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  • 121 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 122 ello

    pron.
    no nos llevamos bien, pero ello no nos impide formar un buen equipo we don't get on very well, but it o that doesn't stop us making a good team
    no quiero hablar de ello I don't want to talk about it
    por ello for that reason
    * * *
    1 it
    \
    ¡a ello! to work!
    ello es que... the thing is that..., the fact is that...
    por ello that's why
    * * *
    pron.
    it
    * * *
    PRON
    1) it
    2) [locuciones]

    es por ello por lo que..., es por ello que... — that is why...

    ¡a por ello! — here goes!

    * * *
    I
    pronombre personal

    para ello hay que obtener un permiso — (frml) you need a permit for this

    debido a ello que... — for which reason..., owing to which...

    II
    masculino (Psic)
    * * *
    = it.
    Ex. It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.
    ----
    * a partir de ello = therefrom.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * cargar con ello = live with it.
    * con ello = in doing so, thereto.
    * de camino, ya que estamos en ello = while we're at it.
    * de ello = thereof, therefrom.
    * derivado de ello = therefrom.
    * lo = it.
    * mientras estamos en ello = while we're at it.
    * para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.
    * por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.
    * sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sobre ello = thereupon [thereon], thereupon [thereon].
    * * *
    I
    pronombre personal

    para ello hay que obtener un permiso — (frml) you need a permit for this

    debido a ello que... — for which reason..., owing to which...

    II
    masculino (Psic)
    * * *
    = it.

    Ex: It seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at the evolution of our catalog and the ideology which has shaped it.

    * a partir de ello = therefrom.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * cargar con ello = live with it.
    * con ello = in doing so, thereto.
    * de camino, ya que estamos en ello = while we're at it.
    * de ello = thereof, therefrom.
    * derivado de ello = therefrom.
    * lo = it.
    * mientras estamos en ello = while we're at it.
    * para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.
    * por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.
    * sin necesidad de ello = gratuitous, gratuitously.
    * sobre ello = thereupon [thereon], thereupon [thereon].

    * * *
    todavía queda mucho por hacer y somos muy conscientes de ello ( frml); much remains to be done and we are very aware of it o of the fact
    para ello hay que obtener un permiso especial ( frml); you need a special permit for this
    ya que estamos en ello while we're at it
    desde fresquísimos pescados a deliciosos postres, todo ello exquisitamente presentado from the freshest of fish to delicious desserts, all beautifully presented
    ( Psic):
    el ello the id
    * * *

    ello pron pers
    it;

    todo ello exquisitamente presentado all beautifully presented;
    para ello hay que obtener un permiso (frml) you need a permit for this
    ello pron pers neut it: no hay que preocuparse por ello, you don't have to worry about it
    por ello no volveré a verte, for that reason I'm not going to see you again

    ' ello' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abundar
    - alma
    - conferencia
    - deducirse
    - disputar
    - encima
    - imprudencia
    - interés
    - larga
    - largo
    - lugar
    - meditar
    - porfiar
    - sobre
    - cierto
    - inclinar
    English:
    actually
    - bear
    - enthusiastic
    - feeling
    - go without
    - hold against
    - it
    - itself
    - last
    - stress
    - substantial
    - think
    - thought
    - to-do
    - very
    - any
    - bother
    - claim
    - go
    - good
    - push
    - put
    - unwittingly
    - work
    * * *
    ello1 pron personal
    [neutro]
    no nos llevamos bien, pero ello no nos impide formar un buen equipo we don't get on very well, but it o that doesn't stop us (from) making a good team;
    no quiero hablar de ello I don't want to talk about it;
    por ello for that reason;
    todo ello me hace pensar que… it all makes me think that…
    ello2 nm
    Psi id
    * * *
    pron it;
    por ello for this reason;
    ¿has reparado la televisión? – estoy en ello have you mended the television? – I’m working on it o I’m doing it
    * * *
    ello pron
    : it
    es por ello que me voy: that's why I'm going
    * * *
    ello pron it

    Spanish-English dictionary > ello

  • 123 en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

    familiar in the twinkling of an eye
    ————————
    in the twinkling of an eye
    * * *
    * * *
    = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap, 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
    Ex. Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.
    Ex. You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.
    Ex. Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.
    Ex. In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    Ex. It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
    Ex. Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
    Ex. In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
    Ex. In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex. These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.
    Ex. Burglars could be in and out in a flash and it may be hours before you even realise that anything is missing.
    Ex. Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex. And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.
    Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.
    * * *
    = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap, 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

    Ex: Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.

    Ex: You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.
    Ex: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.
    Ex: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
    Ex: It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.
    Ex: Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.
    Ex: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.
    Ex: In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex: Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.
    Ex: Burglars could be in and out in a flash and it may be hours before you even realise that anything is missing.
    Ex: Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex: And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.
    Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

  • 124 en un santiamén

    in the twinkling of an eye, as quick as a flash, in a flash
    * * *
    = in a jiffy, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time, in a heartbeat, at the drop of a hat, in a trice
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.
    Ex. What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex. In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex. Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex. Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex. Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex. In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.
    * * *
    = in a jiffy, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time, in a heartbeat, at the drop of a hat, in a trice

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Chemistry in a Jiffy'.

    Ex: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.
    Ex: In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.
    Ex: Follow each of these tips, and you'll be on the road to success in no time.
    Ex: Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.
    Ex: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.
    Ex: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un santiamén

  • 125 equipo

    m.
    1 team (people).
    trabajar en equipo to work as a team
    equipo de rescate rescue team
    2 team (jugadores).
    un equipo de rugby a rugby team
    equipo local/visitante local/visiting team
    3 equipment (equipamiento).
    equipo de oficina office equipment
    4 trousseau.
    5 system.
    equipo de sonido sound system
    6 kit.
    7 gear.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: equipar.
    * * *
    1 (prestaciones) equipment
    2 (ropas, utensilios) outfit, kit
    \
    equipo de fútbol football team
    equipo de música music centre, stereo system
    equipo de novia trousseau
    gastos de equipo capital expenditure sing
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) crew
    2) team
    3) gear, equipment
    4) kit
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Dep) team

    equipo titular — A team, first team

    2) [de personas] team

    equipo de rescate, equipo de salvamento, equipo de socorro — [civil] rescue team; [militar] rescue squad, rescue unit

    equipo médico — medical team, medical unit

    3) (=utensilios, accesorios) [gen] equipment; [para deportes] equipment, kit

    equipo de fumador — smoker's outfit, smoker's accessories

    equipo físico — (Inform) hardware

    equipo lógico — (Inform) software

    equipo rodante — (Ferro) rolling stock

    * * *
    1) (de trabajadores, jugadores) team

    el equipo local or de casa — the home team

    el equipo de fuera or visitante — the away o visiting team

    hacer equipo con alguien — (AmL) to team up with somebody

    ser del otro equipo — (AmL fam & pey) to be one of them (colloq & pej)

    2) (de materiales, utensilios) equipment

    caerse con todo el equipo — (fam) to mess things up (colloq), to screw up (AmE sl)

    •
    * * *
    = apparatus, equipment, team, crew, gear, rig, infrastructure, squad.
    Ex. The abstracts of research papers will typically represent the methodology employed, in particular, apparatus, equipment, tools, materials.
    Ex. A post-coordinate index depends upon specialised equipment and storage devices.
    Ex. Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.
    Ex. Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.
    Ex. The library is now the greatest treasure house of whaling fact and lore in the world with its collection of logbooks, maps, photographs, manuscripts and whaling gear = Ahora la biblioteca ahora es la mayor fuente inagotable del mundo de datos y tradiciones sobre la caza de ballenas con su colección de diarios de navegación, mapas, fotografías, manuscritos y herramientas para la caza de ballenas.
    Ex. An adjustable seating rig was used to create the three-dimensional shape of a static lounge chair.
    Ex. Priority sectors are in energy, industry and infrastructure.
    Ex. This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..
    ----
    * basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.
    * biblioteconomía en equipo = team librarianship.
    * colaboración en equipo = collaborative teamwork.
    * compañero de equipo = teammate.
    * de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.
    * dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.
    * deporte de equipo = team sport.
    * equipo administrativo = administrative team.
    * equipo audiovisual = audiovisual equipment.
    * equipo de atletismo = athletic team.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * equipo de casa = home team.
    * equipo de casa, el = home side, the.
    * equipo de dirección = management, management team, administrative team.
    * equipo de gestión = management team.
    * equipo de gobierno = administration, governing board, management.
    * equipo de impresión = press crew.
    * equipo de investigación = research team.
    * equipo de lectura de microfilm = microfilm reading equipment.
    * equipo de mantenimiento = maintenance crew.
    * equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.
    * equipo de medición topográfica = surveying equipment.
    * equipo de música = home stereo system, stereo system.
    * equipo de pesca = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipment.
    * equipo deportivo = sports team.
    * equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.
    * equipo de protección = protective gear.
    * equipo de rescate = rescue team.
    * equipo de salvamento = rescue team.
    * equipo de sonido = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.
    * equipo editorial = editorial team.
    * equipo especial = skunkwork [skunk work].
    * equipo informático = computer hardware, computer equipment, computer machinery.
    * equipo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * equipo investigador = research team.
    * equipo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * equipo nacional = national team.
    * equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.
    * equipo protector = protective gear.
    * equipos ADP (para el proceso automático de datos) = ADP (automatic data processing) equipment.
    * equipos de calefacción = heating equipment.
    * equipos de reprografía = reprographic equipment.
    * equipo solar = solar equipment.
    * equipo titular = starting team.
    * equipo topográfico = surveying equipment.
    * equipo visitante = visiting team.
    * esfuerzo de equipo = team effort.
    * espíritu de equipo = team spirit.
    * fomento de espíritu de equipo = team building.
    * investigación en equipo = team research.
    * material y equipos de oficina = office supply and equipment.
    * partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.
    * suministrar material de equipo = supply + equipment.
    * trabajar en equipo = work as + a team.
    * trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.
    * un equipo de = a team of.
    * * *
    1) (de trabajadores, jugadores) team

    el equipo local or de casa — the home team

    el equipo de fuera or visitante — the away o visiting team

    hacer equipo con alguien — (AmL) to team up with somebody

    ser del otro equipo — (AmL fam & pey) to be one of them (colloq & pej)

    2) (de materiales, utensilios) equipment

    caerse con todo el equipo — (fam) to mess things up (colloq), to screw up (AmE sl)

    •
    * * *
    = apparatus, equipment, team, crew, gear, rig, infrastructure, squad.

    Ex: The abstracts of research papers will typically represent the methodology employed, in particular, apparatus, equipment, tools, materials.

    Ex: A post-coordinate index depends upon specialised equipment and storage devices.
    Ex: Guidelines are also valuable introductory material for any new abstractors, whether geographically separated from the remainder of the abstracting team or not.
    Ex: Phillips has 12 installations with a crew of 15-450 men.
    Ex: The library is now the greatest treasure house of whaling fact and lore in the world with its collection of logbooks, maps, photographs, manuscripts and whaling gear = Ahora la biblioteca ahora es la mayor fuente inagotable del mundo de datos y tradiciones sobre la caza de ballenas con su colección de diarios de navegación, mapas, fotografías, manuscritos y herramientas para la caza de ballenas.
    Ex: An adjustable seating rig was used to create the three-dimensional shape of a static lounge chair.
    Ex: Priority sectors are in energy, industry and infrastructure.
    Ex: This concept comes mainly from the military, where a designated number of troops make a squad, a platoon, a regiment, etc..
    * basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.
    * biblioteconomía en equipo = team librarianship.
    * colaboración en equipo = collaborative teamwork.
    * compañero de equipo = teammate.
    * de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.
    * dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.
    * deporte de equipo = team sport.
    * equipo administrativo = administrative team.
    * equipo audiovisual = audiovisual equipment.
    * equipo de atletismo = athletic team.
    * equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.
    * equipo de casa = home team.
    * equipo de casa, el = home side, the.
    * equipo de dirección = management, management team, administrative team.
    * equipo de gestión = management team.
    * equipo de gobierno = administration, governing board, management.
    * equipo de impresión = press crew.
    * equipo de investigación = research team.
    * equipo de lectura de microfilm = microfilm reading equipment.
    * equipo de mantenimiento = maintenance crew.
    * equipo de mantenimiento artificial de la vida = life-support system.
    * equipo de medición topográfica = surveying equipment.
    * equipo de música = home stereo system, stereo system.
    * equipo de pesca = fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing equipment, angling equipment.
    * equipo deportivo = sports team.
    * equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.
    * equipo de protección = protective gear.
    * equipo de rescate = rescue team.
    * equipo de salvamento = rescue team.
    * equipo de sonido = sound system, hi-fi system.
    * equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.
    * equipo editorial = editorial team.
    * equipo especial = skunkwork [skunk work].
    * equipo informático = computer hardware, computer equipment, computer machinery.
    * equipo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * equipo investigador = research team.
    * equipo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * equipo nacional = national team.
    * equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.
    * equipo protector = protective gear.
    * equipos ADP (para el proceso automático de datos) = ADP (automatic data processing) equipment.
    * equipos de calefacción = heating equipment.
    * equipos de reprografía = reprographic equipment.
    * equipo solar = solar equipment.
    * equipo titular = starting team.
    * equipo topográfico = surveying equipment.
    * equipo visitante = visiting team.
    * esfuerzo de equipo = team effort.
    * espíritu de equipo = team spirit.
    * fomento de espíritu de equipo = team building.
    * investigación en equipo = team research.
    * material y equipos de oficina = office supply and equipment.
    * partido entre equipos rivales = local derby.
    * suministrar material de equipo = supply + equipment.
    * trabajar en equipo = work as + a team.
    * trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.
    * un equipo de = a team of.

    * * *
    A ( Dep) team; (de trabajadores, colaboradores) team
    un equipo de baloncesto/fútbol a basketball/football team
    el equipo local or de casa the home team
    el equipo de fuera or visitante the away o visiting team
    el equipo de desactivación de explosivos the bomb disposal team o squad
    trabajamos en equipo we work as a team
    el equipo directivo de la empresa the company's management team
    hacer equipo con algn ( AmL); to team up with sb
    ser del otro equipo ( AmL fam pey); to be one of them ( colloq pej)
    Compuestos:
    research team
    editorial staff o team
    rescue team
    television crew
    working group, task force
    medical team
    outside broadcasting unit
    task force
    B (de materiales, utensilios) equipment
    se compró el equipo completo de esquí he bought himself all the necessary equipment o ( colloq) all the gear for skiing
    equipos informáticos computer hardware, hardware
    equipo de pesca fishing tackle
    equipo de fotografía photographic equipment
    caerse con todo el equipo ( fam); to mess things up ( colloq), to screw up ( AmE sl)
    Compuestos:
    hi-fi system
    MP3 player
    sound system
    standard fittings (pl)
    sound system
    ( Chi) sound system
    * * *

     

    Del verbo equipar: ( conjugate equipar)

    equipo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    equipó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    equipar    
    equipo
    equipar ( conjugate equipar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to equip, fit … out;

    equipo a algn con or de algo to equip sb with sth
    b) ‹ casa› to furnish;

    ‹local/barco› to fit out;
    ( de víveres) to provision;

    equipo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de trabajadores, jugadores) team;
    ◊ el equipo local/visitante the home/visiting team;

    trabajo de equipo team work;
    trabajar en equipo to work as a team;
    equipo de filmación film crew
    2 (de materiales, utensilios) equipment;

    equipo de gimnasia gym kit;
    equipo de alta fidelidad hi-fi system
    equipar verbo transitivo to equip [con, with]
    equipo sustantivo masculino
    1 (grupo de profesionales) team: juega en un equipo de baloncesto, he plays in a basketball team
    tenemos que trabajar en equipo, we've got to work as a team
    2 (conjunto de aparatos) equipment: equipo de música, music system
    3 (conjunto de ropa, elementos, etc) outfit: me gustaría tener un equipo de bucear, I'd like to have a set of diving equipment
    ' equipo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alineación
    - bajón
    - batir
    - combatividad
    - compacta
    - compacto
    - compenetrarse
    - componente
    - concentración
    - confraternizar
    - cuadrilla
    - efectividad
    - enfrentarse
    - entrenar
    - estruendo
    - fuera
    - inferioridad
    - interdisciplinaria
    - interdisciplinario
    - líder
    - mofarse
    - óptima
    - óptimo
    - parafernalia
    - savia
    - servidumbre
    - socorro
    - sonido
    - teutón
    - teutona
    - teutónica
    - teutónico
    - vencedor
    - vencedora
    - visitante
    - alentar
    - alinear
    - animador
    - arrasar
    - ascenso
    - baja
    - bajar
    - barrer
    - cabeza
    - compañero
    - componer
    - contrario
    - delantera
    - derrotado
    - derrotar
    English:
    apparatus
    - audio
    - boom box
    - crew
    - cut out
    - deck
    - defeat
    - do-it-yourself
    - electrical equipment
    - equipment
    - field
    - forfeit
    - gear
    - goalkeeper
    - goose
    - hi-fi
    - integral
    - kit
    - letdown
    - lick
    - opposing
    - outfit
    - part-payment
    - place
    - preclude
    - promote
    - pull out
    - retrofit
    - row
    - scapegoat
    - side
    - spirit
    - squad
    - standard
    - stretcher party
    - surgical
    - tackle
    - team
    - team-game
    - team-mate
    - teamwork
    - unbeatable
    - unit
    - up-to-date
    - visiting team
    - winning
    - ahead
    - behalf
    - color
    - drop
    * * *
    equipo nm
    1. [de trabajadores, profesionales, voluntarios] team;
    trabajar en equipo to work as a team;
    equipo de rescate rescue team;
    2. [de jugadores, atletas] team;
    un equipo de rugby a rugby team;
    deportes de equipo team sports
    equipo local local team;
    equipo visitante visiting team
    3. [equipamiento] equipment;
    un equipo de submarinismo scuba diving equipment;
    ya tiene listo el equipo de esquí he has got his skiing gear ready now;
    Fam
    caerse o [m5] estrellarse con todo el equipo to get it in the neck
    equipo de oficina office equipment;
    equipo quirúrgico surgical instruments
    4. [indumentaria] [de novia] trousseau;
    [de soldado] kit; [de colegial] uniform; [de deportista] strip Arg equipo buzo tracksuit
    5. [de música] system
    equipo de alta fidelidad hi-fi system;
    equipo de música music o sound system;
    equipo de sonido sound system
    * * *
    m
    1 DEP team
    2
    :
    equipo investigador investigating team
    3 accesorios equipment;
    equipo de esquiar skiing equipment;
    * * *
    equipo nm
    1) : team, crew
    2) : gear, equipment
    * * *
    1. (personas, jugadores) team
    2. (ropa, utensilios) gear / kit
    ¿has traído tu equipo de tenis? have you brought your tennis gear?
    3. (equipamiento) equipment
    equipo de música hi fi / stereo

    Spanish-English dictionary > equipo

  • 126 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 127 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


    ‹ argumento› stupid, silly;
    ◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 128 fantasía

    f.
    1 fantasy, imagination, fancy, daydream.
    2 imitation jewel, paste, imitation jewelry.
    * * *
    1 (imaginación) fantasy
    2 (irrealidad) fancy
    \
    de fantasía (gen) fancy 2 (joya) imitation
    tener mucha fantasía to be too full of imagination
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) fancy, imagination
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=imaginación) imagination
    2) (=cosa imaginada) fantasy
    3) (Arte, Literat) fantasy; (Mús) fantasia, fantasy
    4)

    de fantasía — (=con adornos, colores) fancy

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( imaginación) imagination
    b) ( ficción) fantasy
    2) (Mús) fantasia

    joyas de fantasía — costume jewelry*

    * * *
    = fantasy [phantasy], fancy, daydream, fantasia, flight of fancy, make-believe.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. This is the world of fancies, Santa Claus, 'human' animals like Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit, and Daleks and is often shown by the way in which a young child is able to carry on a sustained relationship with an imaginary friend or animal.
    Ex. Slake was disturbed in his daydream by shouts from the park attendant.
    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 play is clearly presented as an author's flight of fancy rather than as history.
    Ex. The first precursor of make-believe in a child's life may be the game of peekaboo, which babies start to play at about six months.
    ----
    * fantasías = imaginings.
    * mundo de fantasía = fantasy world, world of fancy.
    * mundo de la fantasía, el = world of make-believe, the, land of make-believe, the.
    * novela de fantasía = fantasy novel.
    * personaje de fantasía = fantasy character.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( imaginación) imagination
    b) ( ficción) fantasy
    2) (Mús) fantasia

    joyas de fantasía — costume jewelry*

    * * *
    = fantasy [phantasy], fancy, daydream, fantasia, flight of fancy, make-believe.

    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.

    Ex: This is the world of fancies, Santa Claus, 'human' animals like Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit, and Daleks and is often shown by the way in which a young child is able to carry on a sustained relationship with an imaginary friend or animal.
    Ex: Slake was disturbed in his daydream by shouts from the park attendant.
    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 play is clearly presented as an author's flight of fancy rather than as history.
    Ex: The first precursor of make-believe in a child's life may be the game of peekaboo, which babies start to play at about six months.
    * fantasías = imaginings.
    * mundo de fantasía = fantasy world, world of fancy.
    * mundo de la fantasía, el = world of make-believe, the, land of make-believe, the.
    * novela de fantasía = fantasy novel.
    * personaje de fantasía = fantasy character.

    * * *
    A
    1 (imaginación) imagination
    era sólo producto de su fantasía it was just a product o figment of his imagination
    dejar correr la fantasía to give free rein to one's imagination
    tiene mucha fantasía she has a very lively imagination
    2 (ficción) fantasy
    fantasías sexuales sexual fantasies
    sus planes son pura fantasía her plans are pure fantasy
    vive en un mundo de fantasía he's living in a fantasy world, he's living in cloud-cuckoo-land ( colloq)
    B ( Mús) fantasia
    C
    1 (bisutería) item of costume jewelry
    de fantasía imitation
    una pulsera de fantasía an imitation diamond ( o ruby etc) bracelet
    2 ( como adj inv) ‹lana/punto› fancy
    * * *

    fantasía sustantivo femenino
    1



    2 ( bisutería):
    ◊ joyas de fantasía costume jewelry( conjugate jewelry);

    una pulsera de fantasía an imitation diamond (o ruby etc) bracelet
    fantasía sustantivo femenino
    1 fantasy: cuenta historias llenas de fantasía, he tells very imaginative stories
    2 Mús fantasia
    ' fantasía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fabulosa
    - fabuloso
    - tejer
    - joya
    - reino
    English:
    cocoon
    - daydream
    - exist
    - fancy
    - fantasy
    - make-believe
    - costume
    - extravaganza
    - make
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [imaginación] imagination;
    la realidad y la fantasía reality and fantasy;
    vive en un mundo de fantasía she lives in a world of her own, she lives in a fantasy world
    2. [cosa imaginada] fantasy
    fantasía sexual sexual fantasy
    3. Mús fantasia
    4. RP [joya] piece of costume jewellery
    ♦ de fantasía loc adj
    bisutería de fantasía costume jewellery;
    ropa de fantasía fancy clothes
    * * *
    f
    1 fantasy
    2 ( imaginación) imagination
    3
    :
    joyas de fantasía costume jewelry o Br jewellery
    * * *
    1) : fantasy
    2) : imagination
    * * *
    1. (ilusión) fantasy [pl. fantasies]
    2. (imaginación) imagination

    Spanish-English dictionary > fantasía

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