luz piloto

Ex: The problem with pilot lights is that they waste a lot of gas and that's why most modern appliances do not have them.

piloto de pruebas — (Aut) test driver

programa piloto — pilot programme o (EEUU) program

Ex: Most children can easily see that they need to read if they want to know what it is like to be a sportsman, a nurse, a burglar, a pilot, a patient in a hospital = La mayoría de los niños pueden ver fácilmente que necesitan leer si quieren conocer lo que significa ser deportista, enfermero, ladrón, piloto, paciente de hospital.

Ex: The problem with pilot lights is that they waste a lot of gas and that's why most modern appliances do not have them.

• a media luz, la habitación estaba a media luz — the room was in half-darkness

• a primera luz — at first light

• quitar o tapar la luz a algn — to be in sb's light

aparta de ahí, que me quitas o tapas la luz — get out of the way, you're in my light

estar entre dos luces — * (=borracho) to be mellow, be tipsy

luz del día, se despierta con la luz del día — she wakes up when it gets light o liter at first light

• apagar la luz — to switch o turn o put the light off

• encender o LAm prender o poner la luz — to switch o turn o put the light on

luces altas — Chile full-beam headlights (Brit), high beams (EEUU)

luces bajas Chile —

luces cortas — dipped headlights, low beams (EEUU)

poner las luces cortas o Chile bajas — to dip one's headlights, dim one's headlights (EEUU)

luces de aterrizaje — (Aer) landing lights

luces de balización — (Aer) runway lights

luces de carretera — full-beam headlights (Brit), high beams (EEUU)

poner las luces de carretera — to put one's headlights on full beam o (EEUU) high beam

poner las luces de cruce — to dip one's headlights, dim one's headlights (EEUU)

luces largas — = luces de carretera

luz de Bengala — (Mil) flare, star-shell; LAm (=fuego de artificio) sparkler

luz de cortesía — courtesy light; CAm sidelight

luz relámpago — (Fot) flashlight

dar luz verde a un proyecto — to give a project the go-ahead o the green light

recibir luz verde — to get the go-ahead o the green light

luz vuelta — Méx direction indicator

ver la luz — [libro, disco] to appear, come out

• dar a luz — [+ niño] to give birth

arrojar luz sobre algo — to cast o shed o throw light on sth

luz al suelo — clearance ( under a vehicle)

luces y sombras — (Art) light and shade

entre dos luces — (liter) ( al amanecer) at daybreak (liter); ( al anochecer) at twilight (liter)

sacar algo a la luz — <secreto/escándalo> to bring something to light; < publicación> to bring out

salir a la luz — secreto/escándalo to come to light; publicación to come out

tener pocas luces — (fam) to be dim-witted

ver la luz — (liter) persona to come into the world (liter); publicación to be published ( for the first time)

se fue la luz — ( en una casa) the electricity went off; ( en una zona) there was a power cut

encender or (AmL) prender la luz — to turn on o switch on the light

apagar la luz — to turn off o switch off the light

comerse una or la luz — (Ven fam) to go through a red light

dar luz verde a algo — to give something the green light

luces y sombras — (Art) light and shade

entre dos luces — (liter) ( al amanecer) at daybreak (liter); ( al anochecer) at twilight (liter)

sacar algo a la luz — <secreto/escándalo> to bring something to light; < publicación> to bring out

salir a la luz — secreto/escándalo to come to light; publicación to come out

tener pocas luces — (fam) to be dim-witted

ver la luz — (liter) persona to come into the world (liter); publicación to be published ( for the first time)

se fue la luz — ( en una casa) the electricity went off; ( en una zona) there was a power cut

encender or (AmL) prender la luz — to turn on o switch on the light

apagar la luz — to turn off o switch off the light

comerse una or la luz — (Ven fam) to go through a red light

dar luz verde a algo — to give something the green light

Ex: Also if the illumination is uneven, comfort conditions can be impaired.

Ex: Most of the information was obtained by way of interviews with informants working and living in black urban townships = La mayoría de la información se obtuvo mediante entrevistas con informantes que trabajan y viven en municipios urbanos negros.

se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

se encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed

Ex: Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before