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41 evidente

adj.

1 evident, obvious.

2 sincere, plain, obvious, frank.

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evidente

► adjetivo

1 evident, obvious

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adj.

evident, obvious

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ADJ obvious, clear, evident

¡evidente! — naturally!, obviously!

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adjetivo obvious, clear

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= apparent, evident, notable, noticeable, plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], perceptible, axiomatic, glaring, flagrant, visible, manifest, patent.

Ex. Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.

Ex. Complete agreement had not been possible, but the numbers of rules where divergent practices were evident is limited.

Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ex. The most noticeable effect the advent of Islam had on Arab names was not so much on structure as on choice.

Ex. To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.

Ex. The library was found to have inadequate lighting for the partially sighted and a lack of a fire warning perceptible to the deaf.

Ex. It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.

Ex. The lack of storage and display space, a glaring deficiency in seating capacity and physical limitations of the building all meant that the library was not adequately serving its patrons.

Ex. In the past teachers and lecturers have been the most flagrant violators of the author's copyright.

Ex. Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.

Ex. A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex. It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.

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* es evidente = clearly.

* evidente en = in evidence in.

* evidente por sí mismo = self-evident.

* hacerse evidente = become + apparent, come through.

* poco evidente = unnoted.

* prueba evidente = living proof.

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adjetivo obvious, clear

* * *

= apparent, evident, notable, noticeable, plain [plainer -comp., plainest -sup.], perceptible, axiomatic, glaring, flagrant, visible, manifest, patent.

Ex: Menu-based information retrieval system have found favour because of their apparent simplicity.

Ex: Complete agreement had not been possible, but the numbers of rules where divergent practices were evident is limited.

Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ex: The most noticeable effect the advent of Islam had on Arab names was not so much on structure as on choice.

Ex: To reiterate, there are two main categories of relationship: the syntactic relationships referred to in the last paragraph and plain, for example, in a topic such as 'sugar and health'.

Ex: The library was found to have inadequate lighting for the partially sighted and a lack of a fire warning perceptible to the deaf.

Ex: It is axiomatic that backup copies of software are made and stored safely, so that, should anything happen to the cassette or disk, the program is not lost.

Ex: The lack of storage and display space, a glaring deficiency in seating capacity and physical limitations of the building all meant that the library was not adequately serving its patrons.

Ex: In the past teachers and lecturers have been the most flagrant violators of the author's copyright.

Ex: Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.

Ex: A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex: It was patent that they could not compete on equal terms with the economic and social forces of a complex civilization.

* es evidente = clearly.

* evidente en = in evidence in.

* evidente por sí mismo = self-evident.

* hacerse evidente = become + apparent, come through.

* poco evidente = unnoted.

* prueba evidente = living proof.

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evidente

adjective

obvious, clear

resulta evidente que no tienen intención de aceptar la propuesta it is obvious o clear o ( frml) evident that they do not intend to accept the proposal, they clearly o obviously do not intend to accept the proposal

si es muy caro no lo compres — ¡evidente! if it's very expensive, don't buy it — no, of course I won't o no, obviously!

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evidente adjetivo
obvious, clear
evidente adjetivo obvious
' evidente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cantar
- clara
- claro
- demostrar
- meridiana
- meridiano
- notoria
- notorio
- patente
- sensible
- tres
- visible
- manifestar
- palpable
- visto
English:
apparent
- blatant
- conspicuous
- consternation
- crime
- definite
- dissatisfaction
- evident
- glaring
- obvious
- patent
- perfectly
- plain
- self-evident
- clear
- obviously
- self
- visible

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evidente adj

evident, obvious;

es evidente que no les caemos bien it's obvious they don't like us;

su enfado era evidente she was clearly o visibly angry;

¿te gustaría ganar más? – ¡evidente! would you like to earn more? – of course!

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evidente

adj evident, clear

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evidente adj

: evident, obvious, clear

♦ evidentemente adv

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evidente adj obvious

Spanish-English dictionary > evidente
42 introducción

f.

1 introduction, preamble, lead-in, prologue.

2 introduction, input, insertion, putting-in.

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introducción

► nombre femenino

1 introduction

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noun f.

introduction

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SF

1) [de texto] introduction

"Introducción a la gramática española" — "Introduction to Spanish Grammar"

un curso de introducción al psicoanálisis — an introductory course in psychoanalysis

2) (=inserción) insertion

la introducción del tubo puede causar heridas — inserting the tube o the insertion of the tube can cause injury, the tube's insertion could cause injury

3) (=llegada) [de mercancías, cambios] introduction

la introducción de la moneda única — the introduction of a single currency

la revolución que supuso la introducción del vídeo en los hogares — the revolution caused by the arrival of the video in the home

se dedicaba a la introducción de heroína en España — he was involved in smuggling heroin into Spain

introducción de contrabando — smuggling

4) (Inform) [de datos] input

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femenino

1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction

2)

a) (de cambio, medida) introduction

la introducción de un nuevo producto en el mercado — the introduction of a new product onto the market

b) ( inserción) insertion

la introducción de la aguja en el músculo — the insertion of the needle into the muscle

c) (a tema, cultura) introduction

introducción A algo — introduction to something

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= background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].

Nota: De un producto, principalmente..

Ex. This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.

Ex. Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.

Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.

Ex. The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.

Ex. As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.

Ex. A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.

Ex. The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.

Ex. The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.

Ex. He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.

Ex. Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.

Ex. The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.

Ex. The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.

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* anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].

* hacer una introducción = set + the scene.

* hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.

* introducción (a) = introduction (to).

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.

* posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].

* programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.

* servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.

* servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

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femenino

1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction

2)

a) (de cambio, medida) introduction

la introducción de un nuevo producto en el mercado — the introduction of a new product onto the market

b) ( inserción) insertion

la introducción de la aguja en el músculo — the insertion of the needle into the muscle

c) (a tema, cultura) introduction

introducción A algo — introduction to something

* * *

= background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].

Nota: De un producto, principalmente..

Ex: This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.

Ex: Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.

Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.

Ex: The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.

Ex: As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.

Ex: A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.

Ex: The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.

Ex: The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.

Ex: He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.

Ex: Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.

Ex: The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.

Ex: The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.

* anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].

* hacer una introducción = set + the scene.

* hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.

* introducción (a) = introduction (to).

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.

* posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].

* programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.

* servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.

* servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

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introducción

feminine

A (en un libro, una obra musical) introduction

B

1 (de un cambio, una medida) introduction

la introducción de un nuevo producto en el mercado the introduction of a new product onto the market

la introducción de esa enmienda modifica sustancialmente la ley the inclusion of that amendment substantially alters the act

2 (inserción) insertion

la introducción de la aguja en el músculo the insertion of the needle into the muscle

3 (a un tema, una cultura) introduction introducción A algo introduction TO sth

su introducción a los misterios de la informática her introduction to o initiation into the mysteries of computers

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introducción sustantivo femenino
introduction;
introducción A algo introduction to sth
introducción sustantivo femenino introduction
' introducción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
que
- iniciación
- título
English:
insertion
- institution
- intro
- introduction
- preamble
- preface
- introductory

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introducción nf

1. [presentación] introduction (a to);
introducción a la lingüística [título] an introduction to linguistics;

un curso de introducción a la informática an introductory course in computing

2. [de libro] introduction

3. [de composición musical] introduction;
[en música pop] intro
4. [inserción] [de objeto] insertion;
Informát [de datos] input, entering
5. [de novedad, medida, política, en mercado] introduction;

precio especial de introducción special introductory price;

la introducción de la moneda única the introduction of the single currency;

a él se debe la introducción de la patata en Europa he was responsible for the introduction of the potato to Europe;

una banda que se dedica a la introducción de tabaco de contrabando en Europa a gang that smuggles tobacco into Europe

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introducción

f

1 introduction

2 acción de meter insertion

3 INFOR input

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introducción nf, pl - ciones : introduction

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introducción n introduction

Spanish-English dictionary > introducción
43 junta de gobierno

(n.) = ruling executive body, governing board

Ex. If the laws are decrees of a head of state, chief executive, or ruling executive body (e.g. a junta), make an added entry under the corporate heading for the official or ruling executive body.

Ex. Library administrators and governing boards need a realistic conceptualisation of the future library.

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(n.) = ruling executive body, governing board

Ex: If the laws are decrees of a head of state, chief executive, or ruling executive body (e.g. a junta), make an added entry under the corporate heading for the official or ruling executive body.

Ex: Library administrators and governing boards need a realistic conceptualisation of the future library.

Spanish-English dictionary > junta de gobierno
44 principal

adj.

1 main, principal.

lo principal es… the main thing is…

puerta principal front door

2 chief, big-league, blue-chip, boss.

m.

first floor (British), second floor (United States) (plant).

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principal

► adjetivo

1 main, chief

■ lo principal es que duerma bien the main thing is that he sleeps well

► nombre masculino

1 (piso) first floor, US second floor

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adj.

1) principal

2) main

3) foremost

4) major

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1. ADJ

1) (=más importante) [gen] principal, main; [crítico, adversario] foremost; [piso] first, second (EEUU)

interpreta el papel principal — she plays the leading role

lo principal es que el problema se ha solucionado — the main thing is the problem has been solved

2) [persona, autoridad] illustrious

2. SM

1) (=persona) head, chief, principal

2) (Econ) principal, capital

3) (Teat) dress circle

4) (=piso) first floor, second floor (EEUU)

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I
adjetivo <entrada/carretera/calle> main

el papel principal — the main part o leading role

el personaje principal — the main character

lo principal es que... — the main thing is that...

lo principal es la salud — there's nothing more important than your health
II
masculino

a) (Fin) principal, capital

b) (en teatro, cine) dress circle, mezzanine (AmE)

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= capital, chief, dominant, essential, foremost, leading, main, major, primary, principal, top, key, lead, premier, overriding, prime, staple, number one, top-of-mind, cardinal, master.

Ex. Following internal discussion, it was agreed that a new library should be given the University's top priority in any forthcoming capital building project.

Ex. This section reviews the chief factors that must be taken into account in selecting an appropriate software package.

Ex. English is the dominant language for the dissemination of information.

Ex. The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.

Ex. Foremost among those recommendations was one pertaining to the development of a UNIMARC format for authorities.

Ex. In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

Ex. The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. The primary components in this area are place of publication, publisher's name and date of publication (that is, the date of edition).

Ex. If responsibility is shared between mor than three persons or corporate bodies (and no principal author is indicated), then entry is made under the title.

Ex. ISI's indexes let you locate research in the world's top journals by citation, title word, author, institution, or journal.

Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.

Ex. The United Nations declared 1990 as International Literacy Year (ILY) with Unesco designated as the lead agency for ILY.

Ex. It is the country's premier research library for the natural sciences, engineering, technology and industrial property.

Ex. Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.

Ex. For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.

Ex. UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.

Ex. Eyestrain is the number one complaint of computer users.

Ex. Computer security is a top-of-mind subject for both IT managers and their corporate bosses.

Ex. To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.

Ex. The great significance of a fully developed network will be that it will relieve libraries of the necessity of maintaining their own copies of the master data base.

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* actividad principal = core activity.

* actor principal = lead character, leading man.

* actor principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* administrador principal = top administrator.

* apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.

* asesor principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.

* calle principal, la = high street, the, main street, the.

* carretera principal = major road.

* comida principal = main meal.

* consejero principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.

* director principal = senior director.

* dormitorio principal = master bedroom, master suite.

* el principal = the number one.

* en la corriente principal de = in the mainstream of.

* en la tendencia principal de = in the mainstream of.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* fuente principal de información = chief source of information.

* guía principal = guiding principle.

* la cosa principal = the number one thing.

* la parte principal de = the bulk of.

* motivo principal = prime cause.

* papel principal = title role.

* parte principal del texto = meat of the text.

* personaje principal = lead character.

* personaje principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* plato principal = entrée, main entrée.

* ponencia principal = keynote presentation.

* primero y principal = first and foremost.

* principal razón = prime cause.

* principal sospechoso = leading suspect.

* principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].

* programa principal = Core Programme.

* protagonista principal = centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], lead character.

* protagonista principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* recurso principal = primary resource.

* semiprincipal = semi-main.

* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

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I
adjetivo <entrada/carretera/calle> main

el papel principal — the main part o leading role

el personaje principal — the main character

lo principal es que... — the main thing is that...

lo principal es la salud — there's nothing more important than your health
II
masculino

a) (Fin) principal, capital

b) (en teatro, cine) dress circle, mezzanine (AmE)

* * *

= capital, chief, dominant, essential, foremost, leading, main, major, primary, principal, top, key, lead, premier, overriding, prime, staple, number one, top-of-mind, cardinal, master.

Ex: Following internal discussion, it was agreed that a new library should be given the University's top priority in any forthcoming capital building project.

Ex: This section reviews the chief factors that must be taken into account in selecting an appropriate software package.

Ex: English is the dominant language for the dissemination of information.

Ex: The preceding chapter has introduced the essential characteristics of bibliographic descriptions.

Ex: Foremost among those recommendations was one pertaining to the development of a UNIMARC format for authorities.

Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

Ex: The main rule, however, is do not have loose cables hanging all over the place -- not only is it unsightly but also extremely dangerous.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: The primary components in this area are place of publication, publisher's name and date of publication (that is, the date of edition).

Ex: If responsibility is shared between mor than three persons or corporate bodies (and no principal author is indicated), then entry is made under the title.

Ex: ISI's indexes let you locate research in the world's top journals by citation, title word, author, institution, or journal.

Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.

Ex: The United Nations declared 1990 as International Literacy Year (ILY) with Unesco designated as the lead agency for ILY.

Ex: It is the country's premier research library for the natural sciences, engineering, technology and industrial property.

Ex: Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.

Ex: For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.

Ex: UK libraries and the BBC Continuing Education have the same staple customer group.

Ex: Eyestrain is the number one complaint of computer users.

Ex: Computer security is a top-of-mind subject for both IT managers and their corporate bosses.

Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.

Ex: The great significance of a fully developed network will be that it will relieve libraries of the necessity of maintaining their own copies of the master data base.

* actividad principal = core activity.

* actor principal = lead character, leading man.

* actor principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* administrador principal = top administrator.

* apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.

* asesor principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.

* calle principal, la = high street, the, main street, the.

* carretera principal = major road.

* comida principal = main meal.

* consejero principal = senior adviser, senior consultant.

* director principal = senior director.

* dormitorio principal = master bedroom, master suite.

* el principal = the number one.

* en la corriente principal de = in the mainstream of.

* en la tendencia principal de = in the mainstream of.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* fuente principal de información = chief source of information.

* guía principal = guiding principle.

* la cosa principal = the number one thing.

* la parte principal de = the bulk of.

* motivo principal = prime cause.

* papel principal = title role.

* parte principal del texto = meat of the text.

* personaje principal = lead character.

* personaje principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* plato principal = entrée, main entrée.

* ponencia principal = keynote presentation.

* primero y principal = first and foremost.

* principal razón = prime cause.

* principal sospechoso = leading suspect.

* principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].

* programa principal = Core Programme.

* protagonista principal = centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA], lead character.

* protagonista principal, el = main character, the, main actor, the.

* recurso principal = primary resource.

* semiprincipal = semi-main.

* ser lo principal de = be at the core of, be at the heart of.

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principal¹

adjective

‹entrada› main; ‹carretera/calle› main

el papel principal lo hacía Azucena Romero the main part o leading role was played by Azucena Romero

el personaje principal se suicida al final the main character commits suicide at the end

lo principal es que no se hizo daño the main thing is that he didn't hurt himself

lo principal es la salud there's nothing more important than your health

principal²

masculine

1 ( Fin) principal, capital

2 (en un teatro, cine) upper balcony ( AmE), upper circle ( BrE)

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principal adjetivo
main;
‹ papel› leading ( before n);
◊ lo principal es que… the main thing is that…

principal adjetivo main, principal

' principal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
central
- constreñir
- dirección
- director
- directora
- eclipsar
- maestra
- maestro
- mayor
- nudo
- puerta
- requerir
- sita
- sito
- soler
- subdirector
- subdirectora
- mayordomo
- mayoritario
- plato
- portón
- protagonista
English:
already
- anchor
- attraction
- averse
- bed
- body
- bomb
- bread-and-butter
- by
- central
- chief
- dash
- deputy
- dinner
- do
- enjoy
- flagship
- foremost
- head
- high
- high road
- imagine
- irony
- lead
- lead off from
- lead story
- leading
- leading lady
- leading man
- main
- mainland
- mainstay
- master
- mind
- objective
- on
- opposed
- premier
- primary
- prime
- principal
- road
- runaway
- title role
- trunk road
- upstage
- course
- limb
- major
- rat

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principal

♦ adj

1. [más importante] main, principal;

me han dado el papel principal de la obra de teatro I've been given the leading o lead role in the play;

puerta principal front door;

lo principal the main thing

2. [oración] main

♦ nm

1. [piso] Br first floor, US second floor

2. Fin principal

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principal

I adj main, principal;

lo principal the main o most important thing

II m second floor, Br

first floor

* * *

principal adj

1) : main, principal

2) : foremost, leading

principal nm

: capital, principal

* * *

principal¹ adj main

los puntos principales the main points

lo principal the main thing

principal² n first floor

viven en el principal they live on the first floor

Spanish-English dictionary > principal
45 ratificar

v.

to ratify.

María confirmó su asistencia Mary ratified her attendance.

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ratificar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to ratify

► verbo pronominal ratificarse

1 to be confirmed, be ratified

* * *

verb

to ratify

* * *

VT [+ tratado] to ratify; [+ noticia] to confirm; [+ opinión] to support

ratificar que... — to confirm that...

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <tratado/contrato> to ratify; < persona> ( en un puesto) to confirm; < noticia> to confirm
2.
ratificarse v pron

ratificarse EN algo — to reaffirm something

* * *

= endorse, ratify, reaffirm, enshrine, revalidate, ditto, reconfirm, affirm.

Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex. The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex. Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex. While much remains to be done, the right of every member of the public to see official documents is enshrined in law.

Ex. After analysis of the data and revision of the taxonomy, it was revalidated and fine tuned in a second experiment = Tras el análisis de los resultados y la revisión de la taxonomía, ésta fue <b> ratificada</b> en un segundo experimento.

Ex. I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.

Ex. Findings reconfirm that library collections contribute significantly to prestige of universities.

Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

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* ratificar una constitución = ratify + constitution.

* ratificar un acuerdo = ratify + convention.

* ratificar un tratado = ratify + treaty.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <tratado/contrato> to ratify; < persona> ( en un puesto) to confirm; < noticia> to confirm
2.
ratificarse v pron

ratificarse EN algo — to reaffirm something

* * *

= endorse, ratify, reaffirm, enshrine, revalidate, ditto, reconfirm, affirm.

Ex: These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex: The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.

Ex: Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.

Ex: While much remains to be done, the right of every member of the public to see official documents is enshrined in law.

Ex: After analysis of the data and revision of the taxonomy, it was revalidated and fine tuned in a second experiment = Tras el análisis de los resultados y la revisión de la taxonomía, ésta fue <b> ratificada</b> en un segundo experimento.

Ex: I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.

Ex: Findings reconfirm that library collections contribute significantly to prestige of universities.

Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.

* ratificar una constitución = ratify + constitution.

* ratificar un acuerdo = ratify + convention.

* ratificar un tratado = ratify + treaty.

* * *

ratificar [A2 ]

vt

1 ‹tratado/contrato› to ratify

2 ‹persona› (en un puesto) to confirm

3 ‹noticia› to confirm

■ ratificarse

v pron

ratificarse EN algo to reaffirm sth

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ratificar ( conjugate ratificar) verbo transitivo ‹tratado/contrato› to ratify;
‹ persona› ( en un puesto) to confirm;
‹ noticia› to confirm
ratificar vtr (un tratado) to ratify
(una decisión, opinión) to confirm
' ratificar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refrendar
English:
confirm
- ratify
- uphold

* * *

ratificar

♦ vt
[anuncio, declaraciones] to confirm; [convenio] to ratify
♦ See also the pronominal verb ratificarse

* * *

ratificar

v/t POL ratify

* * *

ratificar {72} vt

1) : to ratify

2) : to confirm

Spanish-English dictionary > ratificar
46 silencio

intj.

silence, quiet, don't say a word, mum.

m.

1 silence.

el silencio reinaba en la habitación there was complete o absolute silence in the room

¡silencio! silence!, quiet!

¡silencio en la sala! silence in court!

en silencio in silence

guardar silencio (sobre algo) to keep silent (about something)

guardaron un minuto de silencio they held a minute's silence

romper el silencio to break the silence

silencio administrativo = lack of official response to a request, claim, etc. within a given period, signifying refusal or tacit assent, depending on circumstances

2 rest (Music).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: silenciar.

* * *

silencio

► nombre masculino

1 silence

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en silencio in silence

guardar silencio to keep quiet

imponer silencio a alguien to make somebody be quiet

romper el silencio to break the silence

* * *

noun m.

silence

* * *

1. SM

1) (=falta de ruido) silence

¡silencio! — silence!, quiet!

¡silencio en la sala! — silence in court!

nos escribió tras dos años de silencio — after two years' silence she wrote to us

un poco de silencio, por favor — let's have a bit of quiet, please

¡qué silencio hay aquí! — it's so quiet here!

había un silencio sepulcral — it was deadly silent, there was a deathly silence

• en silencio — in silence

la casa estaba en silencio — the house was silent

en el silencio más absoluto — in dead silence

• guardar silencio — to keep silent, keep quiet

guardar un minuto de silencio — to observe a one-minute o a minute's silence

• imponer silencio a algn — frm to make sb be quiet

• mantenerse en silencio — to keep quiet, remain silent

• pasar una pena en silencio — to suffer in silence

• reducir al silencio — frm to silence, reduce to silence

• romper el silencio — frm to break the silence

silencio administrativo — administrative silence

2) (Mús) rest

2.

ADJ And, CAm, Méx (=silencioso) silent, quiet; (=tranquilo) still

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( ausencia de ruido) silence

se hizo un silencio sepulcral — there was a deathly silence

se guardó un minuto de silencio — there was a minute's silence

deben guardar silencio — you must remain silent

qué silencio hay! — isn't it quiet?

silencio, hospital — quiet, hospital

en el silencio más absoluto — in dead o total silence

el silencio de la noche — the silence o quiet of the night

b) ( ausencia de declaraciones) silence

2) (Mús) rest

* * *

= quiet, silence, hush, quietness, stillness.

Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.

Ex. Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.

Ex. The cathedral-like hush contrasted strangely with the clamor and movement outside.

Ex. Study space in the library was most used by groups of unsupervised pupils, of different ages, browsing and studying, requiring different levels of quietness.

Ex. Today is day one of my twenty one day challenge -- spending a minimum of 10 minutes a day in quiet stillness.

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* en silencio = in silence, silent, silently, hushed, dumbly.

* guardar silencio = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* hacer guardar silencio = shush.

* huelga de silencio = silent strike.

* lectura en silencio = silent reading.

* mantener silencio = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* permanecer en silencio = remain + silent, be silent.

* quedarse en silencio = fall + silent, lapse into + silence.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* toque de silencio = last post, the.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( ausencia de ruido) silence

se hizo un silencio sepulcral — there was a deathly silence

se guardó un minuto de silencio — there was a minute's silence

deben guardar silencio — you must remain silent

qué silencio hay! — isn't it quiet?

silencio, hospital — quiet, hospital

en el silencio más absoluto — in dead o total silence

el silencio de la noche — the silence o quiet of the night

b) ( ausencia de declaraciones) silence

2) (Mús) rest

* * *

= quiet, silence, hush, quietness, stillness.

Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.

Ex: Above all, we specified an atmosphere in all public areas appropriate for study without the need for oppressive silence.

Ex: The cathedral-like hush contrasted strangely with the clamor and movement outside.

Ex: Study space in the library was most used by groups of unsupervised pupils, of different ages, browsing and studying, requiring different levels of quietness.

Ex: Today is day one of my twenty one day challenge -- spending a minimum of 10 minutes a day in quiet stillness.

* en silencio = in silence, silent, silently, hushed, dumbly.

* guardar silencio = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* hacer guardar silencio = shush.

* huelga de silencio = silent strike.

* lectura en silencio = silent reading.

* mantener silencio = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* permanecer en silencio = remain + silent, be silent.

* quedarse en silencio = fall + silent, lapse into + silence.

* romper el silencio = break + the hush, break + silence, crack + the silence.

* toque de silencio = last post, the.

* * *

silencio

masculine

A

1 (ausencia de ruido) silence

en sus clases siempre reinaba el más absoluto silencio there was always absolute silence o complete quiet in his classes

se hizo un silencio sepulcral there was a deathly silence

se guardó un minuto de silencio there was a minute's silence

deben guardar silencio durante la ceremonia you must remain o keep silent during the ceremony

¡hagan silencio! silence!

¡qué silencio hay! isn't it quiet?

¡silencio en la sala! silence in court!

sufrió en silencio he suffered silently o in silence

[ S ] silencio, hospital quiet, hospital

en el silencio más absoluto in dead o total silence

el silencio de la noche the silence o quiet of the night

mantuvieron el silencio radiofónico they maintained radio silence

2 (ausencia de declaraciones) silence

por fin ha decidido romper su silencio at last she has decided to break her silence

B ( Mús) rest

* * *

Del verbo silenciar: ( conjugate silenciar)

silencio es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

silenció es:

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

Multiple Entries:
silenciar
silencio
silencio sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) silence;
◊ deben guardar silencio you must remain silent;

en el silencio más absoluto in dead o total silence
2 (Mús) rest
silenciar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer callar) to silence
2 (ocultar un hecho, una noticia) to keep quiet about: los informativos silenciaron la manifestación, the news hushed up the demonstration
silencio sustantivo masculino
1 silence
en silencio, in silence
¡silencio, por favor!, quiet, please!
un silencio sepulcral, a deathly silence
2 Mús rest
' silencio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- escocer
- guardar
- obedecer
- ordenar
- poderosa
- poderoso
- reemprender
- reinar
- romper
- sepulcral
- sigilo
- turbarse
- callar
- palmada
- permanecer
- profundo
- respetuoso
- turbar
English:
aloud
- break
- calm
- counsel
- dead
- deathly
- discreet
- disturb
- hush
- lapse
- maintain
- momentary
- muffle
- observe
- pause
- pregnant
- quiet
- quietness
- silence
- silent
- stillness
- talking
- unbroken
- embarrassed
- ominous
- remain
- rest
- silently

* * *

silencio nm

1. [ausencia de sonido] silence;

el silencio reinaba en la habitación there was complete o absolute silence in the room;

¡silencio! silence!, quiet!;

¡silencio en la sala! silence in court!;

en silencio in silence;

estar en silencio to be silent;

tienes que guardar silencio en clase you have to keep quiet in class;

guardó silencio sobre el escándalo he kept silent about the scandal;

guardaron un minuto de silencio they held a minute's silence;

imponer silencio a alguien to make sb be silent;

romper el silencio to break the silence

Comp
silencio administrativo = lack of official response to a request, claim etc within a given period, signifying refusal or tacit assent, depending on circumstances
2. Mús rest

* * *

silencio

m

1 silence;

en silencio in silence, silently;

el profesor impuso silencio a los alumnos the teacher made the students be quiet;

guardar silencio keep quiet

2 MÚS rest

* * *

silencio nm

1) : silence, quiet

¡silencio!: be quiet!

2) : rest (in music)

* * *

silencio n silence

guardaron un minuto de silencio there was a minute's silence

¡silencio! be quiet!

Spanish-English dictionary > silencio
47 visto bueno

m.

okay, OK, authorization, permission.

* * *

visto bueno

approval, O.K.

* * *

masculino approval; tiene que dar el visto bueno she has to give her approval o (colloq) has to give it the go ahead

* * *

(n.) = approval, endorsement, green light, go-ahead, seal of approval

Ex. A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.

Ex. The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.

Ex. The article ' Green lights and green cards: are you ready to?' provides an overview of library automation in the USA today.

Ex. The go-ahead for the new library building came in Mar 79 and the proposals were discussed at a public hearing in June 79.

Ex. This use of square brackets has never had the official seal of approval of the FID.

* * *

masculino approval; tiene que dar el visto bueno she has to give her approval o (colloq) has to give it the go ahead

* * *

(n.) = approval, endorsement, green light, go-ahead, seal of approval

Ex: A number of more unusual arrangements have been tried, but none have met with wide approval.

Ex: The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.

Ex: The article ' Green lights and green cards: are you ready to?' provides an overview of library automation in the USA today.

Ex: The go-ahead for the new library building came in Mar 79 and the proposals were discussed at a public hearing in June 79.

Ex: This use of square brackets has never had the official seal of approval of the FID.

* * *

visto bueno

masculine

approval

el administrador tiene que dar el visto bueno the administrator has to give his approval o has to approve it, the administrator has to okay it o give it the go ahead ( colloq)

Spanish-English dictionary > visto bueno
48 visita

f.

1 visit (acción) (en general).

estar de visita to be visiting o on a visit

hacer una visita a alguien to visit somebody, to pay somebody a visit

hacer una visita a un museo to visit o go to a museum

hacer una visita turística de la ciudad to do some sightseeing in the city

ir de visita to go visiting

pasar visita (medicine) to see one's patients

visita de cortesía o cumplido courtesy visit o call

visita guiada guided tour

visitas médicas doctor's rounds

visita relámpago flying visit

2 visitor (visitante).

tener visita o visitas to have visitors

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: visitar.

* * *

visita

► nombre femenino

1 (acciión) visit

2 (invitado) visitor, guest; (invitados) visitors plural, guests plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar de visita en to be visiting

hacer una visita a alguien to pay somebody a visit

ir de visita a casa de alguien to pay somebody a visit

tener visita (uno) to have a visitor 2 (varios) to have visitors

horas de visita MEDICINA surgery hours

visita de cortesía / visita de cumplido courtesy visit

visita de médico familiar short visit

visita relámpago flying visit, lightning visit

* * *

noun f.

1) call, visit

2) visitor

* * *

SF

1) (=acción) visit; (breve) call

horas de visita — visiting hours

tarjeta de visita — business card, visiting card

estar de visita en un lugar — to be on a visit to a place

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver o pagar una visita — to return a visit

hacer una visita a — to visit, pay a visit to

visita conyugal — conjugal visit

visita de cortesía, visita de cumplido — formal visit, courtesy call

visita de despedida — farewell visit

visita de Estado — state visit

visita de intercambio — exchange visit

visita de médico — *very short call, brief visit

visita de pésame — visit to express one's condolences

visita en grupo — group visit

visita guiada — guided tour

visita íntima — conjugal visit

visita oficial — official visit

visita relámpago — flying visit

2) (=persona) visitor, caller

hoy tenemos visita — we have visitors today

"no se admiten visitas" — "no visitors"

3) (en la aduana) search

derecho de visita — right to search

4) (Internet) hit

5) (Caribe) (Med) enema

* * *

femenino

a) ( acción) visit

hacer(le) una visita (a alguien) — to pay (somebody) a visit

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver una visita — to return a visit

sólo estoy/vine de visita — I'm just visiting

horario de visita — visiting hours o times

visita de médico — (fam) flying visit

b) ( visitante) visitor, caller; ( invitado) guest

tener visita — to have visitors/guests

- visita a domicilio

- visita de cortesía

- visita de pésame

- visita guiada

- visita relámpago

* * *

femenino

a) ( acción) visit

hacer(le) una visita (a alguien) — to pay (somebody) a visit

ir de visita — to go visiting

devolver una visita — to return a visit

sólo estoy/vine de visita — I'm just visiting

horario de visita — visiting hours o times

visita de médico — (fam) flying visit

b) ( visitante) visitor, caller; ( invitado) guest

tener visita — to have visitors/guests

- visita a domicilio

- visita de cortesía

- visita de pésame

- visita guiada

- visita relámpago

* * *

visita¹

¹ = tour, visit, sojourn, viewing, trip, excursion.

Ex: After a quick tour of the facilities and after meeting a few staff members, Bibeau was ushered into the 'Board Room,' where he was introduced to the other remaining trustees.

Ex: The advise was based upon the assumption that students were taught, chalk in hand, in large classroom-based groups with little or no fieldwork or visits.

Ex: The author briefly describes two professional sojourns, one in Barbados and the other in Kenya.

Ex: There will be a private viewing for conference-goers of Chicago's Art Institute and a reception at the Newberry Library with culinary delights created by Chef Louis Szathmary.

Ex: The approach may differ according to whether the person is preparing for a trip, settling a bet, beginning work on a 15-minute talk to a service club, or is undertaking to write a book on the subject.

Ex: Excursions are arranged to historically important libraries.

* equipo para escuchar visitas grabadas = audio tour unit.

* hacer una visita = make + visit.

* hacer visitas a domicilio = make + house calls.

* organizar una visita a = arrange + expedition to.

* tarjeta de visita = calling card, carte de visite, visiting card, business card.

* visita a centros profesionales = study tour.

* visita a domicilio = house call.

* visita a los enfermos = work round.

* visita a pie = walking tour.

* visita autoguiada = self-guided tour.

* visita breve = short stay.

* visita con conferencia a varios lugares de un país = lecture tour.

* visita cultural = cultural visit.

* visita de complemento de formación = visit.

* visita de estado = state visit.

* visita de intercambio = exchange visit.

* visita de larga duración = long stay.

* visita de representación = sales call.

* visita de representante = sales call.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

* visita guiada = guided tour, orientation tour.

* visita guiada a la biblioteca = library tour, library orientation.

* visita guiada virtual = virtual tour.

* visita médica = grand round.

* visita nocturna = night tour.

* visita oficial = official visit.

* visita organizada = guided tour.

* visita por la ciudad = city tour.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita profesional = study tour.

* visita relámpago = whistle-stop [whistlestop].

* visitas a la biblioteca = library visits.

* visita turística = sightseeing tour, sightseeing [sight-seeing].

* visita turística de una día de duración = day trip.

visita²

² = guest, visiting guest.

Ex: And making matters worse, this uncomfortable group sat in a suburban sitting-room flooded with afternoon sunlight like dutifully polite guests at a formal coffee party.

Ex: As a visiting guest, you naturally have the same use of all the amenities as also enjoyed by our permanent customers.

* cuarto para visitas = spare room, guest room.

* * *

visita

feminine

A

1 (acción) visit

nos hizo una visita she paid us a visit o visited us

ir de visita to go visiting

devolver una visita to return a visit

sólo estoy de visita I'm just visiting

horas or horario de visita visiting hours o times

visita de médico ( fam); flying visit

2

(persona, personas): espera una visita importante he is expecting an important visitor

las visitas llegarán para la cena the guests will be arriving in time for dinner

no me quedé porque tenían visita I didn't stay because they had visitors o guests

Compuestos:

● visita a domicilio

house call

● visita conyugal

conjugal visit

● visita de cumplido or de cortesía

courtesy call, duty visit

● visita de pésame or de duelo

visit to offer one's condolences

● visita guiada

( AmL) guided tour

● visita pastoral

pastoral visit

● visita relámpago

flying visit, lightning visit

B ( fam euf)

(menstruación): tener la visita to have one's period

* * *

Del verbo visitar: ( conjugate visitar)

visita es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
visita
visitar
visita sustantivo femenino
a) ( acción) visit;

◊ hacer(le) una visita (a algn) to pay (sb) a visit;

ir de visita to go visiting;
horario de visita visiting hours o times;
visita a domicilio house call;
visita de cortesía courtesy call, duty visit;
visita guiada (AmL) guided tour
b) ( visitante) visitor;

( invitado) guest;
◊ espera una visita importante he's expecting an important visitor;

tener visita to have visitors/guests
visitar ( conjugate visitar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ persona› to visit, visit with (AmE)

b) ‹ lugar› to visit

visitarse verbo pronominal ( recípr) to visit each other
visita sustantivo femenino
1 visit: me hizo una visita, she paid me a visit o she visited me
estar de visita, to be visiting
visita de cortesía, courtesy call
2 (el invitado) visitor: tienen visita, they have visitors
visitar verbo transitivo to visit
' visita' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aviar
- compromiso
- consulta
- dejar
- esperar
- formularia
- formulario
- imprevista
- imprevisto
- incomodar
- mensual
- obligada
- obligado
- provecho
- terciarse
- abreviar
- animar
- ánimo
- apresurado
- carácter
- cortesía
- corto
- cumplido
- devolver
- fin
- frecuente
- fugaz
- hacer
- inoportuno
- oportuno
- prolongar
- realizar
- tarjeta
English:
call
- caller
- calling card
- card
- casual
- deduce
- favor
- favour
- flying
- follow-up
- guided tour
- infrequent
- listen for
- listen out for
- Mecca
- odd
- pay
- receive
- show up
- sneak
- state
- stay
- tour
- trip
- unauthorized
- unexpected
- unwelcome
- visit
- visiting
- visiting hours
- visitor
- company
- home
- mileage
- set

* * *

visita nf

1. [a casa, hospital] [en general] visit;
[breve] call;
estar de visita to be visiting o on a visit;

hacer una visita a alguien to visit sb, to pay sb a visit;

horas de visita visiting hours;

ir de visita to go visiting

Comp
visita de cortesía courtesy visit o call;
visita de cumplido courtesy visit o call;

visita relámpago flying visit

2. [de turismo] visit;

hacer una visita a un museo to visit o go to a museum

Comp
visita guiada guided tour;
visita turística: [m5] hacer una visita turística de la ciudad to do some sightseeing in the city

3. [de médico]
pasar visita to see one's patients

Comp
visitas médicas doctor's rounds
4. [programada en hospital] appointment

5. [visitante] visitor;

tener visita o [m5] visitas to have visitors

6. Informát [a página web] hit

* * *

visita

f visit;

hacer una visita a alguien visit s.o.;

visita de(l) médico fig quick visit

* * *

visita nf

1) : visit, call

2) : visitor

3)

ir de visita : to go visiting

* * *

visita n

1. (en general) visit

te haré una visita I'll pay you a visit / I'll visit you

2. (visitante) visitor / visitors

esta tarde espero visita I'm expecting visitors this afternoon

Spanish-English dictionary > visita
49 sección

f.

1 section.

2 section, division, department.

3 section, district.

4 cross-section.

5 article.

6 section, cutting, incision.

* * *

sección

► nombre femenino

1 (corte) section, cut

2 (geometría) section

3 (departamento) section, department

4 (en periódico, revista) page, section

5 MILITAR section

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

sección transversal cross-section

* * *

noun f.

1) department

2) section

* * *

SF

1) (Arquit, Mat) section

sección cónica — conic section

sección longitudinal — longitudinal section

sección transversal — cross section

sección vertical — vertical section

2) (=parte) [gen] section; [de almacén, oficina] department

sección de contactos — personal column ( containing offers of marriage {etc}4})

sección de cuerdas — string section

sección deportiva — sports page, sports section

sección económica — financial pages pl, city pages pl

sección fija — regular feature

sección oficial — Official Section

3) (Mil) section, platoon

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femenino

1) ( corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal — longitudinal/cross section

2)

a) (división, área - en general) section; (- de empresa) department, section; (- en grandes almacenes) department

b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3) (Mil) platoon

* * *

= frame, piece, portion, section, section, unit, area, chapter, arm, tranche, pod.

Ex. Please return to frame 244 and read again about the use of the / (oblique stroke), paying particular attention to the examples given.

Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.

Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

Ex. Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex. Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex. For example, the American Library Association and its chapters usually include a subsidiary group designed for library trustees.

Ex. The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.

Ex. The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

Ex. There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

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* bibliotecario encargado de la sección infantil = children's librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección juvenil = young adult librarian.

* de sección = sectional.

* división en secciones = departmentation.

* en sección = sectional.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* sección alfabética = alphabetical section.

* sección central = midsection [mid-section].

* sección de adquisiciones = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de adultos = adult section, adult department, adult services section.

* sección de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.

* Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (IASD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).

* sección de catalogación = cataloguing division, cataloguing department.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* sección de compras = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de fondos locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sección de libros en rústica = paperback rack.

* sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.

* sección de nóminas = payroll department, salaries section.

* sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.

* sección de préstamo = lending collection, lending stock.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de referencia = reference section, reference department, reference division, reference area.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* sección de vídeos = video collection.

* sección infantil = children's department.

* sección juvenil = young adult department.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* subsección = subsection [sub-section].

* * *

femenino

1) ( corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal — longitudinal/cross section

2)

a) (división, área - en general) section; (- de empresa) department, section; (- en grandes almacenes) department

b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3) (Mil) platoon

* * *

= frame, piece, portion, section, section, unit, area, chapter, arm, tranche, pod.

Ex: Please return to frame 244 and read again about the use of the / (oblique stroke), paying particular attention to the examples given.

Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.

Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.

Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include globes; block diagrams; sections; atlases; bird's eye views, etc.

Ex: Therefore, during the concluding phase of the revision project, the representatives of ALA units and other organizations will function as a single group.

Ex: Libraries usually arrange separate areas where current periodicals, maps, government publications, early printed books and manuscripts are housed.

Ex: For example, the American Library Association and its chapters usually include a subsidiary group designed for library trustees.

Ex: The author discusses the roles that various arms of the proposed structure can play to promote free flow of information = El autor describe las funciones que los diferentes departamentos de la estructura propuesta puede desempeñar para promover la libre circulación de la información.

Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

Ex: There are 3 ' pods' designed to separate areas from the main library for children's activities, the African and Caribbean literature centres and for meeting rooms.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección infantil = children's librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de la sección juvenil = young adult librarian.

* de sección = sectional.

* división en secciones = departmentation.

* en sección = sectional.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* sección alfabética = alphabetical section.

* sección central = midsection [mid-section].

* sección de adquisiciones = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de adultos = adult section, adult department, adult services section.

* sección de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.

* Sección de Automatización y Documentación de ALA (IASD) = Information Science and Automation Division (IASD).

* sección de catalogación = cataloguing division, cataloguing department.

* sección de comentarios = comments section.

* sección de compras = acquisitions department, order department.

* sección de fondos locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sección de la biblioteca = library section.

* sección de libros en rústica = paperback rack.

* sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.

* sección de nóminas = payroll department, salaries section.

* sección de personal = personnel department, personnel office.

* sección de préstamo = lending collection, lending stock.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de referencia = reference section, reference department, reference division, reference area.

* sección de temas locales = local studies department, local studies library, local studies collection.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* sección de vídeos = video collection.

* sección infantil = children's department.

* sección juvenil = young adult department.

* sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

* subsección = subsection [sub-section].

* * *

sección

feminine

A (corte) section

sección longitudinal/transversal longitudinal/cross section

B

1 (división, área — en general) section; (— de una empresa) department, section; (— en los grandes almacenes) department

la sección del edificio que va a ser demolida the part of the building that is going to be demolished

2 (de un periódico) section

Compuestos:

● sección de cuerdas/vientos

string/wind section

● sección de deportes

sports page

C ( Mil) platoon

* * *

sección sustantivo femenino
1 ( corte) section
2
a) (división, área — en general) section;

(— de empresa, en grandes almacenes) department
b) (de periódico, orquesta) section

3 (Mil) platoon
sección sustantivo femenino
1 (parte, apartado, tramo) section
Com sección de bisutería, costume jewellery department
2 (de un plano) cross-sección
3 (incisión) cut
4 Mat section
5 Mil (una unidad del ejército) platoon
' sección' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corte
- oportunidad
- unidad
- acomodar
- caballero
- cónico
- encima
- fumador
- incluir
- jefe
- menaje
- parte
- repartición
- reunir
- suceso
English:
cross-section
- department
- departmental
- division
- platoon
- section
- block
- complement
- cross
- desk
- personnel
- scratch

* * *

sección nf

1. [parte] section;
[departamento] department;
la sección de discos the record department

Comp
sección de cuerda(s) string section;
sección de necrológicas [en periódico] obituary section;

sección rítmica rhythm section;

sección de viento(s) wind section

2. [corte] section

Comp
sección longitudinal longitudinal section;
sección transversal cross-section

3. Geom section

4. Mil section

* * *

sección

f

1 GEOM section

2 BOT cutting

3 de documento, organización section

4 MIL platoon

* * *

sección nf, pl secciones

1) : section

sección transversal: cross section

2) : department, division

* * *

sección n

1. (en general) section

2. (en una tienda, empresa) department

Spanish-English dictionary > sección
50 agente

f. & m.

1 agent (representante).

agente de cambio (y bolsa) stockbroker

agente comercial broker

agente en exclusiva sole agent

agente inmobiliario(a) estate agent (British), real estate agent (United States)

agente libre de seguros insurance broker

agente marítimo(a) shipping agent

2 officer (funcionario).

agente de aduanas customs officer

agente doble double agent

agente especial special agent

agente de inmigración immigration officer

agente de policía police officer, policeman, f. policewoman

agente secreto secret agent

agente de seguridad security officer

3 operator.

4 factor.

5 detective constable.

m.

agent (causa activa).

* * *

agente

► adjetivo

1 agent

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 agent

► nombre masculino

1 agent

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

agente de cambio y bolsa stockbroker

agente de policía (hombre) policeman 2 (mujer) policewoman

agente de tráfico (hombre) traffic policeman 2 (mujer) traffic policewoman

agente inmobiliario estate agent

* * *

noun mf.

agent

- agente de bolsa
- agente inmobiliario
* * *

1.

SMF (=representante) agent; (=policía) policeman/policewoman; LAm (=oficial) officer, official

agente acreditado — accredited agent

agente comercial — business agent

agente de bolsa — stockbroker

agente de exportación — export agent

agente de negocios — business agent, broker

agente de prensa — press agent

agente de publicidad — (Com) advertising agent; (Teat) publicity agent

agente de seguridad — [en vuelos comerciales] sky marshal

agente de seguros — insurance agent

agente de tránsito — Arg, Méx traffic policeman/policewoman

agente de transportes — carrier

agente de turismo — travel agent, courier

agente de ventas — sales agent, sales rep, sales representative

agente de viajes — travel agent

agente especial — special agent

agente extranjero — foreign agent

agente inmobiliario — estate agent, real estate agent o broker (EEUU), realtor (EEUU)

agente literario — literary agent

agente marítimo — shipping agent

agente oficial — official agent, authorized agent

agente provocador — agent provocateur

agente secreto — secret agent

agentes sociales — social partners ( employers and unions)

agente tributario — tax inspector

agente único — sole agent

agente viajero — commercial traveller, salesman

2.

SM (Quím) agent

agente químico — chemical agent

* * *

masculino y femenino

1) (Com, Fin) agent

- agente artístico/de publicidad

- agente de seguros

- agente de viajes

2) (frml) ( funcionario) employee

- agente de policía or del orden

- agente de tráfico or de tránsito

- agente secreto

3) agente masculino (Med, Tec, Ling) agent

* * *

= agent, instrumentality, officer, broker, enforcer.

Ex. These forms usually provide space for the user or his agent to enter the relevant information.

Ex. But there are signs of a change as new and powerful instrumentalities come into use.

Ex. All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.

Ex. Above all, the information manager is a resource manager as well as a kind of broker between increasingly complex information technology and managers/users.

Ex. They merely act as a conduit of state funds rather than an enforcer of the rules meant to guarantee the lawful use of those funds.

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* agente aglutinante = binder, bonding agent.

* agente antiaglutinante = anti-caking agent.

* agente antiapelmazante = anti-caking agent.

* agente bibliotecario = library agent.

* agente biológico = biological agent.

* agente cancerígeno = carcinogen.

* agente comercial = commercial vendor.

* agente de absorción = absorber.

* agente de bolsa = stockbroker, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader.

* agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.

* agente de cambio = agent of(for) change, force for change, force of change.

* agente de fermentación = leavening agent, leavening, raising agent.

* agente del cambio = change agent.

* agente del orden = law enforcement officer, law-enforcement official, law enforcer.

* agente de noticias web = newsbot.

* agente depresivo = downer, depressant.

* agente de seguros = insurance agent, insurer, insurance broker.

* agente de viajes = travel agent.

* agente estresante = stressor.

* agente extranjero = foreign agent.

* agente federal = federal agent.

* agente furtivo = infiltrator.

* agente informático = software agent.

* agente inmobiliario = realtor.

* agente inteligente = intelligent agent, mining agent, intelligent search agent, search agent.

* agente inteligente de compras = shopping agent.

* agente irritante = irritant, allergen.

* Agente Naranja = Agent Orange.

* agente neutralizador = neutralising agent.

* agente oxidante = oxidant, oxidising agent.

* agente patógeno = pathogen.

* agente provocador = agent-provocateur.

* agente químico = chemical agent.

* agente reactivo = reagent.

* agente secador = drying agent.

* agente secreto = undercover agent, secret agent.

* agentes federales, los = feds, the.

* hacerse agente secreto = go undercover.

* * *

masculino y femenino

1) (Com, Fin) agent

- agente artístico/de publicidad

- agente de seguros

- agente de viajes

2) (frml) ( funcionario) employee

- agente de policía or del orden

- agente de tráfico or de tránsito

- agente secreto

3) agente masculino (Med, Tec, Ling) agent

* * *

= agent, instrumentality, officer, broker, enforcer.

Ex: These forms usually provide space for the user or his agent to enter the relevant information.

Ex: But there are signs of a change as new and powerful instrumentalities come into use.

Ex: All officers were remorseful about taking a life but all would make the same decision again if necessary.

Ex: Above all, the information manager is a resource manager as well as a kind of broker between increasingly complex information technology and managers/users.

Ex: They merely act as a conduit of state funds rather than an enforcer of the rules meant to guarantee the lawful use of those funds.

* agente aglutinante = binder, bonding agent.

* agente antiaglutinante = anti-caking agent.

* agente antiapelmazante = anti-caking agent.

* agente bibliotecario = library agent.

* agente biológico = biological agent.

* agente cancerígeno = carcinogen.

* agente comercial = commercial vendor.

* agente de absorción = absorber.

* agente de bolsa = stockbroker, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader.

* agente de búsqueda = intelligent search agent, search agent.

* agente de cambio = agent of(for) change, force for change, force of change.

* agente de fermentación = leavening agent, leavening, raising agent.

* agente del cambio = change agent.

* agente del orden = law enforcement officer, law-enforcement official, law enforcer.

* agente de noticias web = newsbot.

* agente depresivo = downer, depressant.

* agente de seguros = insurance agent, insurer, insurance broker.

* agente de viajes = travel agent.

* agente estresante = stressor.

* agente extranjero = foreign agent.

* agente federal = federal agent.

* agente furtivo = infiltrator.

* agente informático = software agent.

* agente inmobiliario = realtor.

* agente inteligente = intelligent agent, mining agent, intelligent search agent, search agent.

* agente inteligente de compras = shopping agent.

* agente irritante = irritant, allergen.

* Agente Naranja = Agent Orange.

* agente neutralizador = neutralising agent.

* agente oxidante = oxidant, oxidising agent.

* agente patógeno = pathogen.

* agente provocador = agent-provocateur.

* agente químico = chemical agent.

* agente reactivo = reagent.

* agente secador = drying agent.

* agente secreto = undercover agent, secret agent.

* agentes federales, los = feds, the.

* hacerse agente secreto = go undercover.

* * *

agente

masculine and feminine

A ( Com, Fin) agent

Compuestos:

● agente artístico

artistic agent

● agente comercial

sales representative, sales rep ( colloq)

● agente de bolsa or de cambio

stockbroker

● agente de exportación

export agent

● agente de la propiedad inmobiliaria

real estate agent ( AmE), realtor ( AmE), estate agent ( BrE)

● agente de patentes

patent agent

● agente de publicidad

advertising agent

● agente de seguros

insurance broker

● agente de ventas

sales agent

● agente de viajes

travel agent

● agente inmobiliario

real estate agent ( AmE), realtor ( AmE), estate agent ( BrE)

● agente inteligente

( Inf) intelligent agent

● agente literario

literary agent

● agente publicitario

advertising agent

B ( frml) (funcionario) employee

Compuestos:

● agente del orden

( period); police officer

● agente de policía

police officer

● agente de seguridad

security guard

● agente de tráfico

≈ traffic policeman ( in US), ≈ traffic warden ( in UK)

● agente de tránsito

(Arg, Méx) agente de tráfico

● agente encubierto

undercover agent

● agente especial

special agent

● agente provocador

agent provocateur

● agente secreto

secret agent

C

agente masculine

1 ( Med, Tec) agent

2 ( Ling) agent

3 ( Quím) agent

agente oxidante/químico oxidizing/chemical agent

* * *

agente sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (Com, Fin) agent;
◊ agente de bolsa stockbroker;

agente de publicidad advertising agent;
agente de seguros insurance broker;
agente de viajes travel agent
2 (frml) ( funcionario) employee;
◊ agente de policía police officer;

agente de tráfico or (Arg, Méx) de tránsito ≈ traffic policeman ( in US), ≈ traffic warden ( in UK);
agente secreto secret agent
agente mf
1 agent
agente de bolsa, stockbroker
agente de seguros, insurance broker
2 (policía: hombre) policeman
(policía: mujer) policewoman
agente de tráfico, traffic policeman
' agente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inmobiliaria
- inmobiliario
- judicial
- secreta
- secreto
- acreditado
- alguacil
- cana
- carabinero
- con
- corredor
- marítimo
- policía
- por
- tamarindo
- tira
English:
agent
- banker
- broker
- by
- customs
- estate agent
- free agent
- infiltrator
- insurance agent
- intelligence agent
- of
- officer
- operator
- pc
- police constable
- police officer
- policeman
- policewoman
- press agent
- secret agent
- shipping agent
- show round
- spycatcher
- constable
- detective
- estate
- irritant
- manager
- police
- pollutant
- realtor
- rep
- representative
- stock
- travel
- trooper

* * *

agente

♦ nmf

1. [representante] agent

Comp
agente artístico agent [of artiste, actor];
agente de bolsa stockbroker;

agente de cambio stockbroker;

agente comercial broker;

agente inmobiliario Br estate agent, US real estate agent;

agente libre de seguros insurance broker;

agente literario literary agent;

agente de patentes patent agent;

agente de la propiedad Br estate agent, US real estate agent;

agente de seguros insurance broker;

agente teatral theatrical agent

2. [funcionario] officer

Comp
agente de aduanas customs officer;
agente doble double agent;

agente de inmigración immigration officer;

agente de policía police officer, policeman, f policewoman;

agente secreto secret agent;

agente de seguridad security officer;
RP agente de tránsito traffic policeman
3. Econ agentes económicos o sociales social partners

♦ nm

1. [causa activa] agent

Comp
Quím agente oxidante oxidizing agent; Biol agente patógeno pathogen; Quím agente reductor reducing agent; Quím agente tensioactivo surfactant; Informát agente de usuario user agent
2. Gram agent

* * *

agente

I m agent

II m/f agent

* * *

agente nmf

1) : agent

2)

agente de viajes : travel agent

3)

agente de bolsa : stockbroker

4)

agente de tráfico : traffic officer

* * *

agente n

1. (representante) agent

hablaré con mi agente I'll speak to my agent

2. (policía) policeman [pl. policemen] / policewoman [pl. policewomen]

el agente me pidió el carnet de identidad the policeman asked to see my identity card

Spanish-English dictionary > agente
51 jefe

adj.

chief, top.

m.

1 boss, principal, chief, manager.

2 chief, chieftain, leader, ringleader.

3 boss, woman in charge, headwoman, top woman.

4 boss.

* * *

jefe

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 boss, head, chief

2 COMERCIO (hombre) manager; (mujer) manageress

3 PLÍTICA leader

4 MILITAR officer in command

5 (de una tribu) chief

► interjección ¡jefe!

1 familiar waiter!

► nombre femenino la jefa

1 familiar the old lady, the wife

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

jefe de cocina chef

jefe de estación station master

jefe de Estado Head of State

jefe de Estado Mayor Chief of Staff

jefe de redacción editor in chief

jefe de taller foreman

jefe de ventas sales manager

jefe supremo commander-in-chief

* * *

(f. - jefa)

noun

1) boss

2) head

3) chief

* * *

jefe, -a
SM / F
1) (=superior) boss; (=director) head; (Pol) leader; (Com) manager; (Mil) officer in command; [de tribu] chief

comandante en jefe — commander-in-chief

¿quién es el jefe aquí? — who's in charge around here?

jefe/a civil — Caribe registrar

jefe/a de almacén — warehouse manager/manageress

jefe/a de bomberos — fire chief, chief fire officer

jefe/a de cabina — (Aer) chief steward/stewardess

jefe/a de camareros — head waiter/waitress

jefe/a de cocina — head chef

jefe/a de equipo — team leader

jefe/a de estación — station master, station manager

jefe/a de estado — head of state

jefe/a de estado mayor — chief of staff

jefe/a de estudios — (Escol) director of studies

jefe/a de filas — (Pol) party leader

jefe/a de máquinas — (Náut) chief engineer

jefe/a de márketing — marketing manager

jefe/a de obras — site manager

jefe/a de oficina — office manager/manageress

jefe/a de personal — personnel manager

jefe/a de pista — ringmaster

jefe/a de plató — (Cine, TV) floor manager

jefe/a de producción — production manager

jefe/a de protocolo — chief of protocol

jefe/a de realización — (Cine, TV) production manager

jefe/a de redacción — editor-in-chief

jefe/a de sala — head waiter/waitress

jefe/a de taller — foreman

jefe/a de tren — guard, conductor (EEUU)

jefe/a de ventas — sales manager

jefe/a ejecutivo/a — chief executive

jefe/a supremo/a — commander-in-chief

2) [como apelativo]

¡oiga jefe! — hey!, mate! *

sí, mi jefe — esp LAm yes, sir o boss

* * *

- fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss

b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief

c) (Pol) leader

d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)

- jefe -fa de bomberos

- jefe -fa de cocina

- jefe -fa de estación

- jefe -fa de Estado/gobierno

- jefe -fa de Estado Mayor

- jefe -fa de estudios

- jefe -fa de personal/ventas

- jefe -fa de redacción

* * *

= boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex. He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex. But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex. Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.

Ex. In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.

Ex. Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex. Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex. Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* editor jefe = editor-in-chief.

* jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.

* jefe de cocina = chef.

* jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.

* jefe de espías = spymaster.

* jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.

* jefe de facturación = billing clerk.

* jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.

* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* jefe de milicia = warlord.

* jefe de oficina = office manager.

* jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.

* jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* jefe de prensa = press officer.

* jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* jefe de taller = overseer.

* jefe militar = army official, army officer.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* * *

- fa masculino, femenino, jefe masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss

b) ( de empresa) manager; ( de sección) head; ( de tribu) chief

c) (Pol) leader

d) ( como apelativo) buddy (AmE colloq), mate (BrE colloq)

e) jefes masculino plural (fam) ( padres) folks (pl) (colloq)

- jefe -fa de bomberos

- jefe -fa de cocina

- jefe -fa de estación

- jefe -fa de Estado/gobierno

- jefe -fa de Estado Mayor

- jefe -fa de estudios

- jefe -fa de personal/ventas

- jefe -fa de redacción

* * *

= boss [bosses, -pl.], chief, employer, chief honcho, top official, top position, head honcho, honcho, gaffer, leader.

Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex: He subsequently served as chief of that Division, chief of the Serial Record Division, Assistant Director for Cataloging of the Processing Department, Director of the Processing Department, and Assistant Librarian of Processing Services.

Ex: But we have an obligation to these students, to their future employers and colleagues, to society in general and to ourselves to ensure that our 'processing' makes an important difference.

Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex: Some who felt that many of the top officials in libraries and professional organizations were men.

Ex: In spite of the preponderance of women in the profession 44 of 61 top positions are held by men.

Ex: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* editor jefe = editor-in-chief.

* jefa de oficina de correos = postmistress.

* jefe de cocina = chef.

* jefe de escuadrón = squadron leader.

* jefe de espías = spymaster.

* jefe de estado = head of state, chief of state.

* jefe de facturación = billing clerk.

* jefe de la tribu = tribal chief.

* jefe del estado mayor = Chief of Staff.

* jefe de los servicios de gestión del conocimiento = chief knowledge officer (CKO).

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* jefe de milicia = warlord.

* jefe de oficina = office manager.

* jefe de oficina de correos = postmaster.

* jefe de personal = personnel officer, welfare officer, staff manager.

* jefe de personal de la biblioteca = library personnel officer.

* jefe de policía = chief constable, police chief.

* jefe de prensa = press officer.

* jefe de recursos humanos = human resource manager.

* jefe de sección = section head.

* jefe de taller = overseer.

* jefe militar = army official, army officer.

* muchos jefes y pocos trabajadores = too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

* ser el jefe = be in charge, call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

* * *

jefe -fa

masculine, feminine

jefe masculine and feminine

1 (superior) boss

aquí el jefe soy yo I'm the boss here, I'm in charge here

2 (de una sección, un departamento) head

3 (de una tribu) chief

4 (de un partido, una banda) leader

5 (como apelativo) buddy ( AmE colloq), mate ( BrE colloq), guv ( BrE colloq dated)

6 jefes mpl ( fam) (padres) folks (pl) ( colloq), parents (pl)

Compuestos:

● jefe/jefa de bomberos

fire chief

● jefe/jefa de cocina

chef

● jefe/jefa de departamento

head of department

● jefe/jefa de estación

stationmaster

● jefe/jefa de Estado

head of state

● jefe/jefa de Estado Mayor

Chief of Staff

● jefe/jefa de estudios

director of studies

● jefe/jefa de filas

group leader

● jefe/jefa de gobierno

(primer ministro) prime minister; (presidente) president

● jefe/jefa de la guerrilla

guerrilla leader

● jefe/jefa de la oposición

leader of the opposition

● jefe/jefa de la policía

chief of police

● jefe/jefa de los espías

spymaster

● jefe/jefa de máquinas

chief engineer

● jefe/jefa de negociado

head of section, head of department

● jefe/jefa de oficina

chief clerk, office manager

● jefe/jefa de personal

personnel manager

● jefe/jefa de planta

floor manager

● jefe/jefa de producción

production manager

● jefe/jefa de producto

product manager

● jefe/jefa de redacción

editor-in-chief

● jefe/jefa de sección

section head

● jefe/jefa de seguridad

chief of security

● jefe/jefa de taller

supervisor, foreman

● jefe/jefa de tren

head conductor, train manager ( BrE)

● jefe/jefa de ventas

sales manager

* * *

jefe
◊ -fa sustantivo masculino, femenino, jefe sustantivo masculino y femenino

a) ( superior) boss;

◊ jefe de estudios director of studies;

jefe de personal/ventas personnel/sales manager;
jefe de redacción editor-in-chief
b) ( de empresa) manager;

( de sección) head;
( de tribu) chief
c) (Pol) leader;

◊ jefe de Estado/gobierno head of state/government

jefe,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 boss
Com manager
jefe de estación, station master
jefe de informativos, news editor
jefe de personal, personnel manager
jefe de redacción, editor-in-chief
jefe de ventas, sales manager
2 (líder) leader: es el jefe de la tribu, he's the chief of the tribe
jefe de Estado, Head of State
3 Mil comandante en jefe, commander-in-chief
' jefe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arder
- bailar
- bebida
- cabestro
- congraciarse
- definitivamente
- encima
- faltar
- gastar
- gusano
- jefa
- mondarse
- patrón
- patrona
- patrono
- quemada
- quemado
- redactor
- redactora
- sapo
- sheriff
- tal
- trinar
- abajo
- canciller
- citar
- comandante
- condición
- enfermero
- facultar
- mandar
- pensar
- plantear
- quedar
- rabiar
- robar
- salir
- ver
English:
absence
- abuse
- anybody
- approachable
- around
- ask for
- bluster
- boss
- busywork
- by
- by-product
- chancellor
- chief
- chieftain
- clear
- comeback
- cow
- deal with
- departmental
- deputy
- discount
- doormat
- edit
- even
- expect
- forceful
- foreman
- forge
- frustrated
- grievance
- guard
- head
- higher-up
- imagine
- in
- initially
- leader
- manager
- marshal
- mate
- of
- pass over
- pat
- pool
- postmaster
- promise
- Secretary of State
- sister
- staff nurse
- take over

* * *

jefe, -a nm,f

1. [persona al mando] boss;
[de empresa] manager, f manageress; [líder] leader; [de tribu, ejército] chief; [de departamento] head; Mil
en jefe in-chief;

Comp
Méx Fam
como jefe: entró a la oficina como jefe he walked into the office as if he owned the place

Comp
jefe de bomberos fire chief;
jefe de cocina chef;

jefe de compras purchasing manager;

jefe de estación stationmaster;

jefe de Estado head of state;

jefe del estado mayor chief of staff;

jefe de estudios director of studies;
Dep jefe de fila(s) team leader [driver or cyclist];
jefe de gabinete chief of staff;

jefe de gobierno prime minister;

una reunión de jefes de gobierno a meeting of heads of government;

jefe de policía police chief, chief of police, Br chief constable;

jefe de prensa press officer;

jefe de producción production manager;

jefe de producto product line manager;

jefe de protocolo chief of protocol;

jefe de proyecto project manager;

jefe de redacción editor-in-chief;

jefe de sección departmental head o chief;

jefe de ventas sales manager

2. Fam [como apelativo]
pregúntale al jefe qué se debe ask the guy for the bill;

jefe, pónganos dos cervezas give us two beers, Br guv o US mac

3. Méx Fam [padre, madre] old man, f old girl

4. Esp Fam
mis jefes [mis padres] my folks

* * *

jefe

m, jefa f de departamento, organización head; ( superior) boss; POL leader; de tribu chief

3 Méx fam

:

mi jefe my dad fam ;

mi jefa my mom fam

* * *

jefe, -fa n

1) : chief, head, leader

jefe de bomberos: fire chief

2) : boss

* * *

jefe n

1. (superior) boss [pl. bosses]

voy a discutirlo con el jefe I'm going to speak to the boss about it

2. (de un grupo) head

la jefa del departamento the head of the department

3. (de un partido, de una asociación) leader

4. (de una tribu) chief

jefe de cocina chef

jefe de estación station master

jefe de Estado head of state

Spanish-English dictionary > jefe
52 manifiesto

adj.

manifest, open, visible, conspicuous.

m.

manifesto, manifest, manifestation, proclamation.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: manifestar.

* * *

manifiesto

► adjetivo

1 obvious, evident

► nombre masculino manifiesto

1 manifesto

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

poner de manifiesto to make evident

ser un hecho manifiesto to be blatantly obvious

————————

manifiesto

► nombre masculino

1 manifesto

* * *
1. (f. - manifiesta)
adj.

manifest, overt
2. noun m.
manifesto

* * *

1.

ADJ (=claro) [gen] clear, manifest; [error] glaring, obvious; [verdad] manifest

poner algo de manifiesto — (=aclarar) to make sth clear; (=revelar) to reveal sth

quiero poner de manifiesto que... — I wish to state that...

quedar manifiesto — to be plain, be clear

2. SM

1) (Pol, Arte) (=programa) manifesto

el Manifiesto Comunista — the Communist Manifesto

2) (Náut) manifest

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo (frml) manifest (frml), evident (frml)

un error manifiesto — a glaring error, an obvious mistake

poner algo de manifiesto — to highlight something

quedar de manifiesto — to become plain o obvious o evident
II
masculino

1) (Pol) manifesto

2) (Náut) manifest

* * *

= professed, manifest, manifesto, glaring, visible, undisguised.

Ex. A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex. A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex. To meet new conditions, academic librarianship requires a new manifesto derived directly from the academic community itself in preference to ready formulas from business and industry.

Ex. The lack of storage and display space, a glaring deficiency in seating capacity and physical limitations of the building all meant that the library was not adequately serving its patrons.

Ex. Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.

Ex. Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.

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* no manifiesto = undeclared.

* poner de manifesto = reveal.

* poner de manifiesto = bring into + relief, highlight, show, state, throw into + relief, throw up, evince, illustrate, underscore, underline, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], bring to + light, make + it + clear, lay + bare, provide + insight into, flag + Nombre + up.

* poner de manifiesto las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo (frml) manifest (frml), evident (frml)

un error manifiesto — a glaring error, an obvious mistake

poner algo de manifiesto — to highlight something

quedar de manifiesto — to become plain o obvious o evident
II
masculino

1) (Pol) manifesto

2) (Náut) manifest

* * *

= professed, manifest, manifesto, glaring, visible, undisguised.

Ex: A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex: A close knowledge of the institution is also needed to distinguish between professed objectives, the official and manifest ones which appear in organizational preambles, and the practiced ones which are often latent in the operating program.

Ex: To meet new conditions, academic librarianship requires a new manifesto derived directly from the academic community itself in preference to ready formulas from business and industry.

Ex: The lack of storage and display space, a glaring deficiency in seating capacity and physical limitations of the building all meant that the library was not adequately serving its patrons.

Ex: Since a software package is to be sold it must be visible on the marketplace.

Ex: Ethics was embodied by ivory-towered theoreticians with an undisguised contempt for profit makers.

* no manifiesto = undeclared.

* poner de manifesto = reveal.

* poner de manifiesto = bring into + relief, highlight, show, state, throw into + relief, throw up, evince, illustrate, underscore, underline, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], bring to + light, make + it + clear, lay + bare, provide + insight into, flag + Nombre + up.

* poner de manifiesto las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.

* * *

manifiesto¹ -ta

adjective

( frml); manifest ( frml), evident ( frml)

hay una manifiesta inquietud en la ciudad there is evident o manifest unease in the city

un error manifiesto a glaring error, an obvious mistake

puso de manifiesto su falta de experiencia it highlighted o revealed her inexperience

quedar de manifiesto to become plain o obvious o evident

manifiesto²

masculine

A ( Pol) manifesto

B ( Náut) manifest

* * *

Del verbo manifestar: ( conjugate manifestar)

manifiesto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
manifestar
manifiesto
manifestar ( conjugate manifestar) verbo transitivo
a) ( expresar) ‹desaprobación/agradecimiento› to express;

◊ manifiestoon su apoyo a esta propuesta they expressed their support for the proposal

b) ( demostrar) ‹ emociones› to show

manifestarse verbo pronominal
1 ( hacerse evidente) to become apparent o evident;
( ser evidente) to be apparent o evident
2 (Pol) to demonstrate, take part in a demonstration
3 ( dar opinión):
◊ manifiestose en contra/a favor de algo to express one's opposition to/support for sth

manifiesto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo (frml) manifest (frml), evident (frml);

poner algo de manifiesto to highlight sth;
quedar de manifiesto to become plain o obvious o evident
manifiesto 2 sustantivo masculino (Pol) manifesto
manifestar verbo transitivo
1 (una opinión, un pensamiento) to state, declare
2 (un sentimiento) to show, display: su rostro manifestaba sorpresa, his face showed surprise
manifiesto,-a
I adjetivo clear, obvious: el comentario puso de manifiesto su racismo, the remark showed up his racism
II m Pol manifesto

' manifiesto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manifiesta
- abierto
English:
combine
- declared
- evident
- glaring
- manifest
- manifesto
- naked
- open
- show up
- conspicuous
- illustrate
- self
- show
- undisguised

* * *

manifiesto, -a

♦ adj

clear, evident;

es un hecho manifiesto que está insatisfecho it's obvious he's not satisfied;

poner de manifiesto algo [revelar] to reveal sth;
[hacer patente] to make sth clear;
ponerse de manifiesto [descubrirse] to become clear o obvious

♦ nm

1. [político] manifesto

Comp
el Manifiesto comunista the Communist Manifesto
2. Náut manifest

* * *

manifiesto

I adj clear, manifest;

poner de manifiesto make clear

II m manifesto

* * *

manifiesto, -ta adj

: manifest, evident, clear

♦ manifiestamente adv

manifiesto nm

: manifesto

Spanish-English dictionary > manifiesto
53 publicación

f.

1 publication, bulletin, journal, periodical.

2 broadcast, announcement, posting.

3 publishing, putting forth.

* * *

publicación

► nombre femenino

1 publication

* * *

noun f.

publication

* * *

SF publication

* * *

femenino publication

* * *

= item, launch, publication, publication, publishing, issuance, printed work.

Ex. A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex. A gathering of 10 CD-ROM application developers resulted in the launch of the CD-ROM Standards and Practices Action Group.

Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.

Ex. In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex. It embodied programmes in secretarial studies, publishing, office management and graphic design.

Ex. The date of publication must be inferred from the date of issuance or coverage on a periodical.

Ex. The last mentioned covers, with certain provisos, periodical articles, other printed works, and copies for other libraries.

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* agencia de publicación = issuing bureau.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* artículo de publicación periódica = journal article, periodical article.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las publicaciones seriadas = serials librarianship.

* canales de publicación = publishing channels.

* Catalogación en Publicación (CEP) = Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP).

* catalogador de publicaciones seriadas = serials cataloguer.

* catálogo de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* catálogo de publicaciones periódicas = serials catalogue.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* circulación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical routing.

* colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.

* colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.

* comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.

* de próxima publicación = about to be published.

* de reciente publicación = recently published, recently released, newly published.

* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicaciones Seria = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* directorio de publicaciones periódicas = serials directory.

* edición de publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* editor de publicación = publishing editor.

* editor de publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publisher [e-publisher].

* exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.

* explosión de las publicaciones = publication explosion.

* explosión de las publicaciones, la = literature explosion, the.

* expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.

* fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fondos de publicaciones periódicas = serial holdings.

* hábito de publicación = publishing habit.

* índice de impacto de una publicación periódica = periodical impact factor.

* índice de publicaciones periódicas = periodical index.

* industria de las publicaciones periódicas, la = serial industry, the.

* industria de las publicaciones seriadas, la = serials industry, the.

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* libertad de publicación = freedom to publish.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lugar de publicación = place of publication.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control system, serials control module.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* parte de una publicación = component part.

* pedido de publicaciones periódicas = serials ordering.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación académica = academic publication.

* publicación científica = scholarly publication, scientific publication, scientific paper, research publication.

* publicación comercial = trade publication.

* publicación de documentos del gobierno = government publishing.

* publicación de documentos oficiales = official publishing.

* publicación del gobierno = government publication.

* publicación de movimiento = movement publication.

* publicación de recensiones bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de reseñas bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.

* publicación de una noticia dos veces = crossposting [cross-posting].

* publicación digital = digital publication.

* publicación divulgativa = trade publication.

* publicación electrónica = electronic publication [e-publication].

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* publicación en la web = Web publishing.

* publicación en microfilm = microfilm publication.

* publicación en papel = paper publication.

* publicación en prensa = forthcoming title.

* publicación en publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* publicaciones = literature, publishing activity.

* publicaciones académicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones alternativas = alternative publications.

* publicaciones científicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones del parlamento = Command papers, parliamentary papers.

* publicaciones divulgativas = trade literature.

* publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publishing (e-publishing).

* publicación especializada = specialised publication, specialist publication.

* publicaciones periódicas = journal literature, periodical literature, serial literature.

* publicación gratuita = free publication.

* publicación gubernamental = government publication.

* publicación mensual = monthly publication.

* publicación no periódica = non-periodical publication.

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación oficial = government publication, official publication.

* publicación periódica = periodical, periodical title, serial, periodical publication.

* publicación periódica electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación quinquenal = quinquennial.

* publicación según la demanda = on-demand publishing.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication, serials publication, serial(s) title.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* publicación seriada impresa = print serial.

* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

* publicación seriada muerta = dead serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* publicación técnica = technical publication.

* publicación trimestral = quarterly publication.

* publicación troceada = salami publishing.

* recepción de publicaciones periódicas = checking in [checking-in].

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* reclamación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical claiming.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* restricción a la publicación en prensa = press restriction.

* rotación de publicaciones periódicas = routing, journal routing.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones peri = periodicals indexing service.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* título de la publicación periódica = serial title.

* título de publicación periódica = periodical title.

* * *

femenino publication

* * *

= item, launch, publication, publication, publishing, issuance, printed work.

Ex: A catalogue is a list of the materials or items in a library, with the entries representing the items arranged in some systematic order.

Ex: A gathering of 10 CD-ROM application developers resulted in the launch of the CD-ROM Standards and Practices Action Group.

Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.

Ex: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex: It embodied programmes in secretarial studies, publishing, office management and graphic design.

Ex: The date of publication must be inferred from the date of issuance or coverage on a periodical.

Ex: The last mentioned covers, with certain provisos, periodical articles, other printed works, and copies for other libraries.

* agencia de publicación = issuing bureau.

* área de publicación = publication, distribution etc. area.

* area de publicación o distribución = imprint.

* artículo de publicación periódica = journal article, periodical article.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las publicaciones seriadas = serials librarianship.

* canales de publicación = publishing channels.

* Catalogación en Publicación (CEP) = Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP).

* catalogador de publicaciones seriadas = serials cataloguer.

* catálogo de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* catálogo de publicaciones periódicas = serials catalogue.

* cese de publicación de una revista = title cessation.

* circulación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical routing.

* colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.

* colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.

* comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.

* control de la circulación de publicaciones seriadas = serials circulation control.

* control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals control.

* control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control, periodicals inventory control.

* departamento de publicaciones = publishing arm.

* de próxima publicación = about to be published.

* de reciente publicación = recently published, recently released, newly published.

* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicaciones Seria = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).

* directorio de publicaciones periódicas = serials directory.

* edición de publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* editor de publicación = publishing editor.

* editor de publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publisher [e-publisher].

* exceso de publicaciones = overpublishing.

* explosión de las publicaciones = publication explosion.

* explosión de las publicaciones, la = literature explosion, the.

* expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.

* fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fondos de publicaciones periódicas = serial holdings.

* hábito de publicación = publishing habit.

* índice de impacto de una publicación periódica = periodical impact factor.

* índice de publicaciones periódicas = periodical index.

* industria de las publicaciones periódicas, la = serial industry, the.

* industria de las publicaciones seriadas, la = serials industry, the.

* ISSN (Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicaciones Seriadas) = ISSN (International Standard Serial Number).

* libertad de publicación = freedom to publish.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lugar de publicación = place of publication.

* módulo de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials control system, serials control system, serials control module.

* no cumplir con el plazo de publicación = miss + publication deadline.

* número de publicaciones = publication count.

* parte de una publicación = component part.

* pedido de publicaciones periódicas = serials ordering.

* Programa Nacional para las Publicaciones Seriadas (NSDP) = National Serials Data Program (NSDP).

* publicación académica = academic publication.

* publicación científica = scholarly publication, scientific publication, scientific paper, research publication.

* publicación comercial = trade publication.

* publicación de documentos del gobierno = government publishing.

* publicación de documentos oficiales = official publishing.

* publicación del gobierno = government publication.

* publicación de movimiento = movement publication.

* publicación de recensiones bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de reseñas bibliográficas = reviewing source.

* publicación de resúmenes = abstracting and indexing publication, abstracting publication.

* publicación de una noticia dos veces = crossposting [cross-posting].

* publicación digital = digital publication.

* publicación divulgativa = trade publication.

* publicación electrónica = electronic publication [e-publication].

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* publicación en la web = Web publishing.

* publicación en microfilm = microfilm publication.

* publicación en papel = paper publication.

* publicación en prensa = forthcoming title.

* publicación en publicaciones periódicas = serials publishing.

* publicaciones = literature, publishing activity.

* publicaciones académicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones alternativas = alternative publications.

* publicaciones científicas electrónicas = electronic scholarship [e-scholarship].

* publicaciones del parlamento = Command papers, parliamentary papers.

* publicaciones divulgativas = trade literature.

* publicaciones electrónicas = electronic publishing (e-publishing).

* publicación especializada = specialised publication, specialist publication.

* publicaciones periódicas = journal literature, periodical literature, serial literature.

* publicación gratuita = free publication.

* publicación gubernamental = government publication.

* publicación mensual = monthly publication.

* publicación no periódica = non-periodical publication.

* publicación no seriada = non-serial.

* publicación oficial = government publication, official publication.

* publicación periódica = periodical, periodical title, serial, periodical publication.

* publicación periódica electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* publicación quinquenal = quinquennial.

* publicación según la demanda = on-demand publishing.

* publicación seriada = serial, serial publication, serials publication, serial(s) title.

* publicación seriada activa = active serial.

* publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.

* publicación seriada electrónica = electronic serial.

* publicación seriada en curso = current serial.

* publicación seriada impresa = print serial.

* publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

* publicación seriada muerta = dead serial.

* publicación seriada vigente = active serial.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* publicación sin papel = paperless publishing.

* publicación técnica = technical publication.

* publicación trimestral = quarterly publication.

* publicación troceada = salami publishing.

* recepción de publicaciones periódicas = checking in [checking-in].

* recepción de publicaciones seriadas = accessioning of serials.

* reclamación de publicaciones periódicas = periodical claiming.

* registro de publicaciones seriadas = serials record.

* restricción a la publicación en prensa = press restriction.

* rotación de publicaciones periódicas = routing, journal routing.

* sección de publicaciones periódicas = serial department, periodicals area.

* sección de últimos números de publicaciones periódicas = current periodicals area.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones peri = periodicals indexing service.

* sistema de control de publicaciones seriadas = serials system, serials control system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* título de la publicación periódica = serial title.

* título de publicación periódica = periodical title.

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publicación

feminine

1 (acción) publication

fecha de publicación date of publication

2 (obra) publication

Compuesto:

publicación periódica

periodical

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publicación sustantivo femenino
publication
publicación sustantivo femenino publication
' publicación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abono
- boletín
- bombazo
- dicha
- dicho
- ejemplar
- revista
- secuestrar
- traer
- consagrar
- índice
- luz
- mensual
- número
- reaparición
- suscripción
- trimestral
English:
appearance
- milestone
- paper
- publication
- quarterly
- release
- journal
- monthly
- periodical

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publicación nf

1. [acción] publication;

una revista de publicación semanal a weekly magazine

2. [escrito, revista] publication

* * *

publicación

f publication

* * *

publicación nf, pl - ciones : publication

* * *

publicación n publication

Spanish-English dictionary > publicación
54 publicación oficial

(n.) = government publication, official publication

Ex. A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex. A real source of difficulty in the use of government and other official publications is that many libraries keep them separate from the rest of the library stock for administrative reasons.

* * *

(n.) = government publication, official publication

Ex: A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex: A real source of difficulty in the use of government and other official publications is that many libraries keep them separate from the rest of the library stock for administrative reasons.

Spanish-English dictionary > publicación oficial
55 offiziell

I Adj. official; (förmlich) auch formal; Text: accepted; von offizieller Seite ist bekannt gegeben worden... it has been officially announced...; plötzlich wurde er ganz offiziell he suddenly adopted a very formal tone

II Adv. officially; offiziell bekannt geben, dass... make an official statement (to the effect) that...; bei der Einweihung ging alles sehr offiziell zu it was all very formal at the dedication

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official

* * *
of|fi|zi|ẹll [ɔfi'tsiɛl]
1. adj
Meinung, Erklärung, Besuch official; Einladung, Besuch auch formal
wie von offizieller Seite verlautet — according to official sources

auf dem Empfang ging es schrecklich offiziell zu — the reception was extremely formal

2. adv
officially
etw offiziell bekannt geben — to announce sth officially

* * *

1) (done or confirmed by people in authority etc: the official result of the race.) official

2) (formally: The new library was officially opened yesterday.) officially

3) (according to what is announced publicly (though not necessarily true in fact): Officially he is on holiday - actually he is working on a new book.) officially

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of·fi·zi·ell

[ɔfiˈtsi̯ɛl]

I. adj

1. (amtlich) Delegation, Mitteilung, Nachricht official

in \offizieller Mission [nach...] reisen to be on an official mission [to...]

seine \offizielle Zustimmung geben to give one's official consent

\offiziell/noch nicht \offiziell sein Wahlergebnisse to be/not yet be official, to have been/have not yet been announced officially

von \offizieller Seite verlautet according to official sources

\offiziell heißt es,... official sources state..., the official statement is...

2. (förmlich) Empfang, Feier formal, stiff

II. adv officially

jdn \offiziell einladen to give sb an official invitation

* * *
1.
Adjektiv official
2.
adverbial officially

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offiziell

A. adj official; (förmlich) auch formal; Text: accepted;

von offizieller Seite ist bekannt gegeben worden … it has been officially announced …;

plötzlich wurde er ganz offiziell he suddenly adopted a very formal tone

B. adv officially;

offiziell bekannt geben, dass … make an official statement (to the effect) that …;

bei der Einweihung ging alles sehr offiziell zu it was all very formal at the dedication

* * *
1.
Adjektiv official
2.
adverbial officially

* * *

adj.

official adj. adv.

officially adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > offiziell
56 político1

¹ = politician, public official, elected official, policy maker [policy-maker/policymaker].

Ex. Ticknor's belief in the library's potential as one means of inhibiting the chances of unscrupulous politicians who would lead the ignorant astray explains his insistence that the public library be as popular in appeal as possible.

Ex. Some public officials treat public documents as personal property.

Ex. The author argues that the elected officials should allocate adequate funding for the educative process.

Ex. The library can offer well-informed service to policy-makers, analysts, students, the media and political groups.

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* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.

Spanish-English dictionary > político1
57 alto

adj.

1 tall, elevated, high-rise.

2 high, upland.

3 tall.

4 high, steep.

Precios altos High (steep) prices

5 loud.

6 lofty.

adv.

1 loudly, aloud, high up.

2 high, in a high position.

intj.

stop, hold everything, halt, hold it.

m.

1 height.

2 stop, halt, interruption, pause.

3 hill, top of the hill, height.

4 upper floor.

5 high point, high, maximum.

6 Alto.

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alto

► adjetivo

1 (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

■ es una mujer muy alta she's a very tall woman

2 (montaña, pared, techo, precio) high

■ lleva zapatos de tacón alto she wears high-heeled shoes

■ la marea está alta it's high tide

■ tiene la presión alta he's got high blood pressure

3 (elevado) top, upper

■ viven en los pisos altos they live on the upper floors

4 (importancia) high, top

■ es un alto ejecutivo en la empresa he's a top executive in the company

5 (voz, sonido) loud

■ lo dijo en voz alta she said it aloud

■ pon la tele más alta turn the telly up

► adverbio alto

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a altas horas de la noche late at night

en lo alto de on the top of

pasar por alto to pass over

por todo lo alto figurado in a grand way

tirando alto figurado at the most

alta cocina haute cuisine

alta sociedad high society

alta tecnología high technology

altas presiones high pressure sing

alto horno blast furnace

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alto

► adverbio

1 high (up)

■ colocaron los platos muy alto they put the dishes very high up

2 (voz) loud, loudly

■ ¿podrías hablar más alto? could you speak a bit louder?

► nombre masculino

1 (altura) height

■ sólo hace dos metres de alto it's only two metres high

2 (elevación) hill, high ground

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alto

► nombre masculino

1 (parada) stop

■ hicieron un alto para comer they stopped for lunch

► interjección

1 halt! (policía) stop!

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar el alto a alguien MILITAR to order somebody to halt

alto el fuego cease-fire

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1. (f. - alta)
adj.

1) tall

2) high

3) loud
2. adv.
1) high

2) loudly
3. noun m.
1) height

2) halt, stop

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I
1. ADJ

1) [en altura]

a) [edificio, persona] tall; [monte] high

está muy alto para su edad — he is very tall for his age

los pisos altos tienen más luz natural — the top flats have more natural light

• jersey de cuello alto — polo neck jumper, turtleneck

• camino de alta montaña — high mountain path

• zapatos de tacón o Cono Sur, Perú taco alto — high-heeled shoes, high heels
mar I, 1)
b)

• lo alto, una casa en lo alto de la cuesta — a house on top of the hill

desde lo alto del árbol — from the top of the tree

• lanzar algo de o desde lo alto — to throw sth down, throw sth down from above

por todo lo alto —

lo celebraron por todo lo alto — they celebrated it in style

2) [en nivel] [grado, precio, riesgo] high; [clase, cámara] upper

se han alcanzado muy altas temperaturas — there have been very high temperatures

tiene la tensión alta — he has high blood pressure

los alumnos de los niveles más altos — the highest level students

la marea estaba alta — it was high tide, the tide was in

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su descaro — he paid a very high price for his cheekiness

una familia de clase alta — an upper class family

la cámara alta del Parlamento ruso — the upper house of the Russian parliament

ocupa una alta posición en el gobierno — he occupies a high-ranking position in the government

tiene un alto sentido del deber — he has a strong sense of duty

• alta burguesía — upper-middle class

• alto cargo — [puesto] high-ranking position; [persona] senior official, high-ranking official

• alta cocina — haute cuisine

• alto/a comisario/a — High Commissioner

• Alto Comisionado — High Commission

• alta costura — high fashion, haute couture

• de alta definición — high-definition antes de s

• alto/a ejecutivo/a — top executive

• alta escuela — (Hípica) dressage

un jugador de alta escuela — a top quality player

• altas esferas — upper echelons

• alta fidelidad — high fidelity, hi-fi

• altas finanzas — high finance

• alta frecuencia — high frequency

• alto funcionario — senior official, high-ranking official

• oficiales de alta graduación — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• altos hornos — blast furnace

• altos mandos — senior officers, high-ranking officers

• de altas miras, es un chico de altas miras — he is a boy of great ambition

• alta presión — (Téc, Meteo) high pressure

hoy continuarán las altas presiones — the high pressure system will continue today

• alta sociedad — high society

• alta tecnología — high technology

• temporada alta — high season

• alta tensión — high tension, high voltage

• alta traición — high treason

• alta velocidad — high speed

Alta Velocidad Española — Esp name given to high speed train system

3) [en intensidad]

el volumen está muy alto — the volume is very loud

la calefacción está muy alta — the heating is very high

• en voz alta — [leer] out loud; [hablar] in a loud voice

4) [en el tiempo]

hasta altas horas de la madrugada — until the early hours

5) [estilo] lofty, elevated

6) (=revuelto)

• estar alto — [río] to be high; [mar] to be rough

7) (Geog) upper

el Alto Rin — the Upper Rhine

8) (Mús) [nota] sharp; [instrumento, voz] alto

9) ( Hist, Ling) high

alto antiguo alemán — Old High German

la alta Edad Media — the high Middle Ages

2. ADV

1) (=arriba) high

sube un poco más alto — go up a little higher

ha llegado muy alto en su carrera profesional — he's reached the top in his professional career

lanzar algo alto — to throw sth high

2) (=en voz alta)

gritar alto — to shout out loud

hablar alto — (=en voz alta) to speak loudly; (=con franqueza) to speak out, speak out frankly

¡más alto, por favor! — louder, please!

pon la radio un poco más alto — turn the radio up a little

pensar (en) alto — to think out loud, think aloud
volar
3. SM

1) (=altura)

el muro tiene 5 metros de alto — the wall is 5 metres high

mide 1,80 de alto — he is 1.80 metres tall

• en alto, coloque los pies en alto — put your feet up

con las manos en alto — [en atraco, rendición] with one's hands up; [en manifestación] with one's hands in the air

dejar algo en alto —

el resultado deja muy en alto su reputación como el mejor del mundo — the result has boosted his reputation as the best in the world

estas cosas dejan en alto el buen nombre de un país — these things contribute to maintaining the country's good name

2) (Geog) hill

el pueblo está en un alto — the town lies on a hill

Altos del Golán — Golan Heights

3) (Arquit) upper floor

4) (Mús) alto

5)

altos y bajos — ups and downs

6)

• pasar por alto — [+ detalle, problema] to overlook

7) Chile [de ropa, cartas] pile

8) Chile [de tela] length

9)

los altos — Cono Sur, Méx [de casa] upstairs; (Geog) the heights

los altos de Jalisco — the Jalisco heights
II
1. SM

1) (=parada) stop

• dar el alto a algn — to order sb to halt, stop sb

• hacer un alto — [en viaje] to stop off; [en actividad] to take a break

a este bar vienen los camioneros que hacen un alto en el camino — the lorry drivers stop off at this bar on the way

hicieron un alto en el trabajo para comer un bocadillo — they took a break from work to eat a sandwich

• poner el alto a algo — Méx to put an end to sth

alto el fuego — Esp ceasefire

2) (Aut) (=señal) stop sign; (=semáforo) lights pl

2.

EXCL

¡alto! — halt!, stop!

¡alto ahí! — stop there!

¡alto el fuego! — cease fire!

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <persona/edificio/árbol> tall; <pared/montaña> high

zapatos de tacones altos or (AmS) de taco alto — high-heeled shoes

una blusa de cuello alto — a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]

qué alto estás! — haven't you grown!

está tan alta como yo — she's as tall as me now

2) (indicando posición, nivel)

a) [ser] high

los techos eran muy altos — the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto — a high-waisted dress

b) [estar]

el río está muy alto — the river is very high

la marea está alta — it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos — the top floors

salgan con los brazos en alto — come out with your hands in the air

eso dejó en alto su buen nombre — (CS) that really boosted his reputation

están con la moral bastante alta — they are in pretty high spirits

mantener alto el espíritu — to keep one's spirits up

en lo alto de la montaña/de un árbol — high up on the mountainside/in a tree

en lo alto del árbol — high up in the tree

por todo lo alto — in style

una boda por todo lo alto — a lavish wedding

3) (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta — she has high blood pressure

productos de alta calidad — high-quality products

embarazo de alto riesgo — high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto — at the most

4)

a) [estar] ( en intensidad) <volumen/televisión> loud

pon la radio más alta — turn the radio up

b)

en alto or en voz alta — aloud, out loud

5) (delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) <ejecutivo/funcionario> high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango — a high-ranking army officer

conversaciones de alto nivel — high-level talks

6) (delante del n) <ideales/opinión> high

un alto sentido del deber — a strong sense of duty

tiene un alto concepto de ti — he thinks very highly of you

7) (delante del n)

a) (Ling) high

el alto alemán — High German

b) (Geog) upper

el Alto Paraná — the Upper Paraná

•

- alta burguesía

- alta cocina

- alta costura

- alta Edad Media

- alta fidelidad

- alta mar

- altas esferas

- alta sociedad

- altas presiones

- alta tensión

- alto cargo

- alto comisionado

- alto horno

- alto mando
II
adverbio

1) <volar/subir> high

2) < hablar> loud, loudly

habla más alto — speak up a little

pasar por alto — ver pasar I 6)
III
interjección halt!

alto (ahí)! — (Mil) halt!; ( dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

alto el fuego! — cease fire!

- alto el fuego
IV
masculino

1)

a) ( altura)

de alto — high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto — a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto — it's three meters high

b) ( en el terreno) high ground

2)

a) ( de edificio) top floor

viven en un alto — they live in a top floor apartment o (BrE) flat

b) los altos masculino plural (CS) ( en casa) upstairs

vivo en los altos del taller — I live above the workshop

3)

a) (parada, interrupción)

hacer un alto — to stop

b) (Méx) (Auto)

pasarse el alto — ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE); ( un stop) to go through the stop sign

4) (Chi fam) ( de cosas) pile, heap

* * *

alto¹

¹ = stop.

Ex: It is certainly no accident that in Finland, a country that circulates an average of 17 books per capita per year through 1500 public libraries and 18,000 mobile-library stops, its public libraries are supported by both national and local monies.

* alto del fuego = cease-fire.

* alto en el camino = stopover.

* echar por alto = bungle.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], gloss over, miss, obviate, overlook, short-circuit [shortcircuit], skip over, leapfrog, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by, flout, close + the door on, skip.

* pasar por alto la autoridad de Alguien = go over + Posesivo + head.

* pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.

* un alto en el camino = a stop on the road, a pit stop on the road.

alto²

² = alto.

Ex: The simultaneous interweaving of several melodic lines (usually four: soprano, alto, tenor, bass) in a musical composition is known as polyphony.

alto³

³ = height.

Ex: For a monograph the height of the book is normally given, in centimetres.

* altos y bajos = highs and lows, peaks and valleys.

* celebrar por todo lo alto = make + a song and dance about.

* con la frente en alto = stand + tall.

* en lo alto = on top.

* en lo alto de = on top of, atop.

* poner los pies en alto = put + Posesivo + feet up.

alto⁴

⁴ = heavy [heavier -comp., heaviest -sup.], high [higher -comp., highest -sup.], superior, tall [taller -comp., tallest -sup.], hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

Ex: In fact, the area was well served by a very good neighbourhood advice centre which had a heavy workload of advice and information-giving.

Ex: Lower specificity will be associated with lower precision but high recall.

Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.

Ex: Occasionally, however, a differently shaped pyramid -- either taller or shorter, is more appropriate.

Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* alcanzar cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights.

* alta burguesía, la = gentry, the.

* alta cocina = haute cuisine.

* alta costura = haute couture.

* Alta Edad Media, la = Early Middle Ages, the, High Middle Ages, the, Dark Ages, the.

* alta intensidad = high-rate.

* alta mar = high seas, the.

* alta posición = high estate.

* alta productividad = high yield.

* alta resolución = high resolution.

* altas esferas del poder, las = echelons of power, the.

* altas esferas, las = corridors of power, the.

* alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology, hi-tech.

* alta traición = high treason.

* alta velocidad = high-rate.

* alto cargo = senior post, top official, senior position, top person [top people, -pl.], top executive, top position, senior manager, senior executive, high official, top manager, senior official.

* alto cargo público = senior public official.

* alto comisario = high commissioner.

* alto dignatario = high official.

* alto en fibras = high-fibre.

* alto funcionario = high official.

* alto horno = blast furnace.

* alto nivel = high standard.

* alto precio = costliness.

* alto rendimiento = high yield.

* alto riesgo = high stakes.

* altos cargos = people in high office.

* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* amontonarse muy alto = be metres high.

* apuntar muy alto = reach for + the stars, shoot for + the stars.

* a un alto nivel = high level [high-level].

* cada vez más alto = constantly rising, steadily rising, steadily growing.

* clase alta = upper class.

* con un nivel de estudios alto = well educated [well-educated].

* cuando la marea está alta = at high tide.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* edificio alto = high-rise building.

* en alta mar = on the high seas.

* explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.

* fijar precios altos = price + high.

* física de altas energías = high energy physics.

* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.

* frente de altas presiones = ridge of high pressure.

* línea de alta tensión = power line.

* llevar a cotas más altas = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.

* mantener la cabeza alta = hold + Posesivo + head high.

* marea alta = high tide.

* música de alta fidelidad = hi-fi music.

* pagar un precio alto por Algo = pay + a premium price for.

* persecución en coche a alta velocidad = high-speed chase.

* persona de altos vuelos = high flyer [high flier, -USA].

* persona de la alta sociedad = socialite.

* poner un precio a Algo muy alto = overprice.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* quimioterapia de altas dosis = high-dose chemotherapy.

* reparador de estructuras altas = steeplejack.

* ser muy alto = be metres high.

* sistema de altas presiones = high-pressure system, ridge of high pressure.

* temporada alta = high season.

* tener un alto contenido de = be high in.

* unaprobabilidad muy alta = a sporting chance.

* un + Nombre + a altas horas de la noche = a late night + Nombre.

alto⁵

⁵ = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.].

Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

* decir en voz alta = say + out loud, say in + a loud voice.

* en voz alta = loudly, out loud.

* hablar alto = be loud.

* hablar en voz alta = talk in + a loud voice.

* leer en voz alta = read + aloud, read + out loud.

* pensar en voz alta = think + out loud.

* sonido alto = loud noise.

* * *

alto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall; ‹pared/montaña› high

zapatos de tacones altos or ( AmS) de taco alto high-heeled shoes

es más alto que su hermano he's taller than his brother

una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

2 [ ESTAR]:

¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!

mi hija está casi tan alta como yo my daughter's almost as tall as me now o almost my height now

B (indicando posición, nivel)

1 [ SER] high

los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

un vestido de talle alto a high-waisted dress

2 [ ESTAR]:

ese cuadro está muy alto that picture's too high

ponlo más alto para que los niños no alcancen put it higher up so that the children can't reach

el río está muy alto the river is very high

la marea está alta it's high tide, the tide's in

los pisos más altos del edificio the top floors of the building

salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands up o with your hands in the air

eso deja muy en alto su buen nombre (CS); that has really boosted his reputation

últimamente están con or tienen la moral bastante alta they've been in pretty high spirits lately, their morale has been pretty high recently

a pesar de haber perdido, ha sabido mantener alto el espíritu he's managed to keep his spirits up despite losing

Dios te está mirando allá en lo alto God is watching you from on high

habían acampado en lo alto de la montaña they had camped high up on the mountainside

en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree, at the top of the tree

por todo lo alto in style

celebraron su triunfo por todo lo alto they celebrated their victory in style

una boda por todo lo alto a lavish wedding

C (en cantidad, calidad) high

tiene la tensión or presión alta she has high blood pressure

cereales de alto contenido en fibra high-fiber cereals

ha pagado un precio muy alto por su irreflexión he has paid a very high price for his rashness

productos de alta calidad high-quality products

[ S ] imprescindible alto dominio del inglés good knowledge of English essential

el nivel es bastante alto en este colegio the standard is quite high in this school

el alto índice de participación en las elecciones the high turnout in the elections

embarazo de alto riesgo high-risk pregnancy

tirando por lo alto at the most, at the outside

tirando por lo alto costará unas 200 libras it will cost about 200 pounds at the most o at the outside

D

1 [ ESTAR] (en intensidad) ‹volumen/radio/televisión› loud

pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

¡qué alta está la televisión! the television is so loud!

2

en voz alta or en alto aloud, out loud

estaba pensando en voz alta I was thinking aloud o out loud

E ( delante del n) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/dirigente/funcionario› high-ranking, top

un militar de alto rango a high-ranking army officer

uno de los más altos ejecutivos de la empresa one of the company's top executives

conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

F ( delante del n) ‹ideales› high

tiene un alto sentido del deber she has a strong sense of duty

es el más alto honor de mi vida it is the greatest honor I have ever had

tiene un alto concepto or una alta opinión de ti he has a high opinion of you, he thinks very highly of you

G ( delante del n)

1 ( Ling) high

el alto alemán High German

2 ( Geog) upper

el alto Aragón upper Aragon

el Alto Paraná the Upper Paraná

Compuestos:

● alta burguesía

feminine upper-middle classes (pl)

● alta cocina

feminine haute cuisine

● alta comedia

feminine high comedy

● alta costura

feminine haute couture, high fashion

● alta definición

feminine high definition

de or en altoa definición high-definition ( before n)

● alta Edad Media

feminine High Middle Ages (pl)

● alta escuela

feminine dressage

● alta fidelidad

feminine high fidelity, hi-fi

● alta frecuencia

feminine high frequency

● alta mar

masculine or feminine el pesquero fue apresado en (el or la) altoa mar the trawler was seized on the high sea(s)

se hundió cerca de la costa y no en (el or la) altoa mar it sank near the coast and not on the open sea o not out at sea

la flota de altoa mar the deep-sea fleet

● alta peluquería

feminine hairstyling

● altas esferas

fpl upper echelons (pl)

● altas finanzas

fpl:

las altoas finanzas high finance

● alta sociedad

feminine high society

● altas presiones

fpl high pressure

un sistema de altoas presiones a high-pressure system

● alta tecnología

feminine high technology

● alta tensión

feminine high tension o voltage

● alta traición

feminine high treason

● alto cargo

masculine (puesto) high-ranking position, important post; (persona) high-ranking official

● alto comisario, alta comisaria

masculine, feminine high commissioner

● alto comisionado or comisariado

masculine high commission

● alto horno

masculine blast furnace

● alto mando

masculine high-ranking officer

● alto relieve

masculine high relief, alto relievo

● Alta Velocidad Española

AVE

● alto voltaje

masculine high voltage o tension

alto²

adverb

A ‹volar/subir/tirar› high

tírala más alto throw it higher

B ‹hablar› loud, loudly

habla más alto que no te oigo can you speak up a little o speak a bit louder, I can't hear you

pasar por alto ver pasar vt Sense I F. (↑ pasar)

alto³

interjection

halt!

¡alto (ahí)! (dicho por un centinela) halt!; (dicho por un policía) stop!, stay where you are!

¡alto ahí! ¡eso sí que no estoy dispuesto a aceptarlo! hold on! I'm not taking that!

¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

Compuesto:

alto el fuego

masculine ( Esp) ( Mil) cease-fire

alto⁴

masculine

A

1

(altura): de alto high

un muro de cuatro metros de alto a four-meter high wall

tiene tres metros de alto por dos de ancho it's three meters high by two wide

2 (en el terreno) high ground

siempre se edificaban en un alto they were always built on high ground

B

1 (de un edificio) top floor

viven en un alto they live in a top floor apartment o ( BrE) flat

2 los altos mpl (CS) (en una casa) upstairs

viven en los altos del taller they live above the workshop

C

(parada, interrupción): hacer un alto to stop

hicieron un alto en el camino para almorzar they stopped off o they stopped on the way for lunch

dar el alto a algn ( Mil) to stop sb, to order sb to halt

D ( Méx) ( Auto)

1 (señal de pare) stop sign

pasarse el alto to go through the stop sign

2 (semáforo) stoplight

pasarse el alto to run the red light ( AmE), to jump the lights ( BrE)

E

1 ( Chi fam) (de cosas) pile, heap

2 ( Chi) (cantidad de tela) length

* * *

alto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) [ser] ‹persona/edificio/árbol› tall;

‹pared/montaña› high;
◊ una blusa de cuello alto a high-necked blouse

b) [ESTAR]:

◊ ¡qué alto estás! haven't you grown!;

está tan alta como yo she's as tall as me now
2 (indicando posición, nivel)
a) [ser] high;

◊ los techos eran muy altos the rooms had very high ceilings

b) [estar]:

◊ el río está muy alto the river is very high;

la marea está alta it's high tide;
los pisos más altos the top floors;
salgan con los brazos en alto come out with your hands in the air;
con la moral bastante alta in pretty high spirits;
en lo alto de la montaña high up on the mountainside;
en lo alto del árbol high up in the tree;
por todo lo alto in style
3 (en cantidad, calidad) high;
◊ el alto nivel de contaminación the high level of pollution;

productos de alta calidad high-quality products;
tirando por lo alto at the most
4
a) [estar] ( en intensidad) ‹volumen/televisión› loud;

◊ pon la radio más alta turn the radio up

b) en alto or en voz alta aloud, out loud

5 ( delante del n)
a) (en importancia, trascendencia) ‹ejecutivo/funcionario› high-ranking, top;

◊ conversaciones de alto nivel high-level talks

b) ‹ideales/opinión› high;

◊ un alto sentido del deber a strong sense of duty

c) ( en nombres compuestos)

◊ alta burguesía sustantivo femenino

upper-middle classes (pl);
alta costura sustantivo femenino
haute couture;
alta fidelidad sustantivo femenino
high fidelity, hi-fi;
alta mar sustantivo femenino: en alta mar on the high seas;
flota/pesca de alta mar deep-sea fleet/fishing;
alta sociedad sustantivo femenino
high society;
alta tensión sustantivo femenino
high tension o voltage;
alto cargo sustantivo masculino ( puesto) high-ranking position;

( persona) high-ranking official;
◊ alto mando sustantivo masculino

high-ranking officer
alto 2 adverbio
1 ‹volar/subir› high
2 ‹ hablar› loud, loudly;
◊ habla más alto speak up a little

alto 3 interjección
halt!;
◊ ¡alto el fuego! cease fire!

alto 4 sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( altura)

◊ de alto high;

tiene tres metros de alto it's three meters high
b) ( en el terreno) high ground;

◊ construido en un alto built on high ground

2
a) (parada, interrupción):

◊ hacer un alto to stop;

alto el fuego (Esp) (Mil) cease-fire
b) (Méx) (Auto):

◊ pasarse el alto ( un semáforo) to run the red light (AmE), to jump the lights (BrE);

( un stop) to go through the stop sign
alto,-a 2
I adjetivo
1 (que tiene altura: edificio, persona, ser vivo) tall
2 (elevado) high
3 (sonido) loud
en voz alta, aloud, in a loud voice
(tono) high-pitched
4 (precio, tecnología) high
alta tensión, high tension
5 (antepuesto al nombre: de importancia) high-ranking, high-level: es una reunión de alto nivel, it's a high-level meeting
alta sociedad, high society ➣ Ver nota en aloud II sustantivo masculino
1 (altura) height: ¿cómo es de alto?, how tall/high is it?
2 (elevación del terreno) hill
III adverbio
1 high, high up
2 (sonar, hablar, etc) loud, loudly: ¡más alto, por favor!, louder, please!
tienes que poner el horno más alto, you must turn the oven up ➣ Ver nota en high
♦ Locuciones: la boda se celebró por todo lo alto, the wedding was celebrated in style
alto 1 sustantivo masculino (interrupción) stop, break
' alto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alta
- así
- barrio
- caer
- colmo
- cómo
- ella
- fuerte
- horno
- listón
- medir
- media
- monte
- ojo
- pasar
- relativamente
- riesgo
- superior
- suprimir
- suspender
- tacón
- tono
- última
- último
- vida
- vocinglera
- vocinglero
- buzo
- contralto
- cuello
- funcionario
- grande
- hablar
- imaginar
- individuo
- lo
- nivel
- redondear
- saltar
- salto
- subir
- taco
- tanto
- todo
- torre
English:
above
- aloud
- alto
- arch
- atop
- blast-furnace
- brass
- ceasefire
- discount
- foreigner
- gloss over
- halt
- height
- high
- high-end
- high-level
- high-powered
- inflated
- labour-intensive
- laugh
- lifestyle
- loud
- omission
- overhead
- overlook
- pass down
- pass over
- peak
- polo neck
- second
- senior
- short
- sing up
- small
- soar
- speak up
- stop
- tall
- top
- top-level
- top-secret
- topmost
- tree-house
- turtleneck
- unemployment
- up
- upper
- uppermost
- world
- aloft

* * *

alto, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona, árbol, edificio] tall;
[montaña] high;
es más alto que su compañero he's taller than his colleague;

el Everest es la montaña más alta del mundo Everest is the world's highest mountain;

¡qué alta está tu hermana! your sister's really grown!;

un jersey de cuello alto Br a polo neck, US a turtleneck;

tacones o Andes, RP [m5] tacos altos high heels;

lo alto [de lugar, objeto] the top;
Fig [el cielo] Heaven;
en lo alto de at the top of;

el gato se escondió en lo alto del árbol the cat hid up the tree;

Comp

hacer algo por todo lo alto to do sth in (great) style;

una boda por todo lo alto a sumptuous wedding

Comp
alto relieve high relief
2. [indica posición elevada] high;
[piso] top, upper;
tu mesa es muy alta para escribir bien your desk is too high for writing comfortably;

¡salgan con los brazos en alto! come out with your arms raised o your hands up;

aguántalo en alto un segundo hold it up for a second;

tienen la moral muy alta their morale is very high;

el portero desvió el balón por alto the keeper tipped the ball over the bar;

de alta mar deep-sea;

en alta mar out at sea;

le entusiasma la alta montaña she loves mountaineering;

equipo de alta montaña mountaineering gear;

Comp

mantener la cabeza bien alta to hold one's head high;

Comp

pasar algo por alto [adrede] to pass over sth;
[sin querer] to miss sth out;
esta vez pasaré por alto tu retraso I'll overlook the fact that you arrived late this time

3. [cantidad, intensidad] high;

de alta calidad high-quality;

tengo la tensión muy alta I have very high blood pressure;

tiene la fiebre alta her temperature is high, she has a high temperature;
Informát
un disco duro de alta capacidad a high-capacity hard disk;

un televisor de alta definición a high-definition TV;

una inversión de alta rentabilidad a highly profitable investment;

un tren de alta velocidad a high-speed train

Comp
alto horno blast furnace;
altos hornos [factoría] iron and steelworks;
Informát alta resolución high resolution;
alta temperatura high temperature;

alta tensión high voltage;
Der alta traición high treason;
alto voltaje high voltage

4. [en una escala]
la alta competición [en deporte] competition at the highest level;

de alto nivel [delegación] high-level;

un alto dirigente a high-ranking leader

Comp
Hist la alta aristocracia the highest ranks of the aristocracy;
alto cargo [persona] [de empresa] top manager;
[de la administración] top-ranking official; [puesto] top position o job;
los altos cargos del partido the party leadership;

los altos cargos de la empresa the company's top management;

alta cocina haute cuisine;

Alto Comisionado High Commission;

alta costura haute couture;
Mil alto mando [persona] high-ranking officer; [jefatura] high command;
alta sociedad high society

5. [avanzado] alta fidelidad high fidelity;

altas finanzas high finance;
Informát de alto nivel [lenguaje] high-level;
alta tecnología high technology

6. [sonido, voz] loud;

en voz alta in a loud voice;

el que no esté de acuerdo que lo diga en voz alta if anyone disagrees, speak up

7. [hora] late;

a altas horas de la noche late at night

8. Geog upper;

un crucero por el curso alto del Danubio a cruise along the upper reaches of the Danube;

el Alto Egipto Upper Egypt

Comp
Hist Alto Perú = name given to Bolivia during the colonial era; Antes Alto Volta Upper Volta
9. Hist High;

la alta Edad Media the High Middle Ages

10. [noble] [ideales] lofty

11. [crecido, alborotado] [río] swollen;
[mar] rough;
con estas lluvias el río va alto the rain has swollen the river's banks

♦ nm

1. [altura] height;

mide 2 metros de alto [cosa] it's 2 metres high;
[persona] he's 2 metres tall
2. [lugar elevado] height

Comp
los Altos del Golán the Golan Heights
3. [detención] stop;

hacer un alto to make a stop;

hicimos un alto en el camino para comer we stopped to have a bite to eat;

dar el alto a alguien to challenge sb

Comp
alto el fuego [cese de hostilidades] ceasefire;
¡alto el fuego! [orden] cease fire!

4. Mús alto

5. [voz alta]
no se atreve a decir las cosas en alto she doesn't dare say out loud what she's thinking

6. Andes, Méx, RP [montón] pile;

tengo un alto de cosas para leer I have a pile o mountain of things to read

7. CSur, Perú
altos [de casa] upstairs Br flat o US apartment [with its own front door];

vive en los altos de la tintorería she lives in a separate Br flat o US apartment above the dry cleaner's

8. Méx [señal] stop sign

♦ adv

1. [arriba] high (up);

volar muy alto to fly very high

2. [hablar] loud;

por favor, no hables tan alto please, don't talk so loud

♦ interj

halt!, stop!;

¡alto! ¿quién va? halt! who goes there?;

¡alto ahí! [en discusión] hold on a minute!;
[a un fugitivo] stop!
* * *

alto

1

I adj persona tall; precio, número, montaña high;

en alta mar on the high seas;

el alto Salado the upper (reaches of the) Salado;

los pisos altos the top floors;

en voz alta out loud;

a altas horas de la noche in the small hours;

clase alta high class;

alta calidad high quality

II adv volar, saltar high;

hablar alto speak loudly;

pasar por alto overlook;

poner más alto TV, RAD turn up;

por todo lo alto fam lavishly;

en alto on high ground, high up;

llegar alto go far

III m

1 ( altura) height;

dos metros de alto two meters high

2 Chi

pile

3

:

los altos de Golán GEOG the Golan Heights

alto

2 m

1 halt;

¡alto! halt!;

dar el alto a alguien order s.o. to stop;

¡alto ahí! stop right there!

2 ( pausa) pause;

hacer un alto stop

* * *

alto adv

1) : high

2) : loud, loudly

alto, -ta adj

1) : tall, high

2) : loud

en voz alta: aloud, out loud

alto nm

1) altura: height, elevation

2) : stop, halt

3) altos nmpl

: upper floors

alto interj

: halt!, stop!

* * *

alto¹ adj

1. (en general) high

la montaña más alta del mundo the highest mountain in the world

una puntuación muy alta a very high score

2. (persona, edificio, árbol) tall

soy más alto que tú I'm taller than you

3. (sonido, voz) loud

la música está muy alta the music is really loud

dilo en voz alta say it out loud

a altas horas de la noche late at night

pasar por alto to overlook

alto cargo senior official

alta fidelidad hi fi

alta mar high sea

alta sociedad high society

clase alta upper class

alto² adv

1. (volar, subir) high

los aviones vuelan muy alto aeroplanes fly very high

2. (hablar) loudly

no hables tan alto don't talk so loudly

alto³ n (altura) height

mide más de dos metros de alto he's over two metres tall

el muro tiene cinco metros de alto the wall is five metros high

alto el fuego ceasefire

Spanish-English dictionary > alto
58 político

adj.

1 politic, tactful.

2 political, related with politics.

3 in-law.

m.

politician, pol.

* * *

político

► adjetivo

1 political

2 (cortés) tactful

3 (por matrimonio) -in-law

■ madre política mother-in-law

■ padre político father-in-law

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 politician

* * *
1. (f. - política)
noun

politician
2. (f. - política)
adj.

1) political

2) in-law, by marriage

* * *
político, -a
1. ADJ

1) (Pol) political

2) [persona] (=diplomático) tactful; (=hábil) skilful, skillful (EEUU); (=cortés) polite, well-mannered; (=reservado) stiff, reserved

3) [pariente]

padre político — father-in-law

es tío político mío — he's an uncle of mine by marriage

familia política — in-laws pl

2.

SM / F politician

político/a de café — armchair politician

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1) (Pol) political

2) ( diplomático) diplomatic, tactful

3) ( en relaciones de parentesco)

es mi sobrino político — he's my nephew by marriage

la familia política — the in-laws
II
- ca masculino, femenino politician

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo

1) (Pol) political

2) ( diplomático) diplomatic, tactful

3) ( en relaciones de parentesco)

es mi sobrino político — he's my nephew by marriage

la familia política — the in-laws
II
- ca masculino, femenino politician

* * *

político¹

¹ = politician, public official, elected official, policy maker [policy-maker/policymaker].

Ex: Ticknor's belief in the library's potential as one means of inhibiting the chances of unscrupulous politicians who would lead the ignorant astray explains his insistence that the public library be as popular in appeal as possible.

Ex: Some public officials treat public documents as personal property.

Ex: The author argues that the elected officials should allocate adequate funding for the educative process.

Ex: The library can offer well-informed service to policy-makers, analysts, students, the media and political groups.

* político sin escrúpulos = shyster.

político²

² = political.

Nota: Adjetivo.

Ex: The majority of the CC Space isolate schedules consist of political divisions of the world.

* actividad política = political activity.

* agenda política = political agenda.

* agitación política = political upheaval.

* analista político = political commentator, political analyst.

* ardid político = political stunt.

* asociación política = political body.

* brazo político = political arm.

* caricaturista político = political cartoonist.

* ciencias políticas = political science.

* clase política = political class.

* coalición política = coalition politics, political coalition.

* comentarista político = political commentator.

* cometer un suicidio político = commit + political suicide.

* controversia política = political controversy.

* convicción política = political persuasion.

* corrección política = political correctness.

* corresponsal político = political reporter, political correspondent.

* cuerpo político, el = body politic, the.

* cuestión política = political issue.

* debate político = political discussion, political debate.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* derechos políticos = political rights.

* descontento político = political unrest.

* desde el punto de vista político = politically.

* discurso político = political discourse, political speech, spin.

* disentir político = political dissent.

* disturbios políticos = political unrest.

* división política = political division.

* elección política = political election.

* élite política, la = political elite, the.

* escándalo político = political scandal.

* espectro político, el = political spectrum, the.

* experiencia política = political experience.

* figura política = political figure.

* fuerza política = political force.

* inestabilidad política = political instability.

* influencia política = political influence.

* intriga política = political intrigue.

* malestar político = political unrest.

* maraña política = political thicket.

* militante político = politically active, political activist.

* movimiento político = political movement.

* personaje político = political figure.

* político-económico = politico-economic.

* político-histórico = politico-historical.

* politólogo, cientista político = political scientist.

* presión política = political pressure.

* preso político = political prisoner.

* prisionero político = political prisoner.

* propaganda política = political propaganda.

* rectitud política = political correctness.

* reforma política = political reform.

* refugiado político = political refugee.

* régimen político = political regime.

* reo político = political prisoner.

* reportero político = political reporter, political correspondent.

* retórica política = political rhetoric.

* revolución política = political revolution.

* riesgo político = political risk.

* rollo político = spin.

* sátira política = political satire.

* signo político = political persuasion.

* sistema político = political system.

* solución política = political solution.

* subversión política = subversive action, politically subversive action.

* suicidio político = political suicide.

* tecnológicopolítico = techno-political.

* tecnopolítico = techno-political.

* tema de aprovechamiento político = political football.

* transición política = political transition.

* unión política = political union.

* valor político = political value.

* * *

político¹ -ca

adjective

A ( Pol) ‹partido› political; ‹medida/solución› political

la vida política political life

B (diplomático, cortés) diplomatic, tactful

C

(en relaciones de parentesco): es mi sobrino político he's my nephew by marriage

la familia política the in-laws

hermano político brother-in-law

ver tb hijo, padre, etc

político² -ca

masculine, feminine

politician

* * *

político
◊ -ca adjetivo

1 (Pol) political
2 ( diplomático) diplomatic, tactful
3 ( en relaciones de parentesco):
◊ la familia política the in-laws

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
politician
político,-a
I adjetivo
1 political
2 (parentesco) in-law: se lleva mal con su familia política, he doesn't get on with his in-laws
II sustantivo masculino y femenino politician
' político' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asilo
- continuismo
- decorado
- estamento
- fila
- gestarse
- imitar
- lúcida
- lúcido
- mayoría
- política
- poltrona
- proscrita
- proscrito
- restaurar
- ribete
- salón
- significado
- simpatizar
- testamento
- apadrinar
- asilado
- camarada
- cancha
- coroto
- cuñado
- derecha
- gastado
- hablar
- hermano
- hijo
- imagen
- implantar
- independentista
- mapa
- militar
- pariente
- programa
- terreno
English:
asylum
- combine
- dynamic
- electioneering
- encroach
- importance
- join
- moderate
- political
- political asylum
- politician
- spit
- whip
- arena
- asylee
- son
- spectrum

* * *

político, -a

♦ adj

1. [de gobierno] political

2. [prudente] tactful

3. [pariente]
hermano político brother-in-law;

familia política in-laws

4. [geografía, mapa] political

♦ nm,f

politician

* * *

político

I adj political

II m, política f politician

* * *

político, -ca adj

1) : political

2) : tactful, politic

3) : by marriage

padre político: father-in-law

político, -ca n

: politician

* * *

político¹ adj

1. (de la política) political

un partido político a political party

2. (de parentesco) in law

mi hermano político my brother in law

político² n politician

es político he's a politician

Spanish-English dictionary > político
59 atestado

adj.

1 crowded, full-up, chock-a-block, chock-full.

2 obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded.

m.

1 official report.

2 attestation, constat.

3 certificate.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: atestar.

* * *

atestado

► nombre masculino

1 DERECHO affidavit, statement

► nombre masculino plural atestados

1 testimonials

————————

atestado

► participio pasado

1→ link=atestar atestar 2

► adjetivo

1 packed (de, with), crammed (de, with)

* * *

(f. - atestada)

adj.

crowded, packed

* * *
I
SM (Jur) affidavit, statement

atestado policial — police statement
II
ADJ

1) (=lleno) packed

atestado de — packed with, crammed with, full of

2) (=testarudo) obstinate, stubborn

* * *
I
- da adjetivo packed, crammed

atestado de algo — packed o crammed full of something

seis cajas atestadas de libros — six boxes crammed o packed full of books

el salón estaba atestado (de gente) — the hall was packed o crammed (with people)
II
masculino statement, attestation (frml)

hacer un atestado — to make a statement

* * *

= crowded, overcrowded, cluttered, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed full.

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

Ex. Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.

Ex. They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.

Ex. The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.

Ex. Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.

Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

Ex. The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.

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* atestado (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* * *
I
- da adjetivo packed, crammed

atestado de algo — packed o crammed full of something

seis cajas atestadas de libros — six boxes crammed o packed full of books

el salón estaba atestado (de gente) — the hall was packed o crammed (with people)
II
masculino statement, attestation (frml)

hacer un atestado — to make a statement

* * *

atestado(de)

(adj.) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity

Ex: This week is looking to be quite a jam packed, event-filled, extravaganza!.

Ex: If a class is filled to capacity, please contact the secretary and ask to be put on a waiting list.

= crowded, overcrowded, cluttered, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed full.

Ex: 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

Ex: Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.

Ex: They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.

Ex: The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.

Ex: Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.

Ex: The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex: Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

Ex: The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.

* atestado (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* * *

atestado¹ -da

adjective

packed, crammed

el salón estaba atestado (de gente) the hall was packed o crammed (with people)

atestado DE algo packed o crammed full OF sth, packed o crammed WITH sth

tiene cinco o seis cajas atestadas de libros he has five or six boxes crammed o packed full of books, he has five or six boxes crammed o packed with books

atestado²

masculine

statement, attestation ( frml)

hacer un atestado to make a statement

* * *

atestado
◊ -da adjetivo

packed, crammed;
atestado de algo packed o crammed full of sth;
el salón estaba atestado (de gente) the hall was packed o crammed (with people)
atestado,-a 2 adjetivo packed with, full of
atestado 1 sustantivo masculino
1 Jur affidavit, statement
levantar un atestado, to draw up a report
2 atestados, testimonials

' atestado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atestada
- hormiguero
English:
bursting
- crowded
- jam-packed
- jam

* * *

atestado, -a

♦ adj

packed;

la discoteca estaba atestada the disco was packed;

el museo estaba atestado de turistas the museum was packed with tourists;

mi mesa está atestada de libros my desk is covered in books

♦ nm

official report;

levantar un atestado to write an official report

* * *

atestado

adj overcrowded

* * *

atestado, -da adj

: crowded, packed

Spanish-English dictionary > atestado
60 intervención

f.

1 intervention, mediation.

2 intervention, interposition, argumentative speech.

3 surgery, intervention.

* * *

intervención

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) intervention

2 (discurso) speech

3 MEDICINA operation

4 (de una empresa) auditing

5 (de un teléfono) tapping

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

intervención quirúrgica surgical operation

* * *

noun f.

1) intervention

2) operation

* * *

SF

1) (=actuación) intervention (en in)

fue necesaria la intervención de la policía — police intervention was necessary

su intervención en la discusión — his contribution to the discussion

política de no intervención — policy of non-intervention

2) (=discurso) speech

3) (Mús, Teat) performance

4) (Med) (tb: intervención quirúrgica) operation

5) (=control) [en producción] supervision, control; [en empresa] intervention; LAm [de sindicatos] government takeover

6) [de contrabando, droga] seizure, confiscation

7) (=auditoría) audit, auditing

8) (Telec) tapping

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( participación) intervention

se probó su intervención en el atraco — his involvement in the robbery was proved

su intervención en el congreso — her speech to the conference

su última intervención en una película — her last appearance in a film

b) ( mediación) intervention, intercession (frml)

2)

a) ( injerencia) intervention

una política de no intervención — a policy of nonintervention

b) ( de teléfono) tapping

c) ( de empresa) placing in administration

d) ( inspección de cuentas) auditing, official inspection

e) (de droga, armas) seizure, confiscation

f) (AmL) (de emisora, escuela) takeover

•

- intervención quirúrgica

* * *

= intercession, intervention, mediation, presentation, statement, handwork, intermediation.

Ex. In faceted schemes synthesis is often achieved with the intercession of a facet indicator.

Ex. The indexes are produced by computer, without necessarily any human intervention.

Ex. In 1926 collective bargaining was established in the railway system and procedures for the handling of grievances, arbitration, 'cooling-off' periods, fact finding, and mediation.

Ex. There are two other aspects of institutions I want to consider before moving to the closing section of this presentation.

Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex. The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex. This is because of the nature of computer intermediation which reduces both the librarian's responsibility to the user and user contact with the library.

----

* con intervención directa = obtrusive.

* evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.

* intervención armada = armed intervention.

* intervención como intermediario = mediating.

* intervención del hombre = human intervention.

* intervención electrónica = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap].

* intervención estatal = state intervention.

* intervención militar = military intervention, military action.

* intervención quirúrgica = surgery, operation, surgical procedure.

* sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.

* sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( participación) intervention

se probó su intervención en el atraco — his involvement in the robbery was proved

su intervención en el congreso — her speech to the conference

su última intervención en una película — her last appearance in a film

b) ( mediación) intervention, intercession (frml)

2)

a) ( injerencia) intervention

una política de no intervención — a policy of nonintervention

b) ( de teléfono) tapping

c) ( de empresa) placing in administration

d) ( inspección de cuentas) auditing, official inspection

e) (de droga, armas) seizure, confiscation

f) (AmL) (de emisora, escuela) takeover

•

- intervención quirúrgica

* * *

= intercession, intervention, mediation, presentation, statement, handwork, intermediation.

Ex: In faceted schemes synthesis is often achieved with the intercession of a facet indicator.

Ex: The indexes are produced by computer, without necessarily any human intervention.

Ex: In 1926 collective bargaining was established in the railway system and procedures for the handling of grievances, arbitration, 'cooling-off' periods, fact finding, and mediation.

Ex: There are two other aspects of institutions I want to consider before moving to the closing section of this presentation.

Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.

Ex: The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex: This is because of the nature of computer intermediation which reduces both the librarian's responsibility to the user and user contact with the library.

* con intervención directa = obtrusive.

* evaluación sin intervención del examinador = unobtrusive testing.

* intervención armada = armed intervention.

* intervención como intermediario = mediating.

* intervención del hombre = human intervention.

* intervención electrónica = wiretapping [wire-tapping], wiretap [wire-tap].

* intervención estatal = state intervention.

* intervención militar = military intervention, military action.

* intervención quirúrgica = surgery, operation, surgical procedure.

* sin intervención de un intermediario = disintermediated.

* sin intervención directa = nonobtrusive.

* * *

intervención

feminine

A

1 (participación) intervention

la inmediata intervención de los bomberos the swift intervention of the fire service

se ha probado su intervención en el atraco his involvement in the robbery has been proved

su intervención en el congreso fue muy aplaudida her speech to the conference was warmly applauded

su última intervención en una película española the last time she appeared in a Spanish film, her last appearance in a Spanish film

2 (mediación) intervention, intercession ( frml)

B

1 (injerencia) intervention

su política de no intervención their policy of nonintervention

intervención estatal state intervention

2 (de un teléfono) tapping

3 (de una empresa) placing in administration

4 (inspección de cuentas) auditing, official inspection

5 (de droga, armas) seizure, confiscation

6 ( AmL) (de una emisora, escuela) takeover

Compuesto:

intervención quirúrgica

operation

* * *

intervención sustantivo femenino
a) ( en general) intervention;

◊ se probó su intervención en el atraco his involvement in the robbery was proved;

una política de no intervención a policy of nonintervention;
intervención quirúrgica operation
b) (de droga, armas) seizure, confiscation

intervención sustantivo femenino
1 (actuación) intervention, participation [en, in]
una intervención militar, a military intervention
2 Med intervention
' intervención' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actuación
- comentar
- espera
- magistral
- nefasta
- nefasto
- significar
- sola
- solo
- infeliz
- participación
- quirúrgico
- rematar
English:
hands-off
- intervention
- operation
- tapping
- wiretapping

* * *

intervención nf

1. [acción, participación] intervention;

la pelea fue controlada gracias a la rápida intervención de la policía the fight was brought under control thanks to the rapid intervention of the police;

no intervención non-intervention;

intervención televisiva television appearance

2. [discurso] speech;
[pregunta] question; [comentario] remark, comment
3. [operación]
intervención (quirúrgica) operation

4. Com [de cuentas] auditing

5. [vigilancia] [de teléfono, línea] tapping;

el juez ordenó la intervención de su correspondencia the judge ordered her correspondence to be opened (by the authorities)

6. [incautación] seizure, confiscation

* * *

intervención

f

1 intervention; en debate, congreso participation; en película, espectáculo appearance

2 MED operation

* * *

intervención nf, pl - ciones

1) : intervention

2) : audit

3)

intervención quirúrgica : operation

* * *

intervención n intervention

intervención quirúrgica operation

Spanish-English dictionary > intervención

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