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  • 101 oropel

    m.
    1 glitter, glitz.
    2 tinsel.
    3 imitation gold leaf, brass gild.
    * * *
    1 (material) tinsel
    2 (ostentosidad) glitter
    \
    de oropel glittery
    * * *

    de oropel — flashy, gaudy

    * * *
    masculino ( latón) imitation gold leaf; ( ostentosidad) glitz, glitter
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz, tinsel.
    Ex. The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.
    Ex. The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex. Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.
    * * *
    masculino ( latón) imitation gold leaf; ( ostentosidad) glitz, glitter
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz, tinsel.

    Ex: The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.

    Ex: The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex: Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.

    * * *
    1 (latón) imitation gold leaf
    2 (ostentosidad) glitz, glitter, tinsel
    el mundo de Hollywood y su oropel Hollywood and all its glitz o glitter
    sus joyas de oropel her glitzy jewels
    * * *
    oropel nm
    1. [latón] composition leaf, Dutch gold
    2. [decoración sin valor] tinsel, flashy ornament
    3. [ostentación] glitter, glitz;
    un estilo de vida de mucho oropel a glitzy o flashy lifestyle;
    se dejó deslumbrar por los oropeles de la fama she let herself be dazzled by all the glamour and glitz of fame
    * * *
    m fig
    glitter
    * * *
    oropel nm
    : glitz, glitter, tinsel

    Spanish-English dictionary > oropel

  • 102 ostento

    m.
    portent, prodigy.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ostentar.
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz.
    Nota: Informal de dazzle.
    Ex. The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.
    Ex. The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    * * *
    = glitz, dazz.
    Nota: Informal de dazzle.

    Ex: The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.

    Ex: The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ostento

  • 103 personal profesional

    Ex. There are divergences of opinion within the library profession about the proper division of labour between professional and clerical staff.
    * * *

    Ex: There are divergences of opinion within the library profession about the proper division of labour between professional and clerical staff.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personal profesional

  • 104 poco claro

    adj.
    not very clear, fuzzy, obscure, unclear.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex. This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]

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

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex: This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco claro

  • 105 pompa

    f.
    1 pomp.
    2 show, ostentation.
    3 bubble.
    * * *
    1 (de jabón, chicle) bubble
    \
    pompas de jabón soap bubbles
    pompas fúnebres (funeral) funeral sing 2 (funeraria) funeral parlour sing, undertaker's sing
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=burbuja) bubble
    2) (Náut) pump
    3) (=fasto) pomp, splendour, splendor (EEUU); (=ostentación) show, display; (=boato) pageant, pageantry

    pompas fúnebres — (=ceremonia) funeral sing ; (=cortejo) funeral procession sing

    "Pompas fúnebres" — (=funeraria) "Undertaker's" sing, "Funeral parlour" sing, "Funeral parlor" (EEUU) sing

    * * *
    1) tb
    2) ( esplendor) pomp, splendor*
    •
    * * *
    = pomp, glitz, dazz, pomposity, ostentation.
    Ex. However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.
    Ex. The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.
    Ex. The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex. In summary, when we get beyond all the pomposity and techno-babble that dominates discourse on our topic, we can see real problems and real issues.
    Ex. However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.
    ----
    * con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.
    * director de pompas fúnebres = undertaker, funeral director, mortician.
    * pompas fúnebres = funeral service.
    * * *
    1) tb
    2) ( esplendor) pomp, splendor*
    •
    * * *
    = pomp, glitz, dazz, pomposity, ostentation.

    Ex: However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.

    Ex: The author suggests that 'unmasking' technology - looking beyond its glitz and power - should begin with an honest assessment of 3 essential components: librarians' attitudes, users' attitudes, and librarians' values.
    Ex: The article 'Glitz, biz, and dazz' encourages closer cooperation within the library profession and linkage to allied fields in business, industry and politics.
    Ex: In summary, when we get beyond all the pomposity and techno-babble that dominates discourse on our topic, we can see real problems and real issues.
    Ex: However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.
    * con mucha pompa = ceremoniously.
    * director de pompas fúnebres = undertaker, funeral director, mortician.
    * pompas fúnebres = funeral service.

    * * *
    A
    tb pompa de jabón bubble
    B (esplendor) pomp, splendor*
    Compuesto:
    fpl (ceremonia) funeral ceremony; (funeraria) funeral parlor*, undertaker's, funeral director's
    * * *

    pompa sustantivo femenino
    1 tb

    2 ( esplendor) pomp, splendor( conjugate splendor);
    ◊ pompas fúnebres sustantivo femenino plural ( ceremonia) funeral ceremony;


    ( funeraria) funeral parlor( conjugate parlor), funeral director's
    pompa sustantivo femenino
    1 (de jabón, etc) bubble
    2 (esplendor) pomp
    3 pompas fúnebres, (ceremonia) funeral
    (empresa funeraria) undertaker's
    ' pompa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - rango
    English:
    bubble
    - burst
    - pageantry
    - pomp
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [suntuosidad] pomp
    2. [ostentación] show, ostentation
    3.
    pompa (de jabón) (soap) bubble
    ♦ pompas nfpl
    1. Méx Fam behind, bottom
    2. pompas fúnebres [servicio] undertaker's;
    [ceremonia] funeral
    * * *
    f
    1 ( ostentación) pomp
    2 de jabón bubble
    * * *
    pompa nf
    1) : bubble
    2) : pomp, splendor
    3)
    pompas fúnebres : funeral
    * * *
    pompa n (burbuja) bubble

    Spanish-English dictionary > pompa

  • 106 ponencia de la sesión plenaria

    Ex. I am aware as I begin this plenary paper that members of the library profession that are drawn to this presentation are most likely interested in the issues for managing indigenous information.
    * * *

    Ex: I am aware as I begin this plenary paper that members of the library profession that are drawn to this presentation are most likely interested in the issues for managing indigenous information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ponencia de la sesión plenaria

  • 107 premonición

    f.
    premonition, hunch, feeling, foreboding.
    * * *
    1 premonition
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino premonition
    * * *
    = premonition, foreboding, hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.
    Ex. The article 'University/industry partnerships: premonitions for academic libraries' outlines university/industry interactions and describes the issues surrounding them.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex. But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.
    * * *
    femenino premonition
    * * *
    = premonition, foreboding, hunch, gut feeling, gut instinct, feelings in + Posesivo + bones.

    Ex: The article 'University/industry partnerships: premonitions for academic libraries' outlines university/industry interactions and describes the issues surrounding them.

    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: Choice of manual or automated solution to a search problem depends mainly on the questions' complexity, but also on the librarian's hunch.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' 'gut instincts,' ' gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: There is some fascinating research that has confirmed that 'hunches,' ' gut instincts,' 'gut feelings' are real and should be paid attention to.
    Ex: But the people's justice is hasty, mean-spirited and based on vague feelings in the bones and we need the cold hand of the law to save us from ourselves.

    * * *
    premonition
    * * *

    premonición sustantivo femenino
    premonition
    premonición sustantivo femenino premonition
    ' premonición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presagio
    English:
    foreboding
    - hindsight
    - premonition
    * * *
    premonition;
    tuve la premonición de que íbamos a ganar I had a premonition that we were going to win
    * * *
    f premonition
    * * *
    premonición nf, pl - ciones : premonition

    Spanish-English dictionary > premonición

  • 108 que se puede compartir

    (adj.) = shareable
    Ex. This article outlines the inherent characteristics of information - human, expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable, diffusive and shareable and discusses what effect these qualities have on the library profession.
    * * *
    (adj.) = shareable

    Ex: This article outlines the inherent characteristics of information - human, expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable, diffusive and shareable and discusses what effect these qualities have on the library profession.

    Spanish-English dictionary > que se puede compartir

  • 109 rendir homenaje

    v.
    1 to pay homage, to do homage, to pay reverence.
    2 to pay reverence to, to honor, to do homage to, to pay homage to.
    El rector distinguió al profesor The rector distinguished the professor.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + tribute, pay + homage, pay + obeisance, do + obeisance, make + obeisance
    Ex. This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.
    Ex. Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex. The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex. And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
    Ex. They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + tribute, pay + homage, pay + obeisance, do + obeisance, make + obeisance

    Ex: This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.

    Ex: Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex: The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex: And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
    Ex: They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > rendir homenaje

  • 110 rendir tributo

    v.
    to pay tribute to, to honor.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + tribute, pay + obeisance, do + obeisance, pay + homage, make + obeisance
    Ex. This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.
    Ex. The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex. And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
    Ex. Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex. They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + tribute, pay + obeisance, do + obeisance, pay + homage, make + obeisance

    Ex: This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.

    Ex: The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex: And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
    Ex: Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex: They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > rendir tributo

  • 111 riesgo de la profesión

    Ex. Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.
    * * *

    Ex: Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > riesgo de la profesión

  • 112 riesgo del oficio

    Ex. Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.
    * * *

    Ex: Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > riesgo del oficio

  • 113 riesgo laboral

    m.
    occupational hazard.
    * * *
    Ex. Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.
    * * *

    Ex: Although the library profession cannot be regarded as one of high risk from the viewpoint of occupational hazards, certain hazards do exist: including repetitive strain injuries, neck pain, and back pain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > riesgo laboral

  • 114 serio

    adj.
    1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.
    2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.
    3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.
    * * *
    1 (importante) serious, grave
    2 (severo) serious
    3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable
    4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal
    \
    en serio seriously
    ■ lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it
    ¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?
    ir en serio to be true, be serious
    tomar en serio to take seriously
    * * *
    (f. - seria)
    adj.
    1) serious, earnest
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [expresión, tono] serious

    ¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?

    se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me

    ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo

    2)

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?

    3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious
    4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest
    5) (=severo)
    6) [estudio, libro] serious
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.
    Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    ----
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.

    Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.

    * * *
    con pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet air
    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)
    al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the news
    qué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?
    como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with you
    B
    (sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employee
    no es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing another
    no confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliable
    son todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionals
    C
    1 (no frívolo, importante) serious
    ha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedies
    es un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title
    2
    en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnest
    bueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work
    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?
    se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriously
    esto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dying
    y esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about this
    no se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriously
    mira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know
    * * *

     

    Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)

    serio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    serió es:

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

    serio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    1 ( poco sonriente) serious
    2 ‹ empleado› responsible, reliable;
    ‹ empresa› reputable
    3
    a) ‹cine/tema› serious

    b) ( grave) ‹enfermedad/problema› serious;


    c)


    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
    tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
    serio,-a adjetivo
    1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
    2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
    ♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
    ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
    ' serio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    callada
    - callado
    - coña
    - en
    - formal
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - jugar
    - ligera
    - ligero
    - risa
    - seria
    - tiesa
    - tieso
    - tomarse
    - verdad
    - asustar
    - decir
    - enfado
    - enojo
    English:
    apart
    - assert
    - businesslike
    - deep
    - dignified
    - earnest
    - face value
    - flippant
    - half-serious
    - intense
    - joke
    - kid
    - knuckle down
    - laugh off
    - major
    - mean
    - quality newspaper
    - reputable
    - responsible
    - serious
    - seriously
    - settle down
    - severe
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - staid
    - steady
    - straight
    - weighty
    - business
    - dire
    - genuine
    - honestly
    - knuckle
    - nasty
    - pride
    - seriousness
    - solemn
    - surely
    * * *
    serio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [grave] serious;
    es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;
    estar serio to look serious;
    me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;
    me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils
    2. [importante] serious;
    es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;
    me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;
    una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace
    3. [responsable] responsible;
    [cumplidor, formal] reliable;
    son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;
    no son gente seria they're very unreliable;
    ¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;
    lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months
    4. [sobrio] sober;
    un traje serio a formal suit;
    sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes
    ♦ en serio loc adv
    seriously;
    lo digo en serio I'm serious;
    en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;
    ¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;
    tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;
    ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study
    * * *
    adj
    1 serious;
    ésto va en serio this is serious;
    tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously
    2 ( responsable) reliable
    * * *
    serio, - ria adj
    1) : serious, earnest
    2) : reliable, responsible
    3) : important
    4)
    en serio : seriously, in earnest
    ♦ seriamente adv
    * * *
    serio adj
    1. (en general) serious
    2. (responsable) reliable

    Spanish-English dictionary > serio

  • 115 sufrir un contratiempo

    (v.) = suffer + bruises
    Ex. His memory has been successfully expunged but this story should be recounted to remind all that the library profession has suffered some bruises.
    * * *
    (v.) = suffer + bruises

    Ex: His memory has been successfully expunged but this story should be recounted to remind all that the library profession has suffered some bruises.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sufrir un contratiempo

  • 116 superar el intento

    (v.) = resist + effort
    Ex. Whether it be through government legislation, the lobbying of pressure groups, or the self-censorship of librarians themselves, the library profession has long resisted efforts to restrict access to information.
    * * *
    (v.) = resist + effort

    Ex: Whether it be through government legislation, the lobbying of pressure groups, or the self-censorship of librarians themselves, the library profession has long resisted efforts to restrict access to information.

    Spanish-English dictionary > superar el intento

  • 117 tributar homenaje

    (v.) = do + obeisance, pay + obeisance, pay + tribute, pay + homage, make + obeisance
    Ex. And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
    Ex. The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex. This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.
    Ex. Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex. They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.
    * * *
    (v.) = do + obeisance, pay + obeisance, pay + tribute, pay + homage, make + obeisance

    Ex: And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

    Ex: The incident should serve as an eye-opener to those who have no qualms paying obeisance to various religious seers during their official visits.
    Ex: This event was held to celebrate the 61st birthday of Professor Kaula and pay tribute to his contribution to the library profession.
    Ex: Some autors pay homage to Bradford by citing 'Documentation' without really considering its significance to the subject in hand.
    Ex: They are making obeisance to something that it is obvious they do not comprehend.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tributar homenaje

  • 118 mundo de las bibliotecas, el

    (n.) = library world, the
    Ex. In the library world leaders should have the courage to defend the right to read and the other high principles of the library profession.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo de las bibliotecas, el

  • 119 mundo de las bibliotecas

    el mundo de las bibliotecas
    (n.) = library world, the

    Ex: In the library world leaders should have the courage to defend the right to read and the other high principles of the library profession.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mundo de las bibliotecas

  • 120 profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la

    = library and information services profession, the
    Ex. This article questions whether the library and information services profession is geared up for the 1990s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la

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