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  • 61 insatisfactorio

    adj.
    unsatisfactory.
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    1 unsatisfactory
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    (f. - insatisfactoria)
    adj.
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    * * *
    - ria adjetivo unsatisfactory
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    = unsatisfactory, dissatisfying.
    Ex. This still leaves the eighteenth century retrospective bibliography scene in a highly unsatisfactory state.
    Ex. 21 per cent of respondents were unable to think of anything dissatisfying about their job.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo unsatisfactory
    * * *
    = unsatisfactory, dissatisfying.

    Ex: This still leaves the eighteenth century retrospective bibliography scene in a highly unsatisfactory state.

    Ex: 21 per cent of respondents were unable to think of anything dissatisfying about their job.

    * * *
    unsatisfactory
    * * *

    insatisfactorio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    unsatisfactory
    insatisfactorio,-a adjetivo unsatisfactory

    ' insatisfactorio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insatisfactoria
    - mal
    English:
    unsatisfactory
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    insatisfactorio, -a adj
    unsatisfactory
    * * *
    adj unsatisfactory
    * * *
    : unsatisfactory
    * * *
    insatisfactorio adj unsatisfactory

    Spanish-English dictionary > insatisfactorio

  • 62 insertar

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

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

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

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    insertar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹pieza/párrafo› to insert
    insertar a los jóvenes en el trabajo to find employment for young people, to place young people in employment
    2 ‹anuncio› to place, insert
    insertarse EN algo to fall WITHIN sth
    un problema que se inserta en el marco de la pobreza generalizada a problem which falls within o is found in situations of widespread poverty
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    insertar ( conjugate insertar) verbo transitivo
    to insert
    insertar verbo transitivo to insert: inserté el anuncio el sábado, I placed the ad on Saturday
    ' insertar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insert
    - inset
    - introduce
    - put in
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pieza] to insert;
    insertar algo en algo to insert sth into sth
    2. [texto, párrafo] to insert
    3. [anuncio] to insert, to place
    4. [preso] to integrate;
    insertar a jóvenes en el mercado laboral to get young people into work
    * * *
    v/t insert
    * * *
    : to insert
    * * *
    insertar vb to insert

    Spanish-English dictionary > insertar

  • 63 interlinear

    v.
    to interline, to lead.
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    VT
    1) [al escribir] to interline, write between the lines
    2) (Tip) to space, lead
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    = lead.
    Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    * * *
    = lead.

    Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.

    Spanish-English dictionary > interlinear

  • 64 interlínea

    f.
    space between lines, space line.
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    SF (Inform) line feed
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    = reglet, interlinear lead.
    Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    Ex. It is important to make sure that the lines measured are set solid, that is to say without interlinear leads, the thin strips of typemetal, wood, or card that could be slipped in between each line of type.
    * * *
    = reglet, interlinear lead.

    Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.

    Ex: It is important to make sure that the lines measured are set solid, that is to say without interlinear leads, the thin strips of typemetal, wood, or card that could be slipped in between each line of type.

    * * *
    Imprenta [interlineado] line spacing
    * * *
    f TIP (inter)line spacing, leading

    Spanish-English dictionary > interlínea

  • 65 irritante

    adj.
    irritating.
    m.
    irritant.
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    1 irritating, aggravating, annoying
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    1.
    2.
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    I
    a) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoying
    b) (Med) irritant
    II
    masculino irritant
    * * *
    = irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.
    Ex. We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.
    Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.
    Ex. Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.
    Ex. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
    Ex. At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.
    * * *
    I
    a) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoying
    b) (Med) irritant
    II
    masculino irritant
    * * *
    = irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.

    Ex: We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.

    Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.
    Ex: Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.
    Ex: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
    Ex: At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.

    * * *
    1 ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying
    2 ( Med) irritant
    irritant
    * * *

    irritante adjetivo ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying
    ' irritante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    aggravating
    - bratty
    - constant
    - grating
    - irritating
    - irritant
    * * *
    irritating, annoying
    * * *
    adj tb MED irritating
    * * *
    : irritating
    * * *
    irritante adj irritating

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritante

  • 66 junto a

    prep.
    1 next to, alongside, beside.
    2 around.
    3 as compared with.
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    next to
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    by, next to
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    = adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete with
    Ex. Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.
    Ex. A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex. For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.
    Ex. Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.
    Ex. And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex. The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.
    Ex. Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.
    Ex. The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.
    Ex. Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.
    Ex. Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.
    Ex. A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.
    Ex. Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.
    Ex. Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.
    Ex. On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex. Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.
    * * *
    = adjacent to, along with, alongside, concurrent with, coupled with, in combination with, in conjunction with, in juxtaposition with, in tandem with, together with, within one word of, next to, beside, hand in hand (with), side by side with, combined with, complete with

    Ex: Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.

    Ex: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.
    Ex: For example, inversion to Hospitals, Military will cause this heading to file alongside other headings commencing with the word Hospitals.
    Ex: Concurrent with these activities, the Library of Congress has also been engaged in building the RAL file from location reports received in machine-readable form from outside libraries.
    Ex: And coupled with it, the simple answer, yes, I think made for a rather historic exchange, and it surely was worth the price of admission.
    Ex: The sort form in combination with the type determines the sequence or filing order of entries in access-point and authority files.
    Ex: Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.
    Ex: The attraction of such displays is that the multidimensional relationships between subjects may be shown since any one subject can be displayed in juxtaposition with several others.
    Ex: Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: The system searches each term separately and then combines the resulting lists into records containing the term 'library' within one word of 'periodical'.
    Ex: Alf is convinced that she chews broken bottles and wears barbed wire next to her skin.
    Ex: A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.
    Ex: Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.
    Ex: Side by side with the freedom to define their project, however, students are given a fairly rigid methodological structure which should be enforced even if they are reluctant to use it.
    Ex: On examination, we find that each thesaurus contains an alphabetic list combined with a classified display, and each has a very detailed network of semantic cross-references.
    Ex: Such moulds were called double-faced to distinguish them from the ordinary single-faced moulds which continued to be used for making laid paper, complete with bar shadows, for the rest of the eighteenth century.

    * * *
    junto a adv next to

    Spanish-English dictionary > junto a

  • 67 lenguaje coloquial

    m.
    colloquial language, idiomatic language.
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    (n.) = slang, colloquial language, familiar language, cant
    Ex. Some specialized dictionaries cover acronyms, usage, pronunciation, spelling, etymology, slang, rhymes, and so on.
    Ex. Documentation systems have suffered from the use of descriptors insufficiently keyed to colloquial language.
    Ex. Boolean logic should be properly explained and jargon kept to a minimum, preferring the familiar language of print resources.
    Ex. This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.
    * * *
    (n.) = slang, colloquial language, familiar language, cant

    Ex: Some specialized dictionaries cover acronyms, usage, pronunciation, spelling, etymology, slang, rhymes, and so on.

    Ex: Documentation systems have suffered from the use of descriptors insufficiently keyed to colloquial language.
    Ex: Boolean logic should be properly explained and jargon kept to a minimum, preferring the familiar language of print resources.
    Ex: This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lenguaje coloquial

  • 68 lenguaje vulgar

    m.
    vulgar slang, vulgarisms, vernacular language.
    * * *
    (n.) = adult language, vulgar language
    Ex. Also, note that ten of the top fifty portray excessive violence, adult language, or themes unsuitable for younger readers = Además, diez de estos cincuenta contienen violencia, lenguaje vulgar o temas que no son adecuados para los lectores más jóvenes.
    Ex. This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.
    * * *
    (n.) = adult language, vulgar language

    Ex: Also, note that ten of the top fifty portray excessive violence, adult language, or themes unsuitable for younger readers = Además, diez de estos cincuenta contienen violencia, lenguaje vulgar o temas que no son adecuados para los lectores más jóvenes.

    Ex: This essay traces the changing status of cant and vulgar languages in eighteenth-century Britain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lenguaje vulgar

  • 69 letra de signatura

    Ex. It was usual for duplicated signature-letters to be set out in full, but English printers in the eighteenth century preferred to set 3A for Aaa, 6A for Aaaaaa, etc..
    * * *

    Ex: It was usual for duplicated signature-letters to be set out in full, but English printers in the eighteenth century preferred to set 3A for Aaa, 6A for Aaaaaa, etc..

    Spanish-English dictionary > letra de signatura

  • 70 librero de venta al detalle

    Ex. The old method of publication by syndicates of retail booksellers (who might also be wholesalers and/or printers) remained normal during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
    * * *

    Ex: The old method of publication by syndicates of retail booksellers (who might also be wholesalers and/or printers) remained normal during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > librero de venta al detalle

  • 71 meditaciones

    (n.) = musings
    Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
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    (n.) = musings

    Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meditaciones

  • 72 metal tipográfico

    m.
    type metal.
    * * *
    (n.) = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal
    Ex. Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.
    Ex. At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.
    * * *
    (n.) = type-metal [typemetal], typemetal

    Ex: Printing types were cast in an alloy of lead, antimony, and tin called type-metal.

    Ex: At all periods, but uncommonly before the eighteenth century, the lines of type might be 'leaded', thin strips of typemetal, reglet, or card being slipped in between each one.

    Spanish-English dictionary > metal tipográfico

  • 73 meter a presión

    (v.) = wedge
    Ex. A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.
    * * *
    (v.) = wedge

    Ex: A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.

    Spanish-English dictionary > meter a presión

  • 74 molesto

    adj.
    1 annoying, cumbersome, bothersome, embarrassing.
    2 upset, irritated, angry, annoyed.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: molestar.
    * * *
    1 annoying, troublesome
    2 (enfadado) annoyed
    3 (incómodo) uncomfortable
    4 MEDICINA sore
    ■ los puntos ya han cicatrizado, pero todavía está molesto the stitches have healed, but he's still sore
    \
    estar molesto,-a con alguien to be upset with somebody
    ser molesto to be a nuisance
    * * *
    (f. - molesta)
    adj.
    1) annoyed, bothered
    2) annoying, bothersome
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=que causa molestia) [tos, picor, ruido, persona] irritating, annoying; [olor, síntoma] unpleasant

    es sumamente molesto que... — it's extremely irritating o annoying that...

    lo único molesto es el viaje — the only nuisance is the journey, the only annoying thing is the journey

    2) (=que incomoda) [asiento, ropa] uncomfortable; [tarea] annoying; [situación] awkward, embarrassing
    3) (=incómodo) [persona] uncomfortable

    me sentía molesto en la fiesta — I felt uneasy o uncomfortable at the party

    me siento molesto cada vez que me hace un regalo — I feel awkward o embarrassed whenever she gives me a present

    4) (=enfadado) [persona] annoyed

    ¿estás molesto conmigo por lo que dije? — are you annoyed at me for what I said?

    5) (=disgustado) [persona] upset

    ¿estás molesta por algo que haya pasado? — are you upset about something that's happened?

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.
    Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
    Ex. Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex. Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex. And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex. Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex. The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex. I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
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    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.

    Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

    Ex: Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex: I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.

    * * *
    molesto -ta
    A
    1 [ SER]
    (fastidioso): tengo una tos sumamente molesta I have o I've got a really irritating o annoying cough
    es una sensación muy molesta it's a very uncomfortable o unpleasant feeling
    no es grave, pero los síntomas son muy molestos it's nothing serious, but the symptoms are very unpleasant
    la máquina hace un ruido de lo más molesto the machine makes a very irritating o annoying o tiresome noise
    ¡es tan molesto que te estén interrumpiendo cada cinco minutos! it's so annoying o trying o tiresome o irritating when people keep interrupting you every five minutes
    resulta muy molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos it's a real nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage
    ¿podría abrir la ventana, si no es molesto? would you be so kind as to open the window?
    2 [ ESTAR]
    (incómodo, dolorido): está bastante molesto he's in some pain
    pasó la noche bastante molesto he had a rather uncomfortable night
    está molesto por la anestesia he's in some discomfort because of the anesthetic
    3 [ SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward
    es una situación muy molesta it's a very awkward o embarrassing situation
    me hace sentir muy molesta que esté constantemente regalándome cosas it's very embarrassing the way she's always giving me presents, she's always giving me presents, and it makes me feel very awkward o embarrassed
    me resulta muy molesto tener que trabajar con ella cuando no nos hablamos I find it awkward working with her when we're not even on speaking terms
    B [ ESTAR] (ofendido) upset
    está molesto con ellos porque no fueron a su boda he's upset o put out o peeved because they didn't go to his wedding
    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset about what you did
    * * *

     

    Del verbo molestar: ( conjugate molestar)

    molesto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    molestó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    molestar    
    molesto    
    molestó
    molestar ( conjugate molestar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you


    2 (ofender, disgustar) to upset
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( importunar):
    ◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;

    me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me;
    no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
    2 ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance;
    ◊ no quiero molesto I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble

    molestarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( disgustarse) to get upset;
    molestose POR algo to get upset about sth;
    molestose CON algn to get annoyed with sb
    2 ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml);

    se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come all this way to tell us
    molesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1 [SER]
    a) ( fastidioso) ‹ruido/tos› annoying, irritating;

    ‹sensación/síntoma› unpleasant
    b) (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing

    2 [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset;
    ( irritado) annoyed;
    ◊ está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    molestar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar enojo, incomodidad) to disturb, bother: ¿le molestaría contestar a unas preguntas?, would you mind answering some questions?
    me molesta que grites, it annoys me when you shout
    2 (causar dolor, incomodidad) to hurt
    molesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (incómodo) uncomfortable: me encuentro algo molesto después de esa metedura de pata, I feel uncomfortable after that gaffe
    2 (fastidioso) annoying, pestering: es un ruido muy molesto, it's an annoying noise
    3 (enfadado, disgustado) annoyed o cross: ¿no estarás molesta por lo que he dicho?, you're not upset about what I said, are you?
    ' molesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - disgustarse
    - enojosa
    - enojoso
    - fastidiada
    - fastidiado
    - molesta
    - molestarse
    - pesada
    - pesado
    - poca
    - poco
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - sacudir
    - suplicio
    - fastidioso
    - fregado
    - latoso
    - molestar
    - mosqueado
    English:
    annoying
    - bother
    - hot
    - imposition
    - irksome
    - irritating
    - miffed
    - obtrusive
    - off-putting
    - peeved
    - troublesome
    - uncomfortable
    - unwelcome
    - would
    - intrusive
    - put
    - uneasy
    * * *
    molesto, -a adj
    1.
    ser molesto [incordiante] [costumbre, tos, ruido] to be annoying;
    [moscas] to be a nuisance; [calor, humo, sensación] to be unpleasant; [ropa, zapato] to be uncomfortable;
    es muy molesto tener que mandar callar constantemente it's very annoying to have to be constantly telling you to be quiet;
    tengo un dolor molesto en la espalda I've got an ache in my back which is causing me some discomfort
    2.
    ser molesto [inoportuno] [visita, llamada] to be inconvenient;
    [pregunta] to be awkward
    3.
    ser molesto [embarazoso] to be embarrassing;
    esta situación empieza a resultarme un poco molesta this situation is beginning to make me feel a bit uncomfortable
    4.
    estar molesto [irritado] to be rather upset;
    está molesta porque no la invitamos a la fiesta she's upset because we didn't invite her to the party;
    están molestos por sus declaraciones they are upset by what he has been saying
    5.
    estar molesto [con malestar, incomodidad] [por la fiebre, el dolor] to be in some discomfort;
    no tenía que haber comido tanto, ahora estoy molesto I shouldn't have eaten so much, it's made me feel rather unwell;
    ¿no estás molesto con tanta ropa? aren't you uncomfortable in all those clothes?
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( fastidioso) annoying
    2 ( incómodo) inconvenient
    3 ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    molesto, -ta adj
    1) enojado: bothered, annoyed
    2) fastidioso: bothersome, annoying
    * * *
    molesto adj
    1. (que fastidia) annoying
    2. (disgustado) annoyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > molesto

  • 75 moralizador

    adj.
    moralizing, moralistic.
    m.
    1 commentator, critic, moralizer.
    2 moralist.
    * * *
    1 moralizing
    * * *
    moralizador, -a
    1.
    ADJ moralizing, moralistic

    la literatura moralizadora de la época — the moralizing o moralistic literature of the period

    su actitud era moralizadora — his attitude was moralistic, he had a moralistic attitude

    2.
    SM / F moralizer
    * * *
    = moralising [moralizing, -USA], moralistic.
    Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
    Ex. This article discusses the use of a metaphorical mode of writing in moralistic children's fiction of the past, where the intention was to make children good.
    * * *
    = moralising [moralizing, -USA], moralistic.

    Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.

    Ex: This article discusses the use of a metaphorical mode of writing in moralistic children's fiction of the past, where the intention was to make children good.

    * * *
    moralizing ( before n), moralistic
    masculine, feminine
    moralizer
    * * *
    moralizador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    moralizing
    ♦ nm,f
    moralizer

    Spanish-English dictionary > moralizador

  • 76 musical

    adj.
    musical.
    m.
    musical.
    * * *
    1 musical
    1 musical
    * * *
    noun m. adj.
    * * *
    ADJ SM musical
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino musical
    * * *
    Ex. By way of illustration: it is the machine's habit to perform remarkable feats, such as augmenting western musical heritage with the discovery that the eighteenth century gave birth to two contemporary composers.
    ----
    * actuación musical = musical performance, music performance.
    * adaptación musical = adaptation, musical adaptation.
    * arreglo musical = arrangement, musical arrangement.
    * audición musical = music audition.
    * cadena musical = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * comedia musical = musical.
    * composición musical = musical composition.
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * desfase musical = musical lag.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * instrumento musical = instrument.
    * instrumento musical con teclado = keyboard instrument.
    * interpretación musical = musical performance.
    * no musical = non-musical.
    * nota musical = note.
    * obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.
    * obra musical = musical work.
    * partitura musical = music score, musical score, sheet music.
    * pentagrama musical = stave.
    * pieza musical = piece of music.
    * teoría musical = music theory.
    * tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.
    * vídeo musical = music video.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino musical
    * * *

    Ex: By way of illustration: it is the machine's habit to perform remarkable feats, such as augmenting western musical heritage with the discovery that the eighteenth century gave birth to two contemporary composers.

    * actuación musical = musical performance, music performance.
    * adaptación musical = adaptation, musical adaptation.
    * arreglo musical = arrangement, musical arrangement.
    * audición musical = music audition.
    * cadena musical = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * comedia musical = musical.
    * composición musical = musical composition.
    * composición musical manida = war horse.
    * desfase musical = musical lag.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * grupo musical en directo = live band.
    * instrumento musical = instrument.
    * instrumento musical con teclado = keyboard instrument.
    * interpretación musical = musical performance.
    * no musical = non-musical.
    * nota musical = note.
    * obra de arte musical = musical masterpiece.
    * obra musical = musical work.
    * partitura musical = music score, musical score, sheet music.
    * pentagrama musical = stave.
    * pieza musical = piece of music.
    * teoría musical = music theory.
    * tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.
    * vídeo musical = music video.

    * * *
    musical
    musical
    * * *

    musical adjetivo / noun masculine
    musical
    musical
    I adjetivo musical
    II sustantivo masculino musical
    ' musical' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    clase
    - comparsa
    - cuerno
    - director
    - directora
    - hilo
    - música
    - músico
    - oído
    - pedal
    - salterio
    - solfa
    - tañido
    - tarantela
    - velada
    - vena
    - apreciación
    - arreglo
    - boquilla
    - comedia
    - conjunto
    - corista
    - coro
    - cultura
    - escala
    - grupo
    - inclinación
    - ópera
    - paya
    - practicar
    - tuna
    English:
    box
    - musical
    - pantomime
    - peak
    - tone-deaf
    - chorus
    - instrument
    - lilting
    - long
    - piped music
    - signature
    - theme
    - tone
    - valve
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    musical
    ♦ nm
    musical
    * * *
    m/adj musical
    * * *
    musical adj
    : musical
    ♦ musicalmente adv
    * * *
    musical adj n musical

    Spanish-English dictionary > musical

  • 77 no sufrir cambios

    (v.) = remain + normal
    Ex. The old method of publication by syndicates of retail booksellers (who might also be wholesalers and/or printers) remained normal during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
    * * *
    (v.) = remain + normal

    Ex: The old method of publication by syndicates of retail booksellers (who might also be wholesalers and/or printers) remained normal during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no sufrir cambios

  • 78 nominativo

    adj.
    1 nominative, appointed.
    2 nominative.
    m.
    nominative, nominative case.
    * * *
    1 (cheque) personal
    ■ un talón nominativo a favor de... a cheque made out to..., a cheque payable to...
    2 LINGÚÍSTICA nominative
    1 nominative
    ————————
    1 nominative
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Ling) nominative
    2) (Com, Econ)
    2.
    SM (Ling) nominative
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Fin)

    un cheque nominativo a favor de... — a check made out to o payable to...

    II
    masculino nominative
    * * *
    Ex. This article reviews the publication of the reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from the early nominative reports of the mid-eighteenth century to the present.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Fin)

    un cheque nominativo a favor de... — a check made out to o payable to...

    II
    masculino nominative
    * * *

    Ex: This article reviews the publication of the reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from the early nominative reports of the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

    * * *
    1 ( Fin):
    un cheque nominativo a favor de … a check made out to o payable to …
    2 ( Ling) nominative
    nominative
    * * *

    nominativo adjetivo (Fin):
    ◊ un cheque nominativo a favor de … a check made out to o payable to …

    nominativo,-a adj Fin (documento) bearing a person's name

    ' nominativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nominativa
    English:
    nominative
    * * *
    nominativo, -a
    ♦ adj
    cheque nominativo = cheque made out to a specific person;
    un cheque nominativo a favor de Carla Gimeno a cheque made out to Carla Gimeno
    ♦ nm
    Gram nominative
    * * *
    nominativo, -va adj
    : nominative
    : nominative (case)

    Spanish-English dictionary > nominativo

  • 79 normal

    adj.
    normal.
    lleva una vida normal she leads a fairly normal o ordinary life
    este hermano tuyo no es normal there must be something wrong with that brother of yours
    es normal que estés cansado it's hardly surprising that you're tired
    normal y corriente run-of-the-mill
    es una persona normal y corriente he's a perfectly ordinary person
    * * *
    1 (corriente, habitual) normal, usual, average; (lógico) normal, natural
    1 (escuela) teacher training college
    2 (gasolina) two-star petrol, US regular gasoline
    3 (en geometría) perpendicular, normal
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=usual) normal

    -¿es guapo? -no, normal y corriente — "is he handsome?" - "no, just ordinary"

    2) [gasolina] three-star, regular (EEUU)
    3) (Téc) standard; (Mat, Quím) normal
    4)

    Escuela Normal — esp LAm teacher training college

    * * *
    I
    a) (común, usual) normal

    no es normal que haga tanto frío — it's unusual o it isn't normal for it to be so cold

    b) ( sin graves defectos) normal

    esa chica no es normal — (fam) there's something wrong with that girl (colloq)

    II
    adverbio (fam) normally
    III
    a) ( escuela)
    b) ( gasolina) regular gas (AmE), two-star petrol (BrE)
    * * *
    = average, commonplace, common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], normal, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, standard, usual, middle-of-the-range, unsophisticated, line + Profesión, received, regular, commonly seen, indistinctive.
    Ex. The average family does have very real information needs, even though these may not be immediately recognized as such.
    Ex. Microfilm and microfiche formats are now commonplace in most libraries.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. It is normal to make added entries in respect of important editors.
    Ex. Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.
    Ex. Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.
    Ex. Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
    Ex. It had three novel features: relative location, instead of the more usual fixed location.
    Ex. In effect, the book started its life rather more as a light entertainment middle-of-the-range hardback autobiography but popular acclaim turned it into a huge mass-market paperback success.
    Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex. In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex. It was interesting, in view of the received opinion that 'We don't have many problems round here'.
    Ex. The article 'Filtering software: regular or decaf?' explains that most vendors define filtering software as that which blocks, filters, or monitors Internet use.
    Ex. This typology divides humor comics into commonly seen subject areas, such as teen, kiddie, horror, military, and so on = Esta tipología divide los comics de humor en áreas temáticas conocidas como adolescentes, infantil, terror, militar, etc.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    ----
    * agua normal = still water.
    * a su precio normal = at full price.
    * ciudadano normal = ordinary citizen, member of the public.
    * como algo normal = as a matter of course.
    * como es normal = as always.
    * convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice.
    * convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.
    * de extensión normal = standard-length.
    * de la manera normal = in the normal manner.
    * de tamaño normal = full-sized, ordinary sized.
    * día normal = ordinary day.
    * en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.
    * en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.
    * en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.
    * en situaciones normales = under normal circumstances.
    * fuera del horario normal = out of hours, at odd times.
    * fuera de lo normal = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary.
    * gente normal = ordinary men and women, straight people.
    * gente normal, la = ordinary people, hoi polloi, the.
    * lejía normal = household bleach.
    * lenguaje normal = plain language.
    * letra normal = light type, light face type.
    * lo normal + ser + que = there + be + a tendency (to/for).
    * material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.
    * normal, lo = standard practice, the, the normal run of.
    * normal y corriente = unremarkable.
    * parto normal = vaginal delivery.
    * permanecer normal = remain + normal.
    * persona normales = ordinary person.
    * poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.
    * por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.
    * por debajo del peso normal = underweight.
    * precio normal = full price.
    * prensa normal, la = broadsheet press, the.
    * sábana normal = flat sheet.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.
    * ser lo normal = be the order of the day.
    * ser normal = be the case (with).
    * trabajar a horas fuera de lo normal = work + unsocial hours.
    * un día normal = on a typical day.
    * volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.
    * * *
    I
    a) (común, usual) normal

    no es normal que haga tanto frío — it's unusual o it isn't normal for it to be so cold

    b) ( sin graves defectos) normal

    esa chica no es normal — (fam) there's something wrong with that girl (colloq)

    II
    adverbio (fam) normally
    III
    a) ( escuela)
    b) ( gasolina) regular gas (AmE), two-star petrol (BrE)
    * * *
    = average, commonplace, common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], normal, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, standard, usual, middle-of-the-range, unsophisticated, line + Profesión, received, regular, commonly seen, indistinctive.

    Ex: The average family does have very real information needs, even though these may not be immediately recognized as such.

    Ex: Microfilm and microfiche formats are now commonplace in most libraries.
    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex: It is normal to make added entries in respect of important editors.
    Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.
    Ex: Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.
    Ex: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.
    Ex: It had three novel features: relative location, instead of the more usual fixed location.
    Ex: In effect, the book started its life rather more as a light entertainment middle-of-the-range hardback autobiography but popular acclaim turned it into a huge mass-market paperback success.
    Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.
    Ex: In larger libraries, line librarians are also likely to be MLS graduates.
    Ex: It was interesting, in view of the received opinion that 'We don't have many problems round here'.
    Ex: The article 'Filtering software: regular or decaf?' explains that most vendors define filtering software as that which blocks, filters, or monitors Internet use.
    Ex: This typology divides humor comics into commonly seen subject areas, such as teen, kiddie, horror, military, and so on = Esta tipología divide los comics de humor en áreas temáticas conocidas como adolescentes, infantil, terror, militar, etc.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    * agua normal = still water.
    * a su precio normal = at full price.
    * ciudadano normal = ordinary citizen, member of the public.
    * como algo normal = as a matter of course.
    * como es normal = as always.
    * convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice.
    * convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.
    * de extensión normal = standard-length.
    * de la manera normal = in the normal manner.
    * de tamaño normal = full-sized, ordinary sized.
    * día normal = ordinary day.
    * en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en el curso normal de = in the mainstream of.
    * en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en el curso normal de los acontecimientos = in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.
    * en el transcurso normal de + Posesivo + vida(s) = in the normal course of + Posesivo + life/lives.
    * en situaciones normales = under normal circumstances.
    * fuera del horario normal = out of hours, at odd times.
    * fuera de lo normal = abnormally + Adjetivo, with a difference, unordinary, out of the ordinary.
    * gente normal = ordinary men and women, straight people.
    * gente normal, la = ordinary people, hoi polloi, the.
    * lejía normal = household bleach.
    * lenguaje normal = plain language.
    * letra normal = light type, light face type.
    * lo normal + ser + que = there + be + a tendency (to/for).
    * material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.
    * normal, lo = standard practice, the, the normal run of.
    * normal y corriente = unremarkable.
    * parto normal = vaginal delivery.
    * permanecer normal = remain + normal.
    * persona normales = ordinary person.
    * poco normal = unnatural, unordinary, out of the ordinary.
    * por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.
    * por debajo del peso normal = underweight.
    * precio normal = full price.
    * prensa normal, la = broadsheet press, the.
    * sábana normal = flat sheet.
    * seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.
    * ser algo normal = be a fact of life, become + a common feature, be a part of life.
    * ser lo normal = be the order of the day.
    * ser normal = be the case (with).
    * trabajar a horas fuera de lo normal = work + unsocial hours.
    * un día normal = on a typical day.
    * volver a la vida normal = get (back) into + the swings of things.

    * * *
    A
    1 (común, usual) normal
    no es normal que siempre estén discutiendo it isn't normal the way they argue all the time
    es una situación muy normal hoy en día it's a very common situation nowadays
    no es normal que haga tanto frío en octubre it's unusual o it isn't normal for it to be so cold in October
    me parece lo más normal del mundo to me it seems the most normal o natural thing in the world
    inteligencia superior a la normal above-average intelligence
    es una chica normalita she's nothing out of the ordinary
    normal y corriente ‹mujer/chico› ordinary;
    ‹jugador› ordinary, run-of-the-mill; ‹libro/vestido› ordinary
    el miedo de una embarazada a que la criatura no sea normal a pregnant woman's fear that her baby will be abnormal
    esa chica no es normal ( fam); there's something wrong with that girl ( colloq)
    B (en geometría) perpendicular, normal
    ( fam); normally
    habla/anda normal he talks/walks quite normally
    cocina normal as a cook she's about average, she cooks averagely well
    A (en geometría) perpendicular, normal
    B
    (escuela): la N normal teacher training college
    C (gasolina) regular grade gasoline ( AmE), regular gas ( AmE), two-star petrol ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    normal adjetivo
    normal;

    hoy en día es muy normal it's very common nowadays;
    no es normal que haga tanto frío it's unusual o it isn't normal for it to be so cold;
    superior a lo normal above-average;
    normal y corriente ordinary
    ■ sustantivo femenino
    a) ( escuela):



    normal adjetivo
    1 normal, usual: no es normal que llueva tanto, it's unusual for it to rain so much
    2 Geom perpendicular
    ' normal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conchabarse
    - contrapelo
    - cualquier
    - deterioro
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fenomenal
    - frecuente
    - gasolina
    - larga
    - largo
    - mestizaje
    - natural
    - normalizar
    - normalizarse
    - residencia
    - retener
    - usual
    - cauce
    - común
    - corriente
    - debajo
    - lógico
    - mundo
    - normalidad
    - ordinario
    - seguir
    - top-less
    English:
    bed
    - below
    - dare
    - deviation
    - diet
    - excuse
    - fuck
    - general
    - high
    - late
    - must
    - natural
    - need
    - norm
    - normal
    - ordinary
    - outside
    - par
    - procedure
    - regular
    - saint
    - self
    - shall
    - should
    - standard
    - still
    - two-star petrol
    - unexceptional
    - usual
    - average
    - class
    - common
    - course
    - early
    - herself
    - himself
    - long
    - myself
    - pattern
    - run
    - subnormal
    - teacher
    - themselves
    - under
    - unnatural
    - unusual
    - yourself
    - yourselves
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [natural, regular] normal;
    lleva una vida normal she leads a fairly normal o ordinary life;
    el paciente tiene una temperatura/un pulso normal the patient's temperature/pulse is normal;
    cuando se lo dije se enfadó mucho – ¡normal! he was really cross when I told him – that's hardly surprising!;
    este hermano tuyo no es normal there must be something wrong with that brother of yours;
    es normal que estés cansado it's hardly surprising that you're tired;
    no es normal que llore por una tontería así it's not normal for him to cry over a silly thing like that;
    contiene todo lo que un usuario normal y corriente necesita it contains everything the average user needs;
    es una persona normal y corriente he's a perfectly ordinary person
    2. [gasolina] Br three-star, US regular
    3. Mat perpendicular
    ♦ nf
    [gasolina] Br three-star petrol, US regular gasoline
    ♦ adv
    Fam normally;
    me cuesta mucho caminar normal I find it really hard to walk normally
    * * *
    adj normal
    * * *
    normal adj
    1) : normal, usual
    2) : standard
    3)
    escuela normal : teacher-training college
    * * *
    normal adj
    1. (común, usual) normal
    2. (corriente) ordinary

    Spanish-English dictionary > normal

  • 80 orlado

    Ex. A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.
    ----
    * inicial orlada = ornamental initial, illustrated initial.
    * * *

    Ex: A special form of woodcut initial, common from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century, was the factotum, a square ornamental block with a hole through the middle into which a piece of type could be wedged, one block thus serving for any initial letter.

    * inicial orlada = ornamental initial, illustrated initial.

    Spanish-English dictionary > orlado

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