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  • 41 fuerza de la señal

    (n.) = signal strength, tower strength
    Ex. This calculator converts between standard units of power measurement and signal strength.
    Ex. This system allows for the quick installation of antennae as well as solving tower strength problems.
    * * *
    (n.) = signal strength, tower strength

    Ex: This calculator converts between standard units of power measurement and signal strength.

    Ex: This system allows for the quick installation of antennae as well as solving tower strength problems.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fuerza de la señal

  • 42 herramienta

    f.
    1 tool.
    2 tools.
    * * *
    1 tool
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] tool
    pl herramientas set of tools
    2) hum [de toro] horns pl ; (=dientes) teeth pl
    * * *
    femenino tool
    * * *
    = instrument, tool.
    Ex. The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.
    Ex. Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    ----
    * barra de herramientas = toolbar.
    * caja de herramientas = toolbox [tool box], utility toolbox.
    * herramienta bibliográfica = bibliographical tool.
    * herramienta de apoyo = enabler.
    * herramienta de autoedición = authoring aid, authoring tool.
    * herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramienta de desarrollo = development tool.
    * herramienta de diagnóstico = diagnostic tool.
    * herramienta de evaluación = assessment tool.
    * herramienta de evalución = evaluation tool.
    * herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * herramienta de integración = integrator.
    * herramienta de investigación = research tool.
    * herramienta de jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.
    * herramienta de navegación = navigation tool.
    * herramienta de programación = scripting tool.
    * herramienta de recuperación de información = retrieval tool.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * herramienta de trabajo = tool.
    * herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * herramienta informática = computer tool.
    * herramienta manual = hand tool.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * herramienta para el jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.
    * herramienta para especialistas = specialist tool.
    * herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.
    * herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramienta pedagógica = pedagogical tool.
    * herramienta profesional = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramientas = toolbox [tool box], gear.
    * herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * herramientas de desarrollo = toolkit.
    * herramientas de navegación = navigation facilities.
    * herramientas para la selección = selection tools.
    * juego de herramientas = toolkit.
    * menú de herramientas para trabajar con gráficos = tool palette.
    * * *
    femenino tool
    * * *
    = instrument, tool.

    Ex: The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.

    Ex: Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    * barra de herramientas = toolbar.
    * caja de herramientas = toolbox [tool box], utility toolbox.
    * herramienta bibliográfica = bibliographical tool.
    * herramienta de apoyo = enabler.
    * herramienta de autoedición = authoring aid, authoring tool.
    * herramienta de autoedición para páginas web = Web authoring tool.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.
    * herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.
    * herramienta de búsqueda = search aid, finding aid, search tool.
    * herramienta de desarrollo = development tool.
    * herramienta de diagnóstico = diagnostic tool.
    * herramienta de evaluación = assessment tool.
    * herramienta de evalución = evaluation tool.
    * herramienta de gestión = management tool, managerial tool.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * herramienta de integración = integrator.
    * herramienta de investigación = research tool.
    * herramienta de jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.
    * herramienta de navegación = navigation tool.
    * herramienta de programación = scripting tool.
    * herramienta de recuperación de información = retrieval tool.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * herramienta de trabajo = tool.
    * herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.
    * herramienta educativa = educational aid.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * herramienta informática = computer tool.
    * herramienta manual = hand tool.
    * herramienta mecánica = machine tool.
    * herramienta para el jardín = garden tool.
    * herramienta para el uso de la información = information appliance.
    * herramienta para especialistas = specialist tool.
    * herramienta para la gestión de la información = information-managing tool.
    * herramienta para profesionales = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramienta pedagógica = pedagogical tool.
    * herramienta profesional = specialist tool, professional tool.
    * herramientas = toolbox [tool box], gear.
    * herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.
    * herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.
    * herramientas de desarrollo = toolkit.
    * herramientas de navegación = navigation facilities.
    * herramientas para la selección = selection tools.
    * juego de herramientas = toolkit.
    * menú de herramientas para trabajar con gráficos = tool palette.

    * * *
    tool
    entregar las herramientas ( Chi fam euf); to give up the ghost ( colloq euph)
    * * *

     

    herramienta sustantivo femenino
    tool
    herramienta f Téc tool
    caja de herramientas, toolbox
    ' herramienta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    habilidad
    - llana
    - llave
    - pico
    - puño
    - utensilio
    - desarmador
    - hacha
    - imprescindible
    - lima
    - manejar
    - mazo
    - palo
    English:
    brace
    - drill
    - file
    - hammer
    - implement
    - level
    - pick
    - power tool
    - punch
    - rake
    - spade
    - spanner
    - tool
    * * *
    tool
    Informát herramienta de autor authoring tool
    * * *
    f tool
    * * *
    : tool
    * * *
    herramienta n tool

    Spanish-English dictionary > herramienta

  • 43 independiente

    adj.
    1 independent.
    2 separate (aparte).
    3 freelance, indie.
    f. & m.
    independent, maverick.
    * * *
    1 independent
    2 (individualista) self-sufficient
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [gen] independent
    2) [piso etc] self-contained
    3) (Inform) stand-alone
    2.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].
    Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.
    Ex. From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex. Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex. One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex. BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex. A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex. To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex. Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex. The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex. The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex. However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex. These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino independent
    * * *
    = freebooting, self-contained, self-supporting, separate, stand-alone [standalone], free-standing, non-partisan [nonpartisan], self-directed, self-reliant, independent, independent, self-organising [self-organizing, -USA].

    Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

    Ex: From mainframe and mini-computers in the 60s and 70s the trend of the 80s is towards micro-based, self-contained personal computers on the one hand, and superfast, high-performance computers on the other.
    Ex: Three self-supporting scales for the measurement of reading attitude were used, namely, the questionnaires of Estes, Heathington, and La Pray.
    Ex: One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
    Ex: BLCMP (originally Birminghan Libraries Cooperative Mechanisation Project) is a co-operative venture which embraces both network and stand-alone services, and batch and online services.
    Ex: A free-standing terminal is a computer in its own right, which processes and stores data about the transactions and which may also exchange data with a central computer at predetermined intervals, say at the end of a working day.
    Ex: To support these ends, the public library must be readily accessible to all, its use must be free of charge, it must be non-partisan and non-sectarian.
    Ex: Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.
    Ex: The modern concept of helping library users become information literate, self-reliant learners must replace traditional BI = El concepto moderno de ayudar a los usuarios de la biblioteca a adquirir los conocimientos básicos en el manejo de la información, a ser alumnos autosuficientes, debe sustituir a la formación de usuarios tradicional.
    Ex: The organization wants employees to be dependent and the employee wants to be independent.
    Ex: However, recent book industry statistics show that the market share held by the independents is shrinking.
    Ex: These techniques may lead to the study of science as a self-organizing system in the form of neural network like structures.
    * actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.
    * con financiación independiente = self-funded.
    * Federación Nacional de Asesorías Independientes (FIAC) = National Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC).
    * semiindependiente = semi-independent.
    * ser independiente = go + Posesivo + own way, stand on + Posesivo + own (two) feet.

    * * *
    1 ‹carácter› independent
    2 ‹político› independent
    independent, independent candidate
    * * *

     

    independiente adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    independent
    independiente adjetivo
    1 (sin ataduras) independent
    un partido independiente, an independent party
    2 (individualista) self-reliant
    ' independiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absoluta
    - absoluto
    - autosuficiente
    - bañera
    - chalet
    - autonómico
    - congelador
    - presentar
    English:
    financially
    - free agent
    - freelance
    - freestanding
    - independent
    - ITV
    - nonpartisan
    - unattached
    - emancipated
    - maisonette
    - self
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [país, persona] independent
    2. [aparte] separate
    ♦ nmf
    [político] independent
    * * *
    adj independent
    * * *
    : independent
    * * *
    independiente adj independent

    Spanish-English dictionary > independiente

  • 44 instrumento

    m.
    1 instrument (musical).
    instrumento de cuerda stringed instrument
    instrumento musical musical instrument
    instrumento de percusión percussion instrument
    instrumento de viento wind instrument
    2 tool, instrument (tool).
    3 means, tool (medio).
    un instrumento para estimular la demanda a means of stimulating demand
    4 apparatus.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: instrumentar.
    * * *
    1 instrument
    \
    instrumento de cuerda stringed instrument
    instrumento de percusión percussion instrument
    instrumento de viento wind instrument
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) tool, implement
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mús) instrument

    instrumento musical, instrumento músico — musical instrument

    2) (Téc) (=aparato) instrument; (=herramienta) tool, implement

    instrumentos de mando — (Aer) controls

    3) (=medio) instrument, tool
    4) (Jur) deed, legal document
    5) *** (=pene) tool ***
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Mús) (musical) instrument

    instrumento de cuerda/de viento — string/wind instrument

    b) ( herramienta) instrument; (Med) instrument

    instrumentos de medición/de precisión — measuring/precision instruments

    2) ( medio) means
    * * *
    = instrument, mechanism, tool, vehicle.
    Ex. The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.
    Ex. This helps to illustrate the methods of analysis employed by the scheme and to introduce the mechanisms of its use.
    Ex. Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    Ex. This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.
    ----
    * cuadro de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * empujar ligeramente con el dedo o un instrumento = poke.
    * habitación para practicar con instrumentos musicales = room for music-making.
    * instrumento acompañante = accompanying executant.
    * instrumento bibliográfico = bibliographic aid, bibliographic tool.
    * instrumento de ayuda a la enseñanza = teaching aid.
    * instrumento de cuerda = stringed instrument (string instrument), string instrument [stringed instrument].
    * instrumento de evaluación = assessment tool, evaluation tool.
    * instrumento de medición = measuring instrument.
    * instrumento de percusión = percussion instrument.
    * instrumento de precisión = precision device.
    * instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.
    * instrumento de recuperación = recall device.
    * instrumento de referencia = reference tool.
    * instrumento de selección = selection aid.
    * instrumento de trabajo = tool.
    * instrumento de viento = wind instrument.
    * instrumento educativo = educational aid.
    * instrumento geográfico = geographical artifact.
    * instrumento musical = instrument, musical instrument.
    * instrumento musical con teclado = keyboard instrument.
    * instrumento o intérprete de la música = executant.
    * instrumento para la recuperación = access tool.
    * instrumento para mantener papeles cogidos = fastener.
    * instrumento para resaltar = spotlight.
    * instrumento para resumir e indizar = abstracting and indexing tool.
    * instrumentos de comunicación = communication media.
    * instrumento sicométrico = psychometric instrument.
    * panel de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * tablero de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.
    * uso de instrumentos = instrumentation.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Mús) (musical) instrument

    instrumento de cuerda/de viento — string/wind instrument

    b) ( herramienta) instrument; (Med) instrument

    instrumentos de medición/de precisión — measuring/precision instruments

    2) ( medio) means
    * * *
    = instrument, mechanism, tool, vehicle.

    Ex: The Rowell observation scale for the measurement of reading attitude by teachers was included as a fourth instrument.

    Ex: This helps to illustrate the methods of analysis employed by the scheme and to introduce the mechanisms of its use.
    Ex: Prior to the 1970s UDC was frequently to be found in large card indexes in special libraries and sometimes to be encountered in abstracting and indexing tools.
    Ex: This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.
    * cuadro de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * empujar ligeramente con el dedo o un instrumento = poke.
    * habitación para practicar con instrumentos musicales = room for music-making.
    * instrumento acompañante = accompanying executant.
    * instrumento bibliográfico = bibliographic aid, bibliographic tool.
    * instrumento de ayuda a la enseñanza = teaching aid.
    * instrumento de cuerda = stringed instrument (string instrument), string instrument [stringed instrument].
    * instrumento de evaluación = assessment tool, evaluation tool.
    * instrumento de medición = measuring instrument.
    * instrumento de percusión = percussion instrument.
    * instrumento de precisión = precision device.
    * instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.
    * instrumento de recuperación = recall device.
    * instrumento de referencia = reference tool.
    * instrumento de selección = selection aid.
    * instrumento de trabajo = tool.
    * instrumento de viento = wind instrument.
    * instrumento educativo = educational aid.
    * instrumento geográfico = geographical artifact.
    * instrumento musical = instrument, musical instrument.
    * instrumento musical con teclado = keyboard instrument.
    * instrumento o intérprete de la música = executant.
    * instrumento para la recuperación = access tool.
    * instrumento para mantener papeles cogidos = fastener.
    * instrumento para resaltar = spotlight.
    * instrumento para resumir e indizar = abstracting and indexing tool.
    * instrumentos de comunicación = communication media.
    * instrumento sicométrico = psychometric instrument.
    * panel de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * tablero de instrumentos = dashboard.
    * tocar un instrumento musical = play + instrument.
    * uso de instrumentos = instrumentation.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Mús) instrument, musical instrument
    instrumento de cuerda/de percusión/de viento string/percussion/wind instrument
    2 (herramienta) instrument; ( Med) instrument
    instrumentos de medición/de precisión measuring/precision instruments
    instrumentos quirúrgicos surgical instruments
    Compuesto:
    musical instrument
    B (medio) means
    emplea su encanto como instrumento para conseguir sus fines he uses his charm as a means o way of getting what he wants
    C ( Der) instrument
    * * *

    Del verbo instrumentar: ( conjugate instrumentar)

    instrumento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    instrumentó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    instrumentar    
    instrumento
    instrumentar verbo transitivo ( conjugate instrumentar) (Mús) to orchestrate
    instrumento sustantivo masculino
    1 ( en general) instrument;

    instrumentos de precisión precision instruments
    2 ( medio) means
    instrumentar vtr Mús to score, instrument, orchestrate: el poema lo instrumentó el cantante, the singer orchestrated the poem
    instrumento sustantivo masculino instrument
    instrumento de cuerda/percusión/viento, stringed/percussion/wind instrument
    ' instrumento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - afinar
    - aparato
    - baja
    - bajo
    - con
    - corneta
    - cuadrante
    - cuerda
    - cuerno
    - de
    - desafinar
    - desgastarse
    - escarpelo
    - fagot
    - gaita
    - herir
    - incisiva
    - incisivo
    - instrumentar
    - manipular
    - mástil
    - media
    - medio
    - metro
    - mira
    - oboe
    - pedal
    - pistón
    - salterio
    - saxo
    - sonar
    - taladro
    - tambor
    - tañido
    - templar
    - tocar
    - viola
    - violín
    - violón
    - violoncelo
    - violonchelo
    - aguja
    - alguno
    - arma
    - artefacto
    - bombo
    - boquilla
    - compás
    - contrabajo
    English:
    accurate
    - bass
    - blow
    - dial
    - gouge out
    - implement
    - instrument
    - on
    - play
    - record
    - setting
    - string
    - warp
    - whistle
    - tool
    - wind
    * * *
    1. [musical] instrument;
    instrumento musical o [m5] de música musical instrument
    Méx instrumento de aliento wind instrument;
    instrumento de cuerda stringed o string instrument;
    instrumento de percusión percussion instrument;
    instrumento de viento wind instrument
    2. [herramienta] tool, instrument
    instrumento de medida measuring instrument;
    instrumento óptico optical instrument;
    instrumento de precisión precision tool o instrument
    3. [medio] means, tool;
    un instrumento para estimular la demanda a means of stimulating demand;
    ella fue el instrumento del gobierno she was a tool of the government;
    el canal televisivo es un instrumento de propaganda de la oposición the television channel is a propaganda tool for the opposition
    4. Der instrument
    5. Fam [pene] tool
    * * *
    m instrument; ( herramienta) tool, instrument; fig
    tool
    * * *
    : instrument
    * * *
    instrumento n instrument

    Spanish-English dictionary > instrumento

  • 45 instrumentos de comunicación

    Ex. Bibliometry is a branch of library and information science which is concerned with the techniques of measurement and evaluation of communication media and their accessibility.
    * * *

    Ex: Bibliometry is a branch of library and information science which is concerned with the techniques of measurement and evaluation of communication media and their accessibility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > instrumentos de comunicación

  • 46 lograr una meta

    (v.) = achieve + goal
    Ex. Productivity, in the form of goals achieved in providing improved services and resources, will be the measurement of good library management and planning.
    * * *
    (v.) = achieve + goal

    Ex: Productivity, in the form of goals achieved in providing improved services and resources, will be the measurement of good library management and planning.

    Spanish-English dictionary > lograr una meta

  • 47 luz de la luna

    (n.) = moonlight
    Ex. Measurement of the brightness of moonlight by comparison with lamp-light from a low wattage light bulb is an elementary project in astronomy.
    * * *
    (n.) = moonlight

    Ex: Measurement of the brightness of moonlight by comparison with lamp-light from a low wattage light bulb is an elementary project in astronomy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > luz de la luna

  • 48 mala calidad

    f.
    bad quality, shoddiness, poor quality, poorness.
    * * *
    (n.) = badness
    Ex. Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or ' badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.
    * * *
    (n.) = badness

    Ex: Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or ' badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mala calidad

  • 49 maldad

    f.
    1 evil.
    2 evil thing.
    3 evilness, evil, badness, fiendishness.
    4 evil act, evil deed, evil action, wrongdoing.
    * * *
    1 (cualidad) evil, wickedness
    2 (acto) evil thing, wicked thing
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) evil, wickedness
    2)
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) evilness, wickedness
    b) ( acto) evil deed, wicked thing
    * * *
    = nastiness, perversity, sinisterness, viciousness, wickedness, malice, iniquity, meanness, turpitude, ill will, badness, maliciousness.
    Ex. He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
    Ex. Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.
    Ex. But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
    Ex. She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.
    Ex. With the right ingredients put together so that virtue triumphs and wickedness is punished a very satisfying story can be produced.
    Ex. Any organisation's board of directors and its professionals and staff are jointly liable for their actions and/or omissions whether the latter are based on malice or ignorance.
    Ex. To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.
    Ex. He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.
    Ex. The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.
    Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.
    Ex. Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or ' badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.
    Ex. Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.
    ----
    * con maldad = ill-naturedly.
    * sin maldad = guileless.
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) evilness, wickedness
    b) ( acto) evil deed, wicked thing
    * * *
    = nastiness, perversity, sinisterness, viciousness, wickedness, malice, iniquity, meanness, turpitude, ill will, badness, maliciousness.

    Ex: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.

    Ex: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.
    Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
    Ex: She said they've tolerated his moods, his viciousness -- everything else -- but that this was the last straw.
    Ex: With the right ingredients put together so that virtue triumphs and wickedness is punished a very satisfying story can be produced.
    Ex: Any organisation's board of directors and its professionals and staff are jointly liable for their actions and/or omissions whether the latter are based on malice or ignorance.
    Ex: To redress this iniquity women are demanding not only equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.
    Ex: He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.
    Ex: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.
    Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.
    Ex: Measurement in and of itself is neutral and cannot indicate 'goodness' or ' badness' = La medición en sí misma es neutral y no puede indicar lo bueno o malo que algo es.
    Ex: Never attribute to maliciousness that which can adequately be explained by mere stupidity.
    * con maldad = ill-naturedly.
    * sin maldad = guileless.

    * * *
    1 (cualidad) evilness, wickedness
    2 (acto) evil deed, wicked thing
    la envidia la llevó a hacer muchas maldades envy led her to commit many evil deeds
    * * *

    maldad sustantivo femenino


    maldad sustantivo femenino
    1 wickedness, evil
    2 (comentario) wicked o evil remark: lo que has dicho es una maldad, that was a really nasty thing to say
    ' maldad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    perversión
    English:
    meanness
    - sod
    - wrongdoing
    - evil
    - mean
    - spite
    * * *
    maldad nf
    1. [cualidad] evil
    2. [acción] evil thing;
    cometer maldades to do evil o wrong
    * * *
    f evil;
    es una maldad hacer eso it’s a wicked thing to do
    * * *
    maldad nf
    1) : evil, wickedness
    2) : evil deed
    * * *
    maldad n evil

    Spanish-English dictionary > maldad

  • 50 medioambiental

    adj.
    environmental.
    * * *
    1 environmental
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo environmental
    * * *
    Ex. Not all topics are covered, but a broad group of industrial topics are represented, including, measurement, environmental and safety engineering, energy technology and communication.
    ----
    * derecho medioambiental = environmental law.
    * desde un punto de vista medioambi = environmentally.
    * sicología medioambiental = environmental psychology.
    * tensión medioambiental = environmental stress.
    * * *
    adjetivo environmental
    * * *

    Ex: Not all topics are covered, but a broad group of industrial topics are represented, including, measurement, environmental and safety engineering, energy technology and communication.

    * derecho medioambiental = environmental law.
    * desde un punto de vista medioambi = environmentally.
    * sicología medioambiental = environmental psychology.
    * tensión medioambiental = environmental stress.

    * * *
    environmental
    * * *

    medioambiental adjetivo environmental
    ' medioambiental' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ecological
    - environmental
    * * *
    environmental
    * * *
    adj environmental

    Spanish-English dictionary > medioambiental

  • 51 nefelometría

    f.
    nephelometry.
    * * *
    Ex. For this reason, the terms turbidimetry and nephelometry will be used interchangeably to indicate the measurement of light scattering by small particles in water.
    * * *

    Ex: For this reason, the terms turbidimetry and nephelometry will be used interchangeably to indicate the measurement of light scattering by small particles in water.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nefelometría

  • 52 patrón de errores

    Ex. In the second, major descriptor phrases that begin with the word 'error' are retrieved, such as 'error analysis (language),' 'error of measurement,' and ' error patterns'.
    * * *

    Ex: In the second, major descriptor phrases that begin with the word 'error' are retrieved, such as 'error analysis (language),' 'error of measurement,' and ' error patterns'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > patrón de errores

  • 53 potencia de la señal

    Ex. This calculator converts between standard units of power measurement and signal strength.
    * * *

    Ex: This calculator converts between standard units of power measurement and signal strength.

    Spanish-English dictionary > potencia de la señal

  • 54 precios

    m.pl.
    pricing.
    * * *
    (n.) = pricing, price range, price rate, price structure
    Ex. The aim was to identify and document current trends and practices in costing and pricing, and cost recovery and performance measurement in order to provide assistance to colleagues attempting to resolve financial management issues.
    Ex. The author reviews some of the features of text retrieval software packages currently on the market with notes on price ranges.
    Ex. The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.
    Ex. The analysis found substantial differences in price structure among regions, but less price differentiation based on quality than in prior years.
    * * *
    (n.) = pricing, price range, price rate, price structure

    Ex: The aim was to identify and document current trends and practices in costing and pricing, and cost recovery and performance measurement in order to provide assistance to colleagues attempting to resolve financial management issues.

    Ex: The author reviews some of the features of text retrieval software packages currently on the market with notes on price ranges.
    Ex: The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.
    Ex: The analysis found substantial differences in price structure among regions, but less price differentiation based on quality than in prior years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > precios

  • 55 psicométrico

    adj.
    psychometric, psychometrical.
    * * *
    Ex. The author reviews the relations between psychometric measurement and information retrieval.
    * * *

    Ex: The author reviews the relations between psychometric measurement and information retrieval.

    Spanish-English dictionary > psicométrico

  • 56 ratificar

    v.
    to ratify.
    María confirmó su asistencia Mary ratified her attendance.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to ratify
    1 to be confirmed, be ratified
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT [+ tratado] to ratify; [+ noticia] to confirm; [+ opinión] to support

    ratificar que... — to confirm that...

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <tratado/contrato> to ratify; < persona> ( en un puesto) to confirm; < noticia> to confirm
    2.
    ratificarse v pron
    * * *
    = endorse, ratify, reaffirm, enshrine, revalidate, ditto, reconfirm, affirm.
    Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.
    Ex. The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.
    Ex. Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.
    Ex. While much remains to be done, the right of every member of the public to see official documents is enshrined in law.
    Ex. After analysis of the data and revision of the taxonomy, it was revalidated and fine tuned in a second experiment = Tras el análisis de los resultados y la revisión de la taxonomía, ésta fue <b> ratificada</b> en un segundo experimento.
    Ex. I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.
    Ex. Findings reconfirm that library collections contribute significantly to prestige of universities.
    Ex. This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.
    ----
    * ratificar una constitución = ratify + constitution.
    * ratificar un acuerdo = ratify + convention.
    * ratificar un tratado = ratify + treaty.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <tratado/contrato> to ratify; < persona> ( en un puesto) to confirm; < noticia> to confirm
    2.
    ratificarse v pron
    * * *
    = endorse, ratify, reaffirm, enshrine, revalidate, ditto, reconfirm, affirm.

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

    Ex: The measurement of success or otherwise of these ideas can unfortunately only be ratified once the library has been in use for some considerable time.
    Ex: Coates started his study of citation order by noting Kaiser's theories of Concrete-Process and reaffirmed this aspect of Kaiser's work.
    Ex: While much remains to be done, the right of every member of the public to see official documents is enshrined in law.
    Ex: After analysis of the data and revision of the taxonomy, it was revalidated and fine tuned in a second experiment = Tras el análisis de los resultados y la revisión de la taxonomía, ésta fue <b> ratificada</b> en un segundo experimento.
    Ex: I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.
    Ex: Findings reconfirm that library collections contribute significantly to prestige of universities.
    Ex: This move has probably affirmed the future of DC.
    * ratificar una constitución = ratify + constitution.
    * ratificar un acuerdo = ratify + convention.
    * ratificar un tratado = ratify + treaty.

    * * *
    ratificar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹tratado/contrato› to ratify
    2 ‹persona› (en un puesto) to confirm
    3 ‹noticia› to confirm
    ratificarse EN algo to reaffirm sth
    * * *

    ratificar ( conjugate ratificar) verbo transitivo ‹tratado/contrato› to ratify;
    ‹ persona› ( en un puesto) to confirm;
    ‹ noticia› to confirm
    ratificar vtr (un tratado) to ratify
    (una decisión, opinión) to confirm
    ' ratificar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    refrendar
    English:
    confirm
    - ratify
    - uphold
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [anuncio, declaraciones] to confirm; [convenio] to ratify
    * * *
    v/t POL ratify
    * * *
    ratificar {72} vt
    1) : to ratify
    2) : to confirm

    Spanish-English dictionary > ratificar

  • 57 recuperación de costes

    Ex. The aim was to identify and document current trends and practices in costing and pricing, and cost recovery and performance measurement in order to provide assistance to colleagues attempting to resolve financial management issues.
    * * *

    Ex: The aim was to identify and document current trends and practices in costing and pricing, and cost recovery and performance measurement in order to provide assistance to colleagues attempting to resolve financial management issues.

    Spanish-English dictionary > recuperación de costes

  • 58 reloj de arena

    hourglass
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = sand timer, hourglass, sandglass
    Ex. The article 'Integrating Measurement Projects: Sand Timers' presents a classroom project in which children use bottles and sand to explore mathematics.
    Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex. The sandglass and compass were developed later, and finally methods of determining latitude and longitude were evolved.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = sand timer, hourglass, sandglass

    Ex: The article 'Integrating Measurement Projects: Sand Timers' presents a classroom project in which children use bottles and sand to explore mathematics.

    Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex: The sandglass and compass were developed later, and finally methods of determining latitude and longitude were evolved.

    * * *
    hourglass

    Spanish-English dictionary > reloj de arena

  • 59 rendimiento

    m.
    1 yield, return.
    rendimiento bruto gross yield
    2 performance.
    3 rate of return, return rate, yield.
    4 surrendering, surrender, capitulation.
    * * *
    1 (producción - de terreno) yield; (- de máquina) output; (- de persona) progress, performance; (- de inversión) yield, return
    2 (trabajo - de motor, máquina) efficiency, performance
    3 (sumisión) submissiveness
    4 (cansancio) exhaustion, fatigue
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de una máquina] output; (=capacidad) capacity; (=producción) output

    funcionar a pleno rendimiento — to work all-out, work at full throttle

    2) [de persona] performance, achievement

    Centro de Alto Rendimiento — specialized sports training centre

    3) (Econ) yield, profit, profits pl
    4) (=sumisión) submissiveness; (=servilismo) obsequiousness; (=devoción) devotion
    5) (=agotamiento) exhaustion
    6) (=parte útil) usable part, proportion of usable material
    * * *
    1) ( de persona) performance
    2) (Auto) performance; (Mec, Tec) output
    3) ( de terreno) yield
    4) (Fin) yield, return
    * * *
    = performance, yield, payoff [pay-off], achievement, fruitfulness.
    Ex. They admitted that they did not evaluate their technicians and aides, and confirmed that increases were automatic and the same 'across-the-board'; superior performance was not rewarded, nor inferior performance punished.
    Ex. Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.
    Ex. Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex. Successful achievement on the part of the employee can be reinforced by providing external rewards such as promotions and merit salary increases.
    Ex. The fruitfulness of our life depends in large measure on our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work.
    ----
    * alto rendimiento = high yield.
    * análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.
    * análisis de rendimiento = performance test.
    * basado en el rendimiento = performance-based.
    * controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.
    * de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.
    * evaluación del rendimiento = performance appraisal, performance evaluation, performance measurement, performance review, performance rating.
    * evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.
    * indicador de rendimiento = benchmark, performance indicator, performance measure, output measure.
    * indicadores de rendimiento = benchmark figures, performance criteria.
    * índice de rendimiento = performance rating, performance measure, output measure.
    * índice de rendimiento personal = individual performance index.
    * ley de los rendimientos decrecientes = law of diminishing returns.
    * mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.
    * medida del rendimiento = performance measure.
    * medida de rendimiento = output measure.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * producir el rendimiento máximo = come into + Posesivo + own.
    * prueba de rendimiento = benchmark, benchtest, achievement test, performance test.
    * pruebas de rendimiento = benchmarking.
    * rendimiento académico = academic achievement, learning achievement, learning performance.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.
    * rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.
    * rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.
    * rendimiento escolar = school achievement, school performance, learning achievement, learning performance.
    * rendimiento laboral = work performance.
    * rendimiento óptimo = quality performance.
    * rendimiento por debajo de la media = under-performance.
    * tasa de rendimiento = rate of return.
    * * *
    1) ( de persona) performance
    2) (Auto) performance; (Mec, Tec) output
    3) ( de terreno) yield
    4) (Fin) yield, return
    * * *
    = performance, yield, payoff [pay-off], achievement, fruitfulness.

    Ex: They admitted that they did not evaluate their technicians and aides, and confirmed that increases were automatic and the same 'across-the-board'; superior performance was not rewarded, nor inferior performance punished.

    Ex: Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.
    Ex: Although setting up a security policy may demand considerable upheaval, it has significant payoff in safety and efficiency.
    Ex: Successful achievement on the part of the employee can be reinforced by providing external rewards such as promotions and merit salary increases.
    Ex: The fruitfulness of our life depends in large measure on our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work.
    * alto rendimiento = high yield.
    * análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.
    * análisis de rendimiento = performance test.
    * basado en el rendimiento = performance-based.
    * controles de rendimiento = benchmark figures.
    * de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.
    * evaluación del rendimiento = performance appraisal, performance evaluation, performance measurement, performance review, performance rating.
    * evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.
    * indicador de rendimiento = benchmark, performance indicator, performance measure, output measure.
    * indicadores de rendimiento = benchmark figures, performance criteria.
    * índice de rendimiento = performance rating, performance measure, output measure.
    * índice de rendimiento personal = individual performance index.
    * ley de los rendimientos decrecientes = law of diminishing returns.
    * mayor rendimiento = efficiencies of scale.
    * medida del rendimiento = performance measure.
    * medida de rendimiento = output measure.
    * obtener el mayor rendimiento posible = maximise + opportunities.
    * producir el rendimiento máximo = come into + Posesivo + own.
    * prueba de rendimiento = benchmark, benchtest, achievement test, performance test.
    * pruebas de rendimiento = benchmarking.
    * rendimiento académico = academic achievement, learning achievement, learning performance.
    * rendimiento decreciente = diminishing returns.
    * rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.
    * rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.
    * rendimiento escolar = school achievement, school performance, learning achievement, learning performance.
    * rendimiento laboral = work performance.
    * rendimiento óptimo = quality performance.
    * rendimiento por debajo de la media = under-performance.
    * tasa de rendimiento = rate of return.

    * * *
    A (de una persona) performance
    su rendimiento es muy bajo his performance is very poor, he has performed very poorly
    el alto rendimiento de los alumnos the pupils' excellent performance o high level of achievement
    B
    1 ( Auto) performance
    2 ( Mec, Tec) output
    el rendimiento de esta máquina es de 40 unidades al día the output of this machine is 40 units a day, this machine produces 40 units a day
    funciona a pleno rendimiento it is working at full capacity
    D ( Fin) yield, return
    * * *

     

    rendimiento sustantivo masculino
    a) (de persona, coche) performance

    b) (de máquina, factoría) output;



    d) (Fin) yield, return

    rendimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (de una persona, máquina) performance
    2 Fin yield, return
    ' rendimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajón
    - desigual
    - productividad
    English:
    efficiency
    - efficient
    - output
    - performance
    - performance-related pay
    - power
    - response
    - return
    - spasmodic
    - yield
    - out
    * * *
    1. [de inversión, negocio] yield, return;
    [de tierra, cosecha] yield rendimiento bruto gross yield;
    2. [de motor, máquina] performance;
    [de trabajador, fábrica] productivity;
    trabajar a pleno rendimiento [maquinaria, fábrica] to work at full capacity;
    [trabajador] to work flat out
    3. [de estudiante, deportista] performance
    * * *
    m
    1 performance;
    de alto rendimiento coche high-powered, performance atr
    2 ( producción) output
    3 FIN yield;
    * * *
    1) : performance
    2) : yield
    * * *
    1. (en general) performance
    2. (producción) output

    Spanish-English dictionary > rendimiento

  • 60 respaldar

    m.
    1 backrest, seat back, seatback.
    El respaldar de la silla es muy duro The chair's backrest is too hard.
    2 bed rest.
    v.
    1 to back, to support.
    varios intelectuales respaldan la candidatura del escritor several intellectuals are backing o supporting the writer as a candidate
    el descubrimiento respalda su teoría the discovery backs up o supports his theory
    Ellos respaldan la calidad They back the quality.
    Ellos respaldan las evidencias They provide proof for the evidence.
    2 to buttress, to prop, to uphold, to reinforce.
    Ellos respaldan las paredes They buttress the walls.
    * * *
    1 to support, back (up)
    1 to lean back (en, on)
    2 (apoyarse) to lean (en, on)
    * * *
    verb
    to back, support
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ documento] to endorse
    2) (=apoyar) to back, support
    3) (Inform) to support
    4) (=garantizar) to guarantee
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < persona> ( apoyar) to support, back; ( en discusión) to back... up
    b) <propuesta/plan> to support, back

    respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

    2) ( endosar) < documento> to endorse
    2.
    respaldarse v pron
    1) ( en sillón) to sit back; (contra árbol, pared) to lean back
    2) ( depender)
    * * *
    = back, give + weight to, lend + weight to, support, underpin, back + Nombre + up, buttress, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, back into, stand by.
    Ex. Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.
    Ex. The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.
    Ex. They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
    Ex. In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.
    Ex. This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.
    Ex. Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.
    Ex. Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.
    Ex. Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.
    Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.
    Ex. To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.
    Ex. It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.
    ----
    * estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.
    * respaldar Algo = lend + authority to.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar una conclusión = support + conclusion.
    * respaldar una opinión = buttress + claim, support + view.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < persona> ( apoyar) to support, back; ( en discusión) to back... up
    b) <propuesta/plan> to support, back

    respaldado por la experiencia — backed by o with the backing of experience

    2) ( endosar) < documento> to endorse
    2.
    respaldarse v pron
    1) ( en sillón) to sit back; (contra árbol, pared) to lean back
    2) ( depender)
    * * *
    = back, give + weight to, lend + weight to, support, underpin, back + Nombre + up, buttress, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, back into, stand by.

    Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

    Ex: The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.
    Ex: They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.
    Ex: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.
    Ex: This process is underpinned by a patient-based information system which is timely, accessible and credible to all participants.
    Ex: Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.
    Ex: Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.
    Ex: Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.
    Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.
    Ex: To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.
    Ex: It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.
    * estar respaldado por Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.
    * respaldar Algo = lend + authority to.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar una conclusión = support + conclusion.
    * respaldar una opinión = buttress + claim, support + view.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.

    * * *
    back
    respaldar2 [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹persona› (apoyar) to support, back; (en una discusión) to back … up
    2 ‹propuesta/plan› to support, back, endorse
    la moneda está respaldada por las reservas del banco central the currency is backed o supported by the reserves of the central bank
    un producto respaldado por 100 años de experiencia a product backed by o with the backing of 100 years' experience
    B (endosar) ‹documento› to endorse
    A (en un sillón) to sit back; (contra un árbol, una pared) to lean back
    B (apoyarse) respaldarse EN algo/algn:
    se respalda mucho en sus padres he leans heavily on his parents (for support)
    siguen respaldándose en las mismas teorías they are still basing their arguments/case on the same theories
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    respaldar ( conjugate respaldar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› ( apoyar) to support, back;
    ( en discusión) to back up;
    ‹propuesta/plan› to support, back;
    ‹versión/teoría› to support, back up
    respaldar verbo transitivo to support, back: nadie respaldó su proyecto, nobody backed her project
    ' respaldar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fiar
    - apoyar
    English:
    back
    - endorse
    - support
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    ♦ vt
    1. [proyecto, empresa] to back, to support;
    varios intelectuales respaldan la candidatura del escritor several intellectuals are backing o supporting the writer as a candidate
    2. [tesis] to back up, to support;
    el descubrimiento respalda su teoría the discovery backs up o supports his theory
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    v/t back, support
    * * *
    : to back, to support, to endorse
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    respaldar vb to back / to support

    Spanish-English dictionary > respaldar

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