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101 funeraria

adj.&f.

feminine of FUNERARIO.

f.

1 undertaker's.

2 funeral home, undertaking, undertaker's, funeral parlor.

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funeraria

► nombre femenino

1 undertaker's, US funeral parlor

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SF undertaker's, funeral parlor (EEUU)

director de funeraria — undertaker, funeral director, mortician (EEUU)

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femenino undertaker's, funeral parlor*

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= undertaker's workshop, burial society.

Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

Ex. This sources of information may be, for example, local churches, burial societies, labor unions, legal aid services and firms offering different forms of public transport.

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* archivo de funeraria = funeral home library.

* director de funeraria = funeral director, undertaker, mortician.

* empleado de funeraria = mortician.

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femenino undertaker's, funeral parlor*

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= undertaker's workshop, burial society.

Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

Ex: This sources of information may be, for example, local churches, burial societies, labor unions, legal aid services and firms offering different forms of public transport.

* archivo de funeraria = funeral home library.

* director de funeraria = funeral director, undertaker, mortician.

* empleado de funeraria = mortician.

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funeraria

feminine

undertaker's, funeral parlor*

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funeraria sustantivo femenino
undertaker's, funeral parlor^{( conjugate parlor)}
funeraria sustantivo femenino undertaker's, US funeral parlor
' funeraria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corona
- pompa
- urna
English:
funeral home
- funeral parlor
- undertaker
- funeral
- mortician
- urn

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funeraria nf

undertaker's, US mortician's, funeral home o US parlor

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funeraria

f funeral parlor, Br

undertaker’s

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funeraria nf

1) : funeral home, funeral parlor

2)

director de funeraria : funeral director, undertaker

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funeraria n undertaker's

Spanish-English dictionary > funeraria
102 hacer ver

v.

to make understand.

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hacer ver

to pretend

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(v.) = alert to, bring to + Posesivo + attention, bring to + the attention, call + attention to, awaken, bring + home, open + Posesivo + eyes to, bring + attention to, bring to + Posesivo + notice, get across

Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex. Errors in colleagues' work should be brought to their attention tactfully and not in the presence of others = A los compañeros se les debería hacer ver sus errores discretamente y no en presencia de otros.

Ex. Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.

Ex. The attention of the borrower is thus called to the presence of crossreferences.

Ex. Schools need to make deliberate, carefully planned efforts to awaken parents to the part they play in the literary education of their children.

Ex. The demands made of libraries by new technologies have brought home the need for rethinking in the areas of electrical cabling and soundproofing.

Ex. Everyone who is a reader has his own list of books which at different times opened his eyes anew.

Ex. In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.

Ex. One moonlight night Sweeny was brought to our notice by his ejaculations of impatience at being obliged to come to a dead halt.

Ex. The first word, 'communication,' should be familiar to librarians since we are in the business of getting across, linking up, in this age of enlightenment.

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(v.) = alert to, bring to + Posesivo + attention, bring to + the attention, call + attention to, awaken, bring + home, open + Posesivo + eyes to, bring + attention to, bring to + Posesivo + notice, get across

Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

Ex: Errors in colleagues' work should be brought to their attention tactfully and not in the presence of others = A los compañeros se les debería hacer ver sus errores discretamente y no en presencia de otros.

Ex: Many displays are changed from time to time (for example, once a week, or once a month) so that various sections of the stock may be brought to the attention of the library's public over a period of time.

Ex: The attention of the borrower is thus called to the presence of crossreferences.

Ex: Schools need to make deliberate, carefully planned efforts to awaken parents to the part they play in the literary education of their children.

Ex: The demands made of libraries by new technologies have brought home the need for rethinking in the areas of electrical cabling and soundproofing.

Ex: Everyone who is a reader has his own list of books which at different times opened his eyes anew.

Ex: In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.

Ex: One moonlight night Sweeny was brought to our notice by his ejaculations of impatience at being obliged to come to a dead halt.

Ex: The first word, 'communication,' should be familiar to librarians since we are in the business of getting across, linking up, in this age of enlightenment.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacer ver
103 ingenuo

adj.

ingenuous, as innocent as a lamb, artless, childlike.

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ingenuo

► adjetivo

1 naive, ingenuous

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 naive person

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(f. - ingenua)

adj.

naive

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ADJ naïve, ingenuous

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I
- nua adjetivo naive, ingenuous

qué ingenuo eres! — you're so naive!
II
- nua masculino, femenino

es un ingenuo — he's so naive

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= ingenuous, naive [naïve], innocent, simple-minded, gullible, born yesterday, guileless, clueless, corn-fed, unwordly.

Ex. She put her empty cup in the dirty-dish cart, and mounted on the wings of a pure and ingenuous elation the long flight of stairs leading to the offices on the first floor.

Ex. At the risk of sounding trite and a bit naive, I'd like to remind this group that the ISBD was also called, not for the cataloger's benefit, but as an international tool of bibliographic description.

Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.

Ex. Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex. The article is entitled ' Born yesterday and other forms of original sin: two perspectives on library research'.

Ex. He cites, for example, a popular reference book from the 1880s, which gushes about the Eskimo's guileless character, keen intelligence, and harmonious politics.

Ex. This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things.

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. There exist sets of duality in this philosophy; body versus soul, worldly versus unworldly and life versus salvation.

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* ingenuos, los = gullible, the.

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I
- nua adjetivo naive, ingenuous

qué ingenuo eres! — you're so naive!
II
- nua masculino, femenino

es un ingenuo — he's so naive

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= ingenuous, naive [naïve], innocent, simple-minded, gullible, born yesterday, guileless, clueless, corn-fed, unwordly.

Ex: She put her empty cup in the dirty-dish cart, and mounted on the wings of a pure and ingenuous elation the long flight of stairs leading to the offices on the first floor.

Ex: At the risk of sounding trite and a bit naive, I'd like to remind this group that the ISBD was also called, not for the cataloger's benefit, but as an international tool of bibliographic description.

Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.

Ex: Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.

Ex: The article is entitled ' Born yesterday and other forms of original sin: two perspectives on library research'.

Ex: He cites, for example, a popular reference book from the 1880s, which gushes about the Eskimo's guileless character, keen intelligence, and harmonious politics.

Ex: This is largely clueless enthusiasm focused on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things.

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: There exist sets of duality in this philosophy; body versus soul, worldly versus unworldly and life versus salvation.

* ingenuos, los = gullible, the.

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ingenuo¹ - nua

adjective

naive, ingenuous

¡qué ingenuo eres! you're so naive!

ingenuo² - nua

masculine, feminine

es un ingenuo ¿cómo se ha podido creer eso? he's so naive, how could he possibly have believed that?

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ingenuo
◊ - nua adjetivo

naive, ingenuous
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: es un ingenuo he's so naive
ingenuo,-a
I adjetivo naive
II sustantivo masculino y femenino naive person: es un ingenuo, he's so naive

' ingenuo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bobalicón
- bobalicona
- incauta
- incauto
- infeliz
- ingenua
- inocente
- prima
- primo
- simple
- pavo
- pueril
- tonto
English:
deluded
- dupe
- green
- ingenuous
- naive
- simple
- simple-minded
- unsophisticated
- childlike

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ingenuo, -a

♦ adj

naive, ingenuous;

¡no seas ingenuo! don't be so naive!

♦ nm,f

ingenuous o naive person;

es un ingenuo he's (very) naive;

hacerse el ingenuo to act the innocent

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ingenuo

I adj naive

II m, ingenua f naive person, sucker fam

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ingenuo, - nua adj

cándido: naive

♦ ingenuamente adv

ingenuo, - nua n

: naive person

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ingenuo adj naive

Spanish-English dictionary > ingenuo
104 irse a pique

irse a pique

(barco) to sink 2 (plan, proyecto) to go under, fall through

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irse a pique

(barco) to sink 2 (proyecto etc) to fall through

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(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout

Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.

Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.

Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.

Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.

Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.

Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.

Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.

Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.

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(v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout

Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.

Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.

Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.

Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.

Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.

Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.

Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.

Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.

Spanish-English dictionary > irse a pique
105 lo chicano

(n.) = Chicana

Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

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(n.) = Chicana

Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's 'Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Spanish-English dictionary > lo chicano
106 lógica

f.

logic, method, logicality.

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lógica

► nombre femenino

1 logic

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

lógica matemática mathematical logic

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1. noun f.
logic
2. f., (m. - lógico)
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SF logic

- ser de una lógica aplastante

lógica booleana — Boolean logic

lógica borrosa, lógica difusa — fuzzy logic

lógica simbólica — symbolic logic
lógico
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femenino

a) ( coherencia) logic

carece de toda lógica — there is no logic to it

b) (Fil) logic

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= logic, ratio decidendi, reasonability.

Ex. For example, class R Philosophy is first divided into such canonical divisions as Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics.

Ex. An online search of the WESTLAW and LEXIS databases, and examination of numerous cases with potential precedential value found the many dicta in judicial opinions to differ among jurisdictions, and found no ratio decidendi at all.

Ex. A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.

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* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* conjunto aleatorio de lógica difusa = random fuzzy set.

* conjunto de lógica difusa = fuzzy set.

* conjuntos de lógica difusa = fuzzy clustering.

* especialista en la lógica = logician.

* lógica booleana = Boolean logic.

* lógica borrosa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica contextual = contextual logic.

* lógica de búsqueda = search logic.

* lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.

* lógica de términos ponderados = weighted term logic.

* lógica difusa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica imprecisa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica matemática = mathematical logic.

* lógica modal = modal logic.

* lógica simbólica = symbolic logic.

* modelo de lógica difusa = fuzzy model.

* operador de lógica booleana = Boolean logic operator.

* procesador de lógica difusa = fuzzy query processor.

* recuperación de información de lógica difusa = fuzzy data retrieval.

* señal lógica = logical signal.

* sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.

* sistema de lógica difusa = fuzzy system.

* suma lógica = logical sum.

* técnica de recuperación por medio de la lógica difusa = fuzzy IR technique.

* variable aleatoria de lógica difusa = fuzzy random variable.

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femenino

a) ( coherencia) logic

carece de toda lógica — there is no logic to it

b) (Fil) logic

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= logic, ratio decidendi, reasonability.

Ex: For example, class R Philosophy is first divided into such canonical divisions as Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics.

Ex: An online search of the WESTLAW and LEXIS databases, and examination of numerous cases with potential precedential value found the many dicta in judicial opinions to differ among jurisdictions, and found no ratio decidendi at all.

Ex: A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* conjunto aleatorio de lógica difusa = random fuzzy set.

* conjunto de lógica difusa = fuzzy set.

* conjuntos de lógica difusa = fuzzy clustering.

* especialista en la lógica = logician.

* lógica booleana = Boolean logic.

* lógica borrosa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica contextual = contextual logic.

* lógica de búsqueda = search logic.

* lógica de búsqueda por ponderación = weighted-term search logic.

* lógica de términos ponderados = weighted term logic.

* lógica difusa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica imprecisa = fuzzy logic.

* lógica matemática = mathematical logic.

* lógica modal = modal logic.

* lógica simbólica = symbolic logic.

* modelo de lógica difusa = fuzzy model.

* operador de lógica booleana = Boolean logic operator.

* procesador de lógica difusa = fuzzy query processor.

* recuperación de información de lógica difusa = fuzzy data retrieval.

* señal lógica = logical signal.

* sin lógica ni explicación = without rhyme or reason.

* sistema de lógica difusa = fuzzy system.

* suma lógica = logical sum.

* técnica de recuperación por medio de la lógica difusa = fuzzy IR technique.

* variable aleatoria de lógica difusa = fuzzy random variable.

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lógica

feminine

1 (coherencia) logic

lo que hizo carece de toda lógica there was no logic to what she did, what she did was completely illogical

2 ( Fil) logic

Compuestos:

● lógica matemática

mathematical logic

● lógica simbólica

formal o symbolic logic

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lógica sustantivo femenino
logic
lógico,-a adjetivo logical: es lógico que te enfades, it's natural for you to get angry
lógica sustantivo femenino logic: está fuera de toda lógica, it's completely illogical
' lógica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sentida
- sentido
- aplastante
- encontrar
English:
add up
- logic
- rationale
- hold

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lógica nf

1. [ciencia] logic

Comp
Informát lógica booleana Boolean logic; Informát lógica borrosa fuzzy logic; Informát lógica difusa fuzzy logic;
lógica matemática mathematical logic

2. [coherencia] logic;

por lógica obviously;

tener lógica to make sense;

eso no tiene lógica that doesn't make any sense

3. ver lógico

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lógica

f logic

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lógica nf

: logic

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lógica n logic

Spanish-English dictionary > lógica
107 mencionar

v.

to mention.

Ella nombra razones She names reasons.

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mencionar

► verbo transitivo

1 to mention, cite

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verb

to mention

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VT to mention

sin mencionar... — not to mention..., let alone...

dejar de mencionar — to fail to mention

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verbo transitivo to mention

el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

no quiero oír mencionar ese nombre — I don't want to hear that name mentioned

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= give, make + mention of, mention, name, note, quote, record, refer to, reference, touch on/upon, broach, bring + Nombre + up, speak to, make + reference to.

Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

Ex. Some of these codes have been mentioned in chapter 4.

Ex. The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.

Ex. In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.

Ex. Guidelines can be expected to discuss standard forms of quoting chemical nomenclature and mathematical expressions.

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

Ex. A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).

Ex. Only a single copy of the name, subject heading, etc., would be maintained in the system and referenced by every bibliographic record using that heading.

Ex. A cataloguing code also touches on the subject of bibliographic description.

Ex. Some of the consequences of this conclusion are broached in this article.

Ex. The reason I didn't bring this up in my paper is that I've learned from bitter experience that it's well to be radical about one thing at a time.

Ex. Numerous articles in the library literature speak to this phenomenon but most deal with the experience of larger libraries.

Ex. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction by making reference to different types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals.

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* ahora que lo menciono = speaking of which.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mencionar de pasada = make + passing mention.

* mencionarse = appear.

* mencionarse en conversación = come up + discussion.

* mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.

* mencionar una idea = bring up + idea.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* (que se menciona) a continuación = below.

* sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.

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verbo transitivo to mention

el tema mencionado anteriormente — the aforementioned o abovementioned matter (frml)

no quiero oír mencionar ese nombre — I don't want to hear that name mentioned

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= give, make + mention of, mention, name, note, quote, record, refer to, reference, touch on/upon, broach, bring + Nombre + up, speak to, make + reference to.

Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.

Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

Ex: Some of these codes have been mentioned in chapter 4.

Ex: The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.

Ex: In the future, a number of further developments can be fairly confidently predicted in addition to the expansion of those noted above.

Ex: Guidelines can be expected to discuss standard forms of quoting chemical nomenclature and mathematical expressions.

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

Ex: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents (such as books, films, periodical articles or reports).

Ex: Only a single copy of the name, subject heading, etc., would be maintained in the system and referenced by every bibliographic record using that heading.

Ex: A cataloguing code also touches on the subject of bibliographic description.

Ex: Some of the consequences of this conclusion are broached in this article.

Ex: The reason I didn't bring this up in my paper is that I've learned from bitter experience that it's well to be radical about one thing at a time.

Ex: Numerous articles in the library literature speak to this phenomenon but most deal with the experience of larger libraries.

Ex: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction by making reference to different types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals.

* ahora que lo menciono = speaking of which.

* mencionar de nuevo = restate [re-state].

* mencionar de nuevo innecesariamente = belabour [belabor, -USA].

* mencionar de pasada = make + passing mention.

* mencionarse = appear.

* mencionarse en conversación = come up + discussion.

* mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.

* mencionar una idea = bring up + idea.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* mencionar un punto = touch on + a point.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar uno pocos = just to name a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* (que se menciona) a continuación = below.

* sin mencionar = not to mention, not to say, not to speak of.

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mencionar [A1 ]

vt

to mention

con referencia al tema mencionado anteriormente with reference to the aforementioned o abovementioned matter ( frml)

no quiero oír mencionar ese nombre I don't want to hear that name mentioned

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mencionar ( conjugate mencionar) verbo transitivo
to mention;
◊ no quiero oír mencionar ese nombre I don't want to hear that name mentioned

mencionar verbo transitivo to mention ➣ Ver nota en mention

' mencionar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
citar
- comentar
- nombrar
- aludir
- omitir
- señor
- señorita
English:
mention
- name-dropping
- rake up
- touch
- touch on
- you-know-who
- broach
- name
- wrong

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mencionar vt

to mention;

en el mencionado estudio se afirma que… in the above-mentioned study it is stated that…

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mencionar

v/t mention

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mencionar vt

: to mention, to refer to

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mencionar vb to mention

Spanish-English dictionary > mencionar
108 metafísica

f.

metaphysics, metaphysic.

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metafísica

► nombre femenino

1 metaphysics

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SF metaphysics sing

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femenino metaphysics

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= metaphysics.

Nota: Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.

Ex. For example, class R Philosophy is first divided into such canonical divisions as Logic, Epistemology, metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics.

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femenino metaphysics

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= metaphysics.

Nota: Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.

Ex: For example, class R Philosophy is first divided into such canonical divisions as Logic, Epistemology, metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics.

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metafísica

feminine

metaphysics

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metafísico,-a adjetivo
1 (de la metafísica) metaphysical
2 (enrevesado) metaphysical, complex
metafísica sustantivo femenino metaphysics
' metafísica' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
metafísico
English:
metaphysics

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metafísica nf

metaphysics [singular]

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metafísica

f metaphysics sg

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metafísica nf

: metaphysics

Spanish-English dictionary > metafísica
109 morder el polvo

morder el polvo

to bite the dust

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(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaput

Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.

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(v.) = bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt, be kaput

Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.

Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.

Spanish-English dictionary > morder el polvo
110 morir

v.

1 to die.

murió apuñalado he was stabbed to death

murió asesinado he was murdered

murió ahogado he drowned

La niña murió al nacer The baby girl died at birth.

Mis flores murieron My flowers died.

2 to die down (fuego).

3 to subside, to die, to peter off.

El sonido murió al fin The sound subsided at last.

4 to die on.

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morir

Conjugation model [ DORMIR], like link=dormir dormir (pp muerto,-a)

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ser vivo) to die

■ murieron de hipotermia they died of hypothermia

■ murió joven he died young

■ murió de vejez she died of old age

2 (día) to finish, come to an end

3 (fuego) to die down

4 (sendero, río) to end

► verbo pronominal morirse

1 to die

■ se murió a pocas horas del accidente he died shortly after the accident

■ se le murieron los padres cuando era niño his parents died when he was a child

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

morir ahogado to drown

morir con las botas puestas to die with one's boots on

morirse de aburrimiento to be bored to death

morirse de frío (fallecer) to die of cold 2 (tener frío) to be freezing

morirse de ganas de... to be dying to...

morirse de hambre to starve 2 figurado to be starving

morirse de miedo to be scared stiff

morirse de pena to die of a broken heart

morirse de risa to kill oneself laughing

■ es para morirse de risa it's a scream

morirse del susto to die of shock

morirse de vergüenza to die of embarrassment

morirse por + inf algo to be dying to + inf something

■ se muere por verla he's dying to see her

morirse por alguien to be mad about somebody

¡muera...!/¡mueran...! death to...!, down with...!

■ ¡mueran los dictadores! down with the dictators!

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verb

to die

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(pp muerto)
1. VI

1) [persona, animal, planta] to die

ha muerto de repente — she died suddenly

murió a consecuencia de un infarto — he died as a result of a heart attack

lo asfixió hasta morir — she suffocated him to death

¡muera el tirano! — down with the tyrant!, death to the tyrant!

• morir ahogado — to drown

• morir ahorcado — [por un verdugo] to be hanged; [suicidándose] to be found hanged

murió ahorcado en su celda — he was found hanged in his cell

• morir asesinado — [persona] to be murdered; [personaje público] to be assassinated

• morir de algo — to die of sth

murió de cáncer/del corazón — he died of cancer/of a heart attack

morir de frío — to die of cold, freeze to death

morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death

morir de muerte natural — to die a natural death, die of natural causes

morir de vejez o de viejo — to die of old age

• morir por algo — to die for sth

no merece la pena morir por amor — it is not worth dying for love

- morir al pie del cañón
bota
2) (=extinguirse) [civilización] to die, die out, come to an end; [amor] to die; [fuego] to die down; [luz] to fade

con él moría toda una generación — with him died an entire generation

moría el día — liter the day was drawing to a close liter

las olas iban a morir a la playa — liter the waves ran out on the beach

ese camino muere en la ermita — that path comes to an end at the chapel

- y allí muere

2.

See:

morirse

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) persona to die

morir ahogado — to drown

murió asesinada — she was murdered

morir DE algo — to die of something

morir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes

murió de hambre — she starved to death

murieron por su patria — they died for their country

muera el dictador! — death to the dictator!

y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!

hasta morir — (Méx fam)

la fiesta va a ser hasta morir — we're going to party till we drop (colloq)

b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out

cuando muere la tarde — as the day draws to a close (liter)

el río va a morir a la mar — the river runs to the sea
2.
morirse v pron to die

se me murió la perra — my dog died

no te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)

como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)

por mí que se muera! — he can drop dead for all I care (colloq)

que me muera si miento — cross my heart and hope to die (colloq)

muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)

morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)

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= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.

Ex. I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.

Ex. Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.

Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex. The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.

Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex. The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).

Ex. A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.

Ex. Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.

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* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* casi + morir = nearly + die.

* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.

* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.

* morir ahogado = drown.

* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.

* morir aplastado = crush to + death.

* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.

* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.

* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.

* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.

* morir después que = outlive.

* morir de viejo = die of + old age.

* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.

* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.

* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.

* morirse de hambre = starve.

* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.

* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* morirse por = itch for.

* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.

* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.

* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.

* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.

* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

a) persona to die

morir ahogado — to drown

murió asesinada — she was murdered

morir DE algo — to die of something

morir de vejez/de muerte natural — to die of old age/of natural causes

murió de hambre — she starved to death

murieron por su patria — they died for their country

muera el dictador! — death to the dictator!

y allí muere! — (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!

hasta morir — (Méx fam)

la fiesta va a ser hasta morir — we're going to party till we drop (colloq)

b) (liter) civilización/costumbre to die out

cuando muere la tarde — as the day draws to a close (liter)

el río va a morir a la mar — the river runs to the sea
2.
morirse v pron to die

se me murió la perra — my dog died

no te vas a morir por ayudarlo — (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq)

como se entere me muero — (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq)

por mí que se muera! — he can drop dead for all I care (colloq)

que me muera si miento — cross my heart and hope to die (colloq)

muérete! me caso el sábado — (fam) you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! (colloq)

morirse DE algo: se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack; morir de miedo/aburrimiento to be scared stiff/bored stiff; me muero de frío I'm freezing; me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq); es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny; me muero de ganas de verlos I'm dying to see them (colloq); morirse POR algo/alguien: me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq); se muere por ella he's nuts o crazy about her (colloq); morirse POR + INF — to be dying to + inf (colloq)

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= die, pass on, bite + the dust, die away, give up + the ghost, kick + the bucket, pass away, die off.

Ex: I understand that Mr. Haykin was hoping to develop a code for subject practice, but he died and it was never done, so that today we lack a code.

Ex: Further, it is true in nature that organisms are born, grow and mature, decline and pass on.

Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.

Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Ex: The author hypothesized that schizophrenia patients would show impaired idiom processing for literally plausible idioms (e.g., kick the bucket) but not for literally implausible idioms (e.g., be on cloud nine).

Ex: A great deal of traditional indigenous knowledge is being irretrievably lost in New Zealand as the Maori elders age and pass away.

Ex: Bees in southern Germany have been dying off in their hundreds of thousands.

* antes morir que = would rather + Verbo + than.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* casi + morir = nearly + die.

* deseo inconsciente de morir = death-wish.

* luchar hasta morir = battle + it out.

* morir ahogado = drown.

* morir al instante = die + there and then, die on + the spot.

* morir aplastado = crush to + death.

* morir con dignidad = die with + dignity, have + a dignified death, die + a dignified death.

* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.

* morir de inanición = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.

* morir de muerte natural = die + a natural death.

* morir después que = outlive.

* morir de viejo = die of + old age.

* morir dignamente = have + a dignified death, die with + dignity, die + a dignified death.

* morir instantáneamente = die + there and then, die on + the spot.

* morirse de frío = freeze to + death.

* morirse de hambre = starve.

* morirse de risa = laugh + Posesivo + head off.

* morirse de vergüenza = squirm with + embarrassment.

* morirse por = itch for.

* morirse por + Infinitivo = be dying to + Infinitivo.

* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.

* ¡muérete de envidia! = eat your heart out!.

* nosotros lo hacíamos y no nos moríamos = it never did + Pronombre + any harm.

* ser para morirse de risa = be a hoot.

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morir [ I37 ]

vi

1 «persona/animal» to die

morir ahogado to drown

murió asesinada she was murdered

morir DE algo to die OF sth

morir de viejo or de vejez to die of old age

morir de muerte natural to die of natural causes

morir de frío to die of cold, freeze to death

murió de hambre she died of hunger, she starved to death

murieron por la libertad de su patria they died for their country's freedom

antes morir que rendirse (it's) better to die than to surrender

¡muera el dictador! death to the dictator!

¡ahí te mueras! ( fam); drop dead! ( colloq)

hasta morir ( Méx fam): la fiesta va a ser hasta morir we're going to party till we drop ( colloq)

¡y allí muere! ( AmC fam); period! ( AmE), and that's that!

2 ( liter); «civilización/costumbre» to die out

con él moría el siglo XIX the 19th century died with him

cuando muere la tarde as evening falls ( liter), as the day draws to a close ( liter)

el río va a morir a la mar the river runs to the sea

un caminito que muere al llegar al pueblo a little path which peters out when it gets to the village

■ morirse

v pron

«persona/animal/planta» to die

se murió a los 80 años she died at the age of 80

se le ha muerto la madre her mother has died

se me murió la perra my dog died

si no riegas las plantas se te van a morir your plants will die if you don't water them

por poco me muero cuando me dijo el precio ( fam); I nearly died when he told me the price ( colloq)

no te vas a morir por ayudarlo a hacer las camas ( fam); it won't kill you to help him make the beds ( colloq)

como se entere me muero ( fam); I'll die if she finds out ( colloq)

que me muera si miento cross my heart and hope to die ( colloq)

¡por mí que se muera! he can drop dead for all I care ( colloq)

¡muérete! me caso el sábado ( fam); you'll never guess what! I'm getting married on Saturday! ( colloq)

morirse DE algo:

se murió de un infarto he died of a heart attack

se moría de miedo he was nearly dead with fright, he was scared stiff

nos morimos de aburrimiento we got bored stiff o to death

cierra la ventana, que me muero de frío close the window, I'm freezing

me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving ( colloq), I'm dying of hunger ( colloq)

es para morirse de risa it's hilariously funny, you just kill yourself o die laughing ( colloq)

me muero de ganas de ver a los niños I'm dying to see the children ( colloq), I'm really looking forward to seeing the children

morirse POR algo/algn:

me muero por un vaso de agua I'm dying for a glass of water ( colloq)

se muere por esa chica he's nuts o crazy o ( BrE) mad about that girl ( colloq)

me muero por una cerveza fría I could murder a cold beer ( colloq), I'm dying for a cold beer ( colloq)

morirse POR + INF to be dying to + INF ( colloq)

me muero por irme de vacaciones I'm dying o I can't wait to go on vacation

ser de morirse ( fam); to be amazing o incredible ( colloq)

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morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/animal] to die;

◊ morir ahogado to drown;

murió asesinada she was murdered;
morir DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
murió de hambre she starved to death;
¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
b) (liter) [civilización/costumbre] to die out

morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;
◊ se les murió la madre their mother died;

se me murió la perra my dog died;
no te vas a morir por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
morirse DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
me muero de frío I'm freezing;
me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
morir verbo intransitivo to die
morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation

' morir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogada
- ahogado
- antes
- cascar
- de
- descendencia
- tiesa
- tieso
- vida
- acto
- caer
- librar
- malograr
- matar
- muera
- muriera
English:
before
- bleed
- cause
- death wish
- die
- drown
- expire
- freeze
- save
- than
- exposure
- go

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morir

♦ vi

1. [fallecer] to die (de of);
murió apuñalado he was stabbed to death;

murió asesinado he was murdered;

murió ahogado he drowned;

morir (de) joven to die young;

morir de cáncer/de frío/de muerte natural to die of cancer/of cold/of natural causes;

murió de (un) infarto he died from a heart attack;

morir por la patria/por una causa to die for one's country/for a cause;

¡muera el tirano! death to the tyrant!;

Comp
Fam
a morir: la quiero a morir I love her to death;

aquella noche bebimos a morir we had absolutely loads to drink that night

2. [terminar]
este río muere en el lago this river runs into the lake;

aquel camino muere en el bosque that path peters out in the forest

3. Literario [extinguirse] [fuego] to die down;
[luz] to go out; [día] to come to a close; [tradición, costumbres, civilización] to die out;
nuestra relación murió hace tiempo our relationship died a long time ago

♦ See also the pronominal verb morirse

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morir

<part muerto> v/i die (de of);

morir de hambre die of hunger, starve to death

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morir {46} vi

1) fallecer: to die

2) apagarse: to die out, to go out

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morir vb to die

hace poco que murió su abuelo his grandfather died recently

Spanish-English dictionary > morir
111 necesitado

adj.

needy, in need, necessitous.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: necesitar.

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necesitado

► adjetivo

1 needy, poor

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1. ADJ

1) (=falto)

andar o estar o verse necesitado de algo — to need sth

estamos necesitados de mano de obra — we need workers, we are in need of labour

anda necesitado de afecto — he's in need of affection, he needs affection

2) (=pobre) in need

ayuda a familias necesitadas — help for needy families, help for families in need

las naciones más necesitadas — the nations in greatest need

2.

SMPL

los necesitados — the needy

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I
- da adjetivo

a) ( falto)

necesitado de algo: anda necesitado de dinero he's short of money; está muy necesitado de cariño — he is in great need of affection

b) ( pobre) in need, needy
II
- da masculino, femenino needy person

los necesitados — the needy

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= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, in need, person in need, destitute.

Ex. By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex. Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.

Ex. For example, in Q Social welfare we have QG Persons in need, QN Deviants, QO Criminals, QR Offenders, as successive steps of division.

Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

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* los más necesitados = those most in need.

* más necesitado = most in need.

* necesitado de = in need of.

* necesitado encarecidamente = urgently needed.

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I
- da adjetivo

a) ( falto)

necesitado de algo: anda necesitado de dinero he's short of money; está muy necesitado de cariño — he is in great need of affection

b) ( pobre) in need, needy
II
- da masculino, femenino needy person

los necesitados — the needy

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= needy [needier -comp., neediest -sup.], poverty-stricken, in need, person in need, destitute.

Ex: By definition, these are benefits, often in cash, which the state has decided are required by various needy categories of its citizens.

Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

Ex: Libraries should be the first point of contact for people in need and should be capable, like the General Practitioner in medicine, of dealing with 75% of cases on the spot.

Ex: For example, in Q Social welfare we have QG Persons in need, QN Deviants, QO Criminals, QR Offenders, as successive steps of division.

Ex: The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

* los más necesitados = those most in need.

* más necesitado = most in need.

* necesitado de = in need of.

* necesitado encarecidamente = urgently needed.

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necesitado¹ -da

adjective

1 (falto) necesitado DE algo:

anda necesitado de dinero he's short of money

está muy necesitado de cariño he is in great need of affection

2 (pobre) needy

ayudan a la gente necesitada they help needy people o people in need o the needy

necesitado² -da

masculine, feminine

needy person

los necesitados the needy, people in need, needy people

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Del verbo necesitar: ( conjugate necesitar)

necesitado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
necesitado
necesitar
necesitado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ( falto) necesitado de algo ‹ de dinero› short of sth;

‹ de afecto› in need of sth
b) ( pobre) in need, needy

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
needy person;
◊ los necesitados the needy

necesitar ( conjugate necesitar) verbo transitivo
to need;

( on signs) se necesita vendedora saleswoman required;
◊ necesito verte hoy I need to see you today

verbo intransitivo (frml) necesitado de algo to need sth
necesitado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (pobre) needy, poor
2 (carente) está necesitado de atenciones, he needs care
II mpl los (más) necesitados, the needy
necesitar verbo transitivo to need
(en anuncio) se necesita secretaria bilingüe, bilingual secretary required ➣ Ver nota en need

' necesitado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
necesitada
- pobre
English:
deprived
- need
- needy
- poverty-stricken

* * *

necesitado, -a

♦ adj

needy;

están muy necesitados de ayuda humanitaria they are urgently in need of humanitarian aid;

este cuarto está necesitado de una capa de pintura this room needs a coat of paint, this room could do with a coat of paint

♦ nm,f

needy o poor person;

los necesitados the poor

* * *

necesitado

adj needy;

estar necesitado de algo be in need of sth

* * *

necesitado, -da adj

: needy

* * *

necesitado adj poor

Spanish-English dictionary > necesitado
112 nido

m.

1 nest.

irse del nido (figurative) to leave the nest

2 home, abode.

3 nidus.

* * *

nido

► nombre masculino

1 nest

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

caerse del nido figurado to be born yesterday

■ ¿qué te crees, que me acabo de caer del nido o qué? what do you take me for? I wasn't born yesterday you know!

nido de abeja smocking

nido de amor love nest

nido de ladrones den of thieves

* * *

noun m.

nest

* * *

SM

1) [gen] nest

- caer del nido

- parece que se ha caído de un nido

- manchar el propio nido

nido de abeja — [en tela] honeycomb pattern

nido de amor — love-nest

nido de víboras — nest of vipers

2) (=escondrijo) hiding place

un nido de ladrones — a den of thieves

3) [de conflictos] hotbed; [de discusiones] focus

el reparto de premios fue un nido de polémicas — the prize giving gave rise to heated arguments

4) [en hospital] baby unit

5) [de bebé] (=camita) cot; (=corralito) play-pen

6) (=emplazamiento)

nido de ametralladoras — machine-gun nest

* * *

masculino

a) (de aves, insectos) nest

caerse del nido — (fam)

¿tú te crees que yo me he caído del nido? — I wasn't born yesterday, you know! (colloq)

ser un nido de víboras — to be a nest of vipers

b) ( hogar) nest

los hijos ya han dejado el nido — the children have already flown the nest

c) ( guarida) den

un nido de ladrones — a den of thieves

- nido de amor

* * *

= backlog, nest, leper colony, nidus.

Ex. When the move took place in 1897, it was found that there was a backlog of some thirty years of uncatalogued and unbound material.

Ex. Here the idea of chronological sequence may be used; for example, when considering the relative position in the overall order of 'birds' and 'nests', birds must come first.

Ex. Without data protection legislation the UK could become the leper colony of unsafe information with companies in other countries refusing to transmit valuable data into the UK.

Ex. The sacrum was used in sacrificial rites, was considered to play an important role in protecting the genitalia and its intactness as a nidus for resurrection at the Day of Judgment was vital.

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* cama nido = truckle bed, trumple bed, trundle bed.

* dejar el nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* nido comestible = esculent nest.

* nido de avispas = hornet's nest, wasps' nest.

* nido de cuervo = crow's nest.

* nido familiar = family nest.

* volar del nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* * *

masculino

a) (de aves, insectos) nest

caerse del nido — (fam)

¿tú te crees que yo me he caído del nido? — I wasn't born yesterday, you know! (colloq)

ser un nido de víboras — to be a nest of vipers

b) ( hogar) nest

los hijos ya han dejado el nido — the children have already flown the nest

c) ( guarida) den

un nido de ladrones — a den of thieves

- nido de amor

* * *

= backlog, nest, leper colony, nidus.

Ex: When the move took place in 1897, it was found that there was a backlog of some thirty years of uncatalogued and unbound material.

Ex: Here the idea of chronological sequence may be used; for example, when considering the relative position in the overall order of 'birds' and 'nests', birds must come first.

Ex: Without data protection legislation the UK could become the leper colony of unsafe information with companies in other countries refusing to transmit valuable data into the UK.

Ex: The sacrum was used in sacrificial rites, was considered to play an important role in protecting the genitalia and its intactness as a nidus for resurrection at the Day of Judgment was vital.

* cama nido = truckle bed, trumple bed, trundle bed.

* dejar el nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* nido comestible = esculent nest.

* nido de avispas = hornet's nest, wasps' nest.

* nido de cuervo = crow's nest.

* nido familiar = family nest.

* volar del nido = fly + the nest, leave + the nest.

* * *

nido

masculine

1 (de aves, insectos) nest

caerse del nido ( fam): ¿tú te crees que yo me he caído del nido? I wasn't born yesterday, you know! ( colloq)

parece que se acaba de caer del nido he's so naive o ( colloq) green

ser un nido de víboras to be a nest of vipers

en los nidos de antaño no hay pájaros hogaño ( arc); things have changed o time doesn't stand still

2 (hogar) nest

los hijos ya han dejado el nido the children have already left home o flown the nest

3 (en una guardería) babies' sleeping area

4 (guarida) den

un nido de ladrones a den of thieves

cama, mesa

Compuestos:

● nido de abeja

smocking

● nido de ametralladoras

machine-gun nest

● nido de amor

love nest

* * *

nido sustantivo masculino
nest;
◊ un nido de ladrones a den of thieves;

un nido de amor a love nest
nido sustantivo masculino
1 Zool nest
2 (casa, hogar) nest: tus hijos pronto abandonarán el nido, your children will be leaving home soon
3 (guarida, refugio) den: el palacio es un nido de traidores, the palace is a den of traitors
figurado este departamento es un nido de víboras, this department is a nest of vipers
4 (lugar propicio) hotbed: ese ayuntamiento es un nido de discordia, there's a lot of in-fighting going on in that town council
5 (de armas, etc) nest: a 50 metros había un nido de ametralladoras, there was a machine-gun emplacement 50 metres away
6 (en un hospital) child-care unit

' nido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- hacer
- hormiguero
- jicotera
English:
nest
- out of

* * *

nido nm

1. [refugio de animal] nest;

Comp

caerse de un nido: ¿te crees que me he caído de un nido? I wasn't born yesterday, you know

2. [en hospital] baby unit;
[en guardería] babies' room
3. [lugar de reunión]
un nido de vicio/ladrones a den of vice/thieves;

esa zona es un nido de prostitución that area is crawling with prostitutes;

ese cuartel es un nido de conspiradores that barracks is crawling with conspirators;

Comp

ser un nido de víboras to be a nest of vipers

4. [hogar] nest;

los niños ya han salido del nido the children have already left o flown the nest;

nido de amor love nest

5. [origen] breeding ground;

esa mesa es un nido de polvo that table seems to attract the dust

6. nido de abeja [punto] smocking

7. nido de ametralladoras [emplazamiento] machine-gun nest

* * *

nido

m nest

* * *

nido nm

1) : nest

2) : hiding place, den

* * *

nido n nest

Spanish-English dictionary > nido
113 obsoleto

adj.

obsolete, outdated, antiquated, old-fashioned.

* * *

obsoleto

► adjetivo

1 obsolete

* * *

ADJ obsolete

* * *

- ta adjetivo obsolete

* * *

= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.

Ex. We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.

Ex. To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.

Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex. With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.

Ex. The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.

Ex. Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.

Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex. In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.

Ex. Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.

Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex. Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.

Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.

Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

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* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.

* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* * *

- ta adjetivo obsolete

* * *

= anachronistic, obsolete, outdated [out-dated], outmoded, redundant, out of touch with + reality, timed, passé, out of vogue, out of fashion, out of style, dated, byzantine, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], long in the tooth.

Ex: We might all easily agree that LITERATURE, IMMORAL is not particularly descriptive of, and an anachronistic euphemism for, PORNOGRAPHY.

Ex: To remove obsolete fine records from the online system, there is a programm to find all fines paid before a particular date and to remove them.

Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.

Ex: With computerization some libraries took the opportunity to replace outmoded abstracts bulletins with SDI services.

Ex: The card-based systems in which post-coordinate indexing was first conceived are more-or-less redundant.

Ex: Some librarians seem to be out of touch with reality.

Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.

Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.

Ex: In general, however, the author's approach to his comparative method -- that comparativism is out of vogue -- is rather parochial.

Ex: Abstract art has lately been considered out of fashion in the art centers of New York.

Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.

Ex: Now, many of these libraries find that their systems are dangerously dated.

Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.

Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.

Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.

* hacer que sea obsoleto = render + obsolete, render + redundant.

* quedarse obsoleto = be overtaken by events, outgrow.

* volverse obsoleto = go out of + date, become + obsolete, go out of + fashion, obsolesce.

* * *

obsoleto -ta

adjective

obsolete

* * *

obsoleto
◊ -ta adjetivo

obsolete
obsoleto,-a adjetivo obsolete: ese sistema de riego ha quedado obsoleto, this irrigation system is obsolete

' obsoleto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
obsoleta
- usía
English:
dated
- obsolete
- outdated

* * *

obsoleto, -a adj

obsolete;

este uso ha quedado obsoleto this usage has become obsolete

* * *

obsoleto

adj obsolete

* * *

obsoleto, -ta adj

desusado: obsolete

Spanish-English dictionary > obsoleto
114 palacio de congresos

palacio de congresos

conference hall

* * *

(n.) = conference centre, conference hall, convention hall, convention centre

Ex. A conference centre nearby will be part of the infrastructure.

Ex. The American Library Association's meeting in Chicago was characterised as much by the weather as by the events inside the conference halls.

Ex. Thanks to those who followed his example, the talk about the Sophists can be heard in the hallways, classrooms, and convention halls of philologists, historians, philosophers, and literary critics.

Ex. During the first half of the century, Atlantic City was one of the major convention centers and seaside resorts in the United States.

* * *

(n.) = conference centre, conference hall, convention hall, convention centre

Ex: A conference centre nearby will be part of the infrastructure.

Ex: The American Library Association's meeting in Chicago was characterised as much by the weather as by the events inside the conference halls.

Ex: Thanks to those who followed his example, the talk about the Sophists can be heard in the hallways, classrooms, and convention halls of philologists, historians, philosophers, and literary critics.

Ex: During the first half of the century, Atlantic City was one of the major convention centers and seaside resorts in the United States.

Spanish-English dictionary > palacio de congresos
115 para que

adv.

what for, wherefore, why.

* * *

para que

so that

■ déjale una nota a tu madre para que sepa dónde estás leave your mother a note so that she knows where you are

■ cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

■ aún es pronto para que vuelvan it's still too early for them to be back

* * *

so that, in order to

* * *

= in order that, so that, seeing that

Ex. In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.

* * *

= in order that, so that, seeing that

Ex: In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.

Spanish-English dictionary > para que
116 pasar a mejor vida

pasar a mejor vida

eufemístico to pass away

* * *

= bite + the dust, give up + the ghost

Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

* * *

= bite + the dust, give up + the ghost

Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.

Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.

Spanish-English dictionary > pasar a mejor vida
117 pavor y respeto

(n.) = awe

Ex. He was the first librarian of the public library of Manchester, the world's earliest example of an industrial city, regarded at the time with a mixture of fear and awe as the symbol of a new age.

* * *

(n.) = awe

Ex: He was the first librarian of the public library of Manchester, the world's earliest example of an industrial city, regarded at the time with a mixture of fear and awe as the symbol of a new age.

Spanish-English dictionary > pavor y respeto
118 pensamiento

m.

1 thought.

leer el pensamiento a alguien to read somebody's mind o thoughts

2 pansy (botany).

3 thinking, ability to think.

* * *

pensamiento

► nombre masculino

1 (idea) thought

2 (mente) mind

3 BOTÁNICA pansy

* * *

noun m.

thought

* * *

SM

1) (=facultad) thought

- como el pensamiento

2) (=mente) mind

acudir o venir al pensamiento de algn — to come to sb's mind

no le pasó por el pensamiento — it never occurred to him, it never entered his mind

envenenar el pensamiento de algn — to poison sb's mind ( contra against)

ni por pensamiento — I wouldn't dream of it

3) (=cosa pensada) thought

mal pensamiento — nasty thought

el pensamiento de Quevedo — Quevedo's thought

adivinar los pensamientos de algn — to read sb's thoughts, guess what sb is thinking

nuestro pensamiento sobre este tema — our thinking on this subject

pensamiento único — (Pol) single system of values

4) (=propósito) idea, intention

mi pensamiento es hacer algo — my idea o intention is to do sth

5) (Bot) pansy

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

me adivinó el pensamiento — she read my mind o my thoughts

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

- pensamiento lateral

2) (Bot) pansy

* * *

= mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.

Ex. Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).

Ex. Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.

Ex. Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex. A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.

Ex. By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.

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* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.

* de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.

* escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.

* expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.

* leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.

* líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.

* línea de pensamiento = line of thought.

* método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.

* pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.

* pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.

* pensamiento científico = scientific thought.

* pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.

* pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.

* pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.

* pensamiento errante = meandering thought.

* pensamiento errático = meandering thought.

* pensamiento grupal = groupthink.

* pensamiento humano = human thought.

* pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.

* pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.

* pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.

* pensamiento libre = free thought.

* pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.

* pensamiento original = creative thinking.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* pensamiento racional = rational thought.

* serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

me adivinó el pensamiento — she read my mind o my thoughts

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

- pensamiento lateral

2) (Bot) pansy

* * *

= mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.

Ex: Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).

Ex: Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.

Ex: Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex: A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.

Ex: By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.

* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.

* de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.

* escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.

* expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.

* leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.

* líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.

* línea de pensamiento = line of thought.

* método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.

* pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.

* pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.

* pensamiento científico = scientific thought.

* pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.

* pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.

* pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.

* pensamiento errante = meandering thought.

* pensamiento errático = meandering thought.

* pensamiento grupal = groupthink.

* pensamiento humano = human thought.

* pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.

* pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.

* pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.

* pensamiento libre = free thought.

* pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.

* pensamiento original = creative thinking.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* pensamiento racional = rational thought.

* serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.

* * *

pensamiento

masculine

A

1 (facultad) thought

2 (cosa pensada) thought

siempre me adivina el pensamiento she always knows what I'm thinking, she can always read my mind o my thoughts

3 (doctrina) thinking

el pensamiento político de la época the political thinking of the time

4 (máxima, sentencia) thought

estas citas son pensamientos de autores célebres these quotes are the thoughts of famous writers

Compuesto:

pensamiento lateral

lateral thinking

B ( Bot) pansy

* * *

pensamiento sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

2 (Bot) pansy
pensamiento sustantivo masculino
1 (una idea) thought
2 (un conjunto de ideas) thinking
3 Bot pansy
♦ Locuciones: leer el pensamiento, to read sb's mind
pasársele a uno por el pensamiento, to come to one's mind
' pensamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- antípodas
- asaltar
- desterrar
- espina
- hilo
- manifestar
- vacía
- vacío
- abstraerse
- agilizar
- ánimo
- leer
- profundo
- rondar
- transmisión
English:
avert
- deep
- destructive
- impure
- impurity
- pansy
- private
- reflection
- run
- thinking
- thought
- train
- unvoiced
- mind

* * *

pensamiento nm

1. [facultad] thought;
[mente] mind;
se debe potenciar la capacidad de pensamiento en los alumnos pupils should be encouraged to think;

sumido en sus pensamientos deep in thought;

no me pasó por el pensamiento it never crossed my mind;

leer el pensamiento a alguien to read sb's mind o thoughts

Comp
pensamiento lateral lateral thinking
2. [idea] idea, thought;

el pensamiento socialdemócrata social democratic thought o thinking

Comp
Pol el pensamiento único:
según el pensamiento único… according to the current free-market liberal-democratic consensus…

3. [sentencia] maxim, saying

4. [flor] pansy

* * *

pensamiento

m

1 ( reflexión) thought

2 BOT pansy

* * *

pensamiento nm

1) : thought

2) : thinking

3) : pansy

* * *

pensamiento n thought

Spanish-English dictionary > pensamiento
119 poesía

f.

1 poetry, poesy.

2 poem.

3 Poetry.

* * *

poesía

► nombre femenino

1 poetry

2 (poema) poem

* * *

noun f.

1) poetry

2) poem

* * *

SF

1) (=arte) poetry

la poesía del Siglo de Oro — Golden Age poetry

2) (=poema) poem

3) (=encanto) poetry

* * *

femenino ( género) poetry; ( poema) poem

* * *

= poetry.

Ex. Thus material are classified and grouped first by language and conversely, for example, poetry is scattered according to language.

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* declamación de poesía = recitation.

* poesía acróstica = acrostic poetry.

* poesía lírica = lyric poetry.

* poesía macarrónica = macaronic poetry.

* poesía romántica = romantic poetry.

* recital de poesía = poetry reading, recitation, poetry recital.

* terapia mediante la poesía = poetry therapy.

* * *

femenino ( género) poetry; ( poema) poem

* * *

= poetry.

Ex: Thus material are classified and grouped first by language and conversely, for example, poetry is scattered according to language.

* declamación de poesía = recitation.

* poesía acróstica = acrostic poetry.

* poesía lírica = lyric poetry.

* poesía macarrónica = macaronic poetry.

* poesía romántica = romantic poetry.

* recital de poesía = poetry reading, recitation, poetry recital.

* terapia mediante la poesía = poetry therapy.

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poesía

feminine

1 (género) poetry

2 (poema) poem

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poesía sustantivo femenino ( género) poetry;
( poema) poem
poesía sustantivo femenino
1 (poema) poem
2 (género, arte) poetry
' poesía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adolecer
- enmarcarse
- métrica
- vanguardia
- metro
English:
limerick
- loud
- poetry
- sensitive
- shimmer
- verse
- gift
- reading

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poesía nf

1. [género literario] poetry

2. [poema] poem

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poesía

f

1 género poetry

2 ( poema) poem

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poesía nf

1) : poetry

2) poema: poem

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poesía n

1. (arte) poetry

2. (poema) poem

Spanish-English dictionary > poesía
120 ponerse

ponerse

► verbo pronominal

1 (sol) to set

2 (volverse) to become, get, turn

■ se pone colorado por cualquier cosa he blushes at the slightest thing

■ se puso muy contenta con la noticia the news made her very happy

3 (contestar al teléfono) to answer the phone; (hablar por teléfono) to come to the phone

■ llamé a tu casa y se puso un hombre I rang your home number and a man answered the phone

■ en este momento no se puede poner he can't come to the phone right now

■ a mí no me hace caso, ponte tú he won't listen to me, you speak to him

4 ponerse a + inf to start + to + inf/ + -ing

■ se puso a cantar he started to sing, he started singing

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1) to wear, put on

2) become

3) set (sun)

4) move

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VERBO PRONOMINAL

1) (=colocarse, situarse) [de pie] to stand; [sentado] to sit; [echado] to lie

se puso delante de la ventana — he stood in front of the window

se ponía a mi lado en clase — he used to sit next to me in class

póngase de lado — lie on your side

ponerse cómodo — to make o.s. comfortable

• ponte en mi lugar — put yourself in my place

• todos se pusieron de o en pie — everyone stood up

• se puso de rodillas — she knelt down

2) [+ ropa, calzado, joyas] to put on

ponerse un traje — to put a suit on

ponte las zapatillas — put your slippers on

no sé qué ponerme — I don't know what to wear

3) (=aplicarse, administrarse)

ponte más perfume — put some more perfume on

te pones demasiado maquillaje — you wear too much make-up

se puso un supositorio — he used a suppository

4) [sol] to set

5) (=volverse)
+ adj, adv
ponerse enfermo/gordo — to get ill/fat

se puso hecho una furia — he got absolutely furious

cuando se lo dije se puso muy triste — he was very sad when I told him

¡no te pongas así! — don't be like that!

¡qué guapa te has puesto! — you look lovely!

en el agua se pone verde — it turns green in water

6) [al teléfono]

dile que se ponga — tell him to come to o on the phone

no se quiere poner — she doesn't want to come on (the phone)

¿se puede poner María, por favor? — could I speak to María, please?

7) (=empezar)

• ponerse a hacer algo — to start o begin to do sth, start o begin doing sth

se pusieron a gritar — they started o began shouting, they started o began to shout

se va a poner a llover — it's going to start raining

si me pongo a pensar en lo que me espera... — if I start thinking o to think about what awaits me...

• ponerse con algo, ahora me pongo con los deberes — I'm going to start on my homework now

8) (=llenarse)

• ponerse de algo, ¡cómo te has puesto de barro! — you're all covered in mud!

se puso perdida de alquitrán — she got covered in tar

nos hemos puesto bien de comida — we ate our fill

9) (=llegar)

• ponerse en — to get to, reach

se puso en Madrid en dos horas — he got to o reached Madrid in two hours

10) (=emplearse)

me puse a servir — I went into service

ponerse de conserje — to take a job as a porter

11)

• ponerse a bien con algn — to get on good terms with sb; pey to get in with sb

• ponerse a mal con algn — to get on the wrong side of sb

12) ** (=drogarse) to get high **

13) (=parecerle)

se me pone que... — LAm (=me parece) it seems to me that...

14)

- ponérselos a algn

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(v.) = don, pull on, wax

Ex. The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.

Ex. First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.

Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

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el ponerse

(n.) = donning, the

Ex: The donning of what Sidney M Jourard has called 'character armour' is another behavioural syndrome with a similar objective.

(v.) = don, pull on, wax

Ex: The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.

Ex: First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

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■ponerse verbo reflexivo
1 to put oneself: nos pusimos más cerca, we got closer
ponte en la primera fila, get in the front row
2 (vestirse) to put on, wear: nunca se pone sombrero, she never wears a hat
3 (con adjetivo) to become: se puso enfermo, he felt ill
4 (sol) to set
5 Tel ponerse al teléfono, to answer the phone
6 (empezar) ponerse a, to start: se puso a saltar, she started jumping o she started to jump
♦ Locuciones: ponerse como un pepe, to stuff oneself
' ponerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrotarse
- agitarse
- alinearse
- apoltronarse
- arreglarse
- bota
- camino
- cerrarse
- ciega
- ciego
- cogerse
- colorada
- colorado
- contacto
- cuclillas
- dar
- descomponerse
- embravecerse
- emocionarse
- huelga
- mal
- morada
- morado
- morena
- moreno
- nerviosa
- nervioso
- pararse
- patín
- perdida
- perdido
- pie
- pila
- punta
- ridícula
- ridículo
- roja
- rojo
- rulo
- tibia
- tibio
- tomate
- uña
- vestirse
- volante
- acomodar
- acuerdo
- agachar
- alegrar
- altura
English:
agree
- become
- brown
- burst into
- catch up
- collar
- colour
- come over
- contact
- crouch
- don
- down
- flabby
- flap
- flush
- fluster
- foot
- get down to
- get on
- go down
- horn
- hot up
- jitters
- join
- knuckle down
- labour
- lather
- lecture
- line up
- nasty
- need
- pull on
- put on
- redden
- rise
- set
- set about
- set off
- set out
- settle
- shove on
- show
- show up
- side
- sink
- slip on
- solution
- spectacle
- stand
- stand up

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vpr

1. [colocarse] to put oneself;

ponerse de pie to stand up;

ponerse de rodillas to kneel (down);

ponerse de espaldas a la pared to turn one's back to the wall;

ponerse de perfil to turn sideways on;

¡no te pongas en medio! you're in my way there!;

ponte en la ventana stand by the window;

se pusieron un poco más juntos they moved a bit closer together

2. [ropa, gafas, maquillaje] to put on;

ponte la ropa put your clothes on, get dressed;

¿qué te vas a ponerse para la fiesta? what are you going to wear to the party?

3. [volverse de cierta manera] to go, to become;

se puso de mal humor she got into a bad mood;

se puso rojo de ira he went red with anger;

se puso muy triste cuando se enteró de su muerte he was very sad when he heard she had died;

las cosas se están poniendo muy difíciles things are getting very difficult;

se ha puesto muy gordo he's got very fat;

se puso colorado he blushed;

te has puesto muy guapa you look lovely;

ponerse malo o [m5] enfermo to fall ill;

ponerse bien [de salud] to get better;

¡cómo te pones por nada! there's no need to react like that!;

¡no te pongas así! [no te enfades] don't be like that!;
[no te pongas triste] don't get upset!, don't be sad!
4. [iniciar]
ponerse a hacer algo to start doing sth;

se puso a nevar it started snowing;

me he puesto a dieta I've started a diet;

ponerse con algo to start on sth;
Fam
ya que te pones, haz café para todos while you're at it, why don't you make enough coffee for everyone?

5. [llenarse]
¡cómo te has puesto (de barro)! look at you(, you're covered in mud)!;

se puso de barro hasta las rodillas he got covered in mud up to his knees;
Fam
nos pusimos hasta arriba o [m5] hasta las orejas de pasteles we stuffed our faces with cakes

6. [sol, luna] to set;

el sol se pone por el oeste the sun sets in the west;

al ponerse el sol when the sun goes/went down

7. Esp [al teléfono]
dile a tu marido que se ponga tell your husband to come on;

ahora se pone she's just coming, I'll put her on in a moment;

ponte, es de la oficina here, it's somebody from the office for you

8. Esp [llegar]
ponerse en to get to;

nos pusimos en Santiago en dos horas we made it to Santiago in two hours;

con esta moto te pones en los 150 sin enterarte on this motorbike you're doing 150 before you even realize it

9. Andes, RP Fam [tener ocurrencias]
¡se te pone cada cosa! you get the strangest ideas!

10. RP Fam [entregar dinero] to chip in;

vamos, vamos, hay que ponerse para el regalo come on, everybody's got to chip in for the present;

¿con cuánto te pusiste? – yo, con diez how much did you put in? – ten

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ponerse

v/r

1 ropa put on;

ponerse de luto dress in mourning;

ponerse de verano put on summer clothes

2 en un estado

:

ponerse palido turn pale;

ponerse furioso get angry;

ponerse enfermo become o fall ill;

¡no te pongas así! don’t get so upset!, don’t take it like that!;

ponerse bien recover, get better;

ponerse en marcha get started, get going

3

:

ponte en el banco go and sit on the bench;

se puso ahí she stood over there;

dile que se ponga TELEC tell her to come to the phone;

ponerse a start to;

al ponerse el sol at sunset

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vr

1) : to move (into a position)

ponerse de pie: to stand up

2) : to put on, to wear

3) : to become, to turn

se puso colorado: he turned red

4) : to set (of the sun or moon)

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ponerse vb

1. (de pie) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

ponte allí stand over there

2. (sentado) to sit [pt. & pp. sat]

ponte en aquella silla sit in that chair

3. (vestirse) to put on [pt. & pp. put]

se puso el sombrero he put on his hat

Isabel se puso el vestido nuevo Isabel wore her new dress

4. (sol) to set [pt. & pp. set]

el sol se pone más pronto en invierno the sun sets earlier in winter

5. (empezar) to start

se puso a trabajar he started working

6. (con adjetivo) to get / to become [pt. became; pp. become]

se puso nervioso he got worked up

ponte guapa get dressed up / make yourself beautiful

7. (al teléfono)

¿María? ahora se pone María? I'll just get her for you

dile a Luis que se ponga ask Luis to come to the phone

ponerse de rodillas to kneel down

Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse

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