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  • 121 un conjunto de

    = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of
    Ex. A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.
    Ex. Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex. This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex. There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex. A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex. Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.
    Ex. Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.
    Ex. Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.
    * * *
    = a set of, a suite of, a pool of, an assembly of, a pattern of, a universe of, a harvest of, a complement of

    Ex: A bibliographic data base comprises a set of records which refer to documents.

    Ex: Read-only access to title, supplier, and patron and fund accounting information is provided by a suite of general enquiry functions.
    Ex: This article describes the simulation of a nearest neighbour searching algorithm for document retrieval using a pool of microprocessors.
    Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.
    Ex: A binary coded instruction would therefore appear as a pattern of 1s and 0s, eg: 0001 0000.
    Ex: Generally, we buy from an annual universe of perhaps 35,000 to 40,000 English-language, American-published trade titles.
    Ex: Any representative sample, any cross-section, any week's harvest of queries in a busy library is sure to include a residuum that does not fit into any of the categories so far outlined.
    Ex: Libraries will have to select shrewdly a complement of formats that address the varying uses library patrons have for information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > un conjunto de

  • 122 una montaña de

    Ex. The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Sorting a mountain of books' relates how when the law library was devastated by fire what had been a library became a jumble of 100,000 books and periodicals.

    Spanish-English dictionary > una montaña de

  • 123 vigente

    adj.
    1 in force (ley).
    2 in use, as currently conducted, in effect, in force.
    La ley en curso The law in effect...
    * * *
    1 in force, valid
    * * *
    adj.
    valid, in force
    * * *
    ADJ [ley, reglamento] current, in force; [tarifa] current
    * * *
    a) <pasaporte/contrato> valid

    la legislación vigente — the legislation currently in force, the current legislation

    estar vigente — < ley> to be in force

    b) <argumento/razón> valid
    * * *
    = alive, current, in effect, in force, actively maintained.
    Ex. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. Catalogers are reluctant to adopt new terminology unless they can be assured that new terms will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
    Ex. Despite what amounts to undercutting by direct sale publishers calling themselves 'book clubs', the British net book agreement has remained in force until the present day.
    Ex. Librarians who have established diverse, actively maintained graphic novel collections tend to agree on this point = Los bibliotecarios que han creado colecciones de novelas gráficas diversas y actualizadas tienden a coincidir en este punto.
    ----
    * campeón vigente, el = defending champion.
    * legislación vigente = governing law.
    * leyes vigentes, leyes = the law of the land.
    * mantenerse vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * mantener vigente = keep + alive.
    * no vigente = non-current.
    * publicación seriada vigente = active serial.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * * *
    a) <pasaporte/contrato> valid

    la legislación vigente — the legislation currently in force, the current legislation

    estar vigente — < ley> to be in force

    b) <argumento/razón> valid
    * * *
    = alive, current, in effect, in force, actively maintained.

    Ex: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.

    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex: Catalogers are reluctant to adopt new terminology unless they can be assured that new terms will remain in effect for the foreseeable future.
    Ex: Despite what amounts to undercutting by direct sale publishers calling themselves 'book clubs', the British net book agreement has remained in force until the present day.
    Ex: Librarians who have established diverse, actively maintained graphic novel collections tend to agree on this point = Los bibliotecarios que han creado colecciones de novelas gráficas diversas y actualizadas tienden a coincidir en este punto.
    * campeón vigente, el = defending champion.
    * legislación vigente = governing law.
    * leyes vigentes, leyes = the law of the land.
    * mantenerse vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.
    * mantener vigente = keep + alive.
    * no vigente = non-current.
    * publicación seriada vigente = active serial.
    * seguir vigente = hold + Posesivo + own.

    * * *
    las instituciones democráticas vigentes the existing democratic institutions, the democratic institutions currently in force
    de acuerdo con la legislación vigente in accordance with the legislation currently in force o with current legislation
    el acuerdo firmado hace cinco años continúa vigente the agreement signed five years ago is still in force o in effect
    precios vigentes hasta fin de mes prices valid o applicable until the end of the month
    * * *

     

    vigente adjetivo ‹pasaporte/contrato› valid;
    ‹legislación/precio› current ( before n);

    vigente adj (argumento, costumbre, etc) valid
    (ley, decreto) estar vigente, to be in force

    ' vigente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cumplimiento
    English:
    force
    - going
    - operative
    - stand
    - current
    * * *
    vigente adj
    [ley] in force; [contrato, tarifa] current; [campeón] reigning; [costumbre] in use;
    según la normativa vigente… according to the current regulations o the regulations currently in force…;
    el contrato estará vigente durante tres años the contract will run o be valid for three years;
    la tregua sigue vigente the ceasefire is still in force
    * * *
    adj legislación in force
    * * *
    vigente adj
    : valid, in force

    Spanish-English dictionary > vigente

  • 124 ampliación

    f.
    1 enlargement, expansion, amplification, augmentation.
    2 extension.
    3 blow-up, blowup.
    4 magnification.
    * * *
    1 enlargement, extension
    2 ARQUITECTURA extension
    3 (fotografía) enlargement
    \
    ampliación de capital increase in capital
    ampliación de estudios furthering of studies
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) extension, expansion
    * * *
    SF (=acción) extension; (Fot) enlargement; (=expansión) expansion

    ampliación de capital, ampliación de capitales — increase of capital

    * * *
    a) (de local, carretera) extension; ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin)

    una ampliación de capital/de plantilla — an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening
    d) (de plazo, período) extension
    e) (Fot) enlargement
    * * *
    = amplification, blow-up, elaboration, enlargement, extension, magnification, broadening, extension, widening.
    Ex. Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.
    Ex. In most of these cases, however, a limited number of full-size ' blow-ups', on paper, are also produced which can be made available to users who cannot use microfiche.
    Ex. The 1949 code was essentially a greater elaboration of the 1908 code in an attempt to rectify the omissions of the 1908 code.
    Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.
    Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.
    Ex. The inscription, readable without magnification, placed at the top of the microfiche to identify its contents is known as the microfiche header.
    Ex. This article reports on the views a sample of Australian library educators holds about the broadening of library education.
    Ex. This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
    Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    ----
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ampliación de las responsabilidades laborales = job enrichment.
    * ampliación de responsabilidades laborales = job enlargement.
    * escala de ampliación = enlargement ratio.
    * proyecto de ampliación = addition project.
    * señal de ampliación = extension sign.
    * * *
    a) (de local, carretera) extension; ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin)

    una ampliación de capital/de plantilla — an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening
    d) (de plazo, período) extension
    e) (Fot) enlargement
    * * *
    = amplification, blow-up, elaboration, enlargement, extension, magnification, broadening, extension, widening.

    Ex: Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.

    Ex: In most of these cases, however, a limited number of full-size ' blow-ups', on paper, are also produced which can be made available to users who cannot use microfiche.
    Ex: The 1949 code was essentially a greater elaboration of the 1908 code in an attempt to rectify the omissions of the 1908 code.
    Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.
    Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.
    Ex: The inscription, readable without magnification, placed at the top of the microfiche to identify its contents is known as the microfiche header.
    Ex: This article reports on the views a sample of Australian library educators holds about the broadening of library education.
    Ex: This article also describes a multi-million pound extension scheme which is in the course of construction at Glasgow's Mitchell Library = Este artículo también describe una ampliación de varios millones de libras que está en construcción en la Biblioteca Mitchell de Glasgow.
    Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.
    * ampliación de la biblioteca = library extension.
    * ampliación de las responsabilidades laborales = job enrichment.
    * ampliación de responsabilidades laborales = job enlargement.
    * escala de ampliación = enlargement ratio.
    * proyecto de ampliación = addition project.
    * señal de ampliación = extension sign.

    * * *
    1 (de un local, una carretera) extension; (de negocio) expansion
    2 ( Com, Fin):
    una ampliación de capital an increase in capital
    la ampliación de la plantilla the increase in the number of staff
    3 (de conocimientos, del vocabulario) widening
    el debate sobre la ampliación de esta ley the debate on the broadening o widening of the scope of this law
    4 (de un plazo, período) extension
    5 ( Fot) (procedimiento) enlargement; (copia ampliada) enlargement
    * * *

     

    ampliación sustantivo femenino
    a) (de local, carretera) extension;

    ( de negocio) expansion
    b) (Com, Fin):

    ◊ una ampliación de capital/de personal an increase in capital/in the number of staff

    c) (de conocimientos, vocabulario) widening

    d) (de plazo, período) extension

    e) (Fot) enlargement

    ampliación sustantivo femenino
    1 (de plazo, de duración) extension
    2 (de una construcción grande) enlargement, (de una casa) addition, enlargement, extension
    3 (de negocio) expansion
    4 (de una fotografía, un plano) enlargement
    ' ampliación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    extensión
    English:
    blowup
    - enlargement
    - extension
    * * *
    1. [de negocio] expansion;
    una ampliación de plantilla an increase in staff numbers;
    la ampliación de la Unión Europea the enlargement of the European Union
    Informát ampliación de memoria memory upgrade
    2. [de local, vivienda] extension;
    [de aeropuerto] expansion
    3. Econ ampliación de capital share o equity issue
    4. [de plazo] extension;
    la ampliación del horario de apertura de bares the extension o lengthening of opening hours for bars
    5. [de fotografía] enlargement
    * * *
    f
    1 increase; de negocio expansion; de plazo, edificio extension
    2 FOT enlargement, blow-up
    * * *
    ampliación nf, pl - ciones : expansion, extension
    * * *
    1. (de edificio, plazo) extension
    2. (de negocio) expansion
    3. (de número, cantidad) increase
    4. (de una foto) enlargement

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampliación

  • 125 municipal

    adj.
    town, municipal.
    las fiestas municipales local o town festival
    f. & m.
    (local) policeman, (f) policewoman (guardia). (peninsular Spanish)
    * * *
    1 (gobierno) town, municipal; (instalaciones) council
    1 (hombre) policeman; (mujer) policewoman
    1 local elections
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [elección] municipal; [concejo] town antes de s, local; [empleado, oficina] council antes de s ; [impuesto] local, council antes de s ; [piscina] public
    2.
    SMF (=guardia) local policeman/policewoman
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < impuestos> local; <elecciones/piscina/mercado> municipal
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp) policía 2)
    * * *
    = civic, municipal.
    Ex. Like many other civic facilities in the town, the public library is used by only a minority of the population.
    Ex. Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.
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    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, community library.
    * bibliotecario municipal = city librarian.
    * centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.
    * concejo municipal = city council.
    * contribución municipal = council tax, local rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * devolución de la contribución municipal = rates rebate.
    * elecciones municipales = municipal elections.
    * impuesto municipal = city tax.
    * impuestos municipales = rates, local taxes.
    * ingeniería municipal = municipal engineering.
    * oficina municipal = council office.
    * perrera municipal = dog pound.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo < impuestos> local; <elecciones/piscina/mercado> municipal
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp) policía 2)
    * * *
    = civic, municipal.

    Ex: Like many other civic facilities in the town, the public library is used by only a minority of the population.

    Ex: Public library budgets continue to be cut in the USA as they compete with other county and municipal services for shrinking fiscal resources.
    * biblioteca municipal = town library, city library, community library.
    * bibliotecario municipal = city librarian.
    * centro municipal de información = local authority information outlet.
    * concejal municipal = city council-man.
    * concejo municipal = city council.
    * contribución municipal = council tax, local rates, real estate tax, real estate property tax.
    * devolución de la contribución municipal = rates rebate.
    * elecciones municipales = municipal elections.
    * impuesto municipal = city tax.
    * impuestos municipales = rates, local taxes.
    * ingeniería municipal = municipal engineering.
    * oficina municipal = council office.
    * perrera municipal = dog pound.
    * policía municipal = traffic warden.

    * * *
    ‹impuestos› local; ‹elecciones/piscina/mercado› municipal
    ( Esp)
    1 policía f B. (↑ policía)
    2 municipales fpl local elections, municipal elections
    * * *

    municipal adjetivo ‹ impuesto› local;
    ‹elecciones/piscina/mercado› municipal
    municipal
    I adjetivo municipal
    II m (policía) policeman
    ' municipal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    archivo
    - comerciante
    - donar
    - exhibir
    - policía
    - término
    - asistencia
    - comunal
    - guardia
    - intendencia
    - presidencia
    English:
    borough
    - by-law
    - civic
    - municipal
    - rate
    - by
    - council
    - impound
    - local
    - mayor
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [cementerio, polideportivo] municipal; [policía, elecciones] local; [instalaciones] public;
    trabajadores municipales council o municipal workers;
    las fiestas municipales the local o town o city festival
    ♦ nmf
    Esp [guardia] (local) policeman, f policewoman
    * * *
    adj municipal
    * * *
    : municipal
    * * *
    municipal adj town
    guardia municipal / policía municipal (individuo) policeman [pl. policemen / policewoman [pl. policewomen (cuerpo) local police force

    Spanish-English dictionary > municipal

  • 126 obstáculo

    m.
    obstacle, drag, snag, balk.
    * * *
    1 (barrera) obstacle
    2 (inconveniente) objection
    3 (valla) fence, jump
    \
    salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    carrera de obstáculos (para niños) obstacle race 2 (de caballos, atletas) steeplechase
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [físico] obstacle
    carrera 2)
    2) (=dificultad) obstacle, hindrance

    poner obstáculos a algo/algn — to hinder sth/sb

    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
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    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle

    superar or salvar un obstáculo — to overcome an obstacle

    no fue obstáculo para que ganara — it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning

    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impairment, impediment, rough spot, wall, barrier, bottleneck, hindrance, obstacle, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, block.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: A number of research groups have investigated the use of knowledge-based systems as a means of avoiding this bottleneck.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: Conversely, an unsympathetic principal can be the greatest obstacle to library development within a school.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: Emotional blocks to reading can be formed by an unsatisfactory relationship with a teacher.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * carrera de obstáculos = steeplechase.
    * constituir un obstáculo = constitute + an obstacle.
    * creación de obstáculos = fence building.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * encontrarse con un obstáculo = face + obstacle.
    * enfrentarse a un obstáculo = address + barrier.
    * obstáculo insalvable = insurmountable obstacle.
    * obstáculos = logjam [log-jam].
    * poner obstáculos = cramp.
    * preparación del terreno eliminando todo tipo de obstáculos = land-clearing.
    * presentar un obstáculo = pose + obstacle.
    * que pone obstáculos = obstructive.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo = remove + barrier.
    * remover un obstáculo, eliminar un obstáculo = remove + obstacle.
    * ser un obstáculo = stand in + the way (of).
    * sin obstáculos = unchecked, unhindered, unimpeded.
    * sin obstáculos de por medio = uncluttered.
    * sin obstáculos, sin obstrucciones = unobstructed.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    obstacle
    quitaron los obstáculos del camino they cleared the obstacles from the road, they cleared the road of obstacles
    superar or salvar un obstáculo to overcome an obstacle
    no fue obstáculo para que ganara it did not stop o prevent him (from) winning
    me puso muchos obstáculos he put many obstacles in my path
    el único obstáculo entre nosotros y la victoria the only obstacle between us and victory, the only thing that stands/stood between us and victory
    un obstáculo para el éxito del proyecto an obstacle to the success of the project
    * * *

    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    obstacle
    obstáculo sustantivo masculino
    1 (dificultad) handicap: no hay ningún obstáculo para que estudies Derecho, there's nothing stopping you from studying Law
    2 (en un camino, etc) obstacle
    una carrera de obstáculos, an obstacle race
    ' obstáculo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escollo
    - esquivar
    - estorbo
    - franquear
    - insalvable
    - remover
    - salvar
    - sortear
    - vencer
    - allanar
    - apartar
    - brincar
    - chocar
    - eliminar
    - encontrar
    - saltar
    - subsanar
    English:
    bar
    - barrier
    - block
    - chief
    - clash
    - clear
    - get across
    - get over
    - get past
    - hazard
    - hurdle
    - impassable
    - impediment
    - jump
    - negotiate
    - obstacle
    - obstruction
    - pitfall
    * * *
    1. [impedimento] obstacle ( para to);
    poner obstáculos a algo/alguien to put obstacles in the way of sth/sb
    2. [en una carrera] hurdle
    * * *
    m obstacle;
    carrera de obstáculos obstacle race;
    ponerle obstáculos a alguien make things difficult for s.o.;
    ponerle obstáculos a algo make sth difficult
    * * *
    impedimento: obstacle
    * * *
    obstáculo n obstacle

    Spanish-English dictionary > obstáculo

  • 127 acatar

    v.
    1 to respect, to comply with (normas).
    2 to obey, to respect, to abide by, to act according to.
    María acata las leyes Mary obeys the laws.
    3 to understand, to come to understand.
    Ricardo acató y pudo escapar Richard understood and was able to get away.
    4 to have the good sense to.
    Ricardo acató fingir dolor Richard had the good sense to feign pain.
    5 to approve of.
    * * *
    1 (leyes etc) to obey, observe, comply with
    2 (respetar) to respect
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=respetar) to respect; [+ ley] to observe, comply with
    2) (=subordinarse a) to defer to
    3) LAm (=notar) to notice, observe
    4) Cono Sur, Méx (=molestar) to annoy
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <leyes/orden> to obey, comply with
    * * *
    = comply (with), abide by.
    Ex. Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.
    Ex. Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.
    ----
    * acatar la autoridad = toe + the line.
    * acatar la disciplina = toe + the line.
    * acatar la legislación = conform to + legislation.
    * acatar la ley = follow + the law.
    * acatar las leyes = keep on + the right side of the law.
    * acatar las normas = toe + the line.
    * acatar + Posesivo + órdenes = march to + Posesivo + orders.
    * acatar una regla = comply with + rule.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <leyes/orden> to obey, comply with
    * * *
    = comply (with), abide by.

    Ex: Both UKMARC and UNIMARC comply with ISO 2709, the international standard for bibliographic record interchange on magnetic tape.

    Ex: Any library coming into OCLC has to agree to abide by those standards.
    * acatar la autoridad = toe + the line.
    * acatar la disciplina = toe + the line.
    * acatar la legislación = conform to + legislation.
    * acatar la ley = follow + the law.
    * acatar las leyes = keep on + the right side of the law.
    * acatar las normas = toe + the line.
    * acatar + Posesivo + órdenes = march to + Posesivo + orders.
    * acatar una regla = comply with + rule.

    * * *
    acatar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹leyes/orden› to obey, comply with
    acatar la voluntad de la mayoría to comply with the wishes of the majority
    acatar la Constitución to abide by o comply with the Constitution
    * * *

    acatar ( conjugate acatar) verbo transitivo ‹leyes/orden› to obey, comply with
    acatar verbo transitivo to observe, comply with
    ' acatar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abide by
    - abide
    - toe
    * * *
    acatar vt
    1. [normas] to respect, to comply with;
    [órdenes] to obey;
    se negó a acatar el fallo del tribunal she refused to comply with o observe the court's decision;
    acatar la Constitución to abide by the Constitution
    2. CAm [oír] to hear
    * * *
    v/t comply with, obey
    * * *
    acatar vt
    : to comply with, to respect
    * * *
    acatar vb to obey

    Spanish-English dictionary > acatar

  • 128 biblioteca de derecho

    (n.) = law library
    Ex. This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.
    * * *

    Ex: This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.

    Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca de derecho

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