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1 irregularidad
f.1 unevenness.2 irregularity.3 irregularity (delito, falta).4 irregularity (linguistics) (de verbo).5 irregular situation, irregularity.* * *1 irregularity* * *SF1) (=desigualdad)a) [de superficie, terreno] irregularity, unevennessb) [de latido, ritmo, lluvias] irregularity; [de jugador, equipo] inconsistency, erratic performancela irregularidad del equipo se demostró una vez más en el último partido — the team's inconsistency o erratic performance was noticeable again in their last match
2) (=ilegalidad) irregularity3) (Ling) irregularity* * *femenino irregularity* * *= irregularity, patchiness, unevenness, discontinuity.Ex. They may waste time seeking reasons for such irregularities.Ex. Its patchiness is therefore not surprising, but frequently it gives access to relevant and up-to-date documents not easily accessible by other means.Ex. Database suppliers argue that the present unevenness of the European legal protection setting creates an uncertain and risky environment which is not conductiveto investment.Ex. New strategies have to be invented by libraries to cope with a period of transition and discontinuity.* * *femenino irregularity* * *= irregularity, patchiness, unevenness, discontinuity.Ex: They may waste time seeking reasons for such irregularities.
Ex: Its patchiness is therefore not surprising, but frequently it gives access to relevant and up-to-date documents not easily accessible by other means.Ex: Database suppliers argue that the present unevenness of the European legal protection setting creates an uncertain and risky environment which is not conductiveto investment.Ex: New strategies have to be invented by libraries to cope with a period of transition and discontinuity.* * *A (de una superficie) irregularity, unevenness; (del pulso, de un ritmo) irregularityla irregularidad de su rendimiento his erratic performance, the erratic nature of his performanceB ( Der) irregularityse detectaron irregularidades en el proceso electoral irregularities were discovered in the electoral processC ( Ling) irregularity* * *
irregularidad sustantivo femenino
irregularity
irregularidad sustantivo femenino irregularity
' irregularidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desnivel
English:
irregularity
* * *1. [de comportamiento] erratic nature;la irregularidad del viento the changeability of the wind;la irregularidad de los discos de un artista the erratic o inconsistent quality of an artist's records2. [de situación] irregularity3. [de terreno, superficie] unevenness4. [de verbo] irregularity5. [delito, falta] irregularityirregularidad administrativa administrative o procedural irregularity* * *f1 irregularity2 de superficie unevenness* * *: irregularity -
2 descubrir
v.1 to discover.Elsa descubrió el escondite Elsa discovered the hiding place.2 to unveil (destapar) (estatua, placa).la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his characterdescubrir el pastel (figurative) to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away3 to discover, to find out (enterarse de).descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him4 to give away.5 to uncover, to bare, to find out.Elsa descubre sus brazos Elsa uncovers her arms.6 to disclose, to bare, to expose, to reveal.Teo descubrió su secreto Teo disclosed his secret.* * *(pp descubierto,-a)1 (gen) to discover; (petróleo, oro, minas) to find; (conspiración) to uncover; (crimen) to bring to light2 (revelar) to reveal3 (averiguar) to find out, discover4 (delatar) to give away5 (divisar) to make out, see6 (destapar) to uncover1 (la cabeza) to take off one's hat3 (en boxeo) to lower one's guard* * *verb1) to discover, find out2) uncover3) unveil* * *( pp descubierto)1. VT1) (=encontrar) [+ tesoro, tratamiento, persona oculta] to discover, find; [+ país, deportista] to discoveral revisar las cuentas ha descubierto numerosas irregularidades — when he went over the accounts he discovered o found numerous irregularities
descubra Bruselas, corazón de Europa — discover Brussels, the heart of Europe
los análisis han descubierto la presencia de un virus — the tests have revealed o shown up the presence of a virus
2) (=averiguar) [+ verdad] to find out, discoverhe descubierto la causa de su malhumor — I've found out o discovered why he's in such a bad mood
descubrió que era alérgica a las gambas — she found out o discovered she was allergic to prawns
3) (=sacar a la luz) [+ conspiración, estafa] to uncover; [+ secreto, intenciones] to revealnunca nos descubrirá sus secretos — he will never tell us his secrets, he will never reveal his secrets to us
4) (=delatar) to give away5) (=destapar) [+ estatua, placa] to unveil; [+ cacerola] to take the lid off; [+ naipes] to turn over, lay up; [+ cara] to uncoverdescubrió la cara y su contrincante le asestó un derechazo en la mandíbula — he uncovered his face and his opponent landed a right on his jaw
6) (=divisar) to make outapenas se podía descubrir al avión entre las nubes — you could just make out the plane among the clouds
7) liter (=transparentar) to revealla seda le descubría el escote — the silk revealed o exposed her cleavage
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identifyb) <artista/atleta> to discover2)a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detectaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established
b) < persona escondida> to find, track downc) < culpable> find... outd) ( delatar) to give... away3)a) <estatua/placa> to unveilb) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to revealc) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal2.descubrirse v pron1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncoverme descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them
2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away* * *= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).Ex. The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.Ex. This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.Ex. For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.Ex. NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex. It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.Ex. His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.Ex. A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.Ex. Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex. As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex. The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex. The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.Ex. The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex. He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.----* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* sin descubrir = undiscovered.* volver a descubrir = rediscover.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <tierras/sustancia/fenómeno> to discover; <oro/ruinas/cadáver> to discover, find; < virus> to identifyb) <artista/atleta> to discover2)a) (enterarse de, averiguar) <razón/solución> to discover, find out; <complot/engaño> to uncover; < fraude> to detectaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente — the causes of the accident have not yet been established
b) < persona escondida> to find, track downc) < culpable> find... outd) ( delatar) to give... away3)a) <estatua/placa> to unveilb) (liter) ( dejar ver) <cuerpo/forma> to revealc) ( revelar) <planes/intenciones> to reveal2.descubrirse v pron1) (refl) ( quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; < rostro> to uncoverme descubro! — I take my hat off to you/him/them
2) ( delatarse) to give oneself away* * *= dig up, discover, find out, unlock, spy, uncover, unearth, find, come to + light, unveil, ferret out, unfurl, lay + bare, tease apart, bare, suss (out).Ex: The list of changed headings is almost literally endless if you have the patience to dig them all up.
Ex: This, in turn, depends upon users and user interests, and it may be necessary to conduct a survey to discover or update the profile of user interests.Ex: For example, a person can consult the system holdings files to find out whether a library in the network owns a copy of the document.Ex: NTIS is a key partner in unlocking the world's technology.Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.Ex: It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.Ex: His trial came up in July 1892 and by then the city accountant had found that over $9,000 had been misappropriated.Ex: A further disquieting feature which came to light was the number of people who did not approach staff for help.Ex: Here is an institution which knows, neither rank nor wealth within its walls, which stops the ignorant peer or the ignorant monarch at its threshold, and declines to unveil to him its treasures, or to waste time upon him, and yet welcomes the workman according to his knowledge or thirst for knowledge.Ex: As a rule analysts are left on their own to ferret out useful and appropriate areas to be investigated.Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.Ex: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.Ex: The author and his colleagues embarked on a series of studies to tease apart hereditary and environmental factors thought to be implicated in schizophrenia.Ex: The judge ruled that a magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast did not intrude on her privacy.Ex: He was incredulous when he sussed that the noises came from bona-fide gibbons.* descubrir Algo = make + a discovery.* descubrir el pastel = blow + the gaff, spill + the beans, let + the cat out of the bag.* descubrir una mina de oro = strike + gold, hit + the jackpot.* descubrir un secreto = spill + the beans, blow + the gaff, let + the cat out of the bag.* posibilidad de descubrir = discoverability.* sin descubrir = undiscovered.* volver a descubrir = rediscover.* * *vtA1 ‹tierras/sustancia/fenómeno› to discover; ‹oro/ruinas/cadáver› to discover, finden los análisis han descubierto unos anticuerpos extraños the tests have revealed o ( BrE) shown up the presence of unusual antibodiestodavía no se ha descubierto el virus causante de la enfermedad the virus responsible for causing the disease has not yet been identifieddurante mi investigación descubrí este expediente in the course of my research I discovered o unearthed this dossierhe descubierto un restaurante fabuloso cerca de aquí I've discovered a wonderful restaurant nearby2 ‹artista/atleta› to discoverB1 (enterarse de, averiguar) to discover, find outdescubrió que lo habían engañado he discovered o found out that he had been trickedaún no se han descubierto las causas del accidente the causes of the accident have not yet been establishedel complot fue descubierto a tiempo the plot was uncovered in timedescubrieron el fraude cuando ya era demasiado tarde the fraud was detected when it was already too lateen momentos como éstos descubres quiénes son los verdaderos amigos it's at times like these that you find out who your real friends are2 ‹persona escondida› to find, track down3 ‹culpable› find … outno dijo nada por miedo a que lo descubrieran he said nothing for fear that he might be found out4 (delatar) to give … awayla carta los descubrió the letter gave them awayestamos preparando una fiesta para Pilar, no nos descubras we're arranging a party for Pilar, so don't give the game awayC1 ‹estatua/placa› to unveil2 ( liter) (dejar ver) ‹cuerpo/forma› to reveal3 (revelar) ‹planes/intenciones› to revealA ( refl) (quitarse el sombrero) to take one's hat off; ‹rostro› to uncoverse descubrió el brazo para enseñar las cicatrices he pulled up his sleeve to show the scars¡me descubro! I take my hat off to you/him/themB (delatarse) to give oneself away* * *
descubrir ( conjugate descubrir) verbo transitivo
1 ‹tierras/oro/artista› to discover
2
‹complot/engaño› to uncover;
‹ fraude› to detect
3
descubrir verbo transitivo
1 (algo oculto o ignorado) to discover
(un plan secreto) to uncover
(oro, petróleo, etc) to find
2 (algo tapado) to uncover, (una placa conmemorativa) to unveil
3 (enterarse) to find out: descubrió que no era hija de su padre, she found out that she wasn't her father's daughter
4 (revelar, manifestar) to give away
' descubrir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- delatar
- desvelar
- encontrarse
- hallar
- instigación
- sacar
- coger
- destapar
- encontrar
English:
bare
- bean
- call
- detect
- dig out
- discover
- expose
- find
- find out
- search out
- see
- show up
- smell out
- strike
- uncover
- unveil
- cat
- divine
- ferret
- rediscover
- spot
- spy
- trace
- unearth
* * *♦ vt1. [hallar] to discover;[petróleo] to strike, to find; [oro, plutonio] to find; [nuevas tierras, artista, novedad científica] to discover;no han descubierto la causa de su enfermedad they haven't discovered the cause of his illness;callejeando descubrimos un bar irlandés we came across an Irish bar as we wandered about the streets;la policía descubrió al secuestrador the police found the kidnapper;Fam Hum¡has descubierto América! you've reinvented the wheel2. [destapar] [estatua, placa] to unveil;[complot, parte del cuerpo] to uncover; [cualidades, defectos] to reveal;los periodistas descubrieron un caso de estafa the reporters uncovered a case of fraud;la entrevista nos descubrió otra faceta de su personalidad the interview revealed another aspect of his character;descubrir el pastel to let the cat out of the bag, to give the game away3. [enterarse de] to discover, to find out;¿qué has conseguido descubrir? what have you managed to find out?;descubrió que su mujer lo engañaba he discovered o found out that his wife was cheating on him4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to spy5. [delatar] to give away;una indiscreción la descubrió an indiscreet remark gave her away* * *<part descubierto> v/t2 ( averiguar) discover, find out* * *descubrir {2} vt1) hallar: to discover, to find out2) revelar: to uncover, to reveal* * *descubrir vb1. (encontrar, hallar) to discover
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