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illiterates

  • 1 a nivel mundial

    = worldwide [world-wide], globally
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    Ex. This article aims to examine both currently and globally the varying degrees of application of information technology to information services in several continents.
    * * *
    = worldwide [world-wide], globally

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.

    Ex: This article aims to examine both currently and globally the varying degrees of application of information technology to information services in several continents.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a nivel mundial

  • 2 agresivo

    adj.
    1 aggressive, assertive, belligerent, go-getter.
    2 aggressive, combative, hostile, truculent.
    3 aggressive.
    4 predatory.
    * * *
    1 aggressive
    * * *
    (f. - agresiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=violento) aggressive; (=vigoroso) forceful, vigorous
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex. Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex. The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex. His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex. Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex. For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex. He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    ----
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo aggressive
    * * *
    = aggressive, belligerent, truculent, killer, sociopathic, combative, pushy [pushier -comp., pushiest -sup.], bellicose, campaigning.

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Ex: Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex: Senior staff members said that these fevers of truculent behavior had manifested themselves only within the past two or three years.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Guerilla Web strategies: killer marketing tactics to make your site the most popular on the Web'.
    Ex: The problem of optimally refining sociopathic knowledge bases is modeled as a bipartite graph.
    Ex: His book is a one-sided insider account of the scrappy, often combative style that characterized the New York intellectual crowd from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s.
    Ex: Parents can help the development of a child prodigy in an infinite number of ways, ranging from the attentive but not too pushy to the downright obsessive.
    Ex: For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex: He is fearless, courageous, campaigning, waspish and wise.
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * venta agresiva = hard-sell.

    * * *
    1 (feroz, violento) aggressive
    2 ‹campaña/publicidad› aggressive, forceful
    * * *

    agresivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    aggressive
    agresivo,-a adjetivo aggressive

    ' agresivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agresiva
    - volverse
    - combativo
    English:
    aggressive
    - belligerent
    - hawkish
    - pushy
    - truculent
    * * *
    agresivo, -a adj
    1. [violento] aggressive
    2. [osado] aggressive;
    una publicidad muy agresiva very aggressive advertising
    * * *
    adj aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo, -va adj
    : aggressive
    * * *
    agresivo adj aggressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > agresivo

  • 3 ampararse

    1 (protegerse) to take shelter, protect oneself
    2 (acogerse) to avail oneself of the protection (en, of), seek protection (en, in)
    ————————
    1 (proteger) to protect, shelter
    2 (ayudar) to help; (favorecer) to favour (US favor)
    1 (protegerse) to take shelter, protect oneself
    2 (acogerse) to avail oneself of the protection (en, of), seek protection (en, in)
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=buscar protección) to seek protection, seek help

    ampararse con o de o en — to seek the protection of

    2) [de la lluvia] to shelter
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    * * *

    ■ampararse verbo reflexivo to seek protection
    ' ampararse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amparar
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    vpr
    1. [en ley]
    ampararse en una ley to have recourse to a law;
    se amparó en su condición de diputado para no declarar he used his parliamentary immunity to avoid making a statement;
    se ampara en la excusa de que no sabía nada she uses her ignorance as an excuse
    2. [cobijarse]
    ampararse de to (take) shelter from;
    se ampararon de la lluvia en una cabaña they sheltered from the rain in a hut;
    cuando pasó por aquella crisis se amparó en su familia her family were a great support to her at that difficult time
    * * *
    v/r seek shelter (de from);
    ampararse en algo seek protection in sth
    * * *
    vr
    1)
    ampararse de : to take shelter from
    2)
    ampararse en : to have recourse to
    * * *
    1. (refugiarse) to shelter
    2. (apoyarse) to seek protection [pt. & pp. sought]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampararse

  • 4 analfabeto

    adj.
    1 illiterate, who ignores how to read or write.
    2 illiterate, unlearned.
    m.
    illiterate person, person who does know how to read or write, illiterate.
    * * *
    1 illiterate
    2 figurado stupid
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 illiterate person
    2 figurado stupid person, ignoramus
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    (f. - analfabeta)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    analfabeto, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F illiterate, illiterate person
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo illiterate
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) ( que no sabe leer) illiterate (person)
    b) (fam & pey) ( ignorante) ignoramus (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = illiterate, illiterate, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.].
    Ex. An illiterate is a person who cannot read, write or do mathematical calculations well enough to be integrated into society as an individual with full rights.
    Ex. In India, libraries have the added task of educating millions of illiterates.
    Ex. This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    ----
    * analfabeto funcional = functionally illiterate.
    * analfabeto musical = musically-illiterate.
    * analfabetos, los = illiterate, the.
    * casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo illiterate
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino
    a) ( que no sabe leer) illiterate (person)
    b) (fam & pey) ( ignorante) ignoramus (colloq & pej)
    * * *
    = illiterate, illiterate, ignoramus [ignoramuses, -pl.].

    Ex: An illiterate is a person who cannot read, write or do mathematical calculations well enough to be integrated into society as an individual with full rights.

    Ex: In India, libraries have the added task of educating millions of illiterates.
    Ex: This continued diet of pseudocultural pap will produce a generation of ethnocentric ignoramuses ill-prepared to deal with real-world complexities.
    * analfabeto funcional = functionally illiterate.
    * analfabeto musical = musically-illiterate.
    * analfabetos, los = illiterate, the.
    * casi analfabeto = near-illiterate.

    * * *
    illiterate
    masculine, feminine
    1 (que no sabe leer) illiterate, illiterate person
    2 ( fam pey) (ignorante) ignoramus ( colloq pej)
    Compuesto:
    functional illiterate
    * * *

    analfabeto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    illiterate
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    b) (fam & pey) ( ignorante) ignoramus (colloq & pej)

    analfabeto,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino illiterate
    ' analfabeto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    analfabeta
    English:
    illiterate
    * * *
    analfabeto, -a
    ♦ adj
    illiterate
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [que no sabe leer] illiterate
    2. Fam [ignorante] ignoramus
    * * *
    I adj illiterate
    II m, analfabeta f illiterate
    * * *
    analfabeto, -ta adj & n
    : illiterate
    * * *
    analfabeto adj illiterate

    Spanish-English dictionary > analfabeto

  • 5 belicoso

    adj.
    bellicose, two-fisted, quarrelsome, hostile.
    * * *
    1 bellicose, aggressive
    * * *
    ADJ (=guerrero) warlike; (=agresivo) bellicose, aggressive
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < pueblo> warlike, bellicose (liter)
    b) <persona/carácter> bellicose, belligerent
    * * *
    = bellicose, belligerent, aggressive.
    Ex. For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.
    Ex. Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < pueblo> warlike, bellicose (liter)
    b) <persona/carácter> bellicose, belligerent
    * * *
    = bellicose, belligerent, aggressive.

    Ex: For all their bellicose rhetoric, they still hope that diplomatic pressure will persuade Iran to compromise.

    Ex: Dexter Rundle thought: 'The day was progressing serenely and I was feeling not at all belligerent' = Dexter Rundle pensó: "El día iba progresando con serenidad y no me sentía de ninguna manera agresivo".
    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    * * *
    1 ‹pueblo› warlike, bellicose ( liter)
    2 ‹persona/carácter› bellicose, belligerent
    * * *

    belicoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ pueblo› warlike;


    ‹persona/carácter› bellicose, belligerent
    belicoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (guerrero) warlike, bellicose
    un pueblo belicoso, a warlike people
    2 (peleón, pendenciero) aggressive
    ' belicoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    belicosa
    English:
    warlike
    * * *
    belicoso, -a adj
    1. [guerrero] bellicose, war-like
    2. [agresivo] aggressive
    * * *
    adj
    1 warlike, bellicose
    2 fig
    persona belligerent
    * * *
    belicoso, -sa adj
    1) : warlike, martial
    2) : aggressive, belligerent

    Spanish-English dictionary > belicoso

  • 6 buscar amparo

    (v.) = seek + shelter
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buscar amparo

  • 7 buscar cobijo

    (v.) = seek + shelter
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buscar cobijo

  • 8 buscar refugio

    v.
    to seek cover, to seek safety.
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * * *
    (v.) = seek + shelter

    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buscar refugio

  • 9 comunidad rural

    f.
    rural community.
    * * *
    Ex. Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.
    * * *

    Ex: Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comunidad rural

  • 10 discreto

    adj.
    1 discreet, prudent, cautious, moderate.
    2 discrete, separate, not joined together.
    3 not readily noticeable, inconspicuous.
    4 discrete, separate, distinct, not continuous.
    * * *
    1 (prudente) discreet, prudent, tactful
    2 (sobrio) sober, discreet
    3 (moderado) moderate, average, reasonable
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 discreet person
    * * *
    (f. - discreta)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco llamativo) [color, vestido] sober; [advertencia] discreet
    2) [persona] (=prudente) discreet; (=listo) shrewd
    3) (=mediano) average, middling
    4) (Fís) discrete
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter/comportamiento> discreet
    b) <color/vestido> discreet
    c) <cantidad/sueldo> modest
    * * *
    = tactful, unobtrusive, discreet, low-key [low key], inconspicuous, circumspect, low-keyed.
    Ex. The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.
    Ex. New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex. Discreet advertising in press and on television in 1973 helped to direct adult illiterates to tutors who guided their progress.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex. It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    ----
    * de un modo discreto = quietly, unobtrusively, unnoticeably, inconspicuously.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter/comportamiento> discreet
    b) <color/vestido> discreet
    c) <cantidad/sueldo> modest
    * * *
    = tactful, unobtrusive, discreet, low-key [low key], inconspicuous, circumspect, low-keyed.

    Ex: The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.

    Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex: Discreet advertising in press and on television in 1973 helped to direct adult illiterates to tutors who guided their progress.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex: It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly, unobtrusively, unnoticeably, inconspicuously.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/carácter/comportamiento› discreet
    se mostró discreta en sus acusaciones she was restrained o cautious in her accusations
    2 ‹color/vestido› discreet
    3 ‹cantidad/sueldo/resultado› modest
    una novela de discreta calidad a fairly average novel
    * * *

     

    discreto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/carácter/comportamiento› discreet

    b) ‹color/vestido› discreet

    c) ‹cantidad/sueldo/actuación› modest

    discreto,-a adjetivo
    1 (prudente) discreet: es una persona muy discreta, she's a very discreet person
    2 (mediocre) average: sus resultados fueron más bien discretos, their results were rather average
    ' discreto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discreta
    - reservada
    - reservado
    - disimulado
    English:
    dark horse
    - discreet
    - inconspicuous
    - low-key
    - quiet
    - sober
    - tactful
    - unobtrusive
    - delicate
    - gentle
    * * *
    discreto, -a adj
    1. [prudente, reservado] discreet;
    por favor, sé discreto please be discreet;
    una mirada discreta a discreet look
    2. [no llamativo] [color, decoración] sober, restrained;
    [vestido] simple, sober; [maquillaje] discreet;
    ropa discreta simple o modest attire;
    su discreta labor a la sombra del gran científico his quiet work in the shadow of the great scientist
    3. [moderado, normal] [cantidad, sueldo] moderate, modest;
    [actuación, resultados] fair, reasonable
    4. Mat discrete
    * * *
    adj discreet
    * * *
    discreto, -ta adj
    : discreet
    * * *
    1. (prudente) discreet / tactful
    2. (moderado) modest / moderate

    Spanish-English dictionary > discreto

  • 11 en el mundo entero

    = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over
    Ex. All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    Ex. Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.
    Ex. In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.
    Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.
    * * *
    = all over the world, worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over

    Ex: All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    Ex: Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.
    Ex: In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.
    Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en el mundo entero

  • 12 en todo el mundo

    = worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole world
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    Ex. Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.
    Ex. Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.
    Ex. Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.
    Ex. All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.
    Ex. It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.
    Ex. In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.
    Ex. The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.
    Ex. Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.
    Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.
    Ex. Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world.
    * * *
    = worldwide [world-wide], world over, the, around the world, all around the world, all over the world, across the globe, throughout the world, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over, in the whole world

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.

    Ex: Despite its faults and inadequacies the public library brings pleasure to, and satisfies some of the needs of, millions the world over.
    Ex: Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.
    Ex: Patent lawyers would be hard pressed if they had to operate without abstracts to the millions upon millions of patents issued for centuries all around the world.
    Ex: All of the schemes are here subjected to considerable criticism but we have as yet nothing better to replace them; they are used in libraries all over the world, and librarians have to learn to live with them.
    Ex: It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.
    Ex: In 1953 UNESCO estimated that 269,000 books were produced throughout the world.
    Ex: The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.
    Ex: Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.
    Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.
    Ex: Niagara falls is perhaps the most known attraction of this type in the whole world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en todo el mundo

  • 13 enérgico

    adj.
    1 energetic, strong, active, powerful.
    2 forceful, high-pressure, aggressive, drastic.
    * * *
    1 energetic, vigorous
    \
    en tono enérgico emphatically
    * * *
    (f. - enérgica)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] energetic, vigorous; [gesto, habla, tono] emphatic; [esfuerzo] determined; [ejercicio] strenuous; [campaña] vigorous, high-pressure; [medida, golpe] bold, drastic; [ataque] vigorous, strong; [protesta] forceful
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) ( físicamente) <ejercicio/movimiento> energetic, strenuous; < persona> energetic, vigorous
    b) (firme, resuelto) < carácter> forceful; <protesta/ataque> vigorous; < medidas> firm, strong; <desmentido/rechazo> flat, firm
    * * *
    = emphatic, energetic, forceful, assertive, aggressive, brisk [brisker -comp., briskest -sup.], spirited, vociferous, vocal, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], power-packed.
    Ex. Her first hint that all was not well was with the sudden appearance of Consuelo Feng, whose no-nonsensen approach to her job was emphasized by the emphactic clicks of her heels along the highly polished terrazzo floors.
    Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.
    Ex. Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex. The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex. A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex. He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex. Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    ----
    * enérgico, poderoso, contundente, potente, potentísimo, impetuoso, formidable = power-packed.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) ( físicamente) <ejercicio/movimiento> energetic, strenuous; < persona> energetic, vigorous
    b) (firme, resuelto) < carácter> forceful; <protesta/ataque> vigorous; < medidas> firm, strong; <desmentido/rechazo> flat, firm
    * * *
    = emphatic, energetic, forceful, assertive, aggressive, brisk [brisker -comp., briskest -sup.], spirited, vociferous, vocal, spry [spryer comp., spryest -sup.], sprightly [sprightlier -comp., sprightliest -sup.], power-packed.

    Ex: Her first hint that all was not well was with the sudden appearance of Consuelo Feng, whose no-nonsensen approach to her job was emphasized by the emphactic clicks of her heels along the highly polished terrazzo floors.

    Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.
    Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.
    Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex: The classic example quoted by Jourard is the brisk, super-efficient nurse, whose manner appears to be something that she puts on when she dons her uniform.
    Ex: Their aim was to mount a spirited attack on a consumer driven and marketeers' approach to reading and books, and on relativism and populism.
    Ex: The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.
    Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.
    Ex: Eating these power-packed vegetables in their natural state especially garlic increases their health benefits.
    * enérgico, poderoso, contundente, potente, potentísimo, impetuoso, formidable = power-packed.

    * * *
    1 (físicamente) ‹ejercicio/movimiento› energetic, strenuous; ‹persona› energetic, vigorous
    le asestó un enérgico golpe en la cabeza she dealt him a fierce o heavy blow to the head
    2 (firme, resuelto) ‹carácter› forceful; ‹protesta› vigorous; ‹medidas› firm, strong
    lanzó un enérgico ataque contra ellos she launched a vigorous o fierce o strong attack on them
    un enérgico desmentido a flat o firm denial
    * * *

    enérgico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo


    b) (firme, resuelto) ‹ carácter› forceful;

    ‹protesta/ataque› vigorous;
    ‹ medidas› firm, strong;
    ‹negativa/rechazo› flat, firm
    enérgico,-a adjetivo
    1 energetic
    con un golpe enérgico, with a vigorous blow
    2 (con decisión) firm
    ' enérgico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enérgica
    - plumazo
    - decidido
    English:
    active
    - assertive
    - brisk
    - energetic
    - forceful
    - spirited
    - sprightly
    - strenuous
    - strident
    - vigorous
    - vital
    - vociferous
    - emphatic
    - high
    - loud
    - strength
    - strong
    * * *
    enérgico, -a adj
    1. [físicamente] [persona, salto] energetic;
    [golpe] vigorous, powerful; [gesto, movimiento] vigorous, energetic
    2. [decidido, firme] [persona, carácter] forceful;
    [medida] firm; [defensa, protesta] vigorous, energetic; [respuesta] emphatic
    * * *
    adj energetic; fig
    forceful, strong
    * * *
    enérgico, -ca adj
    1) : energetic, vigorous
    2) : forceful, emphatic
    * * *
    1. (persona) energetic / vigorous
    2. (respuesta, medida) strong

    Spanish-English dictionary > enérgico

  • 14 hostil

    adj.
    hostile.
    * * *
    1 hostile
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo [ser] <medio/clima> hostile; <gente/actitud> hostile, unfriendly
    * * *
    = inimical, antagonistic, antipathetic, hostile, venomous, aggressive.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex. In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.
    Ex. A proposal to open the library on holidays was initially met with a hostile reaction from some staff but eventually agreed.
    Ex. The most likely short-term scenario is likely to be increasingly venomous exchanges between authors and publishers, leading to more lawsuits, threats and demonstrations.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    ----
    * ambiente hostil = icy wind.
    * * *
    adjetivo [ser] <medio/clima> hostile; <gente/actitud> hostile, unfriendly
    * * *
    = inimical, antagonistic, antipathetic, hostile, venomous, aggressive.

    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.

    Ex: A perusal of book reviews shows that many parental figures fall into one of two categories -- ineffectual or antagonistic.
    Ex: In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.
    Ex: A proposal to open the library on holidays was initially met with a hostile reaction from some staff but eventually agreed.
    Ex: The most likely short-term scenario is likely to be increasingly venomous exchanges between authors and publishers, leading to more lawsuits, threats and demonstrations.
    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    * ambiente hostil = icy wind.

    * * *
    [ SER] ‹medio/clima› hostile; ‹gente/actitud› hostile, unfriendly
    se mostró hostil a nuestras propuestas he was opposed to our proposals, he expressed his hostility o opposition to our proposals
    todos le son hostiles everyone is hostile o very unfriendly toward(s) him
    * * *

    hostil adjetivo [ser] ‹medio/clima› hostile;
    ‹gente/actitud› hostile, unfriendly
    hostil adjetivo hostile
    ' hostil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    infundio
    - media
    - medio
    English:
    adverse
    - atmosphere
    - backdrop
    - flak
    - forbidding
    - hostile
    - glare
    * * *
    hostil adj
    [persona, medio, actitud] hostile;
    fue muy hostil conmigo he was very unfriendly o hostile towards me;
    se mostraron hostil a la idea their reaction to the idea was hostile
    * * *
    adj hostile
    * * *
    hostil adj
    : hostile
    * * *
    hostil adj hostile

    Spanish-English dictionary > hostil

  • 15 internacionalmente

    adv.
    internationally.
    * * *
    1 internationally
    * * *
    * * *
    = internationally, worldwide [world-wide].
    Ex. However, this work cannot be prescriptive since local citation practices may deviate from internationally agreed norms.
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    ----
    * aclamado internacionalmente = internationally acclaimed.
    * conocido internacionalmente = internationally renowned.
    * elogiado internacionalmente = internationally acclaimed.
    * famoso internacionalmente = internationally renowned, of international renown.
    * reconocido internacionalmente = internationally-hailed, internationally acclaimed, internationally-recognised.
    * * *
    = internationally, worldwide [world-wide].

    Ex: However, this work cannot be prescriptive since local citation practices may deviate from internationally agreed norms.

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    * aclamado internacionalmente = internationally acclaimed.
    * conocido internacionalmente = internationally renowned.
    * elogiado internacionalmente = internationally acclaimed.
    * famoso internacionalmente = internationally renowned, of international renown.
    * reconocido internacionalmente = internationally-hailed, internationally acclaimed, internationally-recognised.

    * * *
    internationally
    * * *
    internationally, worldwide

    Spanish-English dictionary > internacionalmente

  • 16 mundialmente

    adv.
    1 throughout the world.
    2 worldwide, all over the world, the world over, throughout the world.
    * * *
    1 worldwide, all over the world
    \
    mundialmente conocido,-a world-famous
    * * *
    ADV worldwide, universally

    un especialista mundialmente conocido — a world-famous specialist, a specialist of world renown

    * * *
    adverbio worlwide

    es mundialmente famoso/conocido — he is famous/known worldwide

    * * *
    = worldwide [world-wide].
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    ----
    * conocido mundialmente = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * mundialmente conocido = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * * *
    adverbio worlwide

    es mundialmente famoso/conocido — he is famous/known worldwide

    * * *
    = worldwide [world-wide].

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.

    * conocido mundialmente = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * mundialmente conocido = world-renowned, world-renown.

    * * *
    es mundialmente famoso he is world famous, he is famous worldwide
    un producto conocido mundialmente a product well-known throughout the world, a product known worldwide o all over the world
    * * *

    mundialmente adverbio:

    un producto conocido mundialmente a product well-known throughout the world
    mundialmente adverbio worldwide: es mundialmente reconocido como uno de los mejores escritores de este siglo, he's world famous as one of the best writers of this century

    ' mundialmente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    internationally
    - universally
    - world
    * * *
    es mundialmente conocido he's known throughout the world;
    es mundialmente famoso he's world-famous
    * * *
    adv throughout the world
    * * *
    : worldwide, all over the world

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundialmente

  • 17 necesidad de información

    Ex. Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.
    * * *

    Ex: Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > necesidad de información

  • 18 necesidad informativa

    Ex. Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.
    * * *

    Ex: Factors requiring special attention in the planning process in African countries include information needs of illiterates, information needs of women and children and the needs of rural communities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > necesidad informativa

  • 19 por todo el mundo

    = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over
    Ex. In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.
    Ex. Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.
    Ex. It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.
    Ex. The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.
    Ex. Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.
    Ex. It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex. Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.
    * * *
    = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over

    Ex: In 1985 there were 889 million illiterates worldwide.

    Ex: Today, it is possible to connect a computer terminal to a wide range of online computer-stored data around the world.
    Ex: It is difficult to make comparisons between library services across the globe = Es difícil establecer comparaciones entre los servicios bibliocarios de todo el mundo.
    Ex: The OCLC bibliographic database has become one of the world's premier library resources, consulted an average of 65 times a second by users around the globe.
    Ex: Fragmentation, competition and division is giving way to unification and cooperation as knowledge, technology, and capital flows across the world.
    Ex: It is a shining center of culture and political influence without peer around the planet.
    Ex: Every scientist, social scientist or humanist draws upon the findings and the thoughts of his predecessors or his current colleagues the world over.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por todo el mundo

  • 20 problemático

    adj.
    problematical, troublesome, problem, problematic.
    * * *
    1 (cuestión) problematic; (joven) difficult
    * * *
    (f. - problemática)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo problematic, difficult
    * * *
    = dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], sticky [stickier -comp., stickiest -sup.], troublesome, problem, problematic, problematical, problem-ridden, fractious, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], afoul.
    Ex. The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.
    Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    Ex. Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex. The negative aspects of adding such a problem-ridden medium to the library are far outweighed by the potential benefits video offers.
    Ex. Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    ----
    * cuestión problemática = sticky issue.
    * en una situación muy problemática = in deep water.
    * niño problemático = problem child.
    * persona problemática = troublemaker.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo problematic, difficult
    * * *
    = dodgy [dodgier -comp., dodgiest -sup.], sticky [stickier -comp., stickiest -sup.], troublesome, problem, problematic, problematical, problem-ridden, fractious, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], afoul.

    Ex: The statistical procedures from Czchekoslovakia and Romania have been pretty dodgy and unsatisfactory.

    Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    Ex: Problem patrons include, but are not limited to, illiterates simply seeking shelter, alcoholics, the homeless, the mentally disturbed, aggressive young people, and those with offensive odours.
    Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.
    Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.
    Ex: The negative aspects of adding such a problem-ridden medium to the library are far outweighed by the potential benefits video offers.
    Ex: Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    * cuestión problemática = sticky issue.
    * en una situación muy problemática = in deep water.
    * niño problemático = problem child.
    * persona problemática = troublemaker.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.

    * * *
    ‹asunto/situación› problematic, difficult
    eso puede resultar problemático that could be difficult o problematic o problematical
    * * *

    problemático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    problematic, difficult
    problemático,-a adjetivo problematic

    ' problemático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conflictiva
    - conflictivo
    - problemática
    English:
    disputable
    - problematic
    - problematical
    - troublesome
    * * *
    problemático, -a adj
    problematic;
    es un niño muy problemático he's a very difficult child
    * * *
    adj problematic
    * * *
    problemático, -ca adj
    : problematic

    Spanish-English dictionary > problemático

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