function pack

Ex: Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.

Ex: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.

Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.

Ex: The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.

Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.

Ex: It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.

Ex: The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.

Ex: We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.

* forma de funcionar = business model.

* funcionar además como = double as, double up as.

* funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.

* funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.

* funcionar bien = be in order.

* funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].

* funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.

* funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.

* funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* funcionar en/a = run over.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.

* funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.

* funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.

* funcionar también como = double as, double up as.

* hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.

* hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.

* hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.

* hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.

* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.

* máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.

* no funcionar = be out of order.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.

* que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.

* que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.

* que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.

* que funciona manualmente = manually operated.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

 

funcionar ( conjugate funcionar) verbo intransitivo [aparato/máquina] to work;
[ servicio] to operate;
( on signs) no funciona out of order;

funcionar verbo intransitivo to work: no funciona, (en letrero) out of order

' funcionar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
- deteriorarse
- evolucionar
- ir
- marchar
- poner
- resultar
- vez
- bien
- carburar
English:
act
- act up
- behave
- dare
- function
- get
- go
- malfunction
- need
- operate
- perform
- run
- work
- develop
- die
- drive
- flush
- pack
- play
- turn

1. noun m. 2. (f. - vacía)

adj.

1) empty

2) vacant

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (gen) empty; [puesto, local] vacant, empty

el teatro estaba medio vacío — the theatre was half empty

nunca bebo cerveza con el estómago vacío — I never drink beer on an empty stomach

he alquilado un piso vacío porque sale más barato — I've rented an unfurnished flat because it's cheaper

Madrid queda vacío en agosto — Madrid is empty o deserted in August

de vacío: el camión volvió de vacío — the lorry came back empty

lo pedí pero tuve que marcharme de vacío — I asked for it but had to go away empty-handed

- irse con las manos vacías

2) (=superficial) [persona] shallow; [conversación] meaningless

un discurso vacío de contenido — a speech empty o devoid of any content

3) (=sin sentido) [existencia] empty, meaningless

4) (=vano) [esfuerzo] vain; [promesa] empty, hollow

5)

pan vacío — (And, CAm, Caribe) dry bread

2. SM

1) (Fís) vacuum

envasar al vacío — to vacuum-pack

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

2) (=hueco) (empty) space, gap

han dejado un vacío para el nombre — they have left a space for the name

tener un vacío en el estómago — to have an empty stomach

- hacer el vacío a algn

3) (=abismo)

el vacío — the void, space

saltó al vacío desde lo alto del acantilado — he jumped from the top of the cliff into space o the void

se arrojó al vacío desde un quinto piso — he threw himself out of a fifth-floor window

- caer en el vacío

4) (=falta de sentido) void

el vacío existencial — the existential void

su muerte dejó un vacío en nuestras vidas — his death left a void in our lives

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

5) (Jur, Pol)

vacío de poder — power vacuum

vacío legislativo — gap in the legislation

vacío político — political vacuum

6) (Mec)

marchar en vacío — to tick over

7) (Anat) side, flank

* * *

I

- cía adjetivo

a) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> empty

con el estómago vacío — on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)

la despensa está vacía — there's no food in the house

volver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed

b) ( frívolo) < persona> shallow; <vida/frase> empty, meaningless

II

masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

hacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder

b) ( espacio vacío) space

mirar al vacío — to gaze into space

saltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears

c) (falta, hueco) gap

dejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

- vacío de poder

* * *

= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex. When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.

Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex. It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.

Ex. Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.

Ex. Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.

Ex. If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.

Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex. The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.

Ex. Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex. Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex. There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.

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* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.

* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.

* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.

* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.

* no vacío = non-stop.

* palabra vacía = function word.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.

* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.

* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.

* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.

* vacío informativo = information vacuum.

* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.

* * *

I

- cía adjetivo

a) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> empty

con el estómago vacío — on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)

la despensa está vacía — there's no food in the house

volver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed

b) ( frívolo) < persona> shallow; <vida/frase> empty, meaningless

II

masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

hacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder

b) ( espacio vacío) space

mirar al vacío — to gaze into space

saltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears

c) (falta, hueco) gap

dejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

- vacío de poder

* * *

= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex: When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.

Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex: It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.

Ex: Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.

Ex: Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.

Ex: If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.

Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex: The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.

Ex: Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex: There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.

* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.

* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.

* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.

* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.

* no vacío = non-stop.

* palabra vacía = function word.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.

* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.

* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.

* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.

* vacío informativo = information vacuum.

* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.

* * *

vacío¹ - cía

adjective

1 ‹botella/caja› empty; ‹calle/ciudad› empty, deserted

con el estómago vacío on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos the empty bottles, the empties ( colloq)

la casa se alquila vacía the house is being rented unfurnished

el local está vacío the premises are empty o vacant

la siguió con una mirada totalmente vacía he stared after her with a totally blank expression on his face

la despensa está vacía there's no food in the house

vacío DE algo:

una calle vacía de vehículos y transeúntes a street empty of vehicles and passersby

un hombre vacío de compasión a man devoid of compassion

frases vacías de significado meaningless o empty words

retórica vacía de contenido empty rhetoric

volver de vacío ( Esp) «camión» to come back empty;

«persona» to come back empty-handed

2 (frívolo) ‹persona› shallow; ‹vida› empty, meaningless

son frases bonitas pero vacías they're fine-sounding words but they're meaningless o devoid of any meaning

pasaban su tiempo en conversaciones vacías they spent their time in idle o superficial conversation

vacío²

masculine

1 ( Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío vacuum-packed

hacer el vacío a algo to ignore sth

hicieron el vacío a todas mis sugerencias they ignored all my suggestions

hacerle el vacío a algn to give sb the cold shoulder, to cold-shoulder sb

2 (espacio vacío) space

miraba al vacío she was gazing into space

saltó al vacío he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío to fall on deaf ears

3 (falta, hueco) gap

dejó en su vida un vacío she left a gap o a void in his life

sentía una terrible sensación de vacío he had a terrible feeling of emptiness

en el caso de un vacío en la jefatura del Estado in the situation where there is no head of state

Compuesto:

vacío de poder

power vacuum

* * *

 

Del verbo vaciar: ( conjugate vaciar)

vacío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

vació es:

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

Multiple Entries:
vaciar    
vacío
vaciar ( conjugate vaciar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹vaso/botella› to empty;

‹ radiador› to drain;
‹bolsillo/cajón› to empty;
‹armario/habitación› to clean out

b) ‹ contenido› to empty (out)

2 ( ahuecar) to hollow out
vaciarse verbo pronominal
to empty
vacío 1

◊ - cía adjetivo

a) ‹botella/caja› empty;

‹calle/ciudad› empty, deserted;
‹ casa› empty, unoccupied;
‹palabras/retórica› empty;

◊ con el estómago vacío on an empty stomach

b) ( frívolo) ‹ persona› shallow;

‹vida/frase› empty, meaningless
vacío 2 sustantivo masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum;

◊ envasado al vacío vacuum-packed

b) ( espacio vacío) space;

◊ mirar al vacío to gaze into space

c) (falta, hueco) gap;

◊ dejó un vacío en su vida she left a gap o a void in his life;

una sensación de vacío a feeling of emptiness
vaciar verbo transitivo
1 (un cajón, una botella, un contenedor) to empty: vaciamos la piscina, we emptied the pool
2 Arte (una escultura, etc) to mould, US mold
3 (dejar hueco) to hollow out
vacío,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin contenido) empty
(sin interior, hueco) hollow
el tronco ya está vacío, the trunk is already hollow
2 (sin personas) empty
(sin ocupante) vacant: el piso está vacío, the flat is unoccupied
3 (pensamiento, promesa, etc) empty, hollow
(superficial) shallow
II sustantivo masculino
1 Fís vacuum
envasado al vacío, vacuum-packed
2 (espacio, aire) emptiness, void: el camión se precipitó al vacío, the truck plunged into the void
3 (sensación, sentimiento) me dejó una sensación de vacío, it made me feel empty
4 (hueco sin ocupar) gap, (empty) space
♦ Locuciones: de vacío, empty-handed
' vacío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casco
- hueca
- hueco
- huera
- huero
- lanzarse
- precipitarse
- salto
- vacía
- desocupado
- despejado
- estómago
- lanzar
- saltar
English:
bare
- blank
- bottle
- emptiness
- empty
- flat
- gap
- half-empty
- hollow
- leap
- send
- space
- spring
- tip out
- vacant
- vacuum
- vacuum-packed
- void
- into
- ostracize
- stomach

* * *

vacío, -a

♦ adj

1. [recipiente, vivienda, espacio] empty;

una sala casi vacía an almost empty hall;

la ciudad estaba vacía the city was empty o deserted

2. [palabras, gesto, promesa] empty;

vacío de [contenido] devoid of

3. [vida, existencia] empty

♦ nm

1. [espacio libre]

se lanzó al vacío she threw herself into the void;

caer en el vacío [palabras] to fall on deaf ears;

Comp

hacer el vacío a alguien to cold-shoulder sb

2. Fís vacuum;

envasar al vacío to vacuum-pack

3. [abismo, carencia] void;

su muerte ha dejado un gran vacío his death has left a big gap o void

Comp

vacío existencial existential void;

vacío legal legal vacuum;

Pol vacío de poder power vacuum

4. [hueco] space, gap;

tener un vacío en el estómago to feel hungry

5. RP [carne] flank steak

♦ de vacío loc adv

irse/volver de vacío [persona] to go/come back empty-handed;

[vehículo] to go/come back empty

* * *

vacío

I adj empty

II m FÍS vacuum; fig: espacio void;

dejar un vacío fig leave a gap;

envasado al vacío vacuum-packed;

hacer el vacío a alguien fig ostracize s.o.;

caer en el vacío fig fall on deaf ears fam

* * *

vacío, - cía adj

1) : vacant

2) : empty

3) : meaningless

vacío nm

1) : emptiness, void

2) : space, gap

3) : vacuum

4)

hacerle el vacío a alguien : to ostracize someone, to give someone the cold shoulder

* * *

vacío¹ adj

1. (en general) empty [comp. emptier; superl. emptiest]

el frasco está vacío the bottle is empty

2. (silla) free

¿está vacía esta silla? is this seat free?

vacío² n

1. (en general) void

los paracaidistas saltan al vacío parachutists jump into the void

2. (en física) vacuum

envasado al vacío vacuum packed

hacer el vacío a alguien to ignore someone

tener un vacío en el estómago to be starving

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Ex: Variable road signs with solar panels can go dead when, for. instance, snow covers the power source.

Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.

Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.

Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.

Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.

Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.

Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.

Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.

Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.

Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.

Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.

Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".

Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.

Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.

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Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.

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Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.

Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.

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Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.

* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.

* eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.

* eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.

* eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.

* eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.

* eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.

* eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].

* eliminar el sarro = descale.

* eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.

* eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.

* eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.

* eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.

* eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.

* eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.

* eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.

* eliminar por etapas = phase out.

* eliminar progresivamente = phase out.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* eliminar puliendo = buff out.

* eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.

* eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.

* eliminar un error = remove + error.

* eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.

 

eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

(Dep) to eliminate, knock out



eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
' eliminar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- cortar
- descalificar
- michelín
- quitar
- sonda
- terminar
- tranquilizar
English:
cut out
- debug
- eliminate
- face
- hit list
- knock out
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- weed
- cut
- delete
- do
- knock
- take
- zap
[grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;

parachute
приспособление для замедления спуска людей и грузов с различных высот (рис. 105). — an umbrella-shaped device to produce drag, commonly used to reduce the rate of descent of a falling body.
-, аварийный — emergency parachute
парашют, применяемый для аварийного оставления самолета в полете, — а paracllute used by an occupant of an aircraft for an emergency descent.
-, вспомогательный — auxiliary parachute
дополнитепьный парашют, закрепляемый к ранцу или основному парашюту, для обеспечения последовательности выпуска. — а subsidiary parachute attached to the pack or to main parachute to assist in deployment sequence.
-, вытяжной (спасательного парашюта) — pilot parachute
небольшой парашют, прикрепленный к полюсу основнаго парашюта, для вытягивания основного парашюта из ранца, открытого вытяжным шнуром. — а small auxiliary parachute attached to the apex of the main parachute, designed to pull the latter out of its pack when the rip cord is pulled.
- вытяжной — retarder parachute
для вытягивания сначала строп, a затем купола парашюта. — ensures that the rigging lines deploy before the canopy.
-, вытяжной (груза) — extractor parachute
служит для вытягивания груза из самолета в полете, — designed to withdraw а load from an aircraft in flight.
-, вытяжной (грузового парашюта) служит для выпуска основнаго грузового парашюта. — retarder parachute. used to deploy the main load-carrying parachute.
-, грузовой — cargo parachute
-, десантный — assault parachute
- для покидания ла при нулевых скорости и высоте — zero-zero parachute
- для сброса грузов (грузовой) — supply-dropping parachute
-, дополнительный вытяжной (купола грузового парашюта) — (auxiliary) retarder parachute
-, запасной — reserve parachute
второй парашют (парашютиста), используемый при отказе основного парашюта. — а second parachute sometimes carried by а parachutist for use in an emergency when the parachute normally used fails to function.
-, зарифованный — reefed parachute
парашют, эффективный диаметр которого ограничен до вепичины меньше диаметра полностью наполненного купола парашюта, — а parachute in which the effective diameter is restricted to a value less than that of the fully inflated parachute.
- захода на посадку — approach parachute
для обеспечения более крутой траектории захода на посадку, — а parachute deployed from an aircraft to steepen the approach.
-, квадратный — square parachute
парашют с квадратной формой купола (в плане), — а parachute, the canopy of which, when laid out ffat, is approximately square.
-, кольцевой — annular parachute
-, круглокольцевой — ring slot parachute
парашют, купол которого выполнен из концентрически расположенных колец на равных расстояниях, соединенных радиальными лентами. — а parachute, the саперу of which is made up of concentrie rings of fabric separated from each other and joined at regular intervals by radial tapes.
-, ленточный — ribbon parachute,
парашют, купол которого выполнен из полос (лент) co щелями между ними, — а parachute, the canopy of ' which is constructed ot ribbans instead of fabric.
-, людской — man-carrying parachute
-, нагрудный — chest pack parachute
парашют, ранец которого крепится к груди парашютиста. служит в качестве запасного парашюта при тренировочных прыжках. — а parachute so attached to the harness that the pack fastens across the chest of the wearer. used for additional safety in training jumps.
-, невыпущенный (при затяжном прыжке) — live parachute. delayed drop is a live parachute descent.
-, нераскрывшийся, вытянутый no потоку — streamed parachute
-, основной — main parachute
-, основной грузовой — main load-carrying parachute
-, открывающийся вручную — manually operated parachute
-, пристрелочный (для определения сноса) — drift parachute
-, протизоштопорный — antispin parachute
парашют, выпускаемый из законцовок крыла или хвостового кока, для вывода самолета из штопора, — а parachute attached to the wing extremities or the tail of an aircraft to assist in its recovery from a spin.
-, разрезной — blank gore parachute
парашют, у которого часть или целый клин (полотнище) вырезано, — а parachute in which the whole or part of one gore is cut out.
-, ранцевый — back pack parachute
-, раскрываемый на заданной высоте барометрическим или временным автоматом — parachute deployed (inflated) at a predetermined height by а barometric or time-delay device.
-, раскрывшийся — deployed /inflated/ parachute
- с автоматическим раскрытием купола (при помощи барометрического или временного автомата) — automatic parachute. а parachute which is withdrawn from its pack by a static line or allowed to inflate at a predetermined height by a barometric or time-delay device.
- с автономным раскрытием купола (парашют, раскрываемый вручную парашютистам) — free parachute. а parachute which can be deployed manually by the paracllutist.
- с быстросъемной привязной системой — quick-release parachute
- (-) сиденье — seat pack parachute
парашют, ранец которого испопьзуется в качестве подушки сиденья члена экипажа. — а parachute which is so attached to the harness, and which may be worn by the wearer so that it serves as a cushion, in the airplane seat.
- системы спасения (объекта), противоштопорный — recovery parachute
- с куполом из колоколообразных полотнищ — shaped parachute. а parachute, the canopy оf which consists of bell-shaped gores.
- с мгновенным раскрытием (после отделения члена экипажа от кресла) — zero second parachute
- с многоугольным (плоским куполом) — parashoot. а parachute with а canopy in the form of a regular polygon.
- со стропами, закрепленными к нижней кромке купола (без пересечения купола стропами до полюсного отверстия) — hem rigged parachute. a parachute the rigging lines of which are attacred at the peripheral hem and do not pass over the canopy.
-, спасательный (члена экипажа) — life-saving parachute
- с плоским куполом — flat parachute
парашют с куполом из треугольных клиньев, образующих правильный многоугольник в плане. — а parachute the canopy of which consists of triangular gores forming а regular polygon when laid flat.
-, стабилизирующий — stabilizing parachute

a parachute used to stabilize an otherwise unstable load.
-, стабилизирующий (катапультного кресла) — drogue
- с треугольным куполом — triangular parachute

а parachute which is approximately triangular when laid out flat.
- типа крыло — wing-type parachute
-, тормозной — drag parachute
парашют, предназначенный для сокращения пробега самолета после посадки, — а parachute attached to high-performance aircraft that can be deployed, usually during landings, to decrease speed.
-, тормозной (десантируемых грузов) — brake parachute
-, управляемый — steerable parachute
-, управляемый — guide surface parachute
парашют, форма купола которого образует дополнительную поверхность, служащую для направления и стабипизации. — а parachute in which the canopy is

haped in such a manner as to produce a re-entrant surface which acts аs а guide or stabilizing member.
- учебный — training parachute
выпуск (тормозного) п. — deployment
купол п. — parachute canopy
лямка парашюта — parachute strap
наполнение (купола) п. — evelopment of parachute
отцепка (сброс) торм. п. — drag parachute release
подвесная система п. — parachute harness
полюс п. — apex
раскрытие п. — deployment, opening
укладка п. — parachute packing
выбрасываться с п. — bail out
надевать п. — don the parachute
перетряхивать п. — shake (out) the parachute
прыгать с п. — jump with parachute
раскладывать п. (на всю длину) — lay out the parachute (to its full length)
раскладывать п. плоско — lay out the parachute flat
складывать п. — fold parachute
укладывать п. в ранец — pack parachute

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– X-ray unit

absolute electrostatic unit — единица электростатическая абсолютная

antenna matching unit — блок согласования антенны

antenna phasing unit — блок фазировки антенны

antenna tuning unit — блок настройки антенны

arriving unit is rejected — входящее требование получает отказ

assisted take-off unit — ускоритель взлета

atomic mass unit — атомная единица массы

automatic bonding unit — автомат для обвязки рулонов

automatic fuel-control unit — <engin.> агрегат командно-топливный

auxiliary power unit — вспомогательная силовая установка

billet cleaning unit — агрегат для зачистки заготовок

braked carriage unit — тормозная единица поезда

card punching unit — блок пробивки перфокарт

combined motor-generating unit — обратимая электромашина

data storage unit — <comput.> блок хранения данных

designing a machine as a unit — агрегатирование машин

dough make-up unit — тесторазделочная машина

elongation per unit length — удельное удлинение

engine is installed as a unit — двигатель устанавливается в сборе

flashing light unit — < railways> головка проблесковая

frame sweet unit — блок кадровой развертки

gas-fired unit heater — газовый отопительный агрегат

grid control unit — блок сеточного управления

ground power unit — агрегат аэродромного питания

ground power-supply unit — аэродромный силовой агрегат

hollow clay unit — эффективный кирпич

horizontal deflection unit — блок строчной развертки

independent variable unit — блок независимой переменной

inert zone unit — блок имитации зоны нечувствительности

infra-red heating unit — инфракрасный нагреватель

integer processing unit — целочисленный процессор

jet assisted take-off unit — реактивный ускоритель взлета

line-scan conversion unit — преобразователь строчного стандарта

load distribution unit — <engin.> блок распределения нагрузки

load following unit — <engin.> блок маневренный

loss per unit length — потери на единицу длины

lubricating pump unit — смазочный нагнетатель

magnetic variation unit — блок отработки магнитных вариаций

mercury-arc rectifier unit — ртутный выпрямитель

mobile X-ray unit — передвижной рентгеновский аппарат

monomeric unit of polymer — мономерное звено полимера

multiform unit vulcanizer — многогнездный вулканизатор

multipath control unit — групповой контроллер

natural unit of information — натуральная единица информации

nuclear propulsion unit — <cosm.> двигатель атомный

nuclear steam-raising unit — <constr.> установка паропроизводная ядерная

oil-pressure sending unit — датчик давления масла

oscillator amplifier unit — < radio> блок генераторно-усилительный

power generating unit — <engin.> энергоблок

power supply unit — < radio> агрегат питания

proposed field unit — реальная гидротурбина

pulse gating unit — блок селекции импульсов

pulse shaping unit — блок формирования импульсов

pump-jet propulsion unit — водометный двигатель

scheduled unit trains — маршрутный

scrap breaking unit — дробитель

separator pump unit — <energ.> станция компрессорная дожимная

service data unit — сервисный блок данных

servo control unit — <engin.> гидроусилитель

shared-path control unit — разделенный контроллер

single-operator welding unit — однопостовая сварочная установка

single-path control unit — индивидуальный контроллер

start up generating unit — пускать энергетический агрегат

steam unit heater — паровой отопительный агрегат

steam-water unit heater — пароводяной отопительный агрегат

string insulator unit — гирляндный изолятор

therapeutic gamma unit — гамма-установка терапевтическая

thermal imaging unit — <math.> прибор тепловизионный, <tech.> тепловизор

three-phase milking unit — трехтактный доильный аппарат

threshold logic unit — <comput.> блок логический пороговый

turbine propulsion unit — турбинная двигательная установка

two-operator welding unit — двухпостовая сварочная установка

two-phase milking unit — двухтактный доильный аппарат

unit construction bridge — мост из стандартных элементов

unit impulse function — единичный импульс

unit interval at the commutator — деление коллектора

unit of traffic intensity — единица интенсивности нагрузки

unit power rating — <engin.> мощность удельная

unit step excitation — ступенчатое единичное воздействие

unit step function — переходная функция

visual display unit — экранный пульт

water-temperature sending unit — датчик температуры воды

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* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda al desarrollo = development aid.

* ayuda alimentaria = food aid.

* ayuda con la declaración de hacienda = income tax assistance.

* ayuda de asistencia = attendance grant.

* ayuda de asistencia a congreso = conference attendance grant.

* ayuda de cámara = valet.

* ayuda de emergencia = emergency relief.

* ayuda del gobierno = state aid, state support.

* ayuda doméstica = domestic help.

* ayuda económica = grant, financial support, fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, cash grant.

* ayuda educativa = educational aid.

* ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda en pantalla = aid page.

* ayuda estatal = state aid, state support.

* ayuda familiar = family income supplement, family worker.

* ayuda financiera = financial assistance, fund assistance.

* ayuda humanitaria = humanitarian aid, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance.

* Ayuda Internacional de Libros (BAI) = Book Aid International (BAI).

* ayuda legal = legal assistance.

* ayuda memoria = aide-mémoire.

* ayuda mutua = mutual help, mutual aid.

* ayuda para dormir = sleeping aid.

* ayuda para el desplazamiento = travel grant.

* ayuda para la memoria = memory aid.

* ayuda para recordar = memory aid.

* ayudas = monies [money, -sing.].

* ayuda sensible al contexto = context-sensitive help.

* ayuda social = welfare benefits.

* ayudas para la escritura = writing tools.

* ayuda visual = visual aid.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.

* con la ayuda de = under the guidance of.

* con + Posesivo + ayuda = under + Posesivo + guidance.

* conseguir ayuda = secure + help.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.

* herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.

* herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.

* herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.

* instrumento de ayuda a la enseñanza = teaching aid.

* material de ayuda = help pack.

* mostrador de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk].

* ofrecer ayuda = offer + guidance, offer + assistance, provide + support.

* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.

* pantalla de ayuda = help screen.

* pedir ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* pedir ayuda a = enlist + the cooperation of.

* política de ayuda = assistance policy.

* prestar ayuda = provide + assistance, render + assistance, offer + guidance, offer + assistance, lend + a (helping) hand.

* proyecto de ayuda = aid project.

* proyecto de ayuda humanitaria = relief project.

* recabar ayuda = solicit + help, solicit + support.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser una gran ayuda = be a tower of strength.

* servicio de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help facility.

* servir de ayuda = be of assistance.

* sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.

* sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handedly.

* sistema de ayuda = help system.

* sistema de ayuda a la gestión = management support system (MSS).

* solicitar ayuda = summon + help, seek + assistance, seek + help.

* tecla de ayuda = help key.

 

Del verbo ayudar: ( conjugate ayudar)

ayuda es:



Multiple Entries:
ayuda    
ayudar
ayuda sustantivo femenino ( asistencia) help;

ayudas para la inversión incentives for investment;
ha sido de gran ayuda it has been a great help
ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
to help;
ayuda al prójimo to help one's neighbor;
¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
vino a ayudame she came to help me out;
ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
verbo intransitivo
to help;
¿puedo ayuda en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayuda sustantivo femenino help, assistance, aid: un joven vino en ayuda de los accidentados, a young man came to the aid of the injured people
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help

' ayuda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- acudir
- asistencia
- balón
- beneficio
- blandengue
- colaboración
- confiar
- demanda
- espaldarazo
- estimar
- facilidad
- fortalecimiento
- goteo
- gratificación
- nos
- nunca
- ofrecer
- paliar
- prestación
- prioritaria
- prioritario
- recabar
- retirar
- sola
- solo
- urgir
- utilidad
- vital
- agradecer
- apreciar
- auxilio
- beca
- becar
- contar
- desechar
- desinteresado
- despreciar
- dispensar
- disponer
- espontáneo
- evaporarse
- favor
- gracia
- gritar
- implorar
- inapreciable
- inestimable
- material
English:
aid
- appreciate
- appreciative
- ask for
- assistance
- backing
- bat
- bird
- bootstrap
- by
- canvass
- contribute
- contribution
- deny
- do without
- dramatically
- foreign aid
- forthcoming
- give
- grateful
- greatly
- help
- hesitate
- immediate
- instrumental
- major
- navigate
- own
- quarter
- relief
- seek
- service
- single-handed
- summon
- support
- supportive
- unaided
- valet
- virtually
- volunteer
- without
- afield
- any
- boon
- deserving
- hand
- position
- public
- shape
- single
ayuda en carretera Br breakdown service, US emergency road service; Informát ayuda en línea on-line help; Informát ayuda en pantalla onscreen help ayuda al desarrollo development aid; Hist ayuda de cámara royal valet

- dejarse Para las expresiones dar importancia, dar ejemplo, dar las gracias, dar clases, dar a conocer, dar a entender, darse prisa, ver la otra entrada. dejar que ({+ subjun}) + adj [+ dinero] dejar de hacer algo [por un momento] to stop doing sth; [por una temporada] to give up doing sth, stop doing sth no dejar de ({+ infin}) DEJAR Dejar en el sentido de prestar se puede traducir al inglés empleando borrow o lend. Borrow se usa cuando el sujeto es quien pide (significa tomar prestado) y lend cuando el sujeto es quien da (significa dejar prestado): ¿Me dejas tus botas de esquiar? Can I borrow your ski boots? o Can you lend me your ski boots? ¿Me podrías dejar tu reloj? Could I borrow your watch? o Could you lend me your watch? NOTA: Borrow y lend no se utilizan normalmente con cosas que no pueden trasladarse de un sitio a otro: ¿Me dejas tu casa de campo este fin de semana? Can I use your house in the country this weekend? Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.

Ex: Many libraries are reluctant to reclassify stock and many libraries leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after the earlier edition has been superseded.

Ex: If the user does not know what the answer is, he stops the command chain at that point, lets the system show an intermediate display for guidance, and then continues his work.

Ex: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.

Ex: The implication is that these are books to be picked up, looked at, leafed through and put down again.

Ex: That they received regular visits from people who dropped off packages on a regular basis along with money.

Ex: A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel 'Lord of the Flies' is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature.

Ex: The actress flaked out again and the director is trying to line up a replacement.

Ex: For one, large areas of city were in the hands of the Mafia, who was not eager to let got of their vested interests.

Ex: Judging by the critical responses to the article so far, it looks like the world isn't quite ready to go cold turkey on its religion addiction.

Ex: This book takes up the thread where Volume One left off.

Ex: There are many thankless jobs in this world, but does that mean you can just walk out on them for your own selfish reasons?.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* dejando a un lado = apart from.

* dejar a Alguien atónito = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien boquiabierto = leave + Nombre + gagging, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien colgado = hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien embarazada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en estado = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien en la cuneta = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien en la estacada = leave + Alguien + in the lurch, hang + Nombre + out to dry.

* dejar a Alguien en la ignorancia = leave + Nombre + in the dark.

* dejar a Alguien estupefacto = leave + Nombre + speechless, astound, make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien inconsciente = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien patidifuso = make + Posesivo + eyes + pop (out).

* dejar a Alguien plantado = leave + Alguien + in the lurch.

* dejar a Alguien preñada = knock + Alguien + up.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe como pueda = leave + Alguien + to sink or swim.

* dejar a Alguien que se las apañe solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien que se las arregle solo = leave + Pronombre + to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar a Alguien sin aliento = leave + Nombre + breathless, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* dejar a Alguien sin sentido = knock + Nombre + out, knock + Nombre + unconscious.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar a Alguien sin un duro = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar abierta la posibilidad de que = leave + open the possibility that.

* dejar a la buena de Dios = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar a la posteridad = bequeath to + posterity.

* dejar al descubierto = lay + bare.

* dejar Algo a la suerte = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al azar = leave + Nombre + to chance.

* dejar Algo al criterio de Alguien = leave + Nombre + up to.

* dejar Algo aparcado = put + Nombre + on ice, put + Nombre + on mothballs.

* dejar Algo completamente destrozado = leave + Nombre + in shambles.

* dejar Algo para otro día = take + a rain cheque.

* dejar a oscuras = cut out + light.

* dejar aparte = leave + aside.

* dejar a + Posesivo + suerte = strand.

* dejar a su aire = leave to + Reflexivo, leave + unchecked.

* dejar atónito = stun, astound.

* dejar atrás = leave + behind, outstrip, outpace, outdistance, leave + Nombre + behind, leave by + the wayside, move on from.

* dejar a una lado = put + Nombre + to one side.

* dejar a un lado = put + aside, move + beyond, lay + Nombre + aside, leave by + the wayside.

* dejar bastante que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar bien claro = make + it + crystal clear, make + Reflexivo + crystal clear.

* dejar caer = drop, dump.

* dejar caer insinuaciones = throw + hints.

* dejar caer un indirecta = drop + a hint.

* dejar ciego = blind.

* dejar claro = make + it + clear, hammer + home + message, make + plain, send + a clear signal that.

* dejar claro que = make + the point that.

* dejar como + estar = leave + untouched.

* dejar con el culo al aire = leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar constancia de = record.

* dejar de = cease to, relax + the grip on.

* dejar de actualizar el catálogo = close down + catalogue.

* dejar de circular = drop out of + circulation.

* dejar de existir = be no more.

* dejar de fumar = stop + smoking, quit + smoking, smoking cessation.

* dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.

* dejar de gustar = go off.

* dejar de hacer huelga = cross + the picket line.

* dejar de hacer sufrir = put + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + misery.

* dejar de + Infinitivo = skip + Gerundio, give up + Gerundio, stop + Gerundio.

* dejar de lado = leave + aside, forego [forgo].

* dejar de percatarse de = become + blind to.

* dejar de pie = leave + standing.

* dejar de publicarse = cease + publication.

* dejar de remar = lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.

* dejar desamparado = leave + Nombre + out in the cold, leave + unprotected.

* dejar de ser actual = date.

* dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.

* dejar de ser útil = outlive + Posesivo + usefulness.

* dejar desguarnecido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de sonreír = extinguish + smile.

* dejar desprotegido = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre + out in the cold.

* dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.

* dejar de trabajar temporalmente = career break.

* dejar de ver = become + blind to.

* dejar dormido = put + Nombre + to sleep.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

* dejar el hábito = kick + the habit.

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

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar en adobo = marinade.

* dejar en blanco = leave + blank.

* dejar encargado = leave in + charge.

* dejar en el dique seco = mothball.

* dejar en evidencia = call + Posesivo + bluff.

* dejar en garantía = pledge.

* dejar en herencia = bequeath.

* dejar en la cuneta = ditch.

* dejar en la estacada = leave + Nombre + high and dry, be left out on a limb.

* dejar en libertad para + Infinitivo = afford + the freedom to + Infinitivo.

* dejar en prenda = pledge.

* dejar en remojo = steep.

* dejar en ridículo = make + a joke of, put + Nombre + to shame.

* dejar en segundo plano = overshadow.

* dejar en suspenso = put into + abeyance.

* dejar en testamento = will.

* dejar entrever = provide + a glimpse of, hint, insinuate, hint at, give + a hint, intimate.

* dejar escapar a Alguien = let + Nombre + escape.

* dejar espacio para = leave + room for.

* dejar estupefacto = stagger.

* dejar frío a Alguien = knock + Nombre + cold.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar fuera = leave out, cut out, count + Nombre + out, leave + Nombre + out of the picture, drop + Nombre + out of the picture.

* dejar fuera de combate = lay + Nombre + low.

* dejar fuera del equipo = sideline.

* dejar hecho polvo = screw + Nombre + up.

* dejar huella = leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + a trace, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar huellas = leave + footprints.

* dejar huérfano = orphan.

* dejar incompleto = leave + unfinished.

* dejar inconsciente = overcome, knock + the hell out out of, leave + unconscious.

* dejar indefenso = leave + unprotected.

* dejar intacto = leave + intact, leave + untouched.

* dejar la cuestión abierta = leave + the question open.

* dejar la empresa = jump + ship.

* dejar la puerta abierta a = open + the door to.

* dejar la puerta abierta de par en par = leave + the door wide open.

* dejar las armas = put down + weapons.

* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar la tierra en barbecho = let + farmland lie fallow.

* dejar libertad para + Infinitivo = leave + Nombre + free to + Infinitivo.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar limpio a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar lisiado = lame.

* dejarlo a la discreción de = leave + it to the discretion of.

* dejarlo en paz = give + it a rest, let + it drop.

* dejarlo para última hora = leave + it until the last minute.

* dejar los campos en barbecho = let + fields lie fallow.

* dejar los estudios = drop out (from school), drop out of + school.

* dejar marcado = scar.

* dejar margen = allow + margin.

* dejar mella = leave + an impression, touch + Posesivo + life, leave + Posesivo + mark, cut + a swath(e), leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar mucho que desear = fall (far) short of + ideal, leave + a lot to be desired, leave + much to be desired.

* dejar para cuando = move to + a time when.

* dejar pasar = pass up, forego [forgo], let through.

* dejar pasar a Alguien = let + Alguien + by.

* dejar pasar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.

* dejar pasar una oportunidad = forego + opportunity, miss + opportunity, pass up + opportunity, miss + chance.

* dejar pasmado = stagger.

* dejar paso = step + aside.

* dejar paso (a) = give + way (to).

* dejar pelado a Alguien = take + Nombre + to the cleaners.

* dejar perplejo = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus.

* dejar plantado = walk out on.

* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se las arregle solo = leave (up) to + Posesivo + own resources, leave to + Posesivo + own devices.

* dejar que Alguien se salga con la suya = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.

* dejar que Alguien se vaya = let + Nombre + go.

* dejar que desear = leave + something + to be desired, leave + a bit to be desired.

* dejar que se pudra = leave to + rot.

* dejar que + Subjuntivo = allow + Infinitivo.

* dejar rastro = leave + a trace.

* dejarse arrastrar = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse arrastrar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse caer = drop by, drop in, slump, droop, mosey.

* dejarse el pellejo = play out + Posesivo + skin, work + Posesivo + butt off, sweat + blood, slog + Posesivo + guts out, give + Posesivo + all.

* dejarse el pellejo trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.

* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* dejarse guiar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse la piel = sweat + blood, work + Posesivo + butt off, slog + Posesivo + guts out, play out + Posesivo + skin.

* dejarse la piel trabajando = work + Posesivo + fingers to the bone.

* dejarse llevar = become + carried away by, drift along, drift, coast along, go with + the flow, let + go, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse llevar fácilmente = be easily led.

* dejarse llevar (por) = fall + victim to, give + way (to).

* dejarse llevar por el instinto = fly by + the seat of + Posesivo + pants.

* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.

* dejarse llevar por la corriente = go with + the flow, go along with + the flow.

* dejarse ver = have + visibility.

* dejar sin cambiar = leave + unchanged.

* dejar sin hacer = leave + undone.

* dejar sin palabras = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplus.

* dejar sin poder = disempower.

* dejar sin protección = leave + unprotected.

* dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.

* dejar sin tocar = leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar sitio (a) = make + room (for), make + way (for).

* dejar solo = leave + Alguien + alone, leave + Nombre + alone, leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar su impronta en = set + Posesivo + stamp on.

* dejar tiempo = free up + time.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* dejar tirado = strand, walk out on.

* dejar tranquilo = leave + Nombre + undisturbed.

* dejar tras sí = leave + behind.

* dejar una cicatriz = scar.

* dejar una huella imborrable = leave + a lasting impression, leave + a lasting memory.

* dejar una impresión = leave with + the impression, leave + an impression, leave + an imprint, make + an impression.

* dejar una marca = leave + Posesivo + mark.

* dejar una pista = leave + a trace.

* dejar (un) buen sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un cargo = resign + office, step down from + Posesivo + position, leave + office.

* dejar un grato sabor de boca = leave + a good taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un hábito = stop + habit.

* dejar un hueco = leave + gap.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un reguero de = leave + a trail of.

* dejar un sabor amargo en la boca = leave + a bitter aftertaste.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* dejar vacante = leave + vacant.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* dejar vulnerable = leave + unprotected, leave + Nombre/Reflexivo + vulnerable.

* desaparecer sin dejar huella = evaporate into + thin air, vanish into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desaparecer sin dejar rastro = evaporate into + thin air, disappear into + thin air, disappear without + a trace, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue.

* desapareder sin dejar rastro = vanish into + thin air.

* estar tan bueno que no se puede dejar de comer = moreish.

* golpear a Alguien hasta dejarlo inconsciente = beat + Nombre + unconscious.

* los efectos negativos se están dejando sentir ahora = chickens come home to roost.

* lo tomas o lo dejas = take it or leave it.

* no dejar a nadie fuera = inclusivity.

* no dejar de enviar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar de mandar + Nombre = keep + Nombre + coming.

* no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.

* no dejar entrar = turn + Nombre + away, keep out.

* no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.

* no dejar ni un cabo suelto = tie up + all the loose ends.

* no dejar pasar = keep out.

* no dejar pasar la oportunidad = ride + the wave.

* no dejar títere con cabeza = turn + everything upside down.

* no poder dejar de mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + de = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar el + Nombre + of = the + Nombre + of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persuadir a Alguien para que deje Algo = lure away from.

* programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.

* sin dejar huella = into thin air.

* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.

* sin dejar rastro = into thin air.

* sin dejarse amedrentar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse amilanar por = undaunted by.

* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

* sin dejarse intimidar por = undaunted by.

* sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.

 

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dejar algo
dejar ( conjugate dejar) verbo transitivo
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dejó a los niños en el colegio she dropped the children (off) at school;
dejar un recado to leave a message;
dejar propina to leave a tip;
deja ese cuchillo put that knife down;
déjala, ella no tuvo la culpa leave her alone, it wasn't her fault;
dejar mucho que desear to leave a great deal to be desired



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3 ( abandonar) ‹novia/marido› to leave;
‹ familia› to leave, abandon;
‹ trabajo› to give up, leave;
‹ lugar› to leave;

4 (+ compl) ( en cierto estado) to leave;

me dejó esperando afuera she left me waiting outside;
¡déjame en paz! leave me alone!;
me lo dejó en 1.000 pesos he let me have it for 1,000 pesos;
See also→ lado 3
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( permitir)

déjalo entrar let it/him in;
deja correr el agua let the water run;
¿me dejas ir? will you let me go?;
dejar que algo/algn haga algo to let sb/sth do sth;
déjame que te ayude let me help you;
See Also→ caer 1, See Also→ paso 1 b
verbo intransitivo dejar de hacer algo to stop doing sth;

no dejes de escribirme make sure you write to me
dejarse verbo pronominal
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se deja influir fácilmente he's easily influenced;
dejarse llevar por la música to let oneself be carried along by the music;
dejarse estar (AmL);

( descuidarse) to be careless;
( abandonarse) to let oneself go
2 ‹barba/bigote› to grow
3 dejarse de hacer algo to stop doing sth;

4 (esp Esp fam) ( olvidar) to leave
dejar
1 verbo transitivo
1 (poner en un sitio una cosa) to leave: déjalo donde estaba, leave it where it was
no sé dónde dejé las llaves, I don't know where I left my keys
(a una persona en un lugar) to drop off
2 (prestar) to lend: ¿me dejas tu blusa?, may I borrow your blouse?
3 (abandonar a un niño) to abandon
(romper relaciones con) to leave: Carmen dejó a su novio, Carmen broke up with her boyfriend
(una actividad) to give up: dejó de bailar, she gave up dancing
dejar el trabajo, to leave one's job
(desistir) to give up: lo dejé por imposible, I gave it up
4 (autorizar, dar permiso) to let, allow: no sé si le dejarán viajar solo, I don't know if they'll let her travel unaccompanied
dejar entrar/salir, to let in/out ➣ Ver nota en let 5 (no molestar) to leave sb alone: deja a mamá, que está descansando, leave mummy alone, she's having a rest
6 (producir beneficios) to produce
7 (aplazar) dejaron la visita para otro día, they put the visit off for another day
8 (+ adjetivo: en un estado) to make
dejar cansado, to make (sb) tired
dejar preocupado/satisfecho, to worry/satisfy
II v aux ( dejar de + infinitivo) to stop, give up: no deja de hablar de él, she never stops talking about him
no dejes de llamar para avisarme, don't forget to call me
de pronto dejó de respirar, suddenly he stoped breathing ➣ Ver nota en give y stop
♦ Locuciones: déjame en paz, leave me alone
dejar dicho, to leave a word o a message
dejar fuera, (excluir, no tener en cuenta) to leave out, omit
dejar mucho que desear, to leave a lot to be desired: su examen dejó mucho que desear, his exam performance left a lot to be desired
' dejar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agotar
- aplanar
- aturdir
- barbecho
- betún
- cabida
- cabo
- caer
- callar
- clara
- claro
- colgada
- colgado
- consistir
- Cristo
- dejarse
- descendencia
- descolgar
- desconectarse
- despedirse
- desplumar
- destartalar
- destilar
- desvelar
- deteriorarse
- enseñar
- entrever
- estacada
- estampar
- franquear
- hoy
- huella
- imprimir
- miel
- olvidar
- palmo
- petrificar
- piedra
- pieza
- plantar
- plantificar
- poltrona
- prenda
- rastro
- reñir
- reposo
- respirar
- sabor
- salirse
- señal
English:
abandon
- admit
- advance
- advise
- allow
- astound
- black out
- blind
- boggle
- bowl over
- break off
- brew
- brush aside
- burner
- butt out
- cease
- chuck in
- cold
- come off
- consider
- cripple
- cut
- cut off
- cut out
- dangle
- dent
- device
- disable
- dismiss
- drop
- drop off
- drop out
- dump
- end
- fool
- forward
- fox
- free
- gear
- give
- give up
- gripping
- imprint
- jack in
- jilt
- keep
- keep in
- keep out
- knock out
- lay down
[tabaco, estudios] to give up; [familia] to abandon;