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  • 61 heterosexualidad

    f.
    heterosexuality.
    * * *
    1 heterosexuality
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino heterosexuality
    * * *
    Ex. Not surprisingly, the research revealed that young people in rural areas (like many of their urban peers) assumed heterosexuality as the norm, and penis-vagina sexual intercourse as the pivotal activity in sex.
    * * *
    femenino heterosexuality
    * * *

    Ex: Not surprisingly, the research revealed that young people in rural areas (like many of their urban peers) assumed heterosexuality as the norm, and penis-vagina sexual intercourse as the pivotal activity in sex.

    * * *
    heterosexuality
    * * *
    heterosexuality
    * * *
    : heterosexuality

    Spanish-English dictionary > heterosexualidad

  • 62 igualmente

    adv.
    1 also, likewise (also).
    2 the same to you, likewise.
    3 equally, alike, too, as well.
    intj.
    1 just the same.
    2 the same to you.
    * * *
    ■ es igualmente usual que... it is just as usual that...
    2 (también) likewise; (a pesar de ello) all the same, still
    ■ se refirió igualmente a... he also referred to...
    3 (como respuesta) the same to you
    ■ ¡que haya suerte! --¡igualmente! good luck! --the same to you!
    * * *
    adv.
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=del mismo modo) equally

    todos mis estudiantes son igualmente vagos — all my students are equally lazy, my students are all as lazy as each other

    aunque se lo prohíbas, lo hará igualmente — even if you tell him not to, he'll do it anyway o just the same

    2) (=también) likewise

    igualmente, los pensionistas quedan exentos — likewise, pensioners are exempt

    3) [en saludo] likewise, the same to you

    -¡Feliz Navidad! -gracias, igualmente — "Happy Christmas!" - "thanks, likewise o the same to you"

    -muchos recuerdos a tus padres -gracias, igualmente — "give my regards to your parents" - "I will, and to yours too"

    4) (=uniformemente) evenly
    * * *

    saludos a tu mujer - gracias, igualmente — give my regards to your wife - thanks, and to yours (too)

    b) <bueno/malo> equally
    c) (frml) ( también) likewise
    * * *
    = as well, for that matter, likewise, similarly, correspondingly, equally, just as importantly, equally importantly, as importantly, so too, in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, same here, me too, in like vein.
    Ex. Again, the following statement is appropriate: A is permitted, but consider B or C or... N, as well or instead.
    Ex. A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
    Ex. 'Bearings' are part of the Key system 'Dynamos', and thus may be denoted by (p), thus (p) Bearings and likewise (p) Diameter.
    Ex. Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    Ex. For supercomputers the number of sales is at a much lower level, but the unit prices are correspondingly higher.
    Ex. Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex. And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.
    Ex. Equally importantly, it strives to reflect the latest developments in the field of cooperative activities.
    Ex. As importantly, I also want to look at the medium term management problems relating to the delivery of digital libraries.
    Ex. Quality is important but so too is hard statistical evidence of the library's productivity.
    Ex. In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex. The author suggests that certain types of people are attracted to certain occupations, and that people who choose the same occupation tend to behave in a like manner within their occupational group.
    Ex. Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex. Same here. I mean, I personally think that there is some divine power somewhere.
    Ex. Unfortunately, this approach results mostly in ' me too' behavior and very little that's new.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    * * *

    saludos a tu mujer - gracias, igualmente — give my regards to your wife - thanks, and to yours (too)

    b) <bueno/malo> equally
    c) (frml) ( también) likewise
    * * *
    = as well, for that matter, likewise, similarly, correspondingly, equally, just as importantly, equally importantly, as importantly, so too, in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, same here, me too, in like vein.

    Ex: Again, the following statement is appropriate: A is permitted, but consider B or C or... N, as well or instead.

    Ex: A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
    Ex: 'Bearings' are part of the Key system 'Dynamos', and thus may be denoted by (p), thus (p) Bearings and likewise (p) Diameter.
    Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    Ex: For supercomputers the number of sales is at a much lower level, but the unit prices are correspondingly higher.
    Ex: Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex: And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.
    Ex: Equally importantly, it strives to reflect the latest developments in the field of cooperative activities.
    Ex: As importantly, I also want to look at the medium term management problems relating to the delivery of digital libraries.
    Ex: Quality is important but so too is hard statistical evidence of the library's productivity.
    Ex: In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex: The author suggests that certain types of people are attracted to certain occupations, and that people who choose the same occupation tend to behave in a like manner within their occupational group.
    Ex: Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex: Same here. I mean, I personally think that there is some divine power somewhere.
    Ex: Unfortunately, this approach results mostly in ' me too' behavior and very little that's new.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.

    * * *
    A
    (en fórmulas de cortesía): que lo pases muy bien — igualmente have a great time — you too o and you
    saludos a tu mujer — gracias, igualmente give my regards to your wife — thanks, and to yours (too)
    feliz Año Nuevo — gracias, igualmente Happy New Year — thanks, the same to you
    B ‹bueno/malo› equally
    hay cinco candidatos, todos igualmente malos there are five candidates, all equally bad o all as bad as each other
    C ( frml) (también) likewise
    * * *

     

    igualmente adverbio

    ◊ que lo pases muy bien — igualmente have a great time — you too o and you

    b) ‹bueno/malo› equally

    c) (frml) ( también) likewise

    igualmente adverbio
    1 (por igual) equally: las dos hipótesis son igualmente probables, the two hypotheses are equally possible
    2 (del mismo modo, lo mismo digo) fam ¡estás preciosa! - ¡igualmente!, you look great!- you too!
    ¡gracias! - ¡igualmente!, thank you! - the same to you!
    3 (también) also, likewise: ... el siguiente caso es igualmente incurable,... the next case is also incurable
    ' igualmente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ver
    - asimismo
    English:
    alike
    - equally
    - same
    - similarly
    * * *
    1. [de manera igual] equally;
    la riqueza no está repartida igualmente wealth is not distributed equally;
    dos proyectos igualmente importantes two equally important projects
    2. [también] also, likewise;
    ofreció igualmente dar asilo a los refugiados he also o likewise offered to grant the refugees asylum;
    igualmente, querría recordar a nuestro querido maestro I would also like us to remember our much-loved teacher
    3. [fórmula de cortesía]
    que pases un buen fin de semana – igualmente have a good weekend – you too;
    que aproveche – igualmente enjoy your meal – you too;
    ¡Feliz Navidad! – igualmente Merry Christmas! – same to you!;
    encantado de conocerlo – igualmente pleased to meet you – likewise;
    recuerdos a tu madre – gracias, igualmente give my regards to your mother – thanks, give mine to yours too
    * * *
    adv equally
    * * *
    1) : equally
    2) asimismo: likewise
    * * *
    igualmente1 adv equally
    igualmente2 interj the same to you! / you too!
    ¡que vaya bien! ¡Igualmente! all the best! The same to you!

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualmente

  • 63 imponderable

    adj.
    1 invaluable (incalculable).
    2 imponderable.
    f. & m.
    unknown.
    m.
    imponderable.
    * * *
    1 (factor) imponderable; (valor) incalculable
    1 imponderable
    \
    factores imponderables imponderables, imponderabilia
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    SMPL imponderables
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < factores> imponderable; <consecuencias/daños> incalculable; < valor> inestimable, incalculable
    II
    masculino imponderable
    * * *
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < factores> imponderable; <consecuencias/daños> incalculable; < valor> inestimable, incalculable
    II
    masculino imponderable
    * * *

    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

    * * *
    ‹factores› imponderable; ‹consecuencias/daños› incalculable; ‹valor› inestimable, incalculable
    imponderable
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [incalculable] invaluable
    2. [imprevisible] imponderable
    ♦ nm
    imponderable
    * * *
    adj & m imponderable
    * * *
    imponderable adj & nm
    : imponderable

    Spanish-English dictionary > imponderable

  • 64 incluir

    v.
    1 to include.
    el precio incluye desayuno y cena en el hotel the price includes breakfast and evening meals at the hotel
    te he incluido en la lista de participantes I've included o put you on the list of participants
    a mí no me incluyas count me out
    El paquete incluye servilletas The package includes napkins.
    El club incluyó a Ricardo The club included Richard.
    2 to comprise, to include, to encompass, to contain.
    El libro incluye las guerras mundiales The book comprises all world wars.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to include
    2 (contener) to contain, comprise
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=comprender) to include, contain

    todo incluido — (Com) inclusive, all-in

    2) (=agregar) to include; [en carta] to enclose
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <impuestos/gastos> to include

    $500 todo incluido — $500 all inclusive, all in

    b) <tema/sección> to include, contain
    2) (poner, agregar)
    a) ( en un grupo) to include

    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? — are we going to include all the staff?

    ¿te incluyo en la lista? — shall I put you on the list?

    b) ( en una carta) to enclose
    * * *
    = add, cover, embed [imbed, -USA], enclose, encompass, file, fit, give, include, inject, list, put in, put into, record, span, store, subsume, throw in, interpolate, embrace, design into, build in, register in, go under + Nombre, graft.
    Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.
    Ex. This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    Ex. String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
    Ex. The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
    Ex. The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex. File boxes can be used and filed on shelves, if appropriate, interfiled with the books.
    Ex. One such method requires that each book has a magnetic strip inserted into the spine and a special exit door is fitted across which an electric signal is beamed.
    Ex. An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.
    Ex. Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.
    Ex. The abstractor injects his opinion and analysis.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex. If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex. Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex. The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.
    Ex. The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex. The fourth principle does not sanction subsuming saleswomen under salesmen.
    Ex. There is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.
    Ex. A word should be interpolated here about `made-up' copies.
    Ex. The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.
    Ex. User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Authors must register in their own name and not a pseudonym or maiden name under which the book may be written.
    Ex. In general preference is for entry under name of organization but there are many exceptions in particular, official organizations go under place.
    Ex. They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    ----
    * al incluirse en = on admission to.
    * entre estos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * incluir a Alguien = count + Pronombre + in.
    * incluir al final = append.
    * incluir anotaciones = annotate.
    * incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.
    * incluir como registro de encabezamiento secundario = trace.
    * incluir como tracing = trace.
    * incluir con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * incluir dentro de = fall into.
    * incluir en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir entre = go between.
    * incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.
    * incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].
    * incluirlo todo = be all inclusive.
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.
    * incluye = inclusive of.
    * incluyendo = counting.
    * que lo incluye todo = all-embracing.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <impuestos/gastos> to include

    $500 todo incluido — $500 all inclusive, all in

    b) <tema/sección> to include, contain
    2) (poner, agregar)
    a) ( en un grupo) to include

    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? — are we going to include all the staff?

    ¿te incluyo en la lista? — shall I put you on the list?

    b) ( en una carta) to enclose
    * * *
    = add, cover, embed [imbed, -USA], enclose, encompass, file, fit, give, include, inject, list, put in, put into, record, span, store, subsume, throw in, interpolate, embrace, design into, build in, register in, go under + Nombre, graft.

    Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

    Ex: This started in 1980, and has around forty members who receive some support to cover telephone charges.
    Ex: String searching is a technique for locating a string of characters, even if it is embedded within a larger term.
    Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.
    Ex: The classification schemes that have been considered so far are general bibliographic classification schemes in that they attempt to encompass all of knowledge.
    Ex: File boxes can be used and filed on shelves, if appropriate, interfiled with the books.
    Ex: One such method requires that each book has a magnetic strip inserted into the spine and a special exit door is fitted across which an electric signal is beamed.
    Ex: An abstract of a bibliography can be expected to note whether author affiliations are given = Es de esperar que el resumen de una bibliografía indique si se incluyen los lugares de trabajo de los autores.
    Ex: Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.
    Ex: The abstractor injects his opinion and analysis.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: For those of you who are not familiar with OCLC and the way we work the data base is not a vast receptacle into which we throw any kind of record that anybody wants to put in.
    Ex: If the bibliographic record is found, it can be put into the system catalog immediately.
    Ex: Editors and compilers of editions of works are recorded together with the edition statement in the edition area = En en área de edición se incluyen los editores y compiladores de las ediciones de trabajos junto con la mención de edición.
    Ex: The shelflist itself had problems, since it consisted of cataloging practices that spanned some fifty years.
    Ex: The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.
    Ex: The fourth principle does not sanction subsuming saleswomen under salesmen.
    Ex: There is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.
    Ex: A word should be interpolated here about `made-up' copies.
    Ex: The library community is now ready to embrace the most revolutionary technology for libraries -- CD-ROM.
    Ex: User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Authors must register in their own name and not a pseudonym or maiden name under which the book may be written.
    Ex: In general preference is for entry under name of organization but there are many exceptions in particular, official organizations go under place.
    Ex: They are a core, a set of basic propositions, onto which are grafted a rich variety of other possibilities.
    * al incluirse en = on admission to.
    * entre estos se incluyen = amongst these are numbered.
    * incluir a Alguien = count + Pronombre + in.
    * incluir al final = append.
    * incluir anotaciones = annotate.
    * incluir a todo el mundo = inclusivity.
    * incluir como registro de encabezamiento secundario = trace.
    * incluir como tracing = trace.
    * incluir con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * incluir dentro de = fall into.
    * incluir en = lump + Nombre + into.
    * incluir en la búsqueda los términos relacionados = explode.
    * incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].
    * incluir entre = go between.
    * incluir en una categoría = fall into + category.
    * incluir licencia de uso en sobre cerrado = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].
    * incluirlo todo = be all inclusive.
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * incluir todas las posibilidades = run + the gamut.
    * incluye = inclusive of.
    * incluyendo = counting.
    * que lo incluye todo = all-embracing.
    * sin incluir = unlisted, exclusive of, not including, excluding.
    * sin incluir las comidas = self-catering.
    * volver a incluir = reinstate.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹impuestos/gastos› to include
    sin incluir los gastos exclusive of expenses
    $500 todo incluido $500 all inclusive o all in
    2 ‹tema/sección› to include, contain
    sus tareas incluyen la preparación del presupuesto her duties include preparing the budget
    B (poner, agregar)
    1 (en un grupo) to include
    ¿vamos a incluir a todo el personal? are we going to include all the staff?
    ¿te incluyo en la lista? shall I put you on the list?
    2 (en una carta) ‹cheque/folleto› to enclose
    * * *

     

    incluir ( conjugate incluir) verbo transitivo
    1 ( comprender)
    a) ‹impuestos/gastos› to include;

    ◊ $500 todo incluido $500 all inclusive o all in

    b) ‹tema/sección› to include, contain

    2 (poner, agregar)


    incluir verbo transitivo
    1 to include: inclúyelo en la lista, include him on the list
    2 (contener) to contain, comprise
    3 (adjuntar) to enclose
    ' incluir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comprender
    - descontar
    - encuadrar
    - incorporar
    - presupuestar
    English:
    count
    - count in
    - cover
    - embrace
    - exclude
    - include
    - incorporate
    - list
    - bed
    - excluding
    - including
    - inclusive
    - index
    - omit
    - slip
    - take
    * * *
    1. [comprender] to include;
    el precio incluye desayuno y cena en el hotel the price includes breakfast and evening meals at the hotel
    2. [adjuntar] to enclose
    3. [contener] to contain
    4. [poner]
    te he incluido en la lista de participantes I've included o put you on the list of participants;
    a mí no me incluyas count me out
    * * *
    v/t include; ( comprender) comprise
    * * *
    incluir {41} vt
    : to include
    * * *
    1. (en general) to include
    2. (adjuntar) to enclose

    Spanish-English dictionary > incluir

  • 65 incorporar

    v.
    to incorporate.
    Elsa incorporó los libros Elsa incorporated the books.
    María incorpora nuevas técnicas Mary incorporates new techniques.
    La empresa incorporó nuevos empleados The company incorporated new employees
    * * *
    1 (añadir) to incorporate, include
    2 COCINA (añadir) to add; (salsa) to blend in
    3 (enfermo) to help to sit up
    1 (levantarse) to sit up
    2 (a un trabajo) to start; (a una empresa, equipo, etc) to join
    \
    incorporarse a su destino to take up one's post
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=añadir) [gen] to incorporate (a, en into, in)
    (Culin) to mix in, add

    incorporar a filas — (Mil) to call up, enlist

    2) (=involucrar) to involve (a in, with)
    3) (=abarcar) to embody
    4) (=levantar)
    5) (Teat)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (frml)
    1)
    a) ( agregar) to add

    incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

    b) ( integrar) to incorporate
    c) < empleado>
    d) < recluta> to draft, call up
    2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include
    3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
    2.
    incorporarse v pron (frml)
    1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

    incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

    2) ( levantarse) to sit up
    * * *
    = accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.
    Ex. Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.
    Ex. The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.
    Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.
    Ex. For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.
    Ex. This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).
    Ex. User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.
    ----
    * incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).
    * incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).
    * incorporarse = sit up.
    * incorporarse a = join.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo (frml)
    1)
    a) ( agregar) to add

    incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

    b) ( integrar) to incorporate
    c) < empleado>
    d) < recluta> to draft, call up
    2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include
    3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
    2.
    incorporarse v pron (frml)
    1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

    incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

    2) ( levantarse) to sit up
    * * *
    = accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.

    Ex: Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.

    Ex: The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.
    Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.
    Ex: For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.
    Ex: This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).
    Ex: User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.
    * incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).
    * incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).
    * incorporarse = sit up.
    * incorporarse a = join.

    * * *
    incorporar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml)
    A
    1 (agregar) to add incorporar algo A algo to add sth TO sth, include sth IN sth
    incorporó estos detalles a su informe he added these details to o included these details in his report
    incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture
    le ha sido incorporado un nuevo sistema de ventilación it has been fitted with a new cooling system
    2 ‹empleado› incorporar a algn A algo to assign sb TO sth
    3 ‹recluta› to draft, call up
    B (incluir, contener) ‹innovaciones/información› to incorporate, include
    C ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up
    ( frml)
    A (a un equipo, puesto) to join incorporarse A algo to join sth
    incorporarse a filas to join up, to join the army
    B (levantarse) to sit up
    * * *

     

    incorporar ( conjugate incorporar) verbo transitivo (frml)
    1

    incorporar algo a algo to add sth to sth

    2 ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up
    incorporarse verbo pronominal (frml)
    1 (a equipo, puesto) to join;
    incorporarse a algo to join sth
    2 ( levantarse) to sit up
    incorporar verbo transitivo
    1 (añadir) to add
    2 (incluir) to incorporate [a, into]
    3 (sentar) to help to sit up
    ' incorporar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agregar
    - sumar
    - integrar
    English:
    incorporate
    - integrate
    - fold
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [añadir] to incorporate (a into);
    incorporar el azúcar a la nata mix the sugar into the cream;
    incorporaron los territorios al imperio the territories became part of the empire;
    incorporaron las propuestas de los verdes en su programa electoral they incorporated the Greens' proposals into their election manifesto
    2. [levantar]
    incorporar a alguien to sit sb up
    3. [incluir] to include, to incorporate;
    el modelo incorpora la última tecnología digital the model incorporates the latest digital technology
    * * *
    v/t incorporate
    * * *
    1) : to incorporate
    2) : to add, to include
    * * *
    incorporar vb to include

    Spanish-English dictionary > incorporar

  • 66 independiente

    adj.
    1 independent.
    2 separate (aparte).
    3 freelance, indie.
    f. & m.
    independent, maverick.
    * * *
    1 independent
    2 (individualista) self-sufficient
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [gen] independent
    2) [piso etc] self-contained
    3) (Inform) stand-alone
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    Ex. From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex. Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex. One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex. BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex. A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex. To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex. Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex. The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex. The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex. However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex. These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].

    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

    Ex: From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex: Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex: One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex: BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex: A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex: To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex: Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex: The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex: The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex: However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex: These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

    * * *
    1 ‹carácter› independent
    2 ‹político› independent
    independent, independent candidate
    * * *

     

    independiente adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    independent
    independiente adjetivo
    1 (sin ataduras) independent
    un partido independiente, an independent party
    2 (individualista) self-reliant
    ' independiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absoluta
    - absoluto
    - autosuficiente
    - bañera
    - chalet
    - autonómico
    - congelador
    - presentar
    English:
    financially
    - free agent
    - freelance
    - freestanding
    - independent
    - ITV
    - nonpartisan
    - unattached
    - emancipated
    - maisonette
    - self
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [país, persona] independent
    2. [aparte] separate
    ♦ nmf
    [político] independent
    * * *
    adj independent
    * * *
    : independent
    * * *
    independiente adj independent

    Spanish-English dictionary > independiente

  • 67 industrial

    adj.
    industrial.
    f. & m.
    1 industrialist.
    2 industrial, employee in an industry.
    * * *
    1 industrial
    1 industrialist, manufacturer
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de la industria) industrial
    2) (=no casero) factory-made, industrially produced
    3) * (=enorme) huge, massive
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo industrial
    II
    masculino y femenino industrialist
    * * *
    = industrial, industrialist.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.
    Ex. Producers, whether scientists, inventors or industrialists, must record all their technological achievements.
    ----
    * académico-industrial = academic-industrial.
    * ciudad industrial = industrial town.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * compañía industrial = industrial firm.
    * complejo industial = industrial park.
    * desarrollo industrial = industrial development.
    * diseño industrial = industrial design.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * filtración de secreto industrial = industry leak.
    * industrial del motor, la = motor trade, the.
    * información industrial = industrial information.
    * máquina industrial = manufacturing equipment.
    * para uso industrial = heavy-duty.
    * polígono industrial = industrial park.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * producto industrial = industrial product.
    * proletariado industrial = industrial proletariat.
    * revolución industrial, la = industrial revolution, the.
    * ruido industrial = industrial noise.
    * secreto industrial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * sector industrial, el = industrial sector, the.
    * sociología de las relaciones industriales = industrial sociology, sociology of industrial relations.
    * sociología industrial = industrial sociology.
    * suministro industrial = industrial supply.
    * superpotencia industrial = industrial superpower.
    * vertido industrial = industrial effluent.
    * zona industrial = industrial area.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo industrial
    II
    masculino y femenino industrialist
    * * *
    = industrial, industrialist.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.

    Ex: Producers, whether scientists, inventors or industrialists, must record all their technological achievements.
    * académico-industrial = academic-industrial.
    * ciudad industrial = industrial town.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * compañía industrial = industrial firm.
    * complejo industial = industrial park.
    * desarrollo industrial = industrial development.
    * diseño industrial = industrial design.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * filtración de secreto industrial = industry leak.
    * industrial del motor, la = motor trade, the.
    * información industrial = industrial information.
    * máquina industrial = manufacturing equipment.
    * para uso industrial = heavy-duty.
    * polígono industrial = industrial park.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * producto industrial = industrial product.
    * proletariado industrial = industrial proletariat.
    * revolución industrial, la = industrial revolution, the.
    * ruido industrial = industrial noise.
    * secreto industrial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * sector industrial, el = industrial sector, the.
    * sociología de las relaciones industriales = industrial sociology, sociology of industrial relations.
    * sociología industrial = industrial sociology.
    * suministro industrial = industrial supply.
    * superpotencia industrial = industrial superpower.
    * vertido industrial = industrial effluent.
    * zona industrial = industrial area.

    * * *
    ‹sector/zona/desarrollo› industrial; ‹maquinaria/instalaciones› industrial
    industrialist
    * * *

    industrial adjetivo
    industrial
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    industrialist
    industrial
    I adjetivo industrial
    polígono industrial, industrial estate
    II mf industrialist
    ' industrial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidente
    - cámara
    - conflicto
    - desarrollo
    - desechos
    - laboral
    - perita
    - perito
    - polígono
    - relojería
    - sociedad
    - caldera
    - cinturón
    - complejo
    - ingeniero
    - mecánico
    - movilización
    - zona
    English:
    dispute
    - engineer
    - industrial
    - industrial action
    - industrial area
    - industrial espionage
    - industrial estate
    - industrial unrest
    - industrialist
    - manufacturing
    - trading estate
    - cash
    - fair
    - heavy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la industria] industrial
    2. Fam [muy grande]
    fumaba cantidades industriales de habanos he used to smoke vast quantities of cigars;
    había cerveza en cantidades industriales there were gallons of beer
    ♦ nmf
    industrialist
    * * *
    I adj industrial;
    cantidad industrial fam massive amount fam
    II m/f industrialist
    * * *
    : industrial
    : industrialist, manufacturer
    * * *
    industrial adj industrial

    Spanish-English dictionary > industrial

  • 68 infundado

    adj.
    unfounded, groundless, ungrounded, unsupported.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    * * *
    1 unfounded, groundless
    * * *
    ADJ unfounded, groundless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo unfounded, groundless
    * * *
    = undue, unsupported, unfounded, ill-founded, ungrounded, misplaced, gratuitous.
    Ex. Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex. Even more reprehensible than the unsupported recollection is the guess, however well informed.
    Ex. The common fear of the computer is unfounded, as computers are merely an extension of man's capacity for thought and action.
    Ex. The society appears to have assumed that these bibliographies would remain valid indefinitely, an assumption that is unfortunately ill-founded.
    Ex. This is an ungrounded notion = Ésta idea es infundada.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. However, most librarians do not have the training for counseling and should avoid gratuitous tampering with the lives of library patrons.
    ----
    * ser infundado = be unfounded.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo unfounded, groundless
    * * *
    = undue, unsupported, unfounded, ill-founded, ungrounded, misplaced, gratuitous.

    Ex: Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.

    Ex: Even more reprehensible than the unsupported recollection is the guess, however well informed.
    Ex: The common fear of the computer is unfounded, as computers are merely an extension of man's capacity for thought and action.
    Ex: The society appears to have assumed that these bibliographies would remain valid indefinitely, an assumption that is unfortunately ill-founded.
    Ex: This is an ungrounded notion = Ésta idea es infundada.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: However, most librarians do not have the training for counseling and should avoid gratuitous tampering with the lives of library patrons.
    * ser infundado = be unfounded.

    * * *
    unfounded, groundless
    * * *

    infundado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    unfounded, groundless
    infundado,-a adjetivo unfounded, groundless

    ' infundado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    infundada
    - gratuito
    English:
    groundless
    - ill-founded
    - unfounded
    * * *
    infundado, -a adj
    unfounded
    * * *
    adj unfounded, groundless
    * * *
    infundado, -da adj
    : unfounded, baseless

    Spanish-English dictionary > infundado

  • 69 ininterrumpido

    adj.
    uninterrupted, continuous, breakless, sustained.
    * * *
    1 uninterrupted
    * * *
    ADJ (=sin interrupción) [gen] uninterrupted; [proceso] continuous; [progreso] steady, sustained
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lluvias/trabajo> continuous, uninterrupted; < sueño> uninterrupted; < línea> continuous
    * * *
    = continued, continuous, ongoing [on-going], running, sustained, unbroken, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], uninterrupted, unobstructed, in a row, back-to-back, on-the-go.
    Ex. Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.
    Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez knew that there had been a ' running feud' between Lespran and Balzac during the last year or so.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Ideally it would be preferable to keep the main monograph collection in one unbroken sequence.
    Ex. Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex. For this purpose it is assumed that the usual 23-letter latin alphabet, or an uninterrupted series of numerals, is used for signing the gatherings.
    Ex. From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex. The integrated library systems installed in Canandian libraries are surveyed for the 3rd year in a row.
    Ex. The conference program includes back-to-back papers on techniques for sorting Unicode data.
    Ex. With technologies such as SMS, Podcasting, voice over IP (VoIP), and more becoming increasingly mainstream, the potential to provide instant, on-the-go reference is limitless.
    ----
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <lluvias/trabajo> continuous, uninterrupted; < sueño> uninterrupted; < línea> continuous
    * * *
    = continued, continuous, ongoing [on-going], running, sustained, unbroken, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], uninterrupted, unobstructed, in a row, back-to-back, on-the-go.

    Ex: Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.

    Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex: Tom Hernandez knew that there had been a ' running feud' between Lespran and Balzac during the last year or so.
    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Ideally it would be preferable to keep the main monograph collection in one unbroken sequence.
    Ex: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex: For this purpose it is assumed that the usual 23-letter latin alphabet, or an uninterrupted series of numerals, is used for signing the gatherings.
    Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.
    Ex: The integrated library systems installed in Canandian libraries are surveyed for the 3rd year in a row.
    Ex: The conference program includes back-to-back papers on techniques for sorting Unicode data.
    Ex: With technologies such as SMS, Podcasting, voice over IP (VoIP), and more becoming increasingly mainstream, the potential to provide instant, on-the-go reference is limitless.
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.

    * * *
    ‹lluvias› continuous, uninterrupted; ‹sueño› uninterrupted; ‹línea› continuous
    seis horas de música ininterrumpida six hours of nonstop music
    20 horas de funcionamiento ininterrumpido 20 hours of continuous use
    * * *

    ininterrumpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹lluvias/trabajo› continuous, uninterrupted;


    ‹ sueño› uninterrupted;
    ‹ línea› continuous
    ininterrumpido,-a adjetivo uninterrupted, continuous
    ' ininterrumpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ininterrumpida
    English:
    undisturbed
    - uninterrupted
    - solid
    - unbroken
    * * *
    ininterrumpido, -a adj
    uninterrupted, continuous;
    bailaron durante cinco horas ininterrumpidas they danced for five hours non-stop;
    lleva tres años ininterrumpidos viviendo en el país she's been living in the country continuously for three years
    * * *
    adj uninterrupted
    * * *
    ininterrumpido, -da adj
    : uninterrupted, continuous

    Spanish-English dictionary > ininterrumpido

  • 70 inmutable

    adj.
    immutable, unchangeable.
    * * *
    1 unchangeable, immutable
    * * *
    ADJ [principio, sociedad] unchanging; [persona] impassive
    * * *
    a) ( inalterable) <designios/principio> unchanging, immutable (frml)
    b) ( impasible) < persona> impassive
    * * *
    = immutable, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unfazed, undaunted.
    Ex. This is an immutable axiom, which can be assumed to hold true for the foreseeable generations of computing systems and systems analysts.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Polish Prime Minister said his country was unfazed by Russian threats to point missiles at a planned US missile shield site in Poland.
    Ex. His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    ----
    * cara inmutable = poker face.
    * rosto inmutable = poker face.
    * * *
    a) ( inalterable) <designios/principio> unchanging, immutable (frml)
    b) ( impasible) < persona> impassive
    * * *
    = immutable, nonplussed [nonplused], unperturbed, nonchalant, nonplus, unfazed, undaunted.

    Ex: This is an immutable axiom, which can be assumed to hold true for the foreseeable generations of computing systems and systems analysts.

    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: In one of the projects, a robot cohabitated with two chickens, who were unperturbed by its presence.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Polish Prime Minister said his country was unfazed by Russian threats to point missiles at a planned US missile shield site in Poland.
    Ex: His novels reflect the story of the spirit of man, undaunted and ceaselessly toiling and achieving ever higher levels of culture.
    * cara inmutable = poker face.
    * rosto inmutable = poker face.

    * * *
    1 (inalterable) ‹designios/principio› unchanging, immutable ( frml)
    2 (impasible) ‹persona› impassive
    permaneció inmutable he remained impassive
    un hombre de rostro inmutable a man whose expression never changes
    * * *

    inmutable adjetivo unchangeable, immutable: permanece inmutable ante los insultos, he's oblivious to insults
    ' inmutable' also found in these entries:
    English:
    unabashed
    - unchangeable
    * * *
    1. [que no cambia] immutable, unchangeable;
    un principio inmutable an unchanging principle
    2. [imperturbable] impassive;
    permaneció inmutable mientras leían la sentencia he remained impassive while the sentence was read out
    * * *
    adj unchanging
    * * *
    : immutable, unchangeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmutable

  • 71 investir

    v.
    to invest, to confer, to endue, to entrust.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir
    1 to invest
    * * *
    VT

    investir a algn con o de algo — to confer sth on sb

    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    fue investido presidente — he was sworn in o (frml) inaugurated as president

    investir a alguien de or con algo — (frml) to invest somebody with something (frml)

    * * *
    = invest.
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo

    fue investido presidente — he was sworn in o (frml) inaugurated as president

    investir a alguien de or con algo — (frml) to invest somebody with something (frml)

    * * *

    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

    * * *
    vt
    fue investido/lo invistieron presidente he was sworn in o ( frml) inaugurated as president
    fue investido caballero he was knighted
    investir a algn DE or CON algo ( frml); to invest sb WITH sth ( frml)
    fue investido de or con poderes especiales he was granted special powers, he was invested with special powers ( frml)
    * * *

    investir verbo transitivo to invest (powers), to swear in: lo invistieron presidente, he was sworn in as president
    ' investir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    inaugurate
    * * *
    fue investido doctor honoris causa he was awarded an honorary doctorate;
    fue investido presidente de la nación he was sworn in o inaugurated as president;
    investir a alguien de o [m5] con algo to invest sb with sth;
    lo invistieron con el título de duque he was granted the title of duke, he was made a duke
    * * *
    v/t
    1
    :
    ser investido algo be sworn in as sth
    2
    :
    investir a alguien de algo confer sth on s.o.
    * * *
    investir {54} vt
    1) : to empower
    2) : to swear in, to inaugurate

    Spanish-English dictionary > investir

  • 72 límite

    m.
    1 limit, boundary, border, borderline.
    2 breaking point.
    3 limit, cap.
    4 ora, edge.
    * * *
    1 (extremo) limit; (en un terreno) boundary
    2 (frontera) boundary
    \
    sin límites boundless
    todo tiene un límite there's a limit to everything
    límite de velocidad speed limit
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) border, boundary
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) [gen] limit

    podrá presentarse cualquiera, sin límite de edad — anyone can apply, regardless o irrespective of age, anyone can apply, there's no age limit

    eran exámenes larguísimos, sin límite de tiempo — the exams were very long, there was no time limit

    • como o de límite, tenemos como o de límite el sábado para presentar el trabajo — the deadline for submitting our work is Saturday

    • poner (un) límite a, han puesto un límite de participantes — they have put a limit o restriction on the number of participants

    nos pusieron un límite de dinero para gastar — they put a restriction on o limited the amount of money we had to spend

    pretenden poner límite a la investigación sobre embriones — they aim to put tighter controls on research into embryos, they aim to restrict o curb research into embryos

    • sin límites — limitless

    • no tener límites — to know no bounds

    límite de crédito — (Com) credit limit

    2) (Geog, Pol) boundary, border

    límite forestal — tree line, timber line

    3) (Inform)
    4) (=final) end
    2.
    ADJ INV extreme, maximum
    * * *
    1) (Geog, Pol) boundary
    2)
    a) ( cifra máxima) limit

    poner un límite a algo — to limit o restrict something

    b) (tope, extremo) limit

    bondad sin límites — unlimited o boundless goodness

    3) (como adj inv)
    * * *
    = bound, boundary, cut-off point, to what extent, borderline, frontier, confine, fringe, limit, cut off [cutoff], shore, breaking point, ceiling.
    Ex. A subject which is perceived as being entirely contained within the bounds of another will have its 'circle' totally within the boundaries of the domain for the broader subject.
    Ex. Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.
    Ex. The names of Muslim authors throughout the classical period, for which the cut-off point is around the year 1800, were made up of the following elements.
    Ex. Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.
    Ex. Both approaches have in common, however, the problem of establishing a borderline between public interest and private initiative.
    Ex. Start afresh, think anew; the frontiers are boundless.
    Ex. For a century we have been repeating inanities and keeping up this timid, non-committal retreat from society, but if we think of ourselves as communicating librarians we may see our inescapable involvement within the confines (but the illimitable confines) of our profession.
    Ex. The university is located 15 miles from the center of town on the southern fringe.
    Ex. The Catalogue Module has no limit on the length of a record, and a single field can be up to 200 characters in length.
    Ex. It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.
    Ex. People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.
    Ex. Every night thousands of illegal aliens cross into Arizona and the people there are truly at the breaking point.
    Ex. The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.
    ----
    * alcanzar el límite de = reach + the limits of.
    * alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.
    * averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * confudir los límites entre = blur + the lines between.
    * confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.
    * con límites impuestos por uno mismo = self-limiting.
    * dentro de los límites de = within the bounds of.
    * dentro de unos límites = within limits.
    * desaparición de los límites = blurring of boundaries.
    * desdibujar los límites = blur + the lines between.
    * establecer límites = draw + limits.
    * establecer un límite = set + limit.
    * exceder un límite = exceed + limit.
    * fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline.
    * fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.
    * hasta el límite de = to the limits of.
    * hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.
    * la imaginación no tiene límites = your imagination is the limit.
    * límite de edad = age limit.
    * límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.
    * límite de tiempo = time limit.
    * límite de velocidad = speed limit.
    * límite fluctuante = moving wall.
    * límite inferior = lower bound.
    * límite máximo = upper limit.
    * límite, punto de ruptura = breaking point.
    * límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.
    * límites de una propiedad = metes and bounds.
    * límite superior = upper limit, upper bound.
    * llegar al límite = reach + the breaking point.
    * llegar al límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * llevar a Alguien al límite = push + Alguien + over the edge, drive + Alguien + over the edge.
    * llevar al límite = stretch.
    * marcar los límites = mark out.
    * no existir límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no haber límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.
    * no tener límite = have + no limit.
    * no tener límites = be boundless.
    * pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].
    * ser el límite = be the limit.
    * sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.
    * sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.
    * * *
    1) (Geog, Pol) boundary
    2)
    a) ( cifra máxima) limit

    poner un límite a algo — to limit o restrict something

    b) (tope, extremo) limit

    bondad sin límites — unlimited o boundless goodness

    3) (como adj inv)
    * * *
    = bound, boundary, cut-off point, to what extent, borderline, frontier, confine, fringe, limit, cut off [cutoff], shore, breaking point, ceiling.

    Ex: A subject which is perceived as being entirely contained within the bounds of another will have its 'circle' totally within the boundaries of the domain for the broader subject.

    Ex: Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.
    Ex: The names of Muslim authors throughout the classical period, for which the cut-off point is around the year 1800, were made up of the following elements.
    Ex: Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.
    Ex: Both approaches have in common, however, the problem of establishing a borderline between public interest and private initiative.
    Ex: Start afresh, think anew; the frontiers are boundless.
    Ex: For a century we have been repeating inanities and keeping up this timid, non-committal retreat from society, but if we think of ourselves as communicating librarians we may see our inescapable involvement within the confines (but the illimitable confines) of our profession.
    Ex: The university is located 15 miles from the center of town on the southern fringe.
    Ex: The Catalogue Module has no limit on the length of a record, and a single field can be up to 200 characters in length.
    Ex: It is assumed that the sum of those units receiving top priority status is less than the current budgeted amount and that a cut off will occur at some point.
    Ex: People have employed this term to encompass programmes of study stretching from the furthest shores of technology-based activity to the vaguest and most nebulous-seeming courses of study in the arts/humanities areas.
    Ex: Every night thousands of illegal aliens cross into Arizona and the people there are truly at the breaking point.
    Ex: The Taiwan government is planning to lift the subsidy ceiling for solar equipment makers aiming to increase self-sufficiency to 80%.
    * alcanzar el límite de = reach + the limits of.
    * alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * alcanzar el límite de + Posesivo + posibilidades = reach + the limits of + Posesivo + potential.
    * averiguar el límite de Algo = plumb + the depths of.
    * confudir los límites entre = blur + the lines between.
    * confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.
    * con límites impuestos por uno mismo = self-limiting.
    * dentro de los límites de = within the bounds of.
    * dentro de unos límites = within limits.
    * desaparición de los límites = blurring of boundaries.
    * desdibujar los límites = blur + the lines between.
    * establecer límites = draw + limits.
    * establecer un límite = set + limit.
    * exceder un límite = exceed + limit.
    * fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline.
    * fijar un límite = set + cut-off point.
    * hasta el límite de = to the limits of.
    * hasta el límite de las posibilidades de Algo = to + Posesivo + full potential.
    * la imaginación no tiene límites = your imagination is the limit.
    * límite de edad = age limit.
    * límite de las nieves perpetuas = snowline.
    * límite de tiempo = time limit.
    * límite de velocidad = speed limit.
    * límite fluctuante = moving wall.
    * límite inferior = lower bound.
    * límite máximo = upper limit.
    * límite, punto de ruptura = breaking point.
    * límites + desaparecer = boundaries + crumble.
    * límites de una propiedad = metes and bounds.
    * límite superior = upper limit, upper bound.
    * llegar al límite = reach + the breaking point.
    * llegar al límite de + Posesivo + capacidad = stretch + Nombre + beyond the breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to breaking point, stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * llevar a Alguien al límite = push + Alguien + over the edge, drive + Alguien + over the edge.
    * llevar al límite = stretch.
    * marcar los límites = mark out.
    * no existir límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no haber límites = there + be + no limit.
    * no hay límite(s) = the sky is the limit.
    * no tener límite = have + no limit.
    * no tener límites = be boundless.
    * pasarse del límite = overrun [over-run].
    * ser el límite = be the limit.
    * sin límite = without limit, without stint, interminably.
    * sin límite(s) = unbounded, unfettered, unstinting, unstintingly, the sky is the limit.

    * * *
    A ( Geog, Pol) boundary
    el límite norte del país the country's northern border o boundary
    los límites de la propiedad the boundaries of the property
    B
    no hay límite de tiempo there is no time limit
    el límite de velocidad the speed limit
    no puede gastar lo que quiera, tiene un límite she can't spend what she likes, she has to keep within a limit
    pusieron un límite al número de llamadas they limited o restricted the number of calls
    2 (tope, extremo) limit
    mi paciencia ha llegado a su límite I've reached the limit of my patience
    su generosidad no conoce límites his generosity knows no limits o bounds
    bondad sin límites unlimited o boundless goodness
    la situación está llegando a límites insostenibles the situation is becoming untenable
    no te lo consiento, todo tiene un límite I won't allow it, enough is enough o there are limits
    Compuestos:
    credit limit
    spending limit
    weight limit
    tolerance level
    tiempo límite time limit
    situación límite extreme situation
    es un caso límite it's a borderline case
    fecha límite final date, deadline, closing date
    * * *

     

    Del verbo limitar: ( conjugate limitar)

    limité es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    limite es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    limitar    
    límite
    limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
    verbo intransitivo límite con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
    limitarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

    me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
    límite sustantivo masculino
    1 (Geog, Pol) boundary
    2 ( tope) limit;

    su ambición no tiene límites his ambition knows no limits;
    sin límites unlimited;
    ¡todo tiene un límite! enough is enough!
    3 ( como adj inv):

    situación límite extreme situation;
    fecha límite deadline
    limitar
    I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
    II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France
    límite sustantivo masculino
    1 limit
    2 Geog Pol boundary, border: está en el límite de lo legal, it is on the law borderline
    II adjetivo
    1 (tope) limit
    fecha límite, deadline
    (máximo) la temperatura límite es de 200 grados, the maximum temperature is 200 degrees
    situación límite, extreme situation
    ' límite' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bordear
    - estiramiento
    - extrema
    - extremo
    - fecha
    - freno
    - hasta
    - rebasar
    - salirse
    - sobrepasar
    - techo
    - tope
    - traspasar
    - umbral
    - exceder
    - limitar
    - salir
    English:
    boundary
    - ceiling
    - cut-off
    - deadline
    - designate
    - exceed
    - limit
    - limitless
    - line
    - obsession
    - quota
    - rope
    - time limit
    - border
    - breaking
    - closing
    - credit
    - cut
    - dead
    - sell
    - speed
    * * *
    1. [tope] limit;
    al límite at the limit;
    dentro de un límite within limits;
    tiene una amabilidad sin límites his kindness knows no bounds;
    su pasión no tiene límite her passion knows no bounds;
    está trabajando al límite de sus posibilidades she's working at full stretch;
    estoy al límite de mis fuerzas I've reached the limit of my strength;
    me dejan estar conectado a Internet sin límite de tiempo I have unlimited access to the Internet;
    mi paciencia tiene un límite my patience has limits;
    no hay límite de edad there's no age limit
    Fin límite de crédito credit limit;
    2. [confín] boundary;
    el límite norte de la finca the northernmost boundary of the property
    3. Mat limit
    4. [como adjetivo] [precio, velocidad, edad] maximum;
    [situación] extreme; [caso] borderline;
    fecha límite de entrega: 15 de junio deadline for submissions: 15 June
    * * *
    I m
    1 limit;
    sin límites limitless
    2 ( linea de separación) boundary
    II adj
    :
    situación límite extreme situation;
    caso límite borderline case
    * * *
    1) : boundary, border
    2) : limit
    el límite de mi paciencia: the limit of my patience
    límite de velocidad: speed limit
    3)
    fecha límite : deadline
    * * *
    2. (de territorio) boundary [pl. boundaries]

    Spanish-English dictionary > límite

  • 73 mediante

    adj.
    intervening.
    prep.
    by means of.
    lo levantaron mediante una polea it was lifted by means of a pulley system
    las obras se adjudicarán mediante concurso público the contract for the work will be put out to tender
    puede aplazar la compra mediante 12 pagos mensuales you can spread the purchase over 12 monthly payments
    * * *
    1 by means of
    * * *
    PREP
    1) (=por medio de) by means of
    2)

    volveré, Dios mediante, el lunes — I'll be back on Monday, God willing

    * * *
    preposición (frml) through, by means of (frml)

    mediante un intérprete — through o by means of an interpreter

    * * *
    = through, by, by the use of, through the agency of, via, by means of.
    Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.
    Ex. The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.
    Ex. He is not even a man who can readily perform the transformations of equations by the use of calculus.
    Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.
    Ex. Access to the contents of data bases is via some computer-searching technique, often using an online terminal.
    Ex. Documents may be retrieved by means of the coding around the edge of the card.
    ----
    * demarcación mediante párrafos = paragraphing.
    * Dios mediante = God willing.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * mediante el ordenador = computer-mediated.
    * mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.
    * mediante isótopos = isotopically.
    * mediante la catálisis = catalytically.
    * mediante la deducción = deductively.
    * mediante la mitosis = mitotically.
    * mediante la TI = IT-enabled.
    * mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.
    * mediante mapas = map-based.
    * mediante microfichas = microfiche-based.
    * mediante pistones = piston-driven.
    * mediante satélite = satellite-based, via satellite.
    * mediante una entrevista = interview-based.
    * pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.
    * * *
    preposición (frml) through, by means of (frml)

    mediante un intérprete — through o by means of an interpreter

    * * *
    = through, by, by the use of, through the agency of, via, by means of.

    Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

    Ex: The name to be chosen for the author must be, by rule 40, 'the name by which he is commonly identified, whether it is his real name, or an assumed name, nickname, title of nobility, or other appellation'.
    Ex: He is not even a man who can readily perform the transformations of equations by the use of calculus.
    Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.
    Ex: Access to the contents of data bases is via some computer-searching technique, often using an online terminal.
    Ex: Documents may be retrieved by means of the coding around the edge of the card.
    * demarcación mediante párrafos = paragraphing.
    * Dios mediante = God willing.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador O = OR together.
    * hacer una búsqueda mediante el operador Y = AND together.
    * mediante el ordenador = computer-mediated.
    * mediante el uso de los recursos = resource-based.
    * mediante isótopos = isotopically.
    * mediante la catálisis = catalytically.
    * mediante la deducción = deductively.
    * mediante la mitosis = mitotically.
    * mediante la TI = IT-enabled.
    * mediante llamada telefónica = call-in.
    * mediante mapas = map-based.
    * mediante microfichas = microfiche-based.
    * mediante pistones = piston-driven.
    * mediante satélite = satellite-based, via satellite.
    * mediante una entrevista = interview-based.
    * pago mediante tarjeta = card payment.

    * * *
    1 ( frml) ‹proceso/técnica/instrumento›
    mediante el proceso de la pasteurización through (the process of) pasteurization, by pasteurization, by means of pasteurization
    los resultados obtenidos mediante este método the results obtained with o by o using this method
    el animal atrapa a su presa mediante estas pinzas the animal traps its prey with these claws, the animal uses these claws to trap its prey
    2
    Dios mediante God willing
    estaremos nuevamente con ustedes, Dios mediante, el próximo jueves we'll be with you again next Thursday, God willing
    * * *

     

    mediante preposición
    through, by means of
    mediante preposición by means of
    ' mediante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adivinar
    - conquista
    - trampear
    - ganar
    English:
    advertise
    - agree
    - carbon dating
    - extort
    - god
    - levy
    - means
    - taunt
    * * *
    mediante prep
    1. [por medio de] by means of;
    lo levantaron mediante una polea it was lifted by means of a pulley system;
    las obras se adjudicarán mediante concurso público the contract for the work will be put out to tender;
    puede aplazar la compra mediante 12 pagos mensuales you can spread the purchase over 12 monthly payments;
    la información se puede encontrar mediante un motor de búsqueda the information can be found using o with a search engine
    2. Comp
    Dios mediante God willing;
    nos veremos el lunes, Dios mediante I'll see you Monday, hopefully
    * * *
    prp by means of;
    Dios mediante God willing
    * * *
    mediante prep
    : through, by means of
    Dios mediante: God willing

    Spanish-English dictionary > mediante

  • 74 obscurecer

    v.
    1 to obscure, to dim, to befog, to darken.
    Las nubes obscurecieron el cielo The clouds obscured the sky.
    2 to obfuscate, to fog, to muddle, to cloud.
    El miedo obscureció sus pensamientos Fear obfuscated their thoughts.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 to get dark
    1 (ensombrecer) to darken
    2 figurado (ofuscar) to cloud, obscure
    3 ARTE to shade
    1 (día, tiempo) to get cloudy
    * * *
    = obscure, overshadow, dim, darken.
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex. And when the maintenance of structure is permitted to overshadow the functional performance of the institution, it will move toward extinction.
    Ex. At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
    Ex. Gum arabic containing inks darken more than inks without it.
    ----
    * obscurecerse = turn + dark.
    * * *
    = obscure, overshadow, dim, darken.

    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.

    Ex: And when the maintenance of structure is permitted to overshadow the functional performance of the institution, it will move toward extinction.
    Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
    Ex: Gum arabic containing inks darken more than inks without it.
    * obscurecerse = turn + dark.

    * * *
    * * *
    obscurecer, obscuridad, obscuro oscurecer, oscuridad, oscuro

    Spanish-English dictionary > obscurecer

  • 75 ocultar

    v.
    1 to hide.
    ocultar algo a alguien to hide something from somebody
    le ocultaron la verdad they concealed the truth from him
    Ilse cubre la verdad Ilse covers up the truth.
    2 to cover up (delito).
    3 to hush, to hide.
    Ilse cubre la verdad Ilse covers up the truth.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to hide, conceal
    * * *
    verb
    to conceal, hide
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, mancha] to hide (a, de from)
    conceal (a, de from)
    2) [+ sentimientos, intenciones] to hide, conceal
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <noticia/verdad>
    b) <sentimientos/intenciones> to conceal, hide
    c) ( de la vista) to conceal, hide
    2.
    ocultarse v pron
    a) persona to hide
    b) ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    c) sol to disappear
    * * *
    = bury, cover, disguise, hide, obscure, withhold, ensconce, conceal, mask, secrete, tuck away, dissimulate, whitewash, hide out, blot out, dissemble, cache.
    Ex. All of the early works on rock music are buried under the heading for JAZZ, and the early works on linguistics are buried under the heading LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.
    Ex. Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.
    Ex. But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.
    Ex. These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex. It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.
    Ex. The foreman ensconced in one of the cages and the master-printer in the other.
    Ex. He merely said, striving to conceal his anger: 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex. The categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine, inhibit the growth of the law and create injustice by causing unequal situations to be treated as if they were equal.
    Ex. Motion picture loops can be expensive and small enough to secrete.
    Ex. It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea = Se rumorea que se encuentra oculto, al menos en parte, en uno de los áticos de la Biblioteca de Ciencias, monumento olvidado a una gran idea pero sin éxito.
    Ex. He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex. A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex. On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.
    Ex. Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.
    ----
    * no ocultar las preferencias de Uno sobre Algo = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * ocultar Algo a = keep + Nombre + a secret from.
    * ocultar la identidad = conceal + identity.
    * ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.
    * ocultar los sentimientos de Uno = bury + Posesivo + feelings.
    * ocultarse = go into + hiding.
    * ocultarse detrás de = hide behind.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <noticia/verdad>
    b) <sentimientos/intenciones> to conceal, hide
    c) ( de la vista) to conceal, hide
    2.
    ocultarse v pron
    a) persona to hide
    b) ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    c) sol to disappear
    * * *
    = bury, cover, disguise, hide, obscure, withhold, ensconce, conceal, mask, secrete, tuck away, dissimulate, whitewash, hide out, blot out, dissemble, cache.

    Ex: All of the early works on rock music are buried under the heading for JAZZ, and the early works on linguistics are buried under the heading LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.

    Ex: Kitano burst out laughing to cover her obvious blushing embarrassment, and she was soon encircled with laughter.
    Ex: But when the other approaches were examined and analyzed with care, it turned out that another 16 percent were disguised subject searches.
    Ex: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.
    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex: It was agreed to withhold supplies from booksellers who offered new books at a discount greater than the 10 per cent usually allowed for cash.
    Ex: The foreman ensconced in one of the cages and the master-printer in the other.
    Ex: He merely said, striving to conceal his anger: 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex: The categories available for classifying legal problems simply mask the incoherency and indeterminacy of legal doctrine, inhibit the growth of the law and create injustice by causing unequal situations to be treated as if they were equal.
    Ex: Motion picture loops can be expensive and small enough to secrete.
    Ex: It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea = Se rumorea que se encuentra oculto, al menos en parte, en uno de los áticos de la Biblioteca de Ciencias, monumento olvidado a una gran idea pero sin éxito.
    Ex: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex: A number of volumes whitewashing this fascist wartime state were published in 2001.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: Las Vegas was once notorious for loose morals, fast living and financial transactions murky enough to blot out the desert sun.
    Ex: On Sunday it was Vice President Cheney who dissembled about the impact of the tax cuts on the federal budget deficit and the relative size of the deficit.
    Ex: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.
    * no ocultar las preferencias de Uno sobre Algo = make + no bones about + Algo.
    * ocultar Algo a = keep + Nombre + a secret from.
    * ocultar la identidad = conceal + identity.
    * ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.
    * ocultar los sentimientos de Uno = bury + Posesivo + feelings.
    * ocultarse = go into + hiding.
    * ocultarse detrás de = hide behind.

    * * *
    ocultar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹noticia/verdad› ocultarle algo A algn to conceal sth FROM sb
    ¿por qué me lo ocultaste? why did you conceal it from me?
    2 (disimular) ‹sentimientos/intenciones› to conceal, hide
    3 (de la vista) to conceal, hide
    «persona» to hide
    el sol se ocultó detrás de las nubes the sun disappeared behind the clouds
    tras esa sonrisa se oculta una mala intención behind that smile there lie dishonest intentions
    * * *

     

    ocultar ( conjugate ocultar) verbo transitivo ( en general) to conceal, hide;
    ‹ persona› to hide;
    ocultarle algo A algn to conceal o hide sth from sb
    ocultarse verbo pronominal



    ocultar verbo transitivo to conceal, hide: no nos ocultes la verdad, don't hide the truth from us
    ' ocultar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pantalla
    - silenciar
    - solapar
    - soterrar
    - tapar
    - disfrazar
    - escamotear
    English:
    blot out
    - conceal
    - dark
    - hide
    - hold back
    - impatience
    - keep from
    - mask
    - obscure
    - screen
    - secret
    - secrete
    - suppress
    - withhold
    - cover
    - disguise
    - keep
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [esconder] to conceal, to hide;
    ocultar algo a alguien to conceal o hide sth from sb
    2. [información, noticia] to conceal, to hide;
    ocultar algo a alguien to conceal o hide sth from sb;
    le ocultaron la verdad they concealed the truth from him
    3. [sorpresa, irritación] to conceal, to hide;
    oculté mis verdaderos sentimientos I concealed my true feelings
    4. [delito] to cover up
    * * *
    v/t hide, conceal
    * * *
    esconder: to conceal, to hide
    * * *
    ocultar vb to hide [pt. hid; pp. hidden]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocultar

  • 76 ocultar la identidad

    (v.) = conceal + identity
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    * * *
    (v.) = conceal + identity

    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocultar la identidad

  • 77 ocupar un puesto de trabajo

    (v.) = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post
    Ex. In 1974 he assumed the positions of Associate Editor of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules and Head of the British Library's Standards Office.
    Ex. By and large, the majority of recruits to librarianship are not motivated by the desire to take up posts in stressful commercial environments.
    Ex. This article provides a profile of Albert Mullis, his training in accountancy and librarianship, posts he has held and contribution to librarianship.
    * * *
    (v.) = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post

    Ex: In 1974 he assumed the positions of Associate Editor of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules and Head of the British Library's Standards Office.

    Ex: By and large, the majority of recruits to librarianship are not motivated by the desire to take up posts in stressful commercial environments.
    Ex: This article provides a profile of Albert Mullis, his training in accountancy and librarianship, posts he has held and contribution to librarianship.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocupar un puesto de trabajo

  • 78 otorgar

    v.
    to grant.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 (conceder) to grant, give (a, to); (premio) to award (a, to)
    2 DERECHO to execute, draw up
    * * *
    verb
    to award, grant
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=conceder) [+ privilegio, ayuda, independencia, permiso] to grant (a to)
    [+ premio] to award (a to) [+ poderes, título] to confer (a on) [+ esfuerzo, tiempo] to devote (a to)
    2) (Jur) (=ejecutar) to execute; [+ testamento] to make
    3) (=consentir en) to consent to, agree to
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) < premio> to award; <favor/préstamo> to grant; < poderes> to bestow (frml), to give
    2) (Der) < contrato> to sign, execute (tech)

    otorgó testamento — she drew up o made her will

    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), invest, bestow, dispense, grant.
    Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.
    Ex. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex. In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    ----
    * otorgar el honor = accord + honour.
    * otorgar el título de "sir" = elevate to + knighthood.
    * otorgar en profusión = shower.
    * otorgar permiso = grant + Alguien + leave.
    * otorgar un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * otorgar un título = confer + degree, award + Título, bestow + title.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) < premio> to award; <favor/préstamo> to grant; < poderes> to bestow (frml), to give
    2) (Der) < contrato> to sign, execute (tech)

    otorgó testamento — she drew up o made her will

    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), invest, bestow, dispense, grant.

    Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

    Ex: Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex: In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    * otorgar el honor = accord + honour.
    * otorgar el título de "sir" = elevate to + knighthood.
    * otorgar en profusión = shower.
    * otorgar permiso = grant + Alguien + leave.
    * otorgar un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * otorgar un título = confer + degree, award + Título, bestow + title.

    * * *
    otorgar [A3 ]
    vt
    A ( frml); ‹premio› to award; ‹favor/préstamo› to grant; ‹poderes› to bestow ( frml), to give
    se le otorgó el máximo galardón she was awarded the highest honor, she had the highest award bestowed upon her
    sus magníficos goles otorgaron la victoria a su equipo his magnificent goals secured victory for his team
    B ( Der) ‹contrato› to sign, execute ( tech)
    otorgó testamento she drew up o made her will
    * * *

     

    otorgar ( conjugate otorgar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹ premio› to award;
    ‹favor/préstamo› to grant;
    ‹ poderes› to bestow (frml), to give
    otorgar verbo transitivo
    1 (un reconocimiento, un premio) to award [a, to]
    2 (un derecho, una petición) to grant: el documento le otorga plenos poderes a Manuela, the document grants full powers to Manuela
    ' otorgar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    testamento
    English:
    award
    - bestow
    - confer
    - grant
    - give
    * * *
    1. [favor, privilegio, préstamo] to grant;
    [honor, título] to confer; [premio, beca] to award, to present
    2. Der to sign, Espec to execute
    3. [ley] to pass, Espec to promulgate
    * * *
    v/t award; favor grant
    * * *
    otorgar {52} vt
    1) : to grant, to award
    2) : to draw up, to frame (a legal document)
    * * *
    1. (premio, medalla) to award
    2. (perdón, permiso) to grant

    Spanish-English dictionary > otorgar

  • 79 pináculo

    m.
    pinnacle, summit.
    * * *
    1 pinnacle
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino (Arquit) pinnacle; ( apogeo) pinnacle, peak
    * * *
    Ex. There are, it is assumed, 'high' and 'low' forms of culture, especially in the field of the creative arts which are conceived of as somehow the pinnacle and foremost end of human life.
    ----
    * pináculo de la fama, el = pinnacle of fame, the, pinnacle of renown, the.
    * pináculo de la perfección, el = pinnacle of perfection, the.
    * pináculo del éxito, el = pinnacle of success, the.
    * * *
    masculino (Arquit) pinnacle; ( apogeo) pinnacle, peak
    * * *

    Ex: There are, it is assumed, 'high' and 'low' forms of culture, especially in the field of the creative arts which are conceived of as somehow the pinnacle and foremost end of human life.

    * pináculo de la fama, el = pinnacle of fame, the, pinnacle of renown, the.
    * pináculo de la perfección, el = pinnacle of perfection, the.
    * pináculo del éxito, el = pinnacle of success, the.

    * * *
    1 ( Arquit) pinnacle
    2 (apogeo) pinnacle, peak
    * * *

    pináculo sustantivo masculino (Arquit) pinnacle;
    ( apogeo) pinnacle, peak
    ' pináculo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pinnacle
    * * *
    1. [de edificio] pinnacle
    2. [cumbre, apogeo] pinnacle, peak;
    está en el pináculo de su carrera literaria he's at the pinnacle o peak of his literary career
    3. [juego de naipes] pinochle
    * * *
    m ARQUI, fig
    pinnacle
    * * *
    1) : pinnacle (of a building)
    2) : peak, acme

    Spanish-English dictionary > pináculo

  • 80 por cierto

    by the way
    * * *
    * * *
    = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which
    Ex. Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.
    Ex. Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. Anecdotally, it is often assumed that users preferring print are among the most senior in academic rank and/or years.
    Ex. Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.
    Ex. Speaking of which, Chertoff recently lifted restrictions that have confined airline passengers to their seats for a half hour after taking off and before landing.
    * * *
    = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which

    Ex: Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.

    Ex: Incidentally, this book was about the invasion of Denmark.
    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex: Anecdotally, it is often assumed that users preferring print are among the most senior in academic rank and/or years.
    Ex: Zenobia, by-the-by, as I suppose you know, is merely her public name.
    Ex: Speaking of which, Chertoff recently lifted restrictions that have confined airline passengers to their seats for a half hour after taking off and before landing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por cierto

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