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placa de matrícula — number plate, license plate (EEUU), registration plate

placa giratoria — (Ferro) turntable

placa madre — (Inform) motherboard

placa solar — [en techo] solar panel; [en pared] radiator

Ex: When Brady made his Civil War pictures, the plate had to be wet at the time of exposure.

el proceso de una enfermedad — the course o progress of a disease

abrir o entablar proceso — to bring a suit (a against)

proceso verbal — (=escrito) record; (=audiencia) hearing

Ex: With the advent of micro-computers even much smaller cataloguing operations can effectively be computerised.

Ex: To use the 'default' or built-in command settings, simply press RETURN.

láminas de acero — sheet steel sing

Ex: An art print is an engraving, etching, lithograph, etc. printed from the plate prepared by the artist.

• al mando de — [+ pelotón, flota] in command of; [+ asociación, expedición, país] in charge of; [+ capitán, jefe] under the command o orders of, led by

las tropas estaban al mando de un general extranjero — the troops were under the command o orders of a foreign general o were led by a foreign general

• alto mando — high command

• tomar el mando — (Mil) to take command; (Dep) to take the lead

• a los mandos de algo — at the controls of sth

• cuadro de mandos — control panel

• mando a la izquierda — left-hand drive

• palanca de mando — [de máquina] control lever; [de avión] joystick

• tablero de mandos — control panel

mandos intermedios, mandos medios — LAm (Com) middle management

caérsele los anillos a alguien — (Esp fam & iró)

se le caerían los anillos — that sort of thing would be beneath him

no se te van a caer los anillos por hacer las camas — making the beds isn't going to kill you

como anillo al dedo — (fam)

el anillo or los anillos de Saturno — Saturn's rings

caérsele los anillos a alguien — (Esp fam & iró)

se le caerían los anillos — that sort of thing would be beneath him

no se te van a caer los anillos por hacer las camas — making the beds isn't going to kill you

como anillo al dedo — (fam)

el anillo or los anillos de Saturno — Saturn's rings

Ex: This is a sort of microform measles appearing as minute reddish rings.

la fecha de caducidad viene en la base del paquete — the use-by date is on the base o the bottom of the pack

• carecer de base — [acusación] to lack foundation, be unfounded; [argumento] to lack justification, be unjustified

• de base — [error, dato] basic, fundamental; [activista, apoyo] grass-roots antes de s

• en base a [uso periodístico] —

• partir de una base, un juez tiene que partir de una base de neutralidad absoluta — a judge must start out from a position of absolute neutrality

• sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of sth

su visita sentó las bases para una futura cooperación — her visit paved the way for o laid the foundations of future cooperation

• sobre la base de algo — on the basis of sth

• a base de algo, una dieta a base de arroz — a rice-based diet, a diet based on rice

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

a base de insistir, la convenció para comprar la casa — by o through his insistence, he persuaded her to buy the house

a base de bien Esp * —

hoy hemos trabajado a base de bien — we've done loads of work today *

nos divertimos a base de bien — we had a whale of a time *

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

han aprobado el texto base para el nuevo convenio — they have approved the provisional o draft text of the new agreement

• alimento base — staple (food)

• color base — base colour o (EEUU) color

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered; un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet; vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills; de base <planteamiento/error> fundamental, basic; < militante> rank-and-file (before n), ordinary (before n); < movimiento> grass-roots (before n); en base a (crit) on the basis of; a base de bien (Esp fam): comimos a base de bien — we ate really well

Ex: The reader should now have a reasonably firm base from which to begin a more detailed reading of the specification of elements.