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explores (verb)

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1 prospects

1. перспективы; планы на будущее; виды на будущее

gloomy prospects — печальные перспективы

long-term prospects — долговременные планы

unblighted prospects — радужные перспективы

good crop prospects — хорошие виды на урожай

economic prospects — экономические перспективы

2. искать; перспектива

bleak prospects — печальные перспективы

dark prospects — невесёлые перспективы

business prospects — торговые перспективы

Синонимический ряд:

1. anticipation (noun) anticipation; expectancies; expectations

2. chances (noun) chances; futures; likeliness; odds; outlooks; probabilities

3. views (noun) lookouts; outlooks; perspectives; scenes; sights; views; vistas

4. explores (verb) delves into; digs into; explores; goes into; inquires into; investigates; looks into; probes; sifts

English-Russian base dictionary > prospects
2 abrir

v.

1 to open.

la tienda abre a las cinco the shop opens at five (o'clock)

Ricardo abre la celda de Mario Richard opens Mario's cell.

El Dr. Zus abre el abdomen Dr. Zus opens=cuts open the abdomen.

2 to dig.

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

abrir paso o camino (también figurative) to clear the way

3 to open (negocio, colegio, mercado).

4 to whet (apetito).

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

5 to head.

6 to open the door (abrir la puerta).

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

7 to draw open, to open.

Ricardo abre las cortinas Richard draws the curtains open.

8 to turn on.

Ricardo abre el paso de corriente Richard turns on the electricity.

* * *

abrir

(pp abierto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to open

■ abre la ventana open the window

■ abriré esta botella de cava I'll open this bottle of cava

■ abrid vuestros libros en la página diez open your books at page ten

■ ya puedes abrir los ojos you can open your eyes now

■ quisiera abrir una cuenta corriente I would like to open a current account

2 (con llave) to unlock

■ sacó una llave y abrió la caja he took out a key and unlocked the safe

3 (cremallera) to undo

■ abrió la cremallera de la maleta she undid the zip on the case, she unzipped the case

4 (negocio) to open

■ van a abrir un bar en la esquina they're going to open a bar on the corner

5 (túnel) to dig; (agujero) to make

6 (luz) to switch on, turn on; (gas, grifo) to turn on

7 (iniciar) to start, begin

■ abrieron una investigación para aclarar la causa del incendio they started an investigation into the causes of the fire

8 (encabezar) to head, lead

■ un niño con una cruz abría la procesión a boy with a cross headed the procession

► verbo pronominal abrirse

1 (gen) to open

■ la puerta se abre hacia fuera the door opens outwards

■ le dieron puntos para que no se le abriera la herida they gave her stitches so that the wound wouldn't open

2 (flor) to open, come out

■ las rosas se están abriendo the roses are opening

3 (iniciarse) to begin, start, open

■ la película se abre con una escena muy bella the film opens with a very beautiful scene

4 (extenderse) to spread out, unfold

5 (dar) to open (a, onto), look (a, onto)

■ la casa se abre al mar the house looks onto the sea

6 (ligamentos) to sprain

7 figurado (sincerarse) to open out

8 argot (largarse) to clear off, be off,

■ ¡adiós, me abro! bye, I'm off!, US I'm out of here!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

abrir fuego MILITAR to open fire

abrir la mano figurado to relax standards

abrir paso to make way

abrir un expediente DERECHO to start proceedings

abrir una posibilidad to open up a possibility

■ la nueva ley abre la posibilidad de que los terroristas se reinserten en la sociedad the new law makes it possible for terrorists to be reintegrated into society

abrirle la cabeza a alguien familiar to smash somebody's head in

abrirse paso en la vida figurado to make one's way in life

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos familiar in the twinkling of an eye

no abrir (la) boca figurado not to say a word

* * *

verb

1) to open

2) unlock

3) undo

* * *
( pp abierto)
1. VT

1) [algo que estaba cerrado]

a) [+ puerta, armario, libro, ojos] to open; [+ cremallera, bragueta] to undo

abre la ventana — open the window

abrir una puerta/ventana de par en par — to open a door/window wide

le abrían las cartas — they were opening his letters

abre la boca — open your mouth; [en el dentista] open wide

no encuentro la llave para abrir la puerta — I can't find the key to open o unlock the door

abrid el libro por la página 50 — turn to page 50 in the book, open the book at page 50

- en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

b) [desplegando] [+ mapa, mantel] to spread out; [+ paraguas] to open, put up; [+ mano, abanico, paracaídas] to open

c) [haciendo una abertura] [+ pozo] to sink; [+ foso, cimientos] to dig; [+ agujero, perforación] to make, bore; [+ camino] to clear; LAm [+ bosque] to clear

tuvimos que abrir camino cortando ramas — we had to cut a path through the branches

he abierto un sendero en el jardín — I've made a path in the garden

la explosión abrió una brecha en la pared — the explosion blew a hole in the wall

las lluvias han abierto socavones en las calles — the rain has caused potholes to appear on the streets

d) [haciendo un corte] [+ sandía] to cut open; [+ herida] to open

abre el pan por la mitad — cut the loaf in half

e) [+ grifo, luz, agua] to turn on; [+ válvula] to open

abre el grifo del agua caliente — turn the hot water tap on

abre un poco más el grifo — open the tap a bit more

¿has abierto el gas? — have you turned the gas on?

2) (=encabezar) [+ manifestación, desfile] to lead, head; [+ baile] to open, lead off; [+ lista] to head

3) (=inaugurar)

a) [+ acto, ceremonia] to open

se acaban de volver a abrir las negociaciones con los sindicatos — negotiations with the unions have been reopened

el plazo para las solicitudes se abre en abril — applications may be made from April

ya han abierto el plazo de matrícula — registration has already started

b) (Com) [+ negocio] to set up, start; [+ cuenta] to open

ha decidido abrir su propio negocio — she has decided to set up o start her own business

han abierto un centro de atención al cliente — they've opened a customer service centre

he abierto la cuenta con 400 euros — I opened the account with 400 euros

abrir un expediente a algn — [investigación] to open a file on sb; [proceso] to begin proceedings against sb

abrir una información — to open o start an inquiry

c) (Tip)

abrir comillas — to open quotes

abrir paréntesis — to open brackets

d) (Mil)

¡abran fuego! — (open) fire!

4) (=ampliar) [+ perspectivas] to open up

este acuerdo abre nuevas perspectivas de paz — this agreement offers new hope of peace

vivir en el extranjero le abrió la mente — living abroad opened up his mind o made him more open-minded

estos países han abierto sus economías — these countries have opened their economy up

5) [+ apetito]

las vitaminas te abrirán el apetito — taking vitamins will improve your appetite

ese olor me está abriendo el apetito — that smell is making me hungry

esta selección abre el apetito a los lectores — this selection is intended to whet the readers' appetite

2. VI

1) [puerta, cajón] to open

esta puerta no abre — this door won't open

2) [persona] to open the door, open up

¡abre, soy yo! — open the door o open up, it's me!

llamé pero no abrió nadie — I knocked at the door, but nobody answered

esta llave no abre bien — this key is a bit stiff

3) [comercio, museo] to open

las tiendas abren a las diez — the shops open at ten o'clock

los sábados no abrimos al público — we're not open to the public on Saturdays

el banco abre de 9 a 1 — the bank is open from 9 to 1

el almacén volverá a abrir en septiembre — the warehouse will reopen in September

4) [flor] to open

5) [en operación quirúrgica]

vamos a tener que abrir — we're going to have to open him up

6) (Meteo) to clear up

parece que está empezando a abrir — it looks like it's starting to clear up

7) (Bridge) to open

abrir de tres a un palo — to open three in a suit

abrir de corazones — to open (with a bid in) hearts

8) Caribe * (=huir) to escape, run off

3.

See:

abrirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex. The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex. Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex. The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

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* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( en general) to open; < paraguas> to open, put up; < mapa> to open out, unfold; < cortinas> to open, draw back; < persianas> to raise, pull up; < cremallera> to undo

2) <llave/gas> to turn on; < válvula> to open; < cerradura> to unlock

3)

a) <zanja/túnel> to dig; < agujero> to make

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada — he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

b) < absceso> to open... up; < paciente> (fam) to open... up (colloq)

4)

a) <comercio/museo> ( para el quehacer diario) to open; ( inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? — what time does the box office open?

abrir algo al público — to open something to the public

b) <carretera/aeropuerto> to open; < frontera> to open (up)

c) (Com) to open up

5)

a) ( iniciar) < cuenta bancaria> to open; < negocio> to start, set up; < suscripción> to take out; < caso> to open; < investigación> to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio — applications will be accepted from June 2

no han abierto la matrícula aún — registration hasn't begun yet

b) <acto/debate/baile> to open

c) <desfile/cortejo> to head, lead

d) <paréntesis/comillas> to open

e)

abrir fuego — to open fire

6) < apetito> to whet

7) < perspectivas> to open up; < etapa> to mark the beginning of

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador — the agreement points to a bleak future

8) ( hacer más receptivo)

le abrió la mente — it made her more open-minded

abrir algo a algo — to open something up to something

para abrir nuestro país a nuevas tendencias — to open our country up to new trends
2.
abrir vi

1) persona to open up

abre! soy yo — open the door o open up! it's me

2) puerta/cajón to open

esta ventana no abre (bien) — this window doesn't open (properly)

3) comercio/museo to open

abre de nueve a tres — it opens from nine till three

4) acto/ceremonia to open; (Jueg) to open
3.
abrir v impers (fam) (Meteo)

parece que quiere abrir — it looks as if it's going to clear up
4.
abrirse v pron

1)

a) puerta/ventana to open

abrirse a algo — a jardín/corredor to open onto something

b) flor/almeja to open; paracaídas to open

2)

a) (refl) <chaqueta/cremallera> to undo

b) ( rajarse) madera/costura to split

se cayó y se abrió la cabeza — she fell and split her head open

3)

a) (liter) ( ofrecerse a la vista) to appear, unfold

un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos — the most wonderful view unfolded before their eyes (liter)

b) porvenir to lie ahead; perspectivas to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes — this discovery opens up new horizons

4) período/era to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa — this treaty marks o heralds a new era

5)

a) ( confiarse)

abrirse a alguien — to open up to somebody

b) ( hacerse más receptivo)

abrirse a algo — to open to something

c) ( hacerse más accesible)

abrirse a alguien/algo — to open up to somebody/something

China se ha abierto a los extranjeros — China has opened up to foreigners

6) (AmL fam) ( echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

= forge, open up, open, unfold, unfurl, unlock, splay, unzip.

Nota: Aplicado generalmente a cremalleras.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: Here is a key paper by a non librarian which opens up a new and constructive approach to library purpose.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: This allows borrowers to browse but it is tedious for staff to keep unlocking the case every time a cassette is borrowed or returned.

Ex: Walk your feet up the wall, then take the belt and place it on your upper arms right above your elbows to keep your arms from splaying.

Ex: The full-length, two-direction zipper makes it easy to get on and off, and the bottom is easy to unzip for diaper changes.

* ¡ábrete sésamo! = open sesame!.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* abrir camino (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir con lanceta = lance.

* abrir con llave = unlock.

* abrir cortando = lance.

* abrir de nuevo = reopen [re-open].

* abrir de un empujón = fling + open.

* abrir dinamitando = blast.

* abrir el apetito = whet + the appetite.

* abrir el corazón = bare + Posesivo + soul.

* abrir el debate = open + the debate.

* abrir el mercado = open up + market.

* abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.

* abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir fuego = open + fire.

* abrir haciendo palanca = pry + Nombre + open.

* abrir horizontes = open out + horizons.

* abrir la boca = open + Posesivo + mouth.

* abrir la mente = broaden + Posesivo + outlook.

* abrir la puerta a = throw + open the door to.

* abrir la puerta empujándola = push + open + door.

* abrir las puertas de = unlock.

* abrir los brazos = spread + hands.

* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.

* abrir + Nombre + al debate = open + Nombre + to discussion.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevas posibilidades = open up + new territory, open up + possibilities, open + possibilities.

* abrir nuevos caminos = break + new ground, push + Nombre + into new latitudes, break + ground, blaze + trail.

* abrir nuevos horizontes = open + new realms, forge + new frontiers.

* abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.

* abrir paso (a) = make + way (for).

* abrir puertas = open + avenues, open + doors.

* abrirse = gape, swing + open, hew.

* abrirse a = render + open to, open + Posesivo + mind up to.

* abrirse a posibilidades = be open to possibilities.

* abrirse camino = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino (a empujones) = push + Posesivo + way across/into.

* abrirse camino en el mundo = make + Posesivo + way in the world.

* abrirse camino en la vida = get on in + life.

* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.

* abrirse la cabeza = smash + Posesivo + head, smash + Posesivo + head open.

* abrirse paso = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into.

* abrirse un socavón = cave in.

* abrir una brecha = breach.

* abrir una cerradura con ganzúa = pick + lock.

* abrir una consulta = hang out + Posesivo + shingle.

* abrir un agujero = cut + hole.

* abrir una interrogante sobre = leave + open the question of.

* abrir una negociación = open up + negotiation.

* abrir una ventana = switch on + window.

* abrir un camino = chart + direction.

* abrir un menú = pop up + a menu.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.

* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.

* paréntesis que abre = left parenthesis.

* sin abrir = unopened.

* sin abrirse = unfolded.

* volver a abrir = be back in business.

* * *

abrir [ I33 ]

vt

A

1 ‹puerta/ventana/armario› to open ver tb puerta

2 ‹ojos/boca› to open ver tb

ojo, abrir, etc

3 ‹paquete/maleta› to open; ‹carta/sobre› to open

4 ‹botella/frasco/lata› to open

5 ‹paraguas› to open, put up; ‹abanico› to open; ‹mapa› to open out, unfold; ‹libro› to open; ‹mano› to open

6 ‹cortinas› to open, draw back; ‹persianas› to raise, pull up

B ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn on; ‹válvula› to open

C

1 ‹zanja/túnel› to dig; ‹agujero› to make

la bomba abrió un boquete en la pared the bomb blew o blasted a hole in the wall

abrieron una entrada en la pared they made o smashed a hole in the wall

abrieron una zanja en la calzada they dug a trench in the road

le abrió la cabeza de una pedrada he hit her with a stone and gashed her head

abrió un abismo insondable entre los dos países it created a yawning gulf between the two countries

2 ‹absceso› to open … up ‹paciente›

va a haber que abrirlo ( fam); they're going to have to open him up o cut him open ( colloq)

D

1 ‹comercio/museo/restaurante› (para el quehacer diario) to open; (inaugurar) to open (up)

¿a qué hora abren el mercado? what time does the market open?

¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

van a abrir un nuevo hospital they're going to open a new hospital

la exposición se abrirá al público mañana the exhibition will open to the public tomorrow

2 ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open; ‹frontera› to open (up) camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

3 ( Com) to open up

con el fin de abrir nuevos mercados para nuestros productos with the aim of opening up new markets for our products

4 ( Inf) ‹documento/fichero› to open

E (iniciar) ‹cuenta bancaria› to open; ‹negocio› to start, set up; ‹suscripción› to take out; ‹caso› to open; ‹investigación› to begin, set up

el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes se abrirá el 2 de junio applications will be accepted from June 2

todavía no se ha abierto la matrícula registration hasn't begun yet

F

1 (dar comienzo a) ‹acto/debate/ceremonia› to open

abrieron el baile los novios the bride and groom opened the dancing

¡abran fuego! open fire!

2 ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

3 ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

G ‹apeitito› to whet

la caminata me abrió el apetito the walk whetted my appetite

H ‹perspectivas› to open up

el acuerdo abre un panorama desolador para la flota pesquera the agreement points to o ( frml) presages a bleak future for the fishing fleet

este descubrimiento abre nuevas posibilidades en este campo this discovery opens up new possibilities in this field

abriría una etapa de entendimiento mutuo it was to mark the beginning of o to herald the beginning of o to usher in a period of mutual understanding

I

(hacer más receptivo): le había abierto la mente it had made her more open-minded

abrir algo A algo to open sth up TO sth

para abrir nuestro país a las nuevas corrientes ideológicas to open our country up to new ways of thinking

■ abrir

vi

A «persona» to open up

¡abre! soy yo open the door o open up! it's me

llaman al timbre, ve a abrir there's someone ringing the bell, go and answer it

B «puerta/ventana/cajón» to open

esta ventana no abre/no abre bien this window doesn't open/doesn't open properly

C «comerciante/comercio/oficina» to open

no abrimos los domingos we don't open on Sundays, we're not open on Sundays

la biblioteca abre de nueve a tres the library is open from nine till three

el museo abrirá al público el próximo lunes the museum will open to the public next Monday

D

1 «acto/ceremonia» to open

2 ( Jueg) to open

E ( fam)

(para operar): va a haber que abrir we're going to have to open him up ( colloq), we're going to have to cut him open ( colloq)

■

v impers

( fam) ( Meteo):

parece que quiere abrir it looks as if it's going to clear up

■ abrirse

v pron

A

1 «puerta/ventana» to open

la puerta se abrió violentamente the door flew open

abrirse A algo to open INTO/ ONTO sth

las habitaciones se abren a un corredor/a un patio interior the rooms open onto a corridor/into a courtyard

2 «flor/almeja» to open

3 «paracaídas» to open

B

1 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo

2

(rajarse): se cayó y se abrió la cabeza she fell and split her head open

3 ( refl) ‹venas›

se abrió las venas he slashed his wrists

4 ‹muñeca/tobillo› to sprain

5 «madera/costura» to split

la tela se está abriendo en las costuras the fabric's going o beginning to go o beginning to split at the seams

camino m B 1. (↑ camino), paso¹ (↑ paso (1))

C

1 ( liter)

(ofrecerse a la vista): un espléndido panorama se abrió ante sus ojos the most beautiful view unfolded before their eyes ( liter)

al final de la calle se abría una plazuela the end of the street opened out into a little square

2 «perspectivas» to open up

con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

un maravilloso porvenir se abre ante nosotros a wonderful future lies ahead of us, we have a wonderful future ahead of us

D ‹período› to begin

con este tratado se abre una nueva etapa en las relaciones bilaterales this treaty marks o heralds a new era in bilateral relations

E

1 (confiarse) abrirse A algn to open up TO sb

2 (hacerse más receptivo) abrirse A algo to open up TO sth

nuestro país debe abrirse a las influencias externas our country must open up to outside influences

F

1 ( arg) (marcharse) to be off ( colloq), to take off ( AmE colloq)

yo a las cinco me abro come five o'clock I'm off o I'll be off o I'm taking off

2 ( AmL fam) (echarse atrás) to back out, get cold feet

* * *

abrir ( conjugate abrir) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to open;
‹ paraguas› to open, put up;
‹ mapa› to open out, unfold;
‹ cortinas› to open, draw back;
‹ persianas› to raise, pull up;
‹ cremallera› to undo
2 ‹llave/gas› to turn on;
‹ válvula› to open;
‹ cerradura› to unlock
3
a) ‹zanja/túnel› to dig;

‹ agujero› to make
b) (fam) ‹ paciente› to open … up (colloq)

4
a) ‹comercio/museo› ( para el quehacer diario) to open;

( inaugurar) to open (up);
◊ ¿a qué hora abren la taquilla? what time does the box office open?

b) ‹carretera/aeropuerto› to open;

‹ frontera› to open (up)
5
a) ( iniciar) ‹ cuenta bancaria› to open;

‹ negocio› to start, set up;
‹ suscripción› to take out;
‹ investigación› to begin, set up;
◊ no han abierto la matrícula aún registration hasn't begun yet;

abrir fuego to open fire
b) ‹acto/debate/baile› to open

c) ‹desfile/cortejo› to head, lead

d) ‹paréntesis/comillas› to open

6 ‹ apetito› to whet
abrirse verbo pronominal
1
a) [puerta/ventana] to open;

abrirse a algo ‹a jardín/corredor› to open onto sth
b) [flor/almeja] to open;

[ paracaídas] to open
2 ( refl) ‹chaqueta/cremallera› to undo
3
a) [ porvenir] to lie ahead;

[ perspectivas] to open up;
◊ con este descubrimiento se abren nuevos horizontes this discovery opens up new horizons

b) [período/era] to begin

abrir
I verbo transitivo
1 (separar, permitir el acceso, desplegar) to open
(una cerradura) to unlock
(una cremallera) to undo
2 (una llave, un grifo) to turn on
3 (hacer una zanja, un túnel, etc) to dig
(hacer un ojal, el agujero de una ventana) to make: abriremos una ventana en esta pared, we'll make an opening for a window on this wall
4 (iniciar un discurso, una actividad) to open, start: van a abrir una tienda en la esquina, they're going to open a shop on the corner
tienes que abrir una cuenta en este banco, you've got to open an account at this bank
5 (ampliar, expandir) to open: deberíamos abrir nuestro mercado, we should open up our market
6 (rajar) to slit: cuando abrimos la sandía resultó que no estaba madura, when we cut open the watermelon we realised that it wasn't ripe
abrieron la res en canal, they slit open the animal
7 Jur a Álvarez le han abierto un expediente, they have started investigating Álvarez
II verbo intransitivo
1 to open
♦ Locuciones: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, in the twinkling of an eye
' abrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caja
- canal
- dar
- fuego
- ojo
- poner
- tardar
- zanja
- apalancar
- baile
- correr
- cuenta
- grifo
- intención
- palanca
- paso
English:
answer
- blaze
- claw
- door
- draw
- fire
- force
- get
- hurtle
- instruct
- light
- manage
- open
- open up
- prise
- put on
- put up
- reopen
- sharpen
- snap
- trice
- turn on
- twinkling
- unlock
- unwrap
- whet
- whisk away
- whisk off
- work up
- wrench
- bore
- breach
- downstairs
- gouge
- ground
- lance
- lever
- pick
- put
- quarry
- set
- sink
- splay
- start
- time
- try
- tunnel
- turn
- undo
- unopened

* * *

abrir

♦ vt

1. [en general] to open;
[alas] to spread; [agua, gas] to turn on; [cerradura] to unlock, to open; Informát [archivo] to open; [cremallera] to undo; [melón, sandía] to cut open; [paraguas] to open; [cortinas] to open, to draw; [persianas] to raise; [frontera] to open (up);
ella abrió la caja she opened the box;

abre el grifo turn the Br tap o US faucet on;

abrir un libro to open a book;

abrir la licitación/sesión to open the bidding/session;

Comp

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the blink o twinkling of an eye

2. [túnel] to dig;
[canal, camino] to build; [agujero, surco] to make;
la explosión abrió un gran agujero en la pared the explosion blasted a big hole in the wall;

le abrieron la cabeza de un botellazo they smashed his head open with a bottle

3. [iniciar] [cuenta bancaria] to open;
[investigación] to open, to start
4. [inaugurar] to open;

van a abrir un nuevo centro comercial they're going to open a new shopping centre

5. [apetito] to whet;

la natación abre el apetito swimming makes you hungry

6. [signo ortográfico] to open;

abrir comillas/paréntesis to open inverted commas/brackets

7. [encabezar] [lista] to head;
[manifestación, desfile] to lead
8. [mentalidad] to open;

viajar le ha abierto la mente travelling has opened her mind o made her more open-minded

9. [posibilidades] to open up;

el acuerdo abre una nueva época de co-operación the agreement paves the way for a new era of co-operation;

la empresa intenta abrir nuevos mercados en el exterior the company is trying to open up new markets abroad

10. [comenzar] to open;

el discurso del Presidente abrió el congreso the President's speech opened the congress;

abrió su participación en el torneo con una derrota she opened o started the tournament with a defeat

11.
abrir fuego (sobre o [m5] contra) [disparar] to open fire (on)

12. también Fig
abrir paso o [m5] camino to clear the way;

su dimisión abre paso a una nueva generación his resignation clears the way for a new generation

13. Dep
abrir el juego to play a more open o expansive game

14. Fam [operar]
tuvieron que abrir al paciente para sacarle la bala they had to cut the patient open to remove the bullet

15. Col, Cuba [desbrozar] to clear

♦ vi

1. [en general] to open;

la tienda abre a las nueve the shop opens at nine (o'clock);

abrimos también los domingos [en letrero] also open on Sundays

2. [abrir la puerta] to open the door;

abre, que corra un poco el aire open the door and let a bit of air in here;

¡abra, policía! open up, it's the police!

3. [en juego de cartas] to open;

me toca abrir a mí it's my lead

4. Fam [en operación]
será una intervención sencilla, no hará falta abrir it's a straightforward procedure, we won't need to cut her open

♦ See also the pronominal verb abrirse

* * *

abrir

< abierto>

I v/t

1 open; nuevos mercados open (up);

abrir los ojos open one’s eyes;

abrir al tráfico open to traffic;

abrir camino fig pave the way;

le abrió el apetito it gave him an appetite

2 túnel dig

3 grifo turn on

II v/i de persona open up; de ventana, puerta open (a onto);

a medio abrir half-open;

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye

* * *

abrir {2} vt

1) : to open

2) : to unlock, to undo

3) : to turn on (a tap or faucet)

abrir vi

: to open, to open up

♦ See also the reflexive verb abrirse

* * *

abrir vb

1. (en general) to open

abre los ojos open your eyes

¿a qué hora abren los bancos? what time do the banks open?

2. (grifo, gas) to turn on

abre el grifo turn the tap on

Spanish-English dictionary > abrir
3 descubrir

v.

1 to discover.

Elsa descubrió el escondite Elsa discovered the hiding place.

2 to unveil (destapar) (estatua, placa).

la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character

descubrir el pastel (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away

3 to discover, to find out (enterarse de).

descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him

4 to give away.

5 to uncover, to bare, to find out.

Elsa descubre sus brazos Elsa uncovers her arms.

6 to disclose, to bare, to expose, to reveal.

Teo descubrió su secreto Teo disclosed his secret.

* * *

descubrir

(pp descubierto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to discover; (petróleo, oro, minas) to find; (conspiración) to uncover; (crimen) to bring to light

■ Colón descubrió América Columbus discovered America

2 (revelar) to reveal

3 (averiguar) to find out, discover

■ descubrimos sus intenciones we found out his intentions

4 (delatar) to give away

5 (divisar) to make out, see

6 (destapar) to uncover

■ el ministro descubrió la estatua the minister unveiled the statue

► verbo pronominal descubrirse

1 (la cabeza) to take off one's hat

2 figurado (abrirse) to open one's heart (a/con, to)

3 (en boxeo) to lower one's guard

* * *

verb

1) to discover, find out

2) uncover

3) unveil

* * *
( pp descubierto)
1. VT

1) (=encontrar) [+ tesoro, tratamiento, persona oculta] to discover, find; [+ país, deportista] to discover

al revisar las cuentas ha descubierto numerosas irregularidades — when he went over the accounts he discovered o found numerous irregularities

descubra Bruselas, corazón de Europa — discover Brussels, the heart of Europe

he descubierto una tienda de ropa fantástica — I've discovered a fantastic clothes shop

se dedica a descubrir nuevos talentos — her job is to discover new talent

los análisis han descubierto la presencia de un virus — the tests have revealed o shown up the presence of a virus

- descubrir América

2) (=averiguar) [+ verdad] to find out, discover

he descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood

descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns

3) (=sacar a la luz) [+ conspiración, estafa] to uncover; [+ secreto, intenciones] to reveal

una red de narcotraficantes descubierta en Colombia — a drug-trafficking ring uncovered in Colombia

nunca nos descubrirá sus secretos — he will never tell us his secrets, he will never reveal his secrets to us

ha descubierto su verdadera identidad — he has revealed his true identity

4) (=delatar) to give away

fue la criada quien los descubrió a la policía — it was the maid who gave them away to the police

lo descubrió su voz — his voice gave him away

5) (=destapar) [+ estatua, placa] to unveil; [+ cacerola] to take the lid off; [+ naipes] to turn over, lay up; [+ cara] to uncover

descubrió la cara y su contrincante le asestó un derechazo en la mandíbula — he uncovered his face and his opponent landed a right on his jaw

le descubrió el tobillo para ver la cicatriz — she uncovered his ankle to look at the scar

- descubrir el juego a algn

6) (=divisar) to make out

apenas se podía descubrir al avión entre las nubes — you could just make out the plane among the clouds

7) liter (=transparentar) to reveal

la seda le descubría el escote — the silk revealed o exposed her cleavage

2.

See:

descubrirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify

b) <artista/atleta> to discover

2)

a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect

aún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established

b) < persona escondida> to find, track down

c) < culpable> find... out

no dijo nada — he said nothing

por miedo a que lo descubrieran — for fear of being found out

d) ( delatar) to give... away

3)

a) <estatua/placa> to unveil

b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal

c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
2.
descubrirse v pron

1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away

* * *

= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).

Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex. This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.

Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.

Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.

Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.

Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.

Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.

Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.

Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.

Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.

Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.

Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.

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* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.

* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.

* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.

* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.

* sin descubrir = undiscovered.

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identify

b) <artista/atleta> to discover

2)

a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detect

aún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established

b) < persona escondida> to find, track down

c) < culpable> find... out

no dijo nada — he said nothing

por miedo a que lo descubrieran — for fear of being found out

d) ( delatar) to give... away

3)

a) <estatua/placa> to unveil

b) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to reveal

c) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal
2.
descubrirse v pron

1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncover

me descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them

2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away

* * *

= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).

Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.

Ex: This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.

Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.

Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.

Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.

Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.

Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.

Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.

Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.

Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.

Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.

Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.

Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.

Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.

* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.

* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.

* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.

* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.

* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.

* sin descubrir = undiscovered.

* volver a descubrir = rediscover.

* * *

descubrir [ I33 ]

vt

A

1 ‹tierras/sustancia/fenómeno› to discover; ‹oro/ruinas/cadáver› to discover, find

en los análisis han descubierto unos anticuerpos extraños the tests have revealed o ( BrE) shown up the presence of unusual antibodies

todavía no se ha descubierto el virus causante de la enfermedad the virus responsible for causing the disease has not yet been identified

durante mi investigación descubrí este expediente in the course of my research I discovered o unearthed this dossier

he descubierto un restaurante fabuloso cerca de aquí I've discovered a wonderful restaurant nearby

2 ‹artista/atleta› to discover

B

1 (enterarse de, averiguar) to discover, find out

descubrió que lo habían engañado he discovered o found out that he had been tricked

aún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente the causes of the accident have not yet been established

el complot fue descubierto a tiempo the plot was uncovered in time

descubrieron el fraude cuando ya era demasiado tarde the fraud was detected when it was already too late

en momentos como éstos descubres quiénes son los verdaderos amigos it's at times like these that you find out who your real friends are

2 ‹persona escondida› to find, track down

3 ‹culpable› find … out

no dijo nada por miedo a que lo descubrieran he said nothing for fear that he might be found out

4 (delatar) to give … away

la carta los descubrió the letter gave them away

estamos preparando una fiesta para Pilar, no nos descubras we're arranging a party for Pilar, so don't give the game away

C

1 ‹estatua/placa› to unveil

2 ( liter) (dejar ver) ‹cuerpo/forma› to reveal

3 (revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal

■ descubrirse

v pron

A ( refl) (quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; ‹rostro› to uncover

se descubrió el brazo para enseñar las cicatrices he pulled up his sleeve to show the scars

¡me descubro! I take my hat off to you/him/them

B (delatarse) to give oneself away

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descubrir ( conjugate descubrir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹tierras/oro/artista› to discover
2
a) (enterarse de, averiguar) ‹razón/solución› to discover, find out;

‹complot/engaño› to uncover;
‹ fraude› to detect
b) ‹ persona escondida› to find, track down

c) ‹ culpable› find … out

d) ( delatar) to give … away

3
a) ‹estatua/placa› to unveil

b) ( revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to reveal

descubrir verbo transitivo
1 (algo oculto o ignorado) to discover
(un plan secreto) to uncover
(oro, petróleo, etc) to find
2 (algo tapado) to uncover, (una placa conmemorativa) to unveil
3 (enterarse) to find out: descubrió que no era hija de su padre, she found out that she wasn't her father's daughter
4 (revelar, manifestar) to give away
' descubrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- delatar
- desvelar
- encontrarse
- hallar
- instigación
- sacar
- coger
- destapar
- encontrar
English:
bare
- bean
- call
- detect
- dig out
- discover
- expose
- find
- find out
- search out
- see
- show up
- smell out
- strike
- uncover
- unveil
- cat
- divine
- ferret
- rediscover
- spot
- spy
- trace
- unearth

* * *

descubrir

♦ vt

1. [hallar] to discover;
[petróleo] to strike, to find; [oro, plutonio] to find; [nuevas tierras, artista, novedad científica] to discover;
no han descubierto la causa de su enfermedad they haven't discovered the cause of his illness;

callejeando descubrimos un bar irlandés we came across an Irish bar as we wandered about the streets;

la policía descubrió al secuestrador the police found the kidnapper;

Comp
Fam Hum
¡has descubierto América! you've reinvented the wheel

2. [destapar] [estatua, placa] to unveil;
[complot, parte del cuerpo] to uncover; [cualidades, defectos] to reveal;
los periodistas descubrieron un caso de estafa the reporters uncovered a case of fraud;

la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character;

Comp

descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away

3. [enterarse de] to discover, to find out;

¿qué has conseguido descubrir? what have you managed to find out?;

descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him

4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to spy

5. [delatar] to give away;

una indiscreción la descubrió an indiscreet remark gave her away

♦ See also the pronominal verb descubrirse

* * *

descubrir

<part descubierto> v/t

1 territorio, cura etc discover

2 ( averiguar) discover, find out

3 poner de manifiesto uncover, reveal; estatua unveil

* * *

descubrir {2} vt

1) hallar: to discover, to find out

2) revelar: to uncover, to reveal

♦ See also the reflexive verb descubrirse

* * *

descubrir vb

1. (encontrar, hallar) to discover

Colón descubrió América Columbus discovered America

2. (averiguar, enterarse) to find out [pt. & pp. found]

acabo de descubrir que tú y yo nacimos el mismo día I've just found out that you and I were born on the same day

Spanish-English dictionary > descubrir
4 agrupar

v.

1 to group (together).

Ricardo agrupa las flores rojas Richard groups red flowers.

María agrupa a las chicas Mary groups the girls.

2 to consolidate.

El sufrimiento agrupa a las personas Suffering consolidates people.

3 to join together, to herd together, to cluster together, to crowd together.

Ricardo agrupa a los cadetes Richard joins the cadets together.

* * *

agrupar

► verbo transitivo

1 to group, put into groups

► verbo pronominal agruparse

1 to group together, form a group

2 (asociarse) to associate

* * *

verb

to group

- agruparse

* * *

1.

VT (=reunir en grupo) to group, group together; [+ gente, datos etc] to gather, assemble; (=amontonar) to crowd together

2.

See:

agruparse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( formar grupos) to put... into groups, to group

agrupa esos libros por autores — group those books by author

b) ( reunir) <organizaciones/partidos> to bring together
2.
agruparse v pron

a) ( formar un grupo) niños/policías to gather; partidos to come together

b) ( dividirse en grupos) to get into groups

* * *

= bring together, categorise [categorize, -USA], draw together, fall into, group, group together, merge, pull together, put together, stack, encapsulate, coalesce, lump together, juxtapose, stand + together, pool, band, shuffle together.

Nota: De un modo poco preciso.

Ex. For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.

Ex. It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.

Ex. The application of the classification schemes, once constructed, involves synthesis, or the drawing together of the single concepts which are listed in the scheme from their different facets, in order to specify compound subjects.

Ex. References will also be necessary, and will fall into the same types as those identified for personal authors, that is, 'see', 'see also', and explanatory references.

Ex. There are a number of types of abstracts which will be grouped under the term 'mini-abstracts'.

Ex. Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.

Ex. During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex. This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

Ex. The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.

Ex. Cards are filed in drawers, approximately 1000 cards per drawer, which when stacked together may form a catalogue cabinet.

Ex. The fundamental OOP technique is to encapsulate data with the operations/code that operate on that data into a single entity which is called an object.

Ex. Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.

Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.

Ex. We might consider that the key term, the one on which the others depend and which will juxtapose the document most usefully with others of a like kind, is Home Office.

Ex. For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.

Ex. The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.

Ex. The author advises banding retention policies to focus on a few clear options.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

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* agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* agruparse = band together, cluster, team, partner.

* agruparse (con) = team up (with).

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( formar grupos) to put... into groups, to group

agrupa esos libros por autores — group those books by author

b) ( reunir) <organizaciones/partidos> to bring together
2.
agruparse v pron

a) ( formar un grupo) niños/policías to gather; partidos to come together

b) ( dividirse en grupos) to get into groups

* * *

= bring together, categorise [categorize, -USA], draw together, fall into, group, group together, merge, pull together, put together, stack, encapsulate, coalesce, lump together, juxtapose, stand + together, pool, band, shuffle together.

Nota: De un modo poco preciso.

Ex: For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.

Ex: It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.

Ex: The application of the classification schemes, once constructed, involves synthesis, or the drawing together of the single concepts which are listed in the scheme from their different facets, in order to specify compound subjects.

Ex: References will also be necessary, and will fall into the same types as those identified for personal authors, that is, 'see', 'see also', and explanatory references.

Ex: There are a number of types of abstracts which will be grouped under the term 'mini-abstracts'.

Ex: Some schools favor subject arrangement, other group together everything by publisher, and others sort everything out according to a theme.

Ex: During the construction of a thesaurus, the computer can be enlisted to sort, merge, edit and compare terms.

Ex: This library decided to launch an attack on illiteracy by pulling together a variety of approaches to learning to read.

Ex: The way in which this scheme is put together in book form often causes some confusion at first.

Ex: Cards are filed in drawers, approximately 1000 cards per drawer, which when stacked together may form a catalogue cabinet.

Ex: The fundamental OOP technique is to encapsulate data with the operations/code that operate on that data into a single entity which is called an object.

Ex: Mayo's conclusion was that 'the singling out of certain groups of employees for special attention had the effect of coalescing previously indifferent individuals into cohesive groups with a high degree of group ride or esprit-de-corps'.

Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.

Ex: We might consider that the key term, the one on which the others depend and which will juxtapose the document most usefully with others of a like kind, is Home Office.

Ex: For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.

Ex: The results of two studies of the way reference librarians work were pooled to provide an understanding of the important features necessary in software for computerized reference work.

Ex: The author advises banding retention policies to focus on a few clear options.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

* agrupar los términos sinónimos = merge + synonyms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* agruparse = band together, cluster, team, partner.

* agruparse (con) = team up (with).

* * *

agrupar [A1 ]

vt

agruparon a los niños por edades they divided o put the children into groups according to their ages

agrupa esos libros por autores group those books by author

la coalición agrupa a siete partidos distintos the coalition is made up of seven different parties

agrupó a varias organizaciones ecologistas it brought together several ecologist groups

■ agruparse

v pron

1 (formar un grupo) «niños/policías» to gather, form a group; «partidos» to come together, join forces

2 (dividirse en grupos) to get into groups

* * *

agrupar ( conjugate agrupar) verbo transitivo
a) ( formar grupos) to put … into groups, to group

b) ( reunir) ‹organizaciones/partidos› to bring together

agruparse verbo pronominal
a) ( formar un grupo) [niños/policías] to gather;

[ partidos] to come together
b) ( dividirse en grupos) to get into groups

agrupar verbo transitivo to group
' agrupar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aunar
English:
bracket
- group
- lump

* * *

agrupar

♦ vt

to group (together);

la red agrupa a veinte emisoras locales the network brings together o is made up of twenty local radio stations;

la guía agrupa toda la información disponible sobre el tema the guide brings together all the available information on the subject;

una asociación que agrupa a más de 10.000 médicos an association of more than 10,000 doctors

♦ See also the pronominal verb agruparse

* * *

agrupar

v/t group, put into groups

* * *

agrupar vt

: to group together

* * *

agrupar vb to put into groups [pt. & pp. put]

agrupó a los niños she put the children into groups

Spanish-English dictionary > agrupar
5 desplegar

v.

1 to unfold.

Ella despliega la bandera She unfurls the flag.

2 to display.

La urna despliega la joyería The case displays the jewelry.

Ella desplegó valor She displayed courage.

3 to deploy (military).

Ella despliega al regimiento She deploys the regiment.

4 to spread, to spread out.

El pavo real desplegó la cola The peacock spread his tail.

* * *

desplegar

Conjugation model [ REGAR], like link=regar regar

► verbo transitivo

1 (extender) to unfold, spread (out), open (out); (alas) to spread

2 MILITAR to deploy

3 figurado (aclarar) to clarify

■ desplegar el significado de una palabra to clarify the meaning of a word

4 figurado (ejercitar) to show, display

■ desplegar prudencia to show prudence

► verbo pronominal desplegarse

1 MILITAR to deploy

* * *

verb

1) to unfold

2) deploy

* * *

1. VT

1) (=extender) [+ mapa, mantel] to unfold; [+ periódico] to open, open out; [+ alas] to spread; [+ bandera, velas] to unfurl

2) (Mil) [+ misiles, tropas] to deploy

3) (=utilizar) [+ energías] to use; [+ recursos] to deploy

4) [+ misterio] to clarify

2.

See:

desplegarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < alas> to spread; < mapa> to open out, spread out, unfold; < velas> to unfurl; ver tb vela

b) ( demostrar) <talento/ingenio> to display

2) (Mil) <tropas/misiles> to deploy

3) ( llevar a cabo) < campaña> to mount; < esfuerzo> to make

4)

a) ( emplear) <encantos/poder> to use

b) ( dar muestras de) to show, display
2.
desplegarse v pron (Mil) to deploy

* * *

= unfold, unfurl, deploy.

Ex. This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.

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* desplegarse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* desplegarse en abanico = fan out.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < alas> to spread; < mapa> to open out, spread out, unfold; < velas> to unfurl; ver tb vela

b) ( demostrar) <talento/ingenio> to display

2) (Mil) <tropas/misiles> to deploy

3) ( llevar a cabo) < campaña> to mount; < esfuerzo> to make

4)

a) ( emplear) <encantos/poder> to use

b) ( dar muestras de) to show, display
2.
desplegarse v pron (Mil) to deploy

* * *

= unfold, unfurl, deploy.

Ex: This algorithm handles cyclic graphs without unfolding the cycles nor looping through them.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.

* desplegarse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* desplegarse en abanico = fan out.

* * *

desplegar [A7 ]

vt

A

1 ‹alas› to spread; ‹mapa› to open out, spread out, unfold; ‹velas› to unfurl ver tb vela

2 (demostrar) ‹talento/ingenio› to display

B ( Mil) ‹tropas/misiles› to deploy

C

(llevar a cabo): los esfuerzos desplegados para solucionar el conflicto the efforts made to solve the dispute

la campaña desplegada con ocasión del referéndum the campaign mounted for the referendum

D

1 (emplear) ‹encantos/poder› to use

2 (dar muestras de) to show, display

■ desplegarse

v pron

( Mil) to deploy

* * *

desplegar ( conjugate desplegar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ alas› to spread;

‹ mapa› to open out, spread out;
‹ velas› to unfurl
b) ( demostrar) ‹talento/ingenio› to display;

( emplear) ‹encantos/poder› to use
c) ( llevar a cabo) ‹ campaña› to mount;

‹ esfuerzo› to make
2 (Mil) ‹tropas/misiles› to deploy
desplegarse verbo pronominal (Mil) to deploy
desplegar verbo transitivo
1 (las velas, un mapa) to open (out), spread (out)
2 (energías, una cualidad, etc) to use, deploy
' desplegar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrir
- extender
- tender
English:
deploy
- open out
- spread
- stretch
- unfold
- unfurl

* * *

desplegar

♦ vt

1. [desdoblar] [tela, periódico, mapa] to unfold;
[alas] to spread, to open; [vela, bandera] to unfurl
2. [poner en práctica] [cualidades, conocimientos] to use, to put to use;
[campaña] to mount; [estrategia] to deploy, to use; [actividad] to carry out;
el gobierno desplegará todos los medios a su alcance the government will deploy o use all the means at its disposal;

desplegó toda su sabiduría para encandilar al público he used every way he knew to captivate the audience

3. [ejército, misiles] to deploy

♦ See also the pronominal verb desplegarse

* * *

desplegar

v/t

1 unfold, open out

2 MIL deploy

* * *

desplegar {49} vt

1) : to display, to show, to manifest

2) desdoblar: to unfold, to unfurl

3) : to spread (out)

4) : to deploy

* * *

desplegar vb

1. (mapa) to unfold

2. (alas) to spread [pt. & pp. spread]

Spanish-English dictionary > desplegar
6 desvelar

v.

1 to keep awake (quitar el sueño).

La luz desvela a Ricardo The light keeps Richard awake.

2 to reveal, to tell (noticia, secreto).

3 to take the veil off.

4 to get on someone's nerves, to get on the nerves of.

Ricardo desvela a sus padres Richard gets on his parents' nerves.

* * *

desvelar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar el sueño) to keep awake

■ las películas de miedo me desvelan horror films keep me awake

2 figurado (revelar) to reveal, disclose

■ nos desveló el secreto she revealed the secret to us

► verbo pronominal desvelarse

1 to be unable to sleep

2 figurado (dedicarse) to devote oneself ( por, to)

■ siempre se ha desvelado por su familia she has always devoted herself to her family

* * *

1. VT

1) (=quitar el sueño) to keep awake

el café me desvela — coffee keeps me awake o stops me from getting to sleep

2) (=descubrir) [+ algo oculto] to reveal, unveil; [+ misterio] to solve, explain

2.

See:

desvelarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) < persona> to keep... awake, stop... from sleeping

el café me desvela — coffee keeps me awake

2) (esp Esp) ( revelar) to reveal, disclose; ( descubrir) to discover, uncover
2.
desvelarse v pron

1) ( perder el sueño)

me desvelé anoche — I couldn't sleep last night

2) ( desvivirse)

desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him

* * *

= belie, unfurl.

Ex. But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

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* historia + desvelar = story + unfold.

* no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) < persona> to keep... awake, stop... from sleeping

el café me desvela — coffee keeps me awake

2) (esp Esp) ( revelar) to reveal, disclose; ( descubrir) to discover, uncover
2.
desvelarse v pron

1) ( perder el sueño)

me desvelé anoche — I couldn't sleep last night

2) ( desvivirse)

desvelarse por algo/alguien: se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o very best to make sure her children do not lack for anything; yo me desvelo por él — I go out of my way for him

* * *

= belie, unfurl.

Ex: But Stanton kew that this remark belied James' impatience with the situation.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

* historia + desvelar = story + unfold.

* no desvelar + Posesivo + identidad = protect + Posesivo + identity.

* * *

desvelar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹persona› to keep … awake, stop … from sleeping

B (revelar) to reveal, disclose; (descubrir) to discover, uncover

■ desvelarse

v pron

A

(perder el sueño): nos pusimos a hablar y me desvelé we began talking and I felt wide awake again

me desperté cuando llegó y me desvelé I woke up when he arrived and I couldn't get back to sleep again

no tomes tanto café que te vas a desvelar don't drink so much coffee, it'll stop you sleeping o it'll keep you awake

B (desvivirse) desvelarse POR algo/algn:

se desvela por que no les falte nada a sus hijos she does her utmost o her very best to make sure her children have all they need

yo me desvelo por él y así me lo agradece I do my utmost for him o go out of my way for him and this is the thanks I get

* * *

desvelar ( conjugate desvelar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ persona› to keep … awake, stop … from sleeping
2 (Esp) See Also→
◊ develar

desvelarse verbo pronominal ( perder el sueño):
◊ me desvelé anoche I couldn't sleep last night

desvelar verbo transitivo
1 (no dejar dormir) to keep awake
2 (descubrir, revelar) to reveal

' desvelar' also found in these entries:
English:
reveal

* * *

desvelar

♦ vt

1. [quitar el sueño a] to keep awake;

el tictac del reloj me desveló the ticking of the clock kept me awake;

pasé la noche desvelado I had a sleepless night;

como estaba desvelado, me puse a leer as I couldn't sleep, I read a book

2. [noticia, secreto] to reveal, to tell;
[enigma] to solve
♦ See also the pronominal verb desvelarse

* * *

desvelar

v/t

1 keep awake

2 secreto reveal

* * *

desvelar vt

1) : to keep awake

2) revelar: to reveal, to disclose

♦ See also the reflexive verb desvelarse

* * *

desvelar vb

1. (quitar el sueño) to keep awake [pt. & pp. kept]

el café me desvela coffee keeps me awake

2. (descubrir) to reveal

el ministro desveló el contenido del informe the minister revealed the contents of the report

Spanish-English dictionary > desvelar
7 recoger

v.

1 to pick up.

recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground

Ella recoge la ropa She picks up the clothes.

María recoge a su hijo Mary picks up her son.

2 to collect, to gather.

Ellos recogen manzanas They gather apples.

3 to clear (ordenar, limpiar) (mesa).

4 to pick up, to fetch.

iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school

5 to take in (acoger) (mendigo, huérfano, animal).

6 to gather, to harvest.

7 to take up, to shorten (acortar) (item of clothing).

8 to show (mostrar) (sujeto: foto, película).

la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works

* * *

recoger

Conjugation model [ PROTEGER], like link=proteger proteger

► verbo transitivo

1 (volver a coger) to take again, take back

2 (coger) to pick up, take back

■ recoja el paquete pick the parcel up

3 (ir a buscar) to pick up, collect

■ me recogerá a las cuatro he'll pick me up at four o'clock

4 (cosecha) to harvest, gather; (fruta) to pick

5 (guardar) to put away

■ recoge la plata put the silverware away

6 (poner al abrigo) to bring in

■ recoge las toallas, va a llover bring those towels in, it's going to rain

7 (suspender) to seize

■ recoger una publicación to seize a publication

8 (juntar) to gather, collect

■ hemos recogido mucho dinero we have collected a lot of money

9 (velas) to take in; (cortinas) to draw

10 (dar asilo) to take in, shelter

■ lo recogieron sus abuelos he was taken in by his grandparents

11 (ordenar) to clear up, tidy up

12 (limpiar) to clean; (el polvo) to wipe off; (líquido) to wipe up

13 (remangar - prendas) to pick up, lift up; (- mangas) to roll up

14 COSTURA to shorten, take up

■ la modista me recogió la falda the seamstress shortened my skirt

► verbo pronominal recogerse

1 (irse a casa) to go home

2 (irse a dormir) to go to bed

3 (para meditar) to retire, withdraw

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

recoger la mesa to clear the table

recogerse el pelo to put one's hair up, tie one's hair back

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verb

to collect, gather

* * *

1. VT

1) (=levantar) [+ objeto caído] to pick up; [+ objetos dispersos] to gather (up), gather together

se agachó para recoger la cuchara — he bent down to pick up the spoon

recogí el papel del suelo — I picked the paper up off the floor

recogió la ropa del suelo — she gathered the clothes up off the floor

si tiras agua en el suelo recógela con la fregona — if you spill water on the floor mop it up

2) (=recolectar) [+ datos, información] to gather, collect; [+ dinero, firmas] to collect; [+ correo, basura] to collect, pick up

¿a qué hora recogen el correo? — what time is the mail o post collected?, what time do they collect the mail o post?

a las diez recogen la basura — the rubbish gets collected at ten o'clock

3) (=ordenar) [+ objetos] to clear up, clear away; [+ casa, habitación] to tidy up, straighten up

recógelo todo antes de marcharte — clear up everything before you leave

recogí los platos y los puse en el fregadero — I cleared away the plates and put them in the sink

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

recoge tus cosas — get your things together, gather up your things

4) (=guardar) [+ ropa lavada] to take in, get in; [+ herramientas] to put away

5) (Agr) to harvest, gather in, take in; [+ fruta, guisantes] to pick; [+ flores] to pick, gather

6) (=reducir, ajustar) [+ cuerda, vela] to take in; [+ alas] to fold; [+ cuernos] to draw in; [+ falda] to gather up, lift up; [+ mangas] to roll up; (Cos) to take in, reduce, shorten

7) (=almacenar) [+ polvo] to gather; [+ líquido] to absorb, take up; [en recipiente] to collect

8) (=ir a buscar) [+ persona] to pick up, fetch, collect; [+ billetes, paquete] to collect, pick up

te vendremos a recoger a las ocho — we'll come and pick you up o fetch you o collect you at eight o'clock, we'll come for you at eight o'clock

9) (=mostrar) to show

la imagen recoge uno de los momentos más dramáticos — the picture shows o captures one of the most dramatic moments

el informe recoge la situación — the situation is described in the report

10) (=incluir) to include

el informe recoge diversas sugerencias — various suggestions are included in the report, the report includes various suggestions

vocablos que no están recogidos en el diccionario — words not included in the dictionary

11) [+ demandas, reivindicaciones] to take into account

el acuerdo recoge las demandas de los indígenas — the agreement takes into account the demands of the native people

12) (=recibir)

ahora empieza a recoger los frutos de su esfuerzo — she's beginning to reap the reward(s) of her efforts

no recogió más que censuras — he received nothing but condemnation

de todo esto van a recoger muy poco — they won't get much back out of all this, they will get very little return from all this

13) (=retirar) [+ periódico, libro] to seize; [+ moneda] to call in

las autoridades recogieron todos los ejemplares — the authorities seized all the copies

van a recoger las monedas antiguas — they are going to call in the old coins

14) (=dar asilo) to take in, shelter

2.

VI (=ordenar) to tidy up, straighten up; [al cerrar, terminar] to clear up

3.

See:

recogerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( levantar) to pick up

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

recogí el agua con un trapo — I mopped the water up

recoge estos vidrios — clear up this broken glass

b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

2)

a) <dinero/firmas> to collect

b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero — to bring the washing in

c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo — he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down

e) < pelo>

le recogió el pelo en una cola — he put her hair into a ponytail

3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect

4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho — the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in

6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict

el informe no recoge estas estadísticas — these statistics do not figure o appear in the report

el espectáculo recoge tres de sus obras breves — the show brings together three of his short works
2.
recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
3.
recogersev pron

1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

2) < pelo> to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño — to put one's hair up in a bun

* * *

= capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.

Ex. In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex. Synonyms, related terms and other variants must now be collected, either by human selection, or with the aid of the machine.

Ex. The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex. A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex. Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.

Ex. Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex. Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.

Ex. The serials file contains a large number of titles, not only contributed by members, but also garnered from other sources.

Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex. This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.

Ex. Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.

Ex. Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.

Ex. It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

Ex. The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.

Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex. The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

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* encargado de recoger = gatherer.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* persona que recoge algo = picker.

* quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.

* recoger con un rastrillo = rake.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.

* recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* recoger material = gather + material.

* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( levantar) to pick up

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

recogí el agua con un trapo — I mopped the water up

recoge estos vidrios — clear up this broken glass

b) <casa/habitación> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

recoger la mesa — to clear the table

2)

a) <dinero/firmas> to collect

b) <deberes/cuadernos> to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero — to bring the washing in

c) <trigo/maíz> to harvest, gather in; < fruta> to pick; <flores/hongos> to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo — he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

d) <tienda de campaña/vela> to take down

e) < pelo>

le recogió el pelo en una cola — he put her hair into a ponytail

3) ( recibir y retener) <agua/polvo> to collect

4) ( ir a buscar) < persona> to pick up, fetch, collect; < paquete> to collect, pick up; < basura> to collect

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho — the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje de la tintorería? — can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners?

fui a recoger mis cosas — I went to get o to pick up my things

5) <huérfano/gatito> to take in

6) foto <instantánea/momento> to capture; novela <ambiente/contexto social> to depict

el informe no recoge estas estadísticas — these statistics do not figure o appear in the report

el espectáculo recoge tres de sus obras breves — the show brings together three of his short works
2.
recoger vi ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
3.
recogersev pron

1) ( volver a casa) to go home; ( ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire; (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

2) < pelo> to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño — to put one's hair up in a bun

* * *

= capture, collect, cull, gather, pick up, record, reap, harvest, garner, shuffle together, scoop (out), sweep up, wind, stow, pack + Posesivo + bags, clear up, pack up.

Ex: In those early days, so the story goes, the library movement was in danger of being captured by an aristocratic intellectual class designing to make the public library an elitist center for scholarly research.

Ex: Synonyms, related terms and other variants must now be collected, either by human selection, or with the aid of the machine.

Ex: The contents of an extract will often be culled from the results, conclusions or recommendations, i.e. the concluding segments, of the document.

Ex: A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex: Then these suggestion can be picked up by the editor, and communicated to the author.

Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.

Ex: Women suffragists reaped an unexpected publicity bonanza when the 1913 national suffrage parade in Washington was broken up by a drunken mob.

Ex: Entire families or groups of families cooperate in growing and harvesting food.

Ex: The serials file contains a large number of titles, not only contributed by members, but also garnered from other sources.

Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.

Ex: This service will be useful for end users and for scooping out the availability of information on STN for a variety of search topics.

Ex: Who else is going to flip the burgers, clean the resistant bomb-proof windows of the glitzy mile-high skyscrapers -- also take out the garbage, wash the dishes, park the cars, sweep up the papers in the parks?.

Ex: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.

Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

Ex: The next day we shook off our hangovers with another refreshing dip under the waterfall, packed our bags and headed off.

Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.

Ex: The hall is quiet, the band has packed up, and the munchies are all gone.

* encargado de recoger = gatherer.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* persona que recoge algo = picker.

* quien siembra vientos recoge tempestades = as you sow, so shall you reap.

* recoger con un rastrillo = rake.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recoger evidencia = collect + evidence.

* recoger experiencia = garner + experience.

* recoger información = collect + data, collect + information, gather + information, summon + knowledge, harvest + information.

* recoger la mesa = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.

* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.

* recoger los platos rotos = pick up + the pieces, sort out + the mess.

* recoger material = gather + material.

* recoger pruebas = collect + evidence, gather + evidence, accumulate + evidence.

* recoger y enviar datos = telemeter.

* sin recoger = uncollected.

* * *

recoger [E6 ]

vt

A

1 (levantar) to pick up

recoge la servilleta pick up the napkin

lo recogió del suelo she picked it up off the floor

no pienso recoger vuestros trastos I don't intend to pick up your junk o to clear up after you

recogía el agua que se salía de la lavadora I was mopping up the water that was coming out of the washing machine

recoge estos cristales clear up this broken glass

2 ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

recoger la mesa to clear the table

B

1 ‹dinero/firmas› to collect

2 ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in

recoger la ropa del tendedero to bring the washing in

3 ‹trigo/maíz› to gather in, take in, harvest; ‹fruta› to pick, harvest; ‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather

no llegó a recoger el fruto de su trabajo he was unable to reap the fruits of his labor

4 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down; ‹alfombra› to take up; ‹vela› to take down

5 ‹pelo›

le recogió el pelo en una cola he gathered her hair into a ponytail

C (retener) ‹agua› to collect

esta alfombra recoge mucho polvo this carpet collects o gathers a lot of dust

D (retirar de circulación) ‹periódico› to seize; ‹monedas› to withdraw, take … out of circulation

E (ir a buscar) ‹persona› to pick up, fetch, collect; ‹paquete› to collect, pick up ‹equipaje› ( Aviac) to reclaim

¿a qué hora pasan a recoger la basura? what time do they come to take away o collect the garbage ( AmE) o ( BrE) rubbish?

el autobús pasará a recogernos a las ocho the bus will come by to collect us o pick us up at eight

¿puedes recoger el traje del tinte? can you fetch o pick up the suit from the dry-cleaners

voy adentro a recoger las maletas I'll go inside and get the suitcases

fui a recoger mis cosas I went to get o to pick up my things

F (dar asilo) to take in

recogieron a un gatito abandonado they took in an abandoned kitten

un asilo para recoger a los vagabundos a hostel to provide shelter for vagrants

G

(incluir, registrar): la obra recoge el trasfondo social de aquel momento the work depicts the social context of that time

la imagen recoge el momento en que … the picture shows o captures the moment in which …

el informe recoge estas últimas estadísticas these latest statistics figure o appear in the report

esta acepción no la recoge ningún diccionario this meaning isn't included in o isn't in any dictionary

su obra está siendo recogida en cuatro volúmenes his works are being collected for publication in four volumes

un espectáculo que recoge tres de sus obras breves a show which brings together three of his short works

■ recoger

vi

to clear up, to straighten up ( AmE), to tidy up ( BrE)

venga, recoger ya, que vamos a comer come on, clear up (your things), it's time to eat

■ recogerse

v pron

A

1 (volver a casa) to go home; (ir a la cama) to go to bed, retire

2 (para meditar, rezar) to withdraw

B

1 ‹mangas/pantalones› to roll up; ‹falda› to lift up

2 ‹pelo› to tie up

recogerse el pelo en un moño to put one's hair up in a bun

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recoger ( conjugate recoger) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( levantar) ‹objeto/papeles› to pick up;

◊ recogí el agua con un trapo I mopped the water up

b) ‹casa/habitación› to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);

‹ platos› to clear away;
◊ recoger la mesa to clear the table

2
a) ‹dinero/firmas› to collect

b) ‹deberes/cuadernos› to collect, take in

c) ‹trigo/maíz› to harvest, gather in;

‹ fruta› to pick;
‹flores/hongos› to pick, gather
d) ‹tienda de campaña/vela› to take down

e) ‹ pelo› to tie … back;

◊ le recogió el pelo en una cola he tied her hair back in a ponytail

3 ( ir a buscar) ‹ persona› to pick up, fetch, collect;
‹ paquete› to collect, pick up;
‹ basura› to collect;
‹ equipaje› to reclaim
verbo intransitivo ( guardar) to clear up, to straighten up (AmE), to tidy up (BrE)
recogerse verbo pronominal ‹ pelo› to tie up;
‹ falda› to gather up
recoger
I verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto caído) to pick up
2 (información, dinero, basura, etc) to gather, collect
3 (una casa) to tidy up
recoger la mesa, to clear the table
4 (en un sitio a alguien o algo) to pick up, fetch, collect: vino a recogernos a las tres, she came to pick us up at three o'clock
5 (ordenar, guardar) to tidy (up), clear up: recoge tus juguetes inmediatamente, pick up your toys this instant
6 (a una persona o animal necesitados) to take in
7 (cosecha) to harvest, gather in
8 (fruta) to pick
II vi (poner orden, colocar, guardar) to tidy up: antes de irnos tenemos que recoger, we'll have to tidy up before we go
' recoger' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buscar
- coger
- inclinarse
- vendimiar
- cosechar
- mesa
- pala
- pinchar
- pretexto
English:
call
- call for
- clear away
- clear up
- collect
- gather
- gather in
- gather up
- harvest
- nuisance
- pack up
- pick
- pick off
- pick up
- pull in
- put away
- rake up
- reclaim
- scoop up
- sweep up
- tidy away
- tidy up
- up
- clear
- collection
- get
- glean
- overflow
- pack
- pull
- reap
- scoop
- sweep
- take
- tidy

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recoger

♦ vt

1. [coger, levantar] to pick up;

recogí los papeles del suelo I picked the papers up off the ground;

recogieron el agua con una fregona they mopped up the water

2. [reunir, retener] to collect, to gather;

están recogiendo firmas/dinero para… they are collecting signatures/money for…;

este trasto no hace más que recoger polvo this piece of junk is just gathering dust

3. [ordenar, limpiar] [mesa] to clear;
[casa, habitación, cosas] to tidy o clear up
4. [ir a buscar] to pick up, to fetch;

iré a recoger a los niños a la escuela I'll pick the children up from school;

¿a qué hora paso a recogerte? what time shall I pick you up?;

¿a qué hora recogen la basura? what time do they collect the rubbish?

5. [recolectar] [mies, cosecha] to harvest;
[fruta, aceitunas] to pick; [setas, flores] to pick, to gather; [beneficios] to reap;
ahora empieza a recoger los frutos de su trabajo now she's starting to reap the rewards of her work

6. [mostrar] [sujeto: foto, película] to show;
[sujeto: novela] to depict;
su ensayo recoge una idea ya esbozada por Spinoza her essay contains an idea already hinted at by Spinoza;

una comedia que recoge el ambiente de los ochenta a comedy which captures the atmosphere of the eighties;

la exposición recoge su obra más reciente the exhibition brings together his latest works

7. [sujeto: ley] to include;

un derecho recogido por la ley a right enshrined in law

8. [acoger] [mendigo, huérfano, animal] to take in;

en el albergue recogen a los sin techo the hostel takes in homeless people

9. [plegar] [velas, sombrillas] to take down;
[cortinas] to tie back
10. [prenda] [acortar] to take up, to shorten;
[estrechar] to take in
♦ vi
[ordenar, limpiar] to tidy o clear up;
cuando acabes de recoger… when you've finished tidying o clearing up…

♦ See also the pronominal verb recogerse

* * *

recoger

v/t

1 pick up, collect;

recoger firmas collect signatures;

recoger las cartas collect one’s mail

2 habitación tidy up;

recoger la mesa clear the table

3 AGR harvest

4 ( mostrar) show

5

:

recoger las piernas lift up one’s legs

* * *

recoger {15} vt

1) : to collect, to gather

2) : to get, to retrieve, to pick up

3) : to clean up, to tidy (up)

* * *

recoger vb

1. (coger, ir a buscar) to pick up

recoge los papeles del suelo pick the papers up off the floor

mi padre me recoge a la salida de clase my father picks me up after school

2. (ordenar) to tidy [pt. & pp. tidied]

hay que recoger la cocina we have to tidy the kitchen

3. (reunir) to collect

este año se ha recogido mucho dinero a lot of money has been collected this year

recoger la mesa to clear the table

recogerse el pelo to tie your hair back

Spanish-English dictionary > recoger
8 dudar

v.

1 to doubt.

¿vas a venir? — lo dudo are you going to come? — I doubt it o I don't think so

lo dudo mucho I very much doubt it

yo no lo hice — no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it — I'm sure you didn't, but…

dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll come

Ricardo duda Richard doubts.

2 to hesitate.

dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or another

no dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask me

María duda Mary hesitates.

* * *

dudar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to doubt, have doubts

■ dudo de lo que dijo I have doubts about what he said

2 (titubear) to hesitate

■ dudó en ir he hesitated whether to go or not

■ dudo entre quedarme o marcharme I'm not sure whether to stay or leave

► verbo transitivo

1 to doubt

■ lo dudo I doubt it

■ dudo que venga I doubt if he'll come

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dudar de alguien to doubt somebody, mistrust somebody

* * *

verb

1) to doubt

2) hesitate

* * *

1. VT

1) (=no estar seguro de) to doubt

espero que venga, aunque lo dudo mucho — I hope she'll come, although I doubt very much (if) she will

-yo te ayudaré -no lo dudo, pero... — "I'll help you" - "I'm sure you will, but..."

es lo mejor para ti, no lo dudes — it's the best thing for you, believe me

• a no dudarlo — undoubtedly

• dudar que, dudo que sea verdad — I doubt (whether o if) it's true

dudo que yo haya dicho eso — I doubt I said that

no dudo que sea capaz de hacerlo — I don't doubt that he's capable of doing it

• dudar si, dudaba si había echado la carta — I wasn't sure if I had posted the letter

2) (=vacilar sobre)

lo dudé mucho y al final me decidí por el azul — I thought about it o dithered * a lot but in the end I decided on the blue one

si yo fuera tú, no lo dudaría — if I were you, I wouldn't hesitate

2. VI

1) (=desconfiar) to doubt, have doubts

• dudar de algo — to question sth, doubt sth

los celos le hicieron dudar de su cariño — jealousy made her question o doubt his affection

2) (=vacilar)

no sé qué hacer, estoy dudando — I don't know what to do, I'm in two minds o I'm undecided

dudamos entre ir en autobús o en taxi — we were not sure whether to go by bus or taxi

dudaba entre los dos — she couldn't decide between the two

• dudar en hacer algo — to hesitate to do sth

dudaba en comprarlo — he hesitated to buy it

no dudes en llamarme — don't hesitate to call me

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to doubt

nunca dudé lo — I never doubted it

dudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth

es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me

yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...
2.
dudar vi

cómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering

está dudando entre comprar y alquilar — she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent

dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no dudes en llamarme — don't hesitate to call me

dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody

* * *

= be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.

Ex. I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.

Ex. He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.

Ex. We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.

Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex. While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.

Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.

Ex. The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.

Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex. Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.

Ex. The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.

Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

Ex. I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.

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* dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

* hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.

* no lo dudes = take it from me.

* sin dudar = without a doubt.

* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to doubt

nunca dudé lo — I never doubted it

dudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth

es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me

yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...
2.
dudar vi

cómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering

está dudando entre comprar y alquilar — she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent

dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no dudes en llamarme — don't hesitate to call me

dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody

* * *

= be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.

Ex: I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.

Ex: He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.

Ex: We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.

Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex: While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.

Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.

Ex: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.

Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex: Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.

Ex: The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.

Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

Ex: I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.

* dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

* hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.

* no lo dudes = take it from me.

* sin dudar = without a doubt.

* sin dudarlo = without hesitation.

* * *

dudar [A1 ]

vt

to doubt

lo dudo mucho I doubt it very much

es lo que te conviene, no lo dudes it's what's right for you, take it from me

yo hice todo lo que pude — no lo dudo, pero … I did everything I could — I'm sure you did, but …

dudar QUE + SUBJ:

nunca dudé que fuera inocente I never doubted his innocence o that he was innocent

dudo que llegue a tiempo I doubt that o if o whether I'll get there in time, I don't think I'll get there in time

dudo que te haya dicho la verdad I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth

■ dudar

vi

vamos, cómpralo, no sigas dudando go ahead and buy it, stop hesitating o dithering

está dudando entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind o she is in two minds whether to buy or rent

dudar EN + INF to hesitate to + INF

no dudes en llamarme don't hesitate to call me

dudar DE algo/algn to doubt sth/sb

¿dudas de su honradez? do you doubt his honesty?

no dudo de su capacidad para desempeñar el cargo I don't doubt o I'm not questioning his ability to do the job

¿cómo pude dudar de ti? how could I have doubted you?

* * *

dudar ( conjugate dudar) verbo transitivo
to doubt;
◊ dudo que lo haya terminado I doubt if o whether he's finished it

verbo intransitivo: duda entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent;
dudar en hacer algo to hesitate to do sth;
dudar de algo/algn to doubt sth/sb
dudar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to doubt: no dudes de él, don't distrust him
2 (estar indeciso) to hesitate [en, to]: dudaban entre comprarlo o no, they hesitated whether to buy it or not
II verbo transitivo to doubt: dudo mucho que se disculpe, I very much doubt that he'll apologize

' dudar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacilar
- ver
- titubear
English:
debate
- doubt
- falter
- hesitate
- shot
- suspect
- vacillate
- waver

* * *

dudar

♦ vi

1. [desconfiar]
dudar de algo/alguien to have one's doubts about sth/sb;

dudo de sus intenciones I question his intentions;

no dudo de su buena voluntad I don't doubt his goodwill;

sé que dudan de mí, pero yo soy inocente I know they have their doubts about me, but I'm innocent;

¿acaso dudas de mí? don't you trust me then?

2. [no estar seguro]
dudar sobre algo to be unsure about sth

3. [vacilar] to hesitate;

dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or another;

no dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask me

♦ vt

to doubt;

¿vas a venir? – lo dudo are you going to come? – I doubt it, I don't think so;

lo dudo mucho I very much doubt it;

después de dudarlo bastante se decidió a ir after being in some doubt he decided to go;

¿que eres sincero? permíteme que lo dude so you're telling the truth, are you? I think I'll reserve judgement on that, if I may;

yo no lo hice – no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it – I'm sure you didn't, but…;

no lo dude, ha hecho lo que debía you can rest assured you've done the right thing;

dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll come;

no dudo que lo hiciera con muy buena intención no doubt he did it with the best of intentions

* * *

dudar

I v/t doubt;

¡no lo dudes! of course!, no problem!

II v/i

1 hesitate (en to);

no dudar en hacer algo not hesitate to do sth

2

:

dudar de alguien not trust s.o.

* * *

dudar vt

: to doubt

dudar vi

dudar en : to hesitate to

no dudes en pedirme ayuda: don't hesitate to ask me for help

* * *

dudar vb

1. (en general) to doubt

dudo que se case I doubt that he'll get married

si llueve, que lo dudo, iremos al museo if it rains, which I doubt, we'll go to the museum

2. (vacilar) to hesitate

no dudes en pedir ayuda don't hesitate to ask for help

3. (no poder escoger) not to be sure / not to be able to make up your mind

dudó entre comprarse un coche o una moto he wasn't sure whether to buy a car or a motorbike

4. (desconfiar) to mistrust

duda de su marido she doesn't trust her husband

Spanish-English dictionary > dudar
9 enlace

m.

1 link (conexión) (gen) & (computing).

2 go-between (person).

enlace sindical shop steward (peninsular Spanish)

3 bond (chemistry).

4 connection.

estación de enlace junction

vía de enlace crossover

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: enlazar.

* * *

enlace

► nombre masculino

1 (conexión) link, connection

2 (boda) marriage

3 (tren etc) connection

4 (intermediario) liaison, link

5 QUÍMICA bond

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

establecer un enlace to forge a link

servir de enlace to provide a link

enlace sindical shop steward, US union delegate

estación de enlace junction 2 (metro) connecting station

vía de enlace crossover

* * *

noun m.

1) link, connection

2) liaison

* * *

SM

1) (=relación) connection, relationship

2) (=conexión) (Elec) linkage; (Quím) bond; (Ferro) connection; [de vías] crossover; [en autopista] motorway junction; (Mil) liaison

los buques no lograron efectuar el enlace en el punto indicado — the ships did not manage to rendezvous at the spot indicated

estación de enlace — junction

enlace fijo — fixed link

enlace telefónico — telephone link-up

3) (=matrimonio) (tb: enlace matrimonial) marriage

el enlace de las dos familias — the linking of the two families by marriage

4) (=mediador) link, go-between

enlace sindical — shop steward

5) (Internet) link

enlace de datos — (Inform) data link

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (conexión, unión) link

enlace telefónico/por satélite — telephone/satellite link

b) (de vías, carreteras) intersection, junction

- enlace en trébol

2) (frml) ( casamiento) tb

enlace matrimonial — marriage

3) ( persona) liaison

actúa de enlace entre... — he acts as liaison o as a link between...

- enlace sindical

4) (Quím) linkage, bond

* * *

= interfixing, link, linkage, pointer, bridge, bonding, liaison, bond, link-up, relay point, nexus.

Ex. The device known as links (sometimes referred to as 'interfixing') simply indicates that some connection exists between two or more terms (ie concepts) in a particular document.

Ex. Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.

Ex. We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.

Ex. Note also, that the subdivided heading MUSIC -- AUSTRIA consists only of two pointers.

Ex. My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.

Ex. The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.

Ex. It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.

Ex. Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.

Ex. Today the link-up with television is obviously very useful indeed.

Ex. These information centres function as ports of first call for officials stationed nearby, and also as relay points to the central collections.

Ex. The author explores the nexus between record keeping and the execution of government 'watchdog' functions.

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* deterioro de los enlaces = link rot.

* enlace cita = backlink.

* enlace cita, enlace referencia, enlace de referencia = backlink.

* enlace de comunicaciones = communications link.

* enlace de comunicaciones vía satélite = satellite link.

* enlace de referencia = backlink.

* enlace de telecomunicaciones = telecommunications link.

* enlace hipertextual inserto = embedded link.

* enlace obsoleto = broken link, dead link.

* enlace químico = chemical bond.

* enlace referencia = backlink, outlink [out-link].

* enlace referente = backlink, inlink [in-link].

* enlace roto = broken link, dead link.

* enlaces a sitios web = sitation.

* puerta en enlace = gateway.

* solventador de enlace = resolver.

* vuelo de enlace = connecting flight.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (conexión, unión) link

enlace telefónico/por satélite — telephone/satellite link

b) (de vías, carreteras) intersection, junction

- enlace en trébol

2) (frml) ( casamiento) tb

enlace matrimonial — marriage

3) ( persona) liaison

actúa de enlace entre... — he acts as liaison o as a link between...

- enlace sindical

4) (Quím) linkage, bond

* * *

= interfixing, link, linkage, pointer, bridge, bonding, liaison, bond, link-up, relay point, nexus.

Ex: The device known as links (sometimes referred to as 'interfixing') simply indicates that some connection exists between two or more terms (ie concepts) in a particular document.

Ex: Explanatory references give a little more explanation as to why the link between two names is being made in the catalogue or index.

Ex: We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.

Ex: Note also, that the subdivided heading MUSIC -- AUSTRIA consists only of two pointers.

Ex: My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.

Ex: The authors suggest that there should be a bonding between and among governing agencies and local schools.

Ex: It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.

Ex: Networking creates bonds where none may have existed and multiplies individual capabilities manifold.

Ex: Today the link-up with television is obviously very useful indeed.

Ex: These information centres function as ports of first call for officials stationed nearby, and also as relay points to the central collections.

Ex: The author explores the nexus between record keeping and the execution of government 'watchdog' functions.

* deterioro de los enlaces = link rot.

* enlace cita = backlink.

* enlace cita, enlace referencia, enlace de referencia = backlink.

* enlace de comunicaciones = communications link.

* enlace de comunicaciones vía satélite = satellite link.

* enlace de referencia = backlink.

* enlace de telecomunicaciones = telecommunications link.

* enlace hipertextual inserto = embedded link.

* enlace obsoleto = broken link, dead link.

* enlace químico = chemical bond.

* enlace referencia = backlink, outlink [out-link].

* enlace referente = backlink, inlink [in-link].

* enlace roto = broken link, dead link.

* enlaces a sitios web = sitation.

* puerta en enlace = gateway.

* solventador de enlace = resolver.

* vuelo de enlace = connecting flight.

* * *

enlace

masculine

A

1 (conexión, unión) link

enlace telefónico telephone link

enlace por or vía satélite satellite link

el enlace ferroviario/aéreo entre las dos ciudades the rail/air link between the two cities

una partícula de enlace a linking o connecting particle

2 (de vías, carreteras) intersection, junction

Compuestos:

● enlace web

( Inf) weblink

● enlace en trébol

cloverleaf

B ( frml) (casamiento) tb

enlace matrimonial marriage

C (persona) liaison

actúa de enlace entre … he acts as liaison o as a link between …, he liaises between … ( BrE)

Compuesto:

enlace sindical

masculine and feminine ( Esp) shop steward, union rep

D ( Quím) linkage, bond

* * *

Del verbo enlazar: ( conjugate enlazar)

enlacé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

enlace es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
enlace
enlazar
enlace sustantivo masculino
a) (conexión, unión) link

b) (de vías, carreteras) intersection, junction

c) tb

◊ enlace matrimonial marriage

d) ( persona) liaison;

◊ enlace sindical (Esp) shop steward, union rep

enlazar ( conjugate enlazar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ ciudades› to link (up);

‹ideas/temas› to link, connect
b) ‹ cintas› to tie … together

2 (Col, RPl) ‹res/caballo› to lasso, rope (AmE)
3 (Méx frml) ( casar) to marry
verbo intransitivo enlace con algo [tren/vuelo] to connect with sth;
[ carretera] to link up with sth
enlace sustantivo masculino
1 (relación, ligazón) link, connection
enlace químico, chemical bond
2 frml (boda) wedding
3 (persona de contacto) liaison
4 Ferroc connection
5 (de carreteras, autopistas) intersection, junction
enlazar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to link [con, with/to], connect [con, with]
' enlace' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boda
- comunicación
- nexo
English:
connection
- liaison
- link
- union
- interchange
- liaise
- rep
- shuttle

* * *

enlace nm

1. [conexión] link;

el enlace ferroviario/aéreo entre París y Madrid the rail/air link between Paris and Madrid;

un enlace vía satélite a satellite link o hook-up

2. Informát [de hipertexto] link

3. [persona] go-between;

sirvió de enlace en las negociaciones he acted as mediator in the negotiations

Comp
Esp enlace sindical shop steward
4. Ferroc [empalme] connection;

estación de enlace junction;

vía de enlace crossover, crossing

5. Quím bond

Comp
enlace covalente covalent bond;
enlace de hidrógeno hydrogen bond;

enlace iónico ionic bond;

enlace químico chemical bond

6. Formal [boda]
enlace (matrimonial) marriage

* * *

enlace

m link, connection

* * *

enlace nm

1) : bond, link, connection

2) : liaison

* * *

enlace n

1. (conexión) link / connection

no hay enlace entre las dos partes de la película there's no link between the two parts of the film

2. (autobús, tren) connection

hay tres enlaces al día there are three connections a day

3. (boda) marriage

Spanish-English dictionary > enlace
10 portada

f.

1 title page.

2 sleeve.

3 façade (architecture).

4 cover, liner, record sleeve.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: portar.

* * *

portada

► nombre femenino

1 (de revista, periódico) front page; (de libro) title page

2 (tapa de libro) cover

3 ARQUITECTURA façade

* * *

SF

1) (=primera plana) [de libro] title page, frontispiece frm; [de periódico] front page

2) (=cubierta) [de revista, libro] cover; [de disco] sleeve, jacket (EEUU)

3) (Arquit) (=fachada) façade; (=pórtico) porch, doorway; (=portal) carriage door, gateway

* * *

femenino

1) ( de libro) title page; ( de periódico) front page; ( de revista) cover

2) ( de iglesia) front, facade

* * *

= title page, title screen, front page [front-page], cover page.

Ex. For books, the chief source of information for some elements of the description is the title page.

Ex. In the case of a computer file, the title screen is a display of data that includes the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and the data relating to publication.

Ex. The author explores the shift from Victorian to modern front page design in US newspapers.

Ex. Manuscripts must be written in English and should include a cover page with title, name and e-mail address of author(s), an abstract, and a list of identifying keywords.

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* catalogación según la portada = title page cataloguing.

* con la portada hacia fuera = face-out.

* de portada = full-frontal.

* portada adjunta = added title page.

* portada de la serie = series title page.

* portada de presentación = home page [homepage].

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* portada ornada = frontispiece.

* * *

femenino

1) ( de libro) title page; ( de periódico) front page; ( de revista) cover

2) ( de iglesia) front, facade

* * *

= title page, title screen, front page [front-page], cover page.

Ex: For books, the chief source of information for some elements of the description is the title page.

Ex: In the case of a computer file, the title screen is a display of data that includes the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement of responsibility and the data relating to publication.

Ex: The author explores the shift from Victorian to modern front page design in US newspapers.

Ex: Manuscripts must be written in English and should include a cover page with title, name and e-mail address of author(s), an abstract, and a list of identifying keywords.

* catalogación según la portada = title page cataloguing.

* con la portada hacia fuera = face-out.

* de portada = full-frontal.

* portada adjunta = added title page.

* portada de la serie = series title page.

* portada de presentación = home page [homepage].

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* portada ornada = frontispiece.

* * *

portada

feminine

A (de un libro) title page; (de un periódico) front page; (de una revista) cover; ( Inf) home page

B (de una iglesia) front, facade

* * *

portada sustantivo femenino
1 ( de libro) title page;
( de periódico) front page;
( de revista) cover
2 ( de iglesia) front, facade
portada sustantivo femenino
1 (de un libro) cover
(de un periódico) front page
(de un disco) sleeve
2 (fachada) façade
' portada' also found in these entries:
English:
cover
- title page
- title

* * *

portada nf

1. [de libro] title page;
[de revista] (front) cover; [de periódico] front page
2. Informát [de página Web] home page

3. [de disco] sleeve

4. Arquit façade, facade

* * *

portada

f

1 TIP front page; de revista cover

2 ARQUI front

* * *

portada nf

1) : title page

2) : cover

3) : facade, front

* * *

portada n

1. (de libro, revista) cover

2. (de periódico) front page

3. (de disco) sleeve

Spanish-English dictionary > portada
11 seriado

adj.

serial.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: seriar.

* * *

(f. - seriada)

adj.

serial

* * *

ADJ mass-produced

* * *

= serial, serialised [serialized, -USA].

Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but good to read aloud in a few serial sessions.

Ex. The author explores the possible future of the relationships between serialized books in magazines and the books themselves in the new World Wide Web environment.

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* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* ISBD(S) (Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicacio = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* ISDS (Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* novela seriada = part-issue.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* * *

= serial, serialised [serialized, -USA].

Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but good to read aloud in a few serial sessions.

Ex: The author explores the possible future of the relationships between serialized books in magazines and the books themselves in the new World Wide Web environment.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* ISBD(S) (Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicacio = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* ISDS (Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* novela seriada = part-issue.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* * *

seriado -da

adjective

serialized

esos programas seriados de radio those radio serials

* * *

seriado, -da adj

: serial

Spanish-English dictionary > seriado
12 vacilar

v.

1 to hesitate.

El chico vaciló brevemente The boy hesitated briefly.

2 to falter.

3 to flicker (fluctuar) (light).

La llama vaciló en el viento The flame flickered in the wind.

4 to wobble, to sway.

5 to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear).

6 to tease, to pull the leg of, to ride, to spoof.

María vaciló a Ricardo todo el día Mary teased Richard the whole day.

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vacilar

► verbo intransitivo

1 (oscilar) to sway, vacillate

2 (estar poco firme) to wobble

3 (al andar) to sway, stagger, wobble; (al hablar) to falter

4 (luz) to flicker

5 figurado (dudar) to hesitate, waver

6 familiar (tomar el pelo) to joke, tease

■ ¡no me vaciles! don't tease me!

7 familiar (presumir) to show off

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer vacilar figurado to shake

sin vacilar without hesitation

memoria que vacila shaky memory

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verb

to hesitate

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1. VI

1) (=dudar) to hesitate, waver; (=ser indeciso) to vacillate; (=esperar) to hold back from doing sth

sin vacilar — unhesitatingly

vacilar en hacer algo — to hesitate to do sth

vacilar entre dos posibilidades — to hesitate between two possibilities

es un hombre que vacila mucho — he is a very indecisive man, he is a man who dithers a lot

no vaciles en decírmelo — don't hesitate to tell me about it

2) (por falta de estabilidad) [mueble] to be unsteady, wobble
[persona] (al andar) to totter, reel; (al hablar) to falter; [memoria] to fail; [moralidad] to be collapsing
3) [luz] to flicker

4) (=variar)

un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable — a taste which varies o ranges between nice and nasty

5) *
(=guasearse)
vacilar con algn — to tease sb, take the mickey out of sb **

6) (Méx)
* (=divertirse) to have fun, lark about *; (=ir de juerga) to go on a spree
7) * (=presumir) to talk big *, show off, swank *

2. VT

1) (=burlarse de) to take the mickey out of **, make fun of

¡no me vaciles! — stop messing me about! *

2) (CAm)
* (=engañar) to trick
* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( dudar) to hesitate

sin vacilar — without hesitating

vaciló antes de entrar — he hesitated before going in

vacila entre irse o quedarse — she's hesitating over whether to go or stay

no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no vaciló en aceptar — he accepted without hesitation

b) fe/determinación to waver

c) luz to flicker

2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter

vacilaba al andar — he swayed from side to side as he walked

3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)

4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
2.
vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease

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= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.

Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.

Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.

Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

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* sin vacilar = unswervingly.

* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

* * *
1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ( dudar) to hesitate

sin vacilar — without hesitating

vaciló antes de entrar — he hesitated before going in

vacila entre irse o quedarse — she's hesitating over whether to go or stay

no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

no vaciló en aceptar — he accepted without hesitation

b) fe/determinación to waver

c) luz to flicker

2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter

vacilaba al andar — he swayed from side to side as he walked

3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)

4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
2.
vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease

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= shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.

Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.

Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.

Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.

Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.

Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.

* sin vacilar = unswervingly.

* vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

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vacilar [A1 ]

vi

A

1 (dudar) to hesitate

respondió sin vacilar he replied without hesitating o without hesitation

vacila entre aceptar la propuesta y seguir aquí she's hesitating over whether to accept the offer or stay here, she can't make up her mind whether to accept the offer or stay here

no vaciles más, hazlo stop dithering and do it

vacilar EN algo:

no vaciló en la elección he made his choice without hesitation

no vacilaron en aceptar they did not hesitate to accept, they accepted without hesitation

2 «fe/determinación» to waver

3 «luz» to flicker

B (oscilar)

1 «mueble» to wobble, rock

2

«persona»: vaciló pero enseguida recuperó el equilibrio she staggered/tottered but she regained her balance immediately

vacilaba al andar, como si estuviese borracho he swayed from side to side as he walked, as if he were drunk

C (Esp, Méx fam) (bromear) to joke, to kid ( colloq), to fool around ( colloq)

D

( AmL exc CS fam) (divertirse): vacilamos un montón en la fiesta we had a great time o a lot of fun at the party

E ( Esp fam) (alardear) to show off vacilar DE algo to boast ABOUT sth

■ vacilar

vt

(Esp, Méx fam) to tease

lo estuvieron vacilando toda la noche they were teasing him o pulling his leg all evening

¡no me vaciles! be serious!

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vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( dudar) to hesitate;

◊ sin vacilar without hesitating;

no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
b) [fe/determinación] to waver

c) [ luz] to flicker

2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
vacilar verbo intransitivo
1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
2 (una voz) to falter
(una luz) to flicker
3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
' vacilar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
titubear
English:
dilly-dally
- falter
- hang back
- hesitate
- hold back
- little
- shilly-shally
- shrink
- straight
- vacillate
- waver
- dither

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vacilar

♦ vi

1. [dudar] to hesitate;

contestó sin vacilar she replied without hesitation;

vacilaba entre ambas opciones he hesitated o wavered between the two options;

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2. [voz, principios, régimen] to falter

3. [fluctuar] [luz] to flicker;
[pulso] to be irregular
4. [oscilar] [mueble, persona] to wobble

5. Fam [causar sensación] to be really cool;

una moto de esas vacila mucho a bike like that is really cool

6. Esp, Carib, Méx Fam [bromear]
está vacilando he's pulling your leg o kidding, Br he's taking the mickey

7. CAm, Carib, Méx Fam [parrandear] to party

♦ vt
Fam
1. Esp, Carib, Méx
vacilar a alguien [tomar el pelo] to pull sb's leg, Br to take the mickey out of sb;

me estás vacilando you're pulling my leg

2. Carib [mirar con atención] to get a load of, to check out;

vacílate ese carro get a load of that car, check out that car

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vacilar

I v/i

1 hesitate; de fe, resolución waver

2 de objeto wobble, rock; de persona stagger

3 Méx fam ( divertirse) have fun

II v/t fam

make fun of

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vacilar vi

1) : to hesitate, to vacillate, to waver

2) : to be unsteady, to wobble

3) : to flicker

4) fam : to joke, to fool around

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vacilar vb (dudar) to hesitate

el jugador vaciló antes de chutar el balón the player hesitated before shooting

¡no me vaciles! come off it!

Spanish-English dictionary > vacilar
13 explorar

v.

1 to explore.

El aventurero prospecta el terreno The adventure man explores the terrain.

2 to explore (medicine) (internamente).

3 to prospect (mining).

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explorar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to explore

2 MEDICINA to probe

3 MILITAR to reconnoitre

4 TÉCNICA to scan

5 (de mina) to drill, prospect

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FRASEOLOGÍA

explorar el terreno figurado to see how the land lies

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verb

to explore

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1.

VT (Geog) to explore; (Mil) to reconnoitre; (Med) to probe; [con radar] to scan

2.

VI to explore; (Mil) to reconnoitre, scout

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < región> to explore; < yacimientos> to prospect for

b) < posibilidades> to explore, investigate; < situación> to investigate, examine

c) (Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout

2) (Med) < órgano> to examine, explore

* * *

= explore, scout, wind + Posesivo + way.

Ex. Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Scouting new horizons: an annotated bibliography introducing subject access in visual image databases'.

Ex. Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.

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* explorar métodos = explore + roads.

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* explorar territorio = explore + territory.

* explorar una dirección = chart + direction.

* sin explorar = unexplored.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) < región> to explore; < yacimientos> to prospect for

b) < posibilidades> to explore, investigate; < situación> to investigate, examine

c) (Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout

2) (Med) < órgano> to examine, explore

* * *

= explore, scout, wind + Posesivo + way.

Ex: Next I will illustrate a simple search profile which does not explore all possible synonyms, but does serve to illustrate weighted term logic.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Scouting new horizons: an annotated bibliography introducing subject access in visual image databases'.

Ex: Polaris has long been an important star to sailors of old winding their way over the oceans by night.

* explorar métodos = explore + roads.

* explorar nuevos horizontes = move on to + pastures new.

* explorar territorio = explore + territory.

* explorar una dirección = chart + direction.

* sin explorar = unexplored.

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explorar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹tierras/región› to explore

2 ‹yacimientos› to prospect for

3 ‹posibilidades› to explore, investigate; ‹situación› to investigate, examine

4 ( Mil) to reconnoiter*, scout

5 «radar/sonar» to scan

6 ( Inf):

explorar la red to surf the Net

B ( Med) ‹herida› to probe, examine; ‹órgano› to examine, explore

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explorar ( conjugate explorar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ región› to explore;

‹ yacimientos› to prospect for;
(Inf) explorar la web or Red to surf the Web
b) ‹ posibilidades› to explore, investigate;

‹ situación› to investigate, examine
c) (Mil) to reconnoiter^{( conjugate reconnoiter)}, scout;

[radar/sonar] to scan
explorar verbo transitivo to explore: quisiera explorar la posibilidad de aumentar la plantilla, I'd like to explore the possibility of increasing the number of staff
' explorar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sonda
English:
explore
- feel
- prospect
- scan
- probe
- surf

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explorar vt

1. [averiguar, reconocer] to explore;

zonas aún por explorar as yet unexplored areas;

exploraremos todas las posibilidades we will explore every option

2. Mil to scout

3. Med [internamente] to explore;
[externamente] to examine
4. Informát to browse;

explorar Internet to browse the Internet

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explorar

v/t explore

* * *

explorar vt

: to explore

♦ exploratorio, -ria adj

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explorar vb to explore

Spanish-English dictionary > explorar
14 abandono

m.

1 leaving.

ganar por abandono (sport) to win by default

abandono de hogar (law) desertion (of family, spouse)

2 state of abandon (descuido) (de aspecto, jardín).

3 abandonment, desolation, abandoning, desertion.

4 personal carelessness, neglect, abandonment, carelessness.

5 departure.

6 renunciation.

7 complete surrender.

pres.indicat.

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

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abandono

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) abandoning, desertion

2 (idea, actividad) giving up

3 (descuido) neglect, lack of care

4 (dejadez) apathy, carelessness

5 DEPORTE withdrawal

■ ganaron por abandono they won by default

6 MARÍTIMO abandonment

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en estado de abandono in an abandoned state

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noun m.

1) abandonment

2) neglect

3) withdrawal, resignation

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SM

1) (=acción)

a) [de lugar]

ordenaron el abandono de la isla — they ordered people to abandon o leave the island

el abandono de la zona por las tropas de ocupación — the withdrawal of the occupying forces from the region

b) [de actividad, proyecto] abandonment

votaron a favor del abandono del leninismo — they voted in favour of renouncing Leninism, they voted for the abandonment of Leninism

ofrecen ayudas a los agricultores para el abandono de la producción — they are offering aid to farmers to cease production

mi abandono del cargo se debió a problemas internos — I gave up the post because of internal problems

c) (Jur) [de cónyuge] desertion; [de hijos] abandonment

en caso de abandono de uno de los cónyuges — in the event of the desertion of either partner

abandono de deberes — dereliction of duty

abandono de la escuela — = abandono escolar

abandono del domicilio conyugal, abandono del hogar — desertion

abandono de tierras — land set aside, set-aside

abandono escolar — leaving school ( before school-leaving age)

problemas causados por el abandono escolar — problems caused by students leaving school early

2) (Dep) [antes de la prueba] withdrawal; [durante la prueba] retirement; (Ajedrez) resignation

ganar por abandono — to win by default ( thanks to an opponent's withdrawal)

3) (=descuido) neglect, abandon frm

la iglesia se encontraba en un terrible estado de abandono — the church was in a terrible state of neglect o abandon frm

es lamentable el abandono que sufre la sanidad pública desde hace años — it's dreadful how public health has been so neglected for years

darse al abandono — to go downhill

4) (=vicio) indulgence

llevaba una vida de excesos y abandono — she led a life of excess and indulgence

viven en el mayor abandono — they live in utter degradation

5) (=soledad) desolation

me invadió una sensación de abandono — I was overcome by a feeling of desolation

el pueblo presentaba un aspecto de abandono — the town had a forlorn look about it

6) Méx (=ligereza) abandon, ease

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masculino

1)

a) (frml) ( de un lugar)

hicieron abandono del recinto — they vacated the premises

el capitán ordenó el abandono del barco — the captain gave the order to abandon ship

b) ( de una persona) abandonment

- abandono del hogar

2) (Dep) (antes de la carrera, competición) withdrawal; (iniciada la carrera, competición) retirement; ( en ajedrez) resignation

3) (descuido, desatención) neglect

estado de abandono — state of neglect

la dejó en el más completo abandono — he left her utterly destitute

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masculino

1)

a) (frml) ( de un lugar)

hicieron abandono del recinto — they vacated the premises

el capitán ordenó el abandono del barco — the captain gave the order to abandon ship

b) ( de una persona) abandonment

- abandono del hogar

2) (Dep) (antes de la carrera, competición) withdrawal; (iniciada la carrera, competición) retirement; ( en ajedrez) resignation

3) (descuido, desatención) neglect

estado de abandono — state of neglect

la dejó en el más completo abandono — he left her utterly destitute

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abandono¹

¹ = abandonment, betrayal, desertion, surrender, shift away from, drop-off, move away from, defection, pullout, disuse.

Ex: Practical considerations led to the abandonment of this idea.

Ex: The author explores the major themes of the novel: self-identity; love; and betrayal.

Ex: The author also covers the electronic book and the desertion of libraries by researchers in favour of other information sources = El autor también habla del libro electrónico y del abandono de las bibliotecas por parte de los investigadores en favor de otras fuentes de información.

Ex: This would require central funding, an appropriate communications infrastructure and the surrender by universities of their autonomy over their local libraries.

Ex: This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.

Ex: There is a subsidy mechanism that lowers rates in order to avoid drop-offs from the network.

Ex: This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.

Ex: The longer the project is likely to last, the more important it is to be sure that it is designed to cope with factors such as defection of one of the partners.

Ex: NATO is 'disappointed' at Russian pullout from arms treaty.

Ex: After a period of disuse at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Caslon roman was revived, and has been available ever since from Caslon's successors.

* abandono de = flight from.

* índice de abandono escolar = dropout rate.

* tasa de abandono escolar = dropout rate.

abandono²

² = neglect, dereliction, negligence, neglection, abandon, dilapidation, lassitude.

Ex: Left hand truncation, which involves the neglect of prefixes or the elimination of characters from the beginning of a word, is also possible in many systems.

Ex: The energy crisis & the environmental crisis are rooted not in a stony ground of technological intractability, but in irresponsibility & dereliction.

Ex: Damage of library materials is often caused by carelessness and negligence.

Ex: After decades of neglection, nowadays there is an effort to bring these houses back to their original glory.

Ex: The article 'Enlightenment and lubricity' examines paintings depicting women reading and responding with sensual abandon to the word.

Ex: If Central Park is to be rescued from the general dilapidation it is much money and energy intelligently directed must be expended.

Ex: His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.

* abandono de menores = child neglect.

* en el abandono = in the wilderness.

* en estado de abandono = decaying, dilapidated.

* estado de abandono = state of neglect.

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abandono

masculine

A

1 ( frml)

(de un lugar): la policía ordenó el abandono del recinto the police ordered everyone to leave o vacate the premises

el capitán ordenó el abandono del barco the captain gave the order to abandon ship

2 (de una persona) abandonment

Compuestos:

● abandono escolar

noncompletion, dropping out

● abandono del hogar

desertion

● abandono del trabajo

abandonment of employment

B ( Dep)

1 (antes de iniciarse la carrera, competición) withdrawal

2

(una vez iniciada la carrera, competición): el abandono de Garrido se produjo en la quinta vuelta Garrido pulled out o retired on the fifth lap, Garrido's retirement came on the fifth lap

el abandono del campeón se produjo en la jugada número 30 the champion's resignation came o the champion resigned on move 30

C

(descuido, desatención): el edificio se halla en un lamentable estado de abandono the building is in a sorry state of neglect

da lástima ver el abandono en que se encuentran estos jardines it's terrible to see how overrun o overgrown these gardens have become, it's terrible to see how these gardens have been allowed to fall into neglect

dejó a su familia en el más completo abandono he left his family utterly destitute

la ropa que lleva da una imagen de abandono the clothes he wears make him look slovenly o scruffy

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Del verbo abandonar: ( conjugate abandonar)

abandono es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

abandonó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
abandonar
abandono
abandonar ( conjugate abandonar) verbo transitivo
1
a) (frml) ‹ lugar› to leave

b) ‹familia/bebé› to leave, abandon;

‹marido/amante› to leave;
‹coche/barco› to abandon;
◊ los abandonó a su suerte he abandoned them to their fate

2 [ fuerzas] to desert
3
a) ‹actividad/propósito/esperanza› to give up;

◊ abandono los estudios to drop out of school/college

b) (Dep) ‹carrera/partido› to retire from, pull out of

verbo intransitivo (Dep)
a) (en carrera, competición) to pull out

b) ( en ajedrez) to resign;

(en boxeo, lucha) to concede defeat
abandonarse verbo pronominal
1 ( entregarse) abandonose a algo ‹a vicios/placeres› to abandon oneself to sth
2 ( en el aspecto personal) to let oneself go
abandono sustantivo masculino
1 ( de una persona) abandonment;
◊ abandono del hogar desertion

2 (Dep) (antes de la carrera, competición) withdrawal;
(iniciada la carrera, competición) retirement;
( en ajedrez) resignation
3 (descuido, desatención) neglect
abandonar
I verbo transitivo
1 (irse de) to leave, quit: tenemos que vernos hoy, porque mañana abandono Madrid, we've got to see eachother today because I'm leaving Madrid tomorrow
2 (a una persona, a un animal) to abandon
abandonar a alguien a su suerte, to leave someone to his fate
3 (un proyecto, los estudios) to give up
4 Dep (retirarse de una carrera) to drop out of
(un deporte) to drop
II vi (desfallecer) to give up: los resultados no son los esperados, pero no abandones, the results aren't as good as we expected, but don't give up
abandono sustantivo masculino
1 (marcha de un lugar) abandoning, desertion
2 (de proyecto, idea) giving up
3 (de aseo) neglect
4 (despreocupación) carelessness
' abandono' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- docencia
- entrega
- olvido
- pudrir
- recinto
- renuncia
English:
angrily
- climb down
- desertion
- drop out
- dump
- intimidate
- leave
- neglect
- self-neglect
- need
- walk
- withdrawal

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abandono nm

1. [descuido] [de aspecto, jardín] state of abandon;
[de estudios, obligaciones] neglect;
la iglesia se encontraba en estado de abandono the church was derelict

2. [de lugar]
los bomberos ordenaron el abandono del edificio the firemen instructed everyone to leave the building, the firemen had the building evacuated;

el abandono de su puesto le costó un arresto al soldado the soldier was placed in confinement for abandoning his post

3. [de hijo, proyecto] abandonment;

el abandono de animales se incrementa tras las Navidades there is a rise in the number of animals abandoned after Christmas;

el movimiento defiende el abandono de la energía nuclear the movement is in favour of abolishing the use of nuclear energy;

han anunciado el abandono de la violencia they have announced that they are going to give up violence;

su desilusión lo llevó al abandono de la profesión he was so disillusioned that he left the profession

Comp
Der abandono de hogar desertion [of family, spouse]; UE abandono de tierras:
el gobierno está fomentando el abandono de tierras the government is promoting land set-aside

4. [entrega] abandon, abandonment;

se entregó con abandono a su amante she gave herself with abandon to her lover

5. [de competición, carrera] withdrawal;

el abandono se produjo en el kilómetro 10 he pulled out after 10 kilometres;

ganar por abandono to win by default

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abandono

m

1 abandonment;

abandono del domicilio conyugal desertion;

abandono de la energía nuclear abandonment of nuclear power

2 DEP de carrera retirement

3

:

en un estado de abandono in a state of neglect

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abandono nm

1) : abandonment

2) : neglect

3) : withdrawal

ganar por abandono: to win by default

Spanish-English dictionary > abandono
15 protegido

adj.

protected, protégée, guarded, sheltered.

f. & m.

protégée.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: proteger.

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protegido

► participio pasado

1→ link=proteger proteger

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (hombre) protégé; (mujer) protégée

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protegido, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=resguardado) protected

especie protegida — protected species

2) [vivienda] subsidised

2.

SM / F protégé, protégée

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I
- da adjetivo

a) < especie> protected

b) < vivienda> subsidized

c) (Inf) write-protected
II
- da masculino, femenino (m) protegé; (f) protegée

* * *
I
- da adjetivo

a) < especie> protected

b) < vivienda> subsidized

c) (Inf) write-protected
II
- da masculino, femenino (m) protegé; (f) protegée

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protegido¹

¹ = protégé [protégée, -fem.].

Ex: This article explores the various ways in which the reference department head serves as a mentor to the beginning reference librarian through the analogy of the relationship of Athena and her protege, Telemachus, in Homer's Odyssey.

protegido²

² = protected, sheltered.

Ex: Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.

Ex: Eurasian wigeons prefer coastal wetlands, bays, freshwater and brackish lagoons and other sheltered marine habitats.

* edificio protegido = heritage-listed building.

* especie protegida = protected species.

* material protegido por el derecho de autor = copyright material, copyrighted material.

* parte protegida = lee.

* parte protegida del viento = leeward.

* protegido del viento = downwind.

* protegido por el derecho de autor = copyrighted, copyright-protected.

* recinto protegido = walled garden.

* zona protegida = protected area.

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protegido¹ -da

adjective

1 ‹especie› protected

2 ‹vivienda› subsidized

3 ( Inf) tb

protegido contra escritura write-protected

protegido² -da

masculine, feminine

1 ( Der) ( masculine) protegé; ( feminine) protegée

2 (en un trabajo, una actividad) ( masculine) protegé; ( feminine) protegée

es uno de los protegidos del jefe ( pey); he's one of the boss's protegés, he's one of the boss's blue-eyed boys o ( AmE) fair-haired boys ( pej)

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Del verbo proteger: ( conjugate proteger)

protegido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
proteger
protegido
proteger ( conjugate proteger) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to protect;

protegido algo/a algn DE or CONTRA algo/algn to protect sth/sb from o against sth/sb
b) ‹ artes› to champion, patronize;

‹pintor/poeta› to act as patron to
protegerse verbo pronominal ( refl) protegidose DE or CONTRA algo to protect oneself from o against sth;
◊ protegidose de la lluvia to shelter from the rain

protegido -da adjetivo
a) ‹ especie› protected

b) ‹ vivienda› subsidized

c) (Inf) write-protected

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) protegé;
(f) protegée
proteger verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to protect
2 (un derecho, una propiedad) to defend, protect
3 (a un artista) to act as patron to
protegido,-a
I adj (especie animal) protected
II m,f (hombre) protégé
(mujer) protégée
' protegido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
protegida
English:
sheltered
- write-protected

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protegido, -a

♦ adj

1. [especie] protected

2. Informát protected;

protegido contra copia copy-protected;

protegido contra escritura write-protected

♦ nm,f

protégé, f protégée

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protegido

I adj protected

II m protégé

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protegido, -da n

: protégé

Spanish-English dictionary > protegido

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