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  • 41 apreciado

    adj.
    1 dear.
    2 valued, popular, prized, appreciated.
    3 dear.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: apreciar.
    * * *
    1 valued, appreciated
    * * *
    ADJ worthy, esteemed

    "Apreciado Sr...." — "Dear Sir..."

    * * *
    - da adjetivo < amigo> valued
    * * *
    = cherished, valued, hugged.
    Ex. Some of their most cherished photographs were of sleeping users.
    Ex. One very elementary kind of invitation might be the introduction of lavatories in public libraries: a facility to be found in department stores, which are interested in service to valued customers.
    Ex. Death becomes the character's hugged secret in what is a movie infused with silence and poignancy.
    ----
    * apreciado desde hace mucho tiempo = long-cherished.
    * muy apreciado = highly appreciated, long-revered.
    * muy apreciado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.
    * ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < amigo> valued
    * * *
    = cherished, valued, hugged.

    Ex: Some of their most cherished photographs were of sleeping users.

    Ex: One very elementary kind of invitation might be the introduction of lavatories in public libraries: a facility to be found in department stores, which are interested in service to valued customers.
    Ex: Death becomes the character's hugged secret in what is a movie infused with silence and poignancy.
    * apreciado desde hace mucho tiempo = long-cherished.
    * muy apreciado = highly appreciated, long-revered.
    * muy apreciado desde hace tiempo = long-revered.
    * ser apreciado = receive + appreciation.

    * * *
    ‹amigo› valued
    su piel es muy apreciada its fur is highly prized
    * * *

    Del verbo apreciar: ( conjugate apreciar)

    apreciado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    apreciado    
    apreciar
    apreciado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ amigo› valued;

    su piel es muy apreciada its fur is highly prized
    apreciar ( conjugate apreciar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ persona› to be fond of
    2 ‹interés/ayuda/arte› to appreciate
    3 (percibir, observar) to see;

    apreciar verbo transitivo
    1 to appreciate ➣ Ver nota en appreciate 2 (observar, ver) to notice, see
    ' apreciado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estimada
    - estimado
    English:
    dear
    - standing
    - under
    * * *
    apreciado, -a adj
    1. [querido] esteemed, highly regarded
    2. [valorado] prized ( por by)
    * * *
    adj valued

    Spanish-English dictionary > apreciado

  • 42 aproximación

    f.
    1 approximation, approach, coming together, nearness.
    2 smoothing.
    * * *
    1 (gen) approximation
    2 (acercamiento) bringing together; (de países) rapprochement
    3 (lotería) consolation prize
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) approach, rapprochement
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Mat) approximation (a to)
    2) (=proximidad) nearness, closeness

    no parece ni por aproximación que vaya a ceder — he seems to be nowhere near giving up, he doesn't look remotely like giving up

    3) (=acercamiento) approach (a to)
    (Pol) rapprochement
    4) [en lotería] consolation prize
    * * *
    a) (Mat) approximation

    con una aproximación del 99% — with 99% accuracy

    * * *
    = overview, approximation, rapprochement, approach [approaches, -pl.].
    Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex. If we try to group the concepts arising from the titles, we find that a first approximation gives us four groups.
    Ex. The antifascism of ALA executive director Carl Milam was instrumental in reaching a rapprochement.
    Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    ----
    * aproximación conceptual = conceptual approach.
    * * *
    a) (Mat) approximation

    con una aproximación del 99% — with 99% accuracy

    * * *
    = overview, approximation, rapprochement, approach [approaches, -pl.].

    Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.

    Ex: If we try to group the concepts arising from the titles, we find that a first approximation gives us four groups.
    Ex: The antifascism of ALA executive director Carl Milam was instrumental in reaching a rapprochement.
    Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    * aproximación conceptual = conceptual approach.

    * * *
    1 ( Mat) approximation
    esta cifra sólo es una aproximación this figure is only an approximation
    lo calcularon con una aproximación del 99% they calculated it with 99% accuracy
    2
    (acercamiento): la aproximación de los dos países the rapprochement between the two countries
    un intento de aproximación an attempt to improve relations
    3 (en una lotería) prize given to holders of numbers immediately above or below the winning number
    4 ( Aviac) tb
    * * *

    aproximación sustantivo femenino approximation
    ' aproximación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estrechamiento
    - venir
    - cerca
    - como
    - hacia
    - un
    English:
    approximation
    * * *
    1. [acercamiento] approach;
    [de países] rapprochement; [de puntos de vista] converging;
    ha habido una ligera aproximación de las dos partes [en negociación] the two sides have come a little closer;
    maniobra de aproximación [de avión] approach
    2. [en cálculo] approximation
    3. [en lotería] = consolation prize given to numbers immediately before and after the winning number
    * * *
    f
    1 approximation
    2 ( acercamiento) approach
    3 en lotería consolation prize ( won by those with numbers immediately before and after the winning number)
    * * *
    1) : approximation, estimate
    2) : rapprochement

    Spanish-English dictionary > aproximación

  • 43 arquetipo

    m.
    archetype.
    * * *
    1 archetype
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino archetype
    * * *
    = archetype, epitome, exemplar, perfect example.
    Ex. All the necessary information is to be found on the dust-jacket on in the introduction to confirm that this is a work of empirical science in which Jung's theory of archetypes is supported by the latest research in ethology and sociobiology.
    Ex. This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    Ex. Nationalists tended to depict women as embodying the eternal virtues of self-sacrifice and loyalty and to elevate them as national exemplars.
    Ex. His story is also a perfect example of the unconditional love a mother has for a child.
    * * *
    masculino archetype
    * * *
    = archetype, epitome, exemplar, perfect example.

    Ex: All the necessary information is to be found on the dust-jacket on in the introduction to confirm that this is a work of empirical science in which Jung's theory of archetypes is supported by the latest research in ethology and sociobiology.

    Ex: This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.
    Ex: Nationalists tended to depict women as embodying the eternal virtues of self-sacrifice and loyalty and to elevate them as national exemplars.
    Ex: His story is also a perfect example of the unconditional love a mother has for a child.

    * * *
    archetype
    el arquetipo de belleza clásica the archetype o perfect example of classical beauty
    * * *

    arquetipo sustantivo masculino
    archetype
    arquetipo sustantivo masculino archetype
    ' arquetipo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    archetype
    - epitome
    * * *
    archetype;
    es el arquetipo de hombre de los 80 he's the archetypal 80s man
    * * *
    m archetype
    * * *
    : archetype

    Spanish-English dictionary > arquetipo

  • 44 arritmia

    f.
    1 arrythmia (medicine).
    2 arrhythmia, chaotic heart, irregular heartbeat, irregular rhythm of the heartbeat.
    * * *
    1 arrhythmia
    * * *
    SF (Med) arrhythmia
    * * *
    femenino arrhythmia
    * * *
    Ex. With the introduction of the multifunction implantable pacemaker/cardioverter/defibrillator, it is increasingly important to detect and identify arrhythmias automatically.
    ----
    * arritmia cardíaca = cardiac arrhythmia.
    * * *
    femenino arrhythmia
    * * *

    Ex: With the introduction of the multifunction implantable pacemaker/cardioverter/defibrillator, it is increasingly important to detect and identify arrhythmias automatically.

    * arritmia cardíaca = cardiac arrhythmia.

    * * *
    arrhythmia
    * * *
    Med arrhythmia
    * * *
    f MED arrhythmia

    Spanish-English dictionary > arritmia

  • 45 atractivo físico

    m.
    physical attraction, good looks, handsomeness.
    * * *
    (n.) = physical attractiveness, physical appeal
    Ex. The results resemble those found by social psychologists regarding the effect of physical attractiveness on the valuation of other personality attributes.
    Ex. This book is a popular introduction to the subject because of its physical appeal, the integration of its various aspects, and its flexibility.
    * * *
    (n.) = physical attractiveness, physical appeal

    Ex: The results resemble those found by social psychologists regarding the effect of physical attractiveness on the valuation of other personality attributes.

    Ex: This book is a popular introduction to the subject because of its physical appeal, the integration of its various aspects, and its flexibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atractivo físico

  • 46 audio visual

    Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.
    * * *

    Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > audio visual

  • 47 auténtico

    adj.
    authentic, legitimate, real, true.
    * * *
    1 authentic, genuine, real
    * * *
    (f. - auténtica)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=legítimo) authentic; [persona] genuine

    días de auténtico calor — days of real heat, really hot days

    2) * (=estupendo) great *, brilliant *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < cuadro> genuine, authentic; <perla/piel> real; < documento> authentic
    b) <interés/cariño/persona> genuine
    c) <pesadilla/catástrofe> (delante del n) real (before n)
    * * *
    = authentic, bona fide, genuine, true [truer -comp., truest -sup.], kosher, funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], actual.
    Ex. These names are not the authentic names of these peoples.
    Ex. Booksellers were forbidden to retail new books, other than bona fide remainders, at less than list prices, under threat of being black-listed and refused further supplies.
    Ex. A general paper may be irrelevant to a specialist but of genuine value to someone seeking a brief introduction to a field peripheral to their main interest.
    Ex. The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.
    Ex. Some mammals, such as pigs, have a cloven hoof but are not considered kosher because they do not meet other criteria.
    Ex. The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex. It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor.
    ----
    * auténtica leyenda = living legend.
    * auténtico mito = living legend.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * el auténtico = the real McCoy.
    * no auténtico = unauthentic.
    * un auténtico infierno = a living hell.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < cuadro> genuine, authentic; <perla/piel> real; < documento> authentic
    b) <interés/cariño/persona> genuine
    c) <pesadilla/catástrofe> (delante del n) real (before n)
    * * *
    = authentic, bona fide, genuine, true [truer -comp., truest -sup.], kosher, funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], actual.

    Ex: These names are not the authentic names of these peoples.

    Ex: Booksellers were forbidden to retail new books, other than bona fide remainders, at less than list prices, under threat of being black-listed and refused further supplies.
    Ex: A general paper may be irrelevant to a specialist but of genuine value to someone seeking a brief introduction to a field peripheral to their main interest.
    Ex: The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman is not a true abridged edition of the full edition, but rather a rewritten distillation of the essential rules and principles.
    Ex: Some mammals, such as pigs, have a cloven hoof but are not considered kosher because they do not meet other criteria.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor.
    * auténtica leyenda = living legend.
    * auténtico mito = living legend.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * el auténtico = the real McCoy.
    * no auténtico = unauthentic.
    * un auténtico infierno = a living hell.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹cuadro› genuine, authentic; ‹perla/piel› real; ‹documento› authentic
    2 ‹interés/cariño› genuine; ‹persona› genuine
    3 ‹pesadilla/catástrofe› ( delante del n) real ( before n)
    el resultado es un auténtico desastre the result is an absolute o a complete o a real disaster
    una auténtica multitud se dio cita frente al banco a huge o real crowd gathered opposite the bank
    B ( Esp arg) (estupendo) great ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo autenticar: ( conjugate autenticar)

    autentico es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    autenticó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    autenticar    
    auténtico
    autenticar ( conjugate autenticar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹firma/documento› to authenticate

    b) (RPl) ‹ fotocopia› to attest

    auténtico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo


    ‹perla/piel› real;
    ‹ documento› authentic
    b) ‹interés/cariño/persona› genuine

    c) ‹pesadilla/catástrofe› ( delante del n) real ( before n)

    auténtico,-a adjetivo authentic
    ' auténtico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    auténtica
    - calvario
    - galimatías
    - infierno
    - parásita
    - parásito
    - pendón
    - pestiño
    - portento
    - querubín
    - rompecabezas
    - verdad
    - verdadera
    - verdadero
    English:
    absolute
    - aggravating
    - authentic
    - deep-rooted
    - dope
    - drip
    - genius
    - genuine
    - hick
    - misery
    - ordeal
    - positive
    - predicament
    - real
    - right
    - trial
    - true-born
    - unadulterated
    - veritable
    - bona fide
    - indeed
    - true
    * * *
    auténtico, -a adj
    1. [cuadro] genuine;
    [diamante] real; [documento] authentic
    2. [persona] genuine;
    [sentimiento] genuine, real
    3. [como intensificador]
    es un auténtico imbécil he's a real idiot;
    eso es un auténtico disparate that's completely crazy;
    fue un auténtico desastre it was a total disaster
    * * *
    adj authentic
    * * *
    auténtico, -ca adj
    : authentic
    * * *
    1. (no falso) genuine / authentic

    Spanish-English dictionary > auténtico

  • 48 avanzado

    adj.
    1 advanced, progressive, developed.
    2 advanced, high-tech, hi-tech, high-technology.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: avanzar.
    * * *
    1→ link=avanzar avanzar
    1 advanced
    \
    de avanzada edad advanced in years, elderly
    * * *
    (f. - avanzada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=adelantado) advanced; [pómulo] prominent; [diseño] advanced; [ideas, tendencia] advanced, avant-garde, progressive

    de edad avanzada, avanzado de edad — advanced in years

    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.
    Ex. It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.
    Ex. Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex. These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    ----
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.

    Ex: It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.

    Ex: Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex: These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.

    * * *
    1 ‹proceso› advanced
    tenía muy avanzado el cáncer his cancer had reached a very advanced stage
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    2 ‹alumno/curso/nivel› advanced
    3 ‹ideas› advanced
    * * *

    Del verbo avanzar: ( conjugate avanzar)

    avanzado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    avanzado    
    avanzar
    avanzado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    advanced;
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years;
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzado,-a adjetivo advanced
    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avanzada
    - adelantado
    English:
    advanced
    - late
    - progress
    - visualize
    - come
    - heavily
    * * *
    avanzado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [en desarrollo, proceso] [alumno, curso, tecnología, país] advanced;
    una persona de avanzada edad o [m5] de edad avanzada a person advanced in years;
    tiene un cáncer muy avanzado she is in the advanced stages of cancer
    2. [progresista] [ideas] advanced
    3. [hora] late;
    acabamos avanzada ya la tarde we finished late in the afternoon
    ♦ nm,f
    person ahead of his/her time
    * * *
    adj advanced
    * * *
    avanzado, -da adj
    1) : advanced
    2) : progressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzado

  • 49 avanzar

    v.
    1 to advance.
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    Mi chico avanza en la escuela My boy advances in school.
    Ricardo avanzó las ventas Richard advanced=promoted sales.
    2 to make progress.
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3 to pass (time).
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes quickly
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4 to move forward.
    El coche avanza lentamente The car moves forward slowly.
    * * *
    1 to advance, go forward
    1 (mover adelante) to advance, move forward
    2 (dinero) to advance
    3 (promover) to promote
    4 (una propuesta) to put forward
    1 (adelantarse) to go forward, advance; (día, noche) to draw in
    * * *
    verb
    1) to advance, move forward
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=mover) to move forward, advance

    avanzó la ficha cuatro casillas — he moved the counter forward four spaces, he advanced the counter four spaces

    2) [+ dinero] to advance
    3) [+ opinión, propuesta] to put forward
    4) [+ resultado] to predict; [+ predicción] to make
    5) Caribe (=vomitar) to vomit
    2. VI
    1) (=ir hacia adelante) to advance, move forward

    no me esperéis, seguid avanzando — don't wait for me, carry on

    2) (=progresar) to make progress
    3) [noche, invierno] to draw on, approach
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.
    Ex. Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.
    Ex. If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex. Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex. Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex. We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex. It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex. The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex. All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex. Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex. Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex. This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex. Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex. In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex. The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex. The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex. As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex. In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex. The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex. Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex. Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex. Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    ----
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.

    Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

    Ex: If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex: Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex: Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex: We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex: It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex: The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex: All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex: Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex: Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex: This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex: Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex: In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex: The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex: As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex: In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex: Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex: Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.

    * * *
    avanzar [A4 ]
    vi
    1 «tropas/persona/tráfico» to advance, move forward avanzar HACIA algo:
    las tropas avanzan hacia la capital the troops are advancing on the capital
    el país avanza hacia la democracia the country is moving o advancing toward(s) democracy
    2 ( Fot) «rollo» to wind on
    3 «persona» (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; «negociaciones/proyecto» to progress
    no estoy avanzando mucho con este trabajo I'm not making much progress o headway o I'm not getting very far with this work
    4 «tiempo» to draw on
    ■ avanzar
    vt
    1 (adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    avanzaron unos pasos they moved forward o advanced a few steps, they took a few steps forward
    2 (mover) to move … forward, advance
    avanzó un peón he moved o pushed a pawn forward, he advanced a pawn
    3 ‹propuesta› to put forward
    * * *

     

    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sacudida
    - salto
    - tantear
    - adelantar
    English:
    advance
    - come forward
    - crawl
    - edge
    - freewheel
    - go forward
    - headway
    - move
    - move along
    - pace
    - proceed
    - progress
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - surge
    - wind
    - fast
    - head
    - hover
    - inch
    - lumber
    - scroll
    - somewhere
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [moverse] to advance;
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing;
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    2. [progresar] to make progress;
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies;
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3. [tiempo] to pass;
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes very quickly;
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4. [carrete] to wind on
    ♦ vt
    1. [adelantar] to move forward;
    las tropas avanzaron sus posiciones the troops advanced their position;
    avanzaron varias posiciones en la clasificación de liga they moved up several places in the league
    2. [noticias]
    avanzar algo a alguien to inform sb of sth in advance;
    les avanzó los resultados del estudio she informed them of the results of the study before it was published
    3. [carrete] to wind on
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 move forward, advance;
    avanzar un pie take a step forward
    2 dinero advance
    II v/i
    1 advance, move forward; MIL advance ( hacia on)
    2 en trabajo make progress
    * * *
    avanzar {21} v
    : to advance, to move forward
    * * *
    1. (progresar) to make progress / to get on
    2. (ir hacia delante) to advance / to move forward

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar

  • 50 aversión

    f.
    aversion, antipathy, hate, hatred.
    * * *
    1 aversion
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=repulsión) aversion; (=aborrecimiento) disgust, loathing

    aversión hacia o por algo — aversion to sth

    cobrar aversión a algn/algo — to take a strong dislike to sb/sth

    * * *
    femenino aversion

    siento aversión por ella — I loathe her, I have a real aversion to her

    * * *
    = antipathy, disinclination, dislike, disliking, aversion, loathing, distaste, avoidance, disgust.
    Ex. Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.
    Ex. The base of higher education is shrinking because of an evident disinclination on the part of growing numbers of eligible students to extend their education.
    Ex. Because of this human characteristic of dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed, threatened with punishment to get them to put forth adequate effort.
    Ex. Reactions to the serious novels and the monographs are never simply of liking or disliking.
    Ex. The central hypothesis is that an aversion to neologisms (especially newly coined words) impedes the introduction and acceptance of new concepts.
    Ex. The article 'The hype and the hope: fear and loathing on the net' argues that the fears and mistrust of the Internet are based upon ignorance about new technology.
    Ex. Some detractors cite political reasons for this, for example the apparent scarcity of public funds and taxpayers' distaste for anything 'governmental'.
    Ex. This avoidance of unnecessary repetition in the listing of concepts is a feature of CC and of all faceted classification schemes.
    Ex. I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.
    ----
    * preferencias y aversiones = likes and dislikes.
    * sentir aversión por = have + aversion to.
    * tener aversión a = have + aversion to.
    * * *
    femenino aversion

    siento aversión por ella — I loathe her, I have a real aversion to her

    * * *
    = antipathy, disinclination, dislike, disliking, aversion, loathing, distaste, avoidance, disgust.

    Ex: Of particular note is his classic monograph 'Prejudices and Antipathies', published by Scarecrow Press, a critique of LC entry and subject heading practices.

    Ex: The base of higher education is shrinking because of an evident disinclination on the part of growing numbers of eligible students to extend their education.
    Ex: Because of this human characteristic of dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed, threatened with punishment to get them to put forth adequate effort.
    Ex: Reactions to the serious novels and the monographs are never simply of liking or disliking.
    Ex: The central hypothesis is that an aversion to neologisms (especially newly coined words) impedes the introduction and acceptance of new concepts.
    Ex: The article 'The hype and the hope: fear and loathing on the net' argues that the fears and mistrust of the Internet are based upon ignorance about new technology.
    Ex: Some detractors cite political reasons for this, for example the apparent scarcity of public funds and taxpayers' distaste for anything 'governmental'.
    Ex: This avoidance of unnecessary repetition in the listing of concepts is a feature of CC and of all faceted classification schemes.
    Ex: I gave him a look of scorn and disgust, but he merely laughed at me.
    * preferencias y aversiones = likes and dislikes.
    * sentir aversión por = have + aversion to.
    * tener aversión a = have + aversion to.

    * * *
    aversion
    le tiene aversión a la carne he has a strong dislike of o an aversion to meat
    siento aversión por ella I loathe o can't stand her, I have a real aversion to her
    * * *

    aversión sustantivo femenino
    aversion
    aversión sustantivo femenino aversion
    ' aversión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominar
    - horror
    - inquina
    - invencible
    - repugnancia
    English:
    antipathy
    - aversion
    - dislike
    - loathing
    - repugnance
    - repulsion
    * * *
    aversion;
    tener aversión a algo, sentir aversión hacia algo to feel aversion towards sth;
    tomar aversión a algo to take a dislike to sth
    * * *
    f aversion
    * * *
    aversión nf, pl - siones : aversion, dislike
    * * *
    aversión n dislike

    Spanish-English dictionary > aversión

  • 51 azucarera

    f.
    1 sugar refinery.
    2 sugar bowl, sugar basin.
    3 sugarhouse.
    * * *
    1 (vasija) sugarbowl
    2 (fábrica) sugar factory
    * * *
    * * *
    a) (AmL) ( recipiente) sugar bowl
    b) ( fábrica) sugar refinery
    * * *
    = sugar mill, beet sugar factory, sugar factory.
    Ex. Literacy has been brought directly into the workplace with the introduction of libraries into factories and sugar mills.
    Ex. This article presents an approach to help beet sugar factories reduce water and effluent.
    Ex. Over the years, a number of computer models have been developed by Sugar for use in sugar factory design.
    ----
    * fábrica azucarera = sugar mill.
    * * *
    a) (AmL) ( recipiente) sugar bowl
    b) ( fábrica) sugar refinery
    * * *
    = sugar mill, beet sugar factory, sugar factory.

    Ex: Literacy has been brought directly into the workplace with the introduction of libraries into factories and sugar mills.

    Ex: This article presents an approach to help beet sugar factories reduce water and effluent.
    Ex: Over the years, a number of computer models have been developed by Sugar for use in sugar factory design.
    * fábrica azucarera = sugar mill.

    * * *
    1 ( AmL) (recipiente) sugar bowl
    2 (fábrica) sugar refinery
    * * *

    azucarera sustantivo femenino


    azucarero,-a
    1 sustantivo masculino & sustantivo femenino sugar bowl
    II adjetivo sugar
    la industria azucarera, sugar industry
    ' azucarera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    azucarero
    - remolacha
    English:
    beet
    - sugar beet
    - sugar
    * * *
    1. [fábrica] sugar refinery
    2. [recipiente] sugar bowl
    * * *
    f sugar bowl
    * * *
    : sugar bowl

    Spanish-English dictionary > azucarera

  • 52 bicicleta con sillín alto

    (n.) = high wheeler
    Ex. The paper addresses the introduction of the high wheeler, the use of the tricycle as a safer alternative, and the development of the modern safety bicycle.
    * * *

    Ex: The paper addresses the introduction of the high wheeler, the use of the tricycle as a safer alternative, and the development of the modern safety bicycle.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bicicleta con sillín alto

  • 53 biobibliografía

    f.
    biobibliography.
    * * *
    = biobibliography [bio-bibliography].
    Nota: Biografía de un autor o varios que además de recoger información sobre sus vidas también incluye sus obras.
    Ex. The introduction defines 'related works' as 'collective biographies, biobibliographies, collections of epitaphs, selected genealogical works, and dictionaries of anonyms and pseudonyms'.
    * * *
    = biobibliography [bio-bibliography].
    Nota: Biografía de un autor o varios que además de recoger información sobre sus vidas también incluye sus obras.

    Ex: The introduction defines 'related works' as 'collective biographies, biobibliographies, collections of epitaphs, selected genealogical works, and dictionaries of anonyms and pseudonyms'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biobibliografía

  • 54 cada vez mayor

    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex. Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex. The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex. The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex. There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex. By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex. Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex: Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex: The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex: The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex: There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex: Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex: By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex: Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex: The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez mayor

  • 55 cardioversor

    adj.
    cardioverter.
    * * *
    Ex. With the introduction of the multifunction implantable pacemaker/ cardioverter/defibrillator, it is increasingly important to detect and identify arrhythmias automatically.
    * * *

    Ex: With the introduction of the multifunction implantable pacemaker/ cardioverter/defibrillator, it is increasingly important to detect and identify arrhythmias automatically.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cardioversor

  • 56 carisma

    m.
    charisma.
    * * *
    1 charisma
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino charisma
    * * *
    = glamour [glamor, -USA], charisma, panache.
    Ex. In many cases needs other than those of the user are driving the further introduction of the Internet into libraries, e. g. the glamour and marketing value of connectivity, and the egos of librarians = En muchos casos necesidades diferentes a las de los usuarios están fomentando aún más la introducción de Internet en las bibliotecas, por ej., el carisma y el valor comercial de la red y el ego del bibliotecario.
    Ex. Factors to be taken into consideration include: managerial style; attitude to personnel and customers; the importance of information technology; corporate culture; criteria for creativity; charisma; and the role of quality.
    Ex. It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.
    * * *
    masculino charisma
    * * *
    = glamour [glamor, -USA], charisma, panache.

    Ex: In many cases needs other than those of the user are driving the further introduction of the Internet into libraries, e. g. the glamour and marketing value of connectivity, and the egos of librarians = En muchos casos necesidades diferentes a las de los usuarios están fomentando aún más la introducción de Internet en las bibliotecas, por ej., el carisma y el valor comercial de la red y el ego del bibliotecario.

    Ex: Factors to be taken into consideration include: managerial style; attitude to personnel and customers; the importance of information technology; corporate culture; criteria for creativity; charisma; and the role of quality.
    Ex: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.

    * * *
    charisma
    tener carisma to have charisma
    * * *

    carisma sustantivo masculino
    charisma
    carisma sustantivo masculino charisma
    ' carisma' also found in these entries:
    English:
    charisma
    * * *
    charisma;
    tener mucho carisma to have lots of charisma, to be very charismatic
    * * *
    m charisma
    * * *
    : charisma

    Spanish-English dictionary > carisma

  • 57 cartílago

    m.
    cartilage, gristle, cartilago.
    * * *
    1 cartilage
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino cartilage
    * * *
    Ex. Despite the introduction of new surgical techniques, the treatment of cartilage defects remains challenging.
    * * *
    masculino cartilage
    * * *

    Ex: Despite the introduction of new surgical techniques, the treatment of cartilage defects remains challenging.

    * * *
    cartilage
    * * *

    cartílago sustantivo masculino
    cartilage
    cartílago m Anat cartilage
    ' cartílago' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cartilage
    - gristle
    * * *
    cartilage
    * * *
    m cartilage
    * * *
    : cartilage

    Spanish-English dictionary > cartílago

  • 58 cero tolerancia

    Ex. The large number of complaints from staff and students concerning the use of mobile telephones in the libraries led to the introduction of a pilot zero tolerance scheme to ban their use.
    * * *

    Ex: The large number of complaints from staff and students concerning the use of mobile telephones in the libraries led to the introduction of a pilot zero tolerance scheme to ban their use.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cero tolerancia

  • 59 como reconocimiento a

    Ex. The article 'Cold and cool vault environments for the storage of historic photographic materials' was written in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the introduction of photography to the public.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Cold and cool vault environments for the storage of historic photographic materials' was written in recognition of the sesquicentennial of the introduction of photography to the public.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como reconocimiento a

  • 60 comparar

    v.
    1 to compare, to make a comparison.
    comparar algo/a alguien con algo/alguien to compare something/somebody with something/somebody
    comparar precios to compare prices, to shop around
    ¡no compares, ésta es mucho más bonita! don't compare, this one's much nicer!
    Elsa carea beneficios Elsa compares benefits.
    2 to draw a comparison, to make a comparison.
    * * *
    1 to compare
    \
    ¡no compares! familiar far from it!
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT to compare (a to) ( con with, to)

    comparar dos archivos — (Inform) to compare two files

    por favor, no compares, esta casa es mucho mejor que la que tenías antes — there's no comparison, this house is much better than the one you had before

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( contrastar) to compare

    comparar algo/a alguien con algo/alguien — to compare something/somebody with something/somebody

    b) ( asemejar) to compare

    comparar algo/a alguien a algo/alguien — to compare something/somebody to something/somebody

    2.
    comparar vi to make a comparison, to compare
    * * *
    = compare, draw + parallel, make + comparisons, liken, cross-tabulate, factor, collate, triangulate, cross-reference, equate (with/to), diff.
    Nota: Usado generalmente en informática para comparar diferencias entre diferentes versiones de un mismo archivo.
    Ex. All words in the titles of the documents to be indexed will be compared, by a computer, with a pre-selected stop list or stopword list.
    Ex. This article draws a parallel between the growth of video collections and the earlier introduction of paperbacks into libraries.
    Ex. Quality in reviewing can be variable, but ARBA has a good record for providing critical comments when indicated and does not hesitate to make comparisons with similar tools.
    Ex. It can be likened to the production of a modern painting using spray paints and masks.
    Ex. Survey items, including subject searched, method of instruction, amount of searching experience, data base selected, and perceived relevance of citations retrieved, were cross-tabulated and examined for significance using the chi squared test.
    Ex. Library funding was factored against the comprehensive budgets of WTALC institutions, resulting in a measurement of the comparative percentage of university money made available to its libraries.
    Ex. It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex. The author discusses the advantages of using meta search engines for searching the World Wide Web as an alternative to using several search engines and triangulating the results.
    Ex. The editor has done a good job of cross-referencing the material, thus highlighting some of the ways in which separate factors interact and multiply their disintegrating effects.
    Ex. These new symbols can be equated with the symbols 'x' and 'xx' that are used currently in many authority listings to convey the same meaning.
    Ex. There are many tools available for diffing text files, but we often find ourselves wanting to see how an image file has changed too.
    ----
    * comparándolo = in comparison.
    * comparar con = match against, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, weigh against, stand up against.
    * comparar detalle a detalle = compare + point by point.
    * comparar notas = compare + notes.
    * comparar precios = comparison shop.
    * compararse = rival, measure up (to).
    * compararse con = stack up against, measure up against, match up against.
    * compararse favorablemente = compare + favourably.
    * comprar comparando productos = shop around, shopping around.
    * imposible de comparar = incommemsurable, incommensurate.
    * si los comparamos = in comparison.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( contrastar) to compare

    comparar algo/a alguien con algo/alguien — to compare something/somebody with something/somebody

    b) ( asemejar) to compare

    comparar algo/a alguien a algo/alguien — to compare something/somebody to something/somebody

    2.
    comparar vi to make a comparison, to compare
    * * *
    = compare, draw + parallel, make + comparisons, liken, cross-tabulate, factor, collate, triangulate, cross-reference, equate (with/to), diff.
    Nota: Usado generalmente en informática para comparar diferencias entre diferentes versiones de un mismo archivo.

    Ex: All words in the titles of the documents to be indexed will be compared, by a computer, with a pre-selected stop list or stopword list.

    Ex: This article draws a parallel between the growth of video collections and the earlier introduction of paperbacks into libraries.
    Ex: Quality in reviewing can be variable, but ARBA has a good record for providing critical comments when indicated and does not hesitate to make comparisons with similar tools.
    Ex: It can be likened to the production of a modern painting using spray paints and masks.
    Ex: Survey items, including subject searched, method of instruction, amount of searching experience, data base selected, and perceived relevance of citations retrieved, were cross-tabulated and examined for significance using the chi squared test.
    Ex: Library funding was factored against the comprehensive budgets of WTALC institutions, resulting in a measurement of the comparative percentage of university money made available to its libraries.
    Ex: It is no longer necessary to collate unaided, since copies can now be compared mechanically with a Hinman collating machine, which rapidly shows up all variation between them.
    Ex: The author discusses the advantages of using meta search engines for searching the World Wide Web as an alternative to using several search engines and triangulating the results.
    Ex: The editor has done a good job of cross-referencing the material, thus highlighting some of the ways in which separate factors interact and multiply their disintegrating effects.
    Ex: These new symbols can be equated with the symbols 'x' and 'xx' that are used currently in many authority listings to convey the same meaning.
    Ex: There are many tools available for diffing text files, but we often find ourselves wanting to see how an image file has changed too.
    * comparándolo = in comparison.
    * comparar con = match against, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, weigh against, stand up against.
    * comparar detalle a detalle = compare + point by point.
    * comparar notas = compare + notes.
    * comparar precios = comparison shop.
    * compararse = rival, measure up (to).
    * compararse con = stack up against, measure up against, match up against.
    * compararse favorablemente = compare + favourably.
    * comprar comparando productos = shop around, shopping around.
    * imposible de comparar = incommemsurable, incommensurate.
    * si los comparamos = in comparison.

    * * *
    comparar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (contrastar) to compare comparar algo/a algn CON algo/algn to compare sth/sb WITH sth/sb
    comparado con los de ayer, este ejercicio es fácil this exercise is easy compared with o to yesterday's
    2 (asemejar) to compare comparar algo/a algn A algo/algn to compare sth/sb TO sth/sb
    en el poema la compara a una diosa griega in the poem he compares her to a Greek goddess
    ■ comparar
    vi
    to make a comparison, compare
    * * *

     

    comparar ( conjugate comparar) verbo transitivo
    to compare;
    comparar algo/a algn a or con algo/algn to compare sth/sb to o with sth/sb;
    ◊ no puede ni compararse al otro it doesn't even compare at all to o with the other one

    verbo intransitivo
    to make a comparison, to compare
    comparar verbo transitivo to compare [con, with]: no le compares con su hermano, don't compare him with his brother

    ' comparar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    como
    - contraponer
    - asemejar
    - equiparar
    English:
    compare
    - equate
    - liken
    - shop around
    - measure
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to compare;
    comparar algo/a alguien con algo/alguien to compare sth/sb with sth/sb;
    comparar precios to compare prices, to shop around
    ♦ vi
    to compare, to make a comparison;
    ¡no compares, ésta es mucho más bonita! don't compare, this one's much nicer!
    * * *
    v/t compare ( con with, to)
    * * *
    : to compare
    * * *
    comparar vb to compare

    Spanish-English dictionary > comparar

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