Перевод: с испанского на все языки

со всех языков на испанский

explaining

  • 1 leyenda

    f.
    1 legend.
    2 inscription, legend.
    3 caption, legend.
    * * *
    1 (narración) legend
    2 (inscripción) inscription
    \
    leyenda negra black legend
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=historia) legend

    leyenda negra — (=mala fama) bad reputation; ( Hist) view of the Conquest of Latin America which emphasized the negative side of Spanish involvement

    2) (=inscripción) [de moneda, medalla, lápida] legend, inscription
    3) [de cuadro, grabado, mapa] (=encabezamiento) heading; (=pie) caption
    4) (=eslogan) slogan
    * * *
    1) (Lit) ( narración) legend
    2) (de moneda, escudo) legend; ( de ilustración) caption, legend
    * * *
    = caption, cutline, legend, legend, El Dorado, symbol-template.
    Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex. The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.
    Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex. The article ' El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex. This article identifies map reading tools (such as coordinate readers, protractors, dividers, planimeters, and symbol-templates) according to a functional classification = Este artículo identifica instrumentos para la lectura de mapas (como, por ejemplo, lectores de coordinadas, cartabones, compás, planímetros y leyendas) de acuerdo con una clasificación funcional.
    ----
    * auténtica leyenda = living legend.
    * convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.
    * cuenta la leyenda que = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * leyenda fantástica = tall tale, tall story.
    * leyenda popular = folktale [folk tale].
    * leyenda viva = living legend.
    * según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.
    * * *
    1) (Lit) ( narración) legend
    2) (de moneda, escudo) legend; ( de ilustración) caption, legend
    * * *
    = caption, cutline, legend, legend, El Dorado, symbol-template.

    Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.

    Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex: The best material to use in this approach is that great corpus of traditional folk and fairy tale myth, legend and stories from biblical and historical sources.
    Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex: The article ' El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex: This article identifies map reading tools (such as coordinate readers, protractors, dividers, planimeters, and symbol-templates) according to a functional classification = Este artículo identifica instrumentos para la lectura de mapas (como, por ejemplo, lectores de coordinadas, cartabones, compás, planímetros y leyendas) de acuerdo con una clasificación funcional.
    * auténtica leyenda = living legend.
    * convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.
    * cuenta la leyenda que = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * leyenda fantástica = tall tale, tall story.
    * leyenda popular = folktale [folk tale].
    * leyenda viva = living legend.
    * según cuenta la leyenda = legend has it that, as legend goes.
    * según la leyenda = as legend goes, legend has it that.

    * * *
    A ( Lit) (narración) legend
    según cuenta la leyenda according to the legend, the legend has it that …
    un actor que se convirtió en leyenda an actor who became a legend
    Compuesto:
    B (de una moneda, un escudo) legend; (de una ilustración, foto) caption, legend
    como reza la leyenda according to the caption
    * * *

     

    leyenda sustantivo femenino
    a) (Lit) ( narración) legend

    b) (de moneda, escudo) legend;

    ( de ilustración) caption, legend
    leyenda sustantivo femenino
    1 (narración) legend
    2 (inscripción) inscription, lettering
    ' leyenda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    folklórico
    - inscripción
    - mito
    English:
    caption
    - legend
    - story
    * * *
    1. [narración] legend
    la leyenda negra Hist = the negative picture traditionally given of Spain by many European historians, and especially of the Inquisition and the conquest of the Americas; Fig
    sobre él pesa una leyenda negra he has an appalling reputation
    2. [ídolo] legend;
    una leyenda del jazz a jazz legend
    3. [inscripción] [en moneda, escudo, estandarte] inscription, legend;
    [en mapa] legend
    * * *
    f legend
    * * *
    1) : legend
    2) : caption, inscription
    * * *
    leyenda n legend

    Spanish-English dictionary > leyenda

  • 2 justificante

    adj.
    justifying.
    m.
    1 written proof, documentary evidence.
    justificante médico doctor's note, sick note
    2 alibi.
    3 voucher, voucher copy, justifier.
    * * *
    1 justifying
    1 (prueba) written proof
    * * *
    SM [de dinero] receipt; [de enfermedad] sick note
    * * *
    masculino receipt

    justificante de pago — receipt, proof of payment

    * * *
    Ex. When he pulls a lever, contacts are made through the holes, machinery at a central point makes the necessary computations and entries, and the proper receipt is printed for the salesman to pass to the customer.
    * * *
    masculino receipt

    justificante de pago — receipt, proof of payment

    * * *

    Ex: When he pulls a lever, contacts are made through the holes, machinery at a central point makes the necessary computations and entries, and the proper receipt is printed for the salesman to pass to the customer.

    * * *
    receipt
    justificante de pago receipt, proof of payment
    justificante de asistencia certificate of attendance
    justificante de ausencia note explaining reasons for one's absence
    * * *

     

    justificante sustantivo masculino
    receipt;

    justificante de asistencia certificate of attendance;
    justificante de ausencia note explaining reasons for one's absence
    justificante sustantivo masculino written proof
    justificante de asistencia, certificate of attendance

    * * *
    written proof, documentary evidence;
    como ayer no fui a clase hoy tengo que llevar un justificante de mi madre as I didn't go to school yesterday, I have to take a note from my mother today
    justificante de compra receipt;
    justificante médico doctor's note, sick note
    * * *
    m
    1 de pago receipt;
    hay que presentar un justificante de compra you will have to present proof of purchase
    2 de ausencia, propiedad certificate
    * * *
    1) : justification
    2) : proof, voucher

    Spanish-English dictionary > justificante

  • 3 mejorar

    v.
    to improve, to get better.
    María mejoró la receta Mary improved the recipe.
    Ricardo mejoró Richard got better.
    Las perspectivas mejoraron The outlook got better.
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer
    * * *
    1 to improve
    1 to improve, get better
    1 to get better
    ■ ¡que te mejores! I hope you get better
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ servicio, resultados] to improve; [+ enfermo] to make better; (=realzar) to enhance; [+ oferta] to raise, improve; [+ récord] to break; (Inform) to upgrade
    2)

    mejorar a algn — (=ser mejor que) to be better than sb

    2. VI
    1) [situación] to improve, get better; (Meteo) to improve, clear up; (Econ) to improve, pick up; [enfermo] to get better

    han mejorado de actitud/imagen — their attitude/image has improved

    2) [en subasta] to raise one's bid
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.
    Ex. These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex. The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex. After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex. There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex. She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex. The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex. Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex. This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex. At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    ----
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.

    Ex: These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex: The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex: After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex: There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex: She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex: The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex: Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex: This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex: At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.

    * * *
    mejorar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹condiciones/situación› to improve
    este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida this treatment will make you better right away
    tienes que mejorar las notas/la letra you must improve your grades/your handwriting
    intentó mejorar su marca she tried to improve on o beat her own record
    2 ‹oferta› (en subastas) to increase
    los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta the management improved their offer o made a better offer
    ■ mejorar
    vi
    «tiempo» to improve, get better; «resultados/calidad» to improve, get better; «persona» ( Med) to get better
    mi situación económica no ha mejorado nada my financial situation hasn't improved at all o got any better
    ha mejorado de aspecto he looks a lot better
    tus notas no han mejorado mucho your grades haven't improved much o got(ten) any better
    han mejorado de posición they've come o gone up in the world
    el paciente sigue mejorando the patient is making a steady improvement
    1 «enfermo» to get better
    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? have you got over the flu?
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    2 ( Chi fam euf) (dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *

     

    mejorar ( conjugate mejorar) verbo transitivo ‹condiciones/situación/oferta› to improve;
    ‹ marca› to improve on, beat;

    verbo intransitivo [tiempo/calidad/situación] to improve, get better;

    [ persona] (Med) to get better;

    mejorarse verbo pronominal [ enfermo] to get better;
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    mejorar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to improve: han mejorado la educación, education has been improved
    2 Dep (un tiempo, una marca) to break
    II verbo intransitivo to improve, get better: espero que el tiempo mejore, I hope the weather gets better
    su salud no mejora, his health is not improving

    ' mejorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enriquecer
    - ganar
    - perfeccionar
    - potenciar
    - refacción
    - superar
    English:
    ameliorate
    - better
    - existence
    - get along
    - improve
    - improve on
    - improvement
    - look up
    - pick up
    - progress
    - raise
    - security
    - technique
    - turn
    - upgrade
    - brighten
    - enhance
    - go
    - look
    - matter
    - out
    - perk
    - pick
    - rise
    - room
    - smarten up
    - up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer mejor] to improve;
    mejoraron las condiciones de trabajo working conditions were improved;
    su principal objetivo es mejorar la economía their main aim is to improve the economy's performance
    2. [enfermo] to make better;
    estas pastillas lo mejorarán these tablets will make him better
    3. [superar] to improve;
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer;
    mejoró el recórd mundial she beat the world record
    ♦ vi
    1. [ponerse mejor] to improve, to get better;
    el paciente está mejorando the patient's condition is improving, the patient is getting better;
    necesita mejorar en matemáticas he needs to improve o do better in mathematics
    2. [tiempo, clima] to improve, to get better;
    tan pronto como mejore, salimos a dar un paseo as soon as the weather improves o gets better we'll go out for a walk;
    después de la lluvia el día mejoró after the rain it cleared up
    * * *
    I v/t improve
    II v/i improve
    * * *
    : to improve, to make better
    : to improve, to get better
    * * *
    mejorar vb to improve

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejorar

  • 4 justificativo

    adj.
    justifying, vindicative, vindicatory, justificatory.
    m.
    1 alibi, justifying motive.
    2 voucher.
    * * *
    ADJ

    documento justificativo — voucher, certificate

    * * *
    masculino (CS) note explaining reasons for one's absence
    * * *
    masculino (CS) note explaining reasons for one's absence
    * * *
    (CS)
    note explaining reasons for one's absence
    * * *
    justificativo, -a adj
    un recibo justificativo de la compra a receipt as proof of purchase
    * * *
    adj justificatory; documento explaining the reasons, explanatory

    Spanish-English dictionary > justificativo

  • 5 explicaderas

    f.pl.
    manner in which something is explained; facility of explaining.
    * * *
    1 familiar way sing of explaining
    \
    tener buenas explicaderas familiar to be good at explaining things
    * * *
    SFPL

    tener buenas explicaderas — to be good at explaining things (away); pey to be plausible

    Spanish-English dictionary > explicaderas

  • 6 explicar

    v.
    1 to explain.
    ¿te importaría explicarme qué pasa? would you mind telling me o explaining what's going on?
    explícame cómo funciona tell me how it works
    Ella explicó el motivo She explained the motive.
    2 to teach, to lecture in.
    3 to explain to, to explain, to clear up, to make it clear for.
    Elsa le explicó a su hijo Elsa explained to her son.
    4 to account for.
    Ellos explicaron el desastre They accounted for the disaster.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (gen) to explain, expound, tell
    ■ ¿puedes explicar cómo desmontarlo? can you explain how to dismantle it?
    2 (justificar) to justify
    1 (expresarse) to explain oneself, make oneself understood, make oneself clear
    2 (comprender) to understand, make out
    \
    ¿me explico? do you understand?
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=exponer) [+ motivo, tema, cuestión, problema] to explain; [+ teoría] to expound
    2) (Escol) [+ materia] to lecture in; [+ curso] to teach; [+ clase] to give, deliver frm
    2.
    See:
    EXPLICAR ► Cuando explicar lleva objeto directo e indirecto, el orden en inglés es normalmente explain + ((objeto directo)) + to + ((objeto indirecto)): ¿Puedes explicarme eso? Can you explain that to me? Ya se lo he explicado a mi familia I've already explained it to my family Os explicaré la situación I will explain the situation to you ► Sin embargo, si el objeto directo es una construcción más compleja, en inglés se sigue el mismo orden que en español, sin olvidar el uso de la preposición to: ¿Puedes explicarme por qué no viniste ni llamaste ayer? Can you explain to me why you didn't come or phone yesterday? Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to explain
    2.
    explicarse v pron
    a) (comprender, concebir) to understand

    no me lo explico — I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it

    b) ( hacerse comprender) to express oneself

    ¿me explico? — is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?

    * * *
    = account for, explain, present + discussion, set out, spell out, explicate, expound (on), set forth.
    Ex. The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.
    Ex. This may help explain why many working in this field fail to practise what they preach.
    Ex. This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.
    Ex. These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.
    Ex. Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex. Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex. The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.
    Ex. She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.
    ----
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * explicar Algo a Alguien = interpret + Algo + to + Alguien.
    * explicar cómo = give + instructions for.
    * explicar en detalle = explain + at length.
    * explicar largamente = dwell on/upon.
    * explicar la situación = explain + the situation.
    * explicar las razones de = set out + the reasons for.
    * explicar + Posesivo + versión del incidente = explain + Posesivo + side of the incident.
    * explicar + Posesivo + versión de los hechos = explain + Posesivo + side of the story.
    * explicarse = puzzle out.
    * explicar una noción = put across + conception.
    * explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.
    * no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.
    * que se explica por sí mismo = self-explanatory [self explanatory/selfexplanatory].
    * sin explicar = unexplained.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to explain
    2.
    explicarse v pron
    a) (comprender, concebir) to understand

    no me lo explico — I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it

    b) ( hacerse comprender) to express oneself

    ¿me explico? — is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?

    * * *
    = account for, explain, present + discussion, set out, spell out, explicate, expound (on), set forth.

    Ex: The major four categories of physical forms outlined so far account for most of the published indexes and catalogues.

    Ex: This may help explain why many working in this field fail to practise what they preach.
    Ex: This article presents a detailed discussion of the use of Hypermedia for authoring, organisation and presentation of information.
    Ex: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.
    Ex: Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex: Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex: The philosophy of building CD-ROM data bases with files with common subject interests is expounded with reference to the OSH-ROM, CHEM-BANK and CANCER-CD data bases.
    Ex: She sets forth some of the conditions which may have led to this situation in the hope that it may bring about further study.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * explicar Algo a Alguien = interpret + Algo + to + Alguien.
    * explicar cómo = give + instructions for.
    * explicar en detalle = explain + at length.
    * explicar largamente = dwell on/upon.
    * explicar la situación = explain + the situation.
    * explicar las razones de = set out + the reasons for.
    * explicar + Posesivo + versión del incidente = explain + Posesivo + side of the incident.
    * explicar + Posesivo + versión de los hechos = explain + Posesivo + side of the story.
    * explicarse = puzzle out.
    * explicar una noción = put across + conception.
    * explicar un Tema con más detalle = expand upon/on + Tema.
    * no saber cómo explicarlo = be at a loss to explain it.
    * que se explica por sí mismo = self-explanatory [self explanatory/selfexplanatory].
    * sin explicar = unexplained.

    * * *
    explicar [A2 ]
    vt
    to explain
    ¿nos puedes explicar en qué consiste el juego? can you explain to us o show us how to play the game?
    ¿nos vas a explicar por qué llegaste tan tarde? are you going to explain why o give us an explanation as to why you were so late?
    no sé explicarlo I don't know how to express o explain it
    1 (comprender, concebir) to understand
    no me explico cómo pudo suceder una cosa así I don't understand o I can't make out how something like this could have happened
    no me lo explico, si estaba aquí hace un momento I can't understand it o ( colloq) I just don't get it, she was here a moment ago
    2
    (hacerse comprender): se explica muy bien he expresses himself very well
    espero haberme explicado con toda claridad I hope I have made myself quite clear
    no sé lo que quieres decir, explícate I don't know what you're trying to say, explain what you mean
    ¿me explico? is that clear? o do you understand what I mean?
    no sabe explicarse he isn't very good at expressing himself o putting his ideas across o explaining things
    se explicó diciendo que él creía que caducaba mañana he explained it (away) by saying that he thought it expired tomorrow
    * * *

     

    explicar ( conjugate explicar) verbo transitivo
    to explain;

    explicarse verbo pronominal
    a) (comprender, concebir) to understand;

    ◊ no me lo explico I can't understand it o (colloq) I just don't get it



    ¿me explico? do you understand what I mean?
    explicar verbo transitivo to explain
    ' explicar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difícil
    - repasar
    - traducir
    - llanamente
    - minucia
    English:
    account for
    - concoct
    - die out
    - elaborate
    - explain
    - for
    - set-up
    - show
    - so
    - spell out
    - study
    - account
    - detail
    - spell
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [exponer, contar] to explain;
    [teoría] to expound;
    explícame cómo funciona tell me how it works;
    ¿te importaría explicarme qué pasa? would you mind telling me o explaining what's going on?;
    es una sensación rara, no lo puedo explicar it's a strange feeling, I can't explain it
    2. [enseñar] to teach, to lecture in
    * * *
    v/t explain
    * * *
    explicar {72} vt
    : to explain
    * * *
    explicar vb to explain / to tell [pt. & pp. told]
    explícanos qué ha pasado explain what happened / tell us what happened

    Spanish-English dictionary > explicar

  • 7 acatamiento

    m.
    1 compliance.
    2 observance, observation, obedience, respect.
    * * *
    1 (respeto) respect
    2 (de la ley) observance
    * * *
    SM [de ley] observance (de of)
    compliance (de with) (=respeto) respect (a for)
    * * *
    masculino ( de orden) observance
    * * *
    = acquiescence, obedience.
    Ex. After decades of inertia and acquiescence, academic researchers are beginning to offer alternatives to the highly inefficient and unfair system of journal publishing in academia.
    Ex. This article reviews the prospects and limitations of several of these strategies for explaining cooperation and obedience to social norms.
    * * *
    masculino ( de orden) observance
    * * *
    = acquiescence, obedience.

    Ex: After decades of inertia and acquiescence, academic researchers are beginning to offer alternatives to the highly inefficient and unfair system of journal publishing in academia.

    Ex: This article reviews the prospects and limitations of several of these strategies for explaining cooperation and obedience to social norms.

    * * *
    (de una ley, orden): el acatamiento de las leyes compliance with the laws
    dictó una orden para su inmediato acatamiento he issued an order to be carried out o implemented immediately
    * * *

    acatamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 respect
    2 (de las normas) observance
    * * *
    compliance (de with)
    * * *
    m compliance (de with)
    * * *
    : compliance, observance

    Spanish-English dictionary > acatamiento

  • 8 acceder haciendo clic

    (v.) = click
    Ex. We click on the photo of the author, and he comes alive explaining the virtues of his book.
    * * *
    (v.) = click

    Ex: We click on the photo of the author, and he comes alive explaining the virtues of his book.

    Spanish-English dictionary > acceder haciendo clic

  • 9 además

    adv.
    besides, also, furthermore, moreover.
    intj.
    furthermore, additionally.
    pres.indicat.
    2nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: ademar.
    * * *
    1 (también) also, as well
    2 (es más) furthermore, what is more
    ■ ¡y además, el coche es mío! and what's more, the car's mine!
    \
    además de as well as, in addition to
    ■ además de gordo es feo as well as being fat, he's ugly
    * * *
    adv.
    also, besides, furthermore, moreover
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=también) [para añadir otro elemento] also, in addition frm; [para reforzar un comentario] what's more, besides, furthermore frm, moreover frm

    hay, además, pistas de tenis y campos de golf — there are also tennis courts and golf courses, in addition, there are tennis courts and golf courses frm

    y además, me dijo que no me quería — and what's more o and besides, he told me he didn't love me

    estoy cansado y, además, no me apetece — I'm tired, and what's more o besides, I don't feel like it

    quiero decirle, además, que esa no era mi intención — furthermore o moreover I want to tell you that that was not my intention frm

    2)

    • además de — as well as, besides, in addition to frm

    además del alojamiento, necesitamos la comida — as well as o besides somewhere to stay we need food

    además de una fotocopia, se requiere el documento original — as well as o frm in addition to a photocopy, we require the original document

    el examen fue largo, además de difícil — the exam was long as well as difficult

    • además de que — + indic as well as + ger

    además de que estaba cansado, no había comido — as well as being tired he hadn't eaten

    * * *
    1)

    además ¿a mí qué me importa? — anyway, what do I care?

    y es que además, la insultó — on top of everything else he insulted her

    señaló, además, que su objetivo era... — he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to... (frml)

    2)

    además de — besides, apart from

    además de eso, está la cuestión del dinero — apart from that there is the question of money

    además de hacerte mal, engorda — besides o apart from o as well as being bad for you, it's also fattening

    además de hacerlos, los diseña — he designs them as well as making them

    * * *
    = additionally, also, aside, Verbo + further, further, furthermore, moreover, to boot, at that, for what it's worth [FWIW], and all, beyond that, withal, plus.
    Ex. Additionally, menu-based information retrieval systems permit the selected option to be indicated on a simple numerical keypad if so designed.
    Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex. Cost considerations aside, an informative abstract is to be preferred in most instances.
    Ex. Main classes are divided into subclasses which are further subdivided into form, place, time and subject aspects.
    Ex. Further, no guidance can be expected on alternative terms that are related to the searcher's initial search term.
    Ex. Furthermore, since each systems indexes a separate set of documents, each system will have a different natural indexing language.
    Ex. Moreover, it was stated that only selected elements of subject indexing will be included.
    Ex. Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.
    Ex. Terry Lugg, on the other hand, is a much less active borrower, though more active than Stephen Hathaway, and takes books from the science collection, the pure sciences at that.
    Ex. For what it's worth, you can greatly extend the range by using an antenna.
    Ex. There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex. Beyond that, a library can create these commons in cyberspace as well as in public buildings = Más aún, la biblioteca puede crear estos espacios públicos comunes en el ciberespacio además de en los edificios públicos.
    Ex. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex. All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.
    ----
    * además de = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention.
    * además de eso = add to this, beyond that.
    * además de..., hay otros + Nombre = with..., there are + other + Nombre.
    * además del belga = extra-Belgian.
    * además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).
    * Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.
    * referencia "véase además" = see also reference.
    * véase además = see also.
    * y además = then again, and on top of that.
    * y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).
    * * *
    1)

    además ¿a mí qué me importa? — anyway, what do I care?

    y es que además, la insultó — on top of everything else he insulted her

    señaló, además, que su objetivo era... — he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to... (frml)

    2)

    además de — besides, apart from

    además de eso, está la cuestión del dinero — apart from that there is the question of money

    además de hacerte mal, engorda — besides o apart from o as well as being bad for you, it's also fattening

    además de hacerlos, los diseña — he designs them as well as making them

    * * *
    = additionally, also, aside, Verbo + further, further, furthermore, moreover, to boot, at that, for what it's worth [FWIW], and all, beyond that, withal, plus.

    Ex: Additionally, menu-based information retrieval systems permit the selected option to be indicated on a simple numerical keypad if so designed.

    Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    Ex: Cost considerations aside, an informative abstract is to be preferred in most instances.
    Ex: Main classes are divided into subclasses which are further subdivided into form, place, time and subject aspects.
    Ex: Further, no guidance can be expected on alternative terms that are related to the searcher's initial search term.
    Ex: Furthermore, since each systems indexes a separate set of documents, each system will have a different natural indexing language.
    Ex: Moreover, it was stated that only selected elements of subject indexing will be included.
    Ex: Such information will soon be replete with the requisite illustrations and, if need be, with sound explanations to boot.
    Ex: Terry Lugg, on the other hand, is a much less active borrower, though more active than Stephen Hathaway, and takes books from the science collection, the pure sciences at that.
    Ex: For what it's worth, you can greatly extend the range by using an antenna.
    Ex: There is no better way for reference librarians to see how their efforts are perceived by library users than to see themselves in action -- blunders and all.
    Ex: Beyond that, a library can create these commons in cyberspace as well as in public buildings = Más aún, la biblioteca puede crear estos espacios públicos comunes en el ciberespacio además de en los edificios públicos.
    Ex: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex: All of these (except PREVIOUS and NEXT), plus some additional commands are also available from the Command Menu.
    * además de = along with, apart from, as well as, besides, coupled with, in addition (to), over and above, plus, quite apart from, aside from, on top of, other than, complete with, not least, beyond, together with, not to mention.
    * además de eso = add to this, beyond that.
    * además de..., hay otros + Nombre = with..., there are + other + Nombre.
    * además del belga = extra-Belgian.
    * además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).
    * Adjetivo + y además + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + if + Adjetivo.
    * referencia "véase además" = see also reference.
    * véase además = see also.
    * y además = then again, and on top of that.
    * y además otro(s) = still (an)other(s).

    * * *
    A
    estudia y además trabaja she's working as well as studying
    es caro y además no te queda bien it's expensive, and anyway o besides, it doesn't look right on you
    además ¿a mí qué me importa? anyway, what do I care?
    recuerdo, además, que iba vestida de azul I remember, moreover, that she was wearing blue o furthermore, I remember that she was wearing blue
    señaló, además, que su objetivo era … he indicated, furthermore o moreover, that his aim was to … ( frml)
    se casó con ella por el dinero, … y es que además te lo dice he married her for her money, and what's more, he'll tell you so himself
    B
    además de besides, apart from
    además de caro, es feo y demasiado grande not only is it expensive, it's also ugly and too big, besides being expensive, it's also ugly and too big
    además de + INF:
    además de hacerte mal, engorda apart from o as well as o besides being bad for you, it's also fattening
    * * *

     

    además adverbio
    1

    ◊ además habla ruso she speaks Russian as well o too



    ◊ además ¿a mí qué me importa? anyway, what do I care?

    2

    además de hacerte mal, engorda besides o apart from being bad for you, it's also fattening;
    además de hacerlos, los diseña he designs them as well as making them
    además adverbio moreover, furthermore: además, es un engreído, besides, he's arrogant
    además de, as well as: además de ser barata, es preciosa, as well as being cheap, it's also beautiful
    ' además' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amén
    - añadidura
    - aparte
    - encima
    - junta
    - junto
    - otra
    - otro
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - poder
    - sobre
    - también
    - lado
    - más
    - parte
    English:
    addition
    - again
    - also
    - bargain
    - besides
    - bonus
    - both
    - furthermore
    - in
    - moreover
    - over
    - plus
    - still
    - well
    - aside
    - further
    - moonlight
    - more
    - that
    - then
    * * *
    además adv
    moreover, besides;
    [también] also;
    es guapa y además inteligente she's beautiful, and clever too;
    dijo, además, que no pensaba retirarse she also said that she didn't intend to retire;
    canta muy bien y además toca la guitarra not only does she sing very well, she also plays the guitar;
    no sólo es demasiado grande, sino que además te queda mal it's not just that it's too big, it doesn't suit you either;
    además hay que tener en cuenta que… it should, moreover, be remembered that…;
    además de as well as;
    además de simpático es inteligente as well as being nice, he's intelligent;
    además de perder el partido, enfadaron a la afición on top of losing the match they upset their supporters
    * * *
    I adv as well, besides
    II prp
    :
    además de as well as
    * * *
    además adv
    1) : besides, furthermore
    2)
    además de : in addition to, as well as
    * * *
    además adv
    1. (encima) what's more
    y además, ni siquiera es suyo and what's more, it's not even his
    2. (también) also / as well
    nos dieron comida y, además, algo de dinero they gave us some food and some money as well

    Spanish-English dictionary > además

  • 10 arrojado

    adj.
    brave, aggressive, bold, courageous.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arrojar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arrojar arrojar
    1 thrown, thrown out
    2 (osado) bold, fearless, daring
    * * *
    ADJ (=valiente) daring, dashing; (=temerario) reckless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.
    Ex. Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo brave, daring
    * * *
    = valiant, plucky [pluckier -comp., pluckiest -sup.], fearless, dauntless, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Manchester Public Libraries are making a valiant attempt to offer a suitable facility despite over-crowding and lack of space.

    Ex: Steel's book exemplifies what might be termed the subgenre of 'Mutiny novel,' using such conventional characters as the plucky Englishwoman, the unflappable English gentleman-spy, and the crazed religious zealot.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.

    * * *
    brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arrojar: ( conjugate arrojar)

    arrojado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arrojado    
    arrojar
    arrojar ( conjugate arrojar) verbo transitivo
    1

    (Aviac) ‹ bomba› to drop
    b) ‹ lava› to spew (out);

    ‹ humo› to belch out;
    ‹ luz› to shed
    2 ( vomitar) to bring up, throw up
    arrojarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to throw oneself;
    arrojadose sobre algo/algn [ persona] to throw oneself onto sth/sb;
    [perro/tigre] to pounce on sth/sb
    arrojado,-a adj (atrevido) bold, daring
    arrojar verbo transitivo
    1 (lanzar) to throw, fling
    2 Com (un resultado) to show
    ' arrojado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - valiente
    English:
    spunky
    * * *
    arrojado, -a adj
    bold, fearless
    * * *
    I adj brave, daring
    II part → arrojar
    * * *
    arrojado, -da adj
    : daring, fearless

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrojado

  • 11 atrevido

    adj.
    1 daring, adventurous, bold, brave.
    2 cheeky, brassy, bold-faced, pert.
    f. & m.
    cheeky person, insolent person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atreverse.
    * * *
    1→ link=atreverse atreverse
    1 (osado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) insolent, impudent
    3 (indecoroso) daring, risqué
    * * *
    (f. - atrevida)
    adj.
    daring, bold
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=audaz) daring, bold; (=insolente) cheeky, sassy (EEUU)
    2) [chiste] daring, risqué
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
    b) ( osado) <escote/persona> daring; < chiste> risqué

    el atrevido diseño del edificio — the bold o adventurous design of the building

    c) ( valiente) brave
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( insolente)

    es un atrevido y un maleducado — he is sassy (AmE) o (BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered

    b) ( valiente)

    el mundo es de los atrevidos — fortune favors the brave

    * * *
    = brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], presumptuous, adventurous, cheeky [cheekier -comp., cheekiest -sup.], risqué, bawdy [bawdier -comp., bawdiest -sup.], fearless, impudent, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], pert, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.

    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: The Library Association is impudent in suggesting that it will impose sanctions on those who fail to keep abreast of developments in librarianship.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * ignorancia es muy atrevida, la = ignorance is very daring.
    * persona atrevida = risk taker.
    * ser atrevido = make + a bold statement.

    * * *
    atrevido1 -da
    1 (insolente) mouthy ( AmE colloq), sassy ( AmE colloq), cheeky ( BrE colloq)
    2 (osado) ‹escote/vestido› daring; ‹chiste› risqué
    el atrevido diseño del edificio the bold o adventurous design of the building
    me parece algo atrevido decir una cosa así I think it would be rash to say such a thing
    un escritor atrevido a daring writer
    3 (valiente) brave
    ¿te vas a vivir allí? eres muy atrevido are you going to live there? that's very brave of you
    atrevido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1
    (insolente): ese niño es un atrevido y un maleducado that little boy is mouthy ( AmE) o sassy ( AmE) o ( BrE) cheeky and bad-mannered ( colloq)
    2
    (valiente): el mundo es de los atrevidos fortune favors the brave
    * * *

     

    Del verbo atreverse: ( conjugate atreverse)

    atrevido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    atreverse    
    atrevido
    atreverse ( conjugate atreverse) verbo pronominal
    to dare;
    ◊ ¡anda, atrévete! go on then, I dare you (to);

    no me atrevo a decírselo I daren't tell him;
    ¿cómo te atreves a pegarle? how dare you hit him?;
    ¿a que conmigo no te atreves? I bet you wouldn't dare take me on
    atrevido -da adjetivo
    a) ( insolente) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)

    b) ( osado) ‹escote/persona› daring;

    ‹ chiste› risqué;
    ‹ diseño› bold

    atreverse verbo reflexivo to dare: ¿te atreves a hacerlo?, do you dare to do it? o dare you do it? ➣ Ver nota en dare
    atrevido,-a adjetivo
    1 (descarado) daring, bold
    2 (insolente) cheeky, impudent
    3 (un vestido) risqué
    ' atrevido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojada
    - arrojado
    - atrevida
    - desvergonzada
    - desvergonzado
    - impertinente
    - lanzada
    - lanzado
    English:
    audacious
    - daredevil
    - daring
    - naughty
    - presumptuous
    - revealing
    - forward
    - risqué
    - sassy
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    atrevido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [osado] daring;
    es muy atrevido, le encantan los deportes de riesgo he's very daring, he loves dangerous sports;
    un escote atrevido a daring neckline;
    una película/escultura atrevida a bold movie/sculpture
    2. [caradura] cheeky
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [osado] daring person
    2. [caradura] cheeky person;
    ¡qué atrevido, contestar así a tu madre! what a cheek, answering your mother back like that!
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( insolente) sassy fam, Br
    cheeky fam
    2 ( valiente) brave, daring
    * * *
    atrevido, -da adj
    1) : bold, daring
    2) : insolent
    * * *
    1. (audaz) daring
    2. (insolente) cheeky [comp. cheekier; superl. cheekiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrevido

  • 12 audaz

    adj.
    1 daring, bold.
    2 audacious, bold, brave, courageous.
    3 wild.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl audaces)
    1 audacious, bold, daring
    * * *
    adj.
    bold, audacious
    * * *
    ADJ bold, audacious
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex. 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * persona audaz = risk taker.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous; ( osado) daring, bold
    * * *
    = adventurous, daring, fearless, bold [bolder -comp., boldest -sup.], dauntless, brave [braver -comp., bravest -sup.], audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: Many say the role of consumer advice centres as being simply mediators between the consumer and the retailer/manufacturer; only a few adventurous authorities encouraged the aggressive championing of consumer complaints.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex: He describes the decoration of the tombs, explaining that this artwork is a fearless thumbing of the nose at death itself.
    Ex: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: It would be a brave man who would predict that such a process will always remain clumsy, slow and faulty in detail.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * persona audaz = risk taker.

    * * *
    1 (valiente) ‹persona/acción› brave, courageous, daring, bold
    2 (osado) daring, bold, audacious
    * * *

    audaz adjetivo ( valiente) brave, courageous;
    ( osado) daring, bold
    audaz adjetivo audacious, bold
    ' audaz' also found in these entries:
    English:
    audacious
    - bold
    - daring
    - defiant
    - intrepid
    - unadventurous
    * * *
    audaz adj
    1. [valiente] daring, bold
    2. [descarado] audacious
    * * *
    adj daring, bold, audacious
    * * *
    audaz adj, pl audaces : bold, audacious, daring
    ♦ audazmente adv
    * * *
    audaz adj daring / bold

    Spanish-English dictionary > audaz

  • 13 aumentar

    v.
    1 to increase, to rise.
    aumentar la producción to increase production
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent
    El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.
    Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.
    Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.
    2 to magnify, to amplify.
    El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.
    3 to enlarge.
    Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.
    4 to raise, to improve.
    El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.
    5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.
    * * *
    1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up
    2 (óptica) to magnify
    3 (fotos) to enlarge
    4 (sonido) to amplify
    1 to rise, go up
    1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify
    2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up
    3) [+ intensidad] to increase
    4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify
    2. VI
    1) [tamaño] to increase
    2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

    este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

    3) [intensidad] to increase
    4)

    aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.
    Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.
    Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex. If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex. One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex. The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    ----
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

    Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

    Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.

    * * *
    aumentar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up
    el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image
    no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear
    esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension
    2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase
    ■ aumentar
    vi
    «temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise
    el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams
    su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity
    el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%
    la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult
    aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend
    aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth
    aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size
    ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight
    * * *

     

    aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo

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

    verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
    [ velocidad] to increase;
    [precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;

    aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
    aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
    aumentar
    I verbo transitivo to increase
    Fot to enlarge
    Ópt to magnify
    II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
    (de valor) to appreciate

    ' aumentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alargar
    - engordar
    - explorar
    - separar
    - separarse
    - doblar
    - elevar
    - multiplicar
    - redoblar
    English:
    add to
    - appreciate
    - augment
    - boost
    - build up
    - deepen
    - efficiency
    - enhance
    - escalate
    - gain
    - grow
    - heighten
    - improve
    - increase
    - intensify
    - jack up
    - jump
    - magnify
    - mark up
    - mount
    - odds
    - put up
    - quantity
    - raise
    - rise
    - snowball
    - step up
    - surge
    - swell
    - up
    - add
    - develop
    - go
    - put
    - soar
    - strengthen
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to increase;
    aumentar la producción to increase production;
    los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    ♦ vi
    [temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
    aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;
    con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats
    * * *
    I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up
    II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up
    * * *
    acrecentar: to increase, to raise
    : to rise, to increase, to grow
    * * *
    1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise
    2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase
    3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

    Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar

  • 14 ayudar a + Infinitivo

    (v.) = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio
    Ex. This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.
    * * *
    (v.) = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio

    Ex: This simple observation also goes some of the way towards explaining the variety of tools, methods and systems which are encountered in the organisation knowledge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayudar a + Infinitivo

  • 15 baraja de cartas

    (n.) = pack of playing cards, deck of playing cards, deck of cards
    Ex. Try to envisage explaining the significance of a bid of 'two clubs' in contract bridge to someone who has never seen a pack of playing cards.
    Ex. A standard deck of plastic-coated playing cards is modified by having LC call numbers taped to their backs corresponding to the order of the cards' faces.
    Ex. The tarot is a deck of cards that originated over 500 years ago in northern Italy.
    * * *
    (n.) = pack of playing cards, deck of playing cards, deck of cards

    Ex: Try to envisage explaining the significance of a bid of 'two clubs' in contract bridge to someone who has never seen a pack of playing cards.

    Ex: A standard deck of plastic-coated playing cards is modified by having LC call numbers taped to their backs corresponding to the order of the cards' faces.
    Ex: The tarot is a deck of cards that originated over 500 years ago in northern Italy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > baraja de cartas

  • 16 barca

    f.
    dinghy, small boat.
    barca de remos rowing boat
    * * *
    1 boat, small boat
    \
    en la misma barca in the same boat
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF boat, small boat

    barca de pesca, barca pesquera — fishing boat

    * * *
    femenino boat
    * * *
    = boat, punt, skiff, dinghy.
    Ex. In 1793, Hurley Barnes and his family sailed down the Lewark River in a small boat.
    Ex. The tour includes a boat trip through this region on a punt typical of the region.
    Ex. A ferryman in a traditional costume will pole the skiff through a seemingly endless labyrinth of brooks, rivers and canals which earned the land the name of Venice of the North.
    Ex. The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.
    ----
    * barca de remos = rowboat.
    * barca hinchable = dinghy.
    * emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.
    * paseo en barca = boating.
    * puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.
    * * *
    femenino boat
    * * *
    = boat, punt, skiff, dinghy.

    Ex: In 1793, Hurley Barnes and his family sailed down the Lewark River in a small boat.

    Ex: The tour includes a boat trip through this region on a punt typical of the region.
    Ex: A ferryman in a traditional costume will pole the skiff through a seemingly endless labyrinth of brooks, rivers and canals which earned the land the name of Venice of the North.
    Ex: The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.
    * barca de remos = rowboat.
    * barca hinchable = dinghy.
    * emigrantes que huyen de su país en barca o patera = boat people.
    * paseo en barca = boating.
    * puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.

    * * *
    boat
    Compuesto:
    rowboat ( AmE), rowing boat ( BrE)
    * * *

    barca sustantivo femenino
    boat;

    barca sustantivo femenino small boat

    ' barca' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cabeceo
    - chinchorro
    - agitar
    - banco
    - carcasa
    - chalupa
    - lancha
    - mar
    English:
    boat
    - boating
    - drift
    - ferry
    - meet
    - riverboat
    - trawler
    * * *
    Barça ['barsa] nm
    Dep = informal name for Barcelona Football Club
    * * *
    f boat;
    dar un paseo en barca go on a boat trip
    * * *
    barca nf
    1) : boat
    2)
    barca de pasaje : ferryboat
    * * *
    barca n boat

    Spanish-English dictionary > barca

  • 17 barca hinchable

    (n.) = dinghy
    Ex. The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.
    * * *
    (n.) = dinghy

    Ex: The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.

    Spanish-English dictionary > barca hinchable

  • 18 bocadillo

    m.
    1 (filled) roll (food). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 speech bubble, balloon.
    3 snack, bite.
    4 hors d'oeuvre.
    * * *
    1 sandwich
    2 (en cómics) speech balloon
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    2) [en historietas] balloon, bubble
    * * *
    1) (Esp) ( emparedado) roll
    2) (Col, Ven) ( dulce) guava jelly
    3) ( en comics) bubble, balloon
    * * *
    = caption, sandwich, butty [buttie], sarnie.
    Ex. The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.
    Ex. Its cloth-paper sandwich structure and large size make it unique.
    Ex. They sell great butties made fresh to order.
    Ex. Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    ----
    * bocadillo de bacon = bacon butty.
    * bocadillo de mermelada = jam butty.
    * bocadillo de patatas fritas = chip butty.
    * * *
    1) (Esp) ( emparedado) roll
    2) (Col, Ven) ( dulce) guava jelly
    3) ( en comics) bubble, balloon
    * * *
    = caption, sandwich, butty [buttie], sarnie.

    Ex: The text accompanying an illustration and explaining the subject represented is known as caption, legend or cutline.

    Ex: Its cloth-paper sandwich structure and large size make it unique.
    Ex: They sell great butties made fresh to order.
    Ex: Some tasty ready-made sarnies you can buy in shops are so full of salt they should have a health warning, says a group of experts.
    * bocadillo de bacon = bacon butty.
    * bocadillo de mermelada = jam butty.
    * bocadillo de patatas fritas = chip butty.

    * * *
    A ( Esp) (emparedado) sandwich
    B (Col, Ven) (dulce) guava jelly
    C (en comics) bubble, balloon
    * * *

     

    bocadillo sustantivo masculino
    1 (Esp) ( emparedado) roll
    2 (Col, Ven) ( dulce) guava jelly
    bocadillo sustantivo masculino sandwich
    un bocadillo de queso, a cheese sandwich
    ' bocadillo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    merendar
    - pezuña
    - ventilarse
    - torta
    English:
    balloon
    - roll
    - sandwich
    - use
    * * *
    1. Esp [comida] filled roll [made with a baguette]
    2. [en cómic] speech bubble, balloon
    3. Ven [postre] = dessert of fruit jelly in banana leaves
    * * *
    m sandwich
    * * *
    bocadillo nm, Spain : sandwich
    * * *
    bocadillo n sandwich [pl. sandwiches]

    Spanish-English dictionary > bocadillo

  • 19 bote

    m.
    1 jar.
    bote de la basura rubbish bin (AmBr), garbage can, trash can (United States)
    bote de humo smoke canister
    2 boat.
    bote de remos rowing boat
    bote salvavidas lifeboat
    3 jump.
    dar botes to jump up and down; (saltar) to bump up and down; (tren, coche)
    pegar un bote to jump, to give a start (de susto)
    4 bounce.
    dar un bote, dar botes to bounce
    5 tips.
    el cambio, para el bote keep the change
    6 rollover jackpot.
    7 nick (British), joint (United States) (informal) (jail). (Mexican Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)
    8 canister, can.
    9 jail, prison, jailhouse, hock.
    10 butt, buttocks, rear end.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: botar.
    * * *
    de bote en bote jam-packed
    ————————
    1 MARÍTIMO small boat
    \
    bote salvavidas lifeboat
    ————————
    1 (lata) tin, can
    2 (tarro) jar
    3 (para propinas) jar for tips, box for tips
    4 (fondo) kitty
    5 (premio) jackpot
    \
    tener a alguien en el bote to have somebody eating out of one's hand
    bote de humo smoke canister
    ————————
    1 (salto) bounce
    \
    a bote pronto off the top of one's head
    dar botes (persona) to jump up and down 2 (pelota) to bounce
    dar botes de alegría to jump for joy
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) can, tin, jar, container
    3) boat
    •
    * * *
    I
    SM
    1) [de pelota] bounce
    2) Esp (=salto) [de persona, caballo] jump

    se levantó de un bote — he jumped up, he leapt to his feet

    dar o pegar un bote — [persona] to jump; [coche] to bump, jolt

    - dar el bote a algn
    3) (=arremetida) [con un arma] thrust; [con el cuerpo] lunge
    II
    SM
    1) (=recipiente) [de vidrio] jar; [de plástico] container; [de metal] [para conservas, pintura] can, tin; [para bebidas] can

    de bote — canned, tinned

    es rubia de bote — * she's a fake blonde

    - estar de bote en bote
    - tener a algn metido en el bote

    bote de basura — Méx dustbin, trash can (EEUU)

    bote de cerveza — Esp [lleno] can of beer; [vacío] beer can

    2) [como propina]

    bote — tips

    3) (=fondo común) kitty
    4) [en lotería, quiniela] jackpot
    5) CAm, Méx, Ven ** (=cárcel) jail, nick *, can (EEUU) *
    III
    SM (=barca) [de pesca] boat; [deportivo] skiff

    bote de paseo — rowing boat, rowboat (EEUU)

    bote de remos — rowing boat, rowboat (EEUU)

    * * *
    1) (Náut) boat
    2)
    a) ( envase - de lata) (Esp) can, tin (BrE); (- de vidrio) jar

    chupar del bote — (Esp fam) to feather one's nest, line one's pocket

    b) ( recipiente - de lata) tin; (- de vidrio, plástico) storage jar

    el bote de la basura — (Méx) the trash can (AmE), the rubbish bin (BrE)

    c) (para gastos comunes, en juegos) kitty; (en bar, restaurante) box ( for tips)
    3) (Méx arg) jail, slammer (sl)
    4)
    a) ( salto) jump

    dio or pegó un bote de alegría — he jumped for joy

    a bote pronto — (Esp) off the top of one's head (colloq)

    b) ( de pelota) bounce
    c) (Col) (vuelta, giro)

    dar el bote — canoa to capsize; persona to (do a) somersault

    * * *
    = bottle, jar, dinghy.
    Ex. It is scarcely possible to imagine the answer to a question such as 'Why do they launch a ship by breaking a bottle of champagne over her bow?' being found without the consultation of a printed book somewhere along the line.
    Ex. She wrote the following article 'Of books, manuscripts and jars of snakes: reference service in the museum, archives and records management section'.
    Ex. The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.
    ----
    * bote de pegamento = glue pot.
    * bote salvavidas = lifeboat.
    * chupar del bote = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
    * de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.
    * sopa de bote = canned soup, tinned soup.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.
    * * *
    1) (Náut) boat
    2)
    a) ( envase - de lata) (Esp) can, tin (BrE); (- de vidrio) jar

    chupar del bote — (Esp fam) to feather one's nest, line one's pocket

    b) ( recipiente - de lata) tin; (- de vidrio, plástico) storage jar

    el bote de la basura — (Méx) the trash can (AmE), the rubbish bin (BrE)

    c) (para gastos comunes, en juegos) kitty; (en bar, restaurante) box ( for tips)
    3) (Méx arg) jail, slammer (sl)
    4)
    a) ( salto) jump

    dio or pegó un bote de alegría — he jumped for joy

    a bote pronto — (Esp) off the top of one's head (colloq)

    b) ( de pelota) bounce
    c) (Col) (vuelta, giro)

    dar el bote — canoa to capsize; persona to (do a) somersault

    * * *
    = bottle, jar, dinghy.

    Ex: It is scarcely possible to imagine the answer to a question such as 'Why do they launch a ship by breaking a bottle of champagne over her bow?' being found without the consultation of a printed book somewhere along the line.

    Ex: She wrote the following article 'Of books, manuscripts and jars of snakes: reference service in the museum, archives and records management section'.
    Ex: The illustration shows how air flows around a sail, explaining why a dinghy is able to move toward the wind rather than be blown backwards.
    * bote de pegamento = glue pot.
    * bote salvavidas = lifeboat.
    * chupar del bote = line + Posesivo + (own) pocket(s), feather + Posesivo/the + nest.
    * de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.
    * sopa de bote = canned soup, tinned soup.
    * tonto del bote = as thick as a brick, as thick as two (short) planks, as daft as a brush, bonehead, birdbrain, knucklehead.

    * * *
    A ( Náut) boat
    Compuestos:
    ● bote de or a remos
    rowboat ( AmE), rowing boat ( BrE)
    inflatable dinghy
    lifeboat
    B
    1 (envase — de lata) ( Esp) can, tin ( BrE); (— de vidrio) jar
    un bote de mermelada a jar of jelly ( AmE) o ( BrE) jam
    un bote de yogur a carton of yogurt
    ¿la salsa es casera o de bote? is the sauce homemade or did it come out of a tin/jar/bottle?
    chupar del bote ( Esp fam); to feather one's nest, line one's pocket
    estaba de bote en bote it was packed
    llenaron de bote en bote la sala they packed the room
    tener a algn (metido) en el bote ( Esp fam): lo tiene metido en el bote she's got him twisted around her little finger o in the palm of her hand
    tiene al jefe de la policía en el bote he's got the chief of police in his pocket
    2 (recipiente — de lata) tin; (— de vidrio, plástico) storage jar
    ponlo en el bote de las galletas put it in the biscuit tin o barrel o ( AmE) the cookie jar
    el bote de la basura ( Méx); trash can ( AmE), rubbish bin ( BrE)
    3 (para gastos comunes, en juegos) kitty; (en un bar, restaurante) box ( for tips)
    Compuestos:
    tear gas canister
    smoke bomb, smoke grenade
    C (Méx, Ven arg) jail, slammer (sl)
    D
    1 (salto) jump
    dio or pegó un bote de alegría he jumped for joy
    se levantó de un bote she leapt to her feet
    la piedra rodó dando botes montaña abajo the stone went bouncing down the mountainside
    a bote pronto off the top of one's head ( colloq)
    darse el bote ( Esp arg); to beat it ( colloq), to split ( colloq)
    dio dos botes it bounced twice
    3
    ( Col) (vuelta, giro): dar el bote «canoa» to capsize;
    «persona» to somersault, do a somersault
    * * *

     

    Del verbo botar: ( conjugate botar)

    boté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    bote es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    botar    
    bote
    botar ( conjugate botar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ barco› to launch
    2 ‹ pelota› to bounce
    3 (AmL exc RPl) ( tirar) to throw … out;

    bótalo a la basura chuck o throw it out (colloq);
    bote el dinero to throw your money away
    4 (AmL exc RPl fam)
    a) ( echar — de lugar) to throw … out (colloq);

    (— de trabajo) to fire (colloq), to sack (BrE colloq)
    b) ( abandonar) ‹novio/novia› to chuck (colloq), to ditch (colloq);

    ‹marido/esposa› to leave;

    5 (AmL exc RPl fam) ( derribar) ‹puerta/árbol› to knock down;
    ‹botella/taza› to knock over;
    ◊ no empujes que me botas stop pushing, you're going to knock me over

    6 (AmL exc RPl) ( perder) ‹aceite/gasolina› to leak
    verbo intransitivo (Esp) [ pelota] to bounce
    botarse verbo pronominal (AmL exc CS fam)


    bote sustantivo masculino
    1 (Náut) boat;
    bote de or a remos rowboat (AmE), rowing boat (BrE);

    2 ( recipiente — de lata) tin;
    (— de vidrio, plástico) storage jar;
    (— de cerveza) (Esp) can;
    (— de mermelada) (Esp) jar;

    de bote en bote packed
    3 ( de pelota) bounce;

    botar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (una persona) to jump
    2 (un objeto) to bounce
    II verbo transitivo
    1 Náut to launch
    2 (un balón, pelota) to bounce
    3 LAm (echar de un lugar, despedir) to throw o chuck out
    bote 1 sustantivo masculino
    1 jump, bound
    2 (de pelota) bounce, rebound
    ♦ Locuciones: dar botes, to jump up and down
    dar un bote, (asustarse) to give a start
    (de alegría) to jump for joy
    bote 2 sustantivo masculino
    1 (de lata) can, tin, canister
    (de vidrio) jar
    (para propinas) jar o box for tips
    2 (en lotería) jackpot
    3 bote de humo, teargas canister
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar chupar del bote, to scrounge, to be on the make
    en el bote, in the bag: ya los tengo en el bote, they are eating out of my hand
    bote 3 m Náut boat
    bote de salvamento, lifeboat
    bote 4
    ♦ Locuciones: estar de bote en bote, to be packed o to be full to bursting
    ' bote' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lata
    - limonada
    - salvavidas
    - tarro
    - lancha
    - patín
    - remar
    English:
    can
    - canister
    - dinghy
    - disclaimer
    - fit on
    - jam jar
    - jar
    - launch
    - lifeboat
    - paint pot
    - rowboat
    - rowing boat
    - screw top
    - sea
    - bin
    - boat
    - boating
    - garbage
    - jack
    - jam
    - kitty
    - life
    - pedal bin
    - pleasure
    - pot
    - row
    - rubbish
    - swing
    - tin
    - trash
    * * *
    bote nm
    1. [envase] [tarro] jar;
    Esp [lata] can, Br tin; [de champú, pastillas] bottle;
    los guisantes ¿son naturales o de bote? are the peas fresh or tinned?
    Am bote de la basura Br rubbish bin, US garbage can, trash can;
    bote de humo smoke canister
    2. [barca] boat
    bote de remos esp Br rowing boat, US rowboat;
    bote salvavidas lifeboat
    3. [caja para propinas] tips box;
    el cambio, para el bote keep the change
    4. [salto] jump;
    dar botes [saltar] to jump up and down;
    [vehículo] to bump up and down;
    pegar un bote [de susto] to jump, to give a start;
    dio un bote de alegría she jumped for joy
    5. [de pelota] bounce;
    tienes que dejar que dé un bote you have to let it bounce;
    dar botes to bounce;
    a bote pronto on the half volley
    6. [en lotería] rollover jackpot
    7. Méx, Ven Fam [cárcel] Br nick, US joint
    8. Ven [escape] leak
    9. Comp
    a bote pronto [sin pensar] off the top of one's head;
    Esp Fam
    chupar del bote to feather one's nest;
    Fam
    darse el bote Br to scarper, US to split;
    de bote en bote chock-a-block;
    Esp Esp
    tener en el bote a alguien to have sb eating out of one's hand;
    Fam
    ¡tonto del bote! stupid halfwit!
    * * *
    m
    1 ( barco) boat
    2 de pelota bounce;
    a bote pronto off the top of one’s head;
    3 L.Am. ( lata) can, Br tb
    tin
    4 ( tarro) jar;
    tener a alguien en el bote fam have s.o. in one’s pocket fam ;
    chupar del bote fig fam line one’s pockets fam ;
    de bote en bote packed out
    5 para propinas kitty
    6 Méx fam ( cárcel) slammer pop
    * * *
    bote nm
    1) : small boat
    bote de remos: rowboat
    2) : can, jar
    3) : jump, bounce
    4) Mex fam : jail
    * * *
    bote n
    2. (de lata) can / tin
    3. (barca) boat
    cuando lo vi, di botes when I saw him, I jumped up and down

    Spanish-English dictionary > bote

  • 20 bridge-contrato

    Ex. Try to envisage explaining the significance of a bid of 'two clubs' in contract bridge to someone who has never seen a pack of playing cards.
    * * *

    Ex: Try to envisage explaining the significance of a bid of 'two clubs' in contract bridge to someone who has never seen a pack of playing cards.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bridge-contrato

Страницы

См. также в других словарях:

  • Explaining — Explain Ex*plain ([e^]ks*pl[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}([e^]ks*pl[=a]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out + plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • explaining — adjective Of something that explains. We understood better after we read his explaining letter …   Wiktionary

  • explaining — ex·plain || ɪk spleɪn v. illustrate, elucidate, interpret, describe …   English contemporary dictionary

  • explaining — …   Useful english dictionary

  • self-explaining — self ex*plain ing, a. Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. — The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. The legal profession is ever illustrating the obvious, explaining the evident, expatiating the commonplace. Prime Minister Benjamin… …   Law dictionary

  • self-explaining — understood by itself, requiring no interpretation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • self-explaining — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : self explanatory * * * self explanˈatory or self explainˈing adjective Obvious, understandable without explanation, self evident • • • Main Entry: ↑self …   Useful english dictionary

  • RFC 1169 — Explaining the role of GOSIP. Cerf, V.G.; Mills, K.L. 1990 August …   Acronyms

  • RFC 1169 — Explaining the role of GOSIP. Cerf, V.G.; Mills, K.L. 1990 August …   Acronyms von A bis Z

  • Shiming — The Shìmíng (zh cw|c=釋名/释名|w= Shih Ming ; Explaining Names or Explanation of Names ) is a Chinese dictionary that employed phonological glosses, and is believed to date from c . 200 [CE] (Miller 1980: 424). Its 1502 definitions attempt to… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»