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  • 1 fluctuaciones de clima

    Dictionnaire anglais-français de géographie > fluctuaciones de clima

  • 2 precipitado

    adj.
    1 precipitate, breakneck, sudden, hasty.
    2 abrupt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: precipitar.
    * * *
    1→ link=precipitar precipitar
    1 (apresurado) hasty, rash
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    (f. - precipitada)
    adj.
    2) rash
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [huida] headlong; [partida] hasty, sudden; [conducta] hasty, rash
    2.
    SM (Quím) precipitate
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    I
    - da adjetivo <decisión/actuación> hasty; < juicio> snap (before n)
    II
    masculino (Quím) precipitate
    * * *
    = abrupt, hurried, rushed, rash, hasty, untethered, precipitous, precipitate, precipitate.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
    Ex. Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded more rushed that what could normally be expected from the cataloging head.
    Ex. And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex. It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or freewheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In chemistry, increasing the gravitational force on a test tube will cause the precipitate to gather on the bottom.
    Ex. This was all compounded by the fact that the wedding itself was somewhat precipitate, done when it was for practical reasons.
    ----
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <decisión/actuación> hasty; < juicio> snap (before n)
    II
    masculino (Quím) precipitate
    * * *
    = abrupt, hurried, rushed, rash, hasty, untethered, precipitous, precipitate, precipitate.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

    Ex: Capital funding usually took the form of end-of-year 'windfalls' needing to be spent in hectic haste necessitating hurried decision making.
    Ex: Leforte could usually identify those footsteps easily; but today they sounded more rushed that what could normally be expected from the cataloging head.
    Ex: And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex: It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.
    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or freewheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In chemistry, increasing the gravitational force on a test tube will cause the precipitate to gather on the bottom.
    Ex: This was all compounded by the fact that the wedding itself was somewhat precipitate, done when it was for practical reasons.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * demasiado precipitado = too hurried, too rush.
    * sacar conclusiones precipitadas = jump to + conclusions.

    * * *
    ‹decisión› hasty, hurried, precipitate ( frml)
    fue un viaje tan precipitado que no tuve tiempo de avisar a nadie the trip came up so suddenly that I didn't have time to tell anyone
    precipitate
    * * *

    Del verbo precipitar: ( conjugate precipitar)

    precipitado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    precipitado    
    precipitar
    precipitado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹decisión/actuación› hasty;


    ‹ juicio› snap ( before n)
    precipitado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (con prisa) hasty, hurried
    2 (sin pensar) rash
    II sustantivo masculino Quím precipitate
    precipitar verbo transitivo
    1 (una acción, un acontecimiento) to hurry, rush
    2 (un objeto) to throw, hurl
    3 Quím to precipitate
    ' precipitado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    precipitada
    - atarantado
    - atrabancado
    - lanzado
    - súbito
    English:
    breakneck
    - dash
    - hasty
    - ill-considered
    - precipitate
    - rash
    - panicky
    - snap
    * * *
    precipitado, -a
    ♦ adj
    hasty;
    no seas precipitado, reflexiona un poco don't be too hasty, think it over a little
    ♦ nm
    Quím precipitate
    * * *
    I adj hasty, sudden
    II m QUÍM precipitate
    * * *
    precipitado, -da adj
    1) : hasty, sudden
    2) : rash
    * * *
    precipitado adj rash / hasty [comp. hastier; superl. hastiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > precipitado

  • 3 fluctuación

    f.
    fluctuation, vacillation, change, wavering.
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    1 fluctuation
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    SF
    1) (=cambio) fluctuation
    2) (=indecisión) uncertainty, hesitation
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    femenino fluctuation
    * * *
    = fluctuation, ebb and flow, oscillation.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.
    Ex. This is proposed to reduce the oscillation while maintaining fast response to network dynamics.
    ----
    * fluctuaciones emocionales = emotional ups and downs.
    * * *
    femenino fluctuation
    * * *
    = fluctuation, ebb and flow, oscillation.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

    Ex: This natural ebb and flow necessarily picks up speed as change accelerates.
    Ex: This is proposed to reduce the oscillation while maintaining fast response to network dynamics.
    * fluctuaciones emocionales = emotional ups and downs.

    * * *
    fluctuation
    las fluctuaciones de las opiniones en los últimos días the fluctuations o the shifts in people's opinions in the last few days
    * * *

    fluctuación sustantivo femenino fluctuation
    ' fluctuación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    oscilación
    English:
    fluctuation
    * * *
    1. [variación] fluctuation
    fluctuación del mercado market fluctuation
    2. [vacilación] wavering
    * * *
    f fluctuation

    Spanish-English dictionary > fluctuación

  • 4 Macdonalización

    = McDonaldisation [McDonaldization, -USA].
    Nota: Término despectivo utilizada para describir cualquier proceso de homogeinización y racionalización de cualquier institución o servicio con una marcada naturaleza humana.
    Ex. According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.
    * * *
    = McDonaldisation [McDonaldization, -USA].
    Nota: Término despectivo utilizada para describir cualquier proceso de homogeinización y racionalización de cualquier institución o servicio con una marcada naturaleza humana.

    Ex: According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Macdonalización

  • 5 ajuste de la componente estacional

    Ex. Such time series are therefore subjected to a process of seasonal adjustment in order to remove the effects of these seasonal fluctuations.
    * * *

    Ex: Such time series are therefore subjected to a process of seasonal adjustment in order to remove the effects of these seasonal fluctuations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ajuste de la componente estacional

  • 6 ajuste estacional

    m.
    seasonal adjustment, seasonal adjusting.
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    Ex. Such time series are therefore subjected to a process of seasonal adjustment in order to remove the effects of these seasonal fluctuations.
    * * *

    Ex: Such time series are therefore subjected to a process of seasonal adjustment in order to remove the effects of these seasonal fluctuations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ajuste estacional

  • 7 alocado

    adj.
    1 crazy, mad.
    2 crazy, hothead, harebrained, scatterbrained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: alocar.
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    1 (distraído) scatterbrained
    2 (loco) crazy, wild, reckless
    3 (irreflexivo) thoughtless, rash, impetuous
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (despistado) scatterbrain; (loco) fool
    * * *
    (f. - alocada)
    adj.
    2) wild
    * * *
    alocado, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=loco) crazy, mad; (=irresponsable) wild; (=distraído) scatterbrained
    2.
    SM / F madcap
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrained
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; ( irreflexivo) rash fool; ( despistado) scatterbrain
    * * *
    = hectic, freewheeling [free-wheeling], wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], heedless, berserk, reckless.
    Ex. The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    ----
    * hacer algo alocado = do + something footloose and fancy-free.
    * momentos alocados = heady days.
    * tiempos alocados = heady days.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; ( despistado) scatterbrained
    II
    - da masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; ( irreflexivo) rash fool; ( despistado) scatterbrain
    * * *
    = hectic, freewheeling [free-wheeling], wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], heedless, berserk, reckless.

    Ex: The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    * hacer algo alocado = do + something footloose and fancy-free.
    * momentos alocados = heady days.
    * tiempos alocados = heady days.

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    alocado1 -da
    (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild, reckless; (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous; (despistado) scatterbrained
    corría alocado por la calle pidiendo socorro he was running up the street like a madman, calling for help
    alocado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    (persona — imprudente) crazy o reckless fool; (— irreflexiva) rash fool; (— despistada) scatterbrain
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    alocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (irresponsable, imprudente) crazy, wild;


    (irreflexivo, impetuoso) rash, impetuous;
    ( despistado) scatterbrained
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( imprudente) crazy o reckless fool;
    ( irreflexivo) rash fool;
    ( despistado) scatterbrain
    alocado,-a adjetivo thoughtless, rash
    ' alocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alocada
    - bala
    - inconsciente
    English:
    wild
    * * *
    alocado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [loco] crazy;
    lleva una vida alocada she lives a wild life
    2. [irreflexivo] rash, reckless;
    fue una decisión alocada it was a rash decision
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [loco]
    es un alocado he's crazy
    2. [irreflexivo]
    es un alocado he's rash o reckless
    * * *
    I adj crazy
    II m, alocada f crazy fool
    * * *
    alocado, -da adj
    1) : crazy
    2) : wild, reckless
    3) : silly, scatterbrained

    Spanish-English dictionary > alocado

  • 8 arriesgado

    adj.
    1 risky, dangerous, unsafe, chancy.
    2 venturesome, buccaneering, dauntless, daring.
    f. & m.
    risk taker.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: arriesgar.
    * * *
    1→ link=arriesgar arriesgar
    1 (peligroso) risky, dangerous
    2 (temerario) bold, daring, fearless
    * * *
    (f. - arriesgada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [acto] risky, hazardous
    2) [individuo] (=intrépido) bold, daring; pey (=impetuoso) rash, foolhardy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.
    Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex. As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <acción/empresa> risky, hazardous; < persona> brave, daring
    * * *
    = dangerous, risky [riskier -comp., riskiest -sup.], hazardous, chancy, freewheeling [free-wheeling], risk-taking, unsafe, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], dauntless, buccaneering.

    Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: This may seem a hazardous assumption, but the results are worth considering.
    Ex: As we have seen, authorship and publishing are extremely chancy occupations and, whilst it is very common for books to fall below expectations in both sales and critical acclaim, it is also not uncommon for books to exceed their expectations and this can happen with general books in the middle range.
    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The author characterizes librarians as flexible, collaborative, high energy, risk-taking visionaries.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * llevar una vida arriesgada = live + dangerously, live + dangerously close to the edge.
    * poco arriesgado = low-risk.

    * * *
    1 (aventurado) ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous
    2 (valiente) ‹persona› brave, daring
    * * *

    Del verbo arriesgar: ( conjugate arriesgar)

    arriesgado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    arriesgado    
    arriesgar
    arriesgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹acción/empresa› risky, hazardous;


    ‹ persona› brave, daring
    arriesgar ( conjugate arriesgar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹vida/dinero› to risk


    arriesgarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ ¿nos arriesgamos? shall we risk it o take a chance?;

    arriesgadose a hacer algo to risk doing sth
    arriesgado,-a adjetivo
    1 (que entraña peligro) risky
    2 (temerario) fearless, daring
    arriesgar verbo transitivo to risk

    ' arriesgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - embarcarse
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    English:
    chancy
    - dangerous
    - dodgy
    - hazardous
    - perilous
    - risky
    - low
    * * *
    arriesgado, -a adj
    1. [peligroso] [decisión, operación] risky
    2. [osado] daring;
    es una persona muy arriesgada she's a very daring person
    * * *
    adj risky
    * * *
    arriesgado, -da adj
    1) : risky
    2) : bold, daring
    * * *
    arriesgado adj (peligroso) dangerous / risky [comp. riskier; superl. riskiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > arriesgado

  • 9 atrofia

    f.
    atrophy (medicine).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: atrofiar.
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    1 atrophy
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    femenino (de órgano, músculo) atrophy; ( de facultad) degeneration
    * * *
    = atrophy, arrested development.
    Ex. There is the possibility of computers leading ultimately to the abdication of memory with a resultant atrophy of knowledge.
    Ex. Far more difficult to deal with than these fluctuations in growth is arrested development.
    * * *
    femenino (de órgano, músculo) atrophy; ( de facultad) degeneration
    * * *
    = atrophy, arrested development.

    Ex: There is the possibility of computers leading ultimately to the abdication of memory with a resultant atrophy of knowledge.

    Ex: Far more difficult to deal with than these fluctuations in growth is arrested development.

    * * *
    1 (de un órgano, músculo) atrophy
    2 (de una facultad, capacidad) degeneration
    * * *

    Del verbo atrofiar: ( conjugate atrofiar)

    atrofia es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    atrofia    
    atrofiar
    atrofia f Med atrophy, degeneration
    ' atrofia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    atrophy
    * * *
    1. [de músculo, función orgánica] atrophy
    2. [deterioro] atrophy, deterioration
    * * *
    f atrophy, degeneration
    * * *
    : atrophy

    Spanish-English dictionary > atrofia

  • 10 brusco

    adj.
    1 sudden, abrupt.
    2 snappish, gruff, rude, blunt.
    * * *
    1 (repentino) sudden
    2 (persona) brusque, abrupt
    * * *
    (f. - brusca)
    adj.
    1) sudden, abrupt
    2) brusque, rough
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repentino) [descenso, curva, declive] sharp; [movimiento] sudden; [cambio] abrupt, sudden
    2) (=grosero) [actitud, porte] curt, brusque; [comentario] rude
    2.
    SM (Bot) butcher's broom
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex. She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    ----
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex: She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

    * * *
    brusco -ca
    1 ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden; ‹subida/descenso/viraje› sharp, sudden, abrupt
    el brusco giro de los acontecimientos the sudden turn of events
    se deben evitar las frenadas bruscas you should avoid braking suddenly o sharply
    2 ‹carácter/modales› rough; ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt; ‹respuesta› curt, brusque
    no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper don't be so rough or you'll break it
    * * *

    brusco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden;

    ‹subida/descenso› sharp, sudden
    b) ‹carácter/modales› rough;

    ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt;
    ‹ respuesta› curt, brusque
    brusco,-a adjetivo
    1 (rudo, poco amable) brusque, abrupt
    2 (súbito) sudden, sharp
    ' brusco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brusca
    - dura
    - duro
    - sacudida
    - tajante
    - viraje
    - bestia
    - bruto
    - explosión
    English:
    abrupt
    - blunt
    - brusque
    - curt
    - dramatic
    - gruff
    - jerk
    - offhand
    - rough
    - rough-and-tumble
    - sharp
    - short
    - sudden
    - swerve
    - switch
    - unceremonious
    - snappy
    - steep
    - toss
    * * *
    brusco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [repentino, imprevisto] sudden, abrupt;
    un cambio brusco de las temperaturas a sudden change in temperature;
    dio un frenazo brusco she braked sharply
    2. [tosco, grosero] brusque;
    me contestó de forma brusca he answered me brusquely
    ♦ nm,f
    brusque person
    * * *
    adj
    1 cambio abrupt, sudden
    2 respuesta, persona brusque, curt
    * * *
    brusco, -ca adj
    1) súbito: sudden, abrupt
    2) : curt, brusque
    ♦ bruscamente adv
    * * *
    brusco adj
    1. (repetino) sudden
    2. (persona) abrupt

    Spanish-English dictionary > brusco

  • 11 calculabilidad

    Ex. According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.
    * * *

    Ex: According to George Ritzer's theory of McDonaldization, services and procedures once subject to the fluctuations of human interaction undergo a rationalization process that emphasizes efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control.

    Spanish-English dictionary > calculabilidad

  • 12 caída del sistema

    (n.) = system crash
    Ex. Common causes of data loss and system crashes are fluctuations in the power supply (spikes and surges).
    * * *

    Ex: Common causes of data loss and system crashes are fluctuations in the power supply (spikes and surges).

    Spanish-English dictionary > caída del sistema

  • 13 de un + Expresión Temporal + a otro

    = from one + Expresión Temporal + to the next
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    * * *
    = from one + Expresión Temporal + to the next

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un + Expresión Temporal + a otro

  • 14 desarrollo atrofiado

    Ex. Far more difficult to deal with than these fluctuations in growth is arrested development.
    * * *

    Ex: Far more difficult to deal with than these fluctuations in growth is arrested development.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desarrollo atrofiado

  • 15 descontrolado

    adj.
    uncontrolled, compulsive, out of bounds, out of hand.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descontrolarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=descontrolarse descontrolarse
    1 uncontrolled, out of control
    2 familiar figurado out of control, wild
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin control) uncontrolled

    elementos descontrolados — wild elements; (Pol) rebellious factions

    2) LAm (=perturbado) upset, irritated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.
    Ex. 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex. Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex. The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex. Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    ----
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo to be out of control

    una multitud descontrolada invadió el campo — a crowd, out of control, invaded the pitch

    * * *
    = untethered, freewheeling [free-wheeling], unchecked, uncontrolled, unbridled, runaway, unmonitored, unrestricted, riotous.

    Ex: 'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.
    Ex: Publishers are right to be concerned about uncontrolled republication.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to control a runaway state documents collection'.
    Ex: The causes were an unmonitored rise in heat and humidity from an air cooling system that continuously circulated hot moist air from the outside.
    Ex: Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    * crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * expansión urbana descontrolada = urban sprawl, suburban sprawl.
    * gasto descontrolado = runaway spending.

    * * *
    1 ‹crecimiento/uso› uncontrolled
    el descontrolado mercado de la propiedad the uncontrolled property market
    el fuego descontrolado arrasó bosques enteros the fire got out of control and swept through whole forests
    2 ‹emoción/sentimiento› uncontrolled
    3 ‹persona› out of control
    elements descontrolados uncontrolled elements
    el marido descontrolado mató a la esposa the husband lost control and killed his wife
    totalmente descontrolado por los nervios se puso a gritar totally overcome by nerves, he began to shout
    * * *

    Del verbo descontrolarse: ( conjugate descontrolarse)

    descontrolado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    descontrolado    
    descontrolarse
    descontrolado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    out of control
    descontrolarse ( conjugate descontrolarse) verbo pronominal
    to get out of control
    ■descontrolarse verbo reflexivo to lose control

    ' descontrolado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    control
    - riotous
    * * *
    descontrolado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [automóvil, inflación] runaway; [persona] out of control;
    tengo a la clase descontrolada I can't keep order in my class;
    el tren circulaba descontrolado the train was running out of control;
    estar descontrolado to be out of control
    ♦ nm,f
    un grupo de descontrolados interrumpió la reunión a rowdy group disrupted the meeting
    * * *
    adj out of control

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontrolado

  • 16 despreocupado

    adj.
    unworried, care-free, carefree, free and easy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: despreocuparse.
    * * *
    1→ link=despreocuparse despreocuparse
    1 (tranquilo) unconcerned, unworried
    2 (negligente) negligent, careless, sloppy
    3 (indiferente) indifferent
    * * *
    (f. - despreocupada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sin preocupación) unworried, unconcerned
    2) [al hablar, jugar] nonchalant
    3) [en el vestir] casual; pey careless, sloppy
    4) (=imparcial) unbias(s)ed, impartial
    5) (Rel) (=indiferente) indifferent, apathetic; (=tolerante) broad-minded
    6) † [mujer] loose
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( sin preocupaciones) < vida> carefree
    b) ( descuidado) negligent
    c) ( indiferente) unworried
    * * *
    = freewheeling [free-wheeling], unconcerned, footloose, blithe, carefree, breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], insouciant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], nonchalant, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.
    Ex. According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex. Alcohol in moderation is effective in reducing stress and may increase overall affective expression, happiness, euphoria, conviviality, & carefree feelings.
    Ex. This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    ----
    * de manera despreocupada = casually.
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( sin preocupaciones) < vida> carefree
    b) ( descuidado) negligent
    c) ( indiferente) unworried
    * * *
    = freewheeling [free-wheeling], unconcerned, footloose, blithe, carefree, breezy [breezier -comp., breeziest -sup.], insouciant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], nonchalant, airy [airier -comp., airiest -sup.].

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.

    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.
    Ex: According to these librarians, prudent judgment and professional knowledge about the value of a title should never be replaced by a blithe trust in statistical data.
    Ex: Alcohol in moderation is effective in reducing stress and may increase overall affective expression, happiness, euphoria, conviviality, & carefree feelings.
    Ex: This knowing sequel to the breezy glamor of 'Ocean's Eleven' provides more thieves, more heists, more twists, more locations, and more playfulness than the original.
    Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    * de manera despreocupada = casually.
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

    * * *
    carefree
    llevaba una vida muy despreocupada she led a very carefree existence
    es muy despreocupado con sus hijos he's very easygoing with his children
    * * *

    Del verbo despreocuparse: ( conjugate despreocuparse)

    despreocupado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    despreocupado    
    despreocuparse
    despreocupado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    despreocuparse ( conjugate despreocuparse) verbo pronominal
    a) See Also→




    despreocupado,-a adjetivo
    1 (tranquilo) unconcerned
    2 (negligente) careless
    (estilo) casual
    despreocuparse verbo reflexivo
    1 (liberarse de una preocupación) to stop worrying: es difícil despreocuparse del chequeo de mañana, it's hard to not to be worried about tomorrow's checkup
    2 (no prestar atención, cuidado, etc) to be unconcerned o indifferent [de, to]: se ha despreocupado completamente de preparar la boda, she has become totally indifferent to planning the wedding
    ' despreocupado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dejada
    - dejado
    - despreocuparse
    - despreocupada
    - tranquila
    - tranquilo
    English:
    airy
    - breezy
    - carefree
    - careless
    - casual
    - easy-going
    - happy-go-lucky
    - nonchalant
    - slovenly
    - care
    - happy
    * * *
    despreocupado, -a adj
    1. [libre de preocupaciones] carefree;
    vive despreocupado he's very happy-go-lucky o laid-back;
    es demasiado despreocupado he doesn't take things seriously enough, he's too laid-back
    2. [negligente] unconcerned
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( descuidado) careless
    2 ( sin preocupaciones) carefree
    * * *
    despreocupado, -da adj
    : carefree, easygoing, unconcerned
    * * *
    despreocupado adj casual

    Spanish-English dictionary > despreocupado

  • 17 eustático

    Nota: Relativo a los cambios del nivel del agua de mar debido a los cambios climáticos.
    Ex. Local climatic variations, eustatic sea level fluctuations, and tectonic uplift have influenced the development of quaternary marine deposits along the Red Sea coast.
    * * *
    Nota: Relativo a los cambios del nivel del agua de mar debido a los cambios climáticos.

    Ex: Local climatic variations, eustatic sea level fluctuations, and tectonic uplift have influenced the development of quaternary marine deposits along the Red Sea coast.

    Spanish-English dictionary > eustático

  • 18 irresponsable

    adj.
    irresponsible.
    f. & m.
    irresponsible person.
    * * *
    1 irresponsible
    1 irresponsible person
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex. In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo irresponsible
    II
    masculino y femenino

    es un irresponsable — he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person

    * * *
    = irresponsible, freewheeling [free-wheeling], heedless, reckless, thoughtless.

    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.

    Ex: Yet it is argued that these fluctuations do not justify either precipitous journal cancellations or free-wheeling additions to the collection.
    Ex: In his wise and graceful book, Watts achieves a balance between the blind adulation and heedless scorn that distorts most commentary on Walt Disney.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: Above all things, this film is one woman's passionate protest against the thoughtless abuse of the weak by the strong.

    * * *
    1 (insensato) irresponsible
    2 ( Der) incompetent
    es un irresponsable he's irresponsible, he's an irresponsible person
    * * *

    irresponsable adjetivo
    irresponsible
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino:

    irresponsable
    I adjetivo irresponsible
    II mf irresponsible person: eres una irresponsable, you're irresponsible

    ' irresponsable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconsciente
    - informal
    - alocado
    - botarate
    English:
    fly-by-night
    - irresponsible
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    irresponsible
    ♦ nmf
    irresponsible person;
    es un irresponsable he's very irresponsible
    * * *
    adj irresponsible
    * * *
    : irresponsible
    * * *
    irresponsable adj irresponsible

    Spanish-English dictionary > irresponsable

  • 19 levantamiento tectónico

    Ex. Local climatic variations, eustatic sea level fluctuations, and tectonic uplift have influenced the development of quaternary marine deposits along the Red Sea coast.
    * * *

    Ex: Local climatic variations, eustatic sea level fluctuations, and tectonic uplift have influenced the development of quaternary marine deposits along the Red Sea coast.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantamiento tectónico

  • 20 luz de las estrellas

    (n.) = starlight
    Ex. The sensitivity of the technology is such that only the biggest planets reveal their presence through fluctuations in the starlight.
    * * *
    (n.) = starlight

    Ex: The sensitivity of the technology is such that only the biggest planets reveal their presence through fluctuations in the starlight.

    Spanish-English dictionary > luz de las estrellas

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