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  • 101 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
    * * *
    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
    * * *
    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

  • 102 dar la vuelta

    (v.) = turn + Nombre + (a)round, flip, swing around, swing back, turn (a)round
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. FlipPhr is a Microsoft Windows application program that rearranges ( flips) phrases or other expressions in accordance with rules in a grammar = FlipPhr es una aplicación de Microsoft Windows que reordena ( da la vuelta) a las frases u otras expresiones de acuerdo con las reglas de la gramática.
    Ex. Garschine, who had his back to the door and was looking out of the window when she entered, swung around.
    Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex. In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.
    * * *
    (v.) = turn + Nombre + (a)round, flip, swing around, swing back, turn (a)round

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

    Ex: FlipPhr is a Microsoft Windows application program that rearranges ( flips) phrases or other expressions in accordance with rules in a grammar = FlipPhr es una aplicación de Microsoft Windows que reordena ( da la vuelta) a las frases u otras expresiones de acuerdo con las reglas de la gramática.
    Ex: Garschine, who had his back to the door and was looking out of the window when she entered, swung around.
    Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.
    Ex: In the middle of the night, however, the man gave a start and turned around to find a woman lying at his feet.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar la vuelta

  • 103 debilidad

    f.
    1 weakness.
    tener debilidad por to have a soft spot for
    el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate
    3 weak point, soft spot, heel of Achilles, weakness.
    4 weak act.
    5 hyposthenia, lassitude, acratia, asthenia.
    * * *
    1 (de una persona) weakness, feebleness; (de un sonido) faintness
    2 figurado weakness
    \
    tener debilidad por (algo) to have a weakness for 2 (alguien) to have a soft spot for
    * * *
    noun f.
    weakness, feebleness
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=falta de fuerzas) [gen] weakness; [extrema] feebleness; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frailty
    2) [de carácter] weakness; [de esfuerzo] feebleness, half-heartedness
    3) (=poca intensidad) [de voz, ruido] faintness; [de luz] dimness
    4) (=inclinación)

    los niños son mi debilidad — I love o adore children

    * * *
    a) ( física)
    c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness
    * * *
    = frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.
    Ex. When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.
    Ex. We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.
    Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex. Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.
    ----
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * debilidad humana = human frailty.
    * fingir debilidad = sandbagging.
    * ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.
    * tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.
    * * *
    a) ( física)
    c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness
    * * *
    = frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.

    Ex: When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.

    Ex: We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.
    Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex: Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.
    * debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.
    * debilidad humana = human frailty.
    * fingir debilidad = sandbagging.
    * ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.
    * tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

    * * *
    1
    (falta de fortaleza física): el estado de debilidad en que se encuentra nos impide operarla the weak state she's in o ( frml) her debility means that we are unable to operate
    me canso mucho, y siento una debilidad muy grande I get very tired and feel very debilitated o terribly weak
    2
    (de carácter): todos se aprovechan de su debilidad everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character
    todos tenemos nuestras pequeñas debilidades we all have our little weaknesses
    el hijo pequeño es su debilidad he has a soft spot for his youngest son
    siente or tiene debilidad por el chocolate she has a weakness for chocolate
    * * *

     

    debilidad sustantivo femenino
    weakness;
    ◊ siento una gran debilidad I feel terribly debilitated o weak;

    se aprovechan de su debilidad they take advantage of his weak character;
    tener debilidad por algn/algo to have a soft spot for sb/a weakness for sth
    debilidad sustantivo masculino
    1 (falta de fuerzas, de carácter) weakness
    2 (inclinación) fig tener debilidad por, (persona) to have a soft spot for: sienten debilidad por su hijo adoptivo, they have a soft spot for their adopted son
    (cosa) to have a weakness for: tengo debilidad por el chocolate, I have a weakness for chocolate

    ' debilidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flojedad
    - explotar
    - flojera
    English:
    chink
    - feebleness
    - infirmity
    - partial
    - softness
    - spot
    - weakness
    - foible
    * * *
    1. [flojedad] weakness;
    2. [condescendencia] laxness;
    debilidad de carácter weakness of character
    3. [falta de solidez] [de gobierno, moneda, economía] weakness
    4. [inclinación]
    sus nietos son su debilidad he dotes on his grandchildren;
    tener o [m5] sentir debilidad por to have a soft spot for;
    el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate;
    todos tenemos nuestras debilidades we all have our weaknesses
    5. Fam [hambre]
    siento debilidad I feel as if I need something to eat
    * * *
    f weakness
    * * *
    : weakness, debility, feebleness
    * * *
    debilidad n weakness [pl. weaknesses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > debilidad

  • 104 deformación

    f.
    deformation, warping, distortion.
    * * *
    1 deformation, distortion
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=alteración) [de manos, superficie] deformation; [de madera] warping
    2) (Radio) distortion
    3) (Mec) strain
    4)

    deformación profesional, -¡deja ya de hacer preguntas! -soy detective, es deformación profesional — "stop asking questions!" - "I'm a detective, it's a habit you pick up in this job"

    * * *
    a) ( de imagen) distortion; (de marco, riel) distortion
    b) (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion
    c) (Anat, Med) deformity
    * * *
    = distortion, misrepresentation, perversion, whitewashing, buckle, buckling effect, malformation.
    Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.
    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. In my opinion this approach is incorrect, and the use of computers to speed up and perpetuate outdated systems is a perversion of technology.
    Ex. Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex. The thermal deflection increased little or kept invariable with the continuous increase in temperature after the thermal buckle had occurred.
    Ex. For example, a model of an aircraft wing can be 'opened-up' on the screen to examine the buckling effects of the simulated loading on the wing's internal structure.
    Ex. Radiography and computer tomography scanning were performed, demonstrating malformation of the vertebral column.
    ----
    * deformación física voluntaria = self-mutilation.
    * * *
    a) ( de imagen) distortion; (de marco, riel) distortion
    b) (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion
    c) (Anat, Med) deformity
    * * *
    = distortion, misrepresentation, perversion, whitewashing, buckle, buckling effect, malformation.

    Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

    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: In my opinion this approach is incorrect, and the use of computers to speed up and perpetuate outdated systems is a perversion of technology.
    Ex: Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex: The thermal deflection increased little or kept invariable with the continuous increase in temperature after the thermal buckle had occurred.
    Ex: For example, a model of an aircraft wing can be 'opened-up' on the screen to examine the buckling effects of the simulated loading on the wing's internal structure.
    Ex: Radiography and computer tomography scanning were performed, demonstrating malformation of the vertebral column.
    * deformación física voluntaria = self-mutilation.

    * * *
    1 (de una imagen) distortion
    2 (de un marco, riel) distortion, twisting
    para evitar la deformación del suéter to stop the sweater losing its shape
    3 (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion
    4 ( Anat, Med) deformity
    Compuesto:
    obsession with one's work
    * * *

    deformación sustantivo femenino

    b) (Anat, Med) deformity

    deformación sustantivo femenino
    1 deformation: tiene una deformación física, he has got a deformity
    2 deformación profesional, an obsession with work and work related matters, and a tendency to view everything from a professional point of view: como tiene deformación profesional, no puede leer un libro sin ir corrigiendo las erratas, she's so obsessed with her work she can't even read a book without picking out the errors
    ' deformación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distorsión
    English:
    deformation
    - distortion
    - malformation
    - perversion
    * * *
    1. [de huesos, objetos] deformation;
    lávese en agua fría para evitar la deformación de la prenda wash in cold water to prevent the garment from losing shape
    deformación física (physical) deformity
    2. [de imágenes, figuras] distortion
    3. [de la verdad, la realidad] distortion
    4.
    tener deformación profesional to be always acting as if one were still at work
    * * *
    f deformation
    * * *
    1) : deformation
    2) : distortion

    Spanish-English dictionary > deformación

  • 105 desencadenar

    v.
    1 to unchain (preso, perro).
    Ricardo desencadenó al perro Richard unchained the dog.
    2 to give rise to, to spark off.
    la medida desencadenó fuertes protestas the measure provoked furious protests
    3 to trigger, to detonate, to activate, to provoke.
    Su actitud desencadenó un pleito Her attitude triggered the fight.
    * * *
    1 (quitar la cadena) to unchain
    2 (pasiones) to unleash
    3 figurado (producir) to spark off, give rise to
    1 (desatarse) to break loose
    2 (guerra) to break out
    3 (acontecimientos) to start
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=quitar las cadenas de) [+ prisionero] to unchain; [+ perro] to unleash
    2) (=desatar) [+ ira] to unleash; [+ crisis] to trigger, set off
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <crisis/protesta/reacción> to trigger
    b) < perro> to unleash, let... off the leash; < preso> to unchain, unshackle
    2.
    desencadenarse v pron explosión/reacción to be triggered off; guerra to break out; tempestad to break
    * * *
    = spark off, trigger, spark, unleash, touch off, set off.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. The economic climate of the 1980s, unleashing competitive forces and threatening the survival of some institutions, has had a major impact on both hospitals and academic health centres.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <crisis/protesta/reacción> to trigger
    b) < perro> to unleash, let... off the leash; < preso> to unchain, unshackle
    2.
    desencadenarse v pron explosión/reacción to be triggered off; guerra to break out; tempestad to break
    * * *
    = spark off, trigger, spark, unleash, touch off, set off.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.

    Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: The economic climate of the 1980s, unleashing competitive forces and threatening the survival of some institutions, has had a major impact on both hospitals and academic health centres.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹crisis/protesta› to trigger
    la matanza desencadenó una ola de protestas the killings triggered o unleashed a wave of protest
    2 ‹explosión/reacción› to trigger
    3 ‹perro› to unleash, let … off the leash; ‹preso› to unchain, unshackle
    «explosión/reacción» to be triggered off; «guerra» to break out; «crisis» to break
    se desencadenó una ola de protestas a storm of protests erupted, it provoked a storm of protests
    * * *

    desencadenar ( conjugate desencadenar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹crisis/protesta/reacción› to trigger

    b) ‹ perro› to unleash;

    ‹ preso› to unchain
    desencadenarse verbo pronominal [explosión/reacción] to be triggered off;
    [ guerra] to break out;
    [ tempestad] to break
    desencadenar verbo transitivo
    1 to unchain
    2 (producir, dar lugar) to unleash
    ' desencadenar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desatar
    English:
    set off
    - start
    - touch off
    - trigger
    - unleash
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [preso, perro] to unchain
    2. [viento, tormenta] to unleash
    3. [accidente, polémica] to give rise to;
    [pasión] to unleash; [conflicto] to trigger, to spark off;
    la medida desencadenó fuertes protestas the measure triggered furious protests
    * * *
    v/t fig
    set off, trigger
    * * *
    1) : to unchain
    2) : to trigger, to unleash

    Spanish-English dictionary > desencadenar

  • 106 detector

    m.
    detector, scanning device, probe.
    * * *
    1 detecting
    1 detector
    \
    detector de incendios fire detector
    detector de mentiras lie detector
    detector de radar radar scanner
    ————————
    1 detector
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino detector
    * * *
    = trigger, detector, detector device.
    Ex. Increasingly, librarians are turning to library security firms and the insertion of the trigger is a more recent addition to the list of items in processing.
    Ex. Another, well-publicized, application of computers in health care is computer tomography -- the visualization of internal structures in the human body from data provided by an array of x-ray detectors.
    Ex. Detector devices mounted in cars would emit a radio signal when deceleration exceeds a certain limit.
    ----
    * detector de agua = water detector.
    * detector de humos = smoke detector, smoke alarm.
    * detector de lluvia = rain-sensing.
    * detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.
    * detector de metales = metal detector.
    * detector electrónico = electronic checker.
    * pegatina magnética detectora = magnetic alarm sticker.
    * tira magnética detectora = magnetic alarm strip.
    * * *
    masculino detector
    * * *
    = trigger, detector, detector device.

    Ex: Increasingly, librarians are turning to library security firms and the insertion of the trigger is a more recent addition to the list of items in processing.

    Ex: Another, well-publicized, application of computers in health care is computer tomography -- the visualization of internal structures in the human body from data provided by an array of x-ray detectors.
    Ex: Detector devices mounted in cars would emit a radio signal when deceleration exceeds a certain limit.
    * detector de agua = water detector.
    * detector de humos = smoke detector, smoke alarm.
    * detector de lluvia = rain-sensing.
    * detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.
    * detector de metales = metal detector.
    * detector electrónico = electronic checker.
    * pegatina magnética detectora = magnetic alarm sticker.
    * tira magnética detectora = magnetic alarm strip.

    * * *
    detector
    Compuestos:
    explosives detector
    smoke detector, smoke alarm
    smoke detector
    lie detector
    metal detector
    mine detector
    ( Inf) virus checker
    * * *

    detector sustantivo masculino
    detector;
    ◊ detector de mentiras/metales lie/metal detector

    detector,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino detector
    detector de mentiras/ metales, lie/metal detector

    ' detector' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    detectora
    English:
    detector
    - lie detector
    - metal detector
    - polygraph
    - smoke alarm
    - smoke detector
    - smoke
    * * *
    detector, -ora
    ♦ adj
    ♦ nm
    detector
    detector de explosivos explosives detector;
    detector de humo(s) smoke detector;
    detector de incendios smoke detector;
    detector de mentiras lie detector;
    detector de metales metal detector;
    detector de minas mine detector
    * * *
    m detector
    * * *
    : detector
    detector de mentiras: lie detector

    Spanish-English dictionary > detector

  • 107 deterioro

    m.
    1 damage (daño).
    el deterioro de la situación the worsening of o deterioration in the situation
    2 deterioration, damage, impairment, staleness.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: deteriorar.
    * * *
    1 (daño) damage, deterioration; (desgaste) wear and tear
    2 figurado (empeoramiento) deterioration, worsening
    \
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) worsening, decline
    2) deterioration, wear
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=daño) damage

    sin deterioro de sus derechos — without affecting his rights, without impinging on his rights más frm

    2) (=empeoramiento) deterioration
    3) (Mec) wear and tear
    * * *
    a) (de edificio, muebles) deterioration, wear
    b) ( empeoramiento) deterioration, worsening
    * * *
    = damage, decay, deterioration, impairment, embrittlement, slippage, degradation, degeneration, rot, decline, rack and ruin, worsening, dilapidation.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Nevertheless, deacidification alone will not stop the decay unless soluble copper compounds are removed from the object or converted to chemically inert compounds.
    Ex. And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. This article considers the need for a survey of modern printed book collections, in the context of the embrittlement of book papers.
    Ex. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex. This article describes how the property of chemiluminescence -- the faint emission of light from organic materials undergoing oxidisation -- may be used to measure the rate of degradation of paper.
    Ex. The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.
    Ex. The article 'Stop the rot!' reports on a half-day seminar on audiovisual conservation.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.
    Ex. We have also considered other possible mechanisms to explain the worsening of hypokalemia in this patient.
    Ex. If Central Park is to be rescued from the general dilapidation it is much money and energy intelligently directed must be expended.
    ----
    * acelerar el proceso de deterioro = hasten + rot.
    * deterioro biológico = biodeterioration.
    * deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.
    * deterioro del CDROM = CD rot.
    * deterioro de los discos = disc rot.
    * deterioro de los enlaces = link rot.
    * deterioro de propiedad alquilada = dilapidation.
    * en deterioro = deteriorating, crumbling, decaying, dilapidated, disintegrating.
    * en estado de deterioro = decaying, dilapidated.
    * * *
    a) (de edificio, muebles) deterioration, wear
    b) ( empeoramiento) deterioration, worsening
    * * *
    = damage, decay, deterioration, impairment, embrittlement, slippage, degradation, degeneration, rot, decline, rack and ruin, worsening, dilapidation.

    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.

    Ex: Nevertheless, deacidification alone will not stop the decay unless soluble copper compounds are removed from the object or converted to chemically inert compounds.
    Ex: And thirdly and most importantly, I am concerned about some movements which I think symptomatize ideological deterioration and would have us, as someone put it, march boldly backwards into the future.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: This article considers the need for a survey of modern printed book collections, in the context of the embrittlement of book papers.
    Ex: The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) also publishes FAO Books in Print on an intended annual cycle but the programme has been subject to slippage in recent years.
    Ex: This article describes how the property of chemiluminescence -- the faint emission of light from organic materials undergoing oxidisation -- may be used to measure the rate of degradation of paper.
    Ex: The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.
    Ex: The article 'Stop the rot!' reports on a half-day seminar on audiovisual conservation.
    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex: The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.
    Ex: We have also considered other possible mechanisms to explain the worsening of hypokalemia in this patient.
    Ex: If Central Park is to be rescued from the general dilapidation it is much money and energy intelligently directed must be expended.
    * acelerar el proceso de deterioro = hasten + rot.
    * deterioro biológico = biodeterioration.
    * deterioro cognitivo = cognitive impairment.
    * deterioro del CDROM = CD rot.
    * deterioro de los discos = disc rot.
    * deterioro de los enlaces = link rot.
    * deterioro de propiedad alquilada = dilapidation.
    * en deterioro = deteriorating, crumbling, decaying, dilapidated, disintegrating.
    * en estado de deterioro = decaying, dilapidated.

    * * *
    1 (de un edificio, muebles) deterioration, wear
    2 (empeoramiento) deterioration, worsening
    el deterioro de las relaciones entre los dos países the deterioration in relations o the worsening of relations between the two countries
    su salud ha sufrido un considerable deterioro his health has deteriorated considerably
    el deterioro de la calidad de la enseñanza the decline in the quality of education
    * * *

     

    Del verbo deteriorar: ( conjugate deteriorar)

    deterioro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    deterioró es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    deteriorar    
    deterioro
    deteriorar ( conjugate deteriorar) verbo transitivo ‹relaciones/salud/situación› to cause … to deteriorate
    deteriorarse verbo pronominal [relaciones/salud/situación] to deteriorate, worsen;
    [ mercancías] to get damaged
    deterioro sustantivo masculino
    a) (de edificio, muebles) deterioration, wear


    deteriorar verbo transitivo to spoil, damage
    deterioro sustantivo masculino
    1 (de la salud, las relaciones, etc) deterioration: he notado un marcado deterioro en su estado de salud, I've noticed that her health has deteriorated considerably
    2 (de un cuadro, edificio) damage: estos edificios han sufrido un deterioro notable, these buildings have deteriorated quite a bit
    (de una máquina, zapatos, etc) wear: es normal que después de un uso intensivo los zapatos muestren señales de deterioro, it's normal for shoes to show wear and tear after constant use
    ' deterioro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    causa
    - daño
    - decadencia
    - frenar
    English:
    damage
    - decline
    - deterioration
    - decay
    - degeneration
    * * *
    1. [daño] damage;
    sufrir deterioro to be damaged;
    la mercancía no sufrió deterioro alguno the goods were not damaged at all
    2. [empeoramiento] deterioration;
    las relaciones entre ambos países han experimentado un serio deterioro relations between the two countries have deteriorated considerably;
    el deterioro de la situación the worsening of o deterioration in the situation;
    el progresivo deterioro de los servicios públicos the progressive deterioration in public services;
    el deterioro medioambiental the deterioration of the environment
    * * *
    m deterioration
    * * *
    1) : deterioration, wear
    2) : worsening, decline

    Spanish-English dictionary > deterioro

  • 108 dinamismo

    m.
    dynamism.
    * * *
    1 dynamism
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino dynamism, energy
    * * *
    = dynamism, proaction, vibrance, vibrancy, pizzazz, pep.
    Ex. The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.
    Ex. Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex. Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex. The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    Ex. I wanted to show them an application which not only was database functional, but which itself had some pizzazz as a website.
    Ex. Not a lot of pep however, so this might be the day to curl up with a really challenging book or game.
    ----
    * con dinamismo = proactively [pro-actively], vivaciously.
    * * *
    masculino dynamism, energy
    * * *
    = dynamism, proaction, vibrance, vibrancy, pizzazz, pep.

    Ex: The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.

    Ex: Based on their experience of mutual benefit over the past 3 years, both university libraries have transformed the goal of their interinstitutional agreement from protection to proaction.
    Ex: Our South American Colleagues will have the opportunity of a lifetime, to experience the vibrance of the meeting of minds, as well as the forging of communities of practice across time zones, distance and linguistic barriers = Nuestros colegas sudamericanos tendrán la oportunidad de su vida de experimentar la vitalidad de este encuentro de expertos así como la creación de lazos profesionales por encima de barreras lingüísticas, de espacio y de tiempo.
    Ex: The success of the national library is related to the vibrancy of local and national publishing.
    Ex: I wanted to show them an application which not only was database functional, but which itself had some pizzazz as a website.
    Ex: Not a lot of pep however, so this might be the day to curl up with a really challenging book or game.
    * con dinamismo = proactively [pro-actively], vivaciously.

    * * *
    dynamism, energy
    * * *
    [de persona] dynamism, drive; [de mercado, sector] dynamism; [de estilo, obra] dynamism, verve
    * * *
    m dynamism

    Spanish-English dictionary > dinamismo

  • 109 disipar

    v.
    1 to dispel (dudas, sospechas).
    2 to squander, to throw away (fortuna, herencia).
    3 to drive or blow away.
    4 to dissipate, to fritter away, to waste away, to squander.
    Tito disipó su fortuna Tito dissipated his fortune.
    María disipó las dudas Mary dissipated the doubts.
    * * *
    1 (desvanecer) to disperse, dissipate
    2 (derrochar) to squander, dissipate
    3 figurado (dudas, temores) to dispel; (esperanzas) to destroy; (sospechas) to allay
    1 (desvanecerse) to clear, disperse, dissipate
    2 (evaporarse) to evaporate
    3 figurado to vanish, be dispelled
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Meteo) [+ niebla] to drive away; [+ nubes] to disperse
    2) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ duda, temor] to dispel, remove; [+ esperanza] to destroy
    3) [+ dinero] to squander, fritter away (en on)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <temores/dudas> to dispel
    b) <fortuna/dinero> to squander
    2.
    disiparse v pron nubes/niebla to clear; temores/sospechas to be dispelled; ilusiones to vanish, disappear
    * * *
    = dissipate, diffuse, dispel, quiet, assuage, fritter away, splurge, clear up.
    Ex. Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.
    Ex. As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    ----
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * disipar el temor = assuage + fear.
    * disiparse = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off.
    * disipar un temor = allay + fear.
    * humo + disiparse = smoke + clear.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <temores/dudas> to dispel
    b) <fortuna/dinero> to squander
    2.
    disiparse v pron nubes/niebla to clear; temores/sospechas to be dispelled; ilusiones to vanish, disappear
    * * *
    = dissipate, diffuse, dispel, quiet, assuage, fritter away, splurge, clear up.

    Ex: Similarly, equipment such as this can often give out quite a lot of heat which has to be adequately dissipated.

    Ex: As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: Most of the money spent was frittered away on projects that did nothing to make America safer.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    * disipar dudas = dispel + doubts.
    * disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.
    * disipar el temor = assuage + fear.
    * disiparse = fade (away/out), dribble off, die away, fizzle out, blow away, wear off.
    * disipar un temor = allay + fear.
    * humo + disiparse = smoke + clear.

    * * *
    disipar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹temores/dudas/sospechas› to dispel
    2 (derrochar) ‹fortuna/dinero› to squander, fritter away ( colloq); ‹energía/fuerzas› to use up
    3 ( Tec) ‹calor/energía› to dissipate
    1 «nubes/niebla» to clear
    2 «temores/sospechas» to be dispelled
    3 «esperanzas/ilusiones» to vanish, disappear
    4 ( Tec) «calor/energía» to dissipate, be dissipated
    * * *

    disipar verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer desaparecer la niebla, etc) to drive away
    (un temor, una duda) to dispel: quiero disipar cualquier duda que podáis tener, I'd like to dispel any doubts you have
    2 (despilfarrar) to squander: tardó poco en disipar sus ahorros, it didn't take him long to squander his savings
    ' disipar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dispel
    - dissipate
    - settle
    - allay
    - assuage
    - quiet
    - remove
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dudas, sospechas, temores] to dispel;
    [ilusiones] to shatter
    2. [fortuna, herencia] to squander, to throw away
    3. [niebla, humo, vapor] to drive o blow away, to disperse;
    las lluvias disiparon la contaminación the rains washed away the pollution
    * * *
    v/t
    1 duda dispel
    2 dinero fritter away, squander
    * * *
    1) : to dissipate
    2) : to dispel

    Spanish-English dictionary > disipar

  • 110 distorsión

    f.
    1 distortion, deformation.
    2 distorsion.
    3 distorsion.
    * * *
    1 distortion
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de sonido, imagen] distortion
    2) [de los hechos] distortion, twisting
    3) (Med) twisting
    * * *
    femenino (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion, twisting; ( de las facciones) distortion; (Tec) distortion
    * * *
    = distortion, misrepresentation, dithering, whitewashing, buckle, buckling effect, dither.
    Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.
    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 most common settings relate to Grey Scale, Dithering, Brightness, Contrast and Resolution = Las funciones más comunes son las Escala de Grises, Distorsión, Brillo, Contraste y Resolución.
    Ex. Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex. The thermal deflection increased little or kept invariable with the continuous increase in temperature after the thermal buckle had occurred.
    Ex. For example, a model of an aircraft wing can be 'opened-up' on the screen to examine the buckling effects of the simulated loading on the wing's internal structure.
    Ex. This article also discusses dither and/or noise shaping technology = Este artículo también trata de la tecnología para editar el sonido y la distorsión de imágenes.
    * * *
    femenino (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion, twisting; ( de las facciones) distortion; (Tec) distortion
    * * *
    = distortion, misrepresentation, dithering, whitewashing, buckle, buckling effect, dither.

    Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

    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 most common settings relate to Grey Scale, Dithering, Brightness, Contrast and Resolution = Las funciones más comunes son las Escala de Grises, Distorsión, Brillo, Contraste y Resolución.
    Ex: Critics condemn the whitewashing of African American characters and storylines in daytime television serials.
    Ex: The thermal deflection increased little or kept invariable with the continuous increase in temperature after the thermal buckle had occurred.
    Ex: For example, a model of an aircraft wing can be 'opened-up' on the screen to examine the buckling effects of the simulated loading on the wing's internal structure.
    Ex: This article also discusses dither and/or noise shaping technology = Este artículo también trata de la tecnología para editar el sonido y la distorsión de imágenes.

    * * *
    1 (de la verdad, los hechos) distortion, twisting
    2 (de las facciones) distortion
    3 ( Tec) distortion
    * * *

    distorsión sustantivo femenino
    1 (deformación, alteración) distortion
    2 Med sprain
    ' distorsión' also found in these entries:
    English:
    distortion
    * * *
    1. [de imágenes, sonidos] distortion
    distorsión acústica acoustic distortion;
    distorsión óptica optical distortion
    2. [de palabras] twisting;
    [de hechos, realidad] distortion, misrepresentation;
    en su relato había una clara distorsión de los hechos his account seriously distorted o misrepresented the facts
    * * *
    f
    1 distortion
    2 MED sprain
    * * *
    distorsión nf, pl - siones : distortion

    Spanish-English dictionary > distorsión

  • 111 exageración

    f.
    1 exaggeration, extremism, extralimitation.
    2 overstatement, big talk, exaggeration.
    * * *
    1 exaggeration
    \
    ¡qué exageración! come off it!
    * * *

    dice que lleva diez horas trabajando ¡qué exageración! — he says he's been working for ten hours? that's such an exaggeration! o what an exaggeration!

    -piden diez millones por esa casa -¡menuda exageración! — "they're asking ten million for that house" - "that's way too much! o that's a ridiculous amount!"

    * * *
    femenino exaggeration
    * * *
    = exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.
    Ex. To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.
    Ex. For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.
    Ex. One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.
    Ex. Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.
    ----
    * exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.
    * exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.
    * * *
    femenino exaggeration
    * * *
    = exaggeration, overplaying [over-playing], hyperbole, overstatement.

    Ex: To say, however, that the Library of Congress subject headings and the application of the subject heading list serves no users is a distortion and an exaggeration.

    Ex: For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.
    Ex: One of the challenges confronting librarians today is the overselling of high tech benefits in general and the hyperbole of the Net in particular.
    Ex: Ignoring saturation leads to an overstatement of the potential importance of sequestration strategies.
    * exageración de las cualidades de Algo = overselling.
    * exageración de los méritos de Algo = overselling.

    * * *
    exaggeration
    sería una exageración decir que … it would be an exaggeration to say that …, it would be exaggerating to say that …
    no sé cómo trabaja tantas horas, es una exageración I don't know how he can work such long hours, he's overdoing it o it's too much
    no pienso pagar ese precio, es una exageración I'm not going to pay that price, it's excessive o it's exorbitant o it's much too expensive
    * * *

    exageración sustantivo femenino
    exaggeration
    exageración sustantivo femenino exaggeration, excessive amount, too much: ¿no te parece una exageración la cantidad de pan que has comprado? don't you think that you bought way too much bread?
    ' exageración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    morirse
    - cuento
    - jalada
    - teatro
    English:
    exaggeration
    - gross
    - sensationally
    - wild
    - over
    * * *
    exaggeration;
    decir que son amigos sería una exageración to say they were friends would be to go too far;
    este precio es una exageración that's a ridiculous price;
    su reacción me pareció una exageración I thought his reaction was a bit extreme;
    en su casa tiene una exageración de libros she's got stacks of books at home
    * * *
    f exaggeration
    * * *
    exageración nf, pl - ciones : exaggeration
    * * *
    exageración n exaggeration

    Spanish-English dictionary > exageración

  • 112 exigencia

    f.
    1 demand, requirement (requisito).
    2 demand.
    venirle a alguien con exigencias to make demands on somebody
    3 forceful demand, demand, earnest entreaty, order.
    * * *
    1 demand, exigency
    2 (requisito) requirement
    * * *
    noun f.
    demand, requirement
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=requerimiento) demand, requirement, exigency frm

    según las exigencias de la situación — as the situation requires o demands, according to the exigencies of the situation frm

    2) Caribe (=petición) request
    3) CAm (=escasez) need, lack
    * * *
    a) ( pretensión) demand
    b) ( requisito) demand, requirement
    * * *
    = requirement, exigency.
    Ex. The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.
    Ex. The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.
    ----
    * adaptar a una exigencia = tailor to + requirement.
    * ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.
    * imponer exigencias a = place + demands on.
    * * *
    a) ( pretensión) demand
    b) ( requisito) demand, requirement
    * * *
    = requirement, exigency.

    Ex: The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.

    Ex: The LA dangles between short-term exigencies and long-term potentials, and a call for cuts in library school output is trying to cure symptoms rather than diseases.
    * adaptar a una exigencia = tailor to + requirement.
    * ajustarse a exigencias = suit + demands.
    * imponer exigencias a = place + demands on.

    * * *
    1 (pretensión) demand
    ¡no me vengas con exigencias! don't start making demands, don't be demanding
    2 (requisito) demand, requirement, exigency ( frml)
    por exigencias del guión because the script calls for it
    * * *

     

    exigencia sustantivo femenino

    ◊ ¡no me vengas con exigencias! don't start making demands


    exigencia sustantivo femenino
    1 demand
    2 (requisito) requirement: la única exigencia es tener más de veinte años, the only requirement is to be over twenty
    ' exigencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derecha
    - derecho
    English:
    command
    - demand
    - fastidiousness
    - satisfy
    * * *
    1. [requisito] demand, requirement;
    tuvo que desnudarse por exigencias del guión she had to take her clothes off because the script required it
    2. [petición] demand;
    venirle a alguien con exigencias to make demands on sb;
    ¡no me vengas con exigencias! don't start demanding things from me!
    * * *
    f demand
    * * *
    : demand, requirement
    * * *
    exigencia n demand

    Spanish-English dictionary > exigencia

  • 113 factor decisivo

    m.
    decisive factor, clincher.
    * * *
    (n.) = deciding factor, decisive factor, decider
    Ex. These properties may be the deciding factor in a particular design application of the data system.
    Ex. The class position of groups is the decisive factor in accessing and using information.
    Ex. Although it may always be helpful to have a powerful benefactor promoting library and information interests at a senior level, teamwork is often the ultimate decider.
    * * *
    (n.) = deciding factor, decisive factor, decider

    Ex: These properties may be the deciding factor in a particular design application of the data system.

    Ex: The class position of groups is the decisive factor in accessing and using information.
    Ex: Although it may always be helpful to have a powerful benefactor promoting library and information interests at a senior level, teamwork is often the ultimate decider.

    Spanish-English dictionary > factor decisivo

  • 114 firma

    f.
    1 signature.
    estampar la firma to sign, to write one's signature
    2 firm (empresa).
    3 signing.
    4 personal style.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: firmar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: firmar.
    * * *
    1 (autógrafo) signature
    2 (acto) signing
    3 (empresa) firm
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) company, firm
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=nombre) signature; (=acto) signing

    seis novelas de su firma — six novels of his, six novels which he has written

    2) (=empresa) firm, company
    * * *
    1) ( nombre) signature; ( acción) signing
    2) ( empresa) company, firm (BrE)
    * * *
    = signature, signing.
    Ex. The application form would normally show the applicant's name and address, and in addition a signature would be required below a statement of intent to comply with the library's rules and regulations.
    Ex. Another recent development was the signing of an agreement in the spring of 1984 between the Quebec Ministere des Communications and UTLAS.
    ----
    * con firma = signed.
    * firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, business firm, commercial enterprise.
    * firma de abogados = legal assistance society, law firm.
    * firma de auditoría = auditing firm, audit firm.
    * firma de autógrafos = autograph-signing appearance.
    * firma de correo electrónico = e-mail signature.
    * firma del contrato = contract signature.
    * firma digital = digital signature.
    * firma electrónica = electronic signature.
    * firma especializada = specialist firm.
    * libro de firmas = guest book [guestbook].
    * orden de firma = co-authorship order.
    * sin firma = unsigned.
    * * *
    1) ( nombre) signature; ( acción) signing
    2) ( empresa) company, firm (BrE)
    * * *
    = signature, signing.

    Ex: The application form would normally show the applicant's name and address, and in addition a signature would be required below a statement of intent to comply with the library's rules and regulations.

    Ex: Another recent development was the signing of an agreement in the spring of 1984 between the Quebec Ministere des Communications and UTLAS.
    * con firma = signed.
    * firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, business firm, commercial enterprise.
    * firma de abogados = legal assistance society, law firm.
    * firma de auditoría = auditing firm, audit firm.
    * firma de autógrafos = autograph-signing appearance.
    * firma de correo electrónico = e-mail signature.
    * firma del contrato = contract signature.
    * firma digital = digital signature.
    * firma electrónica = electronic signature.
    * firma especializada = specialist firm.
    * libro de firmas = guest book [guestbook].
    * orden de firma = co-authorship order.
    * sin firma = unsigned.

    * * *
    A
    1 (nombre) signature
    eche una firmita aquí ( fam); just sign here
    2 (acción) signing
    la firma del tratado the signing of the treaty
    llevó los documentos a la firma he took the papers to be signed
    B (empresa) company, firm ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo firmar: ( conjugate firmar)

    firma es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    firma    
    firmar
    firma sustantivo femenino
    1 ( nombre) signature;
    ( acción) signing
    2 ( empresa) company, firm (BrE)
    firmar ( conjugate firmar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to sign
    firma sustantivo femenino
    1 signature
    la firma de un tratado, the signing of a treaty
    2 (conjunto de empresas, establecimiento) firm, company
    firmar verbo transitivo to sign
    ' firma' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    efecto
    - falsificar
    - registrar
    - rubricar
    - autenticar
    - autorizar
    - comercial
    - rúbrica
    - valor
    English:
    bear
    - firm
    - flourish
    - forge
    - signature
    - caterer
    - signing
    - witness
    * * *
    firma nf
    1. [rúbrica] signature;
    estampó su firma he signed (his name), he wrote his signature;
    echa aquí una firma put your signature here, sign here
    Informát firma digital o electrónica digital signature, e-signature
    2. [acción] signing;
    la firma de un acuerdo the signing of an agreement
    3. [escritor] name;
    una de las grandes firmas que escribe en el diario one of the big names who writes for the newspaper
    4. [estilo propio] hallmark;
    este robo lleva la firma de la banda de Martínez this robbery has all the hallmarks of Martínez's gang
    5. [empresa] firm
    * * *
    f
    1 signature; acto signing;
    recoger firmas collect signatures
    2 COM firm
    * * *
    firma nf
    1) : signature
    2) : signing
    3) empresa: firm, company
    * * *
    1. (nombre) signature
    2. (empresa) firm / company [pl. companies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > firma

  • 115 flipar

    1 argot (gustar mucho) to drive wild
    1 (asombrarse) to be amazed, be stunned
    ■ era increíble, yo flipaba con lo que decía it was incredible, I couldn't believe what he was saying
    2 (pasárselo bomba) to freak out
    ■ la música era una caña, la gente flipaba the music was brilliant, everyone was freaking out
    1 argot (drogarse) to get high
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Esp fam)

    flipo contigo, no hay quien te entienda — I can't believe you sometimes, you're impossible to understand

    2.
    fliparse v pron
    a) (Esp fam) ( entusiasmarse)
    b) (Esp arg) ( drogarse) to get high (colloq)
    * * *
    = go + nuts, be amazed at, be amazed by, astound, be astonished, be impressed, be flabbergasted, freak out, flip out, be speechless, be gobsmacked.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Delegates were amazed at the amount of research conducted.
    Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex. For a decade or so, Liszt thrilled and astounded audiences at a time when virtuosity was the norm.
    Ex. He was astonished 'to see a great reading-room filled in the evening by readers all with their hats on'.
    Ex. The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
    Ex. They say they are flabbergasted and astounded by the decision to turn down their application.
    Ex. A boy on trial in the shooting death of his principal told investigators that he 'just freaked out' and pulled the trigger three times.
    Ex. And this is coming from someone who had to be restrained in school after flipping out and kicking a bubbler.
    Ex. Arriving at the Bouchaine Winery in early September, I was speechless as I glanced over the breathtaking views of the famous wine country for the first time.
    Ex. Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (Esp fam)

    flipo contigo, no hay quien te entienda — I can't believe you sometimes, you're impossible to understand

    2.
    fliparse v pron
    a) (Esp fam) ( entusiasmarse)
    b) (Esp arg) ( drogarse) to get high (colloq)
    * * *
    = go + nuts, be amazed at, be amazed by, astound, be astonished, be impressed, be flabbergasted, freak out, flip out, be speechless, be gobsmacked.

    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.

    Ex: Delegates were amazed at the amount of research conducted.
    Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex: For a decade or so, Liszt thrilled and astounded audiences at a time when virtuosity was the norm.
    Ex: He was astonished 'to see a great reading-room filled in the evening by readers all with their hats on'.
    Ex: The interview went smoothly; the committee was impressed by her knowledge of the current library scene, her enthusiasm, and her engaging personality.
    Ex: They say they are flabbergasted and astounded by the decision to turn down their application.
    Ex: A boy on trial in the shooting death of his principal told investigators that he 'just freaked out' and pulled the trigger three times.
    Ex: And this is coming from someone who had to be restrained in school after flipping out and kicking a bubbler.
    Ex: Arriving at the Bouchaine Winery in early September, I was speechless as I glanced over the breathtaking views of the famous wine country for the first time.
    Ex: Lorene, who cut her spurs fighting for equal pay, said she was `absolutely gobsmacked' at having won the award.

    * * *
    flipar [A1 ]
    vi
    ( Esp fam): el helado de limón me flipa cantidad I'm crazy about o ( BrE) mad on lemon ice cream ( colloq)
    1
    ( Esp fam) (entusiasmarse): se flipa por el cine de aventuras she's crazy about o ( BrE) mad on adventure movies ( colloq)
    2 ( Esp arg) (drogarse) to get high ( colloq)
    * * *

    flipar vtr fam
    1 to be mad/crazy/wild about, to love: le flipan los coches antiguos, he's crazy about antique cars
    2 (drogarse) to get high on drugs: está flipado todo el día, he's high on drugs all day
    ' flipar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    freak out
    - freak
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [asombrarse] to be flabbergasted o Br gobsmacked;
    yo flipo con las tonterías que dice I just can't believe the rubbish o US garbage he talks;
    flipar en colores to be absolutely flabbergasted o Br gobsmacked
    2. [con una droga] to be stoned o high
    ♦ vt
    [gustar a]
    me flipan los videojuegos I'm wild about video games
    * * *
    pop
    v/i
    1
    :
    le flipa el cine he’s mad about the movies fam
    :
    yo flipé con … … blew my mind fam
    * * *
    flipar vb to be crazy about

    Spanish-English dictionary > flipar

  • 116 gesta

    f.
    1 exploit, feat.
    2 heroic deed, prowess, feat, exploit.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: gestar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: gestar.
    * * *
    1 coloquial heroic deed, exploit
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción heroica) heroic deed, epic achievement
    2) (Literat, Hist) epic poem, epic; ver cantar 3., 2)
    * * *
    femenino exploit, heroic deed

    cantar de gesta — chanson de geste, epic poem

    * * *
    = prowess, derring-do, heroic story.
    Ex. The results endorse the need for continued application of marketing prowess, information science research, and library support systems.
    Ex. The book is an old-fashioned tale of derring-do which reads somewhat stiltedly today.
    Ex. The exhibition illustrates the tragic history of the concentration camps, but also the heroic stories of liberation and survival that marked their end.
    * * *
    femenino exploit, heroic deed

    cantar de gesta — chanson de geste, epic poem

    * * *
    = prowess, derring-do, heroic story.

    Ex: The results endorse the need for continued application of marketing prowess, information science research, and library support systems.

    Ex: The book is an old-fashioned tale of derring-do which reads somewhat stiltedly today.
    Ex: The exhibition illustrates the tragic history of the concentration camps, but also the heroic stories of liberation and survival that marked their end.

    * * *
    exploit, heroic deed
    cantar de gesta chanson de geste, epic poem
    * * *
    gesta nf
    exploit, feat
    * * *
    f heroic deed;
    cantar de gesta chanson de geste, epic poem
    * * *
    gesta nf
    : deed, exploit

    Spanish-English dictionary > gesta

  • 117 hecho a medida

    (adj.) = customised [customized, -USA], purpose-designed, tailored, tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], bespoke, made to measure, fitted, made-to-order
    Ex. Librarians are now asking vendors to provide customized services as well.
    Ex. This is to opt for local cataloguing using either a purpose-designed software package or a standard software package.
    Ex. Tailored formats are provided on the screen for the input and amendment of records.
    Ex. Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
    Ex. The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex. This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex. Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex. The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
    Ex. The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
    Ex. The article ' Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.
    Ex. Men of the upper classes went to a tailor for individually fitted garments.
    Ex. The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.
    * * *
    (adj.) = customised [customized, -USA], purpose-designed, tailored, tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], bespoke, made to measure, fitted, made-to-order

    Ex: Librarians are now asking vendors to provide customized services as well.

    Ex: This is to opt for local cataloguing using either a purpose-designed software package or a standard software package.
    Ex: Tailored formats are provided on the screen for the input and amendment of records.
    Ex: Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
    Ex: The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex: This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex: Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex: The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
    Ex: The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
    Ex: The article ' Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.
    Ex: Men of the upper classes went to a tailor for individually fitted garments.
    Ex: The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho a medida

  • 118 hecho a propósito

    (adj.) = tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored]
    Ex. Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
    Ex. The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex. This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex. Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex. The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
    * * *
    (adj.) = tailor-made [tailormade], custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored]

    Ex: Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.

    Ex: The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex: This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex: Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex: The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho a propósito

  • 119 hecho por encargo

    = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure
    Ex. Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.
    Ex. The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
    Ex. The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex. This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex. Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex. The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
    Ex. The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.
    Ex. The article ' Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.
    * * *
    = tailor-made [tailormade], bespoke, custom-made, custom-built [custom built], custom-designed [custom designed], custom-tailored [custom tailored], made-to-order, made to measure

    Ex: Fourthly, it had an inbuilt classified notational structure which were almost tailor-made for the production of subject catalogues.

    Ex: The software package 'MULTITRIEVE 2' was developed as a means of producing bespoke information retrieval systems.
    Ex: The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.
    Ex: This library van was custom built for the needs of older people and those with mobility problems, and incorporates a lift, grab rails, and comfortable seating.
    Ex: Because of this absence of standardisation each modern archivist wants an individual custom-designed data base management system.
    Ex: The result is an optimal cluster of relevant data items, custom-tailored for each user's needs.
    Ex: The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost of about $10000.
    Ex: The article ' Made to measure' reviews available techniques for users of the Internet to customize their terminal and access mode.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hecho por encargo

  • 120 inculcar

    v.
    to inculcate, to implant, to infuse, to instil.
    Ellos implantan su filosofía They infuse their philosophy.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to inculcate, instil
    * * *
    1.
    VT to instil, instill (EEUU), inculcate (en in, into)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to instill*, inculcate (frml)
    * * *
    = inculcate, instil [instill, -USA], impress, rub into, implant, infuse.
    Ex. The application of these skills to all subjects expressable in documents obviously requires a breadth of knowledge lying far beyond the capabilities of a course such as this to inculcate.
    Ex. With many concept headings consistency must be instilled into the terms used to describe the individual concepts.
    Ex. This early opportunity should also be taken to impress upon the new entrant the right attitudes to work and to the public.
    Ex. Communication is making unique experience common; that definition should be at the head of every library textbook and should be rubbed into every member of staff as he goes on duty.
    Ex. Such a reaction demonstrates that the reference habit has been successfully implanted.
    Ex. To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    ----
    * inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.
    * inculcar en = drill into.
    * inculcar respeto = instil + respect.
    * inculcar responsabilidad = instil + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to instill*, inculcate (frml)
    * * *
    = inculcate, instil [instill, -USA], impress, rub into, implant, infuse.

    Ex: The application of these skills to all subjects expressable in documents obviously requires a breadth of knowledge lying far beyond the capabilities of a course such as this to inculcate.

    Ex: With many concept headings consistency must be instilled into the terms used to describe the individual concepts.
    Ex: This early opportunity should also be taken to impress upon the new entrant the right attitudes to work and to the public.
    Ex: Communication is making unique experience common; that definition should be at the head of every library textbook and should be rubbed into every member of staff as he goes on duty.
    Ex: Such a reaction demonstrates that the reference habit has been successfully implanted.
    Ex: To infuse into that basic form an element of linguistic liveliness and wit, which marks out the best adult reviewers, is to ask far more than most children can hope to achieve.
    * inculcar conocimiento = instil + knowledge.
    * inculcar en = drill into.
    * inculcar respeto = instil + respect.
    * inculcar responsabilidad = instil + responsibility.

    * * *
    inculcar [A2 ]
    vt
    to instill*, inculcate ( frml)
    hay que inculcarles la honestidad desde pequeños honesty has to be instilled in them from an early age
    la fe no se puede inculcar faith cannot be taught
    las ideas que les inculcan en ese colegio the ideas they fill their heads with at that school
    * * *

    inculcar ( conjugate inculcar) verbo transitivo
    to instill( conjugate instill), inculcate (frml);

    inculcar vtr (sentimientos, valores) to instil [en, into], US to instill

    ' inculcar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acostumbrar
    English:
    infuse
    - instil
    - instill
    - implant
    - inculcate
    * * *
    inculcar algo a alguien to instil sth into sb;
    desde pequeños les inculcan el respeto al medio ambiente respect for the environment is instilled into them from an early age
    * * *
    v/t instill, Br
    instil (en in)
    * * *
    inculcar {72} vt
    : to inculcate, to instill

    Spanish-English dictionary > inculcar

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