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ego boost

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1 ego

m.

ego.

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ego

► nombre masculino

1 ego

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noun m.

ego

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SM ego

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masculino ego

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= ego.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

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* alter ego = alter ego.

* ego personal = personal ego.

* fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.

* fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.

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masculino ego

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= ego.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

* alter ego = alter ego.

* ego personal = personal ego.

* fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.

* fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.

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ego

masculine

ego

contribuyó a alimentar su ego it helped to boost his ego

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ego sustantivo masculino
ego
' ego' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alimentar
English:
ego

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ego nm

1. Psi ego

2. [egolatría] ego;

tiene un ego como una casa (de grande) he's got an ego the size of a house

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ego

m ego

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ego nm

: ego

Spanish-English dictionary > ego
2 fortalecimiento del ego

(n.) = ego boost, boost of ego

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

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(n.) = ego boost, boost of ego

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecimiento del ego
3 fortalecer el ego

(v.) = provide + ego boost

Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

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(v.) = provide + ego boost

Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecer el ego
4 fortalecimiento

m.

strengthening.

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fortalecimiento

► nombre masculino

1 fortification, strengthening

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SM strengthening

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masculino strengthening

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= boost, strengthening, furtherance, re-enforcement.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

Ex. The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.

Ex. A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.

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* fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.

* fortalecimiento militar = military build-up.

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masculino strengthening

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= boost, strengthening, furtherance, re-enforcement.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

Ex: The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.

Ex: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.

* fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.

* fortalecimiento militar = military build-up.

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fortalecimiento

masculine

strengthening

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fortalecimiento sustantivo masculino strengthening: el calcio ayuda al fortalecimiento de los huesos, calcium helps strengthen bones
' fortalecimiento' also found in these entries:
English:
expansion

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fortalecimiento nm

strengthening

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fortalecimiento

m strengthening

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fortalecimiento nm

1) : strengthening, fortifying

2) : fortifications

Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecimiento
5 fortalecer

v.

to strengthen.

El alimento fortaleció a los bebés The food strengthened the babies.

La convivencia fortaleció los lazos The retreat strengthened the bonds.

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fortalecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to fortify, strengthen

► verbo pronominal fortalecerse

1 to strengthen, become stronger

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verb

to fortify, strengthen

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1. VT

1) (=reforzar) [+ músculos, uña] to strengthen

2) [+ divisa, sistema, posición] to strengthen

2.

See:

fortalecerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <organismo/músculos> to strengthen, make... stronger

una lectura para fortalecer el espíritu — reading matter that is spiritually uplifting

b) <relación/amistad> to strengthen

c) (Mil) ( reforzar) to reinforce
2.
fortalecerse v pron organismo/músculo to get stronger; espíritu to grow stronger

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= boost, strengthen, empower, fortify, invigorate, bring + strength, beef up, cement, place + Nombre + on a firmer footing, buff up.

Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex. Literacy empowers people and can be a force for peace.

Ex. Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.

Ex. This is a national project aimed at invigorating the rural economy through the introduction of agricultural and related technologies to farmers.

Ex. A shift of emphasis from facts to people brings strength and purpose to library operations.

Ex. The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.

Ex. An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.

Ex. Information security management has been placed on a firmer footing with the publication of standards by national bodies.

Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.

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* fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.

* fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.

* fortalecer la relación = strengthen + links.

* fortalecer los cimientos = strengthen + foundations.

* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.

* fortalecerse = draw + strength from, take + heart, gain + strength.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <organismo/músculos> to strengthen, make... stronger

una lectura para fortalecer el espíritu — reading matter that is spiritually uplifting

b) <relación/amistad> to strengthen

c) (Mil) ( reforzar) to reinforce
2.
fortalecerse v pron organismo/músculo to get stronger; espíritu to grow stronger

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= boost, strengthen, empower, fortify, invigorate, bring + strength, beef up, cement, place + Nombre + on a firmer footing, buff up.

Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex: Literacy empowers people and can be a force for peace.

Ex: Must she fortify herself with an arsenal of stratagems in order to survive?.

Ex: This is a national project aimed at invigorating the rural economy through the introduction of agricultural and related technologies to farmers.

Ex: A shift of emphasis from facts to people brings strength and purpose to library operations.

Ex: The author advocates that the Canadian LA needs rehashing and beefing up = El autor postula que la Asociación de Bibliotecarios Canadiense necesita reestructurarse y fortalecerse.

Ex: An in-house bulletin may serve to cement firm relationships with the library's personnel.

Ex: Information security management has been placed on a firmer footing with the publication of standards by national bodies.

Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.

* fortalecer el ego = provide + ego boost.

* fortalecer la confianza = bolster + confidence, boost + Posesivo + confidence.

* fortalecer la relación = strengthen + links.

* fortalecer los cimientos = strengthen + foundations.

* fortalecer los lazos = strengthen + links.

* fortalecerse = draw + strength from, take + heart, gain + strength.

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fortalecer [E3 ]

vt

1 ‹organismo/músculos› to strengthen, make … stronger

un ejercicio para fortalecer los muslos an exercise to tone up the thighs o to strengthen the thigh muscles

2 ‹espíritu›

una lectura para fortalecer el espíritu reading matter that is spiritually uplifting

3 ‹relación/amistad› to strengthen

4 ( Mil) (reforzar) to reinforce, strengthen

■ fortalecerse

v pron

1 «organismo/músculo» to get stronger

2 «espíritu» to grow stronger

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fortalecer ( conjugate fortalecer) verbo transitivo ‹organismo/músculos/amistad› to strengthen
fortalecerse verbo pronominal [organismo/músculo] to get stronger
fortalecer verbo transitivo to fortify, strengthen
' fortalecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reforzar
- endurecer
English:
build up
- spike
- stiffen
- strengthen
- build
- cement
- fortify

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fortalecer

♦ vt

to strengthen;

el acuerdo fortalecerá las relaciones entre los dos países the agreement will strengthen relations between the two countries

♦ See also the pronominal verb fortalecerse

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fortalecer

v/t tb fig

strengthen

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fortalecer {53} vt

: to strengthen, to fortify

♦ See also the reflexive verb fortalecerse

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fortalecer vb to strengthen

Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecer
6 adecuado

adj.

adequate, appropriate, becoming, apt.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: adecuar.

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adecuado

► participio pasado

1→ link=adecuar adecuar

► adjetivo

1 adequate, suitable, appropriate

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(f. - adecuada)

adj.

appropriate

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ADJ

1) (=apropiado) [actitud, respuesta, ropa, tratamiento] appropriate; [documento, requisito] appropriate, relevant

los medios adecuados para resolver el problema — the appropriate means to solve the problem

es el traje más adecuado para la primavera — it is the most suitable o appropriate outfit for spring

exigen un uso adecuado de los recursos — they are demanding that resources be used appropriately o properly

una actitud poco adecuada — an inappropriate attitude

estar en el momento y el lugar adecuados — to be in the right place at the right time

esta no es la pieza adecuada — this is not the right part

el hombre adecuado para el puesto — the right man for the job

lo más adecuado sería... — the best thing o the most appropriate thing would be to...

2) (=acorde)

adecuado a algo: un precio adecuado a mis posibilidades — a price within my budget o reach

3) (=suficiente) [dinero, tiempo] sufficient

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- da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado)

un vestido adecuado para una boda — a suitable dress for a wedding

la persona adecuada para el cargo — the right person for the job

el momento adecuado — the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados — we do not have adequate o the necessary resources

b) ( aceptable) adequate

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= adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.

Ex. There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex. By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex. The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.

Ex. Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.

Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex. If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

Ex. And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.

Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex. The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex. That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex. With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.

Ex. I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex. I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex. Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.

Ex. Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

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* adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.

* considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.

* creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo adecuado = adequacy.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.

* proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up.

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- da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado)

un vestido adecuado para una boda — a suitable dress for a wedding

la persona adecuada para el cargo — the right person for the job

el momento adecuado — the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados — we do not have adequate o the necessary resources

b) ( aceptable) adequate

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= adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.

Ex: There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex: By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex: The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.

Ex: Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.

Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex: If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

Ex: And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.

Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex: That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex: With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.

Ex: I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex: I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex: Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.

Ex: Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

* adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.

* considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.

* creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo adecuado = adequacy.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.

* proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up.

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adecuado -da

adjective

1

(apropiado): me parece poco adecuado para una ocasión así I don't think it is very suitable for such an occasion

es la persona más adecuada para este trabajo she is the best person o the most suitable person for the job o to do the job

éste no es el momento adecuado this is not the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados para realizar el trabajo we do not have adequate o the necessary resources to carry out the work

2 (aceptable) adequate

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Del verbo adecuar: ( conjugate adecuar)

adecuado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
adecuado
adecuar
adecuado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado) ‹vestido/regalo› suitable;

‹ momento› right;
‹ medios› adequate;
◊ la persona adecuada para el cargo the right person for the job

b) ( aceptable) adequate

adecuar ( conjugate adecuar) verbo transitivo adecuado algo a algo to adapt sth to sth
adecuado,-a adjetivo appropriate, suitable
adecuar verbo transitivo to adapt
' adecuado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adecuada
- aparente
- apta
- apto
- corresponder
- distribuir
- encontrar
- justa
- justo
- microclima
- momento
- pertinente
- propia
- propio
- bien
- indicado
- planteamiento
English:
adequate
- appropriate
- beginner
- due
- fit
- fitting
- proper
- suitable
- undue
- unsuitable
- right
- suited

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adecuado, -a adj

appropriate, suitable;

muchos niños no reciben una alimentación adecuada many children do not have a proper diet;

ponte un traje adecuado para la ceremonia wear something suitable for the ceremony;

no es un hombre adecuado para ella he's not the right sort of man for her;

el sistema actual no es el adecuado the current system isn't the right one;

no creo que este sea el lugar más adecuado para discutir del tema I don't think this is the best o right place to discuss the matter;

repartieron los fondos de forma adecuada they shared out the funds appropriately

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adecuado

adj suitable, appropriate

* * *

adecuado, -da adj

1) idóneo: suitable, appropriate

2) : adequate

* * *

adecuado adj right / suitable

es la persona adecuada para este trabajo he's the right person for this job

Spanish-English dictionary > adecuado
7 alabanza

f.

praise.

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alabanza

► nombre femenino

1 (elogio) praise

2 (jactancia) boasting, bragging

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noun f.

praise

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SF (tb: alabanzas) praise

en alabanza de — in praise of

cantar las alabanzas de algn — to sing sb's praises

digno de toda alabanza — thoroughly praiseworthy, highly commendable

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femenino praise

digno de alabanza — praiseworthy

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= puffery, praise, paean, hymn, rave, exaltation.

Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex. Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.

Ex. Past celebrations have included the Faculty Survival Kits Party (based on the TV show 'Survivor'), the French Café Party (a paean to books and coffee), and the We Look Different Party wherein we used furniture rearrangement in the library as the inspiration to have a costume party.

Ex. A close score is a score of vocal music in which the separate parts are written on two staves, as with hymns.

Ex. And by tackling problems beyond their traditional turf, the award winners earned raves for leadership.

Ex. The roots of modernism are traced to the Enlightenment period, with its exaltation of reason.

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* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* cantar las alabanzas = sing + Posesivo + praises.

* falsa alabanza = lip service.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

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femenino praise

digno de alabanza — praiseworthy

* * *

= puffery, praise, paean, hymn, rave, exaltation.

Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex: Wing has not had the almost unqualified praise from the reviewers that Pollard and Redgrave received.

Ex: Past celebrations have included the Faculty Survival Kits Party (based on the TV show 'Survivor'), the French Café Party (a paean to books and coffee), and the We Look Different Party wherein we used furniture rearrangement in the library as the inspiration to have a costume party.

Ex: A close score is a score of vocal music in which the separate parts are written on two staves, as with hymns.

Ex: And by tackling problems beyond their traditional turf, the award winners earned raves for leadership.

Ex: The roots of modernism are traced to the Enlightenment period, with its exaltation of reason.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* cantar las alabanzas = sing + Posesivo + praises.

* falsa alabanza = lip service.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

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alabanza

feminine

praise

su actitud es digna de alabanza his attitude is praiseworthy o laudable

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alabanza sustantivo femenino
praise;
◊ digno de alabanza praiseworthy

alabanza sustantivo femenino praise

' alabanza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ponderación
English:
praise

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alabanza nf

praise;

decir algo en alabanza de alguien to say sth in praise of sb;

su acción es digna de alabanza she deserves praise for what she did;

un intento digno de alabanza a praiseworthy attempt

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alabanza

f acclaim

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alabanza nf

elogio: praise

Spanish-English dictionary > alabanza
8 apropiado

adj.

1 appropriate, convenient, apt, fit.

2 appropriate, correct.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: apropiar.

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apropiado

► participio pasado

1→ link=apropiar apropiar

► adjetivo

1 suitable, fitting, appropriate

* * *

(f. - apropiada)

adj.

appropriate, suitable

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ADJ appropriate ( para for)
suitable ( para for)
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- da adjetivo suitable

el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión — the speech was very fitting for the occasion

este libro no es apropiado para tu edad — this book is unsuitable for someone of your age

podrías haber elegido un momento más apropiado! — you could have chosen a better o (frml) more appropriate time

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= apposite, appropriate, apt, convenient, felicitous, fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, right, fitting, fertile, commensurate, rightful, seemly, accommodating, timely, beffiting.

Ex. All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex. By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex. That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex. With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex. The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. There is no doubt that these reforms have produced a fertile climate for the development of better information for patients.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Use of a library is a minority event since only a small segment of rightful users of a library really makes use of it.

Ex. They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.

Ex. Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex. I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex. Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

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* apropiado para = well suited to/for.

* considerar apropiado = consider + appropriate.

* de forma apropiada = fitly, appropriately.

* de modo apropiado = appropriately.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly.

* lo apropiado = appropriateness.

* momento apropiado para el aprendizaje, el = teachable moment, the.

* no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.

* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* ser apropiado = be right.

* vestimenta apropiada para la lluvia = raingear.

* * *

- da adjetivo suitable

el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión — the speech was very fitting for the occasion

este libro no es apropiado para tu edad — this book is unsuitable for someone of your age

podrías haber elegido un momento más apropiado! — you could have chosen a better o (frml) more appropriate time

* * *

= apposite, appropriate, apt, convenient, felicitous, fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, right, fitting, fertile, commensurate, rightful, seemly, accommodating, timely, beffiting.

Ex: All terms may be included, and placed in the most apposite position in the hierarchy of the subject = Pueden incluirse todos los términos y colocarse en la posición más apropiada en la jerarquía de la materia.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex: By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex: That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex: With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex: The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: There is no doubt that these reforms have produced a fertile climate for the development of better information for patients.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Use of a library is a minority event since only a small segment of rightful users of a library really makes use of it.

Ex: They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.

Ex: Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex: I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex: Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

* apropiado para = well suited to/for.

* considerar apropiado = consider + appropriate.

* de forma apropiada = fitly, appropriately.

* de modo apropiado = appropriately.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly.

* lo apropiado = appropriateness.

* momento apropiado para el aprendizaje, el = teachable moment, the.

* no muy apropiado = wide of the mark.

* poco apropiado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* ser apropiado = be right.

* vestimenta apropiada para la lluvia = raingear.

* * *

apropiado -da

adjective

suitable

llevaba un vestido muy poco apropiado para una boda the dress she was wearing was very inappropriate o unsuitable for a wedding

el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión the speech was very fitting for the occasion

la persona apropiada para el cargo the right person o a suitable person for the job

este libro no es apropiado para tu edad this book is unsuitable for someone of your age

¡podrías haber elegido un momento más apropiado! you could have chosen a better o ( frml) more appropriate time

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Del verbo apropiar: ( conjugate apropiar)

apropiado es:

el participio

apropiado
◊ -da adjetivo

suitable;
el discurso fue muy apropiado a la ocasión the speech was very fitting for the occasion;
no era el momento apropiado it wasn't the right moment
apropiado,-a adjetivo suitable, appropriate

' apropiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apropiada
- digna
- digno
- vestir
- adecuado
- debido
- recomendado
English:
appropriate
- apt
- becoming
- dishwasherproof
- fitting
- happy
- inappropriate
- right
- suit
- suitability
- suitable
- suited
- become
- proper
- unsuitable
- where

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apropiado, -a adj

suitable, appropriate;

su comportamiento no fue muy apropiado his behaviour was rather inappropriate;

estos zapatos no son apropiados para la playa these shoes aren't very suitable for the beach;

no es la persona apropiada para el puesto he's not the right person for the job

* * *

apropiado

adj appropriate, suitable

* * *

apropiado, -da adj

: appropriate, proper, suitable

♦ apropiadamente adv

* * *

apropiado adj appropriate / suitable

Spanish-English dictionary > apropiado
9 atmósfera cordial

(n.) = convivial atmosphere

Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

* * *

(n.) = convivial atmosphere

Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Spanish-English dictionary > atmósfera cordial
10 bombo

adj.

1 dumbfounded, stunned.

2 tasteless, insipid.

3 stupid, thick.

m.

1 bass drum (Music).

tengo la cabeza como un bombo (informal) my head is throbbing

estar con bombo (informal) to be up the spout o up the duff (British)

2 hype (informal) (elogio).

a bombo y platillo with a lot of hype

le están dando mucho bombo a la nueva película the new film is getting a lot of hype

3 drum (Tec).

4 exaggerated praise, publicity, pompous praise.

5 barge.

6 bowler hat.

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bombo

► nombre masculino

1 (tambor) bass drum

2 (elogio) build-up, hype

3 (para sorteo) drum

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a bombo y platillo with a great song and dance

dar bombo to praise excessively

hacer un bombo a alguien to get somebody pregnant

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=aturdido) dumbfounded, stunned

2) LAm (=tibio) lukewarm

3) Cuba (=comida) tasteless, insipid; [persona] stupid, thick *

4) Méx [carne] bad, off

2. SM

1) (Mús) bass drum

tengo la cabeza como un bombo — my head's throbbing o buzzing

- estar con bombo

- hacer un bombo a una chica

- anunciar algo a bombo y platillo

poner a algn bombo — Méx * (=insultar) to hurl insults at sb; (=golpear) to hit sb

2) [en sorteos] drum

3) * (=elogio exagerado) exaggerated praise; (Teat, Cine) hype *

dar bombo a algn — to praise sb to the skies

darse bombo — to blow one's own trumpet *

4) Cono Sur

- mandar a algn al bombo

irse al bombo — to come to grief, fail

5) (Náut) barge, lighter

6) Caribe (=sombrero) bowler hat, derby (EEUU)

* * *

masculino

1) (Mús) ( instrumento) bass drum; ( músico) bass drummer

tengo la cabeza como un bombo — my head's about to explode

con bombos y platillos or (Esp) a bombo y platillo — with a great fanfare

darle bombo a algo: se le ha dado mucho bombo a la película — the movie's been given a lot of hype (colloq)

2) ( de sorteo) drum

* * *

= puffery, fanfare.

Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex. The recommendations were accepted without fanfare.

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* a bombo y platillo = fanfare, with a bang.

* anunciar a bombo y platillo = trumpet.

* bombo publicitario = media hype.

* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.

* hacerle un bombo a Alguien = knock + Alguien + up.

* promocionar a bombo y platillo = hype.

* sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.

* * *

masculino

1) (Mús) ( instrumento) bass drum; ( músico) bass drummer

tengo la cabeza como un bombo — my head's about to explode

con bombos y platillos or (Esp) a bombo y platillo — with a great fanfare

darle bombo a algo: se le ha dado mucho bombo a la película — the movie's been given a lot of hype (colloq)

2) ( de sorteo) drum

* * *

= puffery, fanfare.

Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex: The recommendations were accepted without fanfare.

* a bombo y platillo = fanfare, with a bang.

* anunciar a bombo y platillo = trumpet.

* bombo publicitario = media hype.

* con mucho bombo = ceremoniously.

* hacerle un bombo a Alguien = knock + Alguien + up.

* promocionar a bombo y platillo = hype.

* sin bombo(s) ni platillo(s) = without much ado.

* * *

bombo

masculine

A ( Mús) (instrumento) bass drum; (músico) bass drummer

tengo la cabeza como un bombo my head's thumping, I've (got) a splitting headache

con bombos y platillos or ( Esp) a bombo y platillo with a great fanfare

el pacto se firmó con bombos y platillos a great song and dance was made about the signing of the treaty

darle bombo a algo: se le ha dado mucho bombo a la película the movie's been given a lot of hype ( colloq)

darse bombo to blow one's own trumpet

B (de un sorteo) drum

C

1

( RPl fam) (de una mujer embarazada): le hizo un bombo he got her in the family way o the club ( colloq)

tenía un bombo de película she was huge

2 (CS fam) (culo) butt ( AmE colloq), bum ( BrE colloq)

irse al bombo ( Arg fam); to go to pot ( colloq)

* * *

bombo sustantivo masculino
1 (Mús) ( instrumento) bass drum;
( músico) bass drummer;
◊ tengo la cabeza como un bombo my head's about to explode;

con bombos y platillos or (Esp) a bombo y platillo with a great fanfare;
darle bombo a algo to give sth a lot of hype (colloq)
2 ( de sorteo) drum
bombo sustantivo masculino
1 Mús bass drum
2 (de un sorteo) lottery drum
3 vulgar (vientre de una mujer embarazada) belly
♦ Locuciones: figurado a bombo y platillo: lo anunciaremos a bombo y platillo, we'll make a great song and dance about it
familiar darse mucho bombo, to blow one's own trumpet
' bombo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
maza
English:
build-up
- hype
- song
- write up
- red

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bombo¹ nm

1. [instrumento musical] bass drum;

Comp
Fam
tengo la cabeza como un bombo my head is throbbing

2. [músico] bass drum (player)

3. [para sorteo] drum

4. Fam [elogio] hype;

le están dando mucho bombo a la nueva película the new movie is getting a lot of hype, they're really hyping the new movie;

le gusta mucho darse bombo he's always blowing his own trumpet;

Comp

a bombo y platillo with a lot of hype

5. Tec drum

6. Fam [embarazo]
ya se le nota el bombo she's already got a bump;

estar con bombo to be up the spout, Br to be up the duff

7. Comp
RP Fam
irse al bombo to fail, to come to nothing;

mandar a alguien al bombo to bump sb off

bombo², -a adj
Cuba
1. [tibio] lukewarm

2. [insípido] weak

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bombo

m

1 MÚS bass drum; persona bass drummer;

dar bombo a algo fam hype sth up fam ;

darse bombo fam blow one’s own trumpet fam ;

a bombo y platillo fam with a great song and dance fam, with a lot of hoo-ha fam ;

tengo la cabeza como un bombo fig my head is splitting

2 TÉC drum

3 fig fam

de embarazada bump

* * *

bombo nm

1) : bass drum

2) fam : exaggerated praise, hype

con bombos y platillos: with great fanfare

* * *

bombo n

1. (instrumento) bass drum

Mariano toca el bombo Mariano plays the bass drum

2. (caja redonda) drum

introdujeron las bolas en el bombo they put the balls into the drum

Spanish-English dictionary > bombo
11 contagioso

adj.

contagious, infectious, catchy, catching.

* * *

contagioso

► adjetivo

1 infectious, contagious

■ enfermedad contagiosa infectious disease, contagious disease

■ risa contagiosa infectious laugh

* * *

(f. - contagiosa)

adj.

catching, contagious

* * *

ADJ

1) (Med) [enfermedad] contagious; [enfermo] infected, infectious

2) (fig) catching; [risa] infectious

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) ( por contacto - directo) contagious; (- indirecto) infectious

b) <risa/alegría> infectious

* * *

= contagious, infectious.

Ex. This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex. Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.

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* enfermedad contagiosa = infectious disease, communicable disease.

* no contagioso = non-contagious.

* risa contagiosa = infectious laugh, infectious laughter.

* * *

- sa adjetivo

a) ( por contacto - directo) contagious; (- indirecto) infectious

b) <risa/alegría> infectious

* * *

= contagious, infectious.

Ex: This was not meant to be a piece of puffery designed to provide an ego boost for Balzac: the convivial atmosphere was contagious and he spoke with complete sincerity.

Ex: Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.

* enfermedad contagiosa = infectious disease, communicable disease.

* no contagioso = non-contagious.

* risa contagiosa = infectious laugh, infectious laughter.

* * *

contagioso -sa

adjective

1 (que se transmite por contacto — directo) contagious; (— indirecto) infectious

no es contagioso it isn't contagious o ( colloq) catching

2 ‹risa/alegría› infectious

* * *

contagioso
◊ -sa adjetivo

a) ( por contacto — directo) contagious;

(— indirecto) infectious
b) ‹risa/alegría› infectious

contagioso,-a adj (virus, enfermedad) contagious, infectious
fam (alegría) infectious
' contagioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contagiarse
- contagiosa
English:
catching
- communicable
- contagious
- infectious

* * *

contagioso, -a adj

1. [enfermedad] [por contacto directo] contagious;
[por contacto indirecto] infectious
2. [risa, entusiasmo] infectious

* * *

contagioso

adj contagious

* * *

contagioso, -sa adj

: contagious, catching

* * *

contagioso adj contagious

Spanish-English dictionary > contagioso
12 equiparable

adj.

comparable.

* * *

equiparable

► adjetivo

1 comparable (a/con, to/with)

* * *

ADJ comparable ( con to, with)

* * *

adjetivo comparable

equiparable a or con algo — comparable to o with something

* * *

= commensurate, coterminous [co-terminous], isomorphous, isomorphic.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.

Ex. The row of special auxiliary subdivisions is completely isomorphous with that of principle divisions.

Ex. They attempt to develop an isomorphic relationship between the human mind and a computer's logic.

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* equiparable a = comparable to.

* ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.

* * *

adjetivo comparable

equiparable a or con algo — comparable to o with something

* * *

= commensurate, coterminous [co-terminous], isomorphous, isomorphic.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.

Ex: The row of special auxiliary subdivisions is completely isomorphous with that of principle divisions.

Ex: They attempt to develop an isomorphic relationship between the human mind and a computer's logic.

* equiparable a = comparable to.

* ser equiparable a = be commensurate with.

* * *

equiparable

adjective

comparable equiparable A or CON algo comparable TO o WITH sth

* * *

equiparable adjetivo
comparable
equiparable adjetivo comparable [a, to] [con, with]

* * *

equiparable adj

comparable (a o con to)

* * *

equiparable

adj comparable (a, con with)

* * *

equiparable adj

: comparable

Spanish-English dictionary > equiparable
13 equivalente

adj.

equivalent.

m.

equivalent, counterpart, equal, match.

* * *

equivalente

► adjetivo

1 (igual) equivalent

2 (que sustituye) compensatory

► nombre masculino

1 equivalent

* * *
1. noun m.
1) equivalent

2) counterpart
2. adj.
equivalent

* * *

1.

ADJ equivalent (a to)

2.

SM equivalent

* * *
I
adjetivo equivalent

equivalente a algo — equivalent to something
II
masculino equivalent

equivalente a or de algo — equivalent of something

* * *

= matching, counterpart, commensurate, equivalent, equivalent.

Ex. By selecting this qualifier all works having a matching number of pages will be included in the search.

Ex. The American counterpart of parliamentary publications are called congressional publications.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.

Ex. The decision was taken to replace the conventional darkroom equipment with modern, digital equivalents.

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* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* equivalente a = equivalent to, tantamount to.

* equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent (FTE).

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* término equivalente = equivalent term.

* * *
I
adjetivo equivalent

equivalente a algo — equivalent to something
II
masculino equivalent

equivalente a or de algo — equivalent of something

* * *

= matching, counterpart, commensurate, equivalent, equivalent.

Ex: By selecting this qualifier all works having a matching number of pages will be included in the search.

Ex: The American counterpart of parliamentary publications are called congressional publications.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Stanton drew a breath and went on, 'We'll accept equivalent experience in lieu of professional experience... Let me get the exact wording' -- she fumbled through some papers in a folder -- 'so long as it, ah! here it is, quote, is sufficient to indicate ability to do the job, unquote'.

Ex: The decision was taken to replace the conventional darkroom equipment with modern, digital equivalents.

* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* equivalente a = equivalent to, tantamount to.

* equivalente a tiempo completo = full-time equivalent (FTE).

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* término equivalente = equivalent term.

* * *

equivalente¹

adjective

equivalent equivalente A algo equivalent TO sth

equivalente²

masculine

equivalent

esta palabra no tiene equivalente en inglés this word has no equivalent in English

equivalente A or DE algo equivalent OF sth

gana el equivalente a or de £400 mensuales she earns the equivalent of £400 a month

* * *

equivalente adjetivo
equivalent;
equivalente a algo equivalent to sth
■ sustantivo masculino
equivalent;
equivalente a or de algo equivalent of sth
equivalente adjetivo & sustantivo masculino equivalent
' equivalente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estanca
- estanco
- inocentada
- TAE
English:
analog
- analogue
- APR
- busload
- direct
- equivalent
- for
- fuck
- tantamount
- counter
- gill
- hundred
- stone

* * *

equivalente adj

equivalent (a to)

* * *

equivalente

m/adj equivalent

* * *

equivalente adj & nm

: equivalent

* * *

equivalente adj n equivalent

Spanish-English dictionary > equivalente
14 falsificado

adj.

forged, false, counterfeit, fake.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: falsificar.

* * *

ADJ [firma, cuadro] forged; [billete] counterfeit, forged; [documento] forged, fake

* * *

= fabricated, forged.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. This article deals with the nature of forgery and scholarly attempts over time to identify forged texts.

* * *

= fabricated, forged.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: This article deals with the nature of forgery and scholarly attempts over time to identify forged texts.

* * *

falsificado, -a adj
[firma, pasaporte] forged; [billete] counterfeit, forged

Spanish-English dictionary > falsificado
15 inventado

adj.

invented, fancied, imaginary.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: inventar.

* * *

ADJ (=falso) made-up

* * *

= fabricated, confabulated.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. The number of correct, incorrect, and confabulated details were counted from written transcripts of the accounts.

* * *

= fabricated, confabulated.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: The number of correct, incorrect, and confabulated details were counted from written transcripts of the accounts.

* * *

inventado, -a adj

made-up

Spanish-English dictionary > inventado
16 subida salarial

(n.) = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.

Ex. This performance-based pay scheme is based on a job classification and salary schedule and pay rises are flexible rather than automatic.

Ex. The highest salary rise was largely in organizations with the highest revenues and assets.

Ex. Inflation in both Australia and New Zealand is 2.8 per cent, and salary hikes are expected at 4.2 per cent and 3.8 per cent respectively.

Ex. The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.

* * *

(n.) = pay increase, salary increase, pay rise, salary rise, salary hike, raise

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.

Ex: This performance-based pay scheme is based on a job classification and salary schedule and pay rises are flexible rather than automatic.

Ex: The highest salary rise was largely in organizations with the highest revenues and assets.

Ex: Inflation in both Australia and New Zealand is 2.8 per cent, and salary hikes are expected at 4.2 per cent and 3.8 per cent respectively.

Ex: The article has the tile 'Look out bosses! Union power's going to get your employees a raise!'.

Spanish-English dictionary > subida salarial
17 alimentar

v.

1 to feed (dar comida).

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed

La madre alimenta al chico The mother feeds the boy.

La bandeja alimenta la impresora The tray feeds the printer.

2 to feed.

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind

3 to fuel.

4 to be nourishing.

los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

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alimentar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar alimento) to feed

2 (mantener) to keep, support

■ con su trabajo alimenta a toda su familia he works to keep the whole family

3 figurado (alentar) to encourage, foster, nurture; (pasiones) to feed, fuel, nurture

4 (uso técnico) to feed

► verbo intransitivo

1 (servir de alimento) to nourish, be nutritious

■ la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very nutritious

► verbo pronominal alimentarse

1 to live (de/con, on)

■ se alimenta de patatas he lives on potatoes

* * *

verb

1) to feed

2) be nutritious

•

- alimentarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dar de comer a) to feed

alimentan el ganado con piensos — they feed the cattle with animal fodder

tengo una familia que alimentar — I've got a family to feed

2) (=nutrir) to be nutritious o nourishing

la comida rápida no te alimenta nada — fast food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

3) [+ imaginación] to fire, fuel; [+ esperanzas, pasiones] to feed, fuel; [+ sentimiento, idea] to foster

ese tipo de comentario alimenta el rencor — that sort of remark fosters resentment

sus historias alimentaron mi deseo de ir a Perú — her stories strengthened o fuelled my desire to go to Peru

4) [+ hoguera, horno doméstico, fuego] to feed, add fuel to; [+ horno industrial] to stoke

el operario alimenta la máquina de o con combustible — the operator feeds fuel into the machine

5) (Elec) to supply

2.

VI to be nutritious, be nourishing

esta comida no alimenta nada — this food is not at all nutritious o nourishing

- huele que alimenta

3.

See:

alimentarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex. The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex. The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( nutrir) <persona/animal> to feed

los alimentan con piensos — they are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia — my family lived off this land

2) <ilusión/esperanza> to nurture, cherish; < ego> to boost

alimentar el odio entre dos países — to fuel the hatred between two countries

3) <máquina/motor> to feed; < caldera> to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil — cotton to supply the textile industry
2.
alimentar vi to be nourishing
3.
alimentarse v pron <persona/animal> to feed oneself

no se alimenta bien — he doesn't eat right (AmE) o (BrE) properly

alimentarse con or de algo — to live on something

* * *

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.

Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.

Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.

Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.

Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.

* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.

* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.

* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.

* alimentarse = graze (on).

* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.

* * *

alimentar [A1 ]

vt

A (nutrir) ‹persona/animal› to feed

tengo tres hijos que alimentar I have three children to feed

alimentan a los animales con piensos the animals are fed on pellets

estas tierras alimentaron a mi familia durante generaciones my family lived off this land for generations, this land supported my family for generations

Extremadura alimentó durante largo tiempo este flujo emigratorio for a long time Extremadura contributed to o fed this flow of emigrants

B

1 ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish

varios años de enfrentamiento alimentaron el odio entre los dos bandos several years of confrontation fueled the hatred between the two sides

alimentó mi curiosidad con aquella historia the story she told fed my curiosity

2 ‹ego› to boost

contribuyó a alimentar su ego it helped to boost his ego

C ‹máquina/motor› to feed; ‹caldera› to stoke

algodón para alimentar la industria textil cotton to supply the textile industry, cotton for the textile industry

■ alimentar

vi

to be nourishing

■ alimentarse

v pron

«persona/animal» to feed oneself

este chico no se alimenta bien this boy doesn't feed himself o eat right ( AmE), this boy doesn't feed himself o eat properly ( BrE)

alimentarse CON or DE algo to live ON sth

se alimenta con frutas y verduras she lives on fruit and vegetables

se alimenta de energía solar it runs on solar energy

* * *

alimentar ( conjugate alimentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/animal› to feed
2
a) ‹ilusión/esperanza› to nurture, cherish;

‹ ego› to boost
b) ‹odio/pasión› to fuel

3 ‹máquina/motor› to feed;
‹ caldera› to stoke
verbo intransitivo
to be nourishing
alimentarse verbo pronominal [persona/animal] to feed oneself;
alimentarse con or de algo to live on sth
alimentar
I verbo transitivo
1 (dar de comer) to feed
2 fig (fomentar un sentimiento) to nourish
3 Inform to feed
Téc to supply
II vt & vi (ser nutritivo) to be nutritious
' alimentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mantener
- suero
English:
feed
- nourish
- support
- bottle
- force
- fuel

* * *

alimentar

♦ vt

1. [dar comida] to feed;

alimentan a los tigres con carne they feed the tigers meat;

tengo cinco hijos que alimentar I've got five kids to feed;

el hijo mayor trabaja y alimenta a toda la familia the eldest son goes to work so that the whole family can eat

2. [dar energía, material] to feed;

la lectura alimenta el espíritu reading improves your mind;

esa actitud alimenta la intolerancia that attitude fuels intolerance;

trabajar con él le ha alimentado el ego working with him has boosted her ego

3. [motor, coche] to fuel;
[caldera] to stoke;
alimentar una batería to charge o recharge a battery

♦ vi
[nutrir] to be nourishing;
los garbanzos alimentan mucho chickpeas are very nutritious

♦ See also the pronominal verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar

I v/t tb TÉC, fig

feed; EL power

II v/i be nourishing

* * *

alimentar vt

1) nutrir: to feed, to nourish

2) mantener: to support (a family)

3) fomentar: to nurture, to foster

♦ See also the reflexive verb alimentarse

* * *

alimentar vb

1. (dar alimento) to feed [pt. & pp. fed]

las aves alimentan a sus crías en el nido birds feed their young in the nest

2. (mantener) to keep [pt. & pp. kept] / to support

no gana suficiente para alimentar a su familia he doesn't earn enough to support his family

3. (servir de alimento) to be good for you

la verdura alimenta mucho vegetables are very good for you

Spanish-English dictionary > alimentar
18 estímulo

m.

1 encouragement, drive, boost, incentive.

2 incentive, inducement.

* * *

estímulo

► nombre masculino

1 stimulus, stimulation

2 figurado encouragement

3 COMERCIO incentive

* * *

noun m.

1) stimulus

2) encouragement

* * *

SM

1) (Psic) stimulus

2) (=incentivo) incentive

* * *

masculino

a) ( incentivo) encouragement

sirve de estímulo a la inversión — it acts as an incentive to investment, it encourages investment

b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus

* * *

= boost, incentive, leaven, prodding, spur, stimulation, stimulus [stimuli, -pl.], encouragement, enhancer, facilitator, prod, kick-start [kickstart], kick-start [kickstart], word of encouragement, nudge, titillation, driving force, stimulant, pick-me-up.

Nota: Generalmente referido a una bebida.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex. This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.

Ex. But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.

Ex. Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.

Ex. This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.

Ex. The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.

Ex. This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.

Ex. Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

Ex. The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.

Ex. Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.

Ex. She sat back in her chair and considered her supervisor's gentle prods.

Ex. That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.

Ex. That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.

Ex. This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.

Ex. Results showed that student teachers needed additional support, either via nudge or overt expectations, to actually apply what they had learned.

Ex. At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.

Ex. On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.

Ex. The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.

Ex. Maybe it's just a passing mood or maybe it's a particularly bad string of events, but sometimes in this hectic life we just need a pick-me-up.

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* dar estímulo = provide + boost.

* estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.

* estímulos visuales = visual stimuli.

* ofrecer estímulo = provide + stimulus.

* ser un estímulo = be motivating.

* * *

masculino

a) ( incentivo) encouragement

sirve de estímulo a la inversión — it acts as an incentive to investment, it encourages investment

b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus

* * *

= boost, incentive, leaven, prodding, spur, stimulation, stimulus [stimuli, -pl.], encouragement, enhancer, facilitator, prod, kick-start [kickstart], kick-start [kickstart], word of encouragement, nudge, titillation, driving force, stimulant, pick-me-up.

Nota: Generalmente referido a una bebida.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex: This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.

Ex: But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.

Ex: Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.

Ex: This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.

Ex: The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.

Ex: This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.

Ex: Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

Ex: The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.

Ex: Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.

Ex: She sat back in her chair and considered her supervisor's gentle prods.

Ex: That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.

Ex: That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.

Ex: This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.

Ex: Results showed that student teachers needed additional support, either via nudge or overt expectations, to actually apply what they had learned.

Ex: At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.

Ex: On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.

Ex: The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.

Ex: Maybe it's just a passing mood or maybe it's a particularly bad string of events, but sometimes in this hectic life we just need a pick-me-up.

* dar estímulo = provide + boost.

* estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.

* estímulos visuales = visual stimuli.

* ofrecer estímulo = provide + stimulus.

* ser un estímulo = be motivating.

* * *

estímulo

masculine

1 (incentivo) encouragement

sirve de estímulo a la inversión it acts as an incentive o a stimulus to investment, it encourages investment

2 ( Biol, Fisiol) stimulus

* * *

Del verbo estimular: ( conjugate estimular)

estimulo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

estimuló es:

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

Multiple Entries:
estimular
estímulo
estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to stimulate

b) ( alentar) ‹ persona› to encourage

estímulo sustantivo masculino
a) ( incentivo) incentive

b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus

estimular verbo transitivo
1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
estímulo sustantivo masculino
1 (acicate, ánimo) encouragement
2 Biol Fís stimulus
(acción) stimulation
' estímulo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ánimo
- incentivo
- responder
- respuesta
- revulsiva
- revulsivo
- acicate
- arriba
English:
boost
- encouragement
- inspiration
- lift
- shot
- spur
- stimulation
- stimulus

* * *

estímulo nm

1. [aliciente] incentive;
[ánimo] encouragement;
servir de estímulo to act o serve as an incentive;

medidas de estímulo a la creación de empleo measures to encourage job creation

2. Fisiol stimulus

* * *

estímulo

m

1 stimulus

2 ( incentivo) incentive

* * *

estímulo nm

1) : stimulus

2) incentivo: incentive, encouragement

* * *

estímulo n stimulus [pl. stimuli]

Spanish-English dictionary > estímulo
19 aumento

m.

1 increase, rise.

un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase

un aumento de los precios a price rise

las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly

ir en aumento to be on the increase

aumento lineal across-the-board pay rise (de sueldo)

aumento de sueldo pay rise

2 promotion.

3 magnifying power.

4 jump.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aumentar.

* * *

aumento

► nombre masculino

1 increase, growth

2 (óptica) magnification

3 (fotos) enlargement

4 (sonido) amplification

5 (salario) rise, US raise

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ir en aumento to be on the increase

aumento de precios rise in prices

* * *

noun m.

1) increase

2) raise

* * *

SM

1) [de tamaño] increase; (Fot) enlargement; (Ópt) magnification

2) [de cantidad, producción, velocidad, intensidad] increase; [de precio] increase, rise

un aumento del número de turistas — an increase in the number of tourists

se registró un aumento de temperatura — an increase o rise in temperature was recorded

un aumento del calor — a rise in temperature

aumento de peso — [en objeto] increase in weight; [en persona] weight gain

aumento de población — population increase

aumento de precio — rise in price

aumento de sueldo, aumento salarial — (pay) rise

3) (Elec, Radio) amplification

4)

ir en aumento — to be on the increase

5) (Ópt) magnification

una lente de 30 aumentos — a lens of 30x magnification

unas gafas de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

6) Méx (=posdata) postscript

* * *

masculino

a) ( incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise

las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares

aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)

b) (Ópt) magnification

lentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex. No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.

Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.

Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.

Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex. This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.

Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.

Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.

Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.

Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.

Ex. This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.

Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.

Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.

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* aumento acelerado = spurt.

* aumento acusado = sharp increase.

* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.

* aumento de = increased.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.

* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.

* aumento de peso = weight gain.

* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* aumento en espesor = thickening.

* aumento notable = rising tide.

* aumento repentino = upsurge.

* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.

* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.

* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.

* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.

* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.

* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.

* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.

* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.

* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.

* gran aumento = heavy increase.

* ir en aumento = be on the increase.

* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.

* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.

* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.

* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.

* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.

* * *

masculino

a) ( incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise

las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares

aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)

b) (Ópt) magnification

lentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex: No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.

Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.

Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.

Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.

Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.

Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.

Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.

Ex: This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.

Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.

Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.

* aumento acelerado = spurt.

* aumento acusado = sharp increase.

* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.

* aumento de = increased.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.

* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.

* aumento de peso = weight gain.

* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* aumento en espesor = thickening.

* aumento notable = rising tide.

* aumento repentino = upsurge.

* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.

* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.

* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.

* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.

* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.

* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.

* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.

* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.

* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.

* gran aumento = heavy increase.

* ir en aumento = be on the increase.

* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.

* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.

* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.

* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.

* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.

* * *

aumento

masculine

1 (incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento to ask for a pay raise ( AmE) o ( BrE) rise

las tarifas experimentarán or sufrirán un ligero aumento there will be a small increase o rise in fares

la tensión va en aumento tension is growing o mounting o increasing

el aumento de las cotizaciones en las bolsas the rise in stock market prices

la velocidad del cuerpo va en aumento a medida que … the speed of the object increases as …

aumento DE algo:

aumento de peso increase in weight, weight gain

aumento de temperatura rise in temperature

aumento de precio price rise o increase

aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise ( AmE), pay rise ( BrE)

2 ( Ópt) magnification

un microscopio de 20 aumentos a microscope with a magnifying power o magnification of 20

tiene gafas or ( AmL) lentes con or de mucho aumento he wears glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

Del verbo aumentar: ( conjugate aumentar)

aumento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

aumentó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
aumentar
aumento
aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to increase;

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
b) (Opt) to magnify

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
◊ aumentoá el frío it will become colder;

aumento de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumento sustantivo masculino
a) ( incremento) rise, increase;

◊ aumento de peso increase in weight;

aumento de temperatura rise in temperature;
aumento de precio price rise o increase;
aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnification;

◊ lentes de mucho aumento glasses with very strong lenses

aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate
aumento sustantivo masculino
1 increase
aumento de sueldo, pay rise
2 Fot enlargement
3 Ópt magnification
' aumento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lente
- más
- petición
- producción
- progresiva
- progresivo
- salarial
- agudo
- auge
- aumentar
- autorizar
- bonificación
- escalada
- nubosidad
- prever
- prometido
- rápido
- representar
- retroactivo
- sensible
- triple
- valorización
- votar
English:
appreciation
- attribute
- bolster
- build-up
- by
- gain
- growing
- growth
- hike
- hysteria
- improvement
- increase
- leap
- mount
- negotiate
- of
- raise
- rise
- surge
- wage increase
- build
- glass
- jump
- pay
- rising
- settlement
- up

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aumento nm

1. [de temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] increase, rise;
[de sueldo] Br rise, US raise; [de velocidad] increase;
un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase;

un aumento de los precios a price rise;

las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly;

ir o [m5] estar en aumento to be on the increase

Comp
aumento lineal [de sueldo] across-the-board pay Br rise o US raise;
aumento de sueldo pay increase;

pedir un aumento de sueldo to ask for a (pay) Br rise o US raise

2. [en óptica] magnification;

una lente de 20 aumentos a lens of magnification x 20

3. Méx [posdata] postscript

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aumento

m de precios, temperaturas etc rise (de in), increase (de in);

aumento salarial o

de sueldo raise, Br (pay) rise;

ir en aumento be increasing

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aumento nm

incremento: increase, rise

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aumento n increase / rise

un aumento de sueldo a pay rise

aumento de precios a price increase

aumento de la temperatura a rise in temperature

ir en aumento to be increasing / to be rising

Spanish-English dictionary > aumento
20 incentivo

m.

incentive.

incentivo fiscal tax incentive

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incentivar.

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incentivo

► nombre masculino

1 incentive

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noun m.

incentive

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SM incentive

baja por incentivo — voluntary redundancy

incentivo fiscal — tax incentive

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masculino incentive

sueldo fijo más incentivos — basic wage plus bonuses

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= boost, incentive, motivation, reward, spur, thrust, inducement, perquisite, enticement.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex. This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.

Ex. What is the motivation for studying and preparing abstracts?.

Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex. This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.

Ex. The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.

Ex. Some inducements to work may be negative, but the majority will be positive.

Ex. Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.

Ex. The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.

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* incentivo económico = economic incentive, financial incentive.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* incentivo fiscal = tax incentive.

* incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.

* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.

* ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick, the carrot vs. the stick.

* incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.

* ofrecer incentivo = provide + incentive, offer + inducement.

* ser un incentivo = be motivating.

* sistema de incentivos = reward system, system of incentives [incentive system].

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masculino incentive

sueldo fijo más incentivos — basic wage plus bonuses

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= boost, incentive, motivation, reward, spur, thrust, inducement, perquisite, enticement.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex: This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.

Ex: What is the motivation for studying and preparing abstracts?.

Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex: This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.

Ex: The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.

Ex: Some inducements to work may be negative, but the majority will be positive.

Ex: Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.

Ex: The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.

* incentivo económico = economic incentive, financial incentive.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* incentivo fiscal = tax incentive.

* incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.

* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.

* ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick, the carrot vs. the stick.

* incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.

* ofrecer incentivo = provide + incentive, offer + inducement.

* ser un incentivo = be motivating.

* sistema de incentivos = reward system, system of incentives [incentive system].

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incentivo

masculine

incentive

un gran incentivo para el ahorro a great incentive to save

sueldo fijo más incentivos basic wage plus bonuses o plus incentive payments

Compuesto:

incentivo fiscal

tax incentive

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Del verbo incentivar: ( conjugate incentivar)

incentivo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

incentivó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
incentivar
incentivo
incentivo sustantivo masculino
incentive
incentivar verbo transitivo to give an incentive to
incentivo m (estímulo) incentive
(al trabajador) bonus
' incentivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliciente
- estímulo
- motivación
English:
incentive
- inducement
- fringe

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incentivo

♦ nm

incentive;

un incentivo para la compra de viviendas an incentive for people to buy their own home

Comp
incentivo fiscal tax incentive
♦ incentivos nmpl
[dinero] incentive pay
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incentivo

m incentive

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incentivo nm

: incentive

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incentivo n incentive

Spanish-English dictionary > incentivo

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