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  • 101 coincidir con

    v.
    1 to coincide with, to agree with.
    2 to coincide with, to jibe with, to be coterminous with.
    3 to coincide with, to happen at the same time as.
    * * *
    (v.) = be coextensive with, coincide (with), match, match against, clash with, fit with, mesh with
    Ex. Many of the traditional indexing approaches have sought to find a label or indexing term which is co-extensive with the content of the document being indexed, that is, the scope of the indexing term and the document are similar.
    Ex. These are cases where the works and the books coincide.
    Ex. A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex. For SDI to be 'selective', it has to be matched against the known subject interests of the individual, i.e. a subject profile, so that the user receives only information that is relevant.
    Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex. The data has to be tested to fit with other models.
    Ex. How much do we know about information-seeking behaviors in the digital age and how well e-reference services mesh with users' expectations?.
    * * *
    (v.) = be coextensive with, coincide (with), match, match against, clash with, fit with, mesh with

    Ex: Many of the traditional indexing approaches have sought to find a label or indexing term which is co-extensive with the content of the document being indexed, that is, the scope of the indexing term and the document are similar.

    Ex: These are cases where the works and the books coincide.
    Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex: For SDI to be 'selective', it has to be matched against the known subject interests of the individual, i.e. a subject profile, so that the user receives only information that is relevant.
    Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex: The data has to be tested to fit with other models.
    Ex: How much do we know about information-seeking behaviors in the digital age and how well e-reference services mesh with users' expectations?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coincidir con

  • 102 comercial

    adj.
    1 commercial.
    relaciones comerciales trade relations
    2 store.
    f. & m.
    sales rep (vendedor, representante).
    m.
    commercial, ad, advertisement, advert.
    * * *
    1 (del comercio) commercial
    2 (de tiendas) shopping
    1 (vendedor) seller; (hombre) salesman; (mujer) saleswoman
    \
    banco comercial commercial bank
    tratado comercial commercial treaty
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de tiendas) [área, recinto] shopping antes de s
    2) (=financiero) [carta, operación] business antes de s ; [balanza, déficit, guerra, embargo] trade antes de s ; [intercambio, estrategia] commercial

    el interés comercial de la empresa — the commercial o trading interests of the company

    su novela alcanzó un gran éxito comercial — his novel was very successful commercially, his novel achieved great commercial success

    agente 1., local 2., 1)
    3) [aviación, avión, piloto] civil
    4) [cine, teatro, literatura] commercial
    2.
    SMF (=vendedor) salesperson
    * * *
    I
    a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

    nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

    b) <película/arte> commercial
    II
    1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)
    2) (CS) (Educ) business school
    III
    femenino o masculino ( tienda)
    * * *
    = commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.
    Ex. It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.
    Ex. Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.
    Ex. It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.
    Ex. Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.
    Ex. The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.
    Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.
    Ex. In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
    Ex. Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.
    Ex. However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).
    Ex. Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.
    Ex. Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.
    Ex. Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.
    Ex. Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.
    Ex. A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.
    Ex. A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.
    Ex. There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.
    Ex. The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.
    Ex. The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.
    Ex. Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.
    Ex. Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.
    ----
    * actividad comercial = commercial activity.
    * anuncio comercial = commercial.
    * aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.
    * aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.
    * aviación comercial = commercial aviation.
    * bajo comercial = commercial premise.
    * banco comercial = business bank.
    * barrera comercial = trade barrier.
    * carta comercial = business letter.
    * casa comercial = house.
    * caso comercial = business case.
    * catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.
    * centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.
    * comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.
    * compañía comercial = business firm.
    * correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.
    * déficit comercial = trade deficit.
    * déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.
    * de gran éxito comercial = high selling.
    * demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.
    * de uso comercial = commercially-owned.
    * director comercial = chief commercial officer.
    * directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.
    * directorio comercial por calles = street directory.
    * distrito comercial = business district.
    * diversificación comercial = business diversification.
    * edificio comercial = commercial building.
    * editor comercial = commercial publisher.
    * editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.
    * emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].
    * empresa comercial = business firm.
    * estafa comercial = business scam.
    * estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.
    * éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.
    * firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.
    * galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.
    * horario comercial = business hours.
    * industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.
    * inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.
    * licencia comercial = trading licence.
    * mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.
    * marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.
    * mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.
    * nación comercial = trading nation.
    * no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].
    * novedad comercial = industry update.
    * para uso comercial = commercially-owned.
    * parque comercial = business estate.
    * poco comercial = uncommercial.
    * polígono comercial = business estate.
    * presentación comercial = technical presentation.
    * producto comercial = retail product.
    * programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.
    * programas comerciales = commercial software.
    * propuesta comercial = business proposition.
    * proyecto comercial = marketing project.
    * razonamiento comercial = business case.
    * relaciones comerciales = business dealings.
    * rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.
    * representante comercial = business traveller.
    * riesgo comercial = business risk.
    * secreto comercial = competitive information.
    * sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.
    * sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.
    * servicio comercial = commercial service.
    * sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.
    * situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront] .
    * socio comercial = business associate.
    * software comercial = commercial software.
    * valor comercial = commercial paper.
    * vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.
    * viajante comercial = business traveller.
    * visión comercial = business acumen.
    * vuelo comercial = commercial flight.
    * zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.
    * * *
    I
    a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

    nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

    b) <película/arte> commercial
    II
    1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)
    2) (CS) (Educ) business school
    III
    femenino o masculino ( tienda)
    * * *
    = commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.

    Ex: It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.

    Ex: Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.
    Ex: It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.
    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex: Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.
    Ex: Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.
    Ex: The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.
    Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.
    Ex: In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.
    Ex: Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.
    Ex: However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).
    Ex: Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.
    Ex: Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.
    Ex: Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.
    Ex: Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.
    Ex: A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.
    Ex: A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.
    Ex: There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.
    Ex: The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.
    Ex: The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.
    Ex: Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.
    Ex: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.
    * actividad comercial = commercial activity.
    * anuncio comercial = commercial.
    * aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.
    * aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.
    * aviación comercial = commercial aviation.
    * bajo comercial = commercial premise.
    * banco comercial = business bank.
    * barrera comercial = trade barrier.
    * carta comercial = business letter.
    * casa comercial = house.
    * caso comercial = business case.
    * catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.
    * centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.
    * comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.
    * compañía comercial = business firm.
    * correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.
    * déficit comercial = trade deficit.
    * déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.
    * de gran éxito comercial = high selling.
    * demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.
    * de uso comercial = commercially-owned.
    * director comercial = chief commercial officer.
    * directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.
    * directorio comercial por calles = street directory.
    * distrito comercial = business district.
    * diversificación comercial = business diversification.
    * edificio comercial = commercial building.
    * editor comercial = commercial publisher.
    * editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.
    * emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].
    * empresa comercial = business firm.
    * estafa comercial = business scam.
    * estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.
    * éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.
    * firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.
    * galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.
    * horario comercial = business hours.
    * industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.
    * inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.
    * licencia comercial = trading licence.
    * mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.
    * marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.
    * mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.
    * nación comercial = trading nation.
    * no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].
    * novedad comercial = industry update.
    * para uso comercial = commercially-owned.
    * parque comercial = business estate.
    * poco comercial = uncommercial.
    * polígono comercial = business estate.
    * presentación comercial = technical presentation.
    * producto comercial = retail product.
    * programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.
    * programas comerciales = commercial software.
    * propuesta comercial = business proposition.
    * proyecto comercial = marketing project.
    * razonamiento comercial = business case.
    * relaciones comerciales = business dealings.
    * rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.
    * representante comercial = business traveller.
    * riesgo comercial = business risk.
    * secreto comercial = competitive information.
    * sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.
    * sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.
    * servicio comercial = commercial service.
    * sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.
    * situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront].
    * socio comercial = business associate.
    * software comercial = commercial software.
    * valor comercial = commercial paper.
    * vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.
    * viajante comercial = business traveller.
    * visión comercial = business acumen.
    * vuelo comercial = commercial flight.
    * zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.

    * * *
    1 ‹distrito/operación› business ( before n)
    una importante firma comercial an important company
    el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países the trade imbalance between the two countries
    un emporio comercial fenicio a Phoenician trading post
    algunos critican su agresividad comercial some people criticize their aggressive approach to business
    el déficit comercial the trade deficit
    una carta comercial a business letter
    nuevas iniciativas comerciales new business initiatives
    nuestra división comercial our sales o marketing department
    el derribo de un avión comercial the shooting down of a civil aircraft
    2 ‹película/arte› commercial
    ( AmL)
    commercial, advert ( BrE)
    or
    A
    (tienda): [ S ] Comercial Hernández Hernandez's Stores
    B (CS) ( Educ) business school
    * * *

     

    comercial adjetivo
    a) ‹zona/operación/carta› business ( before n);


    el déficit comercial the trade deficit;
    See Also→ galería, centro
    b) ‹película/arte› commercial

    ■ sustantivo masculino

    b) (CS) (Educ) business school

    comercial adjetivo commercial
    ' comercial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balanza
    - centro
    - depresión
    - erotizar
    - galería
    - propaganda
    - recibo
    - Sres.
    - feria
    - gerente
    - pasaje
    - relación
    - señalización
    - señalizar
    - zona
    English:
    accessible
    - arcade
    - brand name
    - business
    - commercial
    - commercialize
    - delay
    - delegation
    - head-hunt
    - mall
    - merchant bank
    - moneymaker
    - profit margin
    - rep
    - run across
    - sales brochure
    - sales promotion
    - sales rep
    - selling point
    - shopping centre
    - trade agreement
    - trade deficit
    - trade embargo
    - trade gap
    - trade route
    - tradename
    - trading partner
    - trading results
    - unbusinesslike
    - break
    - cash
    - fair
    - for
    - mix
    - opening
    - plaza
    - precinct
    - representative
    - shopping
    - trade
    - trading
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [de empresas] commercial;
    [embargo, déficit, disputa] trade;
    relaciones comerciales trade relations;
    aviación comercial civil aviation;
    política comercial trade policy;
    gestión comercial business management
    2. [que se vende bien] commercial;
    una película muy comercial a very commercial film
    ♦ nmf
    [vendedor, representante] sales rep
    ♦ nm
    Am commercial, Br advert
    * * *
    I adj commercial; de negocios business atr ;
    el déficit comercial the trade deficit
    II m/f representative
    III m L.Am. ( anuncio) commercial
    * * *
    comercial adj & nm
    : commercial
    * * *
    comercial1 adj commercial
    comercial2 n salesman [pl. salesmen] / saleswoman [pl. saleswomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercial

  • 103 copia electrónica

    (n.) = electrocopying [electro-copying]
    Ex. The controls upon abuse of fair dealing will be complex, and I have no easy answers, but we shall have to find answers if we are not to be faced with requests from rights-holders for fees of a great magnitude for electro-copying.
    * * *
    (n.) = electrocopying [electro-copying]

    Ex: The controls upon abuse of fair dealing will be complex, and I have no easy answers, but we shall have to find answers if we are not to be faced with requests from rights-holders for fees of a great magnitude for electro-copying.

    Spanish-English dictionary > copia electrónica

  • 104 dar resultado

    v.
    1 to work OK, to come out well, to come out all right, to give results.
    Da resultado It works OK.
    2 to get good results.
    Me dio resultado el plan de vivienda I got good results in the housing plan.
    * * *
    (v.) = be successful, give + result, work, pay off, be a success, pay
    Ex. For a scheme to be successful in the long term it is vital that there should be an organisational structure to support the scheme.
    Ex. A first trial gave unsatisfactory results because of flaws in the experimental design, and a second test was therefore planned to overcome these difficulties.
    Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex. This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.
    Ex. The idea of having several indexes has not proved to be a success and has been dropped.
    Ex. Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    * * *
    (v.) = be successful, give + result, work, pay off, be a success, pay

    Ex: For a scheme to be successful in the long term it is vital that there should be an organisational structure to support the scheme.

    Ex: A first trial gave unsatisfactory results because of flaws in the experimental design, and a second test was therefore planned to overcome these difficulties.
    Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex: This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.
    Ex: The idea of having several indexes has not proved to be a success and has been dropped.
    Ex: Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar resultado

  • 105 enfrentarse a

    v.
    to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with
    Ex. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.
    Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.
    Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
    Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * * *
    (v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

    Ex: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

    Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.
    Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.
    Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.
    Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.
    Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.
    Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.
    Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.
    Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.
    Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.
    Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.
    Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.
    Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.
    Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.
    Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.
    Ex: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.
    Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.
    Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.
    Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.
    Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a

  • 106 entrar en la cabeza

    (v.) = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get it into + Posesivo + head
    Ex. You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.
    Ex. Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.
    Ex. Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.
    * * *
    (v.) = get + Posesivo + head around, wrap + Posesivo + head around, get it into + Posesivo + head

    Ex: You are not quite sure how one man could get his head around this at the time, but he managed, in a masterful way.

    Ex: Sleuthing is like second-nature to her, and she can't possibly wrap her head around the concept of renouncing it completely.
    Ex: Surely someone can get it into his head that a fair compromise has been reached and all he has to do now is shut up and accept it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrar en la cabeza

  • 107 golpetazo

    m.
    heavy blow, crash, thump, swipe.
    * * *
    1 heavy blow
    * * *
    = bang, blow.
    Ex. This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
    Ex. The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.
    * * *
    = bang, blow.

    Ex: This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.

    Ex: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    hard blow
    * * *

    golpetazo sustantivo masculino (fam) hard blow
    golpetazo sustantivo masculino hard blow: al levantarme, me he dado un golpetazo con la ventana abierta, as I got up, I bumped myself hard on the open window
    ' golpetazo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bash
    * * *
    thump;
    dio un golpetazo sobre la mesa con el puño he thumped the table with his fist;
    se dio un golpetazo con la moto she had a crash on her bike

    Spanish-English dictionary > golpetazo

  • 108 imperfecto

    adj.
    imperfect, unsound, defective, faulty.
    * * *
    1 imperfect
    2 LINGÚÍSTICA imperfect
    1 imperfect, imperfect tense
    ————————
    1 imperfect, imperfect tense
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [producto, método] imperfect, flawed
    2) (Ling) imperfect
    2.
    SM (Ling) imperfect, imperfect tense
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <trabajo/tela/facciones> flawed
    2) (Ling) imperfect
    II
    masculino imperfect (tense)
    * * *
    = faulty, imperfect, lacking, flawed.
    Ex. This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.
    Ex. KWIC indexes are imperfect because titles do not always constitute an accurate summary of the content of a document.
    Ex. It is hardly fair to assess the BM code by modern standards for catalogue codes, but there are obvious areas in which it would now be regarded as lacking.
    Ex. Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <trabajo/tela/facciones> flawed
    2) (Ling) imperfect
    II
    masculino imperfect (tense)
    * * *
    = faulty, imperfect, lacking, flawed.

    Ex: This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.

    Ex: KWIC indexes are imperfect because titles do not always constitute an accurate summary of the content of a document.
    Ex: It is hardly fair to assess the BM code by modern standards for catalogue codes, but there are obvious areas in which it would now be regarded as lacking.
    Ex: Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.

    * * *
    A ‹trabajo/tela/facciones› flawed
    todos somos imperfectos we all have our faults, nobody's perfect
    B ( Ling) imperfect
    imperfect, imperfect tense
    * * *

    imperfecto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    1 ‹trabajo/tela/facciones› flawed
    2 (Ling) imperfect
    imperfecto 2 sustantivo masculino
    imperfect (tense)
    imperfecto,-a adjetivo
    1 imperfect, fallible
    2 Ling imperfect
    ' imperfecto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imperfecta
    English:
    broken
    - imperfect
    - faulty
    * * *
    imperfecto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no perfecto] imperfect
    2. [defectuoso] faulty, defective
    3. Gram
    futuro imperfecto future (tense);
    pretérito imperfecto (past) imperfect
    ♦ nm
    Gram imperfect
    * * *
    I adj imperfect
    II m GRAM imperfect
    * * *
    imperfecto, -ta adj
    : imperfect, flawed
    : imperfect tense
    * * *
    imperfecto adj imperfect

    Spanish-English dictionary > imperfecto

  • 109 ingeniárselas

    1 to manage, find a way, contrive
    * * *
    (v.) = manage to, finesse, get by
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex. A small book fair lasting only a day, such as might be held in a kindergarten or small elementary school, can get by with a couple of members of staff and a parent as the organizing committee.
    * * *
    (v.) = manage to, finesse, get by

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

    Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex: A small book fair lasting only a day, such as might be held in a kindergarten or small elementary school, can get by with a couple of members of staff and a parent as the organizing committee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ingeniárselas

  • 110 obligado

    adj.
    1 obliged, constrained, bound, compulsory.
    2 obliged, bound, constrained, legally bound.
    3 indebted, committed, under obligation.
    f. & m.
    obligor, obligator, debtor, covenantor.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: obligar.
    * * *
    1→ link=obligar obligar
    1 (forzoso) required; (normal) customary
    \
    estar obligado,-a a alguien to be obliged to somebody
    estar obligado,-a a hacer algo to be obliged to do something
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=forzado) forced
    2) (=obligatorio)
    3) (=inexcusable)
    4) frm (=agradecido)

    estar o quedar obligado a algn — to be obliged to sb, be in sb's debt

    2.
    SM (Mús) obbligato
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] < persona> obliged

    obligado A + INF — obliged to + inf

    b) ( forzoso)
    2) [SER] ( normal) customary
    * * *
    = forced.
    Ex. The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.
    ----
    * obligado por contrato = indentured.
    * verse obligado a no + Infinitivo = be enjoined from + Gerundio.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) [ESTAR] < persona> obliged

    obligado A + INF — obliged to + inf

    b) ( forzoso)
    2) [SER] ( normal) customary
    * * *

    Ex: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.

    * obligado por contrato = indentured.
    * verse obligado a no + Infinitivo = be enjoined from + Gerundio.

    * * *
    A
    1 [ ESTAR] ‹persona› obliged obligado A + INF obliged to + INF
    no estás obligado a asistir you are not obliged o you are under no obligation to attend
    se vio obligado a acompañarla he was obliged to accompany her
    me sentí obligado a aceptar I felt obliged o duty-bound to accept
    2
    (forzoso): una disposición de obligado cumplimiento a legally binding provision
    es de lectura obligada it is required reading
    B [ SER] (normal) customary
    en estos casos es obligado llevar regalo in such instances it is the done thing o it is customary to take a gift, in such instances one should take a gift
    * * *

     

    Del verbo obligar: ( conjugate obligar)

    obligado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    obligado    
    obligar
    obligado
    ◊ -da adjetivo [ESTAR] ‹ persona› obliged;

    obligado A hacer algo obliged to do sth;
    se vio obligado a acompañarla he felt obliged to accompany her
    obligar ( conjugate obligar) verbo transitivo
    a) obligado a algn a hacer algo to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;


    nos obligan a llevar uniforme we are required to wear uniform;
    obligado a algn A QUE haga algo to make sb do sth
    b) [ley/disposición] to bind

    obligado,-a adjetivo obliged: después de la hospitalidad que mostró, la visita era obligada, we were obliged to pay them a visit after all the hospitality they had shown us
    no es obligado que asistamos todos a la fiesta, we don't all have to go to the party
    obligar verbo transitivo to force, oblige: nada te obliga a vivir con él, no-one's forcing you to live with him ➣ Ver nota en make
    ' obligado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atado
    - deber
    - mentís
    - obligada
    - condenado
    - cumplimiento
    - ver
    English:
    bound
    - constrained
    - must
    - oblige
    - reduce
    - obligate
    - require
    * * *
    obligado, -a adj
    es de obligada lectura it's essential reading;
    una norma de obligado cumplimiento a compulsory regulation;
    las obligadas preguntas de cortesía the obligatory polite questions;
    fueron a la fiesta obligados they were obliged to go to the party
    * * *
    adj obliged (a to)
    * * *
    obligado, -da adj
    1) : obliged
    2) : obligatory, compulsory
    3) : customary
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > obligado

  • 111 plagio

    m.
    1 plagiarism (copia).
    2 kidnapping. ( Central American Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Perú, Venezuelan Spanish)
    3 abduction.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: plagiar.
    * * *
    1 plagiarism
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=copia) plagiarism; [de producto] piracy, illegal copying
    2) Méx (=secuestro) kidnap(ping)
    * * *
    1) ( copia) plagiarism
    2) (AmL) ( secuestro) kidnap, kidnapping
    * * *
    Ex. Even fair use could constitute plagiarism if attribution is not made.
    ----
    * cometer plagio = plagiarise [plagiarize, -USA].
    * * *
    1) ( copia) plagiarism
    2) (AmL) ( secuestro) kidnap, kidnapping
    * * *

    Ex: Even fair use could constitute plagiarism if attribution is not made.

    * cometer plagio = plagiarise [plagiarize, -USA].

    * * *
    A (copia) plagiarism
    B ( AmL) (secuestro) kidnap, kidnapping
    * * *

    Del verbo plagiar: ( conjugate plagiar)

    plagio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    plagió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    plagiar    
    plagio
    plagiar ( conjugate plagiar) verbo transitivo ‹idea/libro› to plagiarize
    plagio sustantivo masculino ( copia) plagiarism
    plagiar verbo transitivo to plagiarize
    plagio sustantivo masculino plagiarism
    ' plagio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fusil
    English:
    plagiarism
    - rip-off
    * * *
    plagio nm
    1. [copia] plagiarism
    2. CAm, Col, Perú, Ven [secuestro] kidnapping
    * * *
    m
    1 ( copia) plagiarism
    2 L.Am. ( secuestro) kidnap
    * * *
    plagio nm
    1) : plagiarism
    2) secuestro: kidnapping, abduction

    Spanish-English dictionary > plagio

  • 112 polémico

    adj.
    1 polemical, argumentative, controversial, polemic.
    2 polemic, controversial, divisive, debatable.
    * * *
    1 controversial
    * * *
    (f. - polémica)
    adj.
    polemical, controversial
    * * *
    ADJ controversial, polemical frm
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo controversial, polemic (frml)
    * * *
    = controversial, polemic, polemical, divisive, argumentative, contentious, fractious, vexed, disputed.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. The paper discusses some remaining 'grey areas' in faceted classification and the value for expository purposes of a mildly polemic approach to issues in classification.
    Ex. I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex. 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex. One of the most contentious issues dividing publishers and librarians centres on the interpretation of fair use in the context of digital technologies.
    Ex. Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex. A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex. Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    ----
    * cuestión polémica = vexing question.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * extremadamente polémico = highly controversial.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * levantar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * muy polémico = highly controversial.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial].
    * polémica + abundar = controversy + rage.
    * polémica + continuar = controversy + rage, argument + rage.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * polémica + perdurar = argument + rage.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * tema polémico = vexing issue.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo controversial, polemic (frml)
    * * *
    = controversial, polemic, polemical, divisive, argumentative, contentious, fractious, vexed, disputed.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.

    Ex: The paper discusses some remaining 'grey areas' in faceted classification and the value for expository purposes of a mildly polemic approach to issues in classification.
    Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
    Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
    Ex: 'I don't know about that one,' Bogardus said, politely argumentative.
    Ex: One of the most contentious issues dividing publishers and librarians centres on the interpretation of fair use in the context of digital technologies.
    Ex: Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
    Ex: A vexed area on which the present rules give no guidance is the publication produced as a result of a special programme or project.
    Ex: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    * cuestión polémica = vexing question.
    * evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.
    * extremadamente polémico = highly controversial.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * levantar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * muy polémico = highly controversial.
    * no polémico = non-controversial [noncontroversial].
    * polémica + abundar = controversy + rage.
    * polémica + continuar = controversy + rage, argument + rage.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * polémica + perdurar = argument + rage.
    * suscitar la polémica = spark + controversy.
    * tema polémico = vexing issue.

    * * *
    controversial, polemical, polemic
    * * *

    polémico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    controversial, polemic (frml)
    polémico,-a adjetivo controversial: es un hombre muy polémico, he's a controversial man

    ' polémico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    candente
    - conflictiva
    - conflictivo
    - polémica
    English:
    controversial
    - euthanasia
    - contentious
    - dispute
    - polemical
    * * *
    polémico, -a adj
    controversial
    * * *
    adj controversial
    * * *
    polémico, -ca adj
    controvertido: controversial, polemical
    * * *
    polémico adj controversial

    Spanish-English dictionary > polémico

  • 113 reconocimiento

    m.
    1 recognition.
    reconocimiento del habla (computing & linguistics) speech recognition
    2 gratitude (agradecimiento).
    3 examination (medicine).
    4 reconnaissance (military).
    5 medical examination, examination, check-up, exam.
    6 acknowledgement, ACK.
    * * *
    1 (gen) recognition
    2 (admisión) admission
    3 MILITAR reconnaissance
    4 MEDICINA examination, checkup
    \
    en reconocimiento de in recognition of, in appreciation of
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=aprobación) recognition

    en reconocimiento a, como reconocimiento por — in recognition of

    2) (=registro) search, searching; (=inspección) inspection, examination

    reconocimiento de firma — Méx authentication of a signature

    3) (Mil) reconnaissance
    4) (Med) examination, checkup
    5) (Inform)
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Med) tb
    b) ( de territorio) reconnaissance
    2) (frml)
    a) ( aprobación) recognition

    en reconocimiento por or a algo — in recognition of something

    quiero manifestar mi reconocimiento por... — I should like to show my appreciation for...

    b) ( de hecho) recognition
    3) ( legitimación) recognition
    * * *
    = appreciation, recognition, reconnaissance, acknowledgement [acknowledgment], acclaim, tap on the shoulder, validation, survey, admission.
    Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    Ex. I hope therefore that they will accept this expression of my sincere thanks as an inadequate but deeply felt acknowledgement of my debt to all of them.
    Ex. In effect, the book started its life rather more as a light entertainment middle-of-the-range hardback autobiography but popular acclaim turned it into a huge mass-market paperback success.
    Ex. 'But we certainly have to establish some fair criteria to determine who gets the tap on the shoulder,' reflected Bough = "Pero ciertamente tenemos que establecer algunos criterios justos para determinar quién recibe las palmaditas en la espalda", dijo Bough.
    Ex. Often referred to as utilities, basic software packages are available for performing basic operations such as data entry and validation, sorting and merging files and editing data.
    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. This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.
    ----
    * como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.
    * conseguir reconocimiento = win + recognition.
    * cuaderno de reconocimiento de escritura = handwriting recognition notepad.
    * en reconocimiento de = in recognition of.
    * ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.
    * merecer reconocimiento = merit + recognition.
    * obtener reconocimiento = gain + recognition.
    * premio de reconocimiento = honour award.
    * recibir reconocimiento = find + recognition.
    * reconocimiento de caracteres = character recognition.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes = image recognition.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes por el ordenador = computer vision.
    * reconocimiento de la voz = voice input and output.
    * reconocimiento del habla = speech recognition, voice recognition.
    * reconocimiento del individuo = affirmation.
    * reconocimiento de modelos = pattern recognition.
    * reconocimiento de patrones = pattern recognition.
    * reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition.
    * reconocimiento médico = checkup [check-up], medical checkup.
    * reconocimiento oficial = accreditation.
    * reconocimiento óptico de caracteres (OCR) = OCR (optical character recognition).
    * rueda de reconocimiento = police line-up, identity parade, identification parade.
    * sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.
    * sistema de reconocimiento académico = academic reward(s) system.
    * tecnología para el reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition technology.
    * título de reconocimiento = honorary scroll.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Med) tb
    b) ( de territorio) reconnaissance
    2) (frml)
    a) ( aprobación) recognition

    en reconocimiento por or a algo — in recognition of something

    quiero manifestar mi reconocimiento por... — I should like to show my appreciation for...

    b) ( de hecho) recognition
    3) ( legitimación) recognition
    * * *
    = appreciation, recognition, reconnaissance, acknowledgement [acknowledgment], acclaim, tap on the shoulder, validation, survey, admission.

    Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    Ex: I hope therefore that they will accept this expression of my sincere thanks as an inadequate but deeply felt acknowledgement of my debt to all of them.
    Ex: In effect, the book started its life rather more as a light entertainment middle-of-the-range hardback autobiography but popular acclaim turned it into a huge mass-market paperback success.
    Ex: 'But we certainly have to establish some fair criteria to determine who gets the tap on the shoulder,' reflected Bough = "Pero ciertamente tenemos que establecer algunos criterios justos para determinar quién recibe las palmaditas en la espalda", dijo Bough.
    Ex: Often referred to as utilities, basic software packages are available for performing basic operations such as data entry and validation, sorting and merging files and editing data.
    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: This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.
    * como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.
    * conseguir reconocimiento = win + recognition.
    * cuaderno de reconocimiento de escritura = handwriting recognition notepad.
    * en reconocimiento de = in recognition of.
    * ganar reconocimiento = gain + credit.
    * merecer reconocimiento = merit + recognition.
    * obtener reconocimiento = gain + recognition.
    * premio de reconocimiento = honour award.
    * recibir reconocimiento = find + recognition.
    * reconocimiento de caracteres = character recognition.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes = image recognition.
    * reconocimiento de imágenes por el ordenador = computer vision.
    * reconocimiento de la voz = voice input and output.
    * reconocimiento del habla = speech recognition, voice recognition.
    * reconocimiento del individuo = affirmation.
    * reconocimiento de modelos = pattern recognition.
    * reconocimiento de patrones = pattern recognition.
    * reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition.
    * reconocimiento médico = checkup [check-up], medical checkup.
    * reconocimiento oficial = accreditation.
    * reconocimiento óptico de caracteres (OCR) = OCR (optical character recognition).
    * rueda de reconocimiento = police line-up, identity parade, identification parade.
    * sin reconocimiento de créditos = non-credit.
    * sistema de reconocimiento académico = academic reward(s) system.
    * tecnología para el reconocimiento de voz = voice recognition technology.
    * título de reconocimiento = honorary scroll.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Med):
    reconocimiento médico medical examination, medical
    2 (de un territorio) reconnaissance
    3 (de voz) recognition
    B ( frml)
    1
    (aprobación): en reconocimiento por or a los servicios prestados in recognition of services rendered
    queremos manifestarle nuestro reconocimiento por … we should like to show our appreciation for …
    un artista que nunca obtuvo el reconocimiento que merecía an artist who never received the recognition o acknowledgment he deserved
    una ceremonia donde recibió el reconocimiento de sus colegas a ceremony at which she received the acknowledgment of her colleagues
    2 (de un hecho) recognition
    Compuestos:
    speech recognition
    optical character recognition, OCR
    C (legitimación) recognition
    su reconocimiento del nuevo gobierno their recognition of the new government
    * * *

     

    reconocimiento sustantivo masculino

    b) (Med) tb



    reconocimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un hecho) recognition, acknowledgement
    2 (de un paciente) examination, checkup
    3 (de un territorio) reconnaissance
    vuelo de reconocimiento, surveillance flight
    4 (gratitud) appreciation
    ' reconocimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consagrar
    - consagrarse
    - espaldarazo
    - gloria
    - honor
    - honra
    - lograr
    - otorgar
    - rueda
    - médico
    - reivindicación
    English:
    acceptance
    - acknowledgement
    - admission
    - credit
    - examination
    - examine
    - recce
    - recognition
    - reconnaissance
    - voice recognition
    - acknowledgment
    - physical
    - survey
    * * *
    1. [identificación] recognition
    Informát & Ling reconocimiento del habla speech recognition; Informát reconocimiento óptico de caracteres optical character recognition; Informát reconocimiento de voz voice recognition
    2. [admisión] [de error, culpa] admission;
    [de méritos, autoridad] recognition
    3. [examen, inspección] examination
    reconocimiento médico medical examination o checkup
    4. [inspección] surveying;
    Mil reconnaissance;
    hacer un reconocimiento to reconnoitre;
    hizo un viaje de reconocimiento antes de irse a vivir a Perú he went on a reconnaissance trip before moving to Peru;
    un vuelo/avión de reconocimiento a reconnaissance flight/plane
    5. [agradecimiento] gratitude;
    en reconocimiento por in recognition of
    6. [respeto] recognition
    7. Der [de hijo] recognition;
    [de firma] authentication; [de sindicato, partido, derecho] recognition
    * * *
    m
    1 recognition;
    en reconocimiento a ( agradecimiento) in recognition of
    2 de error acknowledg(e)ment
    3 MED examination, check-up
    4 MIL reconnaissance
    * * *
    1) : acknowledgment, recognition, avowal
    2) : (medical) examination
    3) : reconnaissance
    * * *
    reconocimiento n recognition

    Spanish-English dictionary > reconocimiento

  • 114 reunión

    f.
    1 meeting, encounter, assemblage, reunion.
    2 meeting, assembly meeting.
    3 get-together, social, party.
    4 reunion, coming together.
    5 Reunion.
    * * *
    1 (gen) meeting, gathering
    2 (reencuentro) reunion
    3 (conjunto) collection, gathering
    \
    asistir a una reunión to attend a meeting
    celebrar una reunión to hold a meeting
    reunión social social gathering
    * * *
    noun f.
    meeting, gathering, rally, reunion
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de trabajo, deportiva] meeting; [social] gathering

    ¿irás a la reunión de padres? — are you going to the parents' meeting?

    2) (=gente reunida) meeting
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( para discutir algo) meeting
    b) ( de carácter social) gathering

    reunión de ex-alumnos — school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion

    c) (Dep) meeting, meet
    d) ( grupo de personas) meeting
    2) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *
    = assembly, convention, gathering, meeting, rally, reunion, bringing together, convening.
    Ex. If you make an entry for that, would you make it ISRAELI PARLIAMENT, ISRAELI GENERAL assembly, ISRAELI CONGRESS, or whatever?.
    Ex. This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.
    Ex. This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.
    Ex. This was initiated formally by the calling of the first meeting of the Network Advisory Committee in 1976.
    Ex. This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.
    Ex. The aim of the conference was to bring together the Texas library community in a reunion to reconfirm old networks and to develop new ones.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex. Convenings are one day events that focus on a specific substantive issue.
    ----
    * actas de reuniones = transactions.
    * asistir a una reunión = attend + meeting.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * celebrar una reunión = hold + meeting.
    * convocar una reunión = call + meeting, convene + meeting.
    * convocatoria de reunión = convening notice.
    * coordinar una reunión = conduct + meeting.
    * desconvocar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * minutas de reuniones = committee minutes.
    * organizar una reunión = arrange for + meeting, mount + meeting.
    * organizar un reunión = organise + meeting.
    * primera reunión = starter meeting.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * reunión a puertas abiertas = open meeting.
    * reunión celebrada con anterioridad al congreso = preconference [pre-conference].
    * reunión científica = scientific research meeting.
    * reunión conjunta = joint meeting.
    * reunión cumbre = summit.
    * reunión de antiguos alumnos = alumni reunion, class reunion.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * reunión de emergencia = emergency meeting.
    * reunión de expertos = expert meeting [experts' meeting].
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * reunión de la dirección = board meeting.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.
    * reunión del consejo = council meeting, council conference.
    * reunión de negocios = business meeting.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.
    * reunión + disolverse = party + break up.
    * reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.
    * reunión en petit comité = confab.
    * reunión familiar = family reunion, family gathering.
    * reunión inaugural = inaugural meeting.
    * reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.
    * reunión informativa = briefing meeting.
    * reunión informativa de prensa = press briefing.
    * reunión inicial = starter meeting.
    * reunión para tomar café = coffee party.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * reunión pública = public meeting.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( para discutir algo) meeting
    b) ( de carácter social) gathering

    reunión de ex-alumnos — school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion

    c) (Dep) meeting, meet
    d) ( grupo de personas) meeting
    2) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *
    = assembly, convention, gathering, meeting, rally, reunion, bringing together, convening.

    Ex: If you make an entry for that, would you make it ISRAELI PARLIAMENT, ISRAELI GENERAL assembly, ISRAELI CONGRESS, or whatever?.

    Ex: This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.
    Ex: This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.
    Ex: This was initiated formally by the calling of the first meeting of the Network Advisory Committee in 1976.
    Ex: This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.
    Ex: The aim of the conference was to bring together the Texas library community in a reunion to reconfirm old networks and to develop new ones.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex: Convenings are one day events that focus on a specific substantive issue.
    * actas de reuniones = transactions.
    * asistir a una reunión = attend + meeting.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * celebrar una reunión = hold + meeting.
    * convocar una reunión = call + meeting, convene + meeting.
    * convocatoria de reunión = convening notice.
    * coordinar una reunión = conduct + meeting.
    * desconvocar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * minutas de reuniones = committee minutes.
    * organizar una reunión = arrange for + meeting, mount + meeting.
    * organizar un reunión = organise + meeting.
    * primera reunión = starter meeting.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * reunión a puertas abiertas = open meeting.
    * reunión celebrada con anterioridad al congreso = preconference [pre-conference].
    * reunión científica = scientific research meeting.
    * reunión conjunta = joint meeting.
    * reunión cumbre = summit.
    * reunión de antiguos alumnos = alumni reunion, class reunion.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * reunión de emergencia = emergency meeting.
    * reunión de expertos = expert meeting [experts' meeting].
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * reunión de la dirección = board meeting.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.
    * reunión del consejo = council meeting, council conference.
    * reunión de negocios = business meeting.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.
    * reunión + disolverse = party + break up.
    * reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.
    * reunión en petit comité = confab.
    * reunión familiar = family reunion, family gathering.
    * reunión inaugural = inaugural meeting.
    * reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.
    * reunión informativa = briefing meeting.
    * reunión informativa de prensa = press briefing.
    * reunión inicial = starter meeting.
    * reunión para tomar café = coffee party.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * reunión pública = public meeting.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.

    * * *
    A
    no hicieron una gran fiesta sino una pequeña reunión they didn't have a big party, just a small gathering o get-together
    reunión de ex-alumnos school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion
    3 ( Dep) meeting, meet
    Compuestos:
    summit, summit meeting
    status meeting
    unlawful assembly
    press conference, briefing
    B (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *

     

    reunión sustantivo femenino

    ( de carácter social) gathering;
    ( reencuentro) reunion
    b) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting

    reunión sustantivo femenino
    1 (de negocios, etc) meeting
    2 (de conocidos, familiares) organizamos una reunión de antiguos alumnos, we arranged a reunion of former students
    ' reunión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acta
    - alta
    - alto
    - animar
    - animada
    - animado
    - animarse
    - batalla
    - celebrar
    - cónclave
    - conferencia
    - consejo
    - convocar
    - convocatoria
    - desanimada
    - desanimado
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - eje
    - expositor
    - expositora
    - fiesta
    - haber
    - irrupción
    - junta
    - plena
    - pleno
    - presidir
    - presidencia
    - presidenta
    - presidente
    - reencuentro
    - replantear
    - respirar
    - ruego
    - sobrar
    - suspender
    - té
    - teleclub
    - troika
    - velada
    - verse
    - acabar
    - acudir
    - alargar
    - aplazamiento
    - aplazar
    - asado
    - asamblea
    - asistente
    English:
    absent
    - act
    - adjourn
    - advance
    - arrange
    - assembly
    - attend
    - boisterous
    - brace
    - break up
    - call
    - call away
    - cancel
    - chair
    - clarify
    - close
    - concerted
    - convivial
    - disrupt
    - disruption
    - eloquent
    - expect
    - extraordinary
    - gathering
    - get-together
    - have
    - hen party
    - hold
    - informal
    - make
    - meeting
    - minute
    - off
    - open
    - overrun
    - proceedings
    - put back
    - rally
    - reassembly
    - report
    - reunion
    - run on
    - run over
    - set up
    - sit in on
    - social
    - special
    - staff meeting
    - stay away
    - stick up for
    * * *
    1. [encuentro] [profesional] meeting;
    [de amigos, familiares] get-together, gathering;
    hacer o [m5] celebrar una reunión to have o hold a meeting
    reunión atlética athletics meeting, US track and field meet;
    reunión de departamento departmental meeting
    2. [tras largo tiempo] reunion;
    una reunión familiar/de veteranos a family/veterans' reunion
    3. [asistentes] meeting
    4. [recogida] gathering, collection
    * * *
    f meeting; de amigos get-together
    * * *
    reunión nf, pl - niones
    1) : meeting
    2) : gathering, reunion
    * * *
    1. (de trabajo) meeting
    2. (fiesta) gathering

    Spanish-English dictionary > reunión

  • 115 saldo

    m.
    1 balance.
    saldo acreedor/deudor credit/debit balance
    saldo medio average (bank) balance
    saldo negativo overdraft
    la iniciativa tuvo un saldo positivo on balance, the outcome of the initiative was positive
    2 settlement.
    3 leftover.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: saldar.
    * * *
    1 (de una cuenta) balance
    2 (pago) liquidation, settlement
    3 (resto de mercancía) remnant, leftover, remainder
    \
    a precios de saldo at bargain prices
    saldo acreedor credit balance
    saldo deudor debit balance
    saldo negativo / saldo en contra negative balance, overdraft
    saldo positivo / saldo a favor positive balance, surplus
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de cuenta] balance

    saldo en contra — debit balance, adverse balance

    saldo negativo — debit balance, adverse balance

    2) (=liquidación) sale
    3) (=pago) settlement, payment
    4) [de móvil] credit
    5) (=resultado final)
    6)

    ser un saldo — * [cosa muy usada] to have had it *; [persona inútil] to be hopeless, be a dead loss *

    cómprate otro abrigo, el que llevas es un auténtico saldo — you should get yourself another coat, the one you're wearing has had it *

    eres un auténtico saldo, no sabes ni freír un huevo — you're hopeless o you're a dead loss, you can't even boil an egg *

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de cuenta) balance

    saldo a (su favor/nuestro) favor — credit/debit balance

    el saldo es de $4.000 a nuestro favor — we are $4,000 in credit

    b) (period) (de incidente, confrontación)
    2)
    a) ( artículo)
    b) saldos masculino plural ( rebajas) sales (pl)
    * * *
    = balance, remainder, short sell, credit, account balance.
    Ex. So far as possible the international traders exchanged books, but sometimes the balance was unequal and accounts were settled in money.
    Ex. The article 'Bargains or bummers? remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Publishing abroad: fair trade or short sell for non English speaking authors?'.
    Ex. Orders placed with a vendor as well as any credit or debit notes for the vendor are displayed by entering the number '9'.
    Ex. If your account balance is less than $1000, you will generally not be charged administration fees in excess of interest earned on your account.
    ----
    * con saldo = prepaid [pre-paid].
    * saldo de cuenta bancaria = bank balance.
    * saldo del libro de cuentas = account book balance.
    * saldo, el = bottom line, the.
    * saldo negativo = debit.
    * saldo pendiente = outstanding balance.
    * saldo positivo = credit.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de cuenta) balance

    saldo a (su favor/nuestro) favor — credit/debit balance

    el saldo es de $4.000 a nuestro favor — we are $4,000 in credit

    b) (period) (de incidente, confrontación)
    2)
    a) ( artículo)
    b) saldos masculino plural ( rebajas) sales (pl)
    * * *
    el saldo
    = bottom line, the

    Ex: Publishers increasingly worried about the bottom line and hesitate to publish books that may be an invitation for backlash from groups opposed to homosexuality.

    = balance, remainder, short sell, credit, account balance.

    Ex: So far as possible the international traders exchanged books, but sometimes the balance was unequal and accounts were settled in money.

    Ex: The article 'Bargains or bummers? remainders' suggests that despite problems attaching to buying remainders, judicious purchasing of this stock can add valuable books to a library's collection at a very reasonable cost.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Publishing abroad: fair trade or short sell for non English speaking authors?'.
    Ex: Orders placed with a vendor as well as any credit or debit notes for the vendor are displayed by entering the number '9'.
    Ex: If your account balance is less than $1000, you will generally not be charged administration fees in excess of interest earned on your account.
    * con saldo = prepaid [pre-paid].
    * saldo de cuenta bancaria = bank balance.
    * saldo del libro de cuentas = account book balance.
    * saldo, el = bottom line, the.
    * saldo negativo = debit.
    * saldo pendiente = outstanding balance.
    * saldo positivo = credit.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una cuenta) balance
    ¿me puede dar el saldo de mi cuenta? can you give o tell me the balance on my account?
    saldo a su favor/a nuestro favor credit/debit balance
    el saldo es de $400.000 a nuestro favor we are $400,000 in credit, we have a credit balance of $400,000
    2 ( period)
    (de un incidente, una confrontación): la pelea terminó con un saldo de tres heridos the fight resulted in three people being injured
    el avión se estrelló con un saldo de 133 personas muertas the plane crashed killing (a total of) 133 people
    el saldo de la noche fue muy positivo the evening turned out very well
    Compuestos:
    ● saldo acreedor or positivo
    credit balance
    ● saldo deudor or negativo
    debit balance
    B
    1
    (artículo): los saldos no se cambian sale goods cannot be exchanged
    precios de saldo sale prices
    [ S ] venta de saldos clearance sale
    2 saldos mpl (rebajas) sales (pl)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo saldar: ( conjugate saldar)

    saldo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    saldó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    saldar    
    saldo
    saldar ( conjugate saldar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ cuenta› to settle;

    ‹ deuda› to settle, pay (off)
    b) ‹mercancías/productos› to sell off

    saldo sustantivo masculino
    1 ( de cuenta) balance;
    ◊ saldo a su/nuestro favor credit/debit balance

    2
    a) ( artículo):


    precios de saldo sale prices;

    ( on signs) venta de saldos clearance sale
    b)

    ◊ saldos sustantivo masculino plural ( rebajas) sales (pl)

    saldar verbo transitivo
    1 Fin (una deuda) to settle, pay (off)
    (una cuenta) to settle
    2 fig (un asunto, una discusión) to settle: las negociaciones se saldaron con un acuerdo, the negotiations ended with an agreement
    3 Com (liquidar una mercancía) to sell off
    (libros) to remainder
    saldo sustantivo masculino
    1 Fin (de una cuenta) balance
    saldo negativo, debit balance
    saldo positivo, credit balance
    2 (de una deuda, una factura) settlement
    3 Com saldos, sales
    precios de saldo, sale prices
    (resto, remanente) remainder, leftover
    4 fig (resultado de una acción) outcome: la colisión dejó un saldo de tres heridos, three people were injured in the crash
    ' saldo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    deudor
    - deudora
    English:
    balance
    - bank balance
    - credit
    - debit balance
    - giveaway
    - outstanding
    - bank
    - discount
    * * *
    saldo nm
    1. [de cuenta] balance;
    saldo a favor/en contra credit/debit balance;
    la balanza comercial entre los dos países arroja un saldo favorable a Japón the trade balance between the two countries is tipped in Japan's favour
    saldo acreedor credit balance;
    saldo anterior balance brought forward;
    saldo de caja cash balance;
    saldo deudor debit balance;
    saldo disponible balance available;
    saldo medio average (bank) balance;
    saldo negativo debit balance
    2. [de deudas] settlement
    3. [de partido, enfrentamiento] result, outcome;
    la iniciativa tuvo un saldo positivo on balance, the outcome of the initiative was positive;
    el accidente tuvo un saldo de cinco muertos the accident left five people dead;
    los incidentes arrojaron un saldo de cincuenta detenidos the incidents ended with fifty arrests
    4.
    saldos [restos de mercancías] remnants
    5.
    saldos [rebajas] sale;
    de saldo bargain
    * * *
    m
    1 COM balance
    2 ( resultado) result
    3
    :
    saldos pl clearance sale sg ;
    de saldo artículo reduced, on sale
    * * *
    saldo nm
    1) : settlement, payment
    2) : balance
    saldo de cuenta: account balance
    3) : remainder, leftover merchandise

    Spanish-English dictionary > saldo

  • 116 ser rentable

    v.
    to be profitable, to pay back, to pay off.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay off, be a money-maker, pay, turn + a profit
    Ex. This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.
    Ex. The onion business is economically stable and is generally a money-maker.
    Ex. Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex. Libraries are a public good, supported by tax dollars because they are essential to democracy, not because they turn a profit.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay off, be a money-maker, pay, turn + a profit

    Ex: This is an address given at a seminar on 'Books and businesses: an investment that pays off' at the Turin book fair on 17 May 89.

    Ex: The onion business is economically stable and is generally a money-maker.
    Ex: Simply put, it just doesn't pay to digitise information that few can use, and even fewer will pay for.
    Ex: Libraries are a public good, supported by tax dollars because they are essential to democracy, not because they turn a profit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser rentable

  • 117 titular del derecho de autor

    (n.) = rights-holder [rightsholder], copyright holder
    Ex. The controls upon abuse of fair dealing will be complex, and I have no easy answers, but we shall have to find answers if we are not to be faced with requests from rights-holders for fees of a great magnitude for electro-copying.
    Ex. This has implications for the potential income of copyright holders such as publishers and authors.
    * * *
    (n.) = rights-holder [rightsholder], copyright holder

    Ex: The controls upon abuse of fair dealing will be complex, and I have no easy answers, but we shall have to find answers if we are not to be faced with requests from rights-holders for fees of a great magnitude for electro-copying.

    Ex: This has implications for the potential income of copyright holders such as publishers and authors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > titular del derecho de autor

  • 118 trancazo

    m.
    1 blow (with a stick) (blow).
    2 bout of the flu (informal) (gripe).
    3 the bends, caisson disease.
    * * *
    1 (golpe) blow with a cudgel
    \
    pegarse un trancazo familiar to come a cropper
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=golpe) blow, bang (with a stick)
    2) * (=gripe) flu
    * * *
    masculino ( golpe) blow
    * * *
    = bang, blow.
    Ex. This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.
    Ex. The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.
    ----
    * dar un trancazo = belt.
    * por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.
    * * *
    masculino ( golpe) blow
    * * *
    = bang, blow.

    Ex: This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper.

    Ex: The Great War of 1914-18 was a heavy blow for the Bulletin, from which it never really recovered, and in the 1920s it gradually sank under its own weight, helped by a forced move from its previous quarters to make room for a trade fair.
    * dar un trancazo = belt.
    * por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

    * * *
    1 (golpe) blow
    2 ( Esp fam) (gripe) flu
    coger un trancazo to get o catch (the) flu
    * * *

    trancazo sustantivo masculino
    1 Med familiar influenza, flu: con el trancazo que tengo, hoy no me levanto de la cama, there's no way I'm getting out of bed with the flu that I've got
    2 blow with a stick: lo dejó sin sentido de un trancazo en la cabeza, the blow to the head left him unconscious
    ' trancazo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bang
    * * *
    1. [golpe] blow (with a cudgel o stick)
    2. Fam [gripe] bout of (the) flu
    * * *
    m fam
    dose of flu
    * * *
    golpe: blow, hit

    Spanish-English dictionary > trancazo

  • 119 una nube de

    = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of
    Ex. The next generation should not have to spend so much of its intellectual life in a haze of continual discussion of code.
    Ex. Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex. This paper reassesses the views of Margaret Edwards who published 'The fair garden and the swarm of beasts,' a guide to young adult services, in 1969.
    * * *
    = a haze of, a cloud of, a swarm of

    Ex: The next generation should not have to spend so much of its intellectual life in a haze of continual discussion of code.

    Ex: Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex: This paper reassesses the views of Margaret Edwards who published 'The fair garden and the swarm of beasts,' a guide to young adult services, in 1969.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una nube de

  • 120 valérselas

    (v.) = manage to, make + do, manoeuvre [maneuver, -USA], get by
    Ex. Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.
    Ex. It is argued that years of ' making do' with inadequate resources has had a debilitating effect upon the ability of senior SLIS staff to formulate effective long term plans.
    Ex. Reference librarians must be able to maneuver effectively within the conventions used in the different catalogs.
    Ex. A small book fair lasting only a day, such as might be held in a kindergarten or small elementary school, can get by with a couple of members of staff and a parent as the organizing committee.
    * * *
    (v.) = manage to, make + do, manoeuvre [maneuver, -USA], get by

    Ex: Tom Hernandez tried not to show how sad he felt about his friends' leaving, and managed to keep up a cheerful facade until the party broke up.

    Ex: It is argued that years of ' making do' with inadequate resources has had a debilitating effect upon the ability of senior SLIS staff to formulate effective long term plans.
    Ex: Reference librarians must be able to maneuver effectively within the conventions used in the different catalogs.
    Ex: A small book fair lasting only a day, such as might be held in a kindergarten or small elementary school, can get by with a couple of members of staff and a parent as the organizing committee.

    Spanish-English dictionary > valérselas

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