ganar+importancia

Ex: The serialization of new fiction in half-crown monthly magazines such as Blackwood's started in a small way in the 1820s, and grew in importance during the following decade.

¿cuánto ganas al mes? — how much do you earn o make a month?

como orador no hay quien le gane o no le gana nadie — as a speaker there is no one to touch him, no one outdoes him at speaking

¿qué gano yo con todo esto? — what do I gain o get from all this?

tierras ganadas al mar — land reclaimed o won from the sea

ganar popularidad — to win o earn popularity

• dejarse ganar — [con trampas] to lose on purpose

• ha ganado mucho en salud — his health has greatly improved

• salir ganando — to do well

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

ganó mucho con su estancia en Berlín — he gained a lot from o got a lot out of his stay in Berlin

supo ganarse el respeto de todos — she managed to win o earn everyone's respect

ganársela — (Esp fam)

se la va a ganar — she's going to get it o she's for it (colloq)

Ex: The article 'Women in industry: where and how they administrate' concludes that there are fewer women in management than men and they earn less.

tu ayuda ha sido de gran importancia — your help has been very important o of great importance

¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

• carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

• de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

• conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

• darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

• quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

• sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

darse importancia — to give oneself airs

detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

darse importancia — to give oneself airs

Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

Ex: This was achieved with great success, and the scheme goes from strength to strength.

el tema despertó o suscitó el interés del público — the topic aroused public interest

• esperar algo con interés — to await sth with interest

• mostrar interés en o por algo — to show (an) interest in sth

• poner interés en algo — to take an interest in sth

• sentir o tener interés por algo — to be interested in sth

siento auténtico interés por los idiomas — I have a real interest o I am really interested in languages

sentir o tener interés por hacer algo — to be interested in doing sth

te lo digo por tu propio interés — I'm telling you for your own benefit o in your own interest

un préstamo a o con un interés del 9 por ciento — a loan at 9 per cent interest

• dar interés — [capital, inversión] to yield interest; [banco, cuenta] to pay interest

• devengar interés — to accrue interest, earn interest

• tasa LAm o tipo de interés — interest rate

intereses acumulados — accrued interest sing

intereses por cobrar — interest receivable sing

intereses por pagar — interest payable sing

• un conflicto de intereses — a conflict of interests

• tener intereses en algo — to have interests o a stake in sth

tiene intereses en varias compañías extranjeras — he has interests o a stake in several foreign companies

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

de interés científico — of scientific significance o interest

tengo especial interés en que... — I am particularly concerned o keen that...

actúa sólo por interés — he acts purely in his own interest o out of self-interest

tiene intereses en esa empresa — he has a stake o an interest in that company

a or con un interés del 12% — at 12% interest o at an interest rate of 12%

Ex: Indeed, if they are not successful in finding ways of renewing their original purpose and appeal, they are on their way to dissolution and displacement.

Ex: Repayments is normally by equal half-yearly payments of capital and interest after a moratorium on capital repayments of up to five years, depending on project completion date.

• las telas se venden al peso — the fabrics are sold by weight

• coger peso — Esp (=engordar) to put on weight; (=levantar peso) to lift weight

• no dar el peso — [al pesarse] [boxeador] not to make the weight; [recién nacido] to be below normal weight, be underweight; [en una categoría] not to make the grade, not come up to scratch

ese escultor no da el peso — that sculptor doesn't make the grade o come up to scratch

• sostener algo en peso — to support the full weight of sth

• falto de peso — underweight

• ganar peso — to put on weight

• pesos y medidas — weights and measures

• perder peso — to lose weight

peso específico — (lit) specific gravity; (fig) influence

peso molecular — (Quím) molecular weight

peso muerto — (Náut) (tb fig) dead weight

• quitarse un peso de encima — to take a load o weight off one's mind

• de peso — [persona] influential; [argumento] weighty, forceful

razones de peso — good o sound reasons

peso de baño — bathroom scales pl

peso de cocina — kitchen scales pl

peso completo — CAm, Méx, Ven heavyweight

peso ligero, peso liviano — Chile, Ven lightweight

perder/ganar peso — to lose weight/gain o put on weight

tomarle el peso a algo — to weigh something up

valer su peso en oro — to be worth one's weight in gold; caerse

quitarle un peso de encima a alguien — to take a load o a weight off somebody's mind

me he quitado un buen peso de encima — that's a real load o weight off my mind

no tiene un peso — he doesn't have a cent o penny

perder/ganar peso — to lose weight/gain o put on weight

tomarle el peso a algo — to weigh something up

valer su peso en oro — to be worth one's weight in gold; caerse

quitarle un peso de encima a alguien — to take a load o a weight off somebody's mind

me he quitado un buen peso de encima — that's a real load o weight off my mind

no tiene un peso — he doesn't have a cent o penny

Ex: Officials are hopeful that all delivery men in the city will be equipped with balances within a month.

Ex: In information retrieval applications it was more usual for one organisation to carry most of the burden of development of the system, and then to market it to others.