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  • 61 funcionar

    v.
    1 to work, to run (machine).
    funciona a pilas it works o runs off batteries
    El motor anda bien The engine is working well.
    2 to work for.
    Me funcionó la idea The idea worked for me.
    * * *
    1 (desempeñar una función) to work, function
    ■ funciona con gasolina/diesel it runs on petrol/diesel
    \
    hacer funcionar algo to operate something
    'No funciona' "Out of order"
    * * *
    verb
    2) run, work
    * * *
    VI
    1) [aparato, mecanismo] to work; [motor] to work, run; [sistema] to work, function

    ¿cómo funciona el vídeo? — how does the video work?, how do you work the video?

    2) [plan, método] to work; [negocio, película] to be a success
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

    ¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

    funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

    * * *
    = be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.
    Ex. ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.
    Ex. Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.
    Ex. The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.
    Ex. These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.
    Ex. The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.
    Ex. Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex. It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.
    Ex. The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.
    Ex. We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.
    ----
    * dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.
    * empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.
    * forma de funcionar = business model.
    * funcionar además como = double as, double up as.
    * funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.
    * funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.
    * funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * funcionar bien = be in order.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * funcionar en/a = run over.
    * funcionar mal = malfunction.
    * funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.
    * funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.
    * funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.
    * funcionar también como = double as, double up as.
    * hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.
    * hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.
    * hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.
    * hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.
    * máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.
    * no funcionar = be out of order.
    * programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.
    * que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.
    * que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.
    * que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.
    * que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.
    * que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.
    * que funciona manualmente = manually operated.
    * sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.
    * volver a funcionar = be back in business.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo aparato/máquina to work; servicio to operate

    ¿cómo funciona esto? — how does this work?

    funcionar con pilas/gasolina — to run off batteries/on gasoline

    * * *
    = be operational, be operative, function, operate, perform, work, be in working order, tick, do + the trick.

    Ex: ORBIT has been operational since 1972, and has around seventy data bases mounted.

    Ex: Sometimes truncation may be operative on both ends of a stem.
    Ex: The DOBIS/LIBIS allows both the library and the computer center to function efficiently and at a lower cost by sharing one system.
    Ex: These references operate in a similar fashion whether they are used to link authors' names or subject headings.
    Ex: The advanced arithmetical machines of the future will be electrical in nature, and they will perform at 100 times present speeds, or more.
    Ex: Files only work effectively for a limited number of documents.
    Ex: It is therefore a point of wisdom to ensure beforehand that everything is in the best possible working order.
    Ex: The article 'Is your infrastructure ticking?' discusses the issues associated with managing information technology (IT) infrastructure in large organizations.
    Ex: We are currently in the process of looking at two products that seem to do the trick.
    * dejar de funcionar = go down, cease to + function, go + belly up, flake out, go + dead, pack up.
    * empezar a funcionar = become + operational, get off + the ground, get + rolling, get + things going, get + things rolling, go + live, get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling.
    * forma de funcionar = business model.
    * funcionar además como = double as, double up as.
    * funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat, work like + a charm, go like + a charm.
    * funcionar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * funcionar a plena capacidad = be fully into + Posesivo + stride.
    * funcionar a tope = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * funcionar bien = be in order.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * funcionar conjuntamente = work together, interwork.
    * funcionar con pérdidas = run + at a loss.
    * funcionar de lo lindo = work like + a charm, go like + a charm.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * funcionar en/a = run over.
    * funcionar mal = malfunction.
    * funcionar mejor = work + best, do + best.
    * funcionar por un sistema de turnos = work to + a rota system, work on + a rota system, work on + a rota, work + shifts.
    * funcionar recíprocamente = work + both ways.
    * funcionar también como = double as, double up as.
    * hacer Algo funcionar = make + Nombre + tick.
    * hacer funcionar = service, do + the trick.
    * hacer que Algo empiece a funcionar = get + Nombre + off the ground.
    * hacer que Algo funcione = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + it rolling.
    * máquina que funciona con monedas = coin-operated machine.
    * no funcionar = be out of order.
    * programa + dejar de funcionar = programme + crash.
    * que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.
    * que funciona con electricidad = electrically-powered, electrically-operated.
    * que funciona con energía eólica = wind-powered.
    * que funciona con monedas = coin-operated, coin-op.
    * que funciona con vapor = steam-powered.
    * que funciona manualmente = manually operated.
    * sistema + dejar de funcionar = system + crash.
    * volver a funcionar = be back in business.

    * * *
    funcionar [A1 ]
    vi
    to work
    el reloj funciona a la perfección the clock works perfectly
    ¿cómo funciona este cacharro? how does this thing work?
    [ S ] no funciona out of order
    la relación no funcionaba their relationship wasn't working (out) ( colloq)
    el servicio no puede funcionar con tan poco personal the service cannot operate o function with so few staff
    funciona con pilas it works on o runs off batteries
    * * *

     

    funcionar ( conjugate funcionar) verbo intransitivo [aparato/máquina] to work;
    [ servicio] to operate;
    ( on signs) no funciona out of order;
    ◊ funcionar con pilas/gasolina to run off batteries/on gasoline

    funcionar verbo intransitivo to work: no funciona, (en letrero) out of order

    ' funcionar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    andar
    - deteriorarse
    - evolucionar
    - ir
    - marchar
    - poner
    - resultar
    - vez
    - bien
    - carburar
    English:
    act
    - act up
    - behave
    - dare
    - function
    - get
    - go
    - malfunction
    - need
    - operate
    - perform
    - run
    - work
    - develop
    - die
    - drive
    - flush
    - pack
    - play
    - turn
    * * *
    to work;
    el sistema funciona de maravilla the system works superbly;
    funciona con gasolina it runs on Br petrol o US gasoline;
    funciona a o [m5] con pilas it uses o runs off batteries, it's battery-powered;
    no funciona [en letrero] out of order;
    su matrimonio no está funcionando their marriage isn't working (out);
    conmigo los lloros no funcionan you won't get anywhere with me by crying
    * * *
    v/i work;
    no funciona out of order
    * * *
    1) : to function
    2) : to run, to work
    * * *
    1. (en general) to work
    2. (ir) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]
    "no funciona" "out of order"

    Spanish-English dictionary > funcionar

  • 62 gestor documental

    (n.) = document retrieval system, information retrieval system (IRS), text information management system, document management software, document management system, information manager, record manager [records manager]
    Ex. A document retrieval system may be described by 3 formal characteristics: the syntax employed to describe documents, the form of machine-processable queries it accepts as valid and the retrieval rules used to rank or retrieve documents.
    Ex. Modern information technology has opened up several new possibilities of conceptual design of information retrieval systems (IRS) that more fully reflect actual searching behaviour.
    Ex. Computer-based information retrieval systems include the services of the online search service suppliers, CD-ROM products, inhouse text information management systems and online public access catalogues.
    Ex. This article suggests document management software as a new approach to managing small or large files of evidentiary documents.
    Ex. Information professionals have come to recognise the importance of software in the performance of document management systems.
    Ex. The information manager supervises all services to ensure competitiveness, optimal staff deployment and attention to users.
    Ex. New technologies are making long-cherished concepts held by all information handlers -- librarians, archivists, record managers -- seem mere provincialisms rather than sacred theory or immutable principles.
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    (n.) = document retrieval system, information retrieval system (IRS), text information management system, document management software, document management system, information manager, record manager [records manager]

    Ex: A document retrieval system may be described by 3 formal characteristics: the syntax employed to describe documents, the form of machine-processable queries it accepts as valid and the retrieval rules used to rank or retrieve documents.

    Ex: Modern information technology has opened up several new possibilities of conceptual design of information retrieval systems (IRS) that more fully reflect actual searching behaviour.
    Ex: Computer-based information retrieval systems include the services of the online search service suppliers, CD-ROM products, inhouse text information management systems and online public access catalogues.
    Ex: This article suggests document management software as a new approach to managing small or large files of evidentiary documents.
    Ex: Information professionals have come to recognise the importance of software in the performance of document management systems.
    Ex: The information manager supervises all services to ensure competitiveness, optimal staff deployment and attention to users.
    Ex: New technologies are making long-cherished concepts held by all information handlers -- librarians, archivists, record managers -- seem mere provincialisms rather than sacred theory or immutable principles.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gestor documental

  • 63 girar

    v.
    1 to turn (dar vueltas).
    girar la cabeza to turn one's head
    El auto gira The car turns=veers.
    El aparato gira la rueda The machine turns the wheel.
    Las ruedas giran sobre el eje The wheels turn on the axis.
    2 to turn.
    el camino gira a la derecha the road turns to the right
    3 to remit payment (commerce).
    4 to draw (commerce).
    La tienda giró un cheque The store drew a check.
    5 to transfer (money).
    * * *
    1 (dar vueltas) to rotate, whirl, spin
    2 (torcer) to turn
    3 figurado (versar) to deal with
    4 COMERCIO to have a turnover
    1 COMERCIO to issue
    2 (cambiar de sentido) to turn, turn around
    \
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dar vueltas a) [+ llave, manivela, volante] to turn; [+ peonza, hélice, ruleta] to spin
    2) (Com) [+ dinero, facturas] to send; [+ letra, cheque] [gen] to draw; [a una persona concreta] to issue
    2. VI
    1) (=dar vueltas) [noria, rueda] to go (a)round, turn, revolve; [disco] to revolve, go (a)round; [planeta] to rotate; [hélice] to go (a)round, rotate, turn; [peonza] to spin

    gira a 1600rpm — it revolves o goes (a)round at 1600rpm

    2) (=cambiar de dirección) to turn (a)round

    hacer girar — [+ llave] to turn; [+ sillón] to turn (a)round

    3) (=torcer) [vehículo] to turn; [camino] to turn, bend

    girar a la derecha/izquierda — to turn right/left

    el camino gira a la derecha varios metros más allá — the path turns o bends to the right a few metres further on

    4)

    girar alrededor de o sobre o en torno a — [+ tema, ideas] to revolve around, centre around, center around (EEUU); [+ líder, centro de atención] to revolve around

    5)

    girar en descubierto — (Com, Econ) to overdraw

    6) (=negociar) to operate, do business
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) rueda to turn, go around o round; disco to revolve, go around; trompo to spin
    b) ( darse la vuelta) to turn
    c)

    girar en torno a algo — conversación/debate to revolve o center* around something; discurso to center* o focus on something

    2) (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    2.
    girar vt
    1) <manivela/volante> to turn
    2) (Com, Fin)
    a) <cheque/letra de cambio> to draw
    b) < dinero> to send; ( a través de un banco) to transfer
    3) (frml) < instrucciones> to give, to issue (frml)
    * * *
    = deflect, rotate, turn, whirl, twist, spin around, revolve, swing, swing back, wind, swivel, twirl, gyrate, spin.
    Ex. On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
    Ex. The computer creates a series of entries by rotating the component terms with which it has been provided.
    Ex. The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
    Ex. Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
    Ex. The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.
    Ex. With considerable reluctance, he spun his chair around and was about to return to his papers when Preston Huish put his head into the room.
    Ex. This was the cylinder machine, which formed a web of paper not on an endless belt of woven wire but on a cylinder covered with wire mesh (looking like a large dandy roll) which revolved half-submerged in a vat of stuff.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.
    Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex. Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.
    Ex. The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.
    Ex. A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.
    Ex. The women dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while some of them gyrate their hips suggestively in the centre of the circle.
    Ex. In summary, the fluid in your ears still sloshing around causes you to feel dizzy when you stop spinning in one direction.
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    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * girar al descubierto = overdraw.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about, orbit.
    * girar bruscamente = swerve.
    * girar en torno a = hinge on/upon, revolve around, circle around.
    * girar media vuelta = swing in + a half-circle.
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * hacer girar = twiddle, twirl.
    * mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) rueda to turn, go around o round; disco to revolve, go around; trompo to spin
    b) ( darse la vuelta) to turn
    c)

    girar en torno a algo — conversación/debate to revolve o center* around something; discurso to center* o focus on something

    2) (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    2.
    girar vt
    1) <manivela/volante> to turn
    2) (Com, Fin)
    a) <cheque/letra de cambio> to draw
    b) < dinero> to send; ( a través de un banco) to transfer
    3) (frml) < instrucciones> to give, to issue (frml)
    * * *
    = deflect, rotate, turn, whirl, twist, spin around, revolve, swing, swing back, wind, swivel, twirl, gyrate, spin.

    Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.

    Ex: The computer creates a series of entries by rotating the component terms with which it has been provided.
    Ex: The brightness can be adjusted by turning the two knobs at the lower right of the screen.
    Ex: Visitors would laugh at the workman's jerking and whirling with the mould, but that was where the skill lay.
    Ex: The cheeks were braced from their tops to the ceiling, to prevent the press from twisting or shifting about in use.
    Ex: With considerable reluctance, he spun his chair around and was about to return to his papers when Preston Huish put his head into the room.
    Ex: This was the cylinder machine, which formed a web of paper not on an endless belt of woven wire but on a cylinder covered with wire mesh (looking like a large dandy roll) which revolved half-submerged in a vat of stuff.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The pendulum swings to the right: censorship in the eighties'.
    Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex: Bring the kite down by slowly winding the kite string around a kite spool.
    Ex: The light direction can be controlled by swivelling the reflector.
    Ex: A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck.
    Ex: The women dance, stamping their feet, clapping and chanting while some of them gyrate their hips suggestively in the centre of the circle.
    Ex: In summary, the fluid in your ears still sloshing around causes you to feel dizzy when you stop spinning in one direction.
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * discusión + girar en torno a = discussion + centre around.
    * girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.
    * girar al descubierto = overdraw.
    * girar alrededor de = spin about, orbit.
    * girar bruscamente = swerve.
    * girar en torno a = hinge on/upon, revolve around, circle around.
    * girar media vuelta = swing in + a half-circle.
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * hacer girar = twiddle, twirl.
    * mundo + girar en torno a = enterprise + revolve on.
    * polémica + girar en torno a = controversy + revolve around.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

    * * *
    girar [A1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «rueda» to turn, revolve, go around o round; «disco» to revolve, go around; «trompo» to spin
    la tierra gira alrededor del sol the earth revolves around the sun
    hizo girar la llave en la cerradura he turned the key in the lock
    giré para mirarla I turned (around) to look at her
    giró sobre sus talones he turned on his heel
    la puerta giró lentamente sobre sus goznes the door swung slowly on its hinges
    3 girar EN TORNO A algo «conversación/debate» to revolve o center* AROUND sth; «discurso» to center* o focus ON sth
    B (torcer, desviarse) to turn
    en la próxima esquina gire a la derecha take the next right, take the next turn o ( BrE) turning on the right
    lo acusan de haber girado hacia posiciones demasiado conservadoras he is accused of having moved o shifted o swung toward(s) too conservative a stance
    ■ girar
    vt
    A ‹manivela/volante› to turn
    giró la cabeza para mirarme he turned to look at me, he turned his head toward(s) me
    girarla ( Méx fam): ¿dónde la giras los sábados? where do you hang out on Saturdays? ( colloq)
    la anda girando de taxista he's making a living as a taxi driver
    B ( Com, Fin)
    1 ‹cheque/letra de cambio› to draw
    giró varios cheques en descubierto he issued several checks without sufficient funds in the account to cover them, he kited several checks ( AmE)
    2 ‹dinero› to send; (a través de un banco) to transfer
    C ( frml); ‹instrucciones› to give, to issue ( frml)
    * * *

     

    girar ( conjugate girar) verbo intransitivo
    1

    [ disco] to revolve, go around;
    [ trompo] to spin;
    girar alrededor de algo/algn to revolve around sth/sb

    2 (torcer, desviarse) to turn;

    verbo transitivo
    1 ‹manivela/volante› to turn
    2 (Com, Fin) ‹cheque/letra de cambio› to draw
    girar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (unas aspas, un trompo, etc) to spin
    2 (torcer, cambiar de dirección) girar a la derecha/izquierda, to turn right/left
    3 (tratar) to revolve: la conversación giró en torno al tiempo, the conversation revolved around the weather
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (la cabeza, llave) to turn
    2 Fin (dinero) to send by giro
    (una letra de cambio) to draw
    ' girar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - doblar
    - redonda
    - redondo
    - torcer
    - virar
    - volverse
    - descubierto
    - volver
    English:
    bear
    - gyrate
    - orbit
    - pivot
    - revolve
    - rotate
    - spin
    - swing
    - swivel
    - turn
    - turn round
    - twirl
    - twist
    - twist round
    - veer
    - wheel
    - whirl
    - center
    - draw
    - hinge
    - left
    - pirouette
    - right
    - swirl
    - twiddle
    - wind
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [doblar] to turn;
    el camino gira a la derecha the road turns to the right;
    el conductor giró a la izquierda the driver turned left o made a left turn
    2. [dar vueltas] to turn;
    [rápidamente] to spin;
    la Luna gira alrededor de la Tierra the Moon revolves o goes around the Earth;
    este coche gira muy bien this car has a tight turning circle
    3. [darse la vuelta] to turn (round);
    giré para verla mejor I turned round to see her better
    4. [tratar]
    girar en torno a o [m5] alrededor de to be centred around, to centre on;
    el coloquio giró en torno a la pena de muerte the discussion dealt with the topic of the death penalty
    5. Com to remit payment;
    girar en descubierto to write a check without sufficient funds
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer dar vueltas a] to turn;
    giró la llave en la cerradura she turned the key in the lock;
    girar la cabeza to turn one's head
    2. Com to draw
    3. [dinero] to transfer, to remit
    * * *
    I v/i
    1 ( dar vueltas, torcer) turn;
    girar a la derecha/izquierda turn to the right/left; de coche, persona turn right/left, take a right/left
    2 alrededor de algo revolve;
    girar en torno a algo fig revolve around sth
    II v/t COM transfer
    * * *
    girar vi
    1) : to turn around, to revolve
    2) : to swing around, to swivel
    girar vt
    1) : to turn, to twist, to rotate
    2) : to draft (checks)
    3) : to transfer (funds)
    * * *
    girar vb
    1. (dar vueltas) to revolve / to go round

    Spanish-English dictionary > girar

  • 64 hablando en plata

    Ex. Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.
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    Ex: Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablando en plata

  • 65 hablando en términos muy generales

    Ex. Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.
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    Ex: Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablando en términos muy generales

  • 66 hablando sin rodeos

    Ex. Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.
    * * *

    Ex: Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data (numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hablando sin rodeos

  • 67 hace tiempo

    intj.
    some time ago, long ago.
    * * *
    a long time
    * * *
    = for some time, long ago, once, long since
    Ex. Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex. Adding a column of figures is a repetitive thought process, and it was long ago properly relegated to the machine.
    Ex. Many reference sources which were once available only in hard copy are now available either in hard copy, or to be consulted by online access to a computer-held data base.
    Ex. Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.
    * * *
    = for some time, long ago, once, long since

    Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.

    Ex: Adding a column of figures is a repetitive thought process, and it was long ago properly relegated to the machine.
    Ex: Many reference sources which were once available only in hard copy are now available either in hard copy, or to be consulted by online access to a computer-held data base.
    Ex: Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hace tiempo

  • 68 herramienta

    f.
    1 tool.
    2 tools.
    * * *
    1 tool
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] tool
    pl herramientas set of tools
    2) hum [de toro] horns pl ; (=dientes) teeth pl
    * * *
    femenino tool
    * * *
    = instrument, tool.
    Ex. The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.
    Ex. Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    ----
    * barra de herramientas = toolbar.
    * caja de herramientas = toolbox [tool box], utility toolbox.
    * herramienta bibliográfica = bibliographical tool.
    * herramienta de apoyo = enabler.
    * herramienta de autoedición = authoring aid, authoring tool.
    * herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramienta de desarrollo = development tool.
    * herramienta de diagnóstico = diagnostic tool.
    * herramienta de evaluación = assessment tool.
    * herramienta de evalución = evaluation tool.
    * herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * herramienta de integración = integrator.
    * herramienta de investigación = research tool.
    * herramienta de jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.
    * herramienta de navegación = navigation tool.
    * herramienta de programación = scripting tool.
    * herramienta de recuperación de información = retrieval tool.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * herramienta de trabajo = tool.
    * herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * herramienta informática = computer tool.
    * herramienta manual = hand tool.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * herramienta para el jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.
    * herramienta para especialistas = specialist tool.
    * herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.
    * herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramienta pedagógica = pedagogical tool.
    * herramienta profesional = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramientas = toolbox [tool box], gear.
    * herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * herramientas de desarrollo = toolkit.
    * herramientas de navegación = navigation facilities.
    * herramientas para la selección = selection tools.
    * juego de herramientas = toolkit.
    * menú de herramientas para trabajar con gráficos = tool palette.
    * * *
    femenino tool
    * * *
    = instrument, tool.

    Ex: The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.

    Ex: Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    * barra de herramientas = toolbar.
    * caja de herramientas = toolbox [tool box], utility toolbox.
    * herramienta bibliográfica = bibliographical tool.
    * herramienta de apoyo = enabler.
    * herramienta de autoedición = authoring aid, authoring tool.
    * herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramienta de desarrollo = development tool.
    * herramienta de diagnóstico = diagnostic tool.
    * herramienta de evaluación = assessment tool.
    * herramienta de evalución = evaluation tool.
    * herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * herramienta de integración = integrator.
    * herramienta de investigación = research tool.
    * herramienta de jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.
    * herramienta de navegación = navigation tool.
    * herramienta de programación = scripting tool.
    * herramienta de recuperación de información = retrieval tool.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * herramienta de trabajo = tool.
    * herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * herramienta informática = computer tool.
    * herramienta manual = hand tool.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * herramienta para el jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.
    * herramienta para especialistas = specialist tool.
    * herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.
    * herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramienta pedagógica = pedagogical tool.
    * herramienta profesional = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramientas = toolbox [tool box], gear.
    * herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * herramientas de desarrollo = toolkit.
    * herramientas de navegación = navigation facilities.
    * herramientas para la selección = selection tools.
    * juego de herramientas = toolkit.
    * menú de herramientas para trabajar con gráficos = tool palette.

    * * *
    tool
    entregar las herramientas ( Chi fam euf); to give up the ghost ( colloq euph)
    * * *

     

    herramienta sustantivo femenino
    tool
    herramienta f Téc tool
    caja de herramientas, toolbox
    ' herramienta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    habilidad
    - llana
    - llave
    - pico
    - puño
    - utensilio
    - desarmador
    - hacha
    - imprescindible
    - lima
    - manejar
    - mazo
    - palo
    English:
    brace
    - drill
    - file
    - hammer
    - implement
    - level
    - pick
    - power tool
    - punch
    - rake
    - spade
    - spanner
    - tool
    * * *
    tool
    Informát herramienta de autor authoring tool
    * * *
    f tool
    * * *
    : tool
    * * *
    herramienta n tool

    Spanish-English dictionary > herramienta

  • 69 hospital universitario

    m.
    teaching hospital, university hospital.
    * * *
    (n.) = academic medical centre, university hospital, teaching hospital
    Ex. The title of her paper was 'Computer assisted instruction: subject audience and program descriptors for an academic medical center'.
    Ex. At London, Ontario, the university hospital has been experimenting with the use of computers in hospital administration.
    Ex. This article describes an investigation of the library use by the staff and students of a large teaching hospital.
    * * *
    (n.) = academic medical centre, university hospital, teaching hospital

    Ex: The title of her paper was 'Computer assisted instruction: subject audience and program descriptors for an academic medical center'.

    Ex: At London, Ontario, the university hospital has been experimenting with the use of computers in hospital administration.
    Ex: This article describes an investigation of the library use by the staff and students of a large teaching hospital.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hospital universitario

  • 70 incremento

    m.
    1 increase.
    2 increment, build-up, increase, augmentation.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incrementar.
    * * *
    1 increase, rise
    \
    incremento salarial wage rise, US raise
    * * *
    SM [de conocimiento] increase, gain; [de precio, sueldo, productividad] increase, rise
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].
    Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.
    Ex. The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex. There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex. One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex. Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    ----
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.
    * * *
    masculino (frml) increase
    * * *
    = increase, increment, rise, tide, blossoming, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, jump, upswing, widening, mark-up [markup].

    Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

    Ex: The volume increment gives information about the numbering scheme for volumes.
    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex: There has been a blossoming in new consumer health information services.
    Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.
    Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.
    Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.
    Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.
    Ex: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.
    * incremento de = increased.
    * incremento de la demanda = increased demand.
    * incremento de la producción = increased production.
    * incremento del salto = jump increment.
    * incremento del uso = increased use.
    * incremento notable = rising tide.
    * incremento presupuestario = budget increase.
    * incremento salarial = salary increase.
    * por incremento gradual = incremental.
    * por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    (aumento) increase; (del salario) increase, increment
    * * *

     

    Del verbo incrementar: ( conjugate incrementar)

    incremento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    incrementó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    incrementar    
    incremento
    incrementar ( conjugate incrementar) verbo transitivo (frml) to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino (frml) increase
    incrementar verbo transitivo to increase
    incremento sustantivo masculino increase, growth
    incremento salarial, wage rise
    ' incremento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    subida
    - aumento
    - multiplicación
    English:
    increase
    - increment
    - rise
    * * *
    [de precios, salario] increase, rise; [de actividad] increase; [de temperatura] rise incremento porcentual percentage increase
    * * *
    m growth
    * * *
    aumento: increase

    Spanish-English dictionary > incremento

  • 71 indulgencia

    f.
    indulgence.
    indulgencia plenaria plenary indulgence
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: indulgenciar.
    * * *
    1 indulgence, leniency
    \
    indulgencia plenaria RELIGIÓN plenary indulgence
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=tolerancia) (tb Rel) indulgence
    2) [para perdonar] leniency
    * * *
    1) ( tolerancia) indulgence; ( para perdonar un castigo) leniency
    2) (Relig) indulgence
    * * *
    = lenience, leniency, indulgence.
    Ex. Large companies that produce a great deal of off-the-shelf computer software usually have the greatest lenience in their licences.
    Ex. The error of ' leniency, softness, or spinelessness' is the most common one -- taking the easy way out.
    Ex. This information method allows for the creation of mechanical systems that combine looseness with indulgence.
    ----
    * con indulgencia = leniently.
    * * *
    1) ( tolerancia) indulgence; ( para perdonar un castigo) leniency
    2) (Relig) indulgence
    * * *
    = lenience, leniency, indulgence.

    Ex: Large companies that produce a great deal of off-the-shelf computer software usually have the greatest lenience in their licences.

    Ex: The error of ' leniency, softness, or spinelessness' is the most common one -- taking the easy way out.
    Ex: This information method allows for the creation of mechanical systems that combine looseness with indulgence.
    * con indulgencia = leniently.

    * * *
    el director mostró mucha indulgencia con ellos/los trató con indulgencia the principal was very lenient with them/treated them leniently
    B ( Relig) indulgence
    ganar indulgencias con escapulario ajeno or con padrenuestros ajenos ( Ven fam); to take the credit for somebody else's hard work
    Compuesto:
    plenary indulgence
    * * *

    indulgencia sustantivo femenino indulgence, leniency
    ' indulgencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    benevolencia
    English:
    indulgence
    - lightly
    - self-indulgence
    * * *
    1. [actitud] [tolerancia] indulgence;
    [a la hora de castigar] leniency;
    mostrar indulgencia con alguien to be indulgent/lenient towards o with sb
    2. Rel indulgence
    indulgencia plenaria plenary indulgence
    * * *
    f indulgence
    * * *
    1) : indulgence, leniency
    2) : indulgence (in religion)

    Spanish-English dictionary > indulgencia

  • 72 la clave de

    Ex. At the heart of every computer is a large number of electronic circuits that manipulate electric currents and voltages.
    * * *

    Ex: At the heart of every computer is a large number of electronic circuits that manipulate electric currents and voltages.

    Spanish-English dictionary > la clave de

  • 73 mandato

    m.
    1 order, command (orden, precepto).
    2 mandate.
    3 term of office.
    4 period of office, premiership, office, period in office.
    5 mandatum.
    6 terms of reference.
    * * *
    1 (orden) order, command
    2 DERECHO mandate
    3 PLÍTICA term of office
    \
    mandato judicial court order
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=orden) mandate
    2) (=período de mando) term of office, mandate frm

    se acerca el final de su mandato — his term of office o his mandate frm is coming to an end

    • bajo o durante el mandato de algn — during sb's term of office o mandate frm

    • territorio bajo mandato — mandated territory

    3) (Jur) (=estatutos) terms of reference pl ; (=poder) power of attorney
    4) (Inform) command
    5) (Com)
    6) (Rel) maundy
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( período) term of office
    b) ( orden) mandate
    2) (Der) mandate
    * * *
    = commandment, instruction, mandate, parliament, tenure, dictate, injunction, term, edict, term of office, period of office, term in office, watch, behest.
    Ex. The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.
    Ex. A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
    Ex. During his tenure, OSU was recognized for the high quality Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program it developed in serving both students and faculty.
    Ex. In practice, once the barriers are broken down in children antagonistic to reading, everything blends into the flux of a whole experience split into bits only by the dictates of a school timetable.
    Ex. Familiar injunctions such as 'Enter under...' seem to have been lost.
    Ex. The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.
    Ex. A French edict of 1571 set the maximum price of Latin textbooks in large type at 3 deniers a sheet.
    Ex. At the same time we traditionally record the departure of those who have completed terms of office and who have given much of their time and some of their lives to forwarding the cause of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex. This paper identifies the librarians of Glasgow University since 1641 and assesses their periods of office.
    Ex. The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    Ex. During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.
    Ex. Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".
    ----
    * al final de su mandato = lame duck.
    * en el mandato = in office.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * mandato judicial = writ.
    * periodo de mandato = period of office.
    * territorio bajo mandato = mandate.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( período) term of office
    b) ( orden) mandate
    2) (Der) mandate
    * * *
    = commandment, instruction, mandate, parliament, tenure, dictate, injunction, term, edict, term of office, period of office, term in office, watch, behest.

    Ex: The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

    Ex: A command language is the language with which the search proceeds; the commands are instructions that the searcher can issue to the computer.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: Librarians should not indulge in complacency in the wake of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision not to impose any VAT on books for the duration of the present parliament.
    Ex: During his tenure, OSU was recognized for the high quality Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program it developed in serving both students and faculty.
    Ex: In practice, once the barriers are broken down in children antagonistic to reading, everything blends into the flux of a whole experience split into bits only by the dictates of a school timetable.
    Ex: Familiar injunctions such as 'Enter under...' seem to have been lost.
    Ex: The board consists of seven members elected by popular ballot for three-year terms.
    Ex: A French edict of 1571 set the maximum price of Latin textbooks in large type at 3 deniers a sheet.
    Ex: At the same time we traditionally record the departure of those who have completed terms of office and who have given much of their time and some of their lives to forwarding the cause of libraries and librarianship.
    Ex: This paper identifies the librarians of Glasgow University since 1641 and assesses their periods of office.
    Ex: The book focuses on Nixon's two terms in office and draws on solid, original source material to get inside the minds of the president and his chief hatchetman, Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, in particular.
    Ex: During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.
    Ex: Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".
    * al final de su mandato = lame duck.
    * en el mandato = in office.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * mandato judicial = writ.
    * periodo de mandato = period of office.
    * territorio bajo mandato = mandate.

    * * *
    A
    1 (período) term of office
    2 (orden) mandate
    la Regencia se ejercerá por mandato constitucional the Regency will operate according to the constitution
    B ( Der) mandate
    * * *

     

    mandato sustantivo masculino
    1


    2 (Der) mandate
    mandato sustantivo masculino
    1 (orden) order, command
    Jur warrant
    2 (periodo de gobierno) term of office
    ' mandato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    orden
    - ordenar
    - que
    - legislatura
    English:
    expire
    - injunction
    - mandate
    - order
    - term
    - writ
    * * *
    1. [orden, precepto] order, command;
    fue detenido por mandato del juez he was arrested on the judge's instructions
    Der mandato judicial warrant
    2. [poderes de representación] mandate
    mandato electoral electoral mandate
    3. [periodo] term of office;
    durante el mandato del alcalde during the mayor's term of office;
    el candidato republicano aspira a un tercer mandato consecutivo the Republican candidate is seeking his third consecutive term
    * * *
    m
    1 ( orden) order
    2 POL mandate
    * * *
    1) : term of office
    2) : mandate

    Spanish-English dictionary > mandato

  • 74 manipulación

    f.
    1 manipulation, handling, maneuvering, materials handling.
    2 materials handling, handling, management.
    * * *
    1 (ilícita) manipulation
    2 (de alimentos) handling
    3 (de una máquina) use, operation
    4 TÉCNICA manipulation
    \
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=manejo) [de alimentos] handling; [de pieza, máquina] manipulation
    2) [de información, resultados] manipulation
    3) (Med) manipulation
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de alimentos) handling
    b) ( de máquina) operation, use
    2) (de persona, de información, datos) manipulation
    * * *
    = depression, manipulation, manoeuvring [menoeuvering, -USA], tweaking, tweak.
    Ex. When one is in place, the depression of a lever causes it to be photographed onto the next blank space.
    Ex. Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex. This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere.
    Ex. The PCC intends that Program records, full or core, represent acceptable bibliographic control such that record ' tweaking' at the local level is minimized.
    Ex. This system simultaneously searches the Web and a large, multidisciplinary, full text database, using a relevance system with some clever tweaks.
    ----
    * manipulación de datos = data manipulation.
    * manipulación de precios = price-fixing.
    * manipulación genética = genetic manipulation.
    * manipulación mental = mind control.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( de alimentos) handling
    b) ( de máquina) operation, use
    2) (de persona, de información, datos) manipulation
    * * *
    = depression, manipulation, manoeuvring [menoeuvering, -USA], tweaking, tweak.

    Ex: When one is in place, the depression of a lever causes it to be photographed onto the next blank space.

    Ex: Indexing may rely upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex: This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere.
    Ex: The PCC intends that Program records, full or core, represent acceptable bibliographic control such that record ' tweaking' at the local level is minimized.
    Ex: This system simultaneously searches the Web and a large, multidisciplinary, full text database, using a relevance system with some clever tweaks.
    * manipulación de datos = data manipulation.
    * manipulación de precios = price-fixing.
    * manipulación genética = genetic manipulation.
    * manipulación mental = mind control.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de alimentos) handling
    2 (de una máquina) operation, use
    B
    1 (de una persona) manipulation
    2 (de información, datos) manipulation
    ha habido una evidente manipulación de las cifras the figures have obviously been manipulated o massaged
    Compuesto:
    genetic manipulation
    * * *

    manipulación sustantivo femenino manipulation
    ' manipulación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    homologación
    - trasteo
    English:
    manipulation
    * * *
    1. [de objeto] handling;
    la manipulación del aparato invalida la garantía any interference with the device invalidates the guarantee
    manipulación genética genetic modification
    2. [de persona, datos] manipulation;
    denunció la manipulación de sus declaraciones he claimed his statements had been distorted
    * * *
    f
    1 de información, persona manipulation
    2 ( manejo) handling
    * * *
    manipulación nf, pl - ciones : manipulation

    Spanish-English dictionary > manipulación

  • 75 maravilloso

    adj.
    marvelous, wonderful, divine, marvellous.
    intj.
    that's great, marvellous, marvelous, wonderful.
    * * *
    1 wonderful, marvellous
    * * *
    (f. - maravillosa)
    adj.
    marvelous, wonderful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=magnífico) wonderful, marvellous, marvelous (EEUU)
    2) (=mágico) magic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo marvelous*, wonderful
    * * *
    = amazing, marvellous [marvelous, -USA], wonderful, exquisite, gee whiz [gee wizz], gorgeous, wondrous, many splendoured, light fantastic, delightful, heavenly, picture-perfect, divine, swell.
    Ex. However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
    Ex. The National Library of Canada in its automation development has done a remarkable and marvelous thing in terms of its interpretation and use of the MARC format.
    Ex. A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex. He should beware that the ' gee whiz' or 'Isn't science wonderful' syndrome is not uncommon among the recently converted = Debería tener cuidado de que el síndrome " recórcholis" o "la ciencia es maravillosa" es frecuente entre los nuevos conversos.
    Ex. The hotel features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views = El hotel ofrece 428 habitaciones renovadas recientemente con una decoración de lujo al estilo del suroeste del país y balcones con magníficas vistas a las montañas.
    Ex. It may be fun to discuss wondrous new products, but they won't make much difference in the world if they are too expensive.
    Ex. In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex. Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.
    Ex. It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    Ex. The opening day of the pheasant hunting season was almost picture-perfect as warm temperatures and sunshine were the order of the day.
    Ex. Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex. I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
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    * de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * ser maravilloso = sound + great.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo marvelous*, wonderful
    * * *
    = amazing, marvellous [marvelous, -USA], wonderful, exquisite, gee whiz [gee wizz], gorgeous, wondrous, many splendoured, light fantastic, delightful, heavenly, picture-perfect, divine, swell.

    Ex: However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.

    Ex: The National Library of Canada in its automation development has done a remarkable and marvelous thing in terms of its interpretation and use of the MARC format.
    Ex: A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex: He should beware that the ' gee whiz' or 'Isn't science wonderful' syndrome is not uncommon among the recently converted = Debería tener cuidado de que el síndrome " recórcholis" o "la ciencia es maravillosa" es frecuente entre los nuevos conversos.
    Ex: The hotel features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views = El hotel ofrece 428 habitaciones renovadas recientemente con una decoración de lujo al estilo del suroeste del país y balcones con magníficas vistas a las montañas.
    Ex: It may be fun to discuss wondrous new products, but they won't make much difference in the world if they are too expensive.
    Ex: In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex: Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.
    Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    Ex: The opening day of the pheasant hunting season was almost picture-perfect as warm temperatures and sunshine were the order of the day.
    Ex: Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex: I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
    * de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * ser maravilloso = sound + great.

    * * *
    marvelous*, wonderful
    se me ha ocurrido una idea maravillosa I've had a marvelous o wonderful idea
    nos hizo un tiempo maravilloso we had splendid o marvelous o wonderful weather
    * * *

     

    maravilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    marvelous( conjugate marvelous), wonderful
    maravilloso,-a adjetivo wonderful, marvellous, US marvelous

    ' maravilloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - bestial
    - maravillosa
    - fabuloso
    English:
    awesome
    - blissful
    - dreamy
    - forehand
    - marvellous
    - marvelous
    - out-of-sight
    - wonderful
    - wondrous
    - glorious
    - gorgeous
    - that
    * * *
    maravilloso, -a adj
    1. [extraordinario] marvellous, wonderful
    2. [milagroso] miraculous;
    la maravillosa intervención del portero evitó el gol the goalkeeper's miraculous save prevented a goal
    * * *
    adj marvelous, Br
    marvellous, wonderful
    * * *
    maravilloso, -sa adj
    estupendo: wonderful, marvelous
    * * *
    maravilloso adj wonderful

    Spanish-English dictionary > maravilloso

  • 76 modo

    m.
    1 way (manera, forma).
    ¿has visto el modo en que o el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?
    no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking
    a modo de as, by way of
    al modo de in the style of
    de ese modo in that way
    de ningún modo in no way
    de todos modos in any case, anyway
    de un modo u otro one way or another
    en cierto modo in some ways
    modo de empleo instructions for use
    ¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?
    2 mood (grammar).
    modo adverbial adverbial phrase
    3 mode, brand, manner, way.
    4 grammar mood, mood.
    * * *
    1 way, manner
    1 manners
    \
    a modo de as a, like a
    de todos modos anyhow, at any rate
    en cierto modo in a way
    modo de empleo instructions plural
    modo de ser character
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) way, manner
    2) mode
    3) mood
    •
    - de modo que
    - de todos modos
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=manera) way, manner frm

    ¿no hay otro modo de hacerlo? — isn't there another way of doing it?

    a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

    see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
    2) [locuciones]

    • a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

    • a modo de — as

    a modo de ejemplo/respuesta — by way of example/reply

    • en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

    • de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

    de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

    hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

    • de modo + adj —

    eso nos afectará de modo directo — this will have a direct effect on us, this will affect us directly

    • de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

    • grosso modo — broadly speaking

    esa fue, grosso modo, la contestación que nos dio — broadly speaking, that was the answer he gave us

    • de mal modo — rudely

    • del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

    todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

    • de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

    ¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

    • de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

    aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

    aunque lo esperaba, de todos modos me sorprendió — even though I was expecting it, I was still surprised

    3)

    • de modo que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

    ¡de modo que eras tú el que llamaba! — so it was you that was calling!

    4) Esp frm (=moderación) moderation
    5) LAm

    ¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

    si no me quieres, ni modo — if you don't love me, what else can I do?

    6) pl modos (=modales) manners

    • buenos modos — good manners

    • malos modos — bad manners

    7) (Ling) [del verbo] mood

    de modo — manner antes de s

    8) (Inform) mode
    9) (Mús) mode

    modo mayor/menor — major/minor mode

    * * *
    1)
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

    a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

    modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

    me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

    a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

    2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

    con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

    3) (Ling) mood
    4) (Mús) mode
    * * *
    = approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.
    Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.
    Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.
    Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.
    Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
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    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.
    * a groso modo = crudely.
    * a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * al modo de = a la.
    * a mi modo de ver = in my books.
    * a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.
    * a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.
    * a modo de advertencia = cautionary.
    * a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * a modo de prólogo = prefatory.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.
    * así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * como un modo de = as a way of.
    * conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.
    * de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.
    * de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.
    * de algún modo u otro = of some sort.
    * decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.
    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.
    * de cualquier modo = however, either way.
    * de diferente modo = differently.
    * de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.
    * de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.
    * de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).
    * del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.
    * del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.
    * del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.
    * del otro modo = the other way (a)round.
    * de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.
    * de modo alternativo = alternatively.
    * de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.
    * de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * de modo censurable = reprehensibly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de modo competitivo = competitively.
    * de modo complementario = complimentarily.
    * de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.
    * de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.
    * de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.
    * de modo decisivo = decisively.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.
    * de modo divertido = funnily.
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.
    * de modo errático = erratically.
    * de modo especulativo = speculatively.
    * de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * de modo gracioso = funnily.
    * de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.
    * de modo heurístico = heuristically.
    * de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.
    * de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.
    * de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.
    * de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.
    * de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.
    * de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * de modo informal = informally.
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.
    * de modo insinuante = suggestively.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irritante = annoyingly.
    * de modo pesimista = gloomily.
    * de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de modo que = so.
    * de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de modo recíproco = reciprocally.
    * de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.
    * de modos diversos = variously.
    * de modos extraños = funnily.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo tal que = so much so that.
    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.
    * de nuevos modos = in new ways.
    * de otro modo = conversely.
    * de qué modo = by what means.
    * de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.
    * de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.
    * de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.
    * de todos modos = at any rate.
    * de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.
    * de un modo = in a fashion.
    * de un modo absorto = absently.
    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.
    * de un modo acalorado = hotly.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.
    * de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.
    * de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.
    * de un modo aleatorio = at random.
    * de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.
    * de un modo anárquico = anarchically.
    * de un modo anodino = prosaically.
    * de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.
    * de un modo atractivo = appealingly.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo cansado = wearily.
    * de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.
    * de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
    * de un modo chirriante = jarringly.
    * de un modo chocante = jarringly.
    * de un modo compacto = compactly.
    * de un modo concluyente = positively.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.
    * de un modo constructivo = constructively.
    * de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.
    * de un modo coordinado = synergistically.
    * de un modo crítico = critically.
    * de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * de un modo desenfadado = playfully.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.
    * de un modo diferente = differentially.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly.
    * de un modo disonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * de un modo encantador = charmingly.
    * de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo equivalente = equivalently.
    * de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.
    * de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.
    * de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * de un modo fiable = reliably.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.
    * de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.
    * de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].
    * de un modo holístico = holistically.
    * de un modo imparcial = impartially.
    * de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.
    * de un modo impresionante = impressively.
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.
    * de un modo incidental = incidentally.
    * de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.
    * de un modo incompleto = incompletely.
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.
    * de un modo indiferente = regardless.
    * de un modo inductivo = inductively.
    * de un modo innovador = innovatively.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically.
    * de un modo inteligente = intelligently.
    * de un modo interesante = interestingly.
    * de un modo intermitente = in bursts.
    * de un modo lógico = logically.
    * de un modo malsonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo matemático = mathematically.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * de un modo meditabundo = pensively.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.
    * de un modo muy general = crudely.
    * de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.
    * de un modo nervioso = nervously.
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * de un modo o de otro = either way.
    * de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.
    * de un modo opresivo = oppressively.
    * de un modo óptico = optically.
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * de un modo pasivo = passively.
    * de un modo penetrante = piercingly.
    * de un modo pensativo = pensively.
    * de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.
    * de un modo poco económico = wastefully.
    * de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.
    * de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.
    * de un modo práctico = practically.
    * de un modo provocador = defiantly.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.
    * de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * de un modo regional = regionally.
    * de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de un modo relacionado = connectibly.
    * de un modo remunerado = gainfully.
    * de un modo retribuido = gainfully.
    * de un modo secuencial = step by step.
    * de un modo seguro = securely.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.
    * de un modo sistemático = systematically.
    * de un modo susceptible = sensitively.
    * de un modo tautológico = tautologically.
    * de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.
    * de un modo tosco = crudely.
    * de un modo trágico = tragically.
    * de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.
    * de un modo transparente = seamlessly.
    * de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.
    * de un nuevo modo = in a new way.
    * dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * el mejor modo de = the best way of.
    * el modo como = the way in which.
    * el modo de = the way in which.
    * el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.
    * en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.
    * en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.
    * en modo alguno = by no means.
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.
    * indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.
    * información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * modo de aprendizaje = learning style.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * modo de comunicación = communication pathway.
    * modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.
    * modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.
    * modo de presentación visual = display device.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de vida = way of life.
    * modo de vida tradicional = folklife.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.
    * pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.
    * pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * pero no hubo modo = but no dice.
    * por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.
    * por el modo = by the way.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.
    * saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.
    * usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.
    * ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

    a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

    modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

    me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

    a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

    2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

    con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

    3) (Ling) mood
    4) (Mús) mode
    * * *
    = approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

    Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

    Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.
    Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.
    Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.
    Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.
    Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.
    Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.
    * actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.
    * actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.
    * adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.
    * a groso modo = crudely.
    * a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.
    * al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.
    * al modo de = a la.
    * a mi modo de ver = in my books.
    * a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.
    * a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.
    * a modo de advertencia = cautionary.
    * a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de explicación = parenthetically.
    * a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.
    * a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.
    * a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.
    * a modo de prólogo = prefatory.
    * a modo de resumen = wrap-up.
    * analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.
    * andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.
    * artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.
    * así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....
    * avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.
    * buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * como un modo de = as a way of.
    * conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.
    * de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.
    * de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.
    * de algún modo u otro = of some sort.
    * decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.
    * decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.
    * de cualquier modo = however, either way.
    * de diferente modo = differently.
    * de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.
    * de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.
    * de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).
    * del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.
    * del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.
    * del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.
    * del otro modo = the other way (a)round.
    * de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.
    * de modo agresivo = aggressively.
    * de modo alarmante = alarmingly.
    * de modo alternativo = alternatively.
    * de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.
    * de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.
    * de modo caprichoso = capriciously.
    * de modo censurable = reprehensibly.
    * de modo claro = transparently.
    * de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.
    * de modo competitivo = competitively.
    * de modo complementario = complimentarily.
    * de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.
    * de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.
    * de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.
    * de modo decisivo = decisively.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.
    * de modo divertido = funnily.
    * de modo egoísta = selfishly.
    * de modo errático = erratically.
    * de modo especulativo = speculatively.
    * de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.
    * de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.
    * de modo gracioso = funnily.
    * de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.
    * de modo heurístico = heuristically.
    * de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.
    * de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.
    * de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.
    * de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.
    * de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.
    * de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.
    * de modo informal = informally.
    * de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.
    * de modo insinuante = suggestively.
    * de modo irregular = erratically.
    * de modo irritante = annoyingly.
    * de modo pesimista = gloomily.
    * de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.
    * de modo provocativo = suggestively.
    * de modo que = so.
    * de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.
    * de modo raro = funnily.
    * de modo recíproco = reciprocally.
    * de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.
    * de modos diversos = variously.
    * de modos extraños = funnily.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo tal que = so much so that.
    * demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.
    * de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.
    * de nuevos modos = in new ways.
    * de otro modo = conversely.
    * de qué modo = by what means.
    * de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.
    * de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.
    * de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.
    * de todos modos = at any rate.
    * de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.
    * de un modo = in a fashion.
    * de un modo absorto = absently.
    * de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.
    * de un modo acalorado = hotly.
    * de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.
    * de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.
    * de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.
    * de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.
    * de un modo aleatorio = at random.
    * de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.
    * de un modo anárquico = anarchically.
    * de un modo anodino = prosaically.
    * de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.
    * de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.
    * de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.
    * de un modo atractivo = appealingly.
    * de un modo auténtico = authentically.
    * de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.
    * de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo cansado = wearily.
    * de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.
    * de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.
    * de un modo chirriante = jarringly.
    * de un modo chocante = jarringly.
    * de un modo compacto = compactly.
    * de un modo concluyente = positively.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.
    * de un modo constructivo = constructively.
    * de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.
    * de un modo coordinado = synergistically.
    * de un modo crítico = critically.
    * de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.
    * de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.
    * de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.
    * de un modo desenfadado = playfully.
    * de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.
    * de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.
    * de un modo devastador = devastatingly.
    * de un modo diferente = differentially.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly.
    * de un modo disonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.
    * de un modo elegante = elegantly.
    * de un modo encantador = charmingly.
    * de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo equivalente = equivalently.
    * de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.
    * de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.
    * de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.
    * de un modo extraño = freakishly.
    * de un modo fiable = reliably.
    * de un modo flexible = flexibly.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.
    * de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.
    * de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].
    * de un modo holístico = holistically.
    * de un modo imparcial = impartially.
    * de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.
    * de un modo impresionante = impressively.
    * de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.
    * de un modo incidental = incidentally.
    * de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.
    * de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.
    * de un modo incompleto = incompletely.
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.
    * de un modo indiferente = regardless.
    * de un modo inductivo = inductively.
    * de un modo innovador = innovatively.
    * de un modo insolente = defiantly.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically.
    * de un modo inteligente = intelligently.
    * de un modo interesante = interestingly.
    * de un modo intermitente = in bursts.
    * de un modo lógico = logically.
    * de un modo malsonante = jarringly.
    * de un modo matemático = mathematically.
    * de un modo mecánico = mechanically.
    * de un modo meditabundo = pensively.
    * de un modo molesto = annoyingly.
    * de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.
    * de un modo muy general = crudely.
    * de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.
    * de un modo nervioso = nervously.
    * de un modo nítido = cleanly.
    * de un modo o de otro = either way.
    * de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.
    * de un modo opresivo = oppressively.
    * de un modo óptico = optically.
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * de un modo pasivo = passively.
    * de un modo penetrante = piercingly.
    * de un modo pensativo = pensively.
    * de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.
    * de un modo poco económico = wastefully.
    * de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.
    * de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.
    * de un modo práctico = practically.
    * de un modo provocador = defiantly.
    * de un modo provocativo = defiantly.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.
    * de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.
    * de un modo raro = freakishly.
    * de un modo regional = regionally.
    * de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.
    * de un modo relacionado = connectibly.
    * de un modo remunerado = gainfully.
    * de un modo retribuido = gainfully.
    * de un modo secuencial = step by step.
    * de un modo seguro = securely.
    * de un modo similar = in a similar vein.
    * de un modo simplista = simplistically.
    * de un modo sistemático = systematically.
    * de un modo susceptible = sensitively.
    * de un modo tautológico = tautologically.
    * de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.
    * de un modo tosco = crudely.
    * de un modo trágico = tragically.
    * de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.
    * de un modo transparente = seamlessly.
    * de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.
    * de un nuevo modo = in a new way.
    * dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * el mejor modo de = the best way of.
    * el modo como = the way in which.
    * el modo de = the way in which.
    * el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.
    * en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.
    * en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.
    * encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.
    * encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.
    * en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.
    * en modo alguno = by no means.
    * estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.
    * estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.
    * funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.
    * hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.
    * hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.
    * indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.
    * información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.
    * ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.
    * modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.
    * modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.
    * modo de andar = gait.
    * modo de aprendizaje = learning style.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * modo de comunicación = communication pathway.
    * modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.
    * modo de conseguir Algo = lever.
    * modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.
    * modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.
    * modo de presentación visual = display device.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de vida = way of life.
    * modo de vida tradicional = folklife.
    * modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.
    * no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.
    * no hay modo de que = for the life of me.
    * o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.
    * pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.
    * pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.
    * pero no hubo modo = but no dice.
    * por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.
    * por el modo = by the way.
    * preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.
    * recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.
    * saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.
    * ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.
    * usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].
    * usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).
    * usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).
    * uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.
    * ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.
    * ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

    * * *
    A
    1 (manera, forma) way, manner ( frml)
    éste no es modo de hacer las cosas this is no way of going about things
    no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that
    hay que hacerlo del siguiente modo it has to be done in the following manner
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion
    ¿qué modo de hablarle a tu abuela es ése? that's no way to speak to your grandmother
    [ S ] modo de empleo instructions for use, directions
    me lo pidió de muy mal modo ( AmL); she asked me (for it) very rudely o in a very rude way
    2 ( en locs):
    a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way
    hazlo a tu modo do it (in) your (own) way
    le gusta hacer las cosas a su modo he likes to do things his (own) way
    a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho
    a modo de introducción by way of introduction
    de cualquier modo (de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway; (sin cuidado) anyhow, any which way ( AmE colloq), any old how ( BrE colloq)
    del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that)
    de modo que (así que) (+ indic) so;
    (para que) (+ subj) so that
    lo hiciste porque quisiste, de modo que ahora no te quejes you did it because you wanted to, so don't complain now
    ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?
    colócalos de modo que se vean desde aquí arrange them so that they can be seen from here
    yo no puedo aceptarlo, de ningún modo there is no way I can accept it
    de todos modos anyway, anyhow
    no creo que lo pueda lograr, de todos modos volveré a intentarlo I don't think I can do it, but I'll have another try anyway o anyhow
    en cierto modo in a way
    ni modo ( AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? — no, ni modo, las entradas se habían acabado did they get in? — no, no way o not a chance, it was sold out ( colloq)
    traté de persuadirlo para que fuera pero ni modo I tried to persuade him to go but it was no good
    ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am ( colloq)
    ni modo que ( AmL exc CS): tienes que regresar a tu casa, ni modo que te quedes aquí you have to go home, there's no way you're staying here ( colloq)
    B modos mpl (modales) manners (pl)
    con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
    C ( Ling) mood
    el modo indicativo/subjuntivo the indicative/subjunctive mood
    D ( Mús) mode
    Compuesto:
    modo mayor/menor
    major/minor mode
    E ( Inf) mode
    Compuesto:
    sleep mode
    * * *

     

    modo sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml);


    del siguiente modo in the following manner;
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion;
    no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that;
    de un modo u otro one way or another;
    su modo de ser the way he is;

    ( on signs) modo de empleo instructions for use, directions;

    b) ( en locs)

    ◊ a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way;

    de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway;

    ( sin cuidado) anyhow;
    del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that);


    ( para que) so that;

    de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept;
    de todos modos anyway, anyhow;
    en cierto modo in a way;
    ni modo (AmL exc CS fam) no way;
    traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good;
    ni modo que te quedes aquí there's no way you're staying here (colloq)
    2
    ◊ modos sustantivo masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl);

    con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
    modo sustantivo masculino
    1 (forma de hacer) way, manner: habla de un modo extraño, he speaks in a strange way
    2 Ling mode: modo imperativo, imperative mood 3 modos, manners: ¡no vengas aquí con esos malos modos!, don't come around here with those bad manners!
    ' modo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - así
    - camino
    - cante
    - canto
    - carácter
    - censurar
    - cocina
    - como quiera
    - comoquiera
    - con
    - conforme
    - de
    - dicha
    - dicho
    - empleo
    - en
    - estilo
    - forma
    - ir
    - gustar
    - habla
    - igualmente
    - inciso
    - indicativa
    - indicativo
    - mirada
    - olla
    - parcial
    - pensión
    - poner
    - proceder
    - radical
    - reconocer
    - replicar
    - risa
    - según
    - sentada
    - sic
    - sistema
    - tal
    - temeraria
    - temerario
    - temperamento
    - tono
    - tres
    - uso
    - ver
    - vía
    - vida
    English:
    abrupt
    - alike
    - allowance
    - aloud
    - anyhow
    - as
    - at
    - captivate
    - casually
    - deliriously
    - depressingly
    - direction
    - dramatically
    - educationally
    - fashion
    - funnily
    - gloomily
    - haphazardly
    - harmlessly
    - illegibly
    - impressively
    - inadequately
    - incompletely
    - incomprehensibly
    - inconclusively
    - inconveniently
    - instruction
    - keenly
    - kind
    - loophole
    - love
    - maddeningly
    - manner
    - mode
    - modus operandi
    - mood
    - mother
    - nowhere
    - observe
    - offhandedly
    - originally
    - ostentatious
    - other
    - outrageous
    - pass round
    - plausibly
    - quizzical
    - ravishingly
    - reassuringly
    - reciprocally
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [manera, forma] way;
    no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking;
    ése no es modo de comportarse that's no way to behave;
    ¿has visto el modo en que o [m5] el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?;
    esta vez lo haremos a mi modo this time we'll do it my way;
    al modo de in the style of, after the fashion of;
    a modo de as, by way of;
    a mi modo de ver the way I see it;
    de algún modo somehow;
    se le cayó el botón porque lo cosió de cualquier modo the button fell off because he sewed it on carelessly o any old how;
    hazlo de cualquier modo do it however you like;
    no te preocupes, de cualquier modo no pensaba ir don't worry, I wasn't going to go anyway;
    de ese/este modo that/this way;
    del mismo modo similarly, in the same way;
    lo hice del mismo modo que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you;
    lo organizaron de modo que acabara antes de las diez they organized it so (that) it finished before ten;
    ¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?;
    de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno deberíamos dejarle salir under no circumstances should we let her out;
    de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno quise ofenderte I in no way intended to offend you;
    ¿te he molestado? – de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno did I annoy you? – not at all o by no means;
    ¿quieres que lo invitemos? – ¡de ningún modo! shall we invite him? – no way o certainly not!;
    de otro modo [si no] otherwise;
    de tal modo (que) [tanto] so much (that);
    de todos modos in any case, anyway;
    de todos modos seguiremos en contacto in any case, we'll keep in touch;
    de todos modos, ¿qué es eso que decías de un viaje? anyway, what's that you were saying about going away?;
    de un modo u otro one way or another;
    dicho de otro modo in other words, put another way;
    en cierto modo in a way;
    ¡qué modo de hacer las cosas! that's no way to do things!
    Ling modo de articulación manner of articulation;
    modo de empleo instructions for use;
    modo de pensar way of thinking;
    a mi modo de pensar to my way of thinking;
    modo de ser: [m5] tiene un modo de ser muy agradable she has a very pleasant nature;
    no me gusta su modo de ser I don't like the way he is;
    modo de vida way of life, lifestyle
    2.
    modos [modales] manners;
    buenos/malos modos good/bad manners;
    me contestó de buenos/malos modos she answered politely/rudely
    3. Gram mood;
    modo indicativo/subjuntivo indicative/subjunctive mood;
    en modo indicativo in the indicative (mood)
    4. Informát mode
    modo de edición edit mode;
    modo gráfico graphic mode;
    modo de inserción insert mode
    5. Mús mode
    ♦ ni modo loc adv
    Am salvo RP [de ninguna manera] no way, not a chance;
    ¿llegaremos a tiempo? – ni modo will we get there on time? – no way o not a chance;
    ni modo pues there's nothing we can do about it, then
    * * *
    m
    1 way;
    a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking;
    dicho de otro modo to put it another way;
    de este modo like this;
    modo de ser personality
    2 GRAM mood
    3 MÚS mode
    4
    :
    modos pl manners;
    5
    :
    de modo que so that;
    de ningún modo not at all;
    de otro modo otherwise;
    de tal modo que so much that;
    de cualquier modo anyway, anyhow;
    en cierto modo in a way o sense
    * * *
    modo nm
    1) manera: way, manner, mode
    de un modo u otro: one way or another
    a mi modo de ver: to my way of thinking
    2) : mood (in grammar)
    3) : mode (in music)
    4)
    a modo de : by way of, in the manner of, like
    a modo de ejemplo: by way of example
    5)
    de cualquier modo : in any case, anyway
    6)
    de modo que : so, in such a way that
    7)
    de todos modos : in any case, anyway
    8)
    en cierto modo : in a way, to a certain extent
    * * *
    modo n way

    Spanish-English dictionary > modo

  • 77 numérico

    adj.
    numerical, numeric.
    * * *
    1 numerical
    * * *
    (f. - numérica)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] numerical; (Inform) numeric
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo numerical
    * * *
    = numeric, numerical.
    Ex. Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data ( numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.
    Ex. Statistical tabular and numerical abstract are a means of summarising numerical data, which may be presented in its original format in a tabular form.
    ----
    * base de datos numérica = numeric database.
    * código numérico = code number.
    * datos numéricos = numerical data.
    * línea numérica = number line.
    * notación numérica = numerical notation.
    * orden numérico = numerical order.
    * por orden numérico = in numerical order.
    * procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.
    * resumen numérico = numerical abstract.
    * superioridad numérica = strength in numbers.
    * teclado numérico = keypad, numeric keypad.
    * valor numérico exacto = crisp value.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo numerical
    * * *
    = numeric, numerical.

    Ex: Crudely put, a computer is a device which can store large quantities of data ( numeric or textual) and can manipulate that data in many ways and with great speed and accuracy.

    Ex: Statistical tabular and numerical abstract are a means of summarising numerical data, which may be presented in its original format in a tabular form.
    * base de datos numérica = numeric database.
    * código numérico = code number.
    * datos numéricos = numerical data.
    * línea numérica = number line.
    * notación numérica = numerical notation.
    * orden numérico = numerical order.
    * por orden numérico = in numerical order.
    * procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.
    * resumen numérico = numerical abstract.
    * superioridad numérica = strength in numbers.
    * teclado numérico = keypad, numeric keypad.
    * valor numérico exacto = crisp value.

    * * *
    numerical
    * * *

    numérico,-a adjetivo numerical
    ' numérico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    numérica
    - teclado
    English:
    numerical
    - key
    * * *
    numérico, -a adj
    numerical
    * * *
    adj numerical;
    teclado numérico numeric keypad, number pad
    * * *
    numérico, -ca adj
    : numerical

    Spanish-English dictionary > numérico

  • 78 oficina sin papel

    Ex. The paperless office implies a distribution network based on a large central computer, within one particular organization.
    * * *

    Ex: The paperless office implies a distribution network based on a large central computer, within one particular organization.

    Spanish-English dictionary > oficina sin papel

  • 79 padecer

    v.
    1 to endure, to undergo (sufrimiento).
    padecer inundaciones/un terremoto to be hit by floods/an earthquake
    2 to suffer.
    padecer del corazón/riñón to suffer from a heart/kidney complaint
    padeció mucho por sus hijos she suffered a lot for the sake of her children
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer
    1 to suffer
    1 (sufrir) to suffer (de, from)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2. VT
    1) (=sufrir) to suffer
    2) (=aguantar) [+ malos tratos, adversidades] to endure, put up with
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <enfermedad/hambre> to suffer from; <desgracias/injusticias/privaciones> to suffer, undergo
    2.
    padecer vi to suffer
    * * *
    = experience, suffer, strike, face.
    Ex. If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.
    Ex. Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.
    Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    ----
    * bebé que padece de cólicos = colicky baby, colicky infant.
    * padecer de = suffer from.
    * padecer de cólicos = be colicky.
    * padecer del síndrome de abstinencia = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.
    * padecer enfermedad = get + Enfermedad, suffer from + condition.
    * padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * padecer tensión = experience + stress.
    * que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.
    * recién nacido que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <enfermedad/hambre> to suffer from; <desgracias/injusticias/privaciones> to suffer, undergo
    2.
    padecer vi to suffer
    * * *
    = experience, suffer, strike, face.

    Ex: If facilities like these are not supported by the data base design, the users of the system will experience slow response times.

    Ex: Since the introduction of computer-based indexing systems alphabetical indexing languages have become more prevalent, and UDC has suffered a reduction in use.
    Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.
    * bebé que padece de cólicos = colicky baby, colicky infant.
    * padecer de = suffer from.
    * padecer de cólicos = be colicky.
    * padecer del síndrome de abstinencia = suffer from + withdrawal symptoms.
    * padecer enfermedad = get + Enfermedad, suffer from + condition.
    * padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.
    * padecer recortes = experience + cutbacks.
    * padecer tensión = experience + stress.
    * que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.
    * recién nacido que padece de cólicos = colicky newborn.

    * * *
    padecer [E3 ]
    vt
    ‹enfermedad/hambre› to suffer from; ‹injusticias/desgracias/privaciones› to suffer, undergo
    el país está padeciendo una crisis económica sin precedentes the country is suffering o going through an unprecedented economic crisis
    ■ padecer
    vi
    to suffer padecer DE algo to suffer FROM sth
    padecía de los nervios I had trouble with my nerves, my nerves were bad
    padece del corazón he has heart trouble, he suffers with his heart
    * * *

    padecer ( conjugate padecer) verbo transitivo ‹enfermedad/hambre› to suffer from;
    ‹desgracias/injusticias/privaciones› to suffer, undergo
    verbo intransitivo
    to suffer;
    padecer DE algo to suffer from sth;

    padecer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una enfermedad) to suffer from: padece una extraña enfermedad, he suffers from a strange illness
    2 (soportar) to endure: tiene que padecer a su marido, she has to put up with her husband
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de un mal funcionamiento) padece del hígado, he suffers from liver trouble
    2 (sufrir) to suffer: ha padecido mucho en la vida, he has suffered a lot in his life

    ' padecer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adolecer
    - castigar
    - tener
    - pasar
    English:
    climate
    - suffer
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sufrimiento] to endure, to undergo;
    [hambre, injusticia] to suffer; [enfermedad] to suffer from;
    padecer inundaciones/un terremoto to be hit by floods/an earthquake
    2. Formal [error, confusión]
    padece usted un error you are mistaken, you are labouring under a misapprehension
    ♦ vi
    to suffer;
    padecer del corazón/riñón to suffer from o to have a heart/kidney complaint;
    padeció mucho por sus hijos she suffered a lot for the sake of her children
    * * *
    I v/t suffer
    II v/i suffer;
    padecer de have trouble with;
    padecer del estómago/corazón have stomach/heart trouble
    * * *
    padecer {53} vt
    : to suffer, to endure
    padecer vi adolecer
    padecer de : to suffer from
    * * *
    padecer vb to suffer from

    Spanish-English dictionary > padecer

  • 80 poca severidad

    f.
    not much discipline, lenity, looseness.
    * * *
    (n.) = lenience, leniency
    Ex. Large companies that produce a great deal of off-the-shelf computer software usually have the greatest lenience in their licences.
    Ex. The error of ' leniency, softness, or spinelessness' is the most common one -- taking the easy way out.
    * * *
    (n.) = lenience, leniency

    Ex: Large companies that produce a great deal of off-the-shelf computer software usually have the greatest lenience in their licences.

    Ex: The error of ' leniency, softness, or spinelessness' is the most common one -- taking the easy way out.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poca severidad

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