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  • 1 desfase

    m.
    2 time lag.
    3 phase difference, difference, imbalance, phase lag.
    4 wrong timing.
    5 skew.
    6 phase change.
    7 out of phase.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: desfasar.
    * * *
    1 (diferencia) imbalance, gap
    2 TÉCNICA phase difference
    \
    * * *
    SM (=diferencia) gap
    * * *
    masculino (Fís) phase lag; ( falta de correspondencia)
    * * *
    Ex. The relative datedness of most in print guides implies that they will not always serve as a means of avoiding the considerable chore of searching the recent individual parts of current cumulative bibliographies.
    ----
    * desfase cultural = cultural lag.
    * desfase musical = musical lag.
    * * *
    masculino (Fís) phase lag; ( falta de correspondencia)
    * * *

    Ex: The relative datedness of most in print guides implies that they will not always serve as a means of avoiding the considerable chore of searching the recent individual parts of current cumulative bibliographies.

    * desfase cultural = cultural lag.
    * desfase musical = musical lag.

    * * *
    1 ( Fís) phase lag
    2
    (falta de correspondencia): existe un gran desfase ideológico entre ellos ideologically they are totally out of phase o out of step
    hay un desfase entre su madurez física y su desarollo mental his physical maturity is out of step with his intellectual development
    debemos romper este desfase we must stop lagging behind, we must correct this imbalance
    Compuesto:
    jetlag
    * * *

    Del verbo desfasarse: ( conjugate desfasarse)

    me desfasé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    me desfase es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    se desfase es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    desfase sustantivo masculino ( falta de correspondencia):

    desfase de horario jetlag
    desfase sustantivo masculino difference, gap
    desfase horario, time lag

    ' desfase' also found in these entries:
    English:
    jet-lag
    - jet
    * * *
    1. [diferencia] gap;
    hay un desfase entre la oferta y la demanda supply is out of step with demand
    desfase horario [después de un vuelo] jet lag
    2. Fís phase lag
    * * *
    m fig
    gap
    * * *
    : gap, lag
    desfase horario: jet lag

    Spanish-English dictionary > desfase

  • 2 crear

    v.
    1 to create.
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    Ricardo crea obras de arte Richard creates works of art.
    Ellas crean criaturas raras They create weird creatures.
    2 to invent.
    3 to found.
    4 to make, to make up.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to create
    2 (fundar) to found, establish; (partido) to set up
    3 (inventar) to invent
    1 to make, make for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to imagine
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer, producir) [+ obra, objeto, empleo] to create
    2) (=establecer) [+ comisión, comité, fondo, negocio, sistema] to set up; [+ asociación, cooperativa] to form, set up; [+ cargo, puesto] to create; [+ movimiento, organización] to create, establish, found

    ¿qué se necesita para crear una empresa? — what do you need in order to set up o start a business?

    aspiraban a crear un estado independiente — they aimed to create o establish o found an independent state

    3) (=dar lugar a) [+ condiciones, clima, ambiente] to create; [+ problemas] to cause, create; [+ expectativas] to raise

    el vacío creado por su muerte — the gap left o created by her death

    4) liter (=nombrar) to make, appoint
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.
    Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
    Ex. The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex. National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex. In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex. In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex. MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex. The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex. The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    ----
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.

    Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

    Ex: The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex: National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex: In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex: In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex: MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex: The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex: The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

    * * *
    crear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obra/modelo› to create; ‹tendencia› to create
    crear una nueva imagen para el producto to create a new image for the product
    crearon un producto revolucionario they developed o created a revolutionary product
    2 ‹sistema› to create, establish, set up; ‹institución› to set up, create; ‹comisión/fondo› to set up; ‹empleo› to create
    crearon una ciudad en pleno desierto they built a city in the middle of the desert
    B ‹dificultades/problemas› to cause, create; ‹ambiente/clima› to create; ‹fama/prestigio› to bring; ‹reputación› to earn
    su arrogancia le creó muchas enemistades his arrogance made him many enemies
    no quiero crear falsas expectativas en mis alumnos I don't want to raise false hopes among my students, I don't want to give my students false hopes
    se crea muchas dificultades he creates o makes a lot of problems for himself
    ¿para qué te creas más trabajo? why make more work for yourself?
    será difícil llenar el vacío creado con su desaparición it will be difficult to fill the gap left by his death
    * * *

     

    crear ( conjugate crear) verbo transitivo
    to create;
    ‹ producto› to develop;
    ‹institución/comisión/fondo› to set up;
    ‹fama/prestigio› to bring;
    ‹ reputación› to earn;
    ◊ crea muchos problemas it causes o creates a lot of problems;

    no quiero crear falsas expectativas I don't want to raise false hopes
    crearse verbo pronominal ‹ problema› to create … for oneself;

    ‹ enemigos› to make
    crear verbo transitivo to create
    ' crear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    falsificar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - infundio
    - rompecabezas
    - constituir
    - formar
    - meter
    English:
    boat
    - bonding
    - create
    - fashion
    - never-never land
    - rapport
    - stage
    - afoot
    - develop
    - devise
    - disrupt
    - establish
    - illusion
    - set
    - you
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer, producir, originar] to create;
    crear empleo/riqueza to create jobs/wealth;
    han creado un nuevo ministerio para él they have created a new ministry for him;
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems;
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    2. [inventar] to invent;
    [poema, sinfonía] to compose, to write; [cuadro] to paint
    3. [fundar] to found
    * * *
    v/t create; empresa set up
    * * *
    crear vt
    1) : to create, to cause
    2) : to originate
    * * *
    crear vb
    1. (en general) to create
    2. (comité, empresa, etc) to set up

    Spanish-English dictionary > crear

  • 3 cubrir una necesidad

    (v.) = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need
    Ex. Colleges of Higher Education aim to cover the needs of their students by the provision of book and non-book materials.
    Ex. Many common needs could be met by shared accommodation and equipment.
    Ex. The public library, the university library, the library of a commercial firm, for example, each serve the various needs of differing groups of users.
    Ex. Collier's Encyclopedia 'has been designed and built to fill the needs of the most exacting school and home users'.
    Ex. The first edition was intended to fill this gap, and its reception, both in Britain and abroad, showed that it did indeed fulfil a real need.
    Ex. His long-espoused assertion that the development of any literacy takes off when it speaks to the needs of the individuals is clearly exemplified by the rapid assimilation of mobile communications technologies.
    * * *
    (v.) = cover + need, meet + need, serve + need, fill + need, fulfil + need, speak to + need

    Ex: Colleges of Higher Education aim to cover the needs of their students by the provision of book and non-book materials.

    Ex: Many common needs could be met by shared accommodation and equipment.
    Ex: The public library, the university library, the library of a commercial firm, for example, each serve the various needs of differing groups of users.
    Ex: Collier's Encyclopedia 'has been designed and built to fill the needs of the most exacting school and home users'.
    Ex: The first edition was intended to fill this gap, and its reception, both in Britain and abroad, showed that it did indeed fulfil a real need.
    Ex: His long-espoused assertion that the development of any literacy takes off when it speaks to the needs of the individuals is clearly exemplified by the rapid assimilation of mobile communications technologies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubrir una necesidad

  • 4 país desarrollado

    m.
    developed country, DC.
    * * *
    (n.) = developed country, developed nation, advanced economy, first-world nation
    Ex. The gap between the archivally developed and undeveloped countries has widened since 1979 and technical changes relating to automation, conservation, reprography, deterioration due to pollution and wear and tear cause increasing problems.
    Ex. Technology transfers between developed and underdeveloped nations have been the mainstays of economic development for over 30 years.
    Ex. The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
    Ex. But the real challenge to get it started is first to find the measures that can assuage the fear of the first-world nations.
    * * *
    (n.) = developed country, developed nation, advanced economy, first-world nation

    Ex: The gap between the archivally developed and undeveloped countries has widened since 1979 and technical changes relating to automation, conservation, reprography, deterioration due to pollution and wear and tear cause increasing problems.

    Ex: Technology transfers between developed and underdeveloped nations have been the mainstays of economic development for over 30 years.
    Ex: The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
    Ex: But the real challenge to get it started is first to find the measures that can assuage the fear of the first-world nations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > país desarrollado

  • 5 país subdesarrollado

    m.
    underdeveloped country, UDC.
    * * *
    (n.) = undeveloped country, underdeveloped nation, banana republic, mickey mouse country
    Ex. The gap between the archivally developed and undeveloped countries has widened since 1979 and technical changes relating to automation, conservation, reprography, deterioration due to pollution and wear and tear cause increasing problems.
    Ex. Technology transfers between developed and underdeveloped nations have been the mainstays of economic development for over 30 years.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere ' banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. Syria unlike Iran is a mickey mouse country in terms of military power therefore cannot take any such a risk.
    * * *
    (n.) = undeveloped country, underdeveloped nation, banana republic, mickey mouse country

    Ex: The gap between the archivally developed and undeveloped countries has widened since 1979 and technical changes relating to automation, conservation, reprography, deterioration due to pollution and wear and tear cause increasing problems.

    Ex: Technology transfers between developed and underdeveloped nations have been the mainstays of economic development for over 30 years.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere ' banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: Syria unlike Iran is a mickey mouse country in terms of military power therefore cannot take any such a risk.

    Spanish-English dictionary > país subdesarrollado

  • 6 sexo

    m.
    1 sex.
    el bello sexo, el sexo débil the fair sex
    sexo oral oral sex
    sexo seguro o sin riesgo safe sex
    2 genitals (genitales).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: sexar.
    * * *
    1 sex
    2 (órganos) sexual organs plural, genitals plural
    \
    el bello sexo the fair sex
    el sexo débil the weaker sex
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Bio) sex

    el sexo femenino/masculino — the female/male sex

    2) (=órgano sexual) [de hombre] penis, sexual organs pl frm; [de mujer] vagina, sexual organs pl frm
    * * *
    a) (condición, género) sex

    sexo masculino/femenino — male/female sex

    b) ( órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)
    c) ( sexualidad) sex
    * * *
    = gender, sex, gender group, sexual act.
    Ex. The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
    Ex. Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.
    Ex. Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.
    Ex. Police say an employee at a homeless shelter in downtown Charleston offered reduced lodging rates in exchange for sexual acts.
    ----
    * cambio de sexo = sex change.
    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.
    * del mismo sexo = same-sex.
    * desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.
    * diferencia debida al sexo = gender gap.
    * diferencia de sexo = gender difference.
    * diferencias de sexo = gender.
    * en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.
    * escena de sexo = sex scene.
    * estadísticas desegregadas por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.
    * igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo = same-sex marriage.
    * no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.
    * operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.
    * por el sexo = gendered.
    * por sexo = along gender lines.
    * relacionado con el sexo = gender-related.
    * rol establecido en función del sexo = gender role.
    * sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.
    * sexo con penetración = penetrative sex.
    * sexo de menores = underage sex.
    * sexo opuesto = opposite sex.
    * sexo oral = oral sex, cunnilingus, fellatio.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * sexo seguro = safe sex.
    * sexo sin protección = unprotected sex.
    * vertirse del sexo opuesto = cross-dressing [crossdressing].
    * * *
    a) (condición, género) sex

    sexo masculino/femenino — male/female sex

    b) ( órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)
    c) ( sexualidad) sex
    * * *
    = gender, sex, gender group, sexual act.

    Ex: The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.

    Ex: Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.
    Ex: Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.
    Ex: Police say an employee at a homeless shelter in downtown Charleston offered reduced lodging rates in exchange for sexual acts.
    * cambio de sexo = sex change.
    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.
    * del mismo sexo = same-sex.
    * desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.
    * diferencia debida al sexo = gender gap.
    * diferencia de sexo = gender difference.
    * diferencias de sexo = gender.
    * en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.
    * escena de sexo = sex scene.
    * estadísticas desegregadas por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.
    * igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.
    * matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo = same-sex marriage.
    * no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.
    * operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.
    * por el sexo = gendered.
    * por sexo = along gender lines.
    * relacionado con el sexo = gender-related.
    * rol establecido en función del sexo = gender role.
    * sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.
    * sexo con penetración = penetrative sex.
    * sexo de menores = underage sex.
    * sexo opuesto = opposite sex.
    * sexo oral = oral sex, cunnilingus, fellatio.
    * sexo perverso = kinky sex.
    * sexo seguro = safe sex.
    * sexo sin protección = unprotected sex.
    * vertirse del sexo opuesto = cross-dressing [crossdressing].

    * * *
    1 (condición, género) sex
    sexo masculino/femenino male/female sex
    2 (órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)
    Compuestos:
    el sexo débil the weaker sex
    safe sex
    telephone sex
    * * *

     

    sexo sustantivo masculino
    sex;

    sexo seguro safe sex
    sexo sustantivo masculino
    1 Biol sex
    sexo masculino/femenino, male/ female sex
    (órganos sexuales) sexual organs
    2 (relación sexual) sex
    sexo seguro, safe sex

    ' sexo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    condicionamiento
    - cuñada
    - cuñado
    - femenina
    - femenino
    - hermano
    - masculina
    - masculino
    - padre
    - rey
    - sobrino
    - tabú
    - ligar
    - perra
    - pinchar
    English:
    boyish
    - censor
    - M
    - male
    - sex
    - sex change
    - they
    - womanhood
    - gender
    - irrespective
    - m
    - opposite
    * * *
    sexo nm
    1. [género] sex;
    el sexo masculino/femenino the male/female sex;
    el bello sexo, el sexo débil the fair sex;
    el sexo fuerte the stronger sex;
    esto es como hablar del sexo de los ángeles there's no point in having this discussion
    2. [genitales] genitals
    3. [sexualidad] sex
    sexo oral oral sex;
    sexo sin protección unprotected sex;
    sexo sin riesgo safe sex;
    sexo seguro safe sex
    * * *
    m
    1 sex
    2 ( órganos sexuales) sex(-ual) organs
    * * *
    sexo nm
    : sex
    * * *
    sexo n sex

    Spanish-English dictionary > sexo

  • 7 personal

    adj.
    personal.
    una opinión/pregunta personal a personal opinion/question
    personal e intransferible non-transferable
    f.
    personal foul.
    m.
    staff, personnel (trabajadores).
    personal docente teaching staff
    personal mínimo skeleton staff
    personal en plantilla in-house staff
    personal sanitario health workers
    personal de tierra ground crew
    * * *
    1 personal
    1 (de una empresa) personnel, staff
    2 familiar (gente) everyone, everybody
    1 DEPORTE (falta) personal foul
    \
    personal docente teaching staff
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun m.
    staff, personnel
    * * *
    1.
    2. SM
    1) (=plantilla) staff, personnel; ( esp Mil) force; (Náut) crew, complement

    personal de tierra — (Aer) ground crew, ground staff

    2) * (=gente) people
    3.
    SF (Baloncesto) personal foul
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo personal
    II
    a) (de fábrica, empresa) personnel (pl), staff (sing or pl)
    b) (Esp fam & hum) ( gente) people
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo personal
    II
    a) (de fábrica, empresa) personnel (pl), staff (sing or pl)
    b) (Esp fam & hum) ( gente) people
    * * *
    personal1
    1 = manpower, manpower force, personnel, staff, staffing, work-force [workforce], crew.

    Ex: The question has been raised as to the manpower required to produce the ever-increasing number of abstracts.

    Ex: This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex: Application areas include: personnel records, mailing lists, accident and incident records, clinical and health records, committee minutes and records, and so on.
    Ex: The current LC MARC data base contains both records created by the LC staff and those created by co-operating libraries and verified by the LC.
    Ex: During the discussions it became apparent that the most pressing issues of staffing, resources, procedural complexities and educational opportunities related to IT.
    Ex: Employers of library and information staff have to develop and maintain skills within the workforce.
    Ex: Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.
    * actitud del personal = staff attitude.
    * administración de personal = personnel administration.
    * ahorro de personal = staff saving.
    * apoyo del personal = staff support.
    * asignar personal = commit + manpower.
    * bien dotado de personal = well-staffed.
    * costes de personal = staff costs.
    * dedicación del personal = staff hours.
    * desarrollo profesional del personal = staff development.
    * dotación de personal = staffing.
    * encargado de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer.
    * evaluación del personal = personnel evaluation.
    * exceso de personal administrativo = administrative bloat.
    * falta de personal = undermanning.
    * falto de personal = understaffed [under-staffed].
    * formación continua del personal = staff development.
    * formación del personal = staff training, professional development.
    * formar personal = produce + personnel.
    * funciones del personal = staff duties.
    * gastos en personal = staff costs.
    * gestión de personal = personnel management.
    * jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.
    * jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * miembro del personal = staff member, staffer.
    * movimiento de personal = staff turnover, turnover, labour turnover.
    * número y distribución de personal = staffing conditions.
    * personal administrativo = administrative staff.
    * personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.
    * personal auxiliar = clerical staff.
    * personal bibliotecario = library personnel, library staff, library worker.
    * personal civil = civilian staff.
    * personal cualificado = qualified staff, qualified personnel.
    * personal de ambulancia = ambulance crew.
    * personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.
    * personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.
    * personal de cabina = cabin crew.
    * personal de dirección = senior staff, senior management.
    * personal de la biblioteca = library staff, library worker.
    * personal del mostrador = counter staff.
    * personal del mostrador de préstamo = counter staff.
    * personal de mantenimiento = service worker.
    * personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.
    * personal de recepción = reception staff.
    * personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.
    * personal de secretaría = secretarial staff.
    * personal de seguridad = security staff.
    * personal de servicios = service worker.
    * personal de un centro multimedia escolar = school media staff.
    * personal de vuelo = flight crew.
    * personal equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent staff (FTE staff).
    * personal joven = new blood.
    * personal más nuevo = junior staff.
    * personal militar = military personnel.
    * personal necesario = staffing levels.
    * personal paraprofesional = paraprofessional staff.
    * personal profesional = professional staff.
    * personal sanitario = clinical staff.
    * personal técnico = technical staff.
    * personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.
    * política de personal = personnel policy, staff policy.
    * puesta al día del personal = staff development.
    * que necesita bastante dedicación de personal = labour-intensive [labour intensive], staff-intensive [staff intensive].
    * razones del movimiento de personal = turnover behaviour.
    * recorte de personal = downsizing, staffing cut.
    * reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.
    * registro de personal = personnel record.
    * renovación de personal = turnover, labour turnover.
    * responsable del personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * ritmo de movimiento de personal = turnover rate.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.
    * selección de personal = personnel recruitment.
    * sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.
    * tareas del personal = staff duties.
    * tasa de movimiento de personal = turnover rate, turnover rate.
    * turnos del personal = staffing rota.
    * vacante de personal = staff vacancy.

    personal2
    = one-to-one, personal, private, intimate, one-on-one.

    Ex: A few large libraries contain an adult learning centre, which provides training courses for volunteer tutors, one-to-one tutoring or instruction in small groups.

    Ex: Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.
    Ex: SWALCAP supports a network arrangement of remote terminals and minicomputers linked to the central computer via private lines.
    Ex: Until we feel as librarians that we are an intimate part of society, we will never begin to believe that we really function.
    Ex: The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.
    * actitud personal = personal attitude.
    * a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.
    * alarma personal = rape alarm, personal alarm.
    * anuncio personal = personal ad.
    * aprovechamiento personal = personal gain.
    * archivo personal = private archives, personal archive(s), personal records.
    * armadura personal = body armour.
    * artículo personal = personal item.
    * asunto personal = personal issue.
    * atención personal = personal attention.
    * atención personal al cliente = personal selling.
    * a título personal = in a personal capacity, in a private capacity.
    * atracción personal = personal attraction.
    * autoría personal = personal authorship.
    * autor personal = personal author.
    * autor personal único = single personal authorship.
    * beneficio personal = personal gain.
    * biblioteca personal = personal library.
    * bienes personales = personal property.
    * blindaje personal = body armour.
    * característica personal = personality trait, personality characteristic.
    * carta personal = personal letter.
    * cheque personal = personal cheque.
    * comentario personal = personal note.
    * comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.
    * compromiso personal = personal engagement, personal investment.
    * contacto personal = personal contact, public contact.
    * contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.
    * convicción personal = personal conviction.
    * cualidades personales = personal qualities.
    * cuestión personal = personal issue, life issue.
    * datos personales = personal details.
    * dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.
    * documentos personales = personal papers.
    * economía personal = personal finance.
    * efectos personales = personal belongings.
    * ego personal = personal ego.
    * encabezamiento de nombre personal = personal name heading.
    * enriquecimiento personal = personal enrichment.
    * entrada de nombre personal = personal name entry.
    * entrevista personal = personal interview.
    * espacio personal = personal space, territorial space, personal space territory.
    * estilo personal = persona [personae, -pl.].
    * expediente personal = personal records.
    * experiencia personal = personal experience.
    * gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.
    * gusto personal = personal taste, personal preference.
    * hábito personal = personal habit.
    * hacer uso personal = make + personal use.
    * higiene personal = personal hygiene.
    * historia personal = personal history.
    * índice de rendimiento personal = individual performance index.
    * información personal = personal information.
    * interés personal = vested interest, personal interest.
    * interpersonal = person-to-person.
    * intimidad personal = personal privacy.
    * invasión del espacio personal = invasion of space.
    * libertad personal = personal freedom.
    * logro personal = a feather in + Posesivo + cap, personal achievement.
    * marca personal = personal record.
    * miembro personal = personal member.
    * nombre personal = personal name.
    * norma personal = personal norm.
    * opinión personal = personal opinion.
    * ordenador personal (PC) = personal computer (PC).
    * para uso personal = for personal use.
    * perder un objeto personal = lose + property.
    * personal investigador = research staff.
    * PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).
    * por razones personales = for personal reasons.
    * preferencia personal = personal preference.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * razones personales = personal reasons.
    * realización personal = personal fulfilment.
    * récord personal = personal record.
    * responsabilidad personal = personal responsibility.
    * satisfacción personal = personal satisfaction.
    * seguridad personal = personal safety.
    * sello personal = fingerprint [finger-print].
    * sicología personal = personal psychology.
    * sistema de valores personales = personal value system.
    * tecnología del ordenador personal = personal computer technology.
    * tener un interés muy personal en = hold + a stake in, have + a stake in.
    * territorio personal = personal space territory.
    * toque personal = personal touch.
    * triunfo personal = a feather in + Posesivo + cap.
    * uso personal = personal use.
    * vida personal = personal life.
    * voluntad personal = personal will.

    * * *
    ‹asunto/documento/pregunta› personal; ‹opinión/juicio› personal
    objetos de uso personal personal effects
    una alusión personal a personal remark
    está basado en su experiencia personal it is based on (his own) personal experience
    no tiene ningún interés personal en el asunto he has no personal interest in the matter
    1 (de una fábrica, empresa) personnel (pl), staff ( sing or pl)
    estamos escasos de personal we're short-staffed
    intentan aumentar la producción con el mismo personal they are trying to increase production with the same number of staff o with the same workforce
    2 ( Esp fam hum) (gente) people
    ¡cuánto personal hay en la calle! what a lot of people there are in the street!
    saca unas copas para el personal get some glasses out for everyone o for people
    Compuestos:
    cabin staff o crew
    ( Arg) staff ( of a building)
    ground crew o staff
    flight crew
    * * *

     

    personal adjetivo
    personal;

    ■ sustantivo masculino (de fábrica, empresa) personnel (pl), staff ( sing or pl);
    estamos escasos de personal we're short-staffed
    personal
    I adjetivo personal
    una carta personal, a private letter
    II sustantivo masculino (trabajadores) staff, personnel

    ' personal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consignar
    - contingente
    - dato
    - efecto
    - escala
    - interés
    - jefa
    - jefe
    - lavandería
    - llave
    - objeto
    - particular
    - pasar
    - placa
    - plana
    - plano
    - presente
    - primar
    - privada
    - privado
    - abandonar
    - ampliación
    - ampliar
    - aseo
    - auxiliar
    - bien
    - citar
    - computadora
    - consultorio
    - coqueto
    - defensa
    - dejadez
    - dejado
    - despedir
    - diario
    - falta
    - historial
    - insuficiencia
    - intimidad
    - número
    - palacio
    - patrimonio
    - PC
    - planilla
    - plantilla
    - reducción
    - tarjeta
    - uno
    English:
    accustom
    - achievement
    - agree
    - appreciate
    - averse
    - balloon
    - battle
    - cleanliness
    - computer
    - dear
    - decision
    - decision making
    - delay
    - despite
    - diary
    - dodge
    - employ
    - excuse
    - exploit
    - first-hand
    - gap
    - heart-to-heart
    - love
    - maintenance staff
    - mate
    - myself
    - neglect
    - office staff
    - PA
    - pc
    - personal
    - personal best
    - personal computer
    - personal pronoun
    - personally
    - personnel
    - personnel department
    - personnel management
    - private
    - private income
    - put off
    - referee
    - self-improvement
    - self-interest
    - short-staffed
    - staff
    - staff meeting
    - staff training
    - staffing
    - strength
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [privado, íntimo] personal;
    una opinión/pregunta personal a personal opinion/question;
    mi teléfono personal es… my home o private number is…;
    para uso personal for personal use;
    personal e intransferible non-transferable
    ♦ nm
    1. [trabajadores] staff, personnel
    personal administrativo administrative staff;
    personal de cabina cabin staff o crew;
    personal docente teaching staff;
    personal de oficina office staff;
    personal de tierra ground staff o crew;
    personal de ventas sales force o team
    2. Esp Fam [gente] people;
    el personal quería ir al cine the gang wanted to go to the cinema
    ♦ nf
    [en baloncesto] personal foul
    * * *
    I adj personal
    II m
    1 personnel, staff;
    personal docente teaching staff
    2 en baloncesto personal foul
    * * *
    : personal
    : personnel, staff
    * * *
    personal1 adj personal / private
    personal2 n staff

    Spanish-English dictionary > personal

  • 8 menguar

    v.
    1 to decrease,to lessen, to diminish.
    La tristeza mengua con el tiempo Sadness decreases with time.
    La intensidad mengua The intensity diminishes.
    Nos menguaron las ganancias este año Our profits dwindled this year.
    2 to decrease (knitting).
    3 to dwindle, to run out, to become exhausted, to run short.
    Los recursos menguaron The resources ran short.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AVERIGUAR], like link=averiguar averiguar
    1 (número, cantidad) to diminish, decrease; (temperatura, nivel) to fall, drop
    2 (salud) decline
    3 (luna) to wane
    4 (labor) to decrease
    1 (disminuir) to diminish, reduce
    2 (en labor) to decrease
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=disminuir) to lessen, reduce; [+ labor de punto] to decrease
    2) (=desacreditar) to discredit
    2. VI
    1) (=disminuir) to decrease, dwindle; [número, nivel del agua] to go down; [marea] to go out, ebb; [luna] to wane
    2) (=decaer) to wane, decay, decline
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (frml) temperatura/nivel to fall, drop; río to go down, drop in level; cantidad/número/reservas to diminish, dwindle, decrease; esperanzas to fade, dwindle; fuerzas to fade, wane, dwindle
    2) ( al tejer) to decrease
    3) luna to wane
    2.
    1) (frml) <responsabilidad/influencia> to diminish; < reputación> to damage
    2) < puntos> ( en tejido) to decrease
    * * *
    = wane, ebb, subside.
    Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.
    Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (frml) temperatura/nivel to fall, drop; río to go down, drop in level; cantidad/número/reservas to diminish, dwindle, decrease; esperanzas to fade, dwindle; fuerzas to fade, wane, dwindle
    2) ( al tejer) to decrease
    3) luna to wane
    2.
    1) (frml) <responsabilidad/influencia> to diminish; < reputación> to damage
    2) < puntos> ( en tejido) to decrease
    * * *
    = wane, ebb, subside.

    Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

    Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.
    Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.

    * * *
    vi
    A ( frml); «temperatura/nivel» to fall, drop; «río» to go down, drop in level; «cantidad/número» to diminish, dwindle, decrease; «esperanzas» to fade, dwindle; «fuerzas» to fade, wane, dwindle
    los embalses vieron menguar sensiblemente su contenido the water level in the reservoirs dropped considerably
    pasaban los días y el calor no menguaba the days passed and the hot weather continued unabated o there was no letup in the hot weather
    las reservas iban menguando rápidamente the reserves were diminishing rapidly
    en los últimos tiempos, su papel predominante se ha visto menguado the importance of his role has been diminished of late
    B (al tejer) to decrease
    C «luna» to wane
    ■ menguar
    vt
    A ( frml); ‹responsabilidad› to diminish
    el escándalo no menguó su popularidad the scandal did not detract from o diminish his popularity
    el incidente menguó su reputación como pediatra the incident damaged his reputation as a pediatrician
    no había factores que menguaran su responsabilidad en el asunto there were no factors which might diminish his responsibility in the matter
    B ‹puntos› (en tejido) to decrease
    * * *

    menguar ( conjugate menguar) verbo intransitivo
    1 (frml) [temperatura/nivel] to fall, drop;
    [cantidad/número/reservas] to diminish
    2 ( al tejer) to decrease
    verbo transitivo
    1 (frml) ‹responsabilidad/influencia› to diminish;
    ‹ reputación› to damage
    2 ‹ puntos› ( en tejido) to decrease
    menguar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to diminish, reduce
    2 (en la calceta) to decrease
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to diminish, decrease: las reservas de los embalses están menguando, reservoir levels are diminishing
    2 (la Luna) to wane
    ' menguar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disminuir
    English:
    decrease
    - dwindle
    - wane
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [disminuir] to decrease, to diminish;
    su salud ha menguado mucho her health has deteriorated a lot;
    la diferencia entre los dos equipos menguó en los últimos minutos the gap between the two teams narrowed in the closing minutes;
    su fortuna ha menguado his fortune has dwindled;
    el caudal del río está menguando the river level is going down o falling;
    el calor, lejos de menguar, está aumentando the heat, far from letting up, is increasing
    2. [luna] to wane
    3. [en labor de punto] to decrease
    ♦ vt
    1. [disminuir] to lessen, to diminish;
    la enfermedad menguó su resistencia the illness sapped his resistance;
    esto no mengua en nada su fama this in no way detracts from his reputation
    2. [en labor de punto] to decrease
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 de cantidad, intensidad decrease, diminish
    2 de la luna wane
    II v/t decrease, diminish
    * * *
    : to diminish, to lessen
    1) : to decline, to decrease
    2) : to wane
    ♦ menguante adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > menguar

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