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monographic collection

  • 1 colección monográfica

    = monographic collection, book series
    Ex. Prediction of future shelving needs in the monographic collection was charted out on spreadsheets.
    Ex. S Karger is Switzerland's principal medical publisher and concentrates on highly specialized research work in monographs, irregular book series and journals = S. Karger la principal editorial especializada en medicina de Suiza y se centra en trabajos de investigación muy especializados en monografías, colecciones monográficas irregulares y revistas.
    * * *
    = monographic collection, book series

    Ex: Prediction of future shelving needs in the monographic collection was charted out on spreadsheets.

    Ex: S Karger is Switzerland's principal medical publisher and concentrates on highly specialized research work in monographs, irregular book series and journals = S. Karger la principal editorial especializada en medicina de Suiza y se centra en trabajos de investigación muy especializados en monografías, colecciones monográficas irregulares y revistas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección monográfica

  • 2 colección

    f.
    1 collection, set, array, assemblage.
    2 collection.
    3 collection, array, panoply.
    * * *
    1 collection
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex. It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex. Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex. Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex. While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex. It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex. In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex. The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex. Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    ----
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.
    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex: It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex: The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex: Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex: Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex: While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex: In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex: The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex: Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.

    * * *
    1 (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    hace colección de mariposas she collects butterflies
    2 ( fam)
    (gran cantidad): no sé cómo quiere otro hijo, si ya tiene una colección I can't imagine why she wants another child, she already has a whole brood ( hum)
    tiene una colección de pulseras she has a huge collection of bracelets
    3 ( Lit) collection
    4 (de modas) collection
    colecciones infantiles children's fashions o wear
    * * *

     

    colección sustantivo femenino
    collection
    colección sustantivo femenino collection
    ' colección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antológica
    - antológico
    - discoteca
    - engrosar
    - exhibir
    - herbolaria
    - herbolario
    - panoplia
    - adquirir
    - biblioteca
    - línea
    - presentar
    English:
    array
    - body
    - collection
    - invaluable
    - model
    - put together
    - set
    - stamp collection
    - swap for
    - collector
    - large
    - menagerie
    - round
    * * *
    1. [de sellos, objetos] collection
    la colección permanente [de museo] the permanent collection
    2. Fam [gran cantidad]
    tiene una colección de primos he has loads of cousins;
    cometió una colección de errores he made a whole series of mistakes;
    no dijo más que una colección de tonterías he talked a load of nonsense
    3. [de moda] collection;
    la colección de primavera the spring collection
    * * *
    f collection
    * * *
    colección nf, pl - ciones : collection
    * * *
    colección n collection

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección

  • 3 confusión

    f.
    1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.
    2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.
    3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.
    4 scene of confusion, shambles.
    * * *
    1 (desorden) confusion, chaos
    2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion
    3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=equivocación) confusion

    ha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names

    esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake

    • por confusión — by mistake

    2) (=desconcierto) confusion
    3) (=turbación)
    * * *
    a) (desorden, caos) confusion
    b) ( perplejidad) confusion
    c) ( turbación) embarrassment
    d) ( equivocación) confusion
    * * *
    = confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.
    Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.
    Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.
    Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.
    Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.
    Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.
    Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.
    Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.
    Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.
    Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.
    Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.
    ----
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * confusión económica = economic turmoil.
    * confusión histórica = historical confusion.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * estado de confusión = state of confusion.
    * llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.
    * que induce a confusión = confounding.
    * * *
    a) (desorden, caos) confusion
    b) ( perplejidad) confusion
    c) ( turbación) embarrassment
    d) ( equivocación) confusion
    * * *
    = confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

    Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

    Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.
    Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.
    Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.
    Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.
    Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.
    Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
    Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.
    Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.
    Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.
    Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.
    Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.
    * confusión económica = economic turmoil.
    * confusión histórica = historical confusion.
    * de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.
    * estado de confusión = state of confusion.
    * llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.
    * que induce a confusión = confounding.

    * * *
    1 (perplejidad) confusion
    para mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name
    2 (desorden, caos) confusion
    3 (turbación) embarrassment
    su inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusion
    tanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness
    4 (equivocación) confusion
    lamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoice
    sus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretation
    para que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups
    * * *

     

    confusión sustantivo femenino



    confusión sustantivo femenino
    1 (desorden) confusion
    2 (error) mistake
    ' confusión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aturdimiento
    - barullo
    - belén
    - desbarajuste
    - desconcierto
    - desorientación
    - embrollo
    - folclore
    - follón
    - obnubilar
    - ofuscación
    - para
    - prestarse
    - torre
    - turbación
    - aquél
    - armar
    - bochinche
    - convulsionar
    - desorden
    - ése
    - éste
    - grado
    - jaleo
    - lío
    - mareo
    - medio
    - sólo
    - turbar
    English:
    brainstorm
    - confusion
    - disarray
    - foul up
    - haziness
    - mess
    - misunderstanding
    - mix-up
    - quagmire
    - rush
    - scramble
    - shambles
    - start
    - turmoil
    - welter
    - add
    - disorder
    - havoc
    - mix
    - straighten
    * * *
    1. [desorden, lío] confusion;
    la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;
    los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;
    hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;
    existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant
    2. [desconcierto]
    la noticia me llenó de confusión I was disconcerted by the news
    3. [error] mix-up;
    ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;
    esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted
    * * *
    f confusion
    * * *
    confusión nf, pl - siones : confusion
    * * *
    1. (falta de claridad) confusion
    2. (equivocación) mistake

    Spanish-English dictionary > confusión

  • 4 lío

    m.
    1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.
    2 bundle.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.
    * * *
    1 (embrollo) mess
    3 (fardo) bundle
    \
    armar un lío to make a fuss
    hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up
    meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess
    ¡qué lío! what a mess!
    tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) mess
    3) affair, liaison
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss
    2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

    • armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

    • armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

    • hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

    3) (=aprieto)
    4) * (=amorío) affair
    5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

    ¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

    * * *
    1)
    a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess
    b) (fam) (problema, complicación)
    c) (fam) ( amorío) affair
    2) ( fardo) bundle
    * * *
    = mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
    Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.
    Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
    ----
    * armar el lío = make + trouble.
    * armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.
    * estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * meterse en líos = get into + trouble.
    * meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.
    * no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.
    * ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess
    b) (fam) (problema, complicación)
    c) (fam) ( amorío) affair
    2) ( fardo) bundle
    * * *
    = mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

    Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
    Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.
    Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.
    Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.
    Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.
    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.
    * armar el lío = make + trouble.
    * armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.
    * ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.
    * en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.
    * estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.
    * lío amoroso = fling.
    * meterse en líos = get into + trouble.
    * meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.
    * no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.
    * ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.
    * tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess
    ¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible
    se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)
    2 ( fam)
    (problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)
    no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems
    ¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)
    armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)
    si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble
    no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)
    3 ( fam) (amorío) affair
    tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist
    B (fardo) bundle
    * * *

     

    Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

    lío es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    lió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    liar    
    lío
    liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
    1


    ( envolver) to wrap (up);
    (en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
    2 (fam)
    a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

    b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle


    liarse verbo pronominal
    1 (fam)


    2 (Esp fam)

    ◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …



    lío sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

    ◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

    b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;


    tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
    ¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
    c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

    2 ( fardo) bundle
    liar verbo transitivo
    1 (envolver) to wrap up
    (un cigarro) to roll
    2 (embrollar) to muddle up
    (aturdir) to confuse
    lío sustantivo masculino
    1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
    2 fam (romance) affair
    3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
    ♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
    hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
    meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
    ' lío' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avispero
    - barullo
    - berenjenal
    - buena
    - bueno
    - enredarse
    - follón
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - meterse
    - mogollón
    - monumental
    - petate
    - tinglado
    - tomate
    - trapisonda
    - armar
    - bochinche
    - bronca
    - desenredar
    - despelote
    - enredado
    - enredar
    - enredo
    - menudo
    - meter
    - pedo
    - pelotera
    - quilombo
    English:
    carry-on
    - cock-up
    - fuss
    - hassle
    - hot
    - hot water
    - jam
    - kick up
    - mess
    - misunderstanding
    - mix-up
    - muddle
    - palaver
    - pickle
    - rigmarole
    - scrape
    - screw-up
    - tangle
    - to-do
    - trouble
    - ungodly
    - water
    - bundle
    - get
    - havoc
    - mix
    - muddled
    - rumpus
    - stink
    - stir
    - to
    - wad
    * * *
    lío nm
    1. Fam [enredo] mess;
    esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;
    hacerse un lío to get muddled up;
    son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;
    estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do
    2. Fam [problema]
    meterse en líos to get into trouble;
    me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of
    3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;
    armar un lío to kick up a fuss
    4. Fam [amorío] affair;
    está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work
    tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair
    5. [paquete] bundle
    * * *
    m
    1 bundle
    2 fam ( desorden) mess;
    lío amoroso fam affair;
    estar hecho un lío be all confused;
    hacerse un lío get into a muddle;
    meterse en líos get into trouble
    3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;
    armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam
    * * *
    lío nm, fam
    1) : confusion, mess
    2) : hassle, trouble, jam
    meterse en un lío: to get into a jam
    3) : affair, liason
    * * *
    lío n
    1. (desorden) mess
    2. (problema) trouble

    Spanish-English dictionary > lío

  • 5 referencia

    f.
    1 reference.
    con referencia a with reference to
    hacer referencia a to make reference to, to refer to
    2 person giving a reference.
    * * *
    1 (relación) reference
    1 (informes) references
    \
    con referencia a with reference to
    hacer referencia a algo to refer to something
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=mención) reference

    hacer referencia a — to refer to, allude to

    2) (=informe) account, report
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( alusión) reference

    hacer referencia a algo — to refer to o mention something

    b) ( relación) reference

    con referencia a... — with reference to...

    c) ( en texto) reference
    2) ( recomendación) reference
    * * *
    = reference, referral, relationship link, source reference, reference.
    Ex. This is because a reference provides little direct information about a document, but rather refers the user to another location or entry where this information can be found.
    Ex. In most applications abstracts are announcement media -- without the possibility of referral to the original document severe limitations are imposed upon the value of the abstract.
    Ex. The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.
    Ex. Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.
    Ex. It doesn't include reference to any other source of funding.
    ----
    * ARBA (Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas) = ARBA (American Reference Books Annual).
    * base de datos de referencia = reference database.
    * base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * bibliotecario de referencia = reference librarian, research librarian.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.
    * carta de referencia = reference.
    * centro de referencia = reference centre.
    * Código Normalizado de Referencias = Standard Reference Code.
    * coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * con referencia a = re, in relation to, in connection with, regarding.
    * con referencias espaciales = spatially referenced.
    * creación de referencias cruzadas = cross-referencing.
    * dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.
    * edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.
    * encabezamiento de referencia = reference heading.
    * enlace de referencia = backlink.
    * enlace referencia = backlink.
    * entrevista de referencia = reference interview.
    * ficha de referencia = reference entry, reference card.
    * fuente de referencia = information source, reference source, source of help.
    * gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * hacer referencia = link.
    * hacer referencia a = refer to, reference, make + reference to.
    * haciendo referencia a = with reference to.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * hiperenlace referencia = outlink [out-link].
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * instrumento de referencia = reference tool.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * manual de referencia = reference manual, reference guide.
    * marco de referencia = frame of reference, reference framework.
    * marco de referencia común = common framework.
    * MARS (Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).
    * modelo de referencia = reference model.
    * mostrador de referencia = reference desk, enquiry point, inquiry point.
    * mostrador virtual de referencia = virtual reference desk (VRD).
    * no tomándose a uno como el centro de referencia = ex-centric [excentric].
    * número de referencia del documento = document reference number.
    * número de referencias = number of citations.
    * obra de referencia = reference book, reference work, finding aid, desk reference, reference resource, work of reference.
    * obra de referencia básica = standard work.
    * obra de referencia estándar = standard reference work.
    * obtener una referencia = glean + reference.
    * pantalla de referencias = reference display.
    * personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.
    * petición de información de referencia = reference enquiry.
    * pregunta de referencia = reference question.
    * primera referencia = first stop.
    * proceso de referencia = referral process.
    * proceso de referencia, el = reference process, the.
    * prueba de referencia = benchmark test.
    * publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.
    * punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.
    * punto de referencia común = common framework.
    * recuperación de referencias = reference retrieval.
    * recurso de referencia = reference resource.
    * recurso de referencia eletrónico = electronic reference resource.
    * referencia "véase" = see reference.
    * referencia "véase además" = see also reference.
    * referencia anafórica = anaphoric reference.
    * referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.
    * referencia anotada = annotated reference.
    * referencia ascendente = upward reference.
    * referencia bibliográfica = bibliographic reference, citation, document reference, bibliographic citation.
    * referencia bibliográfica sinóptica = synoptic.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * referencia comentada = annotated reference.
    * referencia cruzada = cross-reference [cross reference/crossreference], cross reference heading, reference.
    * referencia de autor y título = author-title reference, name-title reference.
    * referencia de puntero = pointer reference.
    * referencia descendente = downward reference.
    * referencia específica = downward reference, upward reference.
    * referencia explicativa = explanatory reference.
    * referencia general explicativa = blanket reference, general reference.
    * referencia recíproca = reciprocal reference.
    * referencias laterales a términos de igual especificidad = sideways link.
    * responsable del servicio de referencia = reference administrator.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sección de referencia = reference section, reference division, reference area.
    * servicio de referencia = reference desk, reference service, enquiry service.
    * servicio de referencia bibliotecario = library reference service.
    * servicio de referencia electrónica = electronic reference service [e-reference service].
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * servicio de referencia por correo electrónico = electronic mail reference service.
    * servicios de información y referencia = I&R services (Information and Referral).
    * sistema de referencia = reference system, reference system.
    * sistema de referencia por coordenadas = grid reference.
    * tomándose a uno como centro de referencia = centric.
    * trabajo de referencia = reference work.
    * umbral de referencia conjunta = cocitation threshold.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( alusión) reference

    hacer referencia a algo — to refer to o mention something

    b) ( relación) reference

    con referencia a... — with reference to...

    c) ( en texto) reference
    2) ( recomendación) reference
    * * *
    = reference, referral, relationship link, source reference, reference.

    Ex: This is because a reference provides little direct information about a document, but rather refers the user to another location or entry where this information can be found.

    Ex: In most applications abstracts are announcement media -- without the possibility of referral to the original document severe limitations are imposed upon the value of the abstract.
    Ex: The bibliographic record for the volume is also a monographic record, but with a series entry and a relationship link to the bibliographic record for the series as a whole.
    Ex: Longer titles since each title can occupy only one line will be truncated and only brief source references are included.
    Ex: It doesn't include reference to any other source of funding.
    * ARBA (Anuario de Obras de Referencia Americanas) = ARBA (American Reference Books Annual).
    * base de datos de referencia = reference database.
    * base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.
    * biblioteca de referencia = reference library.
    * bibliotecario de referencia = reference librarian, research librarian.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.
    * carta de referencia = reference.
    * centro de referencia = reference centre.
    * Código Normalizado de Referencias = Standard Reference Code.
    * coeficiente de referencia conjunta = cocitation strength.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * con referencia a = re, in relation to, in connection with, regarding.
    * con referencias espaciales = spatially referenced.
    * creación de referencias cruzadas = cross-referencing.
    * dejar sin referente a una referencia anafórica = dangle + anaphoric reference.
    * edad media de las referencias = mean reference age.
    * encabezamiento de referencia = reference heading.
    * enlace de referencia = backlink.
    * enlace referencia = backlink.
    * entrevista de referencia = reference interview.
    * ficha de referencia = reference entry, reference card.
    * fuente de referencia = information source, reference source, source of help.
    * gráfica de referencias conjuntas = cocitation graph.
    * grupo de referencia = reference group.
    * hacer referencia = link.
    * hacer referencia a = refer to, reference, make + reference to.
    * haciendo referencia a = with reference to.
    * herramienta de referencia = reference tool.
    * hiperenlace referencia = outlink [out-link].
    * incluir referencias cruzadas = cross-reference.
    * instrumento de referencia = reference tool.
    * jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.
    * manual de referencia = reference manual, reference guide.
    * marco de referencia = frame of reference, reference framework.
    * marco de referencia común = common framework.
    * MARS (Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).
    * modelo de referencia = reference model.
    * mostrador de referencia = reference desk, enquiry point, inquiry point.
    * mostrador virtual de referencia = virtual reference desk (VRD).
    * no tomándose a uno como el centro de referencia = ex-centric [excentric].
    * número de referencia del documento = document reference number.
    * número de referencias = number of citations.
    * obra de referencia = reference book, reference work, finding aid, desk reference, reference resource, work of reference.
    * obra de referencia básica = standard work.
    * obra de referencia estándar = standard reference work.
    * obtener una referencia = glean + reference.
    * pantalla de referencias = reference display.
    * personal de referencia = reference staff, reference personnel.
    * petición de información de referencia = reference enquiry.
    * pregunta de referencia = reference question.
    * primera referencia = first stop.
    * proceso de referencia = referral process.
    * proceso de referencia, el = reference process, the.
    * prueba de referencia = benchmark test.
    * publicación seriada de referencia = reference serial.
    * punto de referencia = benchmark, frame of reference, signpost, signposting, point of reference, anchor, anchor point, referral point, switching point, reference point, reference point.
    * punto de referencia común = common framework.
    * recuperación de referencias = reference retrieval.
    * recurso de referencia = reference resource.
    * recurso de referencia eletrónico = electronic reference resource.
    * referencia "véase" = see reference.
    * referencia "véase además" = see also reference.
    * referencia anafórica = anaphoric reference.
    * referencia anafórica sin referente = dangling anaphoric reference.
    * referencia anotada = annotated reference.
    * referencia ascendente = upward reference.
    * referencia bibliográfica = bibliographic reference, citation, document reference, bibliographic citation.
    * referencia bibliográfica sinóptica = synoptic.
    * referencia ciega o vacía = blind reference.
    * referencia comentada = annotated reference.
    * referencia cruzada = cross-reference [cross reference/crossreference], cross reference heading, reference.
    * referencia de autor y título = author-title reference, name-title reference.
    * referencia de puntero = pointer reference.
    * referencia descendente = downward reference.
    * referencia específica = downward reference, upward reference.
    * referencia explicativa = explanatory reference.
    * referencia general explicativa = blanket reference, general reference.
    * referencia recíproca = reciprocal reference.
    * referencias laterales a términos de igual especificidad = sideways link.
    * responsable del servicio de referencia = reference administrator.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sección de referencia = reference section, reference division, reference area.
    * servicio de referencia = reference desk, reference service, enquiry service.
    * servicio de referencia bibliotecario = library reference service.
    * servicio de referencia electrónica = electronic reference service [e-reference service].
    * servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.
    * servicio de referencia por correo electrónico = electronic mail reference service.
    * servicios de información y referencia = I&R services (Information and Referral).
    * sistema de referencia = reference system, reference system.
    * sistema de referencia por coordenadas = grid reference.
    * tomándose a uno como centro de referencia = centric.
    * trabajo de referencia = reference work.
    * umbral de referencia conjunta = cocitation threshold.

    * * *
    A
    1 (mención, alusión) reference
    hacer referencia a algo to refer to o mention sth
    2 (relación) reference
    tomar algo como punto de referencia to take sth as one's point of reference
    con referencia a la economía with reference to the economy
    3 (en un texto) reference; (en un mapa) map reference; (en una carta) reference
    número de referencia reference number
    Compuesto:
    cross-reference
    B (recomendación) reference
    tener buenas referencias to have good references
    * * *

     

    Del verbo referenciar: ( conjugate referenciar)

    referencia es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    referencia sustantivo femenino
    reference;
    ◊ hacer referencia a algo to refer to o mention sth;

    con referencia a … with reference to …;
    número de referencia reference number;
    tener buenas referencias to have good references
    referencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (alusión, mención) reference: no hicieron referencia al caso, they didn't mention the affair
    2 (indicación, ficha) reference
    número de referencia, reference number
    3 (información) information
    4 (informes) referencias, references pl
    5 punto de referencia, point of reference

    ' referencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    beneficio
    - cerrarse
    - continuamente
    - ganarse
    - seguridad
    - ver
    - ya
    - baño
    - perra
    - velado
    English:
    bed
    - benchmark
    - dinner
    - few
    - former
    - frame
    - further
    - landmark
    - little
    - publicity
    - re
    - ref
    - refer to
    - referee
    - reference
    - she
    - to
    - track down
    - refer
    * * *
    1. [mención] reference;
    hacer referencia a to make reference to, to refer to
    2. [remisión] reference
    Informát referencia circular circular reference
    3. [base de comparación] reference;
    con referencia a with reference to;
    tomar algo como referencia to use sth as a point of reference
    4.
    referencias [información] information;
    [para puesto de trabajo] references
    * * *
    f
    1 reference;
    hacer referencia a refer to, make reference to;
    con referencia a with reference to
    2
    :
    referencias pl COM references
    * * *
    1) : reference
    2)
    hacer referencia a : to refer to
    * * *
    referencia n reference

    Spanish-English dictionary > referencia

  • 6 revoltijo

    m.
    scramble, hodgepodge, hodge-podge, mishmash.
    * * *
    1 (mezcla) mess, clutter, jumble
    2 figurado (confusión) mess, chaos
    3 COCINA figurado scrambled eggs plural
    * * *
    revoltillo masculino
    1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble
    2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    * * *
    = mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.
    Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex. It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.
    Ex. ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    ----
    * hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.
    * revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.
    * * *
    revoltillo masculino
    1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble
    2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    * * *
    = mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.

    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.

    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.
    Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex: It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.
    Ex: ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    * hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.
    * revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.

    * * *
    revoltijo, revoltillo
    A ( fam) (desorden) mess, jumble
    B ( fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    C ( Méx) ( Coc) traditional dish made with seafood, vegetables and prickly pear
    * * *

    revoltijo,
    ◊ revoltillo sustantivo masculino (fam)


    b) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

    revoltijo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de cosas) jumble, clutter
    2 (situación) chaos, mess
    ' revoltijo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clutter
    - jumble
    - mishmash
    * * *
    revoltijo, revoltillo nm
    jumble
    * * *
    m mess, jumble
    * * *
    1) fárrago: mess, jumble
    2) Mex : traditional seafood dish
    * * *
    revoltijo n jumble

    Spanish-English dictionary > revoltijo

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