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61 apresurado
adj.1 hurried, in a hurry, hasty, hot-footed.2 hasty, cursory, precipitate.past part.past participle of spanish verb: apresurar.* * *1→ link=apresurar apresurar► adjetivo1 (persona) in a hurry2 (cosa) hurried, rushed, quick* * *(f. - apresurada)adj.hasty, hurried* * *ADJ (=hecho con prisa) hurried, hasty; [paso] quick* * *- da adjetivocaminaba con paso apresurado — she walked quickly o at a brisk pace
b) < decisión> rushed, hasty; <respuesta/comentario> hasty* * *= hasty, fast-paced [fast paced], quick and dirty, hurry up.Ex. It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.Ex. Access to current, reliable quality news is an important need in the fast-paced environment of all large corporations and service organisations.Ex. A ' quick and dirty' method is for all participants to select their 'favourite five' from each category.Ex. A library, even a small one in a home or a public place takes us out of our noisy, hurry up, present-minded lives and into what Keats called the world of 'silence and slow time'.----* apresurado por = in a rush.* * *- da adjetivocaminaba con paso apresurado — she walked quickly o at a brisk pace
b) < decisión> rushed, hasty; <respuesta/comentario> hasty* * *= hasty, fast-paced [fast paced], quick and dirty, hurry up.Ex: It seems to me that the deletion of that was maybe a little bit too hasty.
Ex: Access to current, reliable quality news is an important need in the fast-paced environment of all large corporations and service organisations.Ex: A ' quick and dirty' method is for all participants to select their 'favourite five' from each category.Ex: A library, even a small one in a home or a public place takes us out of our noisy, hurry up, present-minded lives and into what Keats called the world of 'silence and slow time'.* apresurado por = in a rush.* * *apresurado -da1 ‹despedida› quick, hurried; ‹visita› rushed, hurriedcomo iba muy apresurado no estuvo mucho rato he was in a hurry o rush so he didn't stay very longcaminaba con paso apresurado she walked quickly o at a brisk pace2 ‹decisión› rushed, hasty; ‹respuesta/comentario› hasty* * *
Del verbo apresurar: ( conjugate apresurar)
apresurado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
apresurado
apresurar
apresurado◊ -da adjetivo
‹ visita› rushed, hurried
‹respuesta/comentario› hasty
apresurar ( conjugate apresurar) verbo transitivo
‹ paso› to quicken
apresurarse verbo pronominal:◊ ¡apresúrate! hurry up!;
no nos apresuremos demasiado let's not be hasty;
se apresuró a defenderla he hastened o rushed to her defense
apresurado,-a adj (persona) in a hurry
(tarea) hurried, hasty
apresurar verbo transitivo to speed up
' apresurado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apresurada
English:
hasty
- hurried
* * *apresurado, -a adj[viaje] hurried; [decisión] hasty;se retiraron de forma apresurada they hastily o hurriedly withdrew* * *adj quick, rushed* * *apresurado, -da adj: hurried, in a rush -
62 apuntarse
1 (inscribirse) to enrol2 familiar (participar) to take part (a, in)■ ¿te apuntas? are you game?* * *1) to enroll, register, join2) score* * *VPR1) (=inscribirse) [en lista] to put one's name down; [en colegio, curso] to enrol, enroll (EEUU), register; [en partido, asociación] to join; [en concurso, competición] to enter, put one's name downcomo el viaje es tan barato nos hemos apuntado — as the trip is so cheap we've put our names down to go
nos hemos apuntado a un plan de pensiones — we have taken out o joined a pension plan
me he apuntado a un curso de inglés — I've signed up for an English course, I've enrolled on an English course
2) *¿te apuntas a un café? — do you fancy a coffee?
nos vamos de vacaciones a Cuba, ¿alguien se apunta? — we are going on holiday to Cuba, anyone interested? o does anyone fancy coming?
si vais al cine el domingo, llamadme, que yo me apunto — if you're going to the cinema on Sunday, call me, I'll be up for it *
3) (=obtener)apuntarse un tanto — (Dep) to score a point; (fig) to chalk up a point, score a point, stay one up
apuntarse una victoria — to score a win, chalk up a win
4) (=vislumbrarse)han seguido la dirección que ya se apuntaba al principio — they have continued in the direction that was evident from the start
5) [vino] to turn sour6) Cono Sur * (=emborracharse) to get tight ** * *(v.) = enrol [enroll -USA], sign up, be game, register (with)Ex. Summer enrollment generally exceeds 5,000, while various extension programs throughout the state enroll approximately 4,000 students.Ex. One of the first publishers to sign up for the new service is Tower Publishing, UK.Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.* * *(v.) = enrol [enroll -USA], sign up, be game, register (with)Ex: Summer enrollment generally exceeds 5,000, while various extension programs throughout the state enroll approximately 4,000 students.
Ex: One of the first publishers to sign up for the new service is Tower Publishing, UK.Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.* * *
Multiple Entries:
apuntarse
apuntarse algo
■apuntarse verbo reflexivo
1 (en una actividad) to enrol, put one's name down
2 familiar ésta se apunta a un bombardeo, she's game for anything
me apunto, count me in
' apuntarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tanta
- tanto
- anotar
- apuntar
English:
chalk up
- name
- sign on
- notch
- sign
* * *vpr1. [en lista] to put one's name down;[en curso] to enrol; Esp2. [participar] to join in ( a hacer algo doing sth);nos vamos al cine, ¿te apuntas? we're going to the cinema, do you want to come too?;yo me apunto I'm in;no le digas nada sobre la fiesta, que se apuntará don't say anything to her about the party or she'll want to come too;¿quién se apunta a una partida de cartas? who's up for a game of cards?, Br does anyone fancy a game of cards?;se apunta a todas las celebraciones she never misses a party;Esp Famese se apunta a un bombardeo he's game for anything3. [tantos, éxitos] to score, to notch up;se apuntó la canasta de la victoria he scored the winning basket;Fam¡apúntate diez! [al acertar] bingo!, Br bang on!;apuntarse un éxito to score a success;apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favour4. [manifestarse]este cambio de política ya se apuntaba hace meses this change of policy has been coming for monthsapuntarse la camisa to do (the buttons on) one's shirt up* * *v/r1 put one’s name down (en, a on;para for);apuntarse a la victoria take all the credit;¡me apunto! count me in!2:apuntarse un tanto score a point* * *vr1) : to sign up, to enroll2) : to score, to chalk up* * *apuntarse vb2. (participar) to join in¿te apuntas a la fiesta? are you coming to the party? -
63 asiento
m.1 seat (silla, butaca).tomar asiento to sit downasiento abatible = seat that tips forward or folds flatasiento reclinable reclining seatasiento trasero back seat2 bottom.3 entry (commerce).asiento contable book entry4 sediment.5 valve seat.pres.indicat.1 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asentar.2 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: asentir.* * *1 (silla etc) seat2 (emplazamiento) site3 (sedimento) sediment5 COMERCIO entry, registry6 (de vasija) bottom7 ARQUITECTURA settling\tomar asiento to take a seatasiento abatible reclining seatasiento delantero front seatasiento trasero rear seat, back seat* * *noun m.1) seat, place2) contract3) bottom* * *SM1) (=mueble) seat, chair; (=lugar) place; [de bicicleta] saddleasiento de atrás — [de coche] rear seat; [de moto] pillion seat
asiento expulsor, asiento lanzable, asiento proyectable — (Aer) ejector seat
asiento trasero — = asiento de atrás
2) (=sitio) site, location3) (=fondo) [de jarrón, silla] bottom; (=nalgas) * bottom, seat4) (Mec) seating5) (=poso) sediment6) (Arquit) settlinghacer asiento — to settle, sink
7) (Náut) trim8) (=arraigo) settling, establishment9) LAm(tb: asiento minero) (=población minera) mining town10) (Com) (=contrato) contract; [en libro] entry11) (Pol) treaty, peace treaty12) (=estabilidad) stability; (=juicio) good sense, judgment* * *1)a) ( para sentarse) seatasiento delantero/trasero — front/back seat
por favor, tome asiento — (frml) please take a seat (frml)
calentar el asiento — (fam)
no tuvo tiempo ni de calentar el asiento — he was only here two minutes
b) ( de bicicleta) saddlec) ( de silla) seatd) ( emplazamiento)fue asiento de muchas culturas — it was the home o seat of many cultures
e) (base, estabilidad) base2) ( en contabilidad) entry3) ( poso) sediment4) ( de válvula) seat5) (Const) settling* * *= index entry, record, seat, index record.Ex. All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.Ex. A record is a complete unit of information about a person, item, product, book, patient, chemical, etc. and in a computer-held data base a record is all the information contained relating to a document.Ex. After a brief coffee break the department heads resumed their seats.Ex. Subject indexes consist of a series of index records with each record incorporating a word or phrase describing the subject acting as the access point, and further details.----* asiento analítico = analytical entry, analytical.* asiento analítico tipo "en" = in analytic entry.* asiento bibliográfico = bibliographic entry.* asiento catalográfico = catalogue entry, catalogue record, entry.* asiento comentado = annotated entry.* asiento de atrás = pillion seat.* asiento de autor = author entry.* asiento de autoridad = authority record.* asiento de baño = toilet seat.* asiento de inodoro = toilet seat.* asiento de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.* asiento descriptivo = descriptive entry.* asiento de título = title unit entry.* asiento de tribuna = grandstand seat.* asiento junto al cuadrilátero = ringside seat, ringside ticket.* asiento matriz = master entry.* asiento principal = main entry.* asiento reservado = reserved seat.* asientos = seating, seating accommodation.* asiento secundario = added entry, secondary entry.* asiento secundario de título = added title entry.* asiento secundario por autor y título = author-title added entry, name-title added entry.* asiento secundario por subtítulo = added subtitle entry.* asiento secundario por título = title added entry.* asiento trasero = back seat, pillion seat.* asiento único = unit entry.* catálogo de asiento único = unit entry catalogue.* en el asiento de atrás = in the back seat.* en el asiento trasero = in the back seat.* ir en el asiento trasero = pillion riding, ride + pillion .* número de asientos = seating.* pegado al asiento = rooted to + Posesivo + seat.* provisto de asientos = seated.* tomar asiento = take + a seat (on).* * *1)a) ( para sentarse) seatasiento delantero/trasero — front/back seat
por favor, tome asiento — (frml) please take a seat (frml)
calentar el asiento — (fam)
no tuvo tiempo ni de calentar el asiento — he was only here two minutes
b) ( de bicicleta) saddlec) ( de silla) seatd) ( emplazamiento)fue asiento de muchas culturas — it was the home o seat of many cultures
e) (base, estabilidad) base2) ( en contabilidad) entry3) ( poso) sediment4) ( de válvula) seat5) (Const) settling* * *= index entry, record, seat, index record.Ex: All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.
Ex: A record is a complete unit of information about a person, item, product, book, patient, chemical, etc. and in a computer-held data base a record is all the information contained relating to a document.Ex: After a brief coffee break the department heads resumed their seats.Ex: Subject indexes consist of a series of index records with each record incorporating a word or phrase describing the subject acting as the access point, and further details.* asiento analítico = analytical entry, analytical.* asiento analítico tipo "en" = in analytic entry.* asiento bibliográfico = bibliographic entry.* asiento catalográfico = catalogue entry, catalogue record, entry.* asiento comentado = annotated entry.* asiento de atrás = pillion seat.* asiento de autor = author entry.* asiento de autoridad = authority record.* asiento de baño = toilet seat.* asiento de inodoro = toilet seat.* asiento de primera fila = ringside seat, ringside ticket.* asiento descriptivo = descriptive entry.* asiento de título = title unit entry.* asiento de tribuna = grandstand seat.* asiento junto al cuadrilátero = ringside seat, ringside ticket.* asiento matriz = master entry.* asiento principal = main entry.* asiento reservado = reserved seat.* asientos = seating, seating accommodation.* asiento secundario = added entry, secondary entry.* asiento secundario de título = added title entry.* asiento secundario por autor y título = author-title added entry, name-title added entry.* asiento secundario por subtítulo = added subtitle entry.* asiento secundario por título = title added entry.* asiento trasero = back seat, pillion seat.* asiento único = unit entry.* catálogo de asiento único = unit entry catalogue.* en el asiento de atrás = in the back seat.* en el asiento trasero = in the back seat.* ir en el asiento trasero = pillion riding, ride + pillion.* número de asientos = seating.* pegado al asiento = rooted to + Posesivo + seat.* provisto de asientos = seated.* tomar asiento = take + a seat (on).* * *A1 (para sentarse) seat¿hay asientos para todos? are there enough seats for everybody?me cedió su asiento he let me have his seat, he gave up his seat to measiento delantero/trasero front/back seatestos asientos están reservados/ocupados these seats o places are reserved/takencalentar el asiento ( fam): lo echaron rápido, no le dieron tiempo ni de calentar el asiento they got rid of him quickly, he was only here two minutesvenían a clase sólo para calentar el asiento they only came to school to pass the time of day2 (de una bicicleta) saddle3 (de una silla) seat4(emplazamiento): una organización con asiento en Roma an organization based in Rome o with its headquarters in Romefue asiento de muchas y muy distintas culturas it was the home o seat of many diverse cultures5 (base, estabilidad) baseeste jarrón tiene poco/mal asiento this vase has a small/uneven baseCompuestos:anatomically designed seat● asiento expulsor or proyectable or de eyecciónB (en contabilidad) entryC (poso) sedimentD (de una válvula) seatE ( Const) settling* * *
Del verbo asentar: ( conjugate asentar)
asiento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Del verbo asentir: ( conjugate asentir)
asiento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
Multiple Entries:
asentar
asentir
asiento
asentar ( conjugate asentar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ campamento› to set up;
‹damnificados/refugiados› to place
2
3 (Com, Fin) to enter
asentarse verbo pronominal
1 [café/polvo/terreno] to settle
2 ( estar situado) [ciudad/edificio] to be situated, be built
3
asentir ( conjugate asentir) verbo intransitivo
to agree, consent;
asiento sustantivo masculino
1
por favor, tome asiento (frml) please take a seat (frml)
2 ( en contabilidad) entry
asentar verbo transitivo to settle
asentir verbo intransitivo to assent, agree
asentir con la cabeza, to nod
asiento sustantivo masculino
1 seat
asiento delantero/trasero, front/back seat
frml tome asiento, por favor, please take a seat
2 (poso) sediment
3 Fin entry
' asiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abatible
- acomodar
- cubierta
- cubierto
- estampido
- incómoda
- incómodo
- ocupada
- ocupado
- plaza
- quitar
- rebotar
- reclinar
- recostarse
- respaldo
- sitial
- solio
- abatir
- ajustar
- anatómico
- apoltronarse
- banca
- ceder
- delante
- delantero
- desocupado
- despedir
- disparado
- escaño
- estar
- gentileza
- hamaca
- libre
- lugar
- ocupar
- regular
- reservar
- sitio
- trasero
- uno
- vacante
English:
back
- book-keeping
- entry
- front seat
- occupy
- place
- rear
- resume
- seat
- take
- tip up
- toilet seat
- vacant
- car
- front
- give
- pillion
- sediment
- shade
- shoot
- usher
- window
* * *♦ nm1. [silla, butaca] seat;ceder el asiento a alguien to let sb have one's seat;reservar un asiento a alguien to save a seat for sb;tomar asiento to sit down;asiento delantero/trasero front/back seat;asiento de pasillo/de ventana [en avión] aisle/window seatasiento abatible [en coche] = seat that tips forwards or folds flat; [en tren] tip-up seat;asiento anatómico orthopaedic seat;asiento plegable folding chair;RP asiento rebatible [en auto] = seat that tips forwards or folds flat; [en tren] tip-up seat;asiento reclinable reclining seat2. [de silla, butaca] seat3. [base] [de vasija, botella] bottom4. [emplazamiento]la ciudad tiene su asiento en una montaña the city is located o situated on a mountain5. [poso] sediment6. Com entryasiento contable book entry* * *m1 seat;tomar asiento take a seat2 COM entry* * *asiento nm1) : seat, chairasiento trasero: back seat2) : location, site* * *asiento n seat -
64 automatizado
adj.automated, robot, intelligent, automatized.past part.past participle of spanish verb: automatizar.* * *ADJ automated* * *- da adjetivo automated* * *= automated, computer-based, computer-held, computerised [computerized, -USA], machine assisted, machine-held, mechanised [mechanized, -USA], computer-stored, machine-based, computer-controlled, electronically based, computering, disintermediated, unmanned, machine-readable.Ex. These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.Ex. It may well be that the computer-based environment of such systems may overcome many of the limitations of enumerative classification schemes in their traditional applications.Ex. For each term entering the vocabulary a record is constructed in a computer-held file.Ex. Printed title indexes which could be used as elementary subject indexes were one of the first products of computerised information retrieval systems.Ex. Her ALA activity includes having been Editor of Message from MARS, the occasional newsletter of the new RASD discussion group MARS, which stands for machine assisted Reference Service.Ex. Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.Ex. Mechanized systems offer a wide range of potential search strategies and searching aids.Ex. If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).Ex. The incorporation of such features into a system would permit us to create a machine-based catalog rather than a reference file of bibliographic records.Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex. The 1980s have seen a significant increase in the quantity and breadth of offshore computering services -- those based in the developing countries.Ex. Database records are enhanced with links through to the full text of periodical articles, where these are available, or to the Library's disintermediated document delivery system where an online version of the article is not available.Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).Ex. 'Data base' is a term referring to machine-readable collections of information, whether numerical, representational or bibliographic.----* método automatizado = computer-based method.* semiautomatizado = partially-automated, semi-automated.* * *- da adjetivo automated* * *= automated, computer-based, computer-held, computerised [computerized, -USA], machine assisted, machine-held, mechanised [mechanized, -USA], computer-stored, machine-based, computer-controlled, electronically based, computering, disintermediated, unmanned, machine-readable.Ex: These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.
Ex: It may well be that the computer-based environment of such systems may overcome many of the limitations of enumerative classification schemes in their traditional applications.Ex: For each term entering the vocabulary a record is constructed in a computer-held file.Ex: Printed title indexes which could be used as elementary subject indexes were one of the first products of computerised information retrieval systems.Ex: Her ALA activity includes having been Editor of Message from MARS, the occasional newsletter of the new RASD discussion group MARS, which stands for machine assisted Reference Service.Ex: Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.Ex: Mechanized systems offer a wide range of potential search strategies and searching aids.Ex: If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).Ex: The incorporation of such features into a system would permit us to create a machine-based catalog rather than a reference file of bibliographic records.Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.Ex: The 1980s have seen a significant increase in the quantity and breadth of offshore computering services -- those based in the developing countries.Ex: Database records are enhanced with links through to the full text of periodical articles, where these are available, or to the Library's disintermediated document delivery system where an online version of the article is not available.Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).Ex: 'Data base' is a term referring to machine-readable collections of information, whether numerical, representational or bibliographic.* método automatizado = computer-based method.* semiautomatizado = partially-automated, semi-automated.* * *automatizado -daautomated* * *
Del verbo automatizar: ( conjugate automatizar)
automatizado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
automatizado
automatizar
automatizado◊ -da adjetivo
automated
automatizar ( conjugate automatizar) verbo transitivo
to automate
* * *automatizado, -a adjautomated -
65 autorizado
adj.1 authorized, permitted, licensed, accredited.2 approved, sanctioned.past part.past participle of spanish verb: autorizar.* * *1→ link=autorizar autorizar► adjetivo1 (oficial) authorized, official2 (experto) authoritative, expert* * *ADJ1) (=oficial) authorized, official2) (=fiable) authoritative3) (Com) approvedla persona autorizada — the officially designated person, the approved person
* * *- da adjetivo <fuente/portavoz> official; < distribuidor> authorized, official; < opinión> expert (before n), authoritative* * *= authorised [authorized, -USA], accredited, approved, ratified.Ex. These files may be updated only by authorized persons from the local library.Ex. Please remember that only accredited representatives of voting members of IFLA are entitled to vote at IFLA Council meetings.Ex. Most of this software takes the form of content filtering software, but there are some applications that are based on the idea of 'selection' of approved Web sites.Ex. The legal theory of this case must come from the ratified treaties, statutes, and case law defining the relationship of the United States and the Indian tribes.----* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].* autorizado por la compañía = company-approved.* autorizado por la FDA = FDA-approved.* cruzar la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalking, jaywalk.* no autorizado = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA].* persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker.* sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.* * *- da adjetivo <fuente/portavoz> official; < distribuidor> authorized, official; < opinión> expert (before n), authoritative* * *= authorised [authorized, -USA], accredited, approved, ratified.Ex: These files may be updated only by authorized persons from the local library.
Ex: Please remember that only accredited representatives of voting members of IFLA are entitled to vote at IFLA Council meetings.Ex: Most of this software takes the form of content filtering software, but there are some applications that are based on the idea of 'selection' of approved Web sites.Ex: The legal theory of this case must come from the ratified treaties, statutes, and case law defining the relationship of the United States and the Indian tribes.* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].* autorizado por la compañía = company-approved.* autorizado por la FDA = FDA-approved.* cruzar la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalking, jaywalk.* no autorizado = unauthorised [unauthorized, -USA].* persona que cruza la carretera por un sitio no autorizado = jaywalker.* sólo para personal autorizado = restricted access.* * *autorizado -da1 ‹fuente/portavoz› official; ‹distribuidor› authorized, official2 ‹opinión› expert ( before n), authoritativelas personas autorizadas opinan que … the experts are of the opinion that …* * *
Del verbo autorizar: ( conjugate autorizar)
autorizado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
autorizado
autorizar
autorizado◊ -da adjetivo ‹fuente/portavoz› official;
‹ distribuidor› authorized, official;
‹ opinión› expert ( before n)
autorizar ( conjugate autorizar) verbo transitivo
‹aumento/pago/obra› to authorize, approveb) ‹ persona›:◊ ¿quién te autorizó? who gave you permission?;
lo autoricé para recibir el pago I authorized him to receive the payment;
me autorizó para salir he gave me permission to go out;
eso no te autoriza a or para hablarme así that doesn't give you the right to talk to me like that
autorizado,-a adjetivo authorized, official
autorizar verbo transitivo to authorize
' autorizado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
autorizada
- bar
English:
authoritative
- lawful
- licensed
- official
- unauthorized
* * *autorizado, -a adj1. [permitido] authorized;un distribuidor autorizado an authorized o official distributor;una película no autorizada para menores a movie passed as unsuitable for children;una manifestación no autorizada an unauthorized demonstration;una biografía no autorizado an unofficial biography2. [digno de crédito] authoritative* * *adj authorized;autorizado a firmar authorized to sign;no autorizado unauthorized* * *autorizado, -da adj1) : authorized2) : authoritative -
66 aviso
m.1 warning (advertencia, amenaza).andar sobre aviso to be on the alertestar sobre aviso to be forewarnedponer sobre aviso a alguien to warn somebody¡que te sirva de aviso! let that be a warning to you!aviso de bomba bomb warning2 notice.hasta nuevo aviso until further noticellegó sin previo aviso he arrived without warningúltimo aviso para los pasajeros del vuelo IB 257 last call for passengers of flight IB 2573 advertisement, advert. ( Latin American Spanish)4 ad, commercial, advertisement, advert.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: avisar.* * *1 (información) notice2 (advertencia) warning\andar/estar sobre aviso (estar atento) to be on the alert, keep one's eyes open 2 (estar enterado) to know what's going on, be in on it 3 (estar avisado) to have been warnedhasta nuevo aviso until further noticemandar aviso to send wordponer sobre aviso to forewarnsin previo aviso without prior notice* * *noun m.1) notice2) warning* * *SM1) (=notificación) noticerecibimos un aviso por escrito — we received written notice o notice in writing
Aviso: cerrado el lunes — Notice: closed Mondays
sin previo aviso — without warning o notice
dar aviso a algn de algo — to notify o inform sb of sth
2) (=advertencia) warning3) (Com, Econ) demand notesegún (su) aviso — as per order, as ordered
4) (Inform) prompt5) esp LAm (Com) advertisementaviso mural — poster, wall poster
avisos limitados — Col classified advertisements
* * *1)a) ( notificación) noticedio aviso a la policía — he notified o informed the police
último aviso para los pasajeros... — last call for passengers...
b) ( advertencia) warningsobre aviso: estás sobre aviso you've been warned; me puso sobre aviso de lo que ocurriría — he warned me what would happen
c) (Cin, Teatr) belld) (Taur) warning2) (AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad•* * *= word of caution, announcement, notice, reminder notice, warning, word of warning, follow-up, reminder, cautionary note, cautionary word, alert, heads up, wake-up call.Ex. Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.Ex. Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.Ex. The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..Ex. No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.Ex. One word of warning before starting: products, concepts, applications of information technology are currently in a state of rapid evolution.Ex. The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..Ex. A constant reminder that, these days, retrospective bibliography and technology are hand in hand is the realization that all of the items listed in both Pollard and Redgrave and Wing are available to purchase in microform editions.Ex. The different standards involved are described with cautionary notes on their limitations and the balance between standardisation and innovation.Ex. The article 'A few cautionary words about electronic publishing' argues that advances in microform technology have obviously fallen far behind their potential.Ex. The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.Ex. The article is entitled ' Heads up: confronting the selection and access issues of electronic journals'.Ex. These incidents should serve as a wake-up call for libraries planning a move.----* aviso de advertencia = warning label.* aviso de encuadernación = binding trigger.* aviso de vencimiento = overdue notice.* aviso para los aviadores = NOTAM (Notice for Airmen).* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.* dar un aviso = make + warning.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* luz de aviso = warning light.* mensaje de aviso = warning message.* piloto de aviso = warning light.* poner sobre aviso = alert to.* poner una señal de aviso = post + a warning, post + a warning sign.* señal de aviso = early warning signal, warning sign, warning signal.* señal de aviso de incendio = fire warning.* sin aviso previo = without warning.* sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.* sistema de aviso de reclamaciones = claims warning system.* temporizador de aviso = egg timer.* * *1)a) ( notificación) noticedio aviso a la policía — he notified o informed the police
último aviso para los pasajeros... — last call for passengers...
b) ( advertencia) warningsobre aviso: estás sobre aviso you've been warned; me puso sobre aviso de lo que ocurriría — he warned me what would happen
c) (Cin, Teatr) belld) (Taur) warning2) (AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad•* * *= word of caution, announcement, notice, reminder notice, warning, word of warning, follow-up, reminder, cautionary note, cautionary word, alert, heads up, wake-up call.Ex: Finally a word of caution: do not expect too much.
Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.Ex: Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.Ex: The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..Ex: No, he was not one to take off like a deer at the first warning of certain dangers.Ex: One word of warning before starting: products, concepts, applications of information technology are currently in a state of rapid evolution.Ex: The circulation staff also looks after overdues -- sending out reminder notices, making follow-up telephone calls, etc..Ex: A constant reminder that, these days, retrospective bibliography and technology are hand in hand is the realization that all of the items listed in both Pollard and Redgrave and Wing are available to purchase in microform editions.Ex: The different standards involved are described with cautionary notes on their limitations and the balance between standardisation and innovation.Ex: The article 'A few cautionary words about electronic publishing' argues that advances in microform technology have obviously fallen far behind their potential.Ex: The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.Ex: The article is entitled ' Heads up: confronting the selection and access issues of electronic journals'.Ex: These incidents should serve as a wake-up call for libraries planning a move.* aviso de advertencia = warning label.* aviso de encuadernación = binding trigger.* aviso de vencimiento = overdue notice.* aviso para los aviadores = NOTAM (Notice for Airmen).* casi sin previo aviso = without much notice.* dar un aviso = make + warning.* hasta nuevo aviso = until further notice.* luz de aviso = warning light.* mensaje de aviso = warning message.* piloto de aviso = warning light.* poner sobre aviso = alert to.* poner una señal de aviso = post + a warning, post + a warning sign.* señal de aviso = early warning signal, warning sign, warning signal.* señal de aviso de incendio = fire warning.* sin aviso previo = without warning.* sin previo aviso = unannounced, without warning, without notice, without prior notice, without prior notification, on spec, at the drop of a hat, without (any) further notice.* sistema de aviso de reclamaciones = claims warning system.* temporizador de aviso = egg timer.* * *A1 (notificación) notice[ S ] aviso al público notice to the public, public noticealguien dio aviso a la policía someone notified o informed the police, someone reported it to the policellegó sin previo aviso he arrived without prior warning o unexpectedly o out of the bluehasta nuevo aviso until further noticeúltimo aviso para los pasajeros … last call for passengers …2 (advertencia) warningsobre aviso: estás sobre aviso you've been warnedme puso sobre aviso de lo que ocurriría he warned me what would happen4 ( Taur) warningCompuesto:remittance adviceCompuestos:classified advertisementdeath notice● aviso oportuno or de ocasión* * *
Del verbo avisar: ( conjugate avisar)
aviso es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
avisó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
avisar
aviso
avisar ( conjugate avisar) verbo transitivoa) ( notificar):◊ ¿por qué no me avisaste que venías? why didn't you let me know you were coming?;
nos han avisado que… they've notified us that…
quedas or estás avisado you've been warned
verbo intransitivo:◊ llegó sin aviso she showed up without any prior warning o unexpectedly;
avísame cuando acabes let me know when you've finished;
aviso a algn de algo to let sb know about sth
aviso sustantivo masculino
1
( on signs) aviso al público notice to the public;◊ dio aviso a la policía he notified o informed the police;
sin previo aviso without prior warning;
último aviso para los pasajeros … last call for passengers …
◊ poner sobre aviso a algn to warn sbc) (Cin, Teatr) belld) (Taur) warning
2 (AmL) (anuncio, cartel) advertisement, ad
avisar verbo transitivo
1 (prevenir, advertir) to warn: ya te avisé, I told you so
2 (comunicar) to inform: cuando te decidas, avísame, let me know when you make up your mind
3 (llamar) to call for
avisar a la policía, to call the police
avisar al médico, to send for the doctor
aviso sustantivo masculino
1 notice
(advertencia) warning
(comunicado) note: no lo utilicen hasta nuevo aviso, don't use it until further notice
nos cortaron la luz sin previo aviso, they cut our electricity off without notice
♦ Locuciones: sobre aviso: no me ha cogido por sorpresa, estaba sobre aviso, I wasn't surprised, I had been warned/I was expecting it
' aviso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fulminante
- letrero
- recado
- recordatorio
- toque
- esquela
- este
- llegar
- ni
- poner
- previo
- señal
English:
advice
- caution
- forewarn
- further
- gale warning
- if
- notice
- notify
- pin up
- prompt
- reminder
- should
- warning
- warning sign
- advertisement
- commercial
- final
- small
* * *aviso nm1. [advertencia, amenaza] warning;andar sobre aviso to be on the alert;estar sobre aviso to be forewarned;poner sobre aviso a alguien to warn sb;¡que te sirva de aviso! let that be a warning to you!aviso de bomba bomb warning2. [notificación] notice;[en teatros, aeropuertos] call;hasta nuevo aviso until further notice;último aviso para los pasajeros del vuelo IB 257 last call for passengers for flight IB 257;sin previo aviso without notice;llegó sin previo aviso he arrived without warningCom aviso de vencimiento due-date reminder3. Taurom = warning to matador not to delay the kill any longer4. Am [anuncio] advertisement, advert;no te deja pasar un aviso she doesn't let you get a word in edgewaysaviso clasificado classified advertisement;aviso fúnebre death notice;aviso publicitario advertisement, advert* * *m1 ( comunicación) notice;hasta nuevo aviso until further notice;sin previo aviso without any notice o warning;último aviso AVIA final call;aviso de llamada por vibración TELEC vibration mode2 ( advertencia) warning;estar sobre aviso have been warned;poner a alguien sobre aviso give s.o. a warning, warn s.o.3 L.Am. ( anuncio) advertisement* * *aviso nm1) : notice2) : advertisement, ad3) advertencia: warning4)estar sobre aviso : to be on the alert* * *aviso n1. (advertencia) warning2. (anuncio) notice -
67 chiflado
adj.nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.f. & m.nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.past part.past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.* * *1→ link=chiflar chiflar► adjetivo1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 familiar nut, loony, headcase\estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something* * *(f. - chiflada)adj.nutty, crazy* * *chiflado, -a *1.ADJ crazy *, barmy *estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb
2.SM / F nutter *, nutcase ** * *I- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)
IIestar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.----* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *I- da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)
IIestar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)
- da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)* * *= crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.* chiflado de la informática = computer geek.* chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.* estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.* estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.* volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.* * *ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)masculine, feminine* * *
Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)
chiflado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
chiflado
chiflar
chiflado
estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
verbo intransitivo
1 ( silbar) to whistle
2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):◊ le chiflan los coches he's crazy about cars (colloq)
chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
chiflado,-a
I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
chiflar verbo intransitivo
1 (con la boca) to whistle
(con un silbato) to blow
2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
' chiflado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chiflada
- sonada
- sonado
- loco
English:
barmy
- batty
- bend
- loony
- mental
- moonstruck
- nut
- nutcase
- nuts
- nutty
- plumb
- potty
- wacky
- zany
- cracked
- crush
- dotty
- kooky
- screw
* * *chiflado, -a Fam♦ adjcrazy, mad;está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates♦ nm,floony* * *adj famcrazy fam( por about), nuts fam( por about)II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam* * ** * * -
68 clave
adj.key (fundamental, esencial).es una fecha clave para la empresa it's a crucial date for the companyf.1 code.en clave in codenos mandaron los mensajes en clave they sent us the messages in code, they sent us coded messagesclave de acceso access code2 key.la clave de la felicidad/del éxito the key to happiness/success3 clef (Music).clave de fa bass clefclave de sol treble clefClave de Fa F clef4 password (computing).5 key element, key, core element, crucial element.6 harpsichord.7 keystone.m.harpsichord (Music).pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: clavar.* * *1 (de un enigma etc) key, clue2 (de signos) code, key, cipher3 MÚSICA key4 ARQUITECTURA keystone1 (instrumento) harpsichord► adjetivo1 (importante) key* * *1. adj. 2. noun f.1) key2) code3) clef* * *1. SF1) (=código) codela clave de la caja fuerte — the code of o to the safe
mensaje en clave — coded message, message in code
clave de acceso — (Inform) password
clave de búsqueda — (Inform) search key
clave de clasificación — (Inform) sort key
2) (=quid) key3) (Mús) clef4) (=sentido)una interpretación en clave económica — an economic interpretation, an interpretation from an economic viewpoint o perspective
5) (Arquit) keystone2.SM (Mús) harpsichord3.ADJ (=esencial) [tema, punto, factor, personaje] key antes de s* * *I II1)a) ( código) codeb) (de problema, misterio) key2) (Mús) clefclave de fa/sol — bass/treble clef
3) (Arquit) keystoneIIImasculino harpsichord* * *= key, key, keystone, linchpin, cipher, critical.Ex. Note that this is a wide-ranging definition which permits a cataloguer to regard any group which works together and has a name (the name is the key) as a corporate body.Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex. These, then, are keystones to labor relations today.Ex. Staff are the organisation's communication gatekeepers, they are linchpins in the change process and determine the effectiveness of the communication process.Ex. Mysterious Latin ciphers, such as s.l. and s.n. (in brackets, of course), that could well make ordinary plebes feel like dummies.Ex. Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.----* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.* clave compuesta = acronym key.* clave de acceso = password.* clave de búsqueda = search key.* clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.* clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.* clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.* clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.* clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.* clave de codificación = scrambling key.* clave de descodificación = unscrambling key.* clave del éxito = key success factor, key to success.* clave de longitud fija = fixed-length key.* clave de longitud variable = variable-length key.* componente clave = building block.* cuestiones clave = key issues.* elemento clave = building block.* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.* estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.* factor clave = key success factor, key factor.* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.* la clave de = at the heart of.* la clave está en la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details.* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.* momento clave = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.* momento clave del cambio = tipping point.* palabra clave = keyword [key word].* pieza clave = cornerstone [corner-stone], building block.* pieza clave que falta = missing piece.* punto clave = key point.* ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.* ser la clave de = hold + the key to.* título clave = key title.* * *I II1)a) ( código) codeb) (de problema, misterio) key2) (Mús) clefclave de fa/sol — bass/treble clef
3) (Arquit) keystoneIIImasculino harpsichord* * *= key, key, keystone, linchpin, cipher, critical.Ex: Note that this is a wide-ranging definition which permits a cataloguer to regard any group which works together and has a name (the name is the key) as a corporate body.
Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.Ex: These, then, are keystones to labor relations today.Ex: Staff are the organisation's communication gatekeepers, they are linchpins in the change process and determine the effectiveness of the communication process.Ex: Mysterious Latin ciphers, such as s.l. and s.n. (in brackets, of course), that could well make ordinary plebes feel like dummies.Ex: Needless to say, this technique is relatively slow but can be valuable if retrieval speed is not critical.* búsqueda de palabras clave = keyword search.* clave compuesta = acronym key.* clave de acceso = password.* clave de búsqueda = search key.* clave de búsqueda derivado = derived search key.* clave de búsqueda por el título = title key.* clave de búsqueda por nombre de autor = author key.* clave de búsqueda truncada = truncated key.* clave de búsqueda truncada derivada = truncated derived search key.* clave de codificación = scrambling key.* clave de descodificación = unscrambling key.* clave del éxito = key success factor, key to success.* clave de longitud fija = fixed-length key.* clave de longitud variable = variable-length key.* componente clave = building block.* cuestiones clave = key issues.* elemento clave = building block.* entrada por palabra clave del título = catchword entry.* estar en un momento clave = be at a watershed.* factor clave = key success factor, key factor.* índice KWIC (Palabra Clave en su Contexto) = KWIC (Keyword-in-Context).* índice KWIT (Palabra Clave del Título) = KWIT (Keyword-in-Title).* índice KWOC (Palabra Clave fuera de su Contexto) = KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context).* índice permutado de palabras clave = permuted keyword index.* indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.* la clave de = at the heart of.* la clave está en la letra pequeña = the devil (is/lives) in the details.* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.* momento clave = turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus.* momento clave del cambio = tipping point.* palabra clave = keyword [key word].* pieza clave = cornerstone [corner-stone], building block.* pieza clave que falta = missing piece.* punto clave = key point.* ser el momento clave = mark + the watershed.* ser la clave de = hold + the key to.* título clave = key title.* * *key ( before n)un autor/una obra clave de la literatura mexicana a key author/work in Mexican literaturelos sectores clave(s) de la economía the key sectors of the economyA1 (código) codetransmitir en clave to transmit in codeun mensaje en clave a coded message, a message in code2 (de un problema, misterio) keyCompuestos:( Inf) passwordA ( Arquit) keystoneB (fundamento, base) cornerstone( Inf) key word( Inf) sort key( Inf) passwordnúmero de clave secreta (Chi, Per); PIN number( AmL) user's passwordB (signo) clefclave de fa/sol bass/treble clefno quiso que su visita se interpretase únicamente en clave económica he did not wish his visit to be viewed as being motivated purely by economic factorsC ( Arquit) keystoneharpsichord* * *
Del verbo clavar: ( conjugate clavar)
clavé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
clave es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
clavar
clave
clavar ( conjugate clavar) verbo transitivo
1a) clave algo en algo ‹ clavo› to hammer sth into sth;
‹puñal/cuchillo› to stick sth in sth;
‹ estaca› to drive sth into sth;◊ me clavó los dientes/las uñas he sank his teeth/dug his nails into me
c) ‹ojos/vista› to fix … on
2 (fam)
◊ nos claveon $10,000 they stung us for $10,000
clavarse verbo pronominal
1
2 (CS fam) clavese con algo ( por no poder venderlo) to get stuck with sth (colloq);
( por ser mala compra):
3 (Méx) (Dep) to dive
clave adjetivo (pl
un factor clave a key factor
■ sustantivo femenino
clave de acceso (Inf) password
c) (Mús) clef;◊ clave de fa/sol bass/treble clef
■ sustantivo masculino
harpsichord
clavar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con un martillo) to hammer in
(sujetar con clavos) to nail
2 (una estaca) to drive in
3 familiar (cobrar demasiado) to sting o fleece: nos clavaron dos mil por un simple desayuno, they stung us two thousand pesetas for a breakfast
clave
I sustantivo femenino
1 (meollo, pista) key
2 (código, cifra) code, cipher
clave numérica, numerical code
3 Mús (tono) key
(símbolo) clef
II sustantivo masculino Mús harpsichord
' clave' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alma
- codificar
- encerrar
- realidad
- cifra
- clavar
English:
bass
- cipher
- clef
- clue
- code
- code name
- issue
- key
- operative
- treble clef
- pass
- treble
* * *♦ adj inv[fundamental, esencial] key;es una fecha clave para la empresa it's a crucial date for the company;el factor clave de la política económica the key factor in economic policy♦ nmMús harpsichord♦ nf1. [código] code;en clave in code;nos mandaron los mensajes en clave they sent us the messages in code, they sent us coded messagesclave de acceso access code2. [de sistema informático] password;[de caja fuerte] combination3. [solución] key;la clave del éxito está en una buena planificación the key to success is good planning4. [interpretación]un estudio en clave política de la situación a study of the situation from a political standpoint;interpreta la obra en clave sociológica she interprets the work from a sociological point of view o perspective;analiza en clave de humor la realidad del país he puts a humorous slant on his analysis of the country's situation5. Mús clefclave de fa bass clef;clave de sol treble clef6. Arquit keystone* * *I f1 de problema key2 ( código) code;en clave in codeII adj importante key;figura clave key figure;puesto clave key post* * *clave adj: key, essentialclave nf1) cifra: code2) : keyla clave del misterio: the key to the mystery3) : clef4) : keystone* * *clave n1. (código) codeel espía usaba una clave para enviar mensajes al enemigo the spy used a code to send messages to the enemy2. (información, dato) key -
69 comedido
adj.moderate, frugal, abstinent, abstemious.past part.past participle of spanish verb: comedirse.* * *1→ link=comedirse comedirse► adjetivo1 (cortés) courteous, polite2 (moderado) moderate, restrained, reserved* * *(f. - comedida)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=moderado) moderate, restrained2) esp LAm (=solícito) obliging* * *- da adjetivoa) ( moderado) moderate, restrainedb) (AmL) ( atento) obliging, well-meaning* * *= moderate, restrained, frugal, sparing, guarded, measured, even-keeled, even-keel, on an even keel.Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex. In a small library this arrangement is not only frugal but also efficient.Ex. The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.Ex. Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.Ex. This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.Ex. By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.Ex. She doesn't expend energy on anger; she's an even-keel person -- the kind of leader people enjoy working with.Ex. In the intervening months since the near-tragedy took place, her life has remained on an even keel.----* optimismo comedido = guarded optimism.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( moderado) moderate, restrainedb) (AmL) ( atento) obliging, well-meaning* * *= moderate, restrained, frugal, sparing, guarded, measured, even-keeled, even-keel, on an even keel.Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex: In a small library this arrangement is not only frugal but also efficient.Ex: The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.Ex: Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.Ex: This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.Ex: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.Ex: She doesn't expend energy on anger; she's an even-keel person -- the kind of leader people enjoy working with.Ex: In the intervening months since the near-tragedy took place, her life has remained on an even keel.* optimismo comedido = guarded optimism.* * *1 (moderado) moderate, restrainedes muy comedido con la bebida he's a very moderate drinkerlo dijo de una manera muy comedida she said it in a very restrained tone of voicemasculine, feminine( AmL) well-meaning person o soul, obliging person o soulno hay comedido que salga bien helping people brings nothing but trouble* * *
Del verbo comedirse: ( conjugate comedirse)
comedido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
comedido
comedirse
comedido◊ -da adjetivo
comedido,-a adjetivo self-restrained
comedirse verbo reflexivo
1 to exercise restraint: tienes que aprender a comedirte, you have to learn to exercise restraint
2 LAm to offer to help
' comedido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedida
English:
restrained
* * *comedido, -a adj2. Am [servicial] obliging* * *adj moderate* * *comedido, -da adjmesurado: moderate, restrained -
70 compartimento
m.compartment.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: compartimentar.* * *1 compartment\compartimento estanco watertight compartment* * *compartimiento masculinoa) (Ferr) compartmentb) (de cartera, cajón) section, compartment* * *= bucket, compartment.Ex. This article considers a random access file which consists of a given number of buckets.Ex. They wear waterproof vests that include compartments for wireless gadgets.----* compartimento estanco = watertight compartment, silo.* compartimento superior = overhead bin, overhead locker.* * *compartimiento masculinoa) (Ferr) compartmentb) (de cartera, cajón) section, compartment* * *= bucket, compartment.Ex: This article considers a random access file which consists of a given number of buckets.
Ex: They wear waterproof vests that include compartments for wireless gadgets.* compartimento estanco = watertight compartment, silo.* compartimento superior = overhead bin, overhead locker.* * *compartimento, compartimiento1 ( Ferr) compartmentun compartimento para no fumadores/de primera clase a no-smoking/first-class compartment2 (de una cartera, un cajón) section, compartmentel compartimento superior del armario the top part o section of the cupboardCompuesto:( Náut) watertight compartmentlos distintos departamentos son compartimentos estancos there is no communication between the various departments* * *
Del verbo compartimentar: ( conjugate compartimentar)
compartimento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
compartimentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
compartimentar
compartimento
compartimento,◊ compartimiento sustantivo masculino
compartment
compartim(i)ento sustantivo masculino
1 compartment
2 Ferroc compartimiento de primera/segunda clase, first-/ second-class compartment
' compartimento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
casillero
English:
compartment
- smoking
* * *compartimento, compartimiento nm1. [en tren] compartment2. [de armario] part, section;[de nevera] compartment compartimento estanco watertight compartment* * *m FERR car, Brcompartment* * *compartimento n compartment -
71 complemento
m.1 complement (añadido).la fruta es el complemento ideal de una dieta equilibrada fruit is the ideal complement to a balanced dietcomplemento salarial bonus, wage supplementcomplemento vitamínico vitamin supplement2 object, complement (grammar).complemento agente agentcomplemento circunstancial adjunctcomplemento directo/indirecto direct/indirect object3 accompaniment.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: complementar.* * *1 (gen) complement2 GRAMÁTICA object, complement3 (perfección) perfection, culmination\complemento circunstancial adverbial complementcomplemento directo direct objectcomplemento indirecto indirect object* * *noun m.1) complement2) object•* * *1. SM1) (Mat) complement2) (Ling) complement, object3) (=parte)4)oficial de complemento — (Mil) reserve officer
5) (=pago)complemento de sueldo — bonus, extra pay
complemento salarial — bonus, extra pay
6) (Cine) short, supporting feature2.pl complementosSMPL (Aut) [de moda] accessories* * *1) (Ling) complement2) (Mat) complement3) ( del sueldo) supplementary payment4)a) ( acompañamiento) accompanimentb) ( parte que completa)c) complementos masculino plural (Auto, Indum) accessories (pl)* * *= adjunct, supplementation, complement.Nota: A veces confundido con "compliment" = cumplido.Ex. We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.Ex. Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.Ex. This article concludes that CD-ROM offers a complement rather than an alternative to on-line access.----* complemento alimenticio = food supplement.* complemento dietético = dietary supplement.* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.* * *1) (Ling) complement2) (Mat) complement3) ( del sueldo) supplementary payment4)a) ( acompañamiento) accompanimentb) ( parte que completa)c) complementos masculino plural (Auto, Indum) accessories (pl)* * *= adjunct, supplementation, complement.Nota: A veces confundido con "compliment" = cumplido.Ex: We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.
Ex: Even with such a limitation and many later supplementations by various hands, by way of addition, correction and amplification, it falls far short of completeness.Ex: This article concludes that CD-ROM offers a complement rather than an alternative to on-line access.* complemento alimenticio = food supplement.* complemento dietético = dietary supplement.* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.* * *A ( Ling) complementCompuestos:● complemento circunstancial de tiempo/lugaradverbial of time/place● complemento directo/indirectodirect/indirect objectB ( Mat) complementC (del sueldo) supplementary paymentles pagan un complemento por peligrosidad they get paid danger moneyD1 (acompañamiento) accompanimentel complemento esencial de toda buena comida the essential accompaniment to every good meal2(parte que completa): un hijo sería el complemento perfecto de su dicha a child would complete her happiness* * *
Del verbo complementar: ( conjugate complementar)
complemento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
complementó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
complementar
complemento
complementar ( conjugate complementar) verbo transitivo
to complement
complementarse verbo pronominal ( recípr) to complement each other
complemento sustantivo masculinoa) (Ling, Mat) complement;◊ complemento directo/indirecto direct/indirect object
c)
complemento sustantivo masculino
1 complement
ropa y complementos, clothes and accessories
2 Ling (de un verbo) object
complemento directo/indirecto, direct/ indirect object
(del nombre) complement
' complemento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- casarse
- decir
- despertarse
- él
- ella
- ellos
- gustar
- nosotras
- nosotros
- os
- permitirse
- preferir
- que
- quien
- quién
- vosotras
- vosotros
- a
- cual
- nos
English:
agree
- appreciate
- ask
- choose
- complement
- deny
- excuse
- expect
- fear
- feel
- get
- hear of
- help out
- her
- him
- imagine
- let
- listen
- look at
- make
- mean
- mention
- mind
- notice
- object
- observe
- opportunity
- opposed
- promise
- propose
- put off
- raise
- recollect
- remind
- risk
- see
- stand
- study
- teach
- tell
- understand
- want
- whom
- allowance
- supplement
* * *complemento nm1. [añadido] complement;la fruta es el complemento ideal de una dieta equilibrada fruit is the ideal complement to a balanced dietcomplemento salarial bonus, wage supplement;complemento vitamínico vitamin supplement2. Gram object, complementcomplemento agente agent;complemento circunstancial adjunct;complemento circunstancial de tiempo/modo adverbial of time/manner;complemento directo direct object;complemento indirecto indirect object3. [de un ángulo] complement4.complementos [accesorios] accessories;complementos de novia bridal accessories* * *m1 complement2 GRAM complement, object* * *complemento nm1) : complement, supplement2) : supplementary pay, allowance* * * -
72 completo
adj.1 complete, entire, integral, uncut.2 complete, total, exhaustive, out-and-out.3 complete, full-length, all-inclusive, all-round.4 complete, concluded, done, finished.5 square, hearty.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: completar.* * *► adjetivo1 (terminado) finished, completed2 (lleno) full\al completo full up, filled to capacitypor completo completely* * *(f. - completa)adj.1) complete2) full* * *1. ADJ1) (=entero) [dieta] balanced; [colección] complete; [texto, informe] full, complete; [felicidad] complete, total; [panorama] fulljornada 1), obra 2), b), pensión 3)2) (=lleno) full; [hotel] full, fully bookedcompleto — [en pensión, hostal] no vacancies; [en taquilla] sold out
al completo: el tren está al completo — the train is full
3) (=total) [éxito, fracaso] complete, totalla película fue un completo fracaso — the film was a complete o total flop
por completo — [desaparecer, desconocer] completely
su partido apoyaba por completo la iniciativa — his party fully supported the initiative, his party gave its full support to the initiative
4) (=terminado)5) (=bien hecho)este libro es pequeño, pero bastante completo — this book is small, but quite comprehensive
6) (=polifacético) [actor, deportista] all-round2.SM Chile hot dog ( with salad)* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) ( entero) completeb) (total, absoluto) complete, totalc) ( exhaustivo) < explicación> detailed; <obra/diccionario> comprehensive; <tesis/ensayo> thoroughd) <deportista/actor> complete, very versatile2) ( lleno) fullIIcompleto — ( en hostal) no vacancies; ( en taquilla) sold out
masculino (Chi) hot dog (with all the trimmings)* * *= complete, comprehensive, entire, exhaustive, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], full-blown, full-bodied, full-featured, full-fledged, full-length, full-scale, full-service, thorough, total, well-rounded, end to end, supine, enriched, all-round, whole, utter, all-inclusive, fully formed, fully featured, the works!, unmitigaged, fully blown.Ex. The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.Ex. The enumeration of isolates should be exhaustive or complete for the subject area.Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.Ex. Reference transactions can range from the ready-reference, or short-answer question, to the full-blown research inquiry to establish methodology.Ex. By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers.Ex. The EPIC service is a full-featured on-line reference system that provides subject access, and keyword and Boolean searching to a variety of databases.Ex. Once the functional and informal network seeks to widen its influence, it becomes a full-fledged institution.Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.Ex. Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.Ex. In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex. This has produced the matriarchal system in society on the one hand, and well-rounded libraries organized under the slogan 'Libraries are for wallowing in' on the other.Ex. Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.Ex. 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.Ex. Union Catalogues may also decide that they need more enriched records because of specific needs.Ex. The finest and most influential of these French italics were the work of Robert Granjon, an artist of the stature of his countryman and near-contemporary Garamont and one of the greatest all-round type designers of any period.Ex. One of them will take instructions and data from a whole roomful of girls armed with simple keyboard punches.Ex. There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.Ex. It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic.Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex. The technology has matured sufficiently that it's now cheap and relatively easy to set up a fully featured repository in quite a short time.Ex. Whole cities laid to waste, heroes falling in battle, death of gods, the works!.Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.Ex. This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.----* alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.* a tiempo completo = full-time.* base de datos completa = full-provision database.* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.* catalogación completa = full cataloguing.* catálogo de obras completas = back catalogue.* curso a tiempo completo = full-time course.* de forma completa = in full.* de página completa = full-page.* de pantalla completa = full-screen.* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.* edición completa = full edition.* el + Nombre + más completo = the + Nombre + to end all + Nombre.* estar al completo = overbook.* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.* información de texto completo = full-text information.* letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.* nombre completo = full name.* obras completas = collected works.* pagar por completo = pay off.* pantalla de información completa = full information display, full information screen.* pararse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* pensión completa = food and board, bed and board, full board, full-board accommodation.* por completo = fully.* ser completo = be all inclusive.* texto completo = full text.* * *I- ta adjetivo1)a) ( entero) completeb) (total, absoluto) complete, totalc) ( exhaustivo) < explicación> detailed; <obra/diccionario> comprehensive; <tesis/ensayo> thoroughd) <deportista/actor> complete, very versatile2) ( lleno) fullIIcompleto — ( en hostal) no vacancies; ( en taquilla) sold out
masculino (Chi) hot dog (with all the trimmings)* * *= complete, comprehensive, entire, exhaustive, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], full-blown, full-bodied, full-featured, full-fledged, full-length, full-scale, full-service, thorough, total, well-rounded, end to end, supine, enriched, all-round, whole, utter, all-inclusive, fully formed, fully featured, the works!, unmitigaged, fully blown.Ex: The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.
Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.Ex: The enumeration of isolates should be exhaustive or complete for the subject area.Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.Ex: Reference transactions can range from the ready-reference, or short-answer question, to the full-blown research inquiry to establish methodology.Ex: By adulthood the child's literary consciousness has grown into a full-bodied appreciation of the work of the great imaginative writers.Ex: The EPIC service is a full-featured on-line reference system that provides subject access, and keyword and Boolean searching to a variety of databases.Ex: Once the functional and informal network seeks to widen its influence, it becomes a full-fledged institution.Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.Ex: Obviously, staff will have to be instructed in the use of the new system, be it word processing or a full-scale circulation system.Ex: In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex: This has produced the matriarchal system in society on the one hand, and well-rounded libraries organized under the slogan 'Libraries are for wallowing in' on the other.Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.Ex: 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.Ex: Union Catalogues may also decide that they need more enriched records because of specific needs.Ex: The finest and most influential of these French italics were the work of Robert Granjon, an artist of the stature of his countryman and near-contemporary Garamont and one of the greatest all-round type designers of any period.Ex: One of them will take instructions and data from a whole roomful of girls armed with simple keyboard punches.Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.Ex: It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic.Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex: The technology has matured sufficiently that it's now cheap and relatively easy to set up a fully featured repository in quite a short time.Ex: Whole cities laid to waste, heroes falling in battle, death of gods, the works!.Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.Ex: This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.* alojamiento en régimen de pensión completa = full-board accommodation.* a tiempo completo = full-time.* base de datos completa = full-provision database.* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.* catalogación completa = full cataloguing.* catálogo de obras completas = back catalogue.* curso a tiempo completo = full-time course.* de forma completa = in full.* de página completa = full-page.* de pantalla completa = full-screen.* detenerse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.* edición completa = full edition.* el + Nombre + más completo = the + Nombre + to end all + Nombre.* estar al completo = overbook.* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.* información de texto completo = full-text information.* letra cuya impresión en papel no está completa = broken letter.* nombre completo = full name.* obras completas = collected works.* pagar por completo = pay off.* pantalla de información completa = full information display, full information screen.* pararse por completo = come to + a standstill, be at a standstill.* pensión completa = food and board, bed and board, full board, full-board accommodation.* por completo = fully.* ser completo = be all inclusive.* texto completo = full text.* * *A1 (con todas sus partes) completeesta baraja no está completa this deck isn't complete, there's a card/there are some cards missing from this decklas obras completas de Neruda the complete works of Nerudala serie completa the whole seriesla gama más completa the fullest o most complete range2 (total, absoluto) complete, totalno hay felicidad completa there's no such thing as complete happinesspor completo completelylo olvidé por completo I completely forgot about it, I forgot all about it3(exhaustivo): una explicación muy completa a very full o detailed explanationuno de los diccionarios más completos one of the most comprehensive dictionariesun trabajo muy completo a very thorough piece of work4 ‹deportista/actor› complete, very versatileB (lleno) fullel tren iba completo the train was fullel hotel está completo the hotel is full o fully booked[ S ] completo (en un hostal) no vacancies; (en una taquilla) sold out( Chi)hot dog ( with all the trimmings)* * *
Del verbo completar: ( conjugate completar)
completo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
completó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
completar
completo
completar ( conjugate completar) verbo transitivo
completo◊ -ta adjetivo
1
‹obra/diccionario› comprehensive;
‹tesis/ensayo› thorough
2 ( lleno) ‹vagón/hotel› full;
( on signs) completo ( en hostal) no vacancies;
( en taquilla) sold out
completar verbo transitivo to complete
completo,-a adjetivo
1 (entero, total) complete
2 (lleno) full
3 (versátil) versatile, complete
4 (exhaustivo) comprehensive
♦ Locuciones: al completo, full up o to capacity
por completo, completely
' completo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- acabada
- acabado
- calcinar
- completa
- entera
- entero
- íntegra
- íntegro
- parcial
- plena
- pleno
- radical
- tiempo
- toda
- todo
- alimento
- integral
- trabajar
- trabajo
English:
book up
- clam up
- clean
- collected
- complete
- completely
- dedication
- entirely
- envelop
- forge
- full
- full-time
- groundwork
- outright
- slip
- stranglehold
- strength
- utter
- all
- book
- capacity
- comprehensive
- reversal
- strict
- uncut
* * *completo, -a♦ adj1. [entero] complete;nombre completo full name;las obras completas de un autor the complete works of an author;vino toda la familia al completo the entire family came2. [lleno] full;[en cartel] [hotel] no vacancies; [aparcamiento] full; [en taquilla] sold outtodos los hoteles de la ciudad están al completo all the hotels in town are full3. [perfecto] complete;un espectáculo muy completo a very well-rounded production4. [rotundo] complete;un completo silencio complete o total silence;fue un completo éxito/fracaso it was a complete success/a complete o total failure;es un completo caballero he's an absolute o the complete gentleman;es un completo mentiroso he's a complete liar♦ nmChile = hot dog with all the trimmings♦ por completo loc advcompletely;han desaparecido por completo they have completely disappeared;se dedica por completo a la música she devotes herself full-time to music* * *por completo completely;al completo whole, entire* * *completo, -ta adj1) : complete2) : perfect, absolute3) : full, detailed♦ completamente adv* * *completo adj1. (entero) complete2. (lleno) full -
73 complicar
v.to complicate.complicarle la vida a alguien to cause somebody a lot of trouble* * *1 (gen) to complicate, make complicated2 (implicar) to involve (en, in)1 (gen) to make difficult for oneself2 (implicarse) to get involved (en, in)\complicarse la vida to make life difficult for oneself, make things hard for oneself* * *verb2) involve* * *1. VT1) [gen] to complicate2) (Jur) to involve, implicate (en in)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <situación/problema/asunto> to complicate, make... complicated; vida 1) a)2.complicarse v pron1) situación/problema/asunto to get complicated; enfermedadse le complicó con un problema respiratorio — he developed respiratory complications; vida 1) a)
2) ( implicarse)* * *= compound, tangle.Ex. This heterogeneity of object, function, and relation is compounded by imprecision due to indirectness of access and to indefiniteness of need.Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.----* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* complicar la situación = cloud + the issue, confuse + the issue.* complicarse = thicken.* complicarse las cosas = be hung up on.* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.* complicar un problema = compound + problem.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <situación/problema/asunto> to complicate, make... complicated; vida 1) a)2.complicarse v pron1) situación/problema/asunto to get complicated; enfermedadse le complicó con un problema respiratorio — he developed respiratory complications; vida 1) a)
2) ( implicarse)* * *= compound, tangle.Ex: This heterogeneity of object, function, and relation is compounded by imprecision due to indirectness of access and to indefiniteness of need.
Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* complicar la situación = cloud + the issue, confuse + the issue.* complicarse = thicken.* complicarse las cosas = be hung up on.* complicarse la vida = ask for + trouble.* complicar un problema = compound + problem.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* * *complicar [A2 ]vtA ‹situación/problema/asunto› to complicate, make … complicatedno me compliques la vida don't make life difficult for meB (implicar) ‹persona› to involve, get … involvedno me quieras complicar a mí en esa componenda don't try to get me mixed up o involved in that shady dealA «situación/problema/asunto» to get complicatedno era grave pero se le complicó con un problema respiratorio it wasn't serious but he developed respiratory complications* * *
Multiple Entries:
complicar
complicar algo
complicar ( conjugate complicar) verbo transitivo
complicarse verbo pronominal
[ enfermedad]:
See Also→ vida 2b) ( implicarse) complicarse en algo to get involved in sth
complicar verbo transitivo
1 (dificultar) to complicate, make difficult
2 (implicar) to involve [en, in]: no me compliques en tus asuntos, don't involve me in your affairs
' complicar' also found in these entries:
English:
complicate
- confuse
* * *♦ vt1. [dificultar] to complicate;esas declaraciones complican la obtención de un acuerdo that statement will make it more difficult to reach an agreement;complicarle la vida a alguien to make life difficult for sb* * *v/t1 complicate2:complicar a alguien en algo involve s.o. in sth* * *complicar {72} vt1) : to complicate2) : to involve* * *complicar vb (hacer más difícil) to complicate -
74 concreto
adj.1 concrete, definite, particular, specific.2 concrete, physical, non-abstract.m.1 concrete.2 concrete noun.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: concretar.* * *► adjetivo1 (real) concrete, real2 (particular) particular, specific\en el caso concreto de... in the particular case of...* * *(f. - concreta)adj.1) concrete2) specific* * *1. ADJ1) (=específico) [medida, propuesta] specific, concrete; [hecho, resultado] specific; [fecha, hora] definite, particularen un plazo breve tendremos datos más concretos — we will have more specific o precise information shortly
no me dijo ninguna hora concreta — he didn't tell me any definite o particular time
2) (=no abstracto) concrete3)•
en concreto —a) [con verbos]nos referimos, en concreto, al abuso del alcohol — we are referring specifically to alcohol abuse
he viajado mucho por África, en concreto, por Kenia y Tanzania — I've travelled a lot in Africa, specifically in Kenya and Tanzania o in Kenya and Tanzania to be precise
¿qué dijo en concreto? — what exactly did he say?
b) [con sustantivos]¿busca algún libro en concreto? — are you looking for a particular o specific book?, are you looking for any book in particular?
no se ha decidido nada en concreto — nothing definite o specific has been decided
2.SM LAm (=hormigón) concrete* * *I- ta adjetivoa) ( específico) <política/acusación> concrete, specific; <motivo/ejemplo/pregunta> specific; <fecha/hora> definite; < lugar> specific, particularquiero saber, en concreto, cuánto cuesta — what I want to know specifically is how much it costs
una conferencia sobre historia, en concreto, el siglo XV — a lecture on history, the XV century to be precise
en una zona en concreto — in a particular o specific area
b) ( no abstracto) concreteIImasculino (AmL) concrete* * *= definite, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], given, individual, one, specific, specified, single, particular, defined, concrete, designated, circumscribed, targeted, coextensive [co-extensive], narrowly focused.Ex. I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.Ex. A longer abstract can help in the finer points of selection, but will take longer to write and also longer to scan.Ex. The notation for any given geographical division varies between classes and between different parts of the same classes.Ex. The series area includes the series title, an indication of the responsibility for the series (often series editors), and the number of the individual work within the series, if the work is one of a numbered series.Ex. Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.Ex. Various publishers have reputations for specific styles, subject areas or works for specific audiences.Ex. If access is limited to certain specified times, the term 'off-line' is applied.Ex. In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs -- more is hidden han appears on the surface.Ex. It is possible to identify an item uniquely within a particular institution or agency by a running accession number.Ex. The Pearson correlation coefficient has been calculated to find out the correlation and to test the null hypothesis that there is no correlation among publishing in journals, citing from journals and use of journals by a defined set of researchers.Ex. The second exercise in this course was to outline priorities in library services which had to be concrete, describable and achievable.Ex. It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.Ex. Library and Information Plans (LIP) are 5-year management plans for information provision in a circumscribed region.Ex. Threats to the integrity of science include interest in paranormal phenomena, sensationalism of science and pressure for targeted research.Ex. Bibliographies in general are also retrieval devices; the difference here is that the bibliography is not coextensive with the stock of the library it may omit items in stock and include others not in stock.Ex. Some articles cover broad themes while others are more narrowly focused.----* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.* búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.* confinado a un lugar concreto = site-bound.* detalles concretos = fine detail(s).* en concreto = in particular, to be specific.* enfocado hacia un objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].* en la situación concreta = on the scene.* ente concreto = concrete entity.* en un momento concreto = at a particular point in time.* especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.* relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.* * *I- ta adjetivoa) ( específico) <política/acusación> concrete, specific; <motivo/ejemplo/pregunta> specific; <fecha/hora> definite; < lugar> specific, particularquiero saber, en concreto, cuánto cuesta — what I want to know specifically is how much it costs
una conferencia sobre historia, en concreto, el siglo XV — a lecture on history, the XV century to be precise
en una zona en concreto — in a particular o specific area
b) ( no abstracto) concreteIImasculino (AmL) concrete* * *= definite, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], given, individual, one, specific, specified, single, particular, defined, concrete, designated, circumscribed, targeted, coextensive [co-extensive], narrowly focused.Ex: I don't see that we are going to stand a chance unless there is something very definite coming out of this conference and similar conferences where these ideas are advanced.
Ex: A longer abstract can help in the finer points of selection, but will take longer to write and also longer to scan.Ex: The notation for any given geographical division varies between classes and between different parts of the same classes.Ex: The series area includes the series title, an indication of the responsibility for the series (often series editors), and the number of the individual work within the series, if the work is one of a numbered series.Ex: Note the different definitions, and the different boundaries for this one subject area.Ex: Various publishers have reputations for specific styles, subject areas or works for specific audiences.Ex: If access is limited to certain specified times, the term 'off-line' is applied.Ex: In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs -- more is hidden han appears on the surface.Ex: It is possible to identify an item uniquely within a particular institution or agency by a running accession number.Ex: The Pearson correlation coefficient has been calculated to find out the correlation and to test the null hypothesis that there is no correlation among publishing in journals, citing from journals and use of journals by a defined set of researchers.Ex: The second exercise in this course was to outline priorities in library services which had to be concrete, describable and achievable.Ex: It is tremendously valuable to library staff (particularly in libraries with a designated departmental structure) to maintain close professional ties with local academic departments.Ex: Library and Information Plans (LIP) are 5-year management plans for information provision in a circumscribed region.Ex: Threats to the integrity of science include interest in paranormal phenomena, sensationalism of science and pressure for targeted research.Ex: Bibliographies in general are also retrieval devices; the difference here is that the bibliography is not coextensive with the stock of the library it may omit items in stock and include others not in stock.Ex: Some articles cover broad themes while others are more narrowly focused.* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.* búsqueda de documentos concretos = item search.* confinado a un lugar concreto = site-bound.* detalles concretos = fine detail(s).* en concreto = in particular, to be specific.* enfocado hacia un objetivo concreto = focused [focussed].* en la situación concreta = on the scene.* ente concreto = concrete entity.* en un momento concreto = at a particular point in time.* especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.* relacionado a un caso concreto = case-related.* * *1 (específico) ‹política/acusación› concrete, specificen tu caso concreto in your particular casepor un motivo concreto for a specific reasonfijemos una fecha/hora concreta let's fix a definite date/timequieren reformas/soluciones concretas they want real o concrete reforms/solutionsun lugar concreto a specific o particular placeuna pregunta concreta a specific questionen concreto: quiero saber, en concreto, cuánto me va a costar what I want to know specifically is how much it is going to costla conferencia versó sobre pintura española, en concreto, Goya y Velázquez the lecture was on Spanish painting, Goya and Velázquez, to be precise o to be more specificen una zona en concreto in a particular o specific area2 (no abstracto) concretelo concreto y lo abstracto the concrete and the abstract( AmL)concreteCompuesto:reinforced concrete* * *
Del verbo concretar: ( conjugate concretar)
concreto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
concretó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
concretar
concreto
concretar ( conjugate concretar) verbo transitivo
verbo intransitivo:
llámame para concreto give me a call to arrange the details
concretarse verbo pronominal
to become a reality
concreto 1 -ta adjetivo
‹motivo/ejemplo/pregunta› specific;
‹fecha/hora› definite;
‹ caso› particular;
‹ lugar› specific, particular;
en concreto specifically;
en una zona en concreto in a particular o specific area;
no sé nada en concreto I don't know anything definite
concreto 2 sustantivo masculino (AmL) concrete;
concretar verbo transitivo
1 (precisar un tema, un punto) to specify
2 (concertar una fecha, hora) to fix
concreto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (preciso, real) concrete
2 (particular) specific
en este caso concreto..., in this particular case...
II sustantivo masculino LAm (hormigón) concrete
♦ Locuciones: en concreto, specifically: lo veré esta semana, el martes en concreto, I'll meet him this week, Tuesday to be precise
no sé nada en c., I have no firm information
' concreto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actual
- ceñirse
- concreta
- concretamente
- determinada
- determinado
- particular
- puntual
- regalar
- sala
English:
actual
- concrete
- particular
- specific
- specifically
* * *concreto1, -a adj1. [no abstracto] concrete;un concepto concreto a concrete concept2. [determinado] specific, particular;aún no tenemos una fecha concreta we don't have a definite date yet;estoy buscando un disco concreto, no me vale cualquiera I'm looking for a particular o specific record, not just any one;si no me das los detalles concretos no te podré ayudar if you don't give me the specific o precise details I won't be able to help you;en el caso concreto de Nicaragua,… in the specific case of Nicaragua,…;en concreto, todavía no sabemos nada in short, we don't know anything yet;piensa volver a Europa, en concreto a Francia she's thinking of coming back to Europe, to France to be precise;es un experto en economía, y más en concreto, en gestión de empresas he's an expert in economics, more specifically in business management;nada en concreto nothing definite;la culpa no se le puede atribuir a nadie en concreto there is no one person who is to blame;en ningún sitio en concreto nowhere in particular, not in any one placeconcreto2 nmAm concrete concreto armado reinforced concrete* * *I adj1 specific;en concreto specifically;nada en concreto nothing specific2 (no abstracto) concreteII m L.Am.concrete* * *concreto, -ta adj1) : concrete, actual2) : definite, specificen concreto: specifically♦ concretamente advconcreto nmhormigón: concrete* * *concreto adj1. (particular) specific2. (real) actual -
75 controlar
v.1 to control.Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.2 to check.3 to watch, to keep an eye on.4 to take over, to control.María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.* * *1 (gen) to control2 (comprobar) to check1 (moderarse) to control oneself* * *verb1) to control2) monitor* * *1. VT1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to controllos rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country
los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control
no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *
2) (=vigilar)contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out
estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well
controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil
3) (=regular) to control2.VI *3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitorcontrolar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline
3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control2.controlarse v pron1) ( dominarse) to control oneselfsi no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic
2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor* * *= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.----* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitorcontrolar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline
3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control2.controlarse v pron1) ( dominarse) to control oneselfsi no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic
2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor* * *= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.
Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.* * *controlar [A1 ]vt1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to controlcontrolamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under controlel incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under controlcontrolan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole areapasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know aboutestos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)Bdeja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole timeme tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight reinel portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or outcontrolé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took meC (regular) to controleste mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressuremedidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under controlD ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test tofue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victorylo controlaron negativo he was tested negativeA (dominarse) to control oneselfsi no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholicse controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight* * *
Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;
controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly
* * *♦ vt1. [dominar] to control;controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;♦ viFam [saber] to know;Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry* * *v/t1 control2 ( vigilar) check* * *controlar vt1) : to control2) : to monitor, to check* * *controlar vb2. (comprobar) to check -
76 coordinado
adj.coordinated, co-ordinated, coordinate.past part.past participle of spanish verb: coordinar.* * *1 (conjunto de ropa) outfit, ensemble————————1→ link=coordinar coordinar► adjetivo1 coordinated1 (conjunto de ropa) outfit, ensemble* * *1.ADJ (=armonizado) coordinated; (Mil) [operación] combined2.SMPL pl coordinados (=ropa) separates* * *I- da adjetivo coordinateIIa) ( conjunto) outfitb) coordinados masculino plural ( prendas) coordinates (pl)* * *= in step, coordinative [co-ordinative], synergistic, orchestrated, coupled, coordinated.Ex. There are two forms of data transmission: (a) asynchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are not in step); (b) synchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are in step).Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.Ex. The electronic library is a library without walls, a permeable information centre that supports user access to information and collections in a synergistic manner.Ex. Orchestrated technological implementation must be a part of every library's business plan.Ex. For future metacatalogues to be successful, methods must be developed to use all existing organizational tools by layering, exchanging and translating data within a loosely coupled organizational system.Ex. Automatisms consist of involuntary but coordinated movements that tend to be purposeless and repetitive.----* coordinado con = in sync with.* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.* funcionamiento coordinado = synergy.* materia coordinada = coordinate subject.* no estar coordinado con = be out of step with.* relación coordinada = coordinate relation.* TC (término coordinado) = CT (co-ordinate term).* * *I- da adjetivo coordinateIIa) ( conjunto) outfitb) coordinados masculino plural ( prendas) coordinates (pl)* * *= in step, coordinative [co-ordinative], synergistic, orchestrated, coupled, coordinated.Ex: There are two forms of data transmission: (a) asynchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are not in step); (b) synchronous transmission (in which the transmitting and receiving devices are in step).
Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.Ex: The electronic library is a library without walls, a permeable information centre that supports user access to information and collections in a synergistic manner.Ex: Orchestrated technological implementation must be a part of every library's business plan.Ex: For future metacatalogues to be successful, methods must be developed to use all existing organizational tools by layering, exchanging and translating data within a loosely coupled organizational system.Ex: Automatisms consist of involuntary but coordinated movements that tend to be purposeless and repetitive.* coordinado con = in sync with.* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.* funcionamiento coordinado = synergy.* materia coordinada = coordinate subject.* no estar coordinado con = be out of step with.* relación coordinada = coordinate relation.* TC (término coordinado) = CT (co-ordinate term).* * *coordinate1 (conjunto) outfit* * *
Del verbo coordinar: ( conjugate coordinar)
coordinado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
coordinado
coordinar
coordinado◊ -da adjetivo
coordinate
coordinar ( conjugate coordinar) verbo transitivo ‹movimientos/actividades/ropa› to coordinate;
no lograba coordinado las ideas he couldn't speak/think coherently
verbo intransitivo [ colores] to match, go together
coordinar verbo transitivo to coordinate
' coordinado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
juego
English:
concerted
- timing
- uncoordinated
* * *coordinado, -a adjco-ordinated -
77 cubierto
adj.1 covered, coated.2 grown-over.m.place setting, table setting.past part.past participle of spanish verb: cubrir.* * *1 (techumbre) cover2 (en la mesa) place setting3 (menú) meal at a fixed price————————1→ link=cubrir cubrir► adjetivo1 (gen) covered2 (cielo) overcast3 (plaza) filled1 (techumbre) cover2 (en la mesa) place setting3 (menú) meal at a fixed price1 cutlery sing\a cubierto de safe fromestar a cubierto to be under coverponerse a cubierto to take covertener las espaldas cubiertas familiar to be well-heeledjuego de cubiertos canteen of cutlery, set of cutleryprecio del cubierto cover charge* * *noun m.1) cover, shelter2) utensil* * *1.PP de cubrir2. ADJ1) [gen] covered (de with, in)un cheque no cubierto — a bad o unbacked cheque
2) [cielo] overcast3) [vacante] filled4) (Aut)poco cubierto — [neumático] threadbare, worn
5) (=tocado) [persona] with a hat3. SM1) (=techumbre) covera o bajo cubierto — under cover
ponerse a cubierto — to take shelter, take cover
2) [para comer] a piece of cutlerycoge el cubierto con la mano derecha — take the spoon/fork/knife with your right hand
3) (=servicio de mesa) place settingfalta un cubierto, porque somos ocho — we're a place short, there are eight of us
4) (=comida)precio del cubierto — price per person o per head
* * *I II1)a) ( pieza) piece of cutleryse le cayó un cubierto — he dropped his knife/fork/spoon
b) ( servicio de mesa) place settingc) ( en restaurante) cover charge; (en boda, banquete)¿cuánto cuesta el cubierto? — how much is it per head?
2) (en locs)a cubierto: ponerse a cubierto de la lluvia to take cover o to shelter from the rain; bajo cubierto — under cover
* * *= draped, covered, clad, insulated, uncleared.Ex. The theater for the puppet show was made of three draped art-room tables.Ex. The van has improved facilities, including covered access to a two-tier display rack, so that passers-by can browse through a wide variety of information leaflets.Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex. Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.----* cubierta de = carpet of.* cubierto con = clad in.* cubierto con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelled.* cubierto de = awash with/in, clad in, caked in/with, riddled with, encrusted with, incrusted with.* cubierto de árboles = tree-covered.* cubierto de arena = sandy [sandier -comp., sandiest -sup.].* cubierto de barro = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,].* cubierto de cardenales = black and blue.* cubierto de grava = metalled [metaled, -USA].* cubierto de hierba = grassy [grassier -comp., grassiest -sup.].* cubierto de hojas = leafy [leafier -comp., leafiest -sup.].* cubierto de hollín = sooty.* cubierto de incrustaciones = barnacled.* cubierto de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].* cubierto de musgo = moss-backed.* cubierto de nieve = snow-covered.* cubierto de titanio = titanium-clad.* cubierto en plumas = feathery.* cubierto por árboles = tree-shaded.* cubierto por una funda de plástico = plastic-covered.* estadio cubierto = indoor arena.* piscina cubierta = indoor swimming pool, indoor pool, swimming baths.* ponerse a cubierto = run for + cover.* puente cubierto = covered bridge.* * *I II1)a) ( pieza) piece of cutleryse le cayó un cubierto — he dropped his knife/fork/spoon
b) ( servicio de mesa) place settingc) ( en restaurante) cover charge; (en boda, banquete)¿cuánto cuesta el cubierto? — how much is it per head?
2) (en locs)a cubierto: ponerse a cubierto de la lluvia to take cover o to shelter from the rain; bajo cubierto — under cover
* * *= draped, covered, clad, insulated, uncleared.Ex: The theater for the puppet show was made of three draped art-room tables.
Ex: The van has improved facilities, including covered access to a two-tier display rack, so that passers-by can browse through a wide variety of information leaflets.Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex: Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.* cubierta de = carpet of.* cubierto con = clad in.* cubierto con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelled.* cubierto de = awash with/in, clad in, caked in/with, riddled with, encrusted with, incrusted with.* cubierto de árboles = tree-covered.* cubierto de arena = sandy [sandier -comp., sandiest -sup.].* cubierto de barro = muddy [muddier -comp., muddiest -sup,].* cubierto de cardenales = black and blue.* cubierto de grava = metalled [metaled, -USA].* cubierto de hierba = grassy [grassier -comp., grassiest -sup.].* cubierto de hojas = leafy [leafier -comp., leafiest -sup.].* cubierto de hollín = sooty.* cubierto de incrustaciones = barnacled.* cubierto de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].* cubierto de musgo = moss-backed.* cubierto de nieve = snow-covered.* cubierto de titanio = titanium-clad.* cubierto en plumas = feathery.* cubierto por árboles = tree-shaded.* cubierto por una funda de plástico = plastic-covered.* estadio cubierto = indoor arena.* piscina cubierta = indoor swimming pool, indoor pool, swimming baths.* ponerse a cubierto = run for + cover.* puente cubierto = covered bridge.* * *A1 (pieza) piece of cutleryse le cayó un cubierto al suelo he dropped his knife/fork/spoon on the floorlos cubiertos de plata the silver cutleryel cajón de los cubiertos the cutlery drawer2 (servicio de mesa) place settingpon otro cubierto, por favor can you set another place, please?, can you set for one more, please?3 (en un restaurante — cobro adicional) cover charge(— comida): ¿cuánto cuesta el cubierto para la cena de beneficiencia? how much is it per head o how much are the tickets for the charity dinner?B ( en locs):a cubierto: los soldados se pusieron a cubierto the soldiers took coverponerse a cubierto de la lluvia to take cover o to shelter from the rainquedó a cubierto de posibles críticas he was safe from any possible criticismbajo cubierto under cover* * *
Del verbo cubrir: ( conjugate cubrir)
cubierto es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
cubierto
cubrir
cubierto 1
ver tb cubrir
cubierto 2 sustantivo masculino
1
2 ( en locs)◊ a cubierto: ponerse a cubierto de la lluvia to take cover o to shelter from the rain
cubrir ( conjugate cubrir) verbo transitivo
cubierto algo de algo to cover sth with sth;
cubrirse verbo pronominal
1
‹ cara› to cover
2 ( llenarse):
cubierto,-a
I adjetivo
1 covered
(piscina) indoor
(cielo) overcast
2 (trabajo, plaza) filled
II sustantivo masculino
1 (asiento y plato para un comensal) place setting
2 cubiertos, cutlery sing
cubrir verbo transitivo to cover
' cubierto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cubierta
- escarchada
- escarchado
- rebañar
- amanecer
- bañar
- cielo
- cubrir
- lleno
- monte
- nube
- pastel
- sobrar
- tenedor
English:
dusty
- grassy
- indoor
- laminated
- litter
- muddy
- oily
- overgrown
- place
- place setting
- server
- snow-covered
- soapy
- veiled
- blaze
- Christmas
- cover
- Danish
- greasy
- icy
- over
- setting
* * *cubierto, -a♦ participiover cubrir♦ adj[con saldo acreedor] to be in the black;durmieron a cubierto they slept with a roof over their heads;ponerse a cubierto to take cover2. [cielo] overcast3. [vacante] filled♦ nm1. [pieza de cubertería] piece of cutlery;cubiertos cutlery;mis cubiertos están sucios my knife and fork (and spoon) are dirty2. [para cada persona] place setting;pon un cubierto más en la mesa set another place at (the) table3. [comida] set menu* * *I part → cubrirII adj covered (de with, in)III m1 piece of flatware, Brpiece of cutlery;cubiertos pl flatware sg, Br cutlery sg3:ponerse a cubierto take cover (de from)* * *cubierto nm1) : cover, shelterbajo cubierto: under cover2) : table setting3) : utensil, piece of silverware* * *cubierto adj1. (en general) covered3. (puesto) filled4. (instalación) indoor -
78 curva
f.1 curve.curva de aprendizaje learning curvecurva de nivel contour line2 bend.una carretera con muchas curvas a winding road3 flexura, flexure.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: curvar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: curvar.* * *1 (gen) curve2 (de carretera) bend3 (gráfico) curve, graph\coger una curva / tomar una curva to take a bendtrazar una curva to draw a curvecurva cerrada sharp bendcurva peligrosa dangerous bend* * *1. f., (m. - curvo) 2. noun f.curve, bend* * *SF1) [de carretera, camino] bend2) (Mat) curvecurva de demanda — (Com) demand curve
curva de la felicidad — hum paunch, beer-belly
curva de rentabilidad — (Com) break-even chart
¡tiene unas curvas! — what a body she's got!
* * *1)a) ( línea) curvela curva de la felicidad — (fam & hum) middle-age spread (colloq & hum) ( said to be caused by marital bliss)
b) (en camino, carretera) curve; ( más pronunciada) benduna curva cerrada/en herradura — a sharp/hairpin bend
agarrar a alguien en curva — (Méx fam) to take somebody by surprise
c) (Dep) curveball2) curvas femenino plural ( de una mujer) curves (pl)* * *= curve, contour, bend.Ex. Textura, the type of the first printed books, was derived from a formal book hand written with a minimum of curves.Ex. As a result, requesters have turned to the courts to define the contours of public access in the computer age.Ex. The article 'Postmodern libraries: Librarians at the bend in the learning curve' examines where librarians are on the learning curve when it comes to integrating new technology with old skills.----* curva biorrítmica = biorhythm chart.* curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* curva de aprendizaje = learning curve.* curva de Bradford = Bradford curve.* curva de concentración de Lorenz = Lorenz curve of concentration.* curva de la felicidad, la = middle-age spread.* curva de Lorenz = Lorenz curve.* curva de nivel = contour line.* curva de utilidad = utility contour.* curva + estabilizarse = curve + flatten out.* curva muy abierta = sweeping curve.* curva muy cerrada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* curva muy pronunciada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.* formando curvas = curving.* trazar una curva de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.* * *1)a) ( línea) curvela curva de la felicidad — (fam & hum) middle-age spread (colloq & hum) ( said to be caused by marital bliss)
b) (en camino, carretera) curve; ( más pronunciada) benduna curva cerrada/en herradura — a sharp/hairpin bend
agarrar a alguien en curva — (Méx fam) to take somebody by surprise
c) (Dep) curveball2) curvas femenino plural ( de una mujer) curves (pl)* * *= curve, contour, bend.Ex: Textura, the type of the first printed books, was derived from a formal book hand written with a minimum of curves.
Ex: As a result, requesters have turned to the courts to define the contours of public access in the computer age.Ex: The article 'Postmodern libraries: Librarians at the bend in the learning curve' examines where librarians are on the learning curve when it comes to integrating new technology with old skills.* curva biorrítmica = biorhythm chart.* curva ciega = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* curva de aprendizaje = learning curve.* curva de Bradford = Bradford curve.* curva de concentración de Lorenz = Lorenz curve of concentration.* curva de la felicidad, la = middle-age spread.* curva de Lorenz = Lorenz curve.* curva de nivel = contour line.* curva de utilidad = utility contour.* curva + estabilizarse = curve + flatten out.* curva muy abierta = sweeping curve.* curva muy cerrada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* curva muy pronunciada = hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpin turn.* forma de la curva estadística en su valor más alto = peak-shape.* formando curvas = curving.* trazar una curva de Algo = plot + Nombre + on a graph.* * *A1(línea): trazar una curva en el papel draw a curve on the sheet of paperla flecha describió una curva en el aire the arrow flew in an arc o described a curved path through the aircurva de temperatura(s) temperature curve2 (en un camino, una carretera) curve; (más pronunciada) bend[ S ] curva peligrosa sharp benduna curva cerrada/en herradura a sharp/hairpin bend3 ( Dep) curveballCompuesto:contour line* * *
Del verbo curvar: ( conjugate curvar)
curva es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
curva
curvar
curva sustantivo femenino
( más pronunciada) bend;
c) (Dep) curveballd)
con curvas curvaceous
curvo,-a adjetivo curved
curva sustantivo femenino
1 curve
2 (en carretera) bend
curva cerrada, sharp bend o curve
' curva' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerrada
- cerrado
- moderar
- parabólica
- parabólico
- visibilidad
- alcanzar
- descendente
- pronunciado
- redondear
- suave
English:
bend
- corner
- crook
- curve
- dip
- graph
- hairpin bend
- loop
- sharp
- sweep
- turn
- contour
- double
- hair
- kink
- swing
* * *curva nf1. [línea, forma, gráfico] curve;una curva de temperatura/producción a temperature/production curvecurva de aprendizaje learning curve; Fam curva de la felicidad [barriga] paunch;curva de nivel contour line2. [de carretera, río] bend;una carretera con muchas curvas a winding road;curva abierta slight o shallow bend;curva cerrada sharp bend;3.curvas [de mujer] curves* * *f curve* * *curva nf: curve, bend* * *curva n1. (de carretera) bend2. (de cuerpo) curve -
79 delegado
adj.delegated, vicarious.f. & m.delegate, commissioner, agent, deputy.past part.past participle of spanish verb: delegar.* * *1→ link=delegar delegar► adjetivo1 delegated► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 delegate2 COMERCIO representative\delegado,-a de Hacienda chief tax inspectordelegado,-a del gobierno government representative* * *(f. - delegada)noun* * *delegado, -aSM / F (=representante) delegate; (Com) representative, agent; (Educ) representativedelegado/a de alumnos, delegado/a de curso — student representative
delegado/a del Gobierno — Esp government delegate to an autonomous community
delegado/a sindical — shop steward
* * *- da masculino, femenino1) ( representante) delegate2) (Esp) ( director de zona) regional o area director* * *= delegate, delegated, emissary, officer.Ex. The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.Ex. Reference librarians should be prepared to be the 'intermediaries' and to perform ' delegated' searches for the majority of libraries' clientele.Ex. In her apparitions, Queen Anne is usually visited by an emissary from God who reprimands her for her misuse of power.Ex. Thus, sometimes the information does not reach those officers who would benefit most from access to it.----* administrador delegado = administrative officer.* Cámara de Delegados = House of Delegates.* delegado de clase = class prefect, class representative.* * *- da masculino, femenino1) ( representante) delegate2) (Esp) ( director de zona) regional o area director* * *= delegate, delegated, emissary, officer.Ex: The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
Ex: Reference librarians should be prepared to be the 'intermediaries' and to perform ' delegated' searches for the majority of libraries' clientele.Ex: In her apparitions, Queen Anne is usually visited by an emissary from God who reprimands her for her misuse of power.Ex: Thus, sometimes the information does not reach those officers who would benefit most from access to it.* administrador delegado = administrative officer.* Cámara de Delegados = House of Delegates.* delegado de clase = class prefect, class representative.* * *delegado -damasculine, feminineA (representante) delegatelos delegados de la asociación the association's delegates o representativesel delegado del Gobierno central the Central Government representativeCompuestos:masculine papal envoy● delegado de curso, delegada de cursomasculine, feminine student representative● delegado de gobierno, delegada de gobiernomasculine, feminine (en Esp) the central government representative in an autonomíael delegado del Gobierno en la zona the Government's representative in the areaB ( Esp) (director de zona) regional o area directorel delegado de Sanidad the director of the regional Health Department* * *
Del verbo delegar: ( conjugate delegar)
delegado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
delegado
delegar
delegado sustantivo masculino, femenino ( representante) delegate;
delegar ( conjugate delegar) verbo transitivo
to delegate;
delegado algo en algn to delegate sth to sb
verbo intransitivo
to delegate
delegado,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 delegate
2 Com representative
delegar verbo transitivo to delegate [en, to]
' delegado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comisaria
- comisario
- consejera
- consejero
- delegada
- enviado
English:
agent
- delegate
- officer
- capacity
* * *delegado, -a nm,f1. [representante] delegate;el delegado de Educación the representative from the Ministry of EducationEsp delegado del Gobierno = person representing central government in each province;delegado sindical union representative, shop steward2. [en colegio, universidad] class representativedelegado de curso class representative* * ** * *delegado, -da n: delegate, representative* * *delegado n representative -
80 derrame
m.1 discharge (medicine).derrame cerebral strokederrame sinovial water on the knee2 spilling.3 spillage, pour, spill, leakage.4 splay, reveal.5 escape of fluid, efflux, effusion.6 burst blood vessel.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: derramar.* * *1 pouring out, spilling2 (de sangre, lágrimas) shedding3 (pérdida) leak, leakage4 MEDICINA discharge5 ARQUITECTURA splay\derrame cerebral MEDICINA brain haemorrhage* * *SM1) (=acto)= derramamiento 1)2) (Med)derrame cerebral — brain haemorrhage o (EEUU) hemorrhage
3) (=salida) [por encima del recipiente] overflow; [en pluma, recipiente] leakage* * *1)a) (Med)b) ( de líquido) spillage2) (Arquit) embrasure* * *= spill, spillage, spillover.Ex. However, the degree to which various groups of sources were satisfied with how the spill was reported was not a function of their degree of media access.Ex. The installation of a steel grate over a sunken sand moat reduces the safety hazard from spillage of molten metal.Ex. We're close to spillover, as the reservoir is about a foot from coming over the top.----* derrame cerebral = stroke.* derrame de petróleo = oil spill.* derrame de sustancias químicas = chemical spill.* * *1)a) (Med)b) ( de líquido) spillage2) (Arquit) embrasure* * *= spill, spillage, spillover.Ex: However, the degree to which various groups of sources were satisfied with how the spill was reported was not a function of their degree of media access.
Ex: The installation of a steel grate over a sunken sand moat reduces the safety hazard from spillage of molten metal.Ex: We're close to spillover, as the reservoir is about a foot from coming over the top.* derrame cerebral = stroke.* derrame de petróleo = oil spill.* derrame de sustancias químicas = chemical spill.* * *A1 ( Med):tengo un derrame en el pie I've burst a blood vessel in my footderrames gastrointestinales gastrointestinal bleeding o hemorrhaging2 (de un líquido) spillageCompuestos:brain hemorrhage*synovitisB ( Arquit) embrasure* * *
Del verbo derramar: ( conjugate derramar)
derramé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
derrame es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
derramar
derrame
derramar ( conjugate derramar) verbo transitivo
‹cuentas/sangre› to shed
derramarse verbo pronominal
[ corriente] to pour out
derrame sustantivo masculinoa) (Med):
derrame cerebral brain hemorrhage( conjugate hemorrhage)
derramar verbo transitivo to spill: derramó la leche sobre el vestido, she spilt the milk over her dress
(lágrimas) to shed
(simpatía, encantos) to exude, radiate
derrame sustantivo masculino
1 spillage
2 Med bleeding
derrame cerebral, brain haemorrhage, US brain hemorrhage
' derrame' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerebral
English:
outflow
- spillage
- stroke
* * *derrame nm1. Med discharge;tuvo un derrame en un ojo she burst a blood vessel in her eyederrame cerebral stroke;derrame sinovial water on the knee2. [de líquido] spilling;[de sangre] shedding* * *m MED:derrame cerebral stroke* * *derrame nm1) : spilling, shedding2) : leakage, overflow3) : discharge, hemorrhage
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