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  • 81 provocar

    v.
    1 to provoke.
    El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.
    Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.
    2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).
    provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze
    3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to provoke
    \
    provocar el parto to induce birth
    provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote
    2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on
    3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

    ¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

    provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

    4) [sexualmente] to rouse
    2. VI
    1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

    ¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

    ¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

    no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

    -¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

    no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

    2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
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    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

    * * *
    provocar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause
    un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette
    una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy
    no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire
    2 ( Med):
    provocar el parto to induce labor*
    las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
    el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies
    B ‹persona›
    1 (al enfado) to provoke
    2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on
    ■ provocar
    vi
    ( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)
    ( refl):
    se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself
    * * *

     

    provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

    ‹ incendio› to start;
    ‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
    ‹ reacción› to cause
    b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

    2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
    ( sexualmente) to lead … on
    verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
    ◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    provocar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
    2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
    3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
    4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
    (un aplauso) to provoke
    5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

    ' provocar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campanada
    - desatar
    - engendrar
    - hacer
    - motivar
    - organizar
    - pinchar
    - chulear
    - dar
    - meter
    - parto
    - reclamo
    - torear
    English:
    bait
    - bring
    - bring about
    - bring on
    - cause
    - excite
    - fight
    - incur
    - induce
    - instigate
    - invite
    - prompt
    - provoke
    - raise
    - rouse
    - roust
    - short-circuit
    - spark off
    - start
    - stir up
    - tease
    - trigger
    - disturbance
    - draw
    - elicit
    - evoke
    - short
    - spark
    - stir
    - taunt
    - whip
    - wreck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [incitar] to provoke;
    ¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!
    2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
    [incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
    una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;
    su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;
    le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes
    ♦ vi
    Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
    ¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;
    ¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;
    ¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 cause
    2 el enfado provoke
    3 sexualmente lead on
    4 parto induce
    5
    :
    ¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?
    * * *
    provocar {72} vt
    1) causar: to provoke, to cause
    2) irritar: to provoke, to pique
    * * *
    1. (en general) to cause
    2. (incendio) to start
    3. (una persona) to provoke

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar

  • 82 rebanada

    f.
    slice.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: rebanar.
    * * *
    1 slice
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Culin) slice
    2) Méx (=pestillo) latch
    * * *
    femenino slice
    * * *
    = slice.
    Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    ----
    * cortar en rebanadas = slice.
    * rebanadas máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.
    * * *
    femenino slice
    * * *

    Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.

    * cortar en rebanadas = slice.
    * rebanadas máquina de cortar en rebanadas = slicer.

    * * *
    slice
    * * *

    rebanada sustantivo femenino
    slice
    rebanada sustantivo femenino slice
    ' rebanada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pan
    English:
    bread
    - slice
    * * *
    slice
    * * *
    f slice
    * * *
    : slice
    * * *
    rebanada n slice

    Spanish-English dictionary > rebanada

  • 83 rodaja

    f.
    slice.
    en rodajas sliced
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: rodajar.
    * * *
    1 slice
    \
    en rodajas sliced
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de pan, fruta] slice
    2) [de mueble] castor
    3) (=ruedecilla) small wheel
    4) (=disco) small disc
    * * *
    femenino slice

    en or a rodajas — sliced

    * * *
    = slice.
    Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    ----
    * cortar en rodajas = slice.
    * preparado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].
    * ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].
    * * *
    femenino slice

    en or a rodajas — sliced

    * * *

    Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.

    * cortar en rodajas = slice.
    * preparado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].
    * ya cortado en rodajas = pre-sliced [presliced].

    * * *
    slice
    cebollas cortadas en or a rodajas sliced onions
    * * *

    rodaja sustantivo femenino
    slice;

    rodaja sustantivo femenino slice: corta la piña en rodajas, cut the pineapple into slices

    ' rodaja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    torreja
    English:
    slice
    - twist
    - sliver
    * * *
    rodaja nf
    slice;
    cebolla en rodajas sliced onion;
    cortar algo en rodajas to cut sth in slices, to slice sth
    * * *
    f slice
    * * *
    rodaja nf
    : round, slice
    * * *
    rodaja n slice

    Spanish-English dictionary > rodaja

  • 84 semen

    m.
    1 semen.
    2 seed, reproductive seed of the vegetables.
    * * *
    1 semen
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino semen
    * * *
    = sperm, semen.
    Ex. An embryo, unlike a sperm or an egg, is identical to the human it may become.
    Ex. Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.
    ----
    * donante de semen = sperm donor.
    * * *
    masculino semen
    * * *
    = sperm, semen.

    Ex: An embryo, unlike a sperm or an egg, is identical to the human it may become.

    Ex: Treated semen increased the number of farrows, but had no effect on the mean size of the litters.
    * donante de semen = sperm donor.

    * * *
    semen
    * * *

    semen sustantivo masculino
    semen
    semen m Med semen
    ' semen' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    banco
    English:
    semen
    - spunk
    * * *
    semen nm
    semen
    * * *
    m BIO semen
    * * *
    semen nm
    : semen

    Spanish-English dictionary > semen

  • 85 silicio

    m.
    silicon.
    * * *
    1 silicon
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino silicon
    * * *
    Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    ----
    * chip de silicio = silicon chip.
    * * *
    masculino silicon
    * * *

    Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.

    * chip de silicio = silicon chip.

    * * *
    silicon
    * * *

    silicio sustantivo masculino silicon
    ' silicio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    chip
    - silicon
    - silicon chip
    - microchip
    * * *
    silicon
    * * *
    m QUÍM silicon
    * * *
    : silicon

    Spanish-English dictionary > silicio

  • 86 superar

    v.
    1 to beat.
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat something/somebody for something
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2 to overtake, to pass.
    3 to overcome.
    superar un examen to get through an exam
    tener algo superado to have got over something
    Ellos superan la adversidad They overcome adversity.
    4 to surpass, to exceed, to best, to excel.
    María supera a sus colegas Mary surpasses her colleagues.
    5 to outdo, to win over.
    * * *
    1 (exceder) to surpass, exceed, excel
    2 (obstáculo etc) to overcome, surmount
    1 (sobrepasarse) to excel oneself
    2 (mejorarse) to improve oneself, better oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=aventajar) [+ contrincante, adversario] to overcome; [+ límite] to go beyond; [+ récord, marca] to break

    superar a algn en algo: superó al adversario en cuatro puntos — she beat her opponent by four points

    2) (=pasar con éxito) [+ dificultad] to overcome; [+ enfermedad, crisis] to get over
    3) [+ etapa] to get past
    4) [+ prueba, examen] to pass
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.
    Ex. It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.
    Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex. Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex. Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex. These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex. We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex. As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex. One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex. I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex. In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    ----
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.

    Ex: It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.

    Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex: Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex: Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex: These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex: We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex: As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex: One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex: In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.

    * * *
    superar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    un éxito que supera todas las expectativas a success which goes beyond o exceeds o surpasses all expectations
    la realidad supera a la ficción fact o truth is stranger than fiction
    el horror de estas escenas supera todo lo imaginable the horror of these scenes goes beyond anything one could imagine
    nadie lo supera en experiencia ni habilidad nobody can surpass him in experience or skill, nobody can surpass his experience or skill
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    supera en estatura a su hermano mayor he's taller than his elder brother
    supera en tres puntos la cifra de ayer it is three points higher than yesterday's figure, it surpasses yesterday's figure by three points
    2 (mejorar) to beat
    logró superar su propio récord he managed to beat his own record
    ese método está totalmente superado that method has been completely superseded
    B
    1 (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome
    trata de superar estas diferencias try to overcome o get over these differences
    no ha logrado superar el trauma que le supuso el accidente he has not got(ten) over the trauma of the accident
    ya hemos superado la etapa más difícil we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stage
    hace tres meses que rompimos pero ya lo tengo superado we split up three months ago but I've got(ten) over it o I'm over it now
    2 ( frml); ‹examen/prueba› to pass
    to better oneself
    * * *

     

    superar ( conjugate superar) verbo transitivo
    1


    nadie lo supera en experiencia no one has more experience than him;
    supera en estatura a su hermano he's taller than his brother
    b) ( mejorar) ‹ marca› to beat

    2
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome;

    ‹ trauma› to get over
    b) (frml) ‹examen/prueba› to pass

    superarse verbo pronominal
    to better oneself
    superar verbo transitivo
    1 (estar por encima de) to exceed: tu hermana te supera en altura, your sister is taller than you
    la temperatura superó los treinta grados, the temperature rose above thirty degrees
    (expectativas) esto supera todo lo imaginado, this defies the imagination
    (un récord, una marca) to beat, break
    2 (pasar, sobreponerse) to overcome
    (un examen) to pass, get through
    ' superar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atonía
    - ganar
    - sacar
    - salir
    - salvar
    - sobreponerse
    - vencer
    - volver
    - cabeza
    - creces
    - exceder
    - marca
    English:
    beat
    - beating
    - carry through
    - coast
    - corner
    - deal with
    - excel
    - get over
    - get past
    - handicap
    - improve on
    - outdo
    - outnumber
    - overcome
    - overtake
    - pull through
    - surmount
    - surpass
    - top
    - exceed
    - get
    - negotiate
    - out
    - over
    - rise
    - shrug
    - survive
    - transcend
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [aventajar] to beat;
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat sth/sb for sth;
    nos superan en número they outnumber us;
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2. [sobrepasar] [récord] to break;
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results;
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    3. [adelantar] to overtake, to pass;
    superó a su rival en la recta final she overtook her rival on the home straight
    4. [época, técnica]
    estar superado to have been superseded
    5. [complejo, crisis, enfermedad] to overcome, to get over;
    no ha superado la pérdida de su mujer he has not overcome the loss of his wife;
    tener algo superado to have got over sth
    6. [examen, prueba] to pass
    * * *
    v/t persona beat; límite go beyond, exceed; obstáculo overcome, surmount
    * * *
    1) : to surpass, to exceed
    2) : to overcome, to surmount
    * * *
    1. (vencer problema, etc) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]
    2. (pasar) to pass
    3. (ser mejor) to be better / to surpass
    4. (ser más) to be more / to be over
    el porcentaje de aprobados supera el 85% the percentage of passes is over 85%

    Spanish-English dictionary > superar

  • 87 tajada

    f.
    1 slice (rodaja).
    2 share (parte).
    sacar tajada de algo to get something out of something
    3 bribe, rake-off.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: tajar.
    * * *
    1 (rodaja) slice
    2 (corte) cut; (cuchillada) stab
    \
    agarrar una tajada / coger una tajada / pillar una tajada familiar to get smashed, get plastered
    llevarse la tajada del león familiar to take the lion's share
    llevarse tajada / sacar tajada familiar to take one's share
    * * *
    noun f.
    hack, slash
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Culin) slice
    2) * (=beneficio) rake-off *

    sacar tajada — to get one's share, take one's cut *

    3) (=raja) cut, slash

    ¡te haré tajadas! — I'll have your guts for garters! *

    4) * (=borrachera)

    coger o pillar una tajada — to get plastered *

    5) (Med) hoarseness
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de melón, queso) slice

    sacar tajada de algo — (fam) to take/get one's cut of something (colloq)

    b) (Ven) ( de plátano frito) slice of fried plantain
    2) (Esp arg) ( borrachera)
    * * *
    = slice.
    Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    ----
    * una tajada = a slice of the cake.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de melón, queso) slice

    sacar tajada de algo — (fam) to take/get one's cut of something (colloq)

    b) (Ven) ( de plátano frito) slice of fried plantain
    2) (Esp arg) ( borrachera)
    * * *

    Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.

    * una tajada = a slice of the cake.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de melón, queso) slice
    sacar tajada ( fam): si no puede sacar tajada no le interesa if there's nothing in it for him o if he can't make something out of it, he's not interested ( colloq)
    todos están peleándose para sacar tajada they're all fighting to take their cut ( colloq)
    2 ( Ven) (de plátano frito) slice of fried plantain
    B
    ( Esp arg) (borrachera): ¡vaya tajada que llevaba! was she ever drunk! ( colloq), she was smashed! ( arg)
    * * *

    tajada sustantivo femenino
    a) (de melón, queso) slice


    tajada sustantivo femenino
    1 (de un alimento) slice, piece
    2 fam (borrachera) cogió una buena tajada, he got stoned o completely drunk
    ♦ Locuciones: fig pey sacar tajada, to take one's share
    ' tajada' also found in these entries:
    English:
    slice
    - cut
    - sliver
    * * *
    tajada nf
    1. [de comida] [trozo] piece;
    [rodaja] slice;
    una tajada de pollo a piece o slice of chicken;
    partió el melón en tajadas he cut the melon into slices
    2. Fam [parte] share, cut;
    todo el mundo quiere sacar tajada everyone wants to get in on the act;
    sacar tajada de algo to get something out of sth
    3. Esp Fam [borrachera]
    agarrarse o [m5] cogerse una tajada to get plastered
    * * *
    f
    1 GASTR slice;
    sacar tajada fam take a slice o
    cut fam
    2
    :
    agarrar una tajada fam get drunk
    * * *
    tajada nf
    1) : slice
    2)
    sacar tajada fam : to get one's share
    * * *
    1. (rodaja) slice
    2. (corte) cut

    Spanish-English dictionary > tajada

  • 88 tomar el pelo

    (v.) = tease, twit, taunt
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    * * *
    (v.) = tease, twit, taunt

    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tomar el pelo

  • 89 trama

    f.
    1 plot (historia).
    2 plot, intrigue.
    3 weft.
    4 weave, texture.
    5 black cod, Notothenia microlepidota.
    6 raster.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: tramar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) weft, woof
    2 (argumento) plot
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) plot
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de un tejido] weft, woof
    2) [de historia] plot
    3) (=conjura) plot, scheme, intrigue
    4) (=vínculo) connection, link; (=correlación) correlation
    5) (Tip) shaded area
    * * *
    1) ( de tejido) weave, weft
    2)
    a) (Lit) plot
    b) ( intriga) plot
    * * *
    = plot, storyline, thread, skein.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    ----
    * de trama fina = fine-screen.
    * giro imprevisto en la trama = twist in the plot.
    * trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.
    * * *
    1) ( de tejido) weave, weft
    2)
    a) (Lit) plot
    b) ( intriga) plot
    * * *
    = plot, storyline, thread, skein.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

    Ex: Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: Unbridled photocopying will lead to the imminent demise of the communications skein.
    * de trama fina = fine-screen.
    * giro imprevisto en la trama = twist in the plot.
    * trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.

    * * *
    A (de un tejido) weave, weft
    una tela de trama muy abierta a very loosely woven fabric
    B
    1 ( Lit) plot
    2 (intriga) plot, conspiracy
    * * *

     

    Del verbo tramar: ( conjugate tramar)

    trama es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    trama    
    tramar
    trama sustantivo femenino
    1 ( de tejido) weave, weft
    2 (de película, novela) plot
    tramar ( conjugate tramar) verbo transitivo ‹ engaño› to devise;
    ‹ venganza› to plot;
    ‹ complot› to hatch, lay;
    ◊ ¿qué andan tramando? what are they up to? (colloq)

    trama sustantivo femenino
    1 Lit Cine plot
    2 Tex weft
    tramar vtr (un engaño, conspiración, plan) to plot: ¿qué estará tramando? what is he up to?

    ' trama' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    argumento
    - intriga
    - acción
    English:
    involved
    - plot
    - story
    * * *
    trama nf
    1. [de historia] plot
    trama argumental plot, storyline
    2. [confabulación] plot, intrigue;
    una oscura trama financiera a shadowy web of financial intrigue
    trama de corrupción web of corruption
    3. [de hilos] weft
    4. Imprenta screen
    5. [de pantalla] raster
    6. [papel adhesivo] screen tone
    * * *
    f ( tema) plot
    * * *
    trama nf
    1) : plot
    2) : weave, weft (fabric)

    Spanish-English dictionary > trama

  • 90 transacciones

    f.pl.
    transactions.
    pres.subj.
    2nd person singular (tú/usted) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: transaccionar.
    * * *
    (n.) = traffic load
    Ex. A minicomputer communications controller will be added at NYPL to improve the communications technology on which the online access is based and an identical minicomputer will be added at LC to handle traffic loads.
    * * *

    Ex: A minicomputer communications controller will be added at NYPL to improve the communications technology on which the online access is based and an identical minicomputer will be added at LC to handle traffic loads.

    Spanish-English dictionary > transacciones

  • 91 trascendentalista

    adj.
    transcendentalism, one who holds the doctrine of transcendentalism.
    * * *
    Ex. For the transcendentalists, the soul of each individual is identical with the soul of the world and contains what the world contains.
    * * *

    Ex: For the transcendentalists, the soul of each individual is identical with the soul of the world and contains what the world contains.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trascendentalista

  • 92 tres en línea

    (n.) = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe
    Ex. It is certainly true that identical grids to the noughts and crosses grid have been found scratched and etched into surfaces all over the ancient Roman empire.
    Ex. Noughts and crosses, or tic-tac-toe, as it is called on different sides of the pond, is probably the most common pencil and paper game around in the western world.
    * * *
    (n.) = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe

    Ex: It is certainly true that identical grids to the noughts and crosses grid have been found scratched and etched into surfaces all over the ancient Roman empire.

    Ex: Noughts and crosses, or tic-tac-toe, as it is called on different sides of the pond, is probably the most common pencil and paper game around in the western world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tres en línea

  • 93 tres en raya

    noughts and crosses, US tick-tack-toe
    * * *
    (n.) = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe
    Ex. It is certainly true that identical grids to the noughts and crosses grid have been found scratched and etched into surfaces all over the ancient Roman empire.
    Ex. Noughts and crosses, or tic-tac-toe, as it is called on different sides of the pond, is probably the most common pencil and paper game around in the western world.
    * * *
    (n.) = noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe

    Ex: It is certainly true that identical grids to the noughts and crosses grid have been found scratched and etched into surfaces all over the ancient Roman empire.

    Ex: Noughts and crosses, or tic-tac-toe, as it is called on different sides of the pond, is probably the most common pencil and paper game around in the western world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tres en raya

  • 94 trozo

    m.
    piece (pedazo).
    hacer algo a trozos to do something bit by bit
    cortar algo en trozos to cut something into pieces
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trozar.
    * * *
    1 piece, chunk
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) piece, bit, chunk
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=pedazo) piece, bit
    2) (Literat, Mús) passage

    trozos escogidos — selected passages, selections

    * * *
    a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment
    b) (Lit, Mús) passage
    * * *
    = chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.
    Ex. So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.
    Ex. A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.
    Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.
    Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.
    Ex. The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.
    Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    Ex. This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.
    Ex. During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
    Ex. Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.
    Ex. The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.
    Ex. Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.
    Ex. This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.
    ----
    * a trozos = piecewise.
    * compuesto de trozos = piecewise.
    * con trozos = piecewise.
    * cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.
    * dividir en trozos = split into + bits.
    * hecho de trozos = piecewise.
    * trozo de = scrap of.
    * trozo de carne = cut of meat.
    * trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].
    * trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].
    * trozo de papel = slip.
    * trozo de piel = skin.
    * trozo de tela = strip of cloth.
    * trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.
    * trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.
    * un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.
    * * *
    a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment
    b) (Lit, Mús) passage
    * * *
    = chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.

    Ex: So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.

    Ex: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.
    Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.
    Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.
    Ex: The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.
    Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.
    Ex: This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.
    Ex: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.
    Ex: Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.
    Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.
    Ex: Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.
    Ex: This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.
    * a trozos = piecewise.
    * compuesto de trozos = piecewise.
    * con trozos = piecewise.
    * cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.
    * dividir en trozos = split into + bits.
    * hecho de trozos = piecewise.
    * trozo de = scrap of.
    * trozo de carne = cut of meat.
    * trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].
    * trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].
    * trozo de papel = slip.
    * trozo de piel = skin.
    * trozo de tela = strip of cloth.
    * trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.
    * trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.
    * un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.

    * * *
    1 (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment
    cortar la zanahoria en trocitos dice the carrot, chop the carrot into small pieces
    la pintura me quedó a trozos the paint dried all patchy
    2 ( Lit, Mús) passage
    * * *

     

    trozo sustantivo masculino
    a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice;

    (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit;
    (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment;

    b) (Lit, Mús) passage

    trozo sustantivo masculino piece
    ' trozo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bloque
    - bocado
    - de
    - hebra
    - jirón
    - papel
    - parte
    - tragar
    - algodón
    - cortar
    - cristal
    - fierro
    - otro
    - palo
    - pedazo
    - piedra
    English:
    bit
    - cut
    - fleck
    - flint
    - gob
    - hunk
    - joint
    - length
    - lump
    - nugget
    - piece
    - slab
    - slice
    - take
    - wedge
    - chunk
    - fall
    - fish
    - shred
    - snippet
    * * *
    trozo nm
    1. [de pan, tela, metal] piece;
    cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces
    2. [de camino] stretch;
    hacer algo a trozos to do sth bit by bit
    3. [de obra] extract;
    [de película] snippet
    * * *
    m piece
    * * *
    trozo nm
    1) pedazo: piece, bit, chunk
    2) : passage, extract
    * * *
    trozo n piece

    Spanish-English dictionary > trozo

  • 95 una y otra vez

    = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again
    Ex. After you have chosen a story you long to tell, read it over and over and then analyse it.
    Ex. This capability can be used to save command chains which will be used repeatedly with slight modification.
    Ex. Figure 5 demonstrates how this technique could be applied repetitively to create the heading, AEROPLANES -- STANDARDS -- HISTORY -- SOURCES.
    Ex. These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.
    Ex. The reference people time and time again say that the subject catalog, which is based wholeheartedly on the LC subject heading list, is one of the most important things that they use in serving their clientele.
    Ex. Not the least remarkable feature of reference work is the way that identical enquiries turn up again and again.
    Ex. Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.
    Ex. The practical experience of any librarian at a catalog information desk will confirm this over and over again.
    * * *
    = over and over, repeatedly, repetitively, time after time, time and time again, again and again, time and again, over and over again

    Ex: After you have chosen a story you long to tell, read it over and over and then analyse it.

    Ex: This capability can be used to save command chains which will be used repeatedly with slight modification.
    Ex: Figure 5 demonstrates how this technique could be applied repetitively to create the heading, AEROPLANES -- STANDARDS -- HISTORY -- SOURCES.
    Ex: These plates can be stored and used again time after time provided they are wiped over with a gum solution after each use to prevent oxydization.
    Ex: The reference people time and time again say that the subject catalog, which is based wholeheartedly on the LC subject heading list, is one of the most important things that they use in serving their clientele.
    Ex: Not the least remarkable feature of reference work is the way that identical enquiries turn up again and again.
    Ex: Against that kind of thinking it is pointless to quote research figures and surveys and reports that provide evidence time and again of the importance of book ownership in the acquisition of the 'better education' everybody wants for their children.
    Ex: The practical experience of any librarian at a catalog information desk will confirm this over and over again.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una y otra vez

  • 96 uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo

    = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre
    Ex. Not the least remarkable feature of reference work is the way that identical enquiries turn up again and again.
    Ex. Not the least of the valuable side effects that the computer has had on reference work is an increased awareness of the critical importance of this pre-search stage of the reference process.
    * * *
    = not the least + Adjetivo + Nombre, not the least of the + Adjetivo + Nombre

    Ex: Not the least remarkable feature of reference work is the way that identical enquiries turn up again and again.

    Ex: Not the least of the valuable side effects that the computer has had on reference work is an increased awareness of the critical importance of this pre-search stage of the reference process.

    Spanish-English dictionary > uno de los + Nombre + más + Adjetivo

  • 97 vistas desde fuera

    Ex. Although outwardly libraries may appear identical to the public, a corporate identity enables one library to be distinguished from another.
    * * *

    Ex: Although outwardly libraries may appear identical to the public, a corporate identity enables one library to be distinguished from another.

    Spanish-English dictionary > vistas desde fuera

  • 98 vocálico

    adj.
    vocalic, vowel.
    * * *
    1 vocalic
    * * *
    ADJ vocalic, vowel [antes de s]
    * * *
    = vocalic, vowel-like.
    Ex. It is quite clear that its properties cannot be identical with the vocalic and consonantal properties discussed above.
    Ex. This study quantifies sex differences in the acoustic structure of vowel-like grunt vocalizations in baboons.
    ----
    * sonido vocálico = vowel sound, vocalic sound, vowel-like sound.
    * * *
    = vocalic, vowel-like.

    Ex: It is quite clear that its properties cannot be identical with the vocalic and consonantal properties discussed above.

    Ex: This study quantifies sex differences in the acoustic structure of vowel-like grunt vocalizations in baboons.
    * sonido vocálico = vowel sound, vocalic sound, vowel-like sound.

    * * *
    vowel ( before n), vocalic ( tech)
    * * *

    vocálico,-a adj Ling vocalic
    ' vocálico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vocálica
    - un
    * * *
    vocálico, -a adj
    vowel;
    sonido vocálico vowel sound

    Spanish-English dictionary > vocálico

  • 99 índice cruzado

    Ex. Dual dictionaries are not card-based, but are computer produced post-co-ordinate indexes where usually two identical lists are printed on continuous computer stationery.
    * * *

    Ex: Dual dictionaries are not card-based, but are computer produced post-co-ordinate indexes where usually two identical lists are printed on continuous computer stationery.

    Spanish-English dictionary > índice cruzado

  • 100 pintiparado

    adj.
    1 perfectly like, closely resembling; apposite, fit.
    2 just right.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: pintiparar.
    * * *
    venir pintiparado,-a familiar to be just perfect
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=idéntico) identical (a to)
    2)
    - me viene que ni pintiparado
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Esp fam)

    el apodo le viene que ni pintiparado — his nickname suits him to a T

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (Esp fam)

    el apodo le viene que ni pintiparado — his nickname suits him to a T

    * * *
    ( Esp fam): tu regalo me vino pintiparado your gift was just what I wanted
    esa blusa me viene que ni pintiparada con la falda that blouse goes perfectly with my skirt
    el apodo le viene que ni pintiparado his nickname suits him to a T o down to the ground
    * * *
    pintiparado, -a adj
    1. [igual] identical (a to), exactly the same (a as)
    2. [muy a propósito] just right, ideal;
    me viene pintiparado para decorar mi habitación it's just perfect for my room;
    es una ocasión pintiparada para darse a conocer it's an ideal opportunity to become better known

    Spanish-English dictionary > pintiparado

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