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  • 101 cognitivo

    adj.
    cognitive, sensory, relative to knowledge, perception.
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    - va adjetivo cognitive
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    Ex. A theoretical scheme classifies user behaviour into 3 domains of library activity (affective, cognitive, and psychomotor) and into 3 levels of learning (orientation, interaction, and internalisation).
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    * base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].
    * capacidad cognitiva = cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.
    * capital cognitivo = knowledge assets.
    * deficiencia cognitiva = cognitive impairment.
    * destreza cognitiva = cognitive skill.
    * deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.
    * estrategia cognitiva = cognitive strategy.
    * función cognitiva = cognitive function.
    * habilidad cognitiva = cognitive skill, cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.
    * trastorno cognitivo = cognitive disorder.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo cognitive
    * * *

    Ex: A theoretical scheme classifies user behaviour into 3 domains of library activity (affective, cognitive, and psychomotor) and into 3 levels of learning (orientation, interaction, and internalisation).

    * base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].
    * capacidad cognitiva = cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.
    * capital cognitivo = knowledge assets.
    * deficiencia cognitiva = cognitive impairment.
    * destreza cognitiva = cognitive skill.
    * deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.
    * estrategia cognitiva = cognitive strategy.
    * función cognitiva = cognitive function.
    * habilidad cognitiva = cognitive skill, cognitive ability, cognitive capacity.
    * trastorno cognitivo = cognitive disorder.

    * * *
    cognitive
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    cognitivo,-a adj Psic cognitive
    ' cognitivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cognitiva
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    cognitivo, -a adj
    cognitive
    * * *
    adj cognitive
    * * *
    cognitivo, -va adj
    : cognitive

    Spanish-English dictionary > cognitivo

  • 102 colapso

    m.
    1 collapse, breakdown (medicine).
    2 stoppage.
    3 shock.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: colapsar.
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    1 MEDICINA collapse
    2 figurado breakdown
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    noun m.
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    SM
    1) (Med)
    2) [de régimen, imperio, empresa] collapse
    3) (=paralización)
    * * *
    a) (Med) collapse

    sufrió/le dio un colapso — he collapsed

    b) ( paralización) standstill
    * * *
    Ex. This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    * * *
    a) (Med) collapse

    sufrió/le dio un colapso — he collapsed

    b) ( paralización) standstill
    * * *

    Ex: This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.

    * * *
    1 ( Med) collapse
    sufrió/le dio un colapso he collapsed
    2 (paralización) standstill
    la huelga provocó un colapso en todo el país the strike completely paralyzed the country o brought the country to a standstill
    Compuestos:
    heart failure
    nervous breakdown
    respiratory failure
    * * *

    Del verbo colapsar: ( conjugate colapsar)

    colapso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    colapsó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    colapsar    
    colapso
    colapso sustantivo masculino
    a) (Med) collapse;



    colapsar verbo transitivo to bring to a standstill
    colapso sustantivo masculino Med collapse: sufrió un colapso en plena calle, she collapsed in the middle of the street
    ' colapso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aluvión
    English:
    break down
    - collapse
    - crack up
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    1. Med [desvanecimiento] collapse, breakdown;
    sufrir un colapso to collapse
    2. [de pulmón] collapse
    3. [de actividad] collapse;
    estar al borde del colapso to be on the brink of collapse;
    la manifestación produjo el colapso del tráfico the demonstration brought traffic to a standstill
    * * *
    m collapse;
    provocar un colapso en la ciudad bring the city to a standstill
    * * *
    1) : collapse
    2) : standstill

    Spanish-English dictionary > colapso

  • 103 concienciación

    f.
    consciousness-raising, awareness.
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    SF Esp
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    = alertness, awareness, realisation [realization, -USA], consciousness-raising, reality check.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
    Ex. For the student of literature, the rediscovery of the pleasures of nursery rhyme, of folk and fairy tales, of nonsense verse and story leads in itself to a realization of their importance and function in our lives.
    Ex. The author considers the dangers inherent in this approach such as overlooking the needs of the illiterate, the poor and non-users and neglecting the consciousness-raising aspect of library service.
    Ex. This article describes the valuable role played by focus groups in providing a reality check on the usefulness of a new product or service.
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    * campaña de concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * concienciación más clara = heightened awareness.
    * concienciación pública = public awareness.
    * falta de concienciación = unawareness.
    * * *
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    = alertness, awareness, realisation [realization, -USA], consciousness-raising, reality check.

    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.

    Ex: Against this proliferation of hosts there is a distinct awareness amongst users of the need for the rationalisation.
    Ex: For the student of literature, the rediscovery of the pleasures of nursery rhyme, of folk and fairy tales, of nonsense verse and story leads in itself to a realization of their importance and function in our lives.
    Ex: The author considers the dangers inherent in this approach such as overlooking the needs of the illiterate, the poor and non-users and neglecting the consciousness-raising aspect of library service.
    Ex: This article describes the valuable role played by focus groups in providing a reality check on the usefulness of a new product or service.
    * campaña de concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciación de la gente = awareness raising [awareness-raising].
    * concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.
    * concienciación más clara = heightened awareness.
    * concienciación pública = public awareness.
    * falta de concienciación = unawareness.

    * * *
    ( Esp)
    * * *
    concienciación, Am concientización nf
    el objetivo básico de la campaña es la concienciación medioambiental the basic aim of the campaign is to raise public awareness of environmental issues;
    existe una falta de concienciación pública sobre el problema there is insufficient public awareness of the problem
    * * *
    f consciousness-raising

    Spanish-English dictionary > concienciación

  • 104 conectarse

    VPR
    (Inform)
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    (n.) = log on, log, login
    Ex. The command function 'CONNECT' is used to provide for logging on.
    Ex. Instead of logging directly to the online platform, users can log to the library's LAN, on which the catalogue and multi-disk CDROM servers are separate options.
    Ex. As a verb, login is the act of entering into a computer system.
    * * *
    (n.) = log on, log, login

    Ex: The command function 'CONNECT' is used to provide for logging on.

    Ex: Instead of logging directly to the online platform, users can log to the library's LAN, on which the catalogue and multi-disk CDROM servers are separate options.
    Ex: As a verb, login is the act of entering into a computer system.

    * * *
    vpr
    to switch (itself) on;
    las luces se conectan solas the lights switch themselves on;
    conectarse a Internet [por primera vez] to get connected to the Internet, to go on-line;
    [regularmente] to go on the Internet, to go on-line
    * * *
    v/r INFOR connect (to the Internet), go on line (to the Internet)

    Spanish-English dictionary > conectarse

  • 105 convincentemente

    adv.
    convincingly, convictively.
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    1 convincingly
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    = viably, convincingly, plausibly, forcibly.
    Ex. It will remain such so long as it viably performs its initial function, or acquires another which is mutually supported by the constituency it serves.
    Ex. Such a model relates acquisitions effectively and convincingly to a library's fiscal environment.
    Ex. The justification for this is weak; it cannot plausibly be urged as a safeguard against fraud.
    Ex. They demonstrate forcibly the postwar increase in this aspect of international communication, for example the figures are 19% in 1952 and 64% in 1974 for foreign material published in UK journals.
    ----
    * poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.
    * saber argumentar Algo convincentemente = make + a business case.
    * * *
    = viably, convincingly, plausibly, forcibly.

    Ex: It will remain such so long as it viably performs its initial function, or acquires another which is mutually supported by the constituency it serves.

    Ex: Such a model relates acquisitions effectively and convincingly to a library's fiscal environment.
    Ex: The justification for this is weak; it cannot plausibly be urged as a safeguard against fraud.
    Ex: They demonstrate forcibly the postwar increase in this aspect of international communication, for example the figures are 19% in 1952 and 64% in 1974 for foreign material published in UK journals.
    * poco convincentemente = unconvincingly.
    * saber argumentar Algo convincentemente = make + a business case.

    * * *
    convincingly
    * * *
    convincingly

    Spanish-English dictionary > convincentemente

  • 106 corrección

    f.
    1 correction, editing, adjustment, amendment.
    2 correctness, refinement, good manners, correction.
    3 admonition, chastisement, punishment, correction.
    4 patch.
    * * *
    1 (rectificación) correction
    2 (educación) courtesy, correctness, politeness, good manners plural
    3 (reprensión) rebuke
    4 (en impresión) proofreading
    \
    corrección de pruebas proofreading
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=arreglo) correction

    corrección de pruebas — (Tip) proofreading

    corrección por líneas — (Inform) line editing

    2) (=censura) rebuke, reprimand; (=castigo) punishment
    3) (=perfección) correctness
    4) (=cortesía) courtesy, good manners
    * * *
    1)
    b) ( honestidad) correctness
    c) ( propiedad)
    2)
    a) ( de exámenes) correction
    b) (enmienda, rectificación) correction
    •
    * * *
    = amending, amendment, correction, correctness, emendation, correctiveness, propriety, rectification.
    Ex. Store permits the processing of the information that it contains, but, after processing, the data in the store differs from the initial content (for example, in the editing and amending of catalogue records).
    Ex. The headings consequently correspond to current American usage in both use of terms and spelling and often need amendment to make them consistent with local usage.
    Ex. Almost all papers, notes, reviews, corrections and correspondence published in many scientific and other journals contain citations to associated works.
    Ex. Only entries without cross-references and notes may be changed because the system cannot judge the correctness of the cross-references and notes for the changed entry.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex. Dissatisfaction is being expressed with the public library's feminised world of propriety and respectability.
    Ex. The advantages of viewing stock verification as stock rectification are discussed.
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    * corrección automática = machine-editing.
    * corrección de pruebas = proofreading, proof correction.
    * correcciones de autor = author's corrections.
    * corrección formal = elements of due process, due process, procedural justice.
    * corrección ortográfica = spell checking.
    * corrección política = political correctness.
    * departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.
    * función de corrección = editing function.
    * programa de corrección ortográfica = spelling correction program.
    * * *
    1)
    b) ( honestidad) correctness
    c) ( propiedad)
    2)
    a) ( de exámenes) correction
    b) (enmienda, rectificación) correction
    •
    * * *
    = amending, amendment, correction, correctness, emendation, correctiveness, propriety, rectification.

    Ex: Store permits the processing of the information that it contains, but, after processing, the data in the store differs from the initial content (for example, in the editing and amending of catalogue records).

    Ex: The headings consequently correspond to current American usage in both use of terms and spelling and often need amendment to make them consistent with local usage.
    Ex: Almost all papers, notes, reviews, corrections and correspondence published in many scientific and other journals contain citations to associated works.
    Ex: Only entries without cross-references and notes may be changed because the system cannot judge the correctness of the cross-references and notes for the changed entry.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex: Dissatisfaction is being expressed with the public library's feminised world of propriety and respectability.
    Ex: The advantages of viewing stock verification as stock rectification are discussed.
    * corrección automática = machine-editing.
    * corrección de pruebas = proofreading, proof correction.
    * correcciones de autor = author's corrections.
    * corrección formal = elements of due process, due process, procedural justice.
    * corrección ortográfica = spell checking.
    * corrección política = political correctness.
    * departamento de corrección de menores = department of corrections.
    * función de corrección = editing function.
    * programa de corrección ortográfica = spelling correction program.

    * * *
    A
    1
    (buenos modales): es un hombre de una gran corrección he is very well-mannered o correct
    siempre viste con corrección she always dresses very correctly o properly
    se comportó con la corrección que lo caracteriza he behaved with characteristic good manners o correctness o decorum
    2 (honestidad) correctness
    3
    (propiedad): habla los dos idiomas con corrección he speaks both languages accurately o well o correctly
    Compuesto:
    political correctness
    B
    1 (de exámenes) correction
    2 (enmienda, rectificación) correction
    Compuestos:
    proofreading
    spell-checking
    C ( Fin) tb
    Compuesto:
    downward correction
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    corrección sustantivo femenino
    1

    ◊ es un hombre de una gran corrección he is very well-mannered o correct;

    vestir con corrección to dress correctly o properly

    c) ( propiedad):

    ◊ habla el francés con corrección he speaks French well o correctly

    2 (de exámenes, errores) correction;

    corrección sustantivo femenino
    1 (rectificación) correction
    2 (urbanidad) courtesy, politeness
    ' corrección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    formalidad
    - revisar
    - proceder
    - propiedad
    English:
    correction
    - amendment
    * * *
    1. [de error] correction;
    [de examen] marking; [de texto] revision Informát corrección de color colour correction;
    2. [cambio, enmienda] correction;
    el texto sólo tenía tres correcciones the text only had three corrections
    3. [perfección] correctness
    4. [de comportamiento] courtesy;
    se comportó distantemente con nosotros pero con mucha corrección he was distant but very correct in the way he behaved towards us
    corrección política political correctness
    5. [reprimenda] reprimand
    * * *
    f
    1 de error, test etc correction
    2 en el trato correctness
    * * *
    1) : correction
    2) : correctness, propriety
    3) : rebuke, reprimand
    4)
    corrección de pruebas : proofreading
    * * *
    corrección n correction

    Spanish-English dictionary > corrección

  • 107 dar respuesta

    (v.) = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer
    Ex. A library collection is only capable of fulfilling its intended function of providing ready answers to practical questions if it is adequately organized for access.
    Ex. A complete description of the community will elicit answers to questions like what demographic, physical y socio-economic features does the community possess?.
    Ex. This was considered adequate to develop answers to the initial research questions = Se consideró que esto era adecuado para dar respuesta a los objetivos iniciales del proyecto.
    * * *
    (v.) = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer

    Ex: A library collection is only capable of fulfilling its intended function of providing ready answers to practical questions if it is adequately organized for access.

    Ex: A complete description of the community will elicit answers to questions like what demographic, physical y socio-economic features does the community possess?.
    Ex: This was considered adequate to develop answers to the initial research questions = Se consideró que esto era adecuado para dar respuesta a los objetivos iniciales del proyecto.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar respuesta

  • 108 de qué modo

    Ex. By what means does a library fulfil its function of information retrieval?.
    * * *

    Ex: By what means does a library fulfil its function of information retrieval?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de qué modo

  • 109 defectuoso

    adj.
    defective, blemished, imperfect, unsound.
    * * *
    1 defective, faulty
    * * *
    (f. - defectuosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ defective, faulty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo faulty, defective
    * * *
    = failing, faulty, defective, flawed, malfunctioning.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.
    Ex. The learning of these people is very defective, consisting only of morality, history, poetry and mathematics.
    Ex. Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
    Ex. In the character of Emma, Austen combines a superiority complex with self-deception to depict a malfunctioning social hierarchy.
    ----
    * funcionamiento defectuoso = malfunction.
    * vestuario defectuoso = wardrobe malfunction.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo faulty, defective
    * * *
    = failing, faulty, defective, flawed, malfunctioning.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.
    Ex: The learning of these people is very defective, consisting only of morality, history, poetry and mathematics.
    Ex: Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
    Ex: In the character of Emma, Austen combines a superiority complex with self-deception to depict a malfunctioning social hierarchy.
    * funcionamiento defectuoso = malfunction.
    * vestuario defectuoso = wardrobe malfunction.

    * * *
    faulty, defective
    * * *

     

    defectuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    faulty, defective
    defectuoso,-a adjetivo defective, faulty

    ' defectuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defectuosa
    English:
    defective
    - dud
    - faulty
    - imperfect
    - lemon
    - reject
    * * *
    defectuoso, -a adj
    [mercancía] defective, faulty; [trabajo] inaccurate
    * * *
    adj defective, faulty
    * * *
    defectuoso, -sa adj
    : defective, faulty
    * * *
    defectuoso adj faulty

    Spanish-English dictionary > defectuoso

  • 110 demandante

    f. & m.
    plaintiff.
    * * *
    1 DERECHO plaintiff
    1 pleading, begging
    \
    parte demandante plaintiff
    demandante de divorcio person suing for divorce
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (Jur) plaintiff
    2)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino plaintiff
    * * *
    = claimant, complainant, plaintiff, accuser, petitioner, prosecuting.
    Ex. Some material in this database is from copyrighted publications of the respective copyright claimants.
    Ex. Each branch was given a poster to display and a supply of forms which complainants could fill in and these were returned by the library to the nearest consumer protection office for action.
    Ex. Patricia Hunter and several hundred co- plaintiffs who live in the shadow of Canary Wharf Tower, London, claimed damages in nuisance.
    Ex. In both areas, a much higher proportion of men than women were both accusers & accused.
    Ex. In closing, I would like to remind investigating committees that they are being observed by the petitioner and his family.
    Ex. Moreover, the investigating function is in principle kept separate from the prosecuting one, at least in the case of the more serious offences including those related to corruption.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino plaintiff
    * * *
    = claimant, complainant, plaintiff, accuser, petitioner, prosecuting.

    Ex: Some material in this database is from copyrighted publications of the respective copyright claimants.

    Ex: Each branch was given a poster to display and a supply of forms which complainants could fill in and these were returned by the library to the nearest consumer protection office for action.
    Ex: Patricia Hunter and several hundred co- plaintiffs who live in the shadow of Canary Wharf Tower, London, claimed damages in nuisance.
    Ex: In both areas, a much higher proportion of men than women were both accusers & accused.
    Ex: In closing, I would like to remind investigating committees that they are being observed by the petitioner and his family.
    Ex: Moreover, the investigating function is in principle kept separate from the prosecuting one, at least in the case of the more serious offences including those related to corruption.

    * * *
    actúa en representación de la parte demandante he represents the plaintiff/plaintiffs
    plaintiff
    * * *

    demandante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    plaintiff
    demandante mf claimant, US plaintiff
    ' demandante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    claimant
    - job seeker
    - plaintiff
    * * *
    ♦ nmf
    1. [en juicio] plaintiff
    2. [solicitante] demandante de empleo job applicant
    ♦ adj
    la parte demandante [en juicio] the plaintiff
    * * *
    m/f JUR plaintiff
    * * *
    : plaintiff

    Spanish-English dictionary > demandante

  • 111 derrumbamiento

    m.
    1 collapse (de puente, edificio) (por accidente).
    2 demolition, knocking-down, overthrow.
    3 crashing, collapse, downfall.
    * * *
    1 falling down, collapse
    2 (techo) caving in
    3 (de tierras) landslide
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de edificio] (=desplome) collapse; (=demolición) demolition
    2) [del techo] collapse, cave-in
    3) (=descenso brusco) [de pacto, sistema] collapse; [de precios] sharp fall
    * * *
    a) ( de edificio) collapse
    b) (de dictadura, imperio) collapse
    * * *
    Ex. This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    * * *
    a) ( de edificio) collapse
    b) (de dictadura, imperio) collapse
    * * *

    Ex: This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.

    * * *
    1 (de un edificio) collapse
    derrumbamiento de tierras landslide, landslip
    2 (de una dictadura, un imperio) collapse
    * * *

    derrumbamiento sustantivo masculino
    collapse
    derrumbamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (demolición) demolition
    2 (de un edificio) collapse; (de un techo) caving in
    3 fig (de un gobierno) collapse
    ' derrumbamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alertar
    English:
    collapse
    - land
    * * *
    1. [de puente, edificio] [por accidente] collapse;
    [intencionado] demolition; [de pared, muro, techo] collapse derrumbamiento de tierra landslide
    2. [de imperio] fall;
    [de empresa] collapse; [de persona] devastation
    * * *
    m accidental collapse; intencionado demolition
    * * *
    : collapse

    Spanish-English dictionary > derrumbamiento

  • 112 desalentador

    adj.
    dispiriting, discouraging.
    * * *
    1 discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.
    Ex. The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.
    Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex. The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex. In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex. What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo disheartening, discouraging
    * * *
    = bleak, daunting, disappointing, discouraging, off-putting, disheartening, dismaying, grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dispiriting.

    Ex: The projections of qualified manpower into the year 2000 are bleak for personnel based industries.

    Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex: The results obtained using this technique were somewhat disappointing, and led to a reappraisal of the approach.
    Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are very discouraging, especially if the titles give insufficient information for some documents to be rapidly rejected.
    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: This finding can be regarded as either disheartening or amazing according to one's own view of the function of a general bookshop.
    Ex: In such a rapidly developing field as online services, the birth and death rate of reference and selection tools is impressive but dismaying to those trying to stay abreast of new titles.
    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.
    Ex: What is so dispiriting about this painting is that rather than being created in order to be challenging or even inspiring, it's intended only to be comforting.

    * * *
    disheartening, discouraging
    * * *

    desalentador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    disheartening, discouraging
    desalentador,-ora adjetivo discouraging, disheartening: el contenido de su carta era desalentador, the contents of the letter were discouraging

    ' desalentador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalentadora
    English:
    daunting
    - discouraging
    - grim
    - off-putting
    - demoralizing
    - disheartening
    * * *
    desalentador, -ora adj
    discouraging, disheartening
    * * *
    adj disheartening

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalentador

  • 113 desintegración

    f.
    disintegration, collapse, breakup, coming apart.
    * * *
    1 disintegration
    2 figurado disintegration, break-up
    \
    desintegración atómica atomic disintegration
    desintegración nuclear nuclear fission
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de estructura] disintegration; [de grupo] break-up
    2) [de átomo] splitting
    * * *
    a) (de grupo, partido) disintegration, breakup; ( de familia) breakup
    b) ( de estructura) disintegration
    * * *
    = disintegration, breakup [break-up], breakdown.
    Ex. This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    Ex. This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex. They believe that the excessive breadth of disclosure and claim in some chemical patents could lead to the breakdown of data bases.
    ----
    * desintegración de la familia = family breakdown.
    * desintegración familiar = family breakdown.
    * * *
    a) (de grupo, partido) disintegration, breakup; ( de familia) breakup
    b) ( de estructura) disintegration
    * * *
    = disintegration, breakup [break-up], breakdown.

    Ex: This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.

    Ex: This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex: They believe that the excessive breadth of disclosure and claim in some chemical patents could lead to the breakdown of data bases.
    * desintegración de la familia = family breakdown.
    * desintegración familiar = family breakdown.

    * * *
    1 (de un grupo, partido) disintegration, breakup; (de una familia) breakup
    2 (de una estructura) disintegration
    la desintegración del átomo the splitting of the atom
    * * *

    desintegración sustantivo femenino disintegration
    ' desintegración' also found in these entries:
    English:
    disintegration
    - break
    * * *
    1. [de objeto, materia] disintegration;
    la desintegración del átomo the splitting of the atom
    2. [de grupo, organización] break-up;
    la desintegración de la Unión Soviética the break-up of the Soviet Union;
    la desintegración de la familia the break-up of the family
    3. Fís decay
    desintegración nuclear nuclear decay
    * * *
    f tb FÍS disintegration
    * * *
    desintegración nf, pl - ciones : disintegration

    Spanish-English dictionary > desintegración

  • 114 desplome

    f. & m.
    1 collapse, downfall, plunge.
    2 stall landing.
    3 falling-down, cave-in.
    4 tumble, flat fall.
    m.
    collapse.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: desplomar.
    * * *
    1 ARQUITECTURA overhang
    2 (caída) collapse
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de edificio, sistema] collapse
    2) (Econ) [de cotización, divisa] collapse, slump
    3) (Aer) pancake landing
    4) (Alpinismo, Arquit, Geol) overhang
    * * *
    1) ( de edificio) collapse
    2) ( de precio) fall, drop
    * * *
    = fall, drop, collapse.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    ----
    * desplome bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.
    * desplome de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.
    * * *
    1) ( de edificio) collapse
    2) ( de precio) fall, drop
    * * *
    = fall, drop, collapse.

    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    * desplome bursátil = market crash, stock market crash.
    * desplome de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

    * * *
    A (de un edificio) collapse
    B
    1 (de un precio) fall, drop
    el desplome de los salarios en los últimos años the drop in salaries in recent years
    2 (de ilusiones) shattering; (de esperanzas) dashing
    3 (de un sistema, régimen) downfall, collapse
    * * *
    1. [caída] [de persona, edificio, andamio] collapse;
    el desplome del techo los pilló desprevenidos they weren't prepared for the roof caving in
    2. [hundimiento] [de divisa] slump in value;
    [de cotización, precios] slump; [de gobierno] collapse, fall; [de imperio, sistema] collapse;
    el desplome de las bolsas asiáticas the crash of o slump in the Asian stock markets
    3. [saledizo] overhang
    * * *
    m collapse
    * * *
    1) : fall, drop
    2) : collapse

    Spanish-English dictionary > desplome

  • 115 dictador

    adj.
    dictatorial, domineering, bossy, authoritarian.
    m.
    dictator, despot, tyrant, autocrat.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 dictator
    * * *
    (f. - dictadora)
    noun
    * * *
    dictador, -a
    SM / F dictator
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino dictator
    * * *
    = taskmaster, dictator, tyrant.
    Ex. 'Alf thought we should have warned you, but telling you she was a taskmaster was as far as we agreed we should go,' Lehmann explained.
    Ex. In the most obvious version of a hierarchical management scheme, the chief reference librarian may function virtually as a dictator.
    Ex. In the sixth century B.C. the tyrant Pisistratus 'collected a large library of books and later gave it to the city of Athens, where it was opened to the public'.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino dictator
    * * *
    = taskmaster, dictator, tyrant.

    Ex: 'Alf thought we should have warned you, but telling you she was a taskmaster was as far as we agreed we should go,' Lehmann explained.

    Ex: In the most obvious version of a hierarchical management scheme, the chief reference librarian may function virtually as a dictator.
    Ex: In the sixth century B.C. the tyrant Pisistratus 'collected a large library of books and later gave it to the city of Athens, where it was opened to the public'.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    dictator
    * * *

    dictador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino

    dictator
    dictador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino dictator

    ' dictador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dictadora
    - sanguinaria
    - sanguinario
    English:
    anarchy
    - dictator
    - oppress
    - then
    - topple
    * * *
    dictador, -ora nm,f
    dictator;
    su padre era un auténtico dictador her father was a real tyrant
    * * *
    m, dictadora f dictator
    * * *
    : dictator
    * * *
    dictador n dictator

    Spanish-English dictionary > dictador

  • 116 diocesano

    m.
    diocesan.
    * * *
    1 diocesan
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 diocesan
    * * *
    * * *
    - na adjetivo diocesan
    * * *
    Ex. The function of the library is to provide information and a current awareness service to staff and to respond to requests from church committees, diocesan offices and the general public.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo diocesan
    * * *

    Ex: The function of the library is to provide information and a current awareness service to staff and to respond to requests from church committees, diocesan offices and the general public.

    * * *
    diocesan
    * * *
    diocesano, -a adj
    diocesan
    * * *
    diocesano, -na adj
    : diocesan

    Spanish-English dictionary > diocesano

  • 117 disolución

    f.
    1 breakup, separation, bust-up, break-up.
    2 dilution, dissolution.
    3 dissoluteness, dissolution, dissipation.
    * * *
    1 (gen) dissolution
    2 (anulación) invalidation
    3 figurado (relajación) looseness, dissoluteness
    4 QUÍMICA solution, dissolution
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) dissolution
    2) (Quím) solution
    3) (Com) liquidation
    4) [moral] dissoluteness, dissipation
    * * *
    a) (de contrato, matrimonio) annulment; ( de organización) dissolution; ( del parlamento) dissolution
    b) ( de manifestación) breaking up
    c) (Quím) ( solución) solution; ( acción) dissolving
    * * *
    = breakdown, dissolution, disbandment, disintegration, breakup [break-up], blurring, disbanding, winding up.
    Ex. They believe that the excessive breadth of disclosure and claim in some chemical patents could lead to the breakdown of data bases.
    Ex. Indeed, if they are not successful at such attempts toward renewal, dissolution and displacement are inevitable.
    Ex. The methods employed and labour costs associated with the disbandment are detailed.
    Ex. This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    Ex. This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex. Disbanding of serials departments may result from the integration into automated systems of serials processing.
    Ex. The author discusses the winding up of the CompuServe's project Red Dog.
    * * *
    a) (de contrato, matrimonio) annulment; ( de organización) dissolution; ( del parlamento) dissolution
    b) ( de manifestación) breaking up
    c) (Quím) ( solución) solution; ( acción) dissolving
    * * *
    = breakdown, dissolution, disbandment, disintegration, breakup [break-up], blurring, disbanding, winding up.

    Ex: They believe that the excessive breadth of disclosure and claim in some chemical patents could lead to the breakdown of data bases.

    Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful at such attempts toward renewal, dissolution and displacement are inevitable.
    Ex: The methods employed and labour costs associated with the disbandment are detailed.
    Ex: This paper alerts the library community to the possible implosion, collapse, or disintegration of the cataloguing function listing eight indicators that cataloguing is in danger.
    Ex: This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.
    Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex: Disbanding of serials departments may result from the integration into automated systems of serials processing.
    Ex: The author discusses the winding up of the CompuServe's project Red Dog.

    * * *
    1 (de un contrato, matrimonio) annulment; (de una organización) dissolution; (del parlamento) dissolution
    3 ( Quím) (solución) solution; (acción) dissolving
    * * *

    disolución sustantivo femenino
    a) (de contrato, matrimonio) annulment;

    (de organización, del parlamento) dissolution

    c) (Quím) ( acción) dissolving

    disolución sustantivo femenino dissolution: la disolución de las Cortes se pospone hasta final de julio, dissolution of Parliament is being postponed until the end of July
    ' disolución' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dilution
    - dissolution
    - break
    * * *
    1. [acción] dissolving
    2. [de familia, manifestación] breaking up;
    [de empresa, partido] dissolution, winding up; [de parlamento, matrimonio] dissolution, dissolving; [de contrato] rescinding
    3. [mezcla] solution
    disolución acuosa solution in water;
    disolución saturada saturated solution
    * * *
    f dissolution
    * * *
    1) : dissolution, dissolving
    2) : breaking up
    3) : dissipation

    Spanish-English dictionary > disolución

  • 118 duradero

    adj.
    durable, permanent, abiding, long-lasting.
    * * *
    1 durable, lasting
    * * *
    (f. - duradera)
    adj.
    durable, lasting
    * * *
    ADJ [ropa, tela] hard-wearing; [paz, efecto] lasting; [relación] lasting, long-term antes de s
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.
    Ex. The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex. Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex. The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    ----
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.

    Ex: The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.

    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex: Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex: The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.

    * * *
    ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n); ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, durable, longwearing ( AmE)
    * * *

    duradero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n);


    ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    duradero,-a adjetivo durable, lasting
    ' duradero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    duradera
    - resistente
    - secular
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    English:
    continued
    - durable
    - enduring
    - hardwearing
    - lasting
    - long-lasting
    - serviceable
    - long
    * * *
    duradero, -a adj
    1. [que permanece] lasting;
    es una vacuna de efecto duradero it is a long-acting vaccine
    2. [ropa, zapatos] hard-wearing
    * * *
    adj lasting; ropa, calzado hard-wearing
    * * *
    duradero, -ra adj
    : durable, lasting
    * * *
    duradero adj lasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > duradero

  • 119 eficazmente

    adv.
    efficaciously, actively, effectively.
    * * *
    1 effectively
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=con efecto) effectively
    2) (=eficientemente) efficiently
    * * *
    = effectively, efficiently, ably, tellingly.
    Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    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. I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.
    Ex. This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.
    ----
    * usar eficazmente = tap.
    * * *
    = effectively, efficiently, ably, tellingly.

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

    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: I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.
    Ex: This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.
    * usar eficazmente = tap.

    * * *
    (con eficacia) effectively; (con eficiencia) efficiently
    * * *
    effectively

    Spanish-English dictionary > eficazmente

  • 120 eficientemente

    adv.
    efficiently, effectively.
    * * *
    1 efficiently
    * * *
    * * *
    = ably, efficiently.
    Ex. I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.
    Ex. The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.
    * * *
    = ably, efficiently.

    Ex: I would like to thank all those who at various times throughout the course of the project assisted so ably in seeing the work through to its completion.

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

    * * *
    efficiently
    * * *
    efficiently

    Spanish-English dictionary > eficientemente

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