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offered

  • 61 ansioso de

    (adj.) = hungry for
    Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    * * *
    (adj.) = hungry for

    Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ansioso de

  • 62 antes que

    conj.
    before, afore, before the time that.
    LLegaré antes que él llegue I will arrive before he comes.
    prep.
    1 before, sooner than.
    Voy a llegar antes que él I will arrive sooner than him [before him]...
    2 rather than, instead of.
    Prefiero un carro antes que una moto I prefer a car rather than a scooter.
    * * *
    Ex. Since the preliminary cataloging data and the redistributed national records will be available sooner than full LC cataloging data, they will be offered through the MARC Distribution Service as an aid to acquisitions work.
    * * *

    Ex: Since the preliminary cataloging data and the redistributed national records will be available sooner than full LC cataloging data, they will be offered through the MARC Distribution Service as an aid to acquisitions work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antes que

  • 63 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
    * * *
    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
    * * *
    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
    * * *
    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    ----
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

    * * *
    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
    * * *
    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
    * * *
    adj antiquated
    * * *
    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 64 apenado

    adj.
    1 ashamed, embarrassed, abashed, chagrined.
    2 sorry, sorrowful, troubled, pained.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: apenar.
    * * *
    1→ link=apenar apenar
    1 troubled
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=triste) sorry
    2) LAm (=avergonzado) ashamed, embarrassed; (=tímido) shy, timid
    * * *
    = ashamed, bereft, disconsolate.
    Ex. As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.
    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 window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.
    * * *
    = ashamed, bereft, disconsolate.

    Ex: As an ashamed American, I think the responsibility rests on our government, which made sure certain military and state institutions were guarded in Iraq, while completely ignoring all pleas, submitted far in advance, from historians in the US to guard eternal treasures.

    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 window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.

    * * *
    apenado, -a adj
    1. [entristecido] sad;
    estaba muy apenado por su muerte he was greatly saddened by her death
    2. Am salvo RP [avergonzado] embarrassed;
    está muy apenado por lo que hizo he's very embarrassed about what he did
    * * *
    adj
    1 sad
    2 L.Am. ( avergonzado) ashamed
    3 L.Am. ( incómodo) embarrassed
    4 L.Am. ( tímido) shy

    Spanish-English dictionary > apenado

  • 65 apoyo

    m.
    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 support
    2 figurado support, backing, help
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ayuda) support

    apoyo psicológico — counselling, counseling (EEUU)

    2) [a una propuesta, idea] support, backing
    3) (=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) support
    no cuentan con el apoyo popular they do not have the support of the people o enjoy popular support
    agradezco el apoyo que me han brindado en todo momento I am grateful for the support you have given me throughout
    apoyo A algo support FOR sth
    han retirado su apoyo a esta iniciativa they have withdrawn their support for o their backing of this initiative
    una campaña de apoyo a la investigación científica a campaign in support of scientific research
    2 ( 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
    a) ( respaldar) ‹propuesta/persona› to back, support


    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 nm
    support;
    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 fig
    support;
    en apoyo de in support of
    * * *
    apoyo nm
    : support, backing
    * * *
    apoyo n support

    Spanish-English dictionary > apoyo

  • 66 aprovechar la oportunidad

    = grasp + the opportunity, seize + the opportunity, take + the opportunity, make + hay while the sun shines
    Ex. Peter Jackaman fears 'that public libraries have failed to grasp the opportunity which this development offered, and as result their potential role has, in many cases, been usurped by other agencies'.
    Ex. In meeting these information demands, the Reference Division has seized the opportunity to take advantage of alternative staffing arrangements.
    Ex. This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex. The villagers are using this break in the weather to dig themselves out as much as possible and so the streets are full of dozers and shovels etc,. ' Making hay while the sun shines'.
    * * *
    = grasp + the opportunity, seize + the opportunity, take + the opportunity, make + hay while the sun shines

    Ex: Peter Jackaman fears 'that public libraries have failed to grasp the opportunity which this development offered, and as result their potential role has, in many cases, been usurped by other agencies'.

    Ex: In meeting these information demands, the Reference Division has seized the opportunity to take advantage of alternative staffing arrangements.
    Ex: This chapter takes the opportunity to look at an assortment of other aspects of bibliographic description.
    Ex: The villagers are using this break in the weather to dig themselves out as much as possible and so the streets are full of dozers and shovels etc,. ' Making hay while the sun shines'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aprovechar la oportunidad

  • 67 apuntarse

    1 (inscribirse) to enrol
    2 familiar (participar) to take part (a, in)
    ■ ¿te apuntas? are you game?
    * * *
    1) to enroll, register, join
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=inscribirse) [en lista] to put one's name down; [en colegio, curso] to enrol, enroll (EEUU), register; [en partido, asociación] to join; [en concurso, competición] to enter, put one's name down

    me he apuntado a un curso de inglés — I've signed up for an English course, I've enrolled on an English course

    2) *

    ¿te apuntas a un café? — do you fancy a coffee?

    nos vamos de vacaciones a Cuba, ¿alguien se apunta? — we are going on holiday to Cuba, anyone interested? o does anyone fancy coming?

    si vais al cine el domingo, llamadme, que yo me apunto — if you're going to the cinema on Sunday, call me, I'll be up for it *

    3) (=obtener)

    apuntarse un tanto — (Dep) to score a point; (fig) to chalk up a point, score a point, stay one up

    apuntarse una victoria — to score a win, chalk up a win

    4) (=vislumbrarse)
    5) [vino] to turn sour
    6) Cono Sur * (=emborracharse) to get tight *
    * * *
    (v.) = enrol [enroll -USA], sign up, be game, register (with)
    Ex. Summer enrollment generally exceeds 5,000, while various extension programs throughout the state enroll approximately 4,000 students.
    Ex. One of the first publishers to sign up for the new service is Tower Publishing, UK.
    Ex. Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.
    Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.
    * * *
    (v.) = enrol [enroll -USA], sign up, be game, register (with)

    Ex: Summer enrollment generally exceeds 5,000, while various extension programs throughout the state enroll approximately 4,000 students.

    Ex: One of the first publishers to sign up for the new service is Tower Publishing, UK.
    Ex: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.
    Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.

    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    apuntarse    
    apuntarse algo
    ■apuntarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (en una actividad) to enrol, put one's name down
    2 familiar ésta se apunta a un bombardeo, she's game for anything
    me apunto, count me in
    ' apuntarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tanta
    - tanto
    - anotar
    - apuntar
    English:
    chalk up
    - name
    - sign on
    - notch
    - sign
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [en lista] to put one's name down;
    [en curso] to enrol;
    me he apuntado a o [m5] en un curso de alemán I've enrolled on a German course;
    Esp
    apuntarse al paro Br to sign on, US ≈ to go on welfare
    2. [participar] to join in ( a hacer algo doing sth);
    nos vamos al cine, ¿te apuntas? we're going to the cinema, do you want to come too?;
    yo me apunto I'm in;
    no le digas nada sobre la fiesta, que se apuntará don't say anything to her about the party or she'll want to come too;
    ¿quién se apunta a una partida de cartas? who's up for a game of cards?, Br does anyone fancy a game of cards?;
    se apunta a todas las celebraciones she never misses a party;
    Esp Fam
    ese se apunta a un bombardeo he's game for anything
    3. [tantos, éxitos] to score, to notch up;
    se apuntó la canasta de la victoria he scored the winning basket;
    Fam
    ¡apúntate diez! [al acertar] bingo!, Br bang on!;
    apuntarse un éxito to score a success;
    apuntarse un tanto (a favor) to earn a point in one's favour
    4. [manifestarse]
    este cambio de política ya se apuntaba hace meses this change of policy has been coming for months
    5. Col [abotonarse] to do one's buttons up;
    apuntarse la camisa to do (the buttons on) one's shirt up
    * * *
    v/r
    1 put one’s name down (en, a on;
    para for);
    apuntarse a la victoria take all the credit;
    ¡me apunto! count me in!
    2
    :
    apuntarse un tanto score a point
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to sign up, to enroll
    2) : to score, to chalk up
    * * *
    1. (inscribirse) to put your name [pt. & pp. put]
    2. (participar) to join in
    ¿te apuntas a la fiesta? are you coming to the party?

    Spanish-English dictionary > apuntarse

  • 68 artículo de opinión

    (n.) = discussion article, discussion paper, opinion article, feature article, opinion piece, op-ed
    Ex. Indicative abstracts are more appropriate representations of discussion and review articles, books and, in some circumstances, conference proceedings, reports without conclusions, essays and bibliographies.
    Ex. The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
    Ex. This opinion article presents a view of the scope for artificial intelligence in information retrieval.
    Ex. The author reviews some of the periodicals that contain an increasing number of feature articles about the Internet.
    Ex. This is not a rigorous statistical investigation, but an opinion piece offered to encourage other librarians to address this problem.
    Ex. If the president wanted to speak directly to people in advance of the G-20 summit in London, he could do so by sending an op-ed to the world's top papers.
    * * *
    (n.) = discussion article, discussion paper, opinion article, feature article, opinion piece, op-ed

    Ex: Indicative abstracts are more appropriate representations of discussion and review articles, books and, in some circumstances, conference proceedings, reports without conclusions, essays and bibliographies.

    Ex: The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
    Ex: This opinion article presents a view of the scope for artificial intelligence in information retrieval.
    Ex: The author reviews some of the periodicals that contain an increasing number of feature articles about the Internet.
    Ex: This is not a rigorous statistical investigation, but an opinion piece offered to encourage other librarians to address this problem.
    Ex: If the president wanted to speak directly to people in advance of the G-20 summit in London, he could do so by sending an op-ed to the world's top papers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > artículo de opinión

  • 69 ascenso

    m.
    1 promotion.
    2 ascent (a montaña).
    3 rise.
    4 climbing, ascension, escalation, mounting.
    * * *
    1 (subida) climb, ascent
    2 (aumento) rise (de, in)
    3 (promoción) promotion
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) ascent, rise
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=subida) [a montaña] ascent; [al poder] rise
    2) (=aumento) [de temperatura, precio, popularidad] rise; [de beneficios, impuestos] increase

    habrá un ascenso general de las temperaturas — temperatures will go up o rise everywhere, there will be a rise in temperatures everywhere

    temperaturas en ascenso — rising temperatures, temperatures on the rise

    la Bolsa experimentó un ascenso de 4,5 puntos — shares on the Stock Exchange rose by 4.5 points

    3) (=mejora) rise

    preocupa el ascenso electoral de los neofascistas — the increased popularity o the rise in popularity of the neo-fascists is giving cause for concern

    4) [de empleado, militar, equipo] promotion (a to)
    * * *
    a) (subida - de temperatura, precios) rise; (- a montaña) ascent
    b) (de empleado, equipo) promotion; (Mil) promotion
    * * *
    = ascendancy, elevation, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, climb up, upward spiral, professional advancement, ascent.
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    Ex. Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.
    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex. Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex. This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex. Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    ----
    * ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * ascenso laboral = job promotion.
    * ascenso social = upward mobility, upward social mobility.
    * ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.
    * * *
    a) (subida - de temperatura, precios) rise; (- a montaña) ascent
    b) (de empleado, equipo) promotion; (Mil) promotion
    * * *
    = ascendancy, elevation, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, climb up, upward spiral, professional advancement, ascent.

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    Ex: Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.
    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex: Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex: This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex: Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    * ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * ascenso laboral = job promotion.
    * ascenso social = upward mobility, upward social mobility.
    * ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.

    * * *
    1 (subida — de temperatura, precios) rise; (— de una montaña) ascent
    se producirá un ascenso de las temperaturas temperatures will rise, there will be a rise in temperatures
    una industria en ascenso a growing industry, an industry on the rise ( AmE) o ( BrE) on the up and up
    2 (de un empleado) promotion; ( Mil) promotion
    el equipo logró el ascenso a primera división the team was promoted to o achieved promotion to o went up to the first division
    * * *

    ascenso sustantivo masculino
    a) (de temperatura, precios) rise



    c) (de empleado, equipo, oficial) promotion

    ascenso sustantivo masculino
    1 promotion
    2 (subida a un monte) ascent
    (de precios) rise
    ' ascenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alcance
    - camiseta
    - efectiva
    - efectivo
    - estar
    - expectativa
    - felicidad
    - representar
    - revolver
    - promoción
    English:
    advancement
    - bungle
    - climb
    - deserve
    - glad
    - promotion
    - rise
    - upward
    - ascent
    - come
    - there
    * * *
    1. [a montaña] ascent
    2. [de precios, temperaturas] rise;
    se espera un ascenso de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise;
    el uso de Internet continúa en ascenso Internet use continues to rise o is still on the rise
    3. [de político, rey]
    tras su ascenso al poder after she came to power
    4. [en empleo, deportes] promotion;
    consiguieron el ascenso del equipo a primera división the team achieved promotion to the first division
    * * *
    m
    1 de temperatura, precios rise (de in)
    2 de montaña ascent
    3 DEP, en trabajo promotion
    * * *
    1) : ascent, rise
    2) : promotion
    * * *
    1. (de empleado, equipo) promotion
    2. (de temperatura, precio) rise
    3. (de montaña) ascent

    Spanish-English dictionary > ascenso

  • 70 ascenso social

    (n.) = upward mobility, upward social mobility
    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex. Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.
    * * *
    (n.) = upward mobility, upward social mobility

    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.

    Ex: Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ascenso social

  • 71 asegurar el éxito

    (v.) = ensure + success
    Ex. As stated earlier, the purposes to which cases can be put vary almost without limit, and there is no 'correct' technique for using them, no formula to be offered to ensure success.
    * * *
    (v.) = ensure + success

    Ex: As stated earlier, the purposes to which cases can be put vary almost without limit, and there is no 'correct' technique for using them, no formula to be offered to ensure success.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asegurar el éxito

  • 72 asientos

    m.pl.
    seating accommodations, seating accommodation.
    * * *
    (n.) = seating, seating accommodation
    Ex. A mixture of seating in ones, twos and fours, together with the provision of study carrels and informal seating, permit the user to select the most suitable type of seating and privacy.
    Ex. It is interesting to compare statistics on the types of seating accommodation offered in several libraries.
    * * *
    (n.) = seating, seating accommodation

    Ex: A mixture of seating in ones, twos and fours, together with the provision of study carrels and informal seating, permit the user to select the most suitable type of seating and privacy.

    Ex: It is interesting to compare statistics on the types of seating accommodation offered in several libraries.

    Spanish-English dictionary > asientos

  • 73 audacia

    f.
    1 daring, boldness.
    2 audacity, daring, valor, boldness.
    * * *
    1 audacity, boldness, daring
    * * *
    SF (=atrevimiento) boldness, audacity; (=descaro) cheek, nerve
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) courage, daring; ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *
    = audacity, boldness, aggresiveness, fearlessness.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex. The innovative thrust of an organization significantly affects the aggressiveness of the firm's strategy for investment in information technology.
    Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    ----
    * con audacia = boldly.
    * * *
    femenino ( valor) courage, daring; ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *
    = audacity, boldness, aggresiveness, fearlessness.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    Ex: Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
    Ex: The innovative thrust of an organization significantly affects the aggressiveness of the firm's strategy for investment in information technology.
    Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
    * con audacia = boldly.

    * * *
    1 (valor) courage, daring, bravery, boldness
    se enfrentó a la situación con audacia she faced up to the situation bravely o with courage o with bravery
    2 (osadía) boldness, audacity
    * * *

    audacia sustantivo femenino ( valor) courage, daring;
    ( osadía) boldness, audacity
    audacia sustantivo femenino audacity
    ' audacia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrevimiento
    - capaz
    English:
    boldness
    - cheek
    - audacity
    - boldly
    - daring
    * * *
    1. [valentía] daring, boldness;
    con audacia daringly, boldly
    2. [descaro] audacity
    * * *
    f audacity
    * * *
    osadía: boldness, audacity

    Spanish-English dictionary > audacia

  • 74 aunque

    conj.
    1 even though, although (a pesar de que).
    tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want to
    aunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive
    2 although (pero).
    es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy
    * * *
    1 (valor concesivo) although, though; (con énfasis) even if, even though
    ■ es duro, aunque justo he's tough but fair
    * * *
    conj.
    although, though, even though, even if
    * * *
    CONJ although, though, even though

    es guapa aunque algo bajita — she's pretty but rather short, she's pretty even if she is on the short side

    aunque más... — however much..., no matter how much...

    AUNQUE Aunque se puede traducir al inglés por although, though, even though o even if. ► Por regla general, cuando la cláusula introducida por aunque indica un hecho ( aunque + ((indicativo))), en inglés coloquial se traduce por though y en lenguaje más formal por although: Aunque había un montón de gente, al final pude encontrar a Carlos Though there were a lot of people there, I managed to find Carlos No esperaba eso de él, aunque entiendo por qué lo hizo I did not expect that from him, although I can understand why he did it ► Even though introduce la oración subordinada, enfatizando con más fuerza el contraste con la principal, cuando aunque va seguido de un hecho concreto, no una hipótesis, y equivale a a pesar de que: Llevaba un abrigo de piel, aunque era un día muy caluroso She wore a fur coat, even though it was a very hot day ► Si aunque tiene el sentido de incluso si ( aunque + ((subjuntivo))), se traduce por even if: Debes ir, aunque no quieras You must go, even if you don't want to Me dijo que no me lo diría, aunque lo supiera He said he wouldn't tell me even if he knew Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
    * * *
    a) (+ indicativo) although

    aunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets

    es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy

    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)

    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it

    aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...

    2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if

    cómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it

    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos

    * * *
    = admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.
    Ex. Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.
    Ex. Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.
    Ex. These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.
    Ex. Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex. Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.
    Ex. While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.
    Ex. Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex. On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex. This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.
    Ex. Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex. Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.
    Ex. But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    ----
    * aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.
    * aunque a menudo = if often.
    * aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque no siempre = if not always.
    * aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.
    * aunque parezca razo = funnily.
    * aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.
    * * *
    a) (+ indicativo) although

    aunque llegué tarde conseguí entradas — although o even though I got there late I managed to get tickets

    es simpático, aunque algo tímido — he's very likable, if somewhat shy

    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo)

    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca — he's a millionaire though he may not look it

    aunque no lo creas... — believe it or not...

    2) (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if

    cómetelo, aunque no te guste — eat it, even if you don't like it

    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos — (RPl) at least give him a few pesos

    * * *
    = admittedly, albeit (that), although, but, even though, while, whilst, even when, though, if, but still, but then again.

    Ex: Admittedly, this relevant part of the classified file may not be the specific class he wants.

    Ex: Present, classical catalog designs are elaborations, albeit considerable elaborations, of these sixteenth-century developments.
    Ex: These are the strengths of the Journal of Common Market Studies, although even this journal has a wider remit than its title suggest.
    Ex: Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex: Their objectives are however slightly different, even though in any discussion of computerised cataloguing systems co-operative networks and centralised cataloguing are inextricably linked.
    Ex: While the resulting A/Z entries are not 'wrong', they tend to be clumsy.
    Ex: Thus some current awareness services can be purchased from external vendors, whilst others may be offered by a library or information unit to its particular group of users.
    Ex: On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex: This is not to say, though, that in some countries the 'all' that is available to gather into a current national bibliography is only that which the ruling government approve of.
    Ex: Don't go to France thinking that your cherished ancient library from your 50s/60s school days remains unchanged amid the splendour of its beautiful if dingy old digs.
    Ex: Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.
    Ex: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.
    * aunque a decir verdad = Mind you.
    * aunque a menudo = if often.
    * aunque en balde = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque en vano = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda = You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy, You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.
    * aunque me fuera la vida en ello = for the life of me.
    * aunque no lo creas = believe it or not.
    * aunque no lo parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque no sea para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque no siempre = if not always.
    * aunque no sirva para otra cosa = if nothing else.
    * aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.
    * aunque parezca extraño = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, strangely enough, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.
    * aunque parezca raro = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough.
    * aunque parezca razo = funnily.
    * aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.
    * aunque sin ningún resultado = but (all) to no avail.
    * aunque sólo sea porque = if only because.

    * * *
    1 (+ indicativo) although
    aunque llegamos tarde conseguimos entradas although o even though we got there late we managed to get tickets
    por lo menos antes se oía; aunque mal, se oía at least before you could hear it, not very well, but you could hear it
    es simpático, aunque algo tímido he's very likable, if somewhat shy
    le dije que sí, aunque la verdad es que no tengo ganas de ir I said yes, although o though to be quite honest I don't feel like going
    aunque a ti no te guste, es muy bonito you may not like it, but it's very pretty
    es millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look it
    aunque no lo creas sacó la mejor nota believe it or not she got the best marks
    B (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if
    come lo que te sirvan, aunque no te guste eat whatever you're given, even if you don't like it
    mándales unas flores, aunque sea at least send them some flowers
    dale aunque más no sea unos pesos ( RPl); at least give him a few pesos
    * * *

     

    aunque conjunción
    1 ( a pesar de que)


    b) ( respondiendo a una objeción) (+ subjuntivo):

    ◊ es millonario, aunque no lo parezca he's a millionaire though he may not look it;

    aunque no lo creas … believe it or not …
    2 (refiriéndose a posibilidades, hipótesis) (+ subjuntivo) even if;

    aunque conj although, though
    (incluso si) even if
    aunque no te lo creas, even if you don't believe it o believe it or not
    (a pesar de) even though
    aunque llegamos tarde, no perdimos el tren, even though we were late, we didn't miss the train
    Fíjate en estos dos sentidos de aunque:
    1) a pesar de
    though     - más informal
    although - más formal
    even though - más enfático
    2) incluso si, even if
    ' aunque' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abogada
    - abogado
    - apellido
    - así
    - comida
    - cuando
    - fonéticamente
    - más
    - mentira
    - ni
    - pesar
    - política
    - rentabilidad
    - salario
    - sellar
    - siquiera
    - toda
    - todo
    - creer
    - parecer
    English:
    albeit
    - alike
    - although
    - as
    - believe
    - blusher
    - delicate
    - devoted
    - even
    - further
    - hate
    - have
    - if
    - lady
    - love
    - oddly
    - shall
    - should
    - tear away
    - though
    - while
    - odds
    - strangely
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1. [a pesar de que] even though, although;
    [incluso si] even if;
    tendrás que venir aunque no quieras you'll have to come, even if you don't want to;
    aunque quisiera no podría even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to;
    aunque es caro, me lo voy a comprar although it's expensive I'm going to buy it, I'm going to buy it even though it's expensive;
    aunque me cae bien, no me fío de él much as I like him, I don't trust him;
    aunque no te lo creas llegó el primero believe it or not, he came first;
    aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem, believe it or not;
    aunque parezca raro oddly enough, odd though it may seem;
    cómprale aunque sea una caja de bombones buy her something, even if it's only a box of chocolates;
    RP
    decime la verdad aunque más no sea at least tell me the truth
    2. [pero] although;
    es lista, aunque un poco perezosa she's clever, although o if a little lazy;
    aquellos cuadros no están mal, aunque éstos me gustan más those paintings aren't bad, but I like these (ones) better
    * * *
    conj
    1 although, even though
    2 + subj even if
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1) : though, although, even if, even though
    2)
    aunque sea : at least
    * * *
    aunque conj
    1. (a pesar de que) although / even though
    aunque no quería, tuve que ir although I didn't want to, I had to go
    era simpático, aunque parecía serio even though he seemed serious, he was nice
    aunque sólo llevo 5 meses aquí, me siento muy a gusto although I've only lived here for 5 months, I feel very much at home
    2. (incluso si) even if
    sale a pasear todos los días, aunque caigan chuzos de punta he goes for a walk every day even if it's pouring with rain

    Spanish-English dictionary > aunque

  • 75 auspiciar

    v.
    1 to back.
    2 to patronize, to forward, to foster, to further.
    María le dio alas al amor Mary fostered the love.
    * * *
    1 (proteger) to protect
    2 (augurar) to augur
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=patrocinar) to back, sponsor
    2) LAm (=desear éxito a) to wish good luck to
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) <exposición/función> to back, sponsor
    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote
    * * *
    = predict, sponsor, forecast.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio forecast.
    Ex. Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.
    Ex. Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex. It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) <exposición/función> to back, sponsor
    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote
    * * *
    = predict, sponsor, forecast.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado y participio forecast.

    Ex: Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.

    Ex: Since 1980 it has offered access to data bases and data banks either wholly or partially sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities.
    Ex: It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.

    * * *
    auspiciar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (patrocinar) ‹programa/exposición/función› to back, sponsor
    2 (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote, create a favorable atmosphere for
    la patronal auspició el diálogo con los trabajadores the management fostered dialogue with the workers
    * * *

    auspiciar ( conjugate auspiciar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( patrocinar) ‹exposición/función› to back, sponsor

    b) (propiciar, facilitar) to foster, promote

    auspiciar verbo transitivo
    1 (promover) to promote: esos hábitos auspician la aparición de epidemias, those habits create a ripe atmosphere for epidemics
    2 (predecir): nos auspició un futuro lleno de felicidad, he foresaw for us a future full of happiness
    * * *
    1. [apoyar, favorecer] to back, to support;
    una campaña auspiciada por las autoridades a campaign backed o supported by the authorities;
    una fundación auspiciada por la patronal italiana a foundation sponsored by Italian employers;
    un grupo que auspicia una política de tolerancia a group that advocates a policy of tolerance
    2. [pronosticar] to predict;
    auspiciar el futuro to predict the future
    * * *
    v/t sponsor
    * * *
    1) patrocinar: to sponsor
    2) fomentar: to foster, to promote

    Spanish-English dictionary > auspiciar

  • 76 auxilio

    m.
    1 assistance, help.
    una llamada de auxilio a 8call for help
    grité pidiendo auxilio I shouted for help
    pedir/prestar auxilio to call for/give help
    acudir en auxilio de alguien to come to somebody's assistance
    2 Auxilio.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: auxiliar.
    * * *
    1 help, aid, assistance, relief
    1 help!
    \
    * * *
    noun m.
    aid, help, assistance
    * * *
    SM help, assistance más frm

    primeros auxilios — (Med) first aid

    pedir auxilio — to ask for help o assistance

    prestar auxilio — to give help o assistance

    auxilio espiritual — (Rel) consolations of religion pl ; (=sacramentos) last rites pl

    * * *
    a) ( ayuda) help
    b) (RPl) ( grúa) recovery o breakdown truck
    * * *
    = relief, help, aid, succour [succor, -USA].
    Ex. The report concluded that the problems of rural populations 'do not differ greatly from those of the urban population though the difficulties in obtaining help and relief can be exacerbated by isolation'.
    Ex. The entry is first located with the help of searching.
    Ex. Indexing may be conducted entirely without the aid of a computer, or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex. The Government has vowed to provide 'all possible succour' to the people affected by the cyclone that has left a trail of death and devastation.
    ----
    * auxilio en carretera = roadside assistance.
    * botiquín de primeros auxilios = first-aid kit.
    * encargado de prestar los primeros auxilios = first aider.
    * fondo de auxilio = benevolent fund.
    * llamada de auxilio = distress call.
    * primeros auxilios = first-aid.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.
    * * *
    a) ( ayuda) help
    b) (RPl) ( grúa) recovery o breakdown truck
    * * *
    = relief, help, aid, succour [succor, -USA].

    Ex: The report concluded that the problems of rural populations 'do not differ greatly from those of the urban population though the difficulties in obtaining help and relief can be exacerbated by isolation'.

    Ex: The entry is first located with the help of searching.
    Ex: Indexing may be conducted entirely without the aid of a computer, or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.
    Ex: The Government has vowed to provide 'all possible succour' to the people affected by the cyclone that has left a trail of death and devastation.
    * auxilio en carretera = roadside assistance.
    * botiquín de primeros auxilios = first-aid kit.
    * encargado de prestar los primeros auxilios = first aider.
    * fondo de auxilio = benevolent fund.
    * llamada de auxilio = distress call.
    * primeros auxilios = first-aid.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.

    * * *
    1 (ayuda) help
    pedir auxilio to ask for help
    nos prestó auxilio he gave us help, he helped us
    ¡socorro! ¡auxilio! help! help!
    acudieron en auxilio de los accidentados they went to the aid of o to help the accident victims
    auxilio en carretera breakdown o recovery service
    primero1 (↑ primero (1))
    2 ( RPl) (grúa) recovery o breakdown truck, wrecker ( AmE)
    * * *

    Del verbo auxiliar: ( conjugate auxiliar)

    auxilio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    auxilió es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    auxiliar    
    auxilio
    auxiliar 1 adjetivo

    ‹personal/elementos› auxiliary ( before n)

    c) (Tec) auxiliary

    d) (Inf) peripheral

    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino


    b)

    ◊ auxiliar sustantivo femenino (RPl) (Auto) spare tire

    auxiliar 2 ( conjugate auxiliar) verbo transitivo
    to help
    auxilio sustantivo masculino
    a) ( ayuda) help;


    auxilio en carretera breakdown o recovery service;
    acudieron en auxilio de las víctimas they went to the aid of the victims
    b) (RPl) ( grúa) recovery o breakdown truck

    auxiliar
    1 adjetivo & mf auxiliary, assistant
    II verbo transitivo to help, assist
    auxilio sustantivo masculino
    1 assistance, help
    primeros auxilios, first aid sing
    2 exclamación ¡auxilio! help!
    ' auxilio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acudir
    - prestar
    - invocar
    - rueda
    - señal
    English:
    aid
    - assistance
    - help
    - rescue
    - relief
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [socorro] assistance, help;
    una llamada de auxilio a call for help;
    Av & Náut a distress call;
    grité pidiendo auxilio I shouted for help;
    pedir/prestar auxilio to call for/give help;
    acudir en auxilio de alguien to come to sb's assistance;
    2. RP [grúa] breakdown truck
    ♦ interj
    help!
    * * *
    m help;
    primeros auxilios pl first aid sg
    * * *
    1) : aid, assistance
    2)
    primeros auxilios : first aid
    * * *
    auxilio1 interj help!
    auxilio2 n help / aid

    Spanish-English dictionary > auxilio

  • 77 bailarina de danza del del vientre

    (n.) = belly dancer
    Ex. The book offered some moments of rare charm, but it also suffered from excess, including flying acrobats and belly dancers.
    * * *

    Ex: The book offered some moments of rare charm, but it also suffered from excess, including flying acrobats and belly dancers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bailarina de danza del del vientre

  • 78 bajo el patrocinio de

    Ex. This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.
    * * *

    Ex: This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajo el patrocinio de

  • 79 bajo la tutela de

    under the protection of
    * * *
    Ex. This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.
    * * *

    Ex: This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajo la tutela de

  • 80 bajo los auspicios de

    = under the aegis of, under the auspices of
    Ex. This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.
    Ex. Other work relating to the development of classification has been conducted under the auspices of UNISIST.
    * * *
    = under the aegis of, under the auspices of

    Ex: This article examines the characteristics of one off-campus programme offered under the aegis of Extended Degree Programs at Central Michigan University.

    Ex: Other work relating to the development of classification has been conducted under the auspices of UNISIST.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajo los auspicios de

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