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interventions

  • 1 deber moral

    m.
    imperfect obligation.
    * * *
    (n.) = moral duty
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    * * *
    (n.) = moral duty

    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deber moral

  • 2 desertor escolar

    (n.) = dropout, school dropout
    Ex. Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.
    Ex. Early childhood interventions are critical to reducing school dropouts over the long term.
    * * *
    (n.) = dropout, school dropout

    Ex: Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.

    Ex: Early childhood interventions are critical to reducing school dropouts over the long term.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desertor escolar

  • 3 edición multicolor

    Ex. This contains the text of interventions in the original language and is known universally as the `rainbow' edition because of the practice within the Community of allocating a different colour for each language.
    * * *

    Ex: This contains the text of interventions in the original language and is known universally as the `rainbow' edition because of the practice within the Community of allocating a different colour for each language.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edición multicolor

  • 4 eludir

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    eludir a la prensa to avoid the press
    Elude sus responsabilidades a menudo He often avoids his responsibilities.
    2 to elude, to be out of the grasp of, to be out of someone's grasp, to get out of someone's grasp.
    El significado de esto elude a Ricardo The significance of this eludes Richard.
    * * *
    1 (responsabilidad, justicia, etc) to evade
    2 (pregunta) to avoid, evade; (persona) to avoid
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=evitar) [+ problema, responsabilidad] to evade; [+ control, vigilancia] to dodge; [+ pago, impuesto] to avoid

    no eludas mis preguntas — don't evade o avoid my questions

    2) [+ persona] to avoid
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    ----
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.

    * * *
    eludir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹problema› to evade, avoid, dodge; ‹pago› to avoid, evade
    un compromiso que no puedes eludir an obligation which you can't evade o duck
    eludió la persecución de la policía she escaped from o she avoided capture by her police pursuers
    me eludió la mirada she avoided my gaze, she avoided looking me in the eye
    2 ‹persona› to avoid
    me ha estado eludiendo toda la semana she's been avoiding o dodging me all week
    consiguió eludir a los periodistas he managed to avoid o elude the reporters
    * * *

    eludir ( conjugate eludir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹problema/compromiso/pago› to evade, avoid

    b) ‹ persona› to avoid

    eludir verbo transitivo to avoid
    ' eludir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capear
    - desentenderse
    - evitar
    English:
    avoid
    - dodge
    - duck
    - elude
    - evade
    - fend off
    - skirt
    - berth
    - bypass
    - divert
    - fend
    - get
    - parry
    - shirk
    - side
    * * *
    eludir vt
    1. [evitar] [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade;
    [problema, dificultad, tema] to avoid; [pregunta] to evade, to avoid, to dodge;
    eludir el pago de una deuda to avoid paying a debt;
    eludir al fisco to avoid paying taxes;
    eludir el servicio militar to avoid o get out of doing military service;
    eludió hacer declaraciones he avoided making any statement;
    eludió su mirada she avoided his eyes
    2. [perseguidores]
    eludir a to avoid, to evade;
    consiguió eludir a la policía he managed to avoid the police;
    Der
    * * *
    v/t evade, avoid
    * * *
    eludir vt
    evadir: to evade, to avoid, to elude
    * * *
    eludir vb to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > eludir

  • 5 estudiante fracasado

    f. & m.
    flunked student.
    * * *
    (n.) = dropout, high-school dropout, school dropout
    Ex. Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.
    Ex. It is fair to assume that the average Joe/Jane is neither a college graduate nor a high-school dropout.
    Ex. Early childhood interventions are critical to reducing school dropouts over the long term.
    * * *
    (n.) = dropout, high-school dropout, school dropout

    Ex: Thus, if one has already had an online search to produce a large retrospective bibliography on pregnancy as a factor in high school dropouts, the librarian can instruct the computer to perform the same search each month when new data have been added to the file.

    Ex: It is fair to assume that the average Joe/Jane is neither a college graduate nor a high-school dropout.
    Ex: Early childhood interventions are critical to reducing school dropouts over the long term.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante fracasado

  • 6 evitar

    v.
    1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).
    podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o prevented
    evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing something
    Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.
    María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.
    2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).
    no puede evitarlo he can't help it
    Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me
    3 to save.
    esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go
    * * *
    1 (gen) to avoid
    2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid
    3 (ahorrar) to spare, save
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=eludir) to avoid
    2) (=ahorrar) to save

    me evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

    para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( ahorrar)

    evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

    2.
    evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself
    * * *
    = avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.
    Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.
    Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.
    Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.
    Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
    Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.
    Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.
    Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.
    Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
    Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.
    Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    ----
    * acto de evitar = avoidance.
    * agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.
    * el evitar = avoidance.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.
    * evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar que = keep from.
    * evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.
    * evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.
    * evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * evitar una infección = prevent + infection.
    * evitar un error = avoid + error.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * intentar evitar = fight + shy of.
    * lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

    para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( ahorrar)

    evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something

    2.
    evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself
    * * *
    = avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

    Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.
    Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.
    Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.
    Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.
    Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
    Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.
    Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.
    Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.
    Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.
    Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.
    Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.
    Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.
    Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
    Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.
    Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.
    Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    * acto de evitar = avoidance.
    * agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.
    * el evitar = avoidance.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.
    * evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.
    * evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar el mal = shun + evil.
    * evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.
    * evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.
    * evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar que = keep from.
    * evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.
    * evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.
    * evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * evitar una infección = prevent + infection.
    * evitar un error = avoid + error.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.
    * evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * intentar evitar = fight + shy of.
    * lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.
    * no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.
    * no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.
    * no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).
    * para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.
    * proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

    * * *
    evitar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid
    evita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with him
    para evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go
    ¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?
    2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent
    se podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o prevented
    haremos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it
    para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering
    3 (ahorrar) to save
    una simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of trouble
    así les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worry
    por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center
    ‹problemas› to save oneself
    evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store
    si aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problems
    me evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    evitar    
    evitar algo
    evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
    a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid;



    ◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

    c) ( remediar):

    ◊ me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it

    d) ( ahorrar) evitarle algo a algn ‹molestia/preocupación› to save o spare sb sth

    evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas› to save oneself;

    evitar verbo transitivo
    1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
    2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
    (una desgracia) to avert
    3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid

    ' evitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ahorrar
    - alarde
    - carcajada
    - contemporizar
    - hincapié
    - mortificar
    - mortificarse
    - murmuración
    - para
    - remediar
    - aglomeración
    - huir
    English:
    avert
    - avoid
    - breath
    - bypass
    - cheat
    - clampdown
    - clear
    - deny
    - get round
    - harm
    - head off
    - hedge
    - help
    - loophole
    - miss
    - pair off
    - prevent
    - pussyfoot
    - save
    - scandal
    - should
    - stave off
    - steer
    - step in
    - way
    - get
    - guard
    - keep
    - rat
    - shun
    - stave
    - unavoidably
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;
    ¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;
    evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;
    no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;
    hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading
    2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;
    siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;
    Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;
    yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;
    no puede evitarlo he can't help it;
    no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am
    3. [ahorrar] to save;
    esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;
    esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go
    * * *
    v/t
    1 avoid;
    no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it
    2 ( impedir) prevent
    3 molestias save
    * * *
    evitar vt
    1) : to avoid
    2) prevenir: to prevent
    3) eludir: to escape, to elude
    * * *
    evitar vb
    1. (en general) to avoid
    2. (impedir) to prevent
    3. (ahorrar) to save

    Spanish-English dictionary > evitar

  • 7 intervención militar

    (n.) = military intervention, military action
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. It was the first time the Mr Blair had even hinted at military action and his words are likely to alarm Labour MPs.
    * * *
    (n.) = military intervention, military action

    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

    Ex: It was the first time the Mr Blair had even hinted at military action and his words are likely to alarm Labour MPs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intervención militar

  • 8 paro cardiaco

    m.
    cardiac arrest, heart attack, heart failure, asystole.
    * * *
    cardiac arrest
    * * *
    Ex. This paper illustrates the approach with the problem of reasoning about the effects of medications and interventions on the state of a patient in cardiac arrest.
    * * *

    Ex: This paper illustrates the approach with the problem of reasoning about the effects of medications and interventions on the state of a patient in cardiac arrest.

    * * *
    MED cardiac arrest

    Spanish-English dictionary > paro cardiaco

  • 9 poner pegas

    v.
    to raise objections, to put a fly in the ointment.
    * * *
    (v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with
    Ex. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    * * *
    (v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with

    Ex: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.

    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner pegas

  • 10 poner peros

    v.
    to raise objections, to be in disaccord, to discord.
    * * *
    to find fault (a, with)
    * * *
    (v.) = baulk [balk, -USA], cavil (about/at), quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
    Ex. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    * * *
    (v.) = baulk [balk, -USA], cavil (about/at), quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with

    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

    Ex: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
    Ex: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner peros

  • 11 poner reparos

    v.
    to raise objections, to cavil, to raise trivial objections, to demur.
    * * *
    (v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with
    Ex. Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex. The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    * * *
    (v.) = cavil (about/at), baulk [balk, -USA], quibble (about/over/with), raise + objection, find + fault with

    Ex: Chalmers conceded the utter falseness of the forgeries, but cavilled at Malone's method of refuting them.

    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: If the business of American government simply comes down to quibbling over price, then all principled protests become rather pointless.
    Ex: The objection that is always raised against our subject access reflecting a multiplicity of points of view is that the reader's expectations concerning access will often not be met.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner reparos

  • 12 síncope cardiaco

    m.
    cardiac syncope.
    * * *
    Ex. This paper illustrates the approach with the problem of reasoning about the effects of medications and interventions on the state of a patient in cardiac arrest.
    * * *

    Ex: This paper illustrates the approach with the problem of reasoning about the effects of medications and interventions on the state of a patient in cardiac arrest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > síncope cardiaco

  • 13 vacilar

    v.
    1 to hesitate.
    El chico vaciló brevemente The boy hesitated briefly.
    2 to falter.
    3 to flicker (fluctuar) (light).
    La llama vaciló en el viento The flame flickered in the wind.
    4 to wobble, to sway.
    5 to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear).
    6 to tease, to pull the leg of, to ride, to spoof.
    María vaciló a Ricardo todo el día Mary teased Richard the whole day.
    * * *
    1 (oscilar) to sway, vacillate
    2 (estar poco firme) to wobble
    3 (al andar) to sway, stagger, wobble; (al hablar) to falter
    4 (luz) to flicker
    5 figurado (dudar) to hesitate, waver
    6 familiar (tomar el pelo) to joke, tease
    ■ ¡no me vaciles! don't tease me!
    7 familiar (presumir) to show off
    \
    sin vacilar without hesitation
    memoria que vacila shaky memory
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=dudar) to hesitate, waver; (=ser indeciso) to vacillate; (=esperar) to hold back from doing sth

    es un hombre que vacila mucho — he is a very indecisive man, he is a man who dithers a lot

    2) (por falta de estabilidad) [mueble] to be unsteady, wobble
    [persona] (al andar) to totter, reel; (al hablar) to falter; [memoria] to fail; [moralidad] to be collapsing
    3) [luz] to flicker
    4) (=variar)
    5) *
    (=guasearse)

    vacilar con algn — to tease sb, take the mickey out of sb **

    6) (Méx)
    * (=divertirse) to have fun, lark about *; (=ir de juerga) to go on a spree
    7) * (=presumir) to talk big *, show off, swank *
    2. VT
    1) (=burlarse de) to take the mickey out of **, make fun of

    ¡no me vaciles! — stop messing me about! *

    2) (CAm)
    * (=engañar) to trick
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( dudar) to hesitate

    no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

    vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

    b) fe/determinación to waver
    c) luz to flicker
    2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter
    3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)
    4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
    2.
    vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease
    * * *
    = shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.
    Ex. This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.
    Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex. The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.
    Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.
    Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.
    Ex. This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    ----
    * sin vacilar = unswervingly.
    * vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) ( dudar) to hesitate

    no vaciles más, hazlo — stop dithering and do it

    vacilar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

    b) fe/determinación to waver
    c) luz to flicker
    2) ( oscilar) persona to stagger, totter
    3) (Esp, Méx fam) ( bromear) to joke, to kid (colloq)
    4) (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
    2.
    vacilar vt (Esp, Méx fam) to tease
    * * *
    = shake, waver, falter, vacillate, hang back, oscillate, baulk [balk, -USA], wobble.

    Ex: This attitude had to go and by the 1830s it was shaking.

    Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex: The project faltered because the data became increasingly difficult to input and manipulate.
    Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.
    Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.
    Ex: This dichotomy in Muslim history, which has oscillated between periods of piousness & decadence, demonstrates further disunity in the Muslim world.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    * sin vacilar = unswervingly.
    * vacilar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....

    * * *
    vacilar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 (dudar) to hesitate
    respondió sin vacilar he replied without hesitating o without hesitation
    vacila entre aceptar la propuesta y seguir aquí she's hesitating over whether to accept the offer or stay here, she can't make up her mind whether to accept the offer or stay here
    no vaciles más, hazlo stop dithering and do it
    vacilar EN algo:
    no vaciló en la elección he made his choice without hesitation
    no vacilaron en aceptar they did not hesitate to accept, they accepted without hesitation
    2 «fe/determinación» to waver
    3 «luz» to flicker
    1 «mueble» to wobble, rock
    2
    «persona»: vaciló pero enseguida recuperó el equilibrio she staggered/tottered but she regained her balance immediately
    vacilaba al andar, como si estuviese borracho he swayed from side to side as he walked, as if he were drunk
    C (Esp, Méx fam) (bromear) to joke, to kid ( colloq), to fool around ( colloq)
    D
    ( AmL exc CS fam) (divertirse): vacilamos un montón en la fiesta we had a great time o a lot of fun at the party
    E ( Esp fam) (alardear) to show off vacilar DE algo to boast ABOUT sth
    ■ vacilar
    vt
    (Esp, Méx fam) to tease
    lo estuvieron vacilando toda la noche they were teasing him o pulling his leg all evening
    ¡no me vaciles! be serious!
    * * *

     

    vacilar ( conjugate vacilar) verbo intransitivo
    1


    no vaciló en aceptar he did not hesitate to accept, he accepted without hesitation
    b) [fe/determinación] to waver


    2 ( oscilar) [ persona] to stagger, totter
    3 (AmL exc CS fam) ( divertirse) to have fun
    vacilar verbo intransitivo
    1 (titubear, dudar) to hesitate: vaciló en responder, he hesitated before answering
    2 (una voz) to falter
    (una luz) to flicker
    3 argot (hacer burla soterradamente) to tease: ¿me estás vacilando?, are you winding me up?
    4 argot (presumir, fanfarronear) to boast, show off
    ' vacilar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    titubear
    English:
    dilly-dally
    - falter
    - hang back
    - hesitate
    - hold back
    - little
    - shilly-shally
    - shrink
    - straight
    - vacillate
    - waver
    - dither
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [dudar] to hesitate;
    contestó sin vacilar she replied without hesitation;
    vacilaba entre ambas opciones he hesitated o wavered between the two options;
    no vaciles más y subscríbete why wait? get your subscription today
    2. [voz, principios, régimen] to falter
    3. [fluctuar] [luz] to flicker;
    [pulso] to be irregular
    4. [oscilar] [mueble, persona] to wobble
    5. Fam [causar sensación] to be really cool;
    una moto de esas vacila mucho a bike like that is really cool
    6. Esp, Carib, Méx Fam [bromear]
    está vacilando he's pulling your leg o kidding, Br he's taking the mickey
    7. CAm, Carib, Méx Fam [parrandear] to party
    ♦ vt
    Fam
    1. Esp, Carib, Méx
    vacilar a alguien [tomar el pelo] to pull sb's leg, Br to take the mickey out of sb;
    me estás vacilando you're pulling my leg
    2. Carib [mirar con atención] to get a load of, to check out;
    vacílate ese carro get a load of that car, check out that car
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 hesitate; de fe, resolución waver
    2 de objeto wobble, rock; de persona stagger
    3 Méx fam ( divertirse) have fun
    II v/t fam
    make fun of
    * * *
    1) : to hesitate, to vacillate, to waver
    2) : to be unsteady, to wobble
    3) : to flicker
    4) fam : to joke, to fool around
    * * *
    vacilar vb (dudar) to hesitate
    ¡no me vaciles! come off it!

    Spanish-English dictionary > vacilar

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