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meagre

  • 1 niveles limitados

    • meagre volumes

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  • 2 exiguo

    adj.
    exiguous, meager, small, in short supply.
    * * *
    1 (pequeño) small, tiny, slight
    2 (escaso) scanty, meagre (US meager)
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [cantidad] meagre, meager (EEUU)
    2) [objeto] (=pequeño) tiny
    * * *
    - gua adjetivo < salario> meager*, paltry; < cantidad> trifling
    * * *
    = meagre [meager, -USA], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    ----
    * con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * con un presupuesto muy exiguo = on a shoestring (budget).
    * presupuesto exiguo = shoestring budget.
    * * *
    - gua adjetivo < salario> meager*, paltry; < cantidad> trifling
    * * *
    = meagre [meager, -USA], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.

    Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    * con medios muy exiguos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * con un presupuesto muy exiguo = on a shoestring (budget).
    * presupuesto exiguo = shoestring budget.

    * * *
    ‹salario› meager*, paltry, exiguous ( frml); ‹cantidad› trifling
    la empresa mantiene hoy una exigua plantilla de trabajadores these days the firm maintains a very small workforce
    * * *

    exiguo,-a adjetivo minimal, trifling, meager: con la exigua pensión apenas tenía para comer, her meager pension barely provided enough to eat
    ' exiguo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    exigua
    English:
    meager
    - meagre
    * * *
    exiguo, -a adj
    [ración, sueldo] meagre; [espacio] tiny;
    una exigua mayoría a wafer-thin majority
    * * *
    adj meager, Br
    meagre
    * * *
    exiguo, - gua adj
    : meager

    Spanish-English dictionary > exiguo

  • 3 asignar un presupuesto

    (v.) = allocate + funds, allocate + funds
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    * * *
    (v.) = allocate + funds, allocate + funds

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asignar un presupuesto

  • 4 escaso

    adj.
    scarce, bare, scrimpy, poor.
    * * *
    1 (insuficiente) scarce, scant, very little, small
    2 (recursos) slender; (dinero) tight; (público) small; (lluvias, salario) low; (tiempo) very little
    4 (que le falta poco) hardly, scarcely, barely
    5 (mezquino) miserly, mean
    \
    andar escaso,-a de algo to be short of something
    * * *
    (f. - escasa)
    adj.
    scarce, scant
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=limitado)
    2)
    3) (=muy justo)

    duró una hora escasa — it lasted barely o scarcely an hour

    4) †† (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limited
    b) (en expresiones de medida, peso)

    pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo

    a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away

    c) [estar] ( falto)

    escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something

    * * *
    = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
    Ex. Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.
    Ex. Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex. If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.
    Ex. The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.
    Ex. Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.
    Ex. However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
    Ex. The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.
    Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    ----
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * escasa comunicación = poor communication.
    * escasa probabilidad = slim chance.
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.
    * escaso de ideas = short of ideas.
    * escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.
    * evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.
    * hacerse escaso = become + scarce.
    * ser escaso = be few and far between.
    * ser muy escaso = be at a premium.
    * ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < recursos económicos> limited, scant; < posibilidades> slim, slender; < visibilidad> poor; <conocimientos/experiencia> limited
    b) (en expresiones de medida, peso)

    pesa un kilo escaso — it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo

    a escasos tres días/dos meses — (AmL) barely three days/two months away

    c) [estar] ( falto)

    escaso de algo — de dinero/tiempo short of something

    * * *
    = light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

    Ex: Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.

    Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.
    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
    Ex: If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.
    Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.
    Ex: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.
    Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
    Ex: The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.
    Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    * andar escaso de = be short of.
    * andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.
    * andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.
    * andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.
    * con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget).
    * escasa comunicación = poor communication.
    * escasa probabilidad = slim chance.
    * escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, short of money, strapped.
    * escaso de ideas = short of ideas.
    * escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.
    * evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.
    * hacerse escaso = become + scarce.
    * ser escaso = be few and far between.
    * ser muy escaso = be at a premium.
    * ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.

    * * *
    escaso -sa
    1
    (poco, limitado): un país de escasos recursos económicos a country with limited o scant o slender economic resources
    ante un público escaso in front of a small audience
    escasas posibilidades de éxito slim o slender chances of success, little chance of success
    la visibilidad en la zona del aeropuerto es escasa there is poor o limited visibility around the airport
    la comida resultó escasa there wasn't enough food
    obras de escasa calidad works of mediocre quality
    una persona de escasa inteligencia a person of limited intelligence
    mis conocimientos sobre este tema son escasos my knowledge of this subject is limited
    2
    (en expresiones de medida, peso): falta un mes escaso para que llegue there's barely o scarcely a month to go before it arrives
    está a una distancia de cinco kilómetros escasos it's barely o scarcely five kilometers away
    pesa un kilo escaso it weighs barely o scarcely a kilo
    a escasos tres días/dos meses ( AmL); barely three days/two months away
    se despertó luego de escasas tres horas de sueño ( AmL); she awoke having slept for barely three hours
    3 (falto) escaso DE algo short OF sth
    de momento ando escaso de dinero I'm a little o a bit short of money at the moment, money's a bit scarce o tight at the moment
    andamos escasos de personal we're short-staffed
    * * *

     

    escaso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ posibilidades› slim, slender;
    ‹ visibilidad› poor;
    ‹conocimientos/experiencia› limited
    b) [estar] ( falto) escaso de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› short of sth

    escaso,-a adj (alimentos, recursos) scarce, scant
    (dinero, tiempo) short
    (luz) poor
    ♦ Locuciones: andar escaso de, to be short of
    ' escaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - contada
    - contado
    - corta
    - corto
    - delgada
    - delgado
    - escasa
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mínima
    - mínimo
    - pelada
    - pelado
    - apurado
    - dinero
    - pobre
    English:
    low
    - marginal seat
    - pressed
    - run
    - scant
    - scanty
    - scarce
    - short
    - slender
    - slim
    - small
    - sparse
    - meager
    - narrow
    - poor
    - skimpy
    - slight
    - under
    * * *
    escaso, -a adj
    1. [insuficiente] [conocimientos, recursos, medios] limited, scant;
    [víveres, trabajo] scarce; [cantidad, número, temperaturas] low; [visibilidad, luz] poor, low;
    escaso público se dio cita para ver el partido a poor crowd turned out to see the match;
    sus posibilidades son más bien escasas her chances are rather slim;
    vino tanta gente que la comida se quedó escasa so many people came that there wasn't enough food;
    joyas de escaso valor jewellery of scant o little value;
    la obra tuvo escaso éxito the play had little success;
    debido al escaso tiempo con el que contaban due to the little time they had, since time was short
    2. [falto]
    andar o [m5] estar escaso de to be short of;
    ando escaso de dinero I don't have much money;
    el hotel está escaso de personal the hotel is short-staffed;
    la comida está un poco escasa de sal the food is in need of a bit more salt
    3. [casi completo]
    un metro escaso barely a metre;
    dura dos horas escasas it lasts barely two hours;
    a un mes escaso de las elecciones with barely a month to go to the elections;
    pesó dos kilos escasos al nacer she weighed barely two kilos at birth
    * * *
    adj
    1 recursos limited;
    escasas posibilidades de not much chance of, little chance of
    2
    :
    andar escaso de algo falto be short of sth
    3 ( justo)
    :
    falta un mes escaso it’s barely a month away;
    un kilo escaso a scant kilo, barely a kilo
    * * *
    escaso, -sa adj
    1) : scarce, scant
    2)
    escaso de : short of
    * * *
    escaso adj
    4. (apenas) just under / barely
    andar/estar escaso de tiempo/dinero to be short of time/money

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaso

  • 5 magro

    adj.
    1 lean, fatless, without fat.
    2 lean, meager, meagre, thin.
    3 meager, meagre.
    * * *
    1 lean
    1 (de carne de cerdo) loin of pork
    \
    carne magra lean meat
    ————————
    1 (de carne de cerdo) loin of pork
    * * *
    (f. - magra)
    adj.
    1) lean
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=sin grasa) [carne] lean; [porción] meagre, meager (EEUU)
    2) [persona] lean
    3) [resultado] poor; [sueldo] meagre, meager (EEUU)
    4) [tierra] poor
    2.
    SM loin
    * * *
    - gra adjetivo
    1)
    a) < carne> lean
    b) (liter) < persona> lean
    2)
    a) (liter) < tierra> lean (liter), poor
    b) (delante del n) ( mezquino) meager*
    * * *
    = lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.].
    Ex. Canadian bacon is boneless and more lean than streaky bacon, making it a good ham substitute for those watching their fat intake.
    * * *
    - gra adjetivo
    1)
    a) < carne> lean
    b) (liter) < persona> lean
    2)
    a) (liter) < tierra> lean (liter), poor
    b) (delante del n) ( mezquino) meager*
    * * *
    = lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.].

    Ex: Canadian bacon is boneless and more lean than streaky bacon, making it a good ham substitute for those watching their fat intake.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹carne› lean
    2 ( liter); ‹persona› lean
    B
    1 ( liter); ‹tierra› lean ( liter), poor
    las magras remuneraciones que reciben the poor o meager wages they receive
    ( Esp)
    loin
    * * *

    magro
    ◊ - gra adjetivo

    lean
    magro,-a
    I adj (sin grasa) lean
    II m (de cerdo) loin of pork

    ' magro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    magra
    - reseca
    - reseco
    English:
    lean
    * * *
    magro, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [carne] lean
    2. Literario [persona] lean
    ♦ nm
    Esp lean pork
    * * *
    adj
    I carne lean
    II m loin
    * * *
    magro, - gra adj
    1) : lean (of meat)
    2) : meager
    * * *
    magro adj lean

    Spanish-English dictionary > magro

  • 6 mediocre

    adj.
    mediocre, average.
    f. & m.
    mediocre person, mediocrity.
    * * *
    1 mediocre
    * * *
    adj.
    mediocre, ordinary
    * * *
    ADJ average; pey mediocre
    * * *
    adjetivo mediocre
    * * *
    = meagre [meager, -USA], nondescript, run-of-the-mill, mediocre, indifferent, second-rate, undistinguished, lamely, unimpressive, unremarkable.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.
    Ex. Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex. This risk I gladly accept in the hope that I have succeeded in bringing to your notice the fact that there is an ailment here, however indifferent my diagnosis may have been, and by provoking thought on the matter.
    Ex. To date the library profession has been passive in its approach to new technology and has accepted the second-rate products it has been offered.
    Ex. You are about to hear an undistinguished non-expert speak prosaically about the library catalog as it currently is.
    Ex. People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.
    Ex. The author deems voice recognition technology to be unimpressive but finds that text-to-speech conversion has greatly improved.
    Ex. This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.
    * * *
    adjetivo mediocre
    * * *
    = meagre [meager, -USA], nondescript, run-of-the-mill, mediocre, indifferent, second-rate, undistinguished, lamely, unimpressive, unremarkable.

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.

    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.
    Ex: Despite the proliferation of biographies aimed at young adults which have lavish illustrations, easy-to-read print and attractive layout, most of them are lifeless and mediocre.
    Ex: This risk I gladly accept in the hope that I have succeeded in bringing to your notice the fact that there is an ailment here, however indifferent my diagnosis may have been, and by provoking thought on the matter.
    Ex: To date the library profession has been passive in its approach to new technology and has accepted the second-rate products it has been offered.
    Ex: You are about to hear an undistinguished non-expert speak prosaically about the library catalog as it currently is.
    Ex: People think that that this is just a stunt to generate more traffic to a lamely performing Web site.
    Ex: The author deems voice recognition technology to be unimpressive but finds that text-to-speech conversion has greatly improved.
    Ex: This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.

    * * *
    mediocre
    * * *

    mediocre adjetivo
    mediocre
    mediocre adjetivo mediocre
    ' mediocre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discreta
    - discreto
    - ordinaria
    - ordinario
    - regular
    - flojo
    - mediano
    - pobre
    English:
    goalkeeper
    - indifferent
    - mediocre
    - rate
    - sort
    - lack
    - mediocrity
    - second
    * * *
    mediocre, average
    * * *
    adj mediocre
    * * *
    : mediocre, average

    Spanish-English dictionary > mediocre

  • 7 corvina

    adj.&f.
    feminine of CORVINO.
    f.
    1 a kind of conger or sea-eel in the Mediterranean.
    2 white sea bass of California.
    3 corvina, Micropogonias undulatus, Atlantic croaker, sea bass.
    * * *
    1 corvina
    * * *
    SF sea bass, croaker
    * * *
    maigre, meagre
    * * *
    [pez] meagre
    * * *
    f meager, Br
    meagre

    Spanish-English dictionary > corvina

  • 8 ahorros

    m.pl.
    1 savings, money saved, nest egg.
    2 cost savings, savings in cost.
    * * *
    1 savings
    * * *
    (n.) = savings, nest egg
    Ex. So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.
    Ex. 'Interactive nest egg' is a financial service offering investment advice available through the Internet to personal computer users.
    * * *
    (n.) = savings, nest egg

    Ex: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.

    Ex: 'Interactive nest egg' is a financial service offering investment advice available through the Internet to personal computer users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ahorros

  • 9 alojamiento

    m.
    1 accommodation.
    alojamiento y comida board and lodging
    2 lodge, accommodations, billet, lodging.
    * * *
    1 lodging, accommodation
    * * *
    noun m.
    accommodation, rooms, lodgings
    * * *
    SM (=lugar de hospedaje) lodging, lodgings pl ; (Mil) billet, quarters pl ; And (=pensión) small hotel, boarding house

    dar alojamiento — to put up, accommodate

    * * *
    masculino accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE)
    * * *
    = housing, quarters, lodging, accommodation, digs, living quarters.
    Ex. The form of these terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, is usually one of the following: single words, e.g. Government, Hovercraft, housing.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. All these CD-ROM software products provide highly customized itineraries; very good route maps; and listings of lodgings, amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, and other sights along the way.
    Ex. NACs deal with a wide range of topics such as public and private rented accommodation, rents, rebates and allowances, improvement grants, landlord-tenant relations, environmental health, and house purchase.
    Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex. The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.
    ----
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento de alquiler = rented accommodation, residential property.
    * alojamiento de lujo = mews cottage.
    * alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.
    * alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento en hotel = hotel accommodation.
    * alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.
    * asesoría de alojamiento = housing advice centre.
    * comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.
    * información de alojamiento = housing information.
    * traslado de alojamiento = rehousing.
    * * *
    masculino accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE)
    * * *
    = housing, quarters, lodging, accommodation, digs, living quarters.

    Ex: The form of these terms, whether descriptors or non-descriptors, is usually one of the following: single words, e.g. Government, Hovercraft, housing.

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex: All these CD-ROM software products provide highly customized itineraries; very good route maps; and listings of lodgings, amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, and other sights along the way.
    Ex: NACs deal with a wide range of topics such as public and private rented accommodation, rents, rebates and allowances, improvement grants, landlord-tenant relations, environmental health, and house purchase.
    Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex: The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.
    * alojamiento barato = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento de alquiler = rented accommodation, residential property.
    * alojamiento de lujo = mews cottage.
    * alojamiento de páginas web = web hosting.
    * alojamiento económico = budget accommodation.
    * alojamiento en hotel = hotel accommodation.
    * alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.
    * asesoría de alojamiento = housing advice centre.
    * comida y alojamiento = board and lodging.
    * encontrar alojamiento = find + a home.
    * gastos de alojamiento = lodging expenses, lodging costs.
    * información de alojamiento = housing information.
    * traslado de alojamiento = rehousing.

    * * *
    accommodations (pl) ( AmE), accommodation ( BrE)
    un amigo nos dio alojamiento a friend put us up o gave us accommodations o accommodation
    Compuesto:
    ( Inf) web hosting
    * * *

     

    alojamiento sustantivo masculino
    accommodations (pl) (AmE), accommodation (BrE);

    alojamiento sustantivo masculino accommodation
    dar alojamiento, to accommodate

    ' alojamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acomodar
    - pensión
    - albergue
    English:
    accommodation
    - board
    - boarding
    - dig
    - lodging
    - quarter
    - bed
    - fix
    - residential
    * * *
    accommodation;
    estoy buscando alojamiento I'm looking for accommodation;
    el precio incluye el alojamiento the price includes accommodation;
    * * *
    m accommodations pl, Br
    accommodation
    * * *
    : lodging, accommodations pl
    * * *
    alojamiento n accommodation

    Spanish-English dictionary > alojamiento

  • 10 asignar fondos

    (v.) = allocate + funds
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    * * *
    (v.) = allocate + funds

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asignar fondos

  • 11 camisola

    f.
    1 camisole.
    2 sports shirt (sport).
    3 undershirt, vest, team shirt, ruffled shirt.
    * * *
    1 coloquial (camisa) camisole
    2 (camiseta deportiva) shirt, jersey
    * * *
    SF Méx sports shirt
    * * *
    femenino loose-fitting shirt
    * * *
    = shirtdress, chemise, nightie.
    Ex. So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.
    Ex. It proved to be a nearly complete white chemise of fine linen, of English or French origin, datable to the 12th or 13th c.
    Ex. A short nightgown is often called nightie.
    * * *
    femenino loose-fitting shirt
    * * *
    = shirtdress, chemise, nightie.

    Ex: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.

    Ex: It proved to be a nearly complete white chemise of fine linen, of English or French origin, datable to the 12th or 13th c.
    Ex: A short nightgown is often called nightie.

    * * *
    loose-fitting shirt
    * * *
    1. [prenda interior] camisole
    2. [de deportes] sports shirt
    3. Am [de mujer] woman's blouse
    * * *
    f sport shirt

    Spanish-English dictionary > camisola

  • 12 chaqueta sport

    f.
    sports jacket.
    * * *
    (n.) = blazer
    Ex. So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.
    * * *
    (n.) = blazer

    Ex: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chaqueta sport

  • 13 de hecho

    in fact
    * * *
    = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter
    Ex. Dr. Richmond actually has had two careers.
    Ex. As a matter of fact, the record of the change is retained in at least the OCLC files and is, I am told, available to libraries.
    Ex. As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.
    Ex. Will LC, after becoming the de facto national library as a result of the technological innovation of the standard, printed catalog card, be forced to abdicate its role?.
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex. In effect, we'd be suggesting to them we don't have the book.
    Ex. However, one important feature to note about such systems is that many of them do not in fact organise knowledge or retrieve information.
    Ex. Indeed the selection of an indexing approach is crucially dependent upon the way in which the index is to be used.
    Ex. In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.
    Ex. In actuality every librarian has a different concept of ephemeral materials.
    Ex. As it happens, the way the Library of Congress automated the ISBD was different from the way we did it in Britain.
    Ex. As it is, Berlin's position - not only in Germany, but in the whole Europe and subsequently the world - is changing daily.
    Ex. A financial survey views the net effect of California's Proposition 13 as effectively lowering financial support of libraries by 25%.
    Ex. In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan.
    Ex. To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.
    Ex. A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
    * * *
    = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter

    Ex: Dr. Richmond actually has had two careers.

    Ex: As a matter of fact, the record of the change is retained in at least the OCLC files and is, I am told, available to libraries.
    Ex: As it happened, the snowfall was moderate and all the rest of us worked all day and got home without difficulty.
    Ex: Will LC, after becoming the de facto national library as a result of the technological innovation of the standard, printed catalog card, be forced to abdicate its role?.
    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex: In effect, we'd be suggesting to them we don't have the book.
    Ex: However, one important feature to note about such systems is that many of them do not in fact organise knowledge or retrieve information.
    Ex: Indeed the selection of an indexing approach is crucially dependent upon the way in which the index is to be used.
    Ex: In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.
    Ex: In actuality every librarian has a different concept of ephemeral materials.
    Ex: As it happens, the way the Library of Congress automated the ISBD was different from the way we did it in Britain.
    Ex: As it is, Berlin's position - not only in Germany, but in the whole Europe and subsequently the world - is changing daily.
    Ex: A financial survey views the net effect of California's Proposition 13 as effectively lowering financial support of libraries by 25%.
    Ex: In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan.
    Ex: To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.
    Ex: A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de hecho

  • 14 declaración de intenciones

    (n.) = policy statement, statement of objectives, mission statement, purpose statement, letter of intent, declaration of intent, vision statement
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex. Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions.
    Ex. The mission statement is the statement made by a library concerning its provision and development of services and products.
    Ex. The author proposes a mission or purpose statement for each library, which explains why a library exists in a community.
    Ex. Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.
    Ex. While it is a useful declaration of intent for primary library users, its lack of an external assessment instrument is an important shortcoming.
    Ex. A vision statement describes the ideal situation if the organization could fulfill its utmost wish.
    * * *
    (n.) = policy statement, statement of objectives, mission statement, purpose statement, letter of intent, declaration of intent, vision statement

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Ex: Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions.
    Ex: The mission statement is the statement made by a library concerning its provision and development of services and products.
    Ex: The author proposes a mission or purpose statement for each library, which explains why a library exists in a community.
    Ex: Following the issue of a letter of intent to major bodybuilders, the tender was drawn up requiring tenderers to submit a breakdown of costs.
    Ex: While it is a useful declaration of intent for primary library users, its lack of an external assessment instrument is an important shortcoming.
    Ex: A vision statement describes the ideal situation if the organization could fulfill its utmost wish.

    Spanish-English dictionary > declaración de intenciones

  • 15 dependencias

    f.pl.
    1 outbuildings, outbuilding.
    2 living quarters.
    * * *
    (n.) = accommodation, quarters, living quarters
    Ex. Most CACs occupied office-type accommodation in town halls, libraries and consumer protection departments.
    Ex. Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex. The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.
    * * *
    (n.) = accommodation, quarters, living quarters

    Ex: Most CACs occupied office-type accommodation in town halls, libraries and consumer protection departments.

    Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
    Ex: The captain's living quarters in a warship were furnished according to his pocket, the bare necessities in the case of an officer without private means, and luxury for a noble or wealthy man.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dependencias

  • 16 destinar fondos

    (v.) = allocate + funds
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    * * *
    (v.) = allocate + funds

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > destinar fondos

  • 17 echar mano a los ahorros

    (v.) = dip into + savings
    Ex. So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.
    * * *
    (v.) = dip into + savings

    Ex: So she dipped into her meagre savings and bought herself a suit, a blazer, and a couple of conservative shirtdresses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar mano a los ahorros

  • 18 en realidad

    actually, in fact
    * * *
    = actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, in reality, in truth, to all intents and purposes, in point of fact, in actuality, in a very real sense, in actual practice, in actual fact, for all intents and purposes, for that matter, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in all reality
    Ex. Dr. Richmond actually has had two careers.
    Ex. As a matter of fact, the record of the change is retained in at least the OCLC files and is, I am told, available to libraries.
    Ex. However, one important feature to note about such systems is that many of them do not in fact organise knowledge or retrieve information.
    Ex. In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex. But why had he said he offered to do the work for the superintendent when in truth she had initiated the request?.
    Ex. To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.
    Ex. In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.
    Ex. In actuality every librarian has a different concept of ephemeral materials.
    Ex. In a very real sense, library administration is only an extension of public administration.
    Ex. The supervisor in actual practice receives information not only from subordinates, but from superiors and from external sources.
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex. In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan.
    Ex. A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
    Ex. If the truth be known, most successes are built on a multitude of failures.
    Ex. If the truth be told, both sides of the political spectrum suffer from those who operate on emotions rather than logic.
    Ex. In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex. In all reality, the power now lies with serious buyers who know they have more room to negotiate when making offers.
    * * *
    = actually, as a matter of fact, in fact, in reality, in truth, to all intents and purposes, in point of fact, in actuality, in a very real sense, in actual practice, in actual fact, for all intents and purposes, for that matter, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in all reality

    Ex: Dr. Richmond actually has had two careers.

    Ex: As a matter of fact, the record of the change is retained in at least the OCLC files and is, I am told, available to libraries.
    Ex: However, one important feature to note about such systems is that many of them do not in fact organise knowledge or retrieve information.
    Ex: In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex: But why had he said he offered to do the work for the superintendent when in truth she had initiated the request?.
    Ex: To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.
    Ex: In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.
    Ex: In actuality every librarian has a different concept of ephemeral materials.
    Ex: In a very real sense, library administration is only an extension of public administration.
    Ex: The supervisor in actual practice receives information not only from subordinates, but from superiors and from external sources.
    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex: In the 20th century, the debate about weeding followed, for all intents and purposes, the contours of the controversy surrounding the Quincy Plan.
    Ex: A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
    Ex: If the truth be known, most successes are built on a multitude of failures.
    Ex: If the truth be told, both sides of the political spectrum suffer from those who operate on emotions rather than logic.
    Ex: In all truth, it must be said that this howling, hissing, foot-scraping body of young rapscallions found some cause for complaint.
    Ex: In all reality, the power now lies with serious buyers who know they have more room to negotiate when making offers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en realidad

  • 19 formulado

    = framed, formulated.
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    Ex. Budgeting in libraries, which is usually on a yearly cycle, is the primary means by which formulated plans can be carried out.
    ----
    * bien formulado = well-formulated.
    * mal formulado = badly formulated.
    * * *
    = framed, formulated.

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Ex: Budgeting in libraries, which is usually on a yearly cycle, is the primary means by which formulated plans can be carried out.
    * bien formulado = well-formulated.
    * mal formulado = badly formulated.

    Spanish-English dictionary > formulado

  • 20 librar fondos

    (v.) = allocate + funds
    Ex. Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.
    * * *
    (v.) = allocate + funds

    Ex: Despite carefully framed acquistions policy statements regarding fiction in actual fact libraries allocate only a small percentage of their meagre book funds to fiction.

    Spanish-English dictionary > librar fondos

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