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  • 101 del mismo calibre que

    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    * * *

    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

    Spanish-English dictionary > del mismo calibre que

  • 102 desbocado

    adj.
    runaway, crazed, wild, loose-reined.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desbocar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desbocar desbocar
    1 (arma) wide-mouthed, bell-mouthed
    2 (jarra) with a chipped mouth
    3 (caballo) runaway
    4 (una prenda) loose-fitting
    5 (río) overflowing
    7 figurado (mal hablado) foul-mouthed
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 figurado foul-mouthed person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [caballo] runaway
    2) [herramienta] worn
    3) [vestido, jersey] baggy
    4) [persona] (=malhablado) foulmouthed; (=descarado) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    5) [cañón] wide-mouthed
    6) LAm [líquido] overflowing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < caballo> runaway (before n)
    b) <cuello/escote> loose, wide
    * * *
    = unbridled, runaway, soaring.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.
    ----
    * imaginación desbocada = wild imagination.
    * inflación desbocada = rampant inflation, triple digit inflation, soaring inflation, runaway inflation.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < caballo> runaway (before n)
    b) <cuello/escote> loose, wide
    * * *
    = unbridled, runaway, soaring.

    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: And to make matters worse, retirees on fixed incomes have recently presented the mayor with a petition deploring the soaring property taxes.
    * imaginación desbocada = wild imagination.
    * inflación desbocada = rampant inflation, triple digit inflation, soaring inflation, runaway inflation.

    * * *
    A ‹cuello/escote› loose, wide
    me quedó demasiado desbocado it came out too loose o wide (around the neck)
    B ‹caballo› runaway ( before n)
    una inflación desbocada runaway o rampant o soaring inflation
    los desbocados excesos de la Revolución Francesa the unbridled excesses of the French Revolution ( liter)
    * * *

    Del verbo desbocar: ( conjugate desbocar)

    desbocado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desbocado    
    desbocar
    desbocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹ caballo› runaway ( before n)

    b) ‹cuello/escote› loose, wide

    desbocado,-a adjetivo
    1 (caballo) runaway
    2 (el cuello, las mangas) stretched
    ' desbocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desbocada
    English:
    control
    - runaway
    * * *
    desbocado, -a adj
    1. [caballo] runaway
    2. [inflación, tasa de desempleo] soaring, rampant
    3. [actitud, comportamiento] impudent;
    [persona] foul-mouthed
    4. [prenda de vestir] stretched around the neck;
    [mangas, cuello, escote] loose, wide
    * * *
    adj
    1 caballo runaway
    2 ( malhablado) foulmouthed
    * * *
    desbocado, -da adj
    : unbridled, rampant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desbocado

  • 103 descontrolado

    adj.
    uncontrolled, compulsive, out of bounds, out of hand.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descontrolarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=descontrolarse descontrolarse
    1 uncontrolled, out of control
    2 familiar figurado out of control, wild
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin control) uncontrolled

    elementos descontrolados — wild elements; (Pol) rebellious factions

    2) LAm (=perturbado) upset, irritated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex. Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex. Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    ----
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex: Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex: Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.

    * * *
    1 ‹crecimiento/uso› uncontrolled
    el descontrolado mercado de la propiedad the uncontrolled property market
    el fuego descontrolado arrasó bosques enteros the fire got out of control and swept through whole forests
    2 ‹emoción/sentimiento› uncontrolled
    3 ‹persona› out of control
    elements descontrolados uncontrolled elements
    el marido descontrolado mató a la esposa the husband lost control and killed his wife
    totalmente descontrolado por los nervios se puso a gritar totally overcome by nerves, he began to shout
    * * *

    Del verbo descontrolarse: ( conjugate descontrolarse)

    descontrolado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descontrolado    
    descontrolarse
    descontrolado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    out of control
    descontrolarse ( conjugate descontrolarse) verbo pronominal
    to get out of control
    ■descontrolarse verbo reflexivo to lose control

    ' descontrolado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    control
    - riotous
    * * *
    descontrolado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [automóvil, inflación] runaway; [persona] out of control;
    tengo a la clase descontrolada I can't keep order in my class;
    el tren circulaba descontrolado the train was running out of control;
    estar descontrolado to be out of control
    ♦ nm,f
    un grupo de descontrolados interrumpió la reunión a rowdy group disrupted the meeting
    * * *
    adj out of control

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontrolado

  • 104 desenfrenado

    adj.
    wild, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desenfrenar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desenfrenar desenfrenar
    1 (gen) frantic, uncontrolled, wild
    2 (pasiones, vicios) unbridled, uncontrolled
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] wild, uncontrolled; [apetito, pasiones] unbridled
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

    * * *
    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.
    Ex. Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.
    Ex. 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex. And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex. The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < pasión> unbridled; <baile/ritmo> frenzied

    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito — his intense o burning desire to succeed

    * * *
    = headlong, unrestrained, rampant, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], raging, unbridled, on the loose, runaway, roistering, frenzied, fast and furious.

    Ex: Neither was there doubt that SLIS should adapt their programmes accordingly but, equally, too headlong a rush into the unknown posed dangers.

    Ex: 'Hello, Tom!' said the director, greeting him enthusiastically, as he rounded his desk to shake hands, which he did with unrestrained ardor.
    Ex: And so, the public library was conceived as a deterrent to irresponsibility, intemperance, and rampant democracy.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article 'Librarians on the loose' reports on visits to foreign libraries by several Zimbabwe librarians.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: Morris writes rhapsodically about celebrity-studded parties, roistering interludes with major writers and artists, as well as gossip-column habitues.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    Ex: The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.

    * * *
    ‹apetito› insatiable; ‹pasión› unbridled; ‹baile/ritmo› frenzied; ‹odio› violent, intense
    viven a un ritmo desenfrenado they live at a hectic o frenzied pace
    sus ansias desenfrenadas de éxito his intense o burning desire to succeed
    * * *

    Del verbo desenfrenar: ( conjugate desenfrenar)

    desenfrenado es:

    el participio

    desenfrenado,-a adj (ritmo, etc) frantic, uncontrolled
    (vicio, pasión) unbridled
    ' desenfrenado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desenfrenada
    English:
    mad
    - rampant
    - riotous
    - unrestrained
    - wild
    - unbridled
    * * *
    desenfrenado, -a adj
    [ritmo, baile, carrera] frantic, frenzied; [fiesta, juerga, diversión] wild; [vida] wild, riotous; [comportamiento] uncontrolled; [deseo, pasión, entusiasmo] unbridled; [apetito] insatiable;
    el público bailaba desenfrenado the audience were dancing in a frenzy
    * * *
    adj frenzied, hectic
    * * *
    desenfrenado, -da adj
    : unbridled, unrestrained

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenfrenado

  • 105 destruir

    v.
    to destroy.
    El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.
    Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to destroy
    2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroy
    2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.
    Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    ----
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

    Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroy
    productos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment
    2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriage
    la droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people
    * * *

     

    destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy;

    ‹ ciudad› to destroy;
    ‹ medio ambiente› to damage

    ‹ plan› to wreck;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
    ' destruir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - barrer
    - dinamitar
    - minar
    - socavar
    - anular
    - consumir
    - liquidar
    English:
    destroy
    - flatten
    - gut
    - nuke
    - obliterate
    - shatter
    - zap
    - explode
    - ruin
    - shred
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [destrozar] to destroy
    2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;
    [proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up
    3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander
    * * *
    v/t
    1 destroy
    2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck
    * * *
    destruir {41} vt
    : to destroy
    * * *
    destruir vb to destroy

    Spanish-English dictionary > destruir

  • 106 devastar

    v.
    to devastate.
    El fuego barrió con todo el pueblo The fire devastated the village.
    * * *
    1 to devastate, ravage, lay waste
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to devastate
    * * *
    = devastate, wreak + devastation, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, lay + waste to, shatter, desolate.
    Ex. The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.
    Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
    Ex. You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to devastate
    * * *
    = devastate, wreak + devastation, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, lay + waste to, shatter, desolate.

    Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.

    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.
    Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
    Ex: You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs; you cannot destroy the practices of barbarism which for centuries have desolated Africa without the use of force.

    * * *
    devastar [A1 ]
    vt
    to devastate
    * * *

    devastar ( conjugate devastar) verbo transitivo
    to devastate
    devastar verbo transitivo to devastate
    ' devastar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    devastate
    - ravage
    * * *
    to devastate
    * * *
    v/t devastate
    * * *
    : to devastate

    Spanish-English dictionary > devastar

  • 107 ejercer una gran influencia en

    (v.) = play + a strong hand in
    Ex. Economic issues play a strong hand in suggesting its demise.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + a strong hand in

    Ex: Economic issues play a strong hand in suggesting its demise.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ejercer una gran influencia en

  • 108 entramado

    adj.
    half-timbered, wattled.
    m.
    framework.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: entramar.
    * * *
    1 wooden framework
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Arquit) (=estructura) framework, timber, lumber (EEUU); [de puente] framework
    2) (=red) network
    * * *
    a) (Arquit, Const) framework; (estructura, trabazón) framework, structure
    b) (Tec) network
    * * *
    = grid, mesh [meshes, -pl.], lattice, web, nexus, skein, lacework, trellis pattern, trellis, trellis work.
    Ex. Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.
    Ex. Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.
    Ex. Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.
    Ex. A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's web'.
    Ex. The future OPAC is likely to be one building block in a larger nexus of information structures.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex. The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    Ex. As humans began the colonization of the Old World tropics, they evolved a trellis of interrelationships across a broad geographical range.
    Ex. For such designs he introduced many features from early English gardens -- raised flower beds, terraces, and trellis work.
    ----
    * entramado de alambre = wire mesh.
    * entramado social, el = social web, the.
    * * *
    a) (Arquit, Const) framework; (estructura, trabazón) framework, structure
    b) (Tec) network
    * * *
    = grid, mesh [meshes, -pl.], lattice, web, nexus, skein, lacework, trellis pattern, trellis, trellis work.

    Ex: Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.

    Ex: Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.
    Ex: Special attention should be given to Figure 2, which proposes two lattices (or ladders) for career movement in libraries.
    Ex: A child may find through reading a book that a dull day is transformed because he has met a talking pig and a spider that can write in 'Charlotte's web'.
    Ex: The future OPAC is likely to be one building block in a larger nexus of information structures.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
    Ex: The bracelet is decorated with a trellis pattern containing frontal human heads, birds, hares and fruit.
    Ex: As humans began the colonization of the Old World tropics, they evolved a trellis of interrelationships across a broad geographical range.
    Ex: For such designs he introduced many features from early English gardens -- raised flower beds, terraces, and trellis work.
    * entramado de alambre = wire mesh.
    * entramado social, el = social web, the.

    * * *
    1 ( Arquit, Const) framework
    2 (estructura, trabazón) framework, structure
    el entramado jurídico the judicial framework o structure
    el entramado de compañías que constituyen el grupo the network of companies which form the group
    3 ( Tec) network
    * * *
    1. [de hierro, madera] framework
    2. [estructura] framework, structure;
    el entramado financiero del país the financial structure of the country
    3. [red] network;
    la prensa destapó un entramado de corrupción en la policía the press uncovered a web of corruption in the police force
    * * *
    m ARQUI framework; fig
    network
    * * *
    : framework

    Spanish-English dictionary > entramado

  • 109 estar muy lejano

    (v.) = be far off
    Ex. The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.
    * * *
    (v.) = be far off

    Ex: The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar muy lejano

  • 110 estar muy lejos

    (v.) = be far off, be a long way off
    Ex. The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.
    Ex. This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.
    * * *
    (v.) = be far off, be a long way off

    Ex: The customer appeal of the conventional journal remains and its demise is far off.

    Ex: This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar muy lejos

  • 111 falta de visión de futuro

    (n.) = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. The nearsightedness in these works is mirrored in contemporary American analysis of events & life.
    Ex. We have demonstrated that managerial myopia may result in actions that maximize the short-term market value, not the fundamental value, of the firm.
    * * *
    (n.) = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia

    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

    Ex: The nearsightedness in these works is mirrored in contemporary American analysis of events & life.
    Ex: We have demonstrated that managerial myopia may result in actions that maximize the short-term market value, not the fundamental value, of the firm.

    Spanish-English dictionary > falta de visión de futuro

  • 112 fanático

    adj.
    fanatical, fanatic, bigoted.
    m.
    1 fanatic, fan, blind follower.
    2 extremist, fanatic, holder of extreme views, hothead.
    3 crazy fan, geek.
    4 religious fanatic, bigot.
    * * *
    1 fanatic, fanatical
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 fanatic
    * * *
    (f. - fanática)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    fanático, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F [gen] fanatic; LAm (Dep) fan
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo fanatical
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino (Pol, Relig) fanatic; ( entusiasmado) fanatic (colloq); ( de fútbol) (AmS period) fan
    * * *
    = radical, fanatic, over zealous [overzealous], hothead, hot-headed [hotheaded], zealot, bigot.
    Ex. A similar approach to arrangement, but one which is less radical than reader interest arrangement, is to rely upon broad categorisation rather than detailed specification.
    Ex. No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    Ex. The author points to the threat posed to the success of the Linux open source operating system by Linux zealots determined to wage war on Microsoft by challenging in on the basis of desktop computing.
    Ex. It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    ----
    * casi fanático = near-frantic.
    * fanático del deporte = sports freak.
    * fanático religioso = religious zealot, religionist, religious bigot.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo fanatical
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino (Pol, Relig) fanatic; ( entusiasmado) fanatic (colloq); ( de fútbol) (AmS period) fan
    * * *
    = radical, fanatic, over zealous [overzealous], hothead, hot-headed [hotheaded], zealot, bigot.

    Ex: A similar approach to arrangement, but one which is less radical than reader interest arrangement, is to rely upon broad categorisation rather than detailed specification.

    Ex: No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.
    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    Ex: The author points to the threat posed to the success of the Linux open source operating system by Linux zealots determined to wage war on Microsoft by challenging in on the basis of desktop computing.
    Ex: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.
    * casi fanático = near-frantic.
    * fanático del deporte = sports freak.
    * fanático religioso = religious zealot, religionist, religious bigot.

    * * *
    fanático1 -ca
    fanatical
    fanático2 -ca
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Pol, Relig) fanatic
    2 (entusiasmado) fanatic ( colloq)
    es un fanático de la música clásica ( fam); he's mad o crazy about classical music ( colloq), he's a classical music fanatic o freak ( colloq)
    es una fanática de la gimnasia she's a gym fanatic, she's fanatical about gym
    * * *

    fanático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    fanatical
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( en general) fanatic;
    es un fanático de la gimnasia he's a gym fanatic;

    ( de fútbol) (AmS period) fan
    fanático,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 fanatical
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 fanatic
    2 (muy aficionado) enthusiast: es un fanático del cine negro, he's a film noir fanatic
    ' fanático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adherirse
    - fanática
    English:
    addicted
    - fanatic
    - fanatical
    - fiend
    - freak
    - zealot
    * * *
    fanático, -a
    ♦ adj
    fanatical
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [exaltado] fanatic;
    Dep fanatical supporter
    2. [aficionado]
    es una fanática del cine she's mad about cinema o the movies;
    * * *
    I adj fanatical
    II m, fanática f fanatic
    * * *
    fanático, -ca adj & n
    : fanatic

    Spanish-English dictionary > fanático

  • 113 fundamentalista

    adj.
    fundamentalist.
    f. & m.
    fundamentalist.
    * * *
    1 fundamentalist
    1 fundamentalist
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino fundamentalist
    * * *
    = fundamentalist, over zealous [overzealous].
    Ex. The archives of the Billy Graham Center document the nondenominational efforts of North American fundamentalist and evangelical Protestants to spread the gospel.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino fundamentalist
    * * *
    = fundamentalist, over zealous [overzealous].

    Ex: The archives of the Billy Graham Center document the nondenominational efforts of North American fundamentalist and evangelical Protestants to spread the gospel.

    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

    * * *
    adj/mf
    fundamentalist
    * * *

    fundamentalista sustantivo masculino fundamentalist
    ' fundamentalista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fundamentalist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    fundamentalist
    ♦ nmf
    fundamentalist
    * * *
    I adj fundamentalist
    II m/f fundamentalist

    Spanish-English dictionary > fundamentalista

  • 114 importancia

    f.
    importance.
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia important, of importance
    sin importancia unimportant
    quitar importancia a algo to play something down
    * * *
    1 importance
    \
    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
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    ¿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

    * * *
    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

    ¿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.
    * * *
    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

    ¿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.

    * * *
    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
    * * *

     

    importancia sustantivo femenino
    importance;

    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
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    f importance;
    dar importancia a attach importance to;
    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
    * * *
    : importance
    * * *
    importancia n importance
    darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]
    tener importancia to be important / to matter

    Spanish-English dictionary > importancia

  • 115 indemnización por despido

    severance pay
    * * *
    (n.) = severance compensation, severance pay, golden handshake, severance scheme, redundancy pay
    Ex. Severance compensation has been a topic of growing importance as many organizations strive to gain competitiveness by downsizing and restructuring.
    Ex. Severance pay is probably the most significant benefit for both the academic institution and the retiree.
    Ex. She is quitting as finance director of the Sainsbury supermarket chain after a boardroom shake-up with a golden handshake likely to top £500000.
    Ex. The severance scheme was seen by many as compensation to outgoing councillors, to sweeten the pill of their political demise.
    Ex. Whether or not you are entitled to redundancy pay will depend on your individual circumstances.
    * * *
    (n.) = severance compensation, severance pay, golden handshake, severance scheme, redundancy pay

    Ex: Severance compensation has been a topic of growing importance as many organizations strive to gain competitiveness by downsizing and restructuring.

    Ex: Severance pay is probably the most significant benefit for both the academic institution and the retiree.
    Ex: She is quitting as finance director of the Sainsbury supermarket chain after a boardroom shake-up with a golden handshake likely to top £500000.
    Ex: The severance scheme was seen by many as compensation to outgoing councillors, to sweeten the pill of their political demise.
    Ex: Whether or not you are entitled to redundancy pay will depend on your individual circumstances.

    Spanish-English dictionary > indemnización por despido

  • 116 indemnización por despido, finiquito, compensación por despido

    Ex. The severance scheme was seen by many as compensation to outgoing councillors, to sweeten the pill of their political demise.
    * * *

    Ex: The severance scheme was seen by many as compensation to outgoing councillors, to sweeten the pill of their political demise.

    Spanish-English dictionary > indemnización por despido, finiquito, compensación por despido

  • 117 individualización de los derechos

    Ex. This policy should facilitate the individualization of rights, even if this should result in the further demise of the traditional nuclear family.
    * * *

    Ex: This policy should facilitate the individualization of rights, even if this should result in the further demise of the traditional nuclear family.

    Spanish-English dictionary > individualización de los derechos

  • 118 lamerse las heridas

    figurado to lick one's wounds
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = lick + Posesivo + wounds
    Ex. The article 'Apple licks its online wounds comments on the demise of the Apple's online service, Eworld, and the transfer of its remnants on to the World Wide Web.
    * * *
    (v.) = lick + Posesivo + wounds

    Ex: The article 'Apple licks its online wounds comments on the demise of the Apple's online service, Eworld, and the transfer of its remnants on to the World Wide Web.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lamerse las heridas

  • 119 madeja

    f.
    hank, skein.
    * * *
    1 (de lana) skein, hank
    \
    enredar la madeja to complicate matters
    ser una madeja de nervios to be a bundle of nerves
    * * *
    1.
    SF [de lana] skein, hank; [de pelo] tangle, mop
    2.
    SMF (=persona) layabout, idler
    * * *
    femenino (de lana, hilo) hank, skein

    enredar la madeja — (fam) to complicate matters o things

    * * *
    = skein.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    * * *
    femenino (de lana, hilo) hank, skein

    enredar la madeja — (fam) to complicate matters o things

    * * *

    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.

    * * *
    (de lana, hilo) hank, skein
    enredar la madeja ( fam); to complicate matters o things
    se está enredando la madeja things are getting complicated, the plot thickens
    * * *

    madeja sustantivo femenino (de lana, hilo) hank, skein
    madeja sustantivo femenino hank, skein
    ' madeja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    embrollar
    * * *
    madeja nf
    hank, skein;
    Fam
    enredar o [m5] liar la madeja to complicate matters
    * * *
    f de lana, hilo hank
    * * *
    madeja nf
    1) : skein, hank
    2) : tangle (of hair)

    Spanish-English dictionary > madeja

  • 120 miopía

    f.
    nearsightedness, near-sightedness, short sight, shortsightedness.
    * * *
    1 short-sightedness
    * * *
    SF short-sightedness, near-sightedness (EEUU), myopia frm
    * * *
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)
    b) ( falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness
    * * *
    = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far- sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.
    Ex. Among the refractive errors, myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment throughout the world and its prevalence is on the increase.
    * * *
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)
    b) ( falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness
    * * *
    = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

    Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far- sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.
    Ex: Among the refractive errors, myopia is a leading cause of visual impairment throughout the world and its prevalence is on the increase.

    * * *
    1 ( Med, Ópt) myopia ( tech), nearsightedness ( AmE), short-sightedness ( BrE)
    2 (falta de perspicacia) shortsightedness
    miopía política political shortsightedness
    * * *

    miopía sustantivo femenino
    a) (Med, Ópt) myopia (tech), nearsightedness (AmE), short-sightedness (BrE)


    miopía sustantivo femenino short-sightedness
    ' miopía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    myopia
    - near-sightedness
    - short-sightedness
    * * *
    1. [en la visión] short-sightedness, Espec myopia
    2. [falta de perspicacia] short-sightedness
    * * *
    f near-sightedness, short-sightedness
    * * *
    : myopia, nearsightedness

    Spanish-English dictionary > miopía

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