often, the facilities offered by a co-operative may not be as sophisticated as those available from software vendors, but the support of a group of libraries is valued.

Ex. She paid everyone the compliment of respecting what is subtle and unique in each of them.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. She was so poor that she had nothing but one single hen, which she prized as the apple of her eye.

Ex. Cuts in Government agriculture spending are an attack on everything we hold dear in this country.

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* valorar Algo mucho = value + Nombre + highly.

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verbo transitivo

a) <joya/cuadro> to value; <pérdida/daño> to assess

valorar algo en algo — to value something at something

la casa está valorada en... — the house is valued at...

las pérdidas se valoran en varios millones de dólares — the damage is estimated at several million dollars

eso no se puede valorar en dinero — you cannot put a value on it

b) (frml) <trabajo/actuación> to assess

valorar algo positivamente/negativamente — to consider something to be positive/negative

c) <amistad/lealtad> to value

valoraba muy poco su dedicación — he attached very little value to her dedication

se valorará experiencia — experience an advantage

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= appraise, rate, value, respect, cherish, prize [prise, -USA], hold + Nombre + dear.

Ex: Historical archives may be briefly be defined as that portion of the total mass of records which, being no longer current, have been appraised and selected for permanent preservation.

Ex: A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.

Ex: Often, the facilities offered by a co-operative may not be as sophisticated as those available from software vendors, but the support of a group of libraries is valued.

Ex: She paid everyone the compliment of respecting what is subtle and unique in each of them.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: She was so poor that she had nothing but one single hen, which she prized as the apple of her eye.

Ex: Cuts in Government agriculture spending are an attack on everything we hold dear in this country.

* valorar Algo mucho = value + Nombre + highly.

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valorar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (tasar) ‹joyas/cuadros› to value; ‹pérdidas/daños› to assess valorar algo EN algo:

el cuadro está valorado en 2 millones de dólares the picture is valued at 2 million dollars

las pérdidas se valoran en varios millones de dólares the damage is estimated at several million dollars

una vida no se puede valorar en dinero you cannot put a value on a person's life

2 ( frml) (considerar) to assess

valoró la actuación de su predecesor he assessed his predecessor's performance

(+ compl): valoran positivamente esta nueva política they consider o judge this new policy to be positive

su cambio de actitud fue valorado negativamente her change of attitude was viewed unfavorably

3 (apreciar, estimar) to appreciate

no sabes valorar la amistad you don't appreciate the true value of friendship, you don't value friendship as you should

valoraba muy poco su dedicación he attached very little value to her dedication

valoro mucho su lealtad I value your loyalty very highly

[ S ] se valorará experiencia experience an advantage

B ( Quím) to titrate

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valorar ( conjugate valorar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹joya/cuadro› to value;

‹pérdida/daño› to assess;
valorar algo en algo to value/assess sth at sth;
◊ eso no se puede valorar en dinero you cannot put a value on it

b) (frml) ‹trabajo/actuación› to assess

c) ‹amistad/lealtad› to value

valorar verbo transitivo
1 (dar un valor, precio) to value
2 (tener en estima, consideración) to value: no valora lo que estás haciendo, he doesn't appreciate what you are doing
' valorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cotizar
- estimar
- invalorable
English:
appreciate
- assess
- price
- value
- appraise
- estimate
- evaluate
- prize

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valorar vt

1. [tasar] [obra de arte] to value;
[daños] to assess, to estimate;
la casa está valorada en 25 millones the house is valued at 25 million

2. [evaluar] to evaluate, to assess;

su actuación ha sido valorada muy positivamente her performance has been judged very favourably;

el peor valorado entre todos los candidatos the least favoured among the candidates

3. [apreciar] to value;

no saben valorar el trabajo de los enseñantes they do not value the work that teachers do;

valoran mucho los conocimientos de inglés they value a knowledge of English very highly

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valorar

v/t

1 ( tasar) value (en at)

2 ( estimar) appreciate, value

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valorar vt

1) evaluar: to evaluate, to appraise, to assess

2) apreciar: to value, to appreciate

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valorar vb to value

valoraron los cuadros antes de la subasta they valued the paintings before the auction

valoro mucho tu amistad I value your friendship very much

Spanish-English dictionary > valorar
2 importancia

f.

importance.

dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something

darse importancia to give oneself airs

de importancia important, of importance

no tiene importancia it's not important; (no es importante) it doesn't matter (no pasa nada)

sin importancia unimportant

quitar importancia a algo to play something down

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importancia

► nombre femenino

1 importance

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar importancia a algo to take something seriously

darse importancia to give oneself airs

de importancia (gen) important 2 (herida, lesión) serious

no tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not important

quitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something down

sin importancia unimportant

tener importancia to be important

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noun f.

importance

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SF importance

tu ayuda ha sido de gran importancia — your help has been very important o of great importance

un autor de importancia universal — an author of worldwide renown

¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important

• carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

• de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

• conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

no quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...

• darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

• quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

• sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

son detalles sin importancia — these are minor details

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femenino importance

detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

no tiene importancia — it doesn't matter

¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

darse importancia — to give oneself airs

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= importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.

Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.

Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.

Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.

Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.

Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.

Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.

Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.

Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.

Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.

Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).

Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.

Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.

Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.

Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.

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* adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.

* adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.

* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.

* cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.

* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.

* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.

* cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.

* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.

* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.

* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de importancia secundaria = incidental.

* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.

* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.

* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.

* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.

* de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.

* de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.

* de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.

* destacar la importa = underscore + importance.

* destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.

* de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.

* de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.

* de tercera importancia = tertiary.

* de vital importancia = vitally important.

* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.

* donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.

* en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.

* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.

* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* importancia histórica = historical significance.

* importancia primordial = key importance.

* importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.

* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.

* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.

* no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.

* no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.

* no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.

* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.

* orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.

* pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.

* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.

* poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.

* prestar importancia a = place + weight on.

* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.

* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.

* recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.

* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.

* remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.

* resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.

* resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.

* restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.

* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.

* sin darle importancia = airily.

* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.

* subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.

* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.

* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

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femenino importance

detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

no tiene importancia — it doesn't matter

¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

darse importancia — to give oneself airs

* * *

= importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.

Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.

Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.

Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.

Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.

Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.

Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.

Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.

Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.

Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.

Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.

Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.

Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).

Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.

Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.

Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.

Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.

* adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.

* adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.

* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.

* cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.

* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.

* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.

* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.

* cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.

* cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.

* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.

* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.

* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.

* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.

* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.

* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de importancia secundaria = incidental.

* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.

* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.

* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.

* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.

* de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.

* de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.

* de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.

* destacar la importa = underscore + importance.

* destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.

* de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.

* de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.

* de tercera importancia = tertiary.

* de vital importancia = vitally important.

* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.

* donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.

* en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.

* falta de importancia = worthlessness.

* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.

* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.

* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* importancia histórica = historical significance.

* importancia primordial = key importance.

* importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.

* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.

* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.

* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.

* no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.

* no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.

* no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.

* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.

* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.

* orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.

* pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.

* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.

* poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.

* prestar importancia a = place + weight on.

* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.

* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.

* recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.

* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.

* remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.

* resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.

* resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.

* restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.

* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.

* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.

* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.

* sin darle importancia = airily.

* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.

* subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.

* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.

* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

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importancia

feminine

importance

temas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great import

ésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant details

trató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problem

no debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this matter

siento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter

¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?

darse importancia to give oneself airs

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importancia sustantivo femenino
importance;
◊ darle importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;

quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
darse importancia to give oneself airs
importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
dar importancia a, to attach importance to
quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
sin importancia, unimportant
♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs

' importancia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acento
- acentuar
- alta
- alto
- bagatela
- calibre
- cobrar
- conceder
- dimensión
- énfasis
- entidad
- envergadura
- escatológico
- fallo
- ignorar
- incidir
- insignificancia
- insistir
- interés
- levedad
- marcar
- minúscula
- minúsculo
- niñería
- palidecer
- pequeña
- pequeño
- primera
- primero
- primordial
- protagonismo
- quitar
- recalcar
- relativa
- relativo
- relieve
- representar
- restar
- revestir
- subrayar
- suceso
- suma
- sumo
- talla
- tontería
- valor
- vital
- vuelo
- alguno
- capital
English:
account
- attach
- count
- emphasize
- importance
- incidental
- irrelevant
- issue
- light
- little
- major
- matter
- mind
- minimize
- minor
- moment
- momentous
- override
- paramount
- play down
- primary
- prime
- prominence
- read
- ride
- shrug off
- significance
- smooth over
- store
- thrust forward
- unimportant
- vital
- vitally
- all
- all right
- consideration
- descend
- detail
- emphasis
- gloss
- hot
- import
- magistrate
- menial
- play
- small
- trifling
- utmost

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importancia nf

importance;

de importancia important, of importance;

un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;

un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;

recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;

adquirir o [m5] cobrar importancia to become important, to take on significance;

dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;

darse importancia to give oneself airs;

no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;
[no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;
sin importancia unimportant;

ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;

quitar o [m5] restar importancia a algo to play sth down

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importancia

f importance;

dar importancia a attach importance to;

quitar o

restar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;

tener importancia be important;

no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;

sin importancia unimportant;

darse importancia give o.s. airs

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importancia nf

: importance

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importancia n importance

darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]

tener importancia to be important / to matter

Spanish-English dictionary > importancia
3 prestar un servicio

(v.) = operate + service, provide + service, render + service, give + service to, deliver + service, deliver + value, produce + the goods, do + service

Ex. LASER operates an interlending service which is based upon its union catalogue.

Ex. The Center has developed a regional data base and just started to provide services to members.

Ex. A debatable source of outside funding is the collection of fees for services rendered.

Ex. The idea that a particular library is an institution which gives service to a defined constituency should be the guiding principle.

Ex. The library concentrates more on the provision of information and less on personal counselling, advice giving, or delivering a tangible service.

Ex. Customers see no clear relationship between the price of an on-line information service and the value it delivers.

Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must ' produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex. It does not seem to me to be a nine days wonder but a fundamental change of heart that is rejuvenating traditional reference services which have done sterling service over the years.

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(v.) = operate + service, provide + service, render + service, give + service to, deliver + service, deliver + value, produce + the goods, do + service

Ex: LASER operates an interlending service which is based upon its union catalogue.

Ex: The Center has developed a regional data base and just started to provide services to members.

Ex: A debatable source of outside funding is the collection of fees for services rendered.

Ex: The idea that a particular library is an institution which gives service to a defined constituency should be the guiding principle.

Ex: The library concentrates more on the provision of information and less on personal counselling, advice giving, or delivering a tangible service.

Ex: Customers see no clear relationship between the price of an on-line information service and the value it delivers.

Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must ' produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex: It does not seem to me to be a nine days wonder but a fundamental change of heart that is rejuvenating traditional reference services which have done sterling service over the years.

Spanish-English dictionary > prestar un servicio
4 valor de ordenación

(n.) = filing value

Ex. Any symbols other than letters and numbers need to have their filing value defined.

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(n.) = filing value

Ex: Any symbols other than letters and numbers need to have their filing value defined.

Spanish-English dictionary > valor de ordenación
5 indudable

adj.

1 undoubted.

es indudable que… there is no doubt that…

2 indubitable, beyond all question, sure, beyond doubt.

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indudable

► adjetivo

1 unquestionable

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

es indudable que... there is no doubt that...

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adj.

unquestionable, indubitable

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ADJ [talento, encanto, lealtad] undoubted, unquestionable

de indudable importancia — of undoubted o unquestionable importance

su inteligencia es indudable — his intelligence is not in doubt, his intelligence is undeniable

es indudable que es de Picasso — there is no doubt that it is by Picasso

es el mejor, eso es indudable — he's the best, there's no doubt about that

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adjetivo unquestionable

es indudable que... — there is no doubt that...

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= undoubted, unassailable, indubitable.

Ex. Apart from its undoubted value in its own right, Sears' provides a valuable model or point of departure for others.

Ex. Widely acknowledged to be an educator of the highest professional standing, she has published two books on education and numerous articles -- she is a woman of unassailable integrity.

Ex. The project was directed toward the testing of various strategies for collecting and archiving of Internet material in a narrowly defined area of indubitable broad general interest.

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adjetivo unquestionable

es indudable que... — there is no doubt that...

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= undoubted, unassailable, indubitable.

Ex: Apart from its undoubted value in its own right, Sears' provides a valuable model or point of departure for others.

Ex: Widely acknowledged to be an educator of the highest professional standing, she has published two books on education and numerous articles -- she is a woman of unassailable integrity.

Ex: The project was directed toward the testing of various strategies for collecting and archiving of Internet material in a narrowly defined area of indubitable broad general interest.

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indudable

adjective

unquestionable

es indudable que se trata de un asesinato there is no doubt that it is a case of murder, it is unquestionably a case of murder

joyas de indudable valor jewels of undoubted o unquestionable value

una mujer de indudable belleza a woman of unquestionable beauty

su talento es indudable her talent is beyond question o beyond doubt, her talent is unquestionable

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indudable adjetivo
unquestionable;
◊ es indudable que … there is no doubt that …

indudable adjetivo unquestionable: es indudable que lo hará, there is no doubt that she will do it

' indudable' also found in these entries:
English:
undoubted

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indudable adj

undoubted;

tiene un atractivo indudable it is undoubtedly appealing, it has undoubted appeal;

un libro de indudable interés an undoubtedly o unquestionably interesting book;

es indudable que… there is no doubt that…

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indudable

adj undoubted

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indudable adj

: unquestionable, beyond doubt

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indudable adj undoubted

es indudable que... there is no doubt that...

Spanish-English dictionary > indudable
6 bioética

f.

bioethics.

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SF bioethics sing

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= bioethics.

Ex. Bioethics is defined as the study of value questions arising in the biomedical field.

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= bioethics.

Ex: Bioethics is defined as the study of value questions arising in the biomedical field.

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bioética

feminine

bioethics

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bioética sustantivo femenino bioethics

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bioética nf

bioethics [singular]

Spanish-English dictionary > bioética
7 una variedad de

= a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of

Ex. Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

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

Ex. Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.

Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.

Ex. Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.

Ex. Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.

Ex. The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.

Ex. People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.

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= a range of, a variety of, an array of, an assortment of, a spectrum of, a menu of, a diversity of, a palette of

Ex: Clearly, with such a complex range of symbols a filing order for the symbols must be defined, as there is no obvious order.

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

Ex: Not unlike several other institutions of higher education today, private universities find themselves beset with an array of problems, most of which turn on two closely linked axes: student enrollment is declining and costs are rising.

Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.

Ex: Moreover, the medical profession encompasses a spectrum of opinions as to the efficacy, value, and danger attendant upon various regimens and courses of treatment.

Ex: Library systems, whether single-type of multitype, offer a menu of services = Los sistemas bibliotecas, ya sean de un único tipo o the varios tipos, ofrecen una diversidad de servicios.

Ex: The world contains a great diversity of people, children with adult mentalities as well as adults with juvenile mentalities, and we need to serve both groups as best we can.

Ex: People use this type of language as part of a palette of ways of expressing things.

Spanish-English dictionary > una variedad de
8 usuario

m.

user, owner.

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usuario

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 user

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(f. - usuaria)

noun

user

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usuario, -a
SM / F user
usuario de la vía pública — road user

usuario final — (Inform) end user

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- ria masculino, femenino user

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= client, customer, enquirer [inquirer, -USA], information seeker, inquirer [enquirer, -UK], patron, requester [requestor], searcher, user, library user.

Ex. Regular monthly outputs can be supplied, or other arrangements can be made to suit the client.

Ex. New data base items are sent to customers on magnetic tape.

Ex. Different enquirers might ask for this subject in quite different ways -- eg, is there anything on 'TV advertising of aluminium pressure-cookers'?.

Ex. Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex. In such instances the attitude and disposition of the inquirer is important.

Ex. The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.

Ex. The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.

Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.

Ex. Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.

Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

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* adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].

* a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.

* basado en el usuario = use-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA].

* bibliotecario encargado de la formación de usuarios = instruction librarian.

* búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.

* centrado en el usuario = customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused, user-centred [user-centered, -USA].

* círculo de usuarios = circle of users.

* comunidad de usuarios = user community.

* configurable por el usuario = user configurable.

* contador de usuarios = patron counter.

* creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.

* Declaración de los Derechos del Usuario = Library Bill of Rights.

* dedicado al usuario = user-related.

* definido por el usuario = user-defined.

* de servicio al usuario = client-serving.

* destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.

* determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].

* dirigido al usuario = user-orientated, client-directed, user-oriented, user-driven.

* diseñado para el usuario = human-oriented.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* estudio de usuario = reader survey, consumer survey, customer survey.

* estudio de usuarios = user study, marketing audit, user survey.

* estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.

* etiquetado por el usuario = user tagging.

* evaluación de usuario = user rating.

* fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.

* fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.

* formación de usuarios = information literacy, library instruction, information skills, library user education, bibliographic instruction (BI), user education, library user training, user instruction, user training, patron instruction, reader education.

* formador de usuarios = bibliographic instructor.

* garantía del usuario = user warrant.

* grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.

* grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.

* guía del usuario = user guide.

* guiado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].

* GUI (Interfaz Gráfico de Usuario) = GUI (Graphic User Interface).

* identificador de usuario = user ID.

* iniciado por el usuario = user-driven.

* interfaz de usuario = front end [front-end], user interface, front end system.

* interfaz de usuario final = end-user interface.

* interfaz usuario-sistema = user/system interface.

* manual de usuario = user manual.

* mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.

* motivado por el usuario = user-driven.

* nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.

* nombre de usuario = user ID, username, user's name.

* no usuario = non-user.

* orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.

* orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.

* orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.

* pensado para el usuario = user-orientated, user-oriented, user-driven, human-oriented.

* perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.

* petición de usuario = user request [users' request].

* política de usuarios = user policy.

* prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.

* servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* software de interfaz de usuario = front end software, front-end computer software.

* sugerido por el usuario = user-driven.

* tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* título buscado por el usuario = sought title.

* usuario a distancia = remote user.

* usuario al que va dirigido = target user, intended user.

* usuario asiduo = frequenter.

* usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.

* usuario con discapacidades = disabled user.

* usuario conectado en línea = online user.

* usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen, clicker.

* usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.

* usuario de la información = information browser.

* usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.

* usuario discapacitado = disabled user.

* usuario en persona = walk-in user.

* usuario final = end user [end-user/enduser], ultimate consumer, ultimate reader, target user.

* usuario más antiguo = traditional.

* usuario particular = home user, domestic user, residential user.

* usuario problemático = problem patron.

* usuario público = public user.

* usuario que busca información = information searcher.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.

* usuario remoto = remote user.

* usuarios = clientele, constituent group, user population, user base, customer base.

* usuario satisfecho = satisfied user.

* usuarios finales = target user group, targeted audience.

* usuario tradicional = traditional.

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- ria masculino, femenino user

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= client, customer, enquirer [inquirer, -USA], information seeker, inquirer [enquirer, -UK], patron, requester [requestor], searcher, user, library user.

Ex: Regular monthly outputs can be supplied, or other arrangements can be made to suit the client.

Ex: New data base items are sent to customers on magnetic tape.

Ex: Different enquirers might ask for this subject in quite different ways -- eg, is there anything on 'TV advertising of aluminium pressure-cookers'?.

Ex: Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.

Ex: In such instances the attitude and disposition of the inquirer is important.

Ex: The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.

Ex: The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.

Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.

Ex: Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.

Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

* adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].

* a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.

* basado en el usuario = use-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA].

* bibliotecario encargado de la formación de usuarios = instruction librarian.

* búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.

* centrado en el usuario = customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused, user-centred [user-centered, -USA].

* círculo de usuarios = circle of users.

* comunidad de usuarios = user community.

* configurable por el usuario = user configurable.

* contador de usuarios = patron counter.

* creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.

* Declaración de los Derechos del Usuario = Library Bill of Rights.

* dedicado al usuario = user-related.

* definido por el usuario = user-defined.

* de servicio al usuario = client-serving.

* destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.

* determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].

* dirigido al usuario = user-orientated, client-directed, user-oriented, user-driven.

* diseñado para el usuario = human-oriented.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* estudio de usuario = reader survey, consumer survey, customer survey.

* estudio de usuarios = user study, marketing audit, user survey.

* estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.

* etiquetado por el usuario = user tagging.

* evaluación de usuario = user rating.

* fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.

* fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.

* formación de usuarios = information literacy, library instruction, information skills, library user education, bibliographic instruction (BI), user education, library user training, user instruction, user training, patron instruction, reader education.

* formador de usuarios = bibliographic instructor.

* garantía del usuario = user warrant.

* grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.

* grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.

* guía del usuario = user guide.

* guiado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].

* GUI (Interfaz Gráfico de Usuario) = GUI (Graphic User Interface).

* identificador de usuario = user ID.

* iniciado por el usuario = user-driven.

* interfaz de usuario = front end [front-end], user interface, front end system.

* interfaz de usuario final = end-user interface.

* interfaz usuario-sistema = user/system interface.

* manual de usuario = user manual.

* mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.

* motivado por el usuario = user-driven.

* nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.

* nombre de usuario = user ID, username, user's name.

* no usuario = non-user.

* orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.

* orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.

* orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.

* pensado para el usuario = user-orientated, user-oriented, user-driven, human-oriented.

* perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.

* petición de usuario = user request [users' request].

* política de usuarios = user policy.

* prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.

* servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* software de interfaz de usuario = front end software, front-end computer software.

* sugerido por el usuario = user-driven.

* tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* título buscado por el usuario = sought title.

* usuario a distancia = remote user.

* usuario al que va dirigido = target user, intended user.

* usuario asiduo = frequenter.

* usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.

* usuario con discapacidades = disabled user.

* usuario conectado en línea = online user.

* usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen, clicker.

* usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.

* usuario de la información = information browser.

* usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.

* usuario discapacitado = disabled user.

* usuario en persona = walk-in user.

* usuario final = end user [end-user/enduser], ultimate consumer, ultimate reader, target user.

* usuario más antiguo = traditional.

* usuario particular = home user, domestic user, residential user.

* usuario problemático = problem patron.

* usuario público = public user.

* usuario que busca información = information searcher.

* usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.

* usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.

* usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.

* usuario remoto = remote user.

* usuarios = clientele, constituent group, user population, user base, customer base.

* usuario satisfecho = satisfied user.

* usuarios finales = target user group, targeted audience.

* usuario tradicional = traditional.

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usuario - ria

masculine, feminine

user

los usuarios de los transportes públicos public transport users, users of public transport

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usuario
◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

user
usuario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino user

' usuario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrendar
- usuaria
- rentar
English:
lay
- survey
- user
- user-friendly
- borrower
- flier
- help

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usuario, -a nm,f

user

Comp
Informát usuario final end user;
usuario registrado registered user

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usuario

m, usuaria f INFOR user

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usuario, - ria n

: user

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usuario n user

Spanish-English dictionary > usuario
9 bien

adv.

1 well (debidamente, adecuadamente).

¿cómo estás? — bien, gracias how are you? — fine, thanks

hacer algo bien to do something well

has hecho bien you did the right thing

¡bien hecho! well done!

habla inglés bien she speaks English well

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for petrol o (British) gas?, have we got plenty of (United States) petrol o (British) gas? (United States)

2 very (muy, bastante).

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

3 all right, OK (vale, de acuerdo).

¿nos vamos? — bien shall we go? — all right

4 quite happily.

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it, but they won't let her

intj.

1 all right, OK, it's OK, it's okay.

2 well done.

3 well then.

4 good.

m.

1 good (concepto abstracto).

el bien y el mal good and evil

hacer el bien to do good (deeds)

2 good (provecho).

esto te hará bien this will do you good

por el bien de for the sake of

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good

3 good (note).

4 possession, good, article, asset.

5 well-being, good, welfare.

Buscamos su bien We seek his well-being.

6 benefit, sake.

Para su bien For his sake.

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bien

► adverbio

1 (gen) well

■ canta bien she sings well

■ la casa está bien construida the house is well built

■ trabaja bien her work is good, she does a good job

■ todo eso está muy bien, pero... that's all very well, but...

2 (como es debido) properly, right

■ si no pronuncias bien, no te van a entender if you don't pronounce the words properly, they won't understand you

■ siéntate bien sit properly

■ ¡pórtate bien! behave yourself!

■ no está bien que hagan eso it's not right for them to do that

3 (acertadamente) right, correctly

■ contestó bien a todas las preguntas she answered all the questions correctly

4 (con éxito) successfully

5 (de acuerdo) O.K., all right

■ ven mañana a las dos, --bien come tomorrow at two, --all right

6 (de buena gana) willingly, gladly

■ bien me iría contigo si no tuviera que trabajar I'd gladly go with you if I didn't have to work

7 (mucho) very

■ quiero un vaso de leche bien fría I want a glass of nice cold milk

■ ha pagado bien caro su error he has paid dearly for his mistake

■ dale bien fuerte hit it good and hard

■ es bien sencillo it's really simple

8 (fácilmente) easily

■ bien se ve que... it is easy to see that...

■ bien podrías haberme avisado you might have warned me

9 (de gusto, olor, aspecto, etc) good, nice, lovely

■ esta cerveza está muy bien this beer's very good

■ la comida estaba bien the food was nice

■ quiero uno que esté bien I want a good one

10 (de salud) well

■ ¿te encuentras bien? are you feeling all right?

11 (físicamente) good-looking

■ su novio está muy bien her boyfriend's very good-looking

► adjetivo

1 (acomodado) well-off

► nombre masculino

1 good

■ el bien siempre triunfa sobre el mal good always triumphs over evil

2 (bienestar) benefit

■ lo hice por el bien de todos I did it for the good of everyone

► nombre masculino plural bienes

1 property sing, possessions

► conjunción bien... bien

1 either... or

■ se lo enviaremos bien por correo, bien por mensajero we'll send it to you either by post or by messenger

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en bien de for the sake of

estarle bien algo a alguien to serve somebody right

■ lo han despedido y le está bien he's got the sack and it serves him right

■ le está bien lo que le ha pasado he deserves what happened to him

hacer bien to do good

bien que although

tener a bien de hacer algo to be good enough to do something

¡ya está bien! that's enough!

bien de consumo consumer item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

bien de equipo capital asset

bienes de equipo capital goods, capital assets

bienes inmuebles real estate sing

bienes muebles movables, personal property sing

gente bien familiar the upper classes plural

* * *
1. adj.
well-to-do
2. adv.
1) well

2) correctly, properly

3) all right

4) easily

•

- más bien

- si bien
3. interj.
good
4. noun m.
good

- bienes
- bienes de consumo
- bienes de equipo
- bienes raíces
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1. ADV

1) (=satisfactoriamente) well

hablas bien el español — you speak good Spanish, you speak Spanish well

el libro se ha vendido bien — the book has sold well

no veo muy bien — I can't see very well

lo sé muy bien — I know that perfectly well

viven bien — they live well

me gusta la carne bien hecha — I like my meat well-done

bien gracias, ¿y usted? — fine thanks, and you?

¡muy bien! — very good!; [aprobando un discurso] hear, hear!

¡qué bien! — great!, excellent!

• oler bien — to smell good

• saber bien — to taste good

2) (=correctamente)

¿has puesto bien la rueda? — have you put the wheel on properly?

si no cierras la tapa bien, se saldrá el líquido — if you don't screw the top on properly, the liquid will leak out

se limpia bien el pescado — clean the fish thoroughly o well

¡bien hecho! — well done!

has contestado bien — you gave the right answer, you answered correctly

no consigo hacerlo bien — I can't seem to do it right

haces bien — you're (quite) right

• hacer bien en, hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him, you did the right thing in telling him

3)

• estar bien, ¿estás bien? — are you all right?, are you OK?

aquí se está bien — it's nice here

¡está bien!, lo haré — O.K. o all right, I'll do it!

¡pues sí que estamos bien! — this is a fine mess we're in!

ese libro está muy bien — that book's very good, that's a very good book

estás muy bien con ese sombrero — you look really nice in that hat

la casa está muy bien — the house is really nice

está muy bien que ahorres dinero — it's very good that you're saving

que esté(s) bien — Col * bye *

¡eso no está bien! — [a un niño] that's not very nice!

te está bien la falda — the skirt fits you fine

¡ya está bien! — that's enough!

ya está bien de quejas — that's (quite) enough complaining

• estar bien de algo, estar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health

estar bien de dinero — to be well off

no está bien de la cabeza — he isn't right in the head

4) (=de acuerdo)

¡bien! — all right!, O.K.!

-¿quieres que vayamos al cine? -bien — "shall we go to the cinema?" - "O.K. o all right"

si a ustedes les parece bien — if it's all right with o by you

5) (=muy)

un café bien caliente — a nice hot coffee

un coche bien caro — a pretty expensive car

bien temprano — pretty early

estoy bien seguro — I am pretty certain

eso es bien tonto — that's pretty silly

esperamos hasta bien entrada la noche — we waited until very late at night, we waited until well into the night

6)

• bien de (=muchos) —

bien de veces — lots of times

¡te han dado bien de regalos! — you got a lot of presents!

bebe bien de café — he drinks a lot of coffee

7) (=de buena gana)

yo bien iría, pero... — I'd gladly go, but..., I'd be happy to go, but...

bien me tomaría ahora un café — I'd love a coffee now

8) (=fácilmente) easily

bien se ve que... — it is easy to see that...

¡bien podía habérmelo dicho! — he could have told me!

9) [locuciones]

• estar a bien con algn — to be on good terms with sb

• de bien en bien o mejor — better and better

• bien que mal — one way or another, by hook or by crook

• más bien — rather

más bien bajo — on the short side, rather short

más bien creo que... — I actually think...

• pues bien — well

• tener a bien hacer algo — to see fit to do sth

sus padres tienen a bien que se vaya a vivir con su tía — her parents have seen fit to send her to live with her aunt

le ruego tenga a bien inscribirme en la lista — please be so kind as to include me on the list, I would be grateful if you would include me on the list

le ruego tenga a bien comunicarlo a sus lectores — please be kind enough to inform your readers

• bien es verdad que... — it is of course true that...

• ¿y bien? — well?

2. CONJ

1)

• si bien — although

si bien es cierto que... — although it's true that...

2)

• no bien, ni bien Cono Sur —

no bien llegó, empezó a llover — no sooner had he arrived than it started to rain, as soon as he arrived it started to rain

3) [en alternancia]

bien por avión, bien en tren — either by air or by train

bien se levantó, bien se sentó — whether he stood up or sat down

3.

ADJ [persona] well-to-do; [restaurante, barrio] posh *

son gente bien — they're well-to-do

son de casa bien — they come from a good home

4. SM

1) (=bondad) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good

hombre de bien — good man

2) (=provecho) good

el bien común o público — the common good

en bien de — for the good of

hacer algo para el bien de — to do sth for the good of

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

3) [apelativo]

• mi bien — my dear, my darling

4) pl bienes (=géneros) goods; (=propiedad) property sing, possessions; (=riqueza) riches, wealth sing

bienes activos — active assets

bienes de capital — capital goods

bienes de consumo — consumer goods

bienes de consumo duraderos — consumer durables

bienes de equipo — capital goods

bienes de inversión — capital goods

bienes de la tierra — agricultural produce sing

bienes de producción — industrial goods

bienes de servicio — services

bienes dotales — dowry sing

bienes duraderos — durables

bienes fungibles — perishables

bienes gananciales — shared possessions

bienes inmuebles — real estate sing

bienes mostrencos — unclaimed property sing

bienes muebles — personal property sing, goods and chattels

bienes públicos — government property sing

bienes raíces — real estate sing, realty sing (EEUU)

bienes relictos — estate sing, inheritance sing

bienes semovientes — livestock sing

bienes terrestres — worldly goods

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I
adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

* * *
I
adjetivo invariable

1) [estar] ( sano) well

no me siento or encuentro bien — I don't feel well

tú no estás bien de la cabeza! — you're not right in the head!

2) [estar] (fam) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

3) [estar] (cómodo, agradable)

¿vas bien ahí atrás? — are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra — it's nice in the shade

4) ( agradable) <oler/saber>

qué bien huele! — it smells really good!

este café sabe muy bien — this coffee tastes very good o nice

5) [estar]

¿está bien así, señorita? — is that all right, miss?

saliste muy bien en esta foto — you look really good in this photo

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí — that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien — we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien — the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien — have you read it? it's very good

está bien! si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas — all right o okay, then! don't do it if you don't want to

qué bien mañana es fiesta! — great! tomorrow's a holiday!

no funciona - pues qué bien! — (iró) it's not working - oh, great! (iro)

6) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa — it's right and proper that initiative should be rewarded

7)

a) ( suficiente)

estar or andar bien de algo — to be all right for something

¿estamos bien de aceite? — are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo — I'm a bit short of time

b)

ya está bien — that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir — you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

8)

a) (fam) ( de buena posición social) <familia/gente> well-to-do

un barrio bien — a well-to-do o (BrE) posh area

b) (RPl fam) <gente/persona> ( honrado) respectable, decent
II
adverbio

1) ( de manera satisfactoria) <dormir/funcionar/cantar> well

no le fue bien en Alemania — things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar — you have to be cruel to be kind

2) ( ventajosamente) well

vendió el coche muy bien — she got a good price for the car

3) ( favorablemente)

pensar bien de la gente — to think well of people

hablar bien de alguien — to speak highly of somebody

4)

a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

bien cocido — well o properly cooked

¿cerraste bien? — did you lock the door properly?

bien sabes que... — you know perfectly well that...

bien se ve que está enamorado — it's obvious that he's in love

b) (con cuidado, atención) <escuchar/mirar> carefully

5) ( correctamente) well

bien hecho/dicho! — well done/said!

pórtate bien — behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo — you were right to tell him

siéntate bien — sit properly

6) ( como intensificador)

a) ( muy) very

canta bien mal — he sings really badly

llegó bien entrada la noche — she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? — are you positive?

ser bien de adentro — (Per fam) to be a good sort

b) ( fácilmente) easily

bien pudo suceder — it could well o easily have happened

c) (en recriminaciones, protestas)

bien podías haberlo ayudado — you could o might have helped him!

d)

bien que...: bien que llama cuando necesita dinero — he soon calls when he needs money

7) (en locs)

más bien: es más bien delgada she's quite slim; no bien as soon as; si bien although; estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with somebody; tener a bien hacer algo (frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma — we would ask you to pay this sum (frml)
III
interjección

a) ( como enlace)

bien, sigamos adelante — right then o fine, let's continue

bien,... ¿dónde estábamos? — right,... where were we?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo... — so, as I was telling you...

b)

bien! — ( expresando aprobación) well done!

no habrá clases hoy - bieeeen! — there won't be any lessons today - yippee o hurrah!
IV
conjunción

puede abonarse o bien al contado o bien en 12 cuotas mensuales — (frml) payment may be made either in cash or in twelve monthly installments
V
masculino

1) (Fil) good

el bien y el mal — good and evil

hacer el bien — to do good deeds

haz bien y no mires a quién — do good to all alike

un hombre de bien — a good man

2)

a) (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien — it's for your own good

por el bien de todos — for the good of all

b)

hacer bien — (+ me/te/le etc)

esto te hará bien — this will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien — what he said did me a lot of good

3) ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

4)

a) ( posesión)

le dejó todos sus bienes — she left him everything she owned

mi bien más preciado — my most precious possession

b) bienes masculino plural (Fin) assets (pl)

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes — the order applies to all his assets

•

- bien de consumo

- bien de equipo

- bien ganancial

- bien inmueble

- bien mueble

- bien raíz

* * *

bien¹

¹ = fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], neatly, tidy, jolly + Adjetivo/Adverbio, aright, alright [all right], all right [alright], good.

Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex: This arrangement is ideal for well-defined subjects which coincide neatly with the interest of the library user.

Ex: This was all very tidy, but who was to judge significance?.

Ex: The public library people and some others have needs that have long been unmet, but jolly well ought to be as soon as possible.

Ex: Another wise precaution at this preliminary stage is to make sure that he has heard aright.

Ex: The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.

Ex: So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.

Ex: It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.

* abrigarse bien = wrap up + warm.

* acoger bien = welcome.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* ahora bien = now.

* bastante bien = good enough, rather well, fairly + Verbo.

* bien aceptado = well-accepted.

* bien acomodado = well-to-do, well-off.

* bien administrado = well-managed.

* bien afeitado = clean shaven.

* bien andado = well trodden.

* bien anunciado = well-advertised, well-announced.

* bien arado = well-tilled.

* bien argumentado = well-considered.

* bien arreglado = well-groomed.

* bien comprendido = well-understood.

* bien común, el = common good, the, common wealth, the.

* bien conectado = well-connected.

* bien conocido = well-known, well-understood.

* bien conseguido = well-rendered.

* bien conservado = well-kept.

* bien considerado = all things considered.

* bien construido = well-built.

* bien controlado = well-regulated.

* bien cuidado = clean-cut, well-tended.

* bien cultural = cultural product.

* bien definido = well-defined, clearly defined, clearly-drawn, clean-cut, articulated, clear-cut.

* bien demarcado = hard-edged.

* bien de todos, el = common good, the.

* bien dicho = amen to that!.

* bien diferenciado = well differentiated.

* bien dirigido = well-regulated.

* bien documentado = well documented [well-documented].

* bien dotado = well-equipped, well-endowed, well-resourced.

* bien dotado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.

* bien dotado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien educado = urbane.

* bien encaminado = a step in the right direction.

* bien ensayado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien entrada la noche = late at night.

* bien equilibrado = well balanced [well-balanced].

* bien equipado = well-appointed, well-equipped, well-resourced.

* bien equipado de medios = well-resourced.

* bien equipado de recursos = well-resourced.

* bien escrito = well-written.

* bien estructurado = well thought out, well-structured [well structured].

* bien expresado = well-articulated.

* bien financiado = well-funded.

* bien formado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.], articulated.

* bien formalizado = well-formalised [well-formalized].

* bien formulado = well-formulated.

* bien fundado = well-justified, well-formulated.

* bien fundamentado = well-founded.

* bien gestionado = well-managed.

* bien gobernado = well-regulated, well-governed.

* bien hecho = well-made, well formed [well-formed], well-rendered, well done.

* ¡bien hecho! = the way to go!.

* bien iluminado = well-lit.

* bien informado = well-informed, informed.

* bienintencionado = well-intentioned, well meant, well-intended, well-meaning.

* bien justificado = well-founded, well-formulated.

* bien llevado = well-run.

* bien merecido = well deserved, well deserved, well-earned.

* bien mirado = all things considered.

* bien... o... = either... or..., either... or....

* bien ordenado = well-kept, well-ordered, in good order.

* bien organizado = well-organised [well-organized], well-structured [well structured].

* bien pagado = well-paid.

* bien parecido = personable, good looking.

* bien pensado = well thought out.

* bien planeado = well-planned.

* bien planificado = well-planned.

* bien practicado = well-practised [well-practiced, -USA].

* bien preparado = well-trained, well-prepared.

* bien presentado = well-presented, well-rendered.

* bien producido = well-produced, well-made.

* bien proporcionado = shapely [shapelier -comp., shapeliest -sup.].

* bien provisto = well-endowed.

* bien provisto (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien público = public good, commonwealth.

* bien recibido = welcome.

* bien reconocido = well-recognised [well-recognized].

* bien redondito = well-rounded.

* bien remunerado = well-paid.

* bien representado = well represented, well-rendered.

* bien seleccionado = well-chosen, well-selected.

* bien sincronizado = well-synchronised [well-synchronized, -USA].

* bien surtido (de) = well-stocked (with).

* bien testado = well-tested.

* bien tratado = well represented.

* bien uniformado = well-uniformed.

* bien ventilado = airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].

* bien vestido = well-dressed, dapper.

* bien visto = welcome.

* caerse bien = hit it off.

* cambiar Algo para bien = turn + Nombre + into a good thing.

* cambiar para bien = change for + the better.

* casar bien = fit in + well.

* comenzar bien = get off to + a (good/great) start, make + a good start.

* comprender bien = be clear in your mind.

* comprenderse bien = be well understood.

* conservarse bien = keep + well.

* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.

* creer que estar bien = feel + right.

* cuatro verdades bien dichas = home truth.

* dársele Algo bien a Uno = be good at.

* dársele a Uno bien las plantas = have + a green thumb, have + green fingers.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* desempeñar bien una función = perform + well.

* despedirse de Alguien deseándole que todo vaya bien = wish + well.

* el bien de = the good of.

* empezar a ir bien = fall into + place.

* estar bien = be okay, be in good shape, be in good health.

* estar bien de salud = be in good health.

* estar bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* estar bien pensado = be carefully thought out.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* gente bien = well-to-do, well-off.

* hablar muy bien de = rant and rave.

* hablarse bien de Algo o Alguien = be well spoken of.

* hacer Algo muy bien = do + an excellent job of, make + an excellent job of.

* hacer bien = do + good.

* hacerlo bien = put + matters + right, be right on track.

* hacer sentir bien = make + Nombre + feel good.

* hasta ahora, todo bien = so far, so good.

* haz el bien y no mires a quién = cast your bread upon the waters.

* impuesto de bienes inmuebles (IBI) = property tax.

* ir bien = go + well, do + well, go + strong.

* ir bien encaminado = be on the right track.

* ir todo bien = be fine.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + baza = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* jugar bien + Posesivo + cartas = play + Posesivo + cards right.

* llevarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* llevarse bien = get along, on good terms.

* llevarse bien con Alguien = get on with + Pronombre Personal.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.

* mantenerse bien = keep + well.

* marchar bien = go + strong.

* más bien = if you like, instead.

* más bien bajo = shortish.

* más bien pequeño = smallish.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* masticar bien = chew up.

* mirándolo bien = all things considered.

* muy bien = nicely.

* ¡muy bien! = the way to go!.

* muy bien pagado = highly paid.

* muy bien + podría + Verbo = might + well + Verbo.

* muy bien + puede + Verbo = may well + Verbo.

* muy bien remunerado = highly paid.

* no caer bien = not take + kindly to.

* no estar bien equilibrado = skew.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no importa lo bien = no matter how well.

* no muy bien informado = not-too-well-informed.

* no ser bien visto = be in the doghouse.

* no tomárselo bien = not take + kindly to.

* pago único y bien grande = fat lump sum.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* parecer bien = be all right with + Persona.

* pasarlo bien = have + fun, be a great time.

* pasárselo bien = have + a good time, have + a great time.

* pasárselo la mar de bien = have + a whale of a time, have + a great time.

* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* puede muy bien ser = could well be.

* puede muy bien ser que = it may well be that.

* puede que al final sea para bien = be a blessing in disguise.

* pues bien = well.

* que bota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* que no ajusta bien = ill-fitting.

* que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup], leaking.

* que no queda bien = ill-fitting.

* que rebota bien = bouncy [bouncier -comp., bounciest -sup.].

* recibir bien = welcome.

* recibir bien una iniciativa = welcome + initiative.

* salir bien = go + well.

* salir bien al final = turn out + right in the end.

* salir todo bien = land on + Posesivo + (own two) feet.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* sentar bien a Alguien = look + good on + Nombre.

* sentirse bien = feel + good, wellness, feel + right, get + high.

* sentirse bien con Uno mismo = feel + right.

* ser algo bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser algo (muy) bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser por el bien de Alguien = be to + Posesivo + advantage.

* estar suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser suficientemente bien + Participio Pasado = be sufficiently well + Participio Pasado.

* ser un hecho bien conocido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* ser un hecho bien sabido que = it + be + a (well)-known fact that.

* servir muy bien = take + Nombre + a long way.

* si bien es cierto que = albeit (that).

* sin bien se mira = all things considered.

* sino más bien = rather.

* sino (que) más bien = but rather.

* todo ir bien = all + be + well with the world.

* tomárselo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* usar Algo bien = put to + good use.

* venir bien = be none the worse for (that), suit + best.

* venir muy bien = fit + the bill.

* ver bien = welcome.

* * *

bien¹

adj inv

A [ ESTAR] (sano) well

mi padre no anda or no está bien my father's not very well

no me siento or encuentro bien I don't feel well

¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you're not right in the head!

estuvo enfermo pero ya está bien he was ill but he's all right now

B [ ESTAR]

(económicamente acomodado): los padres están muy bien her parents are well off

no son ricos, pero están bien they're not rich but they're reasonably well off o they're comfortably off

C [ ESTAR] ( fam) (refiriéndose al atractivo sexual) good-looking, attractive

D [ ESTAR]

(cómodo, agradable): estoy bien aquí I'm fine o all right here

¿vas bien allí atrás? are you all right in the back?

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade

E (agradable) ‹oler/saber›

¡qué bien huele! it smells really good!

¡qué bien hueles! you smell nice!

este café sabe muy bien this coffee tastes very good o nice

F [ ESTAR]

(satisfactorio): ¿está bien así, señorita? is that right o all right, miss?

estás or quedaste or saliste muy bien en esta foto you look very nice o really good in this photograph

ese cuadro no queda bien ahí that painting doesn't look right there

podríamos ir mañana, si te parece bien we could go tomorrow, if you like

la casa está muy bien the house is very nice

¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

¡está bien!, si no quieres hacerlo no lo hagas all right o okay, then! if you don't want to do it, don't

¡qué bien, mañana es fiesta! great! tomorrow's a holiday!

la lavadora no funciona — ¡pues qué bien! ( iró); the washing machine's not working — oh, great! o well, that's great! ( iro)

G [ ESTAR] (correcto, adecuado) right

está bien que se premie la iniciativa it's right o good that initiative should be rewarded

estuviste bien en negarle la entrada you did o were right to refuse to let him in

H

1 (indicando suficiencia) estar bien DE algo:

¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?

no ando bien de tiempo I'm a bit short of time, I don't have much time

2

ya está bien that's enough

ya está bien de jugar, ahora a dormir you've been playing long enough, now go to bed

I

1 ( fam) (de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

viven en un barrio bien they live in a well-to-do o ( BrE) posh area

niño² (↑ niño (2))

2 ( RPl fam) ‹gente/persona› (honrado) respectable, decent

bien²

adverb

A (de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well

se come de bien allí … the food is so good there!

¿cómo te va? — bien, ¿y a ti? how are things? — fine, how about you?

no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

quien bien te quiere te hará llorar you have to be cruel to be kind

B (ventajosamente) well

el local está muy bien ubicado the premises are very well situated

vendió el coche muy bien she sold the car well o for a good price

C

(favorablemente): me habló muy bien de ti he spoke very highly of you

yo prefiero pensar bien de la gente I prefer to think well of people

D

1 (a fondo, completamente) well, properly

¿cerraste bien? did you make sure the door was locked (properly)?

el cerdo debe comerse bien cocido pork should be well cooked o properly cooked before being eaten

bien sabes que … you know perfectly well o very well that …

2 (con cuidado, atención) carefully

escucha bien lo que te voy a decir listen carefully to what I'm going to say

E (correctamente) well

pórtate bien behave yourself

hiciste bien en decírselo you did the right thing to tell him

¡bien dice tu padre que eres un terco! your father's dead right when he says you're stubborn

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!

F (como intensificador)

1 (muy) very

canta bien mal he sings really o very badly

llegó bien entrada la noche she arrived very late at night

¿estás bien seguro? are you positive o certain?, are you absolutely sure?

bien por debajo de lo normal well below average

ponte bien adelante sit close to the front, sit well forward

2 (fácilmente) easily

vale bien dos millones it's worth two million easily

yo no me acuerdo pero bien pudo ser I don't remember but it could well o easily have been

3

(en recriminaciones, protestas): bien podías haberlo ayudado you could o might have helped him!

4

bien que …: pero bien que llama cuando necesita dinero he's quick enough to call when he needs money, though

¿por qué no le compras algo?, a ti bien que te gusta que te hagan regalos why don't you buy her something? you like it when people give you presents

G ( en locs):

más bien: una chica más bien delgada a rather thin girl

no me cae bien — di más bien que no lo puedes ver I don't like him — what you mean is you can't stand the sight of him

¿vas a ir? — ¡más bien! ( Arg fam); are you going to go? — you bet! ( colloq)

no bien or ( RPl) ni bien. as soon as

no bien llegó, le dieron la noticia no sooner had he arrived than they told him the news, as soon as he arrived they told him the news

si bien although

estar a bien con algn to be on good terms with sb

tener a bien hacer algo ( frml): le rogamos tenga a bien abonar esta suma a la mayor brevedad posible we would ask you to pay this sum as soon as possible ( frml)

le ruego tenga a bien considerar mi solicitud I would be grateful if you would consider my application

Compuesto:

bien nacido, bien nacida

masculine, feminine nice person ver tb bienintencionado, bien parecido, etc

bien³

interjection

1

(como enlace): bien, sigamos adelante right then o fine, let's continue

bien, … ¿dónde estábamos? now o right, … where were we?

y bien ¿estás dispuesto a hacerlo o no? so, are you prepared to do it or not?

pues bien, como te iba diciendo … so, as I was telling you …

2

¡bien! (expresando aprobación) well done!

¡bien, muchachos! well done, boys!

no habrá clases hoy — ¡bieeeen! there won't be any lessons today — yippee o hurrah!

bien⁴

conjunction

puede abonarse (o) bien al contado (o) bien en 12 cuotas mensuales ( frml); payment may be made (either) in cash or in twelve monthly installments

o bien te disculpas o te quedas castigado either you say you're sorry or I'll keep you in

bien⁵

masculine

A ( Fil) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

haz bien y no mires a quién do good to all alike

un hombre de bien a good man

B

1 (beneficio, bienestar) good

es por tu bien it's for your own good

trabajar por el bien de todos to work for the good of all

que sea para bien I hope things go well for you/him/them

acepté, no sé si para bien o para mal I accepted, though I'm not sure if it was a good move or not

2

hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): la sopa te hará bien the soup will do you good

sus palabras me hicieron mucho bien what he said helped me a lot o did me a lot of good

C ( apelativo) dear, darling

¡mi bien! or ¡bien mío! ( ant o hum); my dear o darling

D (en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10

E

(posesión): el único bien valioso the only item of value

la orden afecta a todos sus bienes the order applies to all his assets o possessions o goods

Compuestos:

● bien comunal

common asset

bienes comunales common property

● bien de consumo

consumer article o item

bienes de consumo consumer goods

● bien de equipo

capital item o asset

bienes de equipo capital goods o assets

● bienes parafernales

mpl wife's personal property

● bienes semovientes

mpl livestock ( sing or pl)

● bien ganancial

joint asset ( acquired during marriage)

bienes gananciales joint property, community property ( AmE)

● bien inmueble

immovable item o asset

● bien mostrenco

item of unclaimed property

● bien mueble

movable item

bienes muebles movables, personal property, goods and chattels

● bien raíz

immovable item o asset

bienes raíces real estate, realty ( AmE), property ( BrE)

● bien vacante

ownerless piece of land ( o asset etc)

* * *

bien 1 adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] (de salud, en general) well;
sentirse or encontrarse bien to feel well;
◊ ¿cómo estás? — muy bien, gracias how are you? — (I'm) very well, thank you;

¡qué bien estás! you look really well!;
¡tú no estás bien de la cabeza! you are not right in the head
2 [estar]
a) (cómodo, agradable):

◊ ¿vas bien ahí atrás? are you all right in the back?;

se está bien a la sombra it's nice in the shade;
la casa está muy bien the house is very nice
b) [estar] (correcto, adecuado) right;

◊ la fecha/el reloj está bien the date/the clock is right;

¿está bien así? is this all right?;
si te parece bien if that's all right with you;
el cuadro no queda bien ahí the picture doesn't look right there
c) ( suficiente): estar or andar bien de algo to be all right for sth;

◊ ¿estamos bien de aceite? are we all right for oil?;

ya está bien that's enough
3 [estar]
a) ( en calidad) good;

◊ ¿lo has leído? está muy bien have you read it? it's very good

b) (fam) ( sexualmente atractivo) good-looking, attractive

4 (fam)
a) ( de buena posición social) ‹familia/gente› well-to-do

b) ‹ barrio› well-to-do, posh (BrE)

bien 2 adverbio
1
a) ( de manera satisfactoria) ‹dormir/funcionar/cantar› well;

◊ no le fue bien en Alemania things didn't work out for her in Germany

b) ( correctamente) well;

◊ habla muy bien inglés she speaks English very well o very good English;

¡bien hecho/dicho! well done/said!;
pórtate bien behave yourself;
hiciste bien en decírselo you were right to tell him;
siéntate bien sit properly
c) ( de manera agradable) ‹oler/saber› good

2
a) (a fondo, completamente) well, properly;

◊ bien cocido well o properly cooked;

¿cerraste bien? did you lock the door properly?;
bien sabes que … you know perfectly well that …
b) (con cuidado, atención) ‹escuchar/mirar› carefully

3
a) ( como intensificador) ( muy) very;

◊ canta bien mal he sings really badly;

bien entrada la noche very late at night;
¿estás bien seguro? are you positive?
b) ( en locs)

◊ más bien rather;

no bien as soon as;
si bien although
■ interjección:
◊ ¡(muy) bien! well done!, (very) good!;

¡qué bien! great!
■ conjunción: bien … o … either … or …;
se puede subir bien a pie o a caballo you can go up either on foot or on horseback
bien 3 sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) good;
◊ el bien y el mal good and evil;

hacer el bien to do good deeds;
un hombre de bien a good man
2
a) (beneficio, bienestar) good;

◊ es por mi/tu bien it's for my/your own good

b)

◊ hacer bien (+ me/te/le etc): esto te hará bien this will do you good

3 ( en calificaciones escolares) grade of between 6 and 6.9 on a scale of 1-10
4
◊ bienes

a) sustantivo masculino plural (Com) goods;

◊ bienes de consumo consumer goods

b) (Der) property;

◊ le dejó todos sus bienes she left him everything she owned;

bienes inmuebles or raíces real estate (AmE), property (BrE);
bienes muebles personal property, goods and chattels;
bienes públicos public property
bien
I sustantivo masculino
1 (justicia, bondad) good
no sabe diferenciar entre el bien y el mal, he can't tell the diference between good and evil
una persona de bien, a good person
2 (provecho, ventaja) lo hago por tu bien, I do it for your sake
en bien de la comunidad, for the good of community
3 (propiedad) property: no tiene ningún bien con el que avalar el crédito, he has no property or goods to guarantee his credit
bienes, goods
bienes de consumo, consumer goods pl; bienes gananciales, communal property
bienes inmuebles/raíces, real estate
II adverbio
1 (correctamente) well: hiciste bien en protestar, you were right to protest
toca bien el piano, she plays piano well
2 (sano) well, fine
sentirse/encontrarse bien, to feel well
3 (satisfactoriamente) este vestido te sienta bien, this dress suits you
oler bien, to smell nice
vivir bien, to be comfortably off
4 (antepuesto a un adjetivo: muy) very, quite
una cerveza bien fría, a nice cold beer
bien pronto, very early, very soon
(de buena gana) willingly, gladly: bien me iría ahora al cine, I'd love to go to the movies now
III conj ahora bien, now, now then
bien... o bien..., either... or...
bien que mal, one way or another
más bien, rather, a little
no bien, as soon as: no bien llegó..., no sooner had she arrived than...
pues bien, well then
o bien, or, or else
si bien, although, even though...: si bien es cierto que..., although it's quite clear that...
IV exclamación ¡bien!, good!, great!
¡está bien!, (¡de acuerdo!) fine!, all right
¡muy bien!, excellent, first class!
¡qué bien!, great!, fantastic
(desaprobación) ¡pues qué bien!, that's all I needed!
¡ya está bien!, that's (quite) enough!
V adj inv un barrio bien, a well-to-do neighbourhood
un niño bien, a rich kid
En general se traduce por well. Sin embargo, cuando hablamos de personas decimos fine al referirnos a su salud: ¿Qué tal estás? - Muy bien, gracias. How are you? - Fine, thanks. Para describir un objeto puedes usar good: Ese libro está muy bien. That book is very good.
' bien' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrigar
- acabar
- acero
- agarrar
- ahora
- alternar
- amarrar
- andar
- antes
- atrancar
- avenida
- avenido
- avenirse
- bailar
- barbaridad
- base
- bastante
- cabeza
- caer
- casar
- cerrarse
- columpiarse
- cómo
- comprobar
- comunicada
- comunicado
- comunitaria
- comunitario
- coña
- concesión
- considerada
- considerado
- consuelo
- contraria
- contrario
- convenir
- cumplir
- dar
- darse
- decirse
- declarar
- defenderse
- deteriorarse
- diáfana
- diáfano
- dinero
- discreta
- discreto
- disfrutar
- disputarse
English:
absence
- acquit
- agree
- airy
- all right
- along
- alternatively
- antisocial
- appreciate
- aptly
- articulate
- at
- aware
- balance
- ball
- begin
- behave
- beneath
- best
- better
- bookmobile
- boom
- border
- bouncy
- by
- card
- charity
- cheap
- clean-shaven
- clockwork
- closely
- cloud
- come in
- come off
- come out
- conform
- congenial
- convenient
- cosy
- cozy
- deserve
- do
- done
- effective
- either
- enjoy
- enunciate
- equipped
- familiar
- far

* * *

bien

♦ adj inv
[respetable]
una familia bien a good family;

un barrio bien a good area;
Pey a posh area;
un restaurante bien a posh restaurant;
Pey
niño bien rich kid;

gente bien well-to-do people

♦ nm

1. [concepto abstracto] good;

el bien y el mal good and evil;

se cree que está por encima del bien y del mal she thinks ordinary moral laws don't apply to her;

hacer el bien to do good (deeds);

un hombre de bien a good man

2. [provecho] good;

los padres desean el bien de los hijos parents desire the best for their children;

esto te hará bien this will do you good;

si se marcha, nos hará un bien a todos if she leaves, she'll be doing us all a favour;

espero que el cambio sea para bien I hope the change is for the best, I hope the change works out well;

por el bien de for the sake of;

lo hice por tu bien I did it for your own good;

han trabajado muy duro por el bien de todos they have worked very hard for the good of everyone

3. [nota] = mark between 6 and 6.9 out of 10, ≈ pass, ≈ C

♦ bienes nmpl

1. [patrimonio] property

Comp
bienes de capital capital assets;
bienes comunales common property;

bienes fungibles perishables;

bienes gananciales shared possessions;

bienes inmateriales intangible assets;

bienes inmuebles real estate, US real property;

bienes muebles personal property;

bienes públicos public property;

bienes raíces real estate, landed property

2. [productos] goods

Comp
bienes de consumo consumer goods;
bienes de consumo duraderos consumer durables, US hard goods;

bienes de equipo capital goods;

bienes de producción industrial goods;

bienes terrenales worldly goods

♦ adv

1. [debidamente, adecuadamente] well;

¿cómo estás? – bien, gracias how are you? – fine, thanks;

habla inglés bien she speaks English well;

¡agárrate bien! hold on tight!;

cierra bien la puerta shut the door properly;

conoce bien el tema she knows a lot about the subject, she knows the subject well;

¿vamos bien de gasolina? are we doing all right for Br petrol o US gas?, have we got plenty of Br petrol o US gas?;

bien mirado [bien pensado] if you look at it closely;
[bien visto] well-regarded;
bien pensado on reflection;

contestar bien [correctamente] to answer correctly;
[cortésmente] to answer politely;
escucha bien,… listen carefully,…;

estar bien relacionado to have good connections;

le está bien empleado he deserves it, it serves him right;

hacer algo bien to do sth well;

has hecho bien you did the right thing;

hiciste bien en decírmelo you were right to tell me;

pórtate bien be good, behave yourself;

salir bien librado to get off lightly;

todo salió bien everything turned out well;

vivir bien [económicamente] to be well-off;
[en armonía] to be happy
2. [expresa opinión favorable] well;

¡muy bien! very good!, excellent!;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

me cayó muy bien I liked her a lot;

me han hablado bien de él they have spoken well of him to me;

en Portugal se come muy bien the food is very good in Portugal;

estar bien [de aspecto] to be nice;
[de salud] to be o feel well; [de calidad] to be good; [de comodidad] to be comfortable;
¡está bien! [bueno, vale] all right then!;
[es suficiente] that's enough!;
este traje te está bien this suit looks good on you;

la tienda está bien situada the shop is well situated;

está bien que te vayas, pero antes despídete it's all right for you to go, but say goodbye first;

tal comportamiento no está bien visto such behaviour is frowned upon;

encontrarse bien [de salud] to feel well;

no se encuentra nada bien she doesn't feel at all well;

oler/saber bien to smell/taste nice o good;

¡qué bien huele en esta cocina! it smells nice o good in this kitchen!;

opinar bien de alguien to think highly of sb;

no acaba de parecerme bien I don't really think it's a very good idea;

no me parece bien que no la saludes I think it's wrong of you not to say hello to her;

¿te parece bien así? is it O.K. like this?, is this all right?;

pasarlo bien to have a good time;

¡qué bien, mañana no trabajo! great, I don't have to go to work tomorrow!;
Irónico
¡qué bien, ahora dice que no me puede pagar! isn't that just great, now she says she can't pay me!;

salir bien to turn out well;

¡qué bien sales en la foto! you look great in the photo!;

sentar bien a alguien [ropa] to suit sb;
[comida] to agree with sb; [comentario] to please sb;
el rojo no te sienta nada bien red doesn't suit you at all;

come tan rápido que no le puede sentar bien she eats so quickly she's bound to get indigestion;

algunos consideran que una copita de vino sienta bien some people think a glass of wine is good for you;

no le sentó nada bien que lo criticaras en público he didn't like you criticizing him in public at all, he was none too impressed by you criticizing him in public;

tu ayuda va a venir muy bien your help will be very welcome;

no me viene nada bien salir esta tarde it's not very convenient for me o it doesn't really suit me to go out this afternoon;

Prov

bien está lo que bien acaba all's well that ends well

3. [muy]
quiero el filete bien hecho I want my steak well done;

bien abierto wide open;

abre bien la boca open wide

4. [uso enfático] pretty;

un regalo bien caro a pretty expensive present;

vamos a llegar bien tarde we're going to be pretty late;

estoy bien cansado I'm pretty tired;

hoy me he levantado bien temprano I got up nice and early today;

quiero un vaso de agua bien fría I'd like a nice cold glass of water

5. [vale, de acuerdo] all right, O.K.;

¿nos vamos? – bien shall we go? – all right

6. [de buena gana, fácilmente] quite happily;

ella bien que lo haría, pero no le dejan she'd be happy to do it o she'd quite happily do it, but they won't let her

7. [expresa protesta]
¡bien podrías haberme avisado! you could at least have told me!;

¡bien podrías pagar tú esta vez! it would be nice if you paid for once o for a change!

8. [en frases]
bien es verdad que… it's certainly true that…;

¡bien por…! three cheers for…!;

¡ya está bien! that's enough!;

¡ya está bien de hacer el vago! that's enough lazing around!;

estar a bien con alguien to be on good terms with sb;

¡pues (sí que) estamos bien! that's all we needed!;

tener a bien hacer algo to be good enough to do sth;

le rogamos tenga a bien pasarse por nuestras oficinas we would ask you to (be good enough to) come to our offices

♦ conj

bien… bien either… or;

puedes venir bien por avión, bien por barco you can come by plane or by boat;

dáselo bien a mi hermano, bien a mi padre give it to either my brother or my father

♦ interj

1. [aprobación] good!, great!;
[fastidio] oh, great!;
hoy saldréis al recreo media hora antes – ¡bien! break time will be half an hour earlier today – great!;

se acaba de estropear la televisión – ¡bien, lo que nos faltaba! the television has just broken down – oh great, that's all we needed!

2. [enlazando]
y bien, ¿qué te ha parecido? well o so, what did you think of it?;

y bien, ¿a qué estás esperando? well, what are you waiting for?

♦ más bien loc conj

rather;

no estoy contento, más bien estupefacto I'm not so much happy as stunned;

más bien creo que no vendrá I rather suspect she won't come, I think it unlikely that she'll come

♦ no bien, RP ni bien loc conj

no sooner, as soon as;

no bien me había marchado cuando empezaron a… no sooner had I gone than they started…

♦ si bien loc conj

although, even though

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bien

I m good;

por tu bien for your own good;

bienes pl goods, property sg ;

hombre de bien good man;

estar por encima del bien y del mal be above the law

II adj

:

¡está bien! it’s OK!, it’s alright!;

estoy bien I’m fine, I’m OK;

¿estás bien aquí? are you comfortable here?;

la gente bien well-to-do people

III adv

1 well; ( muy) very;

¡bien hecho! well done!;

bien está lo que bien acaba all’s well that ends well

2 ( correctamente) well, properly

3 en locuciones

:

más bien rather;

tener a bien hacer algo see fit to do sth;

hicieron bien en reservar los billetes con tanta antelación they did the right thing booking the tickets so far ahead;

haces bien en llevarte el paraguas it’s a good idea to take your umbrella;

estar (a) bien con alguien be on good terms with s.o.

IV conj

:

o bien … o … either … or …;

si bien, bien que although;

no bien as soon as

V int

:

¡ya está bien! that’s it!, that’s enough!;

pues bien well

* * *

bien adv

1) : well

¿dormiste bien?: did you sleep well?

2) correctamente: correctly, properly, right

hay que hacerlo bien: it must be done correctly

3) : very, quite

el libro era bien divertido: the book was very amusing

4) : easily

bien puede acabarlo en un día: he can easily finish it in a day

5) : willingly, readily

bien lo aceptaré: I'll gladly accept it

6)

bien que : although

7)

más bien : rather

bien adj

1) : well, OK, all right

¿te sientes bien?: are you feeling all right?

2) : pleasant, agreeable

las flores huelen bien: the flowers smell very nice

3) : satisfactory

4) : correct, right

bien nm

1) : good

el bien y el mal: good and evil

2) bienes nmpl

: property, goods, possessions

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bien¹ adj (acomodado) well off / rich

un niño bien a rich kid

bien² adv

1. (en general) well

lo conozco bien I know him well

toca el piano muy bien she plays the piano really well

el examen le fue bien the exam went well / he did well in the exam

2. (de salud) well / fine

ayer me dolía el estómago, pero ya estoy bien I had a stomachache yesterday, but I'm fine now

estoy muy bien, gracias I'm very well, thank you

no me encuentro bien I don't feel very well

¿estás bien? are you all right?

3. (de gusto, olor, aspecto) nice / good [comp. better; superl. best]

¡qué bien huele! what a nice smell! / it smells really good!

4. (de manera correcta) properly / correctly / right

es importante comer bien it's important to eat properly

lo hace todo bien he does everything right

5. (para intensificar) very / quite

bien caliente nice and hot / very hot

es bien diferente it's quite different

6. (de acuerdo) all right / OK

¿vienes? Bien are you coming? OK

hacer bien en hacer algo to be right to do something

haces bien en no enfadarte you're right not to get angry

pasarlo bien to have a good time

portarse bien to behave yourself

bien³ conj either... or

se puede ir bien en tren, bien en autocar you can either go by train or by coach

bien⁴ n

1. (lo bueno) good

el bien y el mal good and evil

2. (beneficio) good

es por tu propio bien it's for you own good

3. (nota académica) good / C

sacó un bien he got a C

Spanish-English dictionary > bien
10 atractivo

adj.

1 attractive, nice-looking, good-looking, inviting.

2 personable.

m.

1 attraction, appeal, charm, grace.

2 attractor, attracter.

3 attraction, turnon, turn-on.

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atractivo

► adjetivo

1 attractive, charming, appealing

► nombre masculino atractivo

1 attraction, charm, appeal

■ el nuevo modelo tiene mucho atractivo the new model is very attractive

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atractivo

► nombre masculino

1 attraction, charm, appeal

■ el nuevo modelo tiene mucho atractivo the new model is very attractive

* * *
1. (f. - atractiva)
adj.

attractive
2. noun m.
attraction, appeal

* * *

1.

ADJ attractive

2.

SM attractiveness, appeal

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I
- va adjetivo attractive
II
masculino charm, attractiveness

tiene mucho atractivo — she's very charming

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad — the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí — I don't find the offer at all attractive

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I
- va adjetivo attractive
II
masculino charm, attractiveness

tiene mucho atractivo — she's very charming

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad — the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí — I don't find the offer at all attractive

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atractivo¹

¹ = appeal, attractiveness, beauty, allure, drawing power, draw, pull factor, attraction, turn-on.

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: It is therefore one of the librarian's prime tasks to preserve the attractiveness of the stock for as long as possible.

Ex: The digital form in which we will send information through the network is one of the beauties of modern technology.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The perilous allure of moral imperativism'.

Ex: Nearly all librarians were enthusiastic about the drawing power of public access computers in spite of the drawbacks such as theft, noise and crowding.

Ex: The draw of earning up to 30 pounds per cadaver without risking life or limb proved too tempting for some of the more barbarous resurrectionists, however, leading them to commit murder.

Ex: Unsurprisingly such misuse is triggered by push factors, such as fear of failure, and also pull factors, such as ease of use and the ubiquitous cut and paste.

Ex: Subject-type title indexes have two important attractions.

Ex: Dr. James Houran discusses the different ways men and women show affection and addresses the top turn-ons and turn-offs with men and women.

* atractivo de la novedad = novelty appeal, novelty value.

* atractivo físico = physical attractiveness, physical appeal.

* atractivo novedoso = novelty appeal.

* atractivo sexual = sexiness, mojo, sex appeal.

* atractivo visual = visual appeal.

* perder el atractivo = lose + Posesivo + allure, lose + Posesivo + savour.

atractivo²

² = attractive, glamorous, glossy [glossier -comp., glossiest -sup.], inviting, appetising [appetizing, -USA], handsome [handsomer -comp., handsomest -sup.], engaging, dashing, personable, arresting, magnetic, enticing, good looking, winning, appealing, endearing, fancied, sizzling, glam, comely [comelier -comp., comeliest -sup.].

Ex: A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.

Ex: Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.

Ex: On the other hand, credibility relates less to glossy brochure futuristics than to tested areas of application.

Ex: An easy and inviting route to the entrance needs to be unambiguously defined.

Ex: This is not a very appetizing thought for anyone who wishes to play a key role in the operations of the library.

Ex: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.

Ex: The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.

Ex: Some unfortunate children grow up as readers of James Bond, of dashing thrillers and the blood-and-guts of crude war stories.

Ex: Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.

Ex: It is when speakers have no feeling for pause that their speech seems to burble on without any arresting quality; the club bore is a burbler: he has not learnt the eloquence of silence.

Ex: It is the duty of the library staff to make the institution magnetic.

Ex: The article 'Library scavenger hunts: a way out of the bewilderness' describes the use of library scavenger hunts to teach high school and college students research strategies and to make library use both enticing and enriching.

Ex: Our library and some others have prevailed upon a local vendor to prepare good looking, durable packaging for cassettes which makes them perfectly accommodative to the ordinary bookshelves.

Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.

Ex: The author offers some suggestions, somewhat 'tongue in cheek', to make the game more appealing for spectators.

Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.

Ex: The convention failed to reach an agreement on any of the more fancied candidates.

Ex: He had a sizzling, electric stage presence.

Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.

Ex: He went in the tavern wearing an eye patch, crying 'ahoy, matey!' and eying the comely wenches.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* hacer atractivo = endear.

* parecer atractivo = look + attractive.

* poco atractivo = off-putting, unattractive, unglamorous, uninviting, unappealing.

* resultar atractivo = prove + attractive.

* ser atractivo = look + attractive, be popular in appeal.

* sin atractivo = unattractive.

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atractivo¹ -va

adjective

attractive

atractivo²

masculine

tiene mucho atractivo she's very charming

es feo, ignorante, totalmente sin atractivos he's ugly, ignorant, he doesn't have a single redeeming feature o there isn't a single good thing about him

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad the city's main attraction o appeal

la oferta no tiene ningún atractivo para mí the offer doesn't attract me o appeal to me in the least, I don't find the offer at all attractive

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atractivo 1
◊ -va adjetivo

attractive
atractivo 2 sustantivo masculino
a) ( encanto) charm, attractiveness;

◊ tiene mucho atractivo she's very charming;

el mayor atractivo de la ciudad the city's main attraction o appeal
b) ( interés) appeal;

◊ para mí viajar no tiene ningún atractivo travel holds no appeal to me

atractivo,-a
I adjetivo attractive, appealing
II sustantivo masculino attraction, appeal
' atractivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliciente
- atractiva
- duende
- encanto
- escultural
- flamante
- graciosa
- gracioso
- irresistible
- magnetismo
- mayor
- sexy
- simpatía
- sugestiva
- sugestivo
- tenerse
- arrastre
- bien
- bueno
- desmejorado
- embrujo
- hechizo
English:
appeal
- appealing
- attraction
- attractive
- comely
- desirable
- dishy
- engaging
- enticing
- flair
- glamorous
- homely
- inviting
- lure
- plain
- prepossessing
- selling point
- sex-appeal
- sexiness
- unappealing
- unattractive
- unattractiveness
- endearing
- fetching
- uninviting
- unprepossessing

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atractivo, -a

♦ adj

attractive

♦ nm
[de persona] attractiveness, charm; [de cosa] attraction;
tener atractivo to be attractive;

su rostro tiene un atractivo especial her face has a special charm;

tu plan tiene muchos atractivos your plan has a lot of points in its favour;

tiene el atractivo añadido de ser gratis it has the added attraction o advantage of being free

Comp
atractivo sexual sex appeal
* * *

atractivo

I adj attractive

II m appeal, attraction

* * *

atractivo, -va adj

: attractive

atractivo nm

: attraction, appeal, charm

* * *

atractivo¹ adj attractive

es muy atractivo he's very attractive

atractivo² n

1. (cosa que atrae) attraction

el atractivo principal the main attraction

2. (interés) appeal

este pueblo es de gran atractivo turístico this village has great appeal for tourists

Spanish-English dictionary > atractivo
11 supuesto

adj.

supposed, hypothetical, assumed, alleged.

m.

supposition, assumption.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: suponer.

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supuesto

► nombre masculino

1 (suposición) supposition, assumption

2 (hipótesis) hypothesis

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supuesto

► participio pasado

1→ link=suponer suponer

► adjetivo

1 (que se supone) supposed, assumed

2 (pretendido) so-called, self-styled

► nombre masculino supuesto

1 (suposición) supposition, assumption

2 (hipótesis) hypothesis

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar algo por supuesto,-a to take something for granted

en el supuesto de que... supposing that...

nombre supuesto assumed name

* * *
1. (f. - supuesta)
adj.

supposed

- por supuesto
2. noun m.
supposition

* * *

1.

PP de suponer

2. ADJ

1) (=falso) [nombre] assumed, false

el supuesto arquitecto resultó no tener título — the supposed architect proved not to be qualified

2) (=no demostrado) supposed

en el supuesto informe policial — in the supposed police report

3)

¡por supuesto! — of course!

por supuesto que iré — of course I'll go

-¿puedo usar su teléfono? -¡por supuesto! — "can I use your phone?" - "of course (you can)!"

4)

dar algo por supuesto — to take sth for granted

dieron por supuesto que estábamos interesados — they took it for granted that we were interested

5)

supuesto que — frm (=dando por sentado que) assuming; (=en caso de que) in the event of

supuesto que nuestra moneda no baje — (always) assuming our currency does not fall in value

supuesto que las autoridades requieran una prueba — in the event of the authorities requiring proof

3.

SM (=hipótesis) assumption

partieron del supuesto de que era verdad — they started from the assumption that it was true

en el supuesto de que no venga — assuming that he doesn't come

supuesto previo — prior assumption

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

a) ( falso) false

el supuesto electricista — the so-called o supposed electrician

b) ( que se rumorea)

la radio desmintió su supuesta muerte — reports of his death were denied on the radio

su supuesta enfermedad — her supposed illness

c)

por supuesto — of course

¿lo sabías? - por supuesto que sí! — did you know? - of course I did!

dar algo por supuesto — to take something for granted
II
masculino supposition

partiendo del supuesto de que no sabían nada — working on the assumption that they knew nothing

en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente — should you have an accident, in the event of an accident

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

a) ( falso) false

el supuesto electricista — the so-called o supposed electrician

b) ( que se rumorea)

la radio desmintió su supuesta muerte — reports of his death were denied on the radio

su supuesta enfermedad — her supposed illness

c)

por supuesto — of course

¿lo sabías? - por supuesto que sí! — did you know? - of course I did!

dar algo por supuesto — to take something for granted
II
masculino supposition

partiendo del supuesto de que no sabían nada — working on the assumption that they knew nothing

en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente — should you have an accident, in the event of an accident

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supuesto¹

¹ = assumption, construct, presumption, presupposition [pre-supposition].

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or ' constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.

Ex: Some of these presumptions have served only to perpetuate misconceptions of collection.

Ex: Computers hold pre-defined and fixed presuppositions, whilst those of humans are unpredictable.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = God forbid.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid.

* supuesto práctico = case.

supuesto²

² = alleged, perceived, so-called, assumed, imagined, imaginary example, presumable, putative, reputed, presumptive, apparent.

Ex: Meanwhile the ALA and others are making wildly improbable statements about the supposedly numerous opportunities for library school graduates due to the alleged shortage of librarians.

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: DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.

Ex: This article discusses the advantages of storing information on discs which have an assumed life span of 20 years.

Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.

Ex: An imaginary example for a distributed fact retrieval process, based on current tools and systems, is analysed in order to clarify the requirements of such an intermediary system.

Ex: A study was made of 8 indexes and abstracts of presumable interest to students of communication.

Ex: Not all putative delegates were able to attend the conference -- some, e.g., were refused visas.

Ex: Another doctor confirmed Karr's reputed plans for sex-change surgery.

Ex: Thirty patients with a diagnosis of presumptive bacterial conjunctivitis were assessed in a randomized trial.

Ex: Victim of an apparent assassination attempt, his face was left permanently disfigured and pockmarked.

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supuesto¹ -ta

adjective

1 (falso) false

actuaba bajo un nombre supuesto he worked under a false o an assumed name

el supuesto electricista resultó ser un ladrón the so-called o supposed electrician proved to be a thief

2

(que se rumorea): la radio desmintió su supuesta muerte reports of his death were denied on the radio

su supuesta enfermedad her supposed illness

3

por supuesto of course

¿vendrás? — ¡por supuesto! are you going to come? — of course!

¿lo sabías? — ¡por supuesto que sí! did you know? — of course I did!

dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted

supuesto²

masculine

supposition

su teoría descansa en un supuesto fundamental his theory rests on one fundamental supposition

¿y en el supuesto de que no acepten? and supposing they don't accept?, what if they don't accept?

en el supuesto de que suceda alguna catástrofe in the event of a disaster

partiendo del supuesto de que no sabían nada working on the assumption that they knew nothing

en el supuesto de que tenga un accidente should you have an accident, in the event of an accident

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Del verbo suponer: ( conjugate suponer)

supuesto es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
suponer
supuesto
suponer ( conjugate suponer) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( tomar como hipótesis) to suppose, assume;

◊ supongamos que lo que dice es cierto let's suppose o assume what he says is true;

suponiendo que todo salga bien assuming everything goes OK
b) ( imaginar):

◊ supongo que tienes razón I suppose you're right;

¿va a venir hoy? — supongo que sí is she coming today? — I should think so o I suppose so;
es de supuesto que se lo habrán dicho presumably o I should think he's been told;
se supone que empieza a las nueve it's supposed to start at nine
2 (significar, implicar) to mean;
◊ eso supondría tener que repetirlo that would mean having to do it again

supuesto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

a) ( falso) false;

◊ un nombre supuesto a false name;

el supuesto mendigo the supposed beggar
b) ( que se rumorea) ‹ milagro› alleged ( before n)

c)

◊ por supuesto of course;

dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted
supuesto 2 sustantivo masculino
supposition
suponer verbo transitivo
1 (creer, imaginar) to suppose: supongamos que..., let's assume o suppose that...
supongo que me llamarán, I presume they're going to phone me
supongo que sí, I suppose so
se supone que acaba a las seis, it's supposed to finish at six
se supone que él es el entendido, he's supposed to be the expert
te suponía en París, I thought you were in Paris
2 (conllevar, significar) to mean, involve: no supone ningún riesgo, it doesn't involve any risk
(la amistad, el aprecio) to mean ➣ Ver nota en mean
♦ Locuciones: ser de suponer: es de suponer que se lo han contado, presumably o I would imagine she's been told
ser un suponer, to be conjecture
supuesto,-a
I adj pey (presumiendo: falsedad) ese supuesto artista, that so-called artist
(: inocencia) alleged
el supuesto asesino, the alleged murderer
II m (conjetura) assumption
en el supuesto de que, on the assumption that: en el supuesto de que te pregunten, supposing you are asked
♦ Locuciones: dar por supuesto, to take sthg for granted
por supuesto, of course
supuesto que, since, inasmuch that
' supuesto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dar
- supuesta
- partir
- presupuesto
English:
assumption
- boon
- course
- ostensible
- professed
- reputed
- so-called
- supposed
- would-be
- go
- means
- naturally
- so
- sure
- surely

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supuesto, -a

♦ participio
ver suponer
♦ adj

1. [hipotético] supposed;
[culpable, asesino] alleged;
no se ha confirmado el supuesto ataque al corazón del presidente there has been no confirmation of the president's supposed o alleged heart attack

2. [falso] false;

actuó bajo un nombre supuesto he acted under a false o assumed name

♦ nm

supposition, assumption;

en el supuesto de que venga assuming (that) he comes;

esto no es más que un supuesto this is no more than a supposition;

en estos supuestos no es válido el principio general in these cases the general rule does not apply;

partimos del supuesto de que todo va a salir bien we're working on the assumption that everything will turn out right;

supuestos de cancelación grounds for cancellation

♦ por supuesto loc adv

of course;

¿te gusta? – por supuesto do you like it? – of course;

¿la invitarás? – por supuesto que sí/no are you going to invite her? – of course I am/of course not;

por supuesto que puedes venir of course you can come;

por supuesto que si te deja de interesar, te puedes retirar of course if you lose interest, you can always back out;

dar algo por supuesto to take sth for granted;

doy por supuesto que te interesa I take it for granted that you're interested

* * *

supuesto

I part → suponer

II adj supposed, alleged;

supuesto que (ya que) since; (en caso de que) if;

por supuesto of course;

dar algo por supuesto take sth as read

III m assumption

* * *

supuesto, -ta adj

1) : supposed, alleged

2)

por supuesto : of course, absolutely

* * *

supuesto adj

1. (presunto) alleged

el supuesto asesino the alleged murderer

2. (falso) supposed / assumed

el supuesto rey the supposed king

dar por supuesto to take for granted

por supuesto of course

Spanish-English dictionary > supuesto

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defined contribution plan — n: a pension plan in which the amount of the contributions made by the employer is fixed in advance and earnings are distributed proportionately Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. defined contribution plan … Law dictionary
Value change dump — is an ASCII based format for dumpfiles generated by EDA logic simulation tools. The standard, four value VCD format was defined along with the Verilog hardware description language by the IEEE Standard 1364 1995 in 1995. An Extended VCD format… … Wikipedia
Value engineering — is a systematic method to improve the value of goods and services by using an examination of function. Value, as defined, is the ratio of function to cost. Value can therefore be increased by either improving the function or reducing the cost. It … Wikipedia
Value capture — refers to a type of innovative public financing in which increases in private land values generated by a new public investment are all or in part “captured” through a land related tax to pay for that investment or other public projects. Value… … Wikipedia
Value Measuring Methodology — (or VMM) is a tool that helps planners balance both tangible and intangible values when making investment decisions, and monitor benefits.Formal methods to calculate the Return on Investment (or ROI) have been widely understood and used for a… … Wikipedia
Value Stream Mapping — is a Lean technique used to analyse the flow of materials and information currently required to bring a product or service to a consumer. At Toyota, where the technique originated, it is known as Material and Information Flow Mapping [Learning to … Wikipedia
Value-in-use — is the net present value (NPV) of a cash flow or other benefits that an asset generates for a specific owner under a specific use. In the U.S., Value in Use is generally estimated at a use which is less than highest and best use, and therefore… … Wikipedia

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