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101 camarón
m.shrimp, prawn, squilla.* * *1 prawn, common prawn* * *SM1) (Zool) shrimp2) CAm (=propina) tip, gratuity3) And * (=traidor) turncoathacer camarón — to change sides, go over to the other side o camp
4) CAm * (=trabajo) casual o occasional work5) Cono Sur (=litera) bunk (bed)* * ** * *= prawn, krill.Ex. According to these results, it is suggested that both chemicals examined could damage hemocytes and further influence the defense mechanism of prawns.Ex. Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.* * ** * *= prawn, krill.Ex: According to these results, it is suggested that both chemicals examined could damage hemocytes and further influence the defense mechanism of prawns.
Ex: Krill is a general term used to describe about 85 species of open-ocean crustaceans known as euphausiids.* * *1 (pequeño) shrimpcamarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente time and tide wait for no manechó un camaroncito he had a quick snooze o nap, he had forty winks* * *
camarón sustantivo masculino ( crustáceo — pequeño) shrimp;
(— más grande) shrimp (AmE), prawn (BrE)
camarón sustantivo masculino Zool (common) prawn
' camarón' also found in these entries:
English:
shrimp
- prawn
* * *camarón nm1. [quisquilla] Br shrimp, US prawn2. CAm, Col [propina] tip* * *m L.Am.ZO shrimp, Brprawn* * *1) : shrimp2) : prawn* * *camarón n shrimp -
102 cansado
adj.1 tired, all-in, worn-out, bleary.2 tiresome.past part.past participle of spanish verb: cansar.* * *1→ link=cansar cansar► adjetivo1 (gen) tired, weary2 (que fatiga) tiring3 (pesado) boring, tiresome4 (harto) tired (de, of), fed up (de, with)\tener la vista cansada to have eyestrain* * *(f. - cansada)adj.1) tired, weary2) tiring* * *ADJ1) (=fatigado) [persona] tired (de from)[aspecto, apariencia] weary, tired; [ojos] tired, strainedvista 1., 1)es que nació cansada — iró she was born lazy
2) (=harto)•
estar cansado de algo — to be tired of sthestoy cansado de que me hagan siempre la misma pregunta — I'm tired of always being asked the same question
¡ya estoy cansado de vuestras tonterías! — I've had enough of this nonsense of yours!
•
estar cansado de hacer algo — to be tired of doing sthsus amigos, cansados de esperarlo, se habían ido — tired of waiting, his friends had left
3) (=pesado) tiringdebe de ser cansado corregir tantos exámenes — it must be tiring marking o to mark so many exams, marking so many exams must be tiring
4)CANSADO ¿"Tired" o "tiring"? Hay que tener en cuenta la diferencia entre tired y tiring a la hora de traducir cansado. ► Lo traducimos por tired cuando queremos indicar que {estamos} o que nos sentimos cansados: Se sintió cansado y se marchó He felt tired and left Estoy cansado de trabajar I'm tired of working Estábamos cansados del viaje We were tired after the journey ► Lo traducimos por tiring cuando queremos indicar que algo {es} cansado, es decir, que nos produce cansancio: Conducir 140 kms. todos los días es muy cansado Driving 140 kms every day is very tiring Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *- da adjetivo1)a) [estar] ( fatigado) tiredb) [estar] (aburrido, harto)cansado de algo/+ inf — tired of something/-ing
a las cansadas — (RPl) at long last
2) [ser] <viaje/trabajo> tiring* * *= fatigued, tired, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, wearied, washed-out.Ex. In the event of any incorrect citations, one can then return to the 'scene of the crime' and discover whether the error was in the source or in one's fatigued perception of it.Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.Ex. The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.Ex. A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex. 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.Ex. He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.----* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.* de un modo cansado = wearily.* sentirse cansado = feel + tired.* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.* vista cansada = presbyopia.* * *- da adjetivo1)a) [estar] ( fatigado) tiredb) [estar] (aburrido, harto)cansado de algo/+ inf — tired of something/-ing
a las cansadas — (RPl) at long last
2) [ser] <viaje/trabajo> tiring* * *= fatigued, tired, wearisome, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.], wearying, wearied, washed-out.Ex: In the event of any incorrect citations, one can then return to the 'scene of the crime' and discover whether the error was in the source or in one's fatigued perception of it.
Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.Ex: The earliest binding machines replaced the wearisome hand-beating of the sheets in order to fold them.Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.Ex: A new wave of books dealing frankly with such concerns as sex, alcoholism and broken homes was seen as a breakthrough, but plots and styles have begun to show a wearying sameness.Ex: 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.Ex: He calls himself a writer but he never produces anything because he says he's always too washed-out to write.* con cara de cansado = bleary-eyed.* de un modo cansado = wearily.* sentirse cansado = feel + tired.* tener la vista cansada = need + reading glasses.* vista cansada = presbyopia.* * *cansado -daA1 [ ESTAR] (fatigado) tiredtienes cara de cansado you look tiredcreo que nació cansado ( hum); I reckon he was born lazyen un tono cansado in a weary tone of voicetengo los pies cansados my feet are tired2 [ ESTAR] (aburrido, harto) cansado DE algo/+ INF tired OF sth/ -INGestoy cansado de decirle que me deje en paz I'm tired of telling him to leave me alonea las cansadas ( RPl); at long lastB [ SER] ‹viaje/trabajo› tiring* * *
Del verbo cansar: ( conjugate cansar)
cansado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
cansado
cansar
cansado◊ -da adjetivo
1 [estar]
tienes cara de cansado you look tired;
en un tono cansado in a weary tone of voiceb) ( aburrido) cansado de algo/hacer algo tired of sth/doing sth
2 [ser] ‹viaje/trabajo› tiring
cansar ( conjugate cansar) verbo transitivo
b) ( aburrir):◊ ¿no te cansa oír la misma música? don't you get tired of listening to the same music?
verbo intransitivo
cansarse verbo pronominal
cansadose de algo/algn to get tired of sth/sb, get bored with sth/sb, cansadose de hacer algo to get tired of doing sth
cansado,-a adjetivo
1 (fatigado) tired, weary
(harto, hastiado) estoy cansado de oírte, I'm tired of hearing you 2 ser cansado (que produce cansancio) to be tiring
(que produce aburrimiento) to be boring
cansar
I verbo transitivo
1 to tire
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tired: tus quejas me cansan, I'm getting tired of your complaints
II verbo intransitivo
1 (agotar las fuerzas) to be tiring
2 (hartar, aburrir) to get tiresome
' cansado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- aburrido
- algo
- cansada
- dejar
- deshecha
- deshecho
- destrozada
- destrozado
- fatigada
- fatigado
- muerta
- muerto
- notar
- polvo
- tanta
- tanto
- trabajada
- trabajado
- veras
- cara
- fresco
- harto
- mamado
- muy
- palmado
- poder
English:
deadbeat
- done
- fatigued
- gaunt
- out
- start
- strained
- tired
- tiring
- war-weary
- weary
- zonked
- little
- run
- wearily
- wonder
* * *cansado, -a adj1. [fatigado] tired;tener cara de cansado to look tired;estar cansado de algo/de hacer algo to be tired of sth/of doing sth2. [harto] tired, sick;estoy cansado de decirte que apagues la luz al salir I'm tired o sick of telling you to turn off the light when you go out3. [pesado, cargante] tiring;es muy cansado viajar cada día en tren it's very tiring travelling on the train every day* * *adj tired;vista cansada farsightedness, Br longsightedness* * *cansado, -da adj1) : tiredestar cansado: to be tired2) : tiresome, wearyingser cansado: to be tiring* * *cansado adj1. (persona fatigado) tired2. (persona harto) tired of3. (trabajo, viaje) tiring -
103 cavidad
f.1 cavity.la cavidad bucal the buccal o oral cavity2 cavum, lacuna.* * *1 cavity* * *noun f.* * *SF cavity* * *femenino cavity* * *= hollow, cavity.Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.Ex. His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.----* cavidad abdominal = abdominal cavity.* cavidad oral = oral cavity.* cavidad pélvica = pelvic cavity.* cavidad pleural = pleural cavity.* cavidad torácica = thoracic cavity, chest cavity.* * *femenino cavity* * *= hollow, cavity.Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.
Ex: His sculptures were made by making casts of the cavities left in snow onto which the artist and a collaborator had urinated.* cavidad abdominal = abdominal cavity.* cavidad oral = oral cavity.* cavidad pélvica = pelvic cavity.* cavidad pleural = pleural cavity.* cavidad torácica = thoracic cavity, chest cavity.* * *cavityCompuesto:* * *
cavidad sustantivo femenino
cavity
cavidad sustantivo femenino cavity
' cavidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hueca
- hueco
- profunda
- profundo
- torácica
- torácico
- caries
- vientre
English:
cavity
* * *cavidad nfcavityAnat cavidad abdominal abdominal cavity; Anat cavidad bucal oral o buccal cavity; Anat cavidad nasal nasal cavity; Anat cavidad peritoneal peritoneal cavity; Anat cavidad torácica thoracic cavity* * *f cavity* * *cavidad nf: cavity -
104 cercano
adj.1 close, immediate, near, nearby.2 close, dear.* * *► adjetivo1 (inmediato) near, close2 (vecino) nearby, neighbouring (US neighboring)3 (pariente) close\el Cercano Oriente the Near East* * *(f. - cercana)adj.close, near, nearby* * *ADJ1) [lugar] nearby•
cercano a — close to, near, near toun hotel cercano al aeropuerto — a hotel close to o near (to) the airport
2) [amigo, pariente] close•
cercano a — close topersonas cercanas a la organización terrorista — people closely linked to the terrorist organization
3) [en el tiempo]ahora, cuando está cercano el primer aniversario de su muerte — now, as the first anniversary of her death approaches
* * *- na adjetivo1)a) ( en el espacio) nearby, neighboring*cercano a algo — near something, close to something
los pueblos cercanos a Durango — the villages in the vicinity of o close to o near Durango
una suma cercana al millón — an amount close to o close on a million
b) ( en el tiempo) close, near2) <pariente/amigo> close* * *= adjacent, adjoining, close [closer -comp., closest -sup.], immediate, nearby [near-by], neighbouring [neighboring, -USA], near at hand, close at hand, in sight, over the horizon, on the horizon, close-by, proximate, near [nearer -comp., nearest -sup.], within sight, within range.Ex. Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.Ex. The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.Ex. Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.Ex. This system offers immediate access when required by users and staff, preferably several users at the same time.Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex. The philosophical, brooding Hippopotamians have suffered many attacks by the neighbouring Crocs who are well known for their purposefulness and efficiency.Ex. The firm does not have to be near at hand, but there must be plenty of cooperation and consultation as to selection of stock.Ex. Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.Ex. The trend is definitely towards the electronic submission, but the point where this method will entirely supplant the others is not yet in sight.Ex. This article surveys the changes which have already occurred and those which are just over the horizon.Ex. The author concludes with descriptions of advances in the technology currently on the horizon.Ex. The second phase of the study entailed interviewing at close-by universities in the Midwest.Ex. For example, Literature and Language should be proximate, as should Commerce and Economics and Business, Psychology and Medicine, and so on.Ex. He was a loner himself, a small-town country boy who spent most of his time wandering about the hills and fields near his home.Ex. As the major US telecommunications service providers install fibre optic cable, the availability of interactive video is within sight.Ex. 77% of the world's population lives within range of a mobile network.----* cercano a = approaching, in close proximity to.* Cercano Oriente = Near East.* cercano uno del otro = in close proximity.* del Cercano Oriente = Near-Eastern.* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future.* en un futuro muy cercano = in the very near future.* en un período más o menos cercano = in the near future.* experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.* futuro cercano, el = near future, the.* lado más cercano, el = near side, the.* lo más cercano a = the nearest thing to.* pariente cercano = close relation.* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.* * *- na adjetivo1)a) ( en el espacio) nearby, neighboring*cercano a algo — near something, close to something
los pueblos cercanos a Durango — the villages in the vicinity of o close to o near Durango
una suma cercana al millón — an amount close to o close on a million
b) ( en el tiempo) close, near2) <pariente/amigo> close* * *= adjacent, adjoining, close [closer -comp., closest -sup.], immediate, nearby [near-by], neighbouring [neighboring, -USA], near at hand, close at hand, in sight, over the horizon, on the horizon, close-by, proximate, near [nearer -comp., nearest -sup.], within sight, within range.Ex: Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.
Ex: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.Ex: This system offers immediate access when required by users and staff, preferably several users at the same time.Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.Ex: The philosophical, brooding Hippopotamians have suffered many attacks by the neighbouring Crocs who are well known for their purposefulness and efficiency.Ex: The firm does not have to be near at hand, but there must be plenty of cooperation and consultation as to selection of stock.Ex: Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.Ex: The trend is definitely towards the electronic submission, but the point where this method will entirely supplant the others is not yet in sight.Ex: This article surveys the changes which have already occurred and those which are just over the horizon.Ex: The author concludes with descriptions of advances in the technology currently on the horizon.Ex: The second phase of the study entailed interviewing at close-by universities in the Midwest.Ex: For example, Literature and Language should be proximate, as should Commerce and Economics and Business, Psychology and Medicine, and so on.Ex: He was a loner himself, a small-town country boy who spent most of his time wandering about the hills and fields near his home.Ex: As the major US telecommunications service providers install fibre optic cable, the availability of interactive video is within sight.Ex: 77% of the world's population lives within range of a mobile network.* cercano a = approaching, in close proximity to.* Cercano Oriente = Near East.* cercano uno del otro = in close proximity.* del Cercano Oriente = Near-Eastern.* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future.* en un futuro muy cercano = in the very near future.* en un período más o menos cercano = in the near future.* experiencia cercana a la muerte = near death experience.* futuro cercano, el = near future, the.* lado más cercano, el = near side, the.* lo más cercano a = the nearest thing to.* pariente cercano = close relation.* redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.* * *cercano -naA1 (en el espacio) nearby, neighboring* cercano A algo near sth, close TO sthlos pueblos cercanos a Durango the villages in the vicinity of o close to o near Durangouna suma cercana al millón an amount close to o close on a million2 (en el tiempo) close, nearen fecha cercana sooncercano A algo close TO sthse sentía cercano a su fin he felt the end was near o close, he felt he was close to the endCompuesto:el Cercano Oriente the Near EastB ‹pariente/amigo› close* * *
cercano◊ -na adjetivo
1
cercano a algo near sth, close to sth;
cercano a algo close to sth
2 ‹pariente/amigo› close
cercano,-a adjetivo
1 close, nearby
un pueblo cercano, a nearby village
2 (pariente) close
3 Cercano Oriente, Near East
' cercano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cercana
- ir
- próxima
- próximo
- vecina
- vecino
- futuro
English:
close
- early
- immediate
- near
- nearby
- nursery
- offshore
- proximate
- next
* * *cercano, -a adj1. [en el espacio] nearby;cercano a near, close toel Cercano Oriente the Near East2. [en el tiempo] near;cercano a near, close to3. [con cifras] close;pagaron un precio cercano a los 2 millones they paid close to o nearly 2 million4. [pariente, amigo, colaborador] close;según fuentes cercanas a la familia real,… according to sources close to the royal family,…5. [en contenido]una obra más cercana a la tragedia que a la comedia a play that is closer to tragedy than to comedy* * *adj nearby;cercano a close to, near to* * *cercano, -na adj: near, close* * *cercano adj1. (en distancia) near / nearby2. (una persona) close -
105 como norma general
= as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guideEx. As a rule of thumb, most major libraries have chosen not to renew their periodical subscriptions.Ex. As a general rule, you can 'buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.Ex. As a general rule of thumb, you want front and side fans to intake, rear and top to exhaust.Ex. As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.* * *= as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guideEx: As a rule of thumb, most major libraries have chosen not to renew their periodical subscriptions.
Ex: As a general rule, you can 'buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.Ex: As a general rule of thumb, you want front and side fans to intake, rear and top to exhaust.Ex: As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found. -
106 conocer a ciencia cierta
(v.) = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a factEx. I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.Ex. The whole extent of Chernobyl's damage -- both in terms of human casualties and environmental destruction -- may never be known for sure.Ex. Here's the question: If you knew for a fact that you only had seven years to live, what would you do?.* * *(v.) = know for + certain, know for + sure, know for + a factEx: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.
Ex: The whole extent of Chernobyl's damage -- both in terms of human casualties and environmental destruction -- may never be known for sure.Ex: Here's the question: If you knew for a fact that you only had seven years to live, what would you do?. -
107 continuar con
v.to go on with, to carry on with, to get on with, to continue.Ellos mantienen el proyecto They maintain the project.* * *(v.) = go ahead with, proceed to, pursue, pursue + Nombre + further, stick to, build on/upon, go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick with, stick atEx. The ADONIS project has had a long history and a practical trial has now taken place as a result of which publishers have decided to go ahead with a commercial service.Ex. A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.Ex. All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.Ex. To pursue the parallels between printed title indexes and online searching of natural-language terms further, it is useful to summarize the attractions and limitations of natural-language indexing.Ex. It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.Ex. Obviously, I could go on with these examples, but I'd better move on to a discussion of ways of eliminating these problems.Ex. To maintain continuity of the project, Library of Congress has agreed to assume management.Ex. Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.Ex. For authors to achieve acceptance publishers must stick with them for several books.Ex. Men will often stick at the actionful adventure story; stage they often get a taste for at about the age of ten.* * *(v.) = go ahead with, proceed to, pursue, pursue + Nombre + further, stick to, build on/upon, go on with, maintain + continuity, maintain + momentum, stick with, stick atEx: The ADONIS project has had a long history and a practical trial has now taken place as a result of which publishers have decided to go ahead with a commercial service.
Ex: A summary at the beginning of a document serves to prepare the reader to proceed to the remainder of the text.Ex: All effective indexes must have some common facets if only because the audience does not alter merely because the indexer chooses to pursue certain indexing practices.Ex: To pursue the parallels between printed title indexes and online searching of natural-language terms further, it is useful to summarize the attractions and limitations of natural-language indexing.Ex: It might be striking to outline the instrumentalities of the future more spectacularly, rather than to stick closely to methods and elements now known.Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.Ex: Obviously, I could go on with these examples, but I'd better move on to a discussion of ways of eliminating these problems.Ex: To maintain continuity of the project, Library of Congress has agreed to assume management.Ex: Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.Ex: For authors to achieve acceptance publishers must stick with them for several books.Ex: Men will often stick at the actionful adventure story; stage they often get a taste for at about the age of ten. -
108 contrato
m.contract (commerce).bajo contrato under contractcontrato administrativo administrative contractcontrato de alquiler lease, tenancy agreementcontrato basura short-term contractcontrato fijo o indefinido permanent contractcontrato laboral o de trabajo work contractcontrato mercantil commercial contractcontrato en prácticas work-experience contractcontrato temporal temporary o short-term contractcontrato verbal oral contractpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contratar.* * *1 contract\contrato de alquiler / contrato de arrendamiento lease, leasing agreementcontrato de compraventa contract of salecontrato de trabajo work contractcontrato temporal temporary contract* * *noun m.* * *SM contract (de for)contrato de alquiler — [de casa] lease, leasing agreement; [de coche] rental contract, hire contract
contrato de mantenimiento — maintenance contract, service agreement
contrato de trabajo — contract of employment, contract of service
* * *masculino contract* * *= appointment, contract, terms, indenture, contractual agreement, contractual relationship.Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.Ex. Many packages are available for purchase or lease, but there are also strictly in-house packages and packages developed by specific software houses under contract from one organisation.Ex. By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.Ex. So, unlike most state association or municipal library awarded grants, there was no stipulation of indenture to a state or a library for a number of years if the award was accepted.Ex. The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.Ex. Data base producers must first decide how to structure their contractual relationship with the vendors and/or endusers = Los creadores de las bases de datos primero deben decidir cómo especificar sus relaciones contracturales con los proveedores y/o los usuarios finales.----* bridge-contrato = contract bridge.* celebrar un contrato = enter into + contract.* conceder un contrato = award + contract.* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.* contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.* contrato de alquiler = rental agreement, lease.* contrato de arrendamiento = lease.* contrato de compraventa = conveyance.* contrato de trabajo = contract position.* contrato fijo = tenure.* contrato social = social contract.* estipulaciones de un contrato = contract stipulations.* firma del contrato = contract signature.* firmar un contrato = issue + contract, sign + contract, make + contract, enter into + contract.* hacer un contrato = take out + contract.* incumplimiento de contrato = breach of contract.* lenguaje de los contratos = contract language.* ley sobre contratos = contract law.* negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.* obligado por contrato = indentured.* parte en un contrato = contracting party.* rescindir un contrato = buy + Nombre + out of.* términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.* * *masculino contract* * *= appointment, contract, terms, indenture, contractual agreement, contractual relationship.Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
Ex: Many packages are available for purchase or lease, but there are also strictly in-house packages and packages developed by specific software houses under contract from one organisation.Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.Ex: So, unlike most state association or municipal library awarded grants, there was no stipulation of indenture to a state or a library for a number of years if the award was accepted.Ex: The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.Ex: Data base producers must first decide how to structure their contractual relationship with the vendors and/or endusers = Los creadores de las bases de datos primero deben decidir cómo especificar sus relaciones contracturales con los proveedores y/o los usuarios finales.* bridge-contrato = contract bridge.* celebrar un contrato = enter into + contract.* conceder un contrato = award + contract.* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.* contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.* contrato de alquiler = rental agreement, lease.* contrato de arrendamiento = lease.* contrato de compraventa = conveyance.* contrato de trabajo = contract position.* contrato fijo = tenure.* contrato social = social contract.* estipulaciones de un contrato = contract stipulations.* firma del contrato = contract signature.* firmar un contrato = issue + contract, sign + contract, make + contract, enter into + contract.* hacer un contrato = take out + contract.* incumplimiento de contrato = breach of contract.* lenguaje de los contratos = contract language.* ley sobre contratos = contract law.* negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.* obligado por contrato = indentured.* parte en un contrato = contracting party.* rescindir un contrato = buy + Nombre + out of.* términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.* * *contractfirmar un contrato to sign a contractdecidió rescindirle el contrato she decided to cancel his contractincumplimiento de contrato breach of contractCompuestos:rental agreement, leasecontract of sale and purchasemaintenance contractcontract of employmentmarriage contract* * *
Del verbo contratar: ( conjugate contratar)
contrato es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
contrató es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
contratar
contrato
contratar ( conjugate contratar) verbo transitivo
‹artista/deportista› to sign up;
‹ servicios› to contract
contrato sustantivo masculino
contract;
contrato de compraventa/de trabajo contract of sale and purchase/of employment
contratar verbo transitivo to hire, engage
contrato sustantivo masculino contract
contrato a tiempo parcial, part-time contract
contrato bilateral, bilateral contract
contrato de alquiler, lease, leasing agreement
contrato de compraventa, contract of sale
contrato leonino, onerous contract
contrato unilateral, unilateral contract
' contrato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adjudicar
- adjudicación
- anulación
- ceñirse
- incumplir
- incumplimiento
- liquidación
- no
- parcial
- precipitadamente
- prorrogable
- rechazar
- redactar
- rescindir
- romper
- subastar
- supeditar
- suscribir
- término
- vencer
- vendedor
- vendedora
- violar
- violación
- alquiler
- anular
- arrendamiento
- borrador
- cumplir
- determinar
- disolución
- disolver
- formalizar
- leasing
- multimillonario
- parte
- prolongar
- ratificar
- renovación
- renovar
- ruptura
- seguro
- vigente
English:
agreement
- applicable
- apprentice
- bind
- binding
- bond
- breach
- cancel
- clause
- condition
- contract
- draft
- draw up
- duration
- execute
- expiry
- extend
- formalize
- fulfil
- fulfill
- golden parachute
- guard
- lapse
- lawful
- lease
- legal
- negotiate
- nullify
- push through
- run
- run out
- service contract
- sign on
- stand
- tenancy agreement
- terminate
- void
- bill
- fixed
- lose
* * *contrato nmcontract;firmar un contrato to sign a contract;romper un contrato to break (the terms of) a contract;incumplimiento de contrato breach of contract;bajo contrato under contract;por contrato contractuallycontrato administrativo administrative contract;contrato de aprendizaje apprentice contract;contrato de arrendamiento lease;contrato basura short-term contract [with poor conditions];contrato blindado golden parachute, cast-iron contract;contrato de compraventa contract of sale;contrato de exclusividad exclusive agreement;contrato fijo permanent contract;contrato indefinido permanent contract;contrato laboral work contract;contrato de licencia licensing agreement;contrato de mantenimiento maintenance contract;contrato matrimonial marriage contract;contrato mercantil commercial contract;contrato en prácticas work-experience contract;contrato social social contract;contrato a tiempo parcial part-time contract;contrato de trabajo work contract;contrato verbal verbal contract* * *m contract* * *contrato nm: contract* * *contrato n contract -
109 corriente alterna
f.alternating current, AC.* * *alternating current* * *(n.) = alternating current (AC)Ex. It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.* * *(n.) = alternating current (AC)Ex: It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.
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110 descontento
adj.discontent, sad, discontented, displeased.m.dissatisfaction, discontentment, unhappiness, discontent.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descontentar.* * *► adjetivo1 displeased, unhappy, dissatisfied, discontented► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 malcontent1 discontent, dissatisfaction————————1 discontent, dissatisfaction* * *1. (f. - descontenta)adj.2. noun m.* * *descontento, -a1. ADJ1) (=insatisfecho) dissatisfied, discontented (de with)2) (=disgustado) disgruntled (de about, at)2.SM / F Méx malcontent3. SM1) (=insatisfacción) dissatisfaction2) (=disgusto) disgruntlement3) (Pol) discontent, unrest* * *I- ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfieddescontento con algo/alguien — unhappy o dissatisfied with something/somebody
IIquedó descontento con lo que le di — he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave him
masculino discontent* * *= dissatisfied, discontent, dissatisfaction, irritation, disgruntled, unrest, disaffected, disaffection, restlessness.Ex. If you are dissatisfied with your responses, go back and revise such parts of the text as you think fit.Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex. During her tenure as head of the EPA library, she dealt with the dissatisfaction with the national treatment of U.S. documents in a most constructive manner, by establishing the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).Ex. Datto felt a wave of irritation engulf him, but he persevered, keeping his voice steady.Ex. The director of our public library hired as a page the daughter of a friend, who turned out to be unreliable and untrustworthy, and as a consequence had to handle a disgruntled head of circulation.Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex. Further, there is evidence of publisher, author, and library user disaffection with the law of copyright.Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.----* descontento entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.* descontento político = political unrest.* descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.* sentirse descontento con = experience + dissatisfaction with.* * *I- ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfieddescontento con algo/alguien — unhappy o dissatisfied with something/somebody
IIquedó descontento con lo que le di — he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave him
masculino discontent* * *= dissatisfied, discontent, dissatisfaction, irritation, disgruntled, unrest, disaffected, disaffection, restlessness.Ex: If you are dissatisfied with your responses, go back and revise such parts of the text as you think fit.
Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.Ex: During her tenure as head of the EPA library, she dealt with the dissatisfaction with the national treatment of U.S. documents in a most constructive manner, by establishing the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).Ex: Datto felt a wave of irritation engulf him, but he persevered, keeping his voice steady.Ex: The director of our public library hired as a page the daughter of a friend, who turned out to be unreliable and untrustworthy, and as a consequence had to handle a disgruntled head of circulation.Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex: Further, there is evidence of publisher, author, and library user disaffection with the law of copyright.Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.* descontento entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.* descontento político = political unrest.* descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.* sentirse descontento con = experience + dissatisfaction with.* * *[ ESTAR] dissatisfied descontento CON algo/algn unhappy WITH sth/sb, dissatisfied WITH sth/sbestoy descontento con los resultados I'm unhappy o dissatisfied with the results, I'm not at all happy with the resultsquedó descontento con lo que le di he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave himdiscontentmanifestaron su descontento they made known their discontent o dissatisfaction, they let it be known that they were dissatisfied o unhappy* * *
Del verbo descontentar: ( conjugate descontentar)
descontento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
descontentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
descontento 1◊ -ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfied;
descontento con algo/algn unhappy o dissatisfied with sth/sb
descontento 2 sustantivo masculino
discontent
descontento,-a
I adjetivo unhappy, dissatisfied [con, with]
II sustantivo masculino dissatisfaction
' descontento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitación
- conflictividad
- descontenta
- disimulado
- insatisfecho
English:
discontent
- discontented
- dissatisfaction
- dissatisfied
- grunt
- undercurrent
- undertone
- unhappiness
- unhappy
- unrest
- disgruntled
- frustrated
* * *descontento, -a♦ adjunhappy, dissatisfied;estar descontento con algo/alguien to be dissatisfied o unhappy with sth/sb;dijo estar descontento con la decisión de los tribunales he said he was unhappy with the court's decision♦ nmdissatisfaction;los sindicatos expresaron su descontento con la nueva ley the unions expressed their dissatisfaction with the new law;entre la población cundió el descontento discontent was spreading among the population* * *I adj dissatisfiedII m dissatisfaction* * *descontento, -ta adj: discontented, dissatisfieddescontento nm: discontent, dissatisfaction* * * -
111 deteriorarse
1 (estropearse) to get damaged; (gastarse) to wear out2 figurado to deteriorate, go downhill* * *2) get damaged* * *VPR1) (=estropearse) to get damaged2) (=empeorarse)su salud se está deteriorando — her health is getting worse o deteriorating
las relaciones entre ambos países se han deteriorado — relations between the two countries have deteriorated
3) (Mec) to wear, get worn* * *(v.) = decay, deteriorate, creak, go + downhill, fall into + disrepair, grow + worse, fall + apart, dilapidate, go to + seed, degenerate (into)Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.Ex. But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.Ex. Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.Ex. The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.Ex. His bodily frame, verging on obesity, appeared to have fallen into disrepair, as though he had ceased to be interested in it.Ex. As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex. The mission was in the process of building a new wing onto the convent, so the old house was allowed to dilapidate.Ex. She berated him for having ' gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.Ex. The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).* * *(v.) = decay, deteriorate, creak, go + downhill, fall into + disrepair, grow + worse, fall + apart, dilapidate, go to + seed, degenerate (into)Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
Ex: But the relationship between the source of most of the shared cataloging data, the Library of Congress, and nonresearch libraries shows signs of deteriorating rather than improving.Ex: Such recommendations can be viewed as attempts to shortcircuit a system which has creaked more noticeably with the passage of time.Ex: The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.Ex: His bodily frame, verging on obesity, appeared to have fallen into disrepair, as though he had ceased to be interested in it.Ex: As we all know, the situation has only grown worse since then.Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Ex: The mission was in the process of building a new wing onto the convent, so the old house was allowed to dilapidate.Ex: She berated him for having ' gone to seed' and lambasted him for not living up to his ideals.Ex: The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a 'catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).* * *
■deteriorarse verbo reflexivo
1 (echarse a perder, ajarse) to get damaged
2 (desgastarse, dejar de funcionar bien) wear out
3 (ir a peor) to deteriorate, get worse
' deteriorarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deteriorar
- estropear
English:
decay
- decline
- deteriorate
- perish
- degenerate
* * *vpr1. [estropearse] to deteriorate;para que no se deteriore la pintura to prevent the paint from deteriorating2. [empeorar] to deteriorate, to get worse;la situación se fue deteriorando the situation gradually deteriorated o got gradually worse* * *v/r deteriorate* * *vr1) : to get damaged, to wear out2) : to deteriorate, to worsen* * *deteriorarse vb to deteriorate -
112 dismenorrea
f.dysmenorrhoea, painful menstruation.* * *= dysmenorrhoea [dysmenorrhea, USA].Ex. As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.* * *= dysmenorrhoea [dysmenorrhea, USA].Ex: As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.
* * *
dismenorrea f Med dysmenorrhoea
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113 divulgar
v.1 to reveal (noticia, secreto).2 to divulge, to disclose, to broadcast, to make known.Ellos reportaron la boda They reported=described the wedding.* * *1 (difundir) to divulge, spread, disclose2 (por radio) to broadcast3 (propagar) to popularize1 to become known, spread* * *verb1) to divulge2) spread3) broadcast* * *1. VT1) [+ noticia, ideas] to spread2) [+ secreto] to divulge, disclose2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <noticia/información> to spread, circulate; <secreto/plan> to divulge2.divulgarse v pron to spread* * *= disseminate, promulgate, divulge, bruit, promote, popularise [popularize, -USA].Ex. The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.Ex. Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex. Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.Ex. The information explosion has created a demand for analysing, organising and disseminating information and has popularised the subject approach to information.----* no ser divulgado = be out of the public eye.* * *1.verbo transitivo <noticia/información> to spread, circulate; <secreto/plan> to divulge2.divulgarse v pron to spread* * *= disseminate, promulgate, divulge, bruit, promote, popularise [popularize, -USA].Ex: The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.Ex: Wittingly or unwittingly, they mask other questions that users do not know how to ask or are uncertain that they want to divulge to someone else.Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.Ex: Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.Ex: The information explosion has created a demand for analysing, organising and disseminating information and has popularised the subject approach to information.* no ser divulgado = be out of the public eye.* * *divulgar [A3 ]vt1 ‹noticia/información› to spread, circulate2 ‹cultura/ideas› to spread1 «noticia/rumor» to spread, circulate2 «ideas» to spread* * *
divulgar ( conjugate divulgar) verbo transitivo ‹noticia/información› to spread, circulate;
‹secreto/plan› to divulge;
‹ cultura› to spread, disseminate
divulgarse verbo pronominal
to spread
divulgar verbo transitivo
1 (un secreto, etc) to disclose
2 Rad TV to broadcast
' divulgar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esparcir
- publicar
- voz
English:
divulge
- keep back
- circulate
- popularize
* * *♦ vt1. [noticia, rumor] to spread, to circulate;la radio divulgó la noticia the radio announced o broke the news2. [cultura, ciencia, doctrina] to popularize* * *v/t spread* * *divulgar {52} vt1) : to spread, to circulate2) revelar: to divulge, to reveal3) : to popularize* * * -
114 dolor menstrual
(n.) = period painEx. As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.* * *(n.) = period painEx: As a rough guide, if you've had severe period pain (known as dysmenorrhoea) since around the time your periods first started, it's less likely a particular cause will be found.
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115 embrollado
adj.complicated, tangled, confused, convolute.past part.past participle of spanish verb: embrollar.* * *1→ link=embrollar embrollar► adjetivo1 confused, muddled* * *= afoul.Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.* * *= afoul.Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
* * *embrollado, -a adj[asunto, situación] complicated, confused; [historia, explicación] involved, complicated; [teoría] complicated -
116 en general
in general, generally* * *= por lo general generally, in general* * *= at large, by and large, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, on balance, on the whole, overall, all in all, broadly, as a whole, generally speakingEx. The committee will be expected to produce an annual report to the members at large.Ex. This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.Ex. Only one fact holds true in all catalog worlds: library users -- despite their great personal differences and interests -- are, for the most part, expected to negotiate their own way through whatever catalog is presented to them.Ex. Specific entry is generally recommended.Ex. However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.Ex. In the main, a library assistant's work consists of service desk duties, charging and discharging books, shelving returned books, dealing with reservations, sending overdue notices and checking the receipt of periodicals = En general, el trabajo de un auxiliar de biblioteca consiste en la atención al usuario, tramitar los préstamos y su devolución, colocar los libros en las estanterías, gestionar las reservas de libros, enviar los avisos de vencimiento de plazo y comprobar la recepción de las publicaciones periódicas.Ex. Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.Ex. I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.Ex. Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.Ex. All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.Ex. These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.Ex. The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.Ex. Generally speaking, my philosophy is that if you've been following the thread, you already know what the reply is.* * *= at large, by and large, for the most part, generally, in general, in the main, on balance, on the whole, overall, all in all, broadly, as a whole, generally speakingEx: The committee will be expected to produce an annual report to the members at large.
Ex: This has been the case with newspapers which by and large have changed very little over the past century.Ex: Only one fact holds true in all catalog worlds: library users -- despite their great personal differences and interests -- are, for the most part, expected to negotiate their own way through whatever catalog is presented to them.Ex: Specific entry is generally recommended.Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.Ex: In the main, a library assistant's work consists of service desk duties, charging and discharging books, shelving returned books, dealing with reservations, sending overdue notices and checking the receipt of periodicals = En general, el trabajo de un auxiliar de biblioteca consiste en la atención al usuario, tramitar los préstamos y su devolución, colocar los libros en las estanterías, gestionar las reservas de libros, enviar los avisos de vencimiento de plazo y comprobar la recepción de las publicaciones periódicas.Ex: Although same problems with software applications, hardware and user training programmes had cropped up periodically, on balance, users are reasonably pleased with their acquisitions.Ex: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.Ex: Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.Ex: All in all, then, the book has plenty to attend to, plenty to enjoy, plenty to share.Ex: These can be broadly categorised into the following two groups.Ex: The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.Ex: Generally speaking, my philosophy is that if you've been following the thread, you already know what the reply is. -
117 en todo el mundo
= worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole worldEx. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.Ex. Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.Ex. Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.Ex. Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex. All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.Ex. It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.Ex. In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex. The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.Ex. Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.Ex. Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world.* * *= worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole worldEx: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
Ex: Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.Ex: Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.Ex: Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.Ex: All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.Ex: It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.Ex: In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.Ex: The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.Ex: Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.Ex: Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world. -
118 enredado
adj.1 entangled, matted.2 foul (cables y cuerdas). (Nautical)3 confused, tangled, messed, messed-up.4 complicated, intricate, mixed-up, entangled.5 ruffled, enmeshed, matted, tangled.past part.past participle of spanish verb: enredar.* * *ADJ [hilos, cuerdas] tangled (up)* * *- da adjetivo1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated2)a) ( involucrado) involvedenredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something
se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal
b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)* * *= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex. Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.----* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.* * *- da adjetivo1) <lana/cuerda> tangled; < pelo> tangled, knotted; <asunto/idea> complicated2)a) ( involucrado) involvedenredado en algo — mixed up o caught up in something
se vio enredado en el escándalo — he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandal
b) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)* * *= entangled, garbled, tangled, afoul.Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.Ex: Now, let me express to you, you have, in a manner of speaking, created quite a tangled ball of yarn in this situation.Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.* enredado en = enmeshed in, caught up in.* * *enredado -daA1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled; ‹pelo› tangled, knottedla lana está toda enredada the wool is all tangled o tangled up2 ‹asunto/idea› complicatedla situación está muy enredada the situation is very complicated o involvedB1 (involucrado) involved enredado EN algo mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sthse vio enredado en el escándalo he found himself mixed o caught up in the scandalterminaron enredados en una pelea they ended up getting (themselves) into a fightanduvo enredada con un hombre casado she was involved with a married man* * *
Del verbo enredar: ( conjugate enredar)
enredado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
enredado
enredar
enredado◊ -da adjetivo
1 ‹lana/cuerda› tangled;
‹ pelo› tangled, knotted;
‹asunto/idea› complicated
2a) ( involucrado) enredado en algo mixed up in sthb) (fam) ( en lío amoroso) enredado con algn involved with sb
enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
‹asunto/situación› to complicate
verbo intransitivo (fam)
enredado con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[ planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)a) ( en lío amoroso) enredadose con algn to get involved with sb
enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
' enredado' also found in these entries:
English:
knotty
- tangled
* * *enredado, -a adj1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] tangled2. [asunto, situación] complicated, involvedse vio enredado en un asunto de tráfico de drogas he found himself caught up in a case of drug-trafficking* * *enredado adj tangled -
119 enrevesado
adj.complicated, mixed-up, tangled, afoul.* * *► adjetivo1 complicated, difficult* * *ADJ [asunto] difficult, complex; [mente, carácter] twisted* * *- da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult* * *= convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.Ex. Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.Ex. Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.* * *- da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult* * *= convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.Ex: Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.
Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.Ex: Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.* * *enrevesado -da1 ‹problema› complex, complicated; ‹explicación/instrucciones› complicated, involved2 ‹carácter/persona› awkward, difficult* * *
enrevesado◊ -da adjetivo
complicated
enrevesado,-a adjetivo
1 (problema, persona) complicated, difficult
2 (camino) winding
' enrevesado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enrevesada
- metafísica
- metafísico
English:
convoluted
- devious
- garbled
- involved
* * *enrevesado, -a adjcomplex, complicated* * *adj complicated, involved* * *enrevesado, -da adj: complicated, involved -
120 espiral
adj.spiral, circling, volute.f.1 spiral (also figurative).en espiral spiral (escalera, forma)2 coil, intrauterine device.* * *► adjetivo1 spiral1 spiral2 (de reloj) hairspring* * *noun f. adj.* * *1.ADJ [gen] spiral; [movimiento, línea] spiral; (Téc) helical2.SM [de reloj] hairspring3.SF (=forma) [gen] spiral; [anticonceptiva] coil; (Téc) whorl; [de humo] spiral; (Dep) corkscrew dive* * *a) (forma, movimiento) spiralescalera espiral or en espiral or de espiral — spiral staircase
b) ( muelle) hairspringc) ( dispositivo intrauterino) coil* * *= spiral, coil.Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.Ex. It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.----* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.* encuadernación en espiral = spiral binding.* resistencia en espiral = heating coil.* resorte de espiral = slinky.* * *a) (forma, movimiento) spiralescalera espiral or en espiral or de espiral — spiral staircase
b) ( muelle) hairspringc) ( dispositivo intrauterino) coil* * *= spiral, coil.Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
Ex: It was known that alternating current (AC) voltage could be varied by use of induction coils, but no practical coil system had been invented.* abrirse en espiral = spiral out.* encuadernación en espiral = spiral binding.* resistencia en espiral = heating coil.* resorte de espiral = slinky.* * *1 (forma, movimiento) spiralun cuaderno de espiral(es) a spiral-bound notebookuna espiral de violencia a spiral of violencela espiral inflacionaria the inflationary spiraluna escalera espiral or en espiral or de espiral a spiral staircasela avioneta cayó en espiral the plane spun o spiralled downward(s)2 (muelle) hairspring3 (dispositivo intrauterino) coil* * *
espiral sustantivo femenino
escalera de espiral spiral staircase
espiral adjetivo & sustantivo femenino spiral
' espiral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cuaderno
- hornillo
English:
coil
- curl
- spiral
- spiral down
- spiral up
- swirl
- wisp
- wreath
- intrauterine device
* * *espiral nf1. [línea curva] spiral;un cuaderno de espiral a spiral-bound notebook;en espiral [escalera, forma] spiral;el avión descendió en espiral the plane spiralled downwards2. [escalada] spiralEcon espiral inflacionaria inflationary spiral;espiral de violencia spiral of violence3. [anticonceptivo] coil4. [de reloj] balance spring, hairspring* * *I adj spiral atrII f spiral;espiral precios-salarios wage-price spiral* * *espiral adj & nf: spiral* * *espiral adj n spiral
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