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  • 41 difícil

    adj.
    difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.
    Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.
    * * *
    1 difficult, hard
    2 (improbable) unlikely
    ■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there
    * * *
    adj.
    difficult, hard
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

    me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

    2) [persona] difficult
    3) * [cara] ugly
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].
    Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.
    Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    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 amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
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    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).
    * * *
    1)
    a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

    me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

    difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

    b) [estar] (fam)
    2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

    es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

    3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult
    * * *
    = arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

    Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

    Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.
    Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.
    Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.
    Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.
    Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.
    Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.
    Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.
    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 amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.
    * algo muy difícil = a tough sell.
    * aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * cuestión difícil = poser.
    * de difícil solución = intractable.
    * de la forma más difícil = the hard way.
    * difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.
    * difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.
    * difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].
    * difícil de descifrar = cryptic.
    * difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.
    * difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.
    * difícil de entender = cryptic.
    * difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.
    * difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.
    * difícil de hacer = hard to do.
    * difícil de localizar = irretraceable.
    * difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.
    * difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].
    * difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.
    * difícil de seguir = heavy going.
    * difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.
    * difícil de tratar = unruly.
    * empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.
    * en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.
    * encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.
    * encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.
    * encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.
    * encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * en épocas difíciles = in times of need.
    * enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.
    * en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.
    * hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.
    * hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.
    * meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.
    * metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.
    * muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.
    * por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * pregunta difícil = poser.
    * pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.
    * problema difícil = poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.
    * ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.
    * ser difícil = be a stretch.
    * ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.
    * ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.
    * ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.
    * ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.
    * situación difícil = hardship.
    * tarea difícil = hard task.
    * tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.
    * tenerlo difícil = not be easy.
    * tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

    * * *
    A
    1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult
    el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult
    es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem
    corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy
    con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that
    no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position
    me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him
    resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses
    cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job
    difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF
    mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please
    2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):
    está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)
    B [ SER]
    (poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely
    difícil QUE + SUBJ:
    va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept
    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win
    C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult
    un niño difícil a difficult child
    * * *

     

    difícil adjetivo
    1
    a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

    ‹ examen› hard, difficult;
    ◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

    es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
    b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

    2 ( poco probable) unlikely;

    veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
    difícil adjetivo
    1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
    difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
    difícil de soportar, hard to bear
    2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
    3 (una persona) difficult
    ' difícil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amarre
    - cañón
    - compaginación
    - concienciarse
    - delicada
    - delicado
    - despreocuparse
    - disyuntiva
    - engorrosa
    - engorroso
    - escabrosa
    - escabroso
    - escala
    - espinosa
    - espinoso
    - estrechamiento
    - gustar
    - harta
    - harto
    - hueso
    - impronunciable
    - insensible
    - judicatura
    - lance
    - mas
    - onerosa
    - oneroso
    - papelón
    - respirar
    - sí
    - tocha
    - tocho
    - viabilidad
    - arrecho
    - caprichoso
    - contentar
    - costar
    - creer
    - duro
    - epopeya
    - especial
    - esperar
    - esquivo
    - fregado
    - hacer
    - ingrato
    - jodido
    - malabarismo
    - mancha
    - manchar
    English:
    arduous
    - around
    - awkward
    - beating
    - choose
    - climb
    - concentrate
    - cumbersome
    - desperately
    - difficult
    - distance
    - dodgy
    - elusive
    - embark
    - folly
    - for
    - gap
    - grammar
    - hard
    - hard-won
    - housekeeper
    - immensely
    - injustice
    - lean
    - mess
    - problematic
    - problematical
    - realize
    - replacement
    - ruggedness
    - scramble
    - shake off
    - situation
    - so
    - sticky
    - stiff
    - surely
    - think ahead
    - to
    - tough
    - tricky
    - trying
    - agonizing
    - deep
    - demanding
    - going
    - increasingly
    - keep
    - likely
    - plight
    * * *
    1. [complicado] difficult;
    va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;
    son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;
    pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;
    no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;
    es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;
    hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;
    se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;
    ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;
    no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;
    serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;
    tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work
    2. [improbable] unlikely;
    puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;
    es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;
    no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen
    3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;
    es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;
    tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with
    * * *
    adj
    1 difficult;
    ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;
    difícil de decir hard o difficult to say
    :
    es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come
    * * *
    : difficult, hard
    * * *
    1. (en general) difficult
    2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difícil

  • 42 disponer

    v.
    1 to arrange.
    dispuso todo para el viaje he got everything ready for the journey
    Ella dispone las flores She arranges flowers.
    2 to lay on (cena, comida).
    3 to decide (decidir) (sujeto: persona).
    el juez dispuso que se cerrara el local the judge ordered that the premises be closed
    en su testamento dispuso que… she stated in her will that…
    según lo dispuesto en el artículo 8,… according to the provisions of Article 8,…
    4 to determine, to decide.
    Ella dispone las reglas She determines the rules.
    5 to decide to, to determine to, to resolve to.
    Ella dispone ahorrar She decides to save.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp dispuesto,-a)
    1 (colocar) to dispose, arrange, set out
    2 (preparar) to prepare, get ready
    3 (ordenar) to order, decree
    4 DERECHO to provide, stipulate
    1 (tener) to have (de, -)
    2 (hacer uso) to make use (de, of), have the use (de, of)
    1 (prepararse) to get ready (a, to), prepare (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    ( pp dispuesto)
    1. VT
    1) (=colocar) [por orden] to arrange; [en fila] to line up; [de otro modo] to set out

    dispón las sillas en círculo — set out o arrange the chairs in a circle

    2) (=preparar) to prepare, get ready

    dispuso la sala para el concierto — he prepared the hall o he got the hall ready for the concert

    3) (=mandar)
    a) [persona, comisión] to order; [juez] to rule, decree, order

    el juez ha dispuesto que tenía que pagar la multa — the judge ruled o decreed o ordered that he must pay the fine

    b) [en código, testamento] to lay down, stipulate

    el artículo 52 dispone que... — Article 52 lays down o stipulates that...

    dispuso que su patrimonio no fuera dividido — she laid down o stipulated that her estate should not be divided

    2. VI
    1)

    disponer de algo — (=tener) to have sth (at one's disposal)

    disponemos de muy poco tiempo — there is very little time available (to us), we have very little time (at our disposal)

    los medios de que disponemos — the means available to us, the means at our disposal

    2)

    disponer de algo — (=hacer uso de) to make use of sth, use sth

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) (establecer, ordenar) ley to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml); rey to decree; general/juez to order

    disponer que + subj: dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church; el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad — the judge ordered her release

    2) (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    2.

    disponer de alguien/algo — to have somebody/something at one's disposal

    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste — (frml) I am at your disposal (frml)

    ¿dispones de un minuto? — do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?

    3.
    disponerse v pron (frml)

    disponerse a + inf: mientras se disponían a tomar le tren as they were about to catch the train; la tropa se dispuso a atacar — the troops prepared to attack

    * * *
    = set, set + aside, dispose, set out, lay out.
    Ex. If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.
    Ex. A special note has been set aside for information about the person who is making the catalog entry.
    Ex. This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.
    Ex. The regulation sets out the requirement for compulsory notification of agreements to the Commission and gives the Commission powers to grant exemption to the rules.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    ----
    * cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.
    * disponer de = command, have + in place, make + use of, have at + Posesivo + disposal.
    * disponer de fax = be telefacsimile capable.
    * disponer de fondos = dispose of + funds.
    * disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.
    * el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.
    * plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) (establecer, ordenar) ley to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml); rey to decree; general/juez to order

    disponer que + subj: dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church; el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad — the judge ordered her release

    2) (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    2.

    disponer de alguien/algo — to have somebody/something at one's disposal

    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste — (frml) I am at your disposal (frml)

    ¿dispones de un minuto? — do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?

    3.
    disponerse v pron (frml)

    disponerse a + inf: mientras se disponían a tomar le tren as they were about to catch the train; la tropa se dispuso a atacar — the troops prepared to attack

    * * *
    = set, set + aside, dispose, set out, lay out.

    Ex: If no fines are to be charged for a particular combination of borrower and material type, set the maximum fine to zero.

    Ex: A special note has been set aside for information about the person who is making the catalog entry.
    Ex: This system promises to augment existing networks with the appropriate intelligence which will enable them to build, test, manage, maintain, change, dispose and withdraw services easily, rapidly and cost effectively.
    Ex: The regulation sets out the requirement for compulsory notification of agreements to the Commission and gives the Commission powers to grant exemption to the rules.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    * cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.
    * disponer de = command, have + in place, make + use of, have at + Posesivo + disposal.
    * disponer de fax = be telefacsimile capable.
    * disponer de fondos = dispose of + funds.
    * disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.
    * el hombre propone y Dios dispone = Man proposes, God disposes.
    * plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.
    * sin disponer de = in the absence of.

    * * *
    vt
    A ( frml) (establecer, ordenar) to provide ( frml), to stipulate ( frml)
    la ley dispone que … the law provides o stipulates that …
    en cumplimiento con lo dispuesto en el artículo primero in accordance with the provisions of article one
    disponer + INF:
    la junta ha dispuesto subir la cuota de los socios the committee has decided to increase membership fees
    el juez dispuso cumplir la orden de inmediato the judge ruled that the order be complied with immediately
    disponer QUE + SUBJ:
    dispuso que todos sus bienes pasaran a la Iglesia he laid down o stipulated that his entire estate should go to the Church, he bequeathed his entire estate to the Church
    se dispuso que se efectuara por la noche it was decided that it should be carried out at night
    el juez dispuso que fuera puesta en libertad the judge ordered her release o ordered that she should be freed
    la ley dispone que se haga así the law stipulates o says that it must be done like this
    B ( frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    ■ disponer
    vi
    1 (tener a disposición) disponer DE algn/algo to have sb/sth at one's disposal
    puede disponer de mí para lo que guste ( frml); I am at your disposal ( frml)
    ¿dispones de un minuto? do you have a minute?, have you got a minute?
    ya ni puedo disponer de lo que es mío now I can't even do what I like with what's mine
    dispone de cuatro años para pagar you have four years in which to pay
    con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposal
    2 (vender, dar) disponer DE algo to dispose OF sth
    ( frml) disponerse A + INF:
    mientras se disponían a tomar un tren as they were preparing to o were about to catch a train
    la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops made ready to o prepared to attack
    se había dispuesto a lograrlo en un plazo de dos años she had resolved to achieve it within two years
    * * *

     

    disponer ( conjugate disponer) verbo transitivo
    1 (frml) (establecer, ordenar) [ ley] to provide (frml), to stipulate (frml);
    [ rey] to decree;
    [general/juez] to order
    2 (frml) (colocar, arreglar) to arrange, set out, lay out
    verbo intransitivo: disponer de algo ‹de tiempo/ayuda› to have sth;
    ◊ con los recursos de que dispongo with the means available to me o at my disposal

    disponerse verbo pronominal (frml) mientras se disponían a tomar el tren as they were about to catch the train;
    la tropa se dispuso a atacar the troops prepared to attack
    disponer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (colocar) to arrange, set out
    2 (preparar) to prepare: lo dispuso todo para el encuentro, she prepared everything for the meeting
    3 (mandar, establecer) to lay down, state: así lo dispuso en su testamento, so he stipulated in his will
    II verbo intransitivo disponer de, to have at one's disposal

    ' disponer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    como
    - prever
    - arreglar
    - dispuse
    - distribuir
    - establecer
    - tener
    English:
    boast
    - dispose
    - lay out
    - redeploy
    - set out
    - disposal
    - dispose of
    - lay
    - put
    - will
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [colocar] to arrange;
    dispuso los libros por orden alfabético she arranged the books in alphabetical order
    2. [arreglar, preparar] to arrange;
    dispuso todo para el viaje he made all the arrangements for the journey;
    dispuso el salón para recibir a sus invitados she got the living-room ready for the guests
    3. [cena, comida] to lay on
    4. [determinar] [sujeto: persona] to decide;
    [sujeto: ley, cláusula] to stipulate;
    el juez dispuso que se cerrara el local the judge ordered that the premises be closed;
    en su testamento dispuso que… she stated in her will that…;
    el consejo de administración dispuso ampliar el capital de la empresa the board of directors decided to increase the company's capital;
    el gobierno dispuso que se hiciera así it was the government's decision that it should be done that way;
    según lo dispuesto en el artículo 8,… according to the provisions of Article 8,…;
    la ley dispone que no haya pena de cárcel para mayores de setenta y cinco años the law stipulates o lays down that people over the age of seventy-five cannot be sent to prison
    ♦ vi
    1.
    disponer de [poseer] to have;
    dispongo de todo el tiempo del mundo I have all the time in the world;
    el hotel dispone de piscina y cancha de tenis the hotel has a swimming pool and a tennis court;
    el personal de que disponemos no es suficiente the number of staff we have at the moment is insufficient
    2.
    disponer de [usar] to make use of;
    dispón de mi casa siempre que quieras you're welcome in my house whenever you like;
    puede disponer de mí para lo que quiera I'm entirely at your disposal if ever you need anything
    * * *
    <part dispuesto>
    I v/t
    1 ( arreglar) arrange
    2 ( preparar) prepare
    3 ( ordenar) stipulate
    II v/i
    :
    disponer de algo have sth at one’s disposal
    * * *
    disponer {60} vt
    1) : to arrange, to lay out
    2) : to stipulate, to order
    3) : to prepare
    disponer de : to have at one's disposal
    * * *
    1. (tener) to have
    2. (utilizar) to use

    Spanish-English dictionary > disponer

  • 43 endilgar

    v.
    to accuse of.
    El fiscal le endilgó un gran crimen The attorney accused him of a big crime
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 familiar (trabajo etc) to palm off onto, lumber with
    2 familiar (hacer aguantar) to make sit through, make listen to
    3 familiar (golpe) to land
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (fam)

    me endilgaron el trabajito — I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq)

    * * *
    = saddle with, dump, pawn off on.
    Ex. As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.
    Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
    Ex. The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.
    ----
    * endilgar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (fam)

    me endilgaron el trabajito — I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq)

    * * *
    = saddle with, dump, pawn off on.

    Ex: As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.

    Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
    Ex: The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.
    * endilgar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.

    * * *
    endilgar [A3 ]
    vt
    ( fam):
    nos endilgó un sermón de media hora por lo que habíamos hecho he lectured us for half an hour o he gave us a half-hour lecture about what we'd done
    al final me endilgaron a mí el trabajito in the end I got saddled o landed o ( BrE) lumbered with the job ( colloq)
    todos los trabajos aburridos me los endilga a mí he foists all the boring jobs on me
    como no está aquí le endilgan la culpa de todo he isn't here so they blame him for everything o they shove the blame for everything onto him
    me endilgó a los niños y se fue a la playa she dumped the kids on me and went off to the beach ( colloq)
    * * *

    endilgar ( conjugate endilgar) verbo transitivo (fam):

    me endilgaron el trabajito I got saddled o landed with the job (colloq);
    me endilgó a los niños she dumped the kids on me (colloq)

    ' endilgar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encajar
    * * *
    Fam
    endilgar algo a alguien [bulto, tarea] to lumber sb with sth;
    [sermón, discurso] to dish sth out to sb;
    me han endilgado la limpieza de la casa they've lumbered me with (the job of) cleaning the house;
    les endilgó una conferencia de dos horas she subjected them to a two hour lecture;
    me endilgaron a los niños el sábado por la noche they dumped their kids on me on Saturday evening
    * * *
    v/t
    1
    :
    me lo endilgó a mí fam he landed me with it fam
    2
    :
    endilgar un sermón a alguien fam lecture s.o., give s.o. a lecture
    * * *
    endilgar {52} vt, fam : to spring, to foist
    me endilgó la responsabilidad: he saddled me with the responsibility

    Spanish-English dictionary > endilgar

  • 44 endosar

    v.
    1 to endorse (commerce).
    Ellos endosaron su acción They endorsed his behavior.
    Ellos endosaron los documentos They endorsed the documents.
    2 to be endorsed to.
    Se me endosó el documento The document was endorsed to me.
    3 to back.
    Ellos endosaron la inversión They backed the investment.
    * * *
    1 to endorse
    2 familiar figurado to lumber with
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ cheque] to endorse, back
    2) (=confirmar) to confirm
    3) *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cheque/letra> to endorse
    b) (fam) endilgar
    * * *
    = saddle with, dump, pawn off on.
    Ex. As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.
    Ex. The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
    Ex. The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.
    ----
    * endosar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.
    * endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <cheque/letra> to endorse
    b) (fam) endilgar
    * * *
    = saddle with, dump, pawn off on.

    Ex: As information incumbents, large academic libraries are saddled with legacy assets, such as huge stores of books, public service systems, acquisitions, cataloguing, and bricks and mortar.

    Ex: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, ' dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.
    Ex: The author discusses methods of ensuring that mere technological change is not pawned off on us as technological progress.
    * endosar Algo a Alguien = land + Alguien + with + Nombre, offload + Nombre + onto, fob + Algo + off on + Alguien, fob + Alguien + off with + Algo.
    * endosar una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.

    * * *
    endosar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹cheque/letra› to endorse
    * * *

    endosar verbo transitivo
    1 (un cheque) to endorse
    2 fam (un trabajo) to lumber with: me endosaron la organización del viaje, I was lumbered with the arrangements for the tour
    ' endosar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    endorse
    * * *
    1. Com to endorse
    2. Fam [bulto, tarea]
    endosar algo a alguien to lumber o Br land sb with sth;
    le endosaron a los niños they lumbered her with the children
    * * *
    v/t COM endorse;
    me lo endosó a mí fam she landed me with it fam
    * * *
    : to endorse

    Spanish-English dictionary > endosar

  • 45 enrevesado

    adj.
    complicated, mixed-up, tangled, afoul.
    * * *
    1 complicated, difficult
    * * *
    ADJ [asunto] difficult, complex; [mente, carácter] twisted
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult
    * * *
    = convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.
    Ex. Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex. Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.
    Ex. Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < problema> complex, complicated; <explicación/instrucciones> complicated, involved; <carácter/persona> awkward, difficult
    * * *
    = convoluted, tortuous, circuitous, fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.], afoul.

    Ex: Many of Marshall McLuhan's observations were not new and often convoluted.

    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex: Everything is small and fiddly, and the user has to guess what is what.
    Ex: Dan, who had known from the start that things were afoul, demanded that officer show him their IDs.

    * * *
    1 ‹problema› complex, complicated; ‹explicación/instrucciones› complicated, involved
    2 ‹carácter/persona› awkward, difficult
    * * *

    enrevesado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    complicated
    enrevesado,-a adjetivo
    1 (problema, persona) complicated, difficult
    2 (camino) winding

    ' enrevesado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enrevesada
    - metafísica
    - metafísico
    English:
    convoluted
    - devious
    - garbled
    - involved
    * * *
    enrevesado, -a adj
    complex, complicated
    * * *
    adj complicated, involved
    * * *
    enrevesado, -da adj
    : complicated, involved

    Spanish-English dictionary > enrevesado

  • 46 finalizar

    v.
    1 to finish, to complete, to end.
    2 to finalize, to conclude, to end, to finish.
    Ella le dio fin a la discusión She put an end to the discussion.
    * * *
    1 to end, finish
    1 to end, finish
    * * *
    verb
    to finish, end
    * * *
    1.

    finalizar la sesión — (Inform) to log out, log off

    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.
    Ex. Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.
    Ex. A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex. Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex. Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex. Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex. An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex. At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex. The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex. A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex. The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex. Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex. The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex. Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    ----
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.

    Ex: Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

    Ex: A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex: Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex: Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex: An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex: At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex: The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex: Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex: The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex: His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex: Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.

    * * *
    finalizar [A4 ]
    vt
    to finish
    debemos finalizar este trabajo hoy we must finish o complete this work today
    poco antes de dar por finalizada su estancia shortly before the end of her stay
    ■ finalizar
    vi
    to end
    el debate está a punto de finalizar the debate is about to end o ( frml) come to a close
    así finaliza la emisión de hoy and that brings us to the end of today's programs
    una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over
    * * *

     

    finalizar ( conjugate finalizar) verbo transitivo
    to finish
    verbo intransitivo
    to end;
    ◊ una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over

    finalizar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to end, finish

    ' finalizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    después
    - liquidación
    - parar
    - remachar
    English:
    assume
    - conclude
    - draw
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [terminar] to finish, to complete; [contrato] to complete
    ♦ vi
    to end, to finish ( con in);
    el plazo de inscripciones ya finalizó the deadline for registration has passed;
    la ceremonia finalizó con un desfile the ceremony ended with a parade
    * * *
    v/t & v/i end, finish
    * * *
    finalizar {21} v
    : to finish, to end
    * * *
    1. (acabar) to finish
    2. (terminarse) to end

    Spanish-English dictionary > finalizar

  • 47 generoso

    adj.
    1 generous, bighearted, big-hearted, broad.
    2 generous, abundant, ample, handsome.
    * * *
    1 generous (con/para, to)
    * * *
    (f. - generosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=dadivoso) generous
    2) (=noble) noble, magnanimous
    3) ( Hist) highborn, noble
    4) [vino] rich, full-bodied
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter> generous
    b) <cantidad/propina> generous
    c) < vino> full-bodied
    * * *
    = generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, sharing, selfless, unstinting, unselfish, open-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.
    Ex. Many libraries have built I & R services into their budgets on a fairly generous scale.
    Ex. Library staffing levels were lavish and opening hours long.
    Ex. It is quite true that the liberal use of crossreferences can overcome these problems.
    Ex. It's important that we not think we'd be munificent benefactors, bringing a sack full of goodies to share.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.
    Ex. The revolutionary people of the world are unstinting in their praise.
    Ex. True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex. I agree with you that there should be open-hearted dialogue and discussion between the people of these two countries.
    Ex. Relaxing, joking and just being around guys and gals who are good-hearted people was just the ticket we needed.
    Ex. But there are many big-hearted women in South Africa who love and care for children who don't have parents of their own.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter> generous
    b) <cantidad/propina> generous
    c) < vino> full-bodied
    * * *
    = generous, lavish, liberal, munificent, sharing, selfless, unstinting, unselfish, open-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

    Ex: Many libraries have built I & R services into their budgets on a fairly generous scale.

    Ex: Library staffing levels were lavish and opening hours long.
    Ex: It is quite true that the liberal use of crossreferences can overcome these problems.
    Ex: It's important that we not think we'd be munificent benefactors, bringing a sack full of goodies to share.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.
    Ex: The revolutionary people of the world are unstinting in their praise.
    Ex: True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex: I agree with you that there should be open-hearted dialogue and discussion between the people of these two countries.
    Ex: Relaxing, joking and just being around guys and gals who are good-hearted people was just the ticket we needed.
    Ex: But there are many big-hearted women in South Africa who love and care for children who don't have parents of their own.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/carácter› generous
    no es muy generoso con el vino he isn't very generous with the wine
    fueron muy generosos con nosotros they were very generous to us
    es de espíritu generoso y noble she has a generous and noble spirit
    2 ‹cantidad› generous
    una propina muy generosa a very generous tip
    3 ‹vino› generous, full-bodied, full-flavored*
    * * *

    generoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    generous
    generoso,-a adjetivo
    1 generous [con, to]
    una ración generosa, a generous portion
    2 (vino añejo) full-bodied

    ' generoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desprendida
    - desprendido
    - espléndida
    - espléndido
    - garbosa
    - garboso
    - generosa
    - liberal
    - pródiga
    - pródigo
    - ruin
    - manirroto
    English:
    bounteous
    - bountiful
    - charitable
    - equate
    - generous
    - handsome
    - lavish
    - liberal
    - ample
    - rich
    * * *
    generoso, -a adj
    1. [dadivoso] generous;
    fue muy generoso con sus hermanos he was very generous to his brothers and sisters;
    ha sido muy generoso de tu parte it was very generous of you;
    Irónico
    ¡gracias, generoso! you're too kind!
    2. [grande] generous;
    una ración generosa a generous helping;
    una mujer de formas generosas a woman with an ample figure, an amply proportioned woman
    3. [vino] generous, full-bodied
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona generous
    2 vino full-bodied
    * * *
    generoso, -sa adj
    1) : generous, unselfish
    2) : ample
    * * *
    generoso adj generous

    Spanish-English dictionary > generoso

  • 48 imponer

    v.
    1 to set (moda).
    2 to be imposing.
    3 to impose, to enforce, to compel, to foist.
    Ella impone el reglamento She imposes the rules.
    4 to stipulate, to set, to determine, to lay down.
    Elsa impone el plan de acción Elsa stipulates the plan of action.
    5 to be imposed upon.
    Se me impuso una regla estúpida A stupid rule was imposed on me.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp impuesto,-a)
    1 (ley, límite, sanción) to impose
    2 (obediencia) to exact
    3 (respeto) to inspire
    4 FINANZAS (cantidad) to deposit
    1 (asustar) to be frightening
    1 to impose one's authority (a, on)
    2 (obligarse) to force oneself to
    3 (prevalecer) to prevail
    4 (predominar) to become fashionable
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    ( pp impuesto)
    1. VT
    1) (=poner) [+ castigo, obligación] to impose; [+ tarea] to set

    no quiero imponerte nada, solo darte un buen consejo — I don't want to force you to do anything o I don't want to impose anything on you, just to give you some good advice

    2) frm (=conceder) [+ medalla] to award

    a la princesa le impusieron el nombre de Mercedes — the princess was given the name Mercedes, the princess was named Mercedes

    3) (=hacer prevalecer) [+ voluntad, costumbre] to impose; [+ norma] to enforce; [+ miedo] to instil; [+ condición] to lay down, impose; [+ enseñanza, uso] to make compulsory

    • imponer la moda — to set the trend

    algunos creadores japoneses imponen su moda en Occidente — some Japanese designers have successfully brought their fashions over to the West

    • imponer respeto — to command respect

    • imponer el ritmo — to set the pace

    4) (Com, Econ) [+ dinero] to deposit; [+ impuesto] to put (a, sobre on)
    levy (a, sobre on)

    han impuesto nuevas tasas sobre los servicios básicos — they have put o levied new taxes on essential services

    5) (=instruir)
    6) (Rel)
    7) Chile to pay (in contributions), pay (in Social Security)
    2. VI
    1) (=intimidar) [persona] to command respect; [edificio] to be imposing; [arma] to be intimidating

    ¿no te impone dormir solo? — don't you find it rather scary sleeping on your own?

    2) Chile to pay contributions, pay one's Social Security
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (frml) <castigo/multa> to impose (frml)
    b) (frml) <gravamen/impuesto> to impose, levy (frml)
    c) < obligación> to impose, place; < opinión> to impose; <reglas/condiciones> to impose, enforce; < tarea> to set
    d) < respeto> to command; < temor> to inspire, instill*
    e) < moda> to set
    2) (frml) (+ me/te/le etc) <condecoración/medalla> to confer; < nombre> to give
    3) ( informar)

    imponer a alguien de or en algo — to inform somebody of o about something

    4) (Esp frml) <dinero/fondos> to deposit
    5) (Chi) ( a la seguridad social) to contribute
    2.
    imponer vi (infundir respeto, admiración) to be imposing
    3.
    imponerse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) <horario/meta> to set oneself
    b) idea to become established
    c) (frml) cambio/decisión to be imperative (frml)
    d) color/estilo to come into fashion
    2) ( hacerse respetar) to assert oneself o one's authority
    3) (frml) ( vencer) to win

    imponerse a alguien/algo — to defeat o beat somebody/something

    4) (frml) ( informarse)
    5) (Méx) ( acostumbrarse)
    * * *
    = be awe-inspiring, dictate, lay on, impose, enjoin, inflict, enforce, thrust on/upon, mete out.
    Ex. Yet the speed of action, the intricacy of trails, the detail of mental pictures, is awe-inspiring beyond all else in nature.
    Ex. Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex. Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.
    Ex. Results suggest that the structure imposed on a small document collection by an automatically produced subject representation is unrelated to the structure imposed on the documents by relevance relationships.
    Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex. This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex. Different responsibilities will be thrust upon librarians as their work becomes an increasingly vital complement to academic work, in particular assisting academics and students alike in creating order out of the chaos that is the Internet.
    Ex. Governmental intervention has been criticized for the lenience of penalties meted out & the lack of a cohesive strategy.
    ----
    * imponer a = intrude on.
    * imponer autoridad = lay down + the law.
    * imponer castigo = mete out + punishment.
    * imponer condena = impose + prison sentence.
    * imponer exigencias a = place + demands on.
    * imponer impuestos = impose + VAT.
    * imponer multa = impose + penalty.
    * imponer orden = impose + order, bring + order.
    * imponer orden en donde hay caos = bring + order out of chaos.
    * imponer + Posesivo + autoridad = pull + rank.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * imponer respeto = stand in + awe.
    * imponer restricciones a = impose + limits on.
    * imponer sanción económica = levy + fine.
    * imponer sanciones = exercise + sanctions.
    * imponerse = prevail, obtrude (into), take + hold, put + Posesivo + foot down, overrule.
    * imponerse a Uno mismo = self-mandate.
    * imponerse disciplina = discipline + Reflexivo.
    * imponer sentencia = mete out + sentence.
    * imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.
    * imponer una carga = place + burden.
    * imponer una condición = place + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación = place + restraint, impose + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación (sobre) = place + constraint (on/upon).
    * imponer una limitación sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * imponer una norma = place + prescription.
    * imponer una restricción = place + requirement, place + restraint.
    * imponer una restricción sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * imponer una sanción = impose + sanction.
    * imponer una tarea = task.
    * imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (frml) <castigo/multa> to impose (frml)
    b) (frml) <gravamen/impuesto> to impose, levy (frml)
    c) < obligación> to impose, place; < opinión> to impose; <reglas/condiciones> to impose, enforce; < tarea> to set
    d) < respeto> to command; < temor> to inspire, instill*
    e) < moda> to set
    2) (frml) (+ me/te/le etc) <condecoración/medalla> to confer; < nombre> to give
    3) ( informar)

    imponer a alguien de or en algo — to inform somebody of o about something

    4) (Esp frml) <dinero/fondos> to deposit
    5) (Chi) ( a la seguridad social) to contribute
    2.
    imponer vi (infundir respeto, admiración) to be imposing
    3.
    imponerse v pron
    1)
    a) (refl) <horario/meta> to set oneself
    b) idea to become established
    c) (frml) cambio/decisión to be imperative (frml)
    d) color/estilo to come into fashion
    2) ( hacerse respetar) to assert oneself o one's authority
    3) (frml) ( vencer) to win

    imponerse a alguien/algo — to defeat o beat somebody/something

    4) (frml) ( informarse)
    5) (Méx) ( acostumbrarse)
    * * *
    = be awe-inspiring, dictate, lay on, impose, enjoin, inflict, enforce, thrust on/upon, mete out.

    Ex: Yet the speed of action, the intricacy of trails, the detail of mental pictures, is awe-inspiring beyond all else in nature.

    Ex: Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex: Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.
    Ex: Results suggest that the structure imposed on a small document collection by an automatically produced subject representation is unrelated to the structure imposed on the documents by relevance relationships.
    Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex: This article discusses the budget cuts inflicted on Australian libraries.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex: Different responsibilities will be thrust upon librarians as their work becomes an increasingly vital complement to academic work, in particular assisting academics and students alike in creating order out of the chaos that is the Internet.
    Ex: Governmental intervention has been criticized for the lenience of penalties meted out & the lack of a cohesive strategy.
    * imponer a = intrude on.
    * imponer autoridad = lay down + the law.
    * imponer castigo = mete out + punishment.
    * imponer condena = impose + prison sentence.
    * imponer exigencias a = place + demands on.
    * imponer impuestos = impose + VAT.
    * imponer multa = impose + penalty.
    * imponer orden = impose + order, bring + order.
    * imponer orden en donde hay caos = bring + order out of chaos.
    * imponer + Posesivo + autoridad = pull + rank.
    * imponer recortes = impose + cuts.
    * imponer respeto = stand in + awe.
    * imponer restricciones a = impose + limits on.
    * imponer sanción económica = levy + fine.
    * imponer sanciones = exercise + sanctions.
    * imponerse = prevail, obtrude (into), take + hold, put + Posesivo + foot down, overrule.
    * imponerse a Uno mismo = self-mandate.
    * imponerse disciplina = discipline + Reflexivo.
    * imponer sentencia = mete out + sentence.
    * imponerse una tarea = task + Reflexivo.
    * imponer una carga = place + burden.
    * imponer una condición = place + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación = place + restraint, impose + limitation.
    * imponer una limitación (sobre) = place + constraint (on/upon).
    * imponer una limitación sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * imponer una norma = place + prescription.
    * imponer una restricción = place + requirement, place + restraint.
    * imponer una restricción sobre Algo = impose + constraint upon.
    * imponer una sanción = impose + sanction.
    * imponer una tarea = task.
    * imponer una tarea a Alguien = foist + Nombre + on + Alguien + as a duty.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 ( frml); ‹castigo/pena/multa› to impose ( frml)
    el gobierno impuso el toque de queda the government imposed a curfew
    le impusieron una pena de 20 años de cárcel he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, they imposed a 20-year prison sentence on him
    2 ( frml); ‹gravamen/impuesto› to impose, levy ( frml)
    3 ‹obligación› to impose, place; ‹opinión› to impose; ‹reglas/condiciones› to impose, enforce; ‹tarea› to set
    no lo sienten como una cosa impuesta they don't see it as an imposition o as something imposed upon them
    no te estoy tratando de imponer nada, sólo te estoy advirtiendo de un posible peligro I'm not trying to tell you what to do, I'm just warning you of a possible danger
    siempre tiene que imponer su punto de vista he always has to impose his point of view
    4 ‹respeto› to command; ‹temor› to inspire, instill*
    5 ‹moda› to set
    B ( frml) (+ me/te/le etc) ‹condecoración› to confer; ‹nombre› to give; ‹medalla› to confer
    le impuso la máxima condecoración civil he conferred the highest civil award on o upon him
    se le impuso el nombre de `calle de los Mártires' it was given the name of `street of the Martyrs'
    C (informar) imponer a algn DE or EN algo to inform sb OF o ABOUT sth
    D ( Relig):
    imponerle las manos a algn to lay one's hands upon o on sb
    E ( Esp frml) ‹dinero/fondos› to deposit
    F ( Chi) (a la seguridad social) to contribute
    ■ imponer
    vi
    (infundir respeto, admiración) to be imposing
    su mera presencia impone he has an imposing presence, his mere presence is imposing
    su dominio de la situación impone his command of the situation is impressive
    A
    1 ( refl) ‹horario› to set oneself; ‹régimen› to impose … on oneself
    2 «idea» to become established
    3 ( frml); «cambio/decisión» to be imperative ( frml)
    se impone tomar una decisión hoy mismo it is imperative that a decision is o be made today
    se impone la necesidad de un cambio a change is imperative, there is an urgent need for a change
    4 ‹color/estilo› to come into fashion, become fashionable
    este invierno se han impuesto las faldas por debajo de la rodilla skirts below the knee have become fashionable o have come into fashion this winter
    B (hacerse respetar) to assert oneself o one's authority
    C ( frml) (vencer) to win
    se impuso por puntos he won on points
    se impondrá el sentido común common sense will prevail
    imponerse A algn/algo to defeat o beat sb/sth
    se impusieron a China por siete carreras a dos they beat China by seven runs to two
    D ( frml) (enterarse) imponerse DE algo to acquaint oneself WITH sth
    E ( Méx) (acostumbrarse) imponerse A algo; to become accustomed TO sth
    * * *

     

    imponer ( conjugate imponer) verbo transitivo (frml)
    a) to impose (frml);


    b) ‹ respeto› to command;

    ‹ temor› to inspire, instill( conjugate instill)
    c) ‹ moda› to set

    imponerse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( refl) ‹horario/meta› to set oneself


    c) [color/estilo] to come into fashion

    2 ( hacerse respetar) to assert oneself o one's authority
    3 (frml) ( vencer) to win;

    imponer verbo transitivo
    1 to impose: impuso su criterio contra el de todos, she imposed her viewpoint over that of others
    2 (sobrecoger) to be impressive: la visión de la sangre le impone mucho, he can't stand the sight of blood
    (suscitar respeto) to inspire respect
    3 Fin to deposit
    ' imponer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sancionar
    - impuse
    - poner
    English:
    apply
    - compel
    - dictate
    - enforce
    - impose
    - keep
    - levy
    - reimpose
    - sanction
    - command
    - embargo
    - inflict
    - mete out
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [forzar a aceptar]
    imponer algo (a alguien) to impose sth (on sb);
    a nadie le gusta que le impongan obligaciones no one likes to have responsibilities forced upon them;
    desde el principio el campeón impuso un fuerte ritmo de carrera the champion set a healthy pace right from the start of the race;
    el profesor impuso silencio en la clase the teacher silenced the class;
    una política impuesta por el Banco Mundial a policy imposed by the World Bank
    2. [aplicar]
    imponer una multa/un castigo a alguien to impose a fine/a punishment on sb;
    el juez le impuso una pena de dos años de cárcel the judge sentenced him to two years' imprisonment;
    le impusieron la difícil tarea de sanear las finanzas de la empresa he was charged with the difficult task of straightening out the company's finances;
    impusieron la obligatoriedad de llevar casco they made it compulsory to wear a helmet
    3. [inspirar] [miedo, admiración] to inspire (a in);
    imponer respeto (a alguien) to command respect (from sb)
    4. [establecer] [moda] to set;
    [costumbre] to introduce
    5. [asignar] [nombre] to give;
    [medalla, condecoración, título] to award;
    a la isla se le impuso el nombre de su descubridor the island was named after the person who discovered it;
    le fue impuesto el título de doctor honoris causa por la Universidad de México he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Mexico
    6. [tributos, cargas fiscales] to impose (a on)
    7. [en banca] to deposit
    ♦ vi
    to be imposing;
    el edificio impone por sus grandes dimensiones the size of the building makes it very imposing;
    imponía con su presencia he had an imposing presence
    * * *
    <part impuesto>
    I v/t
    1 impose; impuesto impose, levy
    2 miedo, respeto inspire
    II v/i be imposing o
    impressive
    * * *
    imponer {60} vt
    1) : to impose
    2) : to confer
    : to be impressive, to command respect
    * * *
    imponer vb to impose

    Spanish-English dictionary > imponer

  • 49 sinuoso

    adj.
    1 crooked, twisted.
    2 sinuous, meandering, full of twists and turns, waving.
    * * *
    1 (camino) winding
    2 figurado (argumento) tortuous; (persona) devious
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=con curvas) [camino] winding, sinuous; [línea, raya] wavy; [rumbo] devious
    2) [persona, actitud] devious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (liter)
    a) <camino/carretera> winding, sinuous (liter)
    b) <personalidad/conducta> devious
    * * *
    = tortuous, crooked, circuitous, curving, winding, meandering, slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].
    Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.
    Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex. The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex. Finnish libraries in general are distinguished by the use of split-levels, skylights and curving lines.
    Ex. The volunteers were asked to follow the experimenter through the winding streets of a medieval town centre.
    Ex. Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.
    Ex. The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (liter)
    a) <camino/carretera> winding, sinuous (liter)
    b) <personalidad/conducta> devious
    * * *
    = tortuous, crooked, circuitous, curving, winding, meandering, slinky [slinkier -comp., slinkiest -sup.].

    Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

    Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex: The printed indexes provided are difficult to use and do not give enough detail, resulting in lengthy and sometimes circuitous searches for required information.
    Ex: Finnish libraries in general are distinguished by the use of split-levels, skylights and curving lines.
    Ex: The volunteers were asked to follow the experimenter through the winding streets of a medieval town centre.
    Ex: Meanings in art come in layers, their ways forking and crossing one another like the meandering paths of a labyrinth.
    Ex: The soldier, with his slinky walk, looked straight ahead while sipping vodka to burn the pain.

    * * *
    sinuoso -sa
    1 ‹camino/carretera› winding, full of bends, sinuous ( liter)
    2 ‹personalidad/conducta› devious
    * * *

    sinuoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (río, trayecto) winding
    2 pey (disimulado, retorcido) devious
    ' sinuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sinuosa
    English:
    winding
    - crooked
    - devious
    - tortuous
    - wind
    * * *
    sinuoso, -a adj
    1. [camino] winding
    2. [movimiento] sinuous
    3. [disimulado] devious
    * * *
    adj winding
    * * *
    sinuoso, -sa adj
    1) : winding, sinuous
    2) : devious

    Spanish-English dictionary > sinuoso

  • 50 sitiar

    v.
    1 to besiege.
    2 to surround.
    3 to lay siege to, to close in, to corner, to hem in.
    * * *
    1 to besiege, lay siege to
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=asediar) to besiege, lay siege to
    2) (=acorralar) to corner, hem in
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) to besiege
    b) ( acorralar) to corner
    * * *
    = come under + siege, besiege.
    Ex. The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) to besiege
    b) ( acorralar) to corner
    * * *
    = come under + siege, besiege.

    Ex: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.

    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.

    * * *
    sitiar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ( Mil) to besiege
    sitiaron la ciudad they besieged o laid siege to the city
    estamos sitiados we are under siege
    2 (acorralar) to corner, hem … in on all sides
    * * *

    sitiar ( conjugate sitiar) verbo transitivo
    a) (Mil) to besiege;



    sitiar verbo transitivo to besiege
    ' sitiar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    besiege
    - siege
    * * *
    sitiar vt
    1. [cercar] to besiege;
    sitiaron el castillo they laid siege to o besieged the castle
    2. [acorralar] to surround
    * * *
    v/t surround, lay siege to
    * * *
    sitiar vt
    asediar: to besiege

    Spanish-English dictionary > sitiar

  • 51 sofocar

    v.
    1 to suffocate, to stifle.
    El criminal sofoca a Ricardo The criminal suffocates Richard.
    2 to put out, to smother (incendio).
    3 to suppress, to quell.
    Miguel sofoca su ira Mike quells his anger.
    4 to mortify.
    5 to quench, to extinguish, to put out.
    Elsa sofocó el fuego Elsa quenched the fire.
    6 to embarrass, to make nervous.
    Su actitud sofocó a Ricardo Her attitude embarrassed Richard.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (ahogar) to suffocate, stifle, smother
    2 figurado (abochornar) to make blush
    3 figurado (incendio) to put out, extinguish; (rebelión) to suppress, put down
    1 (de calor etc) to suffocate
    3 familiar (enfadarse) to get upset, get angry
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=ahogar) [calor] to stifle; [fuego, humo] to suffocate
    2) (=apagar) [+ incendio] to smother, put out; [+ rebelión] to crush, put down; [+ epidemia] to stamp out
    3) (=enojar) to anger, upset
    4) (=avergonzar) to embarrass
    5) (=sonrojar) to make... blush
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < fuego> to smother, put out; <motín/revolución> to stifle, put down
    2.
    sofocarse v pron ( acalorarse) to get upset o (colloq) worked up
    * * *
    = smother, quench, quell, strangle, snuff out, stifle, stamp out, weigh down.
    Ex. This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.
    Ex. By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
    Ex. The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex. The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < fuego> to smother, put out; <motín/revolución> to stifle, put down
    2.
    sofocarse v pron ( acalorarse) to get upset o (colloq) worked up
    * * *
    = smother, quench, quell, strangle, snuff out, stifle, stamp out, weigh down.

    Ex: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = Este artículo esboza las etapas preparatorias y describe algunos de los problemas que presentan las condiciones físicas de una gran cantidad de tiendas de campaña empapadas por la lluvia o cubiertas por el polvo.

    Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
    Ex: The something that had ached in Zach Ponderal all week and which he thought he had finally quelled, started aching again.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: The producer did a 'hatchet job' on the film, substantially dumbing down the project and snuffing out any subtlety or nuance.
    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex: The existence of the Internet and World Wide Web has made it almost impossible to stamp out crimes committed by hackers.
    Ex: The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.

    * * *
    sofocar [A2 ]
    vt
    ‹fuego› to smother, put out; ‹motín/revolución› to stifle, put down
    este calor me sofoca this heat is suffocating o stifling
    1 ( fam) (acalorarse) to get upset o ( colloq) worked up
    2 ( fam) (avergonzarse) to get embarrassed:
    3 (por el calor) to suffocate
    4 (por un esfuerzo) to get out of breath
    * * *

    sofocar ( conjugate sofocar) verbo transitivo ‹ fuego› to smother, put out;
    ‹motín/revolución› to stifle, put down
    sofocarse verbo pronominal ( acalorarse) to get upset o (colloq) worked up
    sofocar verbo transitivo
    1 (un incendio) to extinguish, smother: los bomberos sofocaron las llamas, the firemen smothered the flames
    (una rebelión) to put out: el ejército sofocó la revuelta, the army crushed the rebellion
    (una protesta) to stifle: los antidisturbios sofocaron la manifestación, the riot police brought the protest under control
    (un grito, ruido) to muffle, stifle
    (un sentimiento) to control
    2 (asfixiar) to suffocate
    3 (abochornar) to embarrass
    ' sofocar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    damp
    - put down
    - smother
    - stamp out
    - stifle
    - douse
    - over
    - put
    - quash
    - quell
    - quench
    - stamp
    - suppress
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ahogar, abrasar] to suffocate, to stifle
    2. [incendio] to put out, to smother
    3. [rebelión] to suppress, to quell
    4. [agobiar] [con trabajo] to overburden
    5. [avergonzar] to embarrass
    * * *
    v/t
    1 suffocate
    2 incendio put out
    * * *
    sofocar {72} vt
    1) ahogar: to suffocate, to smother
    2) extinguir: to extinguish, to put out (a fire)
    3) aplastar: to crush, to put down
    sofocar una rebelión: to crush a rebellion
    * * *
    1. (apagar) to put out [pt. & pp. put]
    2. (ahogar) to suffocate

    Spanish-English dictionary > sofocar

  • 52 verdaderamente

    adv.
    1 really.
    verdaderamente, no sé cómo lo soportas I really o honestly don't know how you put up with him
    2 truly, really (muy).
    intj.
    truly, yea.
    * * *
    1 (en verdad) really, truly
    2 (de hecho) in fact, actually
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=de verdad) really
    2) (con adjetivo) really, truly

    y verdaderamente, el sitio no es nada especial — and indeed, the place is nothing special

    * * *
    a) <feliz/asqueroso/difícil> really

    verdaderamente, no sé qué hacer — I honestly o really don't know what to do

    * * *
    = positively, seriously, true, truly.
    Ex. The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.
    Ex. Library users may not all be scholars -- they often do not have a particular title in mind -- but they do have serious information needs and they seriously need access to the library's collection.
    Ex. True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex. Work continues on translations, and these will contribute to AACR's role as a truly international code.
    ----
    * real y verdaderamente = really and truly.
    * verdaderamente + Adjetivo = positively + Adjetivo.
    * verdaderamente dicho = in disguise.
    * * *
    a) <feliz/asqueroso/difícil> really

    verdaderamente, no sé qué hacer — I honestly o really don't know what to do

    * * *
    = positively, seriously, true, truly.

    Ex: The debate as to which is the most effective way to classify books has not been positively settled.

    Ex: Library users may not all be scholars -- they often do not have a particular title in mind -- but they do have serious information needs and they seriously need access to the library's collection.
    Ex: True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex: Work continues on translations, and these will contribute to AACR's role as a truly international code.
    * real y verdaderamente = really and truly.
    * verdaderamente + Adjetivo = positively + Adjetivo.
    * verdaderamente dicho = in disguise.

    * * *
    1 ‹feliz/asqueroso/difícil› really
    es un caso verdaderamente triste it's a really sad case
    2 ( indep) honestly
    verdaderamente, no sé adónde vamos a ir a parar I honestly o really don't know where all this is going to end, honestly, I don't know where all this is going to end
    * * *

    verdaderamente adverbio really
    ' verdaderamente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    monótona
    - monótono
    - realmente
    English:
    downright
    - lovable
    - really
    - truly
    - urgent
    - if
    - positively
    - thrill
    * * *
    1. [de verdad] really;
    verdaderamente, no sé cómo lo soportas I really o honestly don't know how you put up with him;
    ¡qué tonto es! – verdaderamente he's so stupid! – you can say that again!
    2. [muy] truly, really;
    * * *
    adv really
    * * *
    : really, truly
    * * *
    1. (en verdad) really / truly
    2. (de hecho) actually

    Spanish-English dictionary > verdaderamente

  • 53 εμφανίας

    ἐμφανίᾱς, ἐμφανία
    information laid: fem acc pl
    ἐμφανίᾱς, ἐμφανία
    information laid: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

    Morphologia Graeca > εμφανίας

  • 54 ἐμφανίας

    ἐμφανίᾱς, ἐμφανία
    information laid: fem acc pl
    ἐμφανίᾱς, ἐμφανία
    information laid: fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ἐμφανίας

  • 55 almacenamiento

    m.
    1 storage (gen) & (computing).
    2 stockpile, stock, supply.
    3 storing.
    * * *
    1 (acción) storage, warehousing
    3 INFORMÁTICA storage
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM [en almacén, depósito] warehousing; (Inform) storage

    almacenamiento temporal en disco — spooling, disk spooling

    * * *
    = storage, warehousing, hoarding, archiving, storing.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. Perhaps university libraries are concentrating on finding low-use book storage on the campus or in cheap local warehousing premises.
    Ex. Too often, the librarian's expertise is seen as a hoarding function.
    Ex. Duplicating, archiving, and the option of computerised indexing is also discussed = También se trata de la duplicación, archivo y de la opción de indización automática.
    Ex. As the world price declines, the difference between the value of exporting and the value of storing decreases.
    ----
    * almacenamiento de archivo = archival storage.
    * almacenamiento de datos = data storage.
    * almacenamiento de imágenes = image archiving, image storage.
    * almacenamiento de la información = information storage.
    * almacenamiento digital = digital archiving.
    * almacenamiento eléctrico = capacitance.
    * almacenamiento electrónico = electronic archiving (e-archiving).
    * almacenamiento en archivadores = cabinet storage.
    * almacenamiento en archivadores giratorios = rotary storage.
    * almacenamiento en armarios = cabinet storage.
    * almacenamiento masivo = mass storage.
    * almacenamiento óptico = optical storage.
    * almacenamiento secundario = secondary storage.
    * almacenamiento y recuperación de la información = storage and retrieval, information storage and retrieval (ISR).
    * almacenamiento y recuperación automatizada de la información = computerised information retrieval and storage.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * capacidad de almacenamiento = storage capacity.
    * condiciones de almacenamiento = storage conditions.
    * disco de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage disc.
    * dispositivo de almacenamiento = storage device.
    * dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.
    * espacio de almacenamiento = storage space.
    * espacio de almacenamiento en disco = drive storage space.
    * medio de almacenamiento = storage medium.
    * medio de almacenamiento físico = physical storage media.
    * medios de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage media.
    * medios digitalizados de almacenamiento de información = digitised media.
    * memoria de almacenamiento = backing store.
    * memoria de almacenamiento óptico = optical memory.
    * optimizar el espacio de almacenamiento = maximise + storage space.
    * sistema de almacenamiento y recuperación de la información = information storage and retrieval system.
    * tecnología de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage technology.
    * * *
    = storage, warehousing, hoarding, archiving, storing.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.

    Ex: Perhaps university libraries are concentrating on finding low-use book storage on the campus or in cheap local warehousing premises.
    Ex: Too often, the librarian's expertise is seen as a hoarding function.
    Ex: Duplicating, archiving, and the option of computerised indexing is also discussed = También se trata de la duplicación, archivo y de la opción de indización automática.
    Ex: As the world price declines, the difference between the value of exporting and the value of storing decreases.
    * almacenamiento de archivo = archival storage.
    * almacenamiento de datos = data storage.
    * almacenamiento de imágenes = image archiving, image storage.
    * almacenamiento de la información = information storage.
    * almacenamiento digital = digital archiving.
    * almacenamiento eléctrico = capacitance.
    * almacenamiento electrónico = electronic archiving (e-archiving).
    * almacenamiento en archivadores = cabinet storage.
    * almacenamiento en archivadores giratorios = rotary storage.
    * almacenamiento en armarios = cabinet storage.
    * almacenamiento masivo = mass storage.
    * almacenamiento óptico = optical storage.
    * almacenamiento secundario = secondary storage.
    * almacenamiento y recuperación de la información = storage and retrieval, information storage and retrieval (ISR).
    * almacenamiento y recuperación automatizada de la información = computerised information retrieval and storage.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * capacidad de almacenamiento = storage capacity.
    * condiciones de almacenamiento = storage conditions.
    * disco de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage disc.
    * dispositivo de almacenamiento = storage device.
    * dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.
    * espacio de almacenamiento = storage space.
    * espacio de almacenamiento en disco = drive storage space.
    * medio de almacenamiento = storage medium.
    * medio de almacenamiento físico = physical storage media.
    * medios de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage media.
    * medios digitalizados de almacenamiento de información = digitised media.
    * memoria de almacenamiento = backing store.
    * memoria de almacenamiento óptico = optical memory.
    * optimizar el espacio de almacenamiento = maximise + storage space.
    * sistema de almacenamiento y recuperación de la información = information storage and retrieval system.
    * tecnología de almacenamiento óptico = optical storage technology.

    * * *
    storage
    me cobraron $50 por el or de almacenamiento they charged me $50 (for) storage o for storing it
    almacenamiento de datos data storage, storage
    almacenamiento de residuos nucleares storage of nuclear waste
    hicieron un buen almacenamiento de provisiones they laid in o built up a good stock of provisions
    * * *

     

    almacenamiento sustantivo masculino
    storage;

    almacenamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 storage, warehousing
    2 Inform storage

    ' almacenamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sótano
    English:
    storage
    - storage tank
    - stowage
    - cold
    * * *
    1. [de mercancías, información] storage
    2. Informát storage
    almacenamiento masivo mass storage;
    almacenamiento permanente permanent storage;
    almacenamiento temporal temporary storage
    * * *
    m storage
    * * *
    : storage
    almacenamiento de datos: data storage
    * * *
    almacenamiento n storage

    Spanish-English dictionary > almacenamiento

  • 56 lay

    I
    adjective
    1) светский, мирской, недуховный
    2) непрофессиональный; lay opinion мнение неспециалиста
    3) cards некозырной
    II
    noun
    1) лэ, короткая песенка; короткая баллада
    2) пение птиц
    III
    past of lie II 1.
    IV
    1. verb
    (past and past participle laid)
    1) класть, положить (on)
    2) возлагать (надежды и т. п.); придавать (значение)
    3) примять (посевы); повалить; to lay the dust прибить пыль
    4) накрывать, стелить; to lay the table, to lay the cloth накрыть на стол
    5) накладывать (краску); покрывать (слоем)
    6) класть яйца, нестись
    7) приписывать (кому-л. что-л.); предъявлять; обвинять; to lay claim предъявлять права, притязания; to lay damages at взыскивать убыток с; to lay an information against smb. доносить на кого-л.
    8) привести в определенное состояние, положение; to lay open открывать, обнажать, оставлять незащищенным; to lay one's plans bare раскрыть свои планы; to lay oneself open to suspicions (accusation) навлечь на себя подозрения (обвинение)
    9) (обыкн. pass.) происходить, совершаться
    10) прокладывать курс (корабля)
    11) свивать, вить (веревки и т. п.)
    12) успокаивать; to lay an apprehension успокоить, рассеять опасения
    13) энергично браться (за что-л.); to lay to one's oars налечь на весла
    14) collocation предлагать пари, биться об заклад; I lay ten dollars that he will not come держу пари на десять долларов, что он не придет
    15) rude вступить в связь
    lay about
    lay aside
    lay by
    lay down
    lay in
    lay off
    lay on
    lay out
    lay over
    lay up
    to lay under obligation обязать
    to lay fast заключать в тюрьму
    to lay hands on
    а) схватывать, завладевать; присваивать;
    б) поднять руку на кого-л., ударить; to lay hands on oneself наложить на себя руки, покончить с собой;
    в) eccl. рукополагать, посвящать (в сан)
    to lay one's shirt on = биться об заклад; давать голову на отсечение
    to lay eyes on smth. увидеть что-л.
    to lay it on smb. ударить кого-л.; дать кому-л. тумака
    to lay on the table
    а) включить в повестку дня (законопроект и т. п.);
    б) amer. снять с обсуждения (предложение и т. п.)
    2. noun
    1) положение, расположение (чего-л.); направление; очертание (берега); рельеф
    2) collocation поприще, дело, работа
    3) collocation пари
    * * *
    (v) возлагать; возложить; закладывать; заложить; накладывать; наложить; прокладывать; проложить
    * * *
    (laid) 1) класть, положить 2) возлагать
    * * *
    [ leɪ] n. расположение, очертание, направление, рельеф; слой, ряд, поприще; баллада, песнь; пари v. класть, положить, уложить; лежать, ложиться, быть расположенным; находиться, простираться; повалить, примять; происходить, совершаться; предлагать пари, биться об заклад; покрывать, стелить; накладывать, накрывать, настелить; возлагать, возложить adj. светский, мирской, недуховный, непрофессиональный, некозырной
    * * *
    вить
    возлагать
    возложить
    всыпать
    выбрасывать
    выкладывать
    выкладываться
    выложить
    выставлять
    дело
    завладевать
    задержаться
    засеивать
    застелить
    застлать
    изложить
    класть
    копить
    лэ
    мирской
    накладывать
    накрывать
    накрыть
    налагать
    направление
    недуховный
    некозырной
    непрофессиональный
    нестись
    обвинять
    обнажать
    оставить
    отказываться
    очертание
    переставать
    повалить
    покрывать
    положение
    положения
    положить
    посвящать
    постлать
    превышать
    предъявлять
    приберегать
    придавать
    примять
    приписывать
    присваивать
    притязания
    происходить
    прокладывать
    работа
    разбивать
    расположение
    рассеивать
    рельеф
    светский
    свивать
    совершаться
    сооружать
    составлять
    стелить
    стлать
    тратить
    ударить
    успокаивать
    утверждать
    * * *
    I прил. 1) мирской 2) непрофессиональный 3) с.-х. незасеянный, под паром (об участке земли) II сущ. 1) лэ (вид баллады), короткая песенка, короткая баллада 2) поэт. пение птиц III 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - laid по происхождению кауз. от lie II 1) а) класть, положить (на что-л. - on) б) хоронить, класть в могилу в) валить, опрокидывать, заставлять падать; примять, прибить (посевы) г) накрывать д) накладывать е) сленг спать, жить, лечь; изменять (о женщине) ж) откладывать яйца 2) а) приводить в определенное состояние, положение; мор. ставить корабль так-то б) представлять, передавать на рассмотрение в) составлять, организовывать, готовить; суж. мор. свивать, вить (канаты и т. п.); воен. нацеливать орудие г) прям. перен. ставить капкан, делать засаду д) обыкн. страд. происходить 3) а) возлагать (ответственность и т. п.), налагать, накладывать (штраф и т. п.); придавать (значение) б) приписывать (кому-л. что-л.) в) облагать (налогом) 4) а) разг. держать пари, биться об заклад б) делать ставку на скачках 2. сущ. 1) положение (в частности, географическое), расположение (of - чего-л.) 2) а) разг. занятие б) устар. пари в) доля в каком-л. деле IV прош. вр. от lie II

    Новый англо-русский словарь > lay

  • 57 outplacement

    HR
    a program of resources, information, and advice provided by an employing organization for employees who are about to be laid off. Outplacement agencies typically help by drafting résumés, offering career guidance, providing practice interviews, and placing laid-off employees in new jobs. Outplacement programs are often put into place well before the laid-off employees leave the employer and, in the case of largescale layoff programs, may remain in place for several years.

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  • 58 lay

    /lei/ * danh từ - bài thơ ngắn, bài vè ngắn - (thơ ca) bài hát, bài ca, bài thơ - (thơ ca) tiếng chim, hót - vị trí, phương hướng - đường nét (của bờ sông bờ biển) - (từ lóng) công việc =that doesn't belong to my lay+ cái đó không phải việc của tôi * ngoại động từ laid - xếp, để, đặt; sắp đặt, bố trí =to lay one's hand on someone's shouldder+ để tay lên vai ai =to lay a child to sleep+ đặt đứa bé nằm ngủ =to lay the foundation of socialism+ đặt nền móng cho chủ nghĩa xã hội =to lay a plant+ bố trí một kế hoạch =to lay a plot+ sắp đặt một âm mưu - bày, bày biện =to lay the table for dinner+ bày bàn ăn - làm xẹp xuống, làm lắng xuống, làm mất, làm hết =the rains has laid the dust+ mưa làm lắng bụi xuống =to lay someone's doubts+ làm ai hết nghi ngờ - làm rạp xuống (cây cối), phá hỏng =the storm laid the corps+ bão là rạp cả hoa màu, bão phá hỏng hoa màu - đặt vào, dẫn đến, đưa đến (một hoàn cảnh, một tình trạng) =his bad behaviour lays me under the necessity of punishing him+ cách xử sự xấu của hắn buộc tôi phải phạt hắn - trình bày, đưa ra =to lay the facts before the Commitee+ trình bày sự việc trước uỷ ban - quy (tội), đỗ (lỗi) =to lay all the blame on someone+ quy tất cả lỗi (trách nhiệm) vào ai - bắt phải chịu, đánh (thuế) =to lay heavy taxes on something+ đánh thuế nặng vào cái gì - trải lên, phủ lên =to lay a floor with a carpet+ trải thảm lên sàn - đánh, giáng (đòn) =to lay hard blows+ giáng những đòn nặng nề - đánh cược =to lay that...+ đánh cược răng... - hướng (đại bác) về phía - đẻ (chim) =hens lay eggs+ gà mái đẻ trứng - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) ăn nằm với, giao hợp với * nội động từ - nằm - đánh cược - đẻ trứng (gà) !to lay aside - gác sang một bên, không nghĩ tới =to lay aside one's sorrow+ gác nỗi buồn riêng sang một bên - dành dụm, để dành =to lay aside money for one's old age+ dành dụm tiền cho đến lúc tuổi già - bỏ, bỏ đi =to lay aside one's old habits+ bỏ những thói quen cũ đi !to lay away !to lay aside to lay before - trình bày, bày tỏ !to lay by !to lay aside to lay down - đặt nằm xuống, để xuống - cất (rượu) vào kho - hạ bỏ =to lay down one's arms+ hạ vũ khí, đầu hàng - chuyển (một miếng đất) thành đồng cỏ (để chăn nuôi) =to lay down land in (to, under, with) grass+ chuyển một miếng đất thành cánh đồng cỏ - hy sinh =to lay down one's life for the fatherland+ hy sinh tính mệnh cho tổ quốc - đánh cược, cược =to lay down on the result of the race+ đánh cược về kết quả cuộc chạy đua - sắp đặt, dự kiến, bắt đầu xây dựng =to lay down a railway+ bắt đầu xây dựng một đường xe lửa - đề ra, tuyên bố; xác nhận, thừa =I lay it down that this is a very intricate question+ tôi xác nhận đó là một vấn đề rất phức tạp !to lay for - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) nằm đợi !to lay in - dự trữ, để dành - (thông tục) đánh, quai, đấm tới tấp !to lay off - (hàng hải) lái ra xa bờ, tránh !ngừng (làm việc) - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) thải, đuổi, giãn (thợ) !to lay on - đánh, giáng đòn =to lay on hard blows+ giáng cho những đòn nặng nề - rải lên, phủ lên, quét lên =to lay on plaster+ phủ một lượt vữa, phủ vữa lên - đặt ống (dẫn hơi, dẫn nước...); đặt đường dây (điện) !to lay out - sắp đặt, bố trí (theo sơ đồ) - trình bày, phơi bày, đưa ra - trải ra - liệm (người chết) - tiêu (tiền) - (từ lóng) giết - dốc sức làm =to lay oneself out+ nổ lực, dốc hết sức làm (cái gì) !to lay over - trải lên, phủ lên !to lay up - trữ, để dành !to lay about one - đánh tứ phía !to lay bare - (xem) bare !to lay one's bones - gửi xương, gửi xác ở đâu !to lay somebody by the heels - (xem) heel !to lay captive - bắt giữ, cầm tù !to lay one's card on the table - (xem) card !to lay fast - nắm chặt, giữ chặt, không cho chạy thoát !to laythe fire - xếp củi để đốt !to lay great store upon (on) someone - đánh giá cao ai !to lay hands on - (xem) hand !to lay heads together - (xem) head !to lay hold of (on) - nắm chặt, giữ chặt, tóm, bắt - lợi dụng !to lay it on thick - (xem) thick !to lay an information agaisnt somebody - đệ đơn kiện ai !to lay one's hope on - đặt hy vọng vào !to lay open - tách vỏ ra !to lay siege to - bao vây !to lay under contribution - (xem) contribution !to lay stress on - nhấn mạnh !to lay something to heart - (xem) heart !to lay to rest (to sleep) - chôn !to lay under an obligation - làm cho (ai) phải chịu ơn !to lay under necessity - bắt buộc (ai) phải !to lay waste - tàu phá * tính từ - không theo giáo hội, phi giáo hội, thế tục - không chuyên môn =lay opinion+ ý kiến của người không chuyên môn * thời quá khứ của lie

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  • 59 near cash

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    гос. фин. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    This paper provides background information on the framework for the planning and control of public expenditure in the UK which has been operated since the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). It sets out the different classifications of spending for budgeting purposes and why these distinctions have been adopted. It discusses how the public expenditure framework is designed to ensure both sound public finances and an outcome-focused approach to public expenditure.
    The UK's public spending framework is based on several key principles:
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    consistency with a long-term, prudent and transparent regime for managing the public finances as a whole;
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    the judgement of success by policy outcomes rather than resource inputs;
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    strong incentives for departments and their partners in service delivery to plan over several years and plan together where appropriate so as to deliver better public services with greater cost effectiveness; and
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    the proper costing and management of capital assets to provide the right incentives for public investment.
    The Government sets policy to meet two firm fiscal rules:
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    the Golden Rule states that over the economic cycle, the Government will borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending; and
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    the Sustainable Investment Rule states that net public debt as a proportion of GDP will be held over the economic cycle at a stable and prudent level. Other things being equal, net debt will be maintained below 40 per cent of GDP over the economic cycle.
    Achievement of the fiscal rules is assessed by reference to the national accounts, which are produced by the Office for National Statistics, acting as an independent agency. The Government sets its spending envelope to comply with these fiscal rules.
    Departmental Expenditure Limits ( DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)
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    Departmental Expenditure Limit ( DEL) spending, which is planned and controlled on a three year basis in Spending Reviews; and
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    Annually Managed Expenditure ( AME), which is expenditure which cannot reasonably be subject to firm, multi-year limits in the same way as DEL. AME includes social security benefits, local authority self-financed expenditure, debt interest, and payments to EU institutions.
    More information about DEL and AME is set out below.
    In Spending Reviews, firm DEL plans are set for departments for three years. To ensure consistency with the Government's fiscal rules departments are set separate resource (current) and capital budgets. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    To encourage departments to plan over the medium term departments may carry forward unspent DEL provision from one year into the next and, subject to the normal tests for tautness and realism of plans, may be drawn down in future years. This end-year flexibility also removes any incentive for departments to use up their provision as the year end approaches with less regard to value for money. For the full benefits of this flexibility and of three year plans to feed through into improved public service delivery, end-year flexibility and three year budgets should be cascaded from departments to executive agencies and other budget holders.
    Three year budgets and end-year flexibility give those managing public services the stability to plan their operations on a sensible time scale. Further, the system means that departments cannot seek to bid up funds each year (before 1997, three year plans were set and reviewed in annual Public Expenditure Surveys). So the credibility of medium-term plans has been enhanced at both central and departmental level.
    Departments have certainty over the budgetary allocation over the medium term and these multi-year DEL plans are strictly enforced. Departments are expected to prioritise competing pressures and fund these within their overall annual limits, as set in Spending Reviews. So the DEL system provides a strong incentive to control costs and maximise value for money.
    There is a small centrally held DEL Reserve. Support from the Reserve is available only for genuinely unforeseeable contingencies which departments cannot be expected to manage within their DEL.
    AME typically consists of programmes which are large, volatile and demand-led, and which therefore cannot reasonably be subject to firm multi-year limits. The biggest single element is social security spending. Other items include tax credits, Local Authority Self Financed Expenditure, Scottish Executive spending financed by non-domestic rates, and spending financed from the proceeds of the National Lottery.
    AME is reviewed twice a year as part of the Budget and Pre-Budget Report process reflecting the close integration of the tax and benefit system, which was enhanced by the introduction of tax credits.
    AME is not subject to the same three year expenditure limits as DEL, but is still part of the overall envelope for public expenditure. Affordability is taken into account when policy decisions affecting AME are made. The Government has committed itself not to take policy measures which are likely to have the effect of increasing social security or other elements of AME without taking steps to ensure that the effects of those decisions can be accommodated prudently within the Government's fiscal rules.
    Given an overall envelope for public spending, forecasts of AME affect the level of resources available for DEL spending. Cautious estimates and the AME margin are built in to these AME forecasts and reduce the risk of overspending on AME.
    Together, DEL plus AME sum to Total Managed Expenditure (TME). TME is a measure drawn from national accounts. It represents the current and capital spending of the public sector. The public sector is made up of central government, local government and public corporations.
    Resource and Capital Budgets are set in terms of accruals information. Accruals information measures resources as they are consumed rather than when the cash is paid. So for example the Resource Budget includes a charge for depreciation, a measure of the consumption or wearing out of capital assets.
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    Non cash charges in budgets do not impact directly on the fiscal framework. That may be because the national accounts use a different way of measuring the same thing, for example in the case of the depreciation of departmental assets. Or it may be that the national accounts measure something different: for example, resource budgets include a cost of capital charge reflecting the opportunity cost of holding capital; the national accounts include debt interest.
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    Within the Resource Budget DEL, departments have separate controls on:
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    Near cash spending, the sub set of Resource Budgets which impacts directly on the Golden Rule; and
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    The amount of their Resource Budget DEL that departments may spend on running themselves (e.g. paying most civil servants’ salaries) is limited by Administration Budgets, which are set in Spending Reviews. Administration Budgets are used to ensure that as much money as practicable is available for front line services and programmes. These budgets also help to drive efficiency improvements in departments’ own activities. Administration Budgets exclude the costs of frontline services delivered directly by departments.
    The Budget preceding a Spending Review sets an overall envelope for public spending that is consistent with the fiscal rules for the period covered by the Spending Review. In the Spending Review, the Budget AME forecast for year one of the Spending Review period is updated, and AME forecasts are made for the later years of the Spending Review period.
    The 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review ( CSR), which was published in July 1998, was a comprehensive review of departmental aims and objectives alongside a zero-based analysis of each spending programme to determine the best way of delivering the Government's objectives. The 1998 CSR allocated substantial additional resources to the Government's key priorities, particularly education and health, for the three year period from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
    Delivering better public services does not just depend on how much money the Government spends, but also on how well it spends it. Therefore the 1998 CSR introduced Public Service Agreements (PSAs). Each major government department was given its own PSA setting out clear targets for achievements in terms of public service improvements.
    The 1998 CSR also introduced the DEL/ AME framework for the control of public spending, and made other framework changes. Building on the investment and reforms delivered by the 1998 CSR, successive spending reviews in 2000, 2002 and 2004 have:
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    provided significant increase in resources for the Government’s priorities, in particular health and education, and cross-cutting themes such as raising productivity; extending opportunity; and building strong and secure communities;
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    enabled the Government significantly to increase investment in public assets and address the legacy of under investment from past decades. Departmental Investment Strategies were introduced in SR2000. As a result there has been a steady increase in public sector net investment from less than ¾ of a per cent of GDP in 1997-98 to 2¼ per cent of GDP in 2005-06, providing better infrastructure across public services;
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    introduced further refinements to the performance management framework. PSA targets have been reduced in number over successive spending reviews from around 300 to 110 to give greater focus to the Government’s highest priorities. The targets have become increasingly outcome-focused to deliver further improvements in key areas of public service delivery across Government. They have also been refined in line with the conclusions of the Devolving Decision Making Review to provide a framework which encourages greater devolution and local flexibility. Technical Notes were introduced in SR2000 explaining how performance against each PSA target will be measured; and
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    not only allocated near cash spending to departments, but also – since SR2002 - set Resource DEL plans for non cash spending.
    To identify what further investments and reforms are needed to equip the UK for the global challenges of the decade ahead, on 19 July 2005 the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that the Government intends to launch a second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) reporting in 2007.
    A decade on from the first CSR, the 2007 CSR will represent a long-term and fundamental review of government expenditure. It will cover departmental allocations for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010 11. Allocations for 2007-08 will be held to the agreed figures already announced by the 2004 Spending Review. To provide a rigorous analytical framework for these departmental allocations, the Government will be taking forward a programme of preparatory work over 2006 involving:
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    an assessment of what the sustained increases in spending and reforms to public service delivery have achieved since the first CSR. The assessment will inform the setting of new objectives for the decade ahead;
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    an examination of the key long-term trends and challenges that will shape the next decade – including demographic and socio-economic change, globalisation, climate and environmental change, global insecurity and technological change – together with an assessment of how public services will need to respond;
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    to release the resources needed to address these challenges, and to continue to secure maximum value for money from public spending over the CSR period, a set of zero-based reviews of departments’ baseline expenditure to assess its effectiveness in delivering the Government’s long-term objectives; together with
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    further development of the efficiency programme, building on the cross cutting areas identified in the Gershon Review, to embed and extend ongoing efficiency savings into departmental expenditure planning.
    The 2007 CSR also offers the opportunity to continue to refine the PSA framework so that it drives effective delivery and the attainment of ambitious national standards.
    Public Service Agreements (PSAs) were introduced in the 1998 CSR. They set out agreed targets detailing the outputs and outcomes departments are expected to deliver with the resources allocated to them. The new spending regime places a strong emphasis on outcome targets, for example in providing for better health and higher educational standards or service standards. The introduction in SR2004 of PSA ‘standards’ will ensure that high standards in priority areas are maintained.
    The Government monitors progress against PSA targets, and departments report in detail twice a year in their annual Departmental Reports (published in spring) and in their autumn performance reports. These reports provide Parliament and the public with regular updates on departments’ performance against their targets.
    Technical Notes explain how performance against each PSA target will be measured.
    To make the most of both new investment and existing assets, there needs to be a coherent long term strategy against which investment decisions are taken. Departmental Investment Strategies (DIS) set out each department's plans to deliver the scale and quality of capital stock needed to underpin its objectives. The DIS includes information about the department's existing capital stock and future plans for that stock, as well as plans for new investment. It also sets out the systems that the department has in place to ensure that it delivers its capital programmes effectively.
    This document was updated on 19 December 2005.
    Near-cash resource expenditure that has a related cash implication, even though the timing of the cash payment may be slightly different. For example, expenditure on gas or electricity supply is incurred as the fuel is used, though the cash payment might be made in arrears on aquarterly basis. Other examples of near-cash expenditure are: pay, rental.Net cash requirement the upper limit agreed by Parliament on the cash which a department may draw from theConsolidated Fund to finance the expenditure within the ambit of its Request forResources. It is equal to the agreed amount of net resources and net capital less non-cashitems and working capital.Non-cash cost costs where there is no cash transaction but which are included in a body’s accounts (or taken into account in charging for a service) to establish the true cost of all the resourcesused.Non-departmental a body which has a role in the processes of government, but is not a government public body, NDPBdepartment or part of one. NDPBs accordingly operate at arm’s length from governmentMinisters.Notional cost of a cost which is taken into account in setting fees and charges to improve comparability with insuranceprivate sector service providers.The charge takes account of the fact that public bodies donot generally pay an insurance premium to a commercial insurer.the independent body responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about theUK’s society and economy. (At the time of going to print legislation was progressing tochange this body to the Statistics Board).Office of Government an office of the Treasury, with a status similar to that of an agency, which aims to maximise Commerce, OGCthe government’s purchasing power for routine items and combine professional expertiseto bear on capital projects.Office of the the government department responsible for discharging the Paymaster General’s statutoryPaymaster General,responsibilities to hold accounts and make payments for government departments and OPGother public bodies.Orange bookthe informal title for Management of Risks: Principles and Concepts, which is published by theTreasury for the guidance of public sector bodies.Office for NationalStatistics, ONS60Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYOverdraftan account with a negative balance.Parliament’s formal agreement to authorise an activity or expenditure.Prerogative powerspowers exercisable under the Royal Prerogative, ie powers which are unique to the Crown,as contrasted with common-law powers which may be available to the Crown on the samebasis as to natural persons.Primary legislationActs which have been passed by the Westminster Parliament and, where they haveappropriate powers, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Begin asBills until they have received Royal Assent.arrangements under which a public sector organisation contracts with a private sectorentity to construct a facility and provide associated services of a specified quality over asustained period. See annex 7.5.Proprietythe principle that patterns of resource consumption should respect Parliament’s intentions,conventions and control procedures, including any laid down by the PAC. See box 2.4.Public Accountssee Committee of Public Accounts.CommitteePublic corporationa trading body controlled by central government, local authority or other publiccorporation that has substantial day to day operating independence. See section 7.8.Public Dividend finance provided by government to public sector bodies as an equity stake; an alternative to Capital, PDCloan finance.Public Service sets out what the public can expect the government to deliver with its resources. EveryAgreement, PSAlarge government department has PSA(s) which specify deliverables as targets or aimsrelated to objectives.a structured arrangement between a public sector and a private sector organisation tosecure an outcome delivering good value for money for the public sector. It is classified tothe public or private sector according to which has more control.Rate of returnthe financial remuneration delivered by a particular project or enterprise, expressed as apercentage of the net assets employed.Regularitythe principle that resource consumption should accord with the relevant legislation, therelevant delegated authority and this document. See box 2.4.Request for the functional level into which departmental Estimates may be split. RfRs contain a number Resources, RfRof functions being carried out by the department in pursuit of one or more of thatdepartment’s objectives.Resource accountan accruals account produced in line with the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).Resource accountingthe system under which budgets, Estimates and accounts are constructed in a similar wayto commercial audited accounts, so that both plans and records of expenditure allow in fullfor the goods and services which are to be, or have been, consumed – ie not just the cashexpended.Resource budgetthe means by which the government plans and controls the expenditure of resources tomeet its objectives.Restitutiona legal concept which allows money and property to be returned to its rightful owner. Ittypically operates where another person can be said to have been unjustly enriched byreceiving such monies.Return on capital the ratio of profit to capital employed of an accounting entity during an identified period.employed, ROCEVarious measures of profit and of capital employed may be used in calculating the ratio.Public Privatepartnership, PPPPrivate Finance Initiative, PFIParliamentaryauthority61Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYRoyal charterthe document setting out the powers and constitution of a corporation established underprerogative power of the monarch acting on Privy Council advice.Second readingthe second formal time that a House of Parliament may debate a bill, although in practicethe first substantive debate on its content. If successful, it is deemed to denoteParliamentary approval of the principle of the proposed legislation.Secondary legislationlaws, including orders and regulations, which are made using powers in primary legislation.Normally used to set out technical and administrative provision in greater detail thanprimary legislation, they are subject to a less intense level of scrutiny in Parliament.European legislation is,however,often implemented in secondary legislation using powers inthe European Communities Act 1972.Service-level agreement between parties, setting out in detail the level of service to be performed.agreementWhere agreements are between central government bodies, they are not legally a contractbut have a similar function.Shareholder Executive a body created to improve the government’s performance as a shareholder in businesses.Spending reviewsets out the key improvements in public services that the public can expect over a givenperiod. It includes a thorough review of departmental aims and objectives to find the bestway of delivering the government’s objectives, and sets out the spending plans for the givenperiod.State aidstate support for a domestic body or company which could distort EU competition and sois not usually allowed. See annex 4.9.Statement of Excessa formal statement detailing departments’ overspends prepared by the Comptroller andAuditor General as a result of undertaking annual audits.Statement on Internal an annual statement that Accounting Officers are required to make as part of the accounts Control, SICon a range of risk and control issues.Subheadindividual elements of departmental expenditure identifiable in Estimates as single cells, forexample cell A1 being administration costs within a particular line of departmental spending.Supplyresources voted by Parliament in response to Estimates, for expenditure by governmentdepartments.Supply Estimatesa statement of the resources the government needs in the coming financial year, and forwhat purpose(s), by which Parliamentary authority is sought for the planned level ofexpenditure and income.Target rate of returnthe rate of return required of a project or enterprise over a given period, usually at least a year.Third sectorprivate sector bodies which do not act commercially,including charities,social and voluntaryorganisations and other not-for-profit collectives. See annex 7.7.Total Managed a Treasury budgeting term which covers all current and capital spending carried out by the Expenditure,TMEpublic sector (ie not just by central departments).Trading fundan organisation (either within a government department or forming one) which is largely orwholly financed from commercial revenue generated by its activities. Its Estimate shows itsnet impact, allowing its income from receipts to be devoted entirely to its business.Treasury Minutea formal administrative document drawn up by the Treasury, which may serve a wide varietyof purposes including seeking Parliamentary approval for the use of receipts asappropriations in aid, a remission of some or all of the principal of voted loans, andresponding on behalf of the government to reports by the Public Accounts Committee(PAC).62Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARY63Managing Public MoneyValue for moneythe process under which organisation’s procurement, projects and processes aresystematically evaluated and assessed to provide confidence about suitability, effectiveness,prudence,quality,value and avoidance of error and other waste,judged for the public sectoras a whole.Virementthe process through which funds are moved between subheads such that additionalexpenditure on one is met by savings on one or more others.Votethe process by which Parliament approves funds in response to supply Estimates.Voted expenditureprovision for expenditure that has been authorised by Parliament. Parliament ‘votes’authority for public expenditure through the Supply Estimates process. Most expenditureby central government departments is authorised in this way.Wider market activity activities undertaken by central government organisations outside their statutory duties,using spare capacity and aimed at generating a commercial profit. See annex 7.6.Windfallmonies received by a department which were not anticipated in the spending review.
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    Англо-русский экономический словарь > near cash

  • 60 hold

    I [həʊld]
    1) (grasp) presa f.

    to get hold of — afferrare [ rope]

    to keep (a) hold of o on — mantenere la presa su [ ball]

    to get hold of — procurarsi [book, ticket]; [ press] venire a sapere [ story]; scoprire [ information]

    to get hold of — chiamare, contattare

    4) (control) controllo m., influenza f., ascendente m. (on, over su)
    5) (storage, area) aer. bagagliaio m.; mar. stiva f.
    6) (in wrestling) presa f.
    7) (of spray, gel) fissaggio m.
    8) tel.

    to put a project on hold — rimandare o sospendere momentaneamente un progetto

    II 1. [həʊld]
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. held)
    1) (clasp) tenere

    to hold sth. in one's hand — tenere [qcs.] in mano [brush, pencil]; (enclosed) stringere [qcs.] in mano [ coin]

    to hold sb. by — tenere qcn. per [sleeve, leg]

    to hold sb. (in one's arms) — tenere qcn. tra le braccia

    to hold sth. in place o position — tenere qcs. a posto

    3) (arrange) organizzare [competition, election]; tenere [ conversation]; celebrare [ church service]; condurre [ enquiry]; fare [ interview]

    to be held — avere luogo o tenersi

    4) (have capacity for) [ theatre] avere una capacità di, (potere) contenere [ 350 people]
    5) (contain) [drawer, box] contenere [ objects]
    6) (support) reggere [ load]
    7) (restrain) tenere [ dog]

    there'll be no holding him — fig. non lo tiene nessuno

    8) (keep against will) trattenere [ person]

    to hold sb. hostage — tenere qcn. in ostaggio

    9) (possess) possedere, avere [shares, power]; detenere [record, sporting title]; occupare [job, position]; avere, essere in possesso di [licence, degree]; avere [ title]; [ computer] conservare [ information]; avere [ mortgage]
    10) (keep back) tenere [place, ticket]; fare aspettare [train, flight]; tenere, non inviare [ letter]; tenere in sospeso [ order]

    hold it! — colloq. un momento! aspetta un attimo!

    11) (believe) avere [opinion, belief]

    to hold sb., sth. to be — ritenere che qcn., qcs. sia

    to hold that — [ person] pensare che; [ law] dire che

    to hold sb. liable o responsible — ritenere qcn. responsabile

    12) (defend successfully) tenere [territory, city]; conservare, mantenere [ title]; mantenere [seat, lead]

    to hold one's own — tenere duro, non demordere

    13) (captivate) tenere desta l'attenzione di [ audience]; attirare [ attention]
    14) tel.

    to hold the line — attendere o restare in linea

    15) mus. tenere [ note]
    16) aut.
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. held)
    1) (remain intact) [rope, glue] tenere; fig. (anche hold good) [ theory] reggere
    2) (continue) [ weather] tenere, mantenersi; [ luck] durare
    3) tel. attendere (in linea)
    3.
    verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. held)
    * * *
    I 1. [həuld] past tense, past participle - held; verb
    1) (to have in one's hand(s) or between one's hands: He was holding a knife; Hold that dish with both hands; He held the little boy's hand; He held the mouse by its tail.)
    2) (to have in a part, or between parts, of the body, or between parts of a tool etc: He held the pencil in his teeth; She was holding a pile of books in her arms; Hold the stamp with tweezers.)
    3) (to support or keep from moving, running away, falling etc: What holds that shelf up?; He held the door closed by leaning against it; Hold your hands above your head; Hold his arms so that he can't struggle.)
    4) (to remain in position, fixed etc when under strain: I've tied the two pieces of string together, but I'm not sure the knot will hold; Will the anchor hold in a storm?)
    5) (to keep (a person) in some place or in one's power: The police are holding a man for questioning in connection with the murder; He was held captive.)
    6) (to (be able to) contain: This jug holds two pints; You can't hold water in a handkerchief; This drawer holds all my shirts.)
    7) (to cause to take place: The meeting will be held next week; We'll hold the meeting in the hall.)
    8) (to keep (oneself), or to be, in a particular state or condition: We'll hold ourselves in readiness in case you send for us; She holds herself very erect.)
    9) (to have or be in (a job etc): He held the position of company secretary for five years.)
    10) (to think strongly; to believe; to consider or regard: I hold that this was the right decision; He holds me (to be) responsible for everyone's mistakes; He is held in great respect; He holds certain very odd beliefs.)
    11) (to continue to be valid or apply: Our offer will hold until next week; These rules hold under all circumstances.)
    12) ((with to) to force (a person) to do something he has promised to do: I intend to hold him to his promises.)
    13) (to defend: They held the castle against the enemy.)
    14) (not to be beaten by: The general realized that the soldiers could not hold the enemy for long.)
    15) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.)
    16) (to keep someone in a certain state: Don't hold us in suspense, what was the final decision?)
    17) (to celebrate: The festival is held on 24 June.)
    18) (to be the owner of: He holds shares in this company.)
    19) ((of good weather) to continue: I hope the weather holds until after the school sports.)
    20) ((also hold the line) (of a person who is making a telephone call) to wait: Mr Brown is busy at the moment - will you hold or would you like him to call you back?)
    21) (to continue to sing: Please hold that note for four whole beats.)
    22) (to keep (something): They'll hold your luggage at the station until you collect it.)
    23) ((of the future) to be going to produce: I wonder what the future holds for me?)
    2. noun
    1) (the act of holding: He caught/got/laid/took hold of the rope and pulled; Keep hold of that rope.)
    2) (power; influence: He has a strange hold over that girl.)
    3) ((in wrestling etc) a manner of holding one's opponent: The wrestler invented a new hold.)
    •
    - - holder
    - hold-all
    - get hold of
    - hold back
    - hold down
    - hold forth
    - hold good
    - hold it
    - hold off
    - hold on
    - hold out
    - hold one's own
    - hold one's tongue
    - hold up
    - hold-up
    - hold with     II [həuld] noun
    ((in ships) the place, below the deck, where cargo is stored.)
    * * *
    I [həʊld]
    1) (grasp) presa f.

    to get hold of — afferrare [ rope]

    to keep (a) hold of o on — mantenere la presa su [ ball]

    to get hold of — procurarsi [book, ticket]; [ press] venire a sapere [ story]; scoprire [ information]

    to get hold of — chiamare, contattare

    4) (control) controllo m., influenza f., ascendente m. (on, over su)
    5) (storage, area) aer. bagagliaio m.; mar. stiva f.
    6) (in wrestling) presa f.
    7) (of spray, gel) fissaggio m.
    8) tel.

    to put a project on hold — rimandare o sospendere momentaneamente un progetto

    II 1. [həʊld]
    verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. held)
    1) (clasp) tenere

    to hold sth. in one's hand — tenere [qcs.] in mano [brush, pencil]; (enclosed) stringere [qcs.] in mano [ coin]

    to hold sb. by — tenere qcn. per [sleeve, leg]

    to hold sb. (in one's arms) — tenere qcn. tra le braccia

    to hold sth. in place o position — tenere qcs. a posto

    3) (arrange) organizzare [competition, election]; tenere [ conversation]; celebrare [ church service]; condurre [ enquiry]; fare [ interview]

    to be held — avere luogo o tenersi

    4) (have capacity for) [ theatre] avere una capacità di, (potere) contenere [ 350 people]
    5) (contain) [drawer, box] contenere [ objects]
    6) (support) reggere [ load]
    7) (restrain) tenere [ dog]

    there'll be no holding him — fig. non lo tiene nessuno

    8) (keep against will) trattenere [ person]

    to hold sb. hostage — tenere qcn. in ostaggio

    9) (possess) possedere, avere [shares, power]; detenere [record, sporting title]; occupare [job, position]; avere, essere in possesso di [licence, degree]; avere [ title]; [ computer] conservare [ information]; avere [ mortgage]
    10) (keep back) tenere [place, ticket]; fare aspettare [train, flight]; tenere, non inviare [ letter]; tenere in sospeso [ order]

    hold it! — colloq. un momento! aspetta un attimo!

    11) (believe) avere [opinion, belief]

    to hold sb., sth. to be — ritenere che qcn., qcs. sia

    to hold that — [ person] pensare che; [ law] dire che

    to hold sb. liable o responsible — ritenere qcn. responsabile

    12) (defend successfully) tenere [territory, city]; conservare, mantenere [ title]; mantenere [seat, lead]

    to hold one's own — tenere duro, non demordere

    13) (captivate) tenere desta l'attenzione di [ audience]; attirare [ attention]
    14) tel.

    to hold the line — attendere o restare in linea

    15) mus. tenere [ note]
    16) aut.
    2.
    verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. held)
    1) (remain intact) [rope, glue] tenere; fig. (anche hold good) [ theory] reggere
    2) (continue) [ weather] tenere, mantenersi; [ luck] durare
    3) tel. attendere (in linea)
    3.
    verbo riflessivo (pass., p.pass. held)

    English-Italian dictionary > hold

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