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1 nacionalidad
f.nationality.doble nacionalidad dual nationality* * *1 nationality\tener doble nacionalidad to have dual nationality* * *noun f.* * *SF1) [gen] nationalityser de nacionalidad argentina — to be of Argentinian nationality, have Argentinian citizenship
2) Esp (Pol) (=región autonómica) autonomous region* * *1) ( ciudadanía) nationalityadquirió la nacionalidad española — he took Spanish nationality o citizenship
2) (Pol) (en Esp) people* * *= nationality, nationhood, citizenship.Nota: Véase ship para otras entradas acabadas con este sufijo.Ex. Examination of this subject heading list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex. Some recent national libraries have been founded as symbols of nationhood, with either no clear mission or a clearly unattainable one.Ex. Access to information is a fundamental right of citizenship, in fact, the fourth right, following in the footsteps of civil rights, political rights and social rights.----* cambio de nacionalidad = change of citizenship.* nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.* * *1) ( ciudadanía) nationalityadquirió la nacionalidad española — he took Spanish nationality o citizenship
2) (Pol) (en Esp) people* * *= nationality, nationhood, citizenship.Nota: Véase ship para otras entradas acabadas con este sufijo.Ex: Examination of this subject heading list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction of LC's hypothetical reader.
Ex: Some recent national libraries have been founded as symbols of nationhood, with either no clear mission or a clearly unattainable one.Ex: Access to information is a fundamental right of citizenship, in fact, the fourth right, following in the footsteps of civil rights, political rights and social rights.* cambio de nacionalidad = change of citizenship.* nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.* * *A (ciudadanía) nationalityde nacionalidad panameña of Panamanian nationalityha adquirido la nacionalidad española he's taken Spanish nationality o citizenshipB (nación, pueblo) peoplelas nacionalidades españolas the different peoples that make up the Spanish nation* * *
nacionalidad sustantivo femenino ( ciudadanía) nationality
nacionalidad sustantivo femenino nationality: ha solicitado la nacionalidad española, he has applied for Spanish citizenship
' nacionalidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desnaturalizar
- adoptar
- ciudadanía
English:
be
- dual
- Israeli
- nationality
* * *nacionalidad nf1. [situación jurídica] nationality;tengo la nacionalidad española I have Spanish nationality o citizenship;un bailarín de nacionalidad rusa a Russian dancer;trabajadores de nacionalidad extranjera foreign workers;doble nacionalidad dual nationality2. [nación] people* * *f nationality;doble nacionalidad dual nationality* * *nacionalidad nf: nationality* * *nacionalidad n nationality [pl. nationalities] -
2 ojo
intj.look out, beware, watch out.m.1 eye (anatomy).mírame a los ojos cuando te hablo look at me when I'm speaking to youojo morado black eyeojos rasgados almond eyesojos saltones bulging eyes2 eye (agujero) (de aguja).ojo de la cerradura keyholeel ojo del huracán the eye of the stormel ministro está en el ojo del huracán (figurative) the minister is at the center of the controversy3 hole.* * *1 eye2 (agujero) hole; (de aguja) eye3 (cuidado, precaución) care■ ¡ojo! careful!, watch out!■ ojo con lo que hacéis behave yourselves!4 (perspicacia) insight, eye5 (enjabonado) wash\a ojos vistas visiblyandar con cien ojos to keep one's wits about oneandarse con ojo to be very carefulcostar un ojo de la cara to cost an arm and a legcuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than oneechar el ojo a algo to lay eyes on somethingen un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eyeestar con cien ojos to keep one's wits about onemirar con buenos ojos to look favourably on, approve ofno pegar ojo familiar not to sleep a winkojos que no ven, corazón que no siente out of sight, out of mindponer los ojos en blanco to swoonsaltar a los ojos to be evidentsaltarle un ojo a alguien to poke somebody's eye outtener buen ojo (para algo) to have a good eye (for something)tenerle el ojo echado a algo to have one's eye on something¡dichosos los ojos que te ven! it's so great to see you!cuatro ojos familiar four-eyesojo a la virulé familiar black eyeojo de buey MARÍTIMO portholeojo de la cerradura keyholeojo morado black eyeojos saltones bulging eyes* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Anat) eyea ojo (de buen cubero) —
calculé a ojo (de buen cubero) cuántas personas había — I roughly calculated o made a rough guess at how many people were there
no hace falta medir la harina, échala a ojo — there's no need to weigh out the flour, just add roughly the right amount
- abrir los ojos a algoveían con malos ojos que se hubiese nacionalizado español — they disapproved of him adopting Spanish nationality
- tener buen ojo para algoojo a la virulé * —
ojo a la pava — * shiner *
ojo de pez — (Fot) fish-eye lens
avizor 1., dichoso 2), niñaojo en compota — Cono Sur * shiner *
2) pl ojos (=vista)entrar por los ojos —
irse los ojos tras algo/algn —
3) (=cuidado)¡ojo! — careful!, look out!
¡ojo! es muy mentiroso — be careful! he's an awful liar
hay que tener mucho ojo con los carteristas — one must be very careful of o beware pickpockets
4) (=orificio) [de aguja] eye; [de queso] hole; [de puente] spanel ojo de la cerradura o LAm llave — the keyhole
ojo de buey — (Náut) porthole
ojo del culo — ** hole **, arsehole ***, asshole (EEUU) ***
el presidente vuelve a estar en el ojo del huracán — the president is once again at the centre of a controversy
5) LAm (=depósito natural)ojo de agua — pool, natural pool
* * *1)a) (Anat) eyedichosos los ojos (que te ven)! — it's wonderful o lovely to see you!
cerrar los ojos a algo — to close one's mind to something
¿con qué ojos, divina tuerta? — (Méx fam) where do you expect me to get the money from?
cuatro ojos ven más que dos — two heads are better than one; ver tb cuatro I
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos — in the twinkling of an eye
no pegué (el or un) ojo en toda la noche — I didn't sleep a wink
salir por or costar un ojo de la cara — (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)
ser el ojo derecho de alguien — to be the apple of somebody's eye
ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — out of sight, out of mind
b) ( vista)toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él — the eyes of all America are on him; parche a)
a ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (AmS) al ojo — at a guess
es novato, se nota a ojos vistas — he's new, you can see it a mile off (colloq)
comer con los ojos — to ask for/take more than one can eat
comerse a alguien con los ojos — to devour somebody with one's eyes
echar un ojo a algo/alguien — (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at something/somebody
entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks nice; hay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos (fam) you need eyes in the back of your head; írsele los ojos a alguien: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women (colloq); mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look at something/somebody through different eyes; tener a alguien entre ojos (fam) to have it in for somebody (colloq); tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk; ver algo con malos ojos — to take a dim view of something
2) ( perspicacia)vaya ojo que tiene! — he's pretty sharp o on the ball!
una mujer con ojo para los negocios — a clever o sharp businesswoman
tener (un) ojo clínico — to be sharp o clever
3) (fam) (cuidado, atención)hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo — you have to keep your eyes open
ojo! que viene un coche — watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming
4) ( de aguja) eye5) (de tormenta, huracán) eye6) (Agr) ( en tubérculo) eye* * *= eye, face, eyeball.Ex. An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.Ex. He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Ex. Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in growing an artificial eyeball by removing cells from frog embryos.----* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* ante + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* a ojo = ocular.* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.* aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.* blanco del ojo = white of + Posesivo + eye.* cegar + los ojos = dazzle + eye.* comerse con los ojos = ogle.* con entusiasmo en los ojos = bright-eyed.* con lagañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con legañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con los ojos empañados = misty-eyed.* con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.* con los ojos llorosos = misty-eyed, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con los ojos nublados = misty-eyed.* con los ojos vendados = blindfold, blindfolded.* con ojos azules = blue-eyed.* con ojos brillantes = bright-eyed.* con ojos de lince = eagle-eyed, sharp-eyed.* con ojos vivarachos = bright-eyed.* con un solo ojo = one-eyed.* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* cuentagotas para los ojos = eyedropper.* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* de los ojos = optical.* de ojos azules = blue-eyed.* de un solo ojo = one-eyed.* dichosos los ojos que te ven = a sight for sore eyes.* dolor de ojos = eyestrain [eye strain].* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* echarle el ojo a = eye.* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the hurricane.* entrecerrar los ojos = squint.* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).* mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.* niña de + Posesivo + ojos, la = apple of + Posesivo + eye, the.* no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.* no ver con buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.* ojo de cristal = glass eye.* ojo de la cerradura = keyhole.* ojo de la tormenta, el = eye of the storm, the.* ojo del huracán, el = eye of the hurricane, the.* ojo de patio = light well.* ojo descubierto = naked eye.* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.* ojo lloroso = runny eye, watery eye.* ojo medio = x-height.* ojo por ojo, diente por diente = tit-for-tat.* ojos + brillar de rabia = eyes + glint with + rage.* ojos curiosos = prying eyes.* ojos de lince = eagle eyes.* ojos inquisidores = prying eyes.* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind, ignorance is bliss.* ojos vidriosos = glazed eyes.* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.* parche para el ojo = eye patch [eyepatch].* poner los ojos en blanco = roll + Posesivo + eyes.* reconocedor del movimiento de los ojos = eye tracker.* regalarse los ojos con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.* sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.* torcer los ojos = squint.* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.* vendar los ojos = blindfold.* ver Algo a través de los ojos de Alguien = look at + Nombre + through + Posesivo + eyes.* ver con los mismos ojos = see + eye to eye (with/on).* ver con un ojo crítico = view with + a critical eye.* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.* * *1)a) (Anat) eyedichosos los ojos (que te ven)! — it's wonderful o lovely to see you!
cerrar los ojos a algo — to close one's mind to something
¿con qué ojos, divina tuerta? — (Méx fam) where do you expect me to get the money from?
cuatro ojos ven más que dos — two heads are better than one; ver tb cuatro I
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos — in the twinkling of an eye
no pegué (el or un) ojo en toda la noche — I didn't sleep a wink
salir por or costar un ojo de la cara — (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq)
ser el ojo derecho de alguien — to be the apple of somebody's eye
ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — out of sight, out of mind
b) ( vista)toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él — the eyes of all America are on him; parche a)
a ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (AmS) al ojo — at a guess
es novato, se nota a ojos vistas — he's new, you can see it a mile off (colloq)
comer con los ojos — to ask for/take more than one can eat
comerse a alguien con los ojos — to devour somebody with one's eyes
echar un ojo a algo/alguien — (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at something/somebody
entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks nice; hay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos (fam) you need eyes in the back of your head; írsele los ojos a alguien: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women (colloq); mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look at something/somebody through different eyes; tener a alguien entre ojos (fam) to have it in for somebody (colloq); tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk; ver algo con malos ojos — to take a dim view of something
2) ( perspicacia)vaya ojo que tiene! — he's pretty sharp o on the ball!
una mujer con ojo para los negocios — a clever o sharp businesswoman
tener (un) ojo clínico — to be sharp o clever
3) (fam) (cuidado, atención)hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo — you have to keep your eyes open
ojo! que viene un coche — watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming
4) ( de aguja) eye5) (de tormenta, huracán) eye6) (Agr) ( en tubérculo) eye* * *= eye, face, eyeball.Ex: An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.
Ex: He lifted about five lines from the top of the nearest page on a setting rule and balanced it on his left hand, with the face of the letter towards him and the last line uppermost.Ex: Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in growing an artificial eyeball by removing cells from frog embryos.* abrir los ojos a = open + Posesivo + eyes to.* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* ante + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* a ojo = ocular.* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.* aprobar con los ojos cerrados = sail through + exam.* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.* blanco del ojo = white of + Posesivo + eye.* cegar + los ojos = dazzle + eye.* comerse con los ojos = ogle.* con entusiasmo en los ojos = bright-eyed.* con lagañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con legañas en los ojos = bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con los ojos empañados = misty-eyed.* con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.* con los ojos llorosos = misty-eyed, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.].* con los ojos nublados = misty-eyed.* con los ojos vendados = blindfold, blindfolded.* con ojos azules = blue-eyed.* con ojos brillantes = bright-eyed.* con ojos de lince = eagle-eyed, sharp-eyed.* con ojos vivarachos = bright-eyed.* con un solo ojo = one-eyed.* costar un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.* cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos = you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.* cuentagotas para los ojos = eyedropper.* dar un ojo de la cara por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* de los ojos = optical.* de ojos azules = blue-eyed.* de un solo ojo = one-eyed.* dichosos los ojos que te ven = a sight for sore eyes.* dolor de ojos = eyestrain [eye strain].* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* echarle el ojo a = eye.* echar un ojo = keep + an eye on, have + a look.* en el ojo del huracán = in the eye of the hurricane.* entrecerrar los ojos = squint.* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in a jiffy, in the time it takes to flick a switch, at the flick of a switch, with the flick of a switch, in a flash, in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time, with the tip of a hat, in and out in a flash, in a heartbeat, as quick as a wink, at the drop of a hat, in a trice.* en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye, in a snap.* ir con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.* mantener los ojos bien abiertos = keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open, keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned.* mirar a los ojos = make + eye contact, look + Nombre + in the eyes.* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).* mirar fijamente a los ojos = eyeball.* niña de + Posesivo + ojos, la = apple of + Posesivo + eye, the.* no dar crédito a + Posesivo + ojos = not believe + Posesivo + eyes.* no ver con buenos ojos = not take + kindly to.* ojo de cristal = glass eye.* ojo de la cerradura = keyhole.* ojo de la tormenta, el = eye of the storm, the.* ojo del huracán, el = eye of the hurricane, the.* ojo de patio = light well.* ojo descubierto = naked eye.* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.* ojo lloroso = runny eye, watery eye.* ojo medio = x-height.* ojo por ojo, diente por diente = tit-for-tat.* ojos + brillar de rabia = eyes + glint with + rage.* ojos curiosos = prying eyes.* ojos de lince = eagle eyes.* ojos inquisidores = prying eyes.* ojos irritados = bloodshot eyes.* ojos que no ven corazón que no siente = out of sight out of mind, ignorance is bliss.* ojos vidriosos = glazed eyes.* pagar un ojo de la cara = pay through + the nose.* parche para el ojo = eye patch [eyepatch].* poner los ojos en blanco = roll + Posesivo + eyes.* reconocedor del movimiento de los ojos = eye tracker.* regalarse los ojos con = feast + Posesivo + eyes on.* revelarse ante + Posesivo + ojos = unfold before + Posesivo + eyes.* sacar un ojo = gouge + eye out.* sombra de ojos = eye shadow.* tener buen ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a good judge of character.* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.* tener ojos en la nuca = have + eyes in the back of + Posesivo + head.* torcer los ojos = squint.* valer un ojo de la cara = cost + the earth, cost + an arm and a leg, cost + a pretty penny, cost + a fortune.* vendar los ojos = blindfold.* ver Algo a través de los ojos de Alguien = look at + Nombre + through + Posesivo + eyes.* ver con los mismos ojos = see + eye to eye (with/on).* ver con un ojo crítico = view with + a critical eye.* ver + Nombre + con nuevos ojos = view + Nombre + through fresh eyes.* vista a ojo de pájaro = bird's eye view.* * *A1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) eyeun niño de ojos azules/verdes/negros a boy with blue/green/dark eyestiene los ojos rasgados or achinados she has slanting eyesde ojos saltones bug-eyedojos de cordero degollado calf's eyes, doe eyesse le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas her eyes filled with tearsme miró con aquellos ojazos negros she looked at me with those big dark eyesle guiñó or ( Col) picó el ojo he winked at herme miraba fijamente a los ojos he was staring straight into my eyesno me quita los ojos de encima he won't take his eyes off mese le salían los ojos de las órbitas his eyes were popping out of their sockets o out of his headme miró con los ojos como platos she looked at me with eyes as big as saucersaceptaría con los ojos cerrados I'd accept without a second thought o I wouldn't think twice about ithay que ir con los ojos bien abiertos you have to keep your eyes openlo vi con mis propios ojos I saw it myself o with my own two eyes¡dichosos los ojos (que te ven)! it's wonderful o lovely to see you!a los ojos de la sociedad in the eyes of societyabrirle los ojos a algn to open sb's eyesabrir los ojos to open one's eyescerrar los ojos a algo to close one's mind to sthen un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye, in a flash«persona» to be disappointedno era nada lo del ojo (y lo llevaba en la mano) there was nothing to it o it was nothing serious ( iro)no pegué/pegó (el or un) ojo en toda la noche I/he didn't sleep a winkno ver algo con buenos ojos: sus padres no veían la relación con buenos ojos her parents did not approve of the relationship o did not view the relationship favorablyno ven con buenos ojos que te quites la chaqueta they don't approve of you taking your jacket offregalarse los ojos con algo to feast one's eyes on sthsacarse un ojo ( Col fam): me saqué un ojo tratando de entenderlo I nearly went crazy trying to make sense of itno te vayas a sacar un ojo there's no need to overdo it o ( colloq) to kill yourselfser el ojo derecho de algn to be the apple of sb's eyevolverse or hacerse ojo de hormiga ( Méx fam); to do a vanishing trick ( colloq), to make oneself scarce ( colloq)cuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than oneojo por ojo y diente por diente an eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothojos que no ven, corazón que no siente out of sight, out of mind2(vista): tenía los ojos clavados en el crucifijo her eyes were fixed on the crossbajó los ojos avergonzada she lowered her eyes in shamesin levantar los ojos del libro without looking up from her bookalzó los ojos al cielo he lifted his eyes heavenward(s)toda América tiene los ojos puestos en él the eyes of all America are on himno tiene ojos más que para ella he only has eyes for hera ojo de buen cubero or a ojo or (Col, CS) al ojo at a guessle eché el azúcar y la nata a ojo I just put the sugar and cream in without measuring ita ojos vista(s) visiblyes novato, se nota a ojos vistas he's new, you can see it a mile off ( colloq)comer con los ojos to ask for/take more than one can eattú comes con los ojos your eyes are bigger than your bellycomerse a algn con los ojos to devour sb with one's eyesle tengo echado el ojo a ese vestido I have my eye on that dressechar un ojo a algo/algn ( fam); to have o take a (quick) look at sth/sbengordar or distraer el ojo ( Chi fam): engordé el ojo en la fiesta I had a great time eying up the talent at the party ( colloq)entrar por los ojos: a Pepe le entra la comida por los ojos Pepe will only eat his food if it looks niceestar con un ojo al gato y el otro al garabato ( Méx fam); to have one's mind on two things at the same timehay que estar or andar con cuatro ojos ( fam); you have to keep your wits about you, you need eyes in the back of your headírsele los ojos a algn: se le van los ojos detrás de las mujeres he's always eyeing up women ( colloq)estaban comiendo helados y al pobre niño se le iban los ojos they were eating ice creams and the poor kid was looking on longinglymirar algo/a algn con otros ojos to look at sth/sb through different eyes o differentlytener ojos de lince or ojo de águila to have eyes like a hawktener ojos en la nuca to have eyes in the back of one's headver algo con malos ojos to take a dim view of sthCompuestos:● ojo a la funerala or a la viruléir/estar con ojo avizor to be alerthay que estar con ojo avizor you have to keep your wits about you o be alert( Méx) springporthole( Esp) glass eyecornkeyhole( Méx) cornfish-eye lenstiger's eye( AmL) glass eye( fam) ojo morado( AmL) spyhole, peepholeblack eye, shiner ( colloq)le puse un ojo morado I gave him a black eye o a shiner● ojo moro( Méx) ojo moradoB(perspicacia): ¡vaya ojo que tiene! he's pretty clever o sharp o on the ball!una mujer con mucho ojo para los negocios a very clever o sharp businesswomanC ( fam)(cuidado, atención): mucho ojo con lo que haces be careful what you dohay que andar or ir con mucho ojo you have to keep your eyes open, you have to have your wits about you¡ojo! que aquí te puedes confundir watch out o be careful, it's easy to make a mistake here¡ojo! que viene un coche watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming[ S ] ojo, mancha or pinta wet paintE (de una tormenta, un huracán) eyeestar en el ojo del ciclón or del huracán to be in the thick of thingsF1 ( Agr) (en un tubérculo) eye2 (en el queso) holeG1 (en el caldo) layer of fat2 (de espuma) suds (pl), latherH (de un arco) archway; (de un puente) span* * *
ojo sustantivo masculino
1
mirar fijamente a los ojos to stare straight into sb's eyes;
no me quita los ojos de encima he won't take his eyes off me;
a los ojos de la sociedad in the eyes of society;
ojo de la cerradura keyhole;
ojo de buey porthole;
ojo de vidrio or (Esp) cristal glass eye;
ojo mágico (AmL) spyhole, peephole;
ojo morado or (Méx) moro or (CS fam) en tinta black eye;
costar un ojo de la cara (fam) to cost an arm and a leg (colloq);
cuatro ojos ven más que dos two heads are better than one;
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye;
ojo por ojo an eye for an eyeb) ( vista):
sin levantar los ojos del libro without looking up from her book;
a ojo (de buen cubero) or (AmS) al ojo at a guess;
echar un ojo a algo/algn (fam) to have o take a (quick) look at sth/sb;
tener ojo de lince or de águila to have eyes like a hawk
2 ( perspicacia):◊ ¡vaya ojo que tiene! he's pretty sharp o on the ball!;
tener ojo para los negocios to have a good eye for business
3 (fam) (cuidado, atención): hay que andar or ir con mucho ojo you have to keep your eyes open;◊ ¡ojo! que viene un coche watch out! o be careful! there's a car coming
ojo
I sustantivo masculino
1 eye: mírame a los ojos, look into my eyes
tiene los ojos negros, she has black eyes
ojos rasgados/llorosos, almond/tearful eyes
2 (mirada) no levantaba los ojos del suelo, she didn't raise her eyes from the floor
3 (de aguja) eye
(de cerradura) keyhole
4 (de un puente) span
5 (precaución) ten mucho ojo al cruzar la calle, be very careful when you cross the street
6 (tino, acierto) ¡qué ojo tienes para las tallas!, you're such a good judge of sizes!
II exclamación careful!, watch out!
♦ Locuciones: a ojo (de buen cubero), at a guess: así, a ojo, creo que tiene unos 50 metros de alto, at a guess I'd say it's about 50 metres tall
a ojos vistas, visibly, clearly, openly: está envejeciendo a ojos vistas, she's clearly getting older
costar algo un ojo de la cara, to cost an arm and a leg
echar el ojo a algo, to have one's eye on sthg
echarle un ojo a algo/alguien, to keep an eye on sthg/sb
en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, in the blink of an eye
mirar con buenos ojos, to approve of sthg
familiar no pegar ojo, not to sleep a wink
ver algo con malos ojos, to look unfavourably on sthg
' ojo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arcada
- blanca
- blanco
- enchufada
- enchufado
- extraña
- extraño
- mal
- pegar
- pestaña
- rabillo
- amoratado
- cerradura
- cuenca
- derecho
- derrame
- guiñar
- lagrimal
- meter
- morado
- parpadear
- pasar
- sacar
- tuerto
- visión
English:
black
- bomb
- cost
- dodgy
- evil eye
- eye
- gleam
- in
- keyhole
- lid
- look out
- open
- patch
- poke out
- red
- socket
- steady
- swell up
- tit for tat
- watch
- wear
- white
- wink
- cat
- critically
- eyeful
- key
- poke
- port
- untrained
- wet
* * *♦ nm1. [órgano] eye;una chica de ojos azules a girl with blue eyes;lleva un parche en el ojo he has an eyepatch;mírame a los ojos cuando te hablo look at me when I'm speaking to you;no me atrevía a mirarla a los ojos I didn't dare look her in the eye;me pican los ojos my eyes are stinging;a los ojos de la ley/de la sociedad in the eyes of the law/of society;también Figponer los ojos en blanco to roll one's eyes;lo vi con mis propios ojos I saw it with my own eyes;abrir (bien) los ojos [estar atento] to keep one's eyes open;habrá que tener los ojos bien abiertos we'll have to keep our eyes open;Figabrirle los ojos a alguien to open sb's eyes;cerré los ojos y me decidí a comprar una casa I decided to ignore the consequences and buy a house anyway;cerrar los ojos ante algo [ignorar] to close one's eyes to sth;con los ojos cerrados [sin dudarlo] blindly, with one's eyes closed;sabría ir allí con los ojos cerrados o [m5] vendados I could find my way there blindfolded o with my eyes closed;Fammirar algo/a alguien con los ojos como platos to stare at sth/sb wide-eyed;cuatro ojos ven más que dos four eyes are better than two;Fam¡dichosos los ojos que te ven! long time no see!;en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in the twinkling of an eye;Ammeter el ojo to pry, to snoop;no pegar ojo not to get a wink of sleep;CAm, Méx, Venpelar los ojos to keep one's eyes peeled;ser el ojo derecho de alguien to be the apple of sb's eye;¿es que no tienes ojos en la cara? are you blind?;tener entre ojos a alguien to detest sb;tener ojos de lince to have eyes like a hawk;RPtener ojos en la nuca [profesor] to have eyes in the back of one's head;[partido político] to be stuck in the past, to be always looking backwards;sólo tiene ojos para él she only has eyes for him;ojo por ojo, diente por diente an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth;ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve overRP ojo en compota [ojo morado] black eye; Esp ojo de cristal glass eye; Esp Fam ojo a la funerala shiner;ponerle a alguien un ojo a la funerala to give sb a shiner;ojo morado black eye;ponerle a alguien un ojo morado to give sb a black eye;ojos rasgados almond eyes;una niña de ojos saltones a girl with bulging eyes;Am ojo de vidrio glass eye; Fam ojo a la virulé shiner; Famponerle a alguien un ojo a la virulé to give sb a shiner2. [mirada, vista]los ojos expertos del relojero enseguida detectaron el problema the watchmaker's expert eye spotted the problem immediately;bajar los ojos to lower one's eyes o gaze, to look down;los ojos se le iban detrás del muchacho/de la tarta she couldn't keep her eyes off the boy/the cake;come más con los ojos que con la boca his eyes are bigger than his stomach;mirar a alguien con ojos tiernos to look fondly at sb;poner los ojos en alguien to set one's sights on sb;a ojo (de buen cubero) roughly, approximately;echo los ingredientes a ojo I just add roughly the right amount of each ingredient without measuring them all out;a ojos vistas visibly;Famcomerse a alguien con los ojos to drool over sb;echar el ojo a alguien/algo: le he echado un ojo a una compañera de clase I've got my eye on a girl in my class;le tenía el ojo echado a aquella moto I had my eye on that motorbike;echar un ojo a algo to keep an eye on sth;entrar por los ojos: esos pasteles entran por los ojos those cakes look really mouthwatering;mirar algo/a alguien con otros ojos to look differently at sth/sb;no quitarle ojo a algo/alguien, no quitar los ojos de encima a algo/alguien not to take one's eyes off sth/sb;donde pone el ojo, pone la bala he's a dead shot;puso ojos de cordero degollado she looked at me with pleading eyes3. [cuidado](ten) mucho ojo con lo que haces/al cruzar la calle be very careful what you do/when crossing the road;hay que andar(se) con (mucho) ojo you need to be (very) careful;hay que andar(se) con cien ojos you really have to keep your eyes open o be on your guard;estar ojo avizor to be on the lookout4. [habilidad, perspicacia]es un tipo con mucho ojo o [m5] con buen ojo para los negocios he has an eye for a good deal, he has great business acumen;tener (un) ojo clínico para algo to be a good judge of sth5. [agujero, hueco] [de aguja] eye;[de puente] span; [de arco] archway;el ojo de la cerradura the keyhole;el ojo de la escalera the stairwell;el ojo del huracán the eye of the hurricane;Figel ministro está en el ojo del huracán the minister is at the centre of the controversyojo de buey [ventana] porthole; Vulg ojo del culo Br arsehole, US asshole; Am ojo mágico peephole♦ interjbe careful!, watch out!* * *m ANAT eye;abrir los ojos open one’s eyes;abrir los ojos como platos open one’s eyes really wide;con mis propios ojos with my own eyes;en un abrir y cerrar de ojos in an instant;¡ojo! fam watch out!, mind! fam ;andar con ojo fam keep one’s eyes open fam ;a ojo roughly;a ojos vistas visibly;abrir los ojos a alguien fig open s.o.’s eyes;cerrar los ojos ante algo turn a blind eye to sth;no tener ojos en la cara fig be blind;costar un ojo de la cara fam cost an arm and a leg fam ;no pegar ojo fam not sleep a wink fam ;echar el ojo a algo/alguien eye sth/s.o. up;no quitar ojo de not take one’s eyes off;comer(se) a alguien con los ojos fig devour s.o. with one’s eyes, ogle s.o.;se le iban los ojos fig his/her eyes wandered;mirar a algo con otros ojos fig look at sth differently;no ver con buenos ojos have a low opinion of, not approve of;tener mucho ojo para hacer algo be very good at doing sth;tener ojo clínico have a good eye;mucho ojo para descubrir errores have a good eye for mistakes, be good at spotting mistakes;ojo por ojo y diente por diente an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth;ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente what you don’t see won’t hurt you* * *ojo nm1) : eye2) : judgment, sharpnesstener buen ojo para: to be a good judge of, to have a good eye for3) : hole (in cheese), eye (in a needle), center (of a storm)4) : span (of a bridge)5)a ojos vistas : openly, publicly6)andar con ojo : to be careful7)8)¡ojo! : look out!, pay attention!* * *ojo1 interj look out! / be careful!¡ojo con esas copas! be careful with those glasses!ojo2 n1. (órgano) eye2. (agujero) hole -
3 nacionalizarse
1 (persona) to become naturalized■ nacionalizarse español/británico/etc to take up Spanish/British/etc citizenship* * *VPR [persona] to become naturalized; [industria] to be nationalizednacionalizarse español — to become a Spanish citizen, become a naturalized Spaniard
* * *
■nacionalizarse verbo reflexivo to become naturalized: se nacionalizó sueco, he took Swedish citizenship
' nacionalizarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nacionalizar
* * *vprto become naturalized;nacionalizarse español to become a Spanish citizen, to acquire Spanish nationality* * *v/r become naturalized* * *vr -
4 naturalizarse
1 to become naturalized* * ** * *
naturalizarse ( conjugate naturalizarse) verbo pronominal
to become naturalized
■naturalizarse verbo reflexivo to become naturalized
* * *vprto become naturalized;naturalizarse español to become a Spanish citizen, to acquire Spanish nationality* * *v/r become naturalized* * *vrnacionalizarse: to become naturalized -
5 nación
f.nation, country.* * *1 nation\Naciones Unidas United Nations* * *noun f.1) nation2) country* * *1.SF (=país) nation; (=pueblo) people2.SMF Cono Sur (=extranjero) foreigner* * *a) ( estado) nationb) ( habitantes) nationc) ( territorio) nation, country* * *= nation, economy [economies, -pl.].Ex. It is virtually impossible to overestimate the importance of LC on bibliographic control in the nation's libraries or, for that matter, in the libraries of the world.Ex. Post-industrial economies are information-intensive.----* al servicio de la nación = uniformed.* capital de la nación = nation-state capital.* Comunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.* comunidad de naciones = comity of nations, commonwealth.* Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas = United Nations Security Council.* constituirse en nación = evolve into + nationhood.* en toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].* informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.* Liga de las Naciones = League of Nations, the.* Mancomunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.* nación árabe = Arab state.* nación comercial = trading nation.* nación sin estado = stateless nation.* nación soberana = sovereign nation.* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].* UNDEX (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas) = UNDEX (United Nations Documents Index).* UNDI (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas) = UNDI (United Nations Documents Index).* * *a) ( estado) nationb) ( habitantes) nationc) ( territorio) nation, country* * *= nation, economy [economies, -pl.].Ex: It is virtually impossible to overestimate the importance of LC on bibliographic control in the nation's libraries or, for that matter, in the libraries of the world.
Ex: Post-industrial economies are information-intensive.* al servicio de la nación = uniformed.* capital de la nación = nation-state capital.* Comunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.* comunidad de naciones = comity of nations, commonwealth.* Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas = United Nations Security Council.* constituirse en nación = evolve into + nationhood.* en toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].* informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.* Liga de las Naciones = League of Nations, the.* Mancomunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.* nación árabe = Arab state.* nación comercial = trading nation.* nación sin estado = stateless nation.* nación soberana = sovereign nation.* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].* UNDEX (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas) = UNDEX (United Nations Documents Index).* UNDI (Indice de Documentos de las Naciones Unidas) = UNDI (United Nations Documents Index).* * *1 (estado) nation2 (habitantes) nationel presidente se dirigió a la nación the president addressed the nation o the peopleel apoyo de toda la nación nationwide support, countrywide support, the support of the whole nation3 (territorio) nation, countryCompuesto:fpl United Nations (pl)* * *
nación sustantivo femenino
nation;
nación sustantivo femenino nation
' nación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pueblo
- bandera
- dominar
- estado
- forjar
- nacional
- pobre
- polarizar
- reunificar
English:
archives
- country
- govern
- land
- language
- nation
- nationwide
- peaceloving
- people
- power
- subdue
- once
* * *nación nf[pueblo] nation; [territorio] nation, country nación más favorecida most favoured nation;Naciones Unidas United Nations* * *f nation* * ** * *nación n nation -
6 origen
m.1 origin (principio).en su origen originallydar origen a to give rise totener su origen en to have one's origins in, to originate in (lugar)2 origins, birth (ascendencia).los aceites de origen español oils of Spanish origin, Spanish oilsAlicia es colombiana de origen Alicia is Colombian by birthde origen humilde of humble origin3 cause (causa).el origen del problema the cause o source of the problem* * *► nombre masculino (pl orígenes)1 (causa) cause, origin2 (procedencia - gen) origin; (- de persona) extraction\dar origen a to give rise toen su origen originallytener su origen en to originate inidioma de origen source languagepaís de origen country of origin* * *noun m.1) origin2) source•- orígenes* * *SM1) (=causa, principio) originun trabajo de investigación sobre los orígenes del flamenco — a piece of research on the origins of flamenco
la policía está investigando el origen de las llamadas telefónicas — the police are investigating the source of the phone calls
esta situación ha dado origen a múltiples procesos judiciales — this situation has given rise to numerous lawsuits
el Big Bang, la gran explosión que dio origen al Universo — the Big Bang, the great explosion that created the Universe
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de origen, proteínas de origen animal/vegetal — animal/vegetable proteinsproblemas de origen psicológico — psychological problems, problems of psychological origin
un deporte de origen inglés — a sport of English origin, a sport originally from England
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desde sus orígenes — [de movimiento, corriente] from its origins; [de ciudad, país] from the very beginning, right from the startuna historia de la medicina desde sus orígenes hasta nuestros días — a history of medicine from its origins up to the present day
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en su origen — originallyla obra fue escrita en su origen para cuatro voces — the work was originally written for four voices
en su origen la organización no tenía más de veinte miembros — at the outset o at the start o originally the organization had no more than twenty members
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tener su origen en — [+ lugar] to originate in; [+ inicio] to originate from; [+ fecha] to date back tola paella tuvo su origen en Valencia — paella had its origin o originated in Valencia
el vals tiene su origen en las danzas austriacas "Ländler" — the waltz originates o comes from Austrian "Ländler" dances
2) [de persona] background, origins plson gente de origen humilde — they are from a humble background, they are of humble origins
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de origen argentino/árabe — of Argentinian/Arab origin o más frm extraction•
país de origen — country of origin, native country3)• en origen — (Com, Econ) at source
* * *a) ( principio) origin; (de palabra, tradición) originen su origen — originally, in the beginning
aquel comentario dio origen a... — that remark gave rise to o caused...
b) ( procedencia) originc) (Mat) origin* * *= genesis, lineage, origin, parent, pedigree, root, source, provenance, strain, root cause.Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.Ex. The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.Ex. These rules have their origins in a report by the American Library Association.Ex. Most bibliographic databases evolved from a parent abstracting or indexing publication.Ex. The term 'false drops' which is encountered in other aspects of information retrieval can trace its pedigree to edge notch cards.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. The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.Ex. This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.Ex. The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.Ex. This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.----* álbum de orígenes = studbook.* americano de origen asiático = Asian American.* americano de origen mejicano = Mexican American.* artículo origen = parent article.* atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* cuyo origen es determinable = retraceable, traceable.* cuyo origen es ilocalizable = irretraceable.* cuyo origen es localizable = traceable, retraceable.* cuyo origen is indeterminable = irretraceable.* dar origen = mother.* dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.* de origen + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in origin.* de origen determinable = retraceable, traceable.* de origen humilde = of low descent.* de origen ilocalizable = irretraceable.* de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.* de origen localizable = traceable, retraceable.* desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).* en sus orígenes = originally.* establecer el origen de = trace + the origin of.* libro de orígenes = studbook.* los orígenes de = the dawn of.* lugar de origen = locality of origin.* nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.* Origen de las Especies, el = Origin of Species, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* orígenes = ascendancy.* orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.* origen étnico = ethnic origin, ethnicity, ethnic background.* origen geográfico = geographical origin.* origen geológico = geological origin.* origen nacional = national origin.* origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.* país de origen = country of origin, national origin, home country.* ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.* ser el origen de = provide + the material for.* tener su origen = hark(en) back to, hearken back to.* tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.* tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.* término de origen = referred-from term.* vender en el extranjero a precios inferiores que en el país de origen = dump.* * *a) ( principio) origin; (de palabra, tradición) originen su origen — originally, in the beginning
aquel comentario dio origen a... — that remark gave rise to o caused...
b) ( procedencia) originc) (Mat) origin* * *= genesis, lineage, origin, parent, pedigree, root, source, provenance, strain, root cause.Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ex: The lineage of PRECIS indexing: PRECIS indexing has roots in faceted classification.Ex: These rules have their origins in a report by the American Library Association.Ex: Most bibliographic databases evolved from a parent abstracting or indexing publication.Ex: The term 'false drops' which is encountered in other aspects of information retrieval can trace its pedigree to edge notch cards.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: The network is fairly well developed and lobbying initiatives on policies affecting all or a group of local authorities have stemmed from this source.Ex: This article redefines the archival principle of provenance as the entire history of an item's origin, its use and custody.Ex: The dynamism of a continent-wide free society drawn from many strains depended on more people having access to more knowledge to be used in more ways = El dinamismo de una sociedad continental libre compuesta de muchas razas dependía de que un mayor número de personas tuviera acceso a un mayor conocimiento para que se utilizara de más formas diferentes.Ex: This article highlights the root causes of nativism against both immigrants and U.S. immigration policy arising from increasing legal and illegal immigration.* álbum de orígenes = studbook.* americano de origen asiático = Asian American.* americano de origen mejicano = Mexican American.* artículo origen = parent article.* atribuir su origen a = trace to, trace back to.* buscar el origen de = trace + the origin of.* buscar el origen de la relación entre = trace + the relationship between.* cuyo origen es determinable = retraceable, traceable.* cuyo origen es ilocalizable = irretraceable.* cuyo origen es localizable = traceable, retraceable.* cuyo origen is indeterminable = irretraceable.* dar origen = mother.* dar origen a = give + rise to, bring about, lead to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.* de origen + Adjetivo = Adjetivo + in origin.* de origen determinable = retraceable, traceable.* de origen humilde = of low descent.* de origen ilocalizable = irretraceable.* de origen indeterminable = irretraceable.* de origen localizable = traceable, retraceable.* desde su origen = from + its/their + inception, since + its/their + inception.* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.* en el origen (de) = in the early days (of).* en sus orígenes = originally.* establecer el origen de = trace + the origin of.* libro de orígenes = studbook.* los orígenes de = the dawn of.* lugar de origen = locality of origin.* nacionalidad de origen = nationality of origin.* Origen de las Especies, el = Origin of Species, the.* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.* orígenes = ascendancy.* orígenes + encontrarse = origins + lie.* origen étnico = ethnic origin, ethnicity, ethnic background.* origen geográfico = geographical origin.* origen geológico = geological origin.* origen nacional = national origin.* origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.* país de origen = country of origin, national origin, home country.* ser de origen + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in origin.* ser el origen de = provide + the material for.* tener su origen = hark(en) back to, hearken back to.* tener su origen en = trace to, trace back to, have + Posesivo + roots in.* tener sus orígenes = be rooted in.* término de origen = referred-from term.* vender en el extranjero a precios inferiores que en el país de origen = dump.* * *1 (del universo, de la vida) origin; (de una palabra, una tradición) originesta costumbre tiene su origen en un antiguo rito pagano this custom has its origin in an ancient pagan rite, this custom derives from an ancient pagan ritela cocina vasca desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad Basque cuisine from its origins to the present dayel Tratado de Versalles dio origen a la OIT the ILO came into being o was brought into being by the Treaty of Versaillesaquel comentario dio origen a un gran escándalo that remark gave rise to o caused a great scandallos orígenes de la guerra the origins o causes of the war2 (de un producto — establecimiento) point of origin; (— país) country of originembotellado en origen estate-bottledes español de origen he is Spanish by birthde origen holandés of Dutch origin o extractionde origen humilde of humble origin(s)mejillones envasados en origen mussels canned at point of origin3 ( Mat) origin* * *
origen sustantivo masculino
origin;
dar origen a algo to give rise to sth;
país de origen country of origin;
de origen humilde of humble origin(s)
origen sustantivo masculino
1 (comienzo) origin: dio una charla sobre el origen del universo, he gave a talk on the origin of the universe
2 (causa) cause: el origen de su tristeza es la muerte de su amigo, his sadness is due to his friend's death
3 (ascendencia, procedencia) origin: su madre es inglesa de origen, her mother is English by birth
♦ Locuciones: dar origen a, to give rise to: su actitud dio origen a un malentendido, his attitude gave rise to a misunderstanding
denominación de origen, guarantee of origin and quality
' origen' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
denominación
- derivarse
- doblete
- emanar
- ser
- extracción
- fuente
- germen
- hipótesis
- madre
- milenaria
- milenario
- nacimiento
- principio
- semilla
- tierra
- ascendencia
- de
- país
- procedencia
English:
background
- be
- beginning
- birth
- date
- descent
- ethnicity
- fountainhead
- from
- get at
- home
- homeland
- origin
- originate
- out of
- provenance
- root
- source
- speculate
- start out
- trace back
- African-American
- derive
- rise
* * *origen nm1. [principio] origin;en su origen originally;dar origen a to give rise to;sus palabras han dado origen a especulaciones her statements have given rise to o caused speculation;esta idea dio origen a la actual empresa this idea was the origin of the company as it is today;desde sus orígenes from its origins;tener su origen en [lugar] to have one's origins in, to originate in;esta leyenda tiene su origen en un hecho histórico this legend has its origins in historical fact;tiene su origen en el siglo XIX it originated in the 19th century2. [ascendencia] origins, birth;Alicia es colombiana de origen Alicia is Colombian by birth;de origen humilde of humble origin3. [causa] cause;el origen del problema the cause o source of the problem4. [de un producto] origin;los aceites de origen español oils from Spain;agua mineral envasada en origen mineral water bottled at source5. Mat origin* * *m origin;ser de origen … be of … origin o extraction;tener su origen en have its origin in;dar origen a give rise to* * *1) : origin2) : lineage, birth3)dar origen a : to give rise to4)en su origen : originally* * *origen n1. (en general) origin2. (causa) cause -
7 rebasar
v.1 to exceed, to surpass.el agua rebasó el borde de la bañera the bath overflowed2 to pass, to overtake. ( Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)3 to overtake. ( Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish)4 to pass over, to outrun, to exceed, to overreach.Ellos rebasaron a Ricardo They outran Richard.5 to pass another car.Ellos rebasan They pass another car.6 to overdraw.Ellas rebasaron la cuenta They overdrew the account.* * *1 (gen) to exceed, go beyond, surpass2 (límite, marca) to overstep3 (náutica) to pass4 AUTOMÓVIL to overtake* * *VT1) [+ límite] to pass; [+ punto] to pass, go beyond; [+ límite de tiempo] to exceed; [en cualidad, cantidad] to exceed, surpass; [en carrera, progreso] to overtake, leave behindel inglés lo rebasó en la última vuelta — the Englishman overtook o passed him on the last lap
nuestro sistema educativo ya ha rebasado al europeo — our education system has now overtaken the European one
2) esp Méx (Aut) to overtake, pass (EEUU); (Náut) to sail past* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( sobrepasar)rebasar un punto — to go past o beyond a point
rebasar el límite de velocidad — to exceed o go over the speed limit
los resultados rebasan todas las previsiones — the results exceed o surpass all predictions
2) (Méx) (Auto) to pass, overtake2.rebasar vi (Méx) to pass, overtake (BrE)* * *= outrun [out-run], transcend, overshoot, overstep, go + past.Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.Ex. Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.Ex. The importance of exchange rates on prices paid for imported periodicals is noted, particularly when these exchange rates overshoot relative inflation.Ex. Permission is not sought when purchasing other categories of materials and so the board is overstepping its policy and fiscal authority and assuming management responsibilities.Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.----* rebasar fronteras = transcend + boundaries.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) ( sobrepasar)rebasar un punto — to go past o beyond a point
rebasar el límite de velocidad — to exceed o go over the speed limit
los resultados rebasan todas las previsiones — the results exceed o surpass all predictions
2) (Méx) (Auto) to pass, overtake2.rebasar vi (Méx) to pass, overtake (BrE)* * *= outrun [out-run], transcend, overshoot, overstep, go + past.Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
Ex: Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.Ex: The importance of exchange rates on prices paid for imported periodicals is noted, particularly when these exchange rates overshoot relative inflation.Ex: Permission is not sought when purchasing other categories of materials and so the board is overstepping its policy and fiscal authority and assuming management responsibilities.Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.* rebasar fronteras = transcend + boundaries.* * *rebasar [A1 ]vtA ‹cantidad/límite›el agua ha rebasado el dique the water has risen above the level of o has overflowed the dikeuna vez rebasemos ese punto once we're past o once we've passed that point, once we've got(ten) beyond o past that pointhabía rebasado los 40 años he was over 40 years oldlos resultados rebasan todas las previsiones the results exceed o surpass all predictionsestá rebasando el límite de mi paciencia she's pushing o stretching my patience to the limitsu historia rebasa los límites de lo verosímil his story goes beyond the limits of credibilitysu fama ha rebasado nuestras fronteras her fame has gone beyond o reaches beyond our borderseste trabajo rebasa su capacidad this job is beyond him o beyond his capabilities■ rebasarvi[ S ] no rebasar no passing o overtaking* * *
rebasar ( conjugate rebasar) verbo transitivo
‹ cifras previstas› to exceed;
‹ punto› to go beyond;
verbo intransitivo (Méx) to pass, overtake (BrE)
rebasar verbo transitivo
1 (un límite, una marca, señal) to exceed, go beyond: el salto rebasó los ocho metros, the jump exceeded eight metres
2 (desbordar) todo este asunto me rebasa, all this business is beyond me
3 Auto to overtake
' rebasar' also found in these entries:
English:
exceed
- over
- pass
* * *♦ vt1. [sobrepasar] to exceed, to surpass;el agua rebasó el borde de la bañera the bath overflowed;la inflación rebasó la barrera del 5 por ciento inflation passed the 5 percent mark;el caza rebasó la barrera del sonido the fighter plane broke the sound barrier;la pelota rebasó la línea de gol the ball went over o crossed the goal line;nunca rebasa el límite de velocidad she never speeds, she never drives over the speed limit;las ventas rebasaron las predicciones sales were higher than predicted;un debate que rebasa el ámbito de lo político a debate that goes beyond politics2. CAm, Méx [corredor, vehículo] to pass, to overtake♦ viCAm, Méx [adelantar] to overtake* * *v/t1 MéxAUTO pass, Brovertake2 límite go beyond* * *rebasar vt1) : to surpass, to exceed -
8 doble
adj.1 double.doble fondo false bottomdoble moral double standarddoble personalidad split personalityuna calle de doble sentido a two-way streetdoble ventana secondary glazing2 geminate.adv.double.trabajar doble to work twice as hardf. & m.1 double (persona parecida).buscan a un doble de Groucho Marx they're looking for a Groucho Marx lookalikeesa chica es tu doble that girl is your double2 look-alike, person with a keen resemblance to other, lookalike, double.3 stand-in, body double.4 stunt man, stand-in, stuntman.5 stunt woman, extra, stuntwoman.6 duplicate, dead ringer, ringer.pres.subj.1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: doblar.* * *► adjetivo1 double2 (nacionalidad) dual3 (fuerte) thick4 (fornido) thickset5 figurado (engañoso) two-faced1 double2 (duplicado) duplicate3 (dobladillo) hem4 (de campana) toll► adverbio1 double1 (tenis) doubles\ver doble to see doubledoble fondo false bottom* * *noun mf. adj.* * *1. ADJ1) [puerta, tela, densidad, agente] double; [control, nacionalidad] dual; [ración, café] large; [cuerda] extra strong; [ventaja] twofold•
doble falta — (Baloncesto, Tenis) double faultno iba con doble intención — he did not have ulterior motives o double intentions
•
doble página — two-page spread, double-page spreadimposición 3), moral II, 2., 1)•
visión doble — double vision2) (=hipócrita) [persona] two-faced3) (Dominó) [ficha] double2.ADV [ver] double; [beber, comer] twice as much3. SM1) (=cantidad)•
el doble, ahora gana el doble — now he earns twice as much, now he earns doublesu sueldo es el doble del mío — his salary is twice as much as mine, his salary is double mine
necesitamos una casa el doble de grande — we need a house twice as big as this o double the size
lleva el doble de harina — it has twice the amount of flour, it has double the amount of flour
¿cuál es el doble de diez? — what's two times ten?
gana el doble que yo — he earns double what I do o twice as much as me
2) (=copia) [de documento] duplicate copy; [de llave] duplicate key3) (Cos) (=pliegue) pleat4) [de campanas] toll(ing)¿oyes el doble de campanas? — can you hear the bells tolling?
5) pl dobles (Tenis) doublesdobles (de) damas, dobles femeninos — ladies' doubles
6) (Bridge) double7) ** [de cárcel] prison governor, head warden (EEUU)4. SMF1) (Cine) double, stand-in2) (=persona parecida) [gen] double; [de algún famoso] lookalike3) (=persona falsa) double-dealer* * *I1) <whisky/flor/puerta> double; < café> large; <costura/hilo/consonante> doublecalle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street
2) (Andes, Ven fam) < persona> two-facedII1) (Mat)el doble que alguien/algo — twice as much as somebody/something
3) ( en béisbol) double4) ( actor) stand-in, double; ( persona parecida) (fam) double5) ( de campanas) toll, knell (liter)* * *I1) <whisky/flor/puerta> double; < café> large; <costura/hilo/consonante> doublecalle de doble sentido or dirección — two-way street
2) (Andes, Ven fam) < persona> two-facedII1) (Mat)el doble que alguien/algo — twice as much as somebody/something
3) ( en béisbol) double4) ( actor) stand-in, double; ( persona parecida) (fam) double5) ( de campanas) toll, knell (liter)* * *doble11 = stunt man [stunt men, -pl.], stand-in.Ex: These descriptors are still alive: boatmen, city council-men, firemen, foremen, longshoremen, stunt men, statesmen, watchmen, man and manpower.
Ex: On the one hand, Lynch gradually reveals a deluded, modestly talented, aspiring actress failing to achieve more than a stand-in role in her own life.doble22 = double, dual, twofold [two-fold], two-pronged attack, double-up, duplicative, duplicative, doubling, bifocal.Ex: Double KWIC and Permuterm indexes arrange pairs of keywords, so that the entries under one keyword are organised according to the second keyword.
Ex: It is setting up a system of dual entries, so that the French-speaking people of Canada will have French language representation in the authorities established for Canadian catalog records.Ex: The purpose of the subject index is therefore twofold: (i) To translate a natural language term into a class number; (ii) to collocate distributed relatives.Ex: The solution appears to lie in a two-pronged attack = La respuesta parece encontrarse en una solución doble.Ex: The article 'The double-up program' describes an easy way to utilize multiple CD-ROM products on the same search station.Ex: The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided = La Federación de la Biblioteca Digital está promocionando la creación de un registro de material digital para que, entre otras cosas, pueda evitarse la doble digitalización.Ex: The Digital Library Federation is promoting creation of a registry of digital materials so that, among other things, duplicative digitization could be avoided = La Federación de la Biblioteca Digital está promocionando la creación de un registro de material digital para que, entre otras cosas, pueda evitarse la doble digitalización.Ex: The large increase in title ouput in 1980 over the previous year resulted in a doubling of title output between 1960 and 1980.Ex: It is contended that this type of bifocal temporal view threatens the traditional ethnographic methodology.* acristalamiento doble = double glazing.* a doble columna = double-column.* a doble espacio = double-spaced.* carretera de doble calzada = dual carriageway.* carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway.* codificación de doble fila = double row coding.* con doble acristalamiento = double-glazed.* con doble titulación = dually qualified.* de densidad doble = double-density.* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.* de doble filo = double-edged.* de doble hoja = double-hinged.* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.* de doble uso = dual-use.* demy doble = double-demy.* doble acristalamiento = double glazing.* doble barba = double chin.* doble barbilla = double chin.* doble imagen = ghosting.* doble mentón = double chin.* doble moral = double standard.* doble moralidad = doublespeak.* doble personalidad = split personality, dual personality.* doble sentido = double meaning, equivocation.* el doble = twice + as many.* el doble de = twice + the number of.* en habitación doble = double occupancy.* ensayo doble ciego = double-blind research study.* forma de doble fondo = double-faced mould.* habitación con cama doble = double room.* habitación doble = twin room, double bedroom.* ilustración a doble página = spread, double-page spread.* KWIC doble = double KWIC.* ocupación doble = double occupancy.* paginación doble = double pagination.* persona con doble personalidad = Jekyll and Hyde.* perspectiva doble = bifocal vision.* poner doble acristalamiento = double glaze.* tener la doble función = double as, double up as.* ventana con acristalamiento doble = double-glazed window.* ver doble = see + double.* vía de doble sentido = two-way street.* * *A ‹whisky/flor/puerta/éxito› double; ‹café› large; ‹costura› double; ‹consonante› doublecoser con hilo doble to sew with double threadlo veo todo doble I'm seeing doublepon el mantel doble fold the tablecloth doubletela de doble ancho double-width fabricde doble faz reversiblecerrar con doble llave to double-lockapostar doble contra sencillo to bet two to onetengo doble motivo para estar ofendida I have two reasons for being offendedtiene doble sentido it has a double meaningcalle de doble sentido or dirección two-way streetCompuestos:masculine and feminine double agentfeminine double-entry bookkeepingfeminine double faultmasculine false bottommasculine double-dealingfeminine double standardfeminine dual nationalitydouble-page spreadfeminine split personalityfeminine double taxationfeminine four-wheel drive● doble ve or doble ufeminine double glazingA ( Mat):los precios aumentaron al doble prices doubledtardó el doble she took twice as longel doble de tres es seis twice three is six, two threes are sixlo hizo el doble de rápido she did it twice as quicklypesa el doble de lo que peso yo he weighs twice as much as I do, he's twice as heavy as melleva el doble de tela it uses double the amount of fabricel doble QUE algn/algo twice as much AS sb/sthgana el doble que yo she earns twice as much as I do o double what I docome el doble que tú he eats twice as much as you (do)me cobraron el doble que a ti they charged me twice as much as they did you o as they charged youtienes que poner el doble de leche que de agua you have to use twice as much milk as wateres el doble de largo que de ancho it's twice as long as it is wideCompuestos:● dobles caballeros or masculinosmpl men's doubles (pl)● dobles damas or femeninosmpl ladies' doubles (pl)mpl mixed doubles (pl)C (en béisbol) doubleD (de campanas) toll, knell ( liter)empezaron los dobles the bells began to tollE2 ( fam) (persona parecida) doubleCompuesto:doble de acción or de riesgo* * *
Del verbo doblar: ( conjugate doblar)
doblé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
doble es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
doblar
doble
doblar ( conjugate doblar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹camisa/papel› to fold;
‹brazo/vara› to bend
2 ‹ esquina› to turn, go around;
‹ cabo› to round
3 ( aumentar al doble) ‹oferta/apuesta/capital› to double;
( tener el doble que):
4 ‹ actor› ( en banda sonora) to dub;
( en escena) to double for;
‹ película› to dub;
verbo intransitivo
1 (torcer, girar) [ persona] to turn;
[ camino] to bend, turn;
2 [ campanas] to toll
doblarse verbo pronominal
1 [rama/alambre] to bend
2 [precios/población] to double
doble 1 adjetivo
1 ‹whisky/flor/puerta› double;
‹ café› large;
‹costura/hilo/consonante› double;
cerrar con doble llave to double-lock;
tiene doble sentido it has a double meaning;
calle de doble sentido two-way street;
doble crema sustantivo femenino (Méx) double cream;
doble fondo sustantivo masculino
false bottom;
doble ve or doble u sustantivo femenino: name of the letter W;
doble ventana sustantivo femenino
double glazing
2 (Andes, Ven fam) ‹ persona› two-faced
doble 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Mat):
tardó el doble she took twice as long;
el doble de tres es seis two threes are six;
el doble que algn/algo twice as much as sb/sth;
el doble de largo/rápido twice as long/quick
2
b)
3
( en escenas peligrosas) (sustantivo masculino) stuntman;
(sustantivo femenino) stuntwoman;
( persona parecida) (fam) double
doblar
I verbo transitivo
1 (duplicar) to double: mi mujer me dobla el sueldo, my wife earns twice as much as I
2 (un mapa, la ropa) to fold
3 (flexionar) to bend
4 (torcer) to bend: dobló la barra de metal, he bent the metal bar
5 (girar) lo verás nada más doblar la esquina, you'll see it as soon as you get round the corner
6 (una película) to dub
II verbo intransitivo
1 (girar) to turn
doblar a la derecha/izquierda, to turn right/left
2 (repicar) to toll
doble
I adjetivo double
arma de doble filo, double-edged weapon
(hipócrita) two-faced
II sustantivo masculino
1 double: ahora pide el doble, now he's asking for twice as much
2 Dep dobles, doubles
III adverbio (el) doble, twice, double: es doble de lista que yo, she's twice as clever as I
♦ Locuciones: doble o nada, double or quits
' doble' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arma
- bemol
- ensordecer
- espía
- filo
- fondo
- gramaje
- habitación
- sentida
- sentido
- aparcar
- cama
- clic
- crema
- doblar
- estacionar
- fila
- intención
- pasodoble
- pulmonía
- querer
- uve
English:
double
- double agent
- double glazing
- double room
- double-edged
- doubly
- dual
- room
- spacing
- spread
- stand-in
- twice
- two-way
- twofold
- divided highway
- heavy
- look
- split
- stand
- two
* * *♦ adjdouble;tiene doble número de habitantes it has double o twice the number of inhabitants;un café doble a large coffee;un whisky doble a double whisky;la blanca/el seis doble [en dominó] double blank/six;es doble de ancho it's twice as wide;una frase de doble sentido a phrase with a double meaning;una calle de doble sentido a two-way street;jugar un doble juego to play a double gameEsp doble acristalamiento double glazing;doble falta [en tenis] double fault;doble fondo false bottom;doble hélice double helix;doble moral double standards;doble nacionalidad dual nationality;doble negación double negative;doble pareja [en póquer] two pairs;doble personalidad split personality;doble sentido double meaning;doble ventana secondary glazing♦ nmf[persona parecida] double; [en cine] stand-in;buscan a un doble de Groucho Marx they're looking for a Groucho Marx lookalike;esa chica es tu doble that girl is your double♦ nm8 es el doble de 4 8 is twice 4;es el doble de alto que su hijo he's twice as tall as his son;gana el doble que yo she earns twice as much as I do;ponme el doble de tónica que de ginebra give me twice as much tonic as gin;el doble de gente twice as many people;doble o nada double or quits2. [en tenis] [pareja] doubles pair;el doble formado por Evert y Williams the Evert and Williams doubles pair;dobles [modalidad] doublesdobles femeninos women's doubles;dobles masculinos men's doubles;dobles mixtos mixed doubleshacer dobles to double-dribble♦ advdouble;trabajar doble to work twice as hard;Famver doble to see double* * *I adj double; nacionalidad dualII m1:el doble twice as much (de as);el doble de gente twice as many people, double the number of people;me ofrecieron el doble que la otra gente they offered me double what the others did2:un partido de dobles a doubles (match);3 en béisbol double* * *doble adj: double♦ doblemente advdoble nm1) : double2) : toll (of a bell), knelldoble nmf: stand-in, double* * *doble1 adj doubledoble2 n1. (cantidad) twice as much2. (número) twice as many3. (persona) doubleel doble de + adjetivo twice as + adjetivo -
9 criollo
adj.native, Creole.m.native, aboriginal, Creole.* * *► adjetivo1 Creole► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) Creole1 (idioma) Creole* * *criollo, -a1. ADJ1) ( Hist) Creole; (=de origen español) of Spanish extraction2) LAm (=no extranjero) native, native to America2. SM / F1) ( Hist) Creole2) LAm Peruvian/Colombian/Ecuadorean, etc, native of a particular Latin American country, as opposed to a foreigner3) And (=cobarde) coward3.SM (Ling) Creolecomo dicen en criollo — as they say in Latin America/Peru etc
* * *I- lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creoleb) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> nationalIIa la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual
- lla masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)c) criollo masculino (Ling) creoledecir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish
* * *= Creole.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.* * *I- lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creoleb) (AmL) ( por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan (o Peruvian etc); <plato/artesanía/cocina> nationalIIa la criolla — (RPl fam) informal, casual
- lla masculino, femeninoa) (Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)c) criollo masculino (Ling) creoledecir algo/hablar en criollo — (AmL fam) to say something in plain Spanish
* * *= Creole.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: Always a controversial and confusing term, the word Creole, to put it simply, means many things to many people.
* * *1 ( Hist) Creole2 ( AmL) (por oposición a extranjero) Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc); ‹plato/artesanía/cocina› nationalnació en Barcelona, pero es tan criollo como el que más he was born in Barcelona, but he's as Venezuelan ( o Peruvian etc) as they come ( colloq)3 ‹lengua› creolemasculine, feminine1 ( Hist) Creole ( of European descent born in a Spanish American colony)3como se dice en criollo as we say in Latin America ( o in Peru etc)* * *
criollo◊ - lla adjetivoa) (Hist) Creole
‹plato/artesanía/cocina› national
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
criollo,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino Creole
' criollo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criolla
* * *criollo, -a♦ adj1. [persona] born in Latin America to European parents;sus dos hijas menores son criollas her two younger daughters were born in Latin America2. [objeto, cultura] local [native to Latin America as opposed to foreign];al poco tiempo de llegar adoptaron las costumbres criollas shortly after arriving, they began to adopt the local customs3. [comida, lengua] creole♦ nm,f1. [persona] = person born in Latin America to European parents2. CompPerú, PRico, RPhacer algo a la criolla to do sth informally♦ nm[idioma] creole; Amhablar en criollo to speak plainly, to speak in plain SpanishCRIOLLOThe term criollo (creole) was first used in the 16th century. It meant a descendant of European colonizers (as opposed to a native or African) born in the New World to Spaniards but without the full legal, political or social status of a person born in Spain. The word has acquired different meanings since then in different regions. It can now mean “national” as opposed to “from abroad”, referring to anything from people to animal breeds, and can be translated as “Mexican”, “Venezuelan” or whatever the relevant nationality may be.* * *I adj CreoleII m, criolla f Creole* * *1) : Creole2) : native, nationalcomida criolla: native cuisine: Creolecriollo nm: Creole (language) -
10 naturaleza
f.1 nature.se desconoce la naturaleza de la enfermedad the nature of the illness is unknownuna persona de naturaleza nerviosa a person of a nervous disposition, a person who is nervous by naturepor naturaleza by naturela madre naturaleza Mother Naturela naturaleza humana human naturenaturaleza muerta still lifeaman a la naturaleza they love nature, they are nature lovers2 constitution.* * *1 nature2 (temperamento) nature, character3 (complexión) physical constitution4 (clase, tipo) nature, kind\en plena naturaleza in the wildpor naturaleza by naturenaturaleza humana human nature, human conditionnaturaleza muerta ARTE still lifeprotección de la naturaleza nature conservation* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=universo físico) nature2) (=campo) nature3) (=carácter) nature4) (=constitución) constitution5) (=especie) nature6) (Arte)7) † (Pol) nationality8)romper la naturaleza — † to start to menstruate
* * *1) (Ecol)2) ( índole) nature3) (ant) ( nacionalidad) nationality* * *1) (Ecol)2) ( índole) nature3) (ant) ( nacionalidad) nationality* * *naturaleza22 = nature, character.Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
Ex: Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.* de naturaleza = in nature.* de tal naturaleza = such that.* naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.* naturaleza humana = human nature.* naturaleza judía = Jewishness.* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.* venir por naturaleza a = come + naturally to, be second nature to + Pronombre.* verdadera naturaleza, la = true nature, the.* * *A ( Ecol):la naturaleza naturevivir en contacto con la naturaleza to live close to naturedejemos obrar a la naturaleza let's allow nature to take its courseCompuesto:still lifeB (índole) natureafecciones de naturaleza alérgica diseases of an allergic naturela naturaleza humana human natureconozco mi naturaleza y sé cómo voy a reaccionar I know what I'm like and I know how I'll reactes indolente por naturaleza he's naturally lazyes de naturaleza agresiva y violenta he's aggressive and violent by nature, he has an aggressive and violent natureC ( ant) (nacionalidad) nationality* * *
naturaleza sustantivo femeninoa) (Ecol):
naturaleza muerta still life
naturaleza sustantivo femenino
1 nature: es de naturaleza tímida, she's shy by nature
Arte naturaleza muerta, still life
2 (clase, tipo) nature: no hagas comentarios de esa naturaleza, don't make remarks of that kind
3 (constitución) physical constitution
' naturaleza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carácter
- carta
- índole
- maravilla
- prodigio
- secreta
- secreto
- temperamento
- condición
- conservar
- consistir
- diverso
- dotar
- espíritu
- humano
- por
- ser
English:
commune
- dominant
- freak
- love
- naturally
- nature
- nature conservation
- secret
- self-fulfilling
- sweet
- tame
- temperamentally
- wild
- human
- still
* * *naturaleza nf1.la naturaleza [seres del universo] nature;aman a la naturaleza they love nature, they are nature lovers;por naturaleza by nature;la madre naturaleza Mother Naturenaturaleza muerta still life2. [características] nature;se desconoce la naturaleza de la enfermedad the nature of the illness is unknown3. [complexión] constitution4. [carácter] nature;la naturaleza humana human nature;una persona de naturaleza nerviosa a person of a nervous disposition, a person who is nervous by nature5. [tipo, clase] nature;prefiero no meterme en negocios de esa naturaleza I prefer not to get involved in deals of that nature o in that kind of deal* * *f1 nature2 ( índole) kind, type* * *naturaleza nf1) : naturela madre naturaleza: mother nature2) índole: nature, disposition, constitutionla naturaleza humana: human nature3)naturaleza muerta : still life* * *naturaleza n nature -
11 apoyo
m.1 support (also figurative).2 hold, support, stay, buttress.3 help, co-operation, assistance, cooperation.4 supporter, person who lends support, backer, prop.5 crutch.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: apoyar.* * *1 support2 figurado support, backing, help* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=ayuda) supportapoyo psicológico — counselling, counseling (EEUU)
2) [a una propuesta, idea] support, backing3) (=apoyatura) support* * *masculino support* * *= backing, endorsement, support, advocacy, prop, escort, anchor, anchor point, supportiveness, sustainment, a shoulder to cry on, backup [back-up], buttress.Ex. Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.Ex. The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.Ex. BSO was prepared by the International Federation for Documentation with the support of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and was published in 1978/79.Ex. However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.Ex. The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.Ex. Escort can be seen as part of the referral process or as a separate activity of accompanying a client to ensure that the person reaches the source of help.Ex. This format can provide an anchor for instructional designers attempting to come to terms with the vast potential of hypertext and hypermedia.Ex. This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.Ex. Percentage of books in a discipline charged out by students majoring in other disciplines was defined as the ' supportiveness' of that discipline.Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex. I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.Ex. The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.----* administrativo de apoyo = clerical employee.* apoyo administrativo = administrative support.* apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support.* apoyo del personal = staff support.* apoyo económico = financial support, financial backing.* apoyo estatal = state support.* apoyo financiero = financial backing.* apoyo moral = moral support.* apoyo mutuo = mutual support.* apoyo para los pies = footrest.* apoyo técnico = service support, technical support, product support, tech support.* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* carta de apoyo = letter of support.* centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.* clases de apoyo = remedial teaching.* como apoyo a = in support of.* conseguir apoyo = mobilise + support, win + support, line up + support, gain + support.* contar con apoyo para = have + support for.* contar con el apoyo de Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.* contar con el apoyo necesario para = have + the power behind to.* crear apoyo = build + support.* dar apoyo = give + support, support, provide + support.* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.* destreza de apoyo = ancillary skill.* educación de apoyo = remedial education.* en apoyo a = in support of.* estructura de apoyo = support structure.* fomentar apoyo = build + support.* ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.* grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.* herramienta de apoyo = enabler.* material didáctico de apoyo = study aide.* mecanismo de apoyo = enabler.* merecer apoyo = be deserving of support.* ofrecer apoyo = support, provide + support, rally (a)round, rally behind.* personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.* personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.* personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.* personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.* prestar apoyo = lend + support, support.* prestar apoyo a = go to + bat for, bat for.* proporcionar apoyo = provide + support, support.* punto de apoyo = foothold.* que actúa de apoyo = supporting, supporting.* recabar apoyo = garner + support.* recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.* redirigir el apoyo = divert + support.* ser un gran apoyo = be a tower of strength.* servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.* servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.* servir de apoyo a = inform.* sin apoyo = unsupported.* sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support system, decision making system.* solicitar apoyo = canvass + support.* técnica de apoyo = enabling skill.* tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.* * *masculino support* * *= backing, endorsement, support, advocacy, prop, escort, anchor, anchor point, supportiveness, sustainment, a shoulder to cry on, backup [back-up], buttress.Ex: Thus the scheme has a sound organisational backing.
Ex: The project was given endorsement by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the then Section on Mechanization.Ex: BSO was prepared by the International Federation for Documentation with the support of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and was published in 1978/79.Ex: However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.Ex: The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.Ex: Escort can be seen as part of the referral process or as a separate activity of accompanying a client to ensure that the person reaches the source of help.Ex: This format can provide an anchor for instructional designers attempting to come to terms with the vast potential of hypertext and hypermedia.Ex: This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.Ex: Percentage of books in a discipline charged out by students majoring in other disciplines was defined as the ' supportiveness' of that discipline.Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.Ex: The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.* administrativo de apoyo = clerical employee.* apoyo administrativo = administrative support.* apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support.* apoyo del personal = staff support.* apoyo económico = financial support, financial backing.* apoyo estatal = state support.* apoyo financiero = financial backing.* apoyo moral = moral support.* apoyo mutuo = mutual support.* apoyo para los pies = footrest.* apoyo técnico = service support, technical support, product support, tech support.* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.* buscar apoyo = line up + support.* buscar el apoyo de = woo.* carta de apoyo = letter of support.* centro de apoyo a los programas de estudios = curriculum material center.* clases de apoyo = remedial teaching.* como apoyo a = in support of.* conseguir apoyo = mobilise + support, win + support, line up + support, gain + support.* contar con apoyo para = have + support for.* contar con el apoyo de Alguien = have + Nombre + behind + Pronombre.* contar con el apoyo necesario para = have + the power behind to.* crear apoyo = build + support.* dar apoyo = give + support, support, provide + support.* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.* destreza de apoyo = ancillary skill.* educación de apoyo = remedial education.* en apoyo a = in support of.* estructura de apoyo = support structure.* fomentar apoyo = build + support.* ganarse el apoyo = earn + support.* grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.* herramienta de apoyo = enabler.* material didáctico de apoyo = study aide.* mecanismo de apoyo = enabler.* merecer apoyo = be deserving of support.* ofrecer apoyo = support, provide + support, rally (a)round, rally behind.* personal administrativo de apoyo = clerical staff, clerical worker, clerical personnel.* personal de apoyo = paraprofessional staff, support staff.* personal de apoyo bibliotecario = library support staff.* personal técnico de apoyo = support staff.* prestar apoyo = lend + support, support.* prestar apoyo a = go to + bat for, bat for.* proporcionar apoyo = provide + support, support.* punto de apoyo = foothold.* que actúa de apoyo = supporting, supporting.* recabar apoyo = garner + support.* recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.* redirigir el apoyo = divert + support.* ser un gran apoyo = be a tower of strength.* servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.* servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.* servir de apoyo a = inform.* sin apoyo = unsupported.* sistema de apoyo a la toma de decisiones = decision support system, decision making system.* solicitar apoyo = canvass + support.* técnica de apoyo = enabling skill.* tecnología de apoyo = enabling technology.* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.* * *1 (respaldo) supportno cuentan con el apoyo popular they do not have the support of the people o enjoy popular supportagradezco el apoyo que me han brindado en todo momento I am grateful for the support you have given me throughoutapoyo A algo support FOR sthhan retirado su apoyo a esta iniciativa they have withdrawn their support for o their backing of this initiativeuna campaña de apoyo a la investigación científica a campaign in support of scientific research2 ( Ling):vocal/consonante de apoyo intrusive vowel/consonant* * *
Del verbo apoyar: ( conjugate apoyar)
apoyo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
apoyó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
apoyar
apoyo
apoyar ( conjugate apoyar) verbo transitivo
1 ( hacer descansar) apoyo (algo en algo) to rest (sth on sth);
2
apoyarse verbo pronominal
1 (para sostenerse, descansar) apoyose en algo to lean on sth
2 (basarse, fundarse) apoyose en algo to be based on sth
apoyo sustantivo masculino
support;
apoyo a algo support for sth
apoyar verbo transitivo
1 to lean
2 (causa) to support
apoyo sustantivo masculino support
' apoyo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adhesión
- agradecer
- inapreciable
- legitimar
- negar
- proporcionar
- sola
- solo
- soporte
- sostén
- brindar
- declarar
- gestión
- incondicional
- manifestar
- mayoritario
- muleta
- puntal
- punto
- respaldo
- retirar
- retiro
- solicitar
- sustento
English:
advocacy
- against
- aim
- back
- backing
- backup
- buttress
- crutch
- drum up
- endorsement
- financial
- firm
- foothold
- freestanding
- full
- hilt
- mass
- moral
- prop
- rally
- rest
- solid
- support
- supportively
- supportiveness
- thankful
- unreserved
- whip up
- wholehearted
- widespread
- win
- with
- by
- foot
- muster
- sympathetic
- woo
* * *apoyo nmsupport;salieron adelante con el apoyo de su familia they got by with the support of her family;me dio su apoyo moral she gave me her moral support;buscan apoyos económicos para el proyecto they are seeking funding o financial support for the project;anunciaron su apoyo a la iniciativa they declared their support for the initiative;presentó las pruebas en apoyo de su teoría he presented the evidence to support his theory* * *m figsupport;en apoyo de in support of* * *apoyo nm: support, backing* * *apoyo n support -
12 género
m.1 kind, sort.2 fabric.3 genre, gender.4 race, genus.5 gender.* * *1 (clase) kind, sort2 (tela) cloth3 (mercancía) article, piece of merchandise4 GRAMÁTICA gender5 BIOLOGÍA genus6 (literario) genre1 (mercancías) goods\género chico light operagénero dramático dramagénero lírico operagénero de punto knitweargéneros de punto knitted goods* * *noun m.1) gender2) genre3) kind, sort* * *SM1) (=clase) kind, typepersonas de ese género — people of that kind o type, people like that
género humano — human race, mankind
2) (Arte, Literat) genre, typegénero chico — (=sainetes) (genre of) short farces; (=zarzuela) Spanish operetta
género narrativo — novel genre, fiction
3) (Ling) gender4) (Bio) (=especie) genus5) pl géneros (Com) (=productos) goods; (=mercancías) commodities6) (=tela) cloth, material* * *1)a) (clase, tipo) kind, typeb) (Biol) genusc) (Lit, Teatr) genre2) (Ling) gender3) ( mercancías) tbgéneros — merchandise, goods (pl)
4) ( tela) cloth, material* * *= gender, genus, sex.Nota: Plural sexes.Ex. The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.Ex. Semantic relationships show aspects of the genus-species relationships and are expected to reflect assumed and widely accepted subject relationships.Ex. Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.----* análisis por género = gender analysis.* contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.* desigualdad de género = gender inequality.* diferencia debida al género = gender gap.* diferencia de género = gender difference.* dimensión de género = gender dimension.* discriminación de género = gender discrimination.* distribución en función del género = gender distribution.* estudios de género = gender studies.* evaluación del impacto en función del género = gender-impact assessment.* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.* género humano = humankind.* género literario = genre.* género musical = music genre.* géneros de punto = knitwear.* igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.* insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.* insulto de género = sexual insult.* integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.* justicia de género = gender justice.* modelo en su género = showpiece.* perspectiva de género = gender perspective.* pertinencia con respecto al género = gender relevance.* planificación sensible al género = gender planning.* relaciones de género = gender relations.* relación género = genus/species relationship.* sensible con respecto al género = gender sensitive.* sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever.* sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.* sistema de géneros = sex/gender system.* violencia de género = sexual violence, gender-related violence, gender violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence.* * *1)a) (clase, tipo) kind, typeb) (Biol) genusc) (Lit, Teatr) genre2) (Ling) gender3) ( mercancías) tbgéneros — merchandise, goods (pl)
4) ( tela) cloth, material* * *= gender, genus, sex.Nota: Plural sexes.Ex: The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
Ex: Semantic relationships show aspects of the genus-species relationships and are expected to reflect assumed and widely accepted subject relationships.Ex: Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.* análisis por género = gender analysis.* contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.* demostrar sin ningún género de duda = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, demonstrate + emphatically, demonstrate + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond any doubt, prove + beyond all doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.* desigualdad de género = gender inequality.* diferencia debida al género = gender gap.* diferencia de género = gender difference.* dimensión de género = gender dimension.* discriminación de género = gender discrimination.* distribución en función del género = gender distribution.* estudios de género = gender studies.* evaluación del impacto en función del género = gender-impact assessment.* falta de ética profesional de género = sexual misconduct.* género humano = humankind.* género literario = genre.* género musical = music genre.* géneros de punto = knitwear.* igualdad de género = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.* insensible a las diferencias de género = gender blind.* insulto de género = sexual insult.* integración de la perspectiva de género en el conjunto de las políticas = gender mainstreaming.* justicia de género = gender justice.* modelo en su género = showpiece.* perspectiva de género = gender perspective.* pertinencia con respecto al género = gender relevance.* planificación sensible al género = gender planning.* relaciones de género = gender relations.* relación género = genus/species relationship.* sensible con respecto al género = gender sensitive.* sin ningún género de duda = without any doubt whatsoever.* sin ningún género de dudas = indisputably.* sistema de géneros = sex/gender system.* violencia de género = sexual violence, gender-related violence, gender violence, gender-based violence, domestic violence.* * *A1 (clase, tipo) kind, typees de lo mejor que hay dentro de su género it's among the best of its kind2 ( Biol) genusCompuestos:el género chico 19th century light, often musical theatrical worksel género dramático dramael género humano the human race, mankind, humankind( Lit) lyric poetryel género novelesco the novelB ( Ling) gendertb géneros merchandise, goods (pl)todos nuestros géneros son de la mejor calidad all our merchandise is o all our goods are of the highest qualityCompuesto:D (tela) cloth, material* * *
Del verbo generar: ( conjugate generar)
genero es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
generó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
generar
género
generar ( conjugate generar) verbo transitivo
to generate
género sustantivo masculino
1
b) (Biol) genusc) (Lit, Teatr) genre;
d) (Ling) gender
2 ( tela) cloth, material
generar verbo transitivo to generate: el nuevo plan generará cientos de puestos de trabajo, the new scheme will create hundreds of jobs
género sustantivo masculino
1 (clase, tipo) kind, sort
2 Arte Lit Mús genre
3 (mercancía) article, goods
(tejido, paño) fabric
4 Ling gender
5 Biol genus
el género humano, mankind
' género' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
clase
- congénere
- hombre
- poesía
- suerte
- verso
- western
- burlesco
- cómico
- épica
- narciso
- narrativa
- peletería
English:
fancy
- gender
- genre
- male
- sex
- verse
- worth
- cloth
- mankind
- material
- race
* * *género nm1. [clase] kind, type;es el mejor de su género it's the best of its kind;sin ningún género de dudas absolutely without a doubt;el género humano the human race2. [literario, cinematográfico] genreel género chico = type of short, often musical farce, popular in Spain at the turn of the 20th century;género lírico opera3. Gram gender;de género ambiguo = that may be either masculine or femininegénero femenino feminine gender;género masculino masculine gender;género neutro neuter gender4. Biol genus5. [productos] merchandise, goods6. [tejido] cloth, materialEsp géneros de punto knitwear* * *m1 ( tipo) typepintura de género genre painting3 GRAM gender4 COM goods pl, merchandise4 BIO genus;el género humano the human race* * *género nm1) : genre, class, kindel género humano: the human race, mankind2) : gender (in grammar)3) géneros nmpl: goods, commodities* * *género n1. (clase) kind2. (mercancía) goods3. (tela) material4. (categoría gramatical) gender -
13 normalidad
f.normality.* * *1 normality■ las elecciones transcurrieron en la más absoluta normalidad the elections went off without incident\con normalidad normally, as normalvolver a la normalidad to return to normal* * *SF normality, normalcy (EEUU)* * *a) ( cualidad)b) ( situación) normalcy (AmE), normality (BrE)* * *= normality, normalcy.Ex. It also provides a natural preference ordering on explanations, defined in terms of normality or plausibility.Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.----* restablecer la normalidad = restore + normalcy.* restaurar la normalidad = restore + normalcy.* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.* vuelta a la normalidad = return to normalcy.* * *a) ( cualidad)b) ( situación) normalcy (AmE), normality (BrE)* * *= normality, normalcy.Ex: It also provides a natural preference ordering on explanations, defined in terms of normality or plausibility.
Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.* restablecer la normalidad = restore + normalcy.* restaurar la normalidad = restore + normalcy.* volver a la normalidad = get back to + normal, return to + normalcy, get (back) into + the swings of things.* vuelta a la normalidad = return to normalcy.* * *1(cualidad): seguimos trabajando con toda normalidad we carried on working normally o as normalla manifestación se desarrolló con toda normalidad the demonstration passed off without incident2 (situación) normality, normalcy ( AmE)el país ha vuelto a la normalidad the country has returned to normal, the country has returned to normality o normalcy* * *
normalidad sustantivo femeninoa) ( cualidad):
normalidad sustantivo femenino normality: la jornada electoral transcurrió con normalidad, polling day passed off normally
' normalidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
normalizar
- normalización
- normalmente
- restablecer
- trastornar
- trastorno
English:
normalcy
- normality
- settle
- settle down
- normal
* * *normalidad nf1. [cualidad] normality;volver a la normalidad to return to normal;la jornada electoral transcurrió con normalidad election day passed off without incident2. Quím normality* * *f normality;volver a la normalidad return to normal* * *normalidad nf: normality, normalcy -
14 sexo
m.1 sex.el bello sexo, el sexo débil the fair sexun organismo de sexo masculino a male organismsexo oral oral sexsexo seguro o sin riesgo safe sex2 genitals (genitales).pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: sexar.* * *1 sex\el bello sexo the fair sexel sexo débil the weaker sex* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Bio) sexel sexo femenino/masculino — the female/male sex
2) (=órgano sexual) [de hombre] penis, sexual organs pl frm; [de mujer] vagina, sexual organs pl frm* * *a) (condición, género) sexsexo masculino/femenino — male/female sex
b) ( órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)c) ( sexualidad) sex* * *= gender, sex, gender group, sexual act.Ex. The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.Ex. Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex. Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.Ex. Police say an employee at a homeless shelter in downtown Charleston offered reduced lodging rates in exchange for sexual acts.----* cambio de sexo = sex change.* concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.* del mismo sexo = same-sex.* desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.* diferencia debida al sexo = gender gap.* diferencia de sexo = gender difference.* diferencias de sexo = gender.* en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.* escena de sexo = sex scene.* estadísticas desegregadas por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.* igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.* matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo = same-sex marriage.* no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.* operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.* por el sexo = gendered.* por sexo = along gender lines.* relacionado con el sexo = gender-related.* rol establecido en función del sexo = gender role.* sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.* sexo con penetración = penetrative sex.* sexo de menores = underage sex.* sexo opuesto = opposite sex.* sexo oral = oral sex, cunnilingus, fellatio.* sexo perverso = kinky sex.* sexo seguro = safe sex.* sexo sin protección = unprotected sex.* vertirse del sexo opuesto = cross-dressing [crossdressing].* * *a) (condición, género) sexsexo masculino/femenino — male/female sex
b) ( órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)c) ( sexualidad) sex* * *= gender, sex, gender group, sexual act.Ex: The LA is currently conducting a major survey to collect and monitor information on gender, ethnic origin and disability which will enable the LA to highlight and tackle problems of inequality in the profession.
Ex: Examination of the LCSH list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction, over the years, of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex: Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.Ex: Police say an employee at a homeless shelter in downtown Charleston offered reduced lodging rates in exchange for sexual acts.* cambio de sexo = sex change.* concienciacion de la igualdad de sexos = gender awareness.* datos desagregados por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.* del mismo sexo = same-sex.* desigualdad entre los sexos = gender inequality.* diferencia debida al sexo = gender gap.* diferencia de sexo = gender difference.* diferencias de sexo = gender.* en igualdad de condiciones para todos los sexos = gender-equitable.* escena de sexo = sex scene.* estadísticas desegregadas por sexo = gender-disaggregated data.* igualdad entre los sexos = gender equality, sex equality, sexual equality.* matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo = same-sex marriage.* no discriminatorio con respecto al sexo = gender neutral.* operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.* por el sexo = gendered.* por sexo = along gender lines.* relacionado con el sexo = gender-related.* rol establecido en función del sexo = gender role.* sexo a pelo = unprotected sex.* sexo con penetración = penetrative sex.* sexo de menores = underage sex.* sexo opuesto = opposite sex.* sexo oral = oral sex, cunnilingus, fellatio.* sexo perverso = kinky sex.* sexo seguro = safe sex.* sexo sin protección = unprotected sex.* vertirse del sexo opuesto = cross-dressing [crossdressing].* * *1 (condición, género) sexsexo masculino/femenino male/female sex2 (órganos genitales) sexual organs (pl)3 (sexualidad) sexCompuestos:el sexo débil the weaker sexsafe sextelephone sex* * *
sexo sustantivo masculino
sex;
sexo seguro safe sex
sexo sustantivo masculino
1 Biol sex
sexo masculino/femenino, male/ female sex
(órganos sexuales) sexual organs
2 (relación sexual) sex
sexo seguro, safe sex
' sexo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condicionamiento
- cuñada
- cuñado
- femenina
- femenino
- hermano
- masculina
- masculino
- padre
- rey
- sobrino
- tabú
- ligar
- perra
- pinchar
English:
boyish
- censor
- M
- male
- sex
- sex change
- they
- womanhood
- gender
- irrespective
- m
- opposite
* * *sexo nm1. [género] sex;el sexo masculino/femenino the male/female sex;el bello sexo, el sexo débil the fair sex;el sexo fuerte the stronger sex;un organismo de sexo masculino a male organism;esto es como hablar del sexo de los ángeles there's no point in having this discussion2. [genitales] genitals3. [sexualidad] sexsexo oral oral sex;sexo sin protección unprotected sex;sexo sin riesgo safe sex;sexo seguro safe sex* * *m1 sex* * *sexo nm: sex* * *sexo n sex -
15 sostén
m.1 brassiere, bra.2 prop, support, stay.3 backing.imperat.2nd person singular (tú/usted) Imperative of Spanish verb: sostener.* * *1 (apoyo) support2 (sustento) sustenance3 (Also used in plural with the same meaning) (prenda) bra, brassiere* * *SM1) (Arquit) support, prop2) (=prenda femenina) bra, brassiere3) (=alimento) sustenance4) (=apoyo) support* * *b) (Indum) bra, brassiere* * *= anchor point, prop, sustainment, backup [back-up], brassiere, bra.Nota: Abreviatura común de brassiere.Ex. This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.Ex. The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex. The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.Ex. Police say the bullet hit the underwire of her bionic brassiere and never even pierced her skin.Ex. Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.----* principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].* sostén principal = mainstay.* * *b) (Indum) bra, brassiere* * *= anchor point, prop, sustainment, backup [back-up], brassiere, bra.Nota: Abreviatura común de brassiere.Ex: This article stresses the importance of the library as a permanent anchor point for the local community.
Ex: The main props to any retrospective bibliography must be a well formed national library which has a long history of collecting the records of a nation's culture.Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex: The aggressiveness of a number of publications on this subject, replete with their accusations without any backup, can be interpreted as settling of scores.Ex: Police say the bullet hit the underwire of her bionic brassiere and never even pierced her skin.Ex: Lingerie is ladies' underwear; lacy frilly knickers, bras, panties, undies, stockings, various fancy items.* principal sostén de la familia = breadwinner [bread winner].* sostén principal = mainstay.* * *1 (físico) support2 (económico) means of support3 ( Indum) bra, brassiere* * *
Del verbo sostener: ( conjugate sostener)
sostén es:
2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
sostener
sostén
sostener ( conjugate sostener) verbo transitivo
1 ( apoyar)
‹carga/peso› to bear
2 (sujetar, tener cogido) ‹ paquete› to hold;◊ no tengas miedo, yo te sostengo don't be afraid, I've got you o I'm holding you
3 ‹conversación/relación/reunión› to have
4
5
sostenerse verbo pronominala) ( no caerse):
apenas se sostenía en pie he could hardly stand
sostén sustantivo masculino
( económico) means of support
sostener verbo transitivo
1 (un peso, cúpula, etc) to support, hold up
(con la mano) sosténme el paraguas un momento, hold the umbrella for me for a moment
2 fig (un derecho, etc) to uphold
(una teoría) to maintain
3 (a la familia) to support
4 (negociaciones, una conversación) to have
sostén sustantivo masculino
1 (prenda femenina) bra, brassiere
2 (apoyo, pilar) support: eres el sostén de la familia, you are the support of the family
' sostén' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
copa
- puntal
English:
brassiere
- breadwinner
- crutch
- mainstay
- rock
- support
- bra
- hang
* * *sostén nm1. [apoyo] support2. [sustento] main support;[alimento] sustenance3. [prenda de vestir] bra, brassiere* * *m1 brassiere, bra2 figpillar, mainstay* * *1) apoyo: support2) : sustenance3) : brassiere, bra* * * -
16 circunstancia
f.circumstance.en estas circunstancias under the circumstancespuso cara de circunstancias (informal) his face took on a serious expression o turned seriouscircunstancia agravante/atenuante/eximente (law) aggravating/extenuating/exonerating circumstancepres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: circunstanciar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: circunstanciar.* * *1 circumstance\en estas circunstancias under the circumstancesponer cara de circunstancias familiar to look grave* * *noun f.* * *SF circumstancedadas las circunstancias — in o under the circumstances
en las circunstancias actuales — under present circumstances, the way things are at the moment
circunstancias atenuantes — extenuating o mitigating circumstances
* * *1) (factor, particularidad)se da la circunstancia de que... — as it happens...
2) circunstancias femenino plural ( situación) circumstances (pl)bajo or en ninguna circunstancia — under no circumstances
en circunstancias en or de que — (CS) as
dadas las circunstancias — under o given the circumstances
•* * *= circumstance.Ex. Indicative abstract are suitable for discussion and review articles, books, and in some circumstances, conference proceedings, reports without conclusions, essays and bibliographies.----* aceptar las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.* adaptación a las circunstancias locales = localisation [localization, -USA].* adaptado a unas circunstancias particulares = custom.* adaptarse a las circunstancias = suit + circumstances.* bajo ciertas circunstancias = under certain circumstances.* bajo ninguna circunstancia = under no/any circumstances.* circunstancia adversa = adverse circumstance.* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* dadas las circunstancias = in the circumstances, under the circumstances.* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en ciertas circunstancias = in certain circumstances.* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.* en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.* en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of events.* en contra de las circunstancias = against circumstances.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en estas circunstancias = under these circumstances.* estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to snuff, come up with + the goods, rise (up) to + challenge.* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to).* hacer lo más acertado dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* inclinarse ante las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.* poner a la altura de las circunstancias = bring + Nombre + up to par.* producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que = circumstances + converge.* surgir la circunstancia = circumstance + arise.* tomar la decisión más acertada dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* * *1) (factor, particularidad)se da la circunstancia de que... — as it happens...
2) circunstancias femenino plural ( situación) circumstances (pl)bajo or en ninguna circunstancia — under no circumstances
en circunstancias en or de que — (CS) as
dadas las circunstancias — under o given the circumstances
•* * *= circumstance.Ex: Indicative abstract are suitable for discussion and review articles, books, and in some circumstances, conference proceedings, reports without conclusions, essays and bibliographies.
* aceptar las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.* adaptación a las circunstancias locales = localisation [localization, -USA].* adaptado a unas circunstancias particulares = custom.* adaptarse a las circunstancias = suit + circumstances.* bajo ciertas circunstancias = under certain circumstances.* bajo ninguna circunstancia = under no/any circumstances.* circunstancia adversa = adverse circumstance.* circunstancias de la vida = accident of birth.* circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control = circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* dadas las circunstancias = in the circumstances, under the circumstances.* en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control = in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control.* en ciertas circunstancias = in certain circumstances.* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.* en circunstancias misteriosas = in mysterious circumstances.* en circunstancias normales = in the course of events, during the course of events, under normal circumstances, in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of events.* en contra de las circunstancias = against circumstances.* en cualquier otra circunstancia = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* en estas circunstancias = under these circumstances.* estar a la altura de la circunstancias = make + the cut.* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to snuff, come up with + the goods, rise (up) to + challenge.* estar a la altura de las circunstancias = be up to the mark, be up to scratch, be equal to the occasion, rise (up) to + the occasion, deliver + the goods, measure up (to).* hacer lo más acertado dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* inclinarse ante las circunstancias = accept + the circumstances.* poner a la altura de las circunstancias = bring + Nombre + up to par.* producirse un cúmulo de circunstancias que = circumstances + converge.* surgir la circunstancia = circumstance + arise.* tomar la decisión más acertada dadas las circunstancias = do + the best thing in the circumstances.* * *A(factor, particularidad): si por alguna circunstancia no puede asistir if for any reason you cannot attendla nacionalidad no es una circunstancia relevante en este caso nationality is not a relevant factor in this casebajo or en ninguna circunstancia under no circumstancesse da la circunstancia de que el acusado es diplomático the accused happens to be a diplomat, as it happens the accused is a diplomatCompuestos:aggravating circumstanceextenuating circumstanceexonerating circumstanceen estas/tales circunstancias in these/such circumstancessus circunstancias familiares se lo impidieron her family situation prevented her from doing sose adapta bien a las circunstancias he adapts well to circumstancesen circunstancias en or de que (CS frml); asen circunstancias en or de que se disponía a salir as he was preparing to leave* * *
circunstancia sustantivo femenino
1 ( particularidad):
se da la circunstancia de que … as it happens …;
bajo ninguna circunstancia under no circumstances
2
dadas las circunstancias given the circumstances;
debido a sus circunstancias familiares due to her family situation
circunstancia sustantivo femenino circumstance
bajo ninguna circunstancia, under no circumstances
' circunstancia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caso
- coyuntura
- estado
- mediar
- mera
- mero
- ocasión
- realidad
- trance
- excepcional
- oportunidad
- paternidad
- posibilidad
English:
aggravating
- aggravation
- circumstance
* * *1. [situación, condición] circumstance;¿en qué circunstancias se encuentra la empresa? what state is the company in?;en estas circunstancias, dadas las circunstancias under o given the circumstances;debido a circunstancias ajenas a nuestra voluntad due to circumstances beyond our control;las circunstancias me obligaron a ir circumstances made it necessary for me to go;se dan todas las circunstancias para una recuperación rápida circumstances o conditions are favourable to a rapid recovery;se da la circunstancia de que ya le pasó lo mismo el año pasado it so happens that the same thing happened to him last year;las circunstancias no le son favorables circumstances o conditions are not in her favour;bajo ninguna circunstancia se lo digas under no circumstances must you tell her2. Der circumstancecircunstancia agravante aggravating circumstance;circunstancia atenuante extenuating circumstance;circunstancia eximente exonerating circumstance* * *f1 circumstance;dadas la circunstancias in view of the circumstances;en estas circunstancias in these circumstances2:de circunstancias ( provisional) temporary* * *: circumstance* * *circunstancia n circumstancevan a investigar las circunstancias en que se produjo el accidente they're going to investigate the circumstances in which the accident happened -
17 negro
adj.1 black, jet, black-colored, ebony.2 bleak.m.1 black, black colour, black color.2 black man, Black, nigger, Negro.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) black2 (oscuro) dark3 (bronceado) brown, tanned, suntanned4 (poco favorable) awful, terrible5 (cine, novela) detective6 (tabaco) black► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (color) black2 (escritor) ghostwriter3 (tabaco) black tobacco\negro,-a como la boca de lobo pitch-blacknegro,-a como un tizón as black as coalpasarlas negras familiar to have a rough time of itponer negro,-a a alguien to drive somebody up the walltenerla negra familiar to be unluckytrabajar como un negro to work like a dog, work like a slaveverlo todo negro to be very pessimisticverse negro,-a para hacer algo to have a tough time doing something■ se veían negros para arreglarlo todo en una tarde they had their work cut out to get it all done in one afternoonvérselas negras familiar to have a tough time————————1 (color) black2 (escritor) ghostwriter3 (tabaco) black tobacco* * *1. (f. - negra)noun2. (f. - negra)adj.1) black2) disastrous, awful* * *negro, -a1. ADJ1) [color, pelo] black; [ojos, tabaco] dark; [raza] black, Negro †2) (=moreno) [piel] dark, swarthy; [por el sol] tanned, brownponerse negro — to go brown, tan
3) (=sucio) filthy, black4) [estado de ánimo, humor] black, gloomy; [suerte] terrible, atrociousla cosa se pone negra — it's not going well, it looks bad
lo ve todo negro — he always sees the negative side of things, he's terribly pessimistic about everything
- verse negro- vérselas negras5) * (=enfadado) cross, peeved *poner negro a algn — to make sb cross, upset sb
ponerse negro — to get cross, cut up rough
6) (=ilegal) black7) (Pol) fascist2. SM1) (=color) blacken negro — (Fot) in black and white
2) Caribe (=café) black coffee3. SM / F1) (=persona) black, coloured person †, Negro †¡no somos negros! — we won't stand for it!, you can't do that to us!
2) * (=escritor) ghostwriter3)negra* * *I- gra adjetivo1)a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> darknegro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot
poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)
b) (fam) ( por el sol) tannedc) ( sombrío) black, gloomypasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
vérselas negras — (fam)
2) <hombre/raza/piel> blackII III- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person* * *I- gra adjetivo1)a) <pelo/ropa> black; < ojos> darknegro como el carbón or un tizón — as black as coal o soot
poner negro a alguien — (fam) to drive somebody up the wall (colloq)
b) (fam) ( por el sol) tannedc) ( sombrío) black, gloomypasarlas negras — (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
vérselas negras — (fam)
2) <hombre/raza/piel> blackII III- gra masculino, femenino ( de raza negra) black person* * *negro11 = black, negro [negroes, -pl.], nigger, hack, ghost writer, black man, coloured man.Ex: Only blacks had both a social and a moral condition; only women had both a history and a condition.
Ex: Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.Ex: KAFIRS, which LC recently changed, is the equivalent of niggers.Ex: Such commissioning of books of this sort does not in any way imply that the author is working as a hack.Ex: Thus the sportsman who cannot express himself well in writing can still put over ideas for his ghost writer to transcribe.Ex: But he will soon discover that even then all the accidents of birth, upbringing, education, and social history will prevent his truly knowing the very thing he wants to know -- how can a white man experience directly what it means to be a black man.Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.* autobiografía escrita por un negro = ghosted autobiography.* escribir como negro = ghosting.* escribir en calidad de negro = ghost.* escrito por un negro = ghosted, ghost-written.* hombre negro = black man, coloured man.* inglés hablado por los negros = Ebonics.* persona de raza negra = black.negro22 = black [blacker -comp., blackest -sup.].Ex: Thoughts of this sort kept running about like clockwork mice in his head, while the murmur of chatter filled the room and outside dusk had yielded to black night.
* aguas negras = waste water [wastewater], sewage, sewerage.* bestia negra = bête noire.* blanco y negro = black & white.* caja negra = flight recorder.* caja negra, la = black box, the.* comedia de humor negro = black comedy.* de pelo negro = dark-haired.* dinero negro = undeclared income, grey money [gray money], black money.* en blanco y negro = b&w (black and white).* espino negro = blackthorn, blackthorn tree.* espiritual negro = spiritual.* hacérselas pasar negras a Alguien = have + Nombre + jump through the hoops.* hielo negro = black ice.* lengua negra = hairy tongue.* lingua negra = lingua negra.* mano negra = schemer.* marea negra = oil slick.* Mar Negro = Black Sea.* martes negro = Black Tuesday.* mercado negro = black market.* minoría negra = black minority.* mosca negra = black fly.* muñeco negro de trapo = golly, gollywog.* música espiritual negra = gospel music.* negro como boca de lobo = pitch-black.* negro como el azabache = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro como el carbón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro como el tizón = pitch-black, pitch-dark.* negro de humo = lampblack.* negro rojizo = reddish black.* negro sobre fondo blanco = black on white.* novela negra = crime fiction, crime novel.* oso negro = black bear.* oso negro americano = black bear.* oveja negra de la familia, la = black sheep of the family, the.* pasarlas negras = jump through + hoops, have + a devil of a time.* peste negra, la = Black Death, the.* punto negro = blackhead.* ser de raza negra o de piel morena = be coloured.* vérselas negras = jump through + hoops, have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre, have + a devil of a time.* verse negro = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.* * *A1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ‹color/pelo/ropa› black; ‹ojos› darkmira qué negro está el cielo look how dark o black the sky istienes las manos negras your hands are black o filthynegro como el azabache jet-blacknegro como el carbón or un tizón or la pez as black as coal o sootse pone negra enseguida she tans o ( BrE) goes brown very quickly3 (sombrío) black, gloomy, bleaklo ve todo tan negro she's always so pessimistic, she always takes such a gloomy view of thingsvérselas negras ( fam): me las estoy viendo negras con este trabajito this job is a real uphill struggle ( colloq)se las vio negras para terminarlo he had a tough time finishing it ( colloq)B ‹hombre/raza/piel› blackla población negra the black population(color) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; blackCompuesto:A masculine jet blackB adj inv jet-blackmasculine, feminineB ( period) (escritor) ghost writer* * *
negro 1◊ - gra adjetivo
‹ ojos› dark
pasarlas negras (fam) to have a rough time of it (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( persona de raza negra) black person
negro 2 sustantivo masculino ( color) black
negro,-a
I adjetivo
1 black
(bronceado) suntanned
pan negro, brown bread
(oscuro) estaba negro como boca de lobo, it was pitch-black
2 (muy sucio) filthy, black
3 (suerte, situación) awful
un día negro, a black day
(lóbrego, triste) gloomy
4 (furioso) furious: ese ruido me pone negra, that noise drives me up the wall
5 (raza, música) black
6 (no legalizado) mercado negro, black market
II m,f (hombre) black man
(mujer) black woman
III sustantivo masculino
1 (color) black
siempre viste de negro, she always dresses in black
2 (tabaco) black tobacco
3 (escritor anónimo) ghostwriter
IV sustantivo femenino
1 Mús crotchet, US quarter note
2 (mala suerte) la negra, bad luck
♦ Locuciones: tener la negra, to be very unlucky: últimamente mi hermana tiene la negra, my sister's been having a run of bad luck recently
vérselas negras para hacer algo, to have a tough time doing sthg
' negro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agujero
- cielo
- decidirse
- dinero
- fanática
- fanático
- fotografía
- ir
- garbanzo
- humor
- incondicional
- mercado
- negra
- pantalla
- pozo
- tabaco
- tizón
- vestirse
- azabache
- blanco
- café
- carbón
- chocolate
- cinturón
- ennegrecer
- espiritual
- frijol
- manía
- oro
- televisión
English:
black
- black hole
- blackhead
- buckwheat
- cesspit
- dappled
- dark
- dismal
- fill out
- ghostwriter
- haul
- intersperse
- jet black
- launder
- laundering
- monochrome
- negro
- nigger
- normally
- obtainable
- off-day
- or
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- questionnaire
- sick
- the
- turn
- brown
- change
- coffee
- ebony
- edge
- in
- jet
- Negro
- slave
- spiritual
* * *negro, -a♦ adj1. [color] black;negro como el azabache jet black;negro como el carbón as black as coal2. [bronceado] tanned;estar negro to have a deep tan3. [pan] brown4. [tabaco] black, dark5. [raza] black6. [suerte] awful, rotten;[porvenir] black, gloomy;llevo una tarde negra I'm having a terrible afternoon;ver(lo) todo negro to be pessimistic;pasarlas negras to have a hard timeme pone negro que nunca me avisen de nada it makes me mad that they never tell me anything8. [ilegal] [trabajo] illegal, in the black economy;[mercado] black; [dinero] dirty;en negro [trabajo, dinero] undeclared;[trabajar, cobrar] illegally, on the black economy♦ nm,f1. [de raza negra] black man, f black woman;trabajar como un negro to work like a slave♦ nm1. [color] black;el negro es mi color favorito black is my favourite colour2. [tabaco] black o dark tobacco* * *I adj black;estar negro fam be furious;poner negro a alguien fam make s.o. furious, make s.o. see red;verse negro para hacer algo fam have one’s work cut out to do sth;las he pasado negras I’ve had a rough timeII m1 black man;trabajar como un negro fam work one’s butt off fam2 L.Am. ( querido) honey, dear* * *1) : black, dark2) bronceado: suntanned3) : gloomy, awful, desperatela cosa se está poniendo negra: things are looking bad4)mercado negro : black market1) : dark-skinned person, black personnegro nm: black (color)* * *negro1 adj blacknegro2 n1. (color) black -
18 autóctono
adj.autochthonous, native, aboriginal, primitive.* * *► adjetivo1 indigenous* * *ADJ indigenous, native* * *- na adjetivo <flora/fauna> indigenous, nativeel elefante es autóctono de la India — the elephant is indigenous o native to India
* * *= endemic, ethnic, indigenous, vernacular, autochthonous.Ex. This article explores the relationship between libraries, especially public libraries, and the health and well-being of endemic literature in Australia.Ex. Examination of this subject heading list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex. For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.Ex. The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.Ex. The paper argues that autochthonous language communities should be formally recognised as distinct ethnic groups.----* lengua autóctona = indigenous language.* planta autóctona = indigenous plant.* * *- na adjetivo <flora/fauna> indigenous, nativeel elefante es autóctono de la India — the elephant is indigenous o native to India
* * *= endemic, ethnic, indigenous, vernacular, autochthonous.Ex: This article explores the relationship between libraries, especially public libraries, and the health and well-being of endemic literature in Australia.
Ex: Examination of this subject heading list reveals that considerations of nationality, ethnic background, religion, and sex have been factors which have entered into the construction of LC's hypothetical reader.Ex: For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.Ex: The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.Ex: The paper argues that autochthonous language communities should be formally recognised as distinct ethnic groups.* lengua autóctona = indigenous language.* planta autóctona = indigenous plant.* * *autóctono -na‹flora/fauna› indigenous, native, autochthonous ( frml)el elefante es autóctono de la India the elephant is indigenous o native to Indiala música autóctona indigenous music* * *
autóctono
el elefante es autóctono de la India the elephant is indigenous o native to India
autóctono,-a adjetivo indigenous, autochthonous, native
lengua autóctona, the vernacular
' autóctono' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
autóctona
English:
native
- indigenous
* * *autóctono, -a♦ adj[cultura, lengua] indigenous, native; [lengua] indigenous;una especie autóctona de la isla a species that is indigenous o native to the island;la población autóctona the indigenous o native population♦ nm,fnative* * *I adj indigenous, nativeII m indigenous person, native* * *autóctono, -na adj: indigenous, nativearte autóctono: indigenous art -
19 equilibrio
m.1 balance.mantener algo en equilibrio to balance somethingmantener/perder el equilibrio to keep/lose one's balancehay un equilibrio de fuerzas the forces are evenly balancedequilibrio ecológico ecological balanceequilibrio de poder balance of power2 equilibrium, balance.* * *1 (estabilidad) balance2 FÍSICA equilibrium4 figurado (serenidad) poise, composure\hacer equilibrios figurado to perform a balancing act■ tuvo que hacer equilibrios para llegar a fin de mes he had to pinch pennies to get to the end of the monthmantener el equilibrio to keep one's balanceperder el equilibrio to lose one's balanceequilibrio de poderes balance of power* * *noun m.balance, equilibrium* * *SM1) (=estabilidad) balance2) (=armonía) balance, equilibriumexiste un equilibrio estable entre las dos potencias mundiales — there is a stable balance between the two superpowers
equilibrio de fuerzas, equilibrio de poderes — balance of power
3) (=serenidad) level-headedness* * *1) (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balanceperdió/mantuvo el equilibrio — he lost/kept his balance
2) (sensatez, juicio)una persona de gran equilibrio — a very level-headed o well-balanced person
* * *= equilibrium, equity, trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], balance, levelling-off, levelling [leveling, -USA], compromise, equipoise, even keel.Nota: Nombre.Ex. On the one hand, the world is in a continuous state of change -- always seeking, as it were, to find the equilibrium of its natural state.Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.Ex. There are always trade-offs between the ability and ease of online updates, speed and accessibility in searching, integration of the data base, and data-base maintenance procedures.Ex. The concept of such co-operation is very interesting and we continue to build a history of Stumpers activity to assess the balance of 'giving and taking'.Ex. A rapid growth in demand in the 1st 7 years was followed by a decline and then a levelling-off in 1982-83.Ex. The author examines the implications for publishers of the possible levelling of VAT on books in the UK.Ex. A compromise between expressive and non-expressive notation is to be found in the Second Edition of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification Scheme.Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex. That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.----* alterar el equilibrio = upset + the balance.* conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.* equilibrio de poder = balance of power.* equilibrio emocional = emotional health.* establecer un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* mantener Algo en equilibrio = keep + Nombre + in balance.* mantener un equilibrio = balance, maintain + a balance, keep + a balance.* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.* restablecer el equilibrio = re-establish + the balance.* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.* * *1) (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balanceperdió/mantuvo el equilibrio — he lost/kept his balance
2) (sensatez, juicio)una persona de gran equilibrio — a very level-headed o well-balanced person
* * *= equilibrium, equity, trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], balance, levelling-off, levelling [leveling, -USA], compromise, equipoise, even keel.Nota: Nombre.Ex: On the one hand, the world is in a continuous state of change -- always seeking, as it were, to find the equilibrium of its natural state.
Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.Ex: There are always trade-offs between the ability and ease of online updates, speed and accessibility in searching, integration of the data base, and data-base maintenance procedures.Ex: The concept of such co-operation is very interesting and we continue to build a history of Stumpers activity to assess the balance of 'giving and taking'.Ex: A rapid growth in demand in the 1st 7 years was followed by a decline and then a levelling-off in 1982-83.Ex: The author examines the implications for publishers of the possible levelling of VAT on books in the UK.Ex: A compromise between expressive and non-expressive notation is to be found in the Second Edition of the Bliss Bibliographic Classification Scheme.Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex: That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.* alterar el equilibrio = upset + the balance.* conseguir un equilibrio = strike + a balance.* crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* encontrar el equilibrio = strike + the right note.* encontrar un equilibrio = find + a balance.* equilibrio de poder = balance of power.* equilibrio emocional = emotional health.* establecer un equilibrio = establish + a balance.* mantener Algo en equilibrio = keep + Nombre + in balance.* mantener un equilibrio = balance, maintain + a balance, keep + a balance.* perder el equilibrio = lose + Posesivo + balance.* punto de equilibrio = break-even, break-even point.* restablecer el equilibrio = re-establish + the balance.* romper el equilibrio = tip + the scales.* * *A1 (de fuerzas, componentes) balancela balanza está en equilibrio the scales are (evenly) balancedel precario equilibrio entre los partidos the precarious balance o equilibrium between the partiesel equilibrio entre la oferta y la demanda the balance between supply and demand2 (estabilidad) balanceperdió/mantuvo el equilibrio he lost/kept his balancelo mantuvo en equilibrio sobre el filo del cuchillo he balanced it on the edge of the knifeen estado de equilibrio in equilibriumhacer equilibrios to do a balancing actB(sensatez, juicio): es una persona de gran equilibrio she's a very level-headed o well-balanced personexisten dudas sobre su equilibrio mental there are doubts about his mental stabilityaquella desgracia le hizo perder el equilibrio that unfortunate incident unbalanced himCompuestos:ecological balance● equilibrio estable/inestablestable/unstable equilibriumneutral equilibrium* * *
equilibrio sustantivo masculino (de fuerzas, estabilidad) balance;
en estado de equilibrio in equilibrium
equilibrio sustantivo masculino balance
' equilibrio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ir
- mantener
- mareado
- marear
- mareo
- perder
English:
balance
- balance of power
- equilibrium
- footing
- strike
- over
* * *equilibrio nm1. [estabilidad] balance;Fís equilibrium;la balanza permanecía en equilibrio the scales were evenly balanced;hay equilibrio de fuerzas en el parlamento the forces are evenly balanced in the parliament;el gobierno busca el equilibrio presupuestario the government is seeking a balanced budget;mantener algo en equilibrio to balance sth;mantuvo el balón en equilibrio sobre un dedo he balanced the ball on his finger;mantener/perder el equilibrio to keep/lose one's balance;hacer equilibrios to perform a balancing act;hacíamos verdaderos equilibrios para llegar a fin de mes we performed balancing acts to reach the end of the monthFís equilibrio dinámico dynamic equilibrium;equilibrio ecológico ecological balance;Fís equilibrio inestable unstable equilibrium;equilibrio de poder balance of power;equilibrio político balance of power;equilibrio químico chemical equilibrium2. [contrapeso] counterbalance, counterpoise3. [sensatez] composure, poiseequilibrio mental mental equilibrium* * *m1 balance;falta de equilibrio imbalance;mantener/perder el equilibrio keep/lose one’s balance equilibrio ecológico ecological balance2 FÍS equilibrium* * *equilibrio nm1) : balance, equilibriumperder el equilibrio: to lose one's balanceequilibrio político: balance of power2) : poise, aplomb* * *equilibrio n balance -
20 estabilidad
f.stability.estabilidad de precios price stability* * *1 stability* * *SF stability* * *femenino stability* * *= stability, steadiness, fastness, fixity, equipoise, inertness, even keel.Nota: Nombre.Ex. They exhibit a tendency to adhere to traditional classified arrangements (which is in keeping with stability in Library of Congress catalogues).Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex. This paper discusses the influence of fixing treatments on the fastness of ink dyes on paper in aqueous deacidification.Ex. The attributes of a well-regulated library are well known to us all: organization, retrievability, authenticity, and fixity.Ex. America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex. Because of their inertness, the noble gases form no chemical compounds in nature.Ex. That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.----* estabilidad biológica = biostability.* estabilidad laboral = job security.* * *femenino stability* * *= stability, steadiness, fastness, fixity, equipoise, inertness, even keel.Nota: Nombre.Ex: They exhibit a tendency to adhere to traditional classified arrangements (which is in keeping with stability in Library of Congress catalogues).
Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex: This paper discusses the influence of fixing treatments on the fastness of ink dyes on paper in aqueous deacidification.Ex: The attributes of a well-regulated library are well known to us all: organization, retrievability, authenticity, and fixity.Ex: America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.Ex: Because of their inertness, the noble gases form no chemical compounds in nature.Ex: That even keel, that unflappable demeanor is what made him such a steady player.* estabilidad biológica = biostability.* estabilidad laboral = job security.* * *stabilityestabilidad emocional emotional stabilityestabilidad económica economic stabilityun período de estabilidad atmosférica a period of settled weather* * *
estabilidad sustantivo femenino
stability
estabilidad sustantivo femenino stability
' estabilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adherencia
- asiento
- equilibrio
- inseguridad
- inseguro
- seguridad
English:
stability
* * *estabilidad nfstability;continuará la estabilidad atmosférica the settled weather will continue;estabilidad económica/emocional economic/emotional stability;estabilidad en el empleo job securityestabilidad de precios price stability* * *f stability;estabilidad de precios price stability* * *estabilidad nf: stability
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