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library assistants

  • 1 auxiliar de biblioteca

    (n.) = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly
    Ex. The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.
    Ex. The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.
    Ex. She was frequently late for work, and she spent so much time talking with other pages and other people in the library that she was not getting her work done.
    Ex. The library classifications range from Library Director to library aide.
    Ex. The requirements for prison library officer (combining security and library specific funtions) and library orderly are also included.
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    (n.) = library assistant, library technician, page, library aide, library orderly

    Ex: The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.

    Ex: The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.
    Ex: She was frequently late for work, and she spent so much time talking with other pages and other people in the library that she was not getting her work done.
    Ex: The library classifications range from Library Director to library aide.
    Ex: The requirements for prison library officer (combining security and library specific funtions) and library orderly are also included.

    Spanish-English dictionary > auxiliar de biblioteca

  • 2 escaparse

    1 (huir) to escape, run away, get away
    2 (librarse) to escape, avoid
    3 (gas etc) to leak
    4 (autobús etc) to miss
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    VPR
    1) (=huir) [preso] to escape; [niño, adolescente] to run away

    ven aquí, no te me escapes — come here, don't run away

    • escaparse de — [+ cárcel, peligro] to escape from; [+ jaula] to get out of; [+ situación opresiva] to escape from, get away from

    pelo 7)
    2) (=filtrarse) [gas, líquido] to leak, leak out ( por from)
    3) (=dejar pasar)

    me voy, que se me escapa el tren — I'm going, or I'll miss my train

    se me había escapado ese detalle — that detail had escaped my notice, I had overlooked o missed that detail

    • no se me escapa que... — I am aware that..., I realize that...

    escaparse de las manos —

    la realidad se me escapa de las manos — I'm losing touch with reality, I'm losing my grip on reality

    4) (=dejar salir)
    a) [grito, eructo]

    se le escapó un suspiro de alivio — she breathed o let out a sigh of relief

    b) [dato, noticia]
    5) (=soltarse)
    a) [globo, cometa] to fly away
    b) [punto de sutura] to come undone
    c) (Cos)
    6) (=hacerse público) [información] to leak, leak out
    7) (=olvidarse) to slip one's mind
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    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out
    Ex. He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.
    Ex. The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex. For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex. The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex. To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex. The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex. Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.
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    (v.) = slip away, duck away, run away, fall through + the net, break out, slip out, make off, do + a bunk, flee away, flee, weasel (on/out of), duck out

    Ex: He gradually let his original aims slip away until he was attempting the impossible -- a universal bibliography -- albeit highly selectively.

    Ex: The difficulty for teachers is that they cannot just duck away when children, individually or corporately, are set against what is being asked of them.
    Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
    Ex: For several years the library has had a successful arrangement with a local bookstore to supply it with unusual and important local material that would otherwise fall through the net of its collection development effort = Desde hace varios años, la biblioteca mantiene un acuerdo satisfactorio con una librería local para que le suministre fondo local importante y poco común que, de otro modo, se le escaparía en el desarrollo de la colección.
    Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    Ex: The two deflated employees exchanged looks and slipped quietly out of the room.
    Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
    Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
    Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.
    Ex: The Ndzevane Refugee Settlement in south eastern Swaziland provides a home to Swazis displaced from South Africa and those fleeing the RENAMO terrorists in Mozambique.
    Ex: Christians have of course been weaseling on this issue since Jesus himself evasively weaseled on it.
    Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.

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    ■escaparse verbo reflexivo
    1 to escape, run away, get away: le llamaré antes de que se me escape, I'll phone him before he gets away
    2 (una oportunidad, transporte) se me escapó el autobús, I missed the bus
    3 (gas, líquido) to leak, escape
    4 (salvarse) me escapé de una buena bronca, I escaped a good telling-off
    ' escaparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    irse
    - salirse
    - deslizar
    - escabullirse
    - escapar
    - escurrir
    - ir
    English:
    break away
    - escape
    - get away
    - leak
    - run off
    - shave
    - slip
    - squeak
    - break
    - elude
    - get
    - run
    - skive off
    - turn
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    vpr
    1. [huir] to get away, to escape (de from);
    se escaparon de la cárcel they escaped from prison;
    escaparse de casa to run away from home;
    se me escaparon las cabras the goats got away from me;
    no te escapes, que quiero hablar contigo don't run off, I want to talk to you
    2. [librarse]
    me escapé de milagro [de accidente] I escaped by a miracle;
    siempre se escapa de hacer las camas he always gets out of making the beds;
    Fam
    ¡de esta no te escaparás! you're not going to get out of this one!
    3. [en carrera] to break away;
    Herrera se escapó en solitario Herrera broke away on his own
    4. [sujeto: gas, agua] to leak;
    el aire se escapa por un agujero the air is leaking out through a hole
    5. [sin querer]
    se me escapó la risa/una palabrota I let out a laugh/an expletive;
    Fam
    se me ha escapado un pedo I've just farted;
    ¡era un secreto! – lo siento, se me escapó it was a secret! - I'm sorry, it just slipped out
    6. [irse]
    se me escapó el tren I missed the train;
    se me escapó la ocasión the opportunity slipped by
    7. [quedar fuera del alcance] to escape, to elude;
    los motivos de su comportamiento se me escapan the reasons for her behaviour are beyond me
    8. [pasar inadvertido]
    a tu madre no se le escapa nada your mother doesn't miss a thing;
    se me escapó lo que dijo I missed what he said
    9. [sujeto: punto de tejido] to drop;
    se te han escapado unos puntos you've dropped a couple of stitches
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    v/r
    1 ( huir) escape (de from); de casa run away (de from);
    :
    se me ha escapado el tren I missed the train
    3
    :
    no se te escapa nada nothing gets past you o escapes you
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    vr
    : to escape notice, to leak out
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    1. (lograr salir, huir) to escape
    2. (líquido, gas, aire) to leak
    3. (transporte) to miss
    4. (secreto) to slip out [pt. & pp. slipped]
    no quería decírselo, pero se me escapó I didn't mean to tell him, but it slipped out
    escaparse de las manos to slip out of your hands [pt. & pp. slipped]
    escapársele la risa to burst out laughing [pt. & pp. burst]

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaparse

  • 3 el último pero no el menos importante

    Ex. The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.
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    Ex: The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el último pero no el menos importante

  • 4 evadirse

    1 (escaparse) to escape
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    VPR
    1) (=huir) [gen] to escape; [de cárcel] to break out, escape
    2) LAm ** to trip **
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    (v.) = break out
    Ex. The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.
    * * *
    (v.) = break out

    Ex: The article ' Breaking out with books' describes a pilot project involving the offering of library courses to inmate library assistants and prison librarians.

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    ■evadirse verbo reflexivo to escape
    ' evadirse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    evadir
    English:
    break out
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    vpr
    1. [fugarse] to escape (de from)
    2. [distraerse] to escape (de from);
    evadirse de la realidad to escape from reality;
    pasear en bici es su forma de evadirse going for a bike ride is his way of taking his mind off things
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    v/r tb fig
    escape
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    vr
    : to escape, to slip away
    * * *
    evadirse vb to escape

    Spanish-English dictionary > evadirse

  • 5 relaciones públicas

    f.pl.
    public relations, PR.
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    public relations
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    a) femenino plural ( actividad) public relations (pl)
    b) masculino y femenino ( persona) public relations officer; (de cantante, artista) PR
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    (n.) = public relations (PR), PR activities, public relations exercise, public liaison
    Ex. The process whereby library personnel communicate with library users and the community at large can be described as public relations (PR).
    Ex. Libraries must carry our more PR activities and must remember their role as service providers.
    Ex. The author describes the success of a library in staging a series of music concerts as a public relations exercise.
    Ex. In attempt to supplement the number of hands available to run the library, volunteers serve as public liaisons and assistants in the library's computer facilities.
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    a) femenino plural ( actividad) public relations (pl)
    b) masculino y femenino ( persona) public relations officer; (de cantante, artista) PR
    * * *
    (n.) = public relations (PR), PR activities, public relations exercise, public liaison

    Ex: The process whereby library personnel communicate with library users and the community at large can be described as public relations (PR).

    Ex: Libraries must carry our more PR activities and must remember their role as service providers.
    Ex: The author describes the success of a library in staging a series of music concerts as a public relations exercise.
    Ex: In attempt to supplement the number of hands available to run the library, volunteers serve as public liaisons and assistants in the library's computer facilities.

    * * *
    pl public relations, PR sg

    Spanish-English dictionary > relaciones públicas

  • 6 examinar

    v.
    1 to examine.
    El científico examinó la evidencia The scientist examined the evidence.
    El médico examinó al paciente The doctor examined the patient.
    Ricardo examinó el libro Richard examined=perused the book.
    2 to interrogate.
    La policía examinó al testigo The police interrogated the witness.
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    1 (gen) to examine
    2 (investigar) to consider, inspect, go over
    1 to take an examination, sit an examination
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    verb
    •
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    1. VT
    1) [+ alumno] to examine
    2) [+ producto] to test
    3) [+ problema] to examine, study
    4) [+ paciente] to examine
    2.
    See:
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

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    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.
    Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.
    Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex. The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex. It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    ----
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
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    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

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    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.

    Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

    Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex: It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.

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    examinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹alumno/candidato› to examine
    B (mirar detenidamente, estudiar)
    1 ‹objeto› to examine, inspect; ‹contrato/documento› to examine, study
    2 ‹situación/caso› to study, consider; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to study, examine
    3 ‹paciente/enfermo› to examine
    ( Esp) to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    ayer nos examinamos de latín we had o took o ( BrE) sat our Latin exam yesterday
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    Multiple Entries:
    examinar    
    examinar algo
    examinar ( conjugate examinar) verbo transitivo
    to examine;
    ‹situación/caso› to study, consider
    examinarse verbo pronominal (Esp) to take an exam
    examinar verbo transitivo to examine: quisiera examinar las pruebas detenidamente, I'd like to thoroughly examine the evidence
    ' examinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mirar
    - pensar
    - tantear
    - analizar
    - escudriñar
    - ver
    English:
    examine
    - inspect
    - look into
    - look over
    - paper
    - reassess
    - review
    - scrutinize
    - search
    - see into
    - study
    - test
    - trace
    - view
    - look
    - peruse
    - reexamine
    - survey
    - vet
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    ♦ vt
    1. [alumno] to examine
    2. [analizar] to examine;
    examinó detenidamente el arma he examined the weapon carefully;
    examinaremos su caso we shall examine her case;
    tienes que ir al médico a que te examine you must go and get the doctor to examine you
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    v/t examine
    * * *
    1) : to examine
    2) inspeccionar: to inspect
    * * *
    examinar vb to examine

    Spanish-English dictionary > examinar

  • 7 tratar un problema

    (v.) = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern
    Ex. They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.
    Ex. Perhaps since they have only an inadequate measure of only one of the five characteristics, the schools ought to recognize their inability to deal with the problems and give up.
    Ex. They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.
    Ex. The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
    Ex. A number of approaches have been developed in the field of medicine that seek to address these limitations.
    Ex. The UK is only beginning to try to grapple with the problems surrounding full public access to the Internet.
    Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex. A recarpeting project in the State University Library, Illinois, provided an opportunity to address several longstanding concerns: better handicapped access, improved lighting, and a more efficient utilisation of limited physical space.
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    (v.) = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern

    Ex: They maintain, in an article written for Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS) 'that automated cataloging systems have addressed only half of the problems of maintaining a library catalog'.

    Ex: Perhaps since they have only an inadequate measure of only one of the five characteristics, the schools ought to recognize their inability to deal with the problems and give up.
    Ex: They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.
    Ex: The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
    Ex: A number of approaches have been developed in the field of medicine that seek to address these limitations.
    Ex: The UK is only beginning to try to grapple with the problems surrounding full public access to the Internet.
    Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.
    Ex: A recarpeting project in the State University Library, Illinois, provided an opportunity to address several longstanding concerns: better handicapped access, improved lighting, and a more efficient utilisation of limited physical space.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tratar un problema

  • 8 asignar una tarea

    (v.) = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task
    Ex. As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
    Ex. Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex. Students are frequently given specific tasks to complete which involve them making their own use of library materials.
    Ex. Almost all practicing librarians have some assigned responsibilities that involve the training of other employees.
    Ex. The National Archives of Namibia has been tasked to recover evidence of this historical past.
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    (v.) = allot + task, set + task, give + task, assign + responsibility, task

    Ex: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

    Ex: Computers, on the other hand adhere to their initial instructions and execute these relentlessly until the task that is set is completed.
    Ex: Students are frequently given specific tasks to complete which involve them making their own use of library materials.
    Ex: Almost all practicing librarians have some assigned responsibilities that involve the training of other employees.
    Ex: The National Archives of Namibia has been tasked to recover evidence of this historical past.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asignar una tarea

  • 9 desesperado

    adj.
    desperate, hopeless, despairing, anguished.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desesperar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desesperar desesperar
    1 (sin esperanza) hopeless, desperate
    2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 desperate person
    \
    a la desesperada figurado as a last hope, in desperation
    como un,-a desesperado,-a figurado like a mad person
    * * *
    (f. - desesperada)
    adj.
    desperate, hopeless
    * * *
    desesperado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sin esperanza) [persona] desperate; [caso, situación] hopeless

    estar desesperado de algo — to have despaired of sth, have lost hope of sth

    2) [esfuerzo] furious, frenzied
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo desperate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.
    Ex. Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.
    Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex. This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.
    Ex. Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
    Ex. With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    ----
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo desperate
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = frantic, desperate, in desperation, agonised [agonized, -USA], hopeless, despairing, up against the wall, with + Posesivo + back against the wall, forlorn, frenzied.

    Ex: Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.

    Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.
    Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex: This article discusses the pre-revolutionary shortage of books on agriculture economy in 1913, and how existing books only discussed the miserable, hopeless life of the peasants.
    Ex: Sympathetic readers wept with Dwight MacDonald in his despairing plea for the restoration of the English language after first encountering 'Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language'.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Up against the wall: highlights of the Detroit Conference, American Library Association, June 27-July 3'.
    Ex: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * estar desesperado = Posesivo + back + be + against the wall.

    * * *
    desperate
    una maniobra desesperada a desperate move
    en un intento desesperado por salvarse in a desperate attempt to save himself
    está desesperado porque no sabe cómo lo va a pagar he's desperate o frantic because he doesn't know how he's going to pay
    está desesperado por verte ( fam); he's dying to see you ( colloq)
    desesperado, llegó a pensar en el suicidio he was o felt so desperate that he even contemplated suicide
    miraba desesperado cómo las llamas consumían el edificio he looked on in desperation as the flames consumed the building
    estaba desesperado de dolor the pain was driving him mad, he was in excruciating pain
    a la desesperada in desperation
    masculine, feminine
    come como un desesperado he eats as if he were half-starved ( colloq)
    corrió como un desesperado he ran like crazy o mad ( colloq), he ran as if his life depended on it
    * * *

     

    Del verbo desesperar: ( conjugate desesperar)

    desesperado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desesperado    
    desesperar
    desesperado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    desperate
    desesperar ( conjugate desesperar) verbo transitivo
    to drive … to distraction o despair
    verbo intransitivo
    to despair, give up hope
    desesperarse verbo pronominal
    to become exasperated
    desesperado,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin esperanza) desperate, hopeless, in despair
    2 (irritado) exasperated, infuriated
    (esfuerzo, intento) frenzied, desperate
    desesperar verbo transitivo
    1 to drive to despair
    2 (poner nervioso, irritado) to exasperate

    ' desesperado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desesperada
    English:
    anything
    - despair
    - despairing
    - desperate
    - frantic
    - hopeless
    - last-ditch
    - agony
    - forlorn
    - frenetic
    - hopelessness
    - last
    - wild
    - wit
    * * *
    desesperado, -a
    ♦ adj
    desperate;
    estar desesperado [sin alternativa] to be desperate;
    [sin esperanza] to be in despair;
    lo hice porque estaba desesperado I did it out of desperation;
    gritaba desesperado que lo ayudaran he was screaming frantically for them to help him;
    en un intento desesperado por huir del incendio in a desperate attempt to escape from the fire;
    el estado de la población es desesperado the people are in a desperate state;
    (hacer algo) a la desesperada (to do sth) in desperation
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam
    como un desesperado like mad o crazy;
    comer como un desesperado to eat as if one were half-starved
    * * *
    adj in despair;
    a la desesperada out of desperation
    * * *
    desesperado, -da adj
    : desperate, despairing, hopeless
    * * *
    1. (en general) desperate
    2. (situación) hopeless

    Spanish-English dictionary > desesperado

  • 10 encargado de relaciones públicas

    Ex. In attempt to supplement the number of hands available to run the library, volunteers serve as public liaisons and assistants in the library's computer facilities.
    * * *

    Ex: In attempt to supplement the number of hands available to run the library, volunteers serve as public liaisons and assistants in the library's computer facilities.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encargado de relaciones públicas

  • 11 generalmente

    adv.
    generally.
    * * *
    1 generally, usually
    * * *
    adv.
    usually, generally
    * * *
    * * *
    = as a rule, generally, ordinarily, typically, popularly, as often as not, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.
    Ex. As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
    Ex. Specific entry is generally recommended.
    Ex. Library users ordinarily are unable to find if what they need is in the process of being cataloged, readied for the bindery, or being repaired.
    Ex. Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex. Although the red scare is popularly associated with the activities of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the anti-communist hysteria of the 50s went far beyond McCarthy and Washington D.C.
    Ex. As often as not, especially with material-finding enquiries, the user's presence at the librarian's elbow permits an instantaneous reaction to each item found.
    Ex. Generally speaking, my philosophy is that if you've been following the thread, you already know what the reply is.
    Ex. In the normal run of events a well-organised active minority of quite a small size can play a decisive role in the determination of a political outcome.
    Ex. In the normal run of things, they would be attacked by a monster from the deep or aliens from space, but here they just have to deal with polar bears.
    ----
    * creencia generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.
    * generalmente + pensarse que = be/have generally held that.
    * opinión generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.
    * usado generalmente = widely-used.
    * * *
    = as a rule, generally, ordinarily, typically, popularly, as often as not, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

    Ex: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

    Ex: Specific entry is generally recommended.
    Ex: Library users ordinarily are unable to find if what they need is in the process of being cataloged, readied for the bindery, or being repaired.
    Ex: Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex: Although the red scare is popularly associated with the activities of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, the anti-communist hysteria of the 50s went far beyond McCarthy and Washington D.C.
    Ex: As often as not, especially with material-finding enquiries, the user's presence at the librarian's elbow permits an instantaneous reaction to each item found.
    Ex: Generally speaking, my philosophy is that if you've been following the thread, you already know what the reply is.
    Ex: In the normal run of events a well-organised active minority of quite a small size can play a decisive role in the determination of a political outcome.
    Ex: In the normal run of things, they would be attacked by a monster from the deep or aliens from space, but here they just have to deal with polar bears.
    * creencia generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.
    * generalmente + pensarse que = be/have generally held that.
    * opinión generalmente aceptada = conventional wisdom.
    * usado generalmente = widely-used.

    * * *
    generally
    * * *

    generalmente adverbio
    generally
    generalmente adverbio generally
    ' generalmente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    generally
    - mister
    - mostly
    - must
    - outsell
    - penthouse
    - widely
    - rule
    * * *
    generally
    * * *
    adv generally
    * * *
    : usually, generally
    * * *
    generalmente adv generally

    Spanish-English dictionary > generalmente

  • 12 ayudante

    adj.
    assistant.
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant
    f. & m.
    1 assistant, helper, auxiliary, aide.
    2 attendant.
    * * *
    1 assistant
    2 MILITAR adjutant
    \
    ayudante de dirección (en teatro, cine) production assistant
    * * *
    noun mf.
    assistant, helper
    * * *
    SMF (=que ayuda) helper, assistant; (Mil) adjutant; (Téc) technician; (Golf) caddie; (Escol, Univ) assistant

    ayudante de dirección — (Teat etc) production assistant

    ayudante de laboratorio — lab(oratory) assistant, lab(oratory) technician

    ayudante del electricista — electrician's assistant, electrician's helper (EEUU)

    ayudante de realización — (TV) production assistant

    * * *
    masculino y femenino assistant
    * * *
    = assistant, attendant, helper, helpmate, wizard, legman [legmen, -pl.], aider.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. However, most of the attendants of scientific meetings held overseas believe that the most important aspect of the meetings was the opportunity of making informal contacts.
    Ex. Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.
    Ex. The database can be created either manually or by using a wizard, which prompts the user with questions that moves them through the creation process.
    Ex. The article 'Elmore Leonard's legman' describes the work of Gregg Sutter, the full time researcher of the US mystery writer Elmore Leonard.
    Ex. One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    ----
    * ayudante de abogado = paralegal [para-legal].
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * ayudante de hospital = hospital attendant.
    * ayudante de investigación = research assistant.
    * ayudante del shérif = deputy sheriff.
    * profesor ayudante = teacher aide.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino assistant
    * * *
    = assistant, attendant, helper, helpmate, wizard, legman [legmen, -pl.], aider.

    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.

    Ex: However, most of the attendants of scientific meetings held overseas believe that the most important aspect of the meetings was the opportunity of making informal contacts.
    Ex: Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Microcomputer library resources: headache or helpmate?.
    Ex: The database can be created either manually or by using a wizard, which prompts the user with questions that moves them through the creation process.
    Ex: The article 'Elmore Leonard's legman' describes the work of Gregg Sutter, the full time researcher of the US mystery writer Elmore Leonard.
    Ex: One of the primary psychological aiders of the Taliban is al-Jazeera TV who is constantly feeding the Arab and Islamic world Taliban propaganda.
    * ayudante de abogado = paralegal [para-legal].
    * ayudante de biblioteca = assistant librarian.
    * ayudante de hospital = hospital attendant.
    * ayudante de investigación = research assistant.
    * ayudante del shérif = deputy sheriff.
    * profesor ayudante = teacher aide.

    * * *
    assistant
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant
    ayudante de cocina kitchen assistant
    Compuestos:
    aide-de-camp
    assistant professor ( AmE), (junior) lecturer ( BrE)
    assistant to the director, director's assistant
    production assistant
    personal digital assistant, PDA
    ( Esp) Registered Nurse
    * * *

    ayudante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    assistant;

    ayudante de cocina kitchen assistant
    ayudante mf assistant

    ' ayudante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asistente
    - ATS
    - script
    English:
    aide
    - assistant
    - bulk
    - busboy
    - confidential
    - deputy
    - dresser
    - helper
    - mate
    - PA
    - willing
    - motion
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    assistant
    ♦ nmf
    assistant
    Mil ayudante de campo aide-de-camp; Cine ayudante de dirección director's assistant; Cine ayudante del electricista best boy;
    ayudante de investigación research assistant;
    ayudante de laboratorio laboratory assistant;
    Esp ayudante técnico sanitario qualified nurse
    * * *
    m/f assistant
    * * *
    : helper, assistant
    * * *
    ayudante n assistant

    Spanish-English dictionary > ayudante

  • 13 bocadillería

    f.
    sandwich bar.
    * * *
    SF Esp snack bar, sandwich bar
    * * *
    Ex. A sandwich bar is being run from the library at lunchtime to supplement the income of his assistants.
    * * *

    Ex: A sandwich bar is being run from the library at lunchtime to supplement the income of his assistants.

    * * *
    ( Esp)
    sandwich bar, snack bar
    * * *
    Esp sandwich shop
    * * *
    f sandwich shop

    Spanish-English dictionary > bocadillería

  • 14 como norma

    = as a rule, as a matter of policy
    Ex. As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
    Ex. The trend seems to be towards holding information managers responsible for errors as a matter of policy because they would be the best placed to avoid the errors.
    * * *
    = as a rule, as a matter of policy

    Ex: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

    Ex: The trend seems to be towards holding information managers responsible for errors as a matter of policy because they would be the best placed to avoid the errors.

    Spanish-English dictionary > como norma

  • 15 disputa

    f.
    dispute.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: disputar.
    * * *
    1 (discusión) dispute, argument, quarrel
    2 (enfrentamiento) clash, struggle
    \
    sin disputa without dispute
    tener una disputa to quarrel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=discusión) dispute, argument

    sin disputa — undoubtedly, beyond dispute

    2) (=controversia) controversy
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex. The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex. The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex. Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex. 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex. This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex. Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex. We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex. One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex. The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex. These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex. Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex. It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex. War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex. The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    ----
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.
    * * *
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    b) ( controversia) dispute

    es, sin disputa, la mejor — she is, without question, the best

    * * *
    = disputation, row, quarrel, fray, contest, run-in, altercation, dispute, wrangle, bickering, argument, squabble, squabbling, contestation, tug of war, spat, war of words, dust-up, grievance.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: The rows over Britain's contributions to the Community budget and runaway spending on the the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which took up two thirds of the budget, were documented blow by blow in the press.
    Ex: The following account of a quarrel which took place in about 1540 between Thomas Platter and Balthasar Ruch comes from Platter's autobiography = El siguiente relato de la pelea que tuvo lugar alreadedor de 1540 entre Thomas Platter y Balthasar Ruch procede de la autobiografía del mismo Platter.
    Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.
    Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.
    Ex: 'When you've been here a while, you'll see that it's hard to avoid run-ins with her,' Lehmann spoke up.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.
    Ex: This is a history of The Old Librarian's Almanack (a pamphlet produced as a hoax in 1909) and of the literary wrangles which ensued from its publication.
    Ex: Even if the management decided to make an arbitrary decision, it would be better than the endless bickering and ad-hoc measures we are having to put up with.
    Ex: We do not want to see young assistants at the counter getting involved in an argument.
    Ex: One might mistakenly be left with the impression that the crisis is a mere 'banana republic' squabble over power.
    Ex: The DVD-RW drive has arrived but not without lots of squabbling among industry competitors.
    Ex: These relations are constructed through negotiations and contestations that cannot be easily divorced from cultural context.
    Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.
    Ex: It also includes a blow-by-blow account of spats between management and labor.
    Ex: War of words exposed chinks in coalition.
    Ex: The annual global dust-up over whale hunting is about to kick off again.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    * disputa + continuar = dispute + rage.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute, industrial action.
    * disputa + perdurar = dispute + rage.
    * resolución de disputas = dispute settlement.
    * resolver una disputa = settle + dispute.

    * * *
    1 (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument
    2 (controversia) dispute
    ha sido objeto de una larga disputa it has been the source of a long-running dispute
    es, sin disputa, la mejor she is, without question, the best
    3 (combate) fight
    * * *

    Del verbo disputar: ( conjugate disputar)

    disputa es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    disputa    
    disputar
    disputa sustantivo femenino
    a) (discusión, pelea) quarrel, argument



    disputar ( conjugate disputar) verbo transitivo
    a) disputale algo a algn ‹ título› to challenge sb for sth;


    b) ‹ partido› to play;

    ‹ combate› to fight
    disputarse verbo pronominal:

    disputa sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento) dispute
    (por un puesto, etc) contest
    2 (riña, pelea) argument
    disputar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (debatir) disputaban sobre ello acaloradamente, they were arguing heatedly about it
    2 (competir por) to contest: han disputado la carrera dos de los mejores atletas, two of the best athletes competed in the race
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (competir) to compete: le disputa la presidencia a Gómez, he is competing against Gómez for the presidency
    2 Dep (un encuentro) to play

    ' disputa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acalorada
    - acalorado
    - bronca
    - concesión
    - discusión
    - disgusto
    - disputar
    - disputarse
    - margen
    - trabar
    - agrio
    - arbitrar
    - litigio
    - lugar
    - originar
    - pleito
    - querella
    English:
    acrimonious
    - contention
    - dispute
    - embroil
    - feud
    - fight
    - quarrel
    - quarreling
    - quarrelling
    - row
    - squabble
    - wrangle
    - settle
    * * *
    1. [discusión] dispute, argument
    2. [competición] contest;
    la disputa por el título de liga the battle for the league title;
    entrar en la disputa por algo to enter the contest for sth;
    hay mucha disputa para conseguir el puesto there's a lot of competition for the post
    3. [polémica] dispute;
    mediar o [m5] terciar en la disputa to intervene in the dispute;
    es, sin disputa, el más lujoso it is indisputably o unquestionably the most luxurious
    * * *
    f dispute;
    sin disputa undoubtedly
    * * *
    altercado, discusión: dispute, argument

    Spanish-English dictionary > disputa

  • 16 dudar

    v.
    1 to doubt.
    ¿vas a venir? — lo dudo are you going to come? — I doubt it o I don't think so
    lo dudo mucho I very much doubt it
    yo no lo hice — no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it — I'm sure you didn't, but…
    dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll come
    Ricardo duda Richard doubts.
    2 to hesitate.
    dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or another
    no dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask me
    María duda Mary hesitates.
    * * *
    1 to doubt, have doubts
    2 (titubear) to hesitate
    1 to doubt
    \
    dudar de alguien to doubt somebody, mistrust somebody
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=no estar seguro de) to doubt

    espero que venga, aunque lo dudo mucho — I hope she'll come, although I doubt very much (if) she will

    -yo te ayudaré -no lo dudo, pero... — "I'll help you" - "I'm sure you will, but..."

    es lo mejor para ti, no lo dudes — it's the best thing for you, believe me

    • a no dudarlo — undoubtedly

    • dudar que, dudo que sea verdad — I doubt (whether o if) it's true

    • dudar si, dudaba si había echado la carta — I wasn't sure if I had posted the letter

    2) (=vacilar sobre)

    lo dudé mucho y al final me decidí por el azul — I thought about it o dithered * a lot but in the end I decided on the blue one

    si yo fuera tú, no lo dudaría — if I were you, I wouldn't hesitate

    2. VI
    1) (=desconfiar) to doubt, have doubts

    • dudar de algo — to question sth, doubt sth

    2) (=vacilar)

    no sé qué hacer, estoy dudando — I don't know what to do, I'm in two minds o I'm undecided

    • dudar en hacer algo — to hesitate to do sth

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to doubt

    dudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth

    es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me

    yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...

    2.
    dudar vi

    cómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering

    dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

    dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody

    * * *
    = be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.
    Ex. I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.
    Ex. He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.
    Ex. We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.
    Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
    Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex. While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.
    Ex. This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.
    Ex. Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.
    Ex. The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.
    Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
    Ex. I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.
    ----
    * dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....
    * hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.
    * no lo dudes = take it from me.
    * sin dudar = without a doubt.
    * sin dudarlo = without hesitation.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to doubt

    dudo que te haya dicho la verdad — I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth

    es el mejor, no lo dudes — it's the best one, take it from me

    yo hice todo lo que pude - no lo dudo, pero... — I did everything I could - I'm sure you did, but...

    2.
    dudar vi

    cómpralo, no sigas dudando — go ahead and buy it, stop dithering

    dudar en + inf — to hesitate to + inf

    dudar de algo/alguien — to doubt something/somebody

    * * *
    = be hesitant (to), doubt, have + second thoughts, hesitate, waver, express + reservations, have + reservations (about), dither, hang back, be suspicious, voice + reservations, teeter + on the edge of, think + twice.

    Ex: I remember being hesitant to buy a CD player because I was attached to my extensive collection of LPs collected over a lifetime.

    Ex: He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.
    Ex: We can then have second thoughts, and possibly arrive at a more suitable form of truncation.
    Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.
    Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex: While reservations have been expressed about the festival, its value in enhancing and enriching the cultural life of this part of the country is evident.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.
    Ex: This article explores the implications of these threats, maintaining that publishers cannot afford to hang back, but must innovate or atrophy.
    Ex: Collection development librarians are often met with distrust from faculty colleagues who are often suspicious of their ability to select books.
    Ex: The author voices reservations about the latest amendments to the Library Act.
    Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
    Ex: I would urge you most sincerely and strongly to think twice or three times before putting your shelflist into an undeveloped system.
    * dudar entre... y/o... = hover between... and/or....
    * hacer dudar = make + Nombre + doubt, misgive.
    * no lo dudes = take it from me.
    * sin dudar = without a doubt.
    * sin dudarlo = without hesitation.

    * * *
    dudar [A1 ]
    vt
    to doubt
    lo dudo mucho I doubt it very much
    es lo que te conviene, no lo dudes it's what's right for you, take it from me
    yo hice todo lo que pude — no lo dudo, pero … I did everything I could — I'm sure you did, but …
    dudar QUE + SUBJ:
    nunca dudé que fuera inocente I never doubted his innocence o that he was innocent
    dudo que llegue a tiempo I doubt that o if o whether I'll get there in time, I don't think I'll get there in time
    dudo que te haya dicho la verdad I doubt if o whether he's told you the truth
    ■ dudar
    vi
    vamos, cómpralo, no sigas dudando go ahead and buy it, stop hesitating o dithering
    está dudando entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind o she is in two minds whether to buy or rent
    dudar EN + INF to hesitate to + INF
    no dudes en llamarme don't hesitate to call me
    dudar DE algo/algn to doubt sth/sb
    ¿dudas de su honradez? do you doubt his honesty?
    no dudo de su capacidad para desempeñar el cargo I don't doubt o I'm not questioning his ability to do the job
    ¿cómo pude dudar de ti? how could I have doubted you?
    * * *

     

    dudar ( conjugate dudar) verbo transitivo
    to doubt;
    ◊ dudo que lo haya terminado I doubt if o whether he's finished it

    verbo intransitivo: duda entre comprar y alquilar she can't make up her mind whether to buy or rent;
    dudar en hacer algo to hesitate to do sth;
    dudar de algo/algn to doubt sth/sb
    dudar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to doubt: no dudes de él, don't distrust him
    2 (estar indeciso) to hesitate [en, to]: dudaban entre comprarlo o no, they hesitated whether to buy it or not
    II verbo transitivo to doubt: dudo mucho que se disculpe, I very much doubt that he'll apologize

    ' dudar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vacilar
    - ver
    - titubear
    English:
    debate
    - doubt
    - falter
    - hesitate
    - shot
    - suspect
    - vacillate
    - waver
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [desconfiar]
    dudar de algo/alguien to have one's doubts about sth/sb;
    dudo de sus intenciones I question his intentions;
    no dudo de su buena voluntad I don't doubt his goodwill;
    sé que dudan de mí, pero yo soy inocente I know they have their doubts about me, but I'm innocent;
    ¿acaso dudas de mí? don't you trust me then?
    2. [no estar seguro]
    dudar sobre algo to be unsure about sth
    3. [vacilar] to hesitate;
    dudar entre hacer una cosa u otra to be unsure whether to do one thing or another;
    no dudes en venir a preguntarme don't hesitate to come and ask me
    ♦ vt
    to doubt;
    ¿vas a venir? – lo dudo are you going to come? – I doubt it, I don't think so;
    lo dudo mucho I very much doubt it;
    después de dudarlo bastante se decidió a ir after being in some doubt he decided to go;
    ¿que eres sincero? permíteme que lo dude so you're telling the truth, are you? I think I'll reserve judgement on that, if I may;
    yo no lo hice – no lo dudo, pero… I didn't do it – I'm sure you didn't, but…;
    no lo dude, ha hecho lo que debía you can rest assured you've done the right thing;
    dudo que venga I doubt (whether) he'll come;
    no dudo que lo hiciera con muy buena intención no doubt he did it with the best of intentions
    * * *
    I v/t doubt;
    ¡no lo dudes! of course!, no problem!
    II v/i
    1 hesitate (en to);
    no dudar en hacer algo not hesitate to do sth
    2
    :
    dudar de alguien not trust s.o.
    * * *
    dudar vt
    : to doubt
    dudar vi
    dudar en : to hesitate to
    no dudes en pedirme ayuda: don't hesitate to ask me for help
    * * *
    dudar vb
    1. (en general) to doubt
    si llueve, que lo dudo, iremos al museo if it rains, which I doubt, we'll go to the museum
    2. (vacilar) to hesitate
    3. (no poder escoger) not to be sure / not to be able to make up your mind
    4. (desconfiar) to mistrust

    Spanish-English dictionary > dudar

  • 17 estudiante que trabaja como auxiliar

    (n.) = student assistant, student aid
    Ex. They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.
    Ex. France has the same problem which the US and other places do: student aides and part-timers and other non-professionals increasingly perform many library functions, including 'answering the fones...'.
    * * *
    (n.) = student assistant, student aid

    Ex: They believed that taking on student assistants would not solve the problem because they cannot handle the complex problems involved in the work.

    Ex: France has the same problem which the US and other places do: student aides and part-timers and other non-professionals increasingly perform many library functions, including 'answering the fones...'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante que trabaja como auxiliar

  • 18 frenético

    adj.
    1 frantic, frenetic, excited, frenzied.
    2 hectic, frenetic.
    3 amock.
    * * *
    1 (exaltado) frenzied, frantic
    2 (colérico) wild, mad
    * * *
    (f. - frenética)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=desenfrenado) frantic, frenzied; (=furioso) furious, wild
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo frenzied, frenetic

    ponerse frenético — (fam) to go crazy o wild

    * * *
    = frantic, frenetic, furious, delirious, ecstatic, manic, berserk, frenzied.
    Ex. Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.
    Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex. 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
    Ex. The annals of bibliography afford many examples of the delirious extent to which book-fancying can go, when the legitimate delight in a book is transferred to a rare edition of a manuscript.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Rowe's style can be characterized as ricocheting from one idea, quotation, or anecdote to another, and there is a manic quality to the reasoning.
    Ex. Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex. There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    ----
    * estar frenético = be furious.
    * ponerse frenético = go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather, tear + Posesivo + hair out, be furious.
    * volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo frenzied, frenetic

    ponerse frenético — (fam) to go crazy o wild

    * * *
    = frantic, frenetic, furious, delirious, ecstatic, manic, berserk, frenzied.

    Ex: Frantic assistants fell over each other's feet trying to retrieve tickets from the rows and rows of issue trays = Los frenéticos auxiliares tropezaban unos con otros intentando coger los tickets de las filas y filas de cajones de préstamo.

    Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex: 'Punch' satirised the opponents more cruelly: 'Here is an institution doomed to scare the furious devotees of laissez faire'.
    Ex: The annals of bibliography afford many examples of the delirious extent to which book-fancying can go, when the legitimate delight in a book is transferred to a rare edition of a manuscript.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Rowe's style can be characterized as ricocheting from one idea, quotation, or anecdote to another, and there is a manic quality to the reasoning.
    Ex: Today, hyperbolic comic and cartoon imagery is an established movie aesthetic -- a berserk but ironic Pop Art expressionism.
    Ex: There was a frenzied last-minute rush by Indians to do their bit to see the Taj Mahal through to the elite list of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
    * estar frenético = be furious.
    * ponerse frenético = go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather, tear + Posesivo + hair out, be furious.
    * volverse frenético = go + berserk, go + postal, go + crazy, work up + a lather.

    * * *
    frenzied, frenetic
    ponerse frenético ( fam); to go crazy o wild o berserk ( colloq)
    * * *

    frenético
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    frenzied, frenetic;
    ponerse frenético (fam) to go crazy o wild
    frenético,-a adjetivo frantic: me pone frenético que hables con la boca llena, it drives me crazy when you talk with your mouth full

    ' frenético' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cardiaca
    - cardíaca
    - cardiaco
    - cardíaco
    - frenética
    English:
    frantic
    - frenetic
    - frenzied
    - furious
    - hectic
    - manic
    * * *
    frenético, -a adj
    1. [colérico] furious, mad;
    su hermana lo pone frenético his sister drives him mad
    2. [enloquecido] frenzied, frantic
    * * *
    adj frenetic
    * * *
    frenético, -ca adj
    : frantic, frenzied

    Spanish-English dictionary > frenético

  • 19 normalmente

    adv.
    usually, normally.
    * * *
    1 normally, usually
    * * *
    adv.
    usually, normally
    * * *
    ADV [gen] normally; (=usualmente) usually
    * * *
    adverbio normally, usually
    * * *
    = as a rule, invariably, normally, typically, usually, customarily, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    Ex. As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
    Ex. New editions of DC are invariably greeted with cries of horror by libraries faced with this problem.
    Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex. Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex. An abridgement is usually taken to be a condensation that necessarily omits a number of secondary points.
    Ex. We have simply been behaving as monopolies customarily do -- shelving avoidable innovations, ducking investment risk wherever possible and keeping a beady eye on our own convenience rather than the users.
    Ex. In the normal run of things, they would be attacked by a monster from the deep or aliens from space, but here they just have to deal with polar bears.
    Ex. In the normal run of events a well-organised active minority of quite a small size can play a decisive role in the determination of a political outcome.
    * * *
    adverbio normally, usually
    * * *
    = as a rule, invariably, normally, typically, usually, customarily, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.

    Ex: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

    Ex: New editions of DC are invariably greeted with cries of horror by libraries faced with this problem.
    Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex: Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.
    Ex: An abridgement is usually taken to be a condensation that necessarily omits a number of secondary points.
    Ex: We have simply been behaving as monopolies customarily do -- shelving avoidable innovations, ducking investment risk wherever possible and keeping a beady eye on our own convenience rather than the users.
    Ex: In the normal run of things, they would be attacked by a monster from the deep or aliens from space, but here they just have to deal with polar bears.
    Ex: In the normal run of events a well-organised active minority of quite a small size can play a decisive role in the determination of a political outcome.

    * * *
    normally, usually
    normalmente no salgo por las tardes I don't usually o normally go out in the afternoon
    normalmente tardan unos dos meses en dar los resultados it usually takes a couple of months to issue the results, in the normal course of events the results take a couple of months
    * * *

    normalmente adverbio
    normally, usually
    normalmente adverbio
    1 (casi siempre) normally, usually: normalmente me levanto a las ocho, I normally get up at eight
    2 (con normalidad) normally
    ' normalmente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gritar
    - mayoría
    - nota
    - baño
    English:
    bear
    - break
    - carer
    - dinner
    - do
    - escape
    - get
    - gridlock
    - inner city
    - lie
    - male-dominated
    - maybe
    - mop
    - mostly
    - nightcap
    - normally
    - opposed
    - ordinarily
    - outspoken
    - overbook
    - quite
    - ridesharing
    - sloping
    - usually
    - want
    - allow
    - course
    - go
    - stay
    * * *
    usually, normally;
    normalmente se reúnen a primera hora de la mañana they usually o normally meet first thing in the morning
    * * *
    adv normally
    * * *
    generalmente: ordinarily, generally
    * * *
    normalmente adv normally / ordinarily / usually

    Spanish-English dictionary > normalmente

  • 20 por norma

    Ex. As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.
    * * *

    Ex: As a rule, the smaller the library the greater the variety of tasks which are allotted to assistants.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por norma

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