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1 crecimiento
m.1 growth (desarrollo).crecimiento económico economic growthcrecimiento exponencial exponential growthcrecimiento sostenible sustainable growth2 increment.* * *1 (desarrollo) growth, increase2 (subida) rise3 (de un río) flooding, rising* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [en seres vivos] growth2) (=aumento) growthel crecimiento del gasto público — the growth o increase in public spending
crecimiento cero — (Econ) zero growth
crecimiento negativo — (Econ) negative growth
crecimiento vegetativo — (Sociol) natural increase
* * *1) (Biol, Fisiol) growth2) ( aumento) growth•* * *= growth, growing up, waxing.Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.Ex. Children and youth have a whole range of needs related to growing up.Ex. This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.----* anillo de crecimiento = growth ring, tree ring.* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.* crecimiento acelerado = mushrooming growth, rising tide.* crecimiento celular = cell growth.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* crecimiento clónico = clonal growth.* crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.* crecimiento de la literatura = literature growth.* crecimiento económico = economic growth.* crecimiento futuro = future growth.* crecimiento logarítmico = logarithmic growth.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* crecimiento urbanístico = urban growth.* crecimiento urbano descontrolado = urban sprawl.* crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.* crecimiento vertiginoso = exponential growth, exponential rate of + growth.* crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, el = information explosion, the.* dar cabida al crecimiento = accommodate + growth.* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.* de rápido crecimiento = rapidly growing, rapidly expanding.* el crecimiento de = the rising tide of.* estirón de crecimiento = growth spurt.* experimentar un crecimiento = experience + growth.* hacer posible el crecimiento = accommodate + growth.* hormona del crecimiento = growth hormone.* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.* ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.* sin crecimiento = non-growth.* tasa de crecimiento = growth allowance, growth rate, rate of growth.* * *1) (Biol, Fisiol) growth2) ( aumento) growth•* * *= growth, growing up, waxing.Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
Ex: Children and youth have a whole range of needs related to growing up.Ex: This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.* anillo de crecimiento = growth ring, tree ring.* cortar perpendicularmente a la veta de crecimiento = cut + across the grain.* crecimiento acelerado = mushrooming growth, rising tide.* crecimiento celular = cell growth.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* crecimiento clónico = clonal growth.* crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.* crecimiento de la literatura = literature growth.* crecimiento económico = economic growth.* crecimiento futuro = future growth.* crecimiento logarítmico = logarithmic growth.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* crecimiento urbanístico = urban growth.* crecimiento urbano descontrolado = urban sprawl.* crecimiento urbano descontrolado = suburban sprawl.* crecimiento vertiginoso = exponential growth, exponential rate of + growth.* crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, el = information explosion, the.* dar cabida al crecimiento = accommodate + growth.* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.* de rápido crecimiento = rapidly growing, rapidly expanding.* el crecimiento de = the rising tide of.* estirón de crecimiento = growth spurt.* experimentar un crecimiento = experience + growth.* hacer posible el crecimiento = accommodate + growth.* hormona del crecimiento = growth hormone.* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.* ser de crecimiento rápido = be a quick grower.* sin crecimiento = non-growth.* tasa de crecimiento = growth allowance, growth rate, rate of growth.* * *está en período de crecimiento he's at that age when children grow quickly, he's at an age where he's growing very quicklyniños con un retraso en el crecimiento children suffering from stunted growthB (aumento) growthun bajo crecimiento a low growth rateeconomías con crecimientos negativos negative growth economiesel crecimiento de la producción the increase o growth in productionuna industria en crecimiento a growth industryel crecimiento del PNB the growth o increase in the GNPCompuestos:zero growthnatural increase* * *
crecimiento sustantivo masculino
growth;
durante el crecimiento while they are growing
crecimiento sustantivo masculino growth
' crecimiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demográfica
- demográfico
- desarrollo
- despegue
- estirón
- activar
- estacionar
- explosión
- ritmo
English:
economy
- expansion
- fascism
- growing
- growing pains
- growth
- inhibit
- population growth
- rampant
- grow
- growth industry
* * *crecimiento nm1. [de persona, planta, pelo] growth2. [de empleo, inflación] rise, increase;[de valor] increase; [de precios] rise; [de descontento, interés] growth;un crecimiento del 15 por ciento a 15 percent increasecrecimiento cero zero growth;crecimiento económico economic growth;crecimiento de la población population growth;crecimiento sostenible sustainable growth;crecimiento vegetativo population growth* * *m growth;crecimiento demográfico population growth* * *crecimiento nm1) : growth2) : increase* * *crecimiento n growth -
2 estirón
m.jerk, tug, pull.* * *1 pull, jerk, tug\dar un estirón / pegar un estirón familiar to shoot up, grow up quickly* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=tirón) pull, tug2)dar o pegar un estirón — * [niño] to shoot up *, take a stretch *
* * *dar or pegar un/el estirón — (fam) to shoot up (colloq)
* * *= growth spurt.Ex. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.----* estirón de crecimiento = growth spurt.* pegar un estirón = shoot up.* * *dar or pegar un/el estirón — (fam) to shoot up (colloq)
* * *= growth spurt.Ex: Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.
* estirón de crecimiento = growth spurt.* pegar un estirón = shoot up.* * ** * *
estirón sustantivo masculino: dar or pegar un estirón (fam) to shoot up (colloq)
estirón sustantivo masculino
1 (fuerte estiramiento) strong pull, yank: si ahora damos un buen estirón todos, conseguiremos colocar la funda, if we all give a strong yank, we'll get the cover on
2 fam (crecimiento rápido en estatura) growth spurt: Jorge ha pegado un estirón este año y me sobrepasa en altura, Jorge has shot up this year and is now taller than I am
* * *estirón nm1. [acción] tug, pull* * *m1 ( tirón) tug2:dar un estirón famde niño shoot up* * *1) : pull, tug2)dar un estirón : to grow quickly, to shoot up -
3 crecimiento repentino
(n.) = growth spurtEx. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.* * *(n.) = growth spurtEx: Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.
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4 estirón de crecimiento
(n.) = growth spurtEx. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.* * *(n.) = growth spurtEx: Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.
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5 desviación de columna
MEDICINA slipped disc* * *(n.) = spinal curvature, curvature of the spineEx. Individuals with severe spinal curvatures may complain of breathing difficulties and weakness.Ex. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine that occurs most often during the growth spurt just before puberty.* * *(n.) = spinal curvature, curvature of the spineEx: Individuals with severe spinal curvatures may complain of breathing difficulties and weakness.
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6 repentino
adj.sudden, quick, unexpected, abrupt.* * *► adjetivo1 sudden* * *(f. - repentina)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=súbito) sudden; (=imprevisto) unexpected; [curva, vuelta] sharp2)tener repentina compasión — frm to be quick to pity
* * *- na adjetivo sudden* * *= abrupt, sudden, midstream.Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.Ex. This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.Ex. For my first example, let me take the problem of midstream changes in series, using as the guinea pig the series 'Advances in Experimental Social Psychology'.----* aumento repentino = upsurge.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* éxito repentino = overnight success.* fuego repentino = flash fire.* * *- na adjetivo sudden* * *= abrupt, sudden, midstream.Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
Ex: This situation has been severely aggravated by the sudden withdrawal of nearly a decade of federal largesse toward education and education-related activities.Ex: For my first example, let me take the problem of midstream changes in series, using as the guinea pig the series 'Advances in Experimental Social Psychology'.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* crecimiento repentino = growth spurt.* éxito repentino = overnight success.* fuego repentino = flash fire.* * *repentino -nasuddenfue una muerte repentina she died very suddenly, it was a sudden death* * *
repentino◊ -na adjetivo
sudden
repentino,-a adjetivo sudden
' repentino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bajón
- flechazo
- fulminante
- repentina
- súbito
English:
abrupt
- appendicitis
- overnight
- snap
- sudden
- suddenness
- surge
- sharp
* * *repentino, -a adjsudden;su muerte repentina sorprendió a todos her sudden death surprised everybody* * *adj sudden* * *repentino, -na adj: sudden♦ repentinamente adv* * *repentino adj sudden -
7 aumento
m.1 increase, rise.un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increaseun aumento de los precios a price riselas temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightlyir en aumento to be on the increaseaumento de sueldo pay rise2 promotion.3 magnifying power.4 jump.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aumentar.* * *1 increase, growth2 (óptica) magnification3 (fotos) enlargement4 (sonido) amplification5 (salario) rise, US raise\ir en aumento to be on the increaseaumento de precios rise in prices* * *noun m.1) increase2) raise* * *SM1) [de tamaño] increase; (Fot) enlargement; (Ópt) magnification2) [de cantidad, producción, velocidad, intensidad] increase; [de precio] increase, risese registró un aumento de temperatura — an increase o rise in temperature was recorded
aumento de peso — [en objeto] increase in weight; [en persona] weight gain
aumento de sueldo, aumento salarial — (pay) rise
3) (Elec, Radio) amplification4)5) (Ópt) magnification6) Méx (=posdata) postscript* * *a) ( incremento) rise, increasepedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise
las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares
aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnificationlentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses
* * *= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.Ex. No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.Ex. This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.Ex. This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.----* aumento acelerado = spurt.* aumento acusado = sharp increase.* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.* aumento de = increased.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.* aumento de la producción = increased production.* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.* aumento del uso = increased use.* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.* aumento de peso = weight gain.* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.* aumento en espesor = thickening.* aumento notable = rising tide.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.* gran aumento = heavy increase.* ir en aumento = be on the increase.* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.* * *a) ( incremento) rise, increasepedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise
las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares
aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnificationlentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses
* * *= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
Ex: No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.Ex: This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.Ex: This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* aumento acelerado = spurt.* aumento acusado = sharp increase.* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.* aumento de = increased.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.* aumento de la producción = increased production.* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.* aumento del uso = increased use.* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.* aumento de peso = weight gain.* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.* aumento en espesor = thickening.* aumento notable = rising tide.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.* gran aumento = heavy increase.* ir en aumento = be on the increase.* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.* * *1 (incremento) rise, increaselas tarifas experimentarán or sufrirán un ligero aumento there will be a small increase o rise in faresla tensión va en aumento tension is growing o mounting o increasingel aumento de las cotizaciones en las bolsas the rise in stock market pricesla velocidad del cuerpo va en aumento a medida que … the speed of the object increases as …aumento DE algo:aumento de peso increase in weight, weight gainaumento de temperatura rise in temperatureaumento de precio price rise o increase2 ( Ópt) magnificationun microscopio de 20 aumentos a microscope with a magnifying power o magnification of 20tiene gafas or ( AmL) lentes con or de mucho aumento he wears glasses with very strong lenses* * *
Del verbo aumentar: ( conjugate aumentar)
aumento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
aumentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
aumentar
aumento
aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raiseb) (Opt) to magnify
verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
aumento de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumento sustantivo masculino
aumento de temperatura rise in temperature;
aumento de precio price rise o increase;
aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)b) (Ópt) magnification;
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate
aumento sustantivo masculino
1 increase
aumento de sueldo, pay rise
2 Fot enlargement
3 Ópt magnification
' aumento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lente
- más
- petición
- producción
- progresiva
- progresivo
- salarial
- agudo
- auge
- aumentar
- autorizar
- bonificación
- escalada
- nubosidad
- prever
- prometido
- rápido
- representar
- retroactivo
- sensible
- triple
- valorización
- votar
English:
appreciation
- attribute
- bolster
- build-up
- by
- gain
- growing
- growth
- hike
- hysteria
- improvement
- increase
- leap
- mount
- negotiate
- of
- raise
- rise
- surge
- wage increase
- build
- glass
- jump
- pay
- rising
- settlement
- up
* * *aumento nm1. [de temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] increase, rise;[de sueldo] Br rise, US raise; [de velocidad] increase;un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase;un aumento de los precios a price rise;las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly;aumento lineal [de sueldo] across-the-board pay Br rise o US raise;aumento de sueldo pay increase;2. [en óptica] magnification;una lente de 20 aumentos a lens of magnification x 20* * *de sueldo raise, Br (pay) rise;ir en aumento be increasing* * *aumento nmincremento: increase, rise* * *aumento n increase / riseir en aumento to be increasing / to be rising
См. также в других словарях:
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