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1 bloque mental
• inability to focus on short vision• inability to write• mental block• obfuscation -
2 inabordable
• inability to write• inaccessibly -
3 inacceso
• inability to write• inaccessibly -
4 inasequibilidad
• inability to understand• inaccessible -
5 inasequible
• inability to write• inaccessibly• unattainable• unfathomable• unreachable -
6 incapacidad
f.1 inability.2 incompetence.3 incapacity (law).4 handicap, disability, disablement.5 sick leave.* * *1 (gen) incapacity, inability2 (insuficiencia) disability3 DERECHO incapacity\incapacidad física physical disabilityincapacidad laboral invalidityincapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disabilityincapacidad parcial partial disabilityincapacidad psíquica mental handicapincapacidad total total disability* * *noun f.1) inability2) disability* * *SF1) (=falta de capacidad) [para una actividad] inability; [para una profesión] incompetenceincapacidad de o para hacer algo — inability to do sth
incapacidad laboral transitoria, incapacidad temporal — temporary disability
2) (=discapacidad) [física] physical handicap, disability; [mental] mental handicap3) (Jur) (tb: incapacidad legal) legal incapacity* * *1)b) (Der) incapacity2) ( ineptitud) incompetence; ( falta de capacidad) inability3) (Col) ( baja) sick leave* * *= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.Ex. All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).Ex. Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.Ex. Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.Ex. Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.Ex. Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.----* incapacidad física = physical disability.* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.* * *1)b) (Der) incapacity2) ( ineptitud) incompetence; ( falta de capacidad) inability3) (Col) ( baja) sick leave* * *= disability, inability, inadequacy, ineptitude, ineptness, incapacity.Ex: All these influences are at work before a child goes to school, yet until quite recently we have behaved as though good teaching in good schools was enough to compensate for the disabilities of verbally impoverished children.
Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).Ex: Inadequacies in the specific A/Z subject index entry made for a subject can also occur if the indexer bases his analysis solely on the class number for that subject.Ex: Our ineptitude in getting at the record is largely caused by the artificiality of systems of indexing.Ex: Denigrating the ideas of others is just one step away from a personal attack and reflects the speaker's ineptness.Ex: Also under this Act, maternity leaves must be treated as temporary leave comparable to disability due to injury, surgery, or other incapacity.* incapacidad física = physical disability.* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.* pensión por incapacidad = disability pension.* seguro de incapacidad = disability insurance.* * *A2 ( Der) incapacityCompuestos:invaliditytemporary disabilitylegal incapacityB1 (ineptitud) incompetence2 (falta de capacidad) inabilitysu incapacidad de or para organizarse their inability to organize themselvesC (Col, Méx) (baja) sick leave* * *
incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 ( física) disability, physical handicap;
( mental) mental handicap;
(Der) incapacity;
2 ( ineptitud) incompetence;
( falta de capacidad) inability
3 (Col) ( baja) sick leave
incapacidad sustantivo femenino
1 incapacity, inability
incapacidad física, physical disability
2 (incompetencia) incompetence: su incapacidad para aprender idiomas es llamativa, her inability to learn a language is striking
' incapacidad' also found in these entries:
English:
disability
- inability
- incapability
- incapacity
* * *incapacidad nf1. [imposibilidad] inability2. [falta de aptitud]su incapacidad para organizar fiestas es manifiesta he's clearly no good at o useless at organizing parties;tengo incapacidad para los idiomas I'm no good at o useless at languages3. Der incapacityincapacidad laboral industrial disability o Br disablement;incapacidad laboral transitoria temporary disability;incapacidad legal legal incapacity;incapacidad permanente invalidity;incapacidad temporal temporary disability* * *f1 disabilityincapacidad mental mental incapacity3 ( ineptitud) incompetence* * *incapacidad nf1) : inability, incapacity2) : disability, handicap* * *incapacidad n inability -
7 imposibilidad
f.impossibility.su imposibilidad para contestar la pregunta his inability to answer the questionimposibilidad física o material physical impossibility* * *1 impossibility* * *SF1) [de suceso, acción] impossibility2) (=incapacidad)* * *femenino impossibility* * *= inability, impossibility.Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).Ex. The argument against it is the impossibility of accommodating the needs of all types of libraries.----* creer en imposibilidades = believe in + impossibilities.* imposibilidad de toma de decisiones = undecidability.* * *femenino impossibility* * *= inability, impossibility.Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).
Ex: The argument against it is the impossibility of accommodating the needs of all types of libraries.* creer en imposibilidades = believe in + impossibilities.* imposibilidad de toma de decisiones = undecidability.* * *impossibilitylo que piden es una imposibilidad what they are asking is impossiblees una imposibilidad física it's a physical impossibility, it's physically impossibleimposibilidad DE algo:la imposibilidad de llevar a cabo el proyecto the impossibility of carrying through the planme vi en la imposibilidad de ayudarlo there was nothing I could do to help him, I was unable to help him* * *
imposibilidad sustantivo femenino impossibility
' imposibilidad' also found in these entries:
English:
impossibility
* * *impossibility;su imposibilidad para contestar la pregunta his inability to answer the question;reconoció la imposibilidad de controlar la violencia she acknowledged that it was impossible to control the violence;imposibilidad física physical impossibility* * *f impossibility* * *: impossibility -
8 gustarle a uno algo
(v.) = be amused by, be amused byEx. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).* * *(v.) = be amused by, be amused byEx: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).
Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN). -
9 mudez
f.1 muteness, inability to speak.2 dumbness, mutism, muteness, physical inability to speak.* * *1 dumbness, muteness* * *SF dumbness* * *Ex. Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' (unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.* * *Ex: Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' (unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.
* * *dumbness, muteness* * *mudez nfmuteness, inability to speak* * *f dumbness, muteness -
10 a mi modo de ver
Ex. In my books they did the right thing by bringing the problem up as early as they could, the failing was FIA's inability to act on this early enough to do something constructive about it.* * *Ex: In my books they did the right thing by bringing the problem up as early as they could, the failing was FIA's inability to act on this early enough to do something constructive about it.
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11 a mi parecer
= to my mind, methinks, in my booksEx. Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.Ex. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought.Ex. In my books they did the right thing by bringing the problem up as early as they could, the failing was FIA's inability to act on this early enough to do something constructive about it.* * *= to my mind, methinks, in my booksEx: Armstrong Sperry's 'Call It Courage' is now some years old but still to my mind an attractive and alive book.
Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought.Ex: In my books they did the right thing by bringing the problem up as early as they could, the failing was FIA's inability to act on this early enough to do something constructive about it. -
12 adivinar
v.1 to guess.¡adivina en qué mano está la moneda! guess which hand the coin is in!adivinó el acertijo he worked out the riddleElla previó el desastre She foresaw the disaster.2 to foretell.* * *1 (descubrir) to guess2 (predecir) to forecast, foretell3 (enigma) to solve* * *verb1) to guess2) foretell, predict* * *1. VT1) (=acertar) [+ acertijo, adivinanza] to solve¡adivina quién ha llamado! — guess who called!
¡adivina por qué no vino! — guess why he didn't come!
adivinar el pensamiento a algn — to read sb's mind o thoughts
2) (=predecir) to foreseees fácil adivinar lo que ocurrirá — it's easy to foresee o see what will happen
3) (=entrever)frma lo lejos adivinó la figura de un hombre — in the distance he could just make out the figure of a man
su primera novela deja adivinar su genio — her first novel gives a glimpse of o hints at her genius
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (por conjeturas, al azar) to guess¿a que no adivinas quién? — you'll never guess who
b) ( por magia) to foretell, predictc) ( entrever)2.el gesto dejó adivinar sus sentimientos — the gesture suggested o betrayed his feelings
adivinar vi to guess* * *= divine, guess, outguess, second-guess [secondguess].Ex. The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).Ex. Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.Ex. Four years of attempting to catalog everything in a depository collection taught me that it was easier to do all the original cataloging than to try to outguess the rules used previously.Ex. This does not imply that the abstractor becomes a publication referee, trying to second-guess decisions already made by editors.----* adivinar el futuro = fortune telling.* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (por conjeturas, al azar) to guess¿a que no adivinas quién? — you'll never guess who
b) ( por magia) to foretell, predictc) ( entrever)2.el gesto dejó adivinar sus sentimientos — the gesture suggested o betrayed his feelings
adivinar vi to guess* * *= divine, guess, outguess, second-guess [secondguess].Ex: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).
Ex: Do not use your first name, last name, or initials as a password, since this information is easily guessed by an unauthorized person.Ex: Four years of attempting to catalog everything in a depository collection taught me that it was easier to do all the original cataloging than to try to outguess the rules used previously.Ex: This does not imply that the abstractor becomes a publication referee, trying to second-guess decisions already made by editors.* adivinar el futuro = fortune telling.* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.* * *adivinar [A1 ]vt1 (por conjeturas, al azar) to guess¿a que no adivinas con quién me encontré hoy? you'll never guess who I met today¡me adivinaste el pensamiento! you read o you must have read my mind!2 (por magia) to foretell, predict3(entrever): el gesto dejó adivinar su escepticismo the gesture suggested o betrayed a certain skepticismse adivinaba a lo lejos la silueta borrosa de una aldea in the distance they could just make out the blurred outline of a village■ adivinarvito guess¡adivina! let's see if you can guess!* * *
adivinar ( conjugate adivinar) verbo transitivo
verbo intransitivo
to guess
adivinar verbo transitivo
1 (descubrir por conjeturas) to guess: dime qué te pasa, no puedo adivinarte el pensamiento, tell me what's wrong, I can't read your mind
2 (mediante la magia) to predict, foretell
' adivinar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acertar
English:
deduce
- guess
- hint
- outcome
- wildly
- divine
* * *♦ vt1. [predecir] to foretell;[el futuro] to tell2. [acertar] to guess;¡adivina en qué mano está la moneda! guess which hand the coin is in!;adivinó el acertijo he worked out the riddle;¿a que no adivinas qué he comprado? guess what I bought3. [intuir] to suspect;adivino que le pasa algo I've got the feeling something's wrong with him4. [vislumbrar] to spot, to make out;la propuesta deja adivinar las verdaderas intenciones de los generales this proposal reveals the generals' true intentions;la madre adivinó la tristeza oculta bajo su sonrisa her mother could see the sadness behind her smile* * *v/t1 guess2 de adivino foretell* * *adivinar vt1) : to guess2) : to foretell, to predict* * *¿a qué no adivinas qué te he comprado? you'll never guess what I've bought you -
13 afasia
f.aphasia (Psi).* * *1 aphasia* * *SF aphasia* * *femenino aphasia* * *= aphasia.Ex. Aphasia is the inability to use language normally arising from damage to the brain.----* afasia de Wernicke = Wernicke's aphasia.* * *femenino aphasia* * *= aphasia.Ex: Aphasia is the inability to use language normally arising from damage to the brain.
* afasia de Wernicke = Wernicke's aphasia.* * *aphasia* * *afasia nfMed aphasia* * *f aphasia -
14 ansioso por aprender
(adj.) = thirsty for knowledgeEx. The article 'Drowning in information, but thirsty for knowledge' argues that a lack of structure, not the amount, is the reason for our growing inability to cope with information today.* * *(adj.) = thirsty for knowledgeEx: The article 'Drowning in information, but thirsty for knowledge' argues that a lack of structure, not the amount, is the reason for our growing inability to cope with information today.
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15 apetito sexual
m.sex drive, sexual appetite.* * ** * *(n.) = sex drive, libido, sexual desireEx. It's difficult for a female to understand just how powerful the average man's sex drive is.Ex. The most common side effects of using steroids reported were heightened libido, acne, and increased body hair.Ex. Female sexual dysfunction refers to the inability of a woman to function adequately in terms of sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, or in coital situations.* * ** * *(n.) = sex drive, libido, sexual desireEx: It's difficult for a female to understand just how powerful the average man's sex drive is.
Ex: The most common side effects of using steroids reported were heightened libido, acne, and increased body hair.Ex: Female sexual dysfunction refers to the inability of a woman to function adequately in terms of sexual desire, sexual arousal, orgasm, or in coital situations. -
16 aumento de precios
rise in prices* * *(n.) = price increase, increased priceEx. This article discusses the worsening acquisitions budget at the library placing blame on the continuing large price increases of periodicals and books.Ex. The serials crisis is related to increased prices and the inability of academic libraries to keep pace with the demand for research materials.* * *(n.) = price increase, increased priceEx: This article discusses the worsening acquisitions budget at the library placing blame on the continuing large price increases of periodicals and books.
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17 autocracia
f.autocracy (politics).* * *1 autocracy* * *SF autocracy* * *femenino autocracy* * *= autocracy.Ex. His autocracy is manifested by his unwillingness and inability to delegate responsibility and authority.* * *femenino autocracy* * *= autocracy.Ex: His autocracy is manifested by his unwillingness and inability to delegate responsibility and authority.
* * *autocracy* * *autocracia nfautocracy* * *autocracia nf: autocracy -
18 bloqueo mental
m.mental block.* * *mental block* * *(fam) mental block (colloq); tuve un bloqueo mental en el examen my mind went blank in the exam* * *(n.) = mental block, mental blockageEx. Mental block -- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do -- is often caused by emotional tension.Ex. It's also the same exercise I recommend to my clients to clear up mental blockages.* * *(fam) mental block (colloq); tuve un bloqueo mental en el examen my mind went blank in the exam* * *(n.) = mental block, mental blockageEx: Mental block -- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do -- is often caused by emotional tension.
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19 cada vez menor
(adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descendingEx. It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex. It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex. With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex. The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.Ex. As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.Ex. Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.Ex. It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.Ex. Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.Ex. The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market.* * *(adj.) = decreasing, dwindling, diminishing, thinning, fading, waning, declining, falling, shrinking, receding, sinking, ebbing, descendingEx: It is impossible to read the library press today without reading about the increasing costs of maintaining, and the decreasing budgets of libraries, and particularly about the increasing costs of technical services.
Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.Ex: With the fading significance of these physical forms, some of the rationale for unit entries has disappeared.Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.Ex: The public library is a complex institution, evolving through many decades of human history and colliding today with the perplexing realities of change, declining funding, and shifting purpose.Ex: As well as cuts imposed by the Government, libraries were faced with inflation in the price of books and periodicals, and a falling rate of exchange between the pound and the dollar.Ex: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.Ex: It has not yet been decided what strategies libraries will use to face the crisis of rising personnel costs and sinking funds for book acquisitions.Ex: Every publisher, materials vendor, systems vendor and bibliographic utility that serve libraries face sharp competition for a share of the ebbing library market.Ex: The second reason is that companies have to take care of costs to meet the descending price rate of the market. -
20 certificación
f.1 certification, corroboration, ratification.2 certificate, certified document, certification.* * *1 (documento) certificate2 (confirmación) certification3 (de envío etc) registration* * *SF1) (=acción) certification2) (Correos) registration3) (Jur) affidavit* * *femenino certification* * *Ex. It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.* * *femenino certification* * *Ex: It is remarkable how, in an economy with diminishing job opportunities, librarians compensate for their inability to demonstrate the value of their skills by seeking the protection of educational and certification requirements.
* * *certification* * *1. [hecho] certification2. [documento] certificate* * *f certification* * *
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