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  • 61 funda de papel

    (n.) = paper jacket
    Ex. However, the usual protection for a mid-nineteenth-century cloth-bound book -- if it had any -- was a plain paper jacket, sometimes cut with a window to show the lettering on the spine, and it was not until the 1880s that printed dust-jackets became common.
    * * *

    Ex: However, the usual protection for a mid-nineteenth-century cloth-bound book -- if it had any -- was a plain paper jacket, sometimes cut with a window to show the lettering on the spine, and it was not until the 1880s that printed dust-jackets became common.

    Spanish-English dictionary > funda de papel

  • 62 habitante de la ciudad

    (n.) = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite
    Ex. A table shows the number of students who passed through the courses during their 5-year existence, and characteristics such as city or country dweller, from public or special library.
    Ex. Because of the rigidity described earlier the library was not able to respond to the survival and safety/security needs of those who were urban dwellers in the mid twentieth century.
    Ex. The author discusses his study on 'The Development of Strategies for Dealing with the Information Needs of Urban Residents'.
    Ex. The rural communities are equally enthusiastic in obtaining information for their daily lives, as are urbanites in facing challenges of the modern world.
    * * *
    (n.) = city dweller, urban dweller, urban resident, urbanite

    Ex: A table shows the number of students who passed through the courses during their 5-year existence, and characteristics such as city or country dweller, from public or special library.

    Ex: Because of the rigidity described earlier the library was not able to respond to the survival and safety/security needs of those who were urban dwellers in the mid twentieth century.
    Ex: The author discusses his study on 'The Development of Strategies for Dealing with the Information Needs of Urban Residents'.
    Ex: The rural communities are equally enthusiastic in obtaining information for their daily lives, as are urbanites in facing challenges of the modern world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > habitante de la ciudad

  • 63 habitante de la urbe

    Ex. Because of the rigidity described earlier the library was not able to respond to the survival and safety/security needs of those who were urban dwellers in the mid twentieth century.
    * * *

    Ex: Because of the rigidity described earlier the library was not able to respond to the survival and safety/security needs of those who were urban dwellers in the mid twentieth century.

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  • 64 imprenta

    f.
    1 (printing) press.
    2 printing house (establecimiento).
    3 printing press, press.
    4 printing works.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: imprentar.
    * * *
    1 (arte) printing
    2 (taller) printer's, printing house
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acto) printing

    dar o entregar a la imprenta — to send for printing

    2) (=máquina) press
    3) (=taller) printer's
    4) (=impresos) printed matter
    letra 1)
    * * *
    femenino ( taller) printer's; ( aparato) (printing) press; ( actividad) printing
    * * *
    = book house, printing house, printing office, printing press, press [presses, -pl.], establishment, printing machine, printing company, printing firm, print shop.
    Ex. Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.
    Ex. Companionship systems were operated in the Boston printing house of Hobart and Robins in the early 1850s.
    Ex. Companionships had probably been developed in late eighteenth-century London for dealing with rush jobs in the larger printing offices.
    Ex. The place of printing is the location where the printing press is situated, of failing this, the organization acting for it.
    Ex. Several of the commercial and university publishers that had been prominent in 1983 have been replaced by new presses.
    Ex. Certainly the larger establishments of the early machine-press period, which produced comparable numbers of damp sheets, found it necessary to install heated drying rooms.
    Ex. The author list reprographic equipment suitable for use in libraries (copiers, cutting equipment, printing machines, collators, driers).
    Ex. The first formally organized photomechanical printing company in the world was created by Paul Pretsch in 1854 in England.
    Ex. These archives are so complete that they present a rare insight into the early history of a printing firm which under 4 generations of owners produced work for 127 years.
    Ex. The only feminist print shop in North America has closed down after 23 years.
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    * al principio de la imprenta = early printing.
    * cajista de imprenta = compositor, typesetter.
    * carácter de imprenta = block capital, block letter.
    * era de la imprenta, la = print era, the.
    * GPO (Imprenta del Gobierno Americano) = GPO (Government Printing Office).
    * historia de la imprenta = history of printing.
    * imprenta de galeradas = galley press.
    * imprenta de material efímero = jobbing house, jobbing office, jobbing printer.
    * imprenta de periódico = news press.
    * imprenta especializada en remendería = jobbing house.
    * imprenta pequeña = small press.
    * imprenta privada = private press.
    * industria de la imprenta, la = printing industry, the.
    * letra de imprenta = block capital, block letter.
    * máquina de imprenta = printing machine.
    * metal de imprenta = type-metal [typemetal].
    * oficial aprendiz de imprenta = journeyman printer.
    * papel de imprenta = printing paper, copy paper.
    * pie de imprenta = edition imprint, imprint statement, imprint.
    * taller de imprenta = printing house, printing firm, printing company, print shop.
    * tinta de imprenta = printing ink.
    * tipo de imprenta = book face, printing type, type.
    * * *
    femenino ( taller) printer's; ( aparato) (printing) press; ( actividad) printing
    * * *
    = book house, printing house, printing office, printing press, press [presses, -pl.], establishment, printing machine, printing company, printing firm, print shop.

    Ex: Although most London book houses owned galley presses for making slip proofs by the 1870, it appears that companionship bookwork was generally made up into pages and imposed before proofing until the mid 1880s.

    Ex: Companionship systems were operated in the Boston printing house of Hobart and Robins in the early 1850s.
    Ex: Companionships had probably been developed in late eighteenth-century London for dealing with rush jobs in the larger printing offices.
    Ex: The place of printing is the location where the printing press is situated, of failing this, the organization acting for it.
    Ex: Several of the commercial and university publishers that had been prominent in 1983 have been replaced by new presses.
    Ex: Certainly the larger establishments of the early machine-press period, which produced comparable numbers of damp sheets, found it necessary to install heated drying rooms.
    Ex: The author list reprographic equipment suitable for use in libraries (copiers, cutting equipment, printing machines, collators, driers).
    Ex: The first formally organized photomechanical printing company in the world was created by Paul Pretsch in 1854 in England.
    Ex: These archives are so complete that they present a rare insight into the early history of a printing firm which under 4 generations of owners produced work for 127 years.
    Ex: The only feminist print shop in North America has closed down after 23 years.
    * al principio de la imprenta = early printing.
    * cajista de imprenta = compositor, typesetter.
    * carácter de imprenta = block capital, block letter.
    * era de la imprenta, la = print era, the.
    * GPO (Imprenta del Gobierno Americano) = GPO (Government Printing Office).
    * historia de la imprenta = history of printing.
    * imprenta de galeradas = galley press.
    * imprenta de material efímero = jobbing house, jobbing office, jobbing printer.
    * imprenta de periódico = news press.
    * imprenta especializada en remendería = jobbing house.
    * imprenta pequeña = small press.
    * imprenta privada = private press.
    * industria de la imprenta, la = printing industry, the.
    * letra de imprenta = block capital, block letter.
    * máquina de imprenta = printing machine.
    * metal de imprenta = type-metal [typemetal].
    * oficial aprendiz de imprenta = journeyman printer.
    * papel de imprenta = printing paper, copy paper.
    * pie de imprenta = edition imprint, imprint statement, imprint.
    * taller de imprenta = printing house, printing firm, printing company, print shop.
    * tinta de imprenta = printing ink.
    * tipo de imprenta = book face, printing type, type.

    * * *
    1 (taller) printer's
    2 (aparato) printing press, press
    3 (actividad) printing letra
    * * *

     

    imprenta sustantivo femenino ( taller) printer's;
    ( aparato) (printing) press
    imprenta sustantivo femenino
    1 (taller) printing works
    2 (máquina) printing press
    3 (técnica) printing
    ' imprenta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    error
    - original
    - pliego
    - prensa
    - errata
    - letra
    English:
    misprint
    - press
    - print
    - printing
    - block
    - printer
    - proof
    - type
    * * *
    1. [máquina] (printing) press
    2. [establecimiento] printing house, printer's
    * * *
    f
    1 taller printer’s
    2 arte, técnica printing
    3 máquina printing press;
    dar a la imprenta send for printing
    * * *
    1) : printing
    2) : printing shop, press
    * * *
    1. (arte) printing
    2. (taller) printer's

    Spanish-English dictionary > imprenta

  • 65 juglar

    m.
    minstrel.
    * * *
    1 minstrel
    * * *
    SM minstrel, jongleur
    * * *
    masculino minstrel, jongleur
    * * *
    = minstrel, troubadour.
    Ex. The banjo is in its origins a black folk instrument although it was adopted by the white minstrels in the mid 19th century.
    Ex. The article 'Thespians, troubadours, hams and bad actors' discusses methods by which school and public libraries can come to terms with the behaviour of young adults.
    * * *
    masculino minstrel, jongleur
    * * *
    = minstrel, troubadour.

    Ex: The banjo is in its origins a black folk instrument although it was adopted by the white minstrels in the mid 19th century.

    Ex: The article 'Thespians, troubadours, hams and bad actors' discusses methods by which school and public libraries can come to terms with the behaviour of young adults.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    minstrel, jongleur
    * * *

    juglar sustantivo masculino
    minstrel, jongleur
    juglar,-aresa sustantivo masculino y femenino jester, juggler, minstrel
    ' juglar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    juglaresa
    English:
    minstrel
    * * *
    juglar, -esa nm,f
    minstrel
    * * *
    m HIST minstrel, jongleur
    * * *
    juglar nm
    : minstrel

    Spanish-English dictionary > juglar

  • 66 letra bastarda

    f.
    bastard type.
    * * *
    (n.) = bastarda
    Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.
    * * *
    (n.) = bastarda

    Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > letra bastarda

  • 67 letra gótica

    f.
    gothic type, German script.
    * * *
    Gothic script
    * * *
    (n.) = gothic type, black letter
    Ex. Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.
    Ex. Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in ' black letter' until 1640.
    * * *
    (n.) = gothic type, black letter

    Ex: Fraktur, cut with a contrived formality that belied its cursive origins, became the most successful of all the gothic types, surviving as a book face in Germany until the mid twentieth century.

    Ex: Books in English began to be set in roman from the late 1550s, although the Bible survived in ' black letter' until 1640.

    Spanish-English dictionary > letra gótica

  • 68 libro de pastas amarillas

    (n.) = yellow-back
    Ex. The typical yellow-back of the mid nineteenth century was a cheap edition of fiction in small crown octavo, retailing a 2 shillings, and its case was made of glazed coloured paper on strawboard.
    * * *

    Ex: The typical yellow-back of the mid nineteenth century was a cheap edition of fiction in small crown octavo, retailing a 2 shillings, and its case was made of glazed coloured paper on strawboard.

    Spanish-English dictionary > libro de pastas amarillas

  • 69 limitar

    v.
    1 to limit, to restrict.
    han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an hour
    este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary
    Ricardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.
    El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.
    2 to mark out (terreno).
    3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).
    4 to border.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to limit
    1 to border with
    \
    limitarse a + inf to restrict oneself to + gerund, do no more than + inf
    * * *
    verb
    to restrict, limit
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=restringir) to limit, restrict

    nos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have

    2.
    VI
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict
    2. 3.
    limitarse v pron

    limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

    * * *
    = bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.
    Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
    Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.
    Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
    Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    ----
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * limitar con = border on.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict
    2. 3.
    limitarse v pron

    limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

    * * *
    = bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

    Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

    Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
    Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.
    Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
    Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * limitar con = border on.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

    * * *
    limitar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrict
    las disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearms
    es necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of action
    habrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakers
    le han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week
    ■ limitar
    vi
    limitar CON algo to border ON sth
    España limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the west
    limitarse A algo:
    yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to me
    no hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watching
    limítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to do
    el problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big cities
    tiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means
    * * *

    limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
    verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
    limitarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

    me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
    limitar
    I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
    II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France

    ' limitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constreñir
    - tapiar
    - lindar
    English:
    border on
    - confine
    - limit
    - narrow down
    - restrict
    - border
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;
    quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;
    han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;
    este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary
    2. [terreno] to mark out;
    limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land
    ♦ vi
    to border ( con on);
    limita al norte con Venezuela it borders on Venezuela to the north
    * * *
    I v/t limit; ( restringir) limit, restrict
    II v/i
    :
    limitar con border on
    * * *
    restringir: to limit, to restrict
    limitar con : to border on
    * * *
    1. (restringir) to limit
    2. (tener frontera) to border
    España limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France

    Spanish-English dictionary > limitar

  • 70 menos conocido

    adj.
    lesser-known, less known.
    * * *
    Ex. The library possesses large quantities of the works of lesser known authors from all over Europe who were writing in the mid-nineteenth century.
    * * *

    Ex: The library possesses large quantities of the works of lesser known authors from all over Europe who were writing in the mid-nineteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > menos conocido

  • 71 menos sabido

    (adj.) = lesser known
    Ex. The library possesses large quantities of the works of lesser known authors from all over Europe who were writing in the mid-nineteenth century.
    * * *
    (adj.) = lesser known

    Ex: The library possesses large quantities of the works of lesser known authors from all over Europe who were writing in the mid-nineteenth century.

    Spanish-English dictionary > menos sabido

  • 72 momia

    adj.&f.
    feminine of MOMIO.
    f.
    mummy.
    * * *
    1 mummy
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino mummy
    * * *
    = memento slip, mummy.
    Ex. Shelf-reading also provides the opportunity to check the existence of memento slips in case of displaced volumes.
    Ex. The author discusses the origins of the myth that, in mid 19th century USA, the linen wrappings from Egyptian mummies were used in commercial papermaking.
    * * *
    femenino mummy
    * * *
    = memento slip, mummy.

    Ex: Shelf-reading also provides the opportunity to check the existence of memento slips in case of displaced volumes.

    Ex: The author discusses the origins of the myth that, in mid 19th century USA, the linen wrappings from Egyptian mummies were used in commercial papermaking.

    * * *
    mummy
    * * *

    momia sustantivo femenino
    mummy
    momia sustantivo femenino mummy
    ' momia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    mummy
    * * *
    momia nf
    mummy
    * * *
    f mummy
    * * *
    momia nf
    : mummy
    * * *
    momia n mummy [pl. mummies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > momia

  • 73 montepío

    m.
    assistance fund, charitable fund.
    * * *
    1 (sociedad) friendly society, benefit society
    2 (depósito) welfare fund
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=sociedad) friendly society; (=fondo) charitable fund for dependents
    2) And, Cono Sur (=viudedad) widow's pension
    3) (=monte de piedad) pawnshop
    * * *
    1) ( monte de piedad) pawnshop
    2)
    b) ( pensión) pension
    c) (Chi) (de huérfano, viuda) dependent's pension
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.
    Ex. The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.
    Ex. Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex. Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.
    * * *
    1) ( monte de piedad) pawnshop
    2)
    b) ( pensión) pension
    c) (Chi) (de huérfano, viuda) dependent's pension
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society.

    Ex: The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.

    Ex: Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex: Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.

    * * *
    B
    2 (pensión) pension
    3 ( Chi) (de huérfano, viuda) dependent's pension
    * * *
    1. [institución] mutual aid society
    2. [fondo] charitable fund [for workers and their dependents]
    3. [pensión] pension [from mutual aid society]

    Spanish-English dictionary > montepío

  • 74 mutua

    f.
    1 friendly society(British), mutual benefit society (United States).
    2 mutual benefit society.
    * * *
    1 mutual benefit society
    \
    mutua de seguros mutual insurance company
    * * *
    f., (m. - mutuo)
    * * *
    SF friendly society, benefit society (EEUU)
    * * *
    femenino benefit society (AmE), friendly society (BrE)
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.
    Ex. The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.
    Ex. Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex. Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.
    Ex. Their mutual insurance company did not have enough equity to cover the losses.
    Ex. Reference was made also to the fact that most mutual insurance societies systematically visited their members who were ill in hospitals.
    ----
    * mutua de accidentes = insurance company, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.
    * mutua de seguros = mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.
    * * *
    femenino benefit society (AmE), friendly society (BrE)
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.

    Ex: The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.

    Ex: Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex: Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.
    Ex: Their mutual insurance company did not have enough equity to cover the losses.
    Ex: Reference was made also to the fact that most mutual insurance societies systematically visited their members who were ill in hospitals.
    * mutua de accidentes = insurance company, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.
    * mutua de seguros = mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.

    * * *
    mutual savings bank, benefit society ( AmE), friendly society ( BrE)
    Compuesto:
    mutual insurance company
    * * *

    mutua sustantivo femenino
    benefit society (AmE), friendly society (BrE)
    mutuo,-a adjetivo mutual
    ' mutua' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nacer
    English:
    understanding
    * * *
    mutua nf
    Br friendly society, US mutual benefit society mutua de accidentes mutual accident insurance company;
    mutua de seguros mutual insurance company

    Spanish-English dictionary > mutua

  • 75 mutualidad

    f.
    1 friendly society (British), mutual benefit society (United States) (asociation).
    2 mutuality.
    * * *
    1 (asociación) mutual benefit society
    2 (reciprocidad) mutuality
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=asociación) friendly society, benefit society (EEUU)
    2) (=reciprocidad) reciprocity, reciprocal nature
    3) (=ayuda) mutual aid, reciprocal aid
    * * *
    femenino benefit society (AmE), friendly society (BrE)
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.
    Ex. The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.
    Ex. Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex. Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.
    Ex. Their mutual insurance company did not have enough equity to cover the losses.
    Ex. Reference was made also to the fact that most mutual insurance societies systematically visited their members who were ill in hospitals.
    * * *
    femenino benefit society (AmE), friendly society (BrE)
    * * *
    = friendly society, provident society, mutual benefit society, mutual insurance company, mutual insurance society.

    Ex: The origins of this institution -- part trade union, part friendly society, and part social club -- are obscure, but chapels were well established by the mid sixteenth century in the larger continental shops.

    Ex: Wilson thought that most of these objectives were unattainable by provident societies, since they were governed by people of various religious denominations.
    Ex: Most mutual benefit societies formed to provide financial assistance for members who were unable to work because of illness, funeral and burial expenses, pensions for widows and orphans, and low-interest loans.
    Ex: Their mutual insurance company did not have enough equity to cover the losses.
    Ex: Reference was made also to the fact that most mutual insurance societies systematically visited their members who were ill in hospitals.

    * * *
    benefit society ( AmE), friendly society ( BrE)
    * * *

    mutualidad sustantivo femenino mutual insurance company/society, mutual benefit society
    * * *
    1. [asociación] Br friendly society, US mutual benefit society
    2. [reciprocidad] mutuality
    * * *
    f benefit society, Br
    friendly society

    Spanish-English dictionary > mutualidad

  • 76 nacionalista

    adj.
    1 nationalist.
    2 nationalistic.
    f. & m.
    nationalist.
    * * *
    1 nationalist
    1 nationalist
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ nationalist, nationalistic
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo nationalist (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino nationalist
    * * *
    = nationalist, nationalistic, nationalist.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. Romantic nationalism and state patriotism were two varieties of nationalist ideology that arose in Russia in the mid 19th century = El nacionalismo romántico y el patriotismo nacional fueron dos variedades de ideología nacionalista que surgieron en Rusia a mediados del siglo XIX.
    Ex. However there were nationalistic and separatist moves on the part of Canadian librarians = No obstante, hubo maniobras nacionalista y separatistas por parte de los bibliotecarios canadienses.
    Ex. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was one of Africa's foremost nationalists and pan-Africanists who contributed immensely to the development of libraries in Nigeria.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo nationalist (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino nationalist
    * * *
    = nationalist, nationalistic, nationalist.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Romantic nationalism and state patriotism were two varieties of nationalist ideology that arose in Russia in the mid 19th century = El nacionalismo romántico y el patriotismo nacional fueron dos variedades de ideología nacionalista que surgieron en Rusia a mediados del siglo XIX.

    Ex: However there were nationalistic and separatist moves on the part of Canadian librarians = No obstante, hubo maniobras nacionalista y separatistas por parte de los bibliotecarios canadienses.
    Ex: Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe was one of Africa's foremost nationalists and pan-Africanists who contributed immensely to the development of libraries in Nigeria.

    * * *
    nationalist ( before n)
    nationalist
    * * *

    nacionalista adjetivo
    nationalist ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    nationalist
    nacionalista adjetivo & mf nationalist
    ' nacionalista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mayoría
    English:
    nationalist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    nationalist
    ♦ nmf
    nationalist
    * * *
    m/f & adj nationalist
    * * *
    : nationalist, nationalistic
    : nationalist
    * * *
    nacionalista adj n nationalist

    Spanish-English dictionary > nacionalista

  • 77 nominativo

    adj.
    1 nominative, appointed.
    2 nominative.
    m.
    nominative, nominative case.
    * * *
    1 (cheque) personal
    ■ un talón nominativo a favor de... a cheque made out to..., a cheque payable to...
    2 LINGÚÍSTICA nominative
    1 nominative
    ————————
    1 nominative
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Ling) nominative
    2) (Com, Econ)
    2.
    SM (Ling) nominative
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Fin)

    un cheque nominativo a favor de... — a check made out to o payable to...

    II
    masculino nominative
    * * *
    Ex. This article reviews the publication of the reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from the early nominative reports of the mid-eighteenth century to the present.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Fin)

    un cheque nominativo a favor de... — a check made out to o payable to...

    II
    masculino nominative
    * * *

    Ex: This article reviews the publication of the reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from the early nominative reports of the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

    * * *
    1 ( Fin):
    un cheque nominativo a favor de … a check made out to o payable to …
    2 ( Ling) nominative
    nominative
    * * *

    nominativo adjetivo (Fin):
    ◊ un cheque nominativo a favor de … a check made out to o payable to …

    nominativo,-a adj Fin (documento) bearing a person's name

    ' nominativo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nominativa
    English:
    nominative
    * * *
    nominativo, -a
    ♦ adj
    cheque nominativo = cheque made out to a specific person;
    un cheque nominativo a favor de Carla Gimeno a cheque made out to Carla Gimeno
    ♦ nm
    Gram nominative
    * * *
    nominativo, -va adj
    : nominative
    : nominative (case)

    Spanish-English dictionary > nominativo

  • 78 ocuparse de

    v.
    1 to take care of, to deal with, to look after, to address.
    Nos ocupamos de la limpieza We take care of the cleaning.
    2 to go about, to get about, to attend to, to be concerned with.
    Ocuparse de sus negocios Go about one's business
    * * *
    1 (encargarse de) to take care of; (tratar) to deal with
    * * *
    to attend, take care of
    * * *
    (v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to
    Ex. Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.
    Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex. Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex. Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex. We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex. Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
    Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex. There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
    Ex. In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
    Ex. They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.
    * * *
    (v.) = be concerned with, deal with, indulge in, preoccupy, turn to, concern, take + a turn at, care (about/for), become + engaged (in/with), engage with, see to

    Ex: Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.

    Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.
    Ex: Each library must make policy decisions concerning whether it will indulge in analytical cataloguing.
    Ex: Abstracting agencies citation recommendations may be preoccupied with the practices desirable for periodical articles.
    Ex: We shall turn to this distinction very shortly.
    Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex: Journeyman printers generally specialized as compositors or pressmen and, although a compositor might on occasion take a turn at the press (especially in a small shop), few pressmen could set type efficiently.
    Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.
    Ex: There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
    Ex: In order to overcome isolation and develop a community oriented approach, libraries will need to engage with people.
    Ex: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocuparse de

  • 79 ortografía

    f.
    spelling, orthography.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: ortografiar.
    * * *
    1 spelling (uso formal) orthography
    \
    falta de ortografía spelling mistake
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF spelling, orthography frm
    * * *
    femenino spelling, orthography (frml)
    * * *
    = spelling, orthography.
    Ex. With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
    Ex. Until the mid seventeenth century variant spelling within limits was a permissible and usual feature of compositors' orthography.
    ----
    * falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.
    * * *
    femenino spelling, orthography (frml)
    * * *
    = spelling, orthography.

    Ex: With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.

    Ex: Until the mid seventeenth century variant spelling within limits was a permissible and usual feature of compositors' orthography.
    * falta de ortografía = misspelling [mis-spelling], spelling error.

    * * *
    spelling, orthography ( frml)
    tiene muy mala ortografía her spelling is terrible
    es la primera vez que veo la palabra con esa ortografía it's the first time I've seen the word spelled like that
    * * *

    ortografía sustantivo femenino
    spelling, orthography (frml)
    ortografía sustantivo femenino orthography, spelling: solía cometer muchas faltas de ortografía, he used to make a lot of spelling mistakes
    ' ortografía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuidar
    - falta
    - notablemente
    - error
    - malo
    English:
    deduct
    - mistake
    - spell
    - spelling
    - let
    - watch
    * * *
    spelling, Espec orthography
    * * *
    f spelling
    * * *
    : orthography, spelling
    * * *
    ortografía n spelling

    Spanish-English dictionary > ortografía

  • 80 paisajista

    adj.
    1 landscape.
    pintor paisajista landscape painter
    2 landscaping.
    f. & m.
    1 landscape painter.
    2 exterior decorator, artist who designs exteriors or large gardens, landscape architect, landscape gardener.
    3 sightseer.
    * * *
    1 (pintor) landscape artist
    * * *
    SMF (=pintor) landscape painter; (=jardinero) landscape gardener
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Art) landscape painter; ( en jardinería) landscape gardener
    * * *
    = landscape painter, landscape architect.
    Ex. Find references to the landscape painter David Roberts who was a member of the Royal Academy in the mid-nineteenth century.
    Ex. ArchNet is designed as an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, architectural historians and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Art) landscape painter; ( en jardinería) landscape gardener
    * * *
    = landscape painter, landscape architect.

    Ex: Find references to the landscape painter David Roberts who was a member of the Royal Academy in the mid-nineteenth century.

    Ex: ArchNet is designed as an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, architectural historians and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world.

    * * *
    1 ( Art) landscape painter
    2 (en jardinería) landscape gardener
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    landscape;
    pintor paisajista landscape painter
    ♦ nmf
    landscape painter
    * * *
    m/f
    1 pintor landscape artist
    2 jardinero landscape gardener

    Spanish-English dictionary > paisajista

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