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21 base

adj.

host.

f.

1 foundations (parte inferior) (de edificio).

base de maquillaje foundation (cream)

2 basis (fundamento, origen).

el petróleo es la base de su economía their economy is based on oil

ese argumento se cae por su base that argument is built on sand

partimos de la base de que… we assume that…

sentar las bases para to lay the foundations of

base imponible (finance) taxable income

3 base.

base aérea air base

base espacial space station

base de lanzamiento launch site

base naval naval base

base de operaciones operational base

4 base (chemistry).

5 base (math & geometry).

6 base.

7 makeup.

8 radix, base of a system of numbers or logarithms.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: basar.

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base

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) base

■ la base de la torre the base of the tower

2 figurado basis

■ las cereales son la base de nuestra agricultura cereals form the basis of our agriculture

■ si partimos de la base de que... if we start from the premise that...

3 QUÍMICA base, alkali

4 MATEMÁTICAS base

5 (en béisbol) base

► nombre femenino plural bases

1 (de concurso) rules

2 las bases (de partido etc) grass roots, rank and file

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a base de (por) through, by means of, using 2 (de) consisting of

■ se hizo rico a base de trabajar mucho he became rich through hard work

■ una dieta a base de hortalizas y pescado a diet consisting of vegetables and fish

a base de bien familiar really well

en base a based on, on the basis of

base aérea air base

base de datos database

base de datos documental documentary database

base de datos relacional relational database

base de lanzamiento launch site

base de operaciones operational headquarters

base imponible taxable income

base naval naval base

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noun f.

1) base

2) basis

•

- base de datos

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1. SF

1) (=parte inferior) base

la base de la columna — the base of the pillar

este jarrón tiene muy poca base — this vase has a very narrow base

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

la base del cráneo — the base of the skull

2) (=fondo) [de pintura] background; [de maquillaje] foundation

sobre una base de amarillo — on a yellow background

primero se coloca una base de tomate — start by laying a tomato base

3) (=fundamento) basis

ese artículo no tiene base científica alguna — that article has no scientific basis at all

la base del éxito está en el trabajo — the key to success is hard work

• 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] —

un programa elaborado en base a criterios subjetivos — a programme based on subjective criteria

en base a lo que acabamos de ver — based on what we have just seen

en base a que: no publicaron la carta en base a que era demasiado larga — they didn't publish the letter because it was too long

• 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

partiendo de esta base, nos planteamos la necesidad... — on this assumption, we think it necessary...

partir de la base de que... — to take as one's starting point that...

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

Chomsky sentó las bases de la gramática generativa — Chomsky laid the foundations of generative grammar

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

hay que negociar sobre la base de resoluciones previas — we must negotiate on the basis of previous resolutions

- coger a algn fuera de base

base de poder — power base

4) (=componente principal)

la leche es la base de su alimentación — his diet is milk-based

la base de este jabón es la soda — this soap is soda-based

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

un plato a base de verduras — a vegetable-based dish, a dish based on vegetables

este aparato funciona a base de ultrasonidos — this machine works with ultrasound

sólo conseguirás salir adelante a base de mucho esfuerzo — you will only get ahead by working hard

• a base de hacer algo — by doing sth

así, a base de no hacer nada, poco vas a conseguir — you won't achieve much by doing nothing

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 *

cenamos a base de bien — we had a really good meal

base imponible — (Econ) taxable income

5) (=conocimientos básicos) grounding

le falta un poco de base — he doesn't have the proper grounding

este manual le aportará una buena base de química — this handbook will give you a good grounding in chemistry

6) (Mil) base

base aérea — air base

base aeronaval — naval air base

base avanzada — forward base

base de lanzamiento — launch site

base de operaciones — operations base

base espacial — space station

base militar — military base

base naval — naval base

7) pl bases

a) (=condiciones) [de concurso] conditions, rules; [de convocatoria] requirements

b) (Pol)

las bases — the rank and file

8) (Inform)

base de datos — database

base de datos documental — documentary database

base de datos relacional — relational database

9) (Mat) [en una potencia] base

10) (Quím) base

11) (Téc) base, mounting

12) (Agrimensura) base, base line

13) (Ling) (tb: base derivativa) base form

14) (Béisbol) base

15) ** (=droga) base

2.

SMF (Baloncesto) guard

3. ADJ INV

1) (=de partida) [campamento, campo] base antes de s ; [puerto] home antes de s

dejamos el campamento base por la mañana — we left base camp in the morning

2) (=básico) [idea] basic; [documento, texto] provisional, draft

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
salario, sueldo
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I
femenino

1)

a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

base de maquillaje — foundation

2)

a) ( fundamento)

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso — I have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana — the basis of good health is a balanced diet

sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of something

un movimiento sin base popular — a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base — to take something as a starting point

sobre la base de estos datos — on the basis of this information

b) ( componente principal)

la base de su alimentación es el arroz — their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín — this perfume has a jasmine base

c) ( conocimientos básicos)

tiene una sólida base científica — he has a sound grounding in science

llegó al curso sin ninguna base — he didn't have the basics when he began the course

- base de datos

- base imponible

3) (en locs)

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

4) ( centro de operaciones) base

base aérea/naval/militar — air/naval/military base

- base de lanzamiento

5)

las bases — (Pol) the rank and file (pl)

6) (Mat, Quím) base

7) bases femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

8)

a) ( en béisbol) base

b) base masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard
II
adjetivo invariable

a) (básico, elemental) basic; <documento/texto> draft (before n)

b) < campamento> base (before n)

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= base, base, base plate, basis [bases, -pl.], basis [bases, -pl.], bedrock, core, cornerstone [corner-stone], foundation, grounding, underpinning, cradle, warp and woof.

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

Ex. The base of a notation is the set of symbols used in a specific notation.

Ex. The two windows in the base plate of the scanner help move the read head accurately across the bar codes.

Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex. These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex. We are the bedrock of our profession and the standards that we attain fundamentally affect the status of the profession.

Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex. Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications.

Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.

Ex. The experience gained with these special schemes provided a grounding for work on the development of a new general scheme.

Ex. The criteria must be subject to continuing review and annual updating if they are to remain valid as the underpinning for a professional activity.

Ex. 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'.

Ex. Training in self-help is part of the warp and woof of any tenable theory of reference work.

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* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* afianzar las bases = strengthen + foundations.

* aplicar una capa base = prime.

* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.

* banda de base = baseband.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database, cataloguing database.

* base de datos comercial = commercial database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = textual data base, text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos documental = textual data base.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos financiera = financial database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos local = local area database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos numérico-textual = textual-numeric database, text-numeric database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* base de datos textual = textual data base.

* base de operaciones = home base.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* base impositiva = tax base.

* base lógica = rationale.

* base militar = military base.

* bases = background.

* base teórica = theoretical underpinning, theoretical underpinning.

* búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.

* campamento base = base camp.

* comenzar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* como base para = as a basis for.

* con base de arena = sand-based.

* con base empírica = empirically-based.

* con base en = based in.

* conformar las bases = set + the framework.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* constituir la base = form + the foundation.

* constituir la base de = form + the basis of.

* construir la base = form + the skeleton.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* crear una base = form + a basis.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.

* en la base = at the core (of).

* en su base = at its core.

* específico de una base de datos = database-specific.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestor de bases de datos = database management system (DBMS), DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* línea base = baseline [base line].

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.

* partir de la base de que = start from + the premise that, build on + the premise that.

* poner las bases = lay + foundation, lay + the basis for.

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.

* sentar base = make + things happen.

* sentar las bases = lay + foundation, set + the scene, set + the wheels in motion, set + the tone, set + the framework, set + the pattern, provide + the basis, lay + the basis for, provide + the material for.

* sentar las bases de Algo = lay + the groundwork for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sobre base de arena = sand-based.

* sobre esta base = on this basis, on that basis.

* sobre la base de = in relation to, on the usual basis.

* subsistir a base de = live on.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tratamiento a base de hierbas = herbal treatment.

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I
femenino

1)

a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

base de maquillaje — foundation

2)

a) ( fundamento)

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso — I have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana — the basis of good health is a balanced diet

sentar las bases de algo — to lay the foundations of something

un movimiento sin base popular — a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base — to take something as a starting point

sobre la base de estos datos — on the basis of this information

b) ( componente principal)

la base de su alimentación es el arroz — their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín — this perfume has a jasmine base

c) ( conocimientos básicos)

tiene una sólida base científica — he has a sound grounding in science

llegó al curso sin ninguna base — he didn't have the basics when he began the course

- base de datos

- base imponible

3) (en locs)

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

4) ( centro de operaciones) base

base aérea/naval/militar — air/naval/military base

- base de lanzamiento

5)

las bases — (Pol) the rank and file (pl)

6) (Mat, Quím) base

7) bases femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

8)

a) ( en béisbol) base

b) base masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard
II
adjetivo invariable

a) (básico, elemental) basic; <documento/texto> draft (before n)

b) < campamento> base (before n)

* * *

= base, base, base plate, basis [bases, -pl.], basis [bases, -pl.], bedrock, core, cornerstone [corner-stone], foundation, grounding, underpinning, cradle, warp and woof.

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

Ex: The base of a notation is the set of symbols used in a specific notation.

Ex: The two windows in the base plate of the scanner help move the read head accurately across the bar codes.

Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex: These factors form the basis of the problems in identifying a satisfactory subject approach, and start to explain the vast array of different tolls used in the subject approach to knowledge.

Ex: We are the bedrock of our profession and the standards that we attain fundamentally affect the status of the profession.

Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

Ex: Abstracts are the cornerstone of secondary publications.

Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.

Ex: The experience gained with these special schemes provided a grounding for work on the development of a new general scheme.

Ex: The criteria must be subject to continuing review and annual updating if they are to remain valid as the underpinning for a professional activity.

Ex: 'I have to leave fairly soon,' he said as he returned the receiver to its cradle, 'so let's get down to business'.

Ex: Training in self-help is part of the warp and woof of any tenable theory of reference work.

* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* afianzar las bases = strengthen + foundations.

* aplicar una capa base = prime.

* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.

* banda de base = baseband.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base cognitiva = knowledge base [knowledge-base].

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database, cataloguing database.

* base de datos comercial = commercial database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = textual data base, text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos documental = textual data base.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos financiera = financial database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos local = local area database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos numérico-textual = textual-numeric database, text-numeric database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* base de datos textual = textual data base.

* base de operaciones = home base.

* base de un número = subscript numeral.

* base impositiva = tax base.

* base lógica = rationale.

* base militar = military base.

* bases = background.

* base teórica = theoretical underpinning, theoretical underpinning.

* búsqueda en múltiples bases de datos = cross database searching.

* campamento base = base camp.

* comenzar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* como base para = as a basis for.

* con base de arena = sand-based.

* con base empírica = empirically-based.

* con base en = based in.

* conformar las bases = set + the framework.

* conocimiento de base = foundation study.

* constituir la base = form + the foundation.

* constituir la base de = form + the basis of.

* construir la base = form + the skeleton.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* crear una base = form + a basis.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = online system host, database host, host system, online service vendor.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* empezar desde la base = start at + ground zero.

* en base a = in terms of, on the grounds that/of, on the basis of.

* en la base = at the core (of).

* en su base = at its core.

* específico de una base de datos = database-specific.

* formar la base = form + the foundation.

* formar la base de = form + the basis of.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestor de bases de datos = database management system (DBMS), DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* hecho a base de parches = patchwork.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* línea base = baseline [base line].

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.

* partir de la base de que = start from + the premise that, build on + the premise that.

* poner las bases = lay + foundation, lay + the basis for.

* portada de una base de datos = file banner.

* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* que funciona a base de órdenes = command-driven.

* remedio a base de hierbas = herbal remedy.

* sentar base = make + things happen.

* sentar las bases = lay + foundation, set + the scene, set + the wheels in motion, set + the tone, set + the framework, set + the pattern, provide + the basis, lay + the basis for, provide + the material for.

* sentar las bases de Algo = lay + the groundwork for.

* ser la base de = be at the core of, form + the basis of, be at the heart of.

* sin base = unsupported, ill-founded.

* sobre base de arena = sand-based.

* sobre esta base = on this basis, on that basis.

* sobre la base de = in relation to, on the usual basis.

* subsistir a base de = live on.

* tipo de interés base = base rate, prime rate.

* tratamiento a base de hierbas = herbal treatment.

* * *

base¹

feminine

A

1 (parte inferior) base

la base de una columna the base of a column

el contraste está en la base the hallmark is on the base o the bottom

2 (fondo) background

sobre una base de tonos claros against o on a background of light tones

3

tb base de maquillaje foundation

4 (permanente) soft perm

B

1

(fundamento): no tienes suficiente base para asegurar eso you don't have sufficient grounds to claim that

la base de una buena salud es una alimentación sana the basis of good health is a balanced diet

esa afirmación carece de bases sólidas that statement is not founded o based on any firm evidence

sentar las bases de un acuerdo to lay the foundations of an agreement

un movimiento sin base popular a movement without a popular power base

tomar algo como base to take sth as a starting point

partiendo or si partimos de la base de que … if we start from the premise o assumption that …

sobre la base de estos datos podemos concluir que … on the basis of this information we can conclude that …

2

(componente principal): la base de su alimentación es el arroz rice is their staple food, their diet is based on rice

la base de este perfume es el jazmín this perfume has a jasmine base, this is a jasmine-based perfume

los diamantes forman la base de la economía the economy is based on diamonds

3

(conocimientos básicos): tiene una sólida base científica he has a sound basic knowledge of o he has a sound grounding in science

llegó sin ninguna base he hadn't mastered the basics when he arrived

Compuestos:

● base de datos

database

● base de datos relacional

relational database

● base imponible

tax base ( AmE), taxable income o base ( BrE)

C ( en locs):

a base de: a base de descansar se fue recuperando by resting she gradually recovered

lo consiguió a base de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to achieve it

un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet, a diet mainly consisting of vegetables

una bebida a base de ginebra a gin-based drink

vive a base de pastillas pills are what keep her going

de base ‹planteamiento/error› fundamental, basic;

‹militante› rank-and-file ( before n), ordinary ( before n); ‹movimiento/democracia› grass roots ( before n)

en base a ( crit); on the basis of

en base a las recientes encuestas on the evidence o basis of recent polls

una propuesta de negociación en base a un programa de diez puntos a proposal for negotiations based on a ten-point plan

a base de bien ( Esp fam): comimos a base de bien we really ate well, we had a really good meal

D (centro de operaciones) base

Compuestos:

● base aérea

air base

● base de lanzamiento

launch site

● base de operaciones

center* of operations, operational headquarters ( sing o pl)

● base militar

military base

● base naval

naval base

E ( Pol) tb

bases rank and file (pl)

F ( Mat) base

G ( Quím) base

H bases fpl (de un concurso) rules (pl), conditions of entry (pl)

I

1 (en béisbol) base

2

base masculine and feminine (en baloncesto) guard

base²

adj inv

1 (básico, elemental) ‹alimento› basic, staple ( before n); ‹documento/texto› draft ( before n)

la idea base partió de … the basic idea stemmed from …

salario, sueldo

2 (de origen) ‹puerto› home ( before n); ‹campamento› base ( before n)

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Del verbo basar: ( conjugate basar)

basé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

base es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
basar
base
basar ( conjugate basar) verbo transitivo ‹teoría/idea› base algo en algo to base sth on sth
basarse verbo pronominal
a) [ persona] basese EN algo:

◊ ¿en qué te basas para decir eso? and what basis o grounds do you have for saying that?;

se basó en esos datos he based his argument (o theory etc) on that information
b) [teoría/creencia/idea/opinión] basese EN algo to be based on sth

base sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( parte inferior) base

b) tb

◊ base de maquillaje foundation

2
a) ( fundamento) basis;

◊ la base de una buena salud the basis of good health;

tengo suficiente base para asegurar eso I have sufficient grounds to claim that;
sentar las bases de algo to lay the foundations of sth;
tomar algo como base to take sth as a starting point
b) ( conocimientos básicos):

◊ tiene una sólida base científica he has a sound grounding in science;

llegó al curso sin ninguna base he didn't have the basics when he began the course;
base de datos database
3 ( en locs)
◊ a base de: un régimen a base de verdura a vegetable-based diet;

vive a base de pastillas he lives on pills
4 ( centro de operaciones) base;
◊ base aérea/naval/militar air/naval/military base

5
◊ bases sustantivo femenino plural ( de concurso) rules (pl)

6
a) ( en béisbol) base

b)

◊ base sustantivo masculino y femenino ( en baloncesto) guard

basar verbo transitivo to base [en, on]
base
I sustantivo femenino
1 base
2 (fundamento de una teoría, de un argumento) basis, (motivo) grounds: tus quejas no tienen base alguna, your complaints are groundless
3 (conocimientos previos) grounding: tiene muy mala base en matemáticas, he's got a very poor grasp of maths
4 Mil base
base aérea/naval, air/naval base
5 Inform base de datos, data base
II fpl
1 Pol the grass roots: las bases no apoyan al candidato, the candidate didn't get any grass-roots support
2 (de un concurso) rules
♦ Locuciones: a base de: la fastidiaron a base de bien, they really messed her about
a base de estudiar consiguió aprobar, he passed by studying
a base de extracto de camomila, using camomile extract
' base' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- basar
- columpiarse
- concentración
- esquema
- fundar
- fundamentar
- fundarse
- innoble
- mantenerse
- pie
- salario
- somier
- subsistir
- tejemaneje
- asiento
- banco
- bastardo
- cimentar
- fundamento
- inicial
- mantener
- rejilla
- sueldo
English:
air base
- base
- basis
- circuit board
- cornerstone
- data base
- decision making
- fatty
- foundation
- from
- grounding
- rank
- rationale
- roll out
- stand
- undercoat
- work
- air
- ball
- base pay
- bed
- cover
- data
- educated
- found
- French
- go
- ground
- hard
- home
- model
- pickle
- primary
- report
- rocky
- sordid
- squash
- staple
- starchy
- taxable
- under

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base

♦ nf

1. [parte inferior] base;
[de edificio] foundations;
colocaron un ramo de flores en la base del monumento they placed a bunch of flowers at the foot of the monument

Comp
base de maquillaje foundation (cream)
2. [fundamento, origen] basis;

el respeto al medio ambiente es la base de un desarrollo equilibrado respect for the environment is o forms the basis of balanced development;

el petróleo es la base de su economía their economy is based on oil;

salí de la universidad con una sólida base humanística I left university with a solid grounding in the humanities;

ese argumento se cae por su base that argument is built on sand;

esta teoría carece de base this theory is unfounded, this theory is not founded on solid arguments;

partimos de la base de que… we assume that…;

se parte de la base de que todos ya saben leer we're starting with the assumption that everyone can read;

sentar las bases para… to lay the foundations of…;

sobre la base de esta encuesta se concluye que… on the basis of this opinion poll, it can be concluded that… Fin base imponible taxable income

3. [conocimientos básicos] grounding;

habla mal francés porque tiene mala base she doesn't speak French well because she hasn't learnt the basics properly

4. [militar, científica] base

Comp
base aérea air base;
base espacial space station;

base de lanzamiento launch site;

base naval naval base;

base de operaciones operational base;
[aeropuerto civil ] base (of operations)
5. Quím base

6. Geom base

7. Mat base

8. Ling base (form)

9. Informát base de datos database;

base de datos documental documentary database;

base de datos relacional relational database

10. Com base de clientes customer base

11.
bases [para prueba, concurso] rules

12.
las bases [de partido, sindicato] the grass roots, the rank and file;

afiliado de las bases grassroots member

13. [en béisbol] base;
Méx
dar base por bola a alguien to walk sb

♦ nmf
[en baloncesto] guard
♦ a base de loc prep

by (means of);

me alimento a base de verduras I live on vegetables;

el flan está hecho a base de huevos crème caramel is made with eggs;

a base de no hacer nada by not doing anything;

a base de trabajar duro fue ascendiendo puestos she moved up through the company by working hard;

aprender a base de equivocarse to learn the hard way;

se sacó la carrera a base de codos she got her degree by sheer hard work

Comp
Esp Fam
a base de bien: nos humillaron a base de bien they really humiliated us;

lloraba a base de bien he was crying his eyes out;

los niños disfrutaron a base de bien the children had a great time

♦ en base a loc prep
[considerado incorrecto] on the basis of;
en base a lo visto hasta ahora, no creo que puedan ganar from what I've seen so far, I don't think they can win;

el plan se efectuará en base a lo convenido the plan will be carried out in accordance with the terms agreed upon

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base

I f

1 QUÍM, MAT, MIL, DEP base

2

:

bases pl de concurso etc conditions

3

:

una dieta a base de frutas a diet based on fruit, a fruit-based diet;

consiguió comprarse una casa a base de ahorrar he managed to buy a house by (dint of) saving;

nos divertimos a base de bien we had a really o fam a real good time

II m/f en baloncesto guard

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base nf

1) : base, bottom

2) : base (in baseball)

3) fundamento: basis, foundation

4)

base de datos : database

5)

a base de : based on, by means of

6)

en base a : based on, on the basis of

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base n

1. (en general) base

colocaron la estatua sobre una base de mármol they placed the statue on a marble base

2. (fundamento) basis [pl. bases]

la higiene es la base de una buena salud hygiene is the basis of good health

la base de su alimentación es la patata their diet is based on potatoes

a base de (mediante) by / through (basado en) based on

una alimentación a base de pescado a diet based on fish

han logrado el éxito a base de tocar en directo they've achieved success by playing live

base de datos database

base militar military base

Spanish-English dictionary > base
22 marco

m.

1 frame.

marco de ventana window frame

2 setting (enviroment).

3 framework.

acuerdo marco general o framework agreement

marco de referencia frame of reference

4 mark (coin).

marco alemán Deutschmark, German mark

5 goalmouth (sport).

6 Marco, Marcus.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: marcar.

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marco

► nombre masculino

1 (de cuadro, ventana) frame

2 figurado framework, setting

3 (moneda) mark

4 DEPORTE goalpost

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marco jurídico legal framework

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noun m.

1) frame, framework

2) mark

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1. SM

1) (Arquit, Arte) frame

marco para cuadro — picture frame

poner marco a un cuadro — to frame a picture

marco de la chimenea — mantelpiece

marco de la puerta — doorframe

marco de ventana — window frame

2) (Dep) goal posts pl, goal

3) (=escenario) setting

un marco incomparable — a perfect setting

el paisaje ofreció un bello marco para la fiesta — the countryside made a splendid setting for the festivity

4) (=contexto) framework

marco de referencia — frame of reference

marco institucional — institutional framework

marco jurídico — judicial framework

marco legal — legal framework

5) (Econ) mark

6) [de pesos] standard

2.

ADJ INV

acuerdo marco — framework agreement

ley marco — framework law

plan marco — draft o framework plan

programa marco — framework programme

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masculino

1)

a) ( de cuadro) frame; ( de puerta) doorframe

b) (Dep) goalposts (pl), goal

c) (Andes) ( de bicicleta) frame

2) (entorno, contexto)

el marco político — the political framework

dentro del marco de la ley — within the framework of the law

las conversaciones se desarrollaron en un marco de cordialidad — the talks took place in a friendly atmosphere

el marco ideal para el concierto — the ideal setting for the concert

3) (Fin) mark

4) (como adj inv)

un plan marco — a draft plan

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= frame, framework, setting, framing, picture frame, jamb.

Ex. Next the book was placed on the sewing frame, and the folded sheets were sewn by hand with needle and thread on to four or five cords or thongs.

Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.

Ex. Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex. An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.

Ex. Her art objects such as clocks, brooches, candlesticks, boxes, and picture frames deal with matters of weight, balance, and time.

Ex. You can apply a thin layer of a wood sealer on the jambs so the wood will not absorb the stain as fast or you can wipe the jambs down with mineral spirits.

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* en el marco de = within the ambit of, within the bounds of.

* marco alemán = German mark.

* marco conceptual = conceptual framework.

* marco de la puerta = door frame.

* marco de la ventana = window frame.

* marco de referencia = frame of reference, reference framework.

* marco de referencia común = common framework.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* marco de ventana = window frame.

* marco ideológico = ideological framework.

* marco institucional = institutional framework, organisational framework.

* marco jurídico = legal framework.

* marco legal = legal framework, policy framework, dispute settlement.

* marco normativo = legal framework, regulations framework.

* marco temporal = time frame [timeframe].

* marco teórico = theoretical framework.

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masculino

1)

a) ( de cuadro) frame; ( de puerta) doorframe

b) (Dep) goalposts (pl), goal

c) (Andes) ( de bicicleta) frame

2) (entorno, contexto)

el marco político — the political framework

dentro del marco de la ley — within the framework of the law

las conversaciones se desarrollaron en un marco de cordialidad — the talks took place in a friendly atmosphere

el marco ideal para el concierto — the ideal setting for the concert

3) (Fin) mark

4) (como adj inv)

un plan marco — a draft plan

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= frame, framework, setting, framing, picture frame, jamb.

Ex: Next the book was placed on the sewing frame, and the folded sheets were sewn by hand with needle and thread on to four or five cords or thongs.

Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.

Ex: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.

Ex: An understanding of the materials used in pastels is important to conservators: strainers, linen, paper, crayons, framing and glazing described using 18th-century sources.

Ex: Her art objects such as clocks, brooches, candlesticks, boxes, and picture frames deal with matters of weight, balance, and time.

Ex: You can apply a thin layer of a wood sealer on the jambs so the wood will not absorb the stain as fast or you can wipe the jambs down with mineral spirits.

* en el marco de = within the ambit of, within the bounds of.

* marco alemán = German mark.

* marco conceptual = conceptual framework.

* marco de la puerta = door frame.

* marco de la ventana = window frame.

* marco de referencia = frame of reference, reference framework.

* marco de referencia común = common framework.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* marco de ventana = window frame.

* marco ideológico = ideological framework.

* marco institucional = institutional framework, organisational framework.

* marco jurídico = legal framework.

* marco legal = legal framework, policy framework, dispute settlement.

* marco normativo = legal framework, regulations framework.

* marco temporal = time frame [timeframe].

* marco teórico = theoretical framework.

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marco

masculine

A

1 (de un cuadro) frame; (de una puerta) doorframe

2 ( Dep) goalposts (pl), goal

3 ( Andes) (de una bicicleta) frame

B

(entorno, contexto): las conversaciones se desarrollaron en un marco de cordialidad the talks took place in a friendly atmosphere

el marco político the political framework

el marco ideal para este tipo de concierto the ideal setting for this type of concert

dentro del marco de la ley within the framework of the law

Compuesto:

marco de referencia

frame of reference

C ( Fin, Hist) mark

D ( como adj inv):

un plan marco a draft plan

acuerdo

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Del verbo marcar: ( conjugate marcar)

marco es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

marcó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
marcar
marco
marcó
marcar ( conjugate marcar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( con señal) ‹ropa/página/baraja› to mark;

‹ ganado› to brand
b) [experiencia/suceso] ( dejar huella) to mark

2
a) (indicar, señalar) to mark;

◊ el precio va marcado en la tapa the price is marked on the lid;

el reloj marca las doce en punto the time is exactly twelve o'clock
b) ( hacer resaltar) ‹cintura/busto› to accentuate

c) (Mús):

◊ marco el compás/el ritmo to beat time/the rhythm

3 ‹ pelo› to set
4 (Telec) to dial
5 (Dep)
a) ‹gol/tanto› to score

b) ‹ jugador› to mark

verbo intransitivo
1 (Dep) to score
2 (Telec) to dial
marcarse verbo pronominal:
◊ marcose el pelo ( refl) to set one's hair;

( caus) to have one's hair set
marco sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( de cuadro) frame;

( de puerta) doorframe
b) (Dep) goalposts (pl), goal

c) (Andes) ( de bicicleta) frame

2 ( contexto) framework;
◊ dentro del marco de la ley within the framework of the law

3 (Fin) mark
marcar verbo transitivo
1 (señalar) to mark: su muerte me marcó profundamente, I was deeply marked by her death
las piedras marcan la linde, the stones mark the boundary
2 (resaltar) este vestido me marca las caderas, this dress shows off my hips
ese gesto marca la importancia del tratado, that gesture stresses the importance of the treaty
3 Tel to dial: marque el 123 321, dial 123321
4 (una hora, grados, etc) to indicate, show, mark: el metrónomo marca el compás, the metronome marks the time
5 Dep (un tanto) to score
(a otro jugador) to mark
6 (un peinado) to set: ¿lavar y marcar?, wash and set?
marco sustantivo masculino
1 (de fotografía, óleo) frame: pinté el marco de la puerta, I painted the doorframe
2 (contexto) framework
en el marco de la época, within the framework of the period
3 (moneda) mark
' marco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acuerdo
- empate
- gol
- inglete
- marcar
- marcarse
- revalorizar
- ribete
- viaje
- cabeza
- carcomer
- dorar
- relieve
English:
climax
- dial
- frame
- framework
- highlight
- mark
- milestone
- mount
- picture frame
- sash
- score
- setting
- stage
- surround
- window frame
- jam

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Marco n pr

Marco Antonio Mark Anthony;

Marco Aurelio Marcus Aurelius;

Marco Polo Marco Polo

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marco

m

1 moneda mark

2 de cuadro, puerta frame

3 fig

framework

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marco nm

1) : frame, framework

2) : goalposts pl

3) ambiente: setting, atmosphere

4) : mark (unit of currency)

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marco n

1. (de cuadro, puerta) frame

2. (moneda) mark

Spanish-English dictionary > marco
23 cantidad

adv.

really (informal). (peninsular Spanish)

me gusta cantidad I really like it a lot

corrimos cantidad we did a lot of running

f.

1 quantity, amount (medida).

¿qué cantidad de pasta hará falta? how much pasta will we need?

2 abundance, large number (abundancia).

en cantidad in abundance

cantidad de (informal) lots of

3 number (number).

sumar dos cantidades to add two numbers o figures together

4 sum (of money) (suma de dinero).

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cantidad

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) quantity; (de dinero) amount, sum

■ había una gran cantidad de libros there were a large number of books

■ tuvieron que pagar una gran cantidad they had to pay a large sum of money

► adverbio

1 familiar a lot

■ llovía cantidad it was pouring with rain

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cantidad de familiar lots of, loads of

■ había cantidad de comida there was loads of food

en cantidad familiar tons, loads

■ había flores en cantidad there were tons of flowers

cantidades industriales familiar tons, loads

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noun f.

1) quantity, amount

2) sum

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1. SF

1) (=medida) amount, quantity

hay que poner la misma cantidad de azúcar que de harina — you have to add the same amount o quantity of sugar as of flour

según la cantidad de trabajo que tengas — depending on the amount of work you have

hay que sumar ambas cantidades — you have to add the two amounts together

en cantidad: hemos recibido mercancía en cantidad — we have received huge amounts o quantities of stock

en cantidades industriales hum —

bebo café en cantidades industriales — I drink coffee by the bucketful o by the gallon

cantidad de movimiento — (Fís) momentum

2) [de personas, animales, cosas] number

había gran cantidad de gente — there was a large number of people

¿has visto la cantidad de discos que tienes? — do you realize just how many records you've got?

3) * (=gran cantidad)

a)

cantidad de — loads of *

tengo cantidad de trabajo — I've got loads of work *

vino a verme cantidad de gente — loads of people came to see me *

tengo cantidad de cosas que hacer — I've loads to do *

b) LAm

cualquier cantidad — * loads *

-¿había mucha gente? -¡cualquier cantidad! — "were there many people?" - "loads!" *

cualquier cantidad de errores — loads of mistakes *

4) [de dinero] sum, amount

por una pequeña cantidad se lo enviamos a su domicilio — for a small sum o amount we'll deliver it to your house

hay que abonar una cantidad a cuenta — a payment must be made on account

pagaron cantidades millonarias por los derechos de la película — they paid millions for the film rights

cantidad alzada — flat rate

cantidad a pagar — amount to pay

cantidad bruta — gross amount

cantidad neta — net amount

cantidad simbólica — nominal fee

5) [de sílaba] quantity

2.

ADV esp Esp
**
sabe cantidad de eso — he knows loads about that *

le va el alcohol cantidad — he's into drinking in a big way **

me gustas cantidad — I like you a lot, I think you're really cool **

ese asunto es cantidad de chungo — the whole thing's really dodgy *

ese tío está cantidad de bueno — that guy's really hunky *
CANTIDAD Cantidad, como sustantivo, se puede traducir al inglés por amount, number, sum, quantity y figure. ► Cuando cantidad expresa cuánto tenemos, necesitamos u obtenemos de algo se traduce por amount, palabra que se usa en el contexto de nombres incontables: Le preocupaba la cantidad de trabajo que tenía que hacer He was worried about the amount of work he had to do NOTA: Se puede decir a large amount y a small amount, pero es incorrecto decir a big amount o a little amount. ► Cuando hablamos de una cantidad de personas, animales o cosas, (nombres en plural), cantidad se traduce por number. Con la expresión the number of el verbo va en singular y con a number of en plural: En los últimos 30 años la cantidad de consumidores de electricidad ha aumentado en un 50 por ciento In the last 30 years, the number of electricity consumers has risen by 50 per cent Me esperaban una gran cantidad de recibos sin pagar A large number of bills were waiting for me NOTA: Hay que tener en cuenta que con number también podemos utilizar large y small, pero no big ni little. ► Hablando de dinero, cantidad se traduce por sum. Puede aparecer con large, small o huge: Los fabricantes gastan enormes cantidades de dinero en anunciar sus productos Manufacturers spend huge sums of money on advertising their products ► Una cantidad que se puede medir o contar se puede traducir por quantity. Puede ir acompañado de large o small: Quiero un kilo de patatas y la misma cantidad de manzanas I'd like a kilo of potatoes and the same quantity of apples Sólo necesitas una cantidad muy pequeña You only need a very small quantity Amount también es posible en el contexto de sustancias incontables: Sólo necesitas una cantidad muy pequeña You only need a very small amount ► Una cantidad específica, expresada numéricamente, se traduce por figure, que puede aparecer con los adjetivos high y low: Al final se decidieron por una cantidad de veinte mil libras Finally, they decided on a figure of twenty thousand pounds Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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I
adverbio (esp Esp fam) < comer> a lot

sabe cantidad — she/he knows a lot about everything

me gustó el libro cantidad — I really liked the book
II
femenino

a) ( volumen) quantity

b) ( suma de dinero) sum, amount

c) (número, volumen impresionante)

cantidad de — lots of

una cantidad de mosquitos impresionante — an incredible number of mosquitoes

no te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente/de comida que había — you wouldn't believe how many people there were/how much food there was

tiene amigos en cantidad — she has lots o loads of friends (colloq)

tenemos cantidad or cantidades — (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq)

cualquier cantidad de — (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)

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= bulk, degree, figure, incidence, quantity, amount, count.

Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex. I do not remember the exact figures, but it was found that about 16 percent of the approaches to the catalog were by way of subject headings.

Ex. The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.

Ex. Thus, in a unit entry catalogue all entries contain the same quantity of detail.

Ex. Certain processes in a library, such as circulation and reference, are directly related to the amount of personnel.

Ex. Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.

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* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* cantidad a pagar = amount payable, amount due.

* Cantidad + aprox = approx. + Cantidad.

* cantidad aproximada = ballpark figure, ballpark estimate, ballpark number.

* cantidad comprometida = encumbrance, accrual.

* cantidad de tiempo = length of time.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* cantidad devengada = encumbrance, accrual.

* cantidades = monies [money, -sing.].

* cantidad global = lump sum.

* cantidad máxima = cost ceiling.

* cantidad presupuestada = budgeted amount.

* cantidad simbólica = nominal fee.

* comprar en cantidad = stock up.

* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.

* con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.

* diferir en cantidad = differ in + degree.

* en cantidad = bulk.

* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.

* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.

* en menor cantidad = less copiously.

* fabricado en cantidad = mass-produced.

* gran cantidad de = large crop of, mass of.

* grandes cantidades de = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of.

* ofrecer en cantidad = offer + in quantity.

* poca cantidad = trickle.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* redondear una cantidad = gross up + figure.

* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.

* una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.

* una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.

* una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.

* una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.

* una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.

* una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.

* * *
I
adverbio (esp Esp fam) < comer> a lot

sabe cantidad — she/he knows a lot about everything

me gustó el libro cantidad — I really liked the book
II
femenino

a) ( volumen) quantity

b) ( suma de dinero) sum, amount

c) (número, volumen impresionante)

cantidad de — lots of

una cantidad de mosquitos impresionante — an incredible number of mosquitoes

no te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente/de comida que había — you wouldn't believe how many people there were/how much food there was

tiene amigos en cantidad — she has lots o loads of friends (colloq)

tenemos cantidad or cantidades — (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq)

cualquier cantidad de — (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)

* * *

= bulk, degree, figure, incidence, quantity, amount, count.

Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.

Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex: I do not remember the exact figures, but it was found that about 16 percent of the approaches to the catalog were by way of subject headings.

Ex: The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.

Ex: Thus, in a unit entry catalogue all entries contain the same quantity of detail.

Ex: Certain processes in a library, such as circulation and reference, are directly related to the amount of personnel.

Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* cantidad a pagar = amount payable, amount due.

* Cantidad + aprox = approx. + Cantidad.

* cantidad aproximada = ballpark figure, ballpark estimate, ballpark number.

* cantidad comprometida = encumbrance, accrual.

* cantidad de tiempo = length of time.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* cantidad devengada = encumbrance, accrual.

* cantidades = monies [money, -sing.].

* cantidad global = lump sum.

* cantidad máxima = cost ceiling.

* cantidad presupuestada = budgeted amount.

* cantidad simbólica = nominal fee.

* comprar en cantidad = stock up.

* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.

* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.

* con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.

* diferir en cantidad = differ in + degree.

* en cantidad = bulk.

* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.

* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.

* en menor cantidad = less copiously.

* fabricado en cantidad = mass-produced.

* gran cantidad de = large crop of, mass of.

* grandes cantidades de = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of.

* ofrecer en cantidad = offer + in quantity.

* poca cantidad = trickle.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* redondear una cantidad = gross up + figure.

* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.

* una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.

* una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.

* una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.

* una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.

* una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.

* una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.

* * *

cantidad¹

adverb

( fam):

este suéter abriga cantidad this sweater is really warm

me gustó el libro cantidad I really liked the book, I liked the book a lot

comimos cantidad we ate tons o loads ( colloq)

cantidad²

feminine

A

1 (volumen) quantity

no ha calculado la cantidad de agua que se necesita he has not calculated how much water is needed, he has not calculated the quantity o amount of water that is needed

2 (suma de dinero) sum, amount

cantidad a abonar amount due

3

(número, volumen impresionante): había una cantidad de mosquitos impresionante there were an incredible number of mosquitoes

no te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente que había you wouldn't believe how many people there were

mira la cantidad de comida que hay look how much food there is, look at the amount of food there is

tiene amigos en cantidad she has lots o loads of friends ( colloq)

compra chocolate en cantidades industriales ( fam); he buys loads of o massive quantities of o huge quantities of chocolate ( colloq)

¿tenemos más folletos? — cantidad or cantidades ( fam); have we any more leaflets? — loads o tons ( colloq)

cualquier cantidad de ( AmS); lots of, loads of ( colloq)

B (de un sonido) length

* * *

cantidad sustantivo femenino
a) ( volumen) quantity, amount

b) ( suma de dinero) sum, amount

c) ( número) number;

◊ la cantidad de cartas recibidas the number of letters received

d) ( volumen impresionante):

◊ había cantidad de turistas there were lots of tourists;

¡qué cantidad de gente/de comida había! there were so many people/there was so much food!;
tenemos cantidad or cantidades (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq);
cualquier cantidad de (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
cantidad
I sustantivo femenino
1 quantity
2 familiar (número o porción grande) lots of: tienes cantidad de libros, you have got thousands of books
3 (suma de dinero) amount, sum: puede fraccionar la cantidad a pagar, you can divide the payment
4 (cifra) figure
II adverbio familiar a lot: me duele la cabeza cantidad, my head aches terribly
♦ Locuciones: en cantidad, a lot
familiar cantidades industriales, loads, tons
' cantidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abundar
- alcanzar
- algo
- andar
- aproximada
- aproximado
- aumentar
- bárbara
- barbaridad
- bárbaro
- bestialidad
- burrada
- carga
- cien
- ciento
- colateral
- consignar
- cuanta
- cuanto
- desorbitada
- desorbitado
- diluvio
- disconforme
- disparate
- elevarse
- ser
- estimable
- exacta
- exacto
- exageración
- exagerada
- exagerado
- existente
- exorbitante
- fuerte
- gasto
- grande
- hasta
- importante
- indemnización
- inferior
- juntar
- kilo
- lágrima
- manta
- mar
- masa
- media
- menos
- miseria
English:
adequate
- allocation
- amount
- appreciable
- assess
- assessment
- awful
- bare
- by
- check
- commensurate
- dash
- decline
- double
- even
- fair
- fall off
- few
- flow
- generous
- gob
- growing
- host
- large
- less
- little
- measure
- measure out
- minus
- nominal
- number
- of
- pay in
- printing
- put away
- quantity
- rainfall
- readership
- respectable
- scoop
- sink
- small
- some
- sparingly
- sufficiency
- sum
- swell
- taste
- workload
- worth

* * *

cantidad

♦ nf

1. [medida] quantity, amount;

la cantidad de energía que se emite the amount of energy given off;

¿qué cantidad de pasta hará falta? how much pasta will we need?

2. [abundancia] abundance, large number;
Fam
había cantidad de colegas míos allí there were lots of my colleagues there;

en cantidad in abundance;
Fam
prepararon comida en cantidades industriales they made food in industrial quantities

3. [número] number;

sumar dos cantidades to add two numbers o figures together

4. [suma de dinero] sum (of money)

5. Fís cantidad de movimiento momentum

6. Ling [de vocal, sílaba] quantity

♦ adv
Esp Fam really;
me gusta cantidad I really like it a lot;

corrimos cantidad we did a lot of running;

me duele cantidad it really hurts

* * *

cantidad

I f quantity, amount;

había cantidad de there was (pl were) a lot of;

en cantidad in large amounts;

tenemos seda en cantidad we have lots of o plenty of silk

II adv

:

es cantidad de barato it’s really cheap;

nos divertimos cantidad we had a really great time

* * *

cantidad adv, fam : really

ese carro me costó cantidad: that car cost me plenty

cantidad nf

1) : quantity

2) : sum, amount (of money)

3) fam : a lot, a great many

había cantidad de niños en el parque: there were tons of kids in the park

* * *

cantidad¹ adv a lot

el baloncesto le gusta cantidad she loves basketball

los chicos en la playa se divertían cantidad the boys on the beach were really enjoying themselves

cantidad² n

1. (en general) quantity [pl. quantities] / amount

la enorme cantidad de material the enormous amount of material

mucha cantidad y poca cualidad a large quantity and not much quality

2. (número) number

no sabes la cantidad de cosas que han pasado you don't know the number of things that have happened

3. (de dinero) sum / amount

la cantidad de dinero invertido en publicidad the amount of moeny invested in advertising

cantidad de lots / loads

había cantidad de gente there were loads of people

Spanish-English dictionary > cantidad
24 cliché

m.

1 cliché, commonplace, old saw, banality.

2 stencil, cliché, plate.

3 cliché, negative of photographic film.

* * *

cliché

► nombre masculino

1 (imprenta) plate

2 (fotografía) negative

3 figurado (lugar común) cliché

* * *

SM

1) (Tip) stencil

2) (=tópico) cliché

3) (Fot) negative

* * *

masculino

1) (expresión, idea) cliché

2) ( de multicopista) stencil; (Impr) plate; (Fot) negative

* * *

= cliche, stereotyped, stencil, master, spirit master, hackneyed expression.

Ex. The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex. The stylus emits tiny sparks which cut minute holes in the surface of the stencil.

Ex. The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.

Ex. The catalogue covers filmstrips, slides, films, filmloops, portfolios, posters, charts, overhead projection transparencies, kits, cassettes, gramophone records, work cards, educational games, spirit masters, etc.

Ex. By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.

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* clichés = stereotyping.

* hacer un cliché = cut + stencil.

* lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* * *

masculino

1) (expresión, idea) cliché

2) ( de multicopista) stencil; (Impr) plate; (Fot) negative

* * *

= cliche, stereotyped, stencil, master, spirit master, hackneyed expression.

Ex: The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

Ex: The stylus emits tiny sparks which cut minute holes in the surface of the stencil.

Ex: The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.

Ex: The catalogue covers filmstrips, slides, films, filmloops, portfolios, posters, charts, overhead projection transparencies, kits, cassettes, gramophone records, work cards, educational games, spirit masters, etc.

Ex: By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.

* clichés = stereotyping.

* hacer un cliché = cut + stencil.

* lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.

* novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

* * *

cliché

masculine

A (expresión) cliché

B

1 (de multicopista) stencil

2 ( Impr) plate

3 ( Fot) negative

* * *

cliché sustantivo masculino
a) (expresión, idea) cliché

b) ( de multicopista) stencil;

(Impr) plate;
(Fot) negative
cliché sustantivo masculino
1 Fot negative
2 Impr plate
3 (tópico) cliché
' cliché' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
latiguillo
- tópica
- tópico
English:
cliché
- stencil

* * *

cliché nm

1. Fot negative

2. Imprenta plate

3. [tópico] cliché

* * *

cliché

m

1 TIP plate

2 ( tópico) cliché

* * *

cliché nm

1) : cliché

2) : stencil

3) : negative (of a photograph)

Spanish-English dictionary > cliché
25 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.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: completar.

* * *

completo

► adjetivo

1 (terminado) finished, completed

2 (lleno) full

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

al completo full up, filled to capacity

por completo completely

* * *

(f. - completa)

adj.

1) complete

2) full

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=entero) [dieta] balanced; [colección] complete; [texto, informe] full, complete; [felicidad] complete, total; [panorama] full

tomamos una comida ligera pero completa — we had a light but full meal

un coche con equipamiento completo — a car with a full range of fittings

un laboratorio de idiomas con equipamiento completo — a fully-equipped language lab

las poesías completas de San Juan de la Cruz — the complete poems of San Juan de la Cruz

trabajar a tiempo completo — to work full time
jornada 1), obra 2), b), pensión 3)
2) (=lleno) full; [hotel] full, fully booked

completo — [en pensión, hostal] no vacancies; [en taquilla] sold out

al completo: el tren está al completo — the train is full

el hotel estaba al completo — the hotel was fully booked o full

asistió el ayuntamiento al completo — the entire council was present

3) (=total) [éxito, fracaso] complete, total

la película fue un completo fracaso — the film was a complete o total flop

por completo — [desaparecer, desconocer] completely

ha quedado destruido por completo — it was completely destroyed

se me olvidó por completo — I completely forgot

la niebla cubrió por completo el paisaje — the fog completely covered the countryside

está dedicado por completo a su trabajo — he is totally dedicated to his work

su partido apoyaba por completo la iniciativa — his party fully supported the initiative, his party gave its full support to the initiative

el problema quedará resuelto por completo — the problem will be solved once and for all

4) (=terminado)

la novela está ya casi completa — the novel is almost finished

5) (=bien hecho)

ha entregado un trabajo muy completo — he's handed in a very thorough piece of work

este libro es pequeño, pero bastante completo — this book is small, but quite comprehensive

6) (=polifacético) [actor, deportista] all-round

un atleta muy completo — an all-round athlete

2.

SM Chile hot dog ( with salad)

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) ( entero) complete

la baraja no está completa — this deck isn't complete

las obras completas de Neruda — the complete works of Neruda

la serie completa — the whole series

b) (total, absoluto) complete, total

por completo — completely

c) ( exhaustivo) < explicación> detailed; <obra/diccionario> comprehensive; <tesis/ensayo> thorough

d) <deportista/actor> complete, very versatile

2) ( lleno) full

el tren iba completo — the train was full

completo — ( en hostal) no vacancies; ( en taquilla) sold out
II
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.

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* 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 adjetivo

1)

a) ( entero) complete

la baraja no está completa — this deck isn't complete

las obras completas de Neruda — the complete works of Neruda

la serie completa — the whole series

b) (total, absoluto) complete, total

por completo — completely

c) ( exhaustivo) < explicación> detailed; <obra/diccionario> comprehensive; <tesis/ensayo> thorough

d) <deportista/actor> complete, very versatile

2) ( lleno) full

el tren iba completo — the train was full

completo — ( en hostal) no vacancies; ( en taquilla) sold out
II
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.

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completo¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (con todas sus partes) complete

esta baraja no está completa this deck isn't complete, there's a card/there are some cards missing from this deck

las obras completas de Neruda the complete works of Neruda

la serie completa the whole series

la gama más completa the fullest o most complete range

pensión, jornada

2 (total, absoluto) complete, total

no hay felicidad completa there's no such thing as complete happiness

por completo completely

lo olvidé por completo I completely forgot about it, I forgot all about it

3

(exhaustivo): una explicación muy completa a very full o detailed explanation

uno de los diccionarios más completos one of the most comprehensive dictionaries

un trabajo muy completo a very thorough piece of work

4 ‹deportista/actor› complete, very versatile

B (lleno) full

el tren iba completo the train was full

el hotel está completo the hotel is full o fully booked

[ S ] completo (en un hostal) no vacancies; (en una taquilla) sold out

completo²

masculine

( Chi)

hot dog ( with all the trimmings)

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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
a) ( terminar) to finish, complete

b) (AmL) ‹cuestionario/impreso› to complete, fill out o in

completo
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) ( entero) complete;

◊ las obras completas de Neruda the complete works of Neruda

b) (total, absoluto) complete, total;

◊ lo olvidé por completo I completely forgot about it

c) ( exhaustivo) ‹ explicación› detailed;

‹obra/diccionario› comprehensive;
‹tesis/ensayo› thorough
d) ‹deportista/actor› complete, very versatile

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

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completo, -a

♦ adj

1. [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 came

2. [lleno] full;
[en cartel] [hotel] no vacancies; [aparcamiento] full; [en taquilla] sold out
el vagón está o [m5] va completo the Br carriage o US car is full;

todos los hoteles de la ciudad están al completo all the hotels in town are full

3. [perfecto] complete;

un deportista muy completo an all-round athlete o Br sportsman;

un espectáculo muy completo a very well-rounded production

4. [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

5. CSur [café, té, chocolate] = served with toast, butter, cakes and pastries

♦ nm
Chile = hot dog with all the trimmings
♦ por completo loc adv

completely;

han desaparecido por completo they have completely disappeared;

se dedica por completo a la música she devotes herself full-time to music

* * *

completo

adj complete; autobús, teatro full;

por completo completely;

al completo whole, entire

* * *

completo, -ta adj

1) : complete

2) : perfect, absolute

3) : full, detailed

♦ completamente adv

* * *

completo adj

1. (entero) complete

las obras completas the complete works

2. (lleno) full

el teatro está completo the theatre is full

por completo completely

Spanish-English dictionary > completo
26 diferente

adj.

different.

una casa diferente de o a la mía a house different from mine

yo soy muy diferente de o a él I'm very different from him

por diferentes razones for a variety of reasons, for various reasons

adv.

differently.

se comportan muy diferente el uno del otro they behave very differently (from one another)

* * *

diferente

► adjetivo

1 different

■ es diferente de/a todos it's different to/from them all

* * *

adj.

different

* * *

ADJ

1) (=distinto) different

dos personas completamente diferentes — two completely different people

ser diferente de o a algn/algo — to be different to o from sb/sth

mi enfoque es diferente del o al tuyo — my approach is different to o from yours

eso me da igual, diferente sería que no me invitaran a la fiesta — I don't mind about that, it would be different if they didn't invite me to the party

2)

diferentes — (=varios) various, several

por aquí han pasado diferentes personalidades — various o several celebrities have been here

* * *

adjetivo

a) ( distinto) different

ser diferente a or de alguien/algo — to be different from somebody/something

mi familia es diferente a or de la tuya — my family is different from o to yours

es un lugar diferente de todos los que he visitado hasta ahora — it is unlike any other place I have visited so far

b) (en pl, delante del n) <motivos/soluciones/maneras> various

diferentes personas fueron testigos — various (different) people witnessed it

nos vimos en diferentes ocasiones — we've met on several occasions

por diferentes razones — for a variety of reasons

* * *

= alternative, dissimilar, different, differing, distinct, diverse, variant, varying, unlike, unconnected, discrepant, contrasting, differential, various, disparate, non-identical.

Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex. It is the identification of similarities and differences, enabling one to group together things which are similar, and separate them from things which are dissimilar.

Ex. A variable length field takes different lengths in different records.

Ex. Different devices for the organisation of knowledge place differing emphasis on the relative importance of these two objectives.

Ex. There are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex. Homographs are words which have the same spelling as each other but very diverse meanings.

Ex. If the variant heading given in the reference heading area is identified as a variant to more than one uniform heading, area 3 may contain multiple uniform headings.

Ex. A uniform title is the title by which a work that has appeared under varying titles is to be identified for cataloguing purposes.

Ex. The relationship of these two types of technology to librarianship is not unlike that of radio to astronomy.

Ex. To take some very common examples, many academic libraries will not answer any enquiries at all from people unconnected with the university.

Ex. Male heavy and light readers are found to have value systems so discrepant as to constitute almost distinct subcultures.

Ex. The author describes 2 contrasting Florida libraries on the Gulf of Mexico, how they serve and are served by the community.

Ex. This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.

Ex. The records in a computer data bases are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.

Ex. It is the distinct syntactical relationships in these subjects which are responsible for their being two disparate topics.

Ex. Based on the above considerations, medicinal ingredients containing the same active moiety are classified into identical or non-identical.

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* a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* algo diferente de = something other than.

* algo muy diferente de = a far cry from.

* anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* con diferentes variaciones = in variation.

* conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale], grey scale [gray scale].

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* diferente de = different to, other than.

* diferentes ocasiones = at different times.

* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.

* en diferente medida = differing, in varying measures.

* en diferentes momentos = at various times, at different times.

* en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.

* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].

* en un lugar diferente de = somewhere other than.

* formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].

* habilidad en el manejo de diferentes soportes = media competency.

* muy diferente de = far different... from, in marked contrast to/with.

* opiniones diferentes = contrasting opinions.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind.

* ser muy diferente de = be quite apart from.

* ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.

* tener un concepto diferente sobre Algo = hold + different perspective on.

* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

* * *

adjetivo

a) ( distinto) different

ser diferente a or de alguien/algo — to be different from somebody/something

mi familia es diferente a or de la tuya — my family is different from o to yours

es un lugar diferente de todos los que he visitado hasta ahora — it is unlike any other place I have visited so far

b) (en pl, delante del n) <motivos/soluciones/maneras> various

diferentes personas fueron testigos — various (different) people witnessed it

nos vimos en diferentes ocasiones — we've met on several occasions

por diferentes razones — for a variety of reasons

* * *

= alternative, dissimilar, different, differing, distinct, diverse, variant, varying, unlike, unconnected, discrepant, contrasting, differential, various, disparate, non-identical.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: It is the identification of similarities and differences, enabling one to group together things which are similar, and separate them from things which are dissimilar.

Ex: A variable length field takes different lengths in different records.

Ex: Different devices for the organisation of knowledge place differing emphasis on the relative importance of these two objectives.

Ex: There are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex: Homographs are words which have the same spelling as each other but very diverse meanings.

Ex: If the variant heading given in the reference heading area is identified as a variant to more than one uniform heading, area 3 may contain multiple uniform headings.

Ex: A uniform title is the title by which a work that has appeared under varying titles is to be identified for cataloguing purposes.

Ex: The relationship of these two types of technology to librarianship is not unlike that of radio to astronomy.

Ex: To take some very common examples, many academic libraries will not answer any enquiries at all from people unconnected with the university.

Ex: Male heavy and light readers are found to have value systems so discrepant as to constitute almost distinct subcultures.

Ex: The author describes 2 contrasting Florida libraries on the Gulf of Mexico, how they serve and are served by the community.

Ex: This illustrates the puzzle that differential policies pose for users.

Ex: The records in a computer data bases are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.

Ex: It is the distinct syntactical relationships in these subjects which are responsible for their being two disparate topics.

Ex: Based on the above considerations, medicinal ingredients containing the same active moiety are classified into identical or non-identical.

* a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* algo diferente de = something other than.

* algo muy diferente de = a far cry from.

* anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* con diferentes variaciones = in variation.

* conocimiento de los diferentes soportes = media competency.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale], grey scale [gray scale].

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* diferente de = different to, other than.

* diferentes ocasiones = at different times.

* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.

* en diferente medida = differing, in varying measures.

* en diferentes momentos = at various times, at different times.

* en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.

* entre diferentes edades = cross-age [cross age].

* en un lugar diferente de = somewhere other than.

* formación en diferentes tareas = cross-training [cross training], multiskilling [multi-skilling].

* habilidad en el manejo de diferentes soportes = media competency.

* muy diferente de = far different... from, in marked contrast to/with.

* opiniones diferentes = contrasting opinions.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* que combina diferentes tipos de re = multi-source [multi source].

* seguir líneas diferentes = be on different lines.

* seguir un rumbo diferente = take + a different turn.

* ser completamente diferente = be in a different league.

* ser de un tipo diferente = be different in kind.

* ser muy diferente de = be quite apart from.

* ser un caso completamente diferente = be in a league of its own.

* tener un concepto diferente sobre Algo = hold + different perspective on.

* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

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diferente

adjective

1 (distinto) different ser diferente A or DE algn/algo:

mi familia es diferente a or de la tuya my family is different from o to yours

su versión es diferente a or de la tuya her version is different from o to o ( AmE) than yours

es un lugar diferente de todos los que he visitado hasta ahora it is unlike any other place I have visited so far

2 (en pl, delante del n) ‹motivos/soluciones/maneras› various

diferentes personas manifestaron esa misma opinión various (different) people expressed the same opinion

existen diferentes enfoques del problema there are a variety o a number of (different) ways of looking at the problem, there are various (different) ways of looking at the problem

nos hemos encontrado en diferentes ocasiones we've met several times o on several o on various occasions

por diferentes razones for a variety o a number of reasons, for various reasons

* * *

diferente adjetivo
a) ( distinto) different;

ser diferente a or de algn/algo to be different from sb/sth
b) (en pl, delante del n) ‹motivos/soluciones/maneras› various;

◊ nos vimos en diferentes ocasiones we've met on several occasions

diferente
I adjetivo different [de, from]
II adverbio differently: ¿no crees que deberíamos atacar el problema de una forma diferente?, don't you think that we should approach the problem differently?
' diferente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
discrepar
- otra
- otro
- separada
- separado
- desigual
- dispar
- distinto
- diverso
English:
differ
- different
- distinct
- off-beat
- unalike
- unlike
- alternative
- dissimilar

* * *

diferente

♦ adj

1. [distinto] different (de o a from o to);
una casa diferente de o [m5] a la mía a house different from mine;

yo soy muy diferente de o [m5] a él I'm very different from him;

fue una experiencia diferente it was something different

2.
diferentes [varios] various;

se oyeron diferentes opiniones al respecto various opinions were voiced on the subject;

por diferentes razones for a variety of reasons, for various reasons;

ocurre en diferentes lugares del planeta it happens in various different places around the world

♦ adv

differently;

se comportan muy diferente el uno del otro they behave very differently (from one another)

* * *

diferente

adj different

* * *

diferente adj

distinto: different

♦ diferentemente adv

* * *

diferente adj different

el clima del norte es diferente al del sur the climate in the north is different from that in the south

Spanish-English dictionary > diferente
27 direccionamiento

m.

addressing (computing).

* * *

SM (Inform) addressing

* * *

= steerage, routing, steering.

Ex. Incorrect reference entry is an unpardonable sin, since the purpose of the entry is to give exact steerage to the original paper from the abstract.

Ex. Much research is being done in the area, but the optimal solution to these routing problems is still years away.

Ex. This article describes in detail the various methods of ink-jet printing employing electrostatic steering, electromagnetic steering, and multiple ink jets.

* * *

= steerage, routing, steering.

Ex: Incorrect reference entry is an unpardonable sin, since the purpose of the entry is to give exact steerage to the original paper from the abstract.

Ex: Much research is being done in the area, but the optimal solution to these routing problems is still years away.

Ex: This article describes in detail the various methods of ink-jet printing employing electrostatic steering, electromagnetic steering, and multiple ink jets.

* * *

direccionamiento

masculine

addressing

* * *

direccionamiento nm
Informát addressing

Spanish-English dictionary > direccionamiento
28 instancia

f.

1 application (form).

2 request (ruego).

a instancias de at the request o bidding of

en última instancia as a last resort

3 instance, occurrence, case in point.

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instancia

► nombre femenino

1 (petición) request; (solicitud) form

2 DERECHO instance

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a instancia de / a instancias de at the request of

en última instancia as a last resort

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noun f.

petition

* * *

SF

1) (=solicitud) application, request; (Jur) petition

a instancia(s) de algn — at the request of sb, at sb's request

pedir algo con instancia — to demand sth insistently, demand sth urgently

2) (=formulario) application form

3) (=momento)

de primera instancia — first of all

en última instancia — (=como último recurso) as a last resort; (=en definitiva) in the last analysis

4) (Pol) (=autoridad) authority; (=organismo) agency

altas instancias — high authorities

instancias del poder — corridors of power

instancias internacionales — international authorities

* * *

femenino

1) ( solicitud) official request o application

a instancias de — at the request of, at the instance of (frml)

2) ( momento) moment, happening

en última instancia — ( como último recurso) as a last resort

3) (period) ( autoridad) authority

las más altas instancias de la nación — the highest authorities in the land

* * *

= instance, behest.

Ex. In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.

Ex. Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".

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* a instancia de = at the urging of.

* a instancias = under the auspices of.

* a instancias de = at the instigation of, at the behest of.

* en primera instancia = in the first instance.

* en segunda instancia = second-removed.

* en última instancia = ultimately, in the long run, in the end, in the last analysis, in the last resort, in the final analysis.

* proceso en primera instancia = proceeding in the first instance.

* * *

femenino

1) ( solicitud) official request o application

a instancias de — at the request of, at the instance of (frml)

2) ( momento) moment, happening

en última instancia — ( como último recurso) as a last resort

3) (period) ( autoridad) authority

las más altas instancias de la nación — the highest authorities in the land

* * *

= instance, behest.

Ex: In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.

Ex: Prophet Mohammed told him, "Well look here, so long as they follow my behests, they will not be ill".

* a instancia de = at the urging of.

* a instancias = under the auspices of.

* a instancias de = at the instigation of, at the behest of.

* en primera instancia = in the first instance.

* en segunda instancia = second-removed.

* en última instancia = ultimately, in the long run, in the end, in the last analysis, in the last resort, in the final analysis.

* proceso en primera instancia = proceeding in the first instance.

* * *

instancia

feminine

A (solicitud) official request o application

a instancias de at the request of, at the instance of ( frml)

B (momento) moment, happening

las instancias decisivas de nuestra historia key o decisive moments in our history

en última instancia (como último recurso) as a last resort; (en definitiva) in the final o last analysis

en última instancia podríamos vender el coche as a last resort we could sell the car

la responsabilidad es, en última instancia, mía I am ultimately responsible, the ultimate responsibility is mine

C ( period) (autoridad) authority

las más altas instancias de la nación the highest authorities in the land

juzgado

* * *

instancia sustantivo femenino
1 (petición) request
2 (escrito) application form
3 Jur instance tribunal de primera instancia, Court of First Instance
♦ Locuciones: a instancia(s) de, at the request of, en primera instancia, first of all
en última instancia, as a last resort: en última instancia siempre podemos llamar a los bomberos para que la abran, we can always call the fire department to open it, as a last resort
' instancia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
juez
- término
English:
application
- magistrate
- ultimately

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instancia nf

1. [solicitud] application (form)

2. [ruego] request;

a instancias de at the request o bidding of;

el abogado actuaba a instancias mías the lawyer was acting on my instructions

3. [recurso]
en última instancia as a last resort

4. [institución]
se mueve entre las altas instancias del partido he moves in the upper echelons of the party;

se goza del apoyo de las más altas instancias eclesiásticas he enjoys the support of the highest authorities of the Church

5. Am [momento]
en (una) primera instancia, introduciremos los datos first of all we'll input the data

* * *

instancia

f

1 JUR petition

2 ( petición por escrito) application;

a instancias de at the request of

3

:

en última instancia as a last resort

* * *

instancia nf

1) : petition, request

2)

en última instancia : as a last resort

Spanish-English dictionary > instancia
29 revoltijo

m.

scramble, hodgepodge, hodge-podge, mishmash.

* * *

revoltijo

► nombre masculino

1 (mezcla) mess, clutter, jumble

2 figurado (confusión) mess, chaos

3 COCINA figurado scrambled eggs plural

■ revoltijo de trigueros scrambled eggs with wild asparagus

* * *

revoltillo masculino

1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble

2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

* * *

= mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.

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

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

Ex. The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.

Ex. It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.

Ex. ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.

Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

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* hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.

* revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.

* un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.

* * *

revoltillo masculino

1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble

2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

* * *

= mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.

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

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

Ex: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.

Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.

Ex: It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.

Ex: ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.

Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.

Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.

* hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.

* revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.

* un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.

* * *

revoltijo, revoltillo

masculine

A ( fam) (desorden) mess, jumble

B ( fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

C ( Méx) ( Coc) traditional dish made with seafood, vegetables and prickly pear

* * *

revoltijo,
◊ revoltillo sustantivo masculino (fam)

a) ( desorden) mess, jumble

b) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

revoltijo sustantivo masculino
1 (de cosas) jumble, clutter
2 (situación) chaos, mess
' revoltijo' also found in these entries:
English:
clutter
- jumble
- mishmash

* * *

revoltijo, revoltillo nm

jumble

* * *

revoltijo, revoltillo

m mess, jumble

* * *

revoltijo nm

1) fárrago: mess, jumble

2) Mex : traditional seafood dish

* * *

revoltijo n jumble

Spanish-English dictionary > revoltijo
30 tipo de letra

(n.) = type face [typeface], typing, type font [typefont], fount, type specimen [type-specimen], fount of type

Ex. This may either be achieved by appropriate type face, or by the positioning of the title.

Ex. Guidelines can be expected to discuss some or all of the following: instructions on the way in which abstracts are to be presented, e.g. typing, paper, layout, spacing.

Ex. Desktop publishing implies the ability to use multiple type fonts and faces in a single document.

Ex. Incunabulists, indeed, work on the assumption that a fount belonging to a fifteenth-century printer was unique to him, which is likely to be true enough of the fount as cast, but is not necessarily true of its punches.

Ex. A brief guide to the general development of type design follows in the next section, but for the identification of particular faces it will be necessary to refer to early founders' and printers' type-specimens (see the reference bibliography, pp. 396-7).

Ex. A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.

* * *

(n.) = type face [typeface], typing, type font [typefont], fount, type specimen [type-specimen], fount of type

Ex: This may either be achieved by appropriate type face, or by the positioning of the title.

Ex: Guidelines can be expected to discuss some or all of the following: instructions on the way in which abstracts are to be presented, e.g. typing, paper, layout, spacing.

Ex: Desktop publishing implies the ability to use multiple type fonts and faces in a single document.

Ex: Incunabulists, indeed, work on the assumption that a fount belonging to a fifteenth-century printer was unique to him, which is likely to be true enough of the fount as cast, but is not necessarily true of its punches.

Ex: A brief guide to the general development of type design follows in the next section, but for the identification of particular faces it will be necessary to refer to early founders' and printers' type-specimens (see the reference bibliography, pp. 396-7).

Ex: A fount of type was a set of letters and other symbols in which each was supplied in approximate proportion to its frequency of use, all being of one body-size and design.

Spanish-English dictionary > tipo de letra
31 transportable

adj.

1 portable.

2 transportable, conveyable, portable.

* * *

transportable

► adjetivo

1 transportable

* * *

ADJ transportable

fácilmente transportable — easily carried, easily transported

* * *

adjetivo transportable

fácilmente transportable — easily transported o transportable

* * *

= portable, transportable.

Ex. The book form has several advantages: it is portable, it can be produced in multiple copies very easily, and it is convenient to use.

Ex. The information centres are supplied with a basic set of reference books and an information package in a transportable trolley file.

* * *

adjetivo transportable

fácilmente transportable — easily transported o transportable

* * *

= portable, transportable.

Ex: The book form has several advantages: it is portable, it can be produced in multiple copies very easily, and it is convenient to use.

Ex: The information centres are supplied with a basic set of reference books and an information package in a transportable trolley file.

* * *

transportable

adjective

transportable

fácilmente transportable easily transported o transportable

* * *

transportable adjetivo transportable

* * *

transportable adj

portable

* * *

transportable

adj transportable

Spanish-English dictionary > transportable
32 variante

adj.

1 variant.

2 changing.

3 irresolute.

f.

1 variation.

variante ortográfica variant spelling

2 by-pass (automobiles).

3 draw or away win.

4 variant, difference, version.

* * *

variante

► adjetivo

1 variable

► nombre femenino

1 (versión) variant

2 (diferencia) difference

* * *

noun f.

variant

* * *

1.

ADJ variant

2. SF

1) [de palabra, texto] variant

variante dialectal — dialectal variant

variante fonética — phonetic variant, alternative pronunciation

variante ortográfica — spelling variant, alternative spelling

2) (Aut) diversion

3) (en quiniela) draw or away win

3. SM

1) pl variantes
( Esp) (Culin) pickled vegetables (as hors d'oeuvres)
2) (And) (=senda) path; (=atajo) short cut

* * *

femenino

1) ( de palabra) variant

2) ( carretera) turnoff

con la nueva variante, el puerto quedará a una hora de aquí — when the new road is opened, the port will only be an hour's drive from here

* * *

= variant, variant.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex. If the variant heading given in the reference heading area is identified as a variant to more than one uniform heading, area 3 may contain multiple uniform headings.

Ex. Nearly 44% of variants were identified as being a 'near match' to the standard form.

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* variante de un encabezamiento = variant heading.

* variante de un texto = variant text, variant reading.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

* variante ortográfica = word form, spelling variant.

* * *

femenino

1) ( de palabra) variant

2) ( carretera) turnoff

con la nueva variante, el puerto quedará a una hora de aquí — when the new road is opened, the port will only be an hour's drive from here

* * *

= variant, variant.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: If the variant heading given in the reference heading area is identified as a variant to more than one uniform heading, area 3 may contain multiple uniform headings.

Ex: Nearly 44% of variants were identified as being a 'near match' to the standard form.

* variante de un encabezamiento = variant heading.

* variante de un texto = variant text, variant reading.

* variante morfológica de una palabra = word variant.

* variante ortográfica = word form, spelling variant.

* * *

variante

feminine

A

1 (de una palabra) variant

variantes ortográficas de una palabra variant spellings of a word

2 (de virus) variant

3 ( Esp) (en quinielas) draw or away win

B

(carretera): el tráfico se desvía por la variante de Aranjuez traffic is being diverted onto the road that goes through Aranjuez

el trazado de la variante de la N-IV the line of the N-IV relief road

con la nueva variante, el puerto quedará a una hora de la capital when the new road is opened, the port will only be an hour's drive from the capital

C ( ant) ( Coc) hors d'oeuvre, appetizer

tienda de variantes delicatessen

* * *

variante sustantivo femenino
1 ( de palabra) variant
2 ( carretera) turnoff
variante sustantivo femenino
1 (de una palabra, un problema) variant
2 (diferencia) variation, change
3 Auto (desviación) detour, link road
' variante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
versión
English:
variant
- permutation

* * *

variante

♦ adj

variant

♦ nf

1. [variación] variation;
[versión] version;
una variante virulenta de salmonella a virulent variant of salmonella

2. [de palabra, pronunciación] variant

Comp
variante ortográfica variant spelling
3. [de carretera] by-pass;
[de vía de tren] bypass line
4. [en quiniela] draw or away win

♦ variantes nfpl

mixed pickles

* * *

variante

f variant

* * *

variante adj & nf

: variant

Spanish-English dictionary > variante
33 animado

adj.

1 animate, animated, moved, bustling.

2 busy.

3 alive, living.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: animar.

* * *

animado

► participio pasado

1→ link=animar animar

► adjetivo

1 (movido) animated, lively, jolly

2 (concurrido) bustling, full of people

3 (alegre) cheerful, in high spirits, excited

* * *

(f. - animada)

adj.

cheerful, alive

* * *

ADJ

1) (=con ánimo)

no está muy animado últimamente — he hasn't been in very high spirits recently

estar animado a hacer algo — to be keen to do sth

2) (=alentado)

animado de o por algo/algn — encouraged by sth/sb, urged on by sth/sb

animados por los hinchas — encouraged o urged on by the fans

animados por el fanatismo — driven by fanaticism

3) [lugar] (=alegre) lively; (=concurrido) [bar, mercado] bustling, busy

una fiesta muy animada — a very lively party

una mañana muy animada en la Bolsa — a very lively morning on the Stock Market

la boda estuvo animada por un grupo de música — the wedding was livened up by a band

4) (=con vida) animate

un cortometraje animado — a short animation film
dibujo 2)
5) (Ling) animate

* * *

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <fiesta/ambiente> lively; <conversación/discusión> lively, animated

b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits

2) ( impulsado)

animado de or por algo — inspired o motivated by something

* * *

= lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], vibrant, animate, animated, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.].

Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex. All these issues were successfully addressed by rearranging study, reference, and stack areas and enclosing a small office to create a more vibrant, reference oriented library environment.

Ex. This article reports the results of a study to determine the decision making processes used by doctors when examining medical information derived from animate information sources, such as: colleagues; consultants; and medical information centres.

Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.

Ex. The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.

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* de un modo animado = perkily.

* dibujos animados = animated cartoons.

* dibujos animados japoneses = Anime.

* gráfico animado = motion graphic.

* película de dibujos animados = cartoon film.

* * *

- da adjetivo

1)

a) <fiesta/ambiente> lively; <conversación/discusión> lively, animated

b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits

2) ( impulsado)

animado de or por algo — inspired o motivated by something

* * *

= lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], vibrant, animate, animated, perky [perkier -comp., perkiest -sup.].

Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

Ex: All these issues were successfully addressed by rearranging study, reference, and stack areas and enclosing a small office to create a more vibrant, reference oriented library environment.

Ex: This article reports the results of a study to determine the decision making processes used by doctors when examining medical information derived from animate information sources, such as: colleagues; consultants; and medical information centres.

Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.

Ex: The members of Harvey's family seem almost spookily healthy and perky and nice to each other.

* de un modo animado = perkily.

* dibujos animados = animated cartoons.

* dibujos animados japoneses = Anime.

* gráfico animado = motion graphic.

* película de dibujos animados = cartoon film.

* * *

animado -da

adjective

A

1 ‹fiesta/reunión/ambiente› lively; ‹conversación/discusión› lively, animated

2 (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits

hoy está más animado he's more cheerful o he's in better spirits today

animado A + INF:

estoy más animado a intentarlo ahora I feel more like trying o more up to trying now

B (impulsado) animado DE or POR algo inspired o motivated BY sth

un movimiento animado de excelentes principios a movement inspired o motivated by excellent principles

actuó animado de impecables propósitos he acted with the best of intentions

* * *

Del verbo animar: ( conjugate animar)

animado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
animado
animar
animado
◊ -da adjetivo

1
a) ‹fiesta/ambiente› lively;

‹conversación/discusión› lively, animated
b) (optimista, con ánimo) cheerful, in good spirits

2 ( impulsado) animado de or por algo inspired o motivated by sth
animar ( conjugate animar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( alentar) to encourage;

( levantar el espíritu) to cheer … up;
◊ tu visita lo animó mucho your visit cheered him up a lot;

animado a algn a hacer algo or a que haga algo to encourage sb to do sth
b) ‹fiesta/reunión› to liven up;

◊ el vino empezaba a animadolos the wine was beginning to liven them up

c) (con luces, colores) to brighten up

2 ‹ programa› to present, host
3 ( impulsar) to inspire
animarse verbo pronominal
a) (alegrarse, cobrar vida) [fiesta/reunión] to liven up, warm up;

[ persona] to liven up
b) ( cobrar ánimos) to cheer up;

◊ si me animo a salir te llamo if I feel like going out, I'll call you

c) ( atreverse):

◊ ¿quién se anima a decírselo? who's going to be brave enough to tell him?;

no me animo a saltar I can't bring myself to jump;
al final me animé a confesárselo I finally plucked up the courage to tell her
animado,-a adjetivo
1 (fiesta, reunión, conversación) lively
2 (estado de ánimo) cheerful
animar verbo transitivo
1 (alegrar a alguien) to cheer up
(una fiesta, una reunión) to liven up, brighten up
2 (estimular a una persona) to encourage
' animado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animada
- alborotado
- mono
- vivo
English:
animated
- busy
- chirpy
- lively
- perky
- sprightly
- subdued
- swing
- zestful
- bustling
- racy
- spirit

* * *

animado, -a adj

1. [con buen ánimo] cheerful;

se encuentra muy animado después de la operación he's in excellent spirits after the operation

2. [entretenido] lively;

fue un partido muy animado it was a very lively match

3. [con alma] animate, living;

los objetos animados e inanimados animate and inanimate objects

4. Cine animated;

animado por Esp [m5] ordenador o Am [m5] computadora computer-animated

* * *

animado

adj lively

* * *

animado, -da adj

1) : animated, lively

2) : cheerful

♦ animadamente adv

* * *

animado adj

1. (persona) cheerful

está bastante animado a pesar de todo he's quite cheerful despite everything

2. (lugar, situación) lively [comp. livelier; superl. liveliest]

las fiestas del pueblo siempre son animadas the local celebrations are always lively

Spanish-English dictionary > animado
34 asistido

adj.

1 assisted.

2 power-assisted.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: asistir.

* * *

asistido

► participio pasado

1→ link=asistir asistir

► adjetivo

1 assisted

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

asistido,-a por ordenador computer-assisted

* * *
asistido, -a
1.

ADJ

asistido por ordenador — computer-aided

2.

SM / F And, Méx boarder, lodger, resident

* * *

- da adjetivo assisted

* * *

= assisted, facilitated.

Ex. For example, with such a system a change of the heading AEROPLANES -- assisted TAKE-OFF in figure 7 would without further effort be reflected in the six associated cross-reference records.

Ex. The author reports on the key findings from a series of facilitated meetings held to gather information from those working in and with libraries of all types in Illinois.

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* aprendizaje asistido por ordenador (CAL) = computer-assisted learning (CAL).

* asistido por el ordenador = machine-negotiated.

* asistido por láser = laser-assisted.

* asistido por operador = operator-assisted.

* asistido por ordenador = computer-mediated, computer-supported, computer-assisted, computer-aided.

* dirección asistida = power steering, power-assisted steering.

* enseñanza asistida por ordenador (CAI) = computer-assisted instruction (CAI).

* MARS (Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).

* muerte asistida = assisted death, assisted dying.

* reproducción asistida = assisted reproduction.

* suicidio asistido = assisted suicide.

* * *

- da adjetivo assisted

* * *

= assisted, facilitated.

Ex: For example, with such a system a change of the heading AEROPLANES -- assisted TAKE-OFF in figure 7 would without further effort be reflected in the six associated cross-reference records.

Ex: The author reports on the key findings from a series of facilitated meetings held to gather information from those working in and with libraries of all types in Illinois.

* aprendizaje asistido por ordenador (CAL) = computer-assisted learning (CAL).

* asistido por el ordenador = machine-negotiated.

* asistido por láser = laser-assisted.

* asistido por operador = operator-assisted.

* asistido por ordenador = computer-mediated, computer-supported, computer-assisted, computer-aided.

* dirección asistida = power steering, power-assisted steering.

* enseñanza asistida por ordenador (CAI) = computer-assisted instruction (CAI).

* MARS (Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).

* muerte asistida = assisted death, assisted dying.

* reproducción asistida = assisted reproduction.

* suicidio asistido = assisted suicide.

* * *

asistido -da

adjective

assisted dirección, freno

* * *

Del verbo asistir: ( conjugate asistir)

asistido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
asistido
asistir
asistido
◊ -da adjetivo

assisted
asistir ( conjugate asistir) verbo intransitivo ( estar presente) asistido a algo ‹a reunión/acto/clases› to attend sth;
asistió a una sola clase he only came/went to one class;
asistido a misa to go to o attend Mass
verbo transitivo (frml) ( ayudar): en el consulado lo asistidoán you will receive assistance at the consulate (frml);
asistido a los pobres to care for the poor
asistir
I verbo transitivo to assist, help
Med to attend
III verbo intransitivo to attend [a, -]

' asistido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ordenador
English:
CAD
- computer-assisted
- conversational

* * *

asistido, -a adj
[respiración, reproducción] assisted; [fecundación] artificial

Spanish-English dictionary > asistido
35 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.

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* 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 -da

adjective

automated

* * *

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 adj

automated

Spanish-English dictionary > automatizado
36 bufé

m.

buffet, buffet meal.

pret.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) Preterite Indicative of Spanish verb: bufar.

* * *

bufé

► nombre masculino (pl bufés)

1 buffet

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

bufé libre self-service buffet meal

* * *

noun m.

buffet

* * *

SM
(pl bufés) = bufet
* * *

= buffet, smorgasbord, lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

Ex. These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

Ex. The article 'Teaching reference by the smorgasbord method' describes in detail the 6 component features of teaching reference work.

Ex. A buffet lunch will be provided at the end of the presentation.

Ex. A buffet lunch will be served for conference participants.

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* almuerzo tipo bufé = lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

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= buffet, smorgasbord, lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

Ex: These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

Ex: The article 'Teaching reference by the smorgasbord method' describes in detail the 6 component features of teaching reference work.

Ex: A buffet lunch will be provided at the end of the presentation.

Ex: A buffet lunch will be served for conference participants.

* almuerzo tipo bufé = lunch buffet, buffet lunch.

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Del verbo bufar: ( conjugate bufar)

bufé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

bufe es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
bufar
bufé
bufar ( conjugate bufar) verbo intransitivo
to snort
bufar verbo intransitivo
1 (un animal) to snort
2 (persona) to be fuming, to snort
bufé sustantivo masculino buffet
bufé libre, self-service buffet meal
' bufé' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bufet

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bufé (pl bufés), buffet (pl buffets) nm

1. [comida] buffet

Comp
bufé frío cold buffet;
bufé libre = buffet where you can eat as much as you like for a set price

2. [restaurante] buffet restaurant

3. Andes [mueble] sideboard

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bufé

m buffet

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bufé n buffet

Spanish-English dictionary > bufé
37 contrario

adj.

1 contrary, opposite, adverse, opposed.

2 contrary, negative, antagonistic, antipathetic.

m.

1 opposite, antithesis, reverse, converse.

2 opponent, adversary, enemy, rival.

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contrario

► adjetivo

1 (opuesto) contrary, opposite

■ iba en sentido contrario he was going in the opposite direction

■ puntos de vista contrarios contrary points of view

2 (perjudicial) harmful (a, to), bad (a, for)

■ el fumar es contrario a la salud smoking is bad for your health

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 opponent, adversary, rival

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FRASEOLOGÍA

al contrario on the contrary

de lo contrario otherwise

en dirección contraria in the wrong direction

llevar la contraria a alguien to oppose somebody

por el contrario on the contrary

todo lo contrario quite the opposite

la parte contraria DERECHO the opponent 2 (en deportes) the opposing team

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(f. - contraria)

adj.

contrary, opposite

- al contrario

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contrario, -a
1. ADJ

1) (=rival) [partido, equipo] opposing

el abogado de la parte contraria — the opposing party's lawyer

no llegaron nunca a la portería contraria — they never got near the other o opposing side's goal

se pasó al bando contrario — he went over to the other o opposing side

2) (=opuesto) [extremo, efecto, significado, sexo] opposite

tuvo el resultado contrario al deseado — it had the opposite of the desired effect

mi opinión es contraria a la vuestra — I have the opposite opinion to you

soy contrario al aborto — I am opposed to o against abortion

se mostraron contrarios al acuerdo — they came out against the agreement, they were opposed to the agreement

su actitud es contraria a los intereses del país — his attitude is against o contrary to the nation's interests

• dirección contraria, tomamos la dirección contraria — we went in the opposite direction

lo multaron por ir en dirección contraria — he was fined for travelling in the wrong direction

• intereses contrarios — conflicting o opposing interests

• pie contrario, se puso el zapato en el pie contrario — she put her shoe on the wrong foot

• sentido contrario, un coche que venía en sentido contrario — a car coming in the opposite direction

el portavoz se expresó en sentido contrario — the spokesperson expressed the opposite view

en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise

• viento contrario — headwind
caso 1), b)
3) [en locuciones]

• al contrario — on the contrary, quite the opposite

no me disgusta la idea, al contrario, me encanta — I don't dislike the idea, on the contrary o quite the opposite, I think it would be wonderful

-¿te aburres? -¡que va, al contrario! — "are you bored?" - "no way, quite the opposite!"

se puso el jersey al contrario — he put his jumper on inside out

antes al contrario, muy al contrario — frm on the contrary

• al contrario de, todo salió al contrario de lo previsto — everything turned out the opposite of what we expected

al contrario de lo que creíamos, hizo muy buen tiempo — contrary to what we thought, the weather turned out very nice

siempre va al contrario de todo el mundo — she always has to be different to everyone else, she always does the opposite to everyone else

al contrario que o de ella, yo no estoy dispuesto a aguantar — unlike her, I'm not willing to put up with it

• lo contrario, ¿qué es lo contrario de alto? — what is the opposite of tall?

nunca he dicho lo contrario — I never said anything else o different

soy inocente, hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario — I am innocent until proven otherwise

a mí me pasa lo contrario que a ti — for me it's different than for you

de lo contrario — otherwise, or else

salga o, de lo contrario, llamaré a la policía — please leave, otherwise o or else I'll call the police

• por el contrario, los inviernos, por el contrario, son muy fríos — the winters, on the other hand o on the contrary, are very cold

parece ir todo bien, y por el contrario, la situación es muy complicada — it all appears to be going well, when in fact the situation is rather difficult

• todo lo contrario — quite the opposite, quite the reverse

-¿es feo? -no, todo lo contrario — "is he ugly?" - "no, quite the opposite o reverse"

no hay descenso de precios, sino todo lo contrario — prices are not going down, quite the opposite o reverse, in fact

es todo lo contrario de su marido — she is the exact opposite of her husband

ha sucedido todo lo contrario de lo que esperábamos — exactly the opposite of what we expected has happened

2.

SM / F opponent

3.

SM (=opuesto) opposite

¿cuál es el contrario del negro? — what is the opposite of black?

4.

SF

llevar la contraria —

¿por qué siempre tienes que llevar la contraria? — why do you always have to be so contrary?

siempre me lleva la contraria en todo — he always contradicts me about everything

no le gusta que le lleven la contraria — he doesn't like to be contradicted

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I
- ria adjetivo

1) ( opuesto) <opiniones/intereses> conflicting; < dirección> opposite

vientos contrarios — headwinds

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario — until proven otherwise

contrario a algo: mi opinión es contraria a la suya I feel very differently to you; soy contrario al uso de la violencia I am against the use of violence; se manifestó contrario a la idea she expressed her opposition to the idea; sería contrario a mis intereses it would be against o (frml) contrary to my interests; contrario a lo que se esperaba... contrary to expectations,...; en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj counterclockwise (AmE), anticlockwise (BrE); el coche venía en sentido contrario — ( por el otro carril) the car was coming in the opposite direction; ( por el mismo carril) the car was coming straight at us

2) ( adversario) < equipo> opposing; < bando> opposite

pasarse al bando contrario — to change sides

la parte contraria — (Der) the opposing party

3) (en locs)

al contrario — on the contrary

al contrario de: al contrario de su hermano... unlike his brother,...; al contrario de lo que esperábamos,... contrary to (our) expectations,...; todo salió al contrario de como lo planearon it turned out just the opposite to what they had planned; de lo contrario or else, otherwise; por el contrario: en el sur, por el contrario, el clima es seco the south, on the other hand, has a dry climate; pensé que era rico - por el contrario, no tiene un peso I thought he was rich - on the contrary o far from it, he doesn't have a penny; todo lo contrario quite the opposite; llevar la contraria: él siempre tiene que llevar la contraria he always has to take the opposite view; llevarle la contraria a alguien — to contradict somebody
II
- ria masculino, femenino opponent

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= contrary, opposing, inimical, antipathetic, opposite, competing, opposed, adversarial, aversive, reverse, objector.

Ex. Perhaps there has been a contrary reaction by British academic librarians to conserve their collections.

Ex. When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.

Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.

Ex. In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.

Ex. Cutter instructs that 'of two subjects exactly opposite choose one and refer from the other, e.g. 'Free Trade and Protection', 'Protection' See 'Free Trade and Protection''.

Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.

Ex. Librarianship is faced with the problem of the reconciliation of opposed objectives -- the arrest of deterioration in books versus the idea that books are meant to be used, becoming ultimately worn with use.

Ex. The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.

Ex. In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.

Ex. He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex. Objectors to a major wind farm plan say developers have exaggerated its green benefits.

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* al contrario = vice versa, to the contrary, contrariwise, quite the opposite, quite the contrary.

* de lo contrario = if not, otherwise.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* en sentido contrario = to the contrary.

* en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj = counterclockwise, anti-clockwise.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* justamente todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* justamente todo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* justo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* muy por el contrario = in marked contrast.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.

* todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, in marked contrast.

* viento contrario = headwind.

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I
- ria adjetivo

1) ( opuesto) <opiniones/intereses> conflicting; < dirección> opposite

vientos contrarios — headwinds

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario — until proven otherwise

contrario a algo: mi opinión es contraria a la suya I feel very differently to you; soy contrario al uso de la violencia I am against the use of violence; se manifestó contrario a la idea she expressed her opposition to the idea; sería contrario a mis intereses it would be against o (frml) contrary to my interests; contrario a lo que se esperaba... contrary to expectations,...; en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj counterclockwise (AmE), anticlockwise (BrE); el coche venía en sentido contrario — ( por el otro carril) the car was coming in the opposite direction; ( por el mismo carril) the car was coming straight at us

2) ( adversario) < equipo> opposing; < bando> opposite

pasarse al bando contrario — to change sides

la parte contraria — (Der) the opposing party

3) (en locs)

al contrario — on the contrary

al contrario de: al contrario de su hermano... unlike his brother,...; al contrario de lo que esperábamos,... contrary to (our) expectations,...; todo salió al contrario de como lo planearon it turned out just the opposite to what they had planned; de lo contrario or else, otherwise; por el contrario: en el sur, por el contrario, el clima es seco the south, on the other hand, has a dry climate; pensé que era rico - por el contrario, no tiene un peso I thought he was rich - on the contrary o far from it, he doesn't have a penny; todo lo contrario quite the opposite; llevar la contraria: él siempre tiene que llevar la contraria he always has to take the opposite view; llevarle la contraria a alguien — to contradict somebody
II
- ria masculino, femenino opponent

* * *

= contrary, opposing, inimical, antipathetic, opposite, competing, opposed, adversarial, aversive, reverse, objector.

Ex: Perhaps there has been a contrary reaction by British academic librarians to conserve their collections.

Ex: When it is clear that material is biased or misrepresents a group, librarians should correct the situation, either by refusing the material or by giving equal representation to opposing points of view.

Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.

Ex: In some respects, TREC in its present form is antipathetic to interactive information retrieval.

Ex: Cutter instructs that 'of two subjects exactly opposite choose one and refer from the other, e.g. 'Free Trade and Protection', 'Protection' See 'Free Trade and Protection''.

Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.

Ex: Librarianship is faced with the problem of the reconciliation of opposed objectives -- the arrest of deterioration in books versus the idea that books are meant to be used, becoming ultimately worn with use.

Ex: The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.

Ex: In fact, weeding aversive staff tend to spend a lot more time complaining about having nothing on the shelves.

Ex: He creates a type of reverse orientalism peopled by sex-hungry 'dark-age femme fatales' and 'lusty young Barbarians reeking of ale'.

Ex: Objectors to a major wind farm plan say developers have exaggerated its green benefits.

* al contrario = vice versa, to the contrary, contrariwise, quite the opposite, quite the contrary.

* de lo contrario = if not, otherwise.

* demostrar lo contrario = prove + differently.

* en sentido contrario = to the contrary.

* en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj = counterclockwise, anti-clockwise.

* hasta que no se demuestre lo contrario = until proven otherwise.

* inocente hasta que se demuestre lo contrario = innocent until proven guilty.

* justamente todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* justamente todo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* justo lo contrario de = quite the opposite of.

* más bien todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* muy por el contrario = in marked contrast.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* ser contrario a = be contrary to, be hostile to.

* todo lo contrario = quite the opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, in marked contrast.

* viento contrario = headwind.

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contrario¹ - ria

adjective

A (opuesto) ‹opiniones/intereses› conflicting; ‹sentido/dirección› opposite

vientos contrarios headwinds

palabras de significado contrario words with opposite meanings

los vehículos iban en direcciones contrarias the vehicles were traveling in opposite directions

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario, es inocente she is innocent until proven guilty

contrario A algo:

mi opinión es contraria a la suya I feel very differently to you, my opinion is quite the converse of yours ( frml)

soy contrario al uso de la violencia I am opposed to o I am against the use of violence

se manifestó contrario a la idea she expressed her opposition to the idea

la propuesta es contraria a los intereses de la compañía the proposal is against o ( frml) contrary to the company's interests

contrario a lo que se esperaba la operación fue un éxito contrary to expectations, the operation was a success

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj counterclockwise ( AmE), anticlockwise ( BrE)

B (adversario) ‹equipo› opposing; ‹bando› opposite

pasarse al bando contrario to change sides, join the opposition

el defensa del equipo contrario estaba en fuera de juego the opposing team's o the other team's back was offside

la parte contraria ( Der) the opponent

C ( en locs):

al contrario: no me opongo a que venga; al contrario, me parece una idea excelente I don't mind if he comes; on the contrary o quite the opposite o far from it, I think it's an excellent idea

al contrario de su hermano, es negado para los deportes unlike his brother, he's useless at sport

al contrario de lo que habíamos pensado, resultó ser agradabilísimo contrary to (our) expectations, he turned out to be very nice

de lo contrario or else, otherwise

por el contrario: en el sur, por el contrario, el clima es seco the south, on the other hand, has a dry climate

pensé que era rico — por el contrario, no tiene un peso I thought he was rich — on the contrary o far from it o quite the opposite, he doesn't have a penny

todo lo contrario quite the opposite o reverse

¿te resultó aburrido? — todo lo contrario, lo encontré fascinante did you find it boring? — quite the opposite o quite the reverse o on the contrary, I found it fascinating

ella es muy tímida pero el hermano es todo lo contrario she's very shy but her brother's quite the opposite o the complete opposite

llevar la contraria: seguro que se opone, porque él siempre tiene que llevar la contraria he's sure to object, because he always has to take the opposite view

le molesta sobremanera que le lleven la contraria she hates being o to be contradicted

contrario² - ria

masculine, feminine

opponent

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Del verbo contrariar: ( conjugate contrariar)

contrarío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

contrarió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
contrariar
contrario
contrariar ( conjugate contrariar) verbo transitivo ( disgustar) to upset;
( enojar) to annoy
contrario
◊ - ria adjetivo

1 ( opuesto) ‹opiniones/intereses› conflicting;
‹dirección/lado› opposite;
‹ equipo› opposing;
‹ bando› opposite;
◊ yo pienso lo contrario I think the opposite;

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario until proven otherwise;
sería contrario a mis intereses it would be against o (frml) contrary to my interests;
See Also→ sentido 2 4
2 ( en locs)
◊ al contrario on the contrary;

al contrario de su hermano … unlike his brother, …;
de lo contrario or else, otherwise;
por el contrario on the contrary;
en el sur, por el contrario, el clima es seco the south, on the other hand, has a dry climate;
todo lo contrario quite the opposite;
llevarle la contraria a algn to contradict sb
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
opponent
contrariar verbo transitivo
1 (disgustar) to upset
2 (contradecir) to go against
contrario,-a
I adjetivo
1 opposite: otro coche venía en sentido contrario, another car was coming in the other direction
no me cae mal, más bien todo lo contrario, I don't dislike him, quite the contrary
2 (negativo, nocivo) contrary [a, to]
II sustantivo masculino y femenino rival
♦ Locuciones: siempre lleva la contraria, he always argues
al contrario/por el contrario, on the contrary
de lo contrario, otherwise
' contrario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caso
- contraria
- decir
- estar
- irse
- mientras
- nunca
- pequeña
- pequeño
- pulverizar
- revés
- soler
- Tiro
- campo
- contramano
- oponer
- sentido
English:
adverse
- against
- agree
- aloud
- anticlimax
- anticlockwise
- antisocial
- camp
- contrary
- counterclockwise
- direction
- headwind
- lick
- opposing
- opposite
- otherwise
- perverse
- reverse
- unprofessional
- wrong
- counter
- incline
- irregular
- quite

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contrario, -a

♦ adj

1. [opuesto] [dirección, sentido, idea] opposite;
[opinión] contrary;
soy contrario a las corridas de toros I'm opposed to bullfighting;

mientras no se demuestre lo contrario, es inocente she's innocent until proved otherwise;

de lo contrario otherwise;

respeta a tu madre o de lo contrario tendrás que marcharte show your mother some respect, otherwise you'll have to go;

todo lo contrario quite the contrary;

¿estás enfadado con él? – todo lo contrario, nos llevamos de maravilla are you angry with him? – quite the contrary o not at all, we get on extremely well;

ella es muy tímida, yo soy todo lo contrario she's very shy, whereas I'm the total opposite

2. [desfavorable, perjudicial]
es contrario a nuestros intereses it goes against our interests;

el abuso de la bebida es contrario a la salud drinking is bad for your health

3. [rival] opposing;

el equipo contrario no opuso resistencia the opposing team o opposition didn't put up much of a fight;

el diputado se pasó al bando contrario the MP left his party and joined their political opponents, Br the MP crossed the floor of the House

♦ nm,f
[rival] opponent
♦ nm
[opuesto] opposite;
gordo es el contrario de flaco fat is the opposite of thin

♦ al contrario loc adv

on the contrary;

al contrario de lo que le dijo a usted contrary to what he told you;

no me disgusta, al contrario, me encanta I don't dislike it, quite the contrary in fact, I like it;

al contrario de mi casa, la suya tiene calefacción central unlike my house, hers has central heating;

no me importa, antes al contrario, estaré encantado de poder ayudar I don't mind, on the contrary o indeed I'll be delighted to be able to help

♦ por el contrario loc adv

no queremos que se vaya, por el contrario, queremos que se quede we don't want her to go, on the contrary, we want her to stay;

este modelo, por el contrario, consume muy poco this model, by contrast, uses very little;

este año, por el contrario, no hemos tenido pérdidas this year, on the other hand, we haven't suffered any losses

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contrario

I adj

1 contrary; sentido opposite;

al contrario, por el contrario on the contrary;

todo lo contrario just the opposite;

de lo contrario otherwise;

ser contrario a algo be opposed to sth;

llevar la contraria a alguien contradict s.o.

2 equipo opposing

II m, contraria f adversary, opponent

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contrario, - ria adj

1) : contrary, opposite

al contrario: on the contrary

2) : conflicting, opposed

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contrario¹ adj

1. (equipo) opposing

puntos de vista contrarios opposing points of view

2. (dirección) opposite

iba en sentido contrario he was going in the opposite direction

3. (persona) opposed

somos contrarios a la violencia we're opposed to violence

contrario² n

1. (persona) opponent

le robó la pelota al contrario he robbed the ball from his opponent

2. (palabra) opposite

"alto" es el contrario de "bajo" "tall" is the opposite of "short"

al contrario / por el contrario on the contrary

Spanish-English dictionary > contrario
38 dato

m.

1 piece of information, fact (hecho, cifra).

datos information, data; (información) data (computing)

datos (personales) (personal) details

2 Dato.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: datar.

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dato

► nombre masculino

1 (información) fact, piece of information, datum

■ no pudimos resolver el problema por falta de datos we couldn't solve the problem due to lack of information

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FRASEOLOGÍA

datos personales personal details

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noun m.

fact, piece of information

- datos

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SM

1) (=información) piece of information

un dato interesante — an interesting fact o piece of information

no tenemos todos los datos — we don't have all the facts

otro dato que tener en cuenta es... — another thing to bear in mind is...

datos de entrada — input data

datos de salida — output data

datos estadísticos — statistics

datos personales — personal details, particulars

2) (Mat) datum

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masculino

a) ( elemento de información) piece of information

no dispongo de todos los datos — I don't have all the information

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía — (CS) somebody informed o (colloq) tipped off the police

darle un dato a alguien — (CS) to give somebody a tip

b) datos masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

- datos personales

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= attribute value, data element, data item, datum [data, -pl.], fact, value, piece of information.

Ex. Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex. The Working Group undertook to determine from the data available what data elements should be included for each type of authority.

Ex. Information is held in files or databases, which are comprise of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex. Thus, having entered the authority datum correctly once, we could be sure that no matter how many bibliographic records used it they would all do so with mechanical consistency.

Ex. Other data bases, which may be described as non-bibliographic, and are sometimes known as data banks, store actual facts and figures and text.

Ex. A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex. On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

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* alimentar datos = populate.

* almacenamiento de datos = data storage.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* archivo de datos = database [data base].

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* auditoría de datos = data auditing, data audit.

* banco de datos = data bank [databank], factual data bank.

* banco de datos factual = factual data bank.

* banco de datos terminológico = terminological data bank.

* basado en los datos = data-driven.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* búfer de datos = data buffer.

* bus de datos = databus.

* búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.

* campo de datos = datafield.

* capturar datos = capture + data.

* centro de datos = data centre.

* codificación de datos = data-coding [data coding].

* con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* contaminación de datos = data contamination.

* corrupción de datos = data corruption.

* creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dato concreto = hard fact.

* datos = data [datum, -sing.], details, figure.

* datos bibliográficos = bibliographic data, bibliodata.

* datos biográficos = biodata.

* datos concretos = specifics, the.

* datos concretos y reales = hard data.

* datos de contacto = contact details.

* datos de entrada = input data.

* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.

* datos demográficos = demographics.

* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.

* datos empíricos = empirical data.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* datos en estado bruto = raw facts.

* datos en propiedad = property data.

* datos erróneos = dirty data.

* datos estadísticos = statistics, statistical data.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* datos factuales = factual data.

* datos legibles por máquina = machine-readable data.

* datos numéricos = numerical data.

* datos personales = personal details.

* datos privados = property data.

* de lectura de datos = data-capture.

* depósito de datos = data warehouse.

* depuración de datos = data cleaning.

* descubrimiento de datos = data mining.

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = host system.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* EDI (Intercambio Electrónico de Datos) = EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

* entrada de datos = data entry, input, inputting.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* estructura de datos = data structure.

* extracción inteligente de datos = data mining.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestor de bases de datos = DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* hoja con los datos básicos para Hacer Algo = data sheet [datasheet].

* hoja de toma de datos = checklist [check-list], data sheet [datasheet].

* impreso de recogida de datos = enquiry form, inquiry form.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* inserción de datos = input.

* instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* introducir datos = key + data.

* introducir datos en el ordenador = input.

* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.

* introductor de datos en un ordenador = inputter.

* limpieza de datos = data cleaning.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* localización de datos = addressing.

* manipulación de datos = data manipulation.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memorizar datos = memorise + facts.

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* migración de datos = data migration.

* minería de datos = data mining.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.

* operación sobre datos = data manipulation.

* operario de entrada de datos = data entry operator.

* paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.

* pérdida de datos = data loss.

* personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.

* preparación de los datos = data preparation.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* proceso de datos = data processing, transaction processing.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* protección de datos = data protection.

* prototipo para el proceso de datos = data modelling.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* recabar datos = solicit + data.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recogida de datos = data collection, data gathering [data-gathering], fact-gathering, reporting, data collecting.

* salida de datos = output.

* sistema de proceso de datos = data processing system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* suministrar datos = furnish + details.

* suministro de datos = reporting.

* tecla de borrado de datos = ERASE INPUT key.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

* técnico encargado del proceso de datos = data-processing professional.

* tiempo de descarga de datos = download time, latency.

* tráfico de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* transformación de datos = data transformation.

* transmisión de datos = data-flow, data transfer, data transmission.

* tratamiento de datos = transaction processing.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* verificación de los datos = fact checking.

* vía de transmisión de datos = data pathway, pathway.

* * *

masculino

a) ( elemento de información) piece of information

no dispongo de todos los datos — I don't have all the information

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía — (CS) somebody informed o (colloq) tipped off the police

darle un dato a alguien — (CS) to give somebody a tip

b) datos masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

- datos personales

* * *

= attribute value, data element, data item, datum [data, -pl.], fact, value, piece of information.

Ex: Others have used possibility distributions for representing fuzzily known or incompletely known attribute values.

Ex: The Working Group undertook to determine from the data available what data elements should be included for each type of authority.

Ex: Information is held in files or databases, which are comprise of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex: Thus, having entered the authority datum correctly once, we could be sure that no matter how many bibliographic records used it they would all do so with mechanical consistency.

Ex: Other data bases, which may be described as non-bibliographic, and are sometimes known as data banks, store actual facts and figures and text.

Ex: A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex: On other occasions a user wants every document or piece of information on a topic traced, and then high recall must be sought, to the detriment of precision.

* alimentar datos = populate.

* almacenamiento de datos = data storage.

* añadir datos = make + additions.

* archivo de datos = database [data base].

* área de datos específicos de la clase de documento = material (or type of publication) specific details area.

* área de datos matemáticos = mathematical data area.

* auditoría de datos = data auditing, data audit.

* banco de datos = data bank [databank], factual data bank.

* banco de datos factual = factual data bank.

* banco de datos terminológico = terminological data bank.

* basado en los datos = data-driven.

* basado en un gestor de bases de datos = DBMS-based.

* base de datos = data bank [databank], database [data base], database software.

* base de datos automatizada = computer database, computer-held database, computerised database, machine-readable database.

* base de datos bibliográfica = bibliographic database.

* base de datos bibliográfica de resúmenes = abstracts based bibliographic database.

* base de datos catalográfica = catalogue database.

* base de datos completa = full-provision database.

* base de datos con información confidencial = intelligence database.

* base de datos cruzada = cross database.

* base de datos de acceso mediante suscripción = subscription database.

* base de datos de autoridades = authority database.

* base de datos de carburantes = TULSA.

* base de datos de documentos primarios = source database.

* base de datos de documentos secundarios = reference database.

* base de datos de dominio público = public domain database.

* base de datos de educación = ERIC.

* base de datos de imágenes = image database, image bank.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* base de datos del gobierno de USA = CRECORD, FEDREG.

* base de datos de lógica difusa = fuzzy database.

* base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.

* base de datos de negocios = business database.

* base de datos de pago = subscription database.

* base de datos de patentes = WPI.

* base de datos de propiedades = properties database.

* base de datos de referencia = reference database.

* base de datos de referencia a especialistas = referral database.

* base de datos de registros de catálogo = catalogue record database.

* base de datos de texto = text-oriented database, text database.

* base de datos de texto completo = full text database.

* base de datos de texto libre = free text database.

* base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.

* base de datos distribuida = distributed database.

* base de datos en CD-ROM = CD-ROM database.

* base de datos en disco óptico = optical disc database.

* base de datos en estado original = raw database.

* base de datos en línea = online database.

* base de datos estadística = statistical database.

* base de datos externa = external database.

* base de datos factual = factual database.

* base de datos interna = in-house database.

* base de datos jurídica = legal database.

* base de datos multimedia = multimedia database.

* base de datos no bibliográfica = non-bibliographic database.

* base de datos numérica = numeric database, numerical database.

* base de datos relacional = relational database.

* base de datos residente = resident database.

* base de datos terminológica = terminology database.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* búfer de datos = data buffer.

* bus de datos = databus.

* búsqueda de datos = fact-finding.

* campo de datos = datafield.

* capturar datos = capture + data.

* centro de datos = data centre.

* codificación de datos = data-coding [data coding].

* con datos no pertinentes = dirty [dirtier -comp., dirtiest -sup.].

* conjunto de datos = data set [dataset].

* contaminación de datos = data contamination.

* corrupción de datos = data corruption.

* creación de depósitos de datos = data warehousing.

* creador de bases de datos = database producer.

* dar datos de = give + details of.

* dato concreto = hard fact.

* datos = data [datum, -sing.], details, figure.

* datos bibliográficos = bibliographic data, bibliodata.

* datos biográficos = biodata.

* datos concretos = specifics, the.

* datos concretos y reales = hard data.

* datos de contacto = contact details.

* datos de entrada = input data.

* datos de la tarjeta de crédito = credit card details.

* datos demográficos = demographics.

* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.

* datos empíricos = empirical data.

* datos en bruto = raw data.

* datos en estado bruto = raw facts.

* datos en propiedad = property data.

* datos erróneos = dirty data.

* datos estadísticos = statistics, statistical data.

* datos estadísticos de la biblioteca = library records, library statistics.

* datos factuales = factual data.

* datos legibles por máquina = machine-readable data.

* datos numéricos = numerical data.

* datos personales = personal details.

* datos privados = property data.

* de lectura de datos = data-capture.

* depósito de datos = data warehouse.

* depuración de datos = data cleaning.

* descubrimiento de datos = data mining.

* descubrimiento de información en las bases de datos = knowledge discovery in databases (KDD).

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = company directory database.

* dispositivo de almacenamiento de datos = store.

* distribuidor de bases de datos = host system.

* distribuidor de bases de datos en línea = online vendor.

* EDI (Intercambio Electrónico de Datos) = EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

* entrada de datos = data entry, input, inputting.

* entrada de datos sólo una vez = one-time entry.

* estructura de datos = data structure.

* extracción inteligente de datos = data mining.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* gestión de bases de datos = database management.

* gestión de datos = data handling.

* gestor de bases de datos = DBMS system.

* gestor de bases de datos relacionales = relational database management system.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* hoja con los datos básicos para Hacer Algo = data sheet [datasheet].

* hoja de toma de datos = checklist [check-list], data sheet [datasheet].

* impreso de recogida de datos = enquiry form, inquiry form.

* industria de las bases de datos = database industry.

* inserción de datos = input.

* instrumento de recogida de datos = data collection instrument.

* introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.

* introducir datos = key + data.

* introducir datos en el ordenador = input.

* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.

* introductor de datos en un ordenador = inputter.

* limpieza de datos = data cleaning.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* localización de datos = addressing.

* manipulación de datos = data manipulation.

* memoria intermedia de datos = data buffer.

* memorizar datos = memorise + facts.

* meta base de datos = meta-database.

* migración de datos = data migration.

* minería de datos = data mining.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* montar una base de datos = mount + database.

* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.

* operación sobre datos = data manipulation.

* operario de entrada de datos = data entry operator.

* paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.

* pérdida de datos = data loss.

* personal de proceso de datos = operation staff.

* preparación de los datos = data preparation.

* procesamiento de datos = data processing.

* procesamiento de datos numéricos = number-crunching.

* proceso de datos = data processing, transaction processing.

* productor de bases de datos = database producer.

* programa de gestión de bases de datos = database management software.

* protección de datos = data protection.

* prototipo para el proceso de datos = data modelling.

* proveedor de bases de datos = database provider.

* recabar datos = solicit + data.

* recoger datos = collect + data.

* recoger datos para hacer estadísticas = collect + statistics.

* recogida de datos = data collection, data gathering [data-gathering], fact-gathering, reporting, data collecting.

* salida de datos = output.

* sistema de proceso de datos = data processing system.

* Sistema Internacional de Datos sobre Publicaciones Seriadas (ISDS) = ISDS (International Serials Data System).

* suministrar datos = furnish + details.

* suministro de datos = reporting.

* tecla de borrado de datos = ERASE INPUT key.

* tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

* técnico encargado del proceso de datos = data-processing professional.

* tiempo de descarga de datos = download time, latency.

* tráfico de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* transformación de datos = data transformation.

* transmisión de datos = data-flow, data transfer, data transmission.

* tratamiento de datos = transaction processing.

* unidad de datos = unit of data.

* verificación de los datos = fact checking.

* vía de transmisión de datos = data pathway, pathway.

* * *

dato

masculine

1 (elemento de información) piece of information

no tengo más datos que el título de la obra the only thing I know about the work is its title, the only information I have about the work is its title

no dispongo de todos los datos I don't have all the information o details o facts

alguien le pasó el dato a la policía (CS); somebody informed o ( colloq) tipped off the police

me han dado un dato muy interesante (CS); I've been given a very interesting piece of information o ( colloq) a hot tip

te voy a dar un dato, si no lo enchufas no funciona (CS hum); let me give you a tip: it won't work unless you plug it in

2 datos mpl ( Inf) data (pl), information

Compuesto:

datos personales

mpl particulars (pl), personal details (pl)

* * *

Del verbo datar: ( conjugate datar)

dato es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

dató es:

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

Multiple Entries:
datar
dato
datar ( conjugate datar) verbo intransitivo
to date;
◊ data del siglo XII it dates from the 12th century;

data de hace muchos años it goes back many years
dato sustantivo masculino
a) ( elemento de información) piece of information;

◊ no dispongo de todos los datos I don't have all the information;

datos personales personal details (pl)
b)

◊ datos sustantivo masculino plural (Inf) data (pl), information

datar
I verbo transitivo to date, put a date on
II verbo intransitivo datar de, to date back to o from: este libro data de la Edad Media, this book dates back to the Middle Ages
dato sustantivo masculino
1 piece of information 2 datos, Inform data
(pormenores) information: no tengo más datos sobre este autor, I don't have any more details about his author
datos personales, personal details
La traducción de dato es datum, pero solo se usa en situaciones muy formales. La traducción de datos es data (plural irregular). El singular más común de data es a piece of information.
' dato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
filtrar
- filtración
- informativa
- informativo
- relevante
- consignar
- consultar
- equivocado
- falso
English:
data
- information
- tip

* * *

dato nm

1. [hecho, cifra] piece of information, fact;

lo que necesitamos son datos concretos what we need is hard facts;

el alto desempleo es un dato que hay que tener en cuenta the high level of unemployment is a factor which has to be borne in mind;

datos [información] information, data;

si no me das más datos, no voy a poderte aconsejar unless you give me more information, I won't be able to advise you;

el ministerio aún no cuenta con todos los datos the ministry does not yet have all the information at its disposal;

datos (personales) (personal) details;

déjenos sus datos y nos pondremos en contacto con usted leave us your details and we will get in touch with you

Comp
datos bancarios bank details;
datos estadísticos statistical data

2.
datos Informát data

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dato

m piece of information;

datos pl information sg, data sg

* * *

dato nm

1) : fact, piece of information

2) datos nmpl

: data, information

* * *

dato n (información) piece of information

Spanish-English dictionary > dato
39 destacado

adj.

1 prominent, featured, distinguished, outstanding.

2 highlighted, marked.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: destacar.

* * *

destacado

► participio pasado

1→ link=destacar destacar

► adjetivo

1 (persona) outstanding, distinguished, prominent, leading; (actuación) outstanding

* * *

(f. - destacada)

adj.

outstanding, prominent

* * *

ADJ

1) (=distinguido) [gen] outstanding; [personaje] distinguished; [dato] noteworthy

2) (Mil) stationed

los cascos azules destacados en la zona — the UN peacekeeping forces o blue helmets stationed in the area

* * *

- da adjetivo

1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

la nota más destacada del día — the highlight of the day

destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

nuestro equipo destacado en el lugar — our team on the spot

el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

* * *

= leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.

Ex. In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

Ex. The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.

Ex. There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.

Ex. This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.

Ex. It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.

Ex. The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.

Ex. This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.

Ex. The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.

Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.

Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.

Ex. Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.

Ex. Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.

Ex. This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.

Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.

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* elemento destacado = standout.

* lo más destacado = highlights.

* más destacado = foremost.

* miembro destacado = leading member.

* ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.

* persona destacada = standout.

* * *

- da adjetivo

1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

la nota más destacada del día — the highlight of the day

destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

nuestro equipo destacado en el lugar — our team on the spot

el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

* * *

= leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.

Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

Ex: The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.

Ex: There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.

Ex: This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.

Ex: It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.

Ex: The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.

Ex: This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.

Ex: The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.

Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).

Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.

Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.

Ex: Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.

Ex: Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.

Ex: This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.

Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.

* elemento destacado = standout.

* lo más destacado = highlights.

* más destacado = foremost.

* miembro destacado = leading member.

* ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.

* persona destacada = standout.

* * *

destacado -da

adjective

A ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished; ‹actuación› outstanding

la nota más destacada del día the highlight of the day

en presencia de destacadas personalidades in the presence of prominent o distinguished figures

B [ ESTAR] ‹tropas› stationed

las fuerzas destacadas en las zonas montañosas the forces stationed in the mountain areas

nuestro equipo destacado en el lugar our team on the spot

el cuerpo diplomático destacado en Addis-Abeba the diplomatic staff in Addis Ababa o assigned to Addis Ababa

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Del verbo destacar: ( conjugate destacar)

destacado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
destacado
destacar
destacado
◊ -da adjetivo

1 ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished;
‹ actuación› outstanding
2 [estar] ‹ tropas› stationed
destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
‹color/plano› to bring out
3
a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

verbo intransitivo
to stand out;
destacado en algo to excel at o in sth
destacado,-a adjetivo outstanding
destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
' destacado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destacada
- maestra
- maestro
- señera
- señero
- sobresaliente
English:
conspicuous
- figure
- foremost
- highlight
- leading
- outstanding
- prominent
- striking
- towering
- distinction
- out
- prominently
- top

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destacado, -a adj

1. [persona] distinguished, prominent;
[acto] outstanding;
era uno de nuestros alumnos más destacados he was one of our most outstanding pupils;

tuvo una destacada actuación her performance was outstanding

2. [tropas] stationed;
[corresponsales] assigned, sent;
las tropas destacadas en Bosnia the troops stationed in Bosnia;

conectamos con nuestra unidad móvil destacada en la zona we're going over to our mobile unit in the area itself

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destacado

adj outstanding

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destacado, -da adj

1) : outstanding, prominent

2) : stationed, posted

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destacado adj

1. (en general) outstanding

2. (persona) prominent / leading

Spanish-English dictionary > destacado
40 detallado

adj.

detailed, itemized, minute, blow-by-blow.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: detallar.

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detallado

► participio pasado

1→ link=detallar detallar

► adjetivo

1 detailed, thorough

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(f. - detallada)

adj.

detailed

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ADJ [informe, relato] detailed; [declaración] circumstantial; [conocimiento] detailed, intimate

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- da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed

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= careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

Ex. The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.

Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.

Ex. These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.

Ex. An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.

Ex. She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.

Ex. This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.

Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

Ex. The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.

Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.

Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.

Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.

Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.

Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.

Ex. Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.

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* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

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- da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed

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= careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

Ex: The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.

Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.

Ex: These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.

Ex: An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.

Ex: She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.

Ex: This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.

Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.

Ex: The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.

Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.

Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.

Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.

Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.

Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.

Ex: Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.

* conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.

* entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

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detallado -da

adjective

‹factura/cuenta› itemized, detailed; ‹estudio/descripción› detailed

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Del verbo detallar: ( conjugate detallar)

detallado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
detallado
detallar
detallado
◊ -da adjetivo ‹factura/cuenta› itemized;

‹estudio/descripción› detailed
detallar ( conjugate detallar) verbo transitivo
to detail
detallado,-a adjetivo detailed, thorough: le vamos a hacer un examen detallado, we're going to give him a thorough examination
detallar verbo transitivo to give the details of, list
' detallado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
detallada
- minuciosa
- minucioso
- presupuesto
- puntual
English:
detailed
- elaborate
- full
- step

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detallado, -a adj

1. [análisis, descripción, estudio] detailed

2. [factura, cuenta] itemized

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detallado

adj detailed

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detallado adj detailed

Spanish-English dictionary > detallado

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