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  • 41 egiptólogo

    m.
    Egyptologist.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Egyptologist
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino Egyptologist
    * * *
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    * * *
    - ga masculino, femenino Egyptologist
    * * *

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    Egyptologist
    * * *
    egiptólogo, -a nm,f
    Egyptologist

    Spanish-English dictionary > egiptólogo

  • 42 elaborar un plan

    (v.) = formulate + plan, draw up + plan, think out + a plan, devise + a plan
    Ex. This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.
    Ex. A manager will establish aims and objectives for the library service, and will draw up plans for their implementation.
    Ex. At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.
    Ex. As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.
    * * *
    (v.) = formulate + plan, draw up + plan, think out + a plan, devise + a plan

    Ex: This article focusses attention on formulating plans and policy for building up a manpower force for modernising library and information systems India within the next 5 years.

    Ex: A manager will establish aims and objectives for the library service, and will draw up plans for their implementation.
    Ex: At this the Queen wept and wailed; but being a clever woman she thought out a plan whereby to save her son.
    Ex: As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.

    Spanish-English dictionary > elaborar un plan

  • 43 en su punto

    (adj.) = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.]
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    * * *
    (adj.) = ripe [riper -comp., ripest -sup.]

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en su punto

  • 44 encontrarse con

    v.
    1 to come across, to meet, to come right across, to fall in with.
    María se encontró con Ricardo Mary came across Richard.
    2 to bump into, to hit, to hit upon.
    3 to come up against, to encounter, to come across, to hit on.
    Ella se encontró con la evidencia She came across the evidence.
    María se encontró con una tragedia Mary came up against a tragedy.
    4 to come up against, to face, to find.
    María se encontró con una tragedia Mary came up against a tragedy.
    * * *
    (v.) = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path
    Ex. Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.
    Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.
    Ex. Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.
    * * *
    (v.) = meet, run into, cross + Posesivo + path

    Ex: Stopping a few miles north of where the Lewark meets the great Modoc River in what is now called the American midwest, they constructed a humble cabin and began trading with river men and friendly Indians.

    Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would run into a ream of wetted paper weighted down with paving stones.
    Ex: Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrarse con

  • 45 enorme

    adj.
    enormous, huge.
    * * *
    1 (grande) enormous, huge, vast
    2 (desmedido) tremendous, great
    3 familiar (muy bueno) very good, excellent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=muy grande) enormous, huge
    2) * (=estupendo) killing *, marvellous
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.
    Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex. She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
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    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

    Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.

    * * *
    ‹edificio/animal› huge, enormous; ‹aumento/suma› huge, enormous, vast; ‹zona› vast, huge
    la diferencia es enorme the difference is enormous o huge
    tiene unas manos enormes he has huge o enormous hands
    sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad o a tremendous sense of sadness
    * * *

     

    enorme adjetivo ‹edificio/animal/suma› huge, enormous;
    ‹ zona› vast, huge;

    enorme adjetivo enormous, huge: vimos un elefante enorme, we saw an enormous elephant
    (de consideración) un enorme error, a clanger

    ' enorme' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atroz
    - botija
    - congratularse
    - desnivel
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - satisfacción
    - soberana
    - soberano
    - sofoco
    - supina
    - supino
    English:
    effective
    - enormous
    - face
    - gaping
    - ginormous
    - huge
    - immense
    - massive
    - monstrous
    - monumental
    - vast
    - whopper
    - world
    - derive
    - extreme
    - gigantic
    - it
    - prodigious
    - scar
    - yawning
    * * *
    enorme adj
    1. [muy grande] [objeto, persona, cantidad] huge, enormous;
    [defecto, error] huge;
    estos animales tienen una enorme capacidad para reproducirse these creatures have an enormous reproductive capacity;
    una torre de enorme altura an enormously tall tower;
    tu hijo está ya enorme your son's really huge;
    le invadía una enorme tristeza he was overcome by a great sadness
    2. Fam [excelente] great, fantastic
    * * *
    adj enormous, huge
    * * *
    enorme adj
    inmenso: enormous, huge
    ♦ enormemente adv
    * * *
    enorme adj enormous / huge

    Spanish-English dictionary > enorme

  • 46 escandaloso

    adj.
    1 very noisy, noisy, strepitous, too noisy.
    2 outrageous, outraging, offensive, disgraceful.
    3 shocking, scandalous.
    * * *
    1 scandalous, shocking, outrageous
    2 (alborotado) noisy, rowdy
    3 (color) loud; (risa) uproarious
    * * *
    (f. - escandalosa)
    adj.
    1) shocking, scandalous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sorprendente) [actuación] scandalous, shocking; [delito] flagrant; [vida] scandalous
    2) (=ruidoso) [risa] hearty, uproarious; [niño] noisy
    3) [color] loud
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud
    b) ( ruidoso) <persona/griterío> noisy; < risa> loud, uproarious
    * * *
    = scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.
    Ex. The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
    Ex. In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    ----
    * de forma escandalosa = outrageously.
    * de manera escandalosa = outrageously.
    * muy escandaloso = highly visible.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < conducta> shocking, scandalous; < ropa> outrageous; < película> shocking; < vida> scandalous; < color> loud
    b) ( ruidoso) <persona/griterío> noisy; < risa> loud, uproarious
    * * *
    = scandalous, monstrous, boisterous, shocking, raucous, a monster of a, rumbustious, juicy [juicier -comp., juiciest -sup.], loudmouth.

    Ex: The article ' SCANdalous behaviour' examines the possible uses of hand-held OCR scanners as a means of converting graphics (illustrations etc) into machine readable form.

    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: This is an important point which has been poorly neglected in this lively and, at times, raucous debate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: The book 'If Looks Could Kill' is a juicy, tell-all, insider's look at the true world of fashion.
    Ex: In that respect, if, in fact, some people may think of her as a ' loudmouth' or 'showboat' or 'jerk,' it could be good for women's soccer.
    * de forma escandalosa = outrageously.
    * de manera escandalosa = outrageously.
    * muy escandaloso = highly visible.

    * * *
    1 ‹conducta› shocking, scandalous, disgraceful; ‹ropa› outrageous; ‹película› shocking; ‹vida› scandalous; ‹color› loud
    2 (ruidoso) ‹persona› noisy; ‹risa› loud, outrageous; ‹griterío› noisy
    * * *

    escandaloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ ropa› outrageous;
    ‹ película› shocking;
    ‹ vida› scandalous
    b) ( ruidoso) ‹persona/griterío› noisy;

    ‹ risa› loud, uproarious
    escandaloso,-a adjetivo
    1 (ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    2 (inmoral) scandalous, shameful
    ' escandaloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escandalosa
    - sórdida
    - sórdido
    - gamberrismo
    English:
    disorderly
    - outrageous
    - raucous
    - rowdy
    - scandalous
    - shocking
    * * *
    escandaloso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inmoral] outrageous, shocking;
    se vio envuelto en un asunto escandaloso he got caught up in a scandalous business
    2. [ruidoso] very noisy;
    ¡mira que eres escandaloso! what a racket you make!
    ♦ nm,f
    very noisy o loud person;
    son unos escandalosos they're terribly noisy people
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( vergonzoso) scandalous, shocking
    2 ( ruidoso) noisy, rowdy
    * * *
    escandaloso, -sa adj
    1) : shocking, scandalous
    2) ruidoso: noisy, rowdy
    3) : flagrant, outrageous
    * * *
    1. (ruidoso) loud / noisy [comp. noisier; superl. noisiest]
    2. (indignante) scandalous / shocking

    Spanish-English dictionary > escandaloso

  • 47 estar muy agradecido a

    Ex. I am particularly indebted to her for a wealth of information gathered on a recent lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand.
    * * *

    Ex: I am particularly indebted to her for a wealth of information gathered on a recent lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar muy agradecido a

  • 48 estudio de usuarios

    (n.) = user study, marketing audit, user survey
    Ex. This statistical methods course emphasizes the 'people' aspect of library use so that relevant data for collection development policy would be gathered primarily from user studies, questionnaires, and community analysis and surveys.
    Ex. Kotler defines the marketing audit as a 'comprehensive, systematic, independent, and periodic examination of the library's total environment, objectives, strategies, activities, and resources in order to determine problem areas and opportunities and to recommend a plan of action'.
    Ex. One of the factors to be identified by a user survey is the sufficiency of existing resources and efficiency of services.
    * * *
    (n.) = user study, marketing audit, user survey

    Ex: This statistical methods course emphasizes the 'people' aspect of library use so that relevant data for collection development policy would be gathered primarily from user studies, questionnaires, and community analysis and surveys.

    Ex: Kotler defines the marketing audit as a 'comprehensive, systematic, independent, and periodic examination of the library's total environment, objectives, strategies, activities, and resources in order to determine problem areas and opportunities and to recommend a plan of action'.
    Ex: One of the factors to be identified by a user survey is the sufficiency of existing resources and efficiency of services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudio de usuarios

  • 49 fastidioso

    adj.
    1 bothersome, annoying, nagging, pesky.
    2 tiresome, boring, irritating, tedious.
    * * *
    1 (molesto) annoying, irksome
    2 (aburrido) boring, tedious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=molesto) annoying
    2) (=aburrido) tedious, boring, tiresome
    3) LAm (=quisquilloso) fastidious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( molesto) < persona> tiresome, annoying; < trabajo> tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)
    * * *
    = annoying, tiresome, vexatious, vexing, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], nagging, importunate, bothersome, niggling.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
    Ex. Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( molesto) < persona> tiresome, annoying; < trabajo> tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)
    * * *
    = annoying, tiresome, vexatious, vexing, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], nagging, importunate, bothersome, niggling.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

    Ex: Some of their drawbacks make regular use rather tiresome.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.

    * * *
    1 (molesto) ‹persona› tiresome, annoying; ‹trabajo› tiresome, irksome
    ¡qué ruido más fastidioso! what an irritating noise!, that noise is getting on my nerves o is getting to me! ( colloq)
    este niño está muy fastidioso this child is being very tiresome o ( colloq) is getting on my nerves
    2 (Méx, Per fam) (quisquilloso) fussy ( colloq)
    * * *

    fastidioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ trabajo› tiresome, irksome
    b) (Méx, Per fam) ( quisquilloso) fussy (colloq)

    fastidioso,-a adjetivo annoying
    ' fastidioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apestosa
    - apestoso
    - bendita
    - bendito
    - fastidiosa
    - gracia
    - molesta
    - molesto
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - suplicio
    - pesado
    English:
    annoying
    - irksome
    - tiresome
    - peevish
    * * *
    fastidioso, -a adj
    1. [molesto] annoying, irritating;
    es un niño muy fastidioso he's a very annoying o irritating child;
    es un dolor muy fastidioso it's a very annoying o irritating pain
    2. [aburrido] boring, tedious
    * * *
    adj annoying
    * * *
    fastidioso, -sa adj
    1) molesto: annoying, bothersome
    2) aburrido: boring
    * * *
    fastidioso adj annoying

    Spanish-English dictionary > fastidioso

  • 50 fuera del alcance del oído

    Ex. As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.
    * * *

    Ex: As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuera del alcance del oído

  • 51 ganar ímpetu

    (v.) = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace
    Ex. The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
    Ex. The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
    Ex. This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex. The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
    Ex. The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.
    * * *
    (v.) = gather + momentum, gain + impetus, gather + strength, gather + steam, gather + pace

    Ex: The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

    Ex: The trend towards globalisation in publishing has gained impetus from the European Community's plans to create a single market by the end of 1992.
    Ex: This north/south cooperation is a five-year-old initiative that is now gathering strength = Esta cooperación norte-sur es una iniciativa que cumple cinco años y que ahora está ganando fuerza.
    Ex: The groundswell of movement towards integrating previously unrelated technologies and markets is now gathering a reasonable head of steam.
    Ex: The author looks at the likely future shifts in economic structures in advanced economies, as the information age replaces the industrial era, and regionalism gathers pace.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ganar ímpetu

  • 52 gigantesco

    adj.
    giant-sized, enormous, gigantic, colossal.
    * * *
    1 giant, gigantic, giant-size
    * * *
    (f. - gigantesca)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, giant antes de s
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantesca — it was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex. The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex. The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    ----
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantesca — it was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex: The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.

    * * *
    de dimensiones gigantescas of gigantic o giant proportions
    un palacio gigantesco a huge o gigantic palace
    fue una empresa gigantesca it was a massive o mammoth o huge undertaking
    * * *

    gigantesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    huge, gigantic

    ' gigantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gigantesco-a
    English:
    gigantic
    - mammoth
    - monster
    - giant
    - monstrous
    - out
    * * *
    gigantesco, -a adj
    gigantic
    * * *
    adj gigantic
    * * *
    gigantesco, -ca adj
    : gigantic, huge
    * * *
    gigantesco adj gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gigantesco

  • 53 hacer que Algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de Algo o Alguien

    (v.) = make + Nombre + relevant to
    Ex. The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + Nombre + relevant to

    Ex: The incentive to make library services more relevant to the community became increasingly urgent from the mid-seventies as the attacks on local government finance gathered momentum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer que Algo sea pertinente a las necesidades de Algo o Alguien

  • 54 hacerse el muerto

    to pretend to be dead
    * * *
    (v.) = play + possum, play + dead
    Ex. 'From what we gathered, somebody playing possum jumped up and shot him,' said his father.
    Ex. My dog found a possum playing dead once, and it freaked him out enough not to touch it.
    * * *
    (v.) = play + possum, play + dead

    Ex: 'From what we gathered, somebody playing possum jumped up and shot him,' said his father.

    Ex: My dog found a possum playing dead once, and it freaked him out enough not to touch it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse el muerto

  • 55 heredero

    m.
    heir, inheritor, heritor, legatee.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) heir; (mujer) heiress
    \
    nombrar heredero,-a a alguien to make somebody one's heir/heiress
    príncipe heredero / princesa heredera crown prince / crown princess
    único heredero,-a (hombre) sole heir 2 (mujer) sole heiress
    * * *
    (f. - heredera)
    noun
    heir / heiress
    * * *
    heredero, -a
    SM / F heir/heiress (de to) inheritor (de of)

    heredero/a de la corona — heir to the crown

    heredero/a del trono — heir to the throne

    heredero/a forzoso/a — heir apparent

    heredero/a presunto/a — heir presumptive

    * * *
    - ra (m) heir; (f) heir, heiress
    * * *
    = heir [heiress, -fem.], inheritor, heir apparent [heiress apparent].
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. The new heir apparent is probably a man of a very different stamp.
    ----
    * herederos = surviving family.
    * presunto heredero = heir presumptive [heiress presumptive].
    * primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].
    * * *
    - ra (m) heir; (f) heir, heiress
    * * *
    = heir [heiress, -fem.], inheritor, heir apparent [heiress apparent].

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: The new heir apparent is probably a man of a very different stamp.
    * herederos = surviving family.
    * presunto heredero = heir presumptive [heiress presumptive].
    * primer heredero = heir apparent [heiress apparent].

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    ( masculine) heir; ( feminine) heir, heiress
    el heredero/la herederaa del trono the heir/heiress to the throne
    príncipe heredero crown prince
    heredero DE algo heir TO sth
    fue heredero/herederoa de una inmensa fortuna he was heir to a vast fortune/she was the heiress to a vast fortune
    nuestro pueblo es heredero de un rico folklore our nation has inherited a rich culture
    Compuestos:
    heir apparent
    residuary legatee
    * * *

    heredero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) heir;


    (f) heir, heiress;

    heredero de algo heir to sth
    heredero,-a m,f (hombre) heir
    (mujer) heiress: la infanta Isabel fue la heredera del trono español, Princess Isabel was the heir to the Spanish throne
    son los herederos de una pequeña fortuna, they are going to inherit a small fortune
    Recuerda que heiress se refiere a una mujer que hereda una fortuna y no a una heredera del trono.

    ' heredero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    heredera
    - príncipe
    - sucesor
    - sucesora
    - legítimo
    - varón
    English:
    apparent
    - crown prince
    - heir
    - heiress
    - to
    - crown
    * * *
    heredero, -a nm,f
    heir, f heiress;
    el príncipe heredero the crown prince;
    el heredero al trono the heir to the throne;
    el heredero del título the heir to the title;
    instituir heredero o [m5] por heredero a to name as one's heir, to name in one's will;
    es el heredero de la generosidad de su madre he has his mother's generosity;
    un estilo heredero de los grandes clásicos a style in the tradition of the classics
    Der heredero forzoso heir apparent; Der heredero legal heir (at law); Der heredero universal residuary legatee
    * * *
    m heir
    * * *
    heredero, -ra n
    : heir, heiress f
    * * *
    heredero n heir

    Spanish-English dictionary > heredero

  • 56 hábil

    adj.
    able, deft, skillful, artful.
    * * *
    1 (diestro) skilful (US skillful)
    2 (despabilado) clever, smart
    3 (acto) clever
    4 (apto, adecuado) good, suitable
    \
    en tiempo hábil at the proper time
    ser hábil en algo / ser hábil para algo (persona) to be good at something
    día hábil working day
    * * *
    adj.
    1) clever, able, skillful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=diestro) skilful, skillful (EEUU)

    ¡muy hábil! ya me has vuelto a endilgar el trabajo — hum very clever! you've landed me with the job again

    2) (Jur) competent
    día 1)
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diestro) < carpintero> skilled, adept; < conductor> good, skillful*; <juego/táctica> skillful*
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able
    2) <horas/días> working (before n)
    3) (Der) competent
    * * *
    = accomplished, skilful [skillful, -USA], able [abler -comp., ablest -sup.], nimble, resourceful, deft, adroit, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.].
    Ex. This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.
    Ex. The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex. Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex. If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would knock their hips against the corner of a bench.
    Ex. Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex. In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
    Ex. Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
    Ex. To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex. It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    ----
    * día hábil = business day, workday, weekday, working day.
    * poco hábil = poor-ability.
    * ser hábil para = be adroit at.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diestro) < carpintero> skilled, adept; < conductor> good, skillful*; <juego/táctica> skillful*
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able
    2) <horas/días> working (before n)
    3) (Der) competent
    * * *
    = accomplished, skilful [skillful, -USA], able [abler -comp., ablest -sup.], nimble, resourceful, deft, adroit, nifty [niftier -comp., nifitiest -sup.], clever [cleverer -comp., cleverest -sup.].

    Ex: This specialised clientele is eclectic and ranges from novices to the most accomplished artists and includes painters, sculptors and graphic artists.

    Ex: The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
    Ex: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
    Ex: If they were watching the nimble movements of a compositor as he gathered the types from the hundred and fifty-two boxes of his case, they would knock their hips against the corner of a bench.
    Ex: Under a series of resourceful librarians, it rapidly achieved a high reputation for its collection of books, periodicals and prints.
    Ex: In this live peformance video, Joan Sutherland's coloratura is as deft as ever.
    Ex: Reference services exist to help the less adroit find information and their fundamental value lies in equity of access to information.
    Ex: To begin with, this photocopier perhaps had the potential for resurrection by someone mechanically minded and nifty with a screwdriver.
    Ex: It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
    * día hábil = business day, workday, weekday, working day.
    * poco hábil = poor-ability.
    * ser hábil para = be adroit at.

    * * *
    A
    1 (diestro) skillful*
    es un hábil carpintero he's a skilled o an adept carpenter
    es una hábil conductora she's a good driver
    tiene manos hábiles para la costura she's very good o skillful o adept with a needle
    he roto otra taza — ¡muy hábil! ( iró); I've broken another cup! — that was clever of you! ( iro)
    una jugada hábil de Prieto a skillful move from Prieto
    2 (astuto, inteligente) clever
    es muy hábil para los negocios he's a very clever o able businessman
    B ‹horas/días› working ( before n)
    C ( Der) ‹testigo› competent
    * * *

     

    hábil adjetivo
    1

    ‹ conductor› good, skillful( conjugate skillful);
    ‹juego/táctica› skillful( conjugate skillful)
    b) (astuto, inteligente) clever, able

    2 ‹horas/días› working ( before n)
    3 (Der) competent
    hábil adjetivo
    1 (mañoso) skilful, US skillful: era muy hábil con las manos, he was very skilful with his hands
    2 (astuto, ingenioso) smart: estuvo muy hábil en sus respuestas, his responses very witty
    3 (laboral) working
    dos días hábiles, two working days
    ' hábil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    día
    - diplomática
    - diplomático
    - diestro
    English:
    capable
    - clever
    - deft
    - defuse
    - good
    - handy
    - proficient
    - skilful
    - skilled
    - skillful
    - slick
    - able
    - adroit
    - crafty
    - shrewd
    - work
    - working
    * * *
    hábil adj
    1. [diestro] skilful;
    estuvo muy hábil en el debate she argued very skilfully in the debate;
    es muy hábil con las manos he's very good with his hands;
    Irónico
    se me ha quemado la comida – ¡qué hábil! I've burned the dinner – that was clever (of you)! o Br nice one!
    2. [inteligente] clever;
    utilizó una hábil estrategia para convencernos he used a clever strategy to persuade us
    3. [utilizable] [lugar] suitable, fit;
    días hábiles working days, US workdays
    * * *
    adj
    1 skilled
    2 ( capaz) capable
    3 ( astuto) clever, smart
    4
    :
    día hábil working day
    * * *
    hábil adj
    1) : able, skillful
    2) : working
    días hábiles: working days
    * * *
    hábil adj (persona) skilful

    Spanish-English dictionary > hábil

  • 57 idear un plan

    (v.) = devise + a plan
    Ex. As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.
    * * *
    (v.) = devise + a plan

    Ex: As soon as the giant moved out of earshot, they gathered desperately to devise a plan.

    Spanish-English dictionary > idear un plan

  • 58 inactivo

    adj.
    1 inactive, idle, inert, dormant.
    2 lazy, idle.
    3 inactive, fallow.
    4 unemployed, jobless, out of a job.
    5 inactive.
    6 latent, torpent.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inactivar.
    * * *
    1 inactive
    * * *
    (f. - inactiva)
    adj.
    inactive, idle
    * * *
    inactivo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=sin actividad) inactive; (=perezoso) idle
    2) [volcán] dormant, inactive
    3) (Com, Econ) [mercado] sluggish; [población] non-working
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) <persona/máquina> inactive, idle
    b) < volcán> inactive, dormant
    * * *
    = dormant, stagnant, inactive.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.
    ----
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow.
    * permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.
    * publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) <persona/máquina> inactive, idle
    b) < volcán> inactive, dormant
    * * *
    = dormant, stagnant, inactive.

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow.
    * permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.
    * publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› inactive
    la maquinaria se halla inactiva desde hace más de dos meses the machinery has been inactive o has been standing idle for more than two months
    2 ‹volcán› inactive, dormant
    * * *

    Del verbo inactivar: ( conjugate inactivar)

    inactivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    inactivó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    inactivar    
    inactivo
    inactivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    inactive
    inactivo,-a adjetivo inactive

    ' inactivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inactiva
    - ociosa
    - ocioso
    English:
    action
    - dormant
    - inactive
    - lethargic
    * * *
    inactivo, -a adj
    1. [persona] inactive
    2. [mercado] sluggish, flat
    3. [volcán] inactive, dormant
    * * *
    adj inactive
    * * *
    inactivo, -va adj
    : inactive, idle

    Spanish-English dictionary > inactivo

  • 59 incautación

    f.
    incautation, confiscation, expropriation, embargo.
    * * *
    1 seizure
    * * *
    SF seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    femenino (frml) seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    = dispossession, confiscation, seizure, expropriation.
    Ex. The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.
    Ex. This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.
    Ex. Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex. Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.
    * * *
    femenino (frml) seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    = dispossession, confiscation, seizure, expropriation.

    Ex: The article ' Dispossession of the general public: a dispute on fundamentals' records the text of an interview with Hans Martin Sonn covering fundamental cultural and political questions.

    Ex: This is a historical survey of the management of the stocks derived from the revolutionary confiscations and gathered in literary stores.
    Ex: Penalties that can be imposed range from seizure and forfeiture of the articles and the means by which they were produced to fines or imprisonment.
    Ex: Expropriation is legal in just about every country, but most developed countries have laws providing for some sort of compensation.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    seizure, confiscation
    * * *
    f seizure
    * * *
    incautación nf, pl - ciones : seizure, confiscation

    Spanish-English dictionary > incautación

  • 60 inmenso

    adj.
    immense, huge, vast, gargantuan.
    * * *
    1 immense, vast
    * * *
    (f. - inmensa)
    adj.
    immense, vast
    * * *
    ADJ [llanura, océano, fortuna] vast, immense; [objeto, ciudad, número] enormous; [alegría, tristeza, esfuerzo] tremendous, immense; [talento] enormous, immense
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    ----
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.

    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.

    * * *
    inmenso -sa
    ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge; ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous; ‹alegría/pena› great, immense
    sentía por ella un inmenso cariño he was extremely fond of her
    ¡cómo ha crecido! ¡si está inmenso! hasn't he grown! he's absolutely huge!
    esa blusa te queda inmensa that blouse is far too big for you
    * * *

    inmenso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge;


    ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous;
    ‹alegría/pena› great, immense;
    ◊ ¡es inmenso! it's absolutely huge!

    inmenso,-a adjetivo immense, vast

    ' inmenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmensa
    English:
    immense
    - enormous
    - vast
    * * *
    inmenso, -a adj
    1. [grande] [lago, continente] immense, vast;
    [camión, casa] enormous, huge
    2. [profundo] deep;
    sintió una inmensa alegría she felt deeply o tremendously happy
    3. Fam [fantástico] marvellous, wonderful;
    es un escritor inmenso he's a marvellous writer;
    el tenor estuvo inmenso the tenor was wonderful
    * * *
    adj immense
    * * *
    inmenso, -sa adj
    enorme: immense, huge, vast
    ♦ inmensamente adv
    * * *
    inmenso adj
    1. (en tamaño) enormous / immense

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmenso

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  • gathered — gath·er || gæðə(r) n. gathering in, drawing together; fold or pucker (in clothing) v. bring together, assemble, collect; amass, accumulate; harvest; conclude, deduce …   English contemporary dictionary

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