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1 prosa narrativa
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2 relatador
• narrative prose• narrow -
3 relator
• narrative prose• narrow• relater• relator -
4 narrativa
adj.&f.feminine of NARRATIVO.f.1 narrative.2 fiction.El bus empezó a andar The bus got going.3 narration, narrative.* * *1 (género) fiction* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=narración) narrative, story2) (=arte) narrative skill, skill in storytelling3) (=género) fiction* * ** * *= narration, narrative, fiction writing.Ex. The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.Ex. Novelists, being writers who create books from their own imagination, are frequently introspective people who can cope with the solitariness of fiction writing.----* narrativa histórica = historical narrative.* * ** * *= narration, narrative, fiction writing.Ex: The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.
Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.Ex: Novelists, being writers who create books from their own imagination, are frequently introspective people who can cope with the solitariness of fiction writing.* narrativa histórica = historical narrative.* * *1 (género) fictionla narrativa latinoamericana Latin American fiction2 (técnica) narrative technique, narrative3 (narración) narrative* * *
narrativa sustantivo femenino ( género) fiction;
( narración) narrative
narrativo,-a adjetivo narrative
narrativa sustantivo femenino la narrativa española, Spanish narrative
' narrativa' also found in these entries:
English:
narrative
* * *narrativa nfnarrative;la narrativa española contemporánea contemporary Spanish fiction* * *f1 narrative* * *narrativa nf: narrative, story -
5 narrativo
adj.narrative, narratory.* * *► adjetivo1 narrative* * *ADJ narrative* * *- va adjetivo narrative* * *= narrative, narratological.Ex. For this type of publishing the author is simply a person with journalistic narrative skills who can produce a reasonably accurate and interesting account at very high speed.Ex. This article examines what the narratological approach for medical records can teach the clinician and the information methodologist = Este artículo analiza lo que la forma narrativa de completar los historiales médicos puede enseñarle al doctor y al estudioso de la metodología de la información.----* libro narrativo = fictional book.* literatura narrativa = fiction.* * *- va adjetivo narrative* * *= narrative, narratological.Ex: For this type of publishing the author is simply a person with journalistic narrative skills who can produce a reasonably accurate and interesting account at very high speed.
Ex: This article examines what the narratological approach for medical records can teach the clinician and the information methodologist = Este artículo analiza lo que la forma narrativa de completar los historiales médicos puede enseñarle al doctor y al estudioso de la metodología de la información.* libro narrativo = fictional book.* literatura narrativa = fiction.* * *narrativo -vanarrative* * *
narrativo◊ -va adjetivo
narrative
narrativo,-a adjetivo narrative
' narrativo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
narrativa
English:
narrative
* * *narrativo, -a adjnarrative* * *adj narrative* * *narrativo, -va adj: narrative -
6 narración
f.1 story, tale, short story.2 account, narration, recountal, story.* * *1 (exposición) narration, account2 (historia) story* * *noun f.* * *SF (=relato, versión) account; (Literat) narration* * ** * *= narrative, telling, narrative.Nota: Nombre.Ex. The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.Ex. Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.----* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narración infantil = children's story.* narración popular = folk story.* narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].* * ** * *= narrative, telling, narrative.Nota: Nombre.Ex: The narrative contrasts sharply with the comic tone of the author's latest book, indicating a remarkably versatile talent.
Ex: Most authorities rightly warn us, however, that telling and reading are not the same as acting.Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.* narración de cuentos = storytelling [story-telling].* narración infantil = children's story.* narración popular = folk story.* narración sobre viajes = travelogue [travelog, -USA].* * *1 (cuento, relato) story2 (acción de contar) account* * *
narración sustantivo femenino ( relato) story;
( acción de contar) account
narración sustantivo femenino narration
' narración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encandilar
- fluida
- fluido
- leyenda
- parabólica
- parabólico
- cuento
- narrativa
- total
English:
blow
- narration
- narrative
* * *narración nf1. [cuento, relato] narrative, story2. [acción] narration* * *f narration* * * -
7 relato
m.1 account, report.2 story, tale, narrative, recitation.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: relatar.* * *1 (narración) story, tale2 (informe) report, account* * *noun m.1) account2) narration, story, tale* * *SM (=narración) story, tale; (=informe) account, report* * *a) (historia, cuento) story, taleb) ( relación) accountsu relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version
* * *= account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.Ex. The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.Ex. There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.Ex. One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.Ex. This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.Ex. 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.----* relato corto = short story.* relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.* relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.* relato escrito = written story.* relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.* relato suicida = suicide story.* relato verídico = true story.* urdir un relato = weave + a tale.* * *a) (historia, cuento) story, taleb) ( relación) accountsu relato no coincide con el tuyo — his story o account does not tally with your version
* * *= account, narration, story, storie, narrative, recounting, tale.Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
Ex: The forms they take may be leaflets, workbooks perhaps intended to accompany audio units, or narration developed to accompany tape/slide shows or video displays.Ex: There were lessons in this story which appear to have been ignored but remain valid for the future.Ex: One of these collectors was a Captain Cox, stone mason of Coventry, a person with 'great oversight... in matters of storie'.Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.Ex: This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.Ex: 'I only wanted to write an interesting tale,' he will say, ignoring that the interest of a story almost always comes from seeing the human will in action -- against chaos or against order.* relato corto = short story.* relato de primera mano = eyewitness report, eyewitness account, first-hand account.* relato de testigo presencial = eyewitness account.* relato escrito = written story.* relato oral = oral history, oral narrative.* relato suicida = suicide story.* relato verídico = true story.* urdir un relato = weave + a tale.* * *1 (historia, cuento) story, talerelatos para niños children's stories2 (relación) accountnos hizo un largo relato de lo ocurrido she gave us a lengthy account of what had happenedsu relato no coincide con la versión de la policía his story o account does not tally with the police's version* * *
Del verbo relatar: ( conjugate relatar)
relato es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
relató es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
relatar
relato
relatar ( conjugate relatar) verbo transitivo ‹historia/aventura› to recount, relate
relato sustantivo masculino
relatar verbo transitivo to relate, recount
relato sustantivo masculino
1 (de ficción) tale, story
2 (de un hecho real) account
' relato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aguijonear
- reseña
- saga
- viva
- vivo
- adornar
- anecdótico
- escabroso
- estremecedor
- exagerado
- hilo
- historia
- narración
- terror
English:
account
- accurate
- dominant
- graphic account
- narration
- narrative
- open
- spice
- spicy
- story
- storyteller
- tale
- short
* * *relato nm[exposición] account, report; [cuento] tale, story;hizo un relato de su viaje she gave an account of her trip* * *m short story* * *relato nm1) : story, tale2) : account* * *relato n2. (relación) accountnos hizo un relato muy detallado de todo lo que le había sucedido he gave us a very detailed account of everything that had happened to him -
8 narrativa histórica
(n.) = historical narrativeEx. This study examines the interplay of memory, myth, and history in the construction of collective memory, collective identity, and historical narrative.* * *(n.) = historical narrativeEx: This study examines the interplay of memory, myth, and history in the construction of collective memory, collective identity, and historical narrative.
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9 relato oral
(n.) = oral history, oral narrativeEx. Oral history is the recording of people's memories and a vital tool for our understanding of the recent past.Ex. And they succeed with oral narrative more easily and satisfyingly than with written stories.* * *(n.) = oral history, oral narrativeEx: Oral history is the recording of people's memories and a vital tool for our understanding of the recent past.
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10 texto narrado
(n.) = narrative textEx. Within each chapter the key concepts are examined by a combination of narrative text and a series of questions and answers.* * *(n.) = narrative textEx: Within each chapter the key concepts are examined by a combination of narrative text and a series of questions and answers.
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11 retomar
v.1 to take up again.2 to retake, to fetch, to rescue, to take back.* * *1 (territorio) to retake2 (tema) to return to* * ** * *verbo transitivo* * *= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].Ex. The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.Ex. The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.Ex. The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.Ex. France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.Ex. The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.Ex. Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.Ex. Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.Ex. BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.----* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.* retomar su camino = get back on + track.* retomar una causa = take up + cause.* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.* * *verbo transitivo* * *= revive, take up, pick up on, rejoin, reinstitute, build on/upon, regain, retake, reconnect [re-connect].Ex: The result was that by the close of the 1940s, when ADI was revived, new interests were developing which were destined to overthrow the preeminence of microfilm as a documentation concern.
Ex: The Dainton Report takes up the old cry: The UGC report on libraries has shown how far the incompleteness of the NCL's union catalogues has contributed to the overall delays in its services.Ex: The report picks up on this as a surprising finding, suggesting implicitly that open access journals are lagging behind in this regard.Ex: France is expected to soon rejoin NATO's military command after a 40-year absence.Ex: The move came on the heels of Russia's decision to reinstitute bomber missions over the North Sea after a 17-year hiatus.Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.Ex: Once he regained his weight, he began to play like he did in 2006, when he won the tournament.Ex: Minister Ashkir said the Somali government will 'even use foreign troops to retake Kismayo'.Ex: BEGIN (which may be abbreviated B) entered alone reconnects you to the current database.* retomar el camino = get back on + Posesivo + path.* retomar el hilo = pick up + the thread, take up + the thread.* retomar su camino = get back on + track.* retomar una causa = take up + cause.* retomar una discusión = pick up + discussion.* * *retomar [A1 ]vtretomó (el hilo de) la narrativa she picked up the thread of the narrativeel tema se retoma en el segundo movimiento the theme is reintroduced o taken up again in the second movementretomé mi carril I got back in lane* * *
retomar verbo transitivo to take up again
* * *retomar vtto take up again;retomar la conversación to pick up the conversation* * *v/t:retomar algo fig take sth up again -
12 romance
adj.1 Romance.2 romantic.m.1 Romance language (linguistics).2 romance (literature).3 romance (idilio).4 narrative poem, romance, lyric poem, narrative prose.5 love affair, romance, sentimental journey, affair.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: romanzar.* * *► adjetivo1 LINGÚÍSTICA Romance2 LITERATURA romance, ballad, narrative poem3 (amorío) romance\hablar en romance figurado to speak plainly* * *noun m.* * *1.ADJ [idioma] Romance2. SM1) (Ling) Romance language; (=castellano) Spanish, Spanish languagehablar en romance — (=con claridad) to speak plainly
2) (Literat) ballad3) (=amorío) romance, love affair; (=amante) lover* * *Iadjetivo Romance (before n)II1) ( aventura amorosa) romance2) (Lit) ballad, romance; (Ling) Romance* * *= romance.Ex. The author warns against the twin dangers of getting drunk and illusory conference romances.----* lengua romance = romance language.* romance caballeresco = chivalric romance.* * *Iadjetivo Romance (before n)II1) ( aventura amorosa) romance2) (Lit) ballad, romance; (Ling) Romance* * *= romance.Ex: The author warns against the twin dangers of getting drunk and illusory conference romances.
* lengua romance = romance language.* romance caballeresco = chivalric romance.* * *Romance ( before n)A (aventura amorosa) romanceB ( Lit) ballad, romanceC ( Ling) Romanceen buen romance: su respuesta, en buen romance, equivale a un `no' put simply, her answer is `no'* * *
romance sustantivo masculino
romance
romance
I sustantivo masculino
1 Lit ballad
2 (idilio) romance
3 Ling Romance language
II adj Ling Romance
' romance' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fotonovela
- idilio
- lío
- revista
- románica
- románico
English:
romance
- Romanic
- ballad
- Romance
- whirl
* * *♦ adjRomance♦ nm1. [idilio] romance2. Ling Romance language3. Lit romance* * *m romance* * *romance nm1) : Romance language2) : ballad3) : romance4)en buen romance : simply stated, simply put* * *romance n romance -
13 romance
• idyl• idyll• love• love affair• lyric poem• narration of prodigious events• narrative• narrative prose• narrative technique• roman type• romance• sentimental• sentimental novel• Spanish ballad -
14 a ciegas
adv.blindly, in the dark, gropingly.* * *(sin ver) blindly 2 (sin pensar) without thinking* * ** * *= blindfold, blindly, blindfolded, in the darkEx. No president can go blindfold: some assistance is necessary.Ex. If experience is carefully analyzed and not blindly followed, it can be extremely useful.Ex. The study presented the narrative task to the children as a game in which they had to help a blindfolded interlocutor find out what happened in the stories.Ex. Perhaps instead of arguing, and rushing around in the dark, the time has come to follow our Danish and American friends and begin to find out what we are doing.* * *= blindfold, blindly, blindfolded, in the darkEx: No president can go blindfold: some assistance is necessary.
Ex: If experience is carefully analyzed and not blindly followed, it can be extremely useful.Ex: The study presented the narrative task to the children as a game in which they had to help a blindfolded interlocutor find out what happened in the stories.Ex: Perhaps instead of arguing, and rushing around in the dark, the time has come to follow our Danish and American friends and begin to find out what we are doing. -
15 abolicionismo
m.abolitionism (history).* * *1 abolitionism* * *SM abolitionism* * *masculino abolitionism* * *= abolitionism.Ex. Except for a narrative on peace, all the others have historical roots in the nineteenth century and include selections on utopian socialism, penal reform, and abolitionism.* * *masculino abolitionism* * *= abolitionism.Ex: Except for a narrative on peace, all the others have historical roots in the nineteenth century and include selections on utopian socialism, penal reform, and abolitionism.
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16 abrumar
v.1 to overwhelm.Ellos abruman al chico They overwhelm the boy.2 to weary, to annoy.Sus celos abruman a Ricardo Her jealousy wearies Richard.3 to obfuscate.* * *1 to overwhelm, crush1 to become misty* * *verb1) to overwhelm2) oppress* * *1.VT (=agobiar) to overwhelm; (=oprimir) to oppress, weigh down; (=cansar) to wear out, exhaustabrumar a algn de trabajo — to overload o swamp sb with work
2.See:* * *verbo transitivo to overwhelmabrumar a alguien con algo — con problemas/quejas to wear somebody out with something
* * *= bog down, engulf, overwhelm, swamp, overpower, weigh + heavily + upon, weigh down.Ex. There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.Ex. Societal changes shaking all established institutions to their foundations also threaten to engulf the public library.Ex. The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us.Ex. The recommendations seemed to indicate that the British Library would have been swamped with relegated books from the low-use stock of university libraries.Ex. She was overpowered by a feeling of impotence.Ex. Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex. The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.----* abrumar con atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.* * *verbo transitivo to overwhelmabrumar a alguien con algo — con problemas/quejas to wear somebody out with something
* * *= bog down, engulf, overwhelm, swamp, overpower, weigh + heavily + upon, weigh down.Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.
Ex: Societal changes shaking all established institutions to their foundations also threaten to engulf the public library.Ex: The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us.Ex: The recommendations seemed to indicate that the British Library would have been swamped with relegated books from the low-use stock of university libraries.Ex: She was overpowered by a feeling of impotence.Ex: Librarians, led by men like Melvil Dewey, spent the majority of their waking hours attempting to reduce library work to a 'mechanical art', and their mind-numbing articles weighed heavily upon the pages of 'Library Journal'.Ex: The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.* abrumar con atenciones = kill + Nombre + with kindness, smother + Nombre + with kindness.* * *abrumar [A1 ]vtto overwhelmla abrumaron con tantas atenciones she was overwhelmed by all their kindnessme abruma con sus preguntas/quejas he wears me out with his constant questions/complaintsestaba abrumado de trabajo he was snowed under with workabrumado por las preocupaciones weighed down with worry* * *
abrumar ( conjugate abrumar) verbo transitivo
to overwhelm;
abrumar a algn con algo ‹con problemas/quejas› to wear sb out with sth;
abrumar verbo transitivo to overwhelm, crush: me abrumas con tantas atenciones, I'm overwhelmed by your kindness
' abrumar' also found in these entries:
English:
overcome
- overpower
- overwhelm
- over
- weigh
* * *abrumar vt[agobiar] to overwhelm;lo abruma tanta responsabilidad he is overwhelmed by all the responsibility;tantas atenciones la abruman she finds all that attentiveness overwhelming;me abruma estar entre mucha gente I find being in large crowds oppressive* * *v/t overwhelm ( con ode with);con trabajo snowed under with work* * *abrumar vt1) agobiar: to overwhelm2) oprimir: to oppress, to burden -
17 adaptar
v.1 to adapt.un modelo adaptado a condiciones desérticas a model adapted to suit desert conditionsMaría adaptó el programa a su casa Mary adapted the program to her house.Ricardo adaptó el computador Richard adapted=ported his computer.2 to adapt (libro, obra de teatro).* * *1 (acomodar) to adapt2 (ajustar) to adjust, fit* * *verb1) to adapt2) adjust* * *1. VT(=ajustar) to adjust2) (Inform) to convert ( para to)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <cortinas/vestido> to alter; < habitación> to convert; <pieza/motor> to adapt; (Inf) to convert2.adaptó la obra al or para el cine — he adapted the play for the screen
adaptarse v pron to adaptadaptarse a algo/+ inf — to adapt to something/-ing
* * *= adapt, customise [customize, -USA], gear (to/toward(s)/for), make + amenable, pitch, bend, fit together, tune, arrange, retrofit, scale, tweak, muck around/about, key + Nombre + to.Ex. Order forms A and B can be adapted for local use.Ex. The system has to be customised to suit any specific application so that it suits the demands of the microcomputer with which it is being used.Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.Ex. This flexibility represents an attempt to make the code amenable to use in a variety of different library environments.Ex. Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.Ex. Each cluster or niche of interests in the end user field will have specific individual needs and innovations will bend information technology to meet them.Ex. The narrative may be unfamiliar in its structure so that they are unsure about the way different elements of the story fit together.Ex. Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.Ex. A vocal score is a score showing all vocal parts, with accompaniment, if any, arranged for keyboard instrument.Ex. This model is attractive both for 'retrofitting' existing software as well as providing flexibility to new systems.Ex. To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex. This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex. I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex. The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.----* adaptar a la música = set to + music.* adaptar a las necesidades de = tailor to + the needs of, gear to + the needs of.* adaptar a las preferencias de Uno = suit + Posesivo + own preferences.* adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.* adaptar a una exigencia = tailor to + requirement.* adaptar a una necesidad = time to + need, suit + requirement.* adaptar para la pantalla = adapt to + the screen.* adaptarse = come to + terms with, morph.* adaptarse a = accommodate, comport with, attune to.* adaptarse a las circunstancias = suit + circumstances.* adaptarse al cambio = accommodate to + change, adapt to + change.* adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.* adaptarse a los cambios = flow with + the tides.* adaptarse a los tiempos = change with + the times, move with + the times, keep up with + the times, adapt to + the times.* adaptarse a una aplicación = suit + application.* adaptarse a una función = step up to + role.* adaptarse a una innovación = meet + development.* adaptarse a una necesidad = suit + need.* adaptarse a un formato = meet + format.* adaptarse a un interés = accommodate + interest.* capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.* modificar y adaptar = repackage [re-package], repack.* * *1.verbo transitivo <cortinas/vestido> to alter; < habitación> to convert; <pieza/motor> to adapt; (Inf) to convert2.adaptó la obra al or para el cine — he adapted the play for the screen
adaptarse v pron to adaptadaptarse a algo/+ inf — to adapt to something/-ing
* * *= adapt, customise [customize, -USA], gear (to/toward(s)/for), make + amenable, pitch, bend, fit together, tune, arrange, retrofit, scale, tweak, muck around/about, key + Nombre + to.Ex: Order forms A and B can be adapted for local use.
Ex: The system has to be customised to suit any specific application so that it suits the demands of the microcomputer with which it is being used.Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.Ex: This flexibility represents an attempt to make the code amenable to use in a variety of different library environments.Ex: Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.Ex: Each cluster or niche of interests in the end user field will have specific individual needs and innovations will bend information technology to meet them.Ex: The narrative may be unfamiliar in its structure so that they are unsure about the way different elements of the story fit together.Ex: Just as delivery must be tuned to suit the kind of material chosen, so must the language used to tell a story.Ex: A vocal score is a score showing all vocal parts, with accompaniment, if any, arranged for keyboard instrument.Ex: This model is attractive both for 'retrofitting' existing software as well as providing flexibility to new systems.Ex: To produce a statewide estimate, this framework would need to be scaled to accommodate all public libraries in a particular state.Ex: This book offers strategies for high school teachers that provide tools for creating, repairing, and tweaking all the discernible components of teaching.Ex: I have looked at the book and mucked around with the database and using switches but can't see a solution.Ex: The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.* adaptar a la música = set to + music.* adaptar a las necesidades de = tailor to + the needs of, gear to + the needs of.* adaptar a las preferencias de Uno = suit + Posesivo + own preferences.* adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.* adaptar a una exigencia = tailor to + requirement.* adaptar a una necesidad = time to + need, suit + requirement.* adaptar para la pantalla = adapt to + the screen.* adaptarse = come to + terms with, morph.* adaptarse a = accommodate, comport with, attune to.* adaptarse a las circunstancias = suit + circumstances.* adaptarse al cambio = accommodate to + change, adapt to + change.* adaptarse al entorno = adjust to + environment.* adaptarse a los cambios = flow with + the tides.* adaptarse a los tiempos = change with + the times, move with + the times, keep up with + the times, adapt to + the times.* adaptarse a una aplicación = suit + application.* adaptarse a una función = step up to + role.* adaptarse a una innovación = meet + development.* adaptarse a una necesidad = suit + need.* adaptarse a un formato = meet + format.* adaptarse a un interés = accommodate + interest.* capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.* modificar y adaptar = repackage [re-package], repack.* * *adaptar [A1 ]vt1 ‹cortinas/vestido› to alter; ‹habitación› to convert; ‹pieza/motor› to adaptadaptaron el dormitorio para usarlo como aula the bedroom was converted into a classroom o for use as a classroomadaptó la obra al or para el cine he adapted the play for the screen2 ( Inf) to convertto adapt adaptar A algo/ + INF to adapt TO sth/ -INGhay que saber adaptarse a las circunstancias you have to learn to adapt to circumstancesun coche que se adapta a cualquier terreno a car which is well suited to any terrainno se adapta a vivir sola she can't adapt to living alone* * *
adaptar ( conjugate adaptar) verbo transitivo ‹cortinas/vestido› to alter;
‹ habitación› to convert;
‹pieza/motor› to adapt;
‹obra/novela› to adapt;
(Inf) to convert
adaptarse verbo pronominal
to adapt;
adaptarse a algo/hacer algo to adapt to sth/doing sth;
adaptar verbo transitivo
1 to adapt: esa obra de teatro fue adaptada al cine, this play was adapted for the screen
2 (ajustar) to adjust
' adaptar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acomodar
- escenificar
English:
adapt
- gear
- suit
- tailor
- customize
* * *♦ vt1. [modificar]un modelo adaptado a condiciones desérticas a model adapted to suit desert conditions;el edificio no ha sido aún adaptado a su nueva función the building still hasn't been modified to suit its new function2. [libro, obra de teatro] to adapt (a for);adaptó la novela al cine she adapted the novel for film o the screen* * *v/t adapt* * *adaptar vt1) modificar: to adapt2) : to adjust, to fit* * *adaptar vb (acomodar) to adapt -
18 adornado con
Ex. He embodies the otherworldly in a narrative studded with spectacles and visions.* * *Ex: He embodies the otherworldly in a narrative studded with spectacles and visions.
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19 agobiar
v.to overwhelm.* * *1 (doblar) to weigh/bend down2 (abrumar) to overwhelm1 (angustiarse) to worry too much, get worked up* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=oprimir) [problemas, responsabilidad, pena] to overwhelm; [ropa] to stifleestamos agobiados por las incesantes llamadas telefónicas — we're overwhelmed with constant phone calls
agobiado por las deudas, tuvo que volver a trabajar — weighed down by debts, he was forced to go back to work
2) (=angustiar)me agobian las grandes ciudades — big cities are too much for me *, I find big cities very stressful
me agobia un montón oír el fútbol por la radio * — hearing football on the radio really gets to me *
3) (=molestar) to pester, harassestaban agobiándola con tantas preguntas — they were pestering o harassing her with so many questions
4) * (=meter prisa)no me agobies, ya terminaré el trabajo cuando pueda — please, give me a break o get off my back, I'll finish the work when I can *
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo ( abrumar) problemas/responsabilidad to weigh o get... down; calor to oppress, get... down2.agobiarse v pron (esp Esp fam) to get uptight (colloq)* * *= haunt, weigh down, harry, stress.Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).Ex. The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.Ex. The animals are captured for only a few minutes, to avoid stressing them too much.----* agobiarse = fret, stew, stress + Nombre + out.* agobiarse por = fret about.* no agobiarse = take + Posesivo + time.* * *1.verbo transitivo ( abrumar) problemas/responsabilidad to weigh o get... down; calor to oppress, get... down2.agobiarse v pron (esp Esp fam) to get uptight (colloq)* * *= haunt, weigh down, harry, stress.Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
Ex: The passages describing the environment, though lushly written, are inclined to weigh down the narrative thrust of the novel.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.Ex: The animals are captured for only a few minutes, to avoid stressing them too much.* agobiarse = fret, stew, stress + Nombre + out.* agobiarse por = fret about.* no agobiarse = take + Posesivo + time.* * *agobiar [A1 ]vt1 (abrumar) «problemas/responsabilidad» to weigh o get … down; «calor» to oppress, get … downte agobia con tanta amabilidad she overwhelms o smothers you with kindnesseste niño me agobia this child is too much for me2 ( esp Esp) (angustiar) to get … downno me agobies, dame tiempo y te lo haré don't keep on at me, give me time and I'll do itse agobió con tanto ruido y se fue the noise got too much for him and he left* * *
agobiar ( conjugate agobiar) verbo transitivo [problemas/responsabilidad] to weigh o get … down;
[ calor] to oppress, get … down;
este niño me agobia this child is too much for me
agobiar verbo transitivo to overwhelm
' agobiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asfixiar
English:
wear down
* * *♦ vtto overwhelm;el trabajo la agobia her work is getting on top of her;agobia a todos con sus problemas she drives everyone up the wall with her problems;me agobia con sus gritos his shouting really gets to me* * *v/t1 de calor stifle2 de problemas get on top of, overwhelm;agobiar de trabajo overload with work* * *agobiar vt1) oprimir: to oppress, to burden2) abrumar: to overwhelm3) : to wear out, to exhaust* * *agobiar vb1. (hacer sufrir) to get on top of2. (deprimir) to get down -
20 alusión
f.hint, overtone, allusion.* * *1 allusion, reference* * *noun f.allusion, reference* * *SF (=mención) allusion, reference; (=indirecta) hinthacer alusión a — to allude to, refer to
* * *femenino allusion, reference* * *= allusion, intimation, reference, hint of allusion.Ex. This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex. It doesn't include reference to any other source of funding.Ex. The poem closes with a strange hint of allusion to the Shakespearean quotation 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on'.----* hacer alusión a = make + allusion to, make + reference to.* * *femenino allusion, reference* * *= allusion, intimation, reference, hint of allusion.Ex: This text contains its share of irrelevant allusions included by authors 'to add artistic verisimilitude to a bald and otherwise unconvincing narrative', to quote another favourite source.
Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.Ex: It doesn't include reference to any other source of funding.Ex: The poem closes with a strange hint of allusion to the Shakespearean quotation 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on'.* hacer alusión a = make + allusion to, make + reference to.* * *allusion, referencehacer alusión a algo to refer to sth, to make an allusion to sth ( frml)hizo una clara alusión a tu ausencia he made a clear reference to your absenceno quiero hacer alusiones personales pero … I don't want to point the finger at anyone but …* * *
alusión sustantivo femenino alusión (a algo/algn) allusion o reference (to sth/sb);◊ hacer alusión a algo/a algn to make reference o an allusion to sth/sb
alusión sustantivo femenino allusion, mention
' alusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
indirecta
- referencia
- tocar
English:
allusion
- pointed
- reference
* * *alusión nf1. [sin mencionar] allusion;hacer alusión a to allude to;su discurso se entendió como una alusión a la crisis her speech was understood as referring to the crisis;“es un motivo de orgullo”, dijo en alusión al reciente galardón “it makes me proud,” he said, referring to his recent award2. [mencionando] reference;hacer alusión a to refer to;en el discurso evitó hacer alusión a los impuestos he avoided mentioning taxes in his speech;por alusiones, tiene derecho a responder because he has been mentioned, he has the right to reply* * *f allusion (a to);hacer alusión a refer to, allude to;en alusión a with reference to* * *
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