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  • 41 aclarar

    v.
    1 to rinse (enjuagar). (peninsular Spanish)
    María aclaró su cabello Mary rinsed her hair.
    2 to clarify, to explain.
    aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clear
    María aclarará los puntos mañMaría Mary will clarify the points tomorrow.
    3 to make lighter (color).
    el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes one's hair lighter
    4 to thin (down) (lo espeso) (chocolate, sopa).
    Pedro aclara la mezcla para pastel Peter thins the cake mixture.
    5 to become clear, to become brighter, to brighten, to clear.
    Aclarará dentro de un rato It will become clear in a while.
    6 to filter.
    Mario aclara el destilado Mario filters the distilled liquid.
    7 to make it clear for, to explain, to make clear for.
    * * *
    1 (cabello, color) to lighten, make lighter
    2 (líquido) to thin (down)
    3 (enjuagar) to rinse
    4 (explicar) to explain; (poner en claro) to make clear, clarify
    5 figurado (mejorar) to improve
    ■ las zanahorias aclaran la vista carrots improve your eyesight, carrots are good for your eyes
    1 (mejorar el tiempo) to clear (up)
    1 (entender) to understand
    2 (explicarse) to explain oneself
    3 (decidirse) to make up one's mind
    4 (Used only in the 3rd person; it does not take a subject) (el tiempo) to clear (up)
    \
    aclarar la voz to clear one's throat
    * * *
    verb
    1) to clarify, explain
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=explicar) [+ suceso, motivo] to clarify; [+ duda, malentendido] to clear up; [+ misterio] to solve

    • le he escrito para aclarar las cosas — I've written to him to make things clear

    • aclarar que — to make it clear that

    2) Esp [+ ropa, vajilla, pelo] to rinse
    3) (=diluir) [+ pintura, salsa] to thin, thin down
    4) (=hacer más claro) [+ color, pelo] to make lighter, lighten
    5) [+ bosque] to clear
    2. VI
    1) (=amanecer) to get light
    2) (=despejarse las nubes) to clear up

    en cuanto aclare, saldremos — as soon as it clears up, we'll go out

    3) Esp (=enjuagar) to rinse
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal
    a) ( amanecer)

    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    b) ( escampar) to clear up
    2.
    a) día ( empezar) to break, dawn
    b) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up
    3.
    1) ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2) < ideas> to get... straight; < duda> to clear up, clarify
    3)
    a) < salsa> to thin
    b) <vegetación/bosque> to clear
    4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse
    4.
    aclararse v pron
    1)
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) ( entender) to understand

    a ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind
    * * *
    = clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.
    Ex. The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.
    Ex. An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex. Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.
    Ex. After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex. It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex. However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.
    Ex. Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex. Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex. The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex. The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex. A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex. He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex. Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex. One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex. The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.
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    * aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.
    * aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.
    * aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.
    * aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclarar los detalles = work out + details.
    * aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.
    * aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.
    * aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.
    * aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * aclarar un punto = clarify + point.
    * tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo impersonal
    a) ( amanecer)

    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando — dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    b) ( escampar) to clear up
    2.
    a) día ( empezar) to break, dawn
    b) tiempo/día ( escampar) to clear up
    3.
    1) ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2) < ideas> to get... straight; < duda> to clear up, clarify
    3)
    a) < salsa> to thin
    b) <vegetación/bosque> to clear
    4) (Esp) <ropa/vajilla> to rinse
    4.
    aclararse v pron
    1)
    2) (Esp fam)
    a) ( entender) to understand

    a ver si nos aclaramos — let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    b) ( decidirse) to make up one's mind
    * * *
    = clarify, elucidate, qualify, rinse, sort out, shed + light (on/upon), throw + light on, make + the point that, spell out, explicate, make + explicit, clear up, shed + understanding, cast + light on, bring + clarity (to), get to + the bottom of, unravel, get to + the root of, rinse off.

    Ex: The examples above should serve also to clarify the relationship between the authority entry and the reference entry.

    Ex: An abstract may also serve to elucidate an unclear title.
    Ex: Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.
    Ex: After treatment with NM2P a drawing is rinsed several times with acetone.
    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.
    Ex: It may be that a study of such associations might throw further light on the kinds of relationship we need to cater for in our index vocabularies.
    Ex: However, they do make the very important point that the notation is not an essential part of the scheme.
    Ex: Certain obligations of public and university libraries and publicly supported library networks often are also spelled out in statutory form.
    Ex: Sometime around the turn of the century the American library community decided against continuing its analysis of the periodical literature that we find so well explicated in the printed catalogs of Enoch Pratt and other major libraries at that time.
    Ex: The author stresses the need to distinguish between fact and opinion and to make explicit all sorts of assumptions and vaguenesses that tend to cloud the view.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: The author aims to shed a little understanding on the general nature of archives in order to expose certain misconceptions.
    Ex: The results cast light on the changing nature of information handling in the new environment.
    Ex: A woman suspected to have lost her virginity is made to undergo a series of medical examinations to bring clarity to her situation.
    Ex: He does not always get to the bottom of the questions raised in this ambitious study.
    Ex: Patents abstracting is a special skill, involving not only a technical knowledge, but also a facility for unravelling the special legalistic jargon in which patents abound.
    Ex: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.
    Ex: The only thing that rinsing off baby carrots will do is remove any dirt that might be on the surface -- it won't wash away any bacteria.
    * aclarar el pelo = lighten + Posesivo + hair.
    * aclarar el sentido = clarify + meaning.
    * aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.
    * aclarar las ideas de Uno = clarify + Posesivo + mind.
    * aclarar lo que sucedió = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclarar los detalles = work out + details.
    * aclarar lo sucedido = get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right.
    * aclararse = become + apparent, get + Posesivo + story straight, get + Posesivo + story right, fall into + place.
    * aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * aclarar un asunto = clarify + matter.
    * aclarar un concepto = clarify + idea, clarify + concept.
    * aclarar un malentendido = clear up + misunderstanding.
    * aclarar un misterio = unravel + mystery.
    * aclarar un objetivo = clarify + objective.
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * aclarar un punto = clarify + point.
    * tiempo + aclararse = weather + clear.

    * * *
    aclarar [A1 ]
    1
    (amanecer): cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up, it was starting to get light when we got up
    2 (escampar) to clear up
    si aclara, podemos salir if the weather o if it clears up, we can go out
    vi
    1 «día» (empezar) to break, dawn
    2 «día/tiempo» (escampar) to clear up
    ■ aclarar
    vt
    A ‹color› to lighten
    B
    1 ‹duda/problema› to clarify
    intentaré aclarárselo I'll try to clarify it for you, I'll try to explain it to you
    me aclaró varias dudas que tenía she clarified several points I wasn't sure of, she cleared up several queries I had
    no pudo aclararme nada sobre el tema she couldn't throw any light on the subject
    quiero aclarar que yo no sabía nada sobre el asunto I want to make it clear that I didn't know anything about the matter
    2 ( Chi) ‹persona› ( fam) to tell … straight, tell … a few home truths ( colloq)
    C
    1 ‹salsa› to thin
    2 ‹vegetación/bosque› to clear
    D ( Esp) (enjuagar) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse; ‹pelo› to rinse
    1 ‹pelo› to lighten
    se aclaraba el pelo she lightened her hair
    2
    aclararse la voz to clear one's throat
    3
    ( Esp fam) «persona»: explícamelo otra vez, sigo sin aclararme explain it to me again, I still haven't got it straight o I still don't understand
    comparemos las listas, a ver si nos aclaramos let's compare the lists and see if we can sort things out o get things straight
    no me aclaro con esta máquina I can't work out how to use this machine, I can't get the hang of this machine ( colloq)
    lleva una borrachera que no se aclara he's so drunk he doesn't know what's going on
    tengo un sueño que no me aclaro I'm so tired I can't think straight
    unos días de descanso para aclararme las ideas a few days' rest to get my ideas straight
    * * *

     

    aclarar ( conjugate aclarar) v impers
    a) ( amanecer):


    cuando nos levantamos estaba aclarando dawn o day was breaking when we got up

    verbo intransitivo

    b) [tiempo/día] ( escampar) to clear up

    verbo transitivo
    1 ( quitar color a) to lighten
    2 ‹ ideas› to get … straight;
    ‹ duda› to clear up, clarify;
    ◊ quiero aclarar que … I want to make it clear that …

    3 (Esp) ‹ropa/vajilla› to rinse
    aclararse verbo pronominal
    1

    2 (Esp fam) ( entender) to understand;
    ◊ a ver si nos aclaramos let's see if we can sort things out o get things straight

    aclarar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (hacer comprensible) to clarify, explain: deberían aclarar las cosas entre ellos, they should clear things up among themselves
    2 (suavizar color) to lighten, make lighter
    3 (quitar el jabón) to rinse
    II v impers Meteor to clear (up)
    ' aclarar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despejar
    - determinar
    - judicialmente
    - ir
    English:
    air
    - bleach
    - clarify
    - clear
    - clear up
    - elucidate
    - explain
    - illuminate
    - inquest
    - lighten
    - meaning
    - rinse
    - straight
    - straighten out
    - talk over
    - sort
    - straighten
    - thin
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Esp [enjuagar] to rinse
    2. [explicar] to clarify, to explain;
    aclaremos una cosa let's get one thing clear;
    eso lo aclara todo that explains everything;
    ¿me podría aclarar ese último punto? could you clarify o explain that last point for me?
    3. [color] to make lighter;
    el sol aclara el pelo the sun makes your hair lighter
    4. [lo espeso] [chocolate, sopa] to thin (down);
    [bosque] to thin out;
    aclaró la pintura con un poco de aguarrás she thinned the paint with a little turpentine
    ♦ v impersonal
    ya aclaraba [amanecía] it was getting light;
    [se despejaba] the sky was clearing;
    la tarde se fue aclarando it brightened up during the afternoon
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 duda, problema clarify, clear up
    2 ropa, vajilla rinse
    II v/i
    1 de día break, dawn
    2 de tiempo clear up
    * * *
    1) clarificar: to clarify, to explain, to resolve
    2) : to lighten
    3)
    aclarar la voz : to clear one's throat
    1) : to get light, to dawn
    2) : to clear up
    * * *
    1. (clarificar) to clarify [pt. & pp. clarified]
    2. (dudas) to clear up
    3. (color) to lighten
    4. (enjuagar) to rinse
    5. (mejorar el tiempo) to clear up

    Spanish-English dictionary > aclarar

  • 42 armonía

    f.
    1 harmony, agreement, concord, concordance.
    2 harmonics, harmony.
    * * *
    1 harmony
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino harmony
    * * *
    = harmonisation [harmonization, -USA], harmony, unity, harmonics.
    Ex. The difficult issue of copyright will not be resolved as the EC is not at present looking at reprography as an area of harmonization.
    Ex. A harmony is an arrangement of passages of the Bible on the same topic into parallel columns so that similarities and differences are readily compared.
    Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.
    Ex. Socrates's description of astronomy and harmonics is less problematic when it is read against the background of certain Greek mathematical treatises.
    ----
    * algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.
    * armonía racial = racial harmony.
    * armonía social = social harmony.
    * con armonía = harmoniously.
    * en armonía = harmoniously, in harmony.
    * en armonía con = in harmony with, in harness with, in keeping with, in tune with, in sync with.
    * falta de armonía = disharmony.
    * que rompe la armonía = eyesore.
    * * *
    femenino harmony
    * * *
    = harmonisation [harmonization, -USA], harmony, unity, harmonics.

    Ex: The difficult issue of copyright will not be resolved as the EC is not at present looking at reprography as an area of harmonization.

    Ex: A harmony is an arrangement of passages of the Bible on the same topic into parallel columns so that similarities and differences are readily compared.
    Ex: The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.
    Ex: Socrates's description of astronomy and harmonics is less problematic when it is read against the background of certain Greek mathematical treatises.
    * algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.
    * armonía racial = racial harmony.
    * armonía social = social harmony.
    * con armonía = harmoniously.
    * en armonía = harmoniously, in harmony.
    * en armonía con = in harmony with, in harness with, in keeping with, in tune with, in sync with.
    * falta de armonía = disharmony.
    * que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

    * * *
    1 ( Mús) harmony
    2 (de colores, estilos) harmony
    accesorios en armonía con las ricas telas de los vestidos accessories in harmony with o which complement the rich fabrics of the dresses
    3 (en relaciones) harmony
    conviven en perfecta armonía they live together in perfect harmony
    vivir en armonía con la naturaleza to live in harmony with nature
    * * *

    armonía sustantivo femenino
    harmony
    armonía sustantivo femenino harmony
    ' armonía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consonancia
    - discorde
    - sintonía
    - acorde
    - unidad
    English:
    accord
    - harmonics
    - harmony
    - harmonize
    * * *
    armonía, harmonía nf
    1. Mús harmony
    2. [de colores, formas] harmony
    3. [amistad] harmony;
    la falta de armonía entre los miembros del gabinete the lack of agreement within the cabinet;
    vivir en armonía con alguien to live in harmony with sb
    * * *
    f harmony
    * * *
    : harmony
    * * *
    armonía n harmony [pl. harmonies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > armonía

  • 43 aventurarse

    1 to venture, dare
    * * *
    VPR to dare, take a chance

    aventurarse a hacer algo — to venture to do sth, risk doing sth

    * * *
    (v.) = venture, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances
    Ex. I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the 'eructation of unhealthy souls'.
    Ex. The article 'CONSER goes out on a limb' is part of an issue devoted to serials experimentation and collaboration.
    Ex. Rosa's parents took a chance on their future by emigrating from Mexico to the United States.
    Ex. So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
    * * *
    (v.) = venture, go out on + a limb, take + chances (on), take + Posesivo + chances

    Ex: I would venture to guess that he would have characterized these suggestions as the 'eructation of unhealthy souls'.

    Ex: The article 'CONSER goes out on a limb' is part of an issue devoted to serials experimentation and collaboration.
    Ex: Rosa's parents took a chance on their future by emigrating from Mexico to the United States.
    Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.

    * * *

    ■aventurarse verbo reflexivo to dare, venture
    ' aventurarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aventurar
    English:
    venture
    - limb
    * * *
    vpr
    to take a risk/risks;
    tendrán que aventurarse más que nunca they'll have to take more risks than ever;
    se aventuraron por la selva they ventured through the jungle;
    aventurarse a hacer algo to dare to do sth;
    como llovía mucho no nos aventuramos a salir as it was raining heavily, we didn't venture out
    * * *
    v/r venture;
    aventurarse a hacer algo dare (to) do sth
    * * *
    vr
    : to take a risk

    Spanish-English dictionary > aventurarse

  • 44 comprobación

    f.
    verification, checking, demonstration, proof.
    * * *
    1 verification, check, checking
    * * *
    SF (=proceso) checking, verification; (=datos) proof

    comprobación general de cuentas — (Com) general audit

    * * *
    a) ( acción) verification, checking
    b) (Col) ( examen) test
    * * *
    = check, checking, testing, validation, verification, checkup [check-up], cross-checking [cross checking], reality check, cross check, checkout [check-out].
    Ex. Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.
    Ex. The purpose of this checking is to ensure that an entry always has the same form so that the catalog is consistent and clean.
    Ex. Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.
    Ex. Often referred to as utilities, basic software packages are available for performing basic operations such as data entry and validation, sorting and merging files and editing data.
    Ex. The full verification of this logic and settling of differences now needs to be made by other means.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How fit is your health collection?: the importance of regular check-ups: health information in the public library' = El artículo se titula "¿Está en buena forma su colección sobre salud?: la importancia de los chequeos regulares: información sanitaria en la biblioteca pública".
    Ex. Cross-checking every detail are a necessary drudgery that will be greatly simplified when the process is computerised.
    Ex. This article describes the valuable role played by focus groups in providing a reality check on the usefulness of a new product or service.
    Ex. Having the volume and part number, for example, as well as the date of issue of the periodical enables cross checks to be made.
    Ex. To do a proper checkout, you need to remove the driveshaft and pull the bearing cups off.
    ----
    * autocomprobación = self-checking.
    * comprobación al azar = spot check.
    * comprobación de antecedentes delictivos = police check.
    * comprobación de la integridad de un documento = collating.
    * comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.
    * comprobación del documento = collating.
    * comprobación de los ingresos = means-testing, means test.
    * comprobación en la práctica real = field test.
    * comprobación rápida = spot check.
    * dígito de comprobación = check digit.
    * hacer una comprobación = conduct + check, execute + check.
    * lista de comprobación = checklist [check-list].
    * paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.
    * poner una marca de comprobación = check-mark.
    * test de validación, test de comprobación = validation test.
    * * *
    a) ( acción) verification, checking
    b) (Col) ( examen) test
    * * *
    = check, checking, testing, validation, verification, checkup [check-up], cross-checking [cross checking], reality check, cross check, checkout [check-out].

    Ex: Checks on relationships that must be represented can be executed by examining each card in turn and seeking cards which show related terms.

    Ex: The purpose of this checking is to ensure that an entry always has the same form so that the catalog is consistent and clean.
    Ex: Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.
    Ex: Often referred to as utilities, basic software packages are available for performing basic operations such as data entry and validation, sorting and merging files and editing data.
    Ex: The full verification of this logic and settling of differences now needs to be made by other means.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How fit is your health collection?: the importance of regular check-ups: health information in the public library' = El artículo se titula "¿Está en buena forma su colección sobre salud?: la importancia de los chequeos regulares: información sanitaria en la biblioteca pública".
    Ex: Cross-checking every detail are a necessary drudgery that will be greatly simplified when the process is computerised.
    Ex: This article describes the valuable role played by focus groups in providing a reality check on the usefulness of a new product or service.
    Ex: Having the volume and part number, for example, as well as the date of issue of the periodical enables cross checks to be made.
    Ex: To do a proper checkout, you need to remove the driveshaft and pull the bearing cups off.
    * autocomprobación = self-checking.
    * comprobación al azar = spot check.
    * comprobación de antecedentes delictivos = police check.
    * comprobación de la integridad de un documento = collating.
    * comprobación de las necesidades económicas = means-testing, means test.
    * comprobación del documento = collating.
    * comprobación de los ingresos = means-testing, means test.
    * comprobación en la práctica real = field test.
    * comprobación rápida = spot check.
    * dígito de comprobación = check digit.
    * hacer una comprobación = conduct + check, execute + check.
    * lista de comprobación = checklist [check-list].
    * paquete de entrada y comprobación de datos = data entry and validation package.
    * poner una marca de comprobación = check-mark.
    * test de validación, test de comprobación = validation test.

    * * *
    1 (acción) verification, checking
    2 ( Col) (examen) test
    * * *

     

    comprobación sustantivo femenino

    b) (Col) ( examen) test

    comprobación sustantivo femenino verification, check
    ' comprobación' also found in these entries:
    English:
    crosscheck
    - demonstration
    - proof
    - verification
    * * *
    checking
    * * *
    f check
    * * *
    comprobación nf, pl - ciones : verification, confirmation

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprobación

  • 45 conceder

    v.
    1 to grant.
    me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish
    le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt
    no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews
    ¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?
    2 to admit, to concede.
    3 to give.
    4 to allow to.
    * * *
    1 (otorgar) to grant, concede; (premio) to award
    2 (atribuir) to give, attach
    3 (oportunidad, tiempo) to give
    4 (admitir) to concede, admit
    * * *
    verb
    1) to award, grant
    2) concede, admit
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=dar) [+ beca, premio] to award, grant; [+ crédito, permiso, deseo, entrevista] to grant

    ¿me concede el honor de este baile? — may I have the pleasure of this dance?

    2) frm (=admitir) to concede, admit

    concedo que el error fue mío — I concede o admit it was my mistake

    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

    b) <importancia/valor> to give
    2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.
    Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.
    Ex. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex. In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    Ex. This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.
    Ex. We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.
    Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    ----
    * conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.
    * conceder beca = grant + scholarship.
    * conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.
    * conceder comisión de servicios = second.
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * conceder el honor = accord + honour.
    * conceder en franquicia = franchise.
    * conceder facultades = endow with + powers.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder licencia = grant + license.
    * conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.
    * conceder poderes = give + powers.
    * conceder potestad = confer + mandate.
    * conceder una licencia = issue + licence.
    * conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.
    * conceder una petición = grant + request.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.
    * conceder un título = bestow + title.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que concede becas = grant-making.
    * que concede subsidios = grant-making.
    * que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

    b) <importancia/valor> to give
    2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    * * *
    = award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.

    Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

    Ex: Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Ex: In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.
    Ex: This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.
    Ex: We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.
    Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.
    Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    * conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.
    * conceder beca = grant + scholarship.
    * conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.
    * conceder comisión de servicios = second.
    * conceder diploma = grant + diploma.
    * conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.
    * conceder el honor = accord + honour.
    * conceder en franquicia = franchise.
    * conceder facultades = endow with + powers.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder licencia = grant + license.
    * conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.
    * conceder poderes = give + powers.
    * conceder potestad = confer + mandate.
    * conceder una licencia = issue + licence.
    * conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.
    * conceder una petición = grant + request.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * conceder un favor = bestow + favour.
    * conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.
    * conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.
    * conceder un título = bestow + title.
    * privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.
    * que concede becas = grant-making.
    * que concede subsidios = grant-making.
    * que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

    * * *
    conceder [E1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹premio/beca› to give, award; ‹descuento/préstamo› to give, grant ( frml); ‹privilegio/favor› to grant
    los jueces concedieron el triunfo al irlandés the judges awarded victory to the Irishman, the judges pronounced the Irishman the winner
    abuchearon al árbitro por no conceder el penalty the referee was booed for not giving o awarding the penalty
    sin conceder un solo tanto without conceding a single point
    me concedieron permiso they gave me permission
    el honor que me concedieron the honor they conferred o bestowed on me
    nos concedió una entrevista she agreed to give us an interview o to being interviewed by us
    terminó por concederle la razón a su contrincante he ended up admitting o conceding that his opponent was right
    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos de su tiempo? could you spare me a few minutes of your time?
    2 ‹importancia/valor› to give
    no le concedió demasiada importancia she did not give it too much importance o attach too much importance to it
    B (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede
    tuvo que conceder que se había equivocado he had to admit o concede o acknowledge that he was wrong
    * * *

     

    conceder ( conjugate conceder) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹premio/beca› to give, award;

    ‹descuento/préstamo› to give;
    ‹privilegio/favor/permiso› to grant;

    ¿me podría conceder unos minutos? could you spare me a few minutes?
    b) ‹importancia/valor› to give

    2 (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge
    conceder verbo transitivo
    1 (admitir) to admit, concede
    2 (un deseo, préstamo) to grant
    (un premio, una beca) to award
    3 frml (tiempo, atención) si me concede un minuto, if you can spare me a moment
    4 (importancia) to give
    conceder valor a algo, to attach value to something
    ' conceder' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acceder
    - dar
    - dotar
    - merced
    - negar
    - premio
    English:
    accord
    - award
    - begrudge
    - bestow
    - concede
    - grant
    - confer
    - devolve
    - dispense
    - give
    - knight
    - shut
    - straight
    * * *
    1. [dar] to grant;
    [premio] to award; [beca] to give, to award; [préstamo, subvención] to give, to grant; [asilo, indulto, extradición] to grant;
    le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt;
    me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish;
    no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews;
    ¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?;
    le han concedido un permiso para acudir al congreso he's been given o granted permission to attend the conference
    2. [asentir] to admit, to concede;
    concedo que están en lo cierto I admit that you're right
    3. [atribuir] [importancia] to give, to attach;
    no concede ningún valor al dinero money doesn't matter to her at all
    * * *
    v/t concede; entrevista, permiso give; premio award; importancia attach
    * * *
    1) : to grant, to bestow
    2) : to concede, to admit
    * * *
    1. (en general) to give [pt. gave; pp. given] / to grant
    2. (beca, premio) to award
    3. (reconocer) to admit [pt. & pp. admitted] / to acknowledge

    Spanish-English dictionary > conceder

  • 46 contrato

    m.
    contract (commerce).
    bajo contrato under contract
    contrato administrativo administrative contract
    contrato de alquiler lease, tenancy agreement
    contrato basura short-term contract
    contrato fijo o indefinido permanent contract
    contrato laboral o de trabajo work contract
    contrato mercantil commercial contract
    contrato en prácticas work-experience contract
    contrato temporal temporary o short-term contract
    contrato verbal oral contract
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: contratar.
    * * *
    1 contract
    \
    contrato de alquiler / contrato de arrendamiento lease, leasing agreement
    contrato de compraventa contract of sale
    contrato de trabajo work contract
    contrato temporal temporary contract
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM contract (de for)

    contrato de alquiler — [de casa] lease, leasing agreement; [de coche] rental contract, hire contract

    contrato de mantenimiento — maintenance contract, service agreement

    contrato de trabajo — contract of employment, contract of service

    * * *
    masculino contract
    * * *
    = appointment, contract, terms, indenture, contractual agreement, contractual relationship.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. Many packages are available for purchase or lease, but there are also strictly in-house packages and packages developed by specific software houses under contract from one organisation.
    Ex. By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex. So, unlike most state association or municipal library awarded grants, there was no stipulation of indenture to a state or a library for a number of years if the award was accepted.
    Ex. The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.
    Ex. Data base producers must first decide how to structure their contractual relationship with the vendors and/or endusers = Los creadores de las bases de datos primero deben decidir cómo especificar sus relaciones contracturales con los proveedores y/o los usuarios finales.
    ----
    * bridge-contrato = contract bridge.
    * celebrar un contrato = enter into + contract.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.
    * contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.
    * contrato de alquiler = rental agreement, lease.
    * contrato de arrendamiento = lease.
    * contrato de compraventa = conveyance.
    * contrato de trabajo = contract position.
    * contrato fijo = tenure.
    * contrato social = social contract.
    * estipulaciones de un contrato = contract stipulations.
    * firma del contrato = contract signature.
    * firmar un contrato = issue + contract, sign + contract, make + contract, enter into + contract.
    * hacer un contrato = take out + contract.
    * incumplimiento de contrato = breach of contract.
    * lenguaje de los contratos = contract language.
    * ley sobre contratos = contract law.
    * negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.
    * obligado por contrato = indentured.
    * parte en un contrato = contracting party.
    * rescindir un contrato = buy + Nombre + out of.
    * términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.
    * * *
    masculino contract
    * * *
    = appointment, contract, terms, indenture, contractual agreement, contractual relationship.

    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.

    Ex: Many packages are available for purchase or lease, but there are also strictly in-house packages and packages developed by specific software houses under contract from one organisation.
    Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex: So, unlike most state association or municipal library awarded grants, there was no stipulation of indenture to a state or a library for a number of years if the award was accepted.
    Ex: The use of electronic information everywhere in the world is usually defined and described by contractual agreements, otherwise known as licenses = El uso de la información electrónica en todo el mundo normalmente se define y describe mediante acuerdos contractuales que se conocen como licencias.
    Ex: Data base producers must first decide how to structure their contractual relationship with the vendors and/or endusers = Los creadores de las bases de datos primero deben decidir cómo especificar sus relaciones contracturales con los proveedores y/o los usuarios finales.
    * bridge-contrato = contract bridge.
    * celebrar un contrato = enter into + contract.
    * conceder un contrato = award + contract.
    * condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.
    * contrato basado en las diferencias de género = gender contract.
    * contrato de alquiler = rental agreement, lease.
    * contrato de arrendamiento = lease.
    * contrato de compraventa = conveyance.
    * contrato de trabajo = contract position.
    * contrato fijo = tenure.
    * contrato social = social contract.
    * estipulaciones de un contrato = contract stipulations.
    * firma del contrato = contract signature.
    * firmar un contrato = issue + contract, sign + contract, make + contract, enter into + contract.
    * hacer un contrato = take out + contract.
    * incumplimiento de contrato = breach of contract.
    * lenguaje de los contratos = contract language.
    * ley sobre contratos = contract law.
    * negociar los términos de un contrato = negotiate + terms.
    * obligado por contrato = indentured.
    * parte en un contrato = contracting party.
    * rescindir un contrato = buy + Nombre + out of.
    * términos de un contrato = contract stipulations.

    * * *
    contract
    firmar un contrato to sign a contract
    decidió rescindirle el contrato she decided to cancel his contract
    incumplimiento de contrato breach of contract
    Compuestos:
    rental agreement, lease
    contract of sale and purchase
    maintenance contract
    contract of employment
    marriage contract
    * * *

     

    Del verbo contratar: ( conjugate contratar)

    contrato es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    contrató es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    contratar    
    contrato
    contratar ( conjugate contratar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹empleado/obrero› to hire, take on;

    ‹artista/deportista› to sign up;
    ‹ servicios› to contract
    b) (Const) ‹ ejecución de una obra› to put … out to contract

    contrato sustantivo masculino
    contract;

    contrato de compraventa/de trabajo contract of sale and purchase/of employment
    contratar verbo transitivo to hire, engage
    contrato sustantivo masculino contract
    contrato a tiempo parcial, part-time contract
    contrato bilateral, bilateral contract
    contrato de alquiler, lease, leasing agreement
    contrato de compraventa, contract of sale
    contrato leonino, onerous contract
    contrato unilateral, unilateral contract

    ' contrato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adjudicar
    - adjudicación
    - anulación
    - ceñirse
    - incumplir
    - incumplimiento
    - liquidación
    - no
    - parcial
    - precipitadamente
    - prorrogable
    - rechazar
    - redactar
    - rescindir
    - romper
    - subastar
    - supeditar
    - suscribir
    - término
    - vencer
    - vendedor
    - vendedora
    - violar
    - violación
    - alquiler
    - anular
    - arrendamiento
    - borrador
    - cumplir
    - determinar
    - disolución
    - disolver
    - formalizar
    - leasing
    - multimillonario
    - parte
    - prolongar
    - ratificar
    - renovación
    - renovar
    - ruptura
    - seguro
    - vigente
    English:
    agreement
    - applicable
    - apprentice
    - bind
    - binding
    - bond
    - breach
    - cancel
    - clause
    - condition
    - contract
    - draft
    - draw up
    - duration
    - execute
    - expiry
    - extend
    - formalize
    - fulfil
    - fulfill
    - golden parachute
    - guard
    - lapse
    - lawful
    - lease
    - legal
    - negotiate
    - nullify
    - push through
    - run
    - run out
    - service contract
    - sign on
    - stand
    - tenancy agreement
    - terminate
    - void
    - bill
    - fixed
    - lose
    * * *
    contract;
    firmar un contrato to sign a contract;
    romper un contrato to break (the terms of) a contract;
    incumplimiento de contrato breach of contract;
    bajo contrato under contract;
    por contrato contractually
    contrato administrativo administrative contract;
    contrato de alquiler lease, Br tenancy o US rental agreement;
    contrato de aprendizaje apprentice contract;
    contrato basura short-term contract [with poor conditions];
    contrato blindado golden parachute, cast-iron contract;
    contrato de compraventa contract of sale;
    contrato de exclusividad exclusive agreement;
    contrato fijo permanent contract;
    contrato indefinido permanent contract;
    contrato laboral work contract;
    contrato de licencia licensing agreement;
    contrato de mantenimiento maintenance contract;
    contrato matrimonial marriage contract;
    contrato mercantil commercial contract;
    contrato en prácticas work-experience contract;
    contrato social social contract;
    contrato temporal temporary o short-term o fixed-term contract;
    contrato a tiempo parcial part-time contract;
    contrato de trabajo work contract;
    contrato verbal verbal contract
    * * *
    m contract
    * * *
    : contract
    * * *
    contrato n contract

    Spanish-English dictionary > contrato

  • 47 desprenderse

    1 (soltarse) to come off, come away
    2 (emanar) to emanate, be given off
    3 (renunciar) to part with, give away
    4 figurado (liberarse) to rid oneself (de, of), free oneself (de, from)
    5 (deducirse) to follow, be inferred, be implied
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=soltarse) [pieza, botón] to come off, become detached frm; [roca] to come away; [pintura, cal] to peel, come off
    2) [gas, olor] to issue
    3)

    • desprenderse de algo (=deshacerse) —

    4) (=concluirse)

    de esta declaración se desprende que... — from this statement we can gather that...

    * * *
    (v.) = drop off, fall from, fall out, flake off, follow, snap off, fall, come + undone, come + loose, come off
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex. In time, however, the rubber on which these gurta percha (or caoutchouc) bindings depended perished, and the leaves fell out.
    Ex. Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.
    Ex. It automatically follows that any concept belonging to this facet will constitute a distributed relative.
    Ex. The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex. There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.
    Ex. Ultimately, thought, understood as part of high culture, has come undone.
    Ex. It appeared that the digger came loose on the trailer and fell onto the stone wall.
    Ex. No sooner said than done -- he slipped a dog collar around Pinocchio's neck and tightened it so that it would not come off.
    * * *
    (v.) = drop off, fall from, fall out, flake off, follow, snap off, fall, come + undone, come + loose, come off

    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.

    Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.
    Ex: In time, however, the rubber on which these gurta percha (or caoutchouc) bindings depended perished, and the leaves fell out.
    Ex: Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.
    Ex: It automatically follows that any concept belonging to this facet will constitute a distributed relative.
    Ex: The jet ultimately shot up fully vertically -- at which point the wings snapped off and the whole works careened down into the ocean.
    Ex: There may be pale drip marks in the neighbourhood of the tranchefiles, where drops of water fell from the deckle or from the maker's hand on to the new-made sheet.
    Ex: Ultimately, thought, understood as part of high culture, has come undone.
    Ex: It appeared that the digger came loose on the trailer and fell onto the stone wall.
    Ex: No sooner said than done -- he slipped a dog collar around Pinocchio's neck and tightened it so that it would not come off.

    * * *

    ■desprenderse verbo reflexivo
    1 (despegarse, soltarse) to come off
    2 (emanar) to be given off
    3 (deshacerse de algo) to get rid of
    (regalarlo) to give away
    4 (deducirse) to be deduced: se puede desprender de tu mirada que no te alegras de verme, from the look on your face it's obvious that you're not happy to see me
    ' desprenderse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    caerse
    - despegarse
    - soltarse
    - caer
    - deshacer
    - desprender
    English:
    break away
    - break off
    - come away
    - fall off
    - snap off
    - break
    - come
    - part
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [soltarse] to come o fall off;
    la etiqueta se desprendió del vestido the label came o fell off the dress;
    se te ha desprendido un botón you've lost a button;
    se está desprendiendo la pintura del techo the paint is coming off the ceiling
    2. [librarse]
    desprenderse de to get rid of;
    despréndete de todas esas ideas anticuadas get rid of o forget all those old-fashioned ideas
    3. [renunciar]
    desprenderse de to part with, to give up;
    no nos queremos desprenderse de la mesa we don't want to part with the table
    4. [apartarse]
    jamás se desprende de su amuleto he is never without his lucky charm;
    no se desprendía de su madre she wouldn't leave her mother's side
    5. [deducirse]
    ¿qué conclusiones se desprenden de esta decisión? what conclusions can be drawn from this decision?;
    de sus palabras se desprende que… from his words it is clear o it can be seen that…
    * * *
    v/r
    1 come off
    2
    :
    desprenderse de fig: posesión part with
    3
    :
    de este estudio se desprende que what emerges from the study is that
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to come off, to come undone
    2) : to be inferred, to follow
    3)
    desprenderse de : to part with, to get rid of
    * * *
    desprenderse vb to come off [pt. came; pp. come]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desprenderse

  • 48 destruir

    v.
    to destroy.
    El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.
    Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to destroy
    2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroy
    2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.
    Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    ----
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage
    b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

    le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

    * * *
    = demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

    Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.
    Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
    Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.
    Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.
    Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.
    Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.
    Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.
    Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.
    Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.
    Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.
    Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.
    Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.
    Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
    Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.
    Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.
    Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.
    * chocar destruyendo = smash into.
    * destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.
    * destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.
    * destruir un mito = explode + myth.
    * fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.
    * fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroy
    productos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment
    2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriage
    la droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people
    * * *

     

    destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy;

    ‹ ciudad› to destroy;
    ‹ medio ambiente› to damage

    ‹ plan› to wreck;
    ‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
    destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
    ' destruir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - barrer
    - dinamitar
    - minar
    - socavar
    - anular
    - consumir
    - liquidar
    English:
    destroy
    - flatten
    - gut
    - nuke
    - obliterate
    - shatter
    - zap
    - explode
    - ruin
    - shred
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [destrozar] to destroy
    2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;
    [proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up
    3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander
    * * *
    v/t
    1 destroy
    2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck
    * * *
    destruir {41} vt
    : to destroy
    * * *
    destruir vb to destroy

    Spanish-English dictionary > destruir

  • 49 discutible

    adj.
    1 debatable.
    2 arguable, controvertible, argumentary, controversial.
    * * *
    1 debatable, questionable
    * * *
    ADJ debatable, arguable

    650 euros discutibles — 650 euros o.n.o.

    es discutible si... — it is debatable o arguable whether...

    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.
    Ex. The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex. It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    ----
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * * *

    eso es discutible — that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion

    * * *
    = moot, controversial, dubious, questionable.

    Ex: The data having already been collected, attempts to impose consistency as part of the collection process were moot, as were questions of its continued maintenance once it was published in book form.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: On no account should the schedules of a classification scheme be modified in order to gain some dubious advantage of this kind.
    Ex: It was questionable if the talent available was fit for the rather specific purposes of SLIS.
    * ser discutible = be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.

    * * *
    su ecuanimidad es bastante discutible her impartiality is somewhat debatable o dubious
    una persona de gustos muy discutibles a person of very dubious tastes
    fue una excelente actuación — bueno, eso es discutible it was an excellent performance — well, that's debatable o that's a matter of opinion
    * * *

    discutible adjetivo
    debatable
    discutible adjetivo debatable, arguable: eso es discutible, that's a matter of opinion
    ' discutible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arguable
    - contentious
    - debatable
    - debate
    - disputable
    - moot
    - opinion
    - question
    - questionable
    - dubious
    - matter
    * * *
    debatable;
    lo que dices es muy discutible what you say is highly debatable;
    una decisión más que discutible a highly questionable decision;
    su discutible reputación como abogado his questionable reputation as a lawyer
    * * *
    adj debatable
    * * *
    : arguable, debatable

    Spanish-English dictionary > discutible

  • 50 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 51 eludir

    v.
    1 to avoid.
    eludir a la prensa to avoid the press
    Elude sus responsabilidades a menudo He often avoids his responsibilities.
    2 to elude, to be out of the grasp of, to be out of someone's grasp, to get out of someone's grasp.
    El significado de esto elude a Ricardo The significance of this eludes Richard.
    * * *
    1 (responsabilidad, justicia, etc) to evade
    2 (pregunta) to avoid, evade; (persona) to avoid
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=evitar) [+ problema, responsabilidad] to evade; [+ control, vigilancia] to dodge; [+ pago, impuesto] to avoid

    no eludas mis preguntas — don't evade o avoid my questions

    2) [+ persona] to avoid
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.
    Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex. Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex. Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex. 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex. During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex. There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    ----
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <problema/compromiso/pago> to evade, avoid
    b) < persona> to avoid
    * * *
    = bypass [by-pass], dodge, elude, escape, evade, deflect, parry, baulk [balk, -USA], fend off, steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, duck out of, steer away from.

    Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: The definition of a 'work' has eluded cataloguers for many years, and AACR2 has not found a solution.
    Ex: Other words may be included in a stop-wordlist for some applications, but escape inclusion in other circumstances.
    Ex: Wastage is sometimes defined as material which temporarily or permanently has evaded the usual lending procedures due to misplacement, damage, non-registration, theft or non-returns.
    Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.
    Ex: 'What if we got the other departments to pay for their own services and materials?' she parried, seeing a faint ray of hope in the idea.
    Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.
    Ex: During the rutting season, they are used to fend off other males in an attempt to gather a harem of females to breed with.
    Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.
    Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.
    Ex: There's no polite way to duck out of a dinner party.
    Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.
    * agacharse para eludir = duck out of + harm's way.
    * eludir la necesidad de = bypass + the need (for).
    * eludir responsabilidad = pass + the buck.
    * eludirse = duck away.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * eludir una obligación = duck + an obligation.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * eludir una responsabilidad = shirk + responsibility.

    * * *
    eludir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹problema› to evade, avoid, dodge; ‹pago› to avoid, evade
    un compromiso que no puedes eludir an obligation which you can't evade o duck
    eludió la persecución de la policía she escaped from o she avoided capture by her police pursuers
    me eludió la mirada she avoided my gaze, she avoided looking me in the eye
    2 ‹persona› to avoid
    me ha estado eludiendo toda la semana she's been avoiding o dodging me all week
    consiguió eludir a los periodistas he managed to avoid o elude the reporters
    * * *

    eludir ( conjugate eludir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹problema/compromiso/pago› to evade, avoid

    b) ‹ persona› to avoid

    eludir verbo transitivo to avoid
    ' eludir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capear
    - desentenderse
    - evitar
    English:
    avoid
    - dodge
    - duck
    - elude
    - evade
    - fend off
    - skirt
    - berth
    - bypass
    - divert
    - fend
    - get
    - parry
    - shirk
    - side
    * * *
    eludir vt
    1. [evitar] [compromiso, responsabilidad] to avoid, to evade;
    [problema, dificultad, tema] to avoid; [pregunta] to evade, to avoid, to dodge;
    eludir el pago de una deuda to avoid paying a debt;
    eludir al fisco to avoid paying taxes;
    eludir el servicio militar to avoid o get out of doing military service;
    eludió hacer declaraciones he avoided making any statement;
    eludió su mirada she avoided his eyes
    2. [perseguidores]
    eludir a to avoid, to evade;
    consiguió eludir a la policía he managed to avoid the police;
    Der
    * * *
    v/t evade, avoid
    * * *
    eludir vt
    evadir: to evade, to avoid, to elude
    * * *
    eludir vb to avoid

    Spanish-English dictionary > eludir

  • 52 esconder

    v.
    to hide, to conceal.
    * * *
    1 to hide, conceal
    1 to hide
    * * *
    verb
    to hide, conceal
    * * *
    1.
    VT to hide, conceal (de from)
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to hide, conceal (frml)
    2.
    esconderse v pron
    1) (refl) persona to hide
    2) ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    * * *
    = hide, obscure, ensconce, tuck away, dissimulate, hide out, conceal, stash away, cache.
    Ex. These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.
    Ex. A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex. The foreman ensconced in one of the cages and the master-printer in the other.
    Ex. It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea = Se rumorea que se encuentra oculto, al menos en parte, en uno de los áticos de la Biblioteca de Ciencias, monumento olvidado a una gran idea pero sin éxito.
    Ex. He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex. It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex. He merely said, striving to conceal his anger: 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex. Almost everybody we know had their treasures or some of their personal items stashed away in an old cigar box.
    Ex. Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.
    ----
    * de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.
    * esconder escollos para = hold + pitfalls for.
    * esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.
    * esconder peligros para = hold + pitfalls for.
    * esconderse = skulk, go into + hiding.
    * esconderse de miedo = cower.
    * esconderse detrás de = hide behind.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to hide, conceal (frml)
    2.
    esconderse v pron
    1) (refl) persona to hide
    2) ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    * * *
    = hide, obscure, ensconce, tuck away, dissimulate, hide out, conceal, stash away, cache.

    Ex: These complications were not hidden or implicit; they were clearly set out at the beginning of the volume under 'Rules for the Compilation of the Catalog'.

    Ex: A pseudonym is the name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity.
    Ex: The foreman ensconced in one of the cages and the master-printer in the other.
    Ex: It is rumoured to be, at least in part, tucked away in one of the attics of the Science Library, a forgotten monument to a great but unsuccessful idea = Se rumorea que se encuentra oculto, al menos en parte, en uno de los áticos de la Biblioteca de Ciencias, monumento olvidado a una gran idea pero sin éxito.
    Ex: He highlights the fact that the amount of time spent lying, dissimulating, and conforming in matters of religious faith was a huge issue in the 16th century.
    Ex: It tells the story of a young detective who stumbles across a stash of jewel thieves hiding out in an abandoned house.
    Ex: He merely said, striving to conceal his anger: 'I'll see what I can do'.
    Ex: Almost everybody we know had their treasures or some of their personal items stashed away in an old cigar box.
    Ex: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.
    * de tirar la piedra y esconder la mano = hit-and-run.
    * esconder escollos para = hold + pitfalls for.
    * esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.
    * esconder peligros para = hold + pitfalls for.
    * esconderse = skulk, go into + hiding.
    * esconderse de miedo = cower.
    * esconderse detrás de = hide behind.

    * * *
    esconder [E1 ]
    vt
    to hide, conceal ( frml)
    A ( refl) «persona» to hide esconderse DE algn to hide FROM sb
    B
    1 (estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    detrás de esa apariencia agresiva se esconde un corazón de oro behind that aggressive exterior hides o there lies a heart of gold
    2 «sol» to go in
    * * *

     

    esconder ( conjugate esconder) verbo transitivo
    to hide, conceal (frml)
    esconderse verbo pronominal
    1 ( refl) [ persona] to hide;
    esconderse de algn to hide from sb
    2 ( estar oculto) to hide, lie hidden
    esconder verbo transitivo to hide [de, from]
    (la verdad, una información) to conceal [de, from]
    ♦ Locuciones: tirar la piedra y esconder la mano, to do something wrong and then act innocently
    ' esconder' also found in these entries:
    English:
    harbor
    - harbour
    - hide
    - secrete
    - box
    - draw
    - secret
    - stash
    - stow
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to hide, to conceal;
    me esconden el tabaco they hide my cigarettes
    * * *
    v/t hide, conceal
    * * *
    ocultar: to hide, to conceal
    * * *
    esconder vb to hide [pt. hid; pp. hidden]
    ¿dónde has escondido el dinero? where have you hid the money?

    Spanish-English dictionary > esconder

  • 53 expurgo

    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.
    Ex. The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex. We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex. Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex. The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex. These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex. Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex. Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex. No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    ----
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.
    * * *
    = relegation, scrapping, withdrawal, expurgation, weeding, discarding, deaccession, deacquisition [de-acquisition], jettisoning, deselection, purge.

    Ex: The number of withdrawn books from academic libraries has fallen to about one third of the quantity in the 'pre Atkinson' period, whereas public library relegations have increased.

    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: Also it is difficult to correct any errors in punching, and to make any modifications to the index, corresponding, for instance, to withdrawals.
    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex: Weeding is the process of removing materials which are no longer useful from a library collection.
    Ex: The discarding of literature can only offer limited help in relieving the space shortage for seating.
    Ex: These rules are concerned with access, deaccession, appraisals, preservation, and theft of books.
    Ex: Most deacquisitions research is carried out in college and university libraries, since serious space problems exist in such libraries.
    Ex: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    Ex: No, it is not the deselection of contentious literature about, say, politics or sex, that is at issue.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    * expurgo de documentos = records disposition.
    * expurgo de fondos bibliográficos = collection weeding, stock weeding.
    * expurgo de publicaciones periódicas = periodical collection weeding.
    * expurgo por censura = bowdlerization.
    * expurgos = withdrawn material, withdrawn books.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * plan de expurgo = weeding policy, weeding project.
    * política de expurgo = weeding policy.

    * * *
    expurgation

    Spanish-English dictionary > expurgo

  • 54 extendido

    adj.
    1 extended, outstretched, spread-eagled, stretched out.
    2 widespread, outspread.
    m.
    extension.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: extender.
    * * *
    1→ link=extender extender
    1 (difundido) widespread
    2 (mano etc) outstretched
    * * *
    (f. - extendida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=desplegado) [mantel, mapa] spread out, outspread; [alas, brazos] stretched out, outstretched

    con los brazos extendidos — with his arms stretched out, with outstretched arms

    2) (=propagado) widespread

    está muy extendido el uso de esa palabra — that word is very widely used, the use of that word is very widespread

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <costumbre/error> widespread
    2) <brazos/alas> outstretched
    * * *
    = pervasive, outstretched, epidemic, widespread.
    Ex. The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the epidemic growth of its literature' = El artículo se titula "El síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) y el crecimiento exponencial de su literatura".
    Ex. Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.
    ----
    * muy extendido = commonly-held, widely held.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <costumbre/error> widespread
    2) <brazos/alas> outstretched
    * * *
    = pervasive, outstretched, epidemic, widespread.

    Ex: The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.

    Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the epidemic growth of its literature' = El artículo se titula "El síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) y el crecimiento exponencial de su literatura".
    Ex: Comment published so far is favourable, but the code still awaits widespread adoption.
    * muy extendido = commonly-held, widely held.

    * * *
    A ‹costumbre/error› widespread; ‹epidemia/enfermedad› widespread
    una palabra de uso muy extendido a very widely used word
    el uso de la droga está muy extendido entre los jóvenes the use of drugs is very widespread among young people
    tiene el cáncer ya muy extendido the cancer has already spread throughout his body
    B ‹brazos/alas› outstretched
    realizar el ejercicio con las piernas extendidas do the exercise with your legs stretched out
    * * *

    Del verbo extender: ( conjugate extender)

    extendido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    extender    
    extendido
    extender ( conjugate extender) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹periódico/mapa› to open … up o out;
    ‹mantel/toalla› to spread … out
    2 ‹ brazos› to stretch out;
    ‹ alas› to spread;

    3 ‹pintura/mantequilla› to spread
    4 ( ampliar) ‹poderes/plazo/permiso› to extend
    5 (frml) ‹factura/cheque/escritura› to issue;
    ‹ receta› to make out, write
    extenderse verbo pronominal
    1 ( en el espacio)
    a) [fuego/epidemia/noticia] to spread

    b) [territorio/propiedad] to stretch;


    c) [influencia/autoridad] to extend;

    extendidose a algo to extend to sth
    2 ( en el tiempo)
    a) [época/debate] to last

    b) [ persona]:


    ¿quisiera extendidose sobre ese punto? would you like to expand on that point?
    extendido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹costumbre/error› widespread

    b) ‹brazos/alas› outstretched

    extender verbo transitivo
    1 to extend
    (un territorio) to enlarge
    2 (desplegar, estirar) to spread (out), open (out)
    (una mano, las piernas, etc) to stretch (out)
    3 (untar) to spread
    4 (expedir) (un cheque) to make out
    (un documento) to draw up
    (un certificado) to issue
    extendido,-a adjetivo
    1 (desplegado) spread out, open: el mapa estaba extendido sobre la mesa, the map was spread out on the table
    (alas, brazos) outstretched: me recibió con los brazos extendidos, he greeted me with outstretched arms
    2 (hábito, uso, rumor) widespread: el rumor está bien extendido, the rumour is very widespread
    ' extendido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    extendida
    - cuyo
    - plato
    - tener
    English:
    extended
    - outstretched
    - prevalent
    - widespread
    - extensively
    - out
    - rife
    - wide
    * * *
    extendido, -a adj
    1. [esparcido] spread out;
    tiene el cáncer muy extendido his cancer has spread very extensively
    2. [abierto] outstretched, open;
    con las piernas extendidas with legs outstretched
    3. [diseminado] widespread, prevalent;
    es un prejuicio muy extendido it is a very widespread prejudice;
    el correo electrónico está muy extendido en las empresas electronic mail is very widely used in business
    * * *
    I part → extender
    II adj
    1 costumbre widespread
    2 brazos outstretched; mapa spread out
    * * *
    extendido, -da adj
    1) : outstretched
    2) : widespread
    * * *
    1. (difundido) widespread
    2. (brazos) outstretched

    Spanish-English dictionary > extendido

  • 55 fe de erratas

    errata plural
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = corrigenda [sing. corrigendum], errata [erratum, -sing.], errata slip, errata sheet
    Ex. Corrigenda is a list of errors and the corrections to be made in a manuscript or printed work, included in a book or issued separately.
    Ex. The errata is a part of a document which lists errors in the text and their corrections and which may be inserted in the book or published subsequently.
    Ex. An errata slip is a list of mistakes or misprints in a printed or written book or document.
    Ex. Errata sheets are stuck to one of the preliminary pages of the respective issue.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = corrigenda [sing. corrigendum], errata [erratum, -sing.], errata slip, errata sheet

    Ex: Corrigenda is a list of errors and the corrections to be made in a manuscript or printed work, included in a book or issued separately.

    Ex: The errata is a part of a document which lists errors in the text and their corrections and which may be inserted in the book or published subsequently.
    Ex: An errata slip is a list of mistakes or misprints in a printed or written book or document.
    Ex: Errata sheets are stuck to one of the preliminary pages of the respective issue.

    * * *
    errata pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > fe de erratas

  • 56 horario de trabajo

    (n.) = hours of operation, working hours, work hours
    Ex. Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.
    Ex. As opening hours increase and working hours decrease, the role of part-time staff must be carefully considered.
    Ex. Sleepiness continues to be a significant issue among medical residents despite recently mandated reductions in resident work hours.
    * * *
    (n.) = hours of operation, working hours, work hours

    Ex: Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.

    Ex: As opening hours increase and working hours decrease, the role of part-time staff must be carefully considered.
    Ex: Sleepiness continues to be a significant issue among medical residents despite recently mandated reductions in resident work hours.

    * * *
    (working) hours pl

    Spanish-English dictionary > horario de trabajo

  • 57 horario laboral

    working hours plural
    * * *
    (n.) = hours of operation, opening hours, working hours, work hours
    Ex. Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.
    Ex. Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex. As opening hours increase and working hours decrease, the role of part-time staff must be carefully considered.
    Ex. Sleepiness continues to be a significant issue among medical residents despite recently mandated reductions in resident work hours.
    * * *
    (n.) = hours of operation, opening hours, working hours, work hours

    Ex: Days and hours of operation are always weather-dependent and can result in earlier closures without notice.

    Ex: Cuts in the 1988 budget have resulted in cuts in opening hours, staff hours, and book budget.
    Ex: As opening hours increase and working hours decrease, the role of part-time staff must be carefully considered.
    Ex: Sleepiness continues to be a significant issue among medical residents despite recently mandated reductions in resident work hours.

    Spanish-English dictionary > horario laboral

  • 58 horrendo

    adj.
    horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
    * * *
    1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo horroroso
    * * *
    = harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

    * * *
    * * *

    horrendo
    ◊ -da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


    ' horrendo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrendo-a
    - infierno
    English:
    eyewitness
    - harrowing
    - horrendous
    - horrific
    - ghastly
    - hideous
    - horrifying
    * * *
    * * *
    adj horrendous
    * * *
    horrendo, -da adj
    : horrendous, horrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrendo

  • 59 importante

    adj.
    1 important (destacado, significativo).
    2 considerable.
    3 significant, considerable, sizable.
    * * *
    1 (gen) important; (por su gravedad) serious; (por su cantidad) considerable
    2 (influyente) important
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=trascendental) [información, persona] important; [acontecimiento] significant, important; [papel, factor, parte] important, major; [cambio] significant, major

    un paso importante para la democracia — an important o a big o a major step for democracy

    • dárselas de importante — to give o.s. airs

    • lo importante es... — the main thing is...

    • poco importante — unimportant

    • es importante que — it is important that

    2) [como intensificador] [cantidad, pérdida] considerable; [herida] serious; [retraso] considerable, serious
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.
    Ex. The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.
    Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex. Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex. With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex. The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex. This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex. The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex. There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex. Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex. However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex. This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex. We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex. We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    ----
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.
    * * *
    a) <noticia/persona> important; <acontecimiento/cambio> important, significant

    ¿qué dice la carta? - nada importante — what does the letter say? - nothing of any importance o nothing much

    lo importante es... — the important thing is...

    dárselas de or hacerse el importante — to give oneself airs

    b) < pérdidas> serious, considerable; < daños> severe, considerable; < cantidad> considerable, significant
    * * *
    = considerable, important, major, notable, prominent, relevant, remarkable, significant, significantly, substantial, weighty, consequential, solid, acute, appreciable, major, mighty [mightier -comp., mightiest -sup.], goodly [goodlier -comp., goodliest -sup.], key, meaningful, vital, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.], of consequence, meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.], seminal.

    Ex: The need to become familiar with different command languages for different hosts is a considerable barrier to effective retrieval.

    Ex: Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.
    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: There are notable differences in practice between the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Most such bulletins list titles or abstracts, together with citations of relevant new documents in the subject area.
    Ex: Two remarkable features of the BM code are its acceptance of corporate authorship, and its use of form headings.
    Ex: With online display, the alphabetical arrangement can become less significant, since all look-ups can be achieved with the computer, and there is less need for the scanning of alphabetical lists.
    Ex: The problem of their citation looms less significantly in abstracting and indexing products than that of the citation of periodical articles.
    Ex: This data base will eventually become a very substantial bibliographic data base.
    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    Ex: The democratisation of Russian intellectual life was one of the most consequential of the dramatic social and political changes that took place in Russia in the 1860s.
    Ex: There is no doubt that the ideas put forward by Coates and their implementation in BTI have been a solid step forward in the theory of alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: In some areas of study, notably the social sciences, the problems vocabulary are acute.
    Ex: Cannabis often shows no appreciable effects the first time it is taken.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: The October 2002 issue of CONVERGE magazine lists their picks for the 'Shapers of the Future 2002' -- 'today's leaders and innovators who have dreamed and accomplished mighty things in technology and education'.
    Ex: However, we must not forget the book which the critics acclaim and which also sells in goodly numbers.
    Ex: This meeting brought together representatives of the key organizations in the community.
    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex: The pressures of the marketplace mean that any vital facility must be offered by all of the major hosts.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    Ex: We have the right and responsibility to make wise decisions in 'times of consequence'.
    Ex: We want Robyn to write about really meaty issues every week, instead of talking about spousal abuse.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    * acontecimiento importante = milestone, red carpet event.
    * considerar importante = hold + Nombre + dear.
    * continuar siendo importante = remain + big.
    * economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.
    * el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * evento importante = milestone.
    * hacer que sea importante = render + important.
    * hacerse cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * la parte más importante = the heart of.
    * llegar a un momento importante en + Posesivo + historia = reach + milestone.
    * lo más importante = most of all.
    * lo que es más importante = most importantly, more importantly, most of all, most important.
    * lo que es muy importante = importantly.
    * más importante = foremost.
    * más importante aun = more significantly.
    * menos importante, el = least, the.
    * muy importante = critical, very importantly, big time.
    * poco importante = small-time.
    * por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.
    * sentirse importante = feel + important.
    * ser Algo muy importante = loom + large.
    * ser cada vez más importante = increase in + importance.
    * ser importante = be of importance, be of consequence.
    * suceso importante = critical incident.
    * suma importante = princely sum.
    * último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.
    * uno de los + Nombre + más importante = not the least + Nombre, not the least of + Nombre.

    * * *
    1 ‹noticia/persona› important; ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant
    tengo algo importante que decirte I have something important to tell you
    ¿qué dice la carta? — nada importante what does the letter say? — nothing of any importance o nothing much
    lo importante es participar the important thing is to take part
    es importante que vayas it's important that you go
    2 ‹pérdidas› serious, considerable; ‹cantidad› considerable, significant
    una importante suma de dinero a large o considerable o significant sum of money
    la tormenta causó importantes daños the storm caused severe o considerable damage
    un número importante de ciudadanos a significant o considerable o large number of citizens
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    algo importante    
    importante
    importante adjetivo
    a) ‹noticia/persona› important;

    ‹acontecimiento/cambio› important, significant;
    dárselas de or hacerse el importante to give oneself airs

    ‹ daños› severe, considerable;
    ‹ cantidad› considerable, significant
    importante adjetivo important, significant: un importante geólogo dará la conferencia, a noted geologist will give the lecture
    una cantidad importante, a considerable amount
    ' importante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - categoría
    - ciudad
    - comodidad
    - consignar
    - cosa
    - cualquiera
    - despreciable
    - eje
    - eslabón
    - floricultura
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - historia
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - inmediatez
    - menos
    - nada
    - núcleo
    - opinar
    - personaje
    - pintar
    - poderosa
    - poderoso
    - reseñar
    - sabrosa
    - sabroso
    - salario
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - señor
    - suma
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - tomo
    - viso
    - indiferente
    - notable
    - papel
    - parecer
    - personalidad
    - pez
    - que
    - trascendental
    - trascendente
    - un
    - visita
    English:
    amount to
    - appreciable
    - armory
    - armoury
    - assassin
    - assassination
    - big
    - consideration
    - depreciate
    - edit
    - flagship
    - grain
    - grand
    - great
    - head-hunt
    - high
    - if
    - important
    - increasingly
    - large
    - last
    - leading
    - least
    - major
    - mean
    - morality
    - prominent
    - significant
    - sponsor
    - thing
    - VIP
    - weighty
    - assassinate
    - come
    - considerable
    - feature
    - feel
    - first
    - foremost
    - name
    - priority
    - strongly
    - substantial
    * * *
    1. [destacado, significativo] important;
    el descontento está adquiriendo proporciones importantes dissatisfaction is becoming widespread;
    ocupa un cargo importante en el ministerio he has an important job at the ministry;
    ella es muy importante para mí she's very important to me;
    lo importante es hacerlo despacio the important thing is to do it slowly;
    no te preocupes, lo importante es que tengas buena salud don't worry, the most important thing is for you to be healthy;
    dárselas de importante, hacerse el/la importante to give oneself airs, to act all important
    2. [cantidad] considerable;
    [lesión] serious;
    una cantidad importante de dinero a significant o considerable sum of money;
    * * *
    adj important
    * * *
    : important
    * * *
    1. (en general) important
    2. (considerable) considerable

    Spanish-English dictionary > importante

  • 60 informe

    adj.
    shapeless.
    m.
    1 report (documento, estudio).
    2 denunciation, report.
    3 advice.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: informar.
    * * *
    1 (sin forma) shapeless, formless
    1 report
    1 references
    \
    dar informes sobre alguien (referencias) to provide references for somebody 2 (datos) to give information about somebody
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [bulto, figura] shapeless
    II
    SM
    1) (=escrito) report ( sobre on)

    informe médico/policial/técnico — medical/police/technical report

    2) pl informes (=datos) information sing ; [de trabajador] references

    dar informes sobre algn/algo — to give information about sb/sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algo — to ask for information about sth

    pedir informes de o sobre algn — [para trabajo] to follow up sb's references

    3) (Jur) report

    informe del juez — summing-up, summation (EEUU)

    4) (Com) report
    5) (Pol) White Paper
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.
    Ex. In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.
    Ex. The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex. The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex. In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex. It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex. The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex. The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex. This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex. Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex. The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex. If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    ----
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.
    * * *
    1) (exposición, dictamen) report

    informe policial/médico — police/medical report

    2) informes masculino plural
    a) ( datos) information, particulars (pl)
    b) ( de empleado) reference, references (pl)

    pedir informes — to ask for a reference/for references

    * * *
    = account, brief, filing, memo [memorandum], memorandum [memoranda -pl.; memo -abr.], news report, report, review, survey, briefing, debriefing, briefing paper, write-up.

    Ex: In the interests of clarity an integrated account of the appropriate added entry headings is to be found in 21.29 and 21.30.

    Ex: The architect's brief specifies that every square metre that funds will allow should be allocated.
    Ex: The schedule allows the filing of photographs under headings that designate photographic processes or apparatus.
    Ex: In most cases there was little substitution of e-mail for letters, memos, telephone calls, meetings or travel.
    Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are those which convey information that is likely to be difficult to access, such as foreign documents or internal reports and memoranda and other documents which a limited circulation.
    Ex: It covers selected news reports which include the president's programme, power for youth services workers, pay equity, and equity in information services.
    Ex: The report introduced a range of ideas which have influenced subsequent code construction.
    Ex: The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.
    Ex: This briefing summarises the history and development of libraries in US higher education.
    Ex: Students will write final essays on their search, and debriefings will be conducted in the classroom.
    Ex: The company has launched a series of briefing papers to assist customers in making sense of market.
    Ex: If you read some of their write-ups, you can be sure that their endgame is to give a part of this country to Tamils.
    * elaboración de informes = report writing.
    * emitir un informe = issue + statement.
    * informe anual = annual report.
    * informe bursátil = stock market report.
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.
    * informe del viaje realizado = travel report.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * informe de propuestas = proposals report.
    * informe de resultados = report of findings.
    * informe de seguimiento = progress report.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * informe de tráfico = traffic report.
    * informe de una comisión = committee paper.
    * informe económico = economic report.
    * informe final = final report.
    * informe legal = legal brief.
    * informe médico = medical report.
    * informe numérico = data report.
    * informe policial = police report.
    * informe secreto = intelligence report.
    * informes, los = report literature.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre el estado de la nación = state of the nation report.
    * informe sobre el estado general de las carreteras = road report.
    * informe sobre la marcha de un proyecto = progress report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * informe técnico = report, technical report.
    * informe trimestral = quarterly report.
    * presentación de informes = reporting.
    * presentar un informe = give + a report, present + report.
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * redacción de informes = report writing.
    * redacción de informes técnicos = technical writing.
    * redactar un informe = draw up + report.
    * rendir informes = debrief.

    * * *
    shapeless, formless
    A (exposición, dictamen) report
    informe policial/médico police/medical report
    Compuestos:
    annual report
    chairman's report
    1 (datos) information, particulars (pl)
    2 (de un empleado) reference, references (pl)
    pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references
    3 ( Per); information desk
    * * *

     

    Del verbo informar: ( conjugate informar)

    informé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    informe es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    informar    
    informe
    informar ( conjugate informar) verbo transitivo ‹persona/prensa› to inform;

    ¿podría informeme sobre los cursos de idiomas? could you give me some information about language courses?
    verbo intransitivo (dar noticias, información) to report;
    informe sobre algo to report on sth, give a report on sth;
    informe de algo to announce sth
    informarse verbo pronominal
    to get information;
    informese sobre algo to find out o inquire about sth
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 (exposición, dictamen) report;

    2
    ◊ informes sustantivo masculino plural



    ◊ pedir informes to ask for a reference/for references

    informar
    I verbo transitivo to inform [de, of]
    II verbo intransitivo & verbo transitivo to report
    informe sustantivo masculino
    1 report 2 informes, (para un empleo) references
    ' informe' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acompañar
    - baja
    - disentir
    - estimativa
    - estimativo
    - fragmentaria
    - fragmentario
    - galimatías
    - incluida
    - incluido
    - listada
    - listado
    - memoria
    - ojeada
    - parte
    - peritaje
    - puntual
    - resumir
    - amañar
    - anexo
    - bibliografía
    - corresponder
    - elaborar
    - encargar
    - entregar
    - escamotear
    - exacto
    - filtración
    - global
    - llevar
    - minucioso
    - presentar
    - pulcro
    - redactar
    - reporte
    English:
    absolve
    - account
    - anomaly
    - brief
    - compile
    - concise
    - consistent
    - dispatch
    - error
    - exhaustive
    - foresee
    - glimpse
    - job
    - plonk
    - present
    - reference
    - report
    - report card
    - say
    - school report
    - shapeless
    - slanted
    - submission
    - thrust
    - weekly report
    - audit
    - chase
    - debriefing
    - disservice
    - hold
    - indictment
    - out
    - survey
    - write
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [documento, estudio] report ( sobre on o about);
    un informe policial a police report;
    han solicitado el informe de un técnico they have asked for a report from an expert
    informe anual annual report; Com informe de gestión management report
    2. Der = oral summary of case given to the judge by counsel for defence or prosecution, ≈ closing speech
    ♦ informes nmpl
    [información] information; [sobre comportamiento] report; [para un empleo] reference(s)
    informe2 adj
    shapeless
    * * *
    I adj shapeless
    II m
    1 report
    2
    :
    informes pl ( referencias) references
    * * *
    informe adj
    amorfo: shapeless, formless
    1) : report
    2) : reference (for employment)
    3) informes nmpl: information, data
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > informe

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