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lack+of+information

  • 81 contribuir a

    v.
    to contribute to, to conduce toward, to conduce to, to partake in.
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    (v.) = add to, make + contribution to(wards), make for, play + an instrumental role in
    Ex. At the same time outdated terminology adds to the lack of coherence.
    Ex. Document analysis makes a significant contribution to communication and information flow.
    Ex. However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex. Many people played an instrumental role in preparing this new FAO manual.
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    (v.) = add to, make + contribution to(wards), make for, play + an instrumental role in

    Ex: At the same time outdated terminology adds to the lack of coherence.

    Ex: Document analysis makes a significant contribution to communication and information flow.
    Ex: However, lengthy and complex consultative committees can hinder revision, and make for a slowly changing scheme.
    Ex: Many people played an instrumental role in preparing this new FAO manual.

    Spanish-English dictionary > contribuir a

  • 82 cubrir un puesto de trabajo

    (v.) = fill + position
    Ex. Consequently, many of these positions are filled by personnel who may lack a comprehensive understanding of the role of information production in the organisation.
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    (v.) = fill + position

    Ex: Consequently, many of these positions are filled by personnel who may lack a comprehensive understanding of the role of information production in the organisation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cubrir un puesto de trabajo

  • 83 datos concretos y reales

    Ex. These results indicate a general lack of awareness of the need for hard data as a basis for rationalising planning and development in the information sector.
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    Ex: These results indicate a general lack of awareness of the need for hard data as a basis for rationalising planning and development in the information sector.

    Spanish-English dictionary > datos concretos y reales

  • 84 decepción

    f.
    1 disappointment, let-down, letdown, disillusion.
    2 deception, imposture.
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    1 disappointment, disenchantment
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    noun f.
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    llevarse o sufrir una decepción — to be disappointed

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    femenino disappointment, letdown (colloq)
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    = disappointment, disillusionment, disillusion, flake out, bubble burst, letdown.
    Ex. On occasions, I have begun my talk by issuing a caveat emptor, a legalistic phrase which one dictionary defines as 'sentence disclaiming responsibility for buyer's disappointment'.
    Ex. Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex. The author discusses the disillusion she developed with Italian politics and its failure to deliver properly funded nationwide public library system for Italy in the postwar period.
    Ex. The show was a real flake out.
    Ex. Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.
    Ex. The budget was also a letdown to people disabled by their addiction to alcohol and cigarrettes.
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    femenino disappointment, letdown (colloq)
    * * *
    = disappointment, disillusionment, disillusion, flake out, bubble burst, letdown.

    Ex: On occasions, I have begun my talk by issuing a caveat emptor, a legalistic phrase which one dictionary defines as 'sentence disclaiming responsibility for buyer's disappointment'.

    Ex: Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex: The author discusses the disillusion she developed with Italian politics and its failure to deliver properly funded nationwide public library system for Italy in the postwar period.
    Ex: The show was a real flake out.
    Ex: Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.
    Ex: The budget was also a letdown to people disabled by their addiction to alcohol and cigarrettes.

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    disappointment, letdown ( colloq)
    la exposición resultó una verdadera decepción the exhibition was a real disappointment o letdown
    ha sufrido muchas decepciones en la vida she has suffered o had many disappointments in her life
    me llevé una gran decepción I was very disappointed, it was a terrible disappointment
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    decepción sustantivo femenino
    disappointment, letdown (colloq);

    decepción sustantivo femenino disappointment

    ' decepción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    decir
    - palo
    - profunda
    - profundo
    - chasco
    - desilusión
    - llevar
    English:
    anticlimax
    - disappointment
    - duplicity
    - letdown
    - let
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    disappointment;
    llevarse una decepción to be disappointed, to suffer a disappointment;
    me llevé una gran decepción al oír la noticia I was really disappointed when I heard the news;
    su nueva película ha sido una decepción her new movie is disappointing o a disappointment
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    f disappointment
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    decepción nf, pl - ciones : disappointment, letdown
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    decepción n disappointment

    Spanish-English dictionary > decepción

  • 85 derrumbarse

    1 (un edificio) to collapse, fall down; (un techo) to fall in, cave in
    2 figurado to collapse
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    VPR
    1) (=hundirse) [edificio] to collapse, fall down; [techo] to fall in, cave in
    2) (=precipitarse) [persona] to fling o.s., hurl o.s. ( por down, over)
    3) [esperanzas] to collapse
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    (v.) = collapse, crumble, cave in, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin
    Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.
    Ex. Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.
    Ex. It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    Ex. The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
    Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
    Ex. Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin.
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    (v.) = collapse, crumble, cave in, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin

    Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

    Ex: Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Sometimes the roof doesn't just leak, it caves in!'.
    Ex: It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    Ex: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
    Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
    Ex: Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin.

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    ■derrumbarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (desplomarse, caer) to collapse, fall down
    (un techo) to fall in, cave in
    2 (abatirse una persona) to break down: si su padre se derrumba ahora, la familia está perdida, if her father collapses now the family will be destitute
    cuando le contaron la verdad, se derrumbó, he broke down when they told him the truth
    ' derrumbarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    venirse
    - derrumbar
    - hundir
    English:
    cave in
    - collapse
    - come down
    - cave
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    vpr
    1. [venirse abajo] [puente, edificio, muro, pared] to collapse;
    [techo] to fall in, to cave in;
    se derrumbó extenuado sobre la cama he collapsed on the bed exhausted
    2. [despeñarse] to fall ( por down)
    3. [imperio] to fall, to collapse;
    [empresa] to collapse, to founder; [persona] to go to pieces;
    en la segunda parte el equipo se derrumbó the team went to pieces in the second half
    4. [esperanzas] to be shattered
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    v/r
    1 collapse, fall down
    2 de persona go to pieces
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    vr
    desplomarse: to collapse, to break down
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    derrumbarse vb to collapse

    Spanish-English dictionary > derrumbarse

  • 86 desaliñado

    adj.
    untidy, messy, sloppy, bedraggled.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaliñar.
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    1→ link=desaliñar desaliñar
    1 untidy, unkempt, scruffy
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    ADJ
    1) (=descuidado) slovenly
    2) (=desordenado) untidy, dishevelled, disheveled (EEUU)
    3) (=negligente) careless, slovenly
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    - da adjetivo slovenly
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    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex. This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex. Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex. Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.
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    - da adjetivo slovenly
    * * *
    = messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], scruffy [scruffier -comp., scuffiest -sup.], bedraggled, unkempt, scruff.

    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    Ex: The article 'Surprise: Scruffy Students Now Don Glad Rags for Class' reports that high school students throughout the country are dressing up these days and that what is chic varies from region to region.
    Ex: This novel's far-fetched but intriguing plot places a rather bedraggled and unimpressive Hitler on Australian soil in 1919.
    Ex: Modern tourists lack a classical training, and most of them are bewildered by such unkempt ruins as those that are found in Rome.
    Ex: Part of the reason he is such a scruff is he took on sponsorship to raise money for charity by agreeing to not have his beard or hair cut for the better part of a year.

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    slovenly
    * * *

    Del verbo desaliñar: ( conjugate desaliñar)

    desaliñado es:

    el participio

    desaliñado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    slovenly
    desaliñado,-a adjetivo scruffy, untidy

    ' desaliñado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desaliñada
    English:
    disheveled
    - dishevelled
    - dowdy
    - frumpy
    - scruffily
    - scruffy
    - sloppy
    - slovenly
    - untidy
    - bedraggled
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    desaliñado, -a adj
    [persona, aspecto] scruffy;
    un tipo de aspecto desaliñado a scruffy-looking guy
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    adj slovenly
    * * *
    desaliñado, -da adj
    : slovenly, untidy
    * * *
    desaliñado adj scruffy [comp. scruffier; superl. scruffiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaliñado

  • 87 desconocimiento

    m.
    ignorance, lack of knowledge.
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    1 ignorance (de, of)
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    SM
    1) (=falta de conocimientos) ignorance
    2) (=repudio) disregard
    3) (=ingratitud) ingratitude
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    masculino ignorance
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    Ex. In such circumstances SLIS need to be jolted out of their states of unawareness and unpreparedness.
    ----
    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, recuperación y = information illiteracy.
    * * *
    masculino ignorance
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    Ex: In such circumstances SLIS need to be jolted out of their states of unawareness and unpreparedness.

    * desconocimiento de las destrezas básicas en la búsqueda, recuperación y = information illiteracy.

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    ignorance
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    desconocimiento sustantivo masculino
    ignorance
    desconocimiento sustantivo masculino ignorance: reconoció su total desconocimiento sobre ese asunto, he accepted his absolute ignorance in relation to the subject
    ' desconocimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sombra
    English:
    ignorance
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    ignorance, lack of knowledge;
    tiene un desconocimiento total de la situación he has absolutely no idea what the situation is;
    el desconocimiento de la ley no exime de su cumplimiento ignorance of the law does not exempt one from obeying it
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    m ignorance
    * * *
    : ignorance

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconocimiento

  • 88 desinteresado

    adj.
    1 disinterested, unconcerned, indifferent, uncaring.
    2 unselfish, selfless.
    f. & m.
    uninterested person.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desinteresarse.
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    1→ link=desinteresarse desinteresarse
    1 disinterested, unselfish
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    ADJ
    1) (=altruista) unselfish
    2) (=imparcial) disinterested
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    - da adjetivo <consejo/ayuda> disinterested; < persona> selfless
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    = uninterested, uncaring, plateaued, pro bono, selfless, unselfish, self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-giving.
    Ex. Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex. The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex. This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.
    Ex. Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex. Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.
    Ex. True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex. She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.
    Ex. She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.
    Ex. Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.
    ----
    * trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.
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    - da adjetivo <consejo/ayuda> disinterested; < persona> selfless
    * * *
    = uninterested, uncaring, plateaued, pro bono, selfless, unselfish, self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-giving.

    Ex: Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.

    Ex: The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex: This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.
    Ex: Pro bono work should be a part of professional duty, not looked on as a charitable act = El trabajo desinteresado debería formar parte de los deberes profesionales y no considerarse como un acto caritativo.
    Ex: Information technology should be viewed as an enabler of a larger system which builds a sharing, selfless working community.
    Ex: True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.
    Ex: She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.
    Ex: She on the other hand believes in a self-denying, self-sacraficing love which goes beyond the mere impulse of humanity.
    Ex: Mark's Gospel reveals the power of God as self-effacement and self-giving love rather than domination and conquest.
    * trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.

    * * *
    ‹actuación› unselfish, selfless ( frml); ‹consejo/ayuda› disinterested; ‹persona› selfless
    ofreció su ayuda de forma desinteresada he offered to help without expecting anything in return
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    Del verbo desinteresarse: ( conjugate desinteresarse)

    desinteresado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desinteresado    
    desinteresarse
    desinteresado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹consejo/ayuda› disinterested;


    ‹ persona› selfless
    desinteresado,-a adjetivo unselfish, selfless
    ' desinteresado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desinteresada
    English:
    disinterested
    - selfless
    - unselfish
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    desinteresado, -a adj
    1. [indiferente] uninterested ( por in)
    2. [generoso] unselfish;
    colabora de forma desinteresada he's taking part with no thought of personal gain
    * * *
    adj unselfish, disinterested
    * * *
    desinteresado, -da adj
    generoso: unselfish

    Spanish-English dictionary > desinteresado

  • 89 desmoronarse

    1 to crumble, collapse, fall to pieces
    2 (venir a menos) to crumble, collapse
    3 figurado (decaer el ánimo) to lose heart, fall apart
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    VPR
    1) (=derrumbarse) [montaña, casa] to crumble; [ladrillos] to fall, come down
    2) (=decaer) to decay
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    verbo pronominal
    a) muro/edificio to collapse; imperio/sociedad to crumble, collapse
    b) fe/moral to crumble
    * * *
    (v.) = collapse, crumble, fall + apart, fall to + pieces, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams
    Ex. There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.
    Ex. Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.
    Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex. One must accept that it is impossible to satisfy all people all the time; this author has seen several prison librarians fall to pieces, while the librarian was drowning in details.
    Ex. The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
    Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal
    a) muro/edificio to collapse; imperio/sociedad to crumble, collapse
    b) fe/moral to crumble
    * * *
    (v.) = collapse, crumble, fall + apart, fall to + pieces, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams

    Ex: There is no danger that the scheme will collapse for lack of central organization.

    Ex: Clearly the old barriers between disciplines, which began to crumble in the problem-orientated era, have now effectively disappeared, which presents further difficulties in the transmission of information.
    Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex: One must accept that it is impossible to satisfy all people all the time; this author has seen several prison librarians fall to pieces, while the librarian was drowning in details.
    Ex: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.
    Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

    * * *

    desmoronarse ( conjugate desmoronarse) verbo pronominal
    a) [muro/edificio] to collapse;

    [imperio/sociedad] to crumble, collapse
    b) [fe/moral] to crumble;

    [ persona] to go to pieces
    ■desmoronarse verbo reflexivo to crumble, fall to pieces
    ' desmoronarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    crumble
    - break
    - collapse
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    vpr
    1. [edificio, roca] to crumble, to fall to pieces
    2. [ideales] to crumble, to fall to pieces;
    [persona] to go to pieces;
    se desmoronaba mentalmente she was going to pieces mentally;
    se desmoronó a 100 metros de la llegada he collapsed 100 metres from the finishing line
    3. [imperio, estado] to collapse, to fall apart
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    v/r tb fig
    collapse
    * * *
    vr
    : to crumble, to deteriorate, to fall apart
    * * *
    desmoronarse vb to crumble

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmoronarse

  • 90 destrozar

    v.
    2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).
    3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.
    Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.
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    1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds
    2 figurado (gastar) to wear out
    3 figurado (estropear) to ruin, spoil; (corazón) to break
    4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate
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    1. VT
    1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter
    2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crush
    3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (romper, deteriorar) to break
    b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

    su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death

    2.
    destrozarse v pron (refl)
    a) ( romperse)
    b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin
    * * *
    = shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.
    Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
    Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.
    Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.
    Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.
    Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.
    Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.
    Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.
    ----
    * destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (romper, deteriorar) to break
    b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy

    su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death

    2.
    destrozarse v pron (refl)
    a) ( romperse)
    b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin
    * * *
    = shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.

    Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.

    Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.
    Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.
    Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.
    Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.
    Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.
    Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.
    Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.
    * destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.

    * * *
    destrozar [A4 ]
    vt
    1 (romper, deteriorar) to break
    la bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
    no hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes
    2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroy
    me está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreck
    la muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death
    1
    (romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashed
    se me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces
    2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin
    te vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes
    * * *

    destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
    a) (romper, deteriorar) ‹ zapatos› to ruin;

    ‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
    ‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
    ‹ coche› to wreck;
    ‹ libro› to pull apart
    b) ‹felicidad/matrimonio/vida› to wreck, destroy;

    ‹ corazón› to break;

    destrozarse verbo pronominal

    [jarrón/cristal] to smash
    b) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruin

    destrozar verbo transitivo
    1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
    2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
    3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
    4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
    ' destrozar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    break
    - destroy
    - mangle
    - shatter
    - smash
    - smash up
    - tear apart
    - trash
    - vandalize
    - wreck
    - write off
    - get
    - murder
    - piece
    - pull
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;
    [estropear] to ruin;
    el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;
    vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much
    2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;
    [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;
    el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;
    ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;
    destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate
    * * *
    v/t
    1 destroy
    2 emocio- nalmente shatter, devastate
    * * *
    destrozar {21} vt
    1) : to smash, to shatter
    2) : to destroy, to wreck
    * * *
    1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck
    2. (hacer trozos) to smash
    destrozarle el corazón a alguien to break somebody's heart [pt. broke; pp. broken]

    Spanish-English dictionary > destrozar

  • 91 destrucción

    f.
    destruction, devastation, ruin, havoc.
    * * *
    1 destruction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino destruction
    * * *
    = destruction, ruin, devastation, demolition, obliteration, decimation, wiping out.
    Ex. In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.
    Ex. Information deprivation can be found among a very broad band of the population, including all those citizens whose life styles contribute towards the ruin of their environment.
    Ex. Today, we see the societal impact of library schools and the devastation caused by the lack of having them.
    Ex. The new library was built in a single phase, with stock and facilities housed in temporary accommodation during demolition and construction.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The wayward bookman: the decline, fall and historical obliteration of an ALA president'.
    Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    Ex. He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
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    * armas de destrucción masiva = weapons of mass destruction.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * destrucción medioambiental = environmental destruction.
    * otro paso más hacia + Posesivo + destrucción = another nail in + Posesivo + coffin.
    * * *
    femenino destruction
    * * *
    = destruction, ruin, devastation, demolition, obliteration, decimation, wiping out.

    Ex: In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.

    Ex: Information deprivation can be found among a very broad band of the population, including all those citizens whose life styles contribute towards the ruin of their environment.
    Ex: Today, we see the societal impact of library schools and the devastation caused by the lack of having them.
    Ex: The new library was built in a single phase, with stock and facilities housed in temporary accommodation during demolition and construction.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The wayward bookman: the decline, fall and historical obliteration of an ALA president'.
    Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.
    Ex: He promoted a program of racial persecution and racism involving the wiping out of the Jews.
    * armas de destrucción masiva = weapons of mass destruction.
    * causar destrucción = wreak + destruction.
    * destrucción medioambiental = environmental destruction.
    * otro paso más hacia + Posesivo + destrucción = another nail in + Posesivo + coffin.

    * * *
    destruction
    * * *

    destrucción sustantivo femenino
    destruction
    destrucción sustantivo femenino destruction
    ' destrucción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    secuela
    - ADM
    - arma
    - total
    English:
    arms race
    - destruction
    - nail
    - wholesale
    - demolition
    - wake
    - weapon
    * * *
    destruction;
    causar destrucción to cause destruction;
    * * *
    f destruction
    * * *
    destrucción nf, pl - ciones : destruction
    * * *
    destrucción n destruction

    Spanish-English dictionary > destrucción

  • 92 desvanecerse

    1 (disiparse) to disperse, clear
    2 figurado (desaparecer) to vanish, disappear; (recuerdos) to fade
    3 figurado (demayarse) to faint
    * * *
    2) fade
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=desaparecer) [humo, niebla] to clear, disperse; [recuerdo, sonido] to fade, fade away; [duda] to be dispelled
    2) (Med) to faint
    3) (Quím) to evaporate
    * * *
    = fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, fall out, perish, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, wither, banish, blow away, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, wear off.
    Ex. Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.
    Ex. The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex. So when the 1908 ALA rules superseded Cutter's rules, the whole provision for bringing together editions fell out, and we didn't have them until the AACR.
    Ex. A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
    Ex. She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex. He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex. The article 'Whither libraries? or, wither libraries' urges the profession to seriously consider its role in an electronic society.
    Ex. Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex. Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex. But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex. The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex. We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex. All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
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    * desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.
    * * *
    = fade (away/out), fall into + obscurity, fall out, perish, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, wither, banish, blow away, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], fade into + obscurity, fade into + oblivion, disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, wear off.

    Ex: Trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transitory.

    Ex: The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex: So when the 1908 ALA rules superseded Cutter's rules, the whole provision for bringing together editions fell out, and we didn't have them until the AACR.
    Ex: A data base must respond to a dynamic reality in which terms, 'strain, crack and sometimes break under the burden, under the tension, slip, slide, perish, decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, will not stay still'.
    Ex: She seized her sweater and purse and vanished.
    Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex: He adjusted himself comfortably in the chair, overlapped his legs, and blew a smoke ring that dissolved two feet above her head.
    Ex: The article 'Whither libraries? or, wither libraries' urges the profession to seriously consider its role in an electronic society.
    Ex: Microcomputers sets the stage for an interactive environment that can banish the 'master-slave' architecture of television and its progeny, the culture of passivity.
    Ex: Its prediction that, with the passing of years, the taint of scandal will blow away, looks over-optimistic.
    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex: But he may be put under house arrest, a dire fate for a man who is terrified of fading into obscurity.
    Ex: The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.
    Ex: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.
    * desvanecerse la luz = light + fail.

    * * *

    desvanecerse ( conjugate desvanecerse) verbo pronominal
    a) [humo/nubes/niebla] to clear, disperse;

    [dudas/temores/sospechas] to vanish, be dispelled;
    [fantasma/visión] to disappear, vanish

    desvanecerse verbo reflexivo
    1 (un recuerdo, una imagen, duda) to vanish, fade
    (la niebla) to clear
    2 (perder el conocimiento) to faint
    ' desvanecerse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disiparse
    English:
    evaporate
    - recede
    - disappear
    - dissipate
    - fade
    - melt
    - swoon
    - window
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [desmayarse] to faint;
    caer desvanecido to fall in a faint, to faint;
    yacía desvanecido en el pavimento he lay unconscious in the road
    2. [humo, nubes] to clear, to disappear;
    [perfil, figura] to become blurred; [colores] to fade; [sonido, olor] to fade away;
    su imagen se desvanece y en la pantalla vemos un paisaje her image fades out and we see a country scene
    3. [sospechas, temores] to be dispelled;
    [esperanzas] to be dashed; [recuerdos] to fade;
    * * *
    v/r
    1 de niebla disperse;
    desvanecerse en el aire vanish into thin air
    2 MED faint
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to vanish, to disappear
    2) : to fade
    3) desmayarse: to faint, to swoon

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvanecerse

  • 93 director de curso

    Ex. A number of course leaders in the IT field regarded their lack of treatment of what might be termed morality of information provision as a drawback in their programmes.
    * * *

    Ex: A number of course leaders in the IT field regarded their lack of treatment of what might be termed morality of information provision as a drawback in their programmes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > director de curso

  • 94 distanciamiento

    m.
    1 distance, coldness (afectivo).
    2 separation, isolation, coming apart, distance.
    * * *
    1 distancing, separation
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acto) spacing out
    2) (=estado) remoteness, isolation
    3) (=distancia) distance
    4) (Teat, Literat) distancing effect
    * * *
    masculino ( acción) distancing; ( efecto)
    * * *
    = remoteness, rift, estrangement, move away from, aloofness, distancing.
    Ex. Their expressed concern is far more with his remoteness, unresponsiveness, lack of sympathy, glibness, or dogmatism.
    Ex. Chief among these challenges is the technological rift that exists between the Third World and on-line systems that have their roots in technologically advanced societies.
    Ex. The key will be to minimize the problems of estrangement and contradiction caused by economic, political, social and cultural imbalances and differences, through greater cultural information dissemination and exchange.
    Ex. This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.
    Ex. Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.
    Ex. Visual problems may be overcome by the correct distancing of screen and keyboard.
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    * distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * distanciamiento de = swing away from.
    * orden judicial de distanciamiento = restraining order.
    * * *
    masculino ( acción) distancing; ( efecto)
    * * *
    = remoteness, rift, estrangement, move away from, aloofness, distancing.

    Ex: Their expressed concern is far more with his remoteness, unresponsiveness, lack of sympathy, glibness, or dogmatism.

    Ex: Chief among these challenges is the technological rift that exists between the Third World and on-line systems that have their roots in technologically advanced societies.
    Ex: The key will be to minimize the problems of estrangement and contradiction caused by economic, political, social and cultural imbalances and differences, through greater cultural information dissemination and exchange.
    Ex: This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.
    Ex: Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.
    Ex: Visual problems may be overcome by the correct distancing of screen and keyboard.
    * distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.
    * distanciamiento de = swing away from.
    * orden judicial de distanciamiento = restraining order.

    * * *
    (acción) distancing
    (efecto): se nota un cierto distanciamiento entre ellos they seem to have grown o drifted apart
    * * *

    distanciamiento sustantivo masculino distancing: ha habido un distanciamiento entre ellos, they've grown apart
    ' distanciamiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rift
    * * *
    1. [afectivo] distance, coldness;
    con los años, se produjo un distanciamiento entre ellos as the years passed, they grew apart;
    ver un asunto con cierto distanciamiento to consider an issue with a certain detachment
    2. [de opiniones, posturas] distancing;
    se ha dado un claro distanciamiento de posturas entre ambos bandos the two sides have adopted more clearly opposing positions
    * * *
    m afectivo, de posturas distancing
    * * *
    1) : distancing
    2) : rift, estrangement

    Spanish-English dictionary > distanciamiento

  • 95 duda

    f.
    1 doubt.
    poner algo en duda to call something into question
    sacar a alguien de la duda to remove somebody's doubts
    salir de dudas to set one's mind at rest
    sin duda without (a) doubt
    tengo mis dudas I have my doubts
    ¡la duda ofende! how could you doubt me!
    no cabe duda there is no doubt about it
    no te quepa duda don't doubt it, make no mistake about it
    2 acatalepsia.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: dudar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: dudar.
    * * *
    1 doubt
    \
    no hay duda there is no doubt
    no te quepa duda make no mistake about it
    poner algo en duda to question something
    sacar a alguien de dudas to dispel somebody's doubts
    salir de dudas to shed one's doubts
    sin duda no doubt, without a doubt
    sin la menor duda without the slightest doubt
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=incertidumbre) doubt

    queda la duda en pie sobre... — doubt remains about...

    • un hecho que no admite duda — an unquestionable fact

    • ante la duda, no lo hagas — if in doubt, don't

    • me asaltó la duda de si... — I was suddenly seized by a doubt as to whether...

    • no cabe duda de que... — there can be no doubt that...

    no me cabe la menor duda de que vamos a ganar — I have absolutely no doubt that we will win, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we will win

    • en caso de duda — if in doubt

    "en caso de duda, consulte a su farmacéutico" — "if in doubt, consult your pharmacist"

    • para desvanecer o disipar toda duda — in order to clear up any doubts, to banish all doubts

    • estar en duda, aún está en duda si él será el nuevo director — there's still some doubt as to o about whether he will be the new manager

    estoy en la duda sobre si me iré de vacaciones o no — I'm undecided o in two minds about whether to go on holiday or not

    • fuera de toda duda — beyond all doubt

    • sin lugar a duda(s) — without doubt, undoubtedly

    • poner algo en duda — to question sth, doubt sth

    no pongo en duda que sea verdad, pero... — I don't doubt that it's true, but...

    • sacar a algn de dudas o de la duda — to clear things up for sb

    • salir de dudas, pregúntaselo a él, así saldremos de dudas — ask him, then we'll know

    pues no salimos de dudas — we're none the wiser, then

    • sin duda — undoubtedly

    esta es, sin duda alguna, una de las mejores novelas que he leído — this is, without (any) doubt, one of the best novels I've read, this is undoubtedly one of the best novels I've read

    • sin sombra de duda — without a shadow of a doubt

    la duda ofende —

    ¿cómo que si te lo voy a devolver?, por favor, la duda ofende — what do you mean am I going to give it back to you?, how could you think otherwise?

    2) (=pregunta) question, query

    ¿queda alguna duda? — are there any queries?

    * * *
    1) (interrogante, sospecha) doubt

    expuso sus dudas sobre... — he expressed his reservations about...

    ¿tienen alguna duda? — are there any queries o questions?

    no cabe ninguna duda or la menor duda — there cannot be the slightest doubt

    sin duda or sin lugar a dudas — undoubtedly

    ante or en la duda, abstente — if in doubt, don't

    2) (estado de incertidumbre, indecisión)

    no sé que hacer, estoy en (la) duda — I don't know what to do; I'm of (AmE) o (BrE) in two minds about it

    * * *
    = doubt, reservation, qualm, perplex, quandary, equivocation.
    Ex. However, for others, the ideal status had not yet been achieved and there was doubt about the practical applicability of equity laws.
    Ex. Microforms are easy to use, although there were early reservations concerning the fact that users need to become familiar with any specific kind of microform and its reader.
    Ex. In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
    Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex. The increasing use and popularity of the Internet and phytomedicinals (medicinal herbs and medical botanics) have created a quandary for researchers, consumers and information professionals.
    Ex. We stand with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and other distinguished speakers in stating without equivocation that everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
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    * arrojar dudas sobre = cast + doubt on, cast + doubt on.
    * con dudas = uncertainly.
    * confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.
    * demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * despertar dudas = stir + doubts.
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * duda en uno mismo = self-doubt.
    * duda, la = seed of doubt, the.
    * dudas = hesitation, misgiving, second thoughts.
    * dudas + asaltar = doubts + assail.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.
    * en duda = in doubt.
    * en un mar de dudas = at sea.
    * estar en duda = be in question.
    * estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * expresar dudas = express + doubts, express + reservations, express + misgivings, voice + misgivings, voice + reservations.
    * fuera de toda duda = incontrovertible, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * generar dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * germen de la duda, el = seed of doubt, the.
    * haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.
    * la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.
    * lleno de dudas = doubtful.
    * más allá de cualquier duda = beyond any doubt.
    * más allá de ninguna duda = beyond doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt.
    * más allá de toda duda = beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.
    * no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.
    * no haber duda de que = there + be + no doubt that.
    * no haber duda (que) = there + be + no question (that).
    * no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.
    * no poner en duda = be unquestioned.
    * plantear dudas = raise + doubts.
    * plantearse dudas = have + second thoughts.
    * poner en duda = challenge, be flawed, question, render + suspect, unsettle, regard + with suspicion, put in + doubt, call into + question, shed + doubt, throw into + doubt, throw + doubt on.
    * poner en duda la validez de = bring into + question the validity of.
    * poner en duda unos principios = shake + foundations.
    * por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.
    * producir dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * que no se ha puesto en duda = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].
    * resolver las dudas = solve + Posesivo + doubts.
    * sembrar el germen de la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.
    * sin duda alguna = without any doubt.
    * sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.
    * sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever.
    * sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.
    * sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.
    * sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.
    * sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.
    * suscitar duda = shed + doubt.
    * suscitar dudas = raise + doubts.
    * tener dudas = be doubtful, have + misgivings, have + reservations (about), be suspicious.
    * tener dudas sobre = be ambivalent about.
    * * *
    1) (interrogante, sospecha) doubt

    expuso sus dudas sobre... — he expressed his reservations about...

    ¿tienen alguna duda? — are there any queries o questions?

    no cabe ninguna duda or la menor duda — there cannot be the slightest doubt

    sin duda or sin lugar a dudas — undoubtedly

    ante or en la duda, abstente — if in doubt, don't

    2) (estado de incertidumbre, indecisión)

    no sé que hacer, estoy en (la) duda — I don't know what to do; I'm of (AmE) o (BrE) in two minds about it

    * * *
    la duda
    (n.) = seed of doubt, the

    Ex: Of course just like any seed, the seed of doubt needs proper environment to grow.

    = doubt, reservation, qualm, perplex, quandary, equivocation.

    Ex: However, for others, the ideal status had not yet been achieved and there was doubt about the practical applicability of equity laws.

    Ex: Microforms are easy to use, although there were early reservations concerning the fact that users need to become familiar with any specific kind of microform and its reader.
    Ex: In the article 'Caveats, qualms, and quibbles: a revisionist view of library automation', a public librarian expresses his concern about computers in libraries and the lack of healthy scepticism in libraries when considering the likely benefits of automation.
    Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex: The increasing use and popularity of the Internet and phytomedicinals (medicinal herbs and medical botanics) have created a quandary for researchers, consumers and information professionals.
    Ex: We stand with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and other distinguished speakers in stating without equivocation that everyone has the right to freedom of expression.
    * arrojar dudas sobre = cast + doubt on, cast + doubt on.
    * con dudas = uncertainly.
    * confirmar las dudas = fulfil + doubts.
    * dar a Alguien el beneficio de la duda = give + Nombre + the benefit of the doubt.
    * demostrar sin lugar a dudas = prove + conclusively.
    * demostrar sin ninguna duda = demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * despertar dudas = stir + doubts.
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * duda en uno mismo = self-doubt.
    * duda, la = seed of doubt, the.
    * dudas = hesitation, misgiving, second thoughts.
    * dudas + asaltar = doubts + assail.
    * el beneficio de la duda = the benefit of the doubt.
    * empezar a tener dudas = get + cold feet.
    * en duda = in doubt.
    * en un mar de dudas = at sea.
    * estar en duda = be in question.
    * estar en un mar de dudas = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * expresar dudas = express + doubts, express + reservations, express + misgivings, voice + misgivings, voice + reservations.
    * fuera de toda duda = incontrovertible, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * generar dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * germen de la duda, el = seed of doubt, the.
    * haber poca duda de que = there + be + little doubt that.
    * la menor duda de que = no doubt whatsoever.
    * lleno de dudas = doubtful.
    * más allá de cualquier duda = beyond any doubt.
    * más allá de ninguna duda = beyond doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt.
    * más allá de toda duda = beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * no dejar duda = leave + little doubt.
    * no dejar ninguna duda = leave + no doubt.
    * no haber duda de que = there + be + no doubt that.
    * no haber duda (que) = there + be + no question (that).
    * no hay duda de que = undoubtedly.
    * no poner en duda = be unquestioned.
    * plantear dudas = raise + doubts.
    * plantearse dudas = have + second thoughts.
    * poner en duda = challenge, be flawed, question, render + suspect, unsettle, regard + with suspicion, put in + doubt, call into + question, shed + doubt, throw into + doubt, throw + doubt on.
    * poner en duda la validez de = bring into + question the validity of.
    * poner en duda unos principios = shake + foundations.
    * por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.
    * producir dudas = make + Nombre + doubt.
    * que no se ha puesto en duda = unquestioned, unscrutinised [unscrutinized, -USA].
    * resolver las dudas = solve + Posesivo + doubts.
    * sembrar el germen de la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sembrar la duda = plant + the seed of doubt, sow + the seed of doubt.
    * sin duda = doubtless, no doubt, of course, surely, to be sure, undoubtedly, indubitably, without a doubt, without doubt, no mistake, hands down.
    * sin duda alguna = without any doubt.
    * sin el menor asomo de duda = without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la más mínima duda = without the shadow of a doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin la menor duda = no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin la menor sombra de duda = without a shadow of a doubt.
    * sin lugar a dudas = conclusively, undeniably, unquestionably, without any doubt, by all accounts, no mistake, no doubt, without a shadow of a doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be sure.
    * sin ninguna duda = without question, without any doubt, beyond doubt, beyond any doubt, no mistake, no doubt.
    * sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever.
    * sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.
    * sin poner en duda la veracidad de Algo temporalmente = suspension of disbelief.
    * sin ponerlo en duda = uncritically.
    * sin ponerse en duda = unquestioned.
    * suscitar duda = shed + doubt.
    * suscitar dudas = raise + doubts.
    * tener dudas = be doubtful, have + misgivings, have + reservations (about), be suspicious.
    * tener dudas sobre = be ambivalent about.

    * * *
    A (interrogante, sospecha) doubt
    existen dudas con respecto a la autoría de este poema there are doubts regarding the authorship of this poem
    expuso sus dudas sobre la viabilidad del proyecto he expressed his doubts o reservations about the feasibility of the project
    tengo unas dudas para consultar con el profesor I have a few points I'd like to go over with the teacher
    me ha surgido una duda there's something I'm not sure about
    no logré disipar sus dudas I was unable to dispel his doubts
    ¿entendieron bien o tienen alguna duda? is that clear or are there any queries o questions?
    ¿crees que lo podrá hacer él? — tengo mis dudas do you think that he will be able to do it? — I have my doubts
    de pronto lo asaltó una duda suddenly he was seized by doubt
    no hay ni sombra de duda sobre su culpabilidad there can be no doubt about his guilt, there isn't a shadow of doubt that he's guilty
    nunca tuve la menor duda de que tenía razón I was never in any doubt that he was right, I never doubted that he was right
    su honestidad está fuera de (toda) duda his honesty is beyond (all) doubt
    de eso no cabe la menor duda there's absolutely no doubt about that
    no cabe ninguna duda or la menor duda there cannot be the slightest doubt
    no te quepa la menor duda make no mistake!
    que es buen médico no lo pongo en duda pero … I don't doubt that he's a good doctor, but …
    nadie pone en duda su capacidad para realizar el trabajo nobody questions o doubts his ability to do the job
    fue, sin duda, uno de los mejores escritores del siglo he was undoubtedly o without doubt one of the best writers of the century
    sin duda te lo has preguntado más de una vez no doubt you've asked yourself this more than once, I'm sure you've asked yourself this more than once
    sin lugar a dudas without doubt
    su manera de actuar no dejaba lugar a dudas the way he behaved left little room for doubt
    ¡la duda ofende! ( fam): ¿no habrás cogido tú el dinero? — ¡la duda ofende! you didn't take the money, did you? — how can you even think such a thing?
    por las dudas just in case
    ante or en la duda, abstente if in doubt, don't
    B
    (estado de incertidumbre, indecisión): estaba convencido, pero ya me has hecho entrar en (la) duda I was sure, but now you've made me wonder
    no sé si decírselo o no, estoy en (la) duda I don't know whether to tell him or not: I'm of ( AmE) o ( BrE) in two minds about it
    el resultado todavía está en duda the result still isn't certain o is still in doubt
    a ver si puedes sacarme de la duda do you think you can clear something up for me? o I wonder if you know o if you can tell me
    si estás en (la) duda no lo compres if you're not sure o if you're in any doubt, don't buy it
    * * *

     

    Del verbo dudar: ( conjugate dudar)

    duda es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    duda    
    dudar
    duda sustantivo femenino
    1 (interrogante, sospecha) doubt;
    ◊ expuso sus dudas sobre … he expressed his reservations about …;

    tengo unas dudas para consultar I have a few points I'd like to check;
    me ha surgido una duda there's something I'm not sure about;
    ¿tienen alguna duda? are there any queries o questions?;
    nunca tuve la menor duda de que tenía razón I never doubted that he was right;
    fuera de (toda) duda beyond (all) doubt;
    de eso no cabe la menor duda there's absolutely no doubt about that;
    lo pongo en duda I doubt it;
    sin duda or sin lugar a dudas undoubtedly;
    sin duda ya te lo habrás preguntado no doubt you'll have already asked yourself that question;
    para salir de dudas just to be doubly sure
    2 (estado de incertidumbre, indecisión):

    a ver si puedes sacarme de la duda do you think you can clear something up for me?;
    si estás en (la) duda no lo compres if you're not sure don't buy it
    dudar ( conjugate dudar) verbo transitivo
    to doubt;
    ◊ dudo que lo haya terminado I doubt if o whether he's finished it

    verbo intransitivo: duda entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent;
    duda en hacer algo to hesitate to do sth;
    duda de algo/algn to doubt sth/sb
    duda sustantivo femenino doubt: la lectura le despertó esa duda, reading aroused that doubt in him
    su integridad está fuera de toda duda, her integrity is beyond question
    puso en duda la viabilidad del proyecto, he questioned the viability of the project
    ♦ Locuciones: sin (lugar a) duda, (ciertamente) es sin duda alguna el mejor producto del mercado, it's without question the best product on the market
    dudar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to doubt: no dudes de él, don't distrust him
    2 (estar indeciso) to hesitate [en, to]: dudaban entre comprarlo o no, they hesitated whether to buy it or not
    II verbo transitivo to doubt: dudo mucho que se disculpe, I very much doubt that he'll apologize

    ' duda' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acaso
    - caber
    - debatirse
    - despejar
    - desvanecerse
    - disipar
    - existir
    - inseguridad
    - plantear
    - poner
    - reconcomer
    - reparo
    - reserva
    - sombra
    - abrigar
    - aclarar
    - asaltar
    - bueno
    - consultar
    - dudar
    - entrar
    - entredicho
    - leve
    - perdurar
    - reflejar
    - resolver
    - seguro
    - titubeo
    English:
    benefit
    - burn out
    - cast
    - clinch
    - definitely
    - doubt
    - doubtless
    - if
    - illuminate
    - illumination
    - misgiving
    - pocket
    - positively
    - qualm
    - query
    - question
    - seed
    - settle
    - should
    - surely
    - uncertainty
    - vestige
    - well
    - bound
    - definite
    - doubtful
    - element
    - self-
    - shadow
    - undoubtedly
    * * *
    duda nf
    1. [inseguridad, indecisión] doubt;
    la duda se apoderó de él he was filled with doubt;
    ante la duda,… if in doubt,…;
    sacar a alguien de la duda to remove sb's doubts
    2. [cuestión, problema]
    ¿alguien tiene alguna duda? does anyone have any questions?, is there anything anyone's not clear about?;
    resolveré vuestras dudas al final de la clase I'll answer your questions o I'll go over anything you're not sure about at the end of the class;
    todavía me queda una duda, ¿por qué lo hizo? there's still one thing I don't understand, why did she do it?;
    me asalta una duda, ¿habré hecho bien en dejar a los niños solos? I can't help wondering whether I was right to leave the children on their own;
    queda la duda de qué habría pasado si… the doubt remains about what would have happened if…;
    salir de dudas to clear up doubts;
    pregúntale y así salimos de dudas ask him and that will settle the matter;
    con su detallada explicación salimos finalmente de dudas her detailed explanation finally cleared up our doubts
    3. [desconfianza, sospecha] doubt;
    expresó sus dudas sobre la oportunidad de celebrar un referéndum he expressed some doubt about whether it was a good idea to have a referendum;
    existen dudas sobre la autoría del atentado there is some doubt surrounding who was responsible for the attack;
    tengo mis dudas I have my doubts;
    nunca tuve la menor duda de que era inocente I never for one moment doubted that she was innocent, I never had the slightest doubt that she was innocent;
    estar fuera de toda duda to be beyond the slightest doubt;
    su inocencia está fuera de toda duda her innocence is not in question, there is no question that she is innocent;
    no cabe (la menor) duda there is (absolutely) no doubt about it;
    no cabe duda de que el tabaco es perjudicial para la salud there's no doubt that smoking is bad for your health;
    no te quepa (la menor) duda don't doubt it, make no mistake about it;
    no dejar lugar a dudas to leave no room for doubt;
    poner algo en duda to put sth in doubt;
    dice que ha resuelto el problema – lo pongo en duda she says she has solved the problem – I would doubt that o I rather doubt that;
    pongo en duda que pueda hacerlo en una semana I doubt he can do it in a week, I would question whether he can do it in a week;
    sin duda without (a) doubt;
    el avión es, sin duda, el medio de transporte más cómodo the plane is undoubtedly o without doubt the most comfortable form of transport;
    es, sin duda, la mejor lasaña que he probado nunca it is beyond a doubt o definitely the best lasagne I've ever had;
    ¿vendrás a la fiesta? – ¡sin duda! are you coming to the party? – of course!;
    sin duda alguna, sin alguna duda without (a) doubt;
    sin la menor duda without the slightest doubt;
    sin sombra de duda beyond the shadow of a doubt;
    ¡la duda ofende!: ¿te molestaría que invitáramos a mi madre? – la duda ofende would you mind if we invited my mother? – of course you can, there's no need to ask;
    no creía que fueras a acabar – ¡la duda ofende! I never thought you'd finish – well thank you very much!
    * * *
    f doubt;
    sin duda without doubt;
    poner en duda call into question;
    estar fuera de (toda) duda be beyond (any) doubt;
    no cabe la menor duda there is absolutely no doubt;
    salir de dudas get things clear;
    todavía tengo mis dudas I still have (my) doubts, I’m still dubious
    * * *
    duda nf
    : doubt
    no cabe duda: there's no doubt about it
    * * *
    duda n
    1. (en general) doubt
    2. question / query [pl. queries]
    ¡señor, tengo una duda! sir! I've got a query!

    Spanish-English dictionary > duda

  • 96 en su conjunto

    as a whole
    * * *
    = as a whole, overall, together, collective, put together
    Ex. The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.
    Ex. Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex. An entry is a logical grouping of elements arranged in a prescribed order which together constitute a single unit of information to be filed or arranged as such in a register, list, catalogue, etc.
    Ex. 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
    Ex. Put together, these risks -- or challenges -- constitute 'The Digital Divide'.
    * * *
    = as a whole, overall, together, collective, put together

    Ex: The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.

    Ex: Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex: An entry is a logical grouping of elements arranged in a prescribed order which together constitute a single unit of information to be filed or arranged as such in a register, list, catalogue, etc.
    Ex: 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.
    Ex: Put together, these risks -- or challenges -- constitute 'The Digital Divide'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en su conjunto

  • 97 enorme

    adj.
    enormous, huge.
    * * *
    1 (grande) enormous, huge, vast
    2 (desmedido) tremendous, great
    3 familiar (muy bueno) very good, excellent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=muy grande) enormous, huge
    2) * (=estupendo) killing *, marvellous
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.
    Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex. She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    ----
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

    Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.

    * * *
    ‹edificio/animal› huge, enormous; ‹aumento/suma› huge, enormous, vast; ‹zona› vast, huge
    la diferencia es enorme the difference is enormous o huge
    tiene unas manos enormes he has huge o enormous hands
    sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad o a tremendous sense of sadness
    * * *

     

    enorme adjetivo ‹edificio/animal/suma› huge, enormous;
    ‹ zona› vast, huge;

    enorme adjetivo enormous, huge: vimos un elefante enorme, we saw an enormous elephant
    (de consideración) un enorme error, a clanger

    ' enorme' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atroz
    - botija
    - congratularse
    - desnivel
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - satisfacción
    - soberana
    - soberano
    - sofoco
    - supina
    - supino
    English:
    effective
    - enormous
    - face
    - gaping
    - ginormous
    - huge
    - immense
    - massive
    - monstrous
    - monumental
    - vast
    - whopper
    - world
    - derive
    - extreme
    - gigantic
    - it
    - prodigious
    - scar
    - yawning
    * * *
    enorme adj
    1. [muy grande] [objeto, persona, cantidad] huge, enormous;
    [defecto, error] huge;
    estos animales tienen una enorme capacidad para reproducirse these creatures have an enormous reproductive capacity;
    una torre de enorme altura an enormously tall tower;
    tu hijo está ya enorme your son's really huge;
    le invadía una enorme tristeza he was overcome by a great sadness
    2. Fam [excelente] great, fantastic
    * * *
    adj enormous, huge
    * * *
    enorme adj
    inmenso: enormous, huge
    ♦ enormemente adv
    * * *
    enorme adj enormous / huge

    Spanish-English dictionary > enorme

  • 98 esfumarse

    pron.v.
    1 to fade away (esperanzas, posibilidades).
    2 to vanish, to disappear (informal) (person).
    ¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!
    * * *
    1 familiar (largarse) to disappear, fade away
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [apoyo, esperanzas] to fade away, melt away
    2) [persona] to vanish, make o.s. scarce

    ¡esfúmate! — * get lost! *

    * * *
    = evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.
    Ex. It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.
    Ex. Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex. The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex. We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex. All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex. Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex. One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
    * * *
    = evaporate, fizzle out, etherealise [etherealize, -USA], disappear into + the blue, vanish into + the blue, skulk off, sneak off, sneak away.

    Ex: It is pointless to create interest if it is then allowed to evaporate because the books cannot be obtained.

    Ex: Over the weekend, she started three articles and each one fizzled out for lack of inspiration.
    Ex: The entire hardware of Western industrialism has been obsolesced and ' etherealized' by the new surround of electronic information services.
    Ex: We're all puzzled by the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle where hundreds of boats and planes have disappeared into the blue leaving no trace at all.
    Ex: All about the plane round puffs of white smoke suddenly appeared, broke, and vanished into the blue.
    Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
    Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
    Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

    * * *

    esfumarse ( conjugate esfumarse) verbo pronominal
    a) [ilusiones/sueños] to evaporate;

    [ temores] to melt away, be dispelled
    b) (fam) [persona/dinero] to vanish, disappear

    ■esfumarse vr fam to disappear, vanish: ¡esfúmate!, clear off!
    ' esfumarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    evaporate
    - melt away
    - runner
    - scarce
    - air
    - fizzle out
    - smoke
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [esperanzas, posibilidades] to fade away;
    [dudas, sospechas] to be dispelled
    2. Fam [persona] to vanish, to disappear;
    ¡esfúmate! beat it!, get lost!
    * * *
    disappear
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to fade away, to vanish
    2) fam : to take off, to leave

    Spanish-English dictionary > esfumarse

  • 99 excesivo

    adj.
    1 excessive, beyond measure, unconscionable, immoderate.
    2 hypernomic.
    * * *
    1 excessive
    * * *
    (f. - excesiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo excessive
    * * *
    = excessive, overwide [over-wide], overkill, unreasonable, inordinate, extortionate, unconscionable, overabundant, bloated, over-the-top, outrageous, excess.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex. Full USMARC is overkill for many library operations.
    Ex. However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.
    Ex. This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.
    Ex. Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex. He contends, however, that the seemingly formless, overabundant, inchoate texture of the novel might also suggest a valid mode for the novelization of slavery.
    Ex. They are are notorious for their inefficiency, conservatism, bloated bureaucracy, and obsoleteness.
    Ex. It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.
    Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex. The aim of the present study is to examine whether work-related factors contribute to excess male mortality.
    ----
    * capacidad excesiva = overcapacity [over-capacity].
    * carga excesiva = overload.
    * consumidor excesivo = overspender [over-spender].
    * dependencia excesiva = over reliance [over-reliance].
    * de un modo excesivo = extortionately.
    * énfasis excesivo = overemphasis [over-emphasis].
    * estimulación excesiva = overstimulation.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * precio excesivo = steep price.
    * simplificación excesiva = oversimplification [over-simplification].
    * uso excesivo = prodigality.
    * * *
    adjetivo excessive
    * * *
    = excessive, overwide [over-wide], overkill, unreasonable, inordinate, extortionate, unconscionable, overabundant, bloated, over-the-top, outrageous, excess.

    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

    Ex: Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex: Full USMARC is overkill for many library operations.
    Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.
    Ex: This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.
    Ex: Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex: He contends, however, that the seemingly formless, overabundant, inchoate texture of the novel might also suggest a valid mode for the novelization of slavery.
    Ex: They are are notorious for their inefficiency, conservatism, bloated bureaucracy, and obsoleteness.
    Ex: It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.
    Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex: The aim of the present study is to examine whether work-related factors contribute to excess male mortality.
    * capacidad excesiva = overcapacity [over-capacity].
    * carga excesiva = overload.
    * consumidor excesivo = overspender [over-spender].
    * dependencia excesiva = over reliance [over-reliance].
    * de un modo excesivo = extortionately.
    * énfasis excesivo = overemphasis [over-emphasis].
    * estimulación excesiva = overstimulation.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * precio excesivo = steep price.
    * simplificación excesiva = oversimplification [over-simplification].
    * uso excesivo = prodigality.

    * * *
    excessive
    30 euros me parece excesivo 30 euros seems excessive to me
    el camión llevaba un peso excesivo the truck was overloaded o overweight
    el celo excesivo con que protege a sus hijos her over-protective attitude toward(s) her children
    no mostró excesivo entusiasmo por el proyecto he wasn't overly enthusiastic o he didn't show a great deal of enthusiasm about the project
    * * *

    excesivo adjetivo
    excessive
    excesivo,-a adjetivo excessive
    ' excesivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brutal
    - derroche
    - etílica
    - etílico
    - excesiva
    - faraónica
    - faraónico
    - fuerte
    - tremenda
    - tremendo
    - abuso
    - exagerado
    English:
    excessive
    - exorbitant
    - extravagant
    - fulsome
    - hard
    - immoderate
    - inflated
    - punitive
    - steep
    - undue
    - unreasonable
    - extortionate
    - inordinate
    - loosely
    * * *
    excesivo, -a adj
    excessive;
    se pagan precios excesivos people pay inflated prices, Br people pay over the odds;
    protegen al niño de un modo excesivo they are overprotective of the boy;
    no tuvo excesiva suerte en semifinales she didn't do too well in the semifinals
    * * *
    adj excessive
    * * *
    excesivo, -va adj
    : excessive
    * * *
    excesivo adj excessive

    Spanish-English dictionary > excesivo

  • 100 frecuente

    adj.
    frequent (reiterado).
    Ricardo es un cliente regular Richard is a frequent customer.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: frecuentar.
    * * *
    1 (repetido) frequent
    2 (usual) common
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [gen] frequent; [costumbre] common, prevalent; [vicio] rife
    2) Méx (=familiar) familiar, over-familiar
    * * *
    adjetivo <llamada/visita> frequent

    no es frecuente verla — it is unusual to see her, you do not often see her

    * * *
    = common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], frequent, heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], prevalent, recurrent, recurring, rife, regular.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. These people make frequent copies of all the library files.
    Ex. A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.
    Ex. Pre-co-ordinate indexes are particular prevalent as printed indexes.
    Ex. One of the major recurrent problems with volunteer and part-time abstractors is maintaining deadlines; delays in some of the documents covered by the service are almost inevitable.
    Ex. After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex. Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    ----
    * costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * FAQs (Preguntas Más Frecuentes) = FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
    * muy frecuente y rápido = rapid-fire.
    * poco frecuente = infrequent.
    * práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * saer algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * * *
    adjetivo <llamada/visita> frequent

    no es frecuente verla — it is unusual to see her, you do not often see her

    * * *
    = common [commoner -comp., commonest -sup.], frequent, heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], prevalent, recurrent, recurring, rife, regular.

    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

    Ex: These people make frequent copies of all the library files.
    Ex: A leased line connection is useful for heavy users, since it offers higher speeds of transmission.
    Ex: Pre-co-ordinate indexes are particular prevalent as printed indexes.
    Ex: One of the major recurrent problems with volunteer and part-time abstractors is maintaining deadlines; delays in some of the documents covered by the service are almost inevitable.
    Ex: After the probationary period, performance evaluations are administered on a recurring basis.
    Ex: Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.
    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    * costumbre cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * demasiado frecuente = all too frequent.
    * FAQs (Preguntas Más Frecuentes) = FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).
    * muy frecuente y rápido = rapid-fire.
    * poco frecuente = infrequent.
    * práctica cada vez más frecuente = growing practice.
    * saer algo poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.
    * ser algo muy poco frecuente = be a rare occurrence.

    * * *
    ‹llamada/visita› frequent
    chubascos frecuentes frequent showers
    no es frecuente verla paseando por el parque it is unusual to see her walking in the park, you do not often see her walking in the park
    * * *

     

    Del verbo frecuentar: ( conjugate frecuentar)

    frecuenté es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    frecuente es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    frecuentar    
    frecuente
    frecuentar ( conjugate frecuentar) verbo transitivo
    to frequent
    frecuente adjetivo ‹llamada/visita› frequent
    frecuentar verbo transitivo to frequent
    frecuente adjetivo
    1 (que se repite a menudo) frequent
    2 (habitual, normal) common: es frecuente que los niños desobedezcan, it's common for children to disobey
    ' frecuente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casarse
    - común
    - continuamente
    - rara
    - raro
    - utensilio
    - asiduo
    - continuo
    - puente
    - roce
    English:
    bear
    - billion
    - commonplace
    - disobedience
    - frequent
    - infrequent
    - prevalent
    - rare
    - regular
    - occurrence
    - uncommon
    * * *
    [reiterado] frequent; [habitual] common
    * * *
    adj frequent; ( común) common
    * * *
    : frequent
    * * *
    1. (habitual, repetido) frequent
    sufre frecuentes pesadillas he has frequent nightmares / he often has nightmares
    2. (normal, común) common

    Spanish-English dictionary > frecuente

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