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  • 21 bloque de tinta

    (n.) = ink-block
    Ex. Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.
    * * *
    (n.) = ink-block

    Ex: Ink was worked up for use on the ink-block of the press (a small table mounted behind the near-side cheek) and transferred to the surface of the type by one of the pressmen using a pair of ink balls.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloque de tinta

  • 22 censurar

    v.
    1 to censor.
    El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information
    2 to criticize severely, to censure.
    El público censuró la película The public censured the film.
    La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.
    * * *
    1 to censor
    2 (criticar) to censure, criticize
    * * *
    verb
    2) censure, criticize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Pol) to censor
    2) [+ obra, película] to censor
    3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.

    * * *
    censurar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize
    2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor
    3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor
    * * *

    censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

    censurar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
    2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
    ' censurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cortar
    - condenar
    - criticar
    English:
    black out
    - bowdlerize
    - censor
    - censure
    - reprove
    * * *
    1. [prohibir] to censor;
    censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored
    2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;
    siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour
    * * *
    v/t
    1 censor
    2 tratamiento condemn
    * * *
    1) : to censor
    2) : to censure, to criticize

    Spanish-English dictionary > censurar

  • 23 cerveza

    f.
    beer.
    cerveza de barril draft beer
    cerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer
    * * *
    1 beer, ale
    \
    cerveza de barril draught (US draft) beer
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF beer

    cerveza de barril — draught beer, draft beer (EEUU)

    = cerveza de barril
    * * *
    femenino beer
    * * *
    = beer.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    ----
    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * amante de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.
    * barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.
    * bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * cerveza de barril = keg beer.
    * cerveza de botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza de lata = canned beer.
    * cerveza en botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza inglesa = ale.
    * cerveza rubia = lager.
    * conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.
    * elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fábrica de cerveza = brewery.
    * fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.
    * grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.
    * hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.
    * industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.
    * jarra de cerveza = beer mug.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * lata de cerveza = beer can.
    * levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.
    * * *
    femenino beer
    * * *
    = beer.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

    * aficionado a la cerveza = beer lover.
    * amante de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * bar que elabora su propia cerveza = brew pub.
    * barril de cerveza = beer keg, barrel of beer.
    * bodega de cerveza = beer cellar.
    * bodega para el almacenamiento de la cerveza = beer cellar.
    * cerveza de barril = keg beer.
    * cerveza de botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza de lata = canned beer.
    * cerveza en botella = bottled beer.
    * cerveza inglesa = ale.
    * cerveza rubia = lager.
    * conocedor de la cerveza = beer lover.
    * elaboración de cerveza = brewing, beer brewing.
    * elaborar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fábrica de cerveza = brewery.
    * fabricar cerveza = brew + beer.
    * fiesta de la cerveza = beer party.
    * grifo de la cerveza = beer tap.
    * hora de la cerveza, la = beer time.
    * industria de la cerveza, la = brewing industry, the.
    * jarra de cerveza = beer mug.
    * juerga de cerveza = beer bash.
    * lata de cerveza = beer can.
    * levadura de cerveza = brewer's yeast.

    * * *
    beer
    un litro de cerveza a liter of beer
    ¿quieres una cerveza? do you want a beer?
    Compuestos:
    draft beer ( AmE), draught beer ( BrE)
    dark beer
    lager
    * * *

     

    cerveza sustantivo femenino
    beer;
    cerveza tirada o de barril draft beer (AmE), draught beer (BrE);

    cerveza negra dark beer
    cerveza sustantivo femenino beer
    cerveza de barril, draught beer
    cerveza sin alcohol, alcohol-free beer ➣ Ver nota en ale

    ' cerveza' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bar
    - bien
    - caja
    - caña
    - cervecería
    - espuma
    - fábrica
    - jarra
    - lúpulo
    - presión
    - rubia
    - rubio
    - tercio
    - antojarse
    - apostar
    - apurar
    - barril
    - bote
    - botella
    - espumoso
    - hacer
    - jarro
    - levadura
    - malta
    - morir
    - natural
    - porrón
    - schop
    - sesear
    - seseo
    - sifón
    - sin
    - ver
    English:
    ale
    - barrel
    - beer
    - bitter
    - bottled
    - brew
    - brewery
    - brewing
    - chaser
    - draught
    - flat
    - glass
    - guzzle
    - have
    - lager
    - like
    - mug
    - nice
    - pint
    - pt
    - real
    - shandy
    - stout
    - swig
    - tankard
    - to
    - would
    - alone
    - drinker
    - ginger
    - home
    * * *
    beer;
    dos cervezas, por favor two beers, please
    cerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer;
    cerveza de barril draught beer;
    Am cerveza clara lager;
    cerveza sin alcohol-free beer, non-alcoholic beer
    * * *
    f beer;
    * * *
    : beer
    cerveza de barril: draft beer
    * * *
    cerveza n beer

    Spanish-English dictionary > cerveza

  • 24 dedicar algún tiempo a hacer algo

    (v.) = have + a turn at
    Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a turn at

    Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicar algún tiempo a hacer algo

  • 25 desdeñar

    v.
    to disdain, to despise, to disregard, to down-play.
    * * *
    1 (despreciar) to disdain, scorn
    2 (rechazar) to turn down
    1 not to deign (de, to)
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=despreciar) to scorn, disdain
    2) (=rechazar) to turn up one's nose at
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) to scorn
    b) < pretendiente> to spurn
    * * *
    = disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.
    Ex. If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    Ex. If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) to scorn
    b) < pretendiente> to spurn
    * * *
    = disdain, scorn, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, spurn, disregard, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon, fly in + the face of.

    Ex: If people want regimentation which relieves them of responsibility, how then do you explain parents reaching out for control of schools, disdaining the help of experts.

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    Ex: If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.

    * * *
    desdeñar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (menospreciar) to scorn
    no tienes por qué desdeñarlos porque no tienen estudios there's no reason to look down on them o to look down your nose at them just because they haven't had an education
    desdeñó el dinero/la fama she scorned money/fame
    2 ‹pretendiente› to spurn
    * * *

    desdeñar ( conjugate desdeñar) verbo transitivo


    desdeñar verbo transitivo to disdain
    ' desdeñar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciar
    English:
    disdain
    - scorn
    - sniff
    - spurn
    - scornful
    - snub
    * * *
    1. [despreciar] to scorn;
    desdeñó a varios pretendientes she spurned several suitors;
    desdeña a la gente que no es de su clase he looks down on anyone not of his class
    2. [desestimar] to dismiss;
    no conviene desdeñar las posibilidades del equipo inglés the English team's chances should not be ruled out
    * * *
    v/t scorn
    * * *
    despreciar: to disdain, to scorn, to despise
    * * *
    desdeñar vb to scorn

    Spanish-English dictionary > desdeñar

  • 26 despreciar

    v.
    1 to scorn.
    2 to spurn.
    3 to despise, to disdain, to flout, to hold in contempt.
    Ricardo desprecia a los avaros Richard despises cheapskates.
    4 to turn down, to snub.
    La chica despreció su ayuda The girl turned down his help.
    * * *
    1 (desdeñar) to despise, scorn, look down on
    2 (desestimar) to reject; (ignorar) to disregard, ignore
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to despise, scorn
    2) (=rechazar) [+ oferta, regalo] to spurn, reject
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on
    b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject
    c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount
    * * *
    = disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex. Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( menospreciar) < persona> to look down on
    b) ( rechazar) <oferta/ayuda> to spurn (liter), to reject
    c) ( no tener en cuenta) <posibilidad/consejo> to disregard, discount
    * * *
    = disparage, scorn, despise, be scornful of, hold in + disgrace, snub, deprecate, have + contempt for, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: There is a large number of people who cannot afford paperbacks and would like to read, but are afraid or scornful of the ethos of the middle-class library.
    Ex: Yet, despite his great erudition and powerful writings, his scheme has had little success in establishing itself as a major competitor to such schemes as DC, UDC and LC, which Bliss himself held in some contempt.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.

    * * *
    despreciar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (menospreciar) ‹persona› to look down on
    la despreciaban por su humilde origen people looked down on her because of her humble background
    2 (rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to spurn ( liter), to reject
    le despreció el regalo he spurned her gift
    es un trabajo que todos desprecian it's a job which everyone feels is beneath them
    3 (ser indiferente a) ‹peligro/muerte› to disregard, scorn ( liter)
    4 (no tener en cuenta) ‹posibilidad/consejo› to disregard, discount
    * * *

    despreciar ( conjugate despreciar) verbo transitivo

    ( profundamente) to despise
    b) ( rechazar) ‹oferta/ayuda› to reject

    despreciar verbo transitivo
    1 (odiar) to despise
    2 (menospreciar) to look down on, to scorn
    3 (desdeñar) to reject, spurn
    ' despreciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    menospreciar
    English:
    despise
    - disdain
    - flout
    - look down on
    - disregard
    - nose
    * * *
    1. [desdeñar] to look down on, to scorn;
    lo desprecian por su egoísmo they look down on him because of his selfishness;
    no sabes cómo te desprecio you can't imagine how much I despise you
    2. [rechazar] to spurn;
    ha despreciado muchas ofertas he has rejected many offers;
    tómeselo, no me lo desprecie take it, don't turn it down
    3. [ignorar] to scorn, to disregard;
    despreció el mal tiempo y se fue a esquiar scorning o disregarding the poor weather, he went skiing
    * * *
    v/t
    1 look down on, despise
    2 propuesta reject
    * * *
    desdeñar, menospreciar: to despise, to scorn, to disdain
    * * *
    1. (menospreciar) to look down on / to despise
    2. (rechazar) to reject

    Spanish-English dictionary > despreciar

  • 27 en privado

    in private
    * * *
    = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors
    Ex. Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.
    Ex. The article ' Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    Ex. This need can be influenced by only offering criticism in private but by giving praise in public.
    Ex. Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    * * *
    = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors

    Ex: Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.

    Ex: The article ' Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    Ex: This need can be influenced by only offering criticism in private but by giving praise in public.
    Ex: Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en privado

  • 28 entintar la forma

    (v.) = beat + the forme
    Ex. The two pressmen took it in turns to pull on the bar and beat the forme.
    * * *
    (v.) = beat + the forme

    Ex: The two pressmen took it in turns to pull on the bar and beat the forme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > entintar la forma

  • 29 estúpido

    adj.
    1 stupid, foolish, dumb, empty-headed.
    2 stupid, foolish, inane, dumb.
    m.
    stupid, nitwit, fathead, numbskull.
    * * *
    1 stupid, silly
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 berk, idiot
    * * *
    1. (f. - estúpida)
    adj.
    2. (f. - estúpida)
    noun f.
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    1.
    ADJ stupid
    2.
    SM / F idiot
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex. It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex. In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex. When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex. Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex. That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex. Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex. Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex. The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex. The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex. It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex. Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex. From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex. I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex. Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex. By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex. And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex. An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex. This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex. The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex. If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex. Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex. Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex. This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex. Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex. States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex. He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex. For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex. Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex. She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex. I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    ----
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo <persona/argumento> stupid, silly

    ay, qué estúpida soy! — oh, how stupid of me!

    II
    - da masculino, femenino idiot, fool
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], dummy, foolish, silly, mindless, moron, stupid, daft [dafter -comp., daftest -sup.], mad, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.], nuts, witless, bonehead, boneheaded, twit, dolally tap, dolally [do-lally], imbecile, cretinous, arsehole [asshole, -USA], brainless, dimwit, dim-witted [dimwitted], twat, nonsensical, mug, berk, prick, cretin, dumbbell, dull-witted, asinine, lemon, ditsy [ditsier -comp., ditsiest -sup.], dits, ditz, ditzy [ditzier -comp., ditziest -sup.], airhead, airheaded, duffer, schmuck, schmo, nonce, moke, twerp, dweeb, chump, birdbrained, birdbrain, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, dork, moonstruck, plonker.

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: We are too prone to be dummy people by day, and thinking, articulate individuals only in the safety of home and leisure.
    Ex: It would be uneconomic and foolish to persevere with human assignment of controlled-language terms.
    Ex: In conclusion, I am sure you all believe me to be either idealistic, unrealistic, radical, or just plain silly.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from Dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
    Ex: When any librarian is trying to find material on behalf of a user from a poor citation it leads to that librarian appearing slow and stupid to the user.
    Ex: Ranking among the dafter exercises sometimes imposed on children is the one that requires them to describe a screwdriver or a vase or the desks they sit at, or any familiar object.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: Techniques such as the automatic detection of anaphora enable systems to appear to be intelligent rather than dumb.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: She refutes the idea of the women's magazine as a 'mouthpiece of masculine interest, of patriarchy and commercialism' that preyed on 'passive, dependent, and witless' women readers.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Field Research for Boneheads: From Naivete to Insight on the Green Tortoise'.
    Ex: That was a big boneheaded error.
    Ex: Democracy's a nice idea in theory, if it wasn't for all the twits.
    Ex: Now I know this country of ours is totally dolally tap!.
    Ex: The server has gone dolally by the looks of it.
    Ex: The same evil is done in slaving, tormenting and killing, say, chimpanzees as is done in so injuring human imbeciles.
    Ex: It is already evident that he is a cretinous buffoon.
    Ex: Modern preppies try to be assholes, probably because they think it's cool, and never quite make it.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: The diplomats have been calling him a lucky dimwit ever since.
    Ex: From that point on, the film is not only stupid, it's dim-witted, brainless and obtuse to the point of being insulting to the audience.
    Ex: I don't really care if he does like real ale, even if his arse was hung with diamonds he would still be a twat.
    Ex: Parental protectiveness of children is surely a good thing if sensibly applied, but this nonsensical double standard doesn't help anyone.
    Ex: By this time, firecrackers and fireworks were being let off willy-nilly in the streets by any mug with a match.
    Ex: And before some berk starts whittling on about anti-car lobbies, we should all be lobbying for less car use if we've got any interest whatsoever in the future.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Cretin is a word derived from an 18th century Swiss-French word meaning Christian.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    Ex: An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
    Ex: This chapter is dedicated to the truly asinine rules -- ones which either defeat their own purpose altogether or are completely devoid of common sense.
    Ex: The court also heard the victim's brother accuse the defendant of physical abuse and of calling him a ' lemon and a retard'.
    Ex: If there is a stereo type for ditsy blondes she really has gone out of her way to fit it perfectly.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: She might be a ditz, you can do that with the money she makes, if she wasn't so rich she'd be just another ditzy broad.
    Ex: Some people like airheads with fake boobs.
    Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    Ex: Schmuck entered English as a borrowed word from Yiddish, where it is an obscene term literally meaning a foreskin or head of a penis, and an insult.
    Ex: This team of schmoes is capable of anything.
    Ex: Justin, whilst clearly a nonce, is to be commended on instigating a high-profile campaign to free the hostages.
    Ex: States know better what their own citizens needs are than do the mokes in Washington.
    Ex: He started life as a twerp, then fairly quickly became a jerk and ended up an old sourpuss.
    Ex: For this reason, I will probably not vote in the London mayoral election at all and this doesn't make me a whinging negativist dweeb.
    Ex: Americans are such chumps, because we refuse to see what is going on right in front of our eyes.
    Ex: She has her own birdbrained way of thinking about things, but most of what she says is vaguely prophetic.
    Ex: I am thinking humans can be such birdbrains when it comes to communication.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: And then we get nongs like Joe here who just cant help himself from being a dork.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: If she'd been my daughter in fact I'd never have let her go out with an obvious plonker like myself.
    * algo estúpido = no-brainer.
    * como un estúpido = stupidly.
    * hacerse el estúpido = dumb down, act + dumb.
    * lo suficientemente estúpido como para = dumb enough to.
    * rubia estúpida = dumb blonde.
    * ser estúpido = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * típica rubia estúpida = bimbo.
    * volverse estúpido = go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    estúpido1 -da
    ‹persona› stupid; ‹argumento› stupid, silly
    ay, qué estúpida, me equivoqué oh, how stupid of me, I've done it wrong
    un gasto estúpido a stupid waste of money
    es estúpido que vayamos las dos it's silly o stupid for us both to go
    estúpido2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    idiot, fool
    el estúpido de mi hermano my stupid brother
    * * *

     

    estúpido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› stupid;


    ‹ argumento› stupid, silly;
    ◊ ¡ay, qué estúpida soy! oh, how stupid of me!

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    idiot, fool
    estúpido,-a
    I adjetivo stupid
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino idiot

    ' estúpido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burra
    - burro
    - estúpida
    - animal
    - apendejarse
    - baboso
    - caballo
    - el
    - embromar
    - gafo
    - huevón
    - pendejo
    English:
    also
    - believe
    - bit
    - bonehead
    - bozo
    - damn
    - dopey
    - equally
    - foolish
    - goof
    - idiotic
    - mindless
    - obtuse
    - pretty
    - shame
    - soft
    - stupid
    - that
    - wonder
    - inane
    - jerk
    * * *
    estúpido, -a
    ♦ adj
    stupid;
    ¡qué estúpido soy! me he vuelto a olvidar what an idiot I am! I've gone and forgotten again;
    sería estúpido no reconocerlo it would be foolish not to admit it
    ♦ nm,f
    idiot;
    el estúpido de mi vecino my idiot of a neighbour
    * * *
    I adj stupid
    II m, estúpida f idiot
    * * *
    estúpido, -da adj
    : stupid
    estúpido, -da n
    idiota: idiot, fool
    * * *
    estúpido1 adj stupid [comp. stupider; superl. stupidest]
    estúpido2 n stupid person / idiot

    Spanish-English dictionary > estúpido

  • 30 exceso en la bebida

    (n.) = intemperance
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    * * *

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > exceso en la bebida

  • 31 gran peso

    (n.) = heavy weight
    Ex. The heap was given to the pressmen the day before it was to be used, so that they might wet it and leave it to stand overnight under a heavy weight.
    * * *

    Ex: The heap was given to the pressmen the day before it was to be used, so that they might wet it and leave it to stand overnight under a heavy weight.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gran peso

  • 32 menospreciar

    v.
    1 to scorn, to despise.
    2 to underestimate, to belittle, to cold-shoulder, to cry down.
    * * *
    1 (despreciar) to despise, scorn
    2 (no valorar) to undervalue, underrate
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=despreciar) to scorn, despise
    2) (=ofender) to slight
    3) (=subestimar) to underrate, underestimate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down on
    b) ( subestimar) to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.
    Ex. Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    ----
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) <persona/obra> to despise, look down on
    b) ( subestimar) to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, disparage, denigrate, scorn, belittle, deprecate, have + contempt for, despise, dismiss with + the wave of the hand, look down + Posesivo + nose at, look down on/upon.

    Ex: Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.

    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex: This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex: Citing a renowned author merely to gain personal respectability for an otherwise mediocre piece of research belittles the work of the cited author.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: The androgynous dandy lived the idea of beauty, had contempt for bourgeois values, and was elitist and estranged from women.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: The problem with that is that most literate societies look down on people who can't read well.
    * menospreciar a la gente = look down + Posesivo + nose at people.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (despreciar) ‹persona/obra› to despise, scorn, look down on
    2 (subestimar) to underestimate
    menospreciar el valor de algo to underestimate the value of sth
    no lo menosprecies don't underestimate o underrate him
    * * *

    menospreciar ( conjugate menospreciar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( despreciar) ‹persona/obra› to despise, look down on


    menospreciar verbo transitivo
    1 (despreciar) to scorn, disdain
    2 (infravalorar) to underestimate
    ' menospreciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciar
    - desdeñar
    English:
    demean
    - despise
    - devalue
    - disparage
    - put down
    - belittle
    - denigrate
    * * *
    1. [despreciar] to scorn, to despise
    2. [infravalorar] to undervalue
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( subestimar) underestimate
    2 ( desdeñar) look down on
    * * *
    1) despreciar: to scorn, to look down on
    2) : to underestimate, to undervalue

    Spanish-English dictionary > menospreciar

  • 33 odiar

    v.
    1 to hate.
    odio las lentejas I hate o can't stand lentils
    odio levantarme pronto I hate getting up early
    odiar a muerte a alguien to loathe somebody
    María odia los discursos Mary hates speeches.
    2 to hate to, to be loath to.
    María odia los discursos Mary hates speeches.
    María odia ir a su casa Mary hates to go to his house.
    Ricardo odia irracionalmente Richard hates irrationally.
    3 to pester.
    Los chicos odian a sus maestros The kids pester their teachers.
    * * *
    1 to hate, loathe
    \
    odio tener que... I hate having to...
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=sentir odio por) to hate
    2) Chile (=molestar) to pester, annoy; (=aburrir) to bore
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate

    odiar + INF — to hate -ing

    * * *
    = hate, loathe, despise, detest.
    Ex. I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.
    Ex. He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.
    ----
    * algunos lo aman, otros lo odian = love it or loathe it.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to hate

    odiar + INF — to hate -ing

    * * *
    = hate, loathe, despise, detest.

    Ex: I would hate to see us add more responsibility at this time, when librarians are already reeling.

    Ex: He sometimes loathed the books he recommended as much as the children they were inflicted upon loathed them.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: This resulted in Africans loving and aspiring to everything European and detesting and deeming inferior anything that is African.
    * algunos lo aman, otros lo odian = love it or loathe it.

    * * *
    odiar [A1 ]
    vt
    A to hate
    lo odio a muerte I really hate him, I hate his guts ( colloq)
    odio el queso I hate o can't stand cheese
    odiar + INF to hate -ING
    odio planchar I hate ironing
    B ( Chi fam) (fastidiar) to pester ( colloq), to hassle ( colloq)
    * * *

    odiar ( conjugate odiar) verbo transitivo
    to hate;

    odiar verbo transitivo to detest, hate: odio la plancha, I hate ironing ➣ Ver nota en hate y detest

    ' odiar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despreciar
    - muerte
    English:
    detest
    - hate
    - loathe
    * * *
    odiar vt
    to hate;
    odio las aceitunas I hate o can't stand olives;
    odio levantarme pronto I hate getting up early
    * * *
    v/t hate
    * * *
    odiar vt
    abominar, aborrecer: to hate
    * * *
    odiar vb to hate

    Spanish-English dictionary > odiar

  • 34 pasar algún tiempo en

    (v.) = have + a turn at
    Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    * * *
    (v.) = have + a turn at

    Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar algún tiempo en

  • 35 pasar tiempo haciendo Algo

    (v.) = do + stint at
    Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    * * *
    (v.) = do + stint at

    Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar tiempo haciendo Algo

  • 36 por + Expresión Temporal

    = by the + Expresión Temporal
    Ex. Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.
    * * *
    = by the + Expresión Temporal

    Ex: Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por + Expresión Temporal

  • 37 por cuenta de uno

    Ex. Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.
    * * *

    Ex: Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por cuenta de uno

  • 38 probar

    v.
    1 to prove.
    eso prueba que tenía razón that proves I was right
    Einstein probó su teoría Einstein proved his theory.
    2 to try.
    lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything
    Ella prueba la adivinanza She tries the riddle.
    Ellos probaron ayer They tried yesterday.
    3 to try on (clothes).
    probar una camisa to try on a shirt
    4 to taste, to try.
    Ella probó la comida She tasted the food.
    5 to test, to check.
    El presidente probó a María The president tested Mary.
    6 to try to, to have a bash at.
    Ella probó patinar sin caer She tried to skate without falling.
    7 to drink, to touch.
    Yo no pruebo el alcohol I don't drink alcohol.
    8 to show to, to demonstrate to.
    María probó saber mucho Mary showed to know a lot.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONTAR], like link=contar contar
    1 (demostrar) to prove
    2 (comprobar) to test, check
    3 (vino, comida) to taste, try
    ■ ¿has probado alguna vez las judías con almejas? have you ever tried beans with clams?
    4 (prenda, zapato) to try on
    1 to try
    * * *
    verb
    4) test
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=demostrar) [+ eficacia, inocencia, teoría] to prove

    ¿cómo puedes probar que no estabas allí? — how can you prove that you weren't there?

    2) (=poner a prueba) [+ sustancia, vacuna, persona] to test; [+ método] to try; [+ aparato, arma] to test, try out; [+ actor, músico] to audition

    prueben su puntería, señoras y señores — try your aim, ladies and gentlemen

    te dan diez días para probar el vídeo — they give you a ten-day trial period for the video, they give you ten days to try out the video

    fortuna 1), suerte 1)
    3) (=catar) to try, taste

    prueba un poco de este pescado — try o taste a bit of this fish

    4) [+ ropa] [hecha a medida] to fit; [de confección] to try on

    ¿puede venir mañana a que le pruebe el traje? — can you come tomorrow to have your suit fitted?

    2. VI
    1) (=intentar) to try, have a go

    déjame que pruebe yo — let me try, let me have a go

    ¿has probado con este bolígrafo? — have you tried this pen?

    he probado a hacerlo yo sola, pero no he podido — I tried doing it on my own but I couldn't

    2) (=sentar) [actividad, ropa] to suit; [comida] to agree with
    3)

    probar de algo —

    see VT
    See:
    probar 1., 3)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove
    2)
    a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

    no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

    b) < método> to try
    c) < ropa> to try on
    d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
    2.
    probar vi ( intentar) to try

    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

    probar A + INF — to try -ing

    3.
    probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on
    * * *
    = evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.
    Ex. Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.
    Ex. Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    Ex. One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.
    Ex. In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.
    Ex. Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.
    Ex. All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.
    Ex. Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.
    Ex. He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.
    Ex. Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.
    Ex. There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex. The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    ----
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * probando Algo = trial and error.
    * probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.
    * probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.
    * probar diferentes cosas = mess with.
    * probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.
    * probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probarse = try on.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * probar una idea = test + idea.
    * probar una solución = try out + solution.
    * probar un punto = prove + point.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( demostrar) <teoría/inocencia> to prove
    2)
    a) <vino/sopa> to taste; ( por primera vez) to try

    no probé bocado en todo el día — I didn't eat a thing o have a bite to eat all day

    b) < método> to try
    c) < ropa> to try on
    d) ( poner a prueba) <empleado/honradez> to test
    2.
    probar vi ( intentar) to try

    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? — have you tried using stain remover?

    probar A + INF — to try -ing

    3.
    probarse v pron <ropa/zapatos> to try on
    * * *
    = evidence, have + a turn at, prove, test, sample, play with, test drive, run-in, try out, have + a shot at, try + Posesivo + hand, taste, put + Nombre + to the test, try + Nombre + on.

    Ex: Although in this case there is no SLIS presence in the teaching, it is noteworthy that the same concern as that evidenced in the City University programme is present.

    Ex: Seven of the compositors, moreover, did short stints at press, and one of the pressmen had a turn at composition.
    Ex: One must be able to prove that a new staff member was selected with due process and with clearly delineated criteria.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: Such reassurance becomes particularly important if the inquirer has not sampled the file, either in a printed format or in browsing online.
    Ex: In this five-day workshop we will play with the design and building of non-traditional interface solutions.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Out for a spin: a school librarian test drives 14 CD-ROM encyclopedias'.
    Ex: Such an arrangement would enable a viewer to run-in whatever program he needs.
    Ex: All they need is a willingness to experiment a bit and to try out a pedagogical method others testify to being of some value.
    Ex: Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.
    Ex: He abandoned West Africa for a better life in America, trying his hand as an ice cream man.
    Ex: Professional skills are enhanced by the opportunity which IFLA provides to taste the cultures of other countries in a very accessible (dare I say privileged?) way.
    Ex: There's nothing flimsy about these leather boots, put them to the test this season - they'll pass with flying colours.
    Ex: The psychiatrist has been trying him on several different anti-depressants and group therapies, but none seems to be helping.
    * por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.
    * probando Algo = trial and error.
    * probar a hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.
    * probar Algo = dip + Posesivo + toes into these waters, give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.
    * probar diferentes cosas = mess with.
    * probar lo que Uno dice = make + good + Posesivo + claim, make + good + Posesivo + claim.
    * probar que se está en lo cierto = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probar que se tiene razón = prove + Posesivo + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * probarse = try on.
    * probar suerte = have + a go, give + it a shot, give + Nombre + a try, have + a stab at, take + a stab at, make + a stab at, take + Posesivo + chances, try + Posesivo + luck, give + it a whirl, give + it a try, take + the dip, take + a long shot.
    * probar una idea = test + idea.
    * probar una solución = try out + solution.
    * probar un punto = prove + point.

    * * *
    probar [ A10 ]
    vt
    A (demostrar) ‹teoría/acusación/inocencia› to prove
    esto prueba que ella tenía razón this proves that she was right
    B
    1 ‹vino/sopa› to taste; (por primera vez) to try
    nunca he probado el caviar I've never tried caviar
    no puedo probar el vino, el médico me lo ha prohibido I can't drink wine, doctor's orders
    desde entonces no he vuelto a probar la ginebra I haven't touched gin again since then
    no ha probado bocado en todo el día she hasn't eaten a thing o had a bite to eat all day
    2 ‹método› to try
    prueba la aspiradora antes de comprarla try the vacuum cleaner (out) before buying it
    estoy dispuesto a probar cualquier cosa con tal de curarme I'm prepared to try anything if it helps me to get better
    llevaron el coche a que le probaran los frenos they took the car to have the brakes tested
    3 ‹ropa› to try on probarle algo A algn to try sth ON sb
    no le puedo comprar zapatos sin probárselos I can't buy shoes for him without him trying them on o without trying them on him
    la modista sólo me probó el vestido una vez the dressmaker only gave me one fitting for the dress
    4 (poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test
    dejaron el dinero allí para probarlo they left the money there to test him
    ■ probar
    vi
    1 (intentar) to try
    déjame probar a mí let me try, let me have a go
    probar no cuesta nada there's no harm in trying
    ¿has probado con quitamanchas? have you tried using stain remover?
    probar A + INF to try -ING
    prueba a hacerlo de la otra manera try doing it the other way
    2 ( ant) (sentar) (+ me/te/le etc) to suit
    la vida de ciudad no le prueba city life doesn't suit him
    ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
    ¿quiere probárselo? would you like to try it on?
    quisiera probarme uno más grande I'd like to try a larger size
    * * *

     

    probar ( conjugate probar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( demostrar) ‹teoría/inocencia› to prove
    2
    a) ‹vino/sopa› to taste;

    ( por primera vez) to try
    b) ‹ método› to try;

    ‹coche/mecanismo› to try out
    c) ‹ ropa› to try on;

    probarle algo A algn to try sth on sb
    d) ( poner a prueba) ‹empleado/honradez› to test;

    ‹arma/vehículo› to test (out)
    verbo intransitivo ( intentar) to try;
    probar A hacer algo to try doing sth
    probarse verbo pronominal ‹ropa/zapatos› to try on
    probar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una teoría, un hecho) to prove
    2 (una máquina, un aparato, etc) to test
    3 (comida, bebida) to try
    (sabor, etc) to taste: no prueba el alcohol, he never touches alcohol
    II vi (intentar) to try ➣ Ver nota en try
    ' probar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bocado
    - gustar
    - suerte
    - acreditar
    - atestiguar
    - fortuna
    - tentar
    English:
    go
    - little
    - prove
    - sample
    - substantiate
    - taste
    - test
    - test drive
    - try
    - try out
    - authenticate
    - hand
    - onus
    - unproven
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [demostrar, indicar] to prove;
    eso prueba que tenía razón that shows I was right
    2. [comprobar] to test, to check;
    prueba tú mismo la potencia de mi coche see for yourself how powerful my car is
    3. [experimentar] to try;
    lo hemos probado todo we've tried everything;
    probaron a varios actores antes de encontrar el que buscaban they tried o auditioned various actors before finding the one they were looking for
    4. [ropa] to try on;
    probar una camisa to try on a shirt
    5. [degustar] to taste, to try;
    ¿has probado alguna vez el caviar? have you ever tasted o tried caviar?;
    no prueba el vino desde hace meses he hasn't touched wine for months;
    no he probado bocado en todo el día I haven't had a bite to eat all day
    ♦ vi
    1. [tratar de]
    probar a hacer algo to try to do sth;
    prueba a nadar de espaldas try swimming backstroke;
    deja que pruebe yo let me try;
    por probar no se pierde nada there's no harm in trying
    2. [degustar]
    probar de todo to try a bit of everything
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 teoría test, try out
    2 ( comer un poco de) taste, try; ( comer por primera vez) try
    3 ( justificar) prove
    II v/i try;
    probar a hacer try doing
    * * *
    probar {19} vt
    1) : to demonstrate, to prove
    2) : to test, to try out
    3) : to try on (clothing)
    4) : to taste, to sample
    probar vi
    : to try
    * * *
    probar vb
    1. (examinar) to test / to try [pt. & pp. tried]
    2. (demostrar) to prove
    3. (catar) to taste
    4. (intentar) to try

    Spanish-English dictionary > probar

  • 39 reprender

    v.
    1 to tell off (a niños).
    2 to reprehend, to admonish, to scold, to bawl out.
    María reprocha a su esposo Mary reproaches her husband.
    * * *
    1 to reprimand, scold
    * * *
    VT (=amonestar) to reprimand, tell off *; [+ niño] to scold
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.
    Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex. The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex. After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex. If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to scold, tell... off (colloq)
    * * *
    = set about, rebuke, reprimand, chide, censure, slap + Nombre + down, admonish, upbraid, castigate, chastise, berate, scold, tell + Nombe + off, slap + Nombre + on the wrist, get at.

    Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.

    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = En la siguiente reunión de directores de división y departamento, Kobitsky fue amonestada y se le dijo que debería aprender a ser una administradora y actuar consecuentemente.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
    Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
    Ex: The generalists upbraid the vocationalists for promoting mere 'training' for work that may quickly become obsolete rather than 'education' for a career with a future.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: Deciding whether an unruly child has something wrong in his genes or is just full of beans may determine whether he's scolded or offered remedial education.
    Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
    Ex: After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
    Ex: If you're always getting at them for smaller things, they won't know when they're really doing something wrong.

    * * *
    reprender [E1 ]
    vt
    to scold, tell … off ( colloq)
    reprendió a los niños por jugar con la pelota en la calle she scolded the children o told the children off for playing ball in the street
    * * *

    reprender ( conjugate reprender) verbo transitivo
    to scold, tell … off (colloq)
    reprender verbo transitivo to reprimand, scold, tell off
    ' reprender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amonestar
    English:
    reprehend
    - reprimand
    - reprove
    - task
    - berate
    - chastise
    - rebuke
    - scold
    - up
    * * *
    [a niños] to tell off; [a empleados] to reprimand
    * * *
    v/t scold, tell off fam
    * * *
    : to reprimand, to scold
    * * *
    reprender vb to tell off [pt. & pp. told]

    Spanish-English dictionary > reprender

  • 40 revestimiento

    m.
    1 covering (por fuera).
    2 coating, covering, cladding, liner.
    3 investing, investment.
    4 casing.
    5 cuffing.
    * * *
    1 covering, coating
    * * *
    noun m.
    covering, lining
    * * *
    SM (Téc) coating, covering; (=forro) lining; [de carretera] surface; (Mil) revetment
    * * *
    masculino ( de suelo) covering, flooring; ( de cable) sheathing; ( de tubería) lining
    * * *
    = coat, coating, housing, overlay, veneer, cladding, revetment, lining, casing, layer.
    Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex. A thesaurus might advise the searcher that the following alternative terms might prove fruitful: coating and other more specific terms, e.g. Printing works.
    Ex. For certain categories of material, the physical carrier consists of a storage medium (e.g., tape, film) sometimes encased in plastic, metal, etc., housing (e.g. cassette, cartridge) that is an integral part of the item.
    Ex. The pressmen therefore patched the tympan with overlays of tissue paper wherever the type was low, a process that could take hours for a really uneven forme.
    Ex. The table is made of rosewood veneer and porcelain marquetry.
    Ex. The rest of the fibre is cladding and filling, to aid transmission and provide protection for the core.
    Ex. Concrete has been widely used in the remodelling of irrigation channels -- for bottom lining and slope revetment.
    Ex. The conference brought together the disciplines of painting, paper and textile conservation and covered their approaches and problems with regard to lining.
    Ex. They can also provide casings in steel or aluminium, powder coated to a colour of your choice.
    Ex. While the layer of pulp was on this wire, the water drained away and the wire was given a sideways shake.
    ----
    * revestimiento con paneles de madera = wainscoting [wainscotting].
    * revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera = wood panelling.
    * revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelling.
    * revestimiento para suelos = flooring.
    * * *
    masculino ( de suelo) covering, flooring; ( de cable) sheathing; ( de tubería) lining
    * * *
    = coat, coating, housing, overlay, veneer, cladding, revetment, lining, casing, layer.

    Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.

    Ex: A thesaurus might advise the searcher that the following alternative terms might prove fruitful: coating and other more specific terms, e.g. Printing works.
    Ex: For certain categories of material, the physical carrier consists of a storage medium (e.g., tape, film) sometimes encased in plastic, metal, etc., housing (e.g. cassette, cartridge) that is an integral part of the item.
    Ex: The pressmen therefore patched the tympan with overlays of tissue paper wherever the type was low, a process that could take hours for a really uneven forme.
    Ex: The table is made of rosewood veneer and porcelain marquetry.
    Ex: The rest of the fibre is cladding and filling, to aid transmission and provide protection for the core.
    Ex: Concrete has been widely used in the remodelling of irrigation channels -- for bottom lining and slope revetment.
    Ex: The conference brought together the disciplines of painting, paper and textile conservation and covered their approaches and problems with regard to lining.
    Ex: They can also provide casings in steel or aluminium, powder coated to a colour of your choice.
    Ex: While the layer of pulp was on this wire, the water drained away and the wire was given a sideways shake.
    * revestimiento con paneles de madera = wainscoting [wainscotting].
    * revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera = wood panelling.
    * revestimiento de paredes con paneles de madera de roble = oak panelling.
    * revestimiento para suelos = flooring.

    * * *
    (del suelo) covering, flooring; (de un cable) sheathing; (de una tubería) lining
    la pared tiene un revestimiento de madera the wall has wooden paneling
    esta sartén tiene un revestimiento antiadherente this frying pan has a nonstick surface
    un revestimiento aislante a layer of insulating material
    * * *

    revestimiento sustantivo masculino
    1 covering, coating
    2 (de un cable) sheathing
    3 (de madera) (wooden) panelling
    4 (de azulejos) tiling
    ' revestimiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cobertura
    - exterior
    - interior
    English:
    overlay
    - paneling
    - panelling
    - flooring
    - shield
    * * *
    [por fuera] covering; [por dentro] lining; [con pintura] coating revestimiento de fachadas facing
    * * *
    m TÉC covering
    * * *
    : covering, facing (of a building)

    Spanish-English dictionary > revestimiento

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