me enteré de la noticia ayer

¡noticias frescas! — iró tell me a new one!

noticia bomba — * bombshell *

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

hacer noticia — to hit the headlines

no tenemos noticias suyas — ( provenientes de él) we haven't heard from him; ( provenientes de otra persona) we haven't had (any) news of him

Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

• enterarse de algo — to hear about sth, find out about sth

no quiero que nadie se entere de esto — I don't want anyone to hear about o find out about this

me enteré de tu accidente por Juan — I heard about o found out about your accident from Juan

nos enteramos de que se había ido ayer — we heard o found out that he'd gone yesterday

• enterarse de algo — to find out about sth

oye, que es a ti, que no te enteras — * hey, you, are you deaf or something? *

• enterarse de algo — to notice sth

he aprobado el examen, para que os enteréis — I've passed the exam, for your information! *

no quiero que vuelvas por aquí ¿te enteras? — I don't want you coming back here, do you understand o do you get it? *

¡a ver si te enteras! — wise up! *

• enterarse de algo — to understand sth

no se enteraba de lo que leía — he didn't take in o understand what he was reading

Ex: 'I'd be disappointed to learn that my boss or subordinates -- or peers for that matter -- told tales out of school about me to others'.

nunca he hecho tal cosa — I never did any such thing o anything of the sort

el tal cura resultó estar casado — this priest (we were talking about) o pey this priest person turned out to be married

un tal García — one García, a man called García or something pey

esa es una tal — pey she's a tart *

• y tal * —

fuimos al cine y tal — we went to the pictures and stuff *

• tal y cual, teníamos prisa, pero entre tal y cual tardamos una hora — we were in a hurry, but between one thing and another it took us an hour

• tal como, estaba tal como lo dejé — it was just as I had left it

tal y como están las cosas, no creo que sea buena idea — as things are o given the current state of affairs, I don't think it would be a good idea

• tal cual, déjalo tal cual — leave it just as it is

• tal que, tomaremos algo ligero tal que una tortilla — we'll have something light such as o like an omelette

son, tal vez, las mejores canciones del disco — they are perhaps o maybe o possibly the best songs on the album

-¿crees que ganarán? -tal vez — "do you think they'll win?" - "perhaps o maybe o they may do"

no importa el frío con tal de ir bien abrigado — the cold doesn't matter as long as o if you're well wrapped up

• con tal de que — provided (that), as long as

con tal de que no me engañes — provided (that) o as long as you don't deceive me

con tal de que regreséis antes de las once — provided (that) o as long as you get back before eleven

nunca dije tal cosa — I never said anything of the kind o such a thing

son tal para cual — (fam) he's just as bad as she is, they're as bad as each other

con tal de + inf: hace cualquier cosa con tal de llamar la atención he'll do anything to get attention; con tal de no tener que volver as long as I don't have to come back; con tal (de) que + subj: con tal (de) que nadie se entere as long as no one finds out; con tal (de) que me lo devuelvas as long as o provided you give it back (to me); tal (y) como: tal (y) como están las cosas the way things are; hazlo tal (y) como te indicó do it exactly as she told you; tal cual: me lo dijo así, tal cual those were her exact words; lo dejé todo tal cual I left everything exactly as it was o just as it was; tal vez maybe; tal vez venga maybe he'll come; pensé que tal vez querrías — I thought you might want to

nunca dije tal cosa — I never said anything of the kind o such a thing

son tal para cual — (fam) he's just as bad as she is, they're as bad as each other

con tal de + inf: hace cualquier cosa con tal de llamar la atención he'll do anything to get attention; con tal de no tener que volver as long as I don't have to come back; con tal (de) que + subj: con tal (de) que nadie se entere as long as no one finds out; con tal (de) que me lo devuelvas as long as o provided you give it back (to me); tal (y) como: tal (y) como están las cosas the way things are; hazlo tal (y) como te indicó do it exactly as she told you; tal cual: me lo dijo así, tal cual those were her exact words; lo dejé todo tal cual I left everything exactly as it was o just as it was; tal vez maybe; tal vez venga maybe he'll come; pensé que tal vez querrías — I thought you might want to

Ex: Preferential relationships generally indicate preferred terms or descriptors and distinguish such terms from non-descriptors or non-preferred terms.

a los pocos días — within o after a few days, a few days later

• día a día — day in day out, day by day

prefiero el día a día — I prefer to do things from one day to the next o on a day-to-day basis

• siete veces al día — seven times a day

• ese problema es ya de días — that's an old problem

• de día en día — from day to day

• día (de) por medio — LAm every other day, on alternate days

• ocho días — a week

• quince días — a fortnight

• un día sí y otro no — every other day

• día tras día — day after day

día azul — (Ferro) cheap ticket day

Día de la Hispanidad — Columbus Day ( 12 October)

Día de la Raza — = Día de la Hispanidad

día del espectador — day each week when cinema tickets are discounted

estaremos aquí hasta el día del Juicio — iró we'll be here till Kingdom come

día de los inocentes — ≈ April Fools' Day ( 1 April)

Día de (los) Muertos — Méx All Souls' Day, Day of the Dead

Día de Reyes — Epiphany ( 6 January)

día de tribunales — day on which courts are open

día franco — (Mil) day's leave

días de gracia — (Com) days of grace

día señalado — [gen] special day; [en calendario] red-letter day

• ¡ buenos días!, ¡ buen día! — Cono Sur good morning!

• de día — by day, during the day

• día y noche — night and day

¿qué día es hoy? — [del mes] what's the date today?; [de la semana] what day is it today?

día lunes/martes etc — LAm Monday/Tuesday etc

• el día de hoy — today

• el día de mañana — (lit) tomorrow; (fig) at some future date

cada día es peor — it's getting worse every day o by the day

• cualquier día (de estos) — one of these days

cualquier día tendrá un accidente — he's going to have an accident one of these days o any day now

¡cualquier día! — iró not on your life!

cualquier día viene — iró we'll be waiting till the cows come home for him to turn up

• en nuestros días — nowadays

uno de los principales problemas de nuestros días — one of the major problems of our day o our times

• otro día — some other day, another day

dejémoslo para otro día — let's leave it for the moment o for another day

• del día — [estilo] fashionable, up-to-date

• estar al día — (=actualizado) to be up to date; (=de moda) to be with it

• poner al día — [+ texto, contabilidad] to bring up to date; [+ base de datos] to update; [+ diario] to write up

• ponerse al día (en algo) — to get up to date (with sth)

• vivir al día — to live from one day to the next

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

el día siguiente — the next o the following day

el día de ayer/hoy — (frml) yesterday/today

día (de) por medio — (AmL) every other day, on alternate days

dentro de quince días — in two weeks o (BrE) a fortnight

buenos días or (RPl) buen día — good morning

al día: estoy al día en los pagos I'm up to date with the payments; ponerse al día con algo <noticias/trabajo> to get up to date on/with something; ponga al día su correspondencia bring your correspondence up to date; de un día para otro overnight, from one day to the next; día y noche day and night, continually; hoy en día nowadays, these days; mantenerse al día to keep abreast of things, keep up to date; todo el santo día all day long; se pasa todo el santo día en el teléfono he's on the phone all day long; vivir al día — to live from hand to mouth

duerme durante el día — it sleeps during the day o daytime

ya era de día — it was already light o day

de día claro — (Chi) in broad daylight

pásate por casa un día — why don't you drop in sometime o one day?

en su día: se lo contaré en su día I'll tell him in due course; dio lugar a un gran escándalo en su día it caused a huge scandal in its day o time; un buen día — one fine day

estar en sus días — (Méx fam) to have one's period

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.