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  • 121 en los últimos años

    = in recent years, over the recent past, in the last few years
    Ex. In recent years, there has been a growing concern about deprivation in rural areas.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. Much has been written in the last few years about the so-called strategic role of information in the enterprise.
    * * *
    = in recent years, over the recent past, in the last few years

    Ex: In recent years, there has been a growing concern about deprivation in rural areas.

    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: Much has been written in the last few years about the so-called strategic role of information in the enterprise.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en los últimos años

  • 122 en resumen

    in short, to sum up
    * * *
    = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated
    Ex. In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.
    Ex. There are in summary two important applications for classification theory.
    Ex. Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex. The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex. In sum, the librarian should have the knowledge, experience and sense to provide the right book to the right child at the right time = En suma, el bibliotecario debería tener el conocimiento, la experiencia y el sentido para ofrecer el libro correcto al niño adecuado en el momento oportuno.
    Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex. To sum up it may be said that overall annual energy costs can be reduced by as much as a third by careful planning.
    Ex. To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex. In essence these indexing languages are very similar to the lists of subject headings which are used in pre-coordinate indexing.
    Ex. Put simply, asymmetric threats are a version of not 'fighting fair,' which can include the use of surprise and weapons in ways unplanned by a nation.
    Ex. All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.
    Ex. Simply stated, no, it is not improper to pour wine into your guest s wine glass if it still contains wine.
    * * *
    = in conclusion, in summary, simply put, the long and (the) short of, in sum, in all, to sum up, to sum it up, in essence, put simply, all in all, simply stated

    Ex: In conclusion, it should not be necessary to say that instructions and guiding must be as brief as possible.

    Ex: There are in summary two important applications for classification theory.
    Ex: Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex: The article ' The long and short of a new business model' reviews the application of CD-R on-demand publishing to fill the gap between producing a few copies and spending large sums on replicators to produce 1000 or more copies = El artículo "Un nuevo modelo económico en breve" analiza la aplicación de la publicación en CD-Grabable según la demanda para cubrir el vacío que existe entre producir unas cuentas copias o invertir grandes sumas de dinero en reproductores de CD-ROM para producir 1.000 o más copias.
    Ex: In sum, the librarian should have the knowledge, experience and sense to provide the right book to the right child at the right time = En suma, el bibliotecario debería tener el conocimiento, la experiencia y el sentido para ofrecer el libro correcto al niño adecuado en el momento oportuno.
    Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.
    Ex: To sum up it may be said that overall annual energy costs can be reduced by as much as a third by careful planning.
    Ex: To sum it up, ISBD stands in sharp contrast to the ideal of concise and clear entries followed by the founders of Anglo-American cataloging.
    Ex: In essence these indexing languages are very similar to the lists of subject headings which are used in pre-coordinate indexing.
    Ex: Put simply, asymmetric threats are a version of not 'fighting fair,' which can include the use of surprise and weapons in ways unplanned by a nation.
    Ex: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.
    Ex: Simply stated, no, it is not improper to pour wine into your guest s wine glass if it still contains wine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en resumen

  • 123 en unos pocos años

    Ex. Recently, a new and devastating disease of almond and nectarine trees leading to their death within a few years has emerged in Lebanon.
    * * *

    Ex: Recently, a new and devastating disease of almond and nectarine trees leading to their death within a few years has emerged in Lebanon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en unos pocos años

  • 124 escasear

    v.
    1 to be scarce, to be in short supply.
    2 to become scarce, to be in short supply, to fall short, to run low.
    3 to become scarce for, to become scarce to.
    Me escasean las verduras Vegetables become scarce for me.
    * * *
    1 (faltar) to be scarce, get scarce
    1 (dar poco) to be sparing with, skimp on
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    VT (=escatimar) to be sparing with, skimp
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    * * *
    = be in short supply, become + scarce, be few and far between, be at a premium.
    Ex. It is often precisely the talents in SLIS, recognized as being in short supply, which are most attractive to other departments.
    Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex. Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.
    Ex. Mini-abstracts are particularly important where currency is paramount or abstracting time is at a premium.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    * * *
    = be in short supply, become + scarce, be few and far between, be at a premium.

    Ex: It is often precisely the talents in SLIS, recognized as being in short supply, which are most attractive to other departments.

    Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex: Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.
    Ex: Mini-abstracts are particularly important where currency is paramount or abstracting time is at a premium.

    * * *
    escasear [A1 ]
    vi
    empiezan a escasear los alimentos food is running short o is becoming scarce
    dicen que va a escasear el café they say there's going to be a coffee shortage
    una zona en la que escasea el agua an area where water is in short supply
    ■ escasear
    vt
    (escatimar): nos escaseaban los recursos they had cut back on our resources, they were limiting our resources
    escasean el producto para luego subirlo de precio they create a shortage in the market so they can put up the price
    * * *

    escasear ( conjugate escasear) verbo intransitivo:

    va a escasear el café there's going to be a coffee shortage
    escasear verbo intransitivo to be scarce

    ' escasear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    scarce
    - supply
    - thin
    - premium
    - short
    * * *
    to be scarce, to be in short supply;
    empezaba a escasear el agua water was beginning to run short;
    escasean los expertos en informática computer experts are in short supply;
    escaseaba la comida entre los refugiados the refugees didn't have much food
    * * *
    I v/i be scarce, be in short supply
    II v/t use sparingly, be sparing with
    * * *
    : to be scarce, to run short
    * * *
    escasear vb to be scarce

    Spanish-English dictionary > escasear

  • 125 extremadamente + Adjetivo

    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo
    Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex. To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex. Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex. The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

    Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

    Ex: To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex: Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex: The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex: Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex: Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extremadamente + Adjetivo

  • 126 flojear

    v.
    1 to weaken (piernas, fuerzas).
    me flojeaban las fuerzas I was feeling weak
    le flojea la memoria his memory is going o failing
    2 to laze about or around (informal) (no hacer nada). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru))
    3 to ease up, to fall off, to let up, to falter.
    4 to lose.
    Te flojea la energía You lose energy.
    * * *
    1 (disminuir) to fall off, go down
    2 (debilitarse) to weaken, grow weak
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=debilitarse)
    2) (=flaquear)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( debilitarse) to grow o get weak
    b) (fam) ( holgazanear) to laze around
    * * *
    = loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.
    Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex. He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( debilitarse) to grow o get weak
    b) (fam) ( holgazanear) to laze around
    * * *
    = loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

    Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.

    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex: He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

    * * *
    flojear [A1 ]
    vi
    1 (debilitarse) to grow o get weak
    me flojean las piernas my legs are getting weak
    nos flojeaban las fuerzas our strength was ebbing away, we were getting weaker o flagging
    2 ( fam) (holgazanear) to laze around
    * * *

    flojear ( conjugate flojear) verbo intransitivo
    a) ( debilitarse) to grow o get weak;



    flojear verbo intransitivo
    1 (ir mal) to fall off, go down
    (estar débil, flaquear) to weaken, grow weak
    (memoria) to fail
    2 (actuar con desgana) to slack
    ' flojear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    slacken off
    - slack
    * * *
    1. [piernas, fuerzas] to weaken;
    [película, libro] to flag; [calor, trabajo] to ease off; [ventas] to fall off;
    me flojeaban las fuerzas I was feeling weak;
    le flojea la memoria his memory is going o failing;
    flojea especialmente en literatura she is especially weak in literature
    2. Andes Fam [holgazanear] to laze about o around;
    pasamos el domingo entero flojeando we just lazed about o around all Sunday
    * * *
    v/i weaken, become o
    get weak
    * * *
    1) debilitarse: to weaken, to flag
    2) : to idle, to loaf around
    * * *
    flojear vb to weaken / to flag [pt. & pp. flagged]

    Spanish-English dictionary > flojear

  • 127 gamberrear

    v.
    to act like a hooligan, to behave loutishly.
    * * *
    VI
    1) (=hacer el gamberro) to go around causing trouble, act like a hooligan; (=hacer el tonto) to lark about *, horse around *
    2) (=gandulear) to loaf around
    * * *
    = loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.
    Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
    Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex. He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
    * * *
    = loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

    Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.

    Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex: He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

    * * *
    gamberrear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( Esp)
    A (con énfasis — en la falta de modales) to act like a lout; (— en lo violento) to act like a thug o a hooligan; (— en lo destructivo) to be a vandal, act like a hooligan
    B ( fam) (holgazanear) to laze around, loaf around
    * * *
    v/i behave like a lout

    Spanish-English dictionary > gamberrear

  • 128 gandulear

    v.
    1 to loaf around.
    2 to lounge around, to dally, to hang about, to bat around.
    * * *
    1 to idle, loaf around, laze around, slack
    * * *
    VI to idle, loaf around
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam) to laze o (colloq) loaf around
    * * *
    = loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.
    Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.
    Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex. In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex. He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam) to laze o (colloq) loaf around
    * * *
    = loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), laze (about/around), lounge (about/around), bum around.

    Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.

    Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.
    Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.
    Ex: He spends all his time lounging around the house, driving his parents to despair.
    Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

    * * *
    gandulear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( fam); to laze o ( colloq) loaf around
    * * *

    gandulear verbo intransitivo to loaf
    ' gandulear' also found in these entries:
    English:
    loaf
    * * *
    Fam to loaf o bum around
    * * *
    v/i fam
    loaf around fam
    * * *
    : to idle, to loaf, to lounge about

    Spanish-English dictionary > gandulear

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