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  • 61 escogido con acierto

    (adj.) = well-chosen
    Ex. Without a well-chosen collection of library materials, patrons will be frustrated in their searches for desired books and/or information.
    * * *
    (adj.) = well-chosen

    Ex: Without a well-chosen collection of library materials, patrons will be frustrated in their searches for desired books and/or information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escogido con acierto

  • 62 establecimiento comercial

    m.
    commercial establishment, shop, business establishment.
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    (frml) establishment (frml), business
    * * *
    (n.) = retail outlet, commercial establishment, retail store, retail shop
    Ex. It has never yet been seriously argued that there should be restrictions placed on any retail outlets wishing to sell books.
    Ex. Others believe that a library should not leave the provision of desired services to commercial establishments and research firms who must make a profit.
    Ex. Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex. Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.
    * * *
    (frml) establishment (frml), business
    * * *
    (n.) = retail outlet, commercial establishment, retail store, retail shop

    Ex: It has never yet been seriously argued that there should be restrictions placed on any retail outlets wishing to sell books.

    Ex: Others believe that a library should not leave the provision of desired services to commercial establishments and research firms who must make a profit.
    Ex: Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex: Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > establecimiento comercial

  • 63 estatura

    f.
    1 height (altura).
    2 stature, height.
    * * *
    1 height, stature
    ■ ¿qué estatura tiene? how tall is he?
    * * *
    SF stature, height

    un hombre de 1,80m de estatura — a man 1.80m in height

    * * *
    femenino height

    ¿qué estatura tenía? — how tall was she?

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

    ¿qué estatura tenía? — how tall was she?

    * * *

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

    * * *
    height
    mide dos metros de estatura he's two meters, he's two meters tall o in height
    de mediana estatura of medium height
    su estatura política his political stature
    ¿de qué estatura era? how tall was she?
    * * *

    estatura sustantivo femenino
    height;

    ¿qué estatura tenía? how tall was she?;
    de mediana estatura of medium height
    estatura f (altura) height: ¿qué estatura tiene?, how tall is he?

    ' estatura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - estirón
    - ganar
    - mediana
    - mediano
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - alcanzar
    - orden
    - petiso
    - superar
    - talla
    English:
    height
    - ht
    - size
    - stature
    - average
    * * *
    1. [altura] height, stature;
    tiene o [m5]mide 1,80 de estatura he's 1.8 m tall;
    de mediana estatura of medium o average height
    2. [categoría] stature;
    un personaje de gran estatura moral a person of great moral stature
    * * *
    f height;
    de mediana estatura of medium height
    * * *
    : height, stature
    de mediana estatura: of medium height
    * * *
    estatura n height

    Spanish-English dictionary > estatura

  • 64 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
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    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

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    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 65 estudio de uso

    (n.) = use study
    Ex. Use studies are examined to discover what types of materials are most frequently used and what kind of information is most desired by business users.
    * * *
    (n.) = use study

    Ex: Use studies are examined to discover what types of materials are most frequently used and what kind of information is most desired by business users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudio de uso

  • 66 fijar fecha con antelación

    (v.) = predate
    Ex. Orders may be predated by up to 30 days, if desired.
    * * *
    (v.) = predate

    Ex: Orders may be predated by up to 30 days, if desired.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fijar fecha con antelación

  • 67 finalmente

    adv.
    finally.
    intj.
    at last, about time, finally.
    * * *
    1 finally
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=al final) finally, in the end

    finalmente decidimos ir a Mallorca — finally o in the end we decided to go to Majorca

    insistió hasta que, finalmente, consiguió convencerla — he went on until finally o in the end o eventually he managed to persuade her

    2) (=por último) lastly

    50% están a favor, 30% en contra y, finalmente, un 20% se muestra indeciso — 50% are in favour, 30% are against and lastly, 20% don't know

    * * *
    a) (indep) ( por último) finally, lastly

    y finalmente, agregar el vino — and finally o lastly, add the wine

    b) ( al final) in the end

    finalmente llegaron a un acuerdo — they finally reached an agreement, in the end o eventually they reached an agreement

    * * *
    = finally, at length, eventually, ultimately.
    Ex. Finally it had been possible to agree upon one code (there are no longer two texts).
    Ex. 'Well, if you can be patient,' he said at length, 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex. Eventually this work on citation orders came to fruition in the rather unlikely context of a new indexing systems, PRECIS.
    Ex. Moreover, these entries must ultimately direct the searcher to his desired specific subject in the classified file.
    * * *
    a) (indep) ( por último) finally, lastly

    y finalmente, agregar el vino — and finally o lastly, add the wine

    b) ( al final) in the end

    finalmente llegaron a un acuerdo — they finally reached an agreement, in the end o eventually they reached an agreement

    * * *
    = finally, at length, eventually, ultimately.

    Ex: Finally it had been possible to agree upon one code (there are no longer two texts).

    Ex: 'Well, if you can be patient,' he said at length, 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex: Eventually this work on citation orders came to fruition in the rather unlikely context of a new indexing systems, PRECIS.
    Ex: Moreover, these entries must ultimately direct the searcher to his desired specific subject in the classified file.

    * * *
    1 ( indep) (por último) finally, lastly
    y finalmente, agregar un poco de vino and finally o lastly, add a little wine
    2 (al final) in the end
    finalmente llegaron a un acuerdo they finally reached an agreement, in the end o eventually, they reached an agreement
    resultó finalmente que la operación no era técnicamente viable in the end o ultimately, the operation turned out not to be technically viable
    * * *

    finalmente adverbio finally, eventually ➣ Ver nota en eventually
    ' finalmente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chalet
    - lugar
    English:
    come round
    - difference
    - end
    - eventual
    - eventually
    - fall in with
    - give out
    - lastly
    - length
    - should
    - ultimately
    - last
    - sink
    * * *
    finally;
    si finalmente cambias de opinión, dímelo if in the end you change your mind, let me know;
    finalmente no se llegó a ninguna conclusión in the end no conclusion was reached;
    finalmente, me gustaría agradecer a… finally, I should like to thank…
    * * *
    adv eventually
    * * *
    finalmente adv finally

    Spanish-English dictionary > finalmente

  • 68 formular una estrategia

    (v.) = formulate + strategy
    Ex. The teams must analyze the requests and formulate a strategy to locate the desired information.
    * * *
    (v.) = formulate + strategy

    Ex: The teams must analyze the requests and formulate a strategy to locate the desired information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > formular una estrategia

  • 69 hacer recordar

    v.
    to make remember, to bring memories back to, to carry back.
    * * *
    (v.) = jog + Posesivo + memory, bring to + mind
    Ex. Library users can often associate a desired author or book title with a particular region or town and this guide can often be used to jog the enquirer's memory about the name of the actual author they are seeking.
    Ex. These commands bring to mind word frequency-based automatic indexing algorithms of the past 3 decades.
    * * *
    (v.) = jog + Posesivo + memory, bring to + mind

    Ex: Library users can often associate a desired author or book title with a particular region or town and this guide can often be used to jog the enquirer's memory about the name of the actual author they are seeking.

    Ex: These commands bring to mind word frequency-based automatic indexing algorithms of the past 3 decades.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer recordar

  • 70 hacer suposiciones

    (v.) = make + assumption
    Ex. Care should be taken that the question asked solicits the information desired and that one does not proceed to make assumptions beyond established facts.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + assumption

    Ex: Care should be taken that the question asked solicits the information desired and that one does not proceed to make assumptions beyond established facts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer suposiciones

  • 71 hebra

    f.
    thread.
    * * *
    1 (de hilo) thread, piece of thread
    2 (de carne) sinew; (de legumbre) string; (de madera) grain; (de planta) strand
    3 (veta) vein
    4 figurado thread
    \
    pegar la hebra familiar to get chatting, chew the fat
    * * *
    noun f.
    strand, thread
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de hilo] thread
    2) (Bot) (=fibra) fibre, fiber (EEUU); [de madera] grain; [de gusano de seda] thread
    3) [de metal] vein, streak
    4) pl hebras poét hair
    5)
    * * *
    a) (Tex) thread, strand
    b) (fibra vegetal, animal) fiber*
    c) ( del gusano de seda) thread
    d) ( de la madera) grain
    * * *
    = thread, yarn.
    Ex. Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.
    Ex. This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.
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    * hebra de hilo = strand of thread.
    * * *
    a) (Tex) thread, strand
    b) (fibra vegetal, animal) fiber*
    c) ( del gusano de seda) thread
    d) ( de la madera) grain
    * * *
    = thread, yarn.

    Ex: Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.

    Ex: This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.
    * hebra de hilo = strand of thread.

    * * *
    1 ( Tex) thread, strand
    lana de cuatro hebras four-ply wool
    hebras de plata adornaban su sien ( liter); he had silver hairs around the temples
    pegar (la) hebra ( Esp fam); to get chatting ( colloq)
    perder la hebra to lose the thread
    2 (fibra vegetal, animal) fiber*
    tienes que quitarles las hebras a las judías verdes you have to string the green beans, you have to remove the stringy parts from the green beans
    * * *

    hebra sustantivo femenino
    a) (Tex) thread, strand

    b) (fibra vegetal, animal) fiber( conjugate fiber)



    hebra sustantivo femenino
    1 (trozo de hilo) thread
    2 (de carne) sinew
    ♦ Locuciones: pegar la hebra, to chat
    ' hebra' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brizna
    - tabaco
    English:
    ply
    - strand
    * * *
    hebra nf
    1. [de hilo] thread
    2. [fibra] fibre
    3. [de judías, puerros] string;
    [de tabaco] strand
    4. [de discurso]
    no cojo la hebra de lo que dice I can't follow what she's saying;
    he perdido la hebra de su explicación I've lost the thread of his explanation;
    Esp Fam
    pegar la hebra to start chatting
    5. Comp
    Chile
    de una hebra all at once, in one breath
    * * *
    f thread;
    pegar la hebra fam start a conversation, get talking fam
    * * *
    hebra nf
    : strand, thread
    * * *
    hebra n (hilo) thread

    Spanish-English dictionary > hebra

  • 72 hecho demostrado

    Ex. Care should be taken that the question asked solicits the information desired and that one does not proceed to make assumptions beyond established facts.
    * * *

    Ex: Care should be taken that the question asked solicits the information desired and that one does not proceed to make assumptions beyond established facts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho demostrado

  • 73 hilo

    m.
    1 thread (fibra, hebra).
    al hilo in a row (seguidos) (Am)
    colgar o pender de un hilo to be hanging by a thread
    mover los hilos to pull some strings
    hilo dental dental floss
    2 linen (tejido).
    3 wire.
    sin hilos wireless
    4 trickle.
    entraba un hilo de luz por la ventana a thin shaft of light came in through the window
    apenas le salía un hilo de voz he was barely able to speak
    5 train.
    perder el hilo to lose the thread
    seguir el hilo to follow (the thread)
    tomar o retomar el hilo (de la conversación) to pick up the thread (of the conversation)
    esto viene al hilo de lo que dijimos ayer this relates to what we were saying yesterday
    hilo argumental line of argument
    6 line of thought, drift.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: hilar.
    * * *
    1 thread (grueso) yarn
    2 (lino) linen
    3 (alambre, cable) wire
    4 figurado (de luz) thread, thin beam; (de líquido) trickle, thin stream
    5 figurado (de historia, discurso) thread; (de pensamiento) train
    \
    al hilo on the grain
    coger el hilo figurado to catch the drift, get the drift
    con un hilo de voz in a tiny voice, in a faint voice
    estar colgando de un hilo figurado to be hanging by a thread
    estar pendiente de un hilo figurado to be hanging by a thread
    mover los hilos figurado to pull the strings
    perder el hilo figurado to lose the thread
    hilo musical piped music, Musak
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) wire
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Cos) thread, yarn

    tela de hilo — Méx linen cloth

    coser al hilo — to sew on the straight, sew with the weave

    2) (=cable) [de metal] thin wire; [de electricidad] wire, flex; [de teléfono] line

    hilo de tierra — earth wire, ground wire (EEUU)

    hilo directo — direct line, hot line

    3) (=chorro) [de líquido] thin stream, trickle; [de gente] thin line

    hilo de humo — thin line of smoke, plume of smoke

    4) (Bot) fibre, fiber (EEUU), filament
    5) (=lino) linen

    hilo de Escocia — lisle, strong cotton

    6) (=curso) [de conversación] thread; [de vida] course; [de pensamientos] train

    el hilo conductor — the theme o leitmotiv

    seguir el hilo — [de razonamiento] to follow, understand

    hilo argumental — story line, plot

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( en costura) thread

    al hilo — <cortar/coser> on the straight, with the weave; ( uno tras otro) (AmL fam) in a row, on the trot (colloq)

    mover los hilos: es lo que mueve los hilos de su política it is what controls their policy; el que mueve los hilos the one who's pulling the strings o calling the shots; pender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a thread; por el hilo se saca el ovillo — it's just a question of putting two and two together

    b) ( lino) linen
    c) ( de araña) thread
    d) (fam) ( de las judías) string
    2) (Elec) wire
    3) (de relato, conversación) thread
    4) (de sangre, agua) trickle
    * * *
    = thread, strand, thread, linen, yarn.
    Ex. Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.
    Ex. Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.
    Ex. This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.
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    * encaje de hilo = tatting.
    * grapadora de hilo de alambre = wire stapler, wire binder.
    * hebra de hilo = strand of thread.
    * hilo conductor = common thread.
    * hilo de agua = trickle.
    * hilo de bramante = twine.
    * hilo dental = dental floss.
    * hilo magnético = magnetic wire.
    * hilo telegráfico = telegraph wire.
    * limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.
    * perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.
    * retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * tanga de hilo = G-string, gee-string.
    * tanga de hilo dental = G-string, gee-string.
    * vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.
    * vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( en costura) thread

    al hilo — <cortar/coser> on the straight, with the weave; ( uno tras otro) (AmL fam) in a row, on the trot (colloq)

    mover los hilos: es lo que mueve los hilos de su política it is what controls their policy; el que mueve los hilos the one who's pulling the strings o calling the shots; pender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a thread; por el hilo se saca el ovillo — it's just a question of putting two and two together

    b) ( lino) linen
    c) ( de araña) thread
    d) (fam) ( de las judías) string
    2) (Elec) wire
    3) (de relato, conversación) thread
    4) (de sangre, agua) trickle
    * * *
    = thread, strand, thread, linen, yarn.

    Ex: Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.

    Ex: Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.
    Ex: This is the perfect yarn for knitting when the luxury and durability of pure new wool is desired.
    * encaje de hilo = tatting.
    * grapadora de hilo de alambre = wire stapler, wire binder.
    * hebra de hilo = strand of thread.
    * hilo conductor = common thread.
    * hilo de agua = trickle.
    * hilo de bramante = twine.
    * hilo dental = dental floss.
    * hilo magnético = magnetic wire.
    * hilo telegráfico = telegraph wire.
    * limpiarse los dientes con hilo dental = floss + teeth.
    * perder el hilo = lose + the plot, lose + the thread.
    * retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.
    * seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.
    * tanga de hilo = G-string, gee-string.
    * tanga de hilo dental = G-string, gee-string.
    * vida + pender + de un hilo = live on + the line.
    * vivir pendiendo de un hilo = live on + the line.

    * * *
    A
    1 (en costura) thread
    un carrete de hilo a reel of thread
    ¿tienes aguja e hilo? do you have a needle and thread?
    al hilo ‹cortar/coser› on the straight, with the weave; (uno tras otro) ( AmL fam) on the trot ( colloq)
    ganó tres partidos al hilo he won three games on the trot o in a row
    se vio cuatro películas al hilo she saw four movies in a row o one after the other
    mover los hilos: intereses económicos mueven los hilos de su política economic interests control their policy
    todos conocen a quienes mueven los hilos everybody knows who's pulling the strings o calling the shots
    pender or colgar de un hilo to hang by a thread
    su vida pendía de un hilo his life was hanging by a thread
    el futuro de la empresa pende de un hilo the company's future hangs by a thread
    por el hilo se saca el ovillo it's just a question of putting two and two together
    2 (lino) linen
    una camisa de hilo a linen shirt
    3 (de araña, gusano de seda) thread
    4 ( fam) (de las judías, del plátano) string
    Compuesto:
    dental floss
    B ( Elec) wire
    Compuestos:
    ( Elec) conductor wire; (de una novela) thread
    ( Esp) piped music
    C ( Inf) thread
    D (de un relato, una conversación) thread
    perdió el hilo de la conversación she lost the thread of the conversation
    interrumpió el hilo de sus pensamientos it interrupted his train of thought
    E (de sangre, agua) trickle
    un hilo de luz a thread of light ( liter)
    con un hilo de voz in a tiny voice, in a thin little voice
    * * *

     

    Del verbo hilar: ( conjugate hilar)

    hilo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    hiló es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    hilar    
    hilo
    hilar ( conjugate hilar) verbo intransitivo
    to spin;
    ◊ hilo fino to split hairs

    verbo transitivo
    a) ‹algodón/lana› to spin;

    [ araña] to spin
    b) ‹ideas/hechos› to string together

    hilo sustantivo masculino
    1


    b) ( lino) linen



    2 (Elec) wire;

    3 (de relato, conversación) thread
    4 (de sangre, agua) trickle
    hilar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 (hacer hilo) to spin
    2 (relacionar datos) to string together, link
    ♦ Locuciones: hilar fino, to split hairs
    hilo sustantivo masculino
    1 Cost thread
    (de perlé, de tejer) yarn
    (tela de hilo) linen
    2 fig (argumento) thread
    (del pensamiento) train
    hilo musical, background music
    3 (cable) wire
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar mantener al hilo, to keep posted
    pender/colgar de un hilo, to hang by a thread o to be in imminent danger
    perder el hilo, to lose the thread
    ' hilo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carrete
    - enrollar
    - estambre
    - hebra
    - hilar
    - pita
    - alambre
    - bobina
    - delgado
    - devanar
    - doble
    - embrollar
    - filamento
    - fino
    - hacer
    - madeja
    - nudo
    English:
    balance
    - ball
    - cord
    - cotton
    - dental floss
    - dribble
    - floss
    - length
    - line
    - ply
    - spin
    - strand
    - string
    - tangle
    - thread
    - track
    - train
    - trickle
    - wind
    - yarn
    - knife
    - linen
    - piped music
    * * *
    hilo nm
    1. [fibra, hebra] thread;
    Am
    al hilo in a row;
    me leí cinco libros al hilo I read five books one after the other o in a row;
    colgar o [m5] pender de un hilo to be hanging by a thread;
    mover los hilos to pull some strings;
    es él quien mueve los hilos de la empresa he's the person who really runs the firm
    hilo de bramante twine;
    hilo dental [para la boca] dental floss;
    Am [bañador] G-string
    2. [tejido] linen;
    un mantel de hilo a linen tablecloth
    3. [cable] wire;
    sin hilos wireless;
    tener hilo directo con alguien to have direct access to sb
    4. [de agua, sangre] trickle;
    entraba un hilo de luz por la ventana a thin shaft of light came in through the window;
    apenas le salía un hilo de voz he was barely able to speak
    5. Mús hilo musical piped music
    6. [de pensamiento] train;
    [de discurso, conversación] thread;
    perder el hilo to lose the thread;
    seguir el hilo to follow (the thread);
    tomar o [m5] retomar el hilo (de la conversación) to pick up the thread (of the conversation);
    el hilo conductor del argumento de la película the central strand of the film's plot;
    al hilo de [a propósito de] following on from;
    esto viene al hilo de lo que dijimos ayer this relates to what we were saying yesterday
    * * *
    m
    1 para coser thread;
    pender de un hilo fig hang by a thread;
    mover los hilos fig pull strings;
    perder el hilo fig lose the thread
    2
    :
    sin hilos TELEC cordless
    3
    :
    con un hilo de voz fig in a barely audible voice
    * * *
    hilo nm
    1) : thread
    colgar de un hilo: to hang by a thread
    hilo dental: dental floss
    2) lino: linen
    3) : (electric) wire
    4) : theme, thread (of a discourse)
    5) : trickle (of water, etc.)
    * * *
    hilo n
    1. (hebra) thread
    2. (alambre, cable) wire
    perder el hilo to lose the thread [pt. & pp. lost]

    Spanish-English dictionary > hilo

  • 74 imagen

    f.
    1 image (figura).
    a imagen y semejanza de identical to, exactly the same as
    ser la viva imagen de alguien to be the spitting image of somebody
    2 picture (television).
    imágenes de archivo library pictures
    imágenes del partido/de la catástrofe pictures of the game/the disaster
    3 image.
    los casos de corrupción han deteriorado la imagen del gobierno the corruption scandals have tainted the image of the government
    tener buena/mala imagen to have a good/bad image
    imagen de marca brand image
    4 statue (estatua).
    5 image (literature).
    * * *
    1 image
    2 TELEVISIÓN picture
    \
    ser la viva imagen de alguien to be the spitting image of somebody
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Fot, Ópt) image; (=en foto, dibujo, TV) picture

    las imágenes del accidente — the pictures o images of the accident

    2) (=reflejo) reflection
    - a la imagen y semejanza de uno

    es la viva imagen de la felicidad — she is happiness personified, she is the picture of happiness

    3) (=representación mental) image, picture
    4) (=aspecto) image
    5) (Rel) [de madera, pintura] image; [de piedra] statue
    6) (Literat) (=metáfora) image
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image
    b) ( foto) picture
    c) ( en espejo) reflection

    a su imagen y semejanza — in his/her own image

    d) ( en la mente) picture
    2) (de político, cantante, país) image
    3) (Art, Relig) ( estatua) statue, image (arch); ( estampa) picture
    4) (Lit) image
    * * *
    2 = persona [personae, -pl.], image, record, stature, profile, street cred, street credibility.
    Ex. In his early years he consciously emulated both the painterly style and persona of the much-admired artist Drouais, who became something of a cult figure in early 19th c. Paris.
    Ex. As she tried to figure out how to change her and the library's image, she made some interesting observations.
    Ex. She urges a boycott of California as a library conference venue until the state improves its current record of the worst school library provision in the US.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    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. Barack Hussein Obama has lost a lot of street cred with the country as of late, but maybe not in his world.
    Ex. These robbers carry out their vicious attacks for 'kicks' and street credibility rather than cash, a chilling study reveals.
    ----
    * adoptar una imagen = put on + image.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.
    * cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over].
    * creador de imagen = image maker.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image.
    * dar la imagen = give + the impression that.
    * dar una imagen = convey + image, present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image, present + a picture.
    * dar una imagen de = give + an impression of.
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * evocar una imagen de = conjure up + an image of, conjure up + a vision of.
    * imagen comercial = brand image.
    * imagen corporativa = corporate image.
    * imagen crediticia = credit standing.
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * imagen de uno mismo = self-presentation, body image.
    * imagen pública = public image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + identity, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * ofrecer una imagen = present + picture.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * proyectar imagen = project + image.
    * ser la imagen de = be a picture of.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image
    b) ( foto) picture
    c) ( en espejo) reflection

    a su imagen y semejanza — in his/her own image

    d) ( en la mente) picture
    2) (de político, cantante, país) image
    3) (Art, Relig) ( estatua) statue, image (arch); ( estampa) picture
    4) (Lit) image
    * * *
    imagen1
    1 = frame, image, picture, shot.

    Ex: The microfiche is a common form for catalogues and indexes, usually 208 or 270 frames per fiche, in a piece of film and with a reduction ratio of 42 or 48:1.

    Ex: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.
    Ex: No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.
    Ex: Each video shot is logged using text descriptions, audio dialogue, and cinematic attributes.
    * almacenamiento de imágenes = image archiving, image storage.
    * archivo de imágenes = image archiving, picture file.
    * avance rápido de imágenes = fast motion.
    * banco de imágenes = image bank.
    * basado en imágenes gráficas = graphics-based.
    * basado en las imágenes = image intensive.
    * base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.
    * calidad de la imagen = picture quality.
    * capacidad de interpretar imágenes = visual literacy.
    * captura de imágenes = image capture, image capturing.
    * catalogación de imágenes = image cataloguing.
    * centrado en las imágenes = image intensive.
    * composición de imágenes = image setting.
    * congelación de la imagen = freeze-frame.
    * congelar una imagen = freeze + frame.
    * con imágenes en movimiento = animated.
    * con muchas imágenes = image intensive.
    * creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging.
    * crear una imagen = summon up + image.
    * diagnóstico por imagen = diagnostic imaging.
    * digitalización de imágenes = electronic imaging.
    * digitalización electrónica de imágenes = electronic imaging.
    * digitalizador de imágenes = image scanner.
    * doble imagen = ghosting.
    * documento de imagen en movimiento = moving image document.
    * fichero de imágenes = graphic file, image file.
    * fijador de imágenes = image setter.
    * gestión de imágenes = imaging, image-handling, image management.
    * gestión de imágenes de documentos = document image management.
    * gestión de imágenes digitales = digital imaging, digital image management.
    * gestión de imágenes electrónicas = electronic image management.
    * gestión de imágenes por ordenador = computer imaging.
    * habilidad de interpretar imágenes = visual literacy.
    * imagen a imagen = shot by shot.
    * imagen animada = moving picture.
    * imagen del pasado = flashback [flash back].
    * imagen de pantalla = screen shot [screen-shot].
    * imagen de satélite = satellite image.
    * imagen de vídeo = video image.
    * imagen digital = digital image.
    * imagen digital de un documento = digital image document.
    * imagen digitalizada = facsimile image.
    * imagen distorsionada = distorted picture, distorted image.
    * imagen en color = colour image.
    * imagen en miniatura = thumbnail, thumbnail image.
    * imagen en movimiento = moving image, animated image.
    * imágenes = imaging, imagery, video data, image data.
    * imagen escaneada = paper image.
    * imágenes digitales = digital imagery.
    * imágenes en movimiento = animation.
    * imágenes por ordenador = computer graphics.
    * imágenes vía satélite = satellite imagery, satellite image data.
    * imágenes y sonidos = sights and sounds.
    * imagen fija = still, still image, still-picture, film still, movie still.
    * imagen fotográfica = photographic image.
    * imagen gráfica = graphic image.
    * imagen mental = mental picture.
    * imagen negativa = negative image.
    * imagen visual = visual image.
    * periodista reportero de imágenes = video journalist.
    * que contiene muchas imágenes = image intensive.
    * realce de imágenes = image-enhancement.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes = image recognition.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes por el ordenador = computer vision.
    * recuperación de imágenes = image retrieval.
    * recuperación de imágenes digitales = digital image retrieval.
    * recuperación de imágenes fotográficas = picture retrieval.
    * recuperación de imágenes por el contenido = content-based image retrieval.
    * reportero de imágenes = video journalist.
    * sistema basado en las imágenes = image-based system.
    * sistema de gestión de imágenes = imaging system, image-based system, image management system.
    * sistema de proceso de imágenes = imaging system.
    * sistema de recuperación de imágenes = image retrieval system.
    * sistema de tratamiento de imágenes = image processing system.
    * tecnología para la creación de imágenes digitales = digital imaging technology.
    * tratamiento de imágenes = image processing.
    * Tratamiento de Imágenes de Documentos (DIP) = Document Image Processing (DIP).
    * una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
    * una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.
    * vídeo de imágenes fijas = image video.
    * visor de imagen = view finder.
    * visualización de imágenes = image display.

    2 = persona [personae, -pl.], image, record, stature, profile, street cred, street credibility.

    Ex: In his early years he consciously emulated both the painterly style and persona of the much-admired artist Drouais, who became something of a cult figure in early 19th c. Paris.

    Ex: As she tried to figure out how to change her and the library's image, she made some interesting observations.
    Ex: She urges a boycott of California as a library conference venue until the state improves its current record of the worst school library provision in the US.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    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: Barack Hussein Obama has lost a lot of street cred with the country as of late, but maybe not in his world.
    Ex: These robbers carry out their vicious attacks for 'kicks' and street credibility rather than cash, a chilling study reveals.
    * adoptar una imagen = put on + image.
    * arruinar + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * borrar una imagen = eradicate + image.
    * cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over].
    * creador de imagen = image maker.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image.
    * dar la imagen = give + the impression that.
    * dar una imagen = convey + image, present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image, present + a picture.
    * dar una imagen de = give + an impression of.
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * evocar una imagen de = conjure up + an image of, conjure up + a vision of.
    * imagen comercial = brand image.
    * imagen corporativa = corporate image.
    * imagen crediticia = credit standing.
    * imagen de la biblioteca = library's profile.
    * imagen de uno mismo = self-presentation, body image.
    * imagen pública = public image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + identity, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * ofrecer una imagen = present + picture.
    * presentar una imagen = present + picture, paint + a picture, present + an image.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * proyectar imagen = project + image.
    * ser la imagen de = be a picture of.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Fís, Ópt) image; (TV) picture, image
    dale más brillo a la imagen turn up the brightness
    2 (foto) picture
    3 (en un espejo) reflection
    contemplaba su imagen en el agua he was contemplating his reflection in the water
    el espejo le devolvió una imagen triste y envejecida he saw a sad, aging face looking back at him in the mirror
    a su imagen y semejanza: Dios creó al hombre a su imagen y semejanza God created man in his own image
    las ha educado a su imagen y semejanza she has brought them up to be just like her
    ser la viva or misma imagen de algn/algo: es la misma imagen de su padre he's the spitting image of his father ( colloq), he's exactly like his father
    es la viva imagen del entusiasmo he's enthusiasm itself o enthusiasm personified
    4 (en la mente) picture
    sólo conservo una imagen muy borrosa de él I only have a very vague picture in my mind of him o a very vague memory of him
    tenía una imagen muy distinta del lugar I had a very different mental image o picture of the place
    tenía una imagen confusa de lo ocurrido his idea o memory of what had happened was confused
    Compuestos:
    mirror image
    virtual image
    B (de un político, cantante, país) image
    quiere proyectar una imagen renovada she wants to project a new image
    su imagen se ha visto afectada por estas derrotas his image has suffered as a result of these defeats
    C ( Art, Relig) (estatua) statue, image ( arch); (estampa) picture
    D ( Lit) image
    las imágenes en su poesía the images o imagery in her poetry
    * * *

     

    imagen sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (Fís, Ópt) image;

    (TV) picture, image


    ◊ ser la viva imagen de algn to be the image of sb


    2 (de político, cantante, país) image
    imagen sustantivo femenino
    1 image: es la viva imagen de su padre, he is the living image of his father
    2 (efecto, impresión) image: ese fallo perjudicó la imagen de la empresa, the accident affected the company image
    3 TV picture: vimos las imágenes del terremoto, we saw a television report on the earthquake
    4 Rel Arte image, statue
    ' imagen' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corresponderse
    - definición
    - definida
    - definido
    - deformar
    - desvanecerse
    - estampa
    - lavado
    - nitidez
    - nublarse
    - plástica
    - plástico
    - refleja
    - reflejo
    - registrar
    - representación
    - reproducir
    - sugestiva
    - sugestivo
    - templete
    - borrar
    - borroso
    - cambiar
    - centrar
    - claridad
    - confuso
    - fotografía
    - impactante
    - inversión
    - invertido
    - invertir
    - múltiple
    - nebuloso
    - nítido
    - reflejar
    - reivindicar
    - toma
    English:
    blank
    - blur
    - clear
    - conjure
    - illusion
    - image
    - lurid
    - part
    - picture
    - project
    - sharp
    - valuable
    - critically
    - perception
    - self
    - zoom
    * * *
    imagen nf
    1. [figura] image;
    su imagen se reflejaba en el agua she could see her reflection in the water;
    contemplaba su imagen en el espejo he was looking at his reflection in the mirror;
    su rostro era la pura imagen del sufrimiento her face was a picture of suffering;
    eran la imagen de la felicidad they were a picture of happiness;
    ser la viva imagen de alguien to be the spitting image of sb;
    a imagen y semejanza: Dios creó al hombre a su imagen y semejanza God created man in his own image;
    reconstruyeron el museo a imagen y semejanza del original they rebuilt the museum so that it looked just like the old one
    2. [en física] image;
    [televisiva] picture;
    las imágenes en movimiento the moving image;
    imágenes del partido/de la catástrofe pictures of the game/the disaster;
    una imagen vale más que mil palabras one picture is worth a thousand words
    imágenes de archivo archive o Br library pictures;
    imagen virtual virtual image
    3. [aspecto] image;
    necesitas un cambio de imagen you need a change of o a new image;
    tiene una imagen de intolerante she has the image of being an intolerant person;
    quieren proyectar una imagen positiva they want to project a positive image;
    tener buena/mala imagen to have a good/bad image;
    los casos de corrupción han deteriorado la imagen del gobierno the corruption scandals have tainted the image of the government
    imagen corporativa corporate identity;
    imagen de empresa corporate image;
    imagen de marca brand image;
    imagen pública public image
    4. [recuerdo] picture, image;
    guardo una imagen muy borrosa de mis abuelos I only have a very vague memory of my grandparents;
    tenía una imagen diferente del lugar I had a different picture o image of the place, I had pictured the place differently
    imagen mental mental image
    5. [estatua] statue
    6. [literaria] image;
    utiliza unas imágenes muy ricas she uses very rich imagery
    * * *
    image;
    ser la viva imagen de be the spitting image of
    * * *
    imagen nf, pl imágenes : image, picture
    * * *
    1. (en general) image
    2. (en televisión) picture

    Spanish-English dictionary > imagen

  • 75 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

  • 76 insertar

    v.
    to insert (gen) & (computing).
    Ricardo encajó unos ladrillos Richard inserted some bricks.
    * * *
    1 to insert (en, into)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to insert
    * * *
    = embed [imbed, -USA], insert, nest, put into, store, type, slot, type in, slip in between, build in, graft, sandwich, intromit.
    Ex. String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
    Ex. Gaps are left in the apportionment of notation in order to permit new subjects to be inserted.
    Ex. Searching facilities include Boolean logic, with nesting to as many levels as required.
    Ex. If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex. The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex. To start Bibliofile just type 'bib' at the DOS prompt as shown below, then press < Enter>.
    Ex. He selects a medical textbook library, slots the disc into his book player and starts to read, pausing occasionally to write in comments with a stylus.
    Ex. The following qualifiers may be added to any search by tabbing over to the appropriate heading and typing in the desired data.
    Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    Ex. The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.
    Ex. During copulation, hamster females maintain lordosis for hundreds of seconds, while the male mounts and intromits repeatedly.
    ----
    * insertar aguja = needle.
    * insertar aguja en un paquete de fichas = needling the pack.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * insertar disco en disquetera = load + disc into drive.
    * insertar en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * insertar entre = go between.
    * insertar mediante el teclado = keyboarding.
    * mapa que se inserta en otro documento = inclusion map.
    * posibilidad de insertar hiperenlaces = linkability.
    * volver a insertar = reinsert.
    * volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to insert
    * * *
    = embed [imbed, -USA], insert, nest, put into, store, type, slot, type in, slip in between, build in, graft, sandwich, intromit.

    Ex: String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.

    Ex: Gaps are left in the apportionment of notation in order to permit new subjects to be inserted.
    Ex: Searching facilities include Boolean logic, with nesting to as many levels as required.
    Ex: If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex: The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex: To start Bibliofile just type 'bib' at the DOS prompt as shown below, then press < Enter>.
    Ex: He selects a medical textbook library, slots the disc into his book player and starts to read, pausing occasionally to write in comments with a stylus.
    Ex: The following qualifiers may be added to any search by tabbing over to the appropriate heading and typing in the desired data.
    Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    Ex: The paper that is to be examined is simply sandwiched between a sheet of Perspex impregnated with carbon-14 and an unexposed photographic film, and left in the dark for a few hours.
    Ex: During copulation, hamster females maintain lordosis for hundreds of seconds, while the male mounts and intromits repeatedly.
    * insertar aguja = needle.
    * insertar aguja en un paquete de fichas = needling the pack.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * insertar disco en disquetera = load + disc into drive.
    * insertar en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * insertar entre = go between.
    * insertar mediante el teclado = keyboarding.
    * mapa que se inserta en otro documento = inclusion map.
    * posibilidad de insertar hiperenlaces = linkability.
    * volver a insertar = reinsert.
    * volver a insertar en el ordenador = rekey [re-key].

    * * *
    insertar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹pieza/párrafo› to insert
    insertar a los jóvenes en el trabajo to find employment for young people, to place young people in employment
    2 ‹anuncio› to place, insert
    insertarse EN algo to fall WITHIN sth
    un problema que se inserta en el marco de la pobreza generalizada a problem which falls within o is found in situations of widespread poverty
    * * *

    insertar ( conjugate insertar) verbo transitivo
    to insert
    insertar verbo transitivo to insert: inserté el anuncio el sábado, I placed the ad on Saturday
    ' insertar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insert
    - inset
    - introduce
    - put in
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pieza] to insert;
    insertar algo en algo to insert sth into sth
    2. [texto, párrafo] to insert
    3. [anuncio] to insert, to place
    4. [preso] to integrate;
    insertar a jóvenes en el mercado laboral to get young people into work
    * * *
    v/t insert
    * * *
    : to insert
    * * *
    insertar vb to insert

    Spanish-English dictionary > insertar

  • 77 instalación

    f.
    1 installation, setting-up, foundation, settling.
    2 facility, complex.
    3 installation, factory, industrial plant, plant.
    * * *
    1 (de un aparato) installation
    ■ ¿quién le hizo la instalación del gas? who did the gas installation?, who installed the gas?
    2 (de personas) settling in; (de empresas) establishment, setting up
    \
    instalación deportiva sports centre
    instalación eléctrica electrical system, electrics plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=conexión) [de equipo, luz] installation
    2) (=montaje) [de oficina, fábrica] setting up; [de tienda de campaña] pitching
    3) (=equipo) [de luz, gas] system

    instalación eléctrica — electricity system, wiring

    a) (=recinto) installations
    b) (=servicios) facilities

    instalaciones deportivas — (=recinto) sports grounds; (=servicios) sports facilities

    instalaciones recreativas — (=recinto) recreational areas; (=servicios) recreational facilities

    5) (Arte) installation
    * * *
    a) ( colocación) installation
    b) (equipo, dispositivo) system
    c) instalaciones femenino plural ( dependencias) installations (pl)
    * * *
    = facility, installation, set-up, bedding down, physical facility.
    Ex. Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.
    Ex. Bureaux can be useful for access to a specific desired software package, which would demand too much hardware for the library to contemplate its own installation.
    Ex. Areas of particular concern are: equipment set-up and use; helping develop search strategies, logon/logoff procedures; and emergency assistance when things go wrong.
    Ex. This article describes the needs addressed by GRAVITY, the bedding down of the system and its integration into the library's procedures.
    Ex. The physical facilities have been upgraded, the whole collection is being catalogued, and use of the Library of Congress Classification is under consideration = Se han mejorado las intalaciones, se está catalogando toda la colección y se está estudiando el uso de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso.
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    * cambiar la instalación eléctrica = rewire.
    * cambio de instalación eléctrica = rewiring.
    * facilidad de instalación = ease of installation.
    * instalación deportiva = sports facility, athletic facility.
    * instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.
    * instalación para el ejercicio físico = physical facility.
    * * *
    a) ( colocación) installation
    b) (equipo, dispositivo) system
    c) instalaciones femenino plural ( dependencias) installations (pl)
    * * *
    = facility, installation, set-up, bedding down, physical facility.

    Ex: Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.

    Ex: Bureaux can be useful for access to a specific desired software package, which would demand too much hardware for the library to contemplate its own installation.
    Ex: Areas of particular concern are: equipment set-up and use; helping develop search strategies, logon/logoff procedures; and emergency assistance when things go wrong.
    Ex: This article describes the needs addressed by GRAVITY, the bedding down of the system and its integration into the library's procedures.
    Ex: The physical facilities have been upgraded, the whole collection is being catalogued, and use of the Library of Congress Classification is under consideration = Se han mejorado las intalaciones, se está catalogando toda la colección y se está estudiando el uso de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso.
    * cambiar la instalación eléctrica = rewire.
    * cambio de instalación eléctrica = rewiring.
    * facilidad de instalación = ease of installation.
    * instalación deportiva = sports facility, athletic facility.
    * instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.
    * instalación para el ejercicio físico = physical facility.

    * * *
    1 (colocación) installation
    2 (equipo, dispositivo) system
    la instalación eléctrica the electrical installation o system
    3 instalaciones fpl (dependencias) installations (pl)
    las instalaciones portuarias the port installations
    instalaciones deportivas sports facilities
    * * *

     

    instalación sustantivo femenino

    b) (equipo, dispositivo) system;


    c)

    ◊ instalaciones sustantivo femenino plural ( dependencias) installations (pl);

    instalaciones deportivas sports facilities
    instalación sustantivo femenino
    1 installation 2 instalaciones, (deportivas, etc) facilities
    ' instalación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cañería
    - salina
    - saneamiento
    - eléctrico
    - planta
    - revisar
    - revisión
    English:
    connection
    - installation
    - plumbing
    - rewire
    - wiring
    - fixture
    * * *
    1. [acción] installation;
    [de local, puesto] setting up;
    han anunciado la instalación de un hipermercado en las afueras de la ciudad they have announced that a hypermarket is to be built on the outskirts of town
    2. [aparatos] system
    instalación de aire acondicionado air-conditioning system;
    3. [lugar]
    el acto se celebró en las instalaciones de la empresa the ceremony took place on company premises;
    instalaciones deportivas sports facilities;
    instalaciones militares military installations;
    instalaciones portuarias port facilities o installations;
    instalaciones nucleares nuclear installations o plants
    * * *
    f acto installation
    * * *
    instalación nf, pl - ciones : installation
    * * *
    instalación n installation

    Spanish-English dictionary > instalación

  • 78 intercalador

    m.
    collator.
    * * *
    = filer, intercalator.
    Nota: Separador usado para indicar que un símbolo de clase de una notación se ha tomado en parte de otra clasificación.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. An intercalator is a separator used to denote that a class symbol of a notation is partly taken from another classification.
    * * *
    = filer, intercalator.
    Nota: Separador usado para indicar que un símbolo de clase de una notación se ha tomado en parte de otra clasificación.

    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

    Ex: An intercalator is a separator used to denote that a class symbol of a notation is partly taken from another classification.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intercalador

  • 79 lejano

    adj.
    1 distant, far, far away, remote.
    2 distant, far.
    * * *
    1 (tierra, país) distant, far-off, far-away; (pariente, familia) distant
    * * *
    (f. - lejana)
    adj.
    distant, far, remote
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [en el espacio, en el tiempo] distant
    2) [pariente] distant
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) < época> distant, far-off;; < lugar> remote, far-off

    en un lejano país — in a distant o far-away country (liter)

    b) < pariente> distant
    * * *
    = far-flung, outlying, remote, far [farther/further -comp., farthest/furthest -sup.], distant, far away, from afar, far off, distanced.
    Ex. Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.
    Ex. Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. A public libary's site communicates at two levels: as a site for the building and as a qualification of the site as far/near, accessible/inaccessible, inviting/uninviting, etc.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. She saw everything as if it were happening in a small room far away, or as if she were looking at it through the wrong end of a telescope.
    Ex. Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex. Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex. The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    ----
    * de tierras lejanas = from distant shores.
    * emplazado en un lugar lejano = outstation.
    * en el futuro lejano = further in the future.
    * en un futuro más o menos lejano = in the near future.
    * en un futuro no muy lejano = in the not too distant future, in the near future.
    * en un pasado muy lejano = in the dim and distant past.
    * en un pasado no muy lejano = in the not too distant past.
    * en un pasado oscuro y lejano = in the dim and distant past.
    * en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future.
    * estar muy lejano = be far off.
    * Lejano Oeste, el = Wild West, the.
    * Lejano Oriente, el = Far East, the.
    * muy lejano = far off.
    * pasado lejano, el = distant past, the.
    * situado en un lugar lejano = outstation.
    * tan lejano como = as far afield as.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) < época> distant, far-off;; < lugar> remote, far-off

    en un lejano país — in a distant o far-away country (liter)

    b) < pariente> distant
    * * *
    = far-flung, outlying, remote, far [farther/further -comp., farthest/furthest -sup.], distant, far away, from afar, far off, distanced.

    Ex: Books by authors of all origins, African, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, have now become commonplace in even the most far-flung libraries of Europe and America.

    Ex: Attempts were made to reach beyond the larger cities through the use of mobile vans to visit outlying towns and rural areas.
    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex: A public libary's site communicates at two levels: as a site for the building and as a qualification of the site as far/near, accessible/inaccessible, inviting/uninviting, etc.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: She saw everything as if it were happening in a small room far away, or as if she were looking at it through the wrong end of a telescope.
    Ex: Experts from afar can be drawn into virtual classrooms to stimulate deeper learning from extended interaction.
    Ex: Resolution of copyright issues seems still far off.
    Ex: The author explores issues relating to the development of self service skills and competencies by distanced users.
    * de tierras lejanas = from distant shores.
    * emplazado en un lugar lejano = outstation.
    * en el futuro lejano = further in the future.
    * en un futuro más o menos lejano = in the near future.
    * en un futuro no muy lejano = in the not too distant future, in the near future.
    * en un pasado muy lejano = in the dim and distant past.
    * en un pasado no muy lejano = in the not too distant past.
    * en un pasado oscuro y lejano = in the dim and distant past.
    * en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future.
    * estar muy lejano = be far off.
    * Lejano Oeste, el = Wild West, the.
    * Lejano Oriente, el = Far East, the.
    * muy lejano = far off.
    * pasado lejano, el = distant past, the.
    * situado en un lugar lejano = outstation.
    * tan lejano como = as far afield as.

    * * *
    lejano -na
    1 ‹lugar/época› far-off
    en un lejano país vivía un rey in a distant o far-away o far-off country there lived a king ( liter)
    un pueblo lejano a remote village
    en épocas lejanas in the distant past, in far-off times, long ago
    cada vez se sentían más lejanos el uno del otro they felt increasingly distant from each other, they felt they were growing further and further apart
    2 ‹pariente› distant
    hay un lejano parentesco entre ellos they are distantly related
    Compuestos:
    masculine Far West
    masculine Far East
    * * *

    lejano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ‹época/futuro› distant;

    ‹ lugar› remote, far-off;

    b) ‹ pariente› distant

    lejano,-a adjetivo distant, far-off
    el Lejano Oeste, the Far West
    primos lejanos, distant cousins
    ' lejano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    extrema
    - extremo
    - lejana
    - parentesco
    - regresar
    - rincón
    - diablo
    - escondido
    - oriental
    - pariente
    English:
    distant
    - far
    - faraway
    - furthermost
    - furthest
    - move away
    - remote
    - remotely
    - slight
    - Wild West
    - saloon
    - wild
    * * *
    lejano, -a adj
    1. [en el espacio] distant;
    un país lejano a distant land o country
    el Lejano Oeste the Far West;
    el Lejano Oriente the Far East
    2. [en el tiempo]
    su boda queda ya muy lejana her wedding was a long time ago;
    no está lejano el día de su triunfo her hour of glory is not far off
    3. [familiar] distant
    * * *
    adj distant
    * * *
    lejano, -na adj
    : remote, distant, far away
    * * *
    lejano adj distant

    Spanish-English dictionary > lejano

  • 80 llamar la atención a Alguien

    to take somebody to task
    * * *
    (v.) = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure
    Ex. Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    * * *
    (v.) = rap + Nombre + knuckles, censure

    Ex: Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles.

    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

    Spanish-English dictionary > llamar la atención a Alguien

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