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  • 61 alelado

    adj.
    1 bewildered, stunned, dumbfounded, stupefied.
    2 stupid, foolish, rubberneck.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alelar.
    * * *
    1→ link=alelar alelar
    1 (atontado) dazed
    2 (asombrado) astonished, amazed
    * * *
    ADJ (=aturdido) stupefied, bewildered; (=bobo) foolish, stupid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    b) ( atontado) dazed
    c) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    b) ( atontado) dazed
    c) (fam) ( sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    = potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.].

    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.

    * * *
    alelado -da
    1 (fascinado, absorto) spellbound, transfixed
    2 (atontado) dazed
    ¡date prisa, que estás como alelado! get a move on, you're in a daze!
    es tan alelado que … he's so scatterbrained o ( colloq) dopey that …
    3 ( fam) (sorprendido) speechless, amazed
    * * *
    alelado, -a adj
    no te quedes ahí alelado y haz algo stop sitting around like an idiot and do something;
    estoy alelado hoy I'm just not with it today;
    me quedé alelado cuando me contó lo de su embarazo I was stunned o left speechless when she told me she was pregnant
    * * *
    adj
    :
    estar alelado be in a daze
    * * *
    alelado, -da adj
    1) : bewildered, stupefied
    2) : foolish, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > alelado

  • 62 ampliación

    f.
    1 enlargement, expansion, amplification, augmentation.
    2 extension.
    3 blow-up, blowup.
    4 magnification.
    * * *
    1 enlargement, extension
    2 ARQUITECTURA extension
    3 (fotografía) enlargement
    \
    ampliación de capital increase in capital
    ampliación de estudios furthering of studies
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) extension, expansion
    * * *
    SF (=acción) extension; (Fot) enlargement; (=expansión) expansion

    ampliación de capital, ampliación de capitales — increase of capital

    * * *
    a) (de local, carretera) extension; ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin)

    una ampliación de capital/de plantilla — an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening
    d) (de plazo, período) extension
    e) (Fot) enlargement
    * * *
    = amplification, blow-up, elaboration, enlargement, extension, magnification, broadening, extension, widening.
    Ex. Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.
    Ex. In most of these cases, however, a limited number of full-size ' blow-ups', on paper, are also produced which can be made available to users who cannot use microfiche.
    Ex. The 1949 code was essentially a greater elaboration of the 1908 code in an attempt to rectify the omissions of the 1908 code.
    Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.
    Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.
    Ex. The inscription, readable without magnification, placed at the top of the microfiche to identify its contents is known as the microfiche header.
    Ex. This article reports on the views a sample of Australian library educators holds about the broadening of library education.
    Ex. This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
    Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    ----
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ampliación de las responsabilidades laborales = job enrichment.
    * ampliación de responsabilidades laborales = job enlargement.
    * escala de ampliación = enlargement ratio.
    * proyecto de ampliación = addition project.
    * señal de ampliación = extension sign.
    * * *
    a) (de local, carretera) extension; ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin)

    una ampliación de capital/de plantilla — an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening
    d) (de plazo, período) extension
    e) (Fot) enlargement
    * * *
    = amplification, blow-up, elaboration, enlargement, extension, magnification, broadening, extension, widening.

    Ex: Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.

    Ex: In most of these cases, however, a limited number of full-size ' blow-ups', on paper, are also produced which can be made available to users who cannot use microfiche.
    Ex: The 1949 code was essentially a greater elaboration of the 1908 code in an attempt to rectify the omissions of the 1908 code.
    Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.
    Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.
    Ex: The inscription, readable without magnification, placed at the top of the microfiche to identify its contents is known as the microfiche header.
    Ex: This article reports on the views a sample of Australian library educators holds about the broadening of library education.
    Ex: This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
    Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ampliación de las responsabilidades laborales = job enrichment.
    * ampliación de responsabilidades laborales = job enlargement.
    * escala de ampliación = enlargement ratio.
    * proyecto de ampliación = addition project.
    * señal de ampliación = extension sign.

    * * *
    1 (de un local, una carretera) extension; (de negocio) expansion
    2 ( Com, Fin):
    una ampliación de capital an increase in capital
    la ampliación de la plantilla the increase in the number of staff
    3 (de conocimientos, del vocabulario) widening
    el debate sobre la ampliación de esta ley the debate on the broadening o widening of the scope of this law
    4 (de un plazo, período) extension
    5 ( Fot) (procedimiento) enlargement; (copia ampliada) enlargement
    * * *

     

    ampliación sustantivo femenino
    a) (de local, carretera) extension;

    ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin):

    ◊ una ampliación de capital/de personal an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening

    d) (de plazo, período) extension

    e) (Fot) enlargement

    ampliación sustantivo femenino
    1 (de plazo, de duración) extension
    2 (de una construcción grande) enlargement, (de una casa) addition, enlargement, extension
    3 (de negocio) expansion
    4 (de una fotografía, un plano) enlargement
    ' ampliación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    extensión
    English:
    blowup
    - enlargement
    - extension
    * * *
    1. [de negocio] expansion;
    una ampliación de plantilla an increase in staff numbers;
    la ampliación de la Unión Europea the enlargement of the European Union
    Informát ampliación de memoria memory upgrade
    2. [de local, vivienda] extension;
    [de aeropuerto] expansion
    3. Econ ampliación de capital share o equity issue
    4. [de plazo] extension;
    la ampliación del horario de apertura de bares the extension o lengthening of opening hours for bars
    5. [de fotografía] enlargement
    * * *
    f
    1 increase; de negocio expansion; de plazo, edificio extension
    2 FOT enlargement, blow-up
    * * *
    ampliación nf, pl - ciones : expansion, extension
    * * *
    1. (de edificio, plazo) extension
    2. (de negocio) expansion
    3. (de número, cantidad) increase
    4. (de una foto) enlargement

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampliación

  • 63 basarse en

    v.
    to be based on, to lie on, to lie over.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = base on/upon, centre around/on/upon, draw from, hinge on/upon, premise upon, rely on/upon, rest on/upon, go by, draw on/upon, predicate on/upon, be conditional on, be grounded in, hang + Posesivo + hat on, pattern, build on/upon
    Ex. Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.
    Ex. It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
    Ex. When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex. Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex. The reading habits in some of the lands are difficult to describe as we have little evidence to go by.
    Ex. Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex. Manegerial decision-making must be predicated upon hard data with an eye toward future trends.
    Ex. Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex. Carrying this argument one step further, it is not unreasonable to assert that the public library's relationship to its community is grounded in the efforts and attiudes of the library staff.
    Ex. There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.
    Ex. Even supposedly local books are generally patterned along Western lines and are unsuitable for any of the courses offered in library schools.
    Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.
    * * *
    (v.) = base on/upon, centre around/on/upon, draw from, hinge on/upon, premise upon, rely on/upon, rest on/upon, go by, draw on/upon, predicate on/upon, be conditional on, be grounded in, hang + Posesivo + hat on, pattern, build on/upon

    Ex: Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.

    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.
    Ex: It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
    Ex: When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex: Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex: The reading habits in some of the lands are difficult to describe as we have little evidence to go by.
    Ex: Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex: Manegerial decision-making must be predicated upon hard data with an eye toward future trends.
    Ex: Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex: Carrying this argument one step further, it is not unreasonable to assert that the public library's relationship to its community is grounded in the efforts and attiudes of the library staff.
    Ex: There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.
    Ex: Even supposedly local books are generally patterned along Western lines and are unsuitable for any of the courses offered in library schools.
    Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > basarse en

  • 64 bombardeo

    m.
    1 bombardment.
    2 bombard.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: bombardear.
    * * *
    1 (con artillería) bombardment, shelling; (desde el aire) bombing
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) bombing, shelling
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mil) [desde el aire] bombing; [con artillería] bombardment, shelling

    bombardeo aéreo — [contable] air raid, air attack; [incontable] air bombardment (contra, sobre on)

    apuntarse 2)
    2) [de preguntas] bombardment
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( desde aviones) bombing; ( con artillería) bombardment, shelling

    sufrimos un intenso bombardeo publicitario — we were bombarded with o subjected to a barrage of advertising

    2) (Meteo) seeding
    * * *
    = bomb attack, bombardment, bombing, shelling, blitz, bomb raid, bombing campaign.
    Ex. The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research -- in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function.
    Ex. The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina was destroyed during a bombardment in 1992.
    Ex. Despite damage from bombing, triple digit inflation, and staff shortages, many libraries functioned throughout the conflict.
    Ex. The library was plundered for its electronic equipment, and later suffered severe fire damage from the shelling.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. Recently the US and Britain have been intensifying their bomb raids against Iraqi territory, in particular, in the so-called no-fly zones.
    Ex. An example of 'weasel word' usage might be the description of a bombing campaign -- a peace activist might describe it as 'genocide' whereas a military spokesperson might use the term 'collateral damage'.
    ----
    * bombardeo aéreo = bombing raid.
    * bombardeo de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.
    * bombardeo del correo electrónico = mail bombing.
    * un bombardeo de = a barrage of.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( desde aviones) bombing; ( con artillería) bombardment, shelling

    sufrimos un intenso bombardeo publicitario — we were bombarded with o subjected to a barrage of advertising

    2) (Meteo) seeding
    * * *
    = bomb attack, bombardment, bombing, shelling, blitz, bomb raid, bombing campaign.

    Ex: The ARPAnet was an experimental network designed to support military research -- in particular, research about how to build networks that could withstand partial outages (like bomb attacks) and still function.

    Ex: The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina was destroyed during a bombardment in 1992.
    Ex: Despite damage from bombing, triple digit inflation, and staff shortages, many libraries functioned throughout the conflict.
    Ex: The library was plundered for its electronic equipment, and later suffered severe fire damage from the shelling.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: Recently the US and Britain have been intensifying their bomb raids against Iraqi territory, in particular, in the so-called no-fly zones.
    Ex: An example of 'weasel word' usage might be the description of a bombing campaign -- a peace activist might describe it as 'genocide' whereas a military spokesperson might use the term 'collateral damage'.
    * bombardeo aéreo = bombing raid.
    * bombardeo de ideas = brainstorming [brain-storming], brainstorm.
    * bombardeo del correo electrónico = mail bombing.
    * un bombardeo de = a barrage of.

    * * *
    A
    1 (desde aviones) bombing; (con artillería) bombardment, shelling
    sufrimos un intenso bombardeo publicitario we were bombarded with o subjected to a barrage of advertising
    apuntarse al bombardeo ( Esp fam hum): ¿alguien viene conmigo? — yo me apunto al bombardeo does anyone want to come with me? — count me in o I'll come
    2 ( Fís) bombardment
    Compuesto:
    bombardeo por or de saturación
    carpet bombing, saturation bombing
    B ( Meteo) seeding
    * * *

    Del verbo bombardear: ( conjugate bombardear)

    bombardeo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    bombardeó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    bombardear    
    bombardeo
    bombardear ( conjugate bombardear) verbo transitivo ( desde avión) to bomb;
    ( con artillería) to bombard, shell;

    bombardeo sustantivo masculino ( desde aviones) bombing;

    ( con artillería) bombardment, shelling
    bombardear verbo transitivo to bomb, shell
    bombardeo sustantivo masculino bombing, bombardment
    ' bombardeo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apuntarse
    - refugiar
    - refugio
    English:
    aerial
    - blitz
    - bombardment
    - bombing
    - saturation bombing
    - raid
    * * *
    1. [con bombas] bombing;
    [con artillería] bombardment bombardeo aéreo [ataque] air raid; [serie de ataques] aerial bombardment
    2. [de átomo] bombardment
    bombardeo atómico bombardment in a particle accelerator
    3. [con preguntas, peticiones] bombardment;
    la película es un constante bombardeo de imágenes the film bombards you with an uninterrupted stream of images
    * * *
    m desde el aire bombing; con artillería bombardment
    * * *
    1) : bombing, shelling
    2) : bombardment

    Spanish-English dictionary > bombardeo

  • 65 cautivador

    adj.
    captivating, bewitching, winning, enchanting.
    * * *
    1 captivating
    2 (encantador) charming
    * * *
    (f. - cautivadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo captivating
    * * *
    = charming, compelling, absorbing, winning, beguiling, luscious, ever-dashing, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], enchanting.
    Ex. 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
    Ex. This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.
    Ex. Administration of reference services is an absorbing challenge.
    Ex. Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.
    Ex. There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. Princess Cinderella and the ever-dashing Prince Charming are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary - and all the kingdom's abuzz!.
    Ex. We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    Ex. 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo captivating
    * * *
    = charming, compelling, absorbing, winning, beguiling, luscious, ever-dashing, smouldering [smoldering, -USA], enchanting.

    Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.

    Ex: This article examines the facets of the fee-or-free controversy and presents a compelling case that the issue is far from resolved.
    Ex: Administration of reference services is an absorbing challenge.
    Ex: Basically it is more tangible and exciting for retailers to develop new products, decorate stores, design Web sites, and create winning advertisements than it is for them to struggle to set prices that will mean profits.
    Ex: There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: Princess Cinderella and the ever-dashing Prince Charming are about to celebrate their tenth anniversary - and all the kingdom's abuzz!.
    Ex: We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    Ex: 'Don't let it bother you and I won't let it affect me,' said Passantino, with an enchanting smile.

    * * *
    captivating
    * * *

    cautivador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    captivating
    cautivador,-ora adjetivo captivating

    ' cautivador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cautivadora
    English:
    prepossessing
    - beguiling
    * * *
    cautivador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    captivating, enchanting
    ♦ nm,f
    charmer
    * * *
    adj captivating
    * * *
    : captivating

    Spanish-English dictionary > cautivador

  • 66 cubrir

    v.
    1 to cover.
    cubrir algo de algo to cover something with o in something
    cubrir a alguien de insultos/alabanzas to heap insults/praise on somebody
    Ilse cubre los restos del cuerpo Ilse covers the remains of the body.
    El reportero cubre el suceso The reporter covers the event.
    2 to cover (proteger) (retirada, asegurado).
    3 to fill (puesto, vacante).
    4 to cover (gastos).
    el presupuesto no cubre todos los gastos the budget doesn't cover all the expenses
    5 to cover (noticia).
    6 to cover up, to hush up, to hide, to mask.
    Ilse cubre la verdad Ilse covers up the truth.
    7 to cover for, to cover, to cover up for.
    La enfermera Juana cubre a Ilse Nurse Johanna covers for Ilse.
    * * *
    (pp cubierto,-a)
    1 (gen) to cover
    2 COCINA to coat (de, with)
    3 (poner tejado) to put a roof on
    4 (niebla etc) to shroud (de, in), cloak
    5 (ocultar) to hide
    6 (llenar) to fill (de, with), cover (de, with)
    7 (alcanzar) to come up
    8 (gastos, necesidades) to cover; (deuda) to meet, repay
    9 (recorrer) to cover; (distancia) to travel
    10 (prensa) to cover
    11 (animales) to pair, cover
    1 (abrigarse) to cover oneself
    2 (la cabeza) to put one's hat on
    3 figurado (protegerse) to protect oneself
    4 (cielo) to become overcast
    5 (llenarse) to be filled
    \
    cubrir de besos to smother with kisses
    cubrir las apariencias to keep up appearances
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    ( pp cubierto)
    1. VT
    1) (=ocultar)
    a) [+ superficie, objeto] to cover
    b) [agua]
    c) (=poner techo a) to roof, roof over
    d) [+ fuego] to make up, bank up
    2) (=llenar) [+ agujero] to fill in; [+ hueco] to fill

    • cubrir a algn de alabanzas — to heap praises on sb

    • cubrir a algn de atenciones — to lavish attention on sb

    • cubrir a algn de besos — to smother sb with kisses

    • cubrir a algn de improperios — to shower sb with insults

    • cubrir a algn de oprobio — to bring shame on sb

    3) (=proteger) (Dep, Mil) to cover

    intenta llegar a las líneas enemigas: nosotros te cubriremos — try to get to the enemy lines: we'll cover you

    4) (=recorrer) [+ ruta, distancia] to cover
    5) (=ocupar) [+ vacante, plaza] to fill
    6) (=pagar) [+ gastos, déficit, préstamo] to cover
    7) (=satisfacer) [+ necesidades, demanda] to meet
    8) (Prensa) [+ suceso] to cover
    9) (Zool) (=montar) to cover
    10) (=disimular) [+ emoción] to cover up, conceal

    cubre su tristeza con una falsa alegría — she covers up o conceals her sadness with a false cheerfulness

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( tapar) to cover
    2)
    a) <gastos/daños/riesgos> to cover
    b) <demanda/necesidad> to meet; < carencia> to cover
    c) <plaza/vacante> to fill
    3)
    a) (Period, Rad, TV) to cover
    b) ( recorrer) <etapa/trayecto> to cover
    4) <retirada/flanco> to cover
    5) (Zool) to cover
    2.
    cubrirse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) ( taparse) to cover oneself
    b) ( ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on
    c) ( protegerse) to take cover
    d) ( contra riesgo) to cover oneself
    2) ( llenarse)

    cubrirse de algo: las calles se habían cubierto de nieve — the streets were covered with snow

    * * *
    = cover, relate to, smother, take + care of, canopy, cover, line, blanket, address, cover up, screen, drape, meet, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].
    Ex. This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    Ex. The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.
    Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
    Ex. The matter of bulk is well taken care of by improved microfilm.
    Ex. The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    Ex. I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.
    Ex. The books meanwhile had been sewn on to sawn-in cords, or on to tapes, and their spines had been lined with strips of muslin and paper = Por su porte, los libros eran cosidos a nervios o cintas, y los lomos, forrados con tiras de muselina y papel.
    Ex. This type of broom is extremely competitive with the native flora, blanketing the ground and preventing growth of many understorey species in many areas.
    Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex. The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.
    Ex. During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.
    Ex. Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex. The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.
    Ex. The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.
    ----
    * cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
    * cubrir con = top with.
    * cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.
    * cubrir con tablas = board up.
    * cubrir con toldo = canopy.
    * cubrir de = flood with.
    * cubrir de arcilla = clay.
    * cubrir de grava = gravel.
    * cubrir de gravilla = gravel.
    * cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.
    * cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.
    * cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.
    * cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.
    * cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.
    * cubrir la superficie de Algo = surface.
    * cubrirse contra = hedge against.
    * cubrirse de cardenales = go + black and blue.
    * cubrirse de moratones = go + black and blue.
    * cubrir toda la gama = run + the gamut.
    * cubrir todo el espectro = run + the gamut.
    * cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.
    * cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.
    * cubrir una vacante = fill + vacancy.
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.
    * cubrir un uso = address + use.
    * para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.
    * para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.
    * que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
    * que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.
    * que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.
    * sin cubrir = unfilled.
    * tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( tapar) to cover
    2)
    a) <gastos/daños/riesgos> to cover
    b) <demanda/necesidad> to meet; < carencia> to cover
    c) <plaza/vacante> to fill
    3)
    a) (Period, Rad, TV) to cover
    b) ( recorrer) <etapa/trayecto> to cover
    4) <retirada/flanco> to cover
    5) (Zool) to cover
    2.
    cubrirse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) ( taparse) to cover oneself
    b) ( ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on
    c) ( protegerse) to take cover
    d) ( contra riesgo) to cover oneself
    2) ( llenarse)

    cubrirse de algo: las calles se habían cubierto de nieve — the streets were covered with snow

    * * *
    = cover, relate to, smother, take + care of, canopy, cover, line, blanket, address, cover up, screen, drape, meet, incrust [encrust], encrust [incrust].

    Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.

    Ex: The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.
    Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
    Ex: The matter of bulk is well taken care of by improved microfilm.
    Ex: The university buildings are grouped about stretches of greensward crisscrossed by paths and canopied by impressive trees.
    Ex: I have used the following as structures on which to mount displays: packing cases used like building blocks and attractively covered and painted.
    Ex: The books meanwhile had been sewn on to sawn-in cords, or on to tapes, and their spines had been lined with strips of muslin and paper = Por su porte, los libros eran cosidos a nervios o cintas, y los lomos, forrados con tiras de muselina y papel.
    Ex: This type of broom is extremely competitive with the native flora, blanketing the ground and preventing growth of many understorey species in many areas.
    Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex: The grating was used to cover up dryer and toilet vents on the side of the building.
    Ex: During the war, all of the light fittings on the bridge were screened as a blackout measure.
    Ex: Classrooms were draped with cloth and garlanded with lattices and vines.
    Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex: The hilt is of solid gold incrusted in every part with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds.
    Ex: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.
    * cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
    * cubrir con = top with.
    * cubrir Algo con la mano = cup + Posesivo + hand + over + Nombre.
    * cubrir con tablas = board up.
    * cubrir con toldo = canopy.
    * cubrir de = flood with.
    * cubrir de arcilla = clay.
    * cubrir de grava = gravel.
    * cubrir de gravilla = gravel.
    * cubrir el mundo = span + the globe.
    * cubrir gastos = allow for + costs, cover + costs.
    * cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.
    * cubrir la mayoría de las necesidades = go + most of the way.
    * cubrir las necesidades de = provide for.
    * cubrir la superficie de Algo = surface.
    * cubrirse contra = hedge against.
    * cubrirse de cardenales = go + black and blue.
    * cubrirse de moratones = go + black and blue.
    * cubrir toda la gama = run + the gamut.
    * cubrir todo el espectro = run + the gamut.
    * cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.
    * cubrir una necesidad = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need.
    * cubrir una vacante = fill + vacancy.
    * cubrir un objetivo = meet + objective, meet + purpose.
    * cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.
    * cubrir un uso = address + use.
    * para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.
    * para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.
    * que cubre hasta la rodilla = knee deep.
    * que cubre hasta los tobillos = ankle deep.
    * que cubre todo el cuerpo = head to toe.
    * sin cubrir = unfilled.
    * tasa para cubrir gastos = cost-recovery fee.

    * * *
    cubrir [ I33 ]
    vt
    A (tapar) to cover
    cubrió al niño con una manta he covered the child with a blanket, he put a blanket over the child
    el velo le cubría la cara the veil covered her face
    la niebla cubría el valle the valley was covered in o ( liter) shrouded in mist
    cubrir algo DE algo to cover sth WITH sth
    han cubierto las paredes de publicidad the walls have been covered with advertisements
    los muebles están cubiertos de polvo the furniture is covered with o ( BrE) in dust
    el escándalo los ha cubierto de oprobio the scandal has brought great shame on them
    lo cubrió de besos she smothered him with kisses
    B
    1 ‹costos/gastos› to cover; ‹daños/riesgos› to cover
    para cubrir los costos de envío to cover the cost of postage
    los bienes cubiertos por esta póliza the items covered by this policy
    2 ‹demanda/necesidad› to meet; ‹carencia› to cover
    3 ‹plaza/vacante› to fill
    C
    1 ( Period) ‹noticia/suceso› to cover
    2 (recorrer) ‹etapa/distancia/trayecto› to cover
    3 ( Rad, TV) ‹área› to cover
    D ‹retirada/flanco› to cover
    voy a salir, cúbreme I'm going out there, cover me
    E ( Zool) to cover
    A
    1 ( refl) (taparse) to cover oneself
    se cubrió con una toalla he covered himself with a towel
    se cubrió la cara con las manos he covered his face with his hands
    2 (ponerse el sombrero) to put one's hat on
    3 (protegerse) to take cover
    se cubrieron del fuego enemigo they took cover from the enemy fire
    4 (contra un riesgo) to cover oneself
    B (llenarse) cubrirse DE algo:
    las calles se habían cubierto de nieve snow had covered the streets, the streets were covered with snow
    * * *

     

    cubrir ( conjugate cubrir) verbo transitivo

    cubrir algo de algo to cover sth with sth;

    b) ‹demanda/necesidad› to meet

    c) ‹plaza/vacante› to fill

    cubrirse verbo pronominal
    1

    ‹ cara› to cover



    2 ( llenarse):

    cubrir verbo transitivo to cover
    ' cubrir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abrigar
    - bañar
    - descubierta
    - descubierto
    - empapelar
    - envolver
    - gasto
    - laminar
    - montar
    - proveer
    - sepultar
    - tapar
    - cubierto
    - llenar
    - recorrido
    - revestir
    - untar
    - vacante
    English:
    bad debt
    - clothe
    - coat
    - cover
    - drape
    - hedge
    - need
    - paint out
    - plaster
    - rubberize
    - smother
    - best
    - fill
    - gamut
    - line
    - mask
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [tapar, recubrir] to cover ( con with);
    cubrió la moto con una lona he covered the motorbike with a tarpaulin;
    cubrieron la pared con una mano de pintura they gave the wall a coat of paint;
    cubrir algo de algo to cover sth with o in sth;
    cubrir a alguien de insultos/alabanzas to heap insults/praise on sb;
    Ana cubrió de besos a su padre Ana covered her father with kisses
    2. [proteger] to protect;
    esta póliza nos cubre contra cualquier accidente this policy covers us against all accidents
    3. [a policía, soldado] to cover;
    cubrir la retirada to cover the retreat
    4. [ocultar] to cover up, to hide
    5. [puesto, vacante] to fill;
    hay veinte solicitudes para cubrir tres plazas there are twenty applications for three jobs
    6. [gastos] to cover;
    el presupuesto no cubre todos los gastos the budget doesn't cover all the expenses;
    cubrir gastos [exactamente] to break even
    7. [noticia] to cover;
    cubrió la guerra del Golfo he covered the Gulf War
    8. [recorrer] to cover;
    el ganador cubrió los 100 metros en 9 segundos the winner did the 100 metres in 9 seconds
    9. [el macho a la hembra]
    cubrir a to mate with
    10. Dep [marcar] to cover;
    se encarga de cubrir la banda derecha he covers the right wing
    * * *
    v/t cover (de with)
    * * *
    cubrir {2} vt
    : to cover
    * * *
    cubrir vb
    1. (en general) to cover
    2. (correr) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubrir

  • 67 dar forma

    (v.) = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform
    Ex. Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.
    Ex. If his decision is to ask about his need, then it becomes necessary to give it a sharper intellectual shape, to describe it in words, and to formulate it as a question.
    Ex. A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex. For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.
    Ex. In so far as it embodies moral intelligence and psychic insight it may inform the moral will, be 'the soul of our moral being'.
    * * *
    (v.) = become + cast, give + shape, shape, mould [mold, -USA], inform

    Ex: Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.

    Ex: If his decision is to ask about his need, then it becomes necessary to give it a sharper intellectual shape, to describe it in words, and to formulate it as a question.
    Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.
    Ex: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.
    Ex: In so far as it embodies moral intelligence and psychic insight it may inform the moral will, be 'the soul of our moral being'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar forma

  • 68 departamento

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

    departamento de ventas/publicidad — sales/advertising department

    Departamento de Inglés — Department of English, English Department

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

    departamento de ventas/publicidad — sales/advertising department

    Departamento de Inglés — Department of English, English Department

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

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

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

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

     

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

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

    b) (provincia, distrito) department

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > departamento

  • 69 enorme

    adj.
    enormous, huge.
    * * *
    1 (grande) enormous, huge, vast
    2 (desmedido) tremendous, great
    3 familiar (muy bueno) very good, excellent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=muy grande) enormous, huge
    2) * (=estupendo) killing *, marvellous
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.
    Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex. She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    ----
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

    Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.

    * * *
    ‹edificio/animal› huge, enormous; ‹aumento/suma› huge, enormous, vast; ‹zona› vast, huge
    la diferencia es enorme the difference is enormous o huge
    tiene unas manos enormes he has huge o enormous hands
    sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad o a tremendous sense of sadness
    * * *

     

    enorme adjetivo ‹edificio/animal/suma› huge, enormous;
    ‹ zona› vast, huge;

    enorme adjetivo enormous, huge: vimos un elefante enorme, we saw an enormous elephant
    (de consideración) un enorme error, a clanger

    ' enorme' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atroz
    - botija
    - congratularse
    - desnivel
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - satisfacción
    - soberana
    - soberano
    - sofoco
    - supina
    - supino
    English:
    effective
    - enormous
    - face
    - gaping
    - ginormous
    - huge
    - immense
    - massive
    - monstrous
    - monumental
    - vast
    - whopper
    - world
    - derive
    - extreme
    - gigantic
    - it
    - prodigious
    - scar
    - yawning
    * * *
    enorme adj
    1. [muy grande] [objeto, persona, cantidad] huge, enormous;
    [defecto, error] huge;
    estos animales tienen una enorme capacidad para reproducirse these creatures have an enormous reproductive capacity;
    una torre de enorme altura an enormously tall tower;
    tu hijo está ya enorme your son's really huge;
    le invadía una enorme tristeza he was overcome by a great sadness
    2. Fam [excelente] great, fantastic
    * * *
    adj enormous, huge
    * * *
    enorme adj
    inmenso: enormous, huge
    ♦ enormemente adv
    * * *
    enorme adj enormous / huge

    Spanish-English dictionary > enorme

  • 70 fenomenografía

    Ex. Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.
    * * *

    Ex: Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fenomenografía

  • 71 fenomenológico

    * * *
    Ex. Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.
    * * *

    Ex: Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fenomenológico

  • 72 gobernar

    v.
    1 to govern, to rule.
    se deja gobernar por su marido she allows herself to be ruled by her husomebodyand
    sus sentimientos gobiernan sus acciones his feelings govern his actions
    2 to steer (barco).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 (gen) to govern
    2 (un país) to rule
    3 (una familia) to run
    4 (un negocio) to run, handle
    5 (un barco) to steer
    6 (guiar) to guide
    7 (dominar) to dominate, boss about
    1 (un barco) to steer
    1 to manage one's own affairs, manage by oneself, look after oneself
    * * *
    verb
    to govern, rule
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Pol) to govern, rule
    2) (=dirigir) to govern; (=guiar) to guide, direct; (=controlar) to manage, run; (=manejar) to handle
    3) (Náut) to steer, sail
    2. VI
    1) (Pol) to govern, rule
    2) (Náut) to handle, steer
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < país> to govern, rule; < barco> to steer
    2.
    gobernar vi (Gob, Pol) to govern; (Náut) to steer
    * * *
    = govern, rule over, hold + sway (over).
    Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.
    Ex. From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.
    ----
    * arte de gobernar = statesmanship.
    * la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < país> to govern, rule; < barco> to steer
    2.
    gobernar vi (Gob, Pol) to govern; (Náut) to steer
    * * *
    = govern, rule over, hold + sway (over).

    Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

    Ex: From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.
    * arte de gobernar = statesmanship.
    * la mano que mece la cuna gobierna el mundo = the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

    * * *
    gobernar [A5 ]
    vt
    1 ‹país› to govern, rule
    2 ‹barco› to steer
    ■ gobernar
    vi
    1 ( Gob, Pol) to govern
    2 ( Náut) to steer
    * * *

    gobernar ( conjugate gobernar) verbo transitivo ‹ país› to govern, rule;
    ‹ barco› to steer
    verbo intransitivo (Gob, Pol) to govern;
    (Náut) to steer
    gobernar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 to govern
    2 Náut to steer
    ' gobernar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    administrar
    - gobierna
    English:
    administer
    - control
    - govern
    - navigate
    - rule
    - sail
    - statesmanship
    - steer
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [regir, dirigir] to govern, to rule;
    [casa, negocio] to run, to manage;
    no tiene carácter, se deja gobernar por su marido she has no character of her own, she allows herself to be ruled by her husband;
    sus sentimientos gobiernan sus acciones his feelings govern his actions
    2. [barco] to steer;
    [avión] to fly
    ♦ vi
    1. [político, partido] to govern, to be in power
    2. [barco] to steer
    * * *
    v/t & v/i rule, govern
    * * *
    gobernar {55} vt
    1) : to govern, to rule
    2) : to steer, to sail (a ship)
    1) : to govern
    2) : to steer
    * * *
    1. (país) to govern
    2. (barco) to steer

    Spanish-English dictionary > gobernar

  • 73 hermenéutico

    adj.
    hermeneutical.
    * * *
    Ex. Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.
    * * *

    Ex: Phenomenography is an approach that builds on phenomenological and hermeneutic traditions; its knowledge interest is to describe the varying conceptions held within a specific group about a phenomenon = La fenomenografía es un método que parte de las tradicionaes fenomenológicas y hermenéuticas; su interés es describir las diversas concepciones que un grupo concreto tiene sobre un fenómeno.

    * * *
    hermenéutico, -a adj
    hermeneutic

    Spanish-English dictionary > hermenéutico

  • 74 lelo

    adj.
    silly, foolish, stupid, simpleton.
    m.
    halfwit, dope, silly person.
    * * *
    1 familiar gormless, stupid
    * * *
    lelo, -a *
    1.
    ADJ (=tonto) slow
    2.
    SM / F (=tonto) halfwit

    parece que te ven cara de lelo — they seem to think you're totally stupid, they seem to think you were born yesterday

    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) dim; ( pasmado) speechless
    * * *
    = dullard, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], brainless, twat, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], nonce, gaga, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.

    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: So if Ellen and Baltar are anything to go by, it seems exceptionally smart people are a bit gaga.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.

    * * *
    lelo1 -la
    ( fam)
    1 (tonto) slow on the uptake, goofy ( AmE colloq), dozy ( BrE colloq)
    2 (pasmado) speechless
    me quedé lelo con su respuesta I was struck dumb by his reply, his reply left me speechless
    lelo2 -la
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); dummy ( colloq), fool
    * * *

    lelo
    ◊ -la adjetivo (fam) ( tonto) slow on the uptake;


    ( pasmado) speechless
    lelo,-a familiar
    I adjetivo stupid, silly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino dummy, dimwit
    ' lelo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    boba
    - bobo
    - lela
    English:
    barmy
    - birdbrained
    - dopey
    * * *
    lelo, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid, slow
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot
    * * *
    adj slow(-witted)
    * * *
    lelo, -la adj
    : silly, stupid

    Spanish-English dictionary > lelo

  • 75 local comercial

    m.
    store.
    * * *
    business premises plural
    * * *
    (n.) = storefront
    Ex. This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.
    * * *
    (n.) = storefront

    Ex: This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.

    Spanish-English dictionary > local comercial

  • 76 mantenerse al margen de

    (v.) = remain + uninvolved in, hold + Reflexivo + apart from
    Ex. As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.
    Ex. It is important to acknowledge the fact that I don't hold myself apart from many of the problems that I am about to describe.
    * * *
    (v.) = remain + uninvolved in, hold + Reflexivo + apart from

    Ex: As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.

    Ex: It is important to acknowledge the fact that I don't hold myself apart from many of the problems that I am about to describe.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse al margen de

  • 77 no considerarse parte de

    (v.) = hold + Reflexivo + apart from
    Ex. It is important to acknowledge the fact that I don't hold myself apart from many of the problems that I am about to describe.
    * * *
    (v.) = hold + Reflexivo + apart from

    Ex: It is important to acknowledge the fact that I don't hold myself apart from many of the problems that I am about to describe.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no considerarse parte de

  • 78 panoli

    adj.
    daft.
    * * *
    1 familiar simple
    1 familiar simpleton
    * * *
    = daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.].
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    * * *
    = daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.].

    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.

    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.

    * * *
    ( fam); dimwitted ( colloq)
    ( fam)
    dimwit ( colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    foolish, silly
    ♦ nmf
    fool, idiot
    * * *
    I adj fam
    dopey fam
    II m/f fam
    nitwit

    Spanish-English dictionary > panoli

  • 79 pícaro

    adj.
    mischievous, impish, rascally, naughty.
    m.
    rascal, little wretch, scamp, picaro.
    * * *
    1 (astuto) crafty, sly
    2 (atrevido) wicked
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona astuta) slyboots, crafty devil
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=taimado) sly, crafty; (=travieso) [niño] naughty, mischievous
    2) (=deshonesto) crooked; (=pillo) roguish, knavish
    3) hum naughty, wicked

    ¡este pícaro siglo! — what naughty times we live in!

    4) (=precoz) [niño] precocious, knowing ( esp sexually aware before the proper age)
    2. SM / F
    1) (=granuja) rogue, scoundrel; (=ladino) sly sort; (=niño) rascal, scamp

    ¡pícaro! — you rascal!

    2) (Literat) rogue
    PÍCARO In Spanish literature, especially of the Golden Age, the pícaro is a roguish character whose travels and adventures are used as a vehicle for social satire. The anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), which relates the life and adventures of one such character, is thought to be the first of the genre known as the picaresque novel, or novela picaresca. Other well-known picaresque novels were written by Cervantes (Rinconete y Cortadillo) and Francisco de Quevedo (El Buscón).
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.
    Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex. Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex. Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex. The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( ladino) crafty, cunning
    b) ( malicioso) < persona> naughty, wicked (colloq); <chiste/comentario> naughty, racy; <mirada/sonrisa> wicked (colloq), cheeky (BrE)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain
    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)
    * * *
    = rogue, elfin, impish, crafty, mischievous, playful.

    Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; CRIME AND CRIMINALS; rogues AND VAGABONDS.

    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: Then, leaning back in her chair and with an impish smile playing about her mouth, she said: 'You know I can't quite get used to the idea of him giving up his job to follow his wife'.
    Ex: Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = ¡Qué astuto! no quería saber nada de las restricciones que imponen las directrices y las "supuestas" normas.
    Ex: Frequently the youngest child takes on the role of the mascot; he acts cute, mischievous, and endearing.
    Ex: The article is a playful attempt to describe the historical determinations of the subject.

    * * *
    pícaro1 -ra
    1 (ladino) crafty, cunning
    2 (malicioso) ‹persona› naughty, wicked ( colloq); ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy; ‹mirada/sonrisa› wicked ( colloq), cheeky ( BrE)
    pícaro2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Lit) rogue, villain
    2 (astuto) cunning o crafty devil ( colloq)
    * * *

    pícaro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo


    b) ( malicioso) ‹ persona› naughty, wicked (colloq);

    ‹chiste/comentario› naughty, racy;
    ‹mirada/sonrisa› mischievous, cheeky (BrE)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Lit) rogue, villain

    b) ( astuto) cunning o crafty devil (colloq)

    ' pícaro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bandida
    - bandido
    - granuja
    - maliciosa
    - malicioso
    - socarrón
    - socarrona
    - sabandija
    - sinvergüenza
    English:
    glint
    - mischievous
    - rogue
    - roguish
    - cheeky
    - playful
    * * *
    pícaro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [astuto] cunning, crafty;
    ¡qué pícaro es este gato! this cat is very cunning o sly
    2. [travieso] naughty, mischievous
    3. [atrevido] [persona] bold, daring;
    [comentario] naughty, racy; [sonrisa] wicked, cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Lit rogue [protagonist in picaresque novels]
    2. [astuto] sly person, rogue
    3. [travieso] rascal
    4. [atrevido] brazen person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 persona crafty, sly
    2 comentario mischievous
    II m rogue
    * * *
    pícaro, -ra adj
    1) : mischievous
    2) : cunning, sly
    3) : off-color, risqué
    pícaro, -ra n
    1) : rogue, scoundrel
    2) : rascal

    Spanish-English dictionary > pícaro

  • 80 recursos comerciales

    Ex. This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.
    * * *

    Ex: This article outlines some of the virtual shopping malls and storefronts available and explains how to find out about commercial resources on the net = Este artículo describe en líneas generales algunos de los centros comerciales y tiendas virtuales existentes y explica cómo encontrar recursos comerciales en la red.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recursos comerciales

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  • describe — /dI skraIb/ verb (T) 1 to say what something or someone is like by giving details about them: The police asked her to describe the two men. | An alternative approach to the problem is described in Chapter 3. | describe how/why/what etc: It s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • describe*/*/*/ — [dɪˈskraɪb] verb [T] to give details about someone or something in order to explain to another person what they are like It s hard to describe my feelings.[/ex] The attacker is described as tall, with dark hair.[/ex] Could you describe her to… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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  • List of misconceptions about illegal drugs — Many urban legends and misconceptions about classified drugs have been created and circulated among children and the general public, with varying degrees of veracity. These are commonly repeated by organizations which oppose all classified drug… …   Wikipedia

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  • I'm Just Wild About Harry — (1921) is a song written by Eubie Blake (music) and Noble Sissle (lyrics) for the Broadway production of Shuffle Along , written by Blake, Sissle, F. E. Miller, and Aubrey Lyles. The song was the most popular number in the first successful… …   Wikipedia

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