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  • 41 impedimento

    m.
    1 obstacle.
    no hay ningún impedimento para hacerlo there's no reason why we shouldn't do it
    2 disablement, handicap.
    3 impediment, snag, difficulty, obstacle.
    4 delay.
    5 estoppel.
    * * *
    1 (gen) impediment; (obstáculo) hindrance, obstacle; (problema) hitch
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=dificultad) impediment, hindrance
    2) (Med) disability, handicap
    * * *
    masculino obstacle, impediment
    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impediment, limiting factor, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, hindrance, impairment, albatross.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.
    ----
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * impedimento colateral por sentencia = collateral estoppel.
    * impedimento del habla = speech impediment.
    * impedimento legal = estoppel.
    * personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle, impediment
    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impediment, limiting factor, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, hindrance, impairment, albatross.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * impedimento colateral por sentencia = collateral estoppel.
    * impedimento del habla = speech impediment.
    * impedimento legal = estoppel.
    * personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.

    * * *
    1 (obstáculo) obstacle, impediment
    un importante impedimento para la expansión a major impediment o obstacle to expansion
    saldremos mañana si no surge ningún impedimento if there are no hitches o problems, we'll leave tomorrow
    2 ( Der) impediment
    Compuesto:
    physical handicaps
    * * *

    impedimento sustantivo masculino
    obstacle, impediment;

    impedimento físico physical handicap
    impedimento m (dificultad) hindrance, obstacle
    Jur impediment

    ' impedimento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    traba
    - remover
    English:
    bar
    - impediment
    - liability
    - obstacle
    - handicap
    * * *
    1. [obstáculo] obstacle;
    no hay ningún impedimento para hacerlo there's no reason why we shouldn't do it;
    no nos puso ningún impedimento para la celebración de la fiesta he didn't put any obstacles in the way of our having the party, he in no way tried to stop us having the party;
    si no surge ningún impedimento llegaremos a las ocho all being well, we'll be there at eight o'clock
    2. [para el matrimonio] impediment
    * * *
    m impediment
    * * *
    1) : impediment, obstacle
    2) : disability

    Spanish-English dictionary > impedimento

  • 42 impresión en plancha de madera

    Ex. The greatest boost to the spreading of knowledge through vastly increased book production was the invention of woodblock printing which was well developed by the late 9th century.
    * * *

    Ex: The greatest boost to the spreading of knowledge through vastly increased book production was the invention of woodblock printing which was well developed by the late 9th century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > impresión en plancha de madera

  • 43 iniciar el vuelo

    (v.) = take to + the sky
    Ex. A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.
    * * *
    (v.) = take to + the sky

    Ex: A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.

    Spanish-English dictionary > iniciar el vuelo

  • 44 inspección

    f.
    1 inspection, going-over.
    2 visit of inspection, visitation, inspection, visit.
    3 inspection, analysis, examination.
    * * *
    1 (gen) examination, inspection; (policial) search
    \
    inspección sanitaria health inspection
    inspección tributaria tax inspection
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF (=revisión) inspection, examination; (=control) check

    la Inspección de Hacienda — ≈ Inland Revenue, ≈ Internal Revenue Service (EEUU)

    nos amenazan con una inspección de Hacienda — we have been threatened with a tax inspection, they have threatened us with an Inland Revenue inspection

    Inspección de Trabajo — ≈ Industrial Relations Commission

    inspección técnica de vehículos — roadworthiness test, ≈ MOT test

    * * *
    femenino (verificación, examen) inspection

    inspección sanitaria — health o sanitary inspection

    * * *
    = inspection, inspectorate, examination, survey, vetting, checkout [check-out].
    Ex. Even where a catalogue or index to a collection is available, users do not always consult these tools, and may prefer to locate either individual documents, or documents with specific characteristics by inspection of the stock.
    Ex. But only in 1982 did the union set up a committee to examine the service, and the inspectorate also pressed for a reevaluation.
    Ex. The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex. Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.
    Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.
    Ex. To do a proper checkout, you need to remove the driveshaft and pull the bearing cups off.
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    * inspección al azar = spot check.
    * * *
    femenino (verificación, examen) inspection

    inspección sanitaria — health o sanitary inspection

    * * *
    = inspection, inspectorate, examination, survey, vetting, checkout [check-out].

    Ex: Even where a catalogue or index to a collection is available, users do not always consult these tools, and may prefer to locate either individual documents, or documents with specific characteristics by inspection of the stock.

    Ex: But only in 1982 did the union set up a committee to examine the service, and the inspectorate also pressed for a reevaluation.
    Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex: Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.
    Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.
    Ex: To do a proper checkout, you need to remove the driveshaft and pull the bearing cups off.
    * inspección al azar = spot check.

    * * *
    1 (verificación, examen) inspection
    una visita de inspección a tour of inspection
    2 (departamento) Health Inspectorate
    Compuestos:
    visual inspection o examination o check
    sanitary inspection
    ( en Esp), roadworthiness test, MOT test ( in UK)
    * * *

     

    inspección sustantivo femenino
    inspection
    inspección sustantivo femenino inspection: la empresa ha pasado por tres inspecciones de seguridad en el último mes, the company has been inspected three times in the last month
    ' inspección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    control
    - ITV
    - peritaje
    - registro
    - rutinaria
    - rutinario
    - chequeo
    - escrutinio
    - revista
    - rutina
    English:
    check
    - inspection
    - physical
    - survey
    - examination
    - man
    - search
    - spot
    * * *
    1. [examen] inspection;
    [policial] search;
    pasar una inspección to have o undergo an inspection
    inspección de calidad quality control inspection;
    inspección ocular visual inspection o examination;
    Esp inspección técnica de vehículos = annual technical inspection for motor vehicles with an age of five years or more, Br ≈ MOT
    2. [lugar] inspectorate
    * * *
    f inspection
    * * *
    inspección nf, pl - ciones : inspection
    * * *
    inspección n inspection

    Spanish-English dictionary > inspección

  • 45 irritante

    adj.
    irritating.
    m.
    irritant.
    * * *
    1 irritating, aggravating, annoying
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    I
    a) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoying
    b) (Med) irritant
    II
    masculino irritant
    * * *
    = irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.
    Ex. We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.
    Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.
    Ex. Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.
    Ex. While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
    Ex. At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.
    * * *
    I
    a) <situación/actitud> irritating, annoying
    b) (Med) irritant
    II
    masculino irritant
    * * *
    = irritating, irksome, vexing, jarring, grating, exasperating, smarting.

    Ex: We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.

    Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: The protagonist experiences a jarring descent from the heights of literary distinction at court to the coarseness of common experience.
    Ex: Sanborn was infamous for his grating personality, editorial liberties and inaccurate accounts of people and events.
    Ex: While information appliances will proliferate, they will not lessen the perception of an exasperating electronic environment.
    Ex: At 11:30 I was feeling that all was well with the world, and then at 11:35 I'm all tightened to a smarting tension by having been treated like scum.

    * * *
    1 ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying
    2 ( Med) irritant
    irritant
    * * *

    irritante adjetivo ‹situación/actitud› irritating, annoying
    ' irritante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    aggravating
    - bratty
    - constant
    - grating
    - irritating
    - irritant
    * * *
    irritating, annoying
    * * *
    adj tb MED irritating
    * * *
    : irritating
    * * *
    irritante adj irritating

    Spanish-English dictionary > irritante

  • 46 juntos por el lado más ancho

    Ex. Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.
    * * *

    Ex: Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.

    Spanish-English dictionary > juntos por el lado más ancho

  • 47 juntos por el lado más estrecho

    Ex. Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.
    * * *

    Ex: Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.

    Spanish-English dictionary > juntos por el lado más estrecho

  • 48 levantamiento de planos

    (n.) = survey
    Ex. Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.
    * * *
    (n.) = survey

    Ex: Her invention consists of is a miniature, unmanned, auto-controlled airship which can be used for aerial work such as film and photography, surveillance and survey work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > levantamiento de planos

  • 49 manifestación

    f.
    1 public demonstration, protest march, picket, mass meeting.
    2 manifestation, declaration, statement, demonstration.
    3 tax return.
    * * *
    1 (de protesta etc) demonstration
    1 (declaración) statement sing, declaration sing, comments plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Pol) (=desfile) demonstration; (=concentración) mass meeting, rally
    2) (=muestra) [de emoción] display, show; (=señal) sign

    manifestaciones de alegría/júbilo — jubilation

    3) (=declaración) statement, declaration
    (tb: manifestación social) social occasion
    5)
    * * *
    1) (Pol) demonstration

    asistir a una manifestación — to take part in o go on a demonstration

    2) (expresión, indicio) sign

    las manifestaciones artísticas/culturales de la época — the artistic/cultural expression of the era

    3) manifestaciones femenino plural (period) ( declaraciones) statement
    * * *
    = disclosure, expression, manifestation, outcropping, airing, demonstration, street protest.
    Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    Ex. The first two steps require the recognition of the individual concepts present in the topic, and their expression in the terms available in the controlled vocabulary.
    Ex. The concepts introduced by the colon: (colon) may be manifestations of either Personality, Matter or Energy facets within a given compound.
    Ex. The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex. To achieve a full airing of concerns, librarians must work to overcome the unfavorable odds against the individual's access to unpopular or anti-establishment views.
    Ex. The most likely short-term scenario is likely to be increasingly venomous exchanges between authors and publishers, leading to more lawsuits, threats and demonstrations.
    Ex. The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.
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    * manifestación pacífica = peaceful demonstration.
    * organizar una manifestación = stage + demonstration, stage + protest.
    * * *
    1) (Pol) demonstration

    asistir a una manifestación — to take part in o go on a demonstration

    2) (expresión, indicio) sign

    las manifestaciones artísticas/culturales de la época — the artistic/cultural expression of the era

    3) manifestaciones femenino plural (period) ( declaraciones) statement
    * * *
    = disclosure, expression, manifestation, outcropping, airing, demonstration, street protest.

    Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.

    Ex: The first two steps require the recognition of the individual concepts present in the topic, and their expression in the terms available in the controlled vocabulary.
    Ex: The concepts introduced by the colon: (colon) may be manifestations of either Personality, Matter or Energy facets within a given compound.
    Ex: The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex: To achieve a full airing of concerns, librarians must work to overcome the unfavorable odds against the individual's access to unpopular or anti-establishment views.
    Ex: The most likely short-term scenario is likely to be increasingly venomous exchanges between authors and publishers, leading to more lawsuits, threats and demonstrations.
    Ex: The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.
    * manifestación pacífica = peaceful demonstration.
    * organizar una manifestación = stage + demonstration, stage + protest.

    * * *
    A ( Pol) demonstration
    asistieron a la manifestación they took part in o went on the demonstration
    dispersar una manifestación to break up a demonstration
    B
    (expresión, indicio): fueron recibidos con grandes manifestaciones de júbilo they were received with great rejoicing o jubilation
    las manifestaciones artísticas/culturales de la época the artistic/cultural expression of the era
    las primeras manifestaciones del cambio que se estaba produciendo the first signs of the change that was taking place
    por todas partes se observaban manifestaciones de duelo signs of mourning were visible everywhere
    las manifestaciones que hizo a la prensa the statement he made to the press, his statement to the press, what he said to the press
    * * *

     

    manifestación sustantivo femenino
    1 (Pol) demonstration
    2 (expresión, indicio) sign;

    manifestación sustantivo femenino
    1 (de trabajadores, etc) demonstration
    2 (muestra) manifestation, sign: fue una insólita manifestación de afecto, it was an unusual display of affection
    ' manifestación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antinuclear
    - detonante
    - encabezar
    - encabezamiento
    - movimiento
    - salir
    - silenciar
    - sofocar
    - sumarse
    - autorizar
    - cabecera
    - cabeza
    - convocar
    - desfilar
    - disolución
    - disolver
    - dispersar
    - marcha
    - movilización
    - multitudinario
    - pacífico
    - protesta
    English:
    against
    - banner
    - come
    - demo
    - demonstration
    - display
    - March
    - sit-in
    - stage
    - steward
    - manifestation
    - protest
    * * *
    1. [de alegría, dolor] show, display;
    [indicio] sign;
    2. [de opinión] declaration, expression;
    en sus manifestaciones a la prensa se declaró inocente in his statements to the press he said he was innocent
    3. [por la calle] demonstration;
    hacer una manifestación a favor de/contra algo to demonstrate o take part in a demonstration in favour of/against sth
    * * *
    f
    1 de gente demonstration
    2 ( muestra) show
    3 ( declaración) statement
    * * *
    1) : manifestation, sign
    2) : demonstration, rally
    * * *
    1. (protesta) demonstration
    2. (expresión) expression
    3. (declaración) statement

    Spanish-English dictionary > manifestación

  • 50 mantener todo controlado

    (v.) = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things
    Ex. Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
    Ex. It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
    Ex. Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things

    Ex: Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.

    Ex: It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
    Ex: Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener todo controlado

  • 51 mantenerse al tanto de las cosas

    (v.) = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things
    Ex. Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
    Ex. It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
    Ex. Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things

    Ex: Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.

    Ex: It's a winning situation, as long as you keep on top of things.
    Ex: Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse al tanto de las cosas

  • 52 masacre

    f.
    massacre.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: masacrar.
    * * *
    1 massacre
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino massacre
    * * *
    = massacre, masssacre, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, bloodbath [blood bath], mass killing, decimation.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex. This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex. They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex. The story amounts to blind love equals bloodbath and media exploitation in rural America.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    * * *
    femenino massacre
    * * *
    = massacre, masssacre, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, bloodbath [blood bath], mass killing, decimation.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex: The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex: This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex: They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex: The story amounts to blind love equals bloodbath and media exploitation in rural America.
    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.

    * * *
    massacre
    * * *

    Del verbo masacrar: ( conjugate masacrar)

    masacré es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    masacre es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    masacrar    
    masacre
    masacrar ( conjugate masacrar) verbo transitivo
    to massacre
    masacre sustantivo femenino
    massacre
    masacrar verbo transitivo to massacre
    masacre sustantivo femenino massacre
    ' masacre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    massacre
    - slaughter
    - blood
    * * *
    massacre
    * * *
    f massacre
    * * *
    : massacre
    * * *
    masacre n slaughter

    Spanish-English dictionary > masacre

  • 53 matanza

    f.
    1 slaughter (masacre).
    2 slaughtering (del cerdo). (peninsular Spanish)
    3 killing, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery.
    * * *
    1 (gen) slaughter
    2 (del cerdo) pig killing
    3 (carne) pork products plural
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [en batalla] slaughter, killing; (Agr) slaughtering; (=temporada) slaughtering season; (fig) slaughter, massacre
    2) Caribe (=matadero) slaughterhouse; And (=tienda) butcher's, butcher's shop; CAm (=mercado) meat market
    * * *
    femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de res, cerdo) slaughter
    * * *
    = massacre, slaughter, slaughtering, killing, mass murder, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, mass killing, kill, slaying.
    Ex. Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.
    Ex. Attention has focussed on the marketing of dangerous substances, safety standards for the slaughter of meat and poultry, and control of dangerous cosmetics.
    Ex. These programmes cover red meat slaughterhouses, ware potatoes, liquid milk processing, horticulture, cereals, fisheries, and pigmeat slaughtering and processing.
    Ex. This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex. Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex. The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex. This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex. They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex. By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex. Early rise as your try and catch the predators after their nightly kill.
    Ex. A mobster believed to be the head of an organized crime clan involved in the slaying of six people has been arrested this morning.
    ----
    * autor de una matanza = mass murderer.
    * matanza indiscriminada = killing spree, shooting spree, shooting rampage.
    * * *
    femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de res, cerdo) slaughter
    * * *
    = massacre, slaughter, slaughtering, killing, mass murder, bloodshed, carnage, butchery, mass killing, kill, slaying.

    Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as massacres when the indigenous people won and BATTLES when the colonists won.

    Ex: Attention has focussed on the marketing of dangerous substances, safety standards for the slaughter of meat and poultry, and control of dangerous cosmetics.
    Ex: These programmes cover red meat slaughterhouses, ware potatoes, liquid milk processing, horticulture, cereals, fisheries, and pigmeat slaughtering and processing.
    Ex: This article reports on the coverage by the New York Times of the killing of a hostage victim during a highjack.
    Ex: Some authors concluded that mass murder was analogous to 'femicide'.
    Ex: The author deals with the vexed issue of copyright passing from the bloodshed provoked by St. Columba's unauthorized copying of a neighbour's book of Psalms in the Sixth century, through the invention of royalties for glassblowers during the Renaissance to Microsoft's problems with free software.
    Ex: This new horror genre uses humor in the midst of violent gore & carnage.
    Ex: They charge the West, which has chosen to look the other way, with complicity in the butchery.
    Ex: By way of background, Mr. Pateman also denies that the Khmer Rouge committed mass killings in Cambodia.
    Ex: Early rise as your try and catch the predators after their nightly kill.
    Ex: A mobster believed to be the head of an organized crime clan involved in the slaying of six people has been arrested this morning.
    * autor de una matanza = mass murderer.
    * matanza indiscriminada = killing spree, shooting spree, shooting rampage.

    * * *
    A (acción de matar) killing, slaughter; (de una res, un cerdo) slaughter
    la matanza se hace cada año en noviembre the animals are slaughtered in November each year
    la matanza de ciudadanos inocentes the slaughter o killing of innocent citizens
    B ( Esp) (embutidos) pork products (pl)
    * * *

    matanza sustantivo femenino ( acción de matar) killing, slaughter;
    (de res, cerdo) slaughter;

    matanza sustantivo femenino slaughter

    ' matanza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    carnicería
    - salvaje
    English:
    carnage
    - massacre
    - orgy
    - slaughter
    - wholesale
    - killing
    * * *
    1. [masacre] slaughter
    2. [de cerdo] [acción] slaughtering
    3. Esp [de cerdo] [productos] = pork products from a farm-slaughtered pig
    * * *
    f de animales slaughter; de gente slaughter, massacre
    * * *
    masacre: slaughter, butchering
    * * *
    matanza n slaughter

    Spanish-English dictionary > matanza

  • 54 materialización

    f.
    materialization, actualization, appearance, materialisation.
    * * *
    1 materialization
    * * *
    * * *
    = materialisation [materialization, -USA].
    Ex. A mathematical expression is derived to describe the creation and materialisation of an invention.
    ----
    * materialización de algo que es abstracto = reification.
    * * *
    = materialisation [materialization, -USA].

    Ex: A mathematical expression is derived to describe the creation and materialisation of an invention.

    * materialización de algo que es abstracto = reification.

    * * *
    materialization, coming to fruition
    * * *
    [de proyecto, acuerdo] implementation;
    este viaje supone la materialización de sus sueños this journey is a dream come true for her

    Spanish-English dictionary > materialización

  • 55 molde de dos hojas

    Ex. Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.
    * * *

    Ex: Two-sheet moulds, which appear to have been a Dutch invention of the late seventeenth century, were constructed so that the two sheets were made either end to end or side by side.

    Spanish-English dictionary > molde de dos hojas

  • 56 molesto

    adj.
    1 annoying, cumbersome, bothersome, embarrassing.
    2 upset, irritated, angry, annoyed.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: molestar.
    * * *
    1 annoying, troublesome
    2 (enfadado) annoyed
    3 (incómodo) uncomfortable
    4 MEDICINA sore
    ■ los puntos ya han cicatrizado, pero todavía está molesto the stitches have healed, but he's still sore
    \
    estar molesto,-a con alguien to be upset with somebody
    ser molesto to be a nuisance
    * * *
    (f. - molesta)
    adj.
    1) annoyed, bothered
    2) annoying, bothersome
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=que causa molestia) [tos, picor, ruido, persona] irritating, annoying; [olor, síntoma] unpleasant

    es sumamente molesto que... — it's extremely irritating o annoying that...

    lo único molesto es el viaje — the only nuisance is the journey, the only annoying thing is the journey

    2) (=que incomoda) [asiento, ropa] uncomfortable; [tarea] annoying; [situación] awkward, embarrassing
    3) (=incómodo) [persona] uncomfortable

    me sentía molesto en la fiesta — I felt uneasy o uncomfortable at the party

    me siento molesto cada vez que me hace un regalo — I feel awkward o embarrassed whenever she gives me a present

    4) (=enfadado) [persona] annoyed

    ¿estás molesto conmigo por lo que dije? — are you annoyed at me for what I said?

    5) (=disgustado) [persona] upset

    ¿estás molesta por algo que haya pasado? — are you upset about something that's happened?

    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.
    Ex. Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.
    Ex. Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex. Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex. And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex. Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex. Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex. Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex. The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex. the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex. I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex. He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex. He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex. I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex. These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex. Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    ----
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) [SER] ( fastidioso) <ruido/tos> annoying, irritating; <sensación/síntoma> unpleasant

    resulta molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos — it's a nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage

    b) [ESTAR] (incómodo, dolorido)
    c) [SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing
    2) [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset; ( irritado) annoyed

    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste — he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    * * *
    = annoying, cumbersome, onerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, vexatious, irksome, vexing, untoward, disruptive, gnawing, pesky [peskier -comp., peskiest -sup.], distracting, off-putting, ill-at-ease, nagging, obtrusive, importunate, bothersome, exasperated, niggling, miffed, troublesome.

    Ex: Inconsistencies are mostly merely annoying, although it can be difficult to be sure whether a group of citations which look similar all relate to the same document.

    Ex: Any shelf arrangement systems which do not permit ready location of specific documents are cumbersome for the user or member of staff seeking a specific document.
    Ex: Sub-arrangement under an entry term can alleviate the onerous task of scanning long lists of entries under the same keyword.
    Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.
    Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.
    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of vexatious litigants, pyramidologists, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex: The old common press was a brilliant and deservedly successful invention, but by the end of the eighteenth century its limitations were beginning to seem irksome.
    Ex: Knowing precisely who is responsible for specific library services and who will make decisions relieves the uncertainty that can be particularly vexing to a neophyte (and paralyzing to library services).
    Ex: Make sure everyone involved is aware of timetable and room changes and any other administrative abnormalities; and as far as possible prevent any untoward interruptions.
    Ex: The crisis in South African education -- particularly black education -- has resulted from the disruptive effects of apartheid.
    Ex: the underlying mood of the movement is a gnawing impatience with the system.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Small solutions to everyday problems: those pesky URLs'.
    Ex: I think that Mr. Scilken's point was that there's so much material on the traditional three-by-five card that it's less useful, that it's distracting, in fact, and does a disservice to the public library.
    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: She concludes that this problem probes the importunate boundaries separating man from beast and the natural from the monstrous.
    Ex: He shows a masterly command of imagery throughout, but his style has always left little margin for error, and the errors here are bothersome.
    Ex: He was drumming on his desk with exasperated fingers, his mouth quirked at the corners, as if saying: 'Wriggle out of that!'.
    Ex: I always have this niggling doubt about companies that don't provide a telephone number on their websites.
    Ex: These are just superfluous rantings of miffed children.
    Ex: Measures to prevent such incidents include fitting burglar alarms in libraries and taking quick and decisive action against troublesome users.
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * espíritu molesto = poltergeist.
    * estar molesto = be displeased, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + knickers in a bundle, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, put off.
    * lo molesto de = cumbersomeness.
    * personas molestas, las = nuisance, the.
    * sentirse molesto = stir + uneasily, look + uncomfortable, feel + wrong.
    * sentirse molesto por = be embarrassed at.
    * ser algo molesto = be a thorn in + Posesivo + side.
    * ser molesto = be disturbing.
    * verdad molesta = inconvenient truth.

    * * *
    molesto -ta
    A
    1 [ SER]
    (fastidioso): tengo una tos sumamente molesta I have o I've got a really irritating o annoying cough
    es una sensación muy molesta it's a very uncomfortable o unpleasant feeling
    no es grave, pero los síntomas son muy molestos it's nothing serious, but the symptoms are very unpleasant
    la máquina hace un ruido de lo más molesto the machine makes a very irritating o annoying o tiresome noise
    ¡es tan molesto que te estén interrumpiendo cada cinco minutos! it's so annoying o trying o tiresome o irritating when people keep interrupting you every five minutes
    resulta muy molesto tener que viajar con tantos bultos it's a real nuisance o it's very inconvenient having to travel with so much baggage
    ¿podría abrir la ventana, si no es molesto? would you be so kind as to open the window?
    2 [ ESTAR]
    (incómodo, dolorido): está bastante molesto he's in some pain
    pasó la noche bastante molesto he had a rather uncomfortable night
    está molesto por la anestesia he's in some discomfort because of the anesthetic
    3 [ SER] (violento, embarazoso) awkward
    es una situación muy molesta it's a very awkward o embarrassing situation
    me hace sentir muy molesta que esté constantemente regalándome cosas it's very embarrassing the way she's always giving me presents, she's always giving me presents, and it makes me feel very awkward o embarrassed
    me resulta muy molesto tener que trabajar con ella cuando no nos hablamos I find it awkward working with her when we're not even on speaking terms
    B [ ESTAR] (ofendido) upset
    está molesto con ellos porque no fueron a su boda he's upset o put out o peeved because they didn't go to his wedding
    está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset about what you did
    * * *

     

    Del verbo molestar: ( conjugate molestar)

    molesto es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    molestó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    molestar    
    molesto    
    molestó
    molestar ( conjugate molestar) verbo transitivo
    1

    ◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you


    2 (ofender, disgustar) to upset
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( importunar):
    ◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;

    me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me;
    no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
    2 ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance;
    ◊ no quiero molesto I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble

    molestarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( disgustarse) to get upset;
    molestose POR algo to get upset about sth;
    molestose CON algn to get annoyed with sb
    2 ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml);

    se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come all this way to tell us
    molesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1 [SER]
    a) ( fastidioso) ‹ruido/tos› annoying, irritating;

    ‹sensación/síntoma› unpleasant
    b) (violento, embarazoso) awkward, embarrassing

    2 [ESTAR] ( ofendido) upset;
    ( irritado) annoyed;
    ◊ está muy molesto por lo que hiciste he's very upset/annoyed about what you did

    molestar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar enojo, incomodidad) to disturb, bother: ¿le molestaría contestar a unas preguntas?, would you mind answering some questions?
    me molesta que grites, it annoys me when you shout
    2 (causar dolor, incomodidad) to hurt
    molesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (incómodo) uncomfortable: me encuentro algo molesto después de esa metedura de pata, I feel uncomfortable after that gaffe
    2 (fastidioso) annoying, pestering: es un ruido muy molesto, it's an annoying noise
    3 (enfadado, disgustado) annoyed o cross: ¿no estarás molesta por lo que he dicho?, you're not upset about what I said, are you?
    ' molesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - disgustarse
    - enojosa
    - enojoso
    - fastidiada
    - fastidiado
    - molesta
    - molestarse
    - pesada
    - pesado
    - poca
    - poco
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - sacudir
    - suplicio
    - fastidioso
    - fregado
    - latoso
    - molestar
    - mosqueado
    English:
    annoying
    - bother
    - hot
    - imposition
    - irksome
    - irritating
    - miffed
    - obtrusive
    - off-putting
    - peeved
    - troublesome
    - uncomfortable
    - unwelcome
    - would
    - intrusive
    - put
    - uneasy
    * * *
    molesto, -a adj
    1.
    ser molesto [incordiante] [costumbre, tos, ruido] to be annoying;
    [moscas] to be a nuisance; [calor, humo, sensación] to be unpleasant; [ropa, zapato] to be uncomfortable;
    es muy molesto tener que mandar callar constantemente it's very annoying to have to be constantly telling you to be quiet;
    tengo un dolor molesto en la espalda I've got an ache in my back which is causing me some discomfort
    2.
    ser molesto [inoportuno] [visita, llamada] to be inconvenient;
    [pregunta] to be awkward
    3.
    ser molesto [embarazoso] to be embarrassing;
    esta situación empieza a resultarme un poco molesta this situation is beginning to make me feel a bit uncomfortable
    4.
    estar molesto [irritado] to be rather upset;
    está molesta porque no la invitamos a la fiesta she's upset because we didn't invite her to the party;
    están molestos por sus declaraciones they are upset by what he has been saying
    5.
    estar molesto [con malestar, incomodidad] [por la fiebre, el dolor] to be in some discomfort;
    no tenía que haber comido tanto, ahora estoy molesto I shouldn't have eaten so much, it's made me feel rather unwell;
    ¿no estás molesto con tanta ropa? aren't you uncomfortable in all those clothes?
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( fastidioso) annoying
    2 ( incómodo) inconvenient
    3 ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    molesto, -ta adj
    1) enojado: bothered, annoyed
    2) fastidioso: bothersome, annoying
    * * *
    molesto adj
    1. (que fastidia) annoying
    2. (disgustado) annoyed

    Spanish-English dictionary > molesto

  • 57 multimedia

    adj.
    multimedia (computing).
    * * *
    1 multimedia
    1 multimedia
    * * *
    ADJ INV multimedia antes de s
    * * *
    adjetivo invariable multimedia
    * * *
    = mixed-media, multimedia [multi-media], multimedial, multimedia.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. Interfaces for the following types of resources are of special interest to this workshop: textual documents; statistical data; multimedia or mixed-media data; geospatial data; and genomics and proteomics data = En este traller de trabajo son de interés especial los interfaces para los siguientes tipos de recursos: documentos de texto, datos estadísticos, información multimedia, información geospacial y datos de la genómica y la proteómica.
    Ex. These changes will indubitably be ruled by the demands of commercial markets, largely multi-media entertainment, not the requirements of the academic community.
    Ex. We are, in short, faced with the greatest upheaval in the transmission of knowledge since the invention of the printing press: the electronic onslaught of multimedial, digital communication.
    Ex. The project investigated the application of multimedia in libraries.
    ----
    * base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.
    * centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.
    * centro multimedia = library media centre.
    * colección multimedia = media collection.
    * conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.
    * documento multimedia = multimedia document (MD).
    * editor de material multimedia = multimedia publisher.
    * especialista en multimedia = media specialist.
    * material multimedia = media material.
    * multimedia con duración temporal = time-based media.
    * multimedia simultánea = streaming media, streaming, multimedia streaming.
    * multimedia streaming = multimedia streaming.
    * presentación multimedia = multimedia show.
    * producción multimedia = media production.
    * reserva de multimedia = media booking.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sistema automatizado multimedia = multimedia computer system.
    * suministro de material multimedia = media supply.
    * * *
    adjetivo invariable multimedia
    * * *
    = mixed-media, multimedia [multi-media], multimedial, multimedia.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Interfaces for the following types of resources are of special interest to this workshop: textual documents; statistical data; multimedia or mixed-media data; geospatial data; and genomics and proteomics data = En este traller de trabajo son de interés especial los interfaces para los siguientes tipos de recursos: documentos de texto, datos estadísticos, información multimedia, información geospacial y datos de la genómica y la proteómica.

    Ex: These changes will indubitably be ruled by the demands of commercial markets, largely multi-media entertainment, not the requirements of the academic community.
    Ex: We are, in short, faced with the greatest upheaval in the transmission of knowledge since the invention of the printing press: the electronic onslaught of multimedial, digital communication.
    Ex: The project investigated the application of multimedia in libraries.
    * base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.
    * centro de recursos multimedia = media resource centre.
    * centro multimedia = library media centre.
    * colección multimedia = media collection.
    * conjunto documental multimedia = kit, multimedia item.
    * documento multimedia = multimedia document (MD).
    * editor de material multimedia = multimedia publisher.
    * especialista en multimedia = media specialist.
    * material multimedia = media material.
    * multimedia con duración temporal = time-based media.
    * multimedia simultánea = streaming media, streaming, multimedia streaming.
    * multimedia streaming = multimedia streaming.
    * presentación multimedia = multimedia show.
    * producción multimedia = media production.
    * reserva de multimedia = media booking.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sistema automatizado multimedia = multimedia computer system.
    * suministro de material multimedia = media supply.

    * * *
    multimedia
    * * *

    multimedia adj Inform multimedia
    ' multimedia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    multimedia
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    multimedia
    ♦ nf
    multimedia
    * * *
    f/adj multimedia
    * * *
    : multimedia

    Spanish-English dictionary > multimedia

  • 58 no perder el control

    (v.) = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, be on top of things
    Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.
    Ex. Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
    Ex. Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, be on top of things

    Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

    Ex: Climate change has moved up the agenda massively in recent years and the meat industry needs to stay on top of things to avoid being caught out.
    Ex: Email is a wonderful invention for people who want to be on top of things.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no perder el control

  • 59 notificación

    f.
    1 notification, notice, warning.
    2 notification, official notice.
    * * *
    1 notification
    \
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    * * *
    = announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.
    Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.
    Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex. In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex. The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.
    Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.
    Ex. Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.
    ----
    * notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.
    * notificación oficial = official notification.
    * recibir notificación = receive + notice.
    * * *
    femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    * * *
    = announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.

    Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

    Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex: In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex: The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.
    Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.
    Ex: Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.
    * notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.
    * notificación oficial = official notification.
    * recibir notificación = receive + notice.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    notification ( frml)
    * * *

    notificación sustantivo femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    notificación sustantivo femenino notification
    ' notificación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    circular
    - comunicación
    - comunicada
    - comunicado
    - aviso
    English:
    advice
    - notification
    - quit
    * * *
    notification
    * * *
    f notification
    * * *
    notificación nf, pl - ciones : notification

    Spanish-English dictionary > notificación

  • 60 obstáculo

    m.
    obstacle, drag, snag, balk.
    * * *
    1 (barrera) obstacle
    2 (inconveniente) objection
    3 (valla) fence, jump
    \
    salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [físico] obstacle
    carrera 2)
    2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

    poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    obstacle
    quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles
    superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning
    me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path
    el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory
    un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project
    * * *

    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    obstacle
    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
    2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
    una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
    ' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escollo
    - esquivar
    - estorbo
    - franquear
    - insalvable
    - remover
    - salvar
    - sortear
    - vencer
    - allanar
    - apartar
    - brincar
    - chocar
    - eliminar
    - encontrar
    - saltar
    - subsanar
    English:
    bar
    - barrier
    - block
    - chief
    - clash
    - clear
    - get across
    - get over
    - get past
    - hazard
    - hurdle
    - impassable
    - impediment
    - jump
    - negotiate
    - obstacle
    - obstruction
    - pitfall
    * * *
    1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
    poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb
    2. [en una carrera] hurdle
    * * *
    m obstacle;
    carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;
    ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;
    ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult
    * * *
    impedimento: obstacle
    * * *
    obstáculo n obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo

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