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I v/t

1. lead (nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort; an oder bei der Hand führen take s.o. by the hand; an der Leine / am Zügel führen walk on the lead / lead by the reins; Besucher in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room; jemanden durch die Firma / Wohnung führen show s.o. (a)round the firm (Am. company) / the apartment (Brit. auch flat); die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig. put the police on s.o.’s track; was führt dich zu mir? fig. what brings you here?; meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig. my trip took me to Spain; Versuchung

2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen): jemandem die Hand führen guide s.o.’s hand (auch fig.); zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips; ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe; eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place

3. (handhaben) handle, wield; sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc.: she’s got good ball control

4. Amtsspr. (Auto, Zug etc.) drive; (Flugzeug etc.) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate

5. bei oder mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc.) carry; Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore; Strom führen ETECH. be live; (leiten) conduct current; der Fluss führt Sand ( mit sich) the river carries sand with it; Hochwasser

6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL. auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc.) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide; eine Armee in den Kampf / zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle / to victory; in den Ruin führen (Firma etc.) lead to ruin; eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam; er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc.

7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc.) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc.) keep; (Konto) manage; ein geruhsames etc. Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc. life; sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship; etw. zu Ende führen finish s.th.; Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc.

8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc.: have; den Titel... führen Buch: auch be entitled...

9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have; führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?; auf oder in einer Liste führen list, make a list of; ( auf oder in einer Liste) geführt werden appear on a list, be listed; als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing

10. (Reden, Sprache) use; ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using

11. fig. Feld, Schild2 1 etc.

II v/i

1. lead (nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc.: auch open (into); unser Weg führte durch einen Wald / über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood / over a bridge

2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer

3. SPORT: führen über (+ Akk) (dauern) last; der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds

4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead; mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead; mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up; mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1

5. fig.: durch das Programm / den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me) / evening is X; führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in; das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc.) anywhere; das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result; das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far; wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?

III v/refl conduct o.s.; bes. Schüler: behave (o.s.); sich gut führen behave (well)

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(befördern) to carry;

(herumführen) to guide;

(im Sortiment haben) to carry;

(leiten) to lead; to shepherd; to conduct;

(lenken) to drive; to pilot; to steer

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füh|ren ['fyːrən]
1. vt

1) (= geleiten) to take; (= vorangehen, - fahren) to lead

eine alte Dame über die Straße fǘhren — to help an old lady over the road

sie hat uns den richtigen Weg geführt — she showed us the right way

er führte uns durch das Schloss — he showed us (a)round the castle

er führte uns durch Italien — he was our guide in Italy

eine Klasse zum Abitur fǘhren — ≈ to see a class through to A-levels (Brit) or to their high school diploma (US)

jdn zum (Trau)altar fǘhren — to lead sb to the altar

2) (= leiten) Geschäft, Betrieb etc to run; Gruppe, Expedition etc to lead, to head; Schiff to captain; Armee etc to command

3) (= in eine Situation bringen) to get (inf), to lead; (= veranlassen zu kommen/gehen) to bring/take

der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebes — that tip put the police on the trail of the thief

das führt uns auf das Thema... — that brings or leads us (on)to the subject...

was führt Sie zu mir? (form) — what brings you to me?

ein Land ins Chaos fǘhren — to reduce a country to chaos

4) (= registriert haben) to have a record of

wir fǘhren keinen Meier in unserer Kartei — we have no( record of a) Meier on our files

5) (= handhaben) Pinsel, Bogen, Kamera etc to wield

den Löffel zum Mund/das Glas an die Lippen fǘhren —

die Hand an die Mütze fǘhren — to touch one's cap

6) (= entlangführen) Leitung, Draht to carry

7) (form = steuern) Kraftfahrzeug to drive; Flugzeug to fly, to pilot; Kran, Fahrstuhl to operate; Schiff to sail

8) (= transportieren) to carry; (= haben) Autokennzeichen, Wappen, Namen to have, to bear; Titel to have; (= selbst gebrauchen) to use

Geld/seine Papiere bei sich fǘhren (form) — to carry money/one's papers on one's person

der Fluss führt Hochwasser — the river is running high

9) (= im Angebot haben) to stock, to carry (spec), to keep

etw ständig im Munde fǘhren — to be always talking about sth

er führt diesen Spruch ständig im Munde — he is always using that phrase

2. vi

1) (= in Führung liegen) to lead; (bei Wettkämpfen) to be in the lead, to lead

die Mannschaft führt mit 10 Punkten Vorsprung — the team has a lead of 10 points, the team is in the lead or is leading by 10 points

die Firma XY führt in Videorekordern — XY is the leading firm for video recorders

2) (= verlaufen) (Straße) to go; (Kabel, Pipeline etc) to run; (Spur) to lead

das Rennen führt über 10 Runden/durch ganz Frankreich — the race takes place over 10 laps/covers France

die Straße führt nach Kiel/am Rhein entlang — the road goes to Kiel/runs or goes along the Rhine

die Brücke führt über die Elbe — the bridge crosses or spans the Elbe

der Waldweg führt zu einem Gasthof — the forest path leads or goes to an inn

3)

(= als Ergebnis haben) zu etw fǘhren — to lead to sth, to result in sth

das führt zu nichts — that will come to nothing

es führte zu dem Ergebnis, dass er entlassen wurde — it resulted in or led to his being dismissed

das führt dazu, dass noch mehr Stellen abgebaut werden — it'll lead to or end in further staff reductions or job cuts

wohin soll das alles nur fǘhren? — where is it all leading (us)?

3. vr
form = sich benehmen) to conduct oneself, to deport oneself (form)
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1) (to turn or fork: The road bears left here.) bear

2) (to lead or guide: We were conducted down a narrow path by the guide; He conducted the tour.) conduct

3) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) go

4) (to lead, direct or show the way: I don't know how to get to your house - I'll need someone to guide me; Your comments guided me in my final choice.) guide

5) (to make entries in (a diary, accounts etc): She keeps a diary to remind her of her appointments; He kept the accounts for the club.) keep

6) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) lead

7) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) lead

8) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) lead

9) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) lead

10) (to keep a supply of for sale: Does this shop stock writing-paper?) stock

11) ((often with around, in, out etc) to guide or lead carefully: He shepherded me through a maze of corridors.) shepherd

12) (to lead, escort: The waiter ushered him to a table.) usher

13) (to carry on or engage in (especially a war): The North waged war on/against the South.) wage

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füh·ren

[ˈfy:rən]

I. vt

1. (bringen, begleiten)

▪ jdn aus etw dat/in etw akk \führen to lead sb into/out of sth

jdn in einen Raum \führen to lead [or usher] sb into a room

▪ jdn durch/über etw akk \führen to lead sb through/across [or over] sth

eine alte Dame über die Straße \führen to help an old lady across [or over] the road

▪ jdn zu etw/jdm \führen (hinbringen) to take sb to sth/sb; (herbringen) to bring sb to sth/sb; (vorangehen) to lead sb to sth/sb

was führt Sie zu mir? (geh) what brings you to me? form

jdn zu seinem Platz \führen to lead [or usher] sb to their seat

jdn zum Traualtar \führen to lead sb to the altar

2. (umherführen, den Weg zeigen)

▪ jdn \führen to guide sb

einen Blinden \führen to guide a blind person

jdn durch ein Museum/ein Schloss/eine Stadt \führen to show sb round a museum/a castle/a town

er führte uns durch London he was our guide in London

3. (leiten)

▪ jdn \führen to lead sb/sth

eine Armee \führen to command an army

eine Expedition/eine Gruppe/eine Mannschaft \führen to lead an expedition/a group/a team

▪ etw \führen to run sth

einen Betrieb/ein Geschäft \führen to run [or manage] a company/a business

4. (anleiten)

▪ jdn \führen to lead sb

er führt seine Angestellten mit fester Hand he leads [or directs] his employees with a firm hand

sie weiß die Schüler zu \führen she knows how to lead the students

5. (bringen, lenken)

▪ jdn auf etw akk \führen to lead sb to sth

der Hinweis führte die Polizei auf die Spur des Diebes the tip put the police on the trail of the thief

das führt uns auf das Thema... that brings [or leads] us on[to] the subject...

jdn auf Abwege \führen to lead sb astray

etw zu Ende \führen to complete sth

6. (laufend ergänzen)

eine Liste/ein Verzeichnis \führen to keep a list/a register

7. (registriert haben)

jdn/etw auf einer Liste/in einem Verzeichnis \führen to have a record of sb/sth on a list/in a register

wir \führen keinen Schmidt in unserer Kartei we have no [record of a] Schmidt on our files

8. (bewegen)

einen Bogen [über die Saiten] \führen to wield a bow [across the strings]

die Kamera [an etw akk] \führen to guide the camera [towards sth]; (durch Teleobjektiv) to zoom in [on sth]

die Kamera ruhig \führen to operate the camera with a steady hand

etw zum Mund[e] \führen to raise sth to one's mouth

sie führte ihr Glas zum Mund she raised her glass to her lips

einen Pinsel [über etw akk] \führen to wield a brush [over sth]

9. (entlangführen)

▪ etw durch/über etw akk \führen to lay sth through/across [or over] sth

er führte das Satellitenkabel durch die Wand he laid [or fed] the satellite cable through the wall

10. (geh: steuern)

ein Flugzeug \führen to fly a plane

ein Kraftfahrzeug/einen Zug \führen to drive a motor vehicle/a train

einen Kran/eine Maschine \führen to operate a crane/a machine

11. (geh: tragen)

einen Namen \führen to go by [or form to bear] a name

verheiratete Frauen \führen oft ihren Mädchennamen weiter married women often retain [or still go by] their maiden name

welchen Namen wirst du nach der Hochzeit \führen? which name will you use when you're married?

unser Mann führt den Decknamen ‚Hans‘ our man goes by the alias of ‘Hans’

einen Titel \führen to hold [or form bear] a title

etw im Wappen \führen to bear sth on one's coat of arms form

12. (geh: haben)

Gepäck bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to be carrying luggage

seine Papiere/eine Schusswaffe bei [o mit] sich dat \führen to carry one's papers/a firearm on one, to carry around one's papers/a firearm sep

13. (im Angebot haben)

▪ etw \führen to stock [or spec carry] sth; (verkaufen) to sell sth

14. (durchführen)

einen Prozess/Verhandlungen \führen to conduct a case/negotiations

II. vi

1. (in Führung liegen) to be in the lead

mit drei Punkten/einer halben Runde \führen to have a lead of [or to be in the lead by] three points/half a lap

2. (verlaufen) to lead, to go

wohin führt diese Straße/dieser Weg? where does this road/this path lead [or go] to?

die Straße führt am Fluss entlang the road runs [or goes] along the river

▪ durch/über etw akk \führen Weg to lead [or go] through/over sth; Straße to lead [or go] [or run] through/over sth; Kabel, Pipeline to run through/over sth; Spuren to lead through/across sth

die Brücke führt über den Rhein the bridge crosses [over] [or spans] the Rhine [or goes over

3. (als Ergebnis haben)

▪ zu etw dat \führen to lead to sth, to result in sth

das führte dazu, dass er entlassen wurde this led to [or resulted in] his [or him] being dismissed

[all] das führt [euch/uns] doch zu nichts that will [all] get you/us nowhere

III. vr (geh: sich benehmen)

▪ sich akk \führen to conduct oneself form

sich akk gut/schlecht \führen to conduct oneself well/badly [or to misbehave]

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1.
transitives Verb

1) lead

ein Tier an der Leine führen — walk an animal on a lead

jemanden durch eine Stadt führen — show somebody around a town

durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

jemanden auf die richtige Spur führen — put somebody on the right track

2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

3) (durchführen)

Gespräche führen — hold conversations

ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

ein unruhiges Leben führen — lead a turbulent life

eine glückliche Ehe führen — be happily married

einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead < party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>

eine Reisegruppe führen — be courier to a group of tourists

5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take

was führt Sie zu mir? — what brings you to me?

6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>

7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>

8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>

10) (befördern) carry

der Zug führt einen Speisewagen — the train has a dining car

der Fluss führt Hochwasser — the river is in flood

11) (registriert haben)

jemanden in einer Kartei führen — have somebody on file

12) (tragen)

etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

eine Waffe bei sich führen — carry a weapon
2.
intransitives Verb

1) lead

die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

das würde zu weit führen — (fig.) that would be taking things too far

2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

nach Punkten führen — be ahead on points

in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

3)

zu etwas führen — (etwas bewirken) lead to something

zum Ziel führen — bring the desired result

das führt zu nichts — (ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)
3.
reflexives Verb

sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

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führen

A. v/t

1. lead (

nach, zu to); (geleiten) auch take, escort; zu einem Platz: auch usher; (jemandem den Weg zeigen) lead, guide; (zwangsweise) escort;

an oder

bei der Hand führen take sb by the hand;

an der Leine/am Zügel führen walk on the lead/lead by the reins;

Besucher

in ein Zimmer führen show ( oder lead oder usher) into a room;

jemanden durch die Firma/Wohnung führen show sb (a)round the firm (US company)/the apartment (Br auch flat);

die Polizei auf jemandes Spur führen fig put the police on sb’s track;

was führt dich zu mir? fig what brings you here?;

meine Reise führte mich nach Spanien fig my trip took me to Spain; → Versuchung

2. (irgendwohin gelangen lassen):

jemandem die Hand führen guide sb’s hand (auch fig);

zum Mund führen raise to one’s lips;

ein Kabel durch ein Rohr führen pass a cable through a pipe;

eine Straße um einen Ort führen take a road (a)round a place, bypass a place

3. (handhaben) handle, wield;

sie führt den Ball sicher Basketball etc: she’s got good ball control

4. ADMIN (Auto, Zug etc) drive; (Flugzeug etc) pilot, fly; (Schiff) navigate

5.

bei oder

mit sich führen have on one, carry; (Fracht, Ladung etc) carry;

Erz führen bear ( oder contain) ore;

Strom führen ELEK be live; (leiten) conduct current;

der Fluss führt Sand (mit sich) the river carries sand with it; → Hochwasser

6. (anführen) lead, head; (Leitung haben) be in charge of; MIL auch command; (Geschäft, Haushalt etc) manage, run; (lenkend beeinflussen) guide;

eine Armee in den Kampf/zum Sieg führen lead an army into battle/to victory;

in den Ruin führen (Firma etc) lead to ruin;

eine Klasse zum Abitur führen take a class through to the Abitur exam;

er führt seine Mitarbeiter mit fester Hand he manages his colleagues with a firm hand; → Aufsicht, geführt, Kommando, Vorsitz etc

7. (Gespräch, Verhandlung etc) carry on, have; (Telefongespräch) make; (Prozess) conduct; (Buch, Liste, Protokoll etc) keep; (Konto) manage;

ein geruhsames etc

Leben führen lead ( oder live) a peaceful etc life;

sie führen eine gute Ehe they’re happily married, they have a good (husband-and-wife) relationship;

etwas zu Ende führen finish sth; → Beweis, Krieg, Regie etc

8. (Namen) bear, go by ( oder under) the name of; (Nummer, Wappen) have; (Flagge) carry, fly; (Titel) Person: hold; Buch etc: have;

den Titel … führen Buch: auch be entitled …

9. (Ware) auf Lager: stock; zum Verkauf: auch sell, have;

führen Sie Campingartikel? do you have ( oder sell oder stock) camping gear?;

auf oder

in einer Liste führen list, make a list of;

(

auf oder

in einer Liste)

geführt werden appear on a list, be listed;

als vermisst geführt werden be posted as missing

10. (Reden, Sprache) use;

ständig im Munde führen be constantly talking about; (Wendung) be constantly using

11. fig → Feld, Schild² 1 etc

B. v/i

1. lead (

nach, zu to); Tal, Tür etc: auch open (into);

unser Weg führte durch einen Wald/über eine Brücke our route led ( oder passed) through a wood/over a bridge

2. beim Tanzen: lead, steer

3. SPORT:

führen über (+akk) (dauern) last;

der Kampf führt über zehn Runden the fight is over ten rounds

4. (führend sein) lead; SPORT auch be in the lead;

mit zwei Toren führen be two goals ahead, have a two-goal lead;

mit 3:1 führen be 3-1 up;

mit 3:1 gegen X führen lead X by 3-1

5. fig:

durch das Programm/den Abend führt X your guide ( oder presenter) for the program(me)/evening is X;

führen zu lead to, end in; (zur Folge haben) result in;

das führt zu nichts that won’t get you ( oder us etc) anywhere;

das führt zu keinem Ergebnis that won’t produce a result;

das führt zu weit that’s ( oder that would be) going too far;

wohin soll das noch führen? where will all this lead ( oder end up)?

C. v/r conduct o.s.; besonders Schüler: behave (o.s.);

sich gut führen behave (well)

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1.
transitives Verb

1) lead

ein Tier an der Leine führen — walk an animal on a lead

jemanden durch eine Stadt führen — show somebody around a town

durch das Programm führt [Sie] Klaus Frank — Klaus Frank will present the programme

jemanden auf die richtige Spur führen — put somebody on the right track

2) (Kaufmannsspr.) stock, sell < goods>

3) (durchführen)

Gespräche führen — hold conversations

ein Orts-/Ferngespräch führen — make a local/long-distance call

ein unruhiges Leben führen — lead a turbulent life

eine glückliche Ehe führen — be happily married

einen Prozess [gegen jemanden] führen — take legal action [against somebody]

4) (verantwortlich leiten) manage, run <company, business, pub, etc.>; lead <party, country>; command < regiment>; chair < committee>

eine Reisegruppe führen — be courier to a group of tourists

5) (gelangen lassen) <journey, road> take

was führt Sie zu mir? — what brings you to me?

6) (Amtsspr.) drive <train, motor, vehicle>; navigate < ship>; fly < aircraft>

7) (verlaufen lassen) take <road, cable, etc.>

8) (als Kennzeichnung, Bezeichnung haben) bear

einen Titel/Künstlernamen führen — have a title/use a stage name

den Titel ‘Professor’ führen — use the title of professor

9) (angelegt haben) keep <diary, list, file>

10) (befördern) carry

der Zug führt einen Speisewagen — the train has a dining car

der Fluss führt Hochwasser — the river is in flood

11) (registriert haben)

jemanden in einer Kartei führen — have somebody on file

12) (tragen)

etwas bei od. mit sich führen — have something on one

eine Waffe bei sich führen — carry a weapon
2.
intransitives Verb

1) lead

die Straße führt nach.../durch.../über... — the road leads or goes to.../goes through.../goes over...

das würde zu weit führen — (fig.) that would be taking things too far

2) (an der Spitze liegen) lead; be ahead

nach Punkten führen — be ahead on points

in der Tabelle führen — be the league leaders; be at the top of the league

3)

zu etwas führen — (etwas bewirken) lead to something

zum Ziel führen — bring the desired result

das führt zu nichts — (ugs.) that won't get you/us etc. anywhere (coll.)
3.
reflexives Verb

sich gut/schlecht führen — conduct oneself or behave well/badly

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v.

to conduct v.

to go v.

(§ p.,p.p.: went, gone)

to guide v.

to lead v.

(§ p.,p.p.: led)

to steer v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > führen
3 palabra

intj.

really, honest to goodness, honest, honest to God.

f.

1 word.

de palabra by word of mouth, verbally

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody off in mid-sentence

en cuatro o dos palabras in a few words

en una palabra in a word

no dijo palabra he didn't say a word

medir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully)

no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanish

palabra por palabra word for word

ser palabras mayores to be an important matter

sin mediar palabra without a single word

palabra clave (computing) keyword

palabra divina o de Dios word of God

2 word (juramento, promesa).

dar su palabra to give one's word

estar bajo palabra to be under oath (en juicio)

faltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his word

mantuvo su palabra she kept her word

tienes mi palabra you have my word

tomar la palabra a alguien to hold somebody to their word

3 speech (habla).

4 word of honor, troth, word, word of honour.

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palabra

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar su palabra to give one's word, promise

■ te doy mi palabra de que estaré allí I promise you I'll be there

decir la última palabra to have the last word

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut somebody off

dirigirle la palabra a alguien to address somebody

en una palabra in a word

no decir ni media palabra a nadie not to breath a word to anyone

medir las palabras to weigh one's words

no dirigirle la palabra a alguien not to be speaking to somebody

palabra por palabra word for word

quitarle a alguien la palabra to cut somebody short, interrupt somebody

ser hombre/mujer de palabra to be a man of his word/a woman of her word

ser hombre/mujer de pocas palabras to be a man/woman of few words

tener la palabra to have the floor

tener palabra to keep one's word

tener unas palabras con alguien to have words with somebody

tomarle a alguien la palabra to take somebody at their word

palabra clave key word

palabra de honor word of honour

palabras mayores (palabrotas) swearwords 2 (cosa importante) serious talk

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noun f.

1) word

2) faith

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SF

1) (=vocablo) word

un título de dos palabras — a two-word title

lo tradujo palabra por palabra — he translated it word for word

me lo resumió en dos palabras — he summarized it for me in a couple of words

¿me permiten decir unas palabras? — could I say a few words?

eso no son más que palabras — those are just (empty) words

no tengo palabras o me faltan palabras para expresar lo que siento — I haven't got the o there aren't words to express how I feel, words fail to express how I feel

tuvo palabras de elogio para el ministro — he had words of praise for the minister

sin decir o chistar * palabra — without a word

no dijo ni media palabra — he didn't give us the slightest hint

no entiendo palabra — I can't understand a word

es palabra de Dios — it is the word of God

• con buenas palabras, me lo dijo con muy buenas palabras — he told me as cool as you like *

nos entretenía con buenas palabras, pero nunca nos daba el dinero — he palmed us off with smooth talk, but he never gave us the money

• medias palabras — hints

lo dijo todo con medias palabras — he said everything indirectly

• en una palabra — in a word

¡ni una palabra más! — not another word!

- coger a algn la palabra

- comerse las palabras

- no cruzar una palabra con algn

- decir la última palabra

- dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca

me dejó con la palabra en la boca y se fue de la habitación — he walked out of the room while I was in mid-sentence

- gastar palabras

- medir las palabras

- negar la palabra de Dios a algn

- quitar la palabra de la boca a algn

- tener unas palabras con algn

- trabarse de palabras

- tener la última palabra

- a palabras necias, oídos sordos

- las palabras se las lleva el viento

palabra clave — keyword

palabras cruzadas — LAm (=crucigrama) crossword sing

un juego de palabras cruzadas — a word puzzle

palabras gruesas — crude language sing

palabras mayores — † offensive language sing

ser palabras mayores (=ser importante) —

¿te han hecho directora? ¡eso ya son palabras mayores! — so you've been appointed director, that's really something!
juego II, 2)
2) (=facultad de hablar)

la palabra — speech

perdió el uso de la palabra — he lost the power of speech

tiene el don de la palabra, es de palabra fácil — he has a way with words, he has the gift of the gab *

• de palabra, he pecado solo de palabra — I've sinned in word only

nos acusó de palabra — he accused us verbally

• dirigir la palabra a algn, hace tiempo que no me dirige la palabra — he hasn't spoken to me for a long time

3) frm (=turno para hablar) floor

• ceder la palabra a algn, conceder la palabra a algn — to give sb the floor, invite sb to speak

• pedir la palabra — to ask for the floor, ask to be allowed to speak

• tener la palabra — to have the floor

tiene la palabra el señor presidente — the president has the floor

yo no tengo la palabra — it's not for me to say

• tomar la palabra — to take the floor, speak

• hacer uso de la palabra — to take the floor, speak

4) (=promesa) word

es hombre de palabra — he is a man of his word

cumplió su palabra — he kept his word, he was true to his word

palabra que yo no tengo nada que ver — * I've got nothing to do with it, (I) promise!

-¿de verdad que no sabías nada? -¡palabra! o hum ¡palabrita del Niño Jesús! — "you really didn't know anything?" - "cross my heart and hope to die!"

• bajo palabra — (Mil) on parole

• dar o empeñar su palabra — to give one's word

• faltar a su palabra — to go back on o break one's word

palabra de casamiento, dar palabra de casamiento — to promise to marry

palabra de honor — word of honour, word of honor (EEUU)

¿me das tu palabra de honor de que no dirás nada? — do you give me your word of honour you won't say anything?

¡palabra de honor! — word of honour!

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femenino

1) ( vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras — a six-letter word

en toda la extensión de la palabra — in every sense of the word

no son más que palabras — it's all talk

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward

palabra por palabra — word for word

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

no entendí (ni) una palabra — I didn't understand a (single) word

sin decir (una) palabra — without a word

comerse las palabras — to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras — in the nicest possible way

decirle a alguien cuatro palabras bien dichas — to tell somebody a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

a palabras necias oídos sordos — take no notice of the stupid things people say

las palabras se las lleva el viento — actions speak louder than words

- palabra clave

- palabra compuesta

- palabra funcional or vacía

- palabras cruzadas

2) ( promesa) word

una mujer de palabra — a woman of her word

cumplió con su palabra — she kept her word

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

- palabra de honor

3)

a) ( habla) speech

el don de la palabra — the gift of speech

un acuerdo de palabra — a verbal agreement

no me dirigió la palabra — she didn't speak to me

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

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= word, headword.

Ex. A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.

Ex. This tool allows the user to generate all known inflected forms from a list of headwords.

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* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.

* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.

* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.

* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.

* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.

* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.

* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.

* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.

* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.

* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.

* describir con palabras = describe + in words.

* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.

* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.

* de una palabra = one-word.

* de una única palabra = single-word.

* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.

* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.

* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.

* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.

* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.

* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.

* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.

* en palabras = verbally.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.

* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].

* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.

* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.

* frecuencia de palabras = word count.

* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.

* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.

* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.

* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.

* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.

* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.

* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.

* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.

* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.

* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.

* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.

* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.

* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.

* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.

* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.

* palabra coloquial = slang word.

* palabra común = common word.

* palabra de contenido = content word.

* palabra de control = control word.

* palabra de Dios = word of God.

* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.

* palabra del documento = textword.

* palabra del texto = text word.

* palabra del título = title word, title term.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* palabra engañosa = weasel word.

* palabra equívoca = weasel word.

* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.

* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.

* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.

* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.

* palabra impresa = words in print.

* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.

* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* palabra malsonate = expletive.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.

* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* palabras = wordage.

* palabras al viento = hot air.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

* palabras de aliento = pep talk.

* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.

* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.

* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.

* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.

* palabras iniciales = opening statement.

* palabras literales = quote... unquote.

* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.

* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.

* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.

* palabras usadas = wording.

* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.

* raíz de palabra = word stem.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* secuencia de palabras = word string.

* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido de la palabra = word sense.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* significado de la palabra = word sense.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.

* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.

* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.

* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.

* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

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femenino

1) ( vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras — a six-letter word

en toda la extensión de la palabra — in every sense of the word

no son más que palabras — it's all talk

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde — in a word, he's a coward

palabra por palabra — word for word

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto — I didn't know a thing o anything about it

no entendí (ni) una palabra — I didn't understand a (single) word

sin decir (una) palabra — without a word

comerse las palabras — to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras — in the nicest possible way

decirle a alguien cuatro palabras bien dichas — to tell somebody a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores — (refiriéndose - a insulto, acusación) those are strong words; (- a propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far

quitarle las palabras de la boca a alguien — to take the words right out of somebody's mouth

tener la última palabra — to have the final say

tener unas palabras con alguien — to have words with somebody (colloq)

a palabras necias oídos sordos — take no notice of the stupid things people say

las palabras se las lleva el viento — actions speak louder than words

- palabra clave

- palabra compuesta

- palabra funcional or vacía

- palabras cruzadas

2) ( promesa) word

una mujer de palabra — a woman of her word

cumplió con su palabra — she kept her word

nunca falta a su palabra — he never breaks o goes back on his word

se lo devolví palabra! — I gave it back to her, honest! (colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a alguien — (Chi fam) to hold somebody to his/her word (colloq)

tomarle la palabra a alguien: le tomé la palabra y le pedí un préstamo — I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

- palabra de honor

3)

a) ( habla) speech

el don de la palabra — the gift of speech

un acuerdo de palabra — a verbal agreement

no me dirigió la palabra — she didn't speak to me

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca — ( me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; ( no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea)

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

pido la palabra — may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tener/tomar la palabra — to have/to take the floor (frml)

ceder (le) la palabra a alguien — to give the floor to somebody (frml), to call upon somebody to speak

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= word, headword.

Ex: A subject index has alphabetical terms or words as headings; These terms represent concepts or subjects.

Ex: This tool allows the user to generate all known inflected forms from a list of headwords.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la mism = merge + word forms.

* agrupar palabras que tienen la misma raíz = merge + word forms.

* análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.

* anuncio por palabras = classified advertisement, classified ad.

* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.

* búsqueda por palabra del título = title word search.

* catálogo alfabético de palabras clave = keyword catalogue.

* citar las palabras de Alguien = quote + Nombre + words.

* compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.

* concepto de múltiples palabras = multiple-word concept.

* concepto expresado con varias palabras = database host.

* con sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own words.

* con una separación de + Número + palabras = within + Número + words of each other.

* coocurrencia de palabras = co-word [coword].

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* decir la última palabra = hear + the final word, outface.

* dejar sin palabras = nonplus, leave + Nombre + speechless.

* de múltiples palabras = multiple-word.

* de palabra = by word of mouth, word-of-mouth.

* describir con palabras = describe + in words.

* descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.

* de sólo palabras = word-oriented.

* de una palabra = one-word.

* de una única palabra = single-word.

* dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.

* dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.

* encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.

* en dos palabras = in a nutshell.

* en el estricto sentido de la palabra = strictly speaking.

* en las palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en las propias palabras de uno mismo = in + Posesivo + own words.

* en ningún sentido de la palabra = in any sense of the word.

* en otras palabras = in other words, to put it another way, which is to say.

* en palabras = verbally.

* en pocas palabras = simply put, in brief, to say the least, to put it (quite) simply, in short, to cut a long story short, bottom line, the, put simply, to make a long story short, the short story + be, simply stated.

* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.

* en una palabra = in a nutshell, in a word.

* escoger las palabras = choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* expresar con palabras = verbalise [verbalize, -USA].

* expresar los sentimientos con palabras = put + Posesivo + feelings into words.

* fiarse de la palabra de Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it.

* fiel a la palabra de Uno = true to + Posesivo + word.

* frecuencia de palabras = word count.

* gesticular palabras con la boca sin emitir sonido = mouth.

* hilvanar palabras = orchestrate + words.

* hombre que no tiene palabra = not a man of his word.

* índice de palabras del documento = textwords ratio.

* índice invertido de las palabras del título = title word dictionary.

* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).

* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).

* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).

* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.

* indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.

* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.

* indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.

* inflexión lingüística de una palabra = word form.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* juego de palabras = turn of phrase, pun, play of words, play on words.

* la última palabra = the last word, the last word, the bee's knees, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's meow, the cat's whiskers, the dog's bollocks.

* ley de frecuencias de palabras de Zipf = Zipf's word frequency law.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mantener la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* medir las palabras = watch + Posesivo + mouth, watch what + say, weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* memorizar palabra por palabra = memorise + word for word.

* método de ordenación palabra por palabra = word by word method, nothing before something method.

* !ni una palabra a nadie! = not a word to anyone!.

* no encontrar palabras = be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* no haber palabras para describirlo = beggar + description.

* nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.

* número de palabras = wordage.

* ordenación alfabética palabra por palabra = word by word alphabetisation.

* ordenación palabra por palabra = word-by-word filing, nothing before something arrangement, word by word arrangement.

* ordenar alfabéticamente palabra por palabra = arrange + alphabetically word by word.

* orden inverso de palabras = indirect word order.

* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

* palabra clave = keyword [key word], key term.

* palabra coloquial = slang word.

* palabra común = common word.

* palabra de contenido = content word.

* palabra de control = control word.

* palabra de Dios = word of God.

* palabra de entrada principal = primary entry word.

* palabra del documento = textword.

* palabra del texto = text word.

* palabra del título = title word, title term.

* palabra de moda = buzzword [buzz word], byword.

* palabra engañosa = weasel word.

* palabra equívoca = weasel word.

* palabra escrita, la = written word, the.

* palabra fosilizada = fossil word.

* palabra hablada, la = spoken word, the.

* palabra híbrida = portmanteau word.

* palabra impresa = words in print.

* palabra impresa, la = printed word, the.

* palabra justa, la = mot juste, the.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* palabra malsonate = expletive.

* palabra oculta = hidden word.

* palabra por la que se ordena una entrada = filing word.

* palabra por palabra = verbatim, word for word.

* palabra puente = transitional word.

* palabras = wordage.

* palabras al viento = hot air.

* palabras + caer en + saco roto = words + fall on + deaf ears.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

* palabras de alabanza = words of praise.

* palabras de aliento = pep talk.

* palabras de ánimo = pep talk.

* palabras de bienvenida = welcoming remarks, welcome remarks.

* palabras de consuelo = words of comfort.

* palabra significativa = content-bearing word, significant word.

* palabras iniciales = opening statement.

* palabras literales = quote... unquote.

* palabras para levantar la moral = pep talk.

* palabras + penetrar = words + sink.

* palabras sabias = words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom, nuggets of truth, nuggets of wisdom.

* palabras usadas = wording.

* palabra vacía = stopword [stop-word], function word.

* primera palabra del encabezamiento = entry word.

* primeras palabras = opening statement.

* pronunciar las palabras de corrido = slur + words.

* quedarse sin palabras = stun into + speechlessness, be at a loss for words, be lost for words.

* ¡qué palabras son esas! = watch your language!.

* raíz de palabra = word stem.

* recordar + Posesivo + palabras = mark + Posesivo + words.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.

* secuencia de palabras = word string.

* según las palabras de = to quote + Nombre de Persona, in the words of.

* según sus propias palabras = in + Posesivo + own terms.

* sentido de la palabra = word sense.

* ser la última palabra = be all the rage.

* significado de la palabra = word sense.

* sin decir una palabra = without saying a word.

* sin palabras = wordless.

* sopesar las palabras = weigh + Posesivo + words (carefully), choose + Posesivo + words (carefully), pick + Posesivo + words (carefully), measure + Posesivo + words (carefully).

* tener la última palabra = have + the ultimate say, have + the final say, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* tener palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* tomarle la palabra a Alguien = take + Nombre + at + Posesivo + word.

* última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.

* Posesivo + últimas palabras = last words, Posesivo + dying last words.

* últimas palabras que se han hecho famosas = famous last words.

* una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

* una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story.

* un hombre de palabra = a man of his word.

* un hombre de pocas palabras = a man of few words.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

* * *

palabra

feminine

A (vocablo) word

una palabra de seis letras a six-letter word

es un bruto en toda la extensión de la palabra he's a brute, in every sense of the word

palabras, palabras, yo lo que quiero son hechos I've heard enough words o talk, I want to see some action

no son más que palabras it's all talk

es un hombre de pocas palabras he's a man of few words

sólo quiero decir unas palabras I just want to say a few words

tras unas palabras de saludo after a few words of welcome

no encuentro or tengo palabras para expresarles mi agradecimiento I cannot find words to express my gratitude to you

mira, yo te lo puedo explicar en dos palabras look, let me put it to you simply

en pocas palabras, es un cobarde basically o to put it bluntly, he's a coward

¿te parece bien? — en una palabra, no is that all right? in a word, no

lo tradujo palabra por palabra he translated it word for word

ni una palabra más, te quedas a cenar not another word o I don't want to hear another word, you're staying for dinner

yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it

de esto ni una palabra a nadie not a word to anyone about this

no entendí (ni) una palabra de lo que dijo I didn't understand a (single) word of what he said

sin decir (una) palabra without a word

comerse las palabras to gabble

con (muy) buenas palabras in the nicest possible way

decirle a algn cuatro palabras bien dichas to tell sb a few home truths

eso ya son palabras mayores (refiriéndose — a un insulto) those are strong words; (— a una acusación) that's a serious accusation, those are strong words; (— a una propuesta excesiva) that's taking things too far, that's a bit excessive

la última palabra the last word

siempre tiene que ser él el que diga la última palabra he always has to have the last word

en este asunto la última palabra le corresponde a Juárez Juárez has the final say on this matter

quitarle las palabras de la boca a algn to take the words right out of sb's mouth

tener unas palabras con algn to have words with sb ( colloq)

tuvieron unas palabras por un asunto de dinero they had words over some money matter

las palabras se las lleva el viento actions speak louder than words

a palabras necias oídos sordos take no notice of the stupid things people say

malo¹ adj Sense II. (↑ malo (1))

Compuestos:

● palabra clave

key word

● palabra compuesta

compound word

● palabra funcional or vacía

function word

● palabras cruzadas

fpl (CS) crossword, crossword puzzle

B (promesa) word

me basta con tu palabra your word is enough for me

me dio su palabra she gave me her word

es una mujer de palabra she's a woman of her word

siempre cumple con su palabra she always keeps her word

nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word

palabra que yo no sabía nada ( fam); honest o really o ( BrE) straight up, I didn't know a thing about it ( colloq)

se lo devolví ¡palabra! I gave it back to her, honest! ( colloq)

cobrarle la palabra a algn ( Chi fam); to take sb up on sth ( colloq), to keep o hold sb to his/her word

tomarle la palabra a algn: le tome la palabra y le pedí un préstamo I took him up on his offer and asked for a loan

Compuesto:

palabra de honor

word of honor*

le dio su palabra de honor de que no volvería a hacerlo he gave her his word of honor o his solemn word that he wouldn't do it again

yo no fui ¡palabra de honor! it wasn't me, word of honor o I swear!

C

1 (habla) speech

el don de la palabra the gift of speech

me invitó sólo de palabra I only got a verbal invitation

fue un acuerdo de palabra it was a verbal agreement

pecar de pensamiento, palabra y obra to sin in thought, word and deed

no me dirigió la palabra en toda la noche she didn't speak to me all night

nos ha retirado la palabra she doesn't speak to us anymore, she no longer deigns to speak to us ( hum)

dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca: me dejó con la palabra en la boca (me interrumpió) he cut me off in mid-sentence; (no me dejó hablar) he didn't give me a chance to open my mouth

2 ( frml)

(en una ceremonia, asamblea): pido la palabra may I say something?, I'd like to say something

tiene la palabra el delegado estudiantil the student delegate has the floor ( frml)

no le concedieron la palabra he was denied permission to speak, he was denied the floor ( frml)

ceder la palabra a algn to give the floor to sb ( frml), to call upon sb to speak

a continuación hizo uso de la palabra el presidente de la institución then the president of the institute made a speech

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palabra sustantivo femenino
1 ( vocablo) word;
◊ una palabra de seis letras a six-letter word;

no son más que palabras it's all talk;
en pocas palabras, es un cobarde in a word, he's a coward;
palabra por palabra word for word;
yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it;
no entendí (ni) una palabra I didn't understand a (single) word;
sin decir (una) palabra without a word;
palabra compuesta compound word;
tener la última palabra to have the final say
2 ( promesa) word;
◊ palabra de honor word of honor^{( conjugate honor)};

una mujer de palabra a woman of her word;
cumplió con su palabra she kept her word;
nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word
3
a) ( habla) speech;

◊ el don de la palabra the gift of speech;

un acuerdo de palabra a verbal agreement;
no me dirigió la palabra she didn't speak to me;
dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentence
b) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea):

◊ pedir la palabra to ask for permission to speak;

tener/tomar la palabra to have/to take the floor (frml)
palabra sustantivo femenino
1 word
lo resumió en pocas palabras, she summarised it in a few words
(discurso) me quedé con la palabra en la boca, I was left speechless
Juan es hombre de pocas palabras, Juan is a man of few words
2 (capacidad para hablar) me dejó sin palabra, I was speechless
3 (compromiso) word: me dio su palabra, he gave me his word
no tiene palabra, she never keeps her word
4 (turno para hablar) right to speak
tener la palabra, to have the floor
♦ Locuciones: dirigir la palabra a alguien, to address sb
de palabra, by word of mouth
' palabra' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- abreviar
- acento
- ayunas
- baja
- bajo
- bañera
- bar
- bastante
- calor
- ceder
- chalet
- chimenea
- ciudad
- colmo
- comida
- comprometerse
- culta
- culto
- decirse
- disonante
- empeñar
- entredicho
- faltar
- fresca
- fresco
- histórica
- histórico
- honor
- justa
- justo
- ladrón
- ladrona
- lata
- mayoría
- mirar
- muletilla
- padre
- piso
- promesa
- pronunciar
- recta
- recto
- saludar
- saludo
- sigla
- subrayar
- taco
- tela
English:
absent
- buzz off
- cagey
- clinch
- connotation
- current
- date
- dated
- derive
- do
- engine driver
- female
- fish
- floor
- fuck
- go back on
- high
- honour
- interrogative
- lady
- marmalade
- match
- mint
- misuse
- operative
- score out
- sense
- shorten
- speak
- spectacle
- speech
- state-of-the-art
- storey
- true
- use
- verbatim
- way
- word
- a
- call
- compound
- key
- strict
- swear
- take
- unwritten

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palabra

♦ nf

1. [término, vocablo] word;

con palabras no puedo expresar lo que sentía words cannot express what I felt;

dilo con tus propias palabras say it in your own words;

lo dijo, aunque no con esas palabras she said it, though not in so many words;

no son más que palabras (vacías) it's all talk;

buenas palabras fine-sounding words;

no cruzaron palabra en todo el camino they didn't exchange a word throughout the journey;

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentence;

dirigir la palabra a alguien to speak to sb;

no le dirige la palabra a su madre desde hace semanas he hasn't spoken to his mother for weeks;

en cuatro o [m5] dos palabras in a few words;

en otras palabras in other words;

en una palabra in a word;

lo dijo todo a medias palabras she only hinted at what she meant;

medir las palabras to weigh one's words (carefully);

no habla ni (media) palabra de español she doesn't speak a word of Spanish;

yo de este tema no sé ni (media) palabra I don't know a thing about this subject;

no dijo palabra he didn't say a word;

palabra por palabra word for word;

me has quitado la palabra de la boca you took the words right out of my mouth;

lo de comprar una casa son palabras mayores buying a house is a very serious matter;

no hace falta llegar a palabras mayores there is no need to get nasty about it;

le aguanto casi todo, pero eso ya son palabras mayores I'll put up with almost anything from him, but that's going a bit (too) far;

sin mediar palabra without a single word;

tener la última palabra to have the last word;

tener unas palabras con alguien to have words with sb;

tuvo que tragarse sus palabras he had to eat his words;

Prov

a palabras necias, oídos sordos sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)

Comp
Informát palabra clave keyword;
palabra compuesta compound word;
CSur palabras cruzadas crossword;
palabra de Dios word of God

2. [juramento, promesa] word;

es su palabra contra la mía it's her word against mine;

dar/empeñar la palabra to give/pledge one's word;

ella me dio su palabra she gave me her word;

dio (su) palabra de que nada saldría mal he gave his word that nothing would go wrong;

estar bajo palabra [en juicio] to be under oath;

faltó a su palabra he went back on his word, he broke o didn't keep his word;

mantuvo su palabra she kept her word;

no tiene palabra he's not a man of his word;

tienes mi palabra you have my word;

tomar la palabra a alguien to hold sb to their word

Comp
palabra de honor word of honour;
¡palabra (de honor)! honestly!;

yo no sabía nada, ¡palabra (de honor)! I didn't know anything, honestly! o I swear!

3. [habla] speech;

con el susto perdió la palabra the shock left her speechless;

de palabra by word of mouth, verbally;

el trato se hizo de palabra it was a purely verbal agreement o a gentleman's agreement

4. [derecho de hablar]
dar la palabra a alguien to give sb the floor;

pedir la palabra to ask for the floor;

¡pido la palabra! could I say something, please?;

tomar la palabra to take the floor

5.
palabras [discurso] words;

a continuación nuestro invitado nos dirigirá unas palabras our guest will now say a few words

♦ nm
palabra de honor [vestido] strapless dress
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palabra

f tb fig

word;

palabra por palabra word for word;

bajo palabra on parole;

en una palabra in a word;

en pocas palabras briefly;

tomar la palabra speak;

de palabra acuerdo verbal;

de pocas palabras persona of few words;

tomar a alguien la palabra take s.o. at his/her word;

dejar a alguien con la palabra en la boca fig cut s.o. off in mid-sentence;

buenas palabras fine words;

lo de tener un hijo son palabras mayores having a child is a serious business o is not something to be undertaken lightly;

con medias palabras dijo … he hinted that …, he half said that …

* * *

palabra nf

1) vocablo: word

2) promesa: word, promise

un hombre de palabra: a man of his word

3) habla: speech

4) : right to speak

tener la palabra: to have the floor

* * *

palabra n word

¿qué quiere decir esta palabra? what does this word mean?

te doy mi palabra I give you my word

no dijo ni una palabra she didn't say a word

Spanish-English dictionary > palabra
4 lista de correo

(n.) = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list, electronic distribution list

Ex. A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex. A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex. This is a compilation of distribution lists and electronic serials which are of interest to librar professionals.

Ex. This paper discusses the various Internet search tools such as File Transfer Protocol, search engines, and e-mail lists, with medical information examples.

Ex. Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

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(n.) = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list, electronic distribution list

Ex: A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex: A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex: This is a compilation of distribution lists and electronic serials which are of interest to librar professionals.

Ex: This paper discusses the various Internet search tools such as File Transfer Protocol, search engines, and e-mail lists, with medical information examples.

Ex: Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

Spanish-English dictionary > lista de correo
5 foro de debate

(n.) = discussion list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], newsgroup [news group], electronic forum, open forum, e-mail list, distribution list, electronic distribution list, discussion forum

Ex. Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.

Ex. A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex. Newsgroup is the name for discussion groups on USENET.

Ex. Information World en Espanol (IWETEL), the first electronic forum for information professionals in Spain, was launched in Nov 93.

Ex. The panel discussion and open forum are also briefly described.

Ex. This paper discusses the various Internet search tools such as File Transfer Protocol, search engines, and e-mail lists, with medical information examples.

Ex. This is a compilation of distribution lists and electronic serials which are of interest to librar professionals.

Ex. Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

Ex. Listservs are discussion forums which revolve around a particular topic and are made possible through electronic mail technology.

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(n.) = discussion list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], newsgroup [news group], electronic forum, open forum, e-mail list, distribution list, electronic distribution list, discussion forum

Ex: Internet users may also derive articles and other information from electronic journals and newsletters and from the many electronic bulletin boards (EEB) and discussion lists.

Ex: A listserv (a.k.a mailing list and discussion list) is a system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the mailing list thus making it possible to participate in discussions.

Ex: Newsgroup is the name for discussion groups on USENET.

Ex: Information World en Espanol (IWETEL), the first electronic forum for information professionals in Spain, was launched in Nov 93.

Ex: The panel discussion and open forum are also briefly described.

Ex: This paper discusses the various Internet search tools such as File Transfer Protocol, search engines, and e-mail lists, with medical information examples.

Ex: This is a compilation of distribution lists and electronic serials which are of interest to librar professionals.

Ex: Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

Ex: Listservs are discussion forums which revolve around a particular topic and are made possible through electronic mail technology.

Spanish-English dictionary > foro de debate
6 tema

m.

1 subject (asunto).

cambiar de tema to change the subject

temas de actualidad current affairs

tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation

2 topic (education) (lección).

3 theme (Music).

4 obsession, mania.

5 musical track, track.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: temer.

* * *

tema

► nombre masculino

1 (de discurso, escrito, etc) topic, subject, theme

■ el tema de su discurso the subject of her speech

2 (de examen) subject

3 MÚSICA theme

4 GRAMÁTICA root, stem, theme

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

atenerse al tema to keep/stick to the point

cada loco con su tema familiar everyone has his hobbyhorse

salir(se) del tema to go off at a tangent, get sidetracked

tema de actualidad current news item, current topic of interest

* * *

noun m.

theme, topic

* * *

SM

1) (=asunto) subject

luego hablaremos de ese tema — we'll talk about that subject later

el tema de su discurso — the subject o theme of his speech

es un tema muy manoseado — it's a hackneyed o well-worn theme

es un tema recurrente en su obra — it is a recurring theme in his work

tienen tema para rato — they have plenty to talk about

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

• pasar del tema *, -¿qué piensas de las elecciones? -paso del tema — "what do you think about the elections?" - "I couldn't care less about them" *

tema de actualidad — topical issue

tema de conversación — talking point

temas de actualidad — current affairs

2) (Ling) [de palabra] stem; [de oración] theme

3) (Mús) theme

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masculino

1)

a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject

un tema delicado — a delicate matter o subject

tema de conversación — topic of conversation

temas de actualidad — current affairs

el tema de la novela — the subject matter of the novel

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

no se trató ese tema — that topic wasn't discussed

b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

2) (Ling) stem

* * *

= subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

Ex. What is a subject?.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex. The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.

Ex. And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex. The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.

Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.

Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex. This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

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* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.

* cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.

* clasificado por temas = classified.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.

* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.

* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.

* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.

* divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

* editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.

* el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.

* el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.

* entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.

* establecer el tema = set + the theme.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* examinar un tema = explore + theme.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.

* por temas = topically.

* profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.

* que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.

* tema central = motif.

* tema clave = key area.

* tema común = common thread.

* tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.

* tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.

* tema de búsqueda = search topic.

* tema de conversación = talking point.

* tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.

* tema de discusión = discussion topic.

* tema de estudio = study area, under study.

* tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* tema de preocupación = issue of concern.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema favorito = hobby-horse.

* tema muerto = dead issue.

* tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.

* temas africanos = Africana.

* temas de actualidad = current affairs.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema tratado = aboutness.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.

* tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.

* tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

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masculino

1)

a) (asunto, cuestión) matter; (de conferencia, composición) topic; ( de examen) subject; (Art, Cin, Lit) subject

un tema delicado — a delicate matter o subject

tema de conversación — topic of conversation

temas de actualidad — current affairs

el tema de la novela — the subject matter of the novel

cambiar de tema — to change the subject

no se trató ese tema — that topic wasn't discussed

b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

2) (Ling) stem

* * *

= subject, theme, topic, locus [loci, -pl.], rubric, item of business, thread, question, topic area, issue.

Ex: What is a subject?.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work, and document with a central theme.

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex: The locus of government policy making has been shifted to the Ministry of Research and Technology.

Ex: And, as another instance, it's not fair to employ rubrics for ethnic groups that are not their own, preferred names.

Ex: The Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association included various items of business such as: the ALA stand on UNESCO; a new dues schedule; grants; role of school librarians in ALA; new cataloguing tools; and standards.

Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.

Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex: This is the second revision of the topic areas in as many years.

Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

* analizar un tema = explore + theme.

* biblioteca especializada en temas polares = polar library.

* biblioteconomía relacionada con los temas de las bibliotecas escolare = school librarianship.

* cambiando de tema = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* centrado en un tema específico = topic-centred.

* clasificado por temas = classified.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* debate por tema de interés = breakout discussion.

* desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track.

* desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.

* desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.

* desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.

* divagar sobre varios temas = roam over + topics.

* editor de temas educativos = educational publisher.

* el tema de la discusión = the focus of the discussion.

* el tema del debate = the focus of the discussion.

* entendido en el tema = knowledgeable.

* establecer el tema = set + the theme.

* estar con el tema = be on the topic.

* estar hablando del tema = be on the topic.

* estudiar un tema = pursue + subject.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* examinar un tema = explore + theme.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqu = topicality.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* interesarse por el tema = enter + the field.

* mencionar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, touch on + a point.

* número de tema = thematic index number.

* organizado alrededor de un tema = theme-based.

* por temas = topically.

* profundizar sobre un tema = go into + detail.

* que no tiene que ver con el tema debatido = off-topic.

* reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.

* sacar a colación un tema = bring up + topic, bring up + subject.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sesión por tema de interés = breakout session.

* tema candente = hot topic, hot issue, burning issue, burning question, hot potato.

* tema central = motif.

* tema clave = key area.

* tema común = common thread.

* tema controvertido = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema de actualidad = topical theme, current issue, hot topic.

* tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.

* tema de búsqueda = search topic.

* tema de conversación = talking point.

* tema de debate = thesis, talking point, subject of debate, discussion topic.

* tema de discusión = discussion topic.

* tema de estudio = study area, under study.

* tema de importancia secundaria = footnote.

* tema de interés = area of concern, area of enquiry [area of inquiry], area of interest, focus area, issue of concern, topic of interest.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* tema de preocupación = issue of concern.

* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.

* tema espinoso = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema favorito = hobby-horse.

* tema muerto = dead issue.

* tema polémico = vexed issue, vexing issue.

* tema principal = dominant theme, main focus, leitmotif.

* temas africanos = Africana.

* temas de actualidad = current affairs.

* temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.

* temas de interés particular = particular concerns.

* tema sensible = sore subject, sore spot, sore point.

* tema tratado = aboutness.

* tocar un tema = touch on + a point.

* tratar un tema = broach + subject, broach + topic, address + theme, address + topic.

* tratar un tema conocido = tread + familiar ground.

* tratar un tema en detalle = go into + detail.

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tema

masculine

A

1 (asunto, materia) subject

¿no tienes otro tema de conversación? don't you ever talk about anything else?

nos estamos alejando del tema we're getting off the subject o point

procuren ceñirse al tema del debate please try to keep to the point o subject o topic of the discussion

en el programa se tratan temas de actualidad the program deals with current issues

el tema de la novela the subject matter of the novel

hay que preparar 20 temas para el examen you have to prepare 20 subjects o topics for the exam

2 ( Art, Mús) (motivo) theme

el tema central de la película the central theme of the film

B ( Ling) stem

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Del verbo temer: ( conjugate temer)

tema es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
tema
temer
tema sustantivo masculino
a) (asunto, cuestión) matter;

(de conferencia, composición) topic;
( de examen) subject;
(Art, Cin, Lit) subject;
◊ es un tema delicado it's a delicate matter;

tema de conversación topic of conversation;
cambiar de tema to change the subject
b) (Mús) ( motivo) theme

temer ( conjugate temer) verbo transitivo ‹castigo/reacción› to fear, dread;
‹ persona› to be afraid of;
◊ sus hijos le temen her children are afraid of her;

temo ofenderlo I'm afraid of offending him
verbo intransitivo
to be afraid;
no temas don't be afraid
temerse verbo pronominal
a) ( sospechar) to fear;

◊ ya me lo temía I knew this would happen;

me temo que tená razón I fear that he was right
b) ( en fórmulas de cortesía) to be afraid;

◊ me temo que no ha llegado I'm afraid he hasn't arrived

tema sustantivo masculino
1 (de un libro, una conversación) subject, topic: no cambies de tema, don't change the subject
2 (de una tesis, clase, conferencia) topic: no me preparé ese tema, I haven't studied that subject
nos dio una conferencia sobre el tema, he gave us a lecture on the topic
3 Mús theme
♦ Locuciones: familiar (cada uno a lo suyo) cada loco con su tema, each to his/her own
temer
I verbo transitivo
1 (sentir miedo, temor) to fear, be afraid: temo que lo haya oído, I'm afraid she heard it
sus hijos lo temen, his sons are afraid of him
2 (tener un presagio, presentir) temíamos que no viniera, we were afraid he wouldn't come
II verbo intransitivo to be afraid: temo por su vida, I'm afraid for his life ➣ Ver nota en afraid y fear
' tema' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordar
- acotar
- adentrarse
- ahondar
- apartarse
- braga
- capítulo
- ceñirse
- circunscribirse
- concretar
- desviarse
- empaparse
- en
- enfoque
- enjuiciar
- enjundia
- espinosa
- espinoso
- ilustrar
- jota
- liosa
- lioso
- materia
- oscuras
- palpitante
- particular
- poca
- poco
- rehuir
- repasar
- soslayo
- trabajo
- actualidad
- apartar
- apasionante
- apasionar
- cambiar
- candente
- ceñir
- conflictivo
- conocer
- controvertido
- cuanto
- cuestión
- dar
- delicado
- desarrollar
- desviar
- discusión
- divagar
English:
about
- affair
- agenda
- anyhow
- bring forward
- bring up
- central
- change
- depart
- dominant
- enlarge
- euthanasia
- get off
- get on to
- get onto
- go off
- hobbyhorse
- ignorance
- issue
- motif
- point
- stray
- subject
- switch
- talking point
- theme
- topic
- touch on
- touchy
- bearing
- drop
- get
- go
- matter
- side
- sore
- talking
- track
- turn
- whichever
- wrong

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tema nm

1. [asunto] subject;

será mejor no sacar/tocar ese tema it would be best not to bring up that subject;

¿de qué tema quieres que hablemos? what do you want to talk about?;

el tema de la película son las drogas the film deals with drugs;

alejarse o [m5] salirse del tema to wander off the subject;

cambiar de tema to change the subject;
Fam
el tema es que necesita ayuda the fact of the matter is she needs help

Comp
temas de actualidad current affairs;
tema de conversación talking point, topic of conversation;

tema espinoso thorny issue

2. [lección, unidad] topic;

en el examen entran cinco temas the exam covers five topics

3. [canción] track, song;

una versión de un viejo tema a cover of an old song

4. Mús [melodía básica] theme;

el tema principal de la suite the main theme of the suite

5. Ling theme

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tema

m de conversación subject, topic; MÚS, de novela theme

* * *

tema nm

1) asunto: theme, topic, subject

2) motivo: motif, central theme

* * *

tema n

1. (en general) subject

no me interesa el tema I'm not interested in the subject

es un tema delicado it's a delicate subject

2. (canción) song

cantó todos sus viejos temas he sang all his old songs

Spanish-English dictionary > tema
7 lista de distribución electrónica

(n.) = electronic list (e-list), electronic distribution list

Ex. The author explores the questioning behaviour on an electronic list (e-list) focused on colon cancer.

Ex. Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

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(n.) = electronic list (e-list), electronic distribution list

Ex: The author explores the questioning behaviour on an electronic list (e-list) focused on colon cancer.

Ex: Electronic distribution lists and newsgroups have been widely used by scholars and librarians to find specific information, keep abreast of current events and communicate within a specific discipline.

Spanish-English dictionary > lista de distribución electrónica
8 Ordnung

f

1. (das Ordnen) sorting, arrangement; von Akten etc.: organization; (Regelung) settlement; von Verkehr: regulation: von Finanzen, Angelegenheiten: putting in order

2. (bestimmter Zustand) order; die öffentliche Ordnung law and order; die göttliche Ordnung the divine order; zur Ordnung rufen call to order (auch PARL.)

3. (Ordentlichsein) order, tidiness; der Ordnung halber for form’s sake; Ordnung halten keep things in order; sehr auf Ordnung halten oder sehen be very keen on tidiness; für Ordnung sorgen maintain order; Ordnung schaffen sort things out; im Zimmer etc.: tidy up; Ordnung muss sein! you have to have order; Ordnung ist das halbe Leben Sprichw. keeping things in order is half the battle

4. (Gesundsein, Funktionieren) order; in Ordnung bringen (reparieren) fix; (erledigen) settle, umg. fix; (Problem etc.) sort out; in Ordnung sein umg. be all right; der Motor etc. ist nicht in Ordnung umg. there’s something wrong with the engine etc.; er ist nicht in Ordnung umg., gesundheitlich: he’s not well

5. umg., in Wertungen: sie ist in Ordnung there’s nothing wrong with her, she’s a nice person; ( das ist) in Ordnung! oder geht in Ordnung! (that’s) all right, (that’s) okay; es ist alles in bester oder schönster Ordnung everything’s just fine; das finde ich nicht in Ordnung I don’t think that’s right; ich finde sein Verhalten nicht in Ordnung I find his behavio(u)r out of order

6. (Vorschriften) rules Pl., regulations Pl.; ein Verstoß gegen die geltende Ordnung an offence against current regulations

7. (geordnete Lebensweise) routine; jedes Kind braucht seine Ordnung every child needs a routine

8. (Rang) order (auch BIO.); ... erster Ordnung... of the first order, auch first-class ( oder -rate)...; Stern erster Ordnung ASTRON. star of the first magnitude; ein Misserfolg erster Ordnung umg., fig. a resounding failure

9. (Anordnung) arrangement, order; (System) auch system; die Stichwörter erscheinen in alphabetischer Ordnung the headwords are arranged in alphabetical order

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die Ordnung

(Aufstellung) array; arrangement;

(Vorschrift) rules; regulations;

(Zustand) tidiness; order

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Ọrd|nung ['ɔrdnʊŋ]
f -, -en

1) (= das Ordnen) ordering

bei der Ordnung der Papiere — when putting the papers in order

2) (= geordneter Zustand) order

Ordnung halten — to keep things tidy

du musst mal ein bisschen Ordnung in deinen Sachen halten — you must keep your affairs a bit more in order, you must order your affairs a bit more

in dem Aufsatz sehe ich keine Ordnung — I can see no order or coherence in the essay

Ordnung schaffen, für Ordnung sorgen — to sort things out, to put things in order, to tidy things up

seid ruhig, sonst schaff ich gleich mal Ordnung (inf) — be quiet or I'll come and sort you out (inf)

Sie müssen mehr für Ordnung in Ihrer Klasse sorgen — you'll have to keep more discipline in your class, you'll have to keep your class in better order

auf Ordnung halten or sehen — to be tidy

etw in Ordnung halten — to keep sth in order; Garten, Haus etc auch to keep sth tidy

ich finde es ( ganz) in Ordnung, dass... — I think or find it quite right that...

ich finde es nicht in Ordnung, dass... — I don't think it's right that...

(das ist) in Ordnung! (inf) — (that's) OK (inf) or all right!

geht in Ordnung (inf) — sure (inf), that's all right or fine or OK (inf)

Ihre Bestellung geht in Ordnung — we'll see to your order, we'll put your order through

der ist in Ordnung (inf) — he's OK (inf) or all right (inf)

da ist etwas nicht in Ordnung — there's something wrong there

mit ihm/der Maschine ist etwas nicht in Ordnung — there's something wrong or there's something the matter with him/the machine

die Maschine ist ( wieder) in Ordnung — the machine's fixed or in order or all right (again)

das kommt schon wieder in Ordnung (inf) — that will soon sort itself out

es ist alles in bester or schönster Ordnung — everything's fine, things couldn't be better

jetzt ist die/seine Welt wieder in Ordnung — all is right with the/his world again

jdn zur Ordnung rufen — to call sb to order

jdn zur Ordnung anhalten — to tell sb to be tidy

jdn zur Ordnung erziehen — to teach sb tidy habits

Ordnung muss sein! — we must have order!

Ordnung ist das halbe Leben (Prov) — a tidy mind or tidiness is half the battle

hier or bei uns herrscht Ordnung — we like to have a little order around here

hier herrscht ja eine schöne Ordnung (iro) — this is a nice mess

See:

→ Ruhe

3) (= Gesetzmäßigkeit) routine

alles muss (bei ihm) seine Ordnung haben (räumlich) — he has to have everything in its right or proper place; (zeitlich) he does everything according to a fixed schedule

das Kind braucht seine Ordnung — the child needs a routine

4) (= Vorschrift) rules pl

sich an eine Ordnung halten — to stick or keep to the rules

ich frage nur der Ordnung halber — it's only a routine or formal question, I'm only asking as a matter of form

der Ordnung gemäß — according to the rules or the rule book

5) (=Rang AUCH BIOL) order

Straße erster Ordnung — first-class road

das war ein Skandal erster Ordnung (inf) — that was a scandal of the first water (Brit inf) or first order

ein Stern fünfter Ordnung — a star of the fifth magnitude

die Ordnung der Nagetiere — the order of rodents

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die

1) (a regulation or order: school rules.) rule

2) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) order

3) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) order

4) tidiness

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Ord·nung

<-, -en>

[ˈɔrdnʊŋ]

f

1. kein pl (das Sortieren)

▪ die \Ordnung von etw dat arranging [or ordering] sth

bei der \Ordnung der Dokumente when putting the papers in order

2. kein pl (geordneter, ordentlicher Zustand) order no art, no pl

das nennst du \Ordnung? you call that tidy?

bei uns herrscht \Ordnung we like things tidy [or a little order] here

überall herrscht eine wunderbare \Ordnung everywhere is wonderfully neat and tidy

hier herrscht ja eine schöne \Ordnung! (iron) this is a nice mess!

jdn zur \Ordnung anhalten to urge sb to be tidy [or to encourage tidy habits in sb]

\Ordnung in etw akk bringen to put sth in order

es wäre Zeit, dass du \Ordnung in dein Leben bringst it's time you put your life in order

\Ordnung in die Papiere bringen to put the papers into order

etw in \Ordnung bringen (aufräumen) to tidy [or clear] sth up sep, to sort sth out sep fam; (reparieren) to fix sth; (Probleme bereinigen) to sort sth out sep

das Auto springt nicht an, kannst du es in \Ordnung bringen? the car won't start, can you fix it?

\Ordnung halten to keep things tidy [or in order]

sehr auf \Ordnung halten to set great store by tidiness

[jdm] etw in \Ordnung halten to keep sth in order [for sb]; Wohnung etc. to keep sth tidy [for sb]

\Ordnung schaffen, für \Ordnung sorgen to tidy things up sep, to sort things out sep; s.a. Ruhe

3. kein pl (Disziplin) order no art, no pl

Sie müssen für mehr \Ordnung in Ihrer Klasse sorgen you must keep more discipline in your class [or keep your class in better order]

benehmt euch, sonst schaff ich gleich mal \Ordnung behave yourself or I'll come and sort you out

hier herrscht \Ordnung we have some discipline here

sich akk an \Ordnung gewöhnen to get used to discipline

\Ordnung halten Lehrer to keep order

\Ordnung muss sein! we must have order!

jdn zur \Ordnung rufen to call sb to order

4. kein pl (Routine) order no art, no pl, routine

ich muss meine \Ordnung haben I like to keep to a routine

ein Kind braucht seine \Ordnung a child needs routine

5. kein pl (System von Normen) rules pl

die \Ordnung einer Gemeinschaft the rules of a community

der \Ordnung gemäß according to the rules [or the rule book]

der \Ordnung halber as a matter of form

ich frage nur der \Ordnung halber it's only a routine question, I'm only asking as a matter of form

sich akk an eine \Ordnung halten to keep [or stick] to the rules

die öffentliche \Ordnung public order

6. BIOL, CHEM order

die \Ordnung der Primaten the order of primates

7. kein pl TRANSP

eine Straße erster/zweiter \Ordnung a first/second-class road

8. kein pl MATH order; (in der Mengenlehre) ordered set

9.

▶ es ist alles in bester [o schönster] \Ordnung everything's fine, things couldn't be better

▶ erster Ordnung of the first order

er ist ein Snob erster \Ordnung he's a snob of the first order

das war ein Reinfall erster \Ordnung that was a disaster of the first order

▶ es [ganz] in \Ordnung finden, dass... to think [or find] it [quite] right that...

er scheint es ganz in \Ordnung zu finden, dass... he doesn't seem to mind at all that...

▶ es nicht in \Ordnung finden, dass... to not think it's right that...

▶ geht in \Ordnung! that's all right [or fam OK]

das geht schon in \Ordnung that'll be OK fam

Ihre Bestellung geht in \Ordnung we'll see to your order [or put your order through]

▶ \Ordnung ist das halbe Leben (prov) a place for everything and everything in its place prov

▶ in \Ordnung! all right! [or OK!] fam

▶ etw ist mit jdm/etw nicht in \Ordnung there's sth wrong with sb/sth

mit ihr/dem Auto ist etwas nicht in \Ordnung there's something wrong [or the matter] with her/the car

▶ [wieder] in \Ordnung kommen (Angelegenheit) to turn out all right [or fam OK]; (Gerät) to start working again

▶ in \Ordnung sein (fam) to be all right [or fam OK]

das ist in \Ordnung! that's all right [or fam OK]!

Anne ist in \Ordnung Anne's all right [or fam OK]

das Auto ist wieder in \Ordnung the car's fixed

ich bin jetzt wieder in \Ordnung I'm better [or all right] now

▶ nicht in \Ordnung sein (nicht funktionieren) to not be working properly; (sich nicht gehören) to not be right

der Fisch ist nicht mehr ganz in \Ordnung the fish has started to go bad

da ist etwas nicht in \Ordnung there's something wrong there

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die; Ordnung, Ordnungen

1) o. Pl. (ordentlicher Zustand) order; tidiness

Ordnung halten — keep things tidy

hier herrscht Ordnung — everything is neat and tidy here

Ordnung schaffen, für Ordnung sorgen — sort things out

etwas in Ordnung bringen — sort something out

ist dein Pass in Ordnung? — is your passport in order?

hier ist etwas nicht in Ordnung — there's something wrong here

mit ihr ist etwas nicht in Ordnung, sie ist nicht in Ordnung — (ugs.) there's something wrong or the matter with her

sie ist in Ordnung — (ugs.): (ist nett, verlässlich o. ä.) she's OK (coll.)

alles [ist] in schönster od. bester Ordnung — everything's [just] fine; [things] couldn't be better

[das] geht [schon] in Ordnung — (ugs.) that'll be OK (coll.) or all right

2) o. Pl. (geregelter Ablauf) routine

3) o. Pl. (System [von Normen]) order; (Struktur) structure

4) o. Pl. (Disziplin) order

hier herrscht Ordnung — we have some discipline here

Ordnung halten — <teacher etc.> keep order

5) (Formation) formation

6) (Biol.) order

7) o. Pl. (Rang)

eine Straße zweiter Ordnung — a second-class road

ein Reinfall erster Ordnung — (fig. ugs.) a disaster of the first order or water

8) o. Pl. (Math.) order

9) (Mengenlehre) ordered set

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Ordnung f

1. (das Ordnen) sorting, arrangement; von Akten etc: organization; (Regelung) settlement; von Verkehr: regulation: von Finanzen, Angelegenheiten: putting in order

2. (bestimmter Zustand) order;

die öffentliche Ordnung law and order;

die göttliche Ordnung the divine order;

zur Ordnung rufen call to order ( auch PARL)

3. (Ordentlichsein) order, tidiness;

der Ordnung halber for form’s sake;

Ordnung halten keep things in order;

sehr auf Ordnung halten oder

sehen be very keen on tidiness;

für Ordnung sorgen maintain order;

Ordnung schaffen sort things out; im Zimmer etc: tidy up;

Ordnung muss sein! you have to have order;

Ordnung ist das halbe Leben sprichw keeping things in order is half the battle

4. (Gesundsein, Funktionieren) order;

in Ordnung bringen (reparieren) fix; (erledigen) settle, umg fix; (Problem etc) sort out;

in Ordnung sein umg be all right;

der Motor etc

ist nicht in Ordnung umg there’s something wrong with the engine etc;

er ist nicht in Ordnung umg, gesundheitlich: he’s not well

5. umg, in Wertungen:

sie ist in Ordnung there’s nothing wrong with her, she’s a nice person;

(das ist) in Ordnung! oder

geht in Ordnung! (that’s) all right, (that’s) okay;

es ist alles in bester oder

schönster Ordnung everything’s just fine;

das finde ich nicht in Ordnung I don’t think that’s right;

ich finde sein Verhalten nicht in Ordnung I find his behavio(u)r out of order

6. (Vorschriften) rules pl, regulations pl;

ein Verstoß gegen die geltende Ordnung an offence against current regulations

7. (geordnete Lebensweise) routine;

jedes Kind braucht seine Ordnung every child needs a routine

8. (Rang) order ( auch BIOL);

… erster Ordnung … of the first order, auch first-class ( oder -rate) …;

Stern erster Ordnung ASTRON star of the first magnitude;

ein Misserfolg erster Ordnung umg, fig a resounding failure

9. (Anordnung) arrangement, order; (System) auch system;

die Stichwörter erscheinen in alphabetischer Ordnung the headwords are arranged in alphabetical order

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die; Ordnung, Ordnungen

1) o. Pl. (ordentlicher Zustand) order; tidiness

Ordnung halten — keep things tidy

hier herrscht Ordnung — everything is neat and tidy here

Ordnung schaffen, für Ordnung sorgen — sort things out

etwas in Ordnung bringen — sort something out

ist dein Pass in Ordnung? — is your passport in order?

hier ist etwas nicht in Ordnung — there's something wrong here

mit ihr ist etwas nicht in Ordnung, sie ist nicht in Ordnung — (ugs.) there's something wrong or the matter with her

sie ist in Ordnung — (ugs.): (ist nett, verlässlich o. ä.) she's OK (coll.)

alles [ist] in schönster od. bester Ordnung — everything's [just] fine; [things] couldn't be better

[das] geht [schon] in Ordnung — (ugs.) that'll be OK (coll.) or all right

2) o. Pl. (geregelter Ablauf) routine

3) o. Pl. (System [von Normen]) order; (Struktur) structure

4) o. Pl. (Disziplin) order

hier herrscht Ordnung — we have some discipline here

Ordnung halten — <teacher etc.> keep order

5) (Formation) formation

6) (Biol.) order

7) o. Pl. (Rang)

eine Straße zweiter Ordnung — a second-class road

ein Reinfall erster Ordnung — (fig. ugs.) a disaster of the first order or water

8) o. Pl. (Math.) order

9) (Mengenlehre) ordered set

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-en (Mathematik) f.

order n. -en f.

arrangement n.

order n.

orderliness n.

tidiness n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Ordnung
9 cumplir

v.

1 to do, to carry out, to perform.

los candidatos deben cumplir los siguientes requisitos the candidates shall meet o satisfy the following requirements

2 to keep (promesa).

cumplió su deseo de subir al Aconcagua she fulfilled her wish of climbing the Aconcagua

Ella cumple la ley She obeys the law.

3 to reach (años).

mañana cumplo 20 años I'm 20 o it's my 20th birthday tomorrow

cumple años la próxima semana it's her birthday next week, she has her birthday next week

¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!

4 to serve (condena).

5 to expire.

6 to do one's duty.

cumplir con alguien to do one's duty by somebody

para o por cumplir out of politeness

cumplir con el deber to do one's duty

cumplir con la palabra to keep one's word

yo me limito a cumplir con mi trabajo I'm just doing my job

7 to comply.

este producto no cumple con la normativa europea this product doesn't comply with o meet European standards

8 to fulfill, to carry out, to accomplish, to achieve.

Ella cumple sus obligaciones She fulfills her duties.

9 to do one's job, to comply.

Ella cumple siempre She does her job always.

10 to reach the age of, to get to the age of, to reach, to be.

Ella cumplió cinco años She got to the age of five years.

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cumplir

► verbo transitivo

1 (orden) to carry out; (deseo) to fulfil (US fulfill); (deber) to do

2 (promesa) to keep

3 DERECHO (ley) to observe, abide by; (pena) to serve

4 (años) to be, turn

■ mañana cumplo treinta años I'll be thirty tomorrow

■ ha cumplido cuarenta años she has turned forty

■ ¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!

5 (satisfacer) to do, carry out, fulfil (US fulfill)

► verbo intransitivo

1 (plazo) to expire, end

2 (deuda, pago) to fall due

► verbo pronominal cumplirse

1 (realizarse) to be fulfilled, come true

■ se cumplió la profecía the prophecy came true

2 (fecha) to be

■ hoy se cumplen cinco años de nuestra boda it's our fifth wedding anniversary today

■ se cumple una semana del comienzo del curso it's a week since the course began

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cumplir con alguien to keep one's promise to somebody

cumplir con el deber to do one's duty

cumplir con la Iglesia to fulfil (US fulfill) one's religious obligations

cumplir con la ley to abide by the law

cumplir con las obligaciones to fulfil (US fulfill) one's obligations

cumplir con su palabra to keep one's word

para cumplir / por cumplir as a formality

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verb

1) to accomplish, carry out

2) fulfill, comply with

3) expire

•

- cumplirse

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1. VT

1) (=llevar a cabo) [+ amenaza] to carry out; [+ promesa] to keep; [+ objetivo, sueño] to achieve; [+ ambición] to fulfil, fulfill (EEUU), achieve; [+ papel] to play

los contratan para cumplir las misiones más difíciles — they are hired to carry out o do the most difficult tasks

• la cárcel no cumple su función preventiva — prison is failing to fulfil its role as o failing to act as a deterrent

los parques naturales cumplen la función de proteger nuestro patrimonio natural — nature reserves serve to protect our natural heritage

• cumplió su palabra de aumentarnos el sueldo — he kept his promise to give us a pay rise

les ha acusado de no cumplir su palabra — he has accused them of failing to keep o breaking their word

2) (=obedecer) [+ ley, norma, sentencia] to observe, obey; [+ orden] to carry out, obey

solo estoy cumpliendo órdenes — I'm only carrying out o obeying orders

cumplir la voluntad del difunto — to carry out the wishes of the deceased

• hacer cumplir la ley/un acuerdo — to enforce the law/an agreement

3) (=alcanzar) [+ condición, requisito] to comply with, fulfil, fulfill (EEUU), meet

estos productos no cumplen las condiciones sanitarias exigidas — these products do not comply with o fulfil o meet the necessary health requirements

cumplió su deseo de viajar a la India — he fulfilled his wish of travelling to India

4) (=realizar) [+ condena, pena] to serve; [+ servicio militar] to do, complete

está cumpliendo 30 días de arresto — he is serving 30 days detention

tiene el servicio militar cumplido — he has done o completed his military service

5) [con periodos de tiempo]

a) [+ años]

hoy cumple ocho años — she's eight today, it's her eighth birthday today

el rey cumple hoy años — today is the King's birthday

cumple 40 años en diciembre — she'll be 40 in December

cuando cumplas los 21 años — when you're 21, when you reach the age of 21

¿cuántos años va a cumplir? — how old is he going to be?

¡que cumplas muchos más! — many happy returns!

b) [+ aniversario, días]

la democracia cumple su vigésimo aniversario — democracy is celebrating its twentieth anniversary

el premio cumple su cincuentenario — the prize is currently in its fiftieth year

el paro en el transporte cumple hoy su cuarto día — this is the fourth day of the transport strike

6) (Naipes) [+ contrato] to make

2. VI

1) (=terminar) [plazo] to end, expire; [pago] to fall due

2) (=hacer lo correcto) to do one's duty

tengo la tranquilidad de haber cumplido — at least I can say that I did my duty o what was expected of me

es muy profesional y siempre cumple — she is very professional - she never lets you down

yo siempre cumplo en mi trabajo — I always do my job properly

mi marido no cumple en la cama — hum my husband isn't performing (in bed)

prepárales una sopita y con eso cumples — just make them a bit of soup, that's as much as can be expected of you

3)

• cumplir con — [+ compromiso, acuerdo] to honour, honor (EEUU); [+ ley] to observe, obey; [+ condición, requisito, criterio] to fulfil, fulfill (EEUU), comply with, meet

estaba cumpliendo con su deber — he was doing his duty

cumplir con los trámites de la aduana — to go through customs

tendrá que cumplir con lo estipulado en el acuerdo — he will have to comply with what was stipulated in the agreement

tendrán que cumplir con el calendario acordado — they will have to comply with the schedule we agreed on

para cumplir con los criterios de Maastricht — in order to comply with o meet the Maastricht criteria

cumplir con la iglesia — to fulfil one's religious obligations

4)

cumplir por algn — to act on sb's behalf

5) frm (=corresponder)

lo he recibido dos veces, con la amabilidad que me cumple — I've received him twice, with the friendliness that is expected of me

6) (Mil) to finish one's military service

3.

See:

cumplirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( ejecutar) < orden> to carry out; < ley> to obey

hacer cumplir la ley — to ensure that the law is upheld

la satisfacción del deber cumplido — the satisfaction of having done one's duty

no se cumplió el calendario previsto — they failed to adhere to the proposed schedule

b) <promesa/palabra> to keep; < compromiso> to honor*, fulfill*; <obligación/contrato> to fulfill*

c) ( alcanzar) <objetivo/ambición> to achieve

la solicitud debe cumplir los siguientes requisitos — the application must fulfill the following conditions

el edificio no cumple las condiciones mínimas de seguridad — the building does not comply with minimum safety standards

d) ( desempeñar) < papel> to perform, fulfill*

2) <condena/sentencia> to serve; < servicio militar> to do

3) <años/meses>

mañana cumple 20 años — she'll be o she's 20 tomorrow

¿cuándo cumples años? — when's your birthday?

que cumplas muchos más! — many happy returns!

que los cumplas muy feliz! — have a very happy birthday!

mañana cumplimos 20 años de casados — (AmL) tomorrow we'll have been married 20 years

la huelga cumple hoy su tercer día — this is the third day of the strike
2.
cumplir vi

1)

a)

cumplir con algo — con obligación to fulfill* something, satisfy something; con tarea to carry out something; con trámite to comply with something; con requisito/condición to fulfill* something

cumple con su trabajo/deber — he does his job/duty

cumplir con la iglesia — to go to church

b) ( con una obligación social)

lo invité a comer, creo que cumplí — I took him out for lunch, so I think I've done my duty o (colloq) my bit

nos invitó sólo por cumplir — she only invited us because she felt she ought to

con los Lara ya hemos cumplido — we've done our bit as far as the Laras are concerned (colloq)

2) (en 3^a pers) (frml) ( corresponder)

me/nos cumple informarle que... — (Corresp) I am/we are writing to inform you that... (frml)
3.
cumplirse v pron

1) deseo/predicción to come true; ambición to be realized, be fulfilled

2) plazo

mañana se cumple el plazo para pagar el impuesto — tomorrow is the last day for paying the tax

hoy se cumple el primer aniversario de su muerte — today marks the first anniversary of her death

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= abide by, be due, fulfil [fulfill, -USA], satisfy, make + good, uphold.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio upheld.

Ex. Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

Ex. The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex. We can only depend upon a rectangular building to fulfil this if it has a small floor area.

Ex. This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.

Ex. The British Library has announced a wide ranging programme using digital and networking technologies to make good its commitment to expedite access to its unparalleled collections.

Ex. It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.

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* al cumplir la fecha = at term.

* cumplir con = comply (with), conform to.

* cumplir con la responsabilidad de Uno = do + Posesivo + share.

* cumplir (con) lo convenido = fill + Posesivo + agreement.

* cumplir (con) lo prometido = deliver + the goods, come up with + the goods, keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + promesa = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) un acuerdo = honour + commitment, honour + agreement, fill + Posesivo + agreement.

* cumplir con una obligación = live up to + Posesivo + obligation, fulfil + obligation, honour + obligation.

* cumplir (con) un compromiso = live up to + commitment.

* cumplir (con) un criterio = meet + standard.

* cumplir (con) un deber = discharge + duty.

* cumplir (con) un plazo = meet + deadline, comply with + deadline.

* cumplir con un principio = comport with + principle.

* cumplir el turno de Uno en = take + Posesivo + turn at.

* cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.

* cumplir la ley = observe + the law.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir las condiciones para = be eligible for.

* cumplir las expectativas = come up to + expectations.

* cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* cumplir los requisitos = come up to + requirements.

* cumplir los requisitos para = be eligible for.

* cumplir + Posesivo + responsabilidad = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.

* cumplirse = hold + true, hold.

* cumplir una condena = serve + time, serve + sentence.

* cumplir una condición = meet + condition, satisfy + condition, fill + requirement.

* cumplir una función = fulfil + function.

* cumplir una misión = accomplish + mission.

* cumplir una política = uphold + policy.

* cumplir una promesa = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise.

* cumplir una regla = observe + rule, comply with + rule.

* cumplir una responsabilidad = accomplish + responsibility.

* cumplir una sentencia = serve + sentence.

* cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.

* cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.

* cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.

* cumplir un requisito = match + criterion, meet + criterion, meet + specification, satisfy + requirement, fill + requirement.

* hacer cumplir = uphold.

* hacer cumplir la disciplina = enforce + discipline.

* hacer cumplir la legislación = enforce + legislation.

* hacer cumplir la ley = law enforcement, enforce + law, legal enforcement.

* hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.

* hacer cumplir una política = uphold + policy.

* hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.

* no cumplir = fall + short of, welsh on.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* no cumplir con + Posesivo + deber = be remiss.

* no cumplir las expectativas = fall + short of expectations.

* no cumplir lo esperado = fall + short of expectations.

* no cumplir lo prometido = fall + short of + Posesivo + promise.

* no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.

* no cumplir unos criterios = fall (far) short of + criteria.

* no cumplir unos requisitos = fall + short of requirements.

* organismo encargado de hacer cumplir la ley = law enforcing agency.

* que cumple los requisitos = qualifying.

* que no se puede hacer cumplir = unenforceable.

* que se puede hacer cumplir = enforceable.

* tener un deber que cumplir con = have + a responsibility to.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( ejecutar) < orden> to carry out; < ley> to obey

hacer cumplir la ley — to ensure that the law is upheld

la satisfacción del deber cumplido — the satisfaction of having done one's duty

no se cumplió el calendario previsto — they failed to adhere to the proposed schedule

b) <promesa/palabra> to keep; < compromiso> to honor*, fulfill*; <obligación/contrato> to fulfill*

c) ( alcanzar) <objetivo/ambición> to achieve

la solicitud debe cumplir los siguientes requisitos — the application must fulfill the following conditions

el edificio no cumple las condiciones mínimas de seguridad — the building does not comply with minimum safety standards

d) ( desempeñar) < papel> to perform, fulfill*

2) <condena/sentencia> to serve; < servicio militar> to do

3) <años/meses>

mañana cumple 20 años — she'll be o she's 20 tomorrow

¿cuándo cumples años? — when's your birthday?

que cumplas muchos más! — many happy returns!

que los cumplas muy feliz! — have a very happy birthday!

mañana cumplimos 20 años de casados — (AmL) tomorrow we'll have been married 20 years

la huelga cumple hoy su tercer día — this is the third day of the strike
2.
cumplir vi

1)

a)

cumplir con algo — con obligación to fulfill* something, satisfy something; con tarea to carry out something; con trámite to comply with something; con requisito/condición to fulfill* something

cumple con su trabajo/deber — he does his job/duty

cumplir con la iglesia — to go to church

b) ( con una obligación social)

lo invité a comer, creo que cumplí — I took him out for lunch, so I think I've done my duty o (colloq) my bit

nos invitó sólo por cumplir — she only invited us because she felt she ought to

con los Lara ya hemos cumplido — we've done our bit as far as the Laras are concerned (colloq)

2) (en 3^a pers) (frml) ( corresponder)

me/nos cumple informarle que... — (Corresp) I am/we are writing to inform you that... (frml)
3.
cumplirse v pron

1) deseo/predicción to come true; ambición to be realized, be fulfilled

2) plazo

mañana se cumple el plazo para pagar el impuesto — tomorrow is the last day for paying the tax

hoy se cumple el primer aniversario de su muerte — today marks the first anniversary of her death

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= abide by, be due, fulfil [fulfill, -USA], satisfy, make + good, uphold.

Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio upheld.

Ex: Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.

Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex: We can only depend upon a rectangular building to fulfil this if it has a small floor area.

Ex: This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.

Ex: The British Library has announced a wide ranging programme using digital and networking technologies to make good its commitment to expedite access to its unparalleled collections.

Ex: It's about time that we go back to these principles and make sure that the quality of cataloging is upheld.

* al cumplir la fecha = at term.

* cumplir con = comply (with), conform to.

* cumplir con la responsabilidad de Uno = do + Posesivo + share.

* cumplir (con) lo convenido = fill + Posesivo + agreement.

* cumplir (con) lo prometido = deliver + the goods, come up with + the goods, keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) + Posesivo + promesa = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir (con) un acuerdo = honour + commitment, honour + agreement, fill + Posesivo + agreement.

* cumplir con una obligación = live up to + Posesivo + obligation, fulfil + obligation, honour + obligation.

* cumplir (con) un compromiso = live up to + commitment.

* cumplir (con) un criterio = meet + standard.

* cumplir (con) un deber = discharge + duty.

* cumplir (con) un plazo = meet + deadline, comply with + deadline.

* cumplir con un principio = comport with + principle.

* cumplir el turno de Uno en = take + Posesivo + turn at.

* cumplir la condición de la búsqueda = match + request specification.

* cumplir la ley = observe + the law.

* cumplir la palabra = keep + Posesivo + word, live up to + Posesivo + word.

* cumplir las condiciones para = be eligible for.

* cumplir las expectativas = come up to + expectations.

* cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.

* cumplir lo que se dice = live up to + Posesivo + claim.

* cumplir los requisitos = come up to + requirements.

* cumplir los requisitos para = be eligible for.

* cumplir + Posesivo + responsabilidad = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.

* cumplirse = hold + true, hold.

* cumplir una condena = serve + time, serve + sentence.

* cumplir una condición = meet + condition, satisfy + condition, fill + requirement.

* cumplir una función = fulfil + function.

* cumplir una misión = accomplish + mission.

* cumplir una política = uphold + policy.

* cumplir una promesa = fulfil + promise, live up to + Posesivo + promise, keep + Posesivo + promise.

* cumplir una regla = observe + rule, comply with + rule.

* cumplir una responsabilidad = accomplish + responsibility.

* cumplir una sentencia = serve + sentence.

* cumplir una tarea = accomplish + task.

* cumplir un enunciado lógico de búsqueda = satisfy + logic statement.

* cumplir un objetivo = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective.

* cumplir un requisito = match + criterion, meet + criterion, meet + specification, satisfy + requirement, fill + requirement.

* hacer cumplir = uphold.

* hacer cumplir la disciplina = enforce + discipline.

* hacer cumplir la legislación = enforce + legislation.

* hacer cumplir la ley = law enforcement, enforce + law, legal enforcement.

* hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.

* hacer cumplir una política = uphold + policy.

* hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.

* no cumplir = fall + short of, welsh on.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* no cumplir con + Posesivo + deber = be remiss.

* no cumplir las expectativas = fall + short of expectations.

* no cumplir lo esperado = fall + short of expectations.

* no cumplir lo prometido = fall + short of + Posesivo + promise.

* no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.

* no cumplir un objetivo = fall + short of goal.

* no cumplir unos criterios = fall (far) short of + criteria.

* no cumplir unos requisitos = fall + short of requirements.

* organismo encargado de hacer cumplir la ley = law enforcing agency.

* que cumple los requisitos = qualifying.

* que no se puede hacer cumplir = unenforceable.

* que se puede hacer cumplir = enforceable.

* tener un deber que cumplir con = have + a responsibility to.

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cumplir [I1 ]

vt

A

1 (ejecutar) ‹orden› to carry out

para hacer cumplir la ley to ensure that the law is upheld o enforced

los inquilinos que no cumplen estas normas tenants who do not abide by o comply with o observe these rules

la satisfacción del deber cumplido the satisfaction of having done one's duty, the satisfaction of having performed o ( frml) discharged one's duty

no se cumplió el calendario previsto they failed to adhere to the proposed schedule

2 ‹promesa/palabra› to keep

no cumple sus compromisos he doesn't honor o fulfill his obligations

3

(llenar, alcanzar): la solicitud debe cumplir los siguientes requisitos the application must fulfill the following conditions

el edificio no cumple las condiciones mínimas de seguridad the building does not comply with o come up to o meet minimum safety standards

los objetivos económicos que han de cumplirse cada año the financial goals which have to be met o must be achieved each year

nunca llegó a cumplir esta ambición he never achieved o managed to achieve this ambition

4 (desempeñar) ‹papel› to perform, fulfill*

la organización no cumple su cometido the organization is not fulfilling its function

cumplimos todos nuestros objetivos we achieved o accomplished all our aims

B ‹condena/sentencia› to serve

está cumpliendo el servicio militar he is doing his military service

C [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

‹años/meses› mañana cumple 20 años she'll be o she's 20 tomorrow

¿cuándo cumples años? when's your birthday?

¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!

¡que los cumplas muy feliz! have a very happy birthday!

ése ya no cumple los cuarenta ( hum); he won't see forty again ( colloq hum)

mañana cumplimos 20 años de casados ( AmL); tomorrow we'll have been married 20 years, tomorrow is our 20th wedding anniversary

la huelga cumple hoy su tercer día this is the third day of the strike

■ cumplir

vi

A

1 cumplir CON algo ‹con un deber/una obligación›

cumplimos con nuestro deber we did our duty

yo cumplí con lo que se me había asignado I carried out the task assigned to me, I carried out o performed o ( frml) discharged the duties assigned to me

no cumplió con los trámites legales previstos he failed to comply with the relevant legal procedure

cumple con su trabajo he does his job

2

(con una obligación social): lo invité a comer, creo que cumplí I took him out for lunch, so I think I've done my duty o ( colloq) my bit

a ver si por una vez cumples I hope you'll do as you say o you'll keep your word for once

nos invitó sólo por cumplir she only invited us because she felt she ought to o she felt it was the thing to do o she felt it was expected of her, she only invited us out of duty

cumplir CON algn:

con los Pieri ya hemos cumplido as far as the Pieris are concerned, we've done what was expected of us o we've done our duty by them

3 ( euf o hum)

(en sentido sexual): se queja de que ya no cumple she complains that he doesn't do his duty as a husband o doesn't fulfill his conjugal duties any more ( euphor hum)

B ( en tercera persona)

1 ( frml)

(corresponder): me/nos cumple informarle que … ( Corresp) I am/we are writing to inform you that … ( frml)

2 ( frml)

(convenir): le cumple esforzarse más it behooves ( AmE) o ( BrE) behoves you to make more of an effort ( datedor frml), it is in your best interest that you should make more of an effort

■ cumplirse

v pron

A «profecía/predicción» to come true

se cumplieron sus deseos her wishes came true

se cumplió su gran ambición her great ambition was realized o fulfilled

B

«plazo»: mañana se cumple el plazo para pagar el impuesto tomorrow is the last day o is the deadline for paying the tax

hoy se cumple el primer aniversario de su muerte today marks o is the first anniversary of her death

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cumplir ( conjugate cumplir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( ejecutar) ‹ orden› to carry out;

‹ ley› to obey;
◊ la satisfacción del deber cumplido the satisfaction of having done one's duty

b) ‹promesa/palabra› to keep;

‹ compromiso› to honor^{( conjugate honor)}, fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)};
‹obligación/contrato› to fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)}
c) ( alcanzar) ‹objetivo/ambición› to achieve;

‹ requisitos› fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)};
◊ ¡misión cumplida! mission accomplished

d) ( desempeñar) ‹ papel› to perform, fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)}

2 ‹condena/sentencia› to serve;
‹ servicio militar› to do
3 ‹años/meses›:
◊ mañana cumple 20 años she'll be 20 tomorrow;

¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!;
mañana cumplimos 20 años de casados (AmL) tomorrow we'll have been married 20 years
verbo intransitivo
a) cumplir con algo ‹ con obligación› to fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)} sth, satisfy sth;

‹ con tarea› to carry out sth;
‹ con trámite› to comply with sth;
‹con requisito/condición› to fulfill^{( conjugate fulfill)} sth;
◊ cumple con su deber he does his duty

b) ( con una obligación social):

◊ nos invitó solo por cumplir she only invited us because she felt she ought to;

con los Lara ya hemos cumplido we've done our bit as far as the Laras are concerned (colloq)
cumplirse verbo pronominal
a) [deseo/predicción] to come true;

[ ambición] to be realized, be fulfilled
b) [ plazo]:

◊ mañana se cumple el plazo para pagar el impuesto tomorrow is the last day for paying the tax;

hoy se cumple el primer aniversario de … today marks the first anniversary of …
cumplir
I verbo transitivo
1 (un proyecto, tarea) to carry out, fulfil, US fulfill
2 (un deseo) to fulfil
(promesa) to keep
3 (sentencia) to serve
4 (años) ayer cumplí treinta años, I was thirty (years old) yesterday
II verbo intransitivo
4 (actuar de acuerdo con) cumplir con lo pactado, to carry out an agreement
5 (quedar bien) to do the right thing (by): tenemos que cumplir con tu madre, we have to do our bit for your mother
6 (plazo) to expire, end
' cumplir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deber
- ejecutar
- hacer
- informal
- limitarse
- rito
- atender
- cumplido
- faltar
- mantener
- pacto
- portar
- prometido
English:
abide by
- achieve
- carry out
- comply
- conform
- discharge
- do
- enforce
- execute
- fulfil
- fulfill
- honour
- keep
- law
- live up to
- meet
- neglect
- obey
- observe
- order
- promise
- qualify
- reach
- satisfy
- serve
- serve out
- time
- turn
- act
- binding
- break
- carry
- community
- complete
- deliver
- follow
- function
- go
- hold
- honor
- infringe
- live
- word

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cumplir

♦ vt

1. [realizar] [deber] to do, to carry out, to perform;
[contrato, obligaciones] to fulfil; [ley] to observe; [orden, amenaza] to carry out; [promesa] to keep;
cumplir los mandamientos to keep o obey the commandments;

cumplí las instrucciones al pie de la letra I followed the instructions to the letter;

los que no cumplan las normas serán sancionados anyone failing to comply with o abide by the rules will be punished;

el ministerio no está cumpliendo su cometido de fomentar el empleo the ministry is failing in its task of creating jobs, the ministry is not carrying out its brief of creating jobs;

cumplió su deseo de subir al Aconcagua she fulfilled her wish of climbing Aconcagua;

esta máquina cumple todos los requisitos técnicos this machine complies with o meets all the technical requirements;

los candidatos deben cumplir los siguientes requisitos the candidates must meet o satisfy the following requirements

2. [años] to reach;

mañana cumplo veinte años I'm twenty o it's my twentieth birthday tomorrow;

cumple años la próxima semana it's her birthday next week, she has her birthday next week;

cuando cumplas los dieciocho te regalaremos una moto we'll give you a motorbike when you're eighteen o for your eighteenth (birthday);

¡que cumplas muchos más! many happy returns!;

tal y como está de salud, el abuelo no cumplirá los ochenta in his current state of health, it's unlikely that grandad will see his eightieth birthday;

la Feria del Automóvil cumple este año su décimo aniversario the Motor Show celebrates its tenth anniversary this year

3. [terminar] [condena] to serve;
[servicio militar] to do
♦ vi

1. [plazo, garantía] to expire;

el plazo de matriculación ya ha cumplido the deadline for registration is already up o has already expired

2.
cumplir con [norma, condición] [m5] este producto no cumple con la normativa europea this product doesn't comply with o meet European standards;

varios países cumplen con los requisitos para acceder al mercado único several countries fulfil the criteria o meet the terms for joining the single market;

yo me limito a cumplir con mi trabajo I'm just doing my job;

cumplir con su deber to do one's duty;

cumplir con su palabra to keep one's word

3. [por cortesía]
con el ramo de flores que le enviamos ya cumplimos I think we've done our duty o all that's expected of us by sending her a bunch of flowers;

lo dijo por cumplir she said it because she felt she had to o out of politeness;

acudió a la boda por cumplir con su hermano she went to the wedding out of a sense of duty to her brother

4. Fam Euf [satisfacer sexualmente]
acusó a su marido de no cumplir she accused her husband of failing to fulfil his marital o conjugal duties

♦ See also the pronominal verb cumplirse

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cumplir

I v/t

1 orden carry out; promesa fulfill, Br

fulfil

2 condena serve

3

:

cumplir diez años reach the age of ten, turn ten

II v/i

1

:

cumplir con algo carry sth out;

cumplir con su deber do one’s duty

2

:

te invita sólo por cumplir he’s only inviting you out of politeness

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cumplir vt

1) : to accomplish, to carry out

2) : to comply with, to fulfill

3) : to attain, to reach

su hermana cumple los 21 el viernes: her sister will be 21 on Friday

cumplir vi

1) : to expire, to fall due

2) : to fulfill one's obligations

cumplir con el deber: to do one's duty

cumplir con la palabra: to keep one's word

♦ See also the reflexive verb cumplirse

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cumplir vb

1. (orden) to carry out [pt. & pp. carried]

sólo cumplían órdenes they were just carrying out orders

2. (compromiso, obligación) to fulfil [pt. & pp. fulfilled]

cumplo todos los requisitos I fulfil all the requirements

3. (promesa, palabra) to keep [pt. & pp. kept]

cumplió su promesa he kept his promise

4. (pena) to serve

ha cumplido una condena de tres años he's served a three-year sentence

5. (años) to be

hoy cumplo once años I'm eleven today

la semana que viene cumplirá veinte años he'll be twenty next week

6. (plazo) to expire / to end

hoy cumple el plazo de matrícula the enrollment period ends today

cumplir con tu deber to do your duty

Spanish-English dictionary > cumplir
10 aguantar

v.

1 to bear.

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books

2 to bear, to stand.

no lo aguanto I can't bear him

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

3 to hold.

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

Aguante su respiración Hold your breath.

4 to hold (contener) (respiración, mirada).

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

5 to hold on (time).

aguanta un poco más hold on a bit longer

no aguanto más I can't take any more

Ella aguantará porque es fuerte She will hold on because she is strong.

6 to wait for (esperar). (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

7 to last.

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance

8 to endure, to abide, to bear, to tolerate.

Noel aguanta muchas penas Noel endures many sorrows.

9 to withstand, to hold, to uphold, to support.

El barrote aguanta el techo The crosspiece holds the roofing.

10 to tolerate to, to suffer to, to bear to, to endure to.

Silvia aguanta estudiar de noche Silvia tolerates to study nights.

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aguantar

► verbo transitivo

1 (contener) to hold (back)

2 (sostener) to hold, support

3 (soportar) to tolerate

■ no aguanto más I can't stand any more, I can't take any more

► verbo pronominal aguantarse

1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back

2 (resignarse) to resign oneself

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡que se aguante! familiar that's her/his tough luck!

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verb

1) to bear, endure, withstand

2) hold

•

- aguantarse

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1. VT

1) (=soportar deliberadamente) to put up with, endure

aguanté el dolor como pude — I bore o put up with o endured the pain as best as I could

tenemos que estar aguantando continuas ofensas — we have to put up with o endure continual insults

no aguantaré tus impertinencias ni un minuto más — I won't stand for o take o put up with your cheek a minute longer

- aguantar el chaparrón

2) (=tener capacidad de resistir) to stand up to

esta planta aguanta bien el calor — this plant withstands o can take heat well, this plant stands up well to heat

aguanta bastante bien el trabajo en la mina — he stands up pretty well to the work in the mine

no sé si podré aguantar ese ritmo — I don't know if I'll be able to stand the pace

sabe aguantar bien las bromas — he can take a joke

• no aguantar, no aguanto a los cotillas — I can't bear o stand gossips

no aguanto ver sufrir a un animal — I can't bear o stand to see an animal suffering

no aguantaba la rutina de los entrenamientos — he couldn't cope with o take the training programme

• no hay quien te aguante — you're impossible o insufferable

este frío no hay quien lo aguante — this cold is just unbearable

no hay quien aguante una ópera tan larga — who could sit through an opera that long?

3) (=sostener) [persona] to hold; [muro, columna] to support, hold up

aguanta un momento el paquete — hold the parcel a minute

la pierna que aguanta la guitarra — the leg that supports the guitar

se rompió el cable que aguantaba la antena — the cable holding up o supporting the aerial broke

estas vigas pueden aguantar cualquier peso — these beams can take any weight

esta estantería no podrá aguantar tantos libros — these shelves won't take so many books

4) (=contener) [+ respiración] to hold; [+ risa, llanto] to hold back

soy capaz de aguantar la respiración durante dos minutos — I can hold my breath for two minutes

el mundo aguantó la respiración temiendo un desastre — the world waited with bated breath, fearing a disaster

apenas podía aguantar la risa — she couldn't hold back her laughter

• aguantar las ganas de hacer algo — to resist the urge to do sth

no pude aguantar las ganas de decirle lo que pensaba — I couldn't resist telling her what I thought, I couldn't resist the urge to tell her what I thought

se tuvo que aguantar las ganas de llorar — she had to stifle her desire to cry

5) (=durar) to last

este abrigo no aguantará otro invierno — this coat won't last another winter

2. VI

1) [persona]

ya no aguanto más — I can't bear it o stand it o take it any longer, I can't bear o stand o take any more

cuando empezaba a correr no aguantaba más de diez minutos — when she started running she couldn't keep going o last for more than ten minutes

aguantaré en Madrid hasta que pueda — I'll hang on o hold on in Madrid as long as I can

yo me emborracho enseguida, pero él aguanta mucho — I get drunk straight away but he can really hold his drink

tienes que aguantar hasta el año que viene con esos zapatos — you'll have to make do with those shoes until next year

yo ya no aguanto mucho, a las diez estoy en la cama — I can't take the pace any more, I'm in bed by ten

aguantan poco sin aburrirse — they have a low boredom threshold, they're easily bored

bailaremos hasta que el cuerpo aguante — we'll dance till we drop

es de guapo que no se puede aguantar — * he's drop dead gorgeous *, he's to die for *

2) [clavo, columna] to hold

¿crees que este clavo aguantará? — do you think this nail will hold?

esa columna va a aguantar poco — that pillar won't hold (out) much longer

3) LAm * (=esperar) to hang on *, hold on

¡aguanta! — hang on * o hold on a minute!

3.

See:

aguantarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

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= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex. Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex. Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex. Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) <dolor/sufrimiento> to bear, endure

aguanto bien el calor — I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas — they had to endure extremely high temperatures

no tengo por qué aguantar esto — I don't have to put up with this

su madre le aguanta todo — his mother lets him get away with murder

aguantó su mirada un momento — he held her stare for a moment

este calor no hay quien lo aguante — this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma — you can't take a joke

no los aguanto — I can't stand them

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas — this toothache's unbearable

2)

a) <peso/carga> to support, bear; < presión> to withstand

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo — she can take twice as much drink as I can

b) ( durar)

estas botas aguantarán otro invierno — these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

han aguantado el paso del tiempo — they have survived the passing of time

3) ( sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes — hold (on to) the parcels for me

4) (contener, reprimir) <risa/lágrimas> to hold back

aguantar la respiración — to hold one's breath

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo — I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer
2.
aguantar vi

ya no aguanto más! — I can't take any more!

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante — that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? — can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no creo que este clavo aguante — I don't think this nail will hold
3.
aguantarse v pron

1) (conformarse, resignarse)

me tendré que aguantar — I'll just have to put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante — if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)

2) (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse)

no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos — just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

no se aguanta las ganas de abrirlos — he can't resist opening them

3) (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)

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= stand up to, bear, withstand, endure, hold + fire, put up with, hold off, stand + the gaff, stomach, weather, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: However, he would prefer a binding that will stand up to being stuffed into after-hours book drops and being hauled from one library to another.

Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.

Ex: Have reading foisted on you as a duty, a task to be put up with, from which you expect no delight, and it can appear a drab business gladly to be given up.

Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.

Ex: Thus far the oil companies have stood the gaff well, considering the burden thrown on them by declining prices and mounting stocks.

Ex: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.

Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* aguantar con resignación = take it on + the chin.

* aguantar el acoso de = run + the gauntlet of.

* aguantar el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantar estoicamente = weather, take it on + the chin.

* aguantar hasta el final = stick it out.

* aguantar la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* aguantarlo = live with it.

* aguantarlo bien = take it in + Posesivo + stride.

* aguantar mecha = stick it out, stand + the gaff.

* aguantarse = hold + Posesivo + horses.

* aguantar un golpe = take + a hit.

* aguántate = lump it.

* no aguantar más = have had enough.

* no aguantar ver Algo o Alguien = can't stand + sight.

* no poder aguantar a Alguien = have + it in for + Nombre.

* no puedo aguantarlo = can't take it.

* no voy a aguantarlo más = not going to take it any more.

* si no aguantas el calor, sal de la cocina = if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

* si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it, if you don't like it you can lump it.

* tener que aguantar Algo = be stuck with, get + stuck with.

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aguantar [A1 ]

vt

A

1

(tolerar, soportar): aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat

tuvieron que aguantar temperaturas altísimas en el desierto they had to endure extremely high temperatures in the desert

y como no tengo donde ir tengo que aguantar sus bromas estúpidas and since I have nowhere to go I have to put up with o suffer his stupid jokes

aguantó el dolor con gran fortaleza she bore o endured the pain very bravely

lo aguantó durante años she put up with him for years

no tengo por qué aguantar que me traten así I don't have to stand for this kind of treatment, I don't have to put up with being treated like this

a ése le aguantan todo porque es el hijo del jefe he gets away with anything because he's the boss's son

aguantó su mirada un momento y desvió los ojos he held her stare for a moment, then averted his eyes

2

(uso hiperbólico): este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable

no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke

no puedo aguantarlo I can't stand him

no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable

B

1 ‹peso/presión›

aguanta todo el peso del tejado it supports o bears the whole weight of the roof

el puente no aguanta más de cierto tonelaje the bridge will only withstand o take o stand a certain tonnage

no aguantó la presión it didn't take o withstand the pressure

el mástil no aguantaría otra embestida del viento the mast wouldn't stand up to o take another gust

ella aguanta el doble que yo bebiendo she can take twice as much drink as I can

2

(durar): estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

construcciones que han aguantado el paso del tiempo buildings that have survived the passing of time

aguantó tres meses en ese trabajo he lasted three months in that job

C (sostener) to hold

aguántame los paquetes mientras compro las entradas hold (on to) the parcels for me while I buy the tickets

una cuña para aguantar la puerta a wedge to hold the door open

D (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back

aguanta la respiración todo lo que puedas hold your breath for as long as you can

ya no aguanto las ganas de decírselo I can't resist the temptation to tell him any longer

■ aguantar

vi

¡ya no aguanto más! yo renuncio I can't take any more! I quit

con ese tren de vida no hay salud que aguante that sort of lifestyle would be enough to destroy anyone's health

¿puedes aguantar hasta que lleguemos? can you hang o hold on until we arrive?

no puedo aguantar hasta enero con este abrigo I can't last till January with this coat, this coat won't last me till January

tenemos que aguantar hasta fin de mes con este dinero we have to make this money last o stretch till the end of the month, we have to get by on o manage on o survive on this money till the end of the month

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold

■ aguantarse

v pron

A

(conformarse, resignarse): no me apetece ir pero me tendré que aguantar I don't feel like going, but I'll just have to grin and bear it o put up with it

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it ( colloq)

me he quedado sin cena — te aguantas, por no haber llegado antes there's no dinner left for me — tough, you should have got(ten) here earlier ( colloq)

B ( euf)

(reprimirse, contenerse): aguántate un poquito que enseguida llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there

ya no se aguanta las ganas de abrir los paquetes he can't resist the temptation to open the packages any longer

se aguantó hasta que no pudo más y se lo dijo todo she kept quiet as long as she could and then she told him everything

C ( AmL fam) (esperarse) to hang on ( colloq)

* * *

aguantar ( conjugate aguantar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dolor/sufrimiento› to bear, endure;
◊ aguanto bien el calor I can take the heat;

no tengo por qué aguantar esto I don't have to put up with this;
este calor no hay quien lo aguante this heat is unbearable;
no sabes aguantar una broma you can't take a joke;
no los aguanto I can't stand them;
no puedo aguantar este dolor de muelas this toothache's unbearable
2
a) ‹peso/carga› to support, bear;

‹ presión› to withstand
b) ( durar):

◊ estas botas aguantarán otro invierno these boots will last (me/you/him) another winter

3 ( sostener) to hold
4 (contener, reprimir) ‹risa/lágrimas› to hold back;
◊ aguantar la respiración to hold one's breath

verbo intransitivo:
◊ ¡ya no aguanto más! I can't take any more!;

no creo que este clavo aguante I don't think this nail will hold
aguantarse verbo pronominal
1 (conformarse, resignarse):
◊ me tendré que aguantar I'll just have to put up with it;

si no le gusta, que se aguante if he doesn't like it, he can lump it (colloq)
2 (euf) (reprimirse, contenerse):
◊ no me pude aguantar y me puse a llorar I couldn't contain myself and burst into tears;

aguántate un poquito que ya llegamos just hold o hang on a minute, we'll soon be there
3 (AmL fam) ( esperarse) to hang on (colloq)
aguantar
I verbo transitivo
1 (soportar, tolerar) to tolerate: no puedo aguantar más tu prepotencia, I can't stand your arrogance any longer ➣ Ver nota en bear y stand
2 (sujetar) to support, hold: por favor, aguanta la escalera mientras cambio la bombilla, please hold the ladder while I change the bulb
3 (reprimirse) aguantó la respiración tres minutos, he held his breath for three minutes
II verbo intransitivo
1 (durar) to last
2 (soportar) aguanta un poco más, hold on a bit longer
' aguantar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calibre
- mecha
- pasar
- resistir
- saber
- sufrir
- tipo
- soplar
- tragar
English:
abide
- bear
- bear up
- brave
- bullet
- endure
- going
- hang on
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- last
- pace
- put up with
- ride out
- ridicule
- sit out
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stick
- stick out
- stomach
- suffer
- sweat out
- take
- go
- hang
- keep
- put
- ride
- sit
- stuck
- support
- tolerate

* * *

aguantar

♦ vt

1. [sostener] to hold;

aguanta los libros mientras limpio la estantería hold the books while I dust the shelf

2. [peso, presión] to bear;

esa estantería no va a aguantar el peso de los libros that shelf won't take the weight of the books;

la presa no aguantará otro terremoto the dam won't withstand another earthquake;

está aguantando bien las presiones she's holding o bearing up well under the pressure

3. [tolerar, soportar] to bear, to stand;

estas plantas no aguantan bien el calor these plants don't like the heat;

no aguantó el ritmo de sus rivales she couldn't keep up with her rivals;

a tu hermana no hay quien la aguante your sister's unbearable;

no puedo aguantarlo, no lo aguanto I can't bear him;

no sé cómo la aguantas I don't know how you put up with her;

ya no aguanto más este dolor this pain is unbearable;

no sabe aguantar una broma he doesn't know how to take a joke

4. [tiempo] to hold out for;

aguantó dos meses en el desierto he survived for two months in the desert;

no creo que aguante mucho tiempo fuera su país I don't think he'll be able to last long abroad;

¿cuánto tiempo aguantas sin fumar un cigarillo? how long can you go without smoking a cigarette?;

este abrigo me ha aguantado cinco años this coat has lasted me five years

5. [contener] [respiración, mirada] to hold;
[risa] to contain;
debes aguantar la respiración para hacerte la radiografía you'll have to hold your breath when you have the X-ray;

apenas pude aguantar la risa it was all I could do not to laugh

6. Méx, RP Fam [esperar] to wait for

♦ vi

1. [tiempo] to hold on;

aguanta un poco más, en seguida nos vamos hold on a bit longer, we'll be going soon;

no aguanto más – necesito un vaso de agua I can't take any more, I need a glass of water;

¡ya no aguanto más, vámonos! I've had enough, let's go!

2. [resistir] to last;

estas botas aguantarán hasta al año que viene these boots should last me till next year;

aguantar hasta el final to stay the course o the distance;

a pesar de estar lesionado, aguantó hasta el final despite his injury, he carried on until the end

3. Taurom to stand firm

♦ See also the pronominal verb aguantarse

* * *

aguantar

I v/t

1 un peso bear, support

2 respiración hold

3 ( soportar) put up with;

no lo puedo aguantar I can’t stand o bear it

II v/i

:

no aguanto más I can’t take (it) any more, I can’t bear it any longer

* * *

aguantar vt

1) soportar: to bear, to tolerate, to withstand

2) : to hold

3)

aguantar las ganas : to resist an urge

no pude aguantar las ganas de reír: I couldn't keep myself from laughing

aguantar vi

: to hold out, to last

♦ See also the reflexive verb aguantarse

* * *

aguantar vb

1. (sufrir frases afirmativas) to put up with [pt. & pp. put]

no sé cómo aguanta a su marido I don't know how she puts up with her husband

2. (sufrir frases negativas) to stand [pt. & pp. stood]

no aguanto a gente como él I can't stand people like him

3. (peso) to take [pt. took; pp. taken]

la estantería no aguantó el peso de los libros the shelf couldn't take the weight of the books

4. (durar) to last

el coche tendrá que aguantar un año más the car will have to last another year

5. (esperar) to hold on [pt. & pp. held]

aguanta, que falta poco hold on, we're nearly there

6. (en la mano) to hold

¿me aguantas la carpeta un momento? can you hold my folder for a minute?

aguantar la respiración to hold your breath

aguantar las lágrimas to hold back your tears

Spanish-English dictionary > aguantar
11 control

m.

1 control (dominio).

bajo control under control

fuera de control out of control

perder el control to lose one's temper (perder la calma)

control de cambios (economics) exchange control

control de la natalidad birth control

2 examination, inspection.

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision

control antidoping dope o drugs test

control de calidad quality control

control de existencias stock control

control del tráfico aéreo (aviation) air traffic control

3 checkpoint.

control de pasaportes passport control

4 test (exam).

5 control (mando).

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

control remoto remote control

6 check, checking, test.

7 control knob, control, command.

8 restraint.

* * *

control

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) control

2 (comprobación) check

3 (sitio) checkpoint

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

bajo el control de under the supervision of

estar bajo control to be under control

estar fuera de control to be out of control

llevar el control to be in control

perder el control to lose control

control a distancia remote control

control de calidad quality control

control de natalidad birth control

control de pasaportes passport control

■ pasaron por el control de pasaportes they went through passport control

control de sí mismo self-control

control policial roadblock

* * *

noun m.

1) control

2) check

* * *

SM

1) (=dominio, vigilancia) control

nunca pierde el control — he never loses control

bajo control — under control

fuera de control — out of control

perder el control — to lose control (of o.s.)

hacerse con el control de algo — to take control o charge of sth

control de o sobre sí mismo — self-control

control armamentista — arms control

control de alquileres — rent control

control de calidad — quality control

control de cambio — exchange control

control de costos — cost control

control de créditos — credit control

control de existencias — stock control

control de la circulación — traffic control

control de la demanda — demand management

control de la natalidad — birth control

control del tráfico — traffic control

control de natalidad — birth control

control de precios — price control

control nuclear — nuclear inspection

control presupuestario — budget control

2) (=inspección) (Jur) inspection, check; (Com, Econ) audit, auditing

3) (=puesto) (tb: control de carretera) roadblock; (tb: control de frontera) frontier checkpoint

montar un control — to set up a roadblock

control de pasaportes — passport inspection

control policial en carretera — police roadblock

4) [de un aparato] control

control del volumen — volume control

control de tonalidad — tone control

control remoto — remote control

5) (=examen) (Educ) test

6) (Med) test

control antidopaje — drugs test, dope test

control antidoping — drug test, dope test

control de alcoholemia — Breathalyser ® test

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex. Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex. Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex. When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex. SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex. Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

Ex. If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.

Ex. The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex. Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex. Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex. Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex. The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex. The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex. It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex. Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex. What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex. The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex. Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex. The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex. The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

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* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

masculino

1) ( dominio) control

bajo control — under control

sin control — out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada — I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

tener control sobre uno mismo — to have self-control

hacerse con el control de algo — to gain control of something

- control de armamentos

- control de natalidad

- control demográfico

2) ( vigilancia)

lleva el control de los gastos — she keeps a check on the money that is spent

no hay ningún control en esta oficina — there's no one in charge in this office

- control de calidad

- control de existencias

- control de pasaportes

- control de precios

3) (en carretera, rally) checkpoint

4)

a) ( de aparato) control

el control del volumen — the volume control

b) controles masculino plural (Rad)

con Martín en los controles — with studio production by Martín

- control remoto

5)

a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up

•

- control antidoping

* * *

= check, control, grasp, hold, monitoring, regulation, supervision, toll, command, governance, mastery, checkpoint, grip, tracking, span of control, policing, tightening, rule, moderation, vetting.

Ex: Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

Ex: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.

Ex: When an item is in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain.

Ex: SLIS will, however, need to retain a firm hold on their traditional market whilst also meeting more specialised competition.

Ex: Automatic monitoring of activity on the computer system (i.e., logging transactions) was regarded as a powerful technique for evaluating user system interaction.

Ex: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.

Ex: The use of clear armoured glass walls gives excellent visual supervision in the Rare Book Room and in the Manuscript and Local History Reading Room.

Ex: Books are primarily repositories of ideas and information, for this reason most of them are used and a panoply of tolls are necessary in order to locate specific items.

Ex: Businesses are using all of the new communicating technological developments to increase their command over the information they need.

Ex: Public libraries specifically face enormous problems of funding and governance.

Ex: The library has proven to be an imperfect panacea, and the librarian has suffered a definite loss of mastery.

Ex: The article 'The information highway: on ramps, checkpoints, speed bumps and tollbooths' offers a comprehensive snapshot of the current policy and practices regarding the dissemination of government information in electronic form.

Ex: It is therefore often hard to escape the grip of the official phraseology for fear that, in doing so, the meaning of the material will be altered or lost.

Ex: Tracking of personal information attached to electronic text supplied by publishers is a potential violator of user privacy.

Ex: What is needed is for the director to broaden her span of control by eliminating the position of assistant director.

Ex: The article has the title ' Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex: Previous policies allowed professional interaction but recent tightening has made that more difficult.

Ex: The British in Malaya used education as a divisive factor to prolong their rule, while the Americans in the Philippines adopted a 'Philippines for the Filipinos' policy = Los británicos en Malaya usaron la educación como un factor divisorio para prolongar su dominio, mientras los americanos en las Filipinas adoptaron una política de "Las Filipinas para los filipinos".

Ex: The ETEL system guarantees relevance of the information through moderation by a newspaper editor.

Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.

* activar un mecanismo de control = set + control.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* bajo el control de = under the control of.

* bola para el control del cursor en pantalla = trackball.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* campaña de control de alcoholemia = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign.

* campo de control = control field.

* carácter de control = control character.

* centro de control = locus of control, mission control.

* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* código de control = processing code, control code.

* colección de control = test collection.

* con control atmosférico = atmospherically-controlled.

* conseguir el control = gain + control (over/of).

* control al azar = spot check.

* control antidopaje = drug testing.

* control antidoping = drug testing.

* control bibliográfico = bibliographic control, bibliographical control.

* control bibliográfico internacional = international bibliographical control.

* Control Bibliográfico Universal (UBC) = UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control).

* control de acceso = access control.

* control de adquisiciones = acquisition control.

* control de armas = arms control.

* control de armas de fuego = gun control.

* control de autoridades = authority control.

* control de calidad = quality assurance (QA), quality control.

* control de carretera = road check, roadside check, roadblock.

* control de circulación = circulation control.

* control de disturbios = riot control.

* control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* control de funcionamiento = benchmark.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de la natalidad = birth control.

* control del armamento = arms control.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* control de la temperatura = climatic control.

* control del estrés = stress management.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* control de los presupuestos = budgetary control.

* control del peso = weight control.

* control del poder = hold on power.

* control de masas = riot control, crowd control.

* control de materias = subject control.

* control de multitudes = crowd control.

* control de plagas = pest control.

* control de préstamo = circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* control de seguridad = security checkpoint.

* control de volumen = volume controller, volume control.

* control económico = fiscal control.

* controles de funcionamiento = benchmarking.

* controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.

* control férreo = iron-fisted grip, iron grip.

* control fronterizo = border control, border checkpoint.

* control mental = mind control.

* control paterno = parental control.

* control presupuestario = budgetary control.

* control remoto = remote control, remote controller.

* control remoto de llavero = key fob.

* control terminológico = terminology control.

* control total = stranglehold.

* dígito de control = check digit.

* dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.

* ejercer control = exert + control, wield + control.

* ejercer control sobre = exercise + control over, have + hold on.

* en control = controlling.

* endurecer el control = tighten (up) + control.

* estrechar el control = tighten + the grip.

* falta de control = dirty data.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fuera de control = out-of-control, haywire.

* fuera del control de = beyond the control of.

* fuera de + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* grupo de control = control group.

* hacerse con el control de = take over + control of, take + control of.

* ingeniería de control = control engineering.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lograr el control = gain + control (over/of).

* mantener bajo control = keep + a rein on.

* mantener control = hold + the reins of control.

* mantener el control = stay in + control.

* mantener un control férreo sobre = hold + an iron grip on.

* mecanismo de control = watchdog.

* medida de control = control measure.

* módulo de control de autoridades = authority control module.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control module.

* no perder el control = stay on top of, stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.

* número de control = control number.

* organismo de control = watchdog.

* palabra de control = control word.

* panel de control = control panel.

* perder control = lose + control (of).

* perder el control = slip beyond + the grasp of, lose + Posesivo + grip, run + amok, sweep + Nombre + off + Posesivo + feet, go to + pieces, go + wild.

* perder el control de Algo = get out of + hand.

* perder el control de la situación = things + get out of hand.

* puesto de control = checkpoint.

* que escapan a + Posesivo + control = beyond + Posesivo + control.

* reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.

* seguir con el control = stay in + control.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* sin control = uncontrolled.

* sistema de control = monitoring system, vetting system.

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* sobre para el control del préstamo = slip holder pocket.

* someter a control = place under + control.

* sujeto de control = control subject.

* tecla CONTROL = CONTROL key [CTRL key].

* tecla de control del movimiento horizontal = horizontal positioning key.

* tecla de control del movimiento vertical = vertical positioning key.

* tener Algo bajo el control de Uno = have + Nombre + at + Posesivo + command.

* tener control sobre = have + hold on.

* tomar el control = take + the helm.

* tomar el control de = take + control of.

* torno de control de entrada = turnstile.

* * *

control

masculine

A (dominio) control

la epidemia está bajo control the epidemic is under control

perdió el control del vehículo he lost control of the vehicle

el coche giró sin control the car spun, out of control

perdí el control y le di una bofetada I lost control (of myself) and slapped him

no tiene ningún control sobre sí mismo he has no self-control

se hizo con el control de la compañía he gained control of the company

Compuestos:

● control del pensamiento

thought control

● control presupuestario

budget o budgetary control

B

(vigilancia, fiscalización): lleva el control de los gastos she keeps tabs o a check on the money that is spent

Compuestos:

● control de armamentos

arms control

● control de calidad

quality control o check

● control de créditos

credit control

● control de (la) natalidad

birth control

● control de pasaportes

passport control

● control del tráfico or tránsito

traffic control

● control de sanidad

sanitary control

● control de seguridad

security check

C (en la carretera) checkpoint; (en un rally) checkpoint

D

1 (de un aparato) control

el control del volumen/brillo the volume/brightness control

2 controles mpl ( Rad):

con Martín en los controles with studio production by Martín

Compuesto:

control remoto

remote control

funciona a or por control remoto it works by remote control

E

1 ( Educ) test

2 ( Med) check-up

Compuesto:

control antidopaje or antidoping

dope test, drug test

* * *

control sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) control;
◊ bajo control under control;

sin control out of control;
perdí el control I lost control (of myself);
hacerse con el control de algo to gain control of sth;
lleva el control de los gastos she keeps a check on the money that is spent;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
control de calidad quality control o check;
control de pasaportes passport control;
control remoto remote control
2 (en carretera, rally) checkpoint
3
a) (Educ) test

b) (Med) check-up;

◊ control antidoping dope test, drug test

control sustantivo masculino
1 (dominio) control: está todo bajo control, everything is under control
2 Educ test
3 (inspección) check
control de calidad, quality control
4 (de Policía, militar) checkpoint, roadblock
5 control remoto, remote control
' control' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- adueñarse
- ajena
- ajeno
- angular
- autocontrol
- contención
- controlar
- controlarse
- cuadro
- descontrol
- descontrolarse
- desenfreno
- disciplina
- dominar
- dominación
- dominarse
- dominio
- dueña
- dueño
- encima
- fraude
- mando
- moderarse
- órbita
- palanca
- papel
- planificación
- potingue
- pública
- público
- regular
- regulación
- reportarse
- reprimirse
- reprivatizar
- resbalar
- retener
- rienda
- señorío
- sofocar
- teleguiada
- teleguiado
- telemando
- tenerse
- torre
- ala
- anticoncepción
- apoderarse
English:
air traffic control
- arms control
- beyond
- birth control
- check
- checkpoint
- control
- equity
- fiendish
- freak out
- gain
- grip
- hand
- hit
- hold
- knob
- over
- override
- panel
- passport control
- pest control
- piece
- quality control
- rein
- remote control
- resume
- roadblock
- rule
- runaway
- self-control
- speed trap
- take over
- tight
- tighten
- tighten up
- time clock
- time-keeping
- traffic control
- unionist
- volume control
- watchdog
- wild
- air
- birth
- boil
- break
- compose
- curb
- discipline
- dual

* * *

control nm

1. [dominio] control;

bajo control under control;

fuera de control out of control;

perder el control [de vehículo] to lose control;
[perder la calma] to lose one's temper;
bebe/fuma sin control he drinks/smokes an enormous amount

Comp
Econ control de cambios exchange control; Econ control de costos o Esp costes cost control; Fin control crediticio credit control; Fin control de crédito credit control; Econ control de gestión management control;
control de (la) natalidad birth control;
Econ control de precios price control
2. [comprobación, verificación] examination, inspection;

todos los productos pasan un riguroso control all the products are rigorously inspected o examined;

(bajo) control médico (under) medical supervision;

él se encarga del control del gasto he is the person in charge of controlling expenditure;

efectúan un control continuo de su tensión his blood pressure is being continuously monitored

Comp
Informát control de acceso access control;
el control de acceso al edificio the system controlling access to the building;

control de alcoholemia breath test, Br Breathalyser® o US Breathalyzer® test;

control antidoping drugs test;

control de armamento arms control;

control de calidad quality control;
Com control de existencias stock control;
control financiero financial control;
Av control de tierra ground control;
control del tráfico aéreo air-traffic control

3. [vigilancia] examination;

un edificio sometido a un fuerte control a building with very heavy security

4. [de policía] checkpoint;
[en rally] checkpoint
Comp
control de pasaportes passport control;
control de velocidad por radar radar speed trap

5. [examen] test, US quiz

6. Dep [del balón] control;

tiene un buen control he's got good control

7. [mando] control;

el control del encendido/apagado the on/off switch

Comp
control remoto remote control;
activar algo por control remoto to activate sth by remote control

8. Rad
en los controles estuvo Sandra the show was produced by Sandra

* * *

control

m

1 control;

perder el control lose control;

tenerlo todo bajo control have everything under control

2 ( inspección) check

* * *

control nm

1) : control

2) : inspection, check

3) : checkpoint, roadblock

* * *

control n

1. (en general) control

perdió el control del coche he lost control of the car

control de pasaportes passport control

2. (examen) check

control de seguridad security check

llevar el control de algo to run something [pt. ran; pp. run]

control de natalidad birth control

control policial police checkpoint

Spanish-English dictionary > control
12 vertiginoso

adj.

1 vertiginous, reeling, dizzying, giddy.

2 dizzy.

3 vertiginous, very fast.

* * *

vertiginoso

► adjetivo

1 dizzy, giddy

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a velocidad vertiginosa figurado at breakneck speed

* * *

ADJ

1) (=que causa vértigo) giddy, dizzy, vertiginous frm

2) [velocidad] dizzy, excessive; [alza] very rapid

* * *

- sa adjetivo < velocidad> dizzy, giddy, vertiginous (frml)

una vertiginosa caída del dólar — a dramatic o vertiginous fall in the value of the dollar

* * *

= exponential, staggering, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], dizzying, fast-paced [fast paced], galloping, fast-moving, heady [headier -comp., headiest -sup.], giddy [giddier -comp., giddiest -sup.], fast and furious.

Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.

Ex. It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.

Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.

Ex. Unfortunately, the dizzying array of computing and networking environments often frustrates end users' attempts to navigate the Internet = Desafortunadamente, con frecuencia la variedad tan desconcertante de entornos informáticos y de redes frusta los intentos de los usuarios finales de navegar por la red.

Ex. Access to current, reliable quality news is an important need in the fast-paced environment of all large corporations and service organisations.

Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..

Ex. I have also taken the opportunity to up-date every chapter of the book so as to help the reader keep track of this fast-moving technology.

Ex. The heady integration scenario is that given a seemingly simple query the system would automatically expand the search beyond the capabilities of an inexperienced user.

Ex. After rising to giddy heights, share prices of Internet companies have dropped.

Ex. The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.

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* ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* aumento vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.

* crecimiento vertiginoso = exponential growth.

* crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, el = information explosion, the.

* Nombre + vertiginoso = exponential rate of + Nombre.

* ritmo vertiginoso = blistering pace.

* subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* * *

- sa adjetivo < velocidad> dizzy, giddy, vertiginous (frml)

una vertiginosa caída del dólar — a dramatic o vertiginous fall in the value of the dollar

* * *

= exponential, staggering, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], dizzying, fast-paced [fast paced], galloping, fast-moving, heady [headier -comp., headiest -sup.], giddy [giddier -comp., giddiest -sup.], fast and furious.

Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.

Ex: It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.

Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.

Ex: Unfortunately, the dizzying array of computing and networking environments often frustrates end users' attempts to navigate the Internet = Desafortunadamente, con frecuencia la variedad tan desconcertante de entornos informáticos y de redes frusta los intentos de los usuarios finales de navegar por la red.

Ex: Access to current, reliable quality news is an important need in the fast-paced environment of all large corporations and service organisations.

Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..

Ex: I have also taken the opportunity to up-date every chapter of the book so as to help the reader keep track of this fast-moving technology.

Ex: The heady integration scenario is that given a seemingly simple query the system would automatically expand the search beyond the capabilities of an inexperienced user.

Ex: After rising to giddy heights, share prices of Internet companies have dropped.

Ex: The pace was fast and furious and the noise was non-stop.

* ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* aumento vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.

* crecimiento vertiginoso = exponential growth.

* crecimiento vertiginoso de la información, el = information explosion, the.

* Nombre + vertiginoso = exponential rate of + Nombre.

* ritmo vertiginoso = blistering pace.

* subida vertiginosa = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* * *

vertiginoso -sa

adjective

‹velocidad› dizzy, giddy, vertiginous ( frml)

una vertiginosa caída del dólar a dramatic o vertiginous fall in the value of the dollar

* * *

vertiginoso
◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ velocidad› dizzy, giddy, vertiginous (frml)

vertiginoso,-a adjetivo vertiginous, giddy, dizzy

' vertiginoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ritmo
- vertiginosa
English:
dizzy
- furious
- soar

* * *

vertiginoso, -a adj
[aumento, desarrollo] dramatic, spectacular; [velocidad] dizzying;
la historia se desarrolla a un ritmo vertiginoso the story develops at a frenetic pace;

la caída del líder fue vertiginoso the leader's fall from power was spectacularly abrupt

* * *

vertiginoso

adj

1 dizzy

2 ( rápido) frantic

* * *

vertiginoso, -sa adj

: vertiginous

♦ vertiginosamente adv

Spanish-English dictionary > vertiginoso
13 área

f.

1 area, surface, surface area.

2 domain, area, field, realm.

3 place, locality, region, area.

4 area, room, space.

* * *

área

(Takes el in sing)

► nombre femenino

1 (zona) area, zone

2 (medida) are

3 (superficie) area

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

área de castigo DEPORTE penalty area

área de gol DEPORTE goal area

área de servicio (en autopista) service area

* * *

noun f.

area

* * *

SF

1) (=zona, superficie) area

área de castigo — (Dep) penalty area

área de descanso — (Aut) rest area

área de gol, área de meta — goal area

área de penalty — (Dep) penalty area

área de servicio — (Aut) service area

2) (Inform)

área de excedentes — overflow area

3) (=campo)

en el área de los impuestos — in the field of taxation

4) (=medida) area ( 100 square metres)

5)

área metropolitana — metropolitan area, urban district

área verde — Caribe green area, park area

* * *

femenino‡ area

- área chica or pequeña

- área de castigo

- área de reposo

- área de servicio

- área metropolitana

* * *

= area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.

Ex. The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex. An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.

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

Ex. Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex. I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.

Ex. The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.

Ex. But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.

Ex. The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.

Ex. The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.

Ex. Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex. Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.

Ex. The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.

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* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* área chica, el = six-yard box, the.

* área clave = key area.

* área de acción = remit.

* área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.

* área de aplicación comercial = niche.

* área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.

* área de comunicación = communications area.

* área de conocimiento = area of study.

* área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.

* área de descripción = area of description.

* área de descripción física = physical description area.

* área de edición = edition area.

* área de ejemplar = copy area.

* área de encabezamiento = header area.

* área de especialización = niche, area of competence.

* área de estudio = study area, study area.

* área de formación = teaching unit.

* área de influencia = remit.

* área de información = communications area.

* área de interés = field of interest.

* área de la biblioteconomía = library field.

* área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.

* área de lectura = reading floor.

* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.

* área de notas = note area.

* área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.

* área de préstamo = checkout area.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* área de serie = series area, series statement area.

* área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.

* área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.

* área en desarrollo = growth area.

* área específica = niche.

* área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).

* área geográfica = geographical area.

* área marginada = deprived area.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.

* área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.

* área rural = rural region.

* área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.

* area temática específica = narrow subject area.

* área urbana = urban area.

* área útil = floor area, floor space.

* bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.

* conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.

* empleado de línea aérea = airline official.

* en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.

* en las áreas de = in the areas of.

* especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.

* examen de área = area scanning.

* particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].

* trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

* * *

femenino‡ area

- área chica or pequeña

- área de castigo

- área de reposo

- área de servicio

- área metropolitana

* * *

= area, area, field, front, sphere, domain, zone, bit, radius, area, programme area, service area.

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

Ex: An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.

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

Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex: I am not convinced that people become connoisseurs -- experts: educated and discriminating people in any sphere -- from limited knowledge and experience, no matter how rich in quality.

Ex: The CRONOS data bank includes a FISH domain, with data on catches and fleet statistics, and the COMEXT data bank covers the external trade statistics of fisheries.

Ex: But now the traditional industrial zone is declining and a new 'technopolis' is proposed for the area.

Ex: The assistant in charge of a section will see that their bit is kept tidy and will keep an eye open for thieves.

Ex: The fact that the library can only attract people within a relatively small radius means that it has no alternative but to serve whoever lives -- or works -- in that radius.

Ex: Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex: Now that financial stringencies were the order of the day, libraries had to compete with the more pressing needs of other programme areas, like education, social services, and housing, for dwindling resources.

Ex: The study examined the relative use of different service areas of the library = El estudio analizó al uso relativo de las diferentes zonas de la biblioteca.

* análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.

* área chica, el = six-yard box, the.

* área clave = key area.

* área de acción = remit.

* área de actuación = area for action, area of policy, policy area.

* área de aplicación comercial = niche.

* área de aterrizaje = landing site, landing area.

* área de comunicación = communications area.

* área de conocimiento = area of study.

* área de conservación del patrimonio = heritage field.

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* área de descanso = rest area, rest stop, lay-by.

* área de descripción = area of description.

* área de descripción física = physical description area.

* área de edición = edition area.

* área de ejemplar = copy area.

* área de encabezamiento = header area.

* área de especialización = niche, area of competence.

* área de estudio = study area, study area.

* área de formación = teaching unit.

* área de influencia = remit.

* área de información = communications area.

* área de interés = field of interest.

* área de la biblioteconomía = library field.

* área del conocimiento = area of knowledge, discipline, subject field, field of activity, knowledge domain, discipline of knowledge.

* área de lectura = reading floor.

* área del número normalizado y de las condiciones de adquisición = International Standard Book Number and terms of availability area, standard number and terms of availability area.

* área de notas = note area.

* área de numeración de la ficha = card counter area.

* área de préstamo = checkout area.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* área de serie = series area, series statement area.

* área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.

* área de título y de mención de responsabilidad = title and statement of responsibility area.

* área en desarrollo = growth area.

* área específica = niche.

* área flotante del programa = transient program area (TPA).

* área geográfica = geographical area.

* área marginada = deprived area.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* área metropolitana = metropolitan area, metro area.

* área metropolitana de Londres, el = Greater London.

* área rural = rural region.

* área temática = subject area, subject field, topic area.

* area temática específica = narrow subject area.

* área urbana = urban area.

* área útil = floor area, floor space.

* bibliógrafo especializado en un área temática = area bibliographer.

* conocimiento de un área temática = area knowledge.

* empleado de línea aérea = airline official.

* en el área de + Lugar = Lugar + area.

* en las áreas de = in the areas of.

* especializado en un área temática = domain-specific.

* examen de área = area scanning.

* particular a un área = localised [localized, -USA].

* trabajador en el área de cultura = cultural worker.

* WAN (red de área amplia) = WAN (wide area network).

* * *

área

f‡

A

1 ( Mat) area

2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (medida agraria) area, square dekameter* ( 100m².)

B

1 (zona) area

las áreas más afectadas por las inundaciones the areas worst affected by the flooding

2 (campo, ámbito) area

un área de las ciencias donde ha habido poca investigación an area of science where little research has been carried out

3 ( Dep) tb

área de castigo or penalty penalty area

Compuestos:

● área chica

goal area

● área de reposo

rest area o stop ( AmE), lay-by ( BrE)

● área de servicio

service area, services (pl)

● área grande

penalty area

● área metropolitana

metropolitan area, city

● área pequeña

goal area

● área única de pagos en Europa

Single Euro Payments Area

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área feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
area;
área chica or pequeña goal area;
◊ área de castigo penalty area;

área de servicio service area, services (pl)
área sustantivo femenino
1 (espacio delimitado) area
área de servicio, service area
2 (medida de superficie) hundred square metres
3 (deportes) la falta se produjo dentro del área, the foul was committed inside the penalty area

' área' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alrededor
- anticiclón
- antinuclear
- arrabal
- arrasar
- barriada
- barrio
- borrasca
- cabaña
- capítulo
- castigo
- circunscribirse
- comisionada
- comisionado
- concurrida
- concurrido
- construcción
- cuenca
- deprimida
- deprimido
- desarrollo
- expandir
- expolio
- extensión
- franca
- franco
- francófona
- francófono
- huerta
- inmediaciones
- interfluvio
- latitud
- milimétrica
- milimétrico
- órbita
- parcela
- poblada
- poblado
- polígono
- prefijo
- propia
- propio
- radio
- rellano
- sector
- superficie
- tendedero
- trascender
- triangular
- vasta
English:
area
- area code
- belt
- danger area
- demonstrate
- disaster area
- enter
- extent
- grey area
- industrial area
- lay-by
- mark out
- metropolitan
- penalty area
- penalty box
- province
- restricted
- service area
- unemployment
- well-known
- bay
- brief
- built
- canvass
- catchment area
- center
- central
- comb
- constituency
- country
- cover
- depot
- depressed
- develop
- development
- diverse
- division
- enclose
- enlarge
- extensive
- field
- fringe
- incoming
- living
- moor
- narrow
- neighborhood
- nice
- out
- over

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área nf Takes the masculine articles el and un.

1. [zona] area

Comp
área de descanso [en carretera] Br lay-by, US rest area; Econ área (del) euro Euro zone; Econ área de libre comercio free trade area;
área metropolitana metropolitan area;

área protegida protected area;

área de servicio [en carretera] service area

2. [ámbito] area;

la investigación en áreas como la inteligencia artificial research in areas such as artificial intelligence;

una carrera del área de Ciencias a university course in a science subject;

el responsable del área económica del partido the person in charge of the party's economic policy

3. [medida] are, = 100 square metres

4. Geom [superficie] area

5. Dep
área (de penalty o [m5] castigo) (penalty) area

Comp
área grande eighteen-yard box, penalty area;
área pequeña six-yard box

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área

f area;

área de influencia area of influence

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área nf

: area

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área n

1. (en general) area

el área mediterránea the Mediterranean area

el área de un rectángulo the area of a rectangle

2. (en fútbol) penalty area

Spanish-English dictionary > área
14 contener

v.

1 to contain.

no contiene CFC does not contain CFCs (en etiqueta)

¿qué contiene esa maleta? what's in this suitcase?

Ese estudio contiene mucha información That study contains a lot of info.

Esa bolsa contiene melocotones That bag contains peaches.

2 to restrain, to hold back.

tuvieron que contenerlo para que no agrediera al fotógrafo he had to be restrained from attacking the photographer

no pudo contener la risa/el llanto he couldn't help laughing/crying

Pedro contiene su ira Peter holds back his anger.

3 to stanch, to stop, to staunch.

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contener

Conjugation model [ TENER], like link=tener tener

► verbo transitivo

1 (incluir) to contain, hold

■ este paquete contiene treinta galletas this packet contains thirty biscuits

2 (detener) to hold back, restrain

■ la presa contiene el cauce del río the dam holds back the flow of the river

3 (reprimir) to restrain, hold back, contain; (respiración) to hold

■ contuvo su alegría he held back his joy

■ contuve mis lágrimas I held back the tears

► verbo pronominal contenerse

1 to control oneself, contain oneself, keep a hold on oneself

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verb

1) to contain

2) hold

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- contenerse

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1. VT

1) (=incluir) to contain

el maletín contenía explosivos — the suitcase contained explosives

el libro contenía un capítulo dedicado a su vida — the book contained a chapter on her life

no contiene alcohol — alcohol-free, does not contain alcohol

2) (=frenar) [+ gente, muchedumbre] to contain, hold back; [+ revuelta, epidemia, infección] to contain; [+ invasión, lágrimas, emoción] to contain, hold back; [+ aliento, respiración] to hold; [+ hemorragia] to stop; [+ bostezo] to stifle; [+ inflación] to check, curb; [+ precios, déficit, consumo] to keep down

para contener la tendencia al alza de los precios — to check the tendency for prices to rise

no pude contener la risa — I couldn't help laughing

3) Cono Sur (=significar) to mean

2.

See:

contenerse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) recipiente/producto/libro to contain

2) (parar, controlar) <infección/epidemia> to contain; < tendencia> to curb; < movimiento político> to keep...in check; < respiración> to hold; <risa/lágrimas> to contain (frml), to hold back; <invasión/revuelta> to contain

dejó estallar toda su furia contenida — he let out all his pent up o bottled up anger
2.
contenerse v pron (refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo — I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) recipiente/producto/libro to contain

2) (parar, controlar) <infección/epidemia> to contain; < tendencia> to curb; < movimiento político> to keep...in check; < respiración> to hold; <risa/lágrimas> to contain (frml), to hold back; <invasión/revuelta> to contain

dejó estallar toda su furia contenida — he let out all his pent up o bottled up anger
2.
contenerse v pron (refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar — I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo — I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

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contener¹

¹ = bear, contain, contain in, enclose, gather, hold, host, include, possess, carry, be stocked with, harbour [harbor, -USA], offer, provide.

Ex: Use a uniform title for an entry if the item bears a title proper that differs from the uniform title.

Ex: The label contains information about the record, indicating, for instance, its length, status, for example, new, amended, type and class.

Ex: A printed index is a pointer, or indicator, or more fully, a systematic guide to the items contained in, or concepts derived from a collection.

Ex: The building encloses an art gallery, tourist office, conference room, concert hall and cinema.

Ex: A bibliography is a list of materials or items which is restricted in its coverage by some feature other than the materials being gathered in one library collection.

Ex: If the search is made with a call number, a summary of copies with that call number which are held by the library is first displayed.

Ex: Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.

Ex: Document descriptions may be included in catalogues, bibliographies and other listings of documents.

Ex: Not every index necessarily exhibits all the features of either of these types of indexing systems, and indeed, some will possess elements of both types of systems.

Ex: Europe Environment carries useful reports on the activities of the lobby groups in the environmental, consumer protection and research fields.

Ex: The paperback shelves in many retail outlets are stocked with books which, in spite of their print-runs, may or may not be a financial success.

Ex: When the reference collection fails or the question is broad in nature, the stacks may harbor exactly what is wanted.

Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.

Ex: To start with, most catalogues, indexes, data bases and bibliographies provide access to information or documents.

* contener en abundancia = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.

* contener hiperenlaces = hotlink [hot-link].

* contener información = carry + information.

* contener mucho = be high in.

contener²

² = staunch [stanch, -USA], dam (up), smother, keep at + bay, hold + the line, repress, force back, bottle up, hold at + bay, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: Some notable progress is being made worldwide in staunching publishers' losses.

Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.

Ex: Smothering an excusable curse, Modjeski asked: 'How much longer is Wade likely to be out?'.

Ex: A new approach is needed to maintain the freshness, vitality and humour that will keep at bay the dryer mode of academic examination.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: Friends of Cuban Libraries draw attention to the extent to which intellectual freedom is being repressed in Cuba.

Ex: Then tears began to well in her eyes and the trembling of her breath showed that she was forcing back a lump in her throat.

Ex: Instead of showing her anger towards her parents, Jamie continued to keep her feelings bottled up inside of her.

Ex: A man died early today after holding deputies at bay for three hours, then shooting himself.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* contener Algo = keep + Nombre + in check.

* contener el aliento = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* contener la respiración = hold + Posesivo + breath.

* contener las lágrimas = hold back + Posesivo + tears.

* contener los gastos = contain + costs.

* contenerse = hold back on, forbear, check + Reflexivo.

* sin poder contenerse = helplessly.

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contener [ E27 ]

vt

A «recipiente/producto/mezcla» to contain

la carta contenía acusaciones muy serias the letter contained some very serious accusations

[ S ] contiene lanolina contains lanolin

B (parar, controlar) ‹infección/epidemia› to contain; ‹respiración› to hold; ‹risa/lágrimas› to contain ( frml), to hold back; ‹invasión/revuelta› to contain

la policía intentaba contener a la gente the police tried to hold back o contain o restrain the crowd

dejó estallar aquella furia contenida he let out all that pent up o bottled up rage

■ contenerse

v pron

( refl) to contain oneself

no me pude contener y me eché a llorar I couldn't contain myself and I burst into tears

tuve que contenerme para no insultarlo it was all I could do not to insult him, I had to control myself to stop myself insulting him

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contener ( conjugate contener) verbo transitivo
a) [recipiente/producto/libro] to contain

b) (parar, controlar) ‹infección/epidemia› to contain;

‹ tendencia› to curb;
‹ respiración› to hold;
‹risa/lágrimas› to contain (frml), to hold back;
‹invasión/revuelta› to contain
contenerse verbo pronominal ( refl) to contain oneself;
◊ no se pudo contener más he could contain himself no longer

contener verbo transitivo
1 to contain: ¿qué contiene esa caja?, what does that box contain?
2 (refrenar una pasión) to hold back, restrain: ¡contén tus ansias de vengarte!, restrain your desire for revenge!

' contener' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguantarse
- albergar
- contenerse
- dominar
- frenar
- incluir
- resistir
- respiración
- tener
- aguantar
- comprender
English:
accommodate
- breath
- check
- choke back
- contain
- curb
- dam up
- face
- hold
- hold back
- repress
- restrain
- stem
- straight
- suppress
- fight
- keep
- stifle

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contener

♦ vt

1. [encerrar] to contain;

¿qué contiene esa maleta? what's in this suitcase?;

la novela contiene elementos diversos the novel has many different aspects;

no contiene CFC [en etiqueta] does not contain CFCs

2. [detener, reprimir] [epidemia] to contain;
[respiración] to hold; [conflicto, crisis] to contain; [éxodo] to contain, to stem; [inflación, salarios] to keep down;
no pudo contener la risa/el llanto he couldn't help laughing/crying;

tuvieron que contenerlo para que no agrediera al fotógrafo he had to be restrained from attacking the photographer

♦ See also the pronominal verb contenerse

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contener

v/t

1 contain

2 respiración hold; muchedumbre hold back

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contener {80} vt

1) : to contain, to hold

2) atajar: to restrain, to hold back

♦ See also the reflexive verb contenerse

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contener vb

1. (tener) to contain

el libro contiene muchas ilustraciones the book contains a lot of illustrations

2. (aguantar) to hold back [pt. & pp. held]

no pudo contener las lágrimas she couldn't hold back her tears

Spanish-English dictionary > contener
15 spesa

f expense

fare la spesa do the shopping

fare spese go shopping

spese pl di produzione production costs

spese pl di pubblicità advertising costs

spese pl vive incidental expenses

a proprie spese at one's own expense

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spesa s.f.

1 expense, expenditure; spending; ( costo) cost, outlay; charge, fee: spese di manutenzione, maintenance charges (o upkeep expenses); spese di riparazione, cost of repairs; spese di viaggio, travelling expenses; spese domestiche, household expenses; spese minute, petty expenses; spese vive, out-of-pocket expenses; spese scolastiche, school fees; ci fu una spesa di 25.000 euro per le nuove attrezzature, there was an expenditure (o outlay) of 25,000 euros on (o for) new fittings; sta facendo grandi spese, he is spending a lot of money; far fronte a una spesa, to meet an expense; sostenere le spese di qlco., to bear the cost of (o to pay for) sthg.; far sostenere spese a qlcu., to put s.o. to expense; coprire le spese, to cover the cost; ridurre le spese, to cut down one's expenses // a proprie spese, at one's own expense, (fig.) to one's cost; imparare a proprie spese, to learn at one's cost; a spese altrui, (anche fig.) at other people's expense; non badare a spese, to spare no expense: non bada a spese, he spares no expense (o money is no object for him) // fare le spese di qlco., (fig.) to pay for sthg. // essere di poca spesa, (fig.) to be undemanding // stare sulla spesa, to support (o to keep) oneself // (amm.): spese di bollo, stamp dues; spese di registro, registration dues; spese fisse, standing expenses; spese generali, overheads (o overhead expenses); spese ordinarie, ordinary charges (o recurring expenses); spese straordinarie, supplementari, addizionali, extra (o additional) expenses (o costs o charges); spese varie, sundry expenses (o charges); spese amministrative, administrative expenses; a spese pubbliche, at public expense // (econ.): spese correnti, current (o running) expenses; spese di fabbricazione, manufacturing costs; spese di produzione, production expenses (o expenses of production); spese di gestione, di esercizio, operating (o running) costs; spese di manodopera, labour costs; spese fisse, fixed charges; spesa in conto capitale, capital expenditure (o spending); spesa per consumi, consumer expenditure; spesa per investimenti, investment outlays; spese previste dal budget, budgetary expenditure; incorrere in grandi spese, to incur great expenses; spesa nazionale lorda, gross national expenditure; spesa di avviamento, start-up costs (o organization expenses); spesa pubblica, public (o government) expenditure; spesa pubblica in disavanzo, deficit spending // (comm.): spese assegnate, charges forward; spese di trasporto, freightage (o carriage o transport charges); spesa di trasferta, travelling expenses; spese d'incasso, collection expenses; spese promozionali, promotion expenses; comprese le spese, charges included (o inclusive of charges); escluse le spese, charges excluded (o exclusive of charges) // (fin.): spese di emissione, issue (o floatation) costs; spese iniziali a carico di sottoscrittori di fondi, front and fees // (dir.): con spese, with charges; senza spese, without charges // (mar.): spese di sbarco, landing charges; spese di stivaggio, stowage; spese portuali, port charges

2 ( acquisto) buy; purchase: questo mobile è stato una bella spesa, this piece of furniture was a good buy

3 ( compera) shopping: la lista della spesa, the shopping list; la borsa della spesa, shopping bag; fare la spesa, to do the shopping; faccio la spesa nei negozi vicino a casa, I do the shopping in the shops near home; andare a fare spese, to go shopping.

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['spesa]
1. sf

1) (soldi spesi) expense, (uscita) outlay, expenditure, (costo) cost

una grossa spesa — a big expense

la spesa è di 200 euro — it will cost 200 euros

con la modica spesa di 1000 euro — for the modest sum o outlay of 1,000 euros

ridurre le spese — (gen) to cut down (on spending), Comm to reduce expenditure

a spese della ditta — at the firm's expense

sono andata a Parigi a spese della ditta — I went to Paris at the company's expense

le spese ti verranno rimborsate — your expenses will be reimbursed

a mie spese fig — at my expense

fare le spese di qc fig — to pay the price for sth

2) (acquisto) buy, purchase, (fam : compere) shopping no pl

fare la spesa — to do the shopping

fare (delle) spese — to go shopping

adoro fare spese — I love shopping

2.

- spesa pubblica

- spese in conto capitale

- spese fisse

- spese generali

- spese di gestione

- spese d'impianto

- spese legali

- spese di manutenzione

- spese postali

- spese di trasporto

- spese straordinarie

- spese di viaggio

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['spesa]
sostantivo femminile

1) (costo) expenditure, expense, cost, spending U

-e per l'elettricità, il telefono — electricity, telephone charges

- e per l'istruzione, la difesa — expenditure o spending on education, defence

-e di trasporto, di manodopera — transport, labour costs

dividere, tagliare le -e — to share the costs, to cut costs

sostenere forti -e — to incur heavy costs

non badare a -e — to spare no expense

2) (compere) shopping U

lista, borsa della spesa — shopping list, bag

fare la spesa — to do the o some shopping

andare a fare la spesa — to go shopping o to the shops

3) (acquisto)

questa gonna è stata una buona spesa — this skirt was a good buy

4) a spese di

a -e dello stato o della comunità at public expense; la trasferta è a -e della società business travel is chargeable to the company; vivere a -e di qcn. — to live off sb

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spesa pubblica — public expenditure o spending, government spending

- e bancarie — bank charges

- e correnti — current expenditure, running expenses

- e doganali — customs expenses o charges

- e fisse — standing charge

spesa processuali — dir. (legal) costs

- e sociali — welfare spending

- e di spedizione — forwarding o shipping charges, postage

- e straordinarie — nonrecurring expenses

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imparare qcs. a proprie -e — to learn sth. the hard way o at one's own expense o at one's cost

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spesa

/'spesa/

sostantivo f.

1 (costo) expenditure, expense, cost, spending U; -e per l'elettricità, il telefono electricity, telephone charges; - e per l'istruzione, la difesa expenditure o spending on education, defence; -e di trasporto, di manodopera transport, labour costs; dividere, tagliare le -e to share the costs, to cut costs; sostenere forti -e to incur heavy costs; non badare a -e to spare no expense

2 (compere) shopping U; lista, borsa della spesa shopping list, bag; fare la spesa to do the o some shopping; andare a fare la spesa to go shopping o to the shops

3 (acquisto) questa gonna è stata una buona spesa this skirt was a good buy

4 a spese di a -e dello stato o della comunità at public expense; la trasferta è a -e della società business travel is chargeable to the company; vivere a -e di qcn. to live off sb.

IDIOMS

imparare qcs. a proprie -e to learn sth. the hard way o at one's own expense o at one's cost

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COMPOUNDS

spesa pubblica public expenditure o spending, government spending; - e bancarie bank charges; - e correnti current expenditure, running expenses; - e doganali customs expenses o charges; - e fisse standing charge; spesa processuali dir. (legal) costs; - e sociali welfare spending; - e di spedizione forwarding o shipping charges, postage; - e straordinarie nonrecurring expenses.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > spesa
16 asunto

m.

1 matter.

necesitamos hablar de un asunto importante we need to talk about an important matter

anda metido en un asunto turbio he's mixed up o involved in a dodgy affair

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

el asunto es que… the thing is that…

¡…y asunto concluido! and that's that!

asuntos exteriores (politics) foreign affairs

asuntos a tratar agenda

2 theme.

3 affair (romance).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asuntar.

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asunto

► nombre masculino

1 (cuestión) matter, issue; (tema) subject; (de obra) theme

■ no quiero hablar del asunto I don't want to discuss the matter

2 (negocio) affair, business

■ no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

3 (aventura) affair, love affair

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FRASEOLOGÍA

asuntos a tratar agenda sing

asuntos exteriores PLÍTICA Foreign Affairs

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noun m.

affair, business, issue, matter

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SM

1) (=cuestión) matter

un asunto familiar grave — an urgent family matter

vine a discutir unos asuntos — I came to discuss several matters o issues

no sé nada de ese asunto — I don't know anything about it o the matter

el asunto de los impuestos divide al gobierno — the government is divided on the matter o question o issue of taxes

hemos tratado el asunto de nuestro divorcio — we've talked about the subject of our divorce

asuntos a tratar — agenda

no te metas en mis asuntos — mind your own business

¡esto es asunto mío! — that's my business o affair!

¡asunto concluido! — that's an end to the matter!

- me ha llamado el jefe a su despacho -mal asunto — "the boss has called me to his office" - "doesn't look good"

ir al asunto — to get down to business

el asunto es que... — the thing is (that)...

asunto de honor — question of honour o (EEUU) honor

2) (Jur) case

estuvo implicado en un asunto de desfalco — he was involved in a case of embezzlement

3) (Pol)

el asunto Rumasa — the Rumasa affair

Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores — Foreign Ministry, Foreign Office, State Department (EEUU)

asuntos exteriores — foreign affairs

4) (=aventura amorosa) affair

es asunto de faldas — there's a woman involved in this somewhere along the line

asunto de alcoba — bedroom intrigue

5) Cono Sur

¿a asunto de qué lo hiciste? — why did you do it?

6) Caribe

poner asunto — to pay attention

7) (Literat) † (=tema) subject

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masculino

a) (cuestión, problema) matter

un asunto muy delicado — a very delicate matter o issue

se pelearon por el asunto de la herencia — they fell out over the inheritance

está implicado en un asunto de drogas — he's mixed up in something to do with drugs

asuntos de negocios — business matters

no es asunto tuyo — it's none of your business

y asunto concluido: te he dicho que no y asunto concluido I've said no and that's that; te quedarás en casa y asunto concluido — you're staying at home and that's all there is to it

b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

tuvo un asuntillo con la secretaria — he had a brief fling with his secretary

c) (CS fam) (razón, sentido)

¿a asunto de qué se lo dijiste? — what did you go and tell him for? (colloq), why on earth did you tell him? (colloq)

¿a asunto de qué voy a ir? — what on earth's the point of my going? (colloq)

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= affair, issue, matter, topic, subject matter, business [businesses, -pl.], question, concern, subject line.

Nota: Aplicado al correo electrónico.

Ex. And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.

Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex. The librarian generally looks at the book's title, subtitle, preface, contents list, etc, in order to determine the subject matter.

Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.

Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.

Ex. Over 35% of SPAM is detected from an email's subject line.

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* abordar una mínima parte del asunto = touch + the tip of the iceberg.

* aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.

* arreglar + Posesivo + asuntos = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* asunto candente = burning issue, burning question, hot potato, hot topic, hot issue.

* asunto de actualidad = current issue.

* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* asunto de trascendencia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto familiar = family affair.

* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.

* asunto laboral = work-related issue.

* asunto pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto pendiente, asunto sin resolver, cabo suelto, asignatura pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto personal = personal issue.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* asuntos = matters.

* asuntos académicos = academic affairs.

* asuntos cotidianos = everyday matters.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* asuntos exteriores = foreign affairs.

* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* asunto sin resolver = unfinished business, unresolved matter.

* asuntos internacionales = global affairs, world affairs.

* asuntos internos = Minister of Internal Affairs, internal affairs.

* asunto sin trascendencia = matter of no consequence.

* asuntos pendientes = unfinished business.

* asuntos propios = personal business.

* asuntos públicos = public affairs.

* cambiando de asunto = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* darle vueltas a un asunto = chew + the cud.

* delegar un asunto = delegate + matter.

* discutir del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* hablar del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores = Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, el = Foreign Office, the.

* ministro de asuntos exteriores = foreign minister.

* responsable de asuntos económicos = financial officer.

* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser un asunto de = be a matter for/of.

* ser un asunto difícil = be a difficult business.

* ser un asunto problemático = be at issue.

* tomar parte en el asunto = enter + the fray.

* tomar parte en en el asunto = be part of the picture.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de asuntos propios = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de asuntos propios = take + time off, take + time out, take + time off work.

* tratar un asunto = deal with + issue.

* * *

masculino

a) (cuestión, problema) matter

un asunto muy delicado — a very delicate matter o issue

se pelearon por el asunto de la herencia — they fell out over the inheritance

está implicado en un asunto de drogas — he's mixed up in something to do with drugs

asuntos de negocios — business matters

no es asunto tuyo — it's none of your business

y asunto concluido: te he dicho que no y asunto concluido I've said no and that's that; te quedarás en casa y asunto concluido — you're staying at home and that's all there is to it

b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

tuvo un asuntillo con la secretaria — he had a brief fling with his secretary

c) (CS fam) (razón, sentido)

¿a asunto de qué se lo dijiste? — what did you go and tell him for? (colloq), why on earth did you tell him? (colloq)

¿a asunto de qué voy a ir? — what on earth's the point of my going? (colloq)

* * *

= affair, issue, matter, topic, subject matter, business [businesses, -pl.], question, concern, subject line.

Nota: Aplicado al correo electrónico.

Ex: And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex: AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.

Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.

Ex: The librarian generally looks at the book's title, subtitle, preface, contents list, etc, in order to determine the subject matter.

Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.

Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.

Ex: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.

Ex: Over 35% of SPAM is detected from an email's subject line.

* abordar una mínima parte del asunto = touch + the tip of the iceberg.

* aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.

* arreglar + Posesivo + asuntos = put + Posesivo + (own) house in order.

* asunto candente = burning issue, burning question, hot potato, hot topic, hot issue.

* asunto de actualidad = current issue.

* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

* asunto de trascendencia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.

* asunto familiar = family affair.

* asunto insignificante = matter of no consequence.

* asunto laboral = work-related issue.

* asunto pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto pendiente, asunto sin resolver, cabo suelto, asignatura pendiente = unresolved matter.

* asunto personal = personal issue.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* asuntos = matters.

* asuntos académicos = academic affairs.

* asuntos cotidianos = everyday matters.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* asuntos exteriores = foreign affairs.

* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.

* asunto sin resolver = unfinished business, unresolved matter.

* asuntos internacionales = global affairs, world affairs.

* asuntos internos = Minister of Internal Affairs, internal affairs.

* asunto sin trascendencia = matter of no consequence.

* asuntos pendientes = unfinished business.

* asuntos propios = personal business.

* asuntos públicos = public affairs.

* cambiando de asunto = on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* darle vueltas a un asunto = chew + the cud.

* delegar un asunto = delegate + matter.

* discutir del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* ese es el asunto = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* hablar del asunto con = take + the matter + up with.

* juzgado de asuntos menores = magistrates' court.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores = Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

* Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, el = Foreign Office, the.

* ministro de asuntos exteriores = foreign minister.

* responsable de asuntos económicos = financial officer.

* rumiar un asunto = chew + the cud.

* ser el asunto = be the point.

* ser un asunto de = be a matter for/of.

* ser un asunto difícil = be a difficult business.

* ser un asunto problemático = be at issue.

* tomar parte en el asunto = enter + the fray.

* tomar parte en en el asunto = be part of the picture.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de asuntos propios = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de asuntos propios = take + time off, take + time out, take + time off work.

* tratar un asunto = deal with + issue.

* * *

asunto

masculine

1 (cuestión, problema) matter

no hemos hablado del asunto del viaje we haven't talked about the trip, we haven't discussed the matter o question of the trip ( frml)

éste es un asunto muy delicado this is a very delicate matter o issue

se pelearon por el asunto de la herencia they fell out over the inheritance

han quedado algunos asuntos pendientes there are still a few matters o questions o things to be resolved

está implicado en un asunto de drogas he's mixed up in something to do with drugs

están hablando de asuntos de negocios they're talking about business matters

tengo un asunto muy importante entre manos I'm dealing with a very important matter

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

mal asunto, mañana viene el director general I don't like the look of this, the general manager's coming tomorrow

y asunto concluido: ya te he dicho que no y asunto concluido I've already said no and that's that o that's final o that's all there is to it

si se van a pelear por la pelota yo se la quito y asunto concluido if you're going to fight over the ball, I'll take it away and that'll be the end of that

2 ( pey) (relación amorosa) affair

tuvo un asuntillo con la secretaria he had a brief fling with his secretary

3

(CS fam) (razón, sentido): ¿a asunto de qué or con qué asunto se lo dijiste? what did you go and tell him for? ( colloq), why on earth did you tell him? ( colloq)

le encuentro muy poco asunto a esto I don't see much point in this

¿a asunto de qué me voy a ir hasta allá si no van a estar? what on earth's the point of my going all the way there if they're not going to be in? ( colloq)

Compuesto:

asuntos exteriores

fpl ( esp Esp) foreign affairs

* * *

asunto sustantivo masculino
a) (cuestión, problema) matter;

◊ asuntos de negocios business matters;

asuntos exteriores (Esp) foreign affairs;
un asunto muy delicado a very delicate matter o issue;
está implicado en un asunto de drogas he's mixed up in something to do with drugs;
no es asunto mío/tuyo it's none of my/your business
b) (pey) ( relación amorosa) affair

asunto sustantivo masculino
1 subject: no es asunto tuyo, it's none of your business 2 Asuntos Exteriores, Foreign Affairs
♦ Locuciones: tomar cartas en el asunto, to intervene
' asunto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
airear
- aspecto
- avispero
- bagatela
- calada
- calado
- carpetazo
- carta
- clara
- claro
- cogollo
- comparecencia
- competencia
- cosa
- cuestión
- de
- defraudar
- delicada
- delicado
- desconocimiento
- despachar
- destapar
- desviarse
- directamente
- dispar
- dominar
- eje
- encasquetar
- enfocar
- enfoque
- engorrosa
- engorroso
- enjuiciar
- enredar
- enredarse
- enredo
- entidad
- enturbiar
- escarbar
- espantosa
- espantoso
- espina
- estancar
- estancarse
- eurócrata
- extrema
- extremo
- fleco
- fondo
- formarse
English:
about
- affair
- approach
- bring up
- broach
- burning
- business
- circle
- cloud
- concern
- conduct
- crux
- deal with
- decide
- delve
- dispose of
- dispute
- drop
- expedite
- flip side
- grey area
- ground
- heart
- incumbent
- intervention
- involved
- item
- keep to
- light
- look into
- luck
- matter
- messy
- mishandle
- open
- personal
- question
- raise
- rest
- risky
- sensitive
- separate
- show
- sidestep
- slug out
- sore
- stake
- step in
- stick to
- switch

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asunto nm

1. [tema] matter;
[problema] issue;
necesitamos hablar de un asunto importante we need to talk about an important matter;

quieren llegar al fondo del asunto they want to get to the bottom of the matter;

anda metido en un asunto turbio he's mixed up o involved in a dubious o Br dodgy affair;

no quiero hablar del asunto ese del divorcio I don't want to talk about that divorce business;

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business;

¡métete en tus asuntos! mind your own business!;

el asunto es que… the thing is that…;

te han llamado de Hacienda – mal asunto you've had a call from the tax man – that doesn't sound very good!;

¡y asunto concluido o [m5] arreglado! and that's that!

Comp
asuntos de Estado affairs of state;
asuntos exteriores foreign affairs;

asunto pendiente: [m5] tenemos un asunto pendiente que tratar we have some unfinished business to attend to;

asuntos pendientes [en orden del día] matters pending;

asuntos a tratar agenda

2. [de obra, libro] theme

3. [romance] affair;

tener un asunto con alguien to have an affair with sb

4. Col, Ven
poner el asunto to watch one's step

* * *

asunto

m

1 matter;

mal asunto that’s bad (news);

no es asunto tuyo it’s none of your business

2 fam ( relación) affair

* * *

asunto nm

1) cuestión, tema: affair, matter, subject

2) asuntos nmpl

: affairs, business

* * *

asunto n

1. (cuestión) matter / issue

un asunto de carácter internacional an international matter

2. (negocio) affair

no quiero que nadie se meta en mis asuntos I don't want anybody interfering in my affairs

no es asunto tuyo it's none of your business

Spanish-English dictionary > asunto
17 vencer

v.

1 to beat (to defeat) (rival).

consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer

2 to overcome (superar) (miedo, obstáculo).

venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness

lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness

3 to win (equipo, partido).

dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy

4 to expire (caducar) (garantía, contrato).

el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15 May

La garantía expira mañana The guarantee expires tomorrow.

5 to prevail.

6 to defeat, to conquer, to beat out, to beat.

El equipo malo venció al campeón The lousy team defeated the champ.

Ella vence sus miedos She conquers her fears.

* * *

vencer

Conjugation model [ MECER], like link=mecer mecer

► verbo transitivo

1 DEPORTE to beat

2 MILITAR to defeat, conquer, vanquish

■ vencieron al enemigo they defeated the enemy

3 (exceder) to outdo, surpass

■ la vence en belleza she surpasses her in beauty

4 (problema etc) to overcome, surmount

5 (ser dominado) to overcome

■ la venció el cansancio she was overcome by tiredness

6 (romper) to break; (doblar) to bend

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ganar) to win

2 (deuda etc) to fall due, be payable

3 (plazo) to expire

4 (torcer) to go off to

■ el camino vence a la derecha the path goes off to the right

► verbo pronominal vencerse

1 (romperse) to break; (doblarse) to bend, incline

2 figurado (reprimir) to control oneself

* * *

verb

1) to win

2) defeat

3) overcome

4) expire

* * *

1. VT

1) (=derrotar) [+ enemigo, rival] to defeat, beat; [+ enfermedad, dolor] to beat, overcome

vencieron al equipo visitante por 3 a 2 — they defeated o beat the visiting team 3-2

nuestro sistema inmunológico es capaz de vencer al virus — our immune system is capable of beating o overcoming the virus

a decir tonterías nadie le vence — when it comes to talking rubbish he's in a class of his own, no one beats him when it comes to talking rubbish

vence a todos en elegancia — he outdoes them all in style, he beats them all for style

2) (=controlar) [+ miedo, tentación] to overcome; [+ pasión] to control

consiguió vencer la tentación de fumar — he managed to overcome the temptation to smoke

3) (=prevalecer) [miedo, sueño] to overcome

por fin lo venció el sueño — sleep finally overcame him

me venció el pánico cuando tuve que hablarle — panic got the better of me o I was overcome with panic when I had to speak to him

4) (Dep) [+ obstáculo] to overcome; [+ prueba] to complete; [+ distancia] to do, complete; [+ montaña] to conquer

vencieron los 15km en dos horas — they did o completed the 15km in two hours

no consiguió vencer todas las pruebas — he didn't manage to complete all the heats

5) (=hacer ceder) [+ soporte, rama] to break

el peso de los libros ha vencido el estante — the shelf gave way under the weight of the books, the weight of the books broke the shelf

conseguimos vencer la puerta — we managed to break the door down

2. VI

1) (en batalla, partido, elecciones) to win

hemos vencido por dos a cero — we won two nil

¡venceremos! — we shall win o overcome!

dejarse vencer (por) — to give in(to)

no te dejes vencer y sigue adelante — keep going and don't give in

por fin se dejó vencer por la curiosidad — he finally gave in to his curiosity, he finally let (his) curiosity get the better of him

no te dejes vencer por las dificultades — don't give up in the face of difficulties, don't let difficulties get the better of you

2) liter [amor, pasión] to triumph, be triumphant

3) (Com) [documento, póliza, pasaporte] to expire; [inversión] to mature

su contrato vence a final de año — his contract runs out o expires at the end of the year

el plazo para pagar el alquiler vence mañana — the deadline for paying the rent is tomorrow, the rent is due tomorrow

el plazo para la entrega de solicitudes vence mañana — the closing date for applications is tomorrow

la semana que viene me vence el primer plazo del ordenador — I have to pay my first instalment on the computer next week, my first instalment on the computer is due next week

3.

See:

vencerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer — don't give in

b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome

c) ( dominar)

me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness
2.
vencer vi

1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious

venceremos! — we shall overcome!

2)

a) pasaporte/garantía to expire

el lunes vence el plazo — Monday is the deadline

antes de que venza la garantía — before the guarantee runs out o expires

b) letra to be due for payment
3.
vencerse v pron

1) tabla/rama to give way, break

2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire

se me venció el carnet — my card expired o ran out

* * *

= be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.

Ex. The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex. The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.

Ex. A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex. Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex. The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.

Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

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* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* vencer completamente = beat + soundly.

* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer — don't give in

b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome

c) ( dominar)

me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness
2.
vencer vi

1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious

venceremos! — we shall overcome!

2)

a) pasaporte/garantía to expire

el lunes vence el plazo — Monday is the deadline

antes de que venza la garantía — before the guarantee runs out o expires

b) letra to be due for payment
3.
vencerse v pron

1) tabla/rama to give way, break

2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire

se me venció el carnet — my card expired o ran out

* * *

= be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.

Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

Ex: The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.

Ex: A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.

Ex: Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.

Ex: The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.

Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.

Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.

Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.

* vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.

* vencer completamente = beat + soundly.

* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.

* vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

* * *

vencer [E2 ]

vt

A

1 (derrotar) ‹enemigo› to defeat, vanquish ( liter); ‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat

no te dejes vencer don't give in

2 ‹pasiones/miedo› to overcome, conquer; ‹pereza/pesimismo› to overcome; ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome, surmount

no consiguieron vencer la inflación they were unable to overcome o beat inflation

3

«cansancio/sueño»: me venció el sueño/el cansancio I was overcome by sleep/tiredness

dejó que la pereza/la curiosidad lo venciera he allowed his laziness/his curiosity to get the better of him

B

(romper): el peso venció el estante the shelf collapsed o gave way under the weight

han vencido los resortes de la cama they've ruined o broken the bed springs

la presión del agua venció la compuerta the water pressure burst open the hatch o caused the hatch to burst open

■ vencer

vi

A «ejército/equipo» (ganar) to win, be victorious

¡venceremos! we shall overcome!, we shall be victorious!

B

1 «pasaporte» (terminar) to expire

el lunes vence el plazo para la entrega de solicitudes Monday is the last day o the deadline o the closing date for the submission of applications

me vence el carnet de identidad dentro de poco my identity card expires soon

antes de que venza la garantía before the guarantee runs out o expires

2 «pago» to be o fall due; «letra» to mature, be due for payment

■ vencerse

v pron

A «tabla/rama» to give way, break

la pata de le silla se venció por el peso the leg of the chair gave way o broke under the weight

no te apoyes, que la mesa se puede vencer don't lean on the table, it might collapse

B «pasaporte» to expire

se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out

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vencer ( conjugate vencer) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ enemigo› to defeat, vanquish (liter);

‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat;
◊ no te dejes vencer don't give in

b) ‹miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo› to overcome

c) ( dominar):

◊ me venció el sueño I was overcome by sleep

verbo intransitivo
1 [ejército/equipo] to win, be victorious;
◊ ¡venceremos! we shall overcome!

2
a) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;

◊ el lunes vence el plazo Monday is the deadline

b) [ letra] to be due for payment

vencerse verbo pronominal (AmL) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;
◊ se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out

vencer
I verbo transitivo
1 Mil to defeat
Dep to beat
1 (resistir, dominar) to restrain
vencer la tentación, to overcome the temptation
2 (superar) vencer un obstáculo/una dificultad, to surmount an obstacle/a difficulty
3 (ser dominado por) les venció la desesperación, they were overcome by despair
nos venció el sueño, we were overcome by sleep
II verbo intransitivo
1 (una letra, factura) to fall due
2 (un plazo, contrato) to expire
3 Mil Dep to win
♦ Locuciones: dejarse vencer: no te dejes vencer, sigue adelante, don't lose heart, go ahead

' vencer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aplastar
- batir
- ganar
- machacar
- poder
- apabullar
- arrollar
- imponer
- superar
English:
beat
- conquer
- defeat
- establishment
- expire
- get over
- mature
- overcome
- run out
- surmount
- warranty
- wear down
- grim
- lapse
- over
- rout
- run
- vanquish

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vencer

♦ vt

1. [derrotar] [rival] to beat;
[enemigo] to defeat;
consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer

2. [superar] [miedo, obstáculos] to overcome;
[tentación] to resist;
venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness;

lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness

3. [aventajar]
vencer a alguien a o [m5] en algo to outdo o beat sb at sth;

nadie lo vence a contar anécdotas no one can beat him when it comes to telling stories

4. [hacer ceder] to break, to snap;

el peso de los libros venció la estantería the weight of the books caused the bookshelf to collapse

♦ vi

1. [equipo, partido] to win;
[ejército] to be victorious;
dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy

2. [imponerse, prevalecer] to prevail;

al final venció el sentido común common sense prevailed in the end

3. [caducar] [garantía, contrato] to expire;
[deuda, pago] to fall due, to mature; [bono] to mature; Am [medicamento] to reach o pass its expiry date;
el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15th May

♦ See also the pronominal verb vencerse

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vencer

I v/t defeat; fig ( superar) overcome

II v/i

1 win

2 COM de plazo etc expire

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vencer {86} vt

1) derrotar: to vanquish, to defeat

2) superar: to overcome, to surmount

vencer vi

1) ganar: to win, to triumph

2) caducar: to expire

el plazo vence el jueves: the deadline is Thursday

3) : to fall due, to mature

♦ See also the reflexive verb vencerse

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vencer vb

1. (derrotar) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten] / to defeat

vencimos al otro equipo 2 a 1 we beat the other team 2 1

2. (resultar ganador) to win [pt. & pp. won]

el español venció en la carrera de 1.500 metros the Spaniard won the 1,500 metres race

3. (controlar, superar) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]

tuvo que vencer el miedo he had to overcome his fear

le venció el sueño sleep overcame her

Spanish-English dictionary > vencer
18 Kurs

Kurs m 1. BÖRSE quoted price, rate, price, pr.; 2. FIN price, pr.; 3. MGT, PERS, SOZ course (Lehrgang); 4. WIWI price, pr. (Wertpapiere) • den Kurs durch Leerverkäufe nach unten drücken BÖRSE hammer the market • den Kurs einer Aktie durch Verkäufe drücken BÖRSE raid the market • die Kurse sind ins Bodenlose gesunken WIWI the bottom has dropped out of the market • einen Kurs haben von BÖRSE trade at • Kurse können sowohl fallen als auch steigen BÖRSE prices can go down as well as up • Kurse sind niedriger notiert worden BÖRSE prices have been marked down
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m 1. < Börse> quoted price, rate, price (pr.) ; 2. < Finanz> price (pr.) ; 3. <Mgmnt, Person, Sozial> Lehrgang course; 4. <Vw> Wertpapiere price (pr.) ■ den Kurs einer Aktie durch Verkäufe drücken < Börse> raid the market ■ die Kurse sind ins Bodenlose gesunken <Vw> the bottom has dropped out of the market ■ einen Kurs haben von < Börse> trade at ■ Kurse können sowohl fallen als auch steigen < Börse> prices can go down as well as up ■ Kurse sind niedriger notiert worden < Börse> prices have been marked down

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Kurs
price, market rate (price), market, (Lehrgang) course, (politische Linie) line, (Notierung) quotation, value, (Termingeschäft) forward (future, US) rate, (Umlauf) circulation, (Wechselkurs) rate of exchange, exchange rate;
• außer Kurs [gesetzt] out of circulation;
• bei sinkenden (weichenden) Kursen at reduced prices, prices dropping off;
• bei steigenden (anziehenden) Kursen in a rising market;
• bei weichenden Kursen at prices dropping off;
• hoch im Kurs (sehr geschätzt) at a premium;
• ohne Kurs without official quotation, not quoted, unlisted (US), (Börsenbericht) no transactions;
• unter dem Kurs below parity rate;
• zu dem im Indossament angegebenen Kurs at the exchange as per indorsement;
• zu einem festen Kurs (Devisentermingeschäft) outright;
• zu besonders günstigem Kurs at a favo(u)rable rate of exchange;
• zu verschiedenen Kursen limitiert on a scale;
• zum Kurs von at the rate of exchange (parity) of;
• zum angeführten Kurs at the quoted exchange;
• zum ersten Kurs at the opening [price];
• zum gegenwärtigen Kurs at the current rate of exchange (present quotation);
• zum günstigen Kurs (Börse) at the best price, (Wechselkurs) at the most favo(u)rable rate;
• zum höchsten Kurs at the highest rate of exchange;
• zum mittleren Kurs at the parity rate;
• zum verzeichneten Kurs at the rate [of exchange] quoted;
• abbröckelnde Kurse slackening prices;
• abflauende Kurse dropping (crumbling, receding, sagging) prices;
• amtlicher Kurs market (official) rate, official quotation, (Wechselkurs) currency [rate of exchange];
• annähender Kurs approximate rate;
• ansteigender Kurs rising price;
• knapp aufrechterhaltener Kurs barely supported price;
• außerbörslicher Kurs curb [market] price, curb (kerb, Br.) rate, inofficial quotation, outside market;
• äußerster Kurs bottom price;
• bestehender Kurs ruling rate;
• bezahlter Kurs real exchange;
• gleich bleibender Kurs steady course;
• davonlaufende Kurse soaring prices;
• um Bruchteile differierender Kurs close price;
• doppelter Kurs two-way price (Br.);
• durchschnittlicher Kurs middle price;
• effektiver Kurs actual quotation;
• entsprechender Kurs reasonable price;
• erster Kurs opening price (rate);
• heute erzielte Kurse rates obtained at today’s market;
• fallender Kurs declining (receding, dropping, sagging, falling-off) price, (Wechselkurs) falling rate;
• fester Kurs fixed (established) rate, fixed (firm) price;
• nicht fester Kurs fluctuating rate;
• festgelegter Kurs (Schiff) lane;
• fiktive Kurse forced quotations;
• fortlaufender Kurs currently adjusted rate;
• fortschnellende Kurse buoyant prices;
• freier Kurs inofficial price;
• gedrückte Kurse depressed (slackening, low level of) prices;
• gegenwärtiger Kurs current rate (price), ruling price (US);
• künstlich gehaltene Kurse pegged prices, (Wechselkurs) pegged exchange [rate];
• tatsächlich gehandelte Kurse bargains made, actual quotations;
• geldpolitischer Kurs monetary policy;
• gemachter Kurs real exchange;
• genannter (gesprochener) Kurs nominal price;
• gesetzlicher Kurs legal rate;
• gestiegener Kurs advanced (increased) price;
• gestützter Kurs pegged (supported) price, pegged exchange rate;
• künstlich in die Höhe getriebener Kurs ballooning price (US);
• günstiger Kurs (Wechselkurs) favo(u)rable exchange rate;
• haussierende Kurse booming prices;
• höchster Kurs highest quotation (price), peak (top) price;
• intervalutarischer Kurs foreign exchange rate;
• laufender Kurs current quotation, (Wechselkurs), running course of exchange;
• leichter Kurs snap course;
• letzte Kurse last prices (quotation);
• limitierter Kurs limited price;
• manipulierter Kurs manipulated price;
• mittlerer Kurs mean course;
• nachbörslicher Kurs kerb [stone] (Br.) (curb) [market] (US) price, price after hours, street (Br.) (outside) price;
• nachgebende Kurse sagging (receding, declining, crumbling, slackening) prices, sagging (declining) market;
• nachlassende Kurse declining market;
• niedriger Kurs low rate (price);
• niedrigster Kurs lowest quotation (possible price), bargain level, bottom price;
• nomineller Kurs nominal price (exchange, rate);
• notierter Kurs quoted (listed, US, tape) price;
• fortlaufend notierte Kurse consecutively quoted prices;
• zuletzt notierter Kurs last quotation;
• offizieller Kurs official quotation;
• politischer Kurs [orientation of] policy;
• rückläufige Kurse drooping rates, retrograde prices, down (declining) market, bears (US);
• schwankende Kurse fluctuating prices (quotations, rates);
• sinkende Kurse sagging (falling, declining) prices;
• spekulativer Kurs speculative price;
• stabilisierte Kurse pegged prices;
• niedrigst stehende Kurse hardpan prices (US coll.);
• steigende Kurse rising market, up, bulls (US);
• rasch steigende Kurse soaring prices;
• telegrafische Kurse tape prices;
• übersteigerter Kurs exaggerated (outbid) quotation;
• unbeständiger Kurs variable exchange;
• uneinheitliche Kurse mixed market;
• ungünstiger Kurs (Wechselkurs) unfavo(u)rable exchange rate;
• Kurs unverändert (Devisen) exchange the same;
• variabler Kurs variable exchange;
• veränderlicher Kurs fluctuating market rate (US);
• bei fast keinem Umsatz verzeichnete Kurse untested prices;
• weichende Kurse receding prices;
• weicher Kurs (pol.) soft line;
• Kurse von Dividendenwerten equity prices;
• Kurs in Prozenten rate per cent;
• agrarpolitischer Kurs der Regierung government’s agricultural policy;
• Kurs für Sichtpapiere sight rate;
• Kurse für Sorten und Devisen auf europäischen Plätzen continental rates (Br.);
• Kurse mit großer Spanne zwischen Geld- und Briefkurs wide prices;
• Kurs für Termindevisen forward exchange rate;
• Kurs für Termingeschäfte forward (futures, US) rate, futures price (US);
• Kurse für mündelsichere Wertpapiere gilts prices (Br.);
• Kurs im Zeitpunkt der Optionsausübung exercise price;
• vom Kurs abkommen to get off course;
• vom offiziellen Kurs abweichen to deviate from the official line;
• Kurs angeben to state a price, (Wechselkurs) to quote a rate;
• Kurs des Pfundes an den Dollar anhängen to peg the value of the pound to the dollar;
• besondere Kurse für Aktienpakete aushandeln to negotiate prices on block trades;
• Kurse beeinflussen to have an effect on the market, (Wechselkurs) to affect the rate of exchange;
• Kurse unzulässig beeinflussen to rig the market (Br.);
• weiterhin hohe Kurse behaupten to continue to rule high;
• Kurs belegen to take a course;
• Kurs bestimmen to fix a price;
• Kurse zu neuem Höchststand bringen to push the market into new high ground;
• Kurse auf einen neuen Tiefstand bringen to carry the price to a new low level;
• Kurs decken to cover the rate;
• auf die Kurse drücken to depress the market (prices), to bear the stocks (Br.), to force down the prices, to cause a fall in prices;
• Kurse durch Verkäufe drücken to raid the market;
• Kurs einhalten to stay on the course;
• Kurs einschlagen to [steer a] course;
• neuen Kurs einschlagen to adopt a new course, (Regierung) to adopt a new line (policy);
• realistischen Kurs einschlagen to pursue a realistic course;
• Kurs erhöhen to advance the price;
• Kurs erzielen to reach a price;
• im Kurs fallen to [experience a] fall, to fall (go down, sag) in price, to recede, to go down;
• plötzlich im Kurs fallen to break;
• Kurs festsetzen to fix a price, (Wechselkurs) to fix the rate;
• Kurs feststellen to fix a price;
• Kurse börsenmäßig feststellen to quote (list, US) prices;
• Kurs freigeben (Wechselkurs) to float the exchange rate;
• am Kurs gewinnen to benefit by the exchange;
• Kurs haben auf (Schiff) to make (head) for;
• gesetzlichen Kurs haben to be legal tender (lawful money, US);
• Kurs des britischen Pfundes niedrig halten to keep down the Sterling exchange rate;
• Kurs herabdrücken to depress (force down) the price;
• Kurs herabsetzen to lower the rate;
• Kurs heraufsetzen (Börse) to advance (improve) the price (rate);
• Kurs hinauftreiben to force (push up, send up) the price;
• Kurse hochtreiben to boom (rig) the market;
• auf Kurs liegen (Schiff) to head for;
• Kurs notieren to quote (list, US) a price;
• außer Kurs setzen to withdraw (recall) from circulation, to call in, to demonetize (Br.);
• schlechtes Geld außer Kurs setzen to call in clipped money;
• Geldmünzen außer Kurs setzen to withdraw coins from circulation;
• in Kurs setzen to circulate;
• wieder in Kurs setzen to remonetize (Br.);
• Kurs sichern (Wechselkurs) to fix (cover, hedge) a rate;
• Kurse stabilisieren to stabilize prices;
• im Kurs stehen to be quoted (listed, US) at;
• im Kurs steigen to [experience a] rise, to improve, to advance (increase) in price, to be a rising market, to go up;
• plötzlich im Kurs steigen to have a sudden rise, to skyrocket (US);
• Kurse in die Höhe steigern to boom the market;
• Kurs steuern to steer a course;
• Kurs stützen to support a price, (Wechselkurs) to peg the exchange, to support a currency;
• Abschlüsse auf New York zum Kurs von... tätigen to effect exchange deals on New York at...;
• Kurse in die Höhe treiben to make a (boom the) market, to push (force, send) up prices, to skyrocket (US);
• Kurse künstlich in die Höhe treiben to rig the market;
• Kurs von 480 überschreiten to cross 480;
• zum Kurs von... notiert werden to be quoted (listed, US) at the rate of...;
• Kurse bessern sich prices are improving;
• Kurse bleiben fest prices are running high;
• Kurse bleiben stabil prices continue stable;
• Kursbröckeln ab prices are easing off (crumbling [off]);
• Kurserholen sich prices are improving;
• Kurse erreichen ihr altes Niveau prices recover their old level;
• Kurse fallen prices are declining (dropping), prices are on the decline;
• Kurse flauen ab prices are sagging;
• Kurse geben nach prices are softening;
• Kurse gehen zurück prices are crumbling (receding);
• Kurse gingen sprunghaft höher prices jumped;
• Kurse halten sich prices remain steady;
• Kurse haussieren prices are skyrocketing (US);
• Kurse liegen gebessert prices have improved;
• Kurse liegen höher the market is high;
• Kurs liegen eine Kleinigkeit niedriger prices are a shade lower;
• Kurse liegen unverändert prices remain unchanged;
• Kursmangels Nachfrage gestrichen no quotation, only sellers;
• Kurse schwächten ab the quotations weakened;
• Kurse schwanken prices are fluctuating;
• Kurse sind abgebröckelt prices have eased [off];
• Kurse sind abgeschwächt prices have eased [off], market off (US);
• Kurse sind fest (stabil) prices are firm;
• Kurse sind gefallen (gesunken) prices have dropped (gone down);
• Kurse sind gestiegen prices have advanced (gone up);
• Kurse sind rückläufig prices are easing off;
• Kurse sind unverändert prices have remained unchanged;
• Kurse sind zurückgegangen prices have receded;
• Kurse sinken prices are declining (dropping);
• Kurse steigen prices are going up (advancing);
• Kurse verfallen prices are collapsing;
• Kurse werden fester (stabiler) prices become firmer;
• Kurse zeigen eine rückläufige Bewegung (einen Aufwärtstrend) prices show a downward tendency;
• Kurse ziehen an prices are advancing (hardening, going up);
• Kurse ziehen heftig (kräftig) an prices rise sharply;
• Kurse zogen an prices have hardened;
• Kursabbröckelung crumbling of prices;
• Kursabfall price decline;
• Kursabschlag drop (fall, reduction, decline) in prices, (Devisen) backwardation, deport, (Terminhandel) discount quotation;
• Kursabschwächung weaker tendency in prices, weakness (lowering) of prices, weak market, price weakness, concession, market softening;
• anfängliche Kursabschwächung (Börse) opening decline;
• Kursabschwächung um einen Bruchteil a fractional ease;
• Kursabweichung difference in the rates, (Flugzeug, Schiff) deviation [from the course];
• Kursänderung price changes, (Börse) changes in prices, (pol.) shift, reorientation, (Schiff) alteration of course, (Wechselkurs) change in the exchange rate;
• Kursangabe stock-exchange quotation;
• Kursangleichung (Wechselkurs) adjustment of rates;
• Kursanomalie unwarranted price level.

Business german-english dictionary > Kurs
19 detallado

adj.

detailed, itemized, minute, blow-by-blow.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: detallar.

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detallado

► participio pasado

1→ link=detallar detallar

► adjetivo

1 detailed, thorough

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(f. - detallada)

adj.

detailed

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ADJ [informe, relato] detailed; [declaración] circumstantial; [conocimiento] detailed, intimate

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- da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed

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= careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

Ex. The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.

Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.

Ex. These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.

Ex. An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.

Ex. She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.

Ex. This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.

Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

Ex. The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.

Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.

Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.

Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.

Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.

Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.

Ex. Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.

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* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

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- da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed

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= careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

Ex: The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.

Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.

Ex: These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.

Ex: An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.

Ex: She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.

Ex: This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.

Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

Ex: The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.

Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.

Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.

Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.

Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.

Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.

Ex: Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.

* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

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detallado -da

adjective

‹factura/cuenta› itemized, detailed; ‹estudio/descripción› detailed

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Del verbo detallar: ( conjugate detallar)

detallado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
detallado
detallar
detallado
◊ -da adjetivo ‹factura/cuenta› itemized;

‹estudio/descripción› detailed
detallar ( conjugate detallar) verbo transitivo
to detail
detallado,-a adjetivo detailed, thorough: le vamos a hacer un examen detallado, we're going to give him a thorough examination
detallar verbo transitivo to give the details of, list
' detallado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
detallada
- minuciosa
- minucioso
- presupuesto
- puntual
English:
detailed
- elaborate
- full
- step

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detallado, -a adj

1. [análisis, descripción, estudio] detailed

2. [factura, cuenta] itemized

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detallado

adj detailed

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detallado adj detailed

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20 jour

jour [ʒuʀ]

━━━━━━━━━

1. masculine noun

2. plural masculine noun

3. compounds

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1. <

   a. day

• trois fois par jour three times a day

• c'est à deux jours de marche it's a two-day walk

• faire 30 jours (de prison) to do 30 days (inf)

• quel jour sommes-nous ? what day is it today?

• le jour de Noël Christmas Day

• un jour il lui a écrit one day he wrote to her

• un jour viendra où... the day will come when...

• ils s'aiment comme au premier jour they're as much in love as ever

• dès le premier jour from day one

• être dans un bon jour to be in a good mood

• décidément ce n'est pas mon jour ! it's just not my day today!

• ce n'est vraiment pas le jour ! you've (or we've etc) picked the wrong day!

• au jour d'aujourd'hui in this day and age

• du jour où sa femme l'a quitté, il s'est mis à boire he started drinking the day his wife left him

• il y a deux ans jour pour jour two years ago to the day

• tes deux enfants, c'est le jour et la nuit your two children are chalk and cheese

• c'est le jour et la nuit ! there's no comparison!

► à jour

• être à jour to be up to date

• mettre à jour to bring up to date

• tenir à jour to keep up to date

• ce tarif n'est plus à jour this price list is out of date

• se mettre à jour dans son travail to catch up with one's work► du jour

• un œuf du jour a new-laid egg

• les nouvelles du jour the day's news

• le héros du jour the hero of the day

• l'homme du jour the man of the moment► de jour [crème, équipe, service] day

• hôpital de jour (pour traitement) outpatient clinic ; (psychiatrique) day hospital ; (pour activités) daycare centre

• être de jour to be on day duty

• il travaille de jour cette semaine he's on day shifts this week

• voyager de jour to travel by day

• de jour comme de nuit night and day► jour et nuit day and night

• ils ont travaillé jour et nuit they worked day and night► tous les jours every day

• de tous les jours everyday

• dans la vie de tous les jours in everyday life

• mon manteau de tous les jours my everyday coat► un beau jour (passé) one fine day ; (futur) one of these days

► un de ces jours one of these days

• à un de ces jours ! see you again sometime!► un jour ou l'autre sooner or later

► à ce jour to date

• il n'existe à ce jour aucun traitement efficace no effective treatment has been found to date► au jour le jour [existence, gestion] day-to-day

• vivre au jour le jour ( = sans souci) to live from day to day ; ( = pauvrement) to live from hand to mouth► jour après jour day after day

► de jour en jour day by day

► d'un jour à l'autre

• on l'attend d'un jour à l'autre ( = incessamment) he's expected any day now

• il change d'avis d'un jour à l'autre ( = très rapidement) he changes his mind from one day to the next► du jour au lendemain overnight

• ça ne se fera pas du jour au lendemain it won't happen overnight

   b. ( = lumière, éclairage) light

• il fait jour it's light

• demain, il fera jour à 7 heures tomorrow it'll be light at 7

• je fais ça le jour I do it during the day

• se lever avant le jour to get up before dawn

► au petit jour at dawn

► jeter un jour nouveau sur to throw new light on

► mettre au jour to bring to light

► se faire jour to become clear

► sous un jour favorable

• montrer qch sous un jour favorable to show sth in a favourable light

• voir qch sous un jour favorable to see sth in a favourable light

• se présenter sous un jour favorable [projet] to look promising

   c. ( = naissance) donner le jour à to give birth to

• voir le jour to be born ; [projet] to see the light

   d. ( = ouverture) gap

2. <

jours

   a. ( = période) days

• il faut attendre des jours meilleurs we must wait for better days

• aux beaux jours in the summertime

• ces vedettes ont fait les beaux jours de Broadway these were the stars of the golden age of Broadway

• du Moyen Âge à nos jours from the Middle Ages right up until today

• de nos jours these days

► ces jours-ci

• il a fait très beau ces jours-ci the weather's been very nice lately

• elle doit arriver ces jours-ci she'll be here any day now

• ceux qui veulent prendre l'avion ces jours-ci people wanting to fly now

   b. ( = vie) jusqu'à la fin de mes jours until I die

• finir ses jours à l'hôpital to end one's days in hospital

• mettre fin à ses jours to put an end to one's life

• nous gardons cela pour nos vieux jours we're keeping that for our old age

3. <

► le jour de l'An New Year's Day

► jour de congé day off

► jour de deuil day of mourning

► jour férié public holiday

► jour de fête ( = férié) holiday ; ( = de joie) day of celebration

► jour de maladie day off sick

► jour mobile discretionary holiday (granted by company)

► le jour des Morts All Souls' Day

► jour de repos [de salarié] day off

• après deux jours de repos, il est reparti after a two-day break, he set off again ► le jour des Rois Twelfth Night

► jour de sortie [de domestique] day off ; [d'élève] day out

► jour de travail working day

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ʒuʀ
nom masculin

1) ( période de vingt-quatre heures) day

en un jour — in one day

dans les trois jours — within three days

ces derniers jours — these last few days

d'un jour — [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day

des jours et des jours — for ever and ever

dès le premier jour — right from the start

jour après jour — ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little

vivre au jour le jour — to live one day at a time; ressembler, Rome

2) ( date) day

ce jour-là — that day

quel jour sommes-nous? — what day is it today?

un jour ou l'autre — some day

tous les jours — every day

jour pour jour — to the day

de jour en jour — from day to day

à ce jour — to date

à jour — up to date

mettre à jour — ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]

mise à jour — ( actualisation) (d'édition, de données, statistiques) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of)

édition mise à jour — revised edition

tenir à jour — to keep up to date

jusqu'à ce jour — ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then

de nos jours — nowadays

d'un jour à l'autre — [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next

du jour au lendemain — overnight

nouvelle/mode du jour — latest news/fashion

3) ( du lever au coucher du soleil) day

les jours raccourcissent — the days are getting shorter

pendant le jour — during the day

nuit et jour — night and day

le jour se lève — it's getting light

lumière du jour — daylight

au lever or point du jour — at daybreak

le petit jour — the early morning

se lever avec le jour — to get up at the crack of dawn

travailler de jour — to work days

4) ( clarté) daylight

il fait jour — it's daylight

en plein jour — in broad daylight

faire quelque chose au grand jour — to do something for all to see

se faire jour — [vérité] to come to light

mettre au jour — to unearth [vestige]; to bring [something] to light [vérité]

jeter un jour nouveau sur quelque chose, éclairer quelque chose d'un jour nouveau — to shed new light on something; faux I

5) ( aspect)

sous ton meilleur/pire jour — at your best/worst

je ne te connaissais pas sous ce jour — I knew nothing of that side of you

je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour — I saw you in your true colours [BrE]

sous un jour avantageux — in a favourable [BrE] light

6) fig

donner le jour à quelqu'un — to bring somebody into the world

voir le jour — [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being

mes jours sont comptés — my days are numbered

finir ses jours à la campagne — to end one's days in the country

des jours difficiles — hard times

attenter à ses jours — to make a suicide attempt

avoir encore de beaux jours devant soi — still to have a future

les beaux jours reviennent — spring will soon be here

7) Construction, Bâtiment ( ouverture) gap

jour entre des tuiles — gap between tiles

8) ( de broderie)

jours — openwork (embroidery) [U]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- jour de l'An

- jour de deuil national

- jour férié

- jour de fermeture

- jour des morts

- jour ouvrable

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Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour — Rome wasn't built in a day

beau comme le jour — very good-looking

être dans un bon jour — to be in a good mood

être dans un mauvais jour — to be having an off day

il y a des jours avec et des jours sans — (colloq) there are good days and bad days

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ʒuʀ nm
1) (durée, fraction de la semaine) day

J'ai passé trois jours chez mes cousins. — I spent three days staying at my cousins'.

tous les jours — every day

de jour en jour — day by day

d'un jour à l'autre — from one day to the next

du jour au lendemain — overnight

dans huit jours — in a week

dans quinze jours — in a fortnight

2) (opposé à la nuit) day, daytime

pendant le jour — during the day, in the daytime

à la lumière du jour — by the light of day, in daylight

3) (= clarté) daylight

il fait jour — it's daylight

en plein jour — in broad daylight

au jour — in daylight

au petit jour — at daybreak

au grand jour — in broad daylight, figin the open

4) (= aspect)

sous un jour favorable — in a favourable light

sous un jour nouveau — in a new light

5) (= ouverture) opening

6) COUTURE openwork no pl

7) (autres locutions)

être à jour — to be up to date

mettre à jour — to bring up to date, to update

mise à jour — update

mettre au jour — to uncover, to disclose

se faire jour fig — to become clear

donner le jour à — to give birth to

voir le jour — to be born

au jour le jour — from day to day

de nos jours — these days, nowadays

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jour ⇒ La mesure du temps

A nm

1 ( période de vingt-quatre heures) day; en un jour in one day; dans les trois jours within three days; mois de trente jours thirty-day month; barbe de trois jours three days' growth of beard; trois fois par jour three times a day; c'est à trois jours de train it's three days away by train; ces derniers jours these last few days; un jour de plus ou de moins ne changera rien one day here or there won't make any difference; les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas every day is different; dans huit jours in a week's time, in a week; quinze jours a fortnight GB; tous les quinze jours every fortnight GB ou two weeks US; d'un jour [bonheur, espoir] fleeting; [mode] passing; [reine] for a day; deux poussins d'un jour two one-day old chicks; être la vedette d'un jour to be here today and gone tomorrow; des jours et des jours for ever and ever; dès le premier jour right from the start; jour après jour ( quotidiennement) day after day; ( progressivement) little by little; vivre au jour le jour to live one day at a time; gagner sa vie au jour le jour to scratch a living; voir les choses au jour le jour to take each day as it comes; noter ses pensées au jour le jour to note down one's thoughts every day; ⇒ barbe C 1;

2 ( date) day; ce jour-là that day; quel jour sommes-nous? what day is it today?; elle viendra un jour she'll come one day; c'est mon jour de courses it's my shopping day; viens un jour où il n'y sera pas come on a day he's out, come one day when he's out; le jour où je mourrai the day I die; un jour ou l'autre some day; l'autre jour the other day; un de ces jours one of these days; un beau jour one fine day; tous les jours every day; de tous les jours everyday; jour pour jour to the day; de jour en jour from day to day; à ce jour to date; à jour up to date; mettre à jour ( actualiser) to bring up to date [courrier, travail]; to revise [édition]; to update [données, application]; ( révéler) to expose, to reveal [mystère, secret, trafic, problème]; mise à jour ( actualisation) ( d'édition) revision; (de données, d'application) updating (de of); ( découverte) (de secret, trafic) revelation (de of); édition mise à jour revised edition; tenir à jour to keep up to date; jusqu'à ce jour ( maintenant) until now; ( alors) until then; de nos jours nowadays; d'un jour à l'autre [être attendu] any day now; [changer] from one day to the next; du jour au lendemain overnight; nouvelle/mode du jour latest news/fashion; au jour d'aujourd'hui○ today;

3 ( du lever au coucher du soleil) day; les jours raccourcissent the days are getting shorter; pendant le jour during the day; nuit et jour night and day; tout le jour all day; le jour se lève it's getting light; lumière du jour daylight; au lever or point du jour at daybreak; le petit jour the early morning; se lever avec le jour to get up at the crack of dawn; travailler de jour to work days; travail de jour day work;

4 ( clarté) daylight; il fait jour it's daylight; laisser entrer le jour to let in the daylight; en plein jour in broad daylight; faire qch au grand jour to do sth for all to see; se faire jour [vérité] to come to light; mettre au jour to unearth [vestige]; to bring [sth] to light [vérité]; jeter un jour nouveau sur qch, éclairer qch d'un jour nouveau to shed new light on sth; ⇒ faux;

5 ( aspect) sous ton meilleur/pire jour at your best/worst; je ne te connaissais pas sous ce jour I knew nothing of that side of you; je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour I saw you in your true colours; sous un jour avantageux in a favourable^GB light;

6 fig donner le jour à qn to bring sb into the world; donner jour à qch to give rise to sth; voir le jour [personne] to come into the world; [œuvre, projet] to see the light of day; [organisme] to come into being; mes jours sont comptés my days are numbered; finir ses jours à la campagne to end one's days in the country; des jours difficiles hard times; attenter à ses jours to make a suicide attempt; avoir encore de beaux jours devant soi to still have a future; les beaux jours reviennent spring will soon be here;

7 Constr ( ouverture) gap; jour dans un mur/entre des tuiles gap in a wall/between tiles;

8 Cout jours openwork (embroidery) ¢; faire des jours to do openwork; une bordure avec des jours an openwork border; jours à fils tirés drawn thread work; motif à jours ( en tricot) lacy pattern.

Composés

jour de l'An New Year's Day; jour d'arrivée day of arrival; jour astronomique astronomical day; jour calendaire calendar day; jour de chance lucky day; jour de colère day of wrath; jour de départ day of departure; jour de deuil day of mourning; jour de deuil national national day of mourning; jour férié bank holiday GB, legal holiday US; jour de fermeture closing day; jour de fête ( férié) holiday; aujourd'hui c'est jour de fête fig it's a great day today; jour franc clear day; jour du Grand Pardon Relig Day of Atonement; jour J D day; jour du Jugement Relig Judgment Day; jour maigre Relig day of abstinence (without meat); jour des morts Relig All Souls' Day; jour ouvrable working day; jour de paie payday; jour de planche Naut lay day; jour de relâche Théât closing day; jour du Seigneur Relig Sabbath; jour sidéral sidereal day; jour solaire solar day; jour de souffrance Constr opening looking on to a neighbour^GB; jour de travail working day; jour utile lawful day.

Idiomes

Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour Rome wasn't built in a day; beau comme le jour very good-looking; ce n'est pas mon jour! this isn't my day!; être dans un bon jour to be in a good mood; être dans un mauvais jour to be having an off day; il y a des jours avec et des jours sans there are good days and bad days.

[ʒur] nom masculin

A.[DIVISION TEMPORELLE]

1. [division du calendrier] day

un mois de trente jours a thirty-day month

un jour de repos a day of rest

un jour de travail a working day (UK), a workday

il me reste des jours à prendre avant la fin de l'année I still have some (days) to take before the end of the year

dans deux/quelques jours in two/a few days' time

il est resté des jours entiers sans sortir he didn't go out for days on end

tous les jours every day

au jour le jour

a. [sans s'occuper du lendemain] from day to day

b. [précairement] from hand to mouth

de jour en jour

a. [grandir] daily, day by day

b. [varier] from day to day, from one day to the next

d'un jour à l'autre

a. [incessamment] any day (now)

b. [de façon imprévisible] from one day to the next

jour après jour

a. [constamment] day after day

b. [graduellement] day by day

jour par jour day by day

jour pour jour to the day

2. [exprime la durée]

un bébé d'un jour a day-old baby

un jour de: c'est à un jour de marche/voiture it's one day's walk/drive away

nous avons eu trois jours de pluie we had rain for three days ou three days of rain

j'en ai pour deux jours de travail it's going to take me two days' work

ça va prendre un jour de lessivage et trois jours de peinture it'll take one day to wash down and three days to paint

3. [date précise] day

l'autre jour the other day

le jour où the day ou time that

dès le premier jour from the very first day

comme au premier jour as it was in the beginning

ils sont amoureux comme au premier jour they're as much in love as when they first met

le jour est loin où j'étais heureux it's a long time since I've been happy

le jour viendra où the day will come when

un jour one day

un jour que one day when

le jour de la rentrée ÉDUCATION the first day (back) at school

le vendredi, c'est le jour de Nora/du poisson Friday is Nora's day/is the day we have fish

le jour de l'an New Year's Day

le jour du Jugement dernier doomsday, Judgment Day

le jour des morts All Souls' Day

le jour des Rois Twelfth Night

le jour du Seigneur the Lord's Day, the Sabbath

le grand jour pour elle/lui her/his big day

son manteau/son discours des grands jours the coat she wears/the speech she makes on important occasions

mes chaussures de tous les jours my everyday ou ordinary shoes, the shoes I wear everyday

ce n'est pas mon jour! it's not my day!

ce n'est (vraiment) pas le jour!, tu choisis bien ton jour! (ironique) you really picked your day!

il est dans un mauvais jour he's having one of his off days

un beau jour one (fine) day

un de ces jours, un jourou l'autre one of these days

à un de ces jours! see you soon!

à ce jour to this day, to date

au jour d'aujourd'hui (familier) in this day and age

B.[CLARTÉ]

1. [lumière] daylight

le jour baisse it's getting dark

il fait (encore) jour it's still light

il faisait grand jour it was broad daylight

le jour se lève the sun is rising

avant le jour before dawn ou daybreak

au petit jour at dawn ou daybreak

jour et nuit, nuit et jour day and night, night and day

je dors le jour I sleep during the day ou in the daytime

examine-le au ou en plein jour look at it in the daylight

jour artificiel artificial daylight

2. [aspect]

sous un certain jour in a certain light

le marché apparaît sous un jour défavorable the market does not look promising

enfin, il s'est montré sous son vrai jour! he's shown his true colours at last!

voir quelque chose sous son vrai ou véritable jour to see something in its true light

sous un faux jour in a false light

3. (locution)

donner le jour à

a. [enfant] to give birth to, to bring into the world

b. [projet] to give birth to

c. [mode, tendance] to start

jeter un jour nouveau sur to throw ou to cast new light on

mettre au jour to bring to light

voir le jour

a. [bébé] to be born

b. [journal] to come out

c. [théorie, invention] to appear

d. [projet] to see the light of day

C.[OUVERTURE]

1. [interstice - entre des planches] gap, chink ; [ - dans un feuillage] gap

2. ARCHITECTURE opening

ART light

3. COUTURE opening (made by drawing threads)

des jours openwork, drawn work

4. (locution)

se faire jour to emerge, to become clear

l'idée s'est fait jour dans son esprit the idea dawned on her

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jours nom masculin pluriel

1. [vie] days, life

mettre fin à ses jours to put an end to one's life

ses jours sont comptés his days are numbered

ses jours ne sont plus en danger we no longer fear for her life

2. [époque]

de la Rome antique à nos jours from Ancient Rome to the present day

passer des jours heureux to have a good time

les mauvais jours

a. [les moments difficiles] unhappy days, hard times

b. [les jours où rien ne va] bad days

il a sa tête des mauvais jours it looks like he's in a bad mood

ce manteau a connu des jours meilleurs this coat has seen better days

ses vieux jours his old age

de nos jours these days, nowadays

les beaux jours

a. [printemps] springtime

b. [été] summertime

ah, c'étaient les beaux jours! [jeunesse] ah, those were the days!

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à jour locution adjectivale

[cahier, travail] kept up to date

[rapport] up-to-date, up-to-the-minute

être à jour de ses cotisations to have paid one's subscription

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à jour locution adverbiale

up to date

tenir/mettre quelque chose à jour to keep/to bring something up to date

mettre sa correspondance à jour to catch up on one's letter writing

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au grand jour locution adverbiale

faire quelque chose au grand jour (figuré) to do something openly ou in broad daylight

l'affaire fut étalée au grand jour the affair was brought out into the open

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de jour locution adjectivale

[hôpital, unité] day, daytime (modificateur)

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de jour locution adverbiale

[travailler] during the day

[conduire] in the daytime, during the day

être de jour to be on day duty ou on days

de jour comme de nuit day and night

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du jour locution adjectivale

[mode, tendance, préoccupation] current, contemporary

[homme] of the moment

le journal du jour the day's paper

un œuf du jour a new-laid ou newly-laid ou freshly-laid egg

le poisson est-il du jour? is the fish fresh (today)?

du jour au lendemain locution adverbiale

overnight

il a changé d'avis du jour au lendemain he changed his mind overnight

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d'un jour locution adjectivale

short-lived, ephemeral (soutenu), transient (soutenu)

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par jour locution adverbiale

a day, per day

trois fois par jour three times a day

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