legal gap

- legal abortion
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- legal year

1. noun m. 2. (f. - vacía)

adj.

1) empty

2) vacant

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (gen) empty; [puesto, local] vacant, empty

el teatro estaba medio vacío — the theatre was half empty

nunca bebo cerveza con el estómago vacío — I never drink beer on an empty stomach

he alquilado un piso vacío porque sale más barato — I've rented an unfurnished flat because it's cheaper

Madrid queda vacío en agosto — Madrid is empty o deserted in August

de vacío: el camión volvió de vacío — the lorry came back empty

lo pedí pero tuve que marcharme de vacío — I asked for it but had to go away empty-handed

- irse con las manos vacías

2) (=superficial) [persona] shallow; [conversación] meaningless

un discurso vacío de contenido — a speech empty o devoid of any content

3) (=sin sentido) [existencia] empty, meaningless

4) (=vano) [esfuerzo] vain; [promesa] empty, hollow

5)

pan vacío — (And, CAm, Caribe) dry bread

2. SM

1) (Fís) vacuum

envasar al vacío — to vacuum-pack

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

2) (=hueco) (empty) space, gap

han dejado un vacío para el nombre — they have left a space for the name

tener un vacío en el estómago — to have an empty stomach

- hacer el vacío a algn

3) (=abismo)

el vacío — the void, space

saltó al vacío desde lo alto del acantilado — he jumped from the top of the cliff into space o the void

se arrojó al vacío desde un quinto piso — he threw himself out of a fifth-floor window

- caer en el vacío

4) (=falta de sentido) void

el vacío existencial — the existential void

su muerte dejó un vacío en nuestras vidas — his death left a void in our lives

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

5) (Jur, Pol)

vacío de poder — power vacuum

vacío legislativo — gap in the legislation

vacío político — political vacuum

6) (Mec)

marchar en vacío — to tick over

7) (Anat) side, flank

* * *

I

- cía adjetivo

a) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> empty

con el estómago vacío — on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)

la despensa está vacía — there's no food in the house

volver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed

b) ( frívolo) < persona> shallow; <vida/frase> empty, meaningless

II

masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

hacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder

b) ( espacio vacío) space

mirar al vacío — to gaze into space

saltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears

c) (falta, hueco) gap

dejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

- vacío de poder

* * *

= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex. When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.

Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex. It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.

Ex. Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.

Ex. Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.

Ex. If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.

Ex. It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex. The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.

Ex. Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex. Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex. There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.

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* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.

* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.

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

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.

* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.

* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.

* no vacío = non-stop.

* palabra vacía = function word.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.

* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.

* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.

* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.

* vacío informativo = information vacuum.

* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.

* * *

I

- cía adjetivo

a) <botella/caja> empty; <calle/ciudad> empty, deserted; < casa> empty, unoccupied; <palabras/retórica> empty

con el estómago vacío — on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos — the empty bottles, the empties (colloq)

la despensa está vacía — there's no food in the house

volver de vacío — (Esp) camión to come back empty; persona to come back empty-handed

b) ( frívolo) < persona> shallow; <vida/frase> empty, meaningless

II

masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío — vacuum-packed

hacerle el vacío a alguien — to give somebody the cold shoulder

b) ( espacio vacío) space

mirar al vacío — to gaze into space

saltó al vacío — he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío — to fall on deaf ears

c) (falta, hueco) gap

dejó un vacío en su vida — she left a gap o a void in his life

una sensación de vacío — a feeling of emptiness

- vacío de poder

* * *

= dummy, empty [emptier -comp., emptiest -sup.], gap, gulf, stop, vacuum, void, hollow, emptiness, vacant, loophole, vacated.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

Ex: When DOBIS/Leuven is ready and waiting for input, the line is empty.

Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.

Ex: It must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form, and applying the schedules.

Ex: Of course some terms may be difficult to categorise as stop or non-stop.

Ex: Whilst valves work by passing electric currents through a vacuum between electrodes, transistors are built from materials called semiconductors.

Ex: If archival materials are entered into an OPAC the vague nature of collection titles and the general subject headings may result in records being lost in a void.

Ex: It can certainly be status-conferring to let it be known in social conversation that one has read the latest Fay Weldon book, but if the group one is in never reads Fay Weldon anyway and could not care less what she has written then the victory is a somewhat hollow one.

Ex: The economic recession and the new technology are, between them, leaving a section of society with a feeling of hopelessness and emptiness = La recesión económica y las nuevas tecnologías, entre otros, están dejando a un sector de la sociedad con un sentimiento de desesperación y vacío.

Ex: Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex: There are plans to transform vacated space in the old building into a visitor's centre with exhibitions and reading rooms.

* caer al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* caída al vacío = fall into + (empty) space.

* cámara al vacío = vacuum chamber.

* con las manos vacías = empty-handed.

* dejar frío y vacío = leave + Nombre + cold and empty.

* dejar vacío = leave + vacant.

* disparar cartuchos vacíos = fire + blanks.

* empaquetar al vacío en plástico = shrink-wrap [shrinkwrap].

* envasar al vacío = vacuum-pack.

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

* llenar un vacío = fill + vacuum, fill + gap, fill in + gap, fill + void, fill + the breach.

* medio vacío = half-empty.

* mesa al vacío = vacuum table.

* mirada vacía = blank look, blank expression.

* mirar al vacío = stare into + space, look into + space, gaze into + space.

* no vacío = non-stop.

* palabra vacía = function word.

* precipitarse al vacío = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.

* referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.

* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.

* salto al vacío = leap in the dark.

* secado y congelado al vacío = vacuum freeze drying.

* vacío informativo = information vacuum.

* vacío legal = loophole, legal void.

* * *

vacío¹ - cía

adjective

1 ‹botella/caja› empty; ‹calle/ciudad› empty, deserted

con el estómago vacío on an empty stomach

los envases vacíos the empty bottles, the empties ( colloq)

la casa se alquila vacía the house is being rented unfurnished

el local está vacío the premises are empty o vacant

la siguió con una mirada totalmente vacía he stared after her with a totally blank expression on his face

la despensa está vacía there's no food in the house

vacío DE algo:

una calle vacía de vehículos y transeúntes a street empty of vehicles and passersby

un hombre vacío de compasión a man devoid of compassion

frases vacías de significado meaningless o empty words

retórica vacía de contenido empty rhetoric

volver de vacío ( Esp) «camión» to come back empty;

«persona» to come back empty-handed

2 (frívolo) ‹persona› shallow; ‹vida› empty, meaningless

son frases bonitas pero vacías they're fine-sounding words but they're meaningless o devoid of any meaning

pasaban su tiempo en conversaciones vacías they spent their time in idle o superficial conversation

vacío²

masculine

1 ( Fís) vacuum

envasado al vacío vacuum-packed

hacer el vacío a algo to ignore sth

hicieron el vacío a todas mis sugerencias they ignored all my suggestions

hacerle el vacío a algn to give sb the cold shoulder, to cold-shoulder sb

2 (espacio vacío) space

miraba al vacío she was gazing into space

saltó al vacío he leapt into the void o into space

caer en el vacío to fall on deaf ears

3 (falta, hueco) gap

dejó en su vida un vacío she left a gap o a void in his life

sentía una terrible sensación de vacío he had a terrible feeling of emptiness

en el caso de un vacío en la jefatura del Estado in the situation where there is no head of state

Compuesto:

vacío de poder

power vacuum

* * *

 

Del verbo vaciar: ( conjugate vaciar)

vacío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

vació es:

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

Multiple Entries:
vaciar    
vacío
vaciar ( conjugate vaciar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹vaso/botella› to empty;

‹ radiador› to drain;
‹bolsillo/cajón› to empty;
‹armario/habitación› to clean out

b) ‹ contenido› to empty (out)

2 ( ahuecar) to hollow out
vaciarse verbo pronominal
to empty
vacío 1

◊ - cía adjetivo

a) ‹botella/caja› empty;

‹calle/ciudad› empty, deserted;
‹ casa› empty, unoccupied;
‹palabras/retórica› empty;

◊ con el estómago vacío on an empty stomach

b) ( frívolo) ‹ persona› shallow;

‹vida/frase› empty, meaningless
vacío 2 sustantivo masculino

a) (Fís) vacuum;

◊ envasado al vacío vacuum-packed

b) ( espacio vacío) space;

◊ mirar al vacío to gaze into space

c) (falta, hueco) gap;

◊ dejó un vacío en su vida she left a gap o a void in his life;

una sensación de vacío a feeling of emptiness
vaciar verbo transitivo
1 (un cajón, una botella, un contenedor) to empty: vaciamos la piscina, we emptied the pool
2 Arte (una escultura, etc) to mould, US mold
3 (dejar hueco) to hollow out
vacío,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin contenido) empty
(sin interior, hueco) hollow
el tronco ya está vacío, the trunk is already hollow
2 (sin personas) empty
(sin ocupante) vacant: el piso está vacío, the flat is unoccupied
3 (pensamiento, promesa, etc) empty, hollow
(superficial) shallow
II sustantivo masculino
1 Fís vacuum
envasado al vacío, vacuum-packed
2 (espacio, aire) emptiness, void: el camión se precipitó al vacío, the truck plunged into the void
3 (sensación, sentimiento) me dejó una sensación de vacío, it made me feel empty
4 (hueco sin ocupar) gap, (empty) space
♦ Locuciones: de vacío, empty-handed
' vacío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casco
- hueca
- hueco
- huera
- huero
- lanzarse
- precipitarse
- salto
- vacía
- desocupado
- despejado
- estómago
- lanzar
- saltar
English:
bare
- blank
- bottle
- emptiness
- empty
- flat
- gap
- half-empty
- hollow
- leap
- send
- space
- spring
- tip out
- vacant
- vacuum
- vacuum-packed
- void
- into
- ostracize
- stomach

* * *

vacío, -a

♦ adj

1. [recipiente, vivienda, espacio] empty;

una sala casi vacía an almost empty hall;

la ciudad estaba vacía the city was empty o deserted

2. [palabras, gesto, promesa] empty;

vacío de [contenido] devoid of

3. [vida, existencia] empty

♦ nm

1. [espacio libre]

se lanzó al vacío she threw herself into the void;

caer en el vacío [palabras] to fall on deaf ears;

Comp

hacer el vacío a alguien to cold-shoulder sb

2. Fís vacuum;

envasar al vacío to vacuum-pack

3. [abismo, carencia] void;

su muerte ha dejado un gran vacío his death has left a big gap o void

Comp

vacío existencial existential void;

vacío legal legal vacuum;

Pol vacío de poder power vacuum

4. [hueco] space, gap;

tener un vacío en el estómago to feel hungry

5. RP [carne] flank steak

♦ de vacío loc adv

irse/volver de vacío [persona] to go/come back empty-handed;

[vehículo] to go/come back empty

* * *

vacío

I adj empty

II m FÍS vacuum; fig: espacio void;

dejar un vacío fig leave a gap;

envasado al vacío vacuum-packed;

hacer el vacío a alguien fig ostracize s.o.;

caer en el vacío fig fall on deaf ears fam

* * *

vacío, - cía adj

1) : vacant

2) : empty

3) : meaningless

vacío nm

1) : emptiness, void

2) : space, gap

3) : vacuum

4)

hacerle el vacío a alguien : to ostracize someone, to give someone the cold shoulder

* * *

vacío¹ adj

1. (en general) empty [comp. emptier; superl. emptiest]

el frasco está vacío the bottle is empty

2. (silla) free

¿está vacía esta silla? is this seat free?

vacío² n

1. (en general) void

los paracaidistas saltan al vacío parachutists jump into the void

2. (en física) vacuum

envasado al vacío vacuum packed

hacer el vacío a alguien to ignore someone

tener un vacío en el estómago to be starving

Ex: This article deals with the design of a computerised information system for managing ponds and lakes resources at the state level.

Ex: Problems in compiling these include loopholes in the legal deposit law, material which is not printed (leaflets, posters, speeches), exempted material, and excluded material.

Ex: The author describes a technique for processing the collected data concerning water, particulate and sediments in the lagoon of Venice.

Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.

* cubrir lagunas = fill + lacunae.

* cubrir una laguna = fill + gap, fill + the breach.

* laguna informativa = information gap.

* laguna legal = loophole.

 

laguna sustantivo femenino
1 ( de agua dulce) lake, pool;
( de agua salada) lagoon
2


laguna sustantivo femenino
1 small lake
2 fig (de la memoria, de un trabajo) gap: su tesis tiene enormes lagunas, his thesis is incomplete
esta biblioteca tiene enormes lagunas en literatura, there is a lack of literature in this library
' laguna' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salina
- estero
English:
gap
- lagoon
- loophole
- loop
- pond
[de agua dulce] pool

Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

Ex: Nevertheless, this basic divide remains a useful distinction between two major categories of indexing systems.

Ex: The information note may consist of a brief history of a corporate body, highlighting changes in the body's name, mergers with other bodies, splits within or between bodies, etc.

Ex: Digital technology has ushered us into a ceaseless spiral of change which represents, not so much an evolution, but a formidable disjunction with the analog world.

Ex: The argument advanced for this segregation is that it facilitates a search for a title, especially when the author is not known.

Ex: This wide separation of related subject areas is one of the major criticisms of the Dewey scheme.

Ex: This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.

Ex: This concern will likely increase due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and dispersal of its nuclear arsenal and the growth of global nuclear smuggling rings.

Ex: The most obvious threat is the splitting of the media sector into separate information and entertainment sectors.

Ex: Examples can be found where exchange of publications remains as the only form of contact after severance of diplomatic and trade relations.

Ex: This dismemberment of the whole educational process is akin to isolating the atom; in so doing, the true state of the atom is altered.

Ex: This is the method used in the detachment of graphic art items form albums.

Ex: This shifts in emphasis mirror the general balkanization of modern American society.

* carácter de separación = delimiter, separating character.

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

* forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.

* punto de separación = cut-off point, stepping-off point, cut off [cutoff].

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* separación de los continentes = continental breakup.

* separación de servicios = unbundling.

* separación legal = separation from bed and board, a mensa et thoro.

separación sustantivo femenino
1



2 ( del matrimonio) separation
separación sustantivo femenino
1 separation
2 (distancia, espacio) space
una separación de dos centímetros, a gap of two centimeters
' separación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llevar
- segregación
- doloroso
English:
apart
- off
- parting
- separation
- sequence
- break
- split
- wrench
Imprenta separación de colores colour separation; Der separación de bienes separate estates [in matrimony];

resquicio sustantivo masculino
1 ( grieta) crack;
( abertura) gap
2 (huella, resto) trace
resquicio sustantivo masculino
1 (en una puerta, pared, etc) chink, gap
2 fig (posibilidad) chance: aún queda un resquicio para la esperanza, there's still a glimmer of hope
' resquicio' also found in these entries:
English:
chink
[grieta] crack;

vid
1.

2.

3.
vid

ʒyʀidik ʒyʀidik adj

Ex: The vibration may cause the chips to work loose over a period of time, and if they have to be pushed back into their sockets, it is very easy to bend or break one of the 'legs'.

Ex: Where harm over the Internet is caused by viruses, hidden in ' crannies' in the network, traditional legal enforcement is more difficult.

ranura sustantivo femenino



ranura sustantivo femenino slot
' ranura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
canal
English:
aperture
- groove
- rut
- slot
- cranny
- poke
[debajo de la puerta, ventana] gap ranura de expansión expansion slot;

Ex: This paper emphasises the need for booksellers to keep informed of new developments and of the danger of curtailment of present activities, but also to be prepared to experiment.

Ex: This article concludes that cutting the number of words could lead to undesirable impoverishing of data bases rendering them useless as an independent source of information.

Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.

Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.

Ex: The euphoric years of affluence and expansion in the decades immediately following the midpoint of the century have given way to traumatic years of austerity and contraction.

Ex: The good novelist is therefore an author with a wide appeal but this wide appeal is not attained, or even sought, through a dilution of quality; it is simply that this type of writer has a different sort of skill.

Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.

Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.

Ex: But more to the point, the claim that 2 1/2 million jobs depend on slashing red tape is a misrepresentation of a CBI survey carried out in advance of the UK general election of 1983.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.

Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.

Ex: The narrowing of the curriculum has implications for the future.

Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.

Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.

Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.

Ex: Customers will be charged either a mark-up or a mark-down, depending on whether they are buying or selling.

* escala de reducción = reduction ratio.

* mamoplastía de reducción = reduction mammoplasty.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* reducción al mínimo = minimisation [minimization, -USA].

* reducción de costes = cost saving [cost-saving].

* reducción de gastos = cost cutting, cost saving [cost-saving], cost reduction.

* reducción de impuestos = tax cut.

* reducción de la cuota de los países endeudados = debt relief.

* reducción de la deuda externa = debt relief.

* reducción de las diferencias entre... y = narrowing gap between... and, narrowing of the gap between... and.

* reducción de los precios = price cut.

* reducción de los tipos de interés = rate cut, interest-rate cut.

* reducción de pecho = breast reduction.

* reducción de personal = staff cutbacks, downsizing.

* reducción de plantilla = downsizing.

* reducción de precios = pricecutting.

* reducción de tipo impositivo = tax abatement.

* reducción de una palabra a su raíz = stemming.

* reducciones presupuestarias = budgetary restrictions.

* reducción fiscal = tax cut.

* reducción para piano = piano score.

* reducción presupuestaria = budget reduction, budgetary constraint.

 

reducción sustantivo femenino
reduction;

una reducción de personal a reduction o cutback in the workforce
reducción sustantivo femenino reduction
reducción de plantilla, streamlining

' reducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
contrapartida
- polvareda
- rebaja
- despedir
English:
cut
- cutback
- decrease
- reduction
- redundant
- remission
- retrenchment
- board
reducción al absurdo reductio ad absurdum; [resultado] price cut; [de ejército] defeat

vid
1.

2.

3.
vid

1. noun mf. 2. adj. colegio 1), libro 2) I II I II

Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

Ex: When her eldest son developed a glaucoma she became aware of the lack of suitable books.

* apto para mayores de 13 años o menores acompañados = PG-13.

* asistencia social para los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].

* centro de día para mayores = day centre for the elderly.

* cuidado de los mayores = kinkeeping.

* cuidados de los mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].

* cuidados para personas mayores = elderly care, elder care [eldercare].

* familiar que cuida de los mayores = kinkeeper.

* gente mayor = elderly people.

* hombre mayor = elderly man.

* mayor de 25 años = mature adult.

* mayores, los = elderly, the.

* muy mayor = over the hill.

* pesonas mayores = elderly people.

Ex: The likelihood of data transmission errors is greater, however, and it is not recommended for constant use.

Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.

Ex: Information networks are critical tools to ensure the exchange, transfer, and use of information which will facilitate the increased quality and quantity of agricultural production.

* admitir un número de reservas mayor a las plazas existentes = overbook.

* alcanzar mayores cotas = rise to + greater heights.

* al por mayor = in bulk.

* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.

* cada vez mayor = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening.

* cada vez mucho mayor = fast-increasing, exploding.

* calle mayor, la = main street, the.

* causa de fuerza mayor = act of God.

* colegio mayor = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], student residence.

* comprar al por mayor = buy + in bulk.

* con el mayor cuidado = with utmost care.

* con el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.

* con mayor detalle = in greater detail.

* con mayor profundidad = in most detail, in more detail.

* con un mayor nivel educativo = better educated [better-educated].

* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.

* demasiado mayor en relación con Algo = overage.

* demasiado mayor para su curso = overage for grade.

* de mayor edad = senior.

* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.

* desajuste cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* descuento por compra al por mayor = bulk deal, bulk rate, bulk rate discount.

* diferencia cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.

* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y, = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* durante la mayor parte de = for much of.

* durante la mayor parte del año = for the best part of the year.

* en caso de fuerza mayor = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.

* en el mayor secreto = a veil of secrecy.

* en la mayor parte de = in the majority of.

* en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.

* en mayor medida = to a greater extent, to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.

* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.

* en mayor o menor medida = to a greater or lesser extent.

* en su mayor parte = largely, mostly, for the most part.

* en un número cada vez mayor = in increasing numbers.

* fuerza mayor = force majeure.

* hora de mayor demanda = peak time.

* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.

* interés cada vez mayor = growing interest.

* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.

* la mayor parte de = the majority of, the main bulk of, the lion's share of.

* la mayor parte de las veces = more often than not.

* la proporción mayor de = the lion's share of.

* libro de mayor venta = bestseller [best seller/best-seller].

* material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.

* mayor + Nombre = longer + Nombre.

* mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.

* mucho mayor = far greater, far larger, very much greater.

* obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* período de mayor demanda = peak time.

* precio al por mayor = block rate, wholesale price, bulk rate.

* precio especial por compra al por mayor = bulk deal.

* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* programación televisiva de mayor audiencia = prime time television.

* programa de mayor audiencia = prime time programme, prime time show.

* sacar el mayor partido al dinero de uno = get + the most for + Posesivo + money.

* sacar mayor partido a = squeeze + more life out of.

* sacar mayor provecho = stretch + further.

* separación cada vez mayor entre... y = widening gap between... and.

* ser el que con mayor frecuencia = be (the) most likely to.

* símbolo de mayor-que (>) = greater-than sign (>), greater-than symbol (>), right angled bracket (>).

* suministro al por mayor = bulk supply.

* tonto de marca mayor = prize idiot.

* una mayor variedad de = a wider canvas of.

* una necesidad cada vez mayor = a growing need.

* un conjunto cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un número cada vez mayor = growing numbers.

* un número cada vez mayor de = a growing number of, a growing body of.

* vender al por mayor = sell + in bulk, wholesale.

 

mayor adjetivo
1



‹ beneficio› greater;

a mayor escala on a larger scale;
un número mayor que 40 a number greater than 40


su mayor preocupación her greatest o biggest worry;
a la mayor brevedad posible as soon as possible;
la mayor parte de los estudiantes most students, the majority of students
2 ( en edad)

mayor que algn older than sb


mi hijo mayor my eldest o oldest son



cuando sea mayor when I grow up;
ser mayor de edad (Der) to be of age;
soy mayor de edad y haré lo que quiera I'm over 18 (o 21 etc) and I'll do as I please
3 ( en nombres) ( principal) main;

4 (Mús) major
5 (Com):

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino ( adulto) adult, grown-up (colloq);

mis/tus mayores my/your elders;
mayor de edad person who is legally of age
mayor
I adjetivo
1 (comparativo de tamaño) larger, bigger: necesitas una talla mayor, you need a larger size
(superlativo) largest, biggest: ésa es la mayor, that is the biggest one
2 (comparativo de grado) greater: su capacidad es mayor que la mía, his capacity is greater than mine
la ciudad no tiene mayor atractivo, the town isn't particularly appealing
(superlativo) greatest: ésa es la mayor tontería que he oído nunca, that is the most absurd thing I've ever heard
3 (comparativo de edad) older: es mayor que tu madre, she is older than your mother
(superlativo) oldest
el mayor de los tres, the oldest one 4 está muy mayor, (crecido, maduro) he's quite grown-up
(anciano) he looks old
ser mayor de edad, to be of age
(maduro) old: es un hombre mayor, he's an old man
eres mayor para entenderlo, you are old enough to understand it
5 (principal) major, main: tu mayor responsabilidad es su educación, the thing that's most important to you is her education; la calle mayor, the main street
6 Mús major
7 Com al por mayor, wholesale
II sustantivo masculino
1 Mil major 2 mayores, (adultos) grownups, adults
(ancianos) elders
♦ Locuciones: al por mayor, wholesale
ir/pasar a mayores, to become serious: discutió con su marido, pero el asunto no pasó a mayores, she had an argument with her husband but they soon forgot about it

' mayor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abundar
- adicta
- adicto
- afán
- alcalde
- alcaldía
- almacén
- amable
- brevedad
- burgomaestre
- calle
- caza
- colegio
- confluencia
- desarrollar
- edad
- engrandecer
- escaparate
- estado
- Excemo.
- Excmo.
- fuerza
- gruesa
- grueso
- hacer
- hacerse
- inri
- obra
- osa
- palo
- persona
- plana
- polemizar
- predilección
- re
- safari
- salir
- sol
- teniente
- vender
- venta
- abuelo
- ama
- anhelo
- atractivo
- audiencia
- cazar
- ciudad
- compás
- de
English:
act
- address
- adult
- big
- bomb
- bulk
- capacity
- cash-and-carry
- claw back
- densely
- dipper
- dormitory
- elaborate
- elder
- eldest
- few
- frisky
- grow up
- growing
- high street
- hill
- inquest
- lion
- little
- main
- major
- mayor
- mostly
- much
- nominee
- often
- old
- outflow
- outweigh
- over
- part
- perpendicular
- residence
- senior
- sergeant major
- spur
- staff
- trade price
- utmost
- wholesale
- wholesale trade
- wholesaler
- worship
- abject
- cash
Mat [en edad] the oldest…; [en importancia] the greatest…; [en número] the highest…; [anciano] elderly; [antepasados] ancestors, forefathers; Mil major