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1 atenerse

pron.v.

to be confident, to trust.

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atenerse

Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener

► verbo pronominal

1 (ajustarse) to abide (a, by), comply (a, with)

2 (acogerse) to rely (a, on)

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VPR

atenerse a —

1) (=ceñirse a)

aténgase a lo que se le pregunta — confine yourself to answering the question

2) (=cumplir)

atenerse a la ley — to abide by o obey the law

aténgase a lo que se le ordena — follow the orders

debes atenerte a lo acordado — you must stick to what has been agreed

3) (=remitirse a)

me atengo a mis declaraciones previas — I stand by my previous statements

simplemente nos atenemos a lo que has dicho — we are simply taking into account o bearing in mind what you said

contigo nunca sé a qué atenerme — I never know what to expect with you

si lo haces atente a las consecuencias — if you do it, you'll have to take the consequences

4) (=adaptarse a) to keep within

atente a tus ingresos y no gastes tanto — keep within your income and don't spend so much

viven ateniéndose a sus posibilidades — they live within their means

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verbo pronominal

a) (ajustarse, someterse)

atenerse a algo: atenerse a las reglas to abide by o comply with the rules; me atengo a las órdenes recibidas I am obeying orders; no sé a que atenerme I don't know what I should be doing; atenerse a las consecuencias — to live with o abide by the consequences

b) ( limitarse)

atenerse a algo: si nos atenemos a lo que dijeron ellos... if we go by what they said...; aténgase a los hechos — confine yourself to the facts

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verbo pronominal

a) (ajustarse, someterse)

atenerse a algo: atenerse a las reglas to abide by o comply with the rules; me atengo a las órdenes recibidas I am obeying orders; no sé a que atenerme I don't know what I should be doing; atenerse a las consecuencias — to live with o abide by the consequences

b) ( limitarse)

atenerse a algo: si nos atenemos a lo que dijeron ellos... if we go by what they said...; aténgase a los hechos — confine yourself to the facts

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atenerse [ E27 ]

v pron

1 (ajustarse, someterse) atenerse A algo:

tendrás que atenerte a las reglas or normas you will have to abide by o comply with the rules

me atengo a las órdenes/instrucciones recibidas I am obeying orders/following instructions

se atuvo a lo que se le había pedido she did exactly what had been asked of her

me han dado tantas instrucciones contradictorias que no sé a que atenerme they've given me so many conflicting instructions I don't know who I should listen to/what I should be doing

tendrás que atenerte a las consecuencias you will have to live with o abide by the consequences

tienes que atenerte a tus medios económicos you must keep within your means

2 (limitarse) atenerse A algo:

si nos atenemos a lo que dijeron ellos, la situación es muy distinta if we go by what they said then the situation appears very different

aténgase a los hechos confine yourself to o ( colloq) stick to the facts

3 (reafirmar) atenerse A algo:

me atengo a lo que declaré la semana pasada I'm sticking to o ( AmE) I'm sticking with what I said last week ( colloq), I stand by o ( frml) abide by what I said last week

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atenerse ( conjugate atenerse) verbo pronominal
a) (ajustarse, someterse) atenerse a algo ‹ a las reglas› to abide by o comply with sth;

‹ a las órdenes› to obey sth;
‹ a las consecuencias› to live with o abide by sth;
◊ no sé a qué atenerme I don't know where I stand

b) ( limitarse):

◊ si nos atenemos a lo que dijeron ellos … if we go by what they said …;

aténgase a los hechos confine yourself to the facts
■atenerse verbo reflexivo
1 (ajustarse a reglas) to abide [a, by]: puedes desobedecer la orden, pero atente a las consecuencias, you can disobey the order, but you must bear the consequences
2 (remitirse) to go by: uno debe saber a qué atenerse, one must know what to expect
' atenerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consecuencia
English:
abide by
- go by
- keep to
- stand by
- stick by
- stick to
- toe
- stand
- stick

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atenerse vpr

1.
atenerse a [seguir, cumplir] [promesa, orden] to stick to;
[ley, normas] to observe, to abide by;
atente a las instrucciones que se te han dado stick to o follow the instructions you have been given;

el gobierno se atendrá a la decisión del tribunal the government will abide by the court's decision;

con tantas versiones diferentes de lo que pasó, no sabemos a qué atenernos there are so many different versions of what happened that we don't know what to believe;

atenerse a las consecuencias to accept the consequences

2. [remitirse]
me atengo a lo dicho por mi colega I would agree with what my colleague has said

3. [limitarse]
si nos atenemos a lo que sabemos… if we stick to what we know…;

atenerse a la verdad to stick to the truth

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atenerse

v/r

:

atenerse a normas abide by; consecuencias face, accept;

me atengo a lo dicho I’m sticking to what I said;

saber a qué atenerse know where one stands

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atenerse {80} vr

: to abide

tendrás que atenerte a las reglas: you will have to abide by the rules

Spanish-English dictionary > atenerse
2 folgen

v/i (ist gefolgt)

1. (nachgehen) follow; (entlanggehen) auch go along; (begleiten) auch come with, accompany; (beschatten) tail; (verfolgen) pursue; einem Weg / den Schildern folgen follow ( oder take oder go along) a path / follow the signs; jemandes Spur folgen track ( oder trail) s.o.; jemandem auf Schritt und Tritt folgen dog s.o.’s footsteps

2. mit Blicken etc.: follow; die Straße folgt hier dem Lauf des Flusses here the road follows the course of the river; mit dem Finger der Route auf der Karte folgen trace the route on the map with one’s finger; jemandem in den Tod folgen geh. follow s.o. to the grave

3. geistig: follow; (zuhören) listen to; (beobachten) watch; können Sie mir ( noch) folgen? do you follow me?; ich kann Ihnen da( rin) nicht folgen (zustimmen) I can’t agree with you there

4. Reihenfolge, Rang: follow, come after; als Nachfolger: succeed, follow; auf Platz 3 folgt... in third place we have..., third is ( oder are)...; der oder auf die Rede folgte ein Empfang the speech was followed by a reception; ein Unglück folgte dem andern it was one disaster after the other; Brief folgt letter to follow; weitere Einzelheiten folgen further details to come; es folgt... we now have..., and now...; ... lautet wie folgt... reads as follows; Fortsetzung, Strafe

5. (sich richten nach) follow; jemandes Rat: auch take; jemandes Beispiel folgen follow s.o.’s example; seinem Gefühl folgen do what one’s heart tells one, follow one’s instinct; (nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen handeln) do what one feels is best

6. (Folge leisten) einem Befehl etc.: obey; einer Aufforderung etc.: comply with, carry out; einer Einladung: accept

7. (sich ergeben) follow, ensue ( aus from); daraus folgt, dass... it follows (from this) that...

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folgen2

v/i (hat gefolgt) umg. (gehorchen) obey; nicht folgen disobey; er folgt nicht he (just) won’t listen; ( jemandem) aufs Wort folgen sofort: obey (s.o.) instantly; genau: obey (s.o.) to the letter; Laura, folge jetzt endlich! Laura, will you please do as you’re told

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(gehorchen) to obey;

(nachfolgen) to trace; to succeed; to follow;

(sich ergeben) to result; to ensue;

(verstehen) to follow

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fọl|gen ['fɔlgn]
vi aux sein

1) (= kommen nach) to follow (jdm/einer Sache sb/sth)

folgen — to follow sth, to come after sth

auf jdn ( im Rang) folgen — to come or rank after sb

folgen Sie mir (bitte/unauffällig)! — come with me please

es folgt nun or nun folgt ein Konzert — we now have a concert, a concert now follows

... dann folgen die Meldungen im Einzelnen —... followed by the news in detail

or auf den Frühling folgt der Sommer — spring is followed by summer

Fortsetzung folgt — (to be) continued

wie folgt — as follows

See:

→ Tod

2) (= verstehen) to follow (jdm/einer Sache sb/sth)

können Sie mir folgen? — are you with me? (inf), do you follow (me)?

3) (= gehorchen) to do as or what one is told

einem Befehl/einer Anordnung folgen — to follow an order/instruction

jdm folgen (inf) — to do what sb tells one

4) +dat (= sich richten nach) einer Mode, einem Vorschlag to follow; jdm to agree with, to go along with (inf)

5) (= hervorgehen) to follow (aus from)

was folgt daraus für die Zukunft? — what are the consequences of this for the future?

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1) (to do something following the advice etc of someone: I am acting on the advice of my lawyer.) act on

2) (to come after; to result (from): the panic that ensued from the false news report.) ensue

3) (to go or come after: I will follow (you).) follow

4) (to go along (a road, river etc): Follow this road.) follow

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fol·gen

[ˈfɔlgn̩]

vi

1. Hilfsverb: sein (nachgehen/-fahren)

▪ jdm/etw \folgen to follow sb/sth

\folgen Sie mir unauffällig! follow me quietly

2. Hilfsverb: sein (als Nächstes kommen)

▪ [auf etw/jdn] \folgen to follow [sth/sb]

es folgt die Ziehung der Lottozahlen the lottery draw will follow

▪ auf etw akk \folgen to come after sth

wie folgt as follows

wir werden wie folgt vorgehen we will proceed as follows

3. Hilfsverb: haben (gehorchen)

▪ [jdm] \folgen to be obedient [to sb]

einer Anordnung/einem Befehl \folgen to follow [or obey] an order

4. Hilfsverb: sein (verstehen)

▪ jdm \folgen to follow sb

jdm/etw \folgen können to be able to follow sb/sth

5. Hilfsverb: sein (sich richten nach)

▪ etw dat \folgen to follow sth

jds Kurs/einer Politik \folgen to follow sb's line/pursue a policy

einem Vorschlag \folgen to act on a suggestion

6. Hilfsverb: sein (hervorgehen)

▪ es folgt, dass... it follows that

▪ aus etw dat folgt, dass... the consequences of sth are that...

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intransitives Verb

1) mit sein follow

jemandem im Amt folgen — succeed somebody in office

auf etwas (Akk.) folgen — follow something; come after something

kannst du mir folgen? — (oft scherzh.) do you follow me?

daraus folgt, dass... — it follows from this that...

2) auch mit sein

jemandes Anordnungen/Befehlen folgen — follow or obey somebody's orders

seiner inneren Stimme/seinem Gefühl folgen — listen to one's inner voice/be ruled by one's feelings

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folgen¹ v/i (ist gefolgt)

1. (nachgehen) follow; (entlanggehen) auch go along; (begleiten) auch come with, accompany; (beschatten) tail; (verfolgen) pursue;

einem Weg/den Schildern folgen follow ( oder take oder go along) a path/follow the signs;

jemandes Spur folgen track ( oder trail) sb;

jemandem auf Schritt und Tritt folgen dog sb’s footsteps

2. mit Blicken etc: follow;

die Straße folgt hier dem Lauf des Flusses here the road follows the course of the river;

mit dem Finger der Route auf der Karte folgen trace the route on the map with one’s finger;

jemandem in den Tod folgen geh follow sb to the grave

3. geistig: follow; (zuhören) listen to; (beobachten) watch;

können Sie mir (noch) folgen? do you follow me?;

ich kann Ihnen da(rin) nicht folgen (zustimmen) I can’t agree with you there

4. Reihenfolge, Rang: follow, come after; als Nachfolger: succeed, follow;

auf Platz 3 folgt … in third place we have …, third is ( oder are) …;

der oder

auf die Rede folgte ein Empfang the speech was followed by a reception;

ein Unglück folgte dem andern it was one disaster after the other;

Brief folgt letter to follow;

weitere Einzelheiten folgen further details to come;

es folgt … we now have …, and now …;

… lautet wie folgt … reads as follows; → Fortsetzung, Strafe

5. (sich richten nach) follow; jemandes Rat: auch take;

jemandes Beispiel folgen follow sb’s example;

seinem Gefühl folgen do what one’s heart tells one, follow one’s instinct; (nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen handeln) do what one feels is best

6. (Folge leisten) einem Befehl etc: obey; einer Aufforderung etc: comply with, carry out; einer Einladung: accept

7. (sich ergeben) follow, ensue (

aus from);

daraus folgt, dass … it follows (from this) that …

folgen² v/i (hat gefolgt) umg (gehorchen) obey;

nicht folgen disobey;

er folgt nicht he (just) won’t listen;

(jemandem) aufs Wort folgen sofort: obey (sb) instantly; genau: obey (sb) to the letter;

Laura, folge jetzt endlich! Laura, will you please do as you’re told

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intransitives Verb

1) mit sein follow

jemandem im Amt folgen — succeed somebody in office

auf etwas (Akk.) folgen — follow something; come after something

kannst du mir folgen? — (oft scherzh.) do you follow me?

daraus folgt, dass... — it follows from this that...

2) auch mit sein

jemandes Anordnungen/Befehlen folgen — follow or obey somebody's orders

seiner inneren Stimme/seinem Gefühl folgen — listen to one's inner voice/be ruled by one's feelings

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adj.

succeeding adj. v.

to ensue v.

to follow v.

to succeed v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > folgen
3 obedecer

v.

1 to obey, to do as one is told.

hacerse obedecer to command obedience

Ella obedece las leyes She obeys the rules.

María obedece a su padre Mary obeys her father.

Ricardo obedece siempre Richard obeys always.

El robot obedece a Ricardo The robot obeys Richard.

2 to respond.

las piernas no me obedecían my legs wouldn't do what I wanted them to

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obedecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 (autoridad, regla, ley) to obey

■ tú a callar y a obedecer shut up and do as you are told

■ este niño no obedece this child is disobedient

► verbo intransitivo

1 (persona) to obey

2 (responder) to respond (a, to)

3 (tener por causa) to be due (a, to)

■ ¿a qué obedece su visita? what is the reason for your visit?

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verb

to obey

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VT VI

1) [+ persona, norma] to obey

obedecer a algn — to obey sb, do as sb says

2) (=deberse)

obedecer a algo — to be due to sth

los síntomas obedecen a una reacción alérgica — the symptoms are due to an allergic reaction

su viaje obedece a dos motivos — there are two reasons for his journey, his journey is due to two reasons

obedecer al hecho de que... — to be due to..., arise from...

3) [mecanismo] to respond

el volante no me obedecía — the steering wheel did not respond

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <orden/norma> to obey, comply with

b) < persona> to obey

obedece a tu madre — do as your mother tells you
2.
obedecer vi

a) persona to obey

para que aprendas a obedecer — to teach you to do as you're told

b) mecanismo to respond

c) (frml) (a motivo, causa)

obedecer A algo — to be due to something

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= obey, comply (with), march to + Posesivo + orders, abide by.

Ex. After the computer has obeyed this command, the searcher is prompted again.

Ex. Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.

Ex. With their worldwide history of forcing people at gunpoint to march to their orders, whether they want to or not, you can never be too sure with them.

Ex. Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

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* obedecer la ley = observe + the law, follow + the law.

* obedecer una regla = comply with + rule.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) <orden/norma> to obey, comply with

b) < persona> to obey

obedece a tu madre — do as your mother tells you
2.
obedecer vi

a) persona to obey

para que aprendas a obedecer — to teach you to do as you're told

b) mecanismo to respond

c) (frml) (a motivo, causa)

obedecer A algo — to be due to something

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= obey, comply (with), march to + Posesivo + orders, abide by.

Ex: After the computer has obeyed this command, the searcher is prompted again.

Ex: Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.

Ex: With their worldwide history of forcing people at gunpoint to march to their orders, whether they want to or not, you can never be too sure with them.

Ex: Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

* obedecer la ley = observe + the law, follow + the law.

* obedecer una regla = comply with + rule.

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obedecer [E3 ]

vt

1 ‹orden/norma› to obey, comply with

obedecer las leyes to obey the law

deberá obedecer el dictado de su conciencia you must follow the dictates of your conscience ( liter)

2 ‹persona› to obey

obedece a tu madre do as your mother tells you, obey your mother

■ obedecer

vi

1 «persona» to obey

obedeció sin rechistar she obeyed without a murmur

para que aprendas a obedecer to teach you to be more obedient o do as you're told

2 «mecanismo» to respond

3 ( frml) (a un motivo, una causa) obedecer A algo to be due TO sth

su retraso obedece a problemas auditivos her backwardness is due to hearing problems

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obedecer ( conjugate obedecer) verbo transitivo
a) ‹orden/norma› to obey, comply with

b) ‹ persona› to obey;

◊ obedece a tu madre do as your mother tells you

verbo intransitivo
a) [ persona] to obey;

◊ para que aprendas a obedecer to teach you to do as you're told

b) [ mecanismo] to respond

c) (frml) (a motivo, causa) obedecer A algo to be due to sth

obedecer
I verbo transitivo to obey
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ser debido a) to be due to: no sé a qué obedece su silencio, I don't know the reason for his silence
2 (los frenos, un animal) to respond
' obedecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgana
- punta
English:
obey

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obedecer

♦ vt

to obey;

obedecer a alguien to obey sb;

obedece a tu madre obey your mother, do as o what your mother tells you;

obedecer las normas to obey the rules

♦ vi

1. [acatar] to obey, to do as one is told;

procura obedecer try to do as you're told;

hacerse obedecer to command obedience

2. [estar motivado]
obedecer a algo to be due to sth;

una actitud que sólo obedece al miedo an attitude which is due entirely to fear;

los malos resultados obedecen a fallos en el sistema the poor results are due to faults in the system

3. [responder] to respond;

las piernas no me obedecían my legs wouldn't do what I wanted them to;

los mandos no me obedecían the controls wouldn't respond

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obedecer

I v/t obey

II v/i

1 obey;

la profesora no sabe hacerse obedecer the teacher cannot control the class o cannot command obedience

2 de una máquina respond

3

:

obedecer a fig ( ser causa de) be due to

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obedecer {53} vt

: to obey

obedecer órdenes: to obey orders

obedece a tus padres: obey your parents

obedecer vi

1) : to obey

2)

obedecer a : to respond to

3)

obedecer a : to be due to, to result from

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obedecer vb

1. (a alguien) to obey

deberías obedecer a tus padres you should obey your parents

2. (cumplir órdenes) to do as you are told

Spanish-English dictionary > obedecer
4 consigne

consigne [kɔ̃siɲ]

feminine noun

   a. ( = instructions) instructions

• donner/laisser les consignes to give/leave instructions

   b. (pour les bagages) left-luggage (office) (Brit), checkroom (US)

• consigne automatique left-luggage lockers

   c. ( = punition) detention

   d. ( = somme remboursable) deposit

• il y a une consigne de 2 € sur la bouteille there's a 2-euro deposit on the bottle

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kɔ̃siɲ
nom féminin

1) ( ordre) orders (pl), instructions (pl)

donner consigne de faire — to give orders to do

donner or lancer une consigne de grève — to issue strike orders

passer la consigne à quelqu'un — to pass the word on to somebody

‘consignes à suivre en cas d'incendie’ — ‘fire regulations’

2) ( pour les bagages) left luggage office GB, baggage checkroom US

3) (de bouteilles, d'emballages) deposit

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Phrasal Verbs:

- consigne automatique

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kɔ̃siɲ nf
1) (= ordre, instruction) instructions pl

respecter la consigne — to follow the instructions

2) COMMERCE deposit

3) [gare] left luggage Grande-Bretagne checkroom USA

4) (= punition) ÉDUCATION detention, MILITAIRE confinement to barracks

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consigne nf

1 ( ordre) orders (pl), instructions (pl); donner consigne de faire to give orders to do; avoir pour consigne de faire to have orders to do; appliquer or respecter la consigne to comply with orders; suivre des consignes to follow orders; c'est la consigne those are the orders; donner or lancer une consigne de grève to issue strike orders; donner or lancer une consigne de boycott to order a boycott; la police a reçu des consignes de silence pour cette affaire the police were instructed to keep silent on the matter; le mouvement n'a donné aucune consigne de vote à ses adhérents the movement did not instruct its members how to vote; consigne leur a été donnée de ne rien dire they were instructed to say nothing; passer la consigne à qn to pass the word on to sb; ‘consignes à suivre en cas d'incendie’ ‘fire regulations’;

2 ( pour les bagages) ( comptoir) left luggage office GB, baggage checkroom US; mettre or laisser or déposer qch à la or en consigne to put sth in left luggage GB, to check sth (in) US;

3 (de bouteilles, d'emballages) deposit (de of).

Composé

consigne automatique left luggage lockers (pl) GB, baggage lockers (pl) US.

[kɔ̃siɲ] nom féminin

1. [instruction] orders, instructions

ils ont reçu pour consigne de ne pas tirer they've been given orders not to shoot

je n'ai pas (reçu) de consignes I have received no instructions

elle avait pour consigne de surveiller sa sœur she'd been told to keep an eye on her sister

2. [punition, MILITAIRE] confinement to barracks

ÉDUCATION detention

3. RAIL left-luggage office (UK), checkroom (US)

consigne automatique (left-luggage (UK) ) lockers

4. COMMERCE deposit

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > consigne
5 indicación

f.

1 indication, clue, lead, hint.

2 indication, signature.

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indicación

► nombre femenino

1 (indicio) indication, mention

■ no hay indicación del nombre del autor there is no indication as to the name of the author

2 (gesto, señal) sign

■ el policía nos hizo una indicación de que paráramos the policeman signalled us to stop

■ no vimos la indicación de prohibido aparcar we didn't see the "No Parking" sign

■ para ir a Córdoba se siguen las indicaciones Granada-Sevilla for Córdoba, you follow the signs for Granada and Seville

3 (instrucción) instruction; (recomendación) recommendation; (sugerencia) suggestion

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FRASEOLOGÍA

'Indicaciones' (en prospecto médico) "Recommended uses"

por indicación de (instrucciones) on the orders of 2 (sugerencia) at the suggestion of 3 (recomendación) on the recommendation of

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noun f.

1) indication

2) hint

3) sign, signal

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SF

1) (=señal) sign

me hizo una indicación con la mano — he gestured o signalled to me with his hand, he made a sign to me with his hand

indicación al margen — note in the margin, margin note

2) (=consejo) hint, suggestion

aprovechó la indicación — he took the hint

por indicación de algn — at the suggestion of sb

me pongo en contacto con usted por indicación del Sr. Gómez — I'm writing to you at the suggestion of Sr Gómez

he dejado de fumar por indicación del médico — I've stopped smoking on medical advice o on the doctor's advice

3) [de termómetro] reading

4) (Med) sign, symptom

5) pl indicaciones (=instrucciones) instructions, directions

me dio algunas indicaciones sobre el manejo del aparato — he gave me instructions o directions about how to use the machine

seguiré sus indicaciones — I will follow your instructions o directions

"indicaciones de uso" — "instructions for use"

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femenino

a) ( instrucción) instruction

le dio indicaciones de cómo llegar — he gave her directions as to how to get there

tiene que descansar por indicación médica — she is under doctor's orders to rest

b) ( muestra) indication

no dio ninguna indicación de sus intenciones — she gave no clue as to o no indication of her intentions

c) ( señal) signal

me hizo una indicación para que me acercara — he beckoned me over

d) ( de instrumento) reading

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= indication, prodding, straws in the wind, intimation.

Ex. Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.

Ex. Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.

Ex. Recently, however, there have been a number of straws in the wind.

Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.

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* indicación de la relevancia = relevance feedback.

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femenino

a) ( instrucción) instruction

le dio indicaciones de cómo llegar — he gave her directions as to how to get there

tiene que descansar por indicación médica — she is under doctor's orders to rest

b) ( muestra) indication

no dio ninguna indicación de sus intenciones — she gave no clue as to o no indication of her intentions

c) ( señal) signal

me hizo una indicación para que me acercara — he beckoned me over

d) ( de instrumento) reading

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= indication, prodding, straws in the wind, intimation.

Ex: Clearly, the only totally adequate indication of the content of a document is the text of the document in its entirety.

Ex: Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.

Ex: Recently, however, there have been a number of straws in the wind.

Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.

* indicación de la relevancia = relevance feedback.

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indicación

feminine

1

(instrucción): le dio indicaciones de cómo llegar ; he gave her directions as to how to get there

siguió las indicaciones del prospecto she followed the instructions on the leaflet

hizo algunas indicaciones sobre la forma de hacerlo he gave us some indication o a few suggestions as to how to do it

no dio ninguna indicación de sus intenciones she gave no hint o indication of her intentions

tiene que descansar después de comer por indicación médica she is under doctor's orders to rest after eating

2 (señal) signal

me hizo una indicación para que me acercara he beckoned to me to go over

3 (de un instrumento) reading

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indicación sustantivo femenino
a) ( instrucción) instruction;

◊ me dio indicaciones de cómo llegar he gave me directions as to how to get there

b) ( muestra) indication;

◊ no dio ninguna indicación de sus intenciones she gave no indication of her intentions

indicación sustantivo femenino
1 (consejo, instrucción) instruction
2 (de tráfico) indication, sign
' indicación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
instrucción
- referencia
English:
cue
- gauge
- indication
- reading

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indicación nf

1. [señal, gesto] sign, signal;

me hizo una indicación para que me sentara he motioned me to sit down

2. [instrucción] instruction;

sigan las indicaciones de los agentes de tráfico follow the directions of the traffic police;

pedir/dar indicaciones [para llegar a un sitio] to ask for/give directions;

ha dejado de fumar por indicación del médico she's given up smoking on medical advice;

cerraron la puerta con llave por indicación del presidente the door was locked on the president's instructions

3. [nota, corrección] note

4.
indicaciones [de medicamento] uses

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indicación

f

1 indication;

por indicación médica on medical advice

2 ( señal) sign

3

:

indicaciones para llegar directions; ( instrucciones) instructions

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indicación nf, pl - ciones

1) : sign, signal

2) : direction, instruction

3) : suggestion, hint

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indicación n (señal) sign / indication

hacerle una indicación a alguien to signal to somebody [pt. & pp. signalled]

me hizo una indicación para que saliera a la pizarra he signalled to me to go to the blackboard

Spanish-English dictionary > indicación
6 consigné

consigne [kɔ̃siɲ]

feminine noun

   a. ( = instructions) instructions

• donner/laisser les consignes to give/leave instructions

   b. (pour les bagages) left-luggage (office) (Brit), checkroom (US)

• consigne automatique left-luggage lockers

   c. ( = punition) detention

   d. ( = somme remboursable) deposit

• il y a une consigne de 2 € sur la bouteille there's a 2-euro deposit on the bottle

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kɔ̃siɲ
nom féminin

1) ( ordre) orders (pl), instructions (pl)

donner consigne de faire — to give orders to do

donner or lancer une consigne de grève — to issue strike orders

passer la consigne à quelqu'un — to pass the word on to somebody

‘consignes à suivre en cas d'incendie’ — ‘fire regulations’

2) ( pour les bagages) left luggage office GB, baggage checkroom US

3) (de bouteilles, d'emballages) deposit

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- consigne automatique

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kɔ̃siɲ nf
1) (= ordre, instruction) instructions pl

respecter la consigne — to follow the instructions

2) COMMERCE deposit

3) [gare] left luggage Grande-Bretagne checkroom USA

4) (= punition) ÉDUCATION detention, MILITAIRE confinement to barracks

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consigne nf

1 ( ordre) orders (pl), instructions (pl); donner consigne de faire to give orders to do; avoir pour consigne de faire to have orders to do; appliquer or respecter la consigne to comply with orders; suivre des consignes to follow orders; c'est la consigne those are the orders; donner or lancer une consigne de grève to issue strike orders; donner or lancer une consigne de boycott to order a boycott; la police a reçu des consignes de silence pour cette affaire the police were instructed to keep silent on the matter; le mouvement n'a donné aucune consigne de vote à ses adhérents the movement did not instruct its members how to vote; consigne leur a été donnée de ne rien dire they were instructed to say nothing; passer la consigne à qn to pass the word on to sb; ‘consignes à suivre en cas d'incendie’ ‘fire regulations’;

2 ( pour les bagages) ( comptoir) left luggage office GB, baggage checkroom US; mettre or laisser or déposer qch à la or en consigne to put sth in left luggage GB, to check sth (in) US;

3 (de bouteilles, d'emballages) deposit (de of).

Composé

consigne automatique left luggage lockers (pl) GB, baggage lockers (pl) US.

( féminin consignée) [kɔ̃siɲe] adjectif

returnable

non consigné non returnable

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > consigné
7 seguir

v.

1 to follow.

tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind

seguir algo de cerca to follow o monitor something closely (desarrollo, resultados)

Ellos siguen la caravana They follow the convoy.

Eso es lo que sigue That is what follows.

2 to follow.

me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed

3 to continue, to resume.

Me sigue el dolor My pain persists.

4 to continue, to go on.

¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!

aquí se baja él, yo sigo he's getting out here, I'm going on (al taxista)

sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory

debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it

sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong

sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital

¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?

5 to keep on, to go along, to carry on, to continue.

María se sigue haciendo daño Mary keeps on hurting herself.

6 to continue to be, to continue being, to keep, to keep being.

Las chicas siguen testarudas The girls continue to be stubborn.

7 to obey, to keep.

Las chicas siguen las reglas The girls obey the rules.

8 to imitate, to follow.

Los fanáticos siguen al cantante The fans imitate the singer.

9 to come afterwards, to come next, to come after, to come along.

Algo bueno sigue Something good comes afterwards.

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SEGUIR

CONJUGACIÓN

(e changes to i in certain persons of certain tenses; gu changes to g before a and o)

Present Indicative

sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen.

Past Indicative

seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, seguisteis, siguieron.

Present Subjunctive

siga, sigas, siga, sigamos, sigáis, sigan.

Imperfect Subjunctive

siguiera, siguieras, siguiera, siguiéramos, siguierais, siguieran;

siguiese, siguieses, siguiese, siguiésemos, siguieseis, siguiesen.

Future Subjunctive

siguiere, siguieres, siguiere, siguiéremos, siguiereis, siguieren.

Imperative

sigue (tú), siga (él/Vd.), sigamos (nos.), seguid (vos.), sigan (ellos/Vds.).

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verb

1) to follow

2) keep on

3) pursue

4) remain

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1. VT

1) (=perseguir) [+ persona, pista] to follow; [+ indicio] to follow up; [+ presa] to chase, pursue

tú ve primero que yo te sigo — you go first and I'll follow you

ella llegó primero, seguida del embajador — she arrived first, followed by the ambassador

nos están siguiendo — we're being followed

seguía todos sus pasos — I followed his every step

la seguía con la mirada — his eyes followed her

me sigue como un perrito faldero — he's always tramping at my heels

2) (=estar atento a) [+ programa de TV] to watch, follow; [+ programa de radio] to listen to, follow; [+ proceso, progreso] to monitor, follow up; [+ satélite] to track

seguir los acontecimientos de cerca — to monitor events closely

estaba ocupada y no he seguido la conversación — I was busy and didn't follow the conversation

esta exposición permite seguir paso a paso la evolución del artista — this exhibition allows the artist's development to be traced step by step

3) (=hacer caso de) [+ consejo] to follow, take; [+ instrucciones, doctrina, líder] to follow

siguió el ejemplo de su padre — he followed his father's example

seguir los pasos de algn — to follow in sb's footsteps

sigue la tradición de la familia — he follows in the family tradition

4) [+ rumbo, dirección] to follow

seguimos el curso del río — we followed the course of the river

siga la flecha — follow the arrow

siga esta calle y al final gire a la derecha — carry on up o follow this street and turn right at the end

• seguir su camino — to continue on one's way

sigue su camino de cineasta independiente — he continues in his path of independent film-maker

el mercado sigue su camino alcista — the market is continuing on its upward trend

• seguir su curso, el proyecto sigue su curso — the project is still on course, the project continues on (its) course

la enfermedad sigue su curso — the illness is taking o running its course

que la justicia siga su curso — let justice take its course

5) (=entender) [+ razonamiento] to follow

es un razonamiento muy difícil de seguir — it's an argument which is rather hard to follow

¿me sigues? — are you with me?

6) (Educ) [+ curso] to take, do

7) † [+ mujer] to court †

2. VI

1) (=continuar) to go on, carry on

¿quieres que sigamos? — shall we go on?

¡siga! — (=hable) go on!, carry on; LAm (=pase) come in

¡síguele! — Méx go on!

"sigue" — [en carta] P.T.O.; [en libro] continued

la carretera sigue hasta el pueblo — the road goes on as far as the town

siga por la carretera hasta el cruce — follow the road up to the crossroads

seguir por este camino — to carry on along this path

2)

• seguir adelante — [persona] to go on, carry on; [acontecimiento] to go ahead

los Juegos Olímpicos siguieron (adelante) a pesar del atentado — the Olympics went ahead despite the attack
adelante 1)
3) [en estado, situación] to be still

sigue enfermo — he's still ill

sigue en Caracas — she's still in Caracas

el ascensor sigue estropeado — the lift's still not working

sigue soltero — he's still single

¿cómo sigue? — how is he?

que siga usted bien — keep well, look after yourself

seguir con una idea — to go on with an idea

seguía en su error — he continued in his error

• seguimos sin teléfono — we still haven't got a phone

sigo sin noticias — I still haven't heard anything

sigo sin comprender — I still don't understand

esas preguntas siguen sin respuesta — those questions remain unanswered

4)

• seguir haciendo algo — to go on doing sth, carry on doing sth

siguió mirándola — he went on o carried on looking at her

siguió hablando con nosotros — he went on speaking to us

el ordenador seguía funcionando — the computer carried on working, the computer was still working

sigo pensando lo mismo — I still think the same

sigue lloviendo — it's still raining

5) (=venir a continuación) to follow, follow on

como sigue — as follows

lo que sigue es un resumen — what follows is a summary

entre otros ejemplos destacan los que siguen — amongst other examples, the following stand out

mencionaré varios casos en lo que sigue — I'll now move on to mention several cases

• seguir a algo, las horas que siguieron a la tragedia — the hours following o that followed the tragedy

a la conferencia siguió un debate — the lecture was followed by a discussion

3.

See:

seguirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

la hizo seguir por un detective — he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

creo que nos están siguiendo — I think we're being followed

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses — with the Japanese catching up on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes — she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

2) <camino/ruta>

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

la saludé y seguí mi camino — I said hello to her and went on (my way)

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira — if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río — we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal — the illness is running its normal course

3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

el hermano que me sigue — the brother (who comes) after me

4)

a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow

seguir el dictamen de la conciencia — to be guided by one's conscience

b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico — her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant — she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue los pasos de su predecesor — he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors

5)

a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial — you will have to undergo special treatment

b) (Educ) < curso> to take

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

6)

a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

¿me siguen? — are you with me?

b) ( permanecer atento a)

no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo — we are following its development very closely
2.
seguir vi

1)

a) ( por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo — go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

desde allí hay que seguir en mula — from there you have to go on by mule

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

b)

seguir adelante — to carry on

sigamos adelante — let's carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes — they decided to go ahead with their plans

c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

siga por favor — come in, please

2) (en lugar, estado)

¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien — I hope you're all keeping well

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

3)

a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist

b)

seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

4)

a) (venir después, estar contiguo)

lee lo que sigue — read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue — the next chapter

sigue una hora de jazz — there follows an hour of jazz

un período de calma ha seguido a estos enfrentamientos — these clashes have been followed by a period of calm

b) historia/poema to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

sigue en la página 8 — continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue — the final list is as follows
3.
seguirse v pron (en 3^a pers)

seguirse de algo — to follow from something

de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

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= accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

Ex. So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

Ex. Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.

Ex. Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex. These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.

Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex. An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.

Ex. Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.

Ex. It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.

Ex. All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.

Ex. Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.

Ex. What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex. It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.

Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.

Ex. There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.

Ex. If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.

Ex. A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.

Ex. Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.

Ex. In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.

Ex. The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.

Ex. The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.

Ex. He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.

Ex. But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.

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* camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* debate + seguir = debate + rage.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.

* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.

* que sigue = ensuing.

* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).

* que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.

* resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.

* seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

* seguir al día = remain on top of.

* seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.

* seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.

* seguir como antes = go on + as before.

* seguir como modelo = pattern.

* seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.

* seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* seguir con el mando = stay in + control.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguir considerando = consider + further.

* seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.

* seguir el debate = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.

* seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.

* seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.

* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.

* seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.

* seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

* seguir en la brecha = soldier on.

* seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* seguir este camino = go along + this road.

* seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.

* seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.

* seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.

* seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.

* seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.

* seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.

* seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.

* seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.

* seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.

* seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.

* seguir la pista de = keep + track of.

* seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.

* seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguir levantado = stay up.

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.

* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.

* seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguirse = ensue.

* seguir siendo = remain.

* seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.

* seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.

* seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.

* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.

* seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir tratando = discuss + further.

* seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.

* seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.

* seguir una estrategia = take + tack.

* seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.

* seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.

* seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.

* seguir una táctica = take + tack.

* seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.

* seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.

* seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* seguir un consejo = take + advice.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* seguir un método = take + approach.

* seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.

* seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.

* seguir un patrón = conform to + image.

* seguir un principio = adopt + convention.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* siguiendo = along.

* siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <persona/vehículo/presa> to follow

la hizo seguir por un detective — he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir — she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

creo que nos están siguiendo — I think we're being followed

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses — with the Japanese catching up on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes — she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue — (fam) if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

2) <camino/ruta>

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente — go along o follow this road as far as the bridge

la saludé y seguí mi camino — I said hello to her and went on (my way)

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira — if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río — we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal — the illness is running its normal course

3) ( en el tiempo) to follow

seguir a algo/alguien — to follow something/somebody

el hermano que me sigue — the brother (who comes) after me

4)

a) <instrucciones/consejo/flecha> to follow

seguir el dictamen de la conciencia — to be guided by one's conscience

b) ( basarse en) <autor/teoría/método/tradición> to follow

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico — her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant — she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue los pasos de su predecesor — he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors

5)

a) <trámite/procedimiento> to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial — you will have to undergo special treatment

b) (Educ) < curso> to take

estoy siguiendo un curso de fotografía — I'm doing o taking a photography course

6)

a) <explicaciones/profesor> to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir — she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

¿me siguen? — are you with me?

b) ( permanecer atento a)

no sigo ese programa — I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo — we are following its development very closely
2.
seguir vi

1)

a) ( por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle — keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo — go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

desde allí hay que seguir en mula — from there you have to go on by mule

seguir de largo — (AmL) to go straight past

b)

seguir adelante — to carry on

sigamos adelante — let's carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes — they decided to go ahead with their plans

c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar)

siga por favor — come in, please

2) (en lugar, estado)

¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? — are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien — I hope you're all keeping well

sigo sin entender — I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre — she's still single/as pretty as ever

si las cosas siguen así... — if things carry on like this...

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos — if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

3)

a) tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia to continue; rumores to persist

b)

seguir + ger: sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone; sigue leyendo tú you read now; seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera — I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way (frml)

4)

a) (venir después, estar contiguo)

lee lo que sigue — read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue — the next chapter

sigue una hora de jazz — there follows an hour of jazz

un período de calma ha seguido a estos enfrentamientos — these clashes have been followed by a period of calm

b) historia/poema to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? — how does the song go on?

sigue en la página 8 — continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue — the final list is as follows
3.
seguirse v pron (en 3^a pers)

seguirse de algo — to follow from something

de esto se sigue que... — it follows from this that...

* * *

= accord with, adhere to, chase, conform to, espouse, fit, follow, keep to, observe, pursue, run along, stay, stick to, proceed, overlay, carry on, go ahead, soldier on, succeed, hew to, overlie, keep up, roll on.

Ex: So while that tracing may have accorded with a rule, it violated common sense.

Ex: Since BC adheres closely to the educational and scientific consensus, BC found most favour with libraries in educational establishments.

Ex: Also, in controlled indexing language data bases, there is often an assumption that a user will be prepared to chase strings of references or to consult a sometimes complex thesaurus.

Ex: These basic permutation rules are modified somewhat to conform to bibliographic requirements.

Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.

Ex: An abstract covers all of the main points made in the original document, and usually follows the style and arrangement of the parent document.

Ex: Obviously, once a choice of citation order has been made it must be kept to, otherwise, chaos will result.

Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.

Ex: All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.

Ex: Whevener logical processes of thought are employed - that is, whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove - there is an opportunity for the machine.

Ex: What is possibly less easy is to making sure that the guiding stays clean, neat and accurate.

Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.

Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.

Ex: There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.

Ex: If a child detects that no very strong value is placed on reading then he feels no compulsion to develop his own reading skill beyond the minimal, functional level we all need simply to carry on our daily lives in our print-dominated society.

Ex: A plan for the construction and implementation phases will be drawn up, if it is decided to go ahead = Si se decide continuar, se elaborará un plan para las fases de construcción y puesta en práctica.

Ex: Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.

Ex: In 1964 he was promoted to Associate Director of the Processing Department where he succeeded John Cronin as Director four years later.

Ex: The structure adopted hews to the theoretical model of the resilient organization as described by Enright.

Ex: The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.

Ex: He was told to ' keep up whatever it is he was doing' because he was doing great!.

Ex: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.

* camino a seguir, el = way forward, the.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* debate + seguir = debate + rage.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* el camino a seguir = the way ahead, the way to go.

* hay que seguir adelante = the show must go on.

* indicar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* indicar el camino a seguir para = point + the way to.

* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.

* la vida + seguir = life + go on.

* modelos a seguir = lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* mostrar el camino a seguir = point + the way forward.

* no saber cómo seguir = be stuck, get + stuck.

* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* pautas a seguir = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* pendiente de seguir la última moda = fashion-conscious.

* procedimiento a seguir = code of practice.

* que sigue = ensuing.

* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).

* que uno sigue a su propio ritmo = self-paced, self-guided.

* resignarse y seguir adelante = bite + the bullet.

* seguir activo = remain + in being, remain + in place.

* seguir adelante = go forward, forge + ahead, forge + forward, go ahead, go straight ahead, carry through, move along, move forward, press forward (with), move + forward, continue on + Posesivo + way, move on.

* seguir adelante con = go ahead with, stick with.

* seguir a flote = stay in + business, stay + afloat.

* seguir al día = remain on top of.

* seguir Algo al pie de la letra = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir Algo a rajatabla = follow + Nombre + to the letter.

* seguir al pie de la letra = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir al pie del cañón = soldier on.

* seguir a rajatabla = keep + strictly to the letter.

* seguir así = keep + it up, keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguir caminando = continue on + Posesivo + way.

* seguir como antes = go on + as before.

* seguir como modelo = pattern.

* seguir con = go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick at.

* seguir con Algo = take + Nombre + further.

* seguir con el buen hacer = keep up + the good work, keep up + the great work.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* seguir con el mando = stay in + control.

* seguir con + Posesivo + vida normal = get on with + Posesivo + life.

* seguir considerando = consider + further.

* seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.

* seguir desarrollando = develop + further.

* seguir el buen camino = keep on + the right track, keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino de la verdad = keep on + the straight and narrow.

* seguir el camino más ético = take + the high ground, take + the high road.

* seguir el debate = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ejemplo = follow + the lead, take after.

* seguir el ejemplo de = take + Posesivo + cue from, take + a cue from.

* seguir el ejemplo de Alguien = take + a leaf out of + Posesivo + book, follow + Posesivo + example.

* seguir el hilo = follow + the thread.

* seguir el ritmo de Algo o Alguien = keep up with + pace.

* seguir en contacto = stay + tuned.

* seguir en contacto (con) = stay in + touch (with), keep in + touch (with).

* seguir en existencia = remain + in being.

* seguir en la brecha = soldier on.

* seguir en pie = hold + Posesivo + own, hold up.

* seguir entre los primeros = remain on top.

* seguir enviando + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* seguir este camino = go along + this road.

* seguir este rumbo = proceed + along this way.

* seguir + Gerundio = keep on + Gerundio.

* seguir haciéndolo así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciéndolo bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir haciendo lo mismo = business as usual.

* seguir igual = be none the worse for wear.

* seguir inmediatamente = fast on the heels of, on the heels of.

* seguir inmediatamente a = come on + the heels of.

* seguir irreconciliable con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir la conversación = follow + the thread.

* seguir la corazonada de uno = play + Posesivo + hunches.

* seguir la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* seguir la iniciativa = follow + the lead.

* seguir la marcha de = monitor.

* seguir la moda = catch + the fever.

* seguir la pista = follow up, track, follow through, shadow, track down.

* seguir la pista a un documento = chase + item.

* seguir la pista de = keep + track of.

* seguir la trayectoria = follow up, follow through.

* seguirle el juego a, seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguirle la corriente a = play along with.

* seguir levantado = stay up.

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir los pasos de = follow in + the footsteps of.

* seguir malgastando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir opuesto a = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.

* seguir por el buen camino = keep out of + trouble, keep on + the right track.

* seguir + Posesivo + pasos = follow in + Posesivo + footsteps.

* seguir progresando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.

* seguirse = ensue.

* seguir siendo = remain.

* seguir siendo + Adjetivo = remain + Adjetivo.

* seguir siendo lo mismo = remain + the same.

* seguir sin agraciarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin haberse traducido = remain + untranslated.

* seguir sin reconciliarse con = remain + unreconciled to.

* seguir sin traducirse = remain + untranslated.

* seguir tirando el dinero = throw + good money after bad.

* seguir trabajando aceptando una limitación = work (a)round + shortcoming, work (a)round + limitation, work (a)round + constraints.

* seguir trabajando así = keep up + the good work.

* seguir trabajando bien = keep up + the good work.

* seguir tratando = discuss + further.

* seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.

* seguir una escala = fall along + a continuum.

* seguir una estrategia = take + tack.

* seguir una filosofía = espouse + philosophy.

* seguir una metodología = adopt + approach.

* seguir una práctica = adopt + practice.

* seguir una táctica = take + tack.

* seguir una trayectoria = follow + track.

* seguir un camino = take + path, take + direction, tread + path, walk + path.

* seguir un camino diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* seguir un consejo = take + advice.

* seguir un curso de acción = follow + track.

* seguir un método = take + approach.

* seguir un modelo = embrace + model, conform to + image.

* seguir unos pasos = follow + steps.

* seguir un patrón = conform to + image.

* seguir un principio = adopt + convention.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* seguir + Verbo = still + Verbo.

* seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

* seguir viviendo = live on.

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* siguiendo = along.

* siguiendo un estilo indicativo = indicatively.

* si sigue así = at this rate.

* si todo sigue igual = all (other) things being equal.

* tiempo + seguir su marcha inexorable = time + march on.

* * *

seguir [ I30 ]

vt

A ‹persona/vehículo› to follow; ‹presa› to follow

sígame, por favor follow me, please

la hizo seguir por un detective he had her followed by a detective

camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

siga (a) ese coche follow that car!

creo que nos están siguiendo I think we're being followed

la siguió con la mirada he followed her with his eyes

le venían siguiendo los movimientos desde hacía meses they had been watching his movements for months

seguidos cada vez más de cerca por los japoneses with the Japanese catching up o gaining on them all the time

la mala suerte la seguía a todas partes she was dogged by bad luck wherever she went

el que la sigue la consigue or la mata ( fam); if at first you don't succeed, try, try again

B ‹camino/ruta›

siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o take o follow this road as far as the bridge

continuamos el viaje siguiendo la costa we continued our journey following the coast

me paré a saludarla y seguí mi camino I stopped to say hello to her and went on my way

si se sigue este camino se pasa por Capileira if you take this route you go through Capileira

seguimos las huellas del animal hasta el río we tracked the animal to the river

la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is taking o running its normal course

el tour sigue la ruta de Bolívar the tour follows the route taken by Bolivar

siguiéndole los pasos al hermano mayor, decidió estudiar medicina following in his elder brother's footsteps, he decided to study medicine

C (en el tiempo) to follow seguir A algo/algn to follow sth/sb

los disturbios que siguieron a la manifestación the disturbances that followed the demonstration

el hermano que me sigue está en Asunción the brother who comes after me is in Asunción

D

1 ‹instrucciones/consejo› to follow

tienes que seguir el dictamen de tu conciencia you must be guided by your conscience

2 (basarse en) ‹autor/teoría/método› to follow

en su clasificación sigue a Sheldon he follows Sheldon in his classification

sus esculturas siguen el modelo clásico her sculptures are in the classical style

sigue a Kant she's a follower of Kant's philosophy

sigue las líneas establecidas por nuestro fundador it follows the lines laid down by our founder

E

1 ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow

va a tener que seguir un tratamiento especial/una dieta hipocalórica you will have to undergo special treatment/follow a low-calorie diet

se seguirá contra usted el procedimiento de suspensión del permiso de conducción steps will be taken leading to the withdrawal of your driver's license

2 ( Educ) ‹curso› to take

estoy siguiendo un cursillo de fotografía I'm doing o taking a short photography course

¿qué carrera piensas seguir? what are you thinking of studying o reading?

F

1 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow

dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

me cuesta seguir una conversación en francés I find it hard to follow a conversation in French

¿me siguen? are you with me?

2

(permanecer atento a): no sigo ese programa I don't watch that program, I'm not following that program

sigue atentamente el curso de los acontecimientos he's following the course of events very closely

sigue paso a paso la vida de su ídolo she keeps track of every detail of her idol's life

seguimos muy de cerca su desarrollo we are keeping careful track of its development, we are following its development very closely

■ seguir

vi

A

1 (por un camino) to go on

siga derecho or todo recto hasta el final de la calle keep o go straight on to the end of the street

sigue por esta calle hasta el semáforo go on down this street as far as the traffic lights

el tren sigue hasta Salto the train goes on to Salto

desde allí hay que seguir a pie/en mula from there you have to go on on foot/by mule

2

seguir adelante: ¿entienden? bien, entonces sigamos adelante do you understand? good, then let's carry on

llueve ¿regresamos? — no, sigamos adelante it's raining, shall we go back? — no, let's go on o carry on

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans

3

( Col) (entrar): siga por favor come in, please

B

(en un lugar, un estado): ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?

espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well

¿sigues con la idea de mudarte? do you still intend to move?, are you still thinking of moving?

sigo sin entender I still don't understand

sigue soltera/tan bonita como siempre she's still single/as pretty as ever

si sigue así de trabajador, llegará lejos if he carries on working as hard as this, he'll go a long way

C

1

«tareas/investigaciones/rumores»: siguen las investigaciones en torno al crimen investigations are continuing into the crime

sigue el buen tiempo en todo el país the good weather is continuing throughout the country, the whole country is still enjoying good weather

si siguen estos rumores if these rumors persist

2 seguir + GER:

sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone

sigue leyendo tú, Elsa you read now, Elsa

si sigues molestando te voy a echar if you carry on being a nuisance, I'm going to send you out

seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way, I shall continue to do it my way ( frml)

D

1

(venir después, estar contiguo): lee lo que sigue read what follows, read what comes next

el capítulo que sigue the next chapter

me bajo en la parada que sigue I get off at the next stop

sigue una hora de música clásica there follows an hour of classical music

2 «historia/poema» to continue

¿cómo sigue la canción? how does the song go on?

[ S ] sigue en la página 8 continued on page 8

la lista definitiva ha quedado como sigue the final list is as follows

■ seguirse

v pron

( en tercera persona) seguirse DE algo to follow FROM sth

de esto se sigue que su muerte no fue accidental it follows from this that her death was not accidental

* * *

seguir ( conjugate seguir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹persona/vehículo/presa› to follow;
◊ camina muy rápido, no la puedo seguir she walks very fast, I can't keep up with her

2 ‹camino/ruta› to follow, go along;
◊ siga esta carretera hasta llegar al puente go along o follow this road as far as the bridge;

la saludé y seguí mi camino I said hello to her and went on (my way);
la enfermedad sigue su curso normal the illness is running its normal course
3
a) ‹instrucciones/consejo/flecha› to follow

b) ‹autor/método/tradición/moda› to follow;

◊ seguir los pasos de algn to follow in sb's footsteps

4
a) ‹trámite/procedimiento› to follow;

‹ tratamiento› to undergo
b) (Educ) ‹ curso› to do, take

5 ‹explicaciones/profesor› to follow;
◊ dicta demasiado rápido, no la puedo seguir she dictates too quickly, I can't keep up

verbo intransitivo
1
a) ( por un camino) to go on;

siga derecho or todo recto keep o go straight on;
◊ sigue por esta calle go on down this street;

seguir de largo (AmL) to go straight past
b)

◊ seguir adelante to carry on;

resolvieron seguir adelante con los planes they decided to go ahead with their plans
c) (Col, Ven) ( entrar):

◊ siga por favor come in, please

2 (en lugar, estado):
◊ ¿tus padres siguen en Ginebra? are your parents still in Geneva?;

espero que sigan todos bien I hope you're all keeping well;
sigue soltera she's still single;
si las cosas siguen así … if things carry on like this …
3 [tareas/buen tiempo/lluvia] to continue;
[ rumores] to persist;
◊ sigo pensando que deberíamos haber ido I still think we ought to have gone;

seguiré haciéndolo a mi manera I'll go on o carry on doing it my way
4
a) ( venir después):

◊ lee lo que sigue read what comes next;

el capítulo que sigue the next chapter
b) [historia/poema] to continue, go on

seguir
I verbo transitivo
1 to follow: ésta es la hermana que me sigue, she's the sister who comes after me
me sigue a todas partes, he follows me wherever I go
me seguía con la mirada, his eyes followed me
2 (comprender) to understand, follow: no soy capaz de seguir el argumento, I can't follow the plot
3 (una ruta, un camino, consejo) to follow
4 (el ritmo, la moda) to keep: no sigues el ritmo, you aren't keeping time
5 (el rastro, las huellas) to track
6 (una actividad) sigue un curso de informática, she's doing a computer course
II verbo intransitivo
1 (continuar) to keep (on), go on: seguiremos mañana, we'll continue tomorrow
siguen casados, they are still married
sigue tirando de la cuerda, keep (on) pulling at the rope ➣ Ver nota en continue y keep 2 (extenderse, llegar hasta) to stretch (out): los sembrados siguen hasta la ribera, the fields stretch down to the river-bank
' seguir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atorarse
- continuar
- escala
- golpe
- impulsar
- juego
- profesar
- rastrear
- ritmo
- sino
- suceder
- trece
- adelante
- bordear
- camino
- cauce
- cerca
- línea
- llevar
- moda
- paso
- perro
- racha
- separar
- siga
- sigo
- trazar
- ver
English:
act on
- advice
- along
- carry on
- closely
- continue
- despite
- ensue
- fight on
- follow
- follow up
- forge
- get on
- go ahead
- go on
- go through with
- hope
- hotly
- keep
- keep on
- lead
- march on
- monitor
- move on
- obey
- pick up
- play on
- play upon
- practice
- practise
- press ahead
- proceed
- pursue
- push ahead
- push on
- rattle on
- reasoning
- run on
- send on
- shadow
- soldier on
- stalk
- stand
- stay out
- struggle on
- succeed
- tail
- take
- track
- trail

* * *

seguir

♦ vt

1. [ir detrás de, tomar la ruta de] to follow;

tú ve delante, que yo te sigo you go ahead, I'll follow o I'll go behind;

síganme, por favor follow me, please;

la generación que nos sigue o [m5] que sigue a la nuestra the next generation, the generation after us;

sigue este sendero hasta llegar a un bosque follow this path until you come to a forest;

seguir el rastro de alguien/algo to follow sb's/sth's tracks;

siga la flecha [en letrero] follow the arrow

2. [perseguir] to follow;

me parece que nos siguen I think we're being followed;

seguir a alguien de cerca to tail sb;

parece que le siguen los problemas trouble seems to follow him around wherever he goes;

Prov

el que la sigue la consigue where there's a will there's a way

3. [estar atento a, imitar, obedecer] to follow;

seguían con la vista la trayectoria de la bola they followed the ball with their eyes;

no seguimos ese programa we don't follow that programme;

seguir algo de cerca [su desarrollo, sus resultados] to follow o monitor sth closely;

siempre sigue los dictámenes de la moda she always follows the latest fashion;

los que siguen a Keynes followers of Keynes;

el cuadro sigue una línea clásica the painting is classical in style;

seguir las órdenes/instrucciones de alguien to follow sb's orders/instructions;

sigue mi consejo y habla con ella take my advice and talk to her;

siguiendo sus indicaciones, hemos cancelado el pedido we have cancelled the order as instructed

4. [reanudar, continuar] to continue, to resume;

yo seguí mi trabajo/camino I continued with my work/on my way;

él siguió su discurso he continued o resumed his speech

5. [comprender] [explicación, profesor, conferenciante] to follow;

me costaba seguirle I found her hard to follow;

¿me sigues? do you follow?, are you with me?

6. [mantener, someterse a] to follow;

hay que seguir un cierto orden you have to follow o do things in a certain order;

seguiremos el procedimiento habitual we will follow the usual procedure;

es difícil seguirle (el ritmo), va muy deprisa it's hard to keep up with him, he goes very quickly;

los aspirantes elegidos seguirán un proceso de formación the chosen candidates will receive o undergo training

7. [cursar]
sigue un curso de italiano he's doing an Italian course;

sigue la carrera de medicina she's studying medicine

♦ vi

1. [proseguir, no detenerse] to continue, to go on;

¡sigue, no te pares! go o carry on, don't stop!;

aquí se baja él, yo sigo [al taxista] he's getting out here, I'm going on;

siga con su trabajo carry on with your work;

el sendero sigue hasta la cima the path continues o carries on to the top;

"sigue la crisis en la bolsa de Tokio" Tokyo stock market crisis continues;

debes seguir haciéndolo you should keep on o carry on doing it;

¿vas a seguir intentándolo? are you going to keep trying?;

se seguían viendo de vez en cuando they still saw each other from time to time, they continued to see each other from time to time;

seguir adelante (con algo) [con planes, proyectos] to go ahead (with sth)

2. [mantenerse, permanecer]
sigue enferma/en el hospital she's still ill/in hospital;

¿qué tal sigue la familia? how's the family getting on o keeping?;

todo sigue igual everything's still the same, nothing has changed;

sigue el buen tiempo en el sur del país the good weather in the south of the country is continuing;

sigo trabajando en la fábrica I'm still working at the factory;

¿la sigues queriendo? do you still love her?;

sigo pensando que está mal I still think it's wrong;

sigue habiendo dudas sobre… doubts remain about…;

¡buen trabajo, sigue así! good work, keep it up!;

si seguimos jugando así, ganaremos la liga if we carry on o keep playing like that, we'll win the league;
Fam
a seguir bien [como despedida] take care, look after yourself;

de seguir así las cosas, si las cosas siguen así if things go on like this, the way things are going

3. [tomar un camino]
el resto siguió por otro camino the rest went another way;

seguiremos hacia el este we'll go east then;

siga todo recto go straight on;

siga hasta el siguiente semáforo carry on till you get to the next set of traffic lights

4. [sucederse, ir después] to follow;

lo que sigue es una cita del Corán the following is a quotation from the Koran;

seguir a algo to follow sth;

la lluvia siguió a los truenos the thunder was followed by rain;

¿cómo sigue el chiste? how does the joke go on o continue?;

el proceso de selección se realizará como sigue:… the selection process will be carried out as follows:…;

sigue en la página 20 [en periódico, libro] continued on page 20

5. Col [para dar permiso] please do;

con permiso, ¿puedo entrar? – siga excuse me, can I come in? – please do

♦ See also the pronominal verb seguirse

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seguir

I v/t

1 consejo, camino, moda etc follow;

seguir a alguien follow s.o.

2 ( permanecer)

:

seguir fiel a alguien remain faithful to s.o.

II v/i continue, carry on;

seguir con algo continue with sth, carry on with sth;

seguir haciendo algo go on doing sth, continue to do sth;

sigue cometiendo los mismos errores he keeps on making the same mistakes;

sigue enfadado conmigo he’s still angry with me;

¡a seguir bien! take care!, take it easy!

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seguir {75} vt

1) : to follow

el sol sigue la lluvia: sunshine follows the rain

seguiré tu consejo: I'll follow your advice

me siguieron con la mirada: they followed me with their eyes

2) : to go along, to keep on

seguimos toda la carretera panamericana: we continued along the PanAmerican Highway

siguió hablando: he kept on talking

seguir el curso: to stay on course

3) : to take (a course, a treatment)

seguir vi

1) : to go on, to keep going

sigue adelante: keep going, carry on

2) : to remain, to continue to be

¿todavía sigues aquí?: you're still here?

sigue con vida: she's still alive

3) : to follow, to come after

la frase que sigue: the following sentence

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seguir vb

1. (en general) to follow

ese perro me sigue a todas partes that dog follows me everywhere

el jueves sigue al miércoles Thursday follows Wednesday

2. (cursar estudios) to do

sigue un curso de informática he's doing a computing course

3. (recorrer) to go on

siga todo recto hasta la plaza go straight on until you get to the square

¡sigue! No te pares go on! Don't stop!

4. (continuar) to be still

sigue enfermo he's still ill

sigo viviendo en el mismo sitio I'm still living in the same place

Spanish-English dictionary > seguir
8 Befehl

m; -(e)s, -e

1. allg. und MIL.: order; jemandem einen Befehl geben oder erteilen give s.o. an order, issue an order to s.o.; einen Befehl ausführen oder befolgen obey ( oder carry out) an order; einen Befehl verweigern flout ( oder refuse to obey) an order; Befehl zum Angriff order to attack; auf Befehl des Generals on the orders of ( oder by order of) the general; wie auf Befehl (mechanisch) like clockwork; (als ob es so verabredet wäre) as if on cue; auf Befehl handeln act on orders; auf höheren Befehl on orders from above; bis auf weiteren Befehl until further orders; den Befehl haben, etw. zu tun have ( oder be under) orders to do s.th.; Befehl vom Chef! boss’s orders!; Befehl ist Befehl! orders are orders; zu Befehl! yes, sir!; dein Wunsch ist oder sei mir Befehl umg., hum. your wish is my command

2. EDV command, instruction

3. nur Sg.; (Befehlsgewalt) command; den Befehl über jemanden / etw. haben / übernehmen be in / take ( oder assume) command of s.o. / s.th.; jemandes Befehl unterstellt sein be under s.o.’s command

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der Befehl

order; command; captaincy; mandamus; imperative; fiat

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Be|fehl [bə'feːl]
m -(e)s, -e

1) (= Anordnung) order, command (
an +acc to, von from); (COMPUT, PHYSIOL) command
einen Beféhl verweigern — to refuse to obey an order etc

er gab ( uns) den Beféhl,... — he ordered us to...

wir hatten den Beféhl,... — we had orders to..., we were ordered to...

wir haben Beféhl, Sie festzunehmen — we have orders or have been ordered to arrest you

auf seinen Beféhl (hin) — on his orders, at his command

auf Beféhl — to order

auf Beféhl handeln — to act under or according to orders

auf höheren Beféhl — on orders from above

zu Beféhl, Herr Hauptmann (Mil) — yes, sir; (nach erhaltenem Befehl auch) very good, sir

zu Beféhl, Herr Kapitän — aye aye, sir

Beféhl ausgeführt! — mission accomplished

Beféhl ist Beféhl — orders are orders

Beféhl von oben — orders from above

Beféhl vom Chef! — boss's orders

dein Wunsch ist mir Beféhl (hum) — your wish is my command

2) (= Befehlsgewalt) command

den Beféhl haben or führen — to have command, to be in command (
über +acc of)

den Beféhl übernehmen — to take or assume command

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der

(an order: We obeyed his commands.) command

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Be·fehl

<-[e]s, -e>

[bəˈfe:l]

m

1. (Anweisung) order

\Befehl vom Chef! boss's orders!

\Befehl ist \Befehl orders are orders

einen \Befehl ausführen to carry out [or execute] an order

\Befehl ausgeführt! MIL mission accomplished!

einen \Befehl befolgen to obey [or follow] an order [or pl orders]

einen \Befehl erhalten to receive an order

einen \Befehl erlassen to issue [or hand down] an order

jdm einen \Befehl geben [o erteilen], etw zu tun to order sb [or issue sb with an order] to do sth

einen \Befehl geben, etw zu tun to order [or issue an order] that sth be done

Sie haben mir hier überhaupt keine \Befehle zu geben! I won't take orders from you!

den \Befehl haben, etw zu tun to have orders [or to have been ordered] to do sth

den \Befehl [über etw akk] haben [o führen] to have [or be in] command [of sth]

auf \Befehl handeln to act under orders

unter jds dat \Befehl stehen to be under sb's command

den \Befehl übernehmen to take [or assume] command

einen \Befehl verweigern to disobey an order

auf \Befehl under orders, to order

auf höheren \Befehl on orders from above

auf jds akk \Befehl [hin] on sb's order

\Befehl von oben orders from above

zu \Befehl (veraltend) yes, sir, aye, aye, sir

2. INFORM, MED command

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der; Befehl[e]s, Befehle

1) order; command

jemandem den Befehl geben, etwas zu tun — order or command somebody to do something

den Befehl haben, etwas zu tun — be under orders or have been ordered to do something

auf jemandes Befehl — (Akk.) on somebody's orders

auf Befehl (Akk.) handeln — act under orders

Befehl ist Befehl — orders are orders

zu Befehl! — yes, sir!; aye, aye, sir! (Navy)

dein Wunsch ist mir Befehl — (ugs. scherzh.) your wish is my command

2) (Befehlsgewalt) command

den Befehl über jemanden/etwas haben — have command of or be in command of somebody/something

3) (DV) instruction; command

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Befehl m; -(e)s, -e

1. allg und MIL order;

jemandem einen Befehl geben oder

erteilen give sb an order, issue an order to sb;

einen Befehl ausführen oder

befolgen obey ( oder carry out) an order;

einen Befehl verweigern flout ( oder refuse to obey) an order;

Befehl zum Angriff order to attack;

auf Befehl des Generals on the orders of ( oder by order of) the general;

wie auf Befehl (mechanisch) like clockwork; (als ob es so verabredet wäre) as if on cue;

auf Befehl handeln act on orders;

auf höheren Befehl on orders from above;

bis auf weiteren Befehl until further orders;

den Befehl haben, etwas zu tun have ( oder be under) orders to do sth;

Befehl vom Chef! boss’s orders!;

Befehl ist Befehl! orders are orders;

zu Befehl! yes, sir!;

dein Wunsch ist oder

sei mir Befehl umg, hum your wish is my command

2. IT command, instruction

3. nur sg; (Befehlsgewalt) command;

den Befehl über jemanden/etwas haben/übernehmen be in/take ( oder assume) command of sb/sth;

jemandes Befehl unterstellt sein be under sb’s command

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der; Befehl[e]s, Befehle

1) order; command

jemandem den Befehl geben, etwas zu tun — order or command somebody to do something

den Befehl haben, etwas zu tun — be under orders or have been ordered to do something

auf jemandes Befehl — (Akk.) on somebody's orders

auf Befehl (Akk.) handeln — act under orders

Befehl ist Befehl — orders are orders

zu Befehl! — yes, sir!; aye, aye, sir! (Navy)

dein Wunsch ist mir Befehl — (ugs. scherzh.) your wish is my command

2) (Befehlsgewalt) command

den Befehl über jemanden/etwas haben — have command of or be in command of somebody/something

3) (DV) instruction; command

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-e m.

command n.

dictate n.

dictates n.

instruction n.

mandate n.

order n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Befehl
9 Vorschrift

f rule(s Pl.), regulation(s Pl.); (Anweisung) instruction, direction; nach ärztlicher Vorschrift according to doctor’s orders; ( streng) nach Vorschrift arbeiten etc.: (strictly) to rule; Dienst nach Vorschrift (Bummelstreik) work-to-rule; du hast mir keine Vorschriften zu machen I won’t be dictated to by you, I don’t take orders from you

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die Vorschrift

rule; order; decree; prescript; regulation; provision; prescription; commandment; precept; instruction

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Vor|schrift
f
(= gesetzliche etc Bestimmung) regulation, rule; (= Anweisung) instruction, order, direction
nach Vórschrift des Arztes — according to doctor's orders or the doctor's instructions

Vórschriften für den Verkehr — traffic regulations

jdm Vórschriften machen — to give sb orders, to dictate to sb

ich lasse mir (von dir) keine Vórschriften machen lassen — I won't be dictated to (by you), I won't take orders (from you)

sich an die Vórschriften halten — to observe the regulations, to follow the instructions

Arbeit nach Vórschrift — work to rule

das ist Vórschrift — that's the regulation

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die

(a general instruction from a higher authority about what is to be done etc.) directive

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Vor·schrift

f ADMIN regulation, rule; (Anweisung) instructions pl; (polizeilich) orders pl

für jeden möglichen Ausnahmefall existieren genaue \Vorschriften there are very precise instructions on how to act in any possible emergency

\Vorschrift sein to be the regulation[s]

jdm \Vorschriften machen to tell sb what to do [or give sb orders]

machen Sie mir bitte keine \Vorschrift, was ich zu tun und zu lassen habe! don't try and tell me what I can and can't do!

sich dat von jdm \Vorschriften/keine \Vorschriften machen lassen to be/not be told what to do by sb [or let/not let sb order one about]

nach \Vorschrift to rule

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die instruction; order; (gesetzliche od. amtliche Bestimmung) regulation

ich lasse mir von dir keine Vorschriften machen — I won't be told what to do by you; I won't be dictated to by you

das ist Vorschrift — that's/those are the regulations

das ist gegen die Vorschrift — it's against the rules or regulations

die Medizin nach Vorschrift einnehmen — take the medicine as directed

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Vorschrift f rule(s pl), regulation(s pl); (Anweisung) instruction, direction;

nach ärztlicher Vorschrift according to doctor’s orders;

(streng) nach Vorschrift arbeiten etc: (strictly) to rule;

Dienst nach Vorschrift (Bummelstreik) work-to-rule;

du hast mir keine Vorschriften zu machen I won’t be dictated to by you, I don’t take orders from you

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die instruction; order; (gesetzliche od. amtliche Bestimmung) regulation

ich lasse mir von dir keine Vorschriften machen — I won't be told what to do by you; I won't be dictated to by you

das ist Vorschrift — that's/those are the regulations

das ist gegen die Vorschrift — it's against the rules or regulations

die Medizin nach Vorschrift einnehmen — take the medicine as directed

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f.

commandment n.

precept n.

prescript n.

prescription n.

regulation n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Vorschrift
10 consigna

f.

1 instructions.

2 left-luggage office (British), checkroom (United States).

3 order, directive.

4 motto, slogan, catchphrase.

5 watchword, countersign.

6 luggage checkroom, checkroom, left-luggage office.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: consignar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: consignar.

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consigna

► nombre femenino

1 (en estación etc) left-luggage office, US check-room

2 (señal, lema) watchword

3 MILITAR orders plural, instructions plural

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SF

1) (=orden) order

seguir o cumplir las consignas del Gobierno — to follow government orders

consignas de vuelo — operating instructions for a flight, operational orders for a flight

2) (=eslogan) slogan

3) [de equipaje] left-luggage office, checkroom (EEUU)

consigna automática — left-luggage locker

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femenino

1) ( eslogan) slogan

2) ( orden) order, instruction

cumplir/violar una consigna — to carry out/disobey an order

tenían la consigna de... — they had orders to...

3) ( para equipaje) baggage room (AmE), left-luggage (office) (BrE)

•

- consigna automática

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= left-luggage area, left-luggage.

Ex. In some libraries, shopping bags and briefcases must be deposited in lockers or a left-luggage area in the library foyer to prevent their use in smuggling out items which have not been issued.

Ex. However, as someone else said, people are pretty darn sensitive about terrorism, and the days of left-luggage may be over.

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femenino

1) ( eslogan) slogan

2) ( orden) order, instruction

cumplir/violar una consigna — to carry out/disobey an order

tenían la consigna de... — they had orders to...

3) ( para equipaje) baggage room (AmE), left-luggage (office) (BrE)

•

- consigna automática

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= left-luggage area, left-luggage.

Ex: In some libraries, shopping bags and briefcases must be deposited in lockers or a left-luggage area in the library foyer to prevent their use in smuggling out items which have not been issued.

Ex: However, as someone else said, people are pretty darn sensitive about terrorism, and the days of left-luggage may be over.

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consigna

feminine

A (eslogan) slogan

B (orden) order, instruction

cumplir/violar una consigna to carry out/defy an order o an instruction

tenían la consigna de … they had orders to …

C (para equipaje) checkroom ( AmE), parcel check ( AmE), left-luggage (office) ( BrE)

Compuesto:

consigna automática

(coin-operated o automatic) left-luggage locker

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Del verbo consignar: ( conjugate consignar)

consigna es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
consigna
consignar
consigna sustantivo femenino
a) ( eslogan) slogan

b) ( para equipaje) baggage room (AmE), left-luggage (office) (BrE);

◊ consigna automática (coin-operated o automatic) luggage locker (AmE) o (BrE) left-luggage locker

consignar ( conjugate consignar) verbo transitivo
1 ( depositar)
a) ‹ mercancías› to consign

b) ‹ equipaje› to check (AmE), to place o deposit … in left luggage (BrE)

c) (Der) to pay … into court

d) (Col) ‹dinero/cheques› to deposit

2 (frml) ‹hecho/dato› to record
3 (frml) ( enviar) ‹paquete/carga› to dispatch
4 (frml) ( asignar) to allocate
5 (Méx) (Der) ‹ presunto delincuente› to bring … before the authorities
consigna sustantivo femenino
1 (para el equipaje) left-luggage office, US baggage check
2 (orden) orders, instructions
3 (frase) slogan
consignar verbo transitivo
1 (dedicar una cantidad) to earmark, allocate: han consignado una importante parte del presupuesto a la reforma, a significant percentage of the budget was allocated to the improvements
2 (hacer constar unos datos) to record: hay que consignar unos datos personales en el formulario, you have to provide some personal information on the form
' consigna' also found in these entries:
English:
chant
- left-luggage
- motto
- baggage
- check
- left
- locker
- luggage
- slogan

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consigna nf

1. [orden] order, instruction;

recibieron la consigna de detenerse they were ordered o instructed to stop;

su consigna era “divide y vencerás” his motto was “divide and rule”

2. [frase] slogan;

los manifestantes gritaban consignas contra el gobierno the demonstrators were shouting anti-government slogans

3. [para el equipaje] Br left-luggage office, US checkroom

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consigna

f

1 order

2 de equipaje baggage checkroom, Br

left luggage

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consigna nf

1) eslogan: slogan

2) : assignment, orders pl

3) : checkroom

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consigna n (para equipaje) left luggage

Spanish-English dictionary > consigna
11 acatar

v.

1 to respect, to comply with (normas).

2 to obey, to respect, to abide by, to act according to.

María acata las leyes Mary obeys the laws.

3 to understand, to come to understand.

Ricardo acató y pudo escapar Richard understood and was able to get away.

4 to have the good sense to.

Ricardo acató fingir dolor Richard had the good sense to feign pain.

5 to approve of.

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acatar

► verbo transitivo

1 (leyes etc) to obey, observe, comply with

2 (respetar) to respect

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VT

1) (=respetar) to respect; [+ ley] to observe, comply with

2) (=subordinarse a) to defer to

3) LAm (=notar) to notice, observe

4) Cono Sur, Méx (=molestar) to annoy

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verbo transitivo <leyes/orden> to obey, comply with

acatar la voluntad de la mayoría — to comply with the wishes of the majority

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= comply (with), abide by.

Ex. Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.

Ex. Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

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* acatar la autoridad = toe + the line.

* acatar la disciplina = toe + the line.

* acatar la legislación = conform to + legislation.

* acatar la ley = follow + the law.

* acatar las leyes = keep on + the right side of the law.

* acatar las normas = toe + the line.

* acatar + Posesivo + órdenes = march to + Posesivo + orders.

* acatar una regla = comply with + rule.

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verbo transitivo <leyes/orden> to obey, comply with

acatar la voluntad de la mayoría — to comply with the wishes of the majority

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= comply (with), abide by.

Ex: Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.

Ex: Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

* acatar la autoridad = toe + the line.

* acatar la disciplina = toe + the line.

* acatar la legislación = conform to + legislation.

* acatar la ley = follow + the law.

* acatar las leyes = keep on + the right side of the law.

* acatar las normas = toe + the line.

* acatar + Posesivo + órdenes = march to + Posesivo + orders.

* acatar una regla = comply with + rule.

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acatar [A1 ]

vt

‹leyes/orden› to obey, comply with

acatar la voluntad de la mayoría to comply with the wishes of the majority

acatar la Constitución to abide by o comply with the Constitution

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acatar ( conjugate acatar) verbo transitivo ‹leyes/orden› to obey, comply with
acatar verbo transitivo to observe, comply with
' acatar' also found in these entries:
English:
abide by
- abide
- toe

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acatar vt

1. [normas] to respect, to comply with;
[órdenes] to obey;
se negó a acatar el fallo del tribunal she refused to comply with o observe the court's decision;

acatar la Constitución to abide by the Constitution

2. CAm [oír] to hear

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acatar

v/t comply with, obey

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acatar vt

: to comply with, to respect

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acatar vb to obey

Spanish-English dictionary > acatar
12 instrucción

f.

1 instruction, learning, education, teaching.

2 order, rule, instruction, command.

3 instruction, computer command, command.

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instrucción

► nombre femenino

1 (enseñanza) instruction; (cultura) education

■ una persona de vasta instrucción a highly educated person

2 MILITAR military training

3 DERECHO (de un expediente) preliminary investigation

■ ¿quién llevó a cabo la instrucción del sumario? who carried out the preliminary investigation into the case?

4 (orden) instruction

■ tengo instrucciones de no dejar entrar a nadie I have instructions not to let anyone in

► nombre femenino plural instrucciones

1 (indicaciones) instructions

■ siga las instrucciones de montaje follow the assembly instructions

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

instrucción militar military training

juez,-za de instrucción examining magistrate

manual de instrucciones instruction manual

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noun f.

instruction

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SF

1) (Educ) education

recibió su instrucción musical en Viena — he received his musical education in Vienna

una persona de vasta instrucción — a highly educated person

tener poca instrucción en algo — to have a limited knowledge of sth

instrucción primaria — primary education

instrucción programada — programmed teaching

instrucción pública — state education

2) (Mil) (=período) training; (=ejercicio) drill

hizo la instrucción en Almería — he did his military training in Almería

los soldados estaban haciendo la instrucción en el patio — the soldiers were being drilled in the courtyard

un vuelo de instrucción — a training flight

instrucción militar — military training

3) (Dep) coaching, training

4) (Jur) (tb: instrucción del sumario) preliminary investigation
juez 1), juzgado
5) (Inform) statement

6) pl instrucciones (=indicaciones) instructions

de acuerdo con tus instrucciones — in accordance with your instructions

seguí sus instrucciones al pie de la letra — I followed her instructions to the letter

recibir instrucciones — to receive instructions o orders; (Mil) to be briefed

hemos recibido instrucciones de no decir nada — we've received instructions o orders to say nothing

instrucciones de funcionamiento — operating instructions

instrucciones de uso, instrucciones para el uso — directions for use

* * *

femenino

1) ( educación) education

una mujer sin instrucción — an uneducated woman

recibieron instrucción sobre estos métodos — they were trained in these methods

- instrucción militar

2) (Der) ( de una causa) hearing

la instrucción de un sumario — the preliminary investigation into a case

3) instrucciones femenino plural

a) (de aparato, juego) instructions (pl); ( para llegar a un lugar) directions (pl)

b) ( órdenes) instructions

* * *

= command, direction, instruction, tuition, schooling, drill.

Ex. The first half of the command looks for words hit by 'FIB?' immediately followed by a word hit by 'OPTIC?'.

Ex. Explanatory references may be either 'see' or 'see also' references, which give a little more explanation than merely the direction to look elsewhere.

Ex. A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.

Ex. This article stresses that teaching methods are also to be updated to include, for example, individual tuition and role playing.

Ex. Some people with little schooling do use the library, and for valuable purposes but they are more of an exception than the rule.

Ex. An example of the type of drill which might be applied to the study of bibliographies is given below.

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* campamento de instrucción = training camp.

* instrucción al jurado = charge to jury.

* instrucción de "añádase a" = add to instruction, add to instruction.

* instrucción de 'divídase al igual que' = divide like instruction.

* instrucción de manejo = operating instruction.

* instrucciones = brief.

* instrucciones del fabricante = firmware.

* instrucciones de uso = use instruction.

* instrucciones para los autores = style sheet.

* instrucción general = blanket instruction.

* instrucción mediante ejercicios = drilling.

* instrucción sobre los derechos de los ciudadanos = community education.

* juez de instrucción = coroner.

* Lenguaje Común de Instrucción de EURONET = EURONET Common Command Language.

* Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.

* sargento de instrucción = drill sergeant.

* * *

femenino

1) ( educación) education

una mujer sin instrucción — an uneducated woman

recibieron instrucción sobre estos métodos — they were trained in these methods

- instrucción militar

2) (Der) ( de una causa) hearing

la instrucción de un sumario — the preliminary investigation into a case

3) instrucciones femenino plural

a) (de aparato, juego) instructions (pl); ( para llegar a un lugar) directions (pl)

b) ( órdenes) instructions

* * *

= command, direction, instruction, tuition, schooling, drill.

Ex: The first half of the command looks for words hit by 'FIB?' immediately followed by a word hit by 'OPTIC?'.

Ex: Explanatory references may be either 'see' or 'see also' references, which give a little more explanation than merely the direction to look elsewhere.

Ex: A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.

Ex: This article stresses that teaching methods are also to be updated to include, for example, individual tuition and role playing.

Ex: Some people with little schooling do use the library, and for valuable purposes but they are more of an exception than the rule.

Ex: An example of the type of drill which might be applied to the study of bibliographies is given below.

* campamento de instrucción = training camp.

* instrucción al jurado = charge to jury.

* instrucción de "añádase a" = add to instruction, add to instruction.

* instrucción de 'divídase al igual que' = divide like instruction.

* instrucción de manejo = operating instruction.

* instrucciones = brief.

* instrucciones del fabricante = firmware.

* instrucciones de uso = use instruction.

* instrucciones para los autores = style sheet.

* instrucción general = blanket instruction.

* instrucción mediante ejercicios = drilling.

* instrucción sobre los derechos de los ciudadanos = community education.

* juez de instrucción = coroner.

* Lenguaje Común de Instrucción de EURONET = EURONET Common Command Language.

* Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.

* sargento de instrucción = drill sergeant.

* * *

instrucción

feminine

A (educación) education

una mujer sin instrucción an uneducated woman

se ha hecho cargo de la instrucción de los niños she has taken responsibility for the children's education o for educating the children

han recibido instrucción sobre estos métodos they have been trained in these methods

Compuesto:

instrucción militar

military training

B ( Der) (de una causa) trying, hearing

la instrucción de un sumario the preliminary investigation into a case

C instrucciones fpl

1 (de un aparato, un juego) instructions (pl); (para llegar a un lugar) directions (pl)

2 (órdenes) instructions

tengo instrucciones de no dejarlo solo I have instructions o I have been told not to leave him alone

* * *

instrucción sustantivo femenino
1 ( educación) education;
( práctica) training;
◊ instrucción militar military training

2
◊ instrucciones sustantivo femenino plural

a) (de aparato, juego) instructions (pl);

( para llegar a un lugar) directions (pl)
b) ( órdenes) instructions

instrucción sustantivo femenino
1 (educación, conocimientos) education
2 (de un expediente) preliminary investigation
la instrucción del sumario, proceedings pl; juez de instrucción, examining magistrate
3 Mil drill
4 (usu pl) (indicación) instruction: nos dio instrucciones muy precisas, he gave us very precise instructions
libro de instrucciones, instruction manual
' instrucción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
formación
- ilustración
- indicación
- juez
- directriz
- ignorante
English:
command
- coroner
- drill
- instruction
- training camp
- tuition

* * *

instrucción nf

1. [conocimientos] education;

una persona con gran instrucción a very well-educated person

2. [docencia] instruction

3. [militar]
hacer instrucción to drill, to go through one's drill

Comp
instrucción militar military training
4.
instrucciones [órdenes] instructions;

recibí instrucciones de no abandonar mi puesto I received instructions not to leave my post

5.
instrucciones [explicación] instructions;

sigue las instrucciones follow the instructions;

instrucciones (de uso) instructions o directions (for use)

6. Informát instruction

7. Der [investigación] preliminary investigation;
[curso del proceso] proceedings
* * *

instrucción

f

1 education; ( formación) training

2 MIL drill

3 INFOR instruction

4 JUR hearing

* * *

instrucción nf, pl - ciones

1) educación: education

2) instrucciones nfpl

: instructions, directions

* * *

instrucción n education / training

Spanish-English dictionary > instrucción
13 ordenar

v.

1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).

2 to order.

Le ordené ir I ordered him to go

Ordené la habitación I straightened up the room.

La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.

3 to ordain (religion).

4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.

Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.

6 to ordain as.

Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.

7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.

Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.

* * *

ordenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up

■ ordenó a los alumnos en filas she lined up the students

■ los libros estaban ordenados por materias the books were classified by subject matter

2 (mandar) to order

■ me ordenó que saliera de la habitación he ordered me to leave the room

3 RELIGIÓN to ordain

4 (encaminar) to direct

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts

* * *

verb

1) to order

2) arrange

* * *

1. VT

1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sort

hay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date

voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books

ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order

nunca ordena sus papeles — he never tidies his paperwork

• ordenar sus asuntos — to put one's affairs in order

• ordenar su vida — to put o get one's life in order

2) (=mandar) to order

la juez ordenó su detención — the judge ordered his arrest

les habían ordenado que siguieran al vehículo — they had been ordered to follow the vehicle

• un tono de ordeno y mando — a dictatorial tone

3) (Rel) to ordain

fue ordenado sacerdote en octubre — he was ordained as a priest in October

2.

See:

ordenarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex. Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.

Ex. Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex. Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex. For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.

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

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

Ex. This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.

Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex. The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.

Ex. Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.

Ex. Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex. Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.

Ex. Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.

Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex. The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.

Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

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* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.

Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex: Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex: For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.

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

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

Ex: This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.

Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.

Ex: Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.

Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex: Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.

Ex: Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* * *

ordenar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹habitación/armario/cajón› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

hay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subject

ordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in order

B

1 (dar una orden) to order

la policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closed

el médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete rest

ordenar + INF:

le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediately

ordenar QUE + SUBJ:

me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet

2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi to call a taxi

C ‹sacerdote› to ordain

■ ordenarse

v pron

to be ordained

se ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest

* * *

Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
◊ ordené los libros por materias I arranged the books according to subject

2
a) ( dar una orden) to order;

◊ le ordenó salir de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office

b) (AmL) ( pedir) ‹taxi/bebida/postre› to order

3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort

* * *

ordenar

♦ vt

1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;
[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);
ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;

ordenar en montones to sort into piles;

ordenar por temas to arrange by subject

2. Informát to sort

3. [mandar] to order;

te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;

me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet

4. Rel to ordain

5. Am [pedir] to order;

acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast

♦ vi

1. [mandar] to give orders;

Comp

(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do

2. Am [pedir] to order;

¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?

♦ See also the pronominal verb ordenarse

* * *

ordenar

v/t

1 habitación tidy up

2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort

3 ( mandar) order

4 L.Am. ( pedir) order

* * *

ordenar vt

1) mandar: to order, to command

2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange

3) : to ordain (a priest)

* * *

ordenar vb

1. (colocar por orden) to arrange / to put in order [pt. & pp. put]

ha ordenado los apuntes por materias he's arranged his notes according to subject

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

pasó toda la mañana ordenando su habitación she spent all morning tidying her bedroom

3. (mandar) to order

le ordené que volviera I ordered him to come back

Spanish-English dictionary > ordenar
14 ordeñar

v.

1 to arrange, to put in order (poner en orden) (alfabéticamente, numéricamente).

2 to order.

Le ordené ir I ordered him to go

Ordené la habitación I straightened up the room.

La maestra ordenó silencio The teacher ordered silence.

3 to ordain (religion).

4 to order. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 to sort, to classify in a given order, to order.

Ordené mis papeles I sorted my papers.

6 to ordain as.

Ricardo ordenó a Manolo sacerdote Richard ordained Manolo as priest.

7 to be ordered to, to be told to, to receive orders to.

Se me ordenó matar I was ordered to kill.

* * *

ordenar

► verbo transitivo

1 (arreglar) to put in order; (habitación) to tidy up

■ ordenó a los alumnos en filas she lined up the students

■ los libros estaban ordenados por materias the books were classified by subject matter

2 (mandar) to order

■ me ordenó que saliera de la habitación he ordered me to leave the room

3 RELIGIÓN to ordain

4 (encaminar) to direct

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ordenar las ideas figurado to collect one's thoughts

* * *

verb

1) to order

2) arrange

* * *

1. VT

1) (=poner en orden) [siguiendo un sistema] to arrange; [colocando en su sitio] to tidy; (Inform) to sort

hay que ordenar los recibos por fechas — we have to put the receipts in order of date, we have to arrange the receipts by date

voy a ordenar mis libros — I'm going to sort out o organize my books

ordenó los relatos cronológicamente — he arranged the stories chronologically o in chronological order

nunca ordena sus papeles — he never tidies his paperwork

• ordenar sus asuntos — to put one's affairs in order

• ordenar su vida — to put o get one's life in order

2) (=mandar) to order

la juez ordenó su detención — the judge ordered his arrest

les habían ordenado que siguieran al vehículo — they had been ordered to follow the vehicle

• un tono de ordeno y mando — a dictatorial tone

3) (Rel) to ordain

fue ordenado sacerdote en octubre — he was ordained as a priest in October

2.

See:

ordenarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= milk.

Ex. Results showed that the first colostrum of ewes milked one hour postpartum had significantly more protein than that of nanny-goats.

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* no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

* ordeñar una vaca = milk + a cow.

* sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) <habitación/armario> to straighten (up) (AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE)

ordené los libros por materias — I arranged the books according to subject

ordena estas fichas — put these cards in order

2)

a) ( dar una orden) to order

le ordenó salir de la oficina — she ordered him to leave the office

me ordenó que guardara silencio — he ordered me to keep quiet

b) (AmL) (en bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi — to call a taxi

3) < sacerdote> to ordain
2.
ordenarse v pron to be ordained

* * *

= arrange, collate, instruct, order, rank, sort, sort out, grade, enjoin, finger-snapping, sort into + order, range, file, ordain, create + order, put in + order, clear out.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: Contents page bulletins which comprise copies of contents pages of periodicals collated and dispatched to users are also reliant upon titles.

Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

Ex: Also, title entries were ordered by grammatical arrangement, rather than in natural word order.

Ex: For example, search software offers the ability to rank the retrieved material according to its relative significance.

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

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

Ex: This had the advantage that the relevance judgments had already been made, and were graded into three levels: High relevance, Low relevance, No relevance.

Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.

Ex: The stereotype of the decision-maker as a person who does nothig but finger-snapping and button-pushing fades with systematic research and analysis.

Ex: Sort packages are designed to sort a specified file of records into order according to a particular field or key.

Ex: Serials can be ranged in the order of the access number, i.e. in the order of their arrival, without distinction as to their size or contents.

Ex: Numbers expressed in digits file before alphabetic characters, so it may be necessary to look in two different places for, say, a date -- 1984 will not file in the same place as ninenteen eighty four.

Ex: Born in Amite County, Mississippi in 1924, Will Campbell was ordained as a Baptist minister at the young age of seventeen.

Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.

Ex: The archives of Magdalen College were put in order and abstracts prepared in the 15th century.

Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.

* estar ordenado en forma circular = be on a wheel.

* ordenar alfabéticamente = arrange + in alphabetical order.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* ordenar los documentos recuperados en orden de pertinencia = rank + document output, rank + documents.

* ordenar mal = misfile.

* ordenar por = file + in order of.

* ordenar por número curren = arrange by + accession number.

* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.

* ordenarse a uno mismo = self-ordained.

* sin ordenar = unordered, unsorted.

* volver a ordenar = resort.

* * *

ordenar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹habitación/armario/cajón› to straighten (up) ( AmE), to tidy (up) ( BrE)

hay que ordenar los libros por materias the books have to be arranged according to subject

ordena estas fichas sort out these cards, put these cards in order

B

1 (dar una orden) to order

la policía ordenó el cierre del local the police ordered the closure of the establishment o ordered the establishment to be closed

el médico le ordenó reposo absoluto the doctor ordered him to have complete rest

ordenar + INF:

le ordenó salir inmediatamente de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office immediately

ordenar QUE + SUBJ:

me ordenó que guardara silencio he ordered me to keep quiet

2 ( AmL) (en un bar, restaurante) to order

ordenar un taxi to call a taxi

C ‹sacerdote› to ordain

■ ordenarse

v pron

to be ordained

se ordenó sacerdote he was ordained a priest

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Multiple Entries:
ordenar
ordeñar
ordenar ( conjugate ordenar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹habitación/armario/juguetes› to straighten (up) (esp AmE), to tidy (up) (BrE);
‹ fichas› to put in order;
◊ ordené los libros por materias I arranged the books according to subject

2
a) ( dar una orden) to order;

◊ le ordenó salir de la oficina she ordered him to leave the office

b) (AmL) ( pedir) ‹taxi/bebida/postre› to order

3 ‹ sacerdote› to ordain
ordenarse verbo pronominal
to be ordained
ordeñar ( conjugate ordeñar) verbo transitivo
to milk
ordenar verbo transitivo
1 (un armario, los papeles, etc) to put in order, arrange: ordené los libros por autores, I arranged the books by author
(una habitación, la casa) to tidy up
2 (dar un mandato) to order: les ordenó que guardaran silencio, she ordered them to keep quiet
3 (a un sacerdote, caballero) to ordain
ordeñar verbo transitivo to milk
' ordeñar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- arreglar
- mico
- ordenar
- recoger
- disponer
- mandar
English:
arrange
- clear up
- command
- dispose
- instruct
- marshal
- milk
- neatly
- ordain
- rank
- straight
- straighten
- straighten up
- tidy
- tidy out
- tidy up
- clear
- direct
- grade
- order
- organize
- sort

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ordenar

♦ vt

1. [poner en orden] [alfabéticamente, numéricamente] to arrange, to put in order;
[habitación, papeles] to tidy (up);
ordenar alfabéticamente to put in alphabetical order;

ordenar en montones to sort into piles;

ordenar por temas to arrange by subject

2. Informát to sort

3. [mandar] to order;

te ordeno que te vayas I order you to go;

me ordenó callarme he ordered me to be quiet

4. Rel to ordain

5. Am [pedir] to order;

acabamos de ordenar el desayuno we've just ordered breakfast

♦ vi

1. [mandar] to give orders;

Comp

(yo) ordeno y mando: Ana es de las de (yo) ordeno y mando Ana's the sort of person who likes telling everybody what to do

2. Am [pedir] to order;

¿ya eligieron?, ¿quieren ordenar? are you ready to order?

♦ See also the pronominal verb ordenarse

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ordenar

v/t

1 habitación tidy up

2 alfabéticamente arrange; INFOR sort

3 ( mandar) order

4 L.Am. ( pedir) order

* * *

ordenar vt

1) mandar: to order, to command

2) arreglar: to put in order, to arrange

3) : to ordain (a priest)

* * *

ordenar vb

1. (colocar por orden) to arrange / to put in order [pt. & pp. put]

ha ordenado los apuntes por materias he's arranged his notes according to subject

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

pasó toda la mañana ordenando su habitación she spent all morning tidying her bedroom

3. (mandar) to order

le ordené que volviera I ordered him to come back

Spanish-English dictionary > ordeñar
15 policía

m.

1 policeman, patrol man, cop, police officer.

2 police, boys in blue, police department, police force.

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policía

► nombre femenino

1 police, police force

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (gen) police officer; (hombre) policeman; (mujer) policewoman

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

policía de tráfico (cuerpo) traffic police

policía judicial (cuerpo) judicial police

policía militar (cuerpo) military police

policía nacional (cuerpo) national police force 2 (agente) member of the national police force

policía secreta (cuerpo) secret police

policía urbana (cuerpo) local police force 2 (agente) member of the local police force

* * *
1. noun mf.
policeman / policewoman
2. noun f.
police

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1.

SMF policeman/policewoman, police officer

policía de paisano — plain-clothes policeman

policía de tránsito — LAm traffic police

policía informático/a — police officer specializing in computer crime

policía local, policía municipal — local policeman/policewoman

2.

SM

policía acostado — Ven (Aut) * speed bump, sleeping policeman

3.

SF (=organización) police

¡llama a la policía! — call the police!

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía — Esp ≈ the Police Force

policía antidisturbios — riot police

policía autonómica — police force of a regional autonomy

policía de barrio — community police

Policía de Tráfico — traffic police

Policía Local — Local Police

Policía Militar — military police

Policía Montada — mounted police

Policía Municipal — local police

Policía Nacional — national police

Policía Secreta — secret police
POLICÍA In Spain the policía nacional is the force in charge of national security and general public order while the policía municipal deals with regulating traffic and policing the local community. The Basque Country and Catalonia also have their own police forces, the Ertzaintza and the Mossos d'Esquadra respectively. In rural areas it is the Guardia Civil that is responsible for policing duties.
See:

ver nota culturelle GUARDIA CIVIL in guardia,

ver nota culturelle ERTZAINTZA in Ertzaintza

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femenino

1) ( cuerpo) police

llamar a la policía — to call the police

la policía está investigando el caso — the police are investigating the case

- policía antidisturbios/militar/secreta

- policía de tráfico or de tránsito

- policía municipal

- policía nacional

2) policía ( agente) (m) policeman, police officer; (f) policewoman, police officer

•

- policía de tráfico or tránsito

- policía municipal

* * *

= police, constable, cop, policeman [policemen, -pl.], police officer, patrolman, bobby, police force.

Ex. For example, WOMEN AS police becomes POLICEWOMEN, or SPANISH AMERICA is changed to LATIN AMERICA.

Ex. Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.

Ex. Playground games show that children like a clear differentiation between cowboys, cops and spacemen who are good, and Indians, robbers and space monsters who are bad.

Ex. As a rule, a message-switching computer is not used to provide general computational or text processing facilities, it is more like a policeman directing traffic at a busy intersection of 'data highways'.

Ex. This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.

Ex. Arabs who played a role in the Holocaust included those who personally took part in the persecution of Jews, and patrolmen who tracked down Jewish escapees from forced labor camps.

Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.

Ex. The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.

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* cadete de policía = police cadet.

* corrupción de la policía = police corruption.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].

* película de policías = crime film.

* perro policía = police dog.

* policía antidisturbios = riot police.

* policía de tráfico = traffic officer, highway patrol, traffic cop.

* policía estatal = state police, state troops, state trooper, trooper.

* policía, la = police service.

* policía local = Constabulary.

* policía militar = military police.

* policía municipal = traffic warden.

* policía secreta = secret police.

* policía secreto = undercover police officer.

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femenino

1) ( cuerpo) police

llamar a la policía — to call the police

la policía está investigando el caso — the police are investigating the case

- policía antidisturbios/militar/secreta

- policía de tráfico or de tránsito

- policía municipal

- policía nacional

2) policía ( agente) (m) policeman, police officer; (f) policewoman, police officer

•

- policía de tráfico or tránsito

- policía municipal

* * *

la policía

(n.) = police service

Ex: This programme is designed for those hoping to follow a career in one of the uniformed services -- army, navy, RAF, police service, fire service or ambulance.

= police, constable, cop, policeman [policemen, -pl.], police officer, patrolman, bobby, police force.

Ex: For example, WOMEN AS police becomes POLICEWOMEN, or SPANISH AMERICA is changed to LATIN AMERICA.

Ex: Whilst in Panizzi's employ, Edward refused to act as a special constable to protect the British Museum against the Chartist mobs.

Ex: Playground games show that children like a clear differentiation between cowboys, cops and spacemen who are good, and Indians, robbers and space monsters who are bad.

Ex: As a rule, a message-switching computer is not used to provide general computational or text processing facilities, it is more like a policeman directing traffic at a busy intersection of 'data highways'.

Ex: This paper considers the lawsuit brought against a police officer in the Kent Constabulary, UK, who worked in his spare time for a debt collection agency and used the Police National Computer to retrieve information concerning the owner of a motor vehicle.

Ex: Arabs who played a role in the Holocaust included those who personally took part in the persecution of Jews, and patrolmen who tracked down Jewish escapees from forced labor camps.

Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.

Ex: The friendly-sounding British bobbies, created in 1829, were the first professional police force, copied by cities around the world.

* cadete de policía = police cadet.

* corrupción de la policía = police corruption.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].

* película de policías = crime film.

* perro policía = police dog.

* policía antidisturbios = riot police.

* policía de tráfico = traffic officer, highway patrol, traffic cop.

* policía estatal = state police, state troops, state trooper, trooper.

* policía, la = police service.

* policía local = Constabulary.

* policía militar = military police.

* policía municipal = traffic warden.

* policía secreta = secret police.

* policía secreto = undercover police officer.

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policía

feminine

Policía Nacional (↑ policía a1)

A (cuerpo) police

llamar a la policía to call the police

la policía está investigando el caso the police are investigating the case

Compuestos:

● policía antidisturbios

riot police

● policía caminera

( RPl); traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)

● policía de tráfico or ( AmL) de tránsito

traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)

● policía judicial

officers of court (pl)

● policía local

local o city police

● policía militar

military police

● policía montada

mounted police

● policía municipal

local o city police

● policía nacional

police, state police

● policía secreta

secret police

● policía vial

( Col) traffic police, highway patrol ( AmE)

B

policía (agente) ( masculine) policeman, police officer;

( feminine) policewoman, police officer

Compuestos:

● policía acostado

masculine ( Ven) speed ramp, sleeping policeman ( BrE)

● policía de tráfico or ( AmL) de tránsito

( masculine) traffic officer, traffic policeman, highway patrol officer ( AmE); ( feminine) traffic officer, traffic policewoman, highway patrol officer ( AmE)

● policía militar

( masculine) military police officer, military policeman; ( feminine) military police officer, military policewoman

● policía municipal

( masculine) city o local police officer, city o local policeman; ( feminine) city o local police officer, city o local policewoman

● policía nacional

( masculine) police officer, policeman; ( feminine) police officer, policewoman

● policía secreto, policía secreta

( masculine) secret police officer o policeman; ( feminine) secret police officer o policewoman

* * *

policía sustantivo femenino
1 ( cuerpo) police;
◊ la policía está investigando el caso the police are investigating the case;

policía antidisturbios riot police;
policía de tráfico or (AmL) de tránsito traffic police, highway patrol (AmE);
policía municipal local o city police;
policía nacional (state) police
2
◊ policía ( agente) (m) policeman, police officer;

(f) policewoman, police officer
policía
I sustantivo femenino police (force)
policía municipal, city police
policía nacional, national police force
II mf (hombre) policeman
(mujer) policewoman
' policía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abortar
- academia
- agente
- avisar
- civil
- comisaria
- comisario
- confidente
- confiscación
- control
- denunciar
- desalojar
- desarmar
- entregarse
- fichar
- fichada
- fichado
- gancho
- INTERPOL
- intervenir
- irrupción
- jefatura
- madero
- montada
- montado
- municipal
- paisana
- paisano
- parte
- PM
- porra
- registrar
- rendirse
- responsable
- sigilo
- superior
- acto
- acudir
- allanar
- amenazar
- archivo
- aviso
- brigada
- burlar
- cana
- carabinero
- carga
- cargar
- chapa
- chivarse
English:
act on
- alert
- apprehend
- apprise
- audacious
- baffle
- be
- beat
- blitz
- block off
- bobby
- bust
- call on
- call out
- catch up
- check
- check up on
- clamp down
- clash
- clear up
- compelling
- confiscate
- confuse
- constable
- cop
- corrupt
- cover-up
- crack down
- demonstration
- detain
- detect
- disturb
- divert
- dossier
- eject
- else
- enquiry
- examine
- extend
- fed
- ferocious
- fit
- flag down
- flee
- force
- full-scale
- grievous
- heel
- hiding
- Interpol

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policía

♦ nmf

police officer, policeman, f policewoman;

un policía de paisano a plain-clothes policeman

Comp
Ven Fam policía acostado speed bump, Br sleeping policeman;
policía municipal local policeman, f local policewoman;

policía nacional = officer of the national police force;

policía de tráfico traffic policeman, f traffic policewoman

♦ nf

la policía the police;

viene la policía the police are coming

Comp
policía antidisturbios riot police; Esp policía autónoma = police force of one of Spain's autonomous regions;
policía de barrio community police;
RP policía caminera traffic police;
policía judicial = division of police which carries out the orders of a court;
Méx policía judicial federal = police force that acts under the orders of federal judges;
policía militar military police;

policía montada mounted police;

policía municipal local police;

policía nacional national police force;
Esp policía de proximidad community police;
policía secreta secret police;

policía de tráfico traffic police;
Am policía de tránsito traffic police;
policía urbana local police;
Arg, Col, Méx policía vial traffic police
* * *

policía

I f

1 cuerpo police

2 agente police officer, policewoman

II m police officer, policeman

* * *

policía nf

: police

policía nmf

: police officer, policeman m, policewoman f

* * *

policía n

1. (cuerpo) police

fue a la policía para denunciar el robo he went to the police to report the robbery

2. (agente) policeman [pl. policemen] / policewoman [pl. policewomen]

dos policías siguieron al sospechoso two policemen followed the suspect

Spanish-English dictionary > policía
16 coherente

adj.

1 consistent (conducta, estilo).

2 coherent, consistent, logic, articulate.

* * *

coherente

► adjetivo

1 coherent, connected

* * *

adj.

coherent

* * *

ADJ

1) [texto, idea, exposición, argumentación] coherent

no sería coherente cumplir con sus órdenes — it wouldn't make sense to follow his orders

2) [proyecto, política] consistent

coherente con — in line with, in tune with

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) ( congruente) <discurso/razonamiento/ideas> coherent, logical

b) ( consecuente) < actitud> consistent

una mujer coherente — a woman who acts according to her beliefs

2) (Fís) coherent

* * *

= coherent, consistent, congruent.

Ex. This section is merely a summary of the applications areas, drawn together in a coherent form.

Ex. In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.

Ex. The longitudinal study suggests that students change majors, select programs, and complete courses that are congruent with their cognitive styles.

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* ser coherente = cohere.

* * *

adjetivo

1)

a) ( congruente) <discurso/razonamiento/ideas> coherent, logical

b) ( consecuente) < actitud> consistent

una mujer coherente — a woman who acts according to her beliefs

2) (Fís) coherent

* * *

= coherent, consistent, congruent.

Ex: This section is merely a summary of the applications areas, drawn together in a coherent form.

Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.

Ex: The longitudinal study suggests that students change majors, select programs, and complete courses that are congruent with their cognitive styles.

* ser coherente = cohere.

* * *

coherente

adjective

A

1 (congruente) ‹discurso/razonamiento/ideas› coherent, logical

2 (consecuente) consistent

han mantenido una actitud coherente al respecto he has always been consistent on this matter

esto no es coherente con sus intentos de modernizar el país this is not in keeping with o consistent with their attempts to modernize the country

B ( Fís) coherent

* * *

coherente adjetivo
a) ( congruente) ‹discurso/razonamiento› coherent, logical

b) ( consecuente) ‹ actitud› consistent;

◊ una mujer coherente a woman who acts according to her beliefs

coherente adjetivo coherent, consistent: sus actos son coherentes con sus ideas, her actions are consistent with her ideas
' coherente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
congruente
English:
coherent
- haphazard

* * *

coherente adj

1. [conducta, estilo] consistent

2. [razonamiento] logical, coherent;

ser coherente con algo to accord with sth, to be in line with sth

* * *

coherente

adj coherent;

ser coherente con be consistent with

Spanish-English dictionary > coherente
17 משנה

מִשְׁנָהf. (preced.) repetition, verbal teaching by repeated recitation; traditional law, opp. to מִקְרָא. Ab. III, 7 מפסיק ממִשְׁנָתוֹ interrupts his study. Ib. 8 כל השוכח … ממשנתו he who forgets one word of what he has learned. תקפה עליו משנתו his study was too hard for him. Erub.54b כיצד סדר (ה)מ׳ what was the order of delivery of the oral law? Ber.5a (ref. to Ex. 24:12) התורה … והמצוה זו מ׳ ‘Torah means the Pentateuch, ‘Mitsvah, the oral law; a. fr.Esp. Mishnah, a collection of oral laws, esp. that edited by R. Judah han-Nasi; also a section of the Mishnah. Esth. R. to I, 2, a. fr. ששה סדרי מ׳ the six Orders of the Mishnah; Cant. R. to VI, 4; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a>, sq. ערכי המ׳, v. עֵרֶךְ. Ned.91a מ׳ ראשונה the earliest collection, מ׳ שניה the second edition. Y.Keth.V, 29d bot.; Y.Ter.VIII, beg.45a, sq.; a. fr.Y.Yeb.III, 4d, a. e. אבי המ׳, v. הוֹשַׁעְיָא. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c מִשְׁנָתוֹ שלוכ׳ the collection made by Y.Ter.VIII, 46b bot. ולא מ׳ עשיתי did I not follow the law of the Mishnah?; ib. וזו מִשְׁנַת החסידים but is this the mishnah of the pious (who must act kindlier than the strict law demands)?Erub.62b, a. fr. משנתר׳ … קב ונקי the opinions of R.… recorded in collections are merely a ḳab (few) bat pure (incontestable); a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁנָיוֹת. Y. Hor. l. c. מ׳ גדולות the large collections. Ib. שיקע … רוב מ׳ Rabbi embodied (in his collection) most of the collections (of his predecessors); a. fr.

Jewish literature > משנה
18 מִשְׁנָה

מִשְׁנָהf. (preced.) repetition, verbal teaching by repeated recitation; traditional law, opp. to מִקְרָא. Ab. III, 7 מפסיק ממִשְׁנָתוֹ interrupts his study. Ib. 8 כל השוכח … ממשנתו he who forgets one word of what he has learned. תקפה עליו משנתו his study was too hard for him. Erub.54b כיצד סדר (ה)מ׳ what was the order of delivery of the oral law? Ber.5a (ref. to Ex. 24:12) התורה … והמצוה זו מ׳ ‘Torah means the Pentateuch, ‘Mitsvah, the oral law; a. fr.Esp. Mishnah, a collection of oral laws, esp. that edited by R. Judah han-Nasi; also a section of the Mishnah. Esth. R. to I, 2, a. fr. ששה סדרי מ׳ the six Orders of the Mishnah; Cant. R. to VI, 4; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 7a>, sq. ערכי המ׳, v. עֵרֶךְ. Ned.91a מ׳ ראשונה the earliest collection, מ׳ שניה the second edition. Y.Keth.V, 29d bot.; Y.Ter.VIII, beg.45a, sq.; a. fr.Y.Yeb.III, 4d, a. e. אבי המ׳, v. הוֹשַׁעְיָא. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c מִשְׁנָתוֹ שלוכ׳ the collection made by Y.Ter.VIII, 46b bot. ולא מ׳ עשיתי did I not follow the law of the Mishnah?; ib. וזו מִשְׁנַת החסידים but is this the mishnah of the pious (who must act kindlier than the strict law demands)?Erub.62b, a. fr. משנתר׳ … קב ונקי the opinions of R.… recorded in collections are merely a ḳab (few) bat pure (incontestable); a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁנָיוֹת. Y. Hor. l. c. מ׳ גדולות the large collections. Ib. שיקע … רוב מ׳ Rabbi embodied (in his collection) most of the collections (of his predecessors); a. fr.

Jewish literature > מִשְׁנָה
19 М-39

как по маслу идти, получаться, течь и т. п. coll как -I- PrepP Invar adv
(of affairs, undertakings etc) (to move along, proceed) very smoothly, without any difficulties or hindrances

without a hitch
swimmingly like clockwork like a well-oiled machine (in past contexts only) (things) could not have gone better.
Пружины разбитого матраца кусали его, как блохи. Он не чувствовал этого. Он ещё неясно представлял себе, что последует вслед за получением ордеров, но был уверен, что тогда всё пойдёт как по маслу... (Ильф и Петров 1). The springs of the battered mattress nipped him !ike fleas, but he did not feel them. He still only had a vague idea of what would follow once the orders had been obtained, but was sure everything would go swimmingly (1a).

(Кречинский:) Берегись старика остальное пойдёт как по маслу... (Сухово-Кобылин 2). (К.:) Watch out for the old man. The rest will go like clockwork (2a).

Этот генерал за короткий срок сделал головокружительную карьеру, потому что четыре года назад он носил ещё одну шпалу и командовал ротой. Но однажды ему крупно повезло... С тех пор дела его шли как по маслу (Войнович 2). The general had made a fabulous career for himself in a very short span of time. Four years before, he still wore only a single stripe and commanded a company. But then he had one great piece of luck....From then on, things could not have gone better for him (2a).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > М-39
20 как по маслу

• КАК ПО МАСЛУ идти, получаться, течь и т. п. coll

[ как + PrepP; Invar; adv]

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⇒ (of affairs, undertakings etc) (to move along, proceed) very smoothly, without any difficulties or hindrances:

- without a hitch;

- swimmingly;

- like clockwork;

- like a well-oiled machine;

- [in past contexts only](things) could not have gone better.

     ♦ Пружины разбитого матраца кусали его, как блохи. Он не чувствовал этого. Он ещё неясно представлял себе, что последует вслед за получением ордеров, но был уверен, что тогда всё пойдёт как по маслу... (Ильф и Петров 1). The springs of the battered mattress nipped him like fleas, but he did not feel them. He still only had a vague idea of what would follow once the orders had been obtained, but was sure everything would go swimmingly (1a).

     ♦ [Кречинский:] Берегись старика; остальное пойдёт как по маслу... (Сухово-Кобылин 2). [К.:] Watch out for the old man. The rest will go like clockwork (2a).

     ♦ Этот генерал за короткий срок сделал головокружительную карьеру, потому что четыре года назад он носил ещё одну шпалу и командовал ротой. Но однажды ему крупно повезло... С тех пор дела его шли как по маслу (Войнович 2). The general had made a fabulous career for himself in a very short span of time. Four years before, he still wore only a single stripe and commanded a company. But then he had one great piece of luck....From then on, things could not have gone better for him (2a).

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