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  • 41 detallado

    adj.
    detailed, itemized, minute, blow-by-blow.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: detallar.
    * * *
    1→ link=detallar detallar
    1 detailed, thorough
    * * *
    (f. - detallada)
    adj.
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    ADJ [informe, relato] detailed; [declaración] circumstantial; [conocimiento] detailed, intimate
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    - da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed
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    = careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.
    Ex. The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.
    Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex. These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.
    Ex. An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.
    Ex. She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex. The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex. Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
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    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.
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    - da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed
    * * *
    = careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

    Ex: The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

    Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex: These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.
    Ex: An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.
    Ex: She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex: The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex: Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

    * * *
    ‹factura/cuenta› itemized, detailed; ‹estudio/descripción› detailed
    * * *

    Del verbo detallar: ( conjugate detallar)

    detallado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    detallado    
    detallar
    detallado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹factura/cuenta› itemized;


    ‹estudio/descripción› detailed
    detallar ( conjugate detallar) verbo transitivo
    to detail
    detallado,-a adjetivo detailed, thorough: le vamos a hacer un examen detallado, we're going to give him a thorough examination
    detallar verbo transitivo to give the details of, list
    ' detallado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    detallada
    - minuciosa
    - minucioso
    - presupuesto
    - puntual
    English:
    detailed
    - elaborate
    - full
    - step
    * * *
    detallado, -a adj
    1. [análisis, descripción, estudio] detailed
    2. [factura, cuenta] itemized
    * * *
    adj detailed
    * * *
    detallado adj detailed

    Spanish-English dictionary > detallado

  • 42 echar un rapapolvo

    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex. A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    * * *
    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up

    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

    Ex: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar un rapapolvo

  • 43 echar una bronca

    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex. A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    * * *
    (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up

    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.

    Ex: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.
    Ex: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar una bronca

  • 44 eliminar de un texto

    (v.) = redact out, redact
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    * * *
    (v.) = redact out, redact

    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.

    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar de un texto

  • 45 exterminio

    m.
    extermination.
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    1 extermination, wiping out (destrucción) destruction
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    masculino extermination
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    = killing, extermination, decimation, wiping out, annihilation.
    Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex. That is to say, they do not deny the Holocaust, but are sceptical of claims of 6 million dead, gas chambers, and an extermination policy.
    Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    Ex. He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
    Ex. As in creation the whole being is produced from nothing, so in annihilation the whole being is reduced to nothing.
    * * *
    masculino extermination
    * * *
    = killing, extermination, decimation, wiping out, annihilation.

    Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.

    Ex: That is to say, they do not deny the Holocaust, but are sceptical of claims of 6 million dead, gas chambers, and an extermination policy.
    Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    Ex: He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
    Ex: As in creation the whole being is produced from nothing, so in annihilation the whole being is reduced to nothing.

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    extermination
    * * *

    exterminio sustantivo masculino
    extermination
    exterminio sustantivo masculino extermination
    ' exterminio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    extermination
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    extermination
    * * *
    m extermination
    * * *
    : extermination

    Spanish-English dictionary > exterminio

  • 46 gente bien

    f.
    respectable people, posh people, high class, upper class.
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    familiar the upper classes plural
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    ( de respeto) respectable people; ( adinerada) well-to-do people
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    (adj.) = well-to-do, well-off
    Ex. Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.
    Ex. Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.
    * * *
    ( de respeto) respectable people; ( adinerada) well-to-do people
    * * *
    (adj.) = well-to-do, well-off

    Ex: Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.

    Ex: Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.

    * * *
    well-off o
    well-to-do people pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > gente bien

  • 47 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

  • 48 jefe de personal

    (n.) = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager
    Ex. The personnel officer of a factory drops a stack of a few thousand employee cards into a selecting machine and produces in a short time a list of all employees who live in Trenton and know Spanish.
    Ex. In larger library systems there will be a welfare or personnel officer who can assist staff with personal problems relating to home life or their employment.
    Ex. Few executives will deny that staff managers contribute substantially to the performance of their organizations.
    * * *
    (n.) = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager

    Ex: The personnel officer of a factory drops a stack of a few thousand employee cards into a selecting machine and produces in a short time a list of all employees who live in Trenton and know Spanish.

    Ex: In larger library systems there will be a welfare or personnel officer who can assist staff with personal problems relating to home life or their employment.
    Ex: Few executives will deny that staff managers contribute substantially to the performance of their organizations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jefe de personal

  • 49 minucioso

    adj.
    thorough, detailed, complete, detail-oriented.
    * * *
    1 meticulous, thorough, painstaking
    * * *
    (f. - minuciosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=meticuloso) thorough, meticulous
    2) (=detallado) very detailed
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <búsqueda/investigación/persona> meticulous, thorough; < informe> detailed
    * * *
    = detailed, diligent, in-depth [in depth], minute, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous, stage by stage, thoroughgoing, fine-grained, attention to detail.
    Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex. She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. They cannot be expected to retain all of the minute details encoded in abstracting and indexing instructions.
    Ex. The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex. Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
    Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex. The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex. He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    ----
    * análisis más minucioso = closer examination.
    * entrevista minuciosa = in-depth interview.
    * examen más minucioso = closer examination.
    * minucioso del detalle = stickler for detail(s).
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <búsqueda/investigación/persona> meticulous, thorough; < informe> detailed
    * * *
    = detailed, diligent, in-depth [in depth], minute, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous, stage by stage, thoroughgoing, fine-grained, attention to detail.

    Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.

    Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex: She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: They cannot be expected to retain all of the minute details encoded in abstracting and indexing instructions.
    Ex: The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex: Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
    Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex: The project was not an end but merely a step along the road to more thoroughgoing bibliographic control.
    Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    * análisis más minucioso = closer examination.
    * entrevista minuciosa = in-depth interview.
    * examen más minucioso = closer examination.
    * minucioso del detalle = stickler for detail(s).

    * * *
    meticulous, thorough
    un reconocimiento médico minucioso a thorough medical checkup
    un informe minucioso de la situación financiera a detailed report of the financial situation
    * * *

    minucioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹búsqueda/investigación/persona› meticulous, thorough;


    ‹ informe› detailed
    minucioso,-a adjetivo
    1 (detallista) meticulous
    2 (detallado) minute, detailed
    ' minucioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escrupulosa
    - escrupuloso
    - minuciosa
    - detallista
    - prolijo
    English:
    detailed
    - exacting
    - in-depth
    - minute
    - thorough
    - elaborate
    - precise
    * * *
    minucioso, -a adj
    [meticuloso] meticulous; [detallado] highly detailed
    * * *
    adj meticulous, thorough
    * * *
    minucioso, -sa adj
    1) : minute
    2) detallado: detailed
    3) : thorough, meticulous
    * * *
    minucioso adj thorough

    Spanish-English dictionary > minucioso

  • 50 negarse

    1 to refuse (a, to)
    * * *
    VPR
    1)
    2)
    * * *
    (v.) = refuse, baulk at [balk at]
    Ex. If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.
    Ex. Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.
    * * *
    (v.) = refuse, baulk at [balk at]

    Ex: If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.

    Ex: Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.

    * * *

    ■negarse verbo reflexivo to refuse [a, to]: me niego a aceptar que Juan sea el culpable, I just can't believe that Juan is guilty ➣ Ver nota en refuse
    ' negarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    redonda
    - redondo
    - negar
    English:
    decline
    - point-blank
    - refuse
    - repudiate
    * * *
    vpr
    to refuse (a to);
    se negó a ayudarme she refused to help me;
    me niego a creer que fuera él I refuse to believe it was him;
    se negó en redondo a escucharnos she refused point-blank to listen to us
    * * *
    v/r refuse (a to)
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to refuse
    2) : to deny oneself
    * * *
    negarse vb to refuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > negarse

  • 51 perseguir

    v.
    1 to pursue.
    con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflation
    Ella persigue el éxito She pursues success.
    2 to persecute.
    lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefs
    le persigue la mala suerte he's dogged by bad luck
    los fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhood
    El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.
    3 to chase, to chase down, to follow, to get after.
    Buck persigue aves Buck chases birds.
    4 to aspire to, to aim to, to pursue, to pursue to.
    Ella persigue estudiar en Francia She pursues to study in France.
    5 to prosecute, to prosecute by the law.
    La corte persigue a Ricardo The court prosecutes Richard.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SEGUIR], like link=seguir seguir
    1 to pursue, chase
    2 figurado (seguir) to follow
    3 (reprimir) to persecute
    4 figurado (pretender) to be after, be looking for
    5 DERECHO to prosecute
    * * *
    verb
    3) worry, torment
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ presa, fugitivo] [gen] to pursue, chase; [por motivos ideológicos] to persecute; (=acosar) to hunt down, hunt out
    2) [+ persona, empleo] to chase after, go after; [+ propósito, fin] to pursue

    la persiguió durante dos años — he was after her for two years, he pursued her for two years

    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chase
    b) ( por la ideología) to persecute
    2)
    a) <objetivo/fin> to pursue

    la finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...

    b) ( acosar)

    la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them

    * * *
    = chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.
    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. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.
    Ex. A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.
    Ex. The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
    Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex. Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.
    Ex. Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex. In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
    Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex. The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.
    Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
    Ex. A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.
    ----
    * perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * perseguir un fin = pursue + end.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <fugitivo/delincuente/presa> to pursue, chase
    b) ( por la ideología) to persecute
    2)
    a) <objetivo/fin> to pursue

    la finalidad que se persigue es... — the ultimate aim is...

    b) ( acosar)

    la han estado persiguiendo hasta conseguir que trabaje para ellos — they've been pursuing her until they've managed to get her to work for them

    * * *
    = chase, hunt, seek (after), track, haunt, be after, woo, dog, persecute, track down, hound, gun for, hunt down, chase down.

    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: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.
    Ex: A popular book will always be sought after by public librarians.
    Ex: The index fields are used for tracking annual indexes.
    Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex: Silas H Berry told his colleagues at the New York Library Club: 'It is so hard to get a reader to tell what he is really after'.
    Ex: Rumour had it that he was being wooed by Technicomm, Inc.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.
    Ex: In stepping away from the genre's glamorous robberies and flashy lifestyle, this stealthy, potent movie tracks down the British gangster icon to its inevitable end.
    Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.
    Ex: The profession should not be gunning for the diverse and specific jobs that members of the same profession do now and will, with increasing diversity of title, do in the future.
    Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
    Ex: A feisty Harlem woman turned the tables on three subway muggers, chasing down two of the thugs while snatching back her purse.
    * perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * perseguir los mismos fines = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir los mismos objetivos = work + on the same lines.
    * perseguir quimeras = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.
    * perseguir un fin = pursue + end.
    * perseguir un objetivo = pursue + objective, pursue + goal.
    * persiguiendo sin tregua = in hot pursuit of.

    * * *
    vt
    A ‹fugitivo/delincuente› to pursue, chase; ‹presa› to pursue, chase, hunt
    B (por la ideología) to persecute
    el gobierno persiguió a los que se oponían al régimen the government persecuted those who opposed the regime
    C
    1 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursue
    jóvenes que persiguen la fama young people in pursuit of o seeking fame
    la finalidad que se persigue es que baje esta cifra the ultimate aim is to lower this figure
    no sé qué persigues con esa actitud I don't know what you're hoping to achieve with that attitude
    2
    (acosar): me persigue pidiéndome el coche prestado he's always pestering me to lend him the car ( colloq)
    me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luck
    la suerte lo persigue luck always seems to be on his side
    parece que te persiguen las enfermedades you seem to be plagued by illness
    * * *

     

    perseguir ( conjugate perseguir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹fugitivo/delincuente/presa› to pursue, chase


    2 ‹objetivo/fin› to pursue;

    me persigue la mala suerte I'm dogged by bad luck
    perseguir verbo transitivo
    1 (ir detrás de alguien) to chase
    2 (por ideas) to persecute
    3 (un objetivo) to pursue
    4 (acompañar) les persigue la mala suerte, they are dogged by bad luck
    ' perseguir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    morosa
    - moroso
    - andar
    - caza
    - corretear
    English:
    chase
    - dog
    - get after
    - go after
    - hunt down
    - make after
    - persecute
    - pursue
    - victimize
    - go
    - haunt
    - run
    * * *
    1. [ir tras de] to pursue;
    [corredor, ciclista] to chase down
    2. [acosar] to persecute;
    lo persiguieron por sus ideas he was persecuted for his beliefs;
    lo persigue la mala suerte she's dogged by bad luck;
    los fantasmas de la niñez la persiguen she is tormented by the ghosts of her childhood
    3. [tratar de obtener] to pursue;
    con esta medida, el gobierno persigue la contención de la inflación the government's purpose in taking this measure is to curb inflation
    * * *
    v/t
    1 objetivo pursue
    2 delincuente look for
    3 ( molestar) pester
    4 ( acosar) persecute
    * * *
    perseguir {75} vt
    1) : to pursue, to chase
    2) : to persecute
    3) : to pester, to annoy
    * * *
    1. (en general) to chase / to pursue
    2. (objetivo, fin) to seek [pt. & pp. sought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > perseguir

  • 52 pormenorizado

    adj.
    detailed, blow-by-blow, itemized.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: pormenorizar.
    * * *
    1→ link=pormenorizar pormenorizar
    1 detailed
    * * *
    (f. - pormenorizada)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo detailed
    * * *
    = stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.
    Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex. Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
    ----
    * información pormenorizada = step-by-step details.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo detailed
    * * *
    = stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

    Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.

    Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex: Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
    * información pormenorizada = step-by-step details.

    * * *
    detailed
    un análisis pormenorizado a detailed analysis
    * * *
    pormenorizado, -a adj
    detailed

    Spanish-English dictionary > pormenorizado

  • 53 pudiente

    adj.
    wealthy, well-off.
    f. & m.
    wealthy person.
    * * *
    1 wealthy, rich
    * * *
    ADJ (=rico) wealthy, well-to-do; (=poderoso) powerful, influential
    * * *
    adjetivo ( rico) wealthy, rich; ( poderoso) powerful
    * * *
    = well-to-do, well-off.
    Ex. Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.
    Ex. Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( rico) wealthy, rich; ( poderoso) powerful
    * * *
    = well-to-do, well-off.

    Ex: Librarians deny that only the young and well-to-do use music libraries.

    Ex: Well-off women are more likely to survive breast cancer than less affluent sufferers, a new study shows.

    * * *
    (rico) wealthy, rich; (poderoso) powerful
    * * *

    pudiente adjetivo rich, wealthy
    ' pudiente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    well-off
    - well-to-do
    - upmarket
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    wealthy, well-off
    ♦ nmf
    wealthy person
    * * *
    adj ( poderoso) powerful; ( rico) wealthy
    * * *
    1) : powerful
    2) : rich, wealthy

    Spanish-English dictionary > pudiente

  • 54 rechazar

    v.
    1 to reject.
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption
    Ellos rechazan el grano malo They reject the bad grain.
    4 to clear (sport).
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    5 to refuse, to pass up, to decline, to disregard.
    Ellos rechazan el café They refuse the coffee.
    6 to refuse to.
    Ellos rechazan comprar eso They refuse to buy that.
    7 to turn one's back on.
    8 to dishonor, to refuse to accept, to repudiate, to disavow.
    Ellos rechazan el reconocimiento They dishonor the recognition.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to reject, turn down, refuse
    2 (ataque) to repel, repulse, drive back
    3 MEDICINA to reject
    * * *
    verb
    1) to reject, decline
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] to push away; [+ ataque] to repel, beat off; [+ enemigo] to drive back
    2) [+ acusación, idea] to reject; [+ oferta] to turn down, refuse; [+ tentación] to resist
    3) [+ luz] to reflect; [+ agua] to throw off
    4) (Med) [+ órgano] to reject
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex. Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex. Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex. Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex. It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex. 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex. Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex. These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    ----
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <invitación/propuesta/individuo> to reject; <moción/enmienda> to defeat; <oferta/trabajo> to turn down
    b) <ataque/enemigo> to repel, repulse
    c) (Med) < órgano> to reject
    * * *
    = condemn, decline, discard, eschew, reject, set + aside, flinch at/from, refuse, negative, discountenance, repulse, shun, be hostile to, ditch, renounce, snub, nix, defeat, disavow, deselect, turn down, spurn, repudiate, fight off, hold off, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, fend off, overrule, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: Any reliance on principles alone is rejected, and an attempt is made to codify experience.
    Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
    Ex: Bough negatived the suggestion instantly.
    Ex: Balzac discountenanced virtually every idea Hernandez and children's librarian, Kate Lespran, had the courage to suggest.
    Ex: Leforte blew forth a long breath, as if trying to repulse the oppressive heat of the September morning.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Although he recognized the need for some forms of synthesis, Bliss was hostile to the idea of complete analysis and synthesis put forward by Ranganathan.
    Ex: It is time that higher education institutions accepted the wisdom of collaboration and ditched, once and for all, the rhetoric of competition = Ya es hora de que las instituciones de enseñanza superior acepten la colaboración y rechacen, de una vez por todas, la competitividad.
    Ex: 'Classification by attraction', i.e. the placing of a subject as the most concrete element represented in it, without regard to the basic discipline concerned, is renounced = Se rechaza la "Clasificación por atracción", es decir, la asignación de una materia según el elemento más concreto representado en ella, sin tener en cuenta la disciplina en cuestión.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The author focuses on the campaign of the Idaho Library Association to defeat this initiative.
    Ex: Feminists disavow biology & biologists who reduce human biology to anatomy.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: The author attempts to repudiate Cherniavsky's argument to show that machine intelligence cannot equal human intelligence.
    Ex: These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: President Eisenhower overruled some of his military commanders in summer 1958, ordering them not to use nuclear weapons against China.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.
    * cheque + ser rechazado = cheque + bounce.
    * rechazar Algo/Alguien = turn + Nombre + down.
    * rechazar la responsabilidad = disclaim + responsibility.
    * rechazarse = go by + the board.
    * rechazar sin más = dismiss + out of hand.
    * rechazar una hipótesis = reject + hypothesis, negate + hypothesis.
    * rechazar una idea = turn + idea + down.
    * rechazar una ley = defeat + legislation.
    * rechazar una moción = defeat + motion.
    * rechazar una sugerencia = turn + idea + down.

    * * *
    rechazar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 ‹invitación/propuesta› to reject; ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    la moción fue rechazada the motion was defeated
    rechazó su proposición de matrimonio she rejected o turned down his proposal of marriage
    se sienten rechazados por la sociedad they feel rejected by society
    2 ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse
    3 ‹luz› to reflect
    4 ( Med) ‹órgano› to reject
    * * *

     

    rechazar ( conjugate rechazar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹invitación/propuesta/individuo› to reject;

    ‹moción/enmienda› to defeat;
    ‹oferta/trabajo› to turn down
    b) ‹ataque/enemigo› to repel, repulse

    c) (Med) ‹ órgano› to reject

    rechazar verbo transitivo
    1 (una idea, un plan, a una persona) to reject
    (oferta, contrato) to turn down
    2 Med (un órgano) to reject
    3 Mil to repel
    ' rechazar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - declinar
    - negar
    - definitivamente
    - desechar
    - despreciar
    - plano
    English:
    beat off
    - brush off
    - decline
    - defeat
    - deny
    - disallow
    - dismiss
    - fend off
    - fight off
    - head-hunt
    - offer
    - refuse
    - reject
    - repudiate
    - repulse
    - shun
    - snub
    - spurn
    - stave off
    - sweep aside
    - turn away
    - turn down
    - ward off
    - wave aside
    - fend
    - fight
    - hand
    - over
    - parry
    - rebuff
    - repel
    - throw
    - turn
    - ward
    - wave
    * * *
    1. [no aceptar] to reject;
    [oferta, invitación] to turn down, to reject
    2. [negar] to deny;
    el gobierno rechazó las acusaciones de corrupción the government rejected o denied the accusations of corruption;
    rechazó que vaya a presentarse a la presidencia he denied that he was going to run for the presidency
    3. [órgano] to reject;
    el paciente rechazó el órgano the patient rejected the organ
    4. [repeler] [a una persona] to push away;
    [a atacantes] to drive back, to repel;
    rechazaron el ataque de los enemigos they repelled the enemy attack
    5. Dep to clear;
    el portero rechazó la pelota y la mandó fuera the goalkeeper tipped the ball out of play
    * * *
    v/t reject; MIL repel
    * * *
    rechazar {21} vt
    1) : to reject
    2) : to turn down, to refuse
    * * *
    rechazar vb to reject / to turn down

    Spanish-English dictionary > rechazar

  • 55 regatear

    v.
    1 to be sparing with.
    no ha regateado esfuerzos he has spared no effort
    2 to beat, to dribble past (sport).
    Ellos regatearon They dribbled.
    3 to haggle over (price).
    4 to barter, to haggle (negociar el precio).
    5 to race (Nautical).
    6 to bargain over, to haggle over.
    Ellos regatearon el precio They bargained over the price.
    Ellos regatearon They haggled.
    7 to retail.
    * * *
    1 (un precio) to haggle over, barter for
    2 (escatimar) to be sparing with
    1 (comerciar) to haggle, bargain
    2 DEPORTE to dribble
    3 MARÍTIMO to race
    \
    no regatear esfuerzos to spare no effort
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    I
    VI (Náut) to race
    II
    1. VT
    1) (Com) [+ objeto, precio] to haggle over, bargain over
    2) (=economizar) to be mean with, economize on
    3) frm (=negar) to deny, refuse to allow
    2. VI
    1) (Com) to haggle, bargain
    2) (=esquivar) to swerve, dodge; (Dep) to dribble
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Com) to bargain, haggle
    2.
    1) ( escatimar)

    no han regateado esfuerzos para... — no efforts have been spared to...

    2) (Dep) to get past, swerve past
    * * *
    = bargain, haggle, dribble.
    Ex. Customers seem to be tiring of malls and chain stores, seeking a more personal service and wanting to bargain.
    Ex. Nextag.com is a comparison shopping site which lets shoppers haggle in real-time directly with suppliers.
    Ex. One game involves players dribbling a ball to letters attached to sticks driven into the ground, in a particular order that spells a word.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Com) to bargain, haggle
    2.
    1) ( escatimar)

    no han regateado esfuerzos para... — no efforts have been spared to...

    2) (Dep) to get past, swerve past
    * * *
    = bargain, haggle, dribble.

    Ex: Customers seem to be tiring of malls and chain stores, seeking a more personal service and wanting to bargain.

    Ex: Nextag.com is a comparison shopping site which lets shoppers haggle in real-time directly with suppliers.
    Ex: One game involves players dribbling a ball to letters attached to sticks driven into the ground, in a particular order that spells a word.

    * * *
    regatear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( Com) to bargain, haggle
    ■ regatear
    vt
    A
    (escatimar): no han regateado esfuerzos para lograr la paz no efforts have been spared in order to bring about peace, they have been unstinting in their efforts to bring about peace
    no hay que regatear horas en la ejecución de este tipo de trabajo you can't skimp on the time you spend on this sort of job, you can't rush o hurry this sort of job
    sin regatear medios however much it takes, whatever it takes
    B ( Dep) to get past, swerve past, jink past ( BrE)
    regateó a tres defensas he got o jinked o swerved past three defenders, he dummied three defenders
    * * *

    regatear ( conjugate regatear) verbo intransitivo (Com) to bargain, haggle
    verbo transitivo
    1 ( escatimar):
    ◊ no han regateado esfuerzos para … no efforts have been spared to …;

    sin regatear medios whatever it takes
    2 (Esp) (Dep) to get past, swerve past
    regatear
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (al comprar algo) to haggle, bargain
    2 Dep to dribble
    Náut to participate in a boat-race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (un precio) to haggle over, bargain over
    2 (esfuerzos, etc) to spare
    ' regatear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    jalonear
    English:
    bargain
    - beat down
    - dribble
    - haggle
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [escatimar] to be sparing with;
    no ha regateado esfuerzos he has spared no effort
    2. Dep to beat, to sidestep;
    regateó al portero y marcó he rounded the keeper and scored
    3. [precio] to haggle over
    ♦ vi
    1. [negociar el precio] to haggle
    2. Náut to race
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 COM haggle over;
    no regatear esfuerzos spare no effort
    2 DEP sidestep, Br
    dummy
    II v/i DEP sidestep, Br
    dummy
    * * *
    1) : to haggle over
    2) escatimar: to skimp on, to be sparing with
    : to bargain, to haggle
    * * *
    2. (en fútbol) to go round

    Spanish-English dictionary > regatear

  • 56 rehusar

    v.
    1 to refuse.
    2 to refuse to, to decline to.
    * * *
    (stressed ú in certain persons of certain tenses)
    Present Indicative
    rehúso, rehúsas, rehúsa, rehusamos, rehusáis, rehúsan.
    Present Subjunctive
    rehúse, rehúses, rehúse, rehusemos, rehuséis, rehúsen.
    Imperative
    rehúsa (tú), rehúse (él/Vd.), rehusemos (nos.), rehusad (vos.), rehúsen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    to decline, refuse
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to refuse

    rehusé la oferta — I refused o (frml) declined the offer

    2.
    rehusar vi to refuse
    3.
    rehusarse (esp AmL) v pron to refuse

    rehusarse A + INF — to refuse to + inf

    * * *
    = refuse, turn down, baulk at [balk at], withhold.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio withheld.
    Ex. If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.
    Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex. Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.
    Ex. It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to refuse

    rehusé la oferta — I refused o (frml) declined the offer

    2.
    rehusar vi to refuse
    3.
    rehusarse (esp AmL) v pron to refuse

    rehusarse A + INF — to refuse to + inf

    * * *
    = refuse, turn down, baulk at [balk at], withhold.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio withheld.

    Ex: If not, it displays an error message and refuses to allow you start the requested function.

    Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
    Ex: Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.
    Ex: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.

    * * *
    vt
    A (rechazar) ‹honor/premio› to refuse
    rehusé tomar parte en el asunto I refused to take part in it
    rehusé la oferta I refused o ( frml) declined the offer
    B (denegar) to deny
    no podemos rehusarle esa oportunidad we cannot deny her the opportunity
    ■ rehusar
    vi
    ( Equ) to refuse
    to refuse
    le pedí que interviniera pero se rehusó I asked him to step in but he refused
    rehusarse A + INF to refuse to + INF
    se rehusó a hacer declaraciones she refused to comment
    * * *

    rehusar ( conjugate rehusar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to refuse
    rehusarse verbo pronominal (esp AmL) to refuse
    rehusar verbo transitivo to refuse: rehusó presidir la empresa, she refused to accept the post of manageress
    ' rehusar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    negar
    - plano
    English:
    decline
    - refuse
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to refuse;
    rehusó la invitación he turned down the invitation;
    rehusó colaborar con nosotros she refused to work with us
    ♦ vi
    to refuse
    * * *
    v/t refuse, decline
    * * *
    rehusar {8} v
    : to refuse
    * * *
    rehusar vb to refuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > rehusar

  • 57 pesar

    m.
    1 grief (tristeza).
    3 sorrow, ruefulness, grief, woefulness.
    El pesar no se elimina tan fácilmente Sorrow is not eliminated so easily.
    4 regret, sorriness.
    v.
    1 to weigh.
    ¿cuánto pesa? how much o what does it weigh?
    El asistente pesó la mercadería The assistant weighed the goods.
    Esta bolsa pesa mucho This bag weighs a lot.
    2 to weigh up.
    3 to be heavy (ser pesado).
    pesa mucho it's very heavy
    4 to play an important part.
    en su decisión pesaron muchas razones a number of reasons influenced her decision
    * * *
    1 to weigh
    ■ ¿cuánto pesas? how much do you weigh?
    2 (tener mucho peso) to be heavy
    ■ ¡cómo pesa esta maleta! this suitcase is really heavy!
    3 (sentir) to be sorry, regret
    4 (influir) to carry weight
    1 to weigh
    1 (pena) sorrow, grief
    \
    a pesar de despite, in spite of
    a pesar de los pesares in spite of everything
    pese a que... despite the fact that..., although...
    * * *
    1. noun m.
    grief, sorrow
    2. verb
    3) grieve, cause regret
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) [objeto, persona]
    a) (=tener peso) to weigh; (Boxeo, Hípica) to weigh in at; (Inform) to be

    ¿cuánto pesas? — how much o what do you weigh?

    b) (=tener mucho peso) to be heavy

    ese paquete no pesa — that parcel isn't heavy, that parcel hardly weighs anything

    ¿pesa mucho? — is it heavy?

    ¡cómo pesa esta bolsa! — this bag's really heavy!

    ¡no pesa nada! — it's not heavy at all!

    2) (=resultar pesado)

    pesarle a algn: le pesaba la mochila — his rucksack was weighing him down

    los pies me pesan, estoy muy cansado — I'm so tired, I can hardly lift my feet up any more

    3) (=afligir)

    ¡ya le pesará! — he'll be sorry!, he'll regret this!

    me pesa haberlo hecho — I regret having done it, I'm sorry I did it

    4) (=ser una carga)

    • pesar sobre — [responsabilidad, preocupación] to weigh heavily on; [amenaza, acusación] to hang over

    5) (=influir) to carry weight
    6)

    • pese a (que) — in spite of (the fact that), despite (the fact that)

    pese a las dificultades — in spite of o despite the difficulties

    lo creo, pese a que ellos lo niegan — I believe it, even though they deny it, I believe it, in spite of o despite the fact that they deny it

    lo haré pese a quien pese — I'll do it whether people like it or not, I'll do it, no matter who I offend

    mal 2.
    7) And, CAm (=vender carne) to sell meat
    2. VT
    1) [+ carta, fruta etc] to weigh
    2) (=sopesar) to weigh up
    3.
    See:
    4. SM
    1) (=aflicción) sorrow
    2) (=arrepentimiento) regret

    sentir o tener pesar por no haber... — to regret not having...

    3)

    • a pesar de — in spite of, despite

    a pesar de todo — in spite of o despite everything

    a pesar del mal tiempo — in spite of o despite the bad weather

    • a pesar de que — even though

    a pesar de que no tiene dinero — even though he has no money, in spite of o despite the fact that he has no money

    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow

    a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar — much to my regret

    con pesar — sorrowfully, with a heavy heart

    b) ( remordimiento) regret, remorse
    2)

    a pesar de su enfermedad/de estar enfermo — despite o in spite of being ill

    a pesar de todo — in spite of o despite everything

    a pesar de los pesares — (fam) in spite of everything

    a pesar de que no sabía mucho inglés... — despite not knowing much English...

    se lo llevó, a pesar de que yo se lo había prohibido — he took it, despite the fact that o even though I had forbidden him to

    II 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) paquete/maleta to be heavy

    cómo pesa! — it's terribly heavy!, it weighs a ton! (colloq)

    pesar SOBRE alguien/algo: toda la responsabilidad pesa sobre él all the responsibility falls on his shoulders o on him; la hipoteca que pesa sobre la casa — the mortgage on the house

    c) ( influir)
    2) ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ya te pesará no haber estudiado — you'll be sorry you didn't study, you'll regret not studying

    3)

    pese a — despite, in spite of

    pese a todo, creo que su trabajo es el mejor — despite o in spite of everything, I still think her work is the best

    pese a quien (le) pese — no matter who I o you, etc have to upset, no matter whose toes I o you, etc have to tread on

    mal que me/le pese — whether I like/he likes it or not

    2.
    pesar vt
    a) <niño/maleta> to weigh; < manzanas> to weigh (out)
    b) ( tener cierto peso) to weigh
    3.
    pesarse v pron (refl) to weigh oneself
    * * *
    I
    1)
    a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow

    a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar — much to my regret

    con pesar — sorrowfully, with a heavy heart

    b) ( remordimiento) regret, remorse
    2)

    a pesar de su enfermedad/de estar enfermo — despite o in spite of being ill

    a pesar de todo — in spite of o despite everything

    a pesar de los pesares — (fam) in spite of everything

    a pesar de que no sabía mucho inglés... — despite not knowing much English...

    se lo llevó, a pesar de que yo se lo había prohibido — he took it, despite the fact that o even though I had forbidden him to

    II 1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) paquete/maleta to be heavy

    cómo pesa! — it's terribly heavy!, it weighs a ton! (colloq)

    pesar SOBRE alguien/algo: toda la responsabilidad pesa sobre él all the responsibility falls on his shoulders o on him; la hipoteca que pesa sobre la casa — the mortgage on the house

    c) ( influir)
    2) ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ya te pesará no haber estudiado — you'll be sorry you didn't study, you'll regret not studying

    3)

    pese a — despite, in spite of

    pese a todo, creo que su trabajo es el mejor — despite o in spite of everything, I still think her work is the best

    pese a quien (le) pese — no matter who I o you, etc have to upset, no matter whose toes I o you, etc have to tread on

    mal que me/le pese — whether I like/he likes it or not

    2.
    pesar vt
    a) <niño/maleta> to weigh; < manzanas> to weigh (out)
    b) ( tener cierto peso) to weigh
    3.
    pesarse v pron (refl) to weigh oneself
    * * *
    pesar1
    1 = grief, regret, chagrin, heartache.

    Ex: This paper discusses the ways in which books may be used to help bereaved children to understand death and other aspects of grief.

    Ex: Spalding's regret is quite understandable, for few of those seeking to identify particular editions in the catalog will fail to be confused by the results of this decision.
    Ex: Much to her nanny's surprise and chagrin, she was fully potty-trained by her first birthday.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more ' heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    * a pesar de (que) = albeit (that), despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, although, despite the fact that, in spite of the fact that.
    * a pesar de todo = all the same, in spite of everything, despite everything, despite it all, in spite of it all, all this said.
    * a pesar de todo + Posesivo + Nombre = for all + Posesivo + Nombre.
    * con pesar = with regret.
    * muy a + Posesivo + pesar = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

    pesar2
    2 = weigh.

    Ex: Letters and parcels would be weighed by library staff and franked to show the correct amount in lieu of sticking on postage stamps.

    * pesar más que = outweigh, outbalance.

    * * *
    A
    1 (pena, tristeza) sorrow
    me expresó su pesar por la triste noticia she expressed her sorrow at the sad news
    ahoga sus pesares en el alcohol he drowns his sorrows in drink
    a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar tuve que ir much to my regret I had to go
    no debes causarle pesares a tu madre you mustn't upset your mother
    el que más pesares le causa the one who causes her the most grief o sorrow o heartache
    2 (remordimiento) regret, remorse
    no siente ningún pesar por sus malas acciones he feels no remorse for his wrongdoings, he does not regret his wrongdoings
    B
    a pesar de despite
    a pesar de su enfermedad despite his illness, despite being ill
    insistió en salir a pesar de estar enfermo he insisted on going out despite being ill o in spite of being ill
    a pesar de todo, prefiere quedarse in spite of o despite everything she prefers to stay
    a pesar de los pesares ( fam); in spite of everything
    a pesar de que no sabía mucho inglés, logró hacerse entender despite not knowing much English o although he didn't know much English, he managed to make himself understood
    se llevó el coche, a pesar de que su padre se lo había prohibido he took the car, despite the fact that o although his father had forbidden him to
    pesar2 [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «paquete/maleta» to be heavy
    ¡cómo pesa tu maleta! your suitcase is terribly heavy!, your case weighs a ton! ( colloq)
    estas gafas no pesan these glasses don't weigh much, these glasses are very light
    ¿te lo llevo? — no, si no me pesa shall I carry it for you? — no, it's not heavy
    2
    (ser una carga): ya me pesan los años I feel my age now
    le pesan todas esas cargas familiares he's weighed down by all those family reponsibilities, all those family responsibilities weigh heavily on him
    pesar SOBRE algn/algo:
    toda la responsabilidad pesa sobre él all the responsibility falls on his shoulders o on him
    la hipoteca que pesa sobre la casa the mortgage on the house
    3
    (influir): su influencia sigue pesando en la región their influence continues to carry weight in the region
    en esta cuestión no deben pesar los intereses personales personal interests shouldn't come o enter into this
    ha pesado más su personalidad que su ideología her personality has been more important o more of a factor than her ideology
    argumentos que pesan a su favor arguments which weigh in his favor
    B (causar pena, arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc):
    ahora me pesa haberle dicho eso now I regret saying that to him, now I'm sorry I said that to him
    ya te pesará no haber estudiado cuando seas mayor when you're older you'll be sorry you didn't study o you'll regret not studying
    me pesa haberlo ofendido I'm very sorry I offended him
    C
    pese a despite, in spite of
    pese a todo, creo que su trabajo es el mejor despite o in spite of everything, I still think her work is the best
    firmó pese a no estar de acuerdo she signed even though she did not agree
    pese a que even though
    pese a que no lo invitaron, les mandó un regalo he sent them a present even though they didn't invite him
    pese a quien (le) pese: voy a decir la verdad, pese a quien (le) pese I'm going to speak the truth, no matter who I have to upset o no matter whose toes I have to tread on
    mal que me/te/le pese like it or not
    mal que te pese, tienes que reconocer que ganó en buena ley like it or not, you have to admit he won fair and square
    mal que me pese, tendré que ponerles buena cara much as I dislike the idea I'll have to be nice to them
    ■ pesar
    vt
    1 ‹niño/maleta› to weigh; ‹manzanas› to weigh out, weigh
    es un kilo bien pesado that's a good o generous kilo
    ¿cuánto pesas? how much do you weigh?
    pesa 80 kilos he weighs 80 kilos
    ( refl) to weigh oneself
    * * *

     

    pesar 1 sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (pena, tristeza) sorrow;

    a pesar mío or muy a mi pesar much to my regret

    2

    a pesar de todo in spite of o despite everything;
    a pesar de que even though
    pesar 2 ( conjugate pesar) verbo intransitivo
    1 [paquete/maleta] to be heavy;

    no me pesa it's not heavy
    2 ( causar arrepentimiento) (+ me/te/le etc):

    me pesa haberlo ofendido I'm very sorry I offended him
    3

    pese a que even though;
    mal que me/le pese whether I like/he likes it or not
    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹niño/maleta› to weigh;

    ‹ manzanas› to weigh (out)


    pesarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to weigh oneself
    pesar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (tener peso físico) to weigh: esa carne pesa dos kilos, that meat weighs two kilos
    2 (tener peso psíquico) to have influence: sus opiniones aún pesan en el grupo, his opinions still carry weight in the group
    3 (causar arrepentimiento, dolor) to grieve: me pesa no haber ido con vosotros, I regret not having gone with you
    II vtr (determinar un peso) to weigh
    III sustantivo masculino
    1 (pena, pesadumbre) sorrow, grief
    2 (remordimiento) regret
    ♦ Locuciones: a pesar de, in spite of
    a pesar de que, although ➣ Ver nota en aunque
    ' pesar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apencar
    - arrepentirse
    - aunque
    - disgusto
    - flema
    - todavía
    - atención
    - falta
    - hondo
    - obstante
    - sentimiento
    English:
    carry through
    - catch up
    - despite
    - destroy
    - down-to-earth
    - fact
    - for
    - intact
    - look forward to
    - manage
    - notwithstanding
    - odds
    - outweigh
    - regardless
    - regret
    - regretfully
    - ruefully
    - spite
    - stay on
    - weigh
    - while
    - deep
    - even
    - measure
    - regretful
    - reluctantly
    - sorrow
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [tristeza] grief;
    todos sentimos un hondo pesar por su fallecimiento we all felt a great sorrow at his death
    2. [arrepentimiento] remorse;
    no le daba ningún pesar she felt no remorse at all
    ♦ a pesar de loc prep
    despite, in spite of;
    a pesar de las críticas in spite of o despite all the criticism;
    tuve que hacerlo a pesar mío I had to do it against my will;
    muy a nuestro pesar, hubo que invitarles we had to invite them, even though we really didn't want to;
    muy a pesar mío no puedo darte lo que me pides I can't give you what you want, much as I'd like to;
    a pesar de que… in spite of o despite the fact that…;
    a pesar de que me dolía, seguí jugando I carried on playing in spite of o despite the pain;
    a pesar de todo in spite of o despite everything;
    Fam
    a pesar de los pesares in spite of o despite everything
    ♦ vt
    1. [en balanza] to weigh;
    pésemelo, por favor could you weigh it for me, please?
    2. Fig [examinar, calibrar] to weigh up
    ♦ vi
    1. [tener peso] to weigh;
    pesa cinco kilos it weighs five kilos;
    ¿cuánto pesa? how much o what does it weigh?;
    ¡qué poco pesa! it doesn't weigh much!
    2. [ser pesado] to be heavy;
    ¡cómo o [m5] cuánto pesa! it's really heavy!;
    esta maleta no pesa nada this suitcase hardly weighs anything;
    ¡ya va pesando la edad!, ¡ya van pesando los años! I'm getting old!
    3. [recaer]
    pesa una orden de arresto sobre él there is a warrant out for his arrest;
    sobre ti pesa la decisión última the final decision rests with you
    4. [importar, influir] to play an important part;
    en su decisión pesaron muchas razones a number of reasons influenced her decision
    5. [doler, entristecer]
    me pesa tener que hacerlo I regret having to do it;
    me pesa tener que decirte esto I'm sorry to have to tell you this;
    no me pesa haber dejado ese trabajo I have no regrets about leaving that job, I'm not at all sorry I left that job
    6. Comp
    mal que te pese (whether you) like it or not
    * * *
    I v/t weigh
    II v/i
    1 ( ser muy pesado) be heavy;
    casi no pesa it weighs next to nothing
    2 ( influir) carry weight
    3 fig
    de responsabilidad weigh heavily ( sobre on);
    me pesa tener que informarle … I regret to have to inform you …;
    mal que me/le pese like it or not, whether I/you like it or not
    III m sorrow
    IV
    :
    a pesar de in spite of, despite;
    a pesar de ello nevertheless;
    a pesar de eso in spite of that, despite that;
    a pesar de que in spite of o despite the fact that, even though;
    a pesar mío against my wishes
    * * *
    pesar vt
    1) : to weigh
    2) examinar: to consider, to think over
    pesar vi
    1) : to weigh
    ¿cuánto pesa?: how much does it weigh?
    2) : to be heavy
    3) : to weigh heavily, to be a burden
    no le pesa: it's not a burden on him
    pesa sobre mi corazón: it weighs upon my heart
    4) influir: to carry weight, to have bearing
    5) (with personal pronouns) : to grieve, to sadden
    me pesa mucho: I'm very sorry
    6)
    pese a : in spite of, despite
    pesar nm
    1) aflicción, pena: sorrow, grief
    2) remordimiento: remorse
    3)
    a pesar de : in spite of, despite
    * * *
    pesar1 n
    a pesar de in spite of / despite
    pesar2 vb
    1. (en general) to weigh
    ¿cuánto pesas? how much do you weigh?
    2. (tener mucho peso) to be heavy

    Spanish-English dictionary > pesar

  • 58 ilegitimar

    v.
    1 to invalidate (logro).
    su pasado lo ilegitima para ser alcalde his past makes him unfit to be mayor
    sus infidelidades ilegitiman sus celos her infidelities deny her the right to be jealous
    2 to illegitimate, to declare illegal, to make illegal, to outlaw.
    * * *
    * * *
    ilegitimar [A1 ]
    vt
    to make … illegal
    * * *
    [logro] to invalidate;
    su pasado lo ilegitima para ser alcalde his past makes him unfit to be mayor;
    sus infidelidades ilegitiman sus celos her infidelities deny her the right to be jealous
    * * *
    v/t make illegal

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilegitimar

  • 59 abnegar

    v.
    1 to renounce, to deny oneself anything.
    2 to deny oneself, to go without, to act unselfishly.
    3 to abnegate, to relinquish.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar
    1 to renounce, give up

    Spanish-English dictionary > abnegar

  • 60 desconocer

    • be amazed at one's behavior
    • be ignorant of
    • be surprised of
    • be unable to recognize
    • be unacquainted with
    • deny
    • deny the acceptance of
    • disclaim
    • fail to recognize
    • know not
    • recognize not
    • refuse to accept

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > desconocer

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