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  • 61 formación profesional

    f.
    technical training, professional training, professional education, formal training.
    * * *
    vocational training
    * * *
    = vocational training, professional education, professional training, further education
    Ex. Vocational training is currently subject to strong pressure to change.
    Ex. Professional education got off to an early start in Spain.
    Ex. 80% find their professional training only partly corresponding to the job requirements.
    Ex. The single term 'college library' covers a broad spectrum of further and higher education, ranging from those housed in colleges of further education, to those in polytechnics and colleges of higher education.
    * * *
    = vocational training, professional education, professional training, further education

    Ex: Vocational training is currently subject to strong pressure to change.

    Ex: Professional education got off to an early start in Spain.
    Ex: 80% find their professional training only partly corresponding to the job requirements.
    Ex: The single term 'college library' covers a broad spectrum of further and higher education, ranging from those housed in colleges of further education, to those in polytechnics and colleges of higher education.

    * * *
    vocational training

    Spanish-English dictionary > formación profesional

  • 62 gradación

    f.
    gradation.
    * * *
    1 gradation
    2 MÚSICA scale
    3 (retórica) climax
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=progresión) gradation; (=serie) graded series
    2) (Retórica) climax; (Ling) comparison
    * * *
    femenino (Art, Mús) gradation
    * * *
    = shade, gradation.
    Ex. Partly because of the fact that documents have shades of relevance to a given topic this is an impossible objective.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.
    * * *
    femenino (Art, Mús) gradation
    * * *
    = shade, gradation.

    Ex: Partly because of the fact that documents have shades of relevance to a given topic this is an impossible objective.

    Ex: Until the mid nineteen hundreds, this community presented an almost feudal pattern of wealthy merchants and factory hands, with several gradations between these extremes.

    * * *
    1 ( Art, Mús) gradation
    2 (Col, Ven) (del alcohol) graduación f 2. (↑ graduación)
    * * *

    gradación sustantivo femenino
    1 gradation
    2 Mús scale
    ' gradación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escala
    * * *
    1. [en retórica] climax
    2. [escalonamiento] scale
    * * *
    gradación nf, pl - ciones : gradation, scale

    Spanish-English dictionary > gradación

  • 63 guerra de desgaste

    Ex. This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.
    * * *

    Ex: This is partly because the 40-year civil war has developed into a war of attrition, with ransom money from kidnapping providing much of the financial backing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > guerra de desgaste

  • 64 hacerse un nudo en la garganta

    (n.) = choking emotion + fill
    Ex. A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.
    * * *
    (n.) = choking emotion + fill

    Ex: A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacerse un nudo en la garganta

  • 65 hidropónico

    adj.
    hydroponic.
    * * *
    * * *
    Nota: Relativo al cultivo de plantas en una solución salina artificial sin tierra.
    Ex. In other words, the cultural products circulating in that elite will partly lose part of their flavour and purpose in much the same way as hydroponic agricultural products grown in an artificial saline solution without any soil.
    * * *
    Nota: Relativo al cultivo de plantas en una solución salina artificial sin tierra.

    Ex: In other words, the cultural products circulating in that elite will partly lose part of their flavour and purpose in much the same way as hydroponic agricultural products grown in an artificial saline solution without any soil.

    * * *
    hydroponic
    cultivo hidropónico hydroponics, aquiculture
    * * *
    hidropónico, -a adj
    cultivo hidropónico hydroponics, aquiculture

    Spanish-English dictionary > hidropónico

  • 66 identificación

    f.
    1 identification, ID, ID card, I.D..
    2 recognition.
    3 identification, identity, leaning, filiation.
    4 identification.
    5 genetic fingerprinting.
    * * *
    1 identification
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino ( acción) identification; ( documentos) identity papers (pl)
    * * *
    = empathy, identification, recognition, authentication, buy-in, sign-up, ID (identification), spotting.
    Ex. They lack an understanding of an empathy with the character, and are hampered by an overabundance of unimportant detail.
    Ex. The second step towards an index involves the identification of the concepts within a document which are worthy of indexing.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. Without the legal safeguards of authentication, the promise of electronic trading cannot be realized.
    Ex. The seminar will deal with the processes of developing and ensuring corporate buy-in to a digital preservation policy.
    Ex. Web workers want ease of use with a keep it simple approach to information retrieval, including the sign-up process for access to information services.
    Ex. To make the product more closely resemble a CD-ROM service; IDs for 10 simultaneous users were obtained for a flat fee.
    Ex. Directions are included for observing the moon, looking at constellations, measuring the sky, plotting the paths of shooting stars, and planet spotting.
    ----
    * bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * etiqueta de identificación = name tag.
    * etiqueta de identificación del lector = borrower identification label.
    * fichero de identificaciones documentales = signature file.
    * identificación bibliográfica y de copyright de la contribución = catch line.
    * identificación de errores = error identification.
    * identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.
    * identificación mediante la voz = voice-print identification.
    * identificación mediante marcas = tagging.
    * identificación por radiofrecuencia = radio frequency identification (RFID).
    * identificación textual = text signature.
    * número de identificación = ID number (identification number).
    * número de identificación del documento = library registration number.
    * número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.
    * pedir la identificación = card.
    * PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).
    * registro de identificación = cookie.
    * rueda de identificación = police line-up, identity parade, identification parade.
    * tarjeta de identificación = identification card.
    * * *
    femenino ( acción) identification; ( documentos) identity papers (pl)
    * * *
    = empathy, identification, recognition, authentication, buy-in, sign-up, ID (identification), spotting.

    Ex: They lack an understanding of an empathy with the character, and are hampered by an overabundance of unimportant detail.

    Ex: The second step towards an index involves the identification of the concepts within a document which are worthy of indexing.
    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex: Without the legal safeguards of authentication, the promise of electronic trading cannot be realized.
    Ex: The seminar will deal with the processes of developing and ensuring corporate buy-in to a digital preservation policy.
    Ex: Web workers want ease of use with a keep it simple approach to information retrieval, including the sign-up process for access to information services.
    Ex: To make the product more closely resemble a CD-ROM service; IDs for 10 simultaneous users were obtained for a flat fee.
    Ex: Directions are included for observing the moon, looking at constellations, measuring the sky, plotting the paths of shooting stars, and planet spotting.
    * bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.
    * búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.
    * etiqueta de identificación = name tag.
    * etiqueta de identificación del lector = borrower identification label.
    * fichero de identificaciones documentales = signature file.
    * identificación bibliográfica y de copyright de la contribución = catch line.
    * identificación de errores = error identification.
    * identificación mediante las huellas dactilares = finger-print identification.
    * identificación mediante la voz = voice-print identification.
    * identificación mediante marcas = tagging.
    * identificación por radiofrecuencia = radio frequency identification (RFID).
    * identificación textual = text signature.
    * número de identificación = ID number (identification number).
    * número de identificación del documento = library registration number.
    * número nacional de identificación bibliográfica = national bibliography number.
    * pedir la identificación = card.
    * PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).
    * registro de identificación = cookie.
    * rueda de identificación = police line-up, identity parade, identification parade.
    * tarjeta de identificación = identification card.

    * * *
    1 (acción) identification
    2 (documentos) identity card, identity papers (pl)
    su identificación, por favor may I see your (identity) papers, please?
    * * *

     

    identificación sustantivo femenino identification
    Jur rueda de identificación, identity parade
    ' identificación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    CIF
    - placa
    - rueda
    - número
    English:
    ID
    - identification
    - identity parade
    - line
    - name
    * * *
    1. [acción] identification;
    Tel
    2. [documentos] papers, ID;
    la identificación, por favor may I see your papers, please?
    * * *
    f
    1 acto identification
    2 INFOR user ID, user name
    * * *
    1) : identification, identifying
    2) : identification document, ID
    * * *
    identificación n identification

    Spanish-English dictionary > identificación

  • 67 ilusiones

    Ex. I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.
    * * *

    Ex: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilusiones

  • 68 ilusión vana

    Ex. I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.
    * * *

    Ex: I suspect that Mr Byrum's personal opinion that AACR2 will force libraries to close their catalogs is partly wishful thinking.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ilusión vana

  • 69 importancia

    f.
    importance.
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia important, of importance
    sin importancia unimportant
    quitar importancia a algo to play something down
    * * *
    1 importance
    \
    dar importancia a algo to take something seriously
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia (gen) important 2 (herida, lesión) serious
    no tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not important
    quitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something down
    sin importancia unimportant
    tener importancia to be important
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

    no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important

    • carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

    • de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

    • conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

    no quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...

    • darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

    • quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

    • sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
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    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.
    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

    Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

    * * *
    importance
    temas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great import
    ésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant details
    trató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problem
    no debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this matter
    siento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter
    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    * * *

     

    importancia sustantivo femenino
    importance;

    quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
    detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
    no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
    el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
    dar importancia a, to attach importance to
    quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
    sin importancia, unimportant
    ♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs

    ' importancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acento
    - acentuar
    - alta
    - alto
    - bagatela
    - calibre
    - cobrar
    - conceder
    - dimensión
    - énfasis
    - entidad
    - envergadura
    - escatológico
    - fallo
    - ignorar
    - incidir
    - insignificancia
    - insistir
    - interés
    - levedad
    - marcar
    - minúscula
    - minúsculo
    - niñería
    - palidecer
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - primera
    - primero
    - primordial
    - protagonismo
    - quitar
    - recalcar
    - relativa
    - relativo
    - relieve
    - representar
    - restar
    - revestir
    - subrayar
    - suceso
    - suma
    - sumo
    - talla
    - tontería
    - valor
    - vital
    - vuelo
    - alguno
    - capital
    English:
    account
    - attach
    - count
    - emphasize
    - importance
    - incidental
    - irrelevant
    - issue
    - light
    - little
    - major
    - matter
    - mind
    - minimize
    - minor
    - moment
    - momentous
    - override
    - paramount
    - play down
    - primary
    - prime
    - prominence
    - read
    - ride
    - shrug off
    - significance
    - smooth over
    - store
    - thrust forward
    - unimportant
    - vital
    - vitally
    - all
    - all right
    - consideration
    - descend
    - detail
    - emphasis
    - gloss
    - hot
    - import
    - magistrate
    - menial
    - play
    - small
    - trifling
    - utmost
    * * *
    importance;
    de importancia important, of importance;
    un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;
    un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;
    recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;
    adquirir o [m5] cobrar importancia to become important, to take on significance;
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs;
    no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;
    [no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;
    quitar o [m5] restar importancia a algo to play sth down
    * * *
    f importance;
    dar importancia a attach importance to;
    restar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;
    tener importancia be important;
    no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    darse importancia give o.s. airs
    * * *
    : importance
    * * *
    importancia n importance
    darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]
    tener importancia to be important / to matter

    Spanish-English dictionary > importancia

  • 70 incredulidad

    f.
    incredulity.
    * * *
    1 incredulity
    * * *
    SF (=desconfianza) incredulity; (=escepticismo) scepticism, skepticism (EEUU)
    * * *
    femenino skepticism*
    * * *
    = disbelief, incredulity.
    Ex. Perhaps an openly expressed disbelief in his activities is one of the marks of the passing of this stage.
    Ex. A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.
    ----
    * con incredulidad = incredulously.
    * mostrar incredulidad = express + disbelief.
    * * *
    femenino skepticism*
    * * *
    = disbelief, incredulity.

    Ex: Perhaps an openly expressed disbelief in his activities is one of the marks of the passing of this stage.

    Ex: A choking emotion, partly made up of incredulity and in part a burning resentment filled Drew Pope.
    * con incredulidad = incredulously.
    * mostrar incredulidad = express + disbelief.

    * * *
    skepticism*
    * * *

    incredulidad sustantivo femenino
    skepticism( conjugate skepticism)
    ' incredulidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anda
    - hombre
    - jorobar
    - venga
    - andar
    - ir
    - mirar
    - no
    English:
    disbelief
    - doubtfully
    - incredulously
    - surely
    - incredulous
    - unbelieving
    * * *
    incredulity
    * * *
    f disbelief, incredulity
    * * *
    : incredulity, skepticism

    Spanish-English dictionary > incredulidad

  • 71 indiferencia

    f.
    indifference.
    * * *
    1 indifference
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF lack of interest ( hacia in, towards)
    indifference frm ( hacia towards)

    ella aparentaba indiferencia — she pretended to be indifferent, she feigned indifference

    * * *
    femenino indifference
    * * *
    = indifference, unconcern, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue, impassivity, indolence, disregard, detachment, insouciance, nonchalance, cold shoulder, lassitude.
    Ex. This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.
    Ex. Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.
    Ex. The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.
    Ex. Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.
    Ex. The most significant conclusion drawn was the librarian's impassivity in their day to day interactions with users.
    Ex. Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.
    Ex. There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.
    Ex. The author surveys a group of information aliterate students identifying the possible causes of reluctance or detachment on the part of some students.
    Ex. She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.
    Ex. According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.
    Ex. His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.
    ----
    * con indiferencia = indifferently, casually.
    * mostrar indiferencia = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * * *
    femenino indifference
    * * *
    = indifference, unconcern, emotional fatigue, compassion fatigue, impassivity, indolence, disregard, detachment, insouciance, nonchalance, cold shoulder, lassitude.

    Ex: This article provides examples to illustrate why librarians are partly to blame through their indifference, complacency and failure to prosecute.

    Ex: Now most users are not even aware that their problems are always treated confidentially by the librarian, and so are filled with unconcern.
    Ex: The nature of contemporary media coverage may contribute to emotional fatigue with society's problems = La naturaleza de la covertura de los medios de comunicación modernos puede contribuir a desarrollar la insensibilidad con respecto a los problemas de la sociedad.
    Ex: Compassion fatigue encompasses desensitisation and emotional burnout, as a phenomenon associated with pervasive communication about social problems = La fatiga compasiva incluye la insensibilización y la apatía emocional, como fenómeno asociado a la insistente bombardeo informativo sobre los problemas sociales.
    Ex: The most significant conclusion drawn was the librarian's impassivity in their day to day interactions with users.
    Ex: Sunday remains a 'people's day,' a consensus of indolence = El domingo sigue siendo el 'día de la gente', donde predomina la indolencia.
    Ex: There is in general a blithe disregard of the limits to pecision imposed by sampling error.
    Ex: The author surveys a group of information aliterate students identifying the possible causes of reluctance or detachment on the part of some students.
    Ex: She emphasizes Colette's extraordinary character: her bravura, pragmatism, insouciance, resistance to conventions and, above all, appetite.
    Ex: 'Look, Mel, these are your people, not mine,' said the director with an assumption of nonchalance.
    Ex: According to researchers, these are the cities where 'immigrants find friendly welcomes or cold shoulders'.
    Ex: His lassitude does not appear to emanate from laziness, but rather from the stirrings of nihilistic restlessness.
    * con indiferencia = indifferently, casually.
    * mostrar indiferencia = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

    * * *
    indifference
    * * *

    indiferencia sustantivo femenino
    indifference
    indiferencia sustantivo femenino indifference
    ' indiferencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    olvido
    - total
    - afectar
    - aparentar
    - desprecio
    - y
    English:
    casually
    - detachment
    - disregard
    - face
    - indifference
    - indifferently
    * * *
    indifference
    * * *
    f indifference
    * * *
    : indifference
    * * *
    indiferencia n indifference

    Spanish-English dictionary > indiferencia

  • 72 infortunio

    m.
    1 calamity, misfortune (hecho desgraciado).
    2 mishap, mischance, accident.
    * * *
    1 misfortune
    * * *
    SM (=mala suerte) misfortune, ill luck; (=accidente) mishap
    * * *
    masculino misfortune
    * * *
    = mishap, reversal, mischance, misfortune, ill fate.
    Ex. The operations staff makes special backup copies of the catalogs in the network, reconstructs the files in case of a serious mishap, enters new system logon names, assigns authorization levels, and so forth.
    Ex. Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.
    Ex. Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.
    Ex. The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
    Ex. The sad fact is that the majority of web pages suffer this same ill fate.
    * * *
    masculino misfortune
    * * *
    = mishap, reversal, mischance, misfortune, ill fate.

    Ex: The operations staff makes special backup copies of the catalogs in the network, reconstructs the files in case of a serious mishap, enters new system logon names, assigns authorization levels, and so forth.

    Ex: Libraries are struggling to hold on and maintain quality in the face of adversity and reversal.
    Ex: Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.
    Ex: The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
    Ex: The sad fact is that the majority of web pages suffer this same ill fate.

    * * *
    misfortune
    * * *

    infortunio sustantivo masculino misfortune: tuvo el infortunio de perder toda su documentación, she unfortunately lost all of the papers
    ' infortunio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adversidad
    - azar
    - desgracia
    English:
    mischance
    * * *
    1. [hecho desgraciado] calamity, misfortune
    2. [mala suerte] misfortune, bad luck;
    tuvo el infortunio de contraer la enfermedad he had the misfortune to catch the disease
    * * *
    m misfortune, ill fortune
    * * *
    1) desgracia: misfortune
    2) contratiempo: mishap

    Spanish-English dictionary > infortunio

  • 73 inmune

    adj.
    1 immune (medicine) (& figurative).
    ser inmune a algo to be immune to something
    inmune a la crítica immune to criticism
    2 exempt (exento).
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA immune (a, to)
    2 (exento) exempt (de, from)
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) immune (a against, to)
    2) (=no afectado) immune (a to)
    3) (=exento) exempt (de from)
    * * *
    adjetivo immune
    * * *
    = immune.
    Ex. This was only partly because SCI is beset by language-barrier problems to which CA is immune.
    ----
    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * respuesta inmune = immune response.
    * ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.
    * * *
    adjetivo immune
    * * *

    Ex: This was only partly because SCI is beset by language-barrier problems to which CA is immune.

    * estar inmune a = be immune against.
    * respuesta inmune = immune response.
    * ser inmune a = be immune from, be immune against.

    * * *
    ( Med) immune inmune A algo immune TO sth
    es inmune a toda crítica she is immune to criticism
    * * *

    inmune adjetivo
    immune;
    inmune a algo immune to sth
    inmune adjetivo
    1 (a un virus) immune [a, to]
    2 (exento de) immune [de, from], exempt [de, from]
    3 (que no se deja afectar) es inmune a las críticas, he's impervious to criticism
    ' inmune' also found in these entries:
    English:
    immune
    * * *
    inmune adj
    1. [a enfermedad] immune;
    ser inmune a algo to be immune to sth
    2. [a insulto, tristeza] immune;
    ser inmune a las críticas to be immune to criticism
    3. [exento] exempt;
    una región inmune a los efectos del turismo a region untouched by the effects of tourism
    * * *
    adj immune
    * * *
    inmune adj
    : immune

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmune

  • 74 insensatez

    f.
    1 foolishness, senselessness.
    hacer/decir una insensatez to do/say something foolish
    2 lack of common sense, lack of good sense, unwisdom.
    3 foolish thing to do, stupid thing to do, foolish action.
    * * *
    1 foolishness
    \
    decir insensateces to talk nonsense
    hacer insensateces to be foolish
    * * *
    SF foolishness, stupidity

    cometieron la insensatez de no negociar — they were foolish o stupid enough not to negotiate

    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) foolishness, senselessness
    b) (dicho, hecho)

    lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do

    * * *
    = unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.
    Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.
    Ex. That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.
    Ex. However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad) foolishness, senselessness
    b) (dicho, hecho)

    lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do

    * * *
    = unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.

    Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.

    Ex: That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.
    Ex: However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.

    * * *
    1 (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness
    2
    (dicho, hecho): fue una insensatez dejarlo solo it was foolish o stupid to leave him alone
    lo que has dicho es una insensatez that's a foolish o senseless thing to say
    * * *

    insensatez sustantivo femenino

    b) (dicho, hecho):

    ◊ lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez that was a stupid thing to say/do

    insensatez sustantivo femenino foolishness
    ' insensatez' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconsciencia
    English:
    folly
    - foolish
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] foolishness, senselessness
    2. [acto, dicho]
    hacer una insensatez to do something foolish;
    decir una insensatez to say something foolish
    * * *
    f foolishness
    * * *
    insensatez nf, pl - teces : foolishness, stupidity

    Spanish-English dictionary > insensatez

  • 75 integridad física

    personal safety; un acto que atentó contra su integridad física an attempt against her life
    * * *
    (n.) = life and limb, physical condition
    Ex. This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.
    Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.
    * * *
    personal safety; un acto que atentó contra su integridad física an attempt against her life
    * * *
    (n.) = life and limb, physical condition

    Ex: This is a special issue devoted partly to the theme: Life and limb: issues of security and safety.

    Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > integridad física

  • 76 intercalador

    m.
    collator.
    * * *
    = filer, intercalator.
    Nota: Separador usado para indicar que un símbolo de clase de una notación se ha tomado en parte de otra clasificación.
    Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.
    Ex. An intercalator is a separator used to denote that a class symbol of a notation is partly taken from another classification.
    * * *
    = filer, intercalator.
    Nota: Separador usado para indicar que un símbolo de clase de una notación se ha tomado en parte de otra clasificación.

    Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

    Ex: An intercalator is a separator used to denote that a class symbol of a notation is partly taken from another classification.

    Spanish-English dictionary > intercalador

  • 77 lava

    f.
    lava.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: lavar.
    * * *
    1 lava
    * * *
    I
    SF (Geol) lava
    II
    SF (Min) washing
    * * *
    femenino lava
    * * *
    = lava.
    Ex. The dark zones were partly flooded by lava when volcanoes erupted billions of years ago.
    ----
    * campo de lava = lava field.
    * río de lava = lava flow.
    * * *
    femenino lava
    * * *
    = lava.

    Ex: The dark zones were partly flooded by lava when volcanoes erupted billions of years ago.

    * campo de lava = lava field.
    * río de lava = lava flow.

    * * *
    lava
    * * *

    Del verbo lavar: ( conjugate lavar)

    lava es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    lava    
    lavar
    lava sustantivo femenino
    lava
    lavar ( conjugate lavar) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹ropa/coche› to wash;
    ‹ suelo› to mop;
    ‹fruta/verdura› to wash;
    ◊ hay que lavalo en seco/a mano it has to be dry-cleaned/hand-washed

    2 (AmL) ‹ dinero› to launder
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( lavar ropa) to do the laundry o (BrE) washing



    lavarse verbo pronominal

    ‹cara/manos› to wash;
    ‹ dientes› to clean, brush;
    lavase el pelo or la cabeza to wash one's hair
    b) (Col fam) ( empaparse) to get soaked

    lava sustantivo femenino lava
    lavar verbo transitivo to wash
    lavar en seco, to dry-clean
    ' lava' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrojar
    - escupir
    - humeante
    English:
    drip-dry
    - molten
    - wash-and-wear
    - bubble
    - drip
    - engulf
    - flow
    - lava
    - spew
    * * *
    lava nf
    1. [volcán] lava
    2. Ven Fam [fastidio] pain
    * * *
    f lava
    * * *
    lava nf
    : lava
    * * *
    lava n lava

    Spanish-English dictionary > lava

  • 78 leche

    f.
    milk.
    leche de coco coconut milk
    leche condensada condensed milk
    leche descremada o desnatada skimmed milk
    leche entera full cream milk, whole milk
    leche esterilizada/homogeneizada sterilized/homogenized milk
    leche merengada = drink made from milk, egg whites, sugar and cinnamon
    leche pasteurizada pasteurized milk
    leche en polvo powdered milk
    leche UHT UHT milk
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: lechar.
    * * *
    1 milk
    ■ no corras tanto que nos vamos a dar una leche don't drive so fast, we're going to crash
    3 tabú (fastidio) drag, bastard, bummer
    ■ ¡qué mala leche, mira que perder el avión! what rotten luck, fancy missing the plane!
    ■ ¡qué leche tienes hijo! you jammy bugger!
    5 tabú (semen) spunk, US scum
    \
    a toda leche familiar at full belt, flat out
    de la leche argot bloody, bleeding, frigging
    estar de mala leche familiar to be in a foul mood
    más blanco,-a que la leche as white as a sheet
    ser la leche tabú to be bloody incredible
    tener mala leche familiar (mal carácter) to have a foul temper 2 (malicia - hombre) to be a bastard 3 (- mujer) to be a bitch
    leche condensada condensed milk
    leche descremada skimmed milk
    leche desnatada skimmed milk
    leche entera whole milk
    leche en polvo powdered milk
    leche materna mother's milk
    leche merengada iced drink made from milk, egg whites and sugar, flavoured with cinnamon
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de mamífero] milk

    café con leche — white coffee, coffee with milk

    leche completa — full-cream milk, whole milk

    leche de larga duración, leche de larga vida — long-life milk

    leche descremada, leche desnatada — skimmed milk

    leche entera — full-cream milk, whole milk

    leche frita — dessert made of milk thickened with flour, coated with egg and fried

    leche sin desnatar — Esp whole milk

    leche UHT — long-life milk, UHT milk

    2) (Bot) milk, milky juice; Bol rubber; Caribe rubber tree
    3) (=loción)

    leche hidratante — moisturizer, moisturizing lotion

    leche limpiadora — cleanser, cleansing milk

    4) *** (=semen) cum ***, spunk ***
    5) ** (=golpe)

    ¡te voy a dar una leche! — I'll thump you! *

    se liaron a leches — they laid into each other *, they started swinging at each other *

    6)

    ser la leche ** (=el colmo) —

    cantando es la leche — (=bueno) when he sings he's a bloody marvel **; (=malo) when he sings he's bloody awful **

    nunca se acuerdan de llamar, ¡son la leche! — they never think to call, they're unbelievable!

    7) ** [como interjección]

    ¡leche! — hell!, shit! ***

    ¡leches! — (=ni hablar) no way! *, get away!

    8) ** [con valor enfático]

    • de la leche — ** bloody **

    ¡este tráfico de la leche me tiene frita! — I'm fed up with this bloody traffic!

    • ni leche o leches, no entiende ni leche — he doesn't understand a bloody thing **

    • qué leche, ¿qué leche quieres? — what the hell do you want? **

    ¡qué coche ni qué leche! — car my foot! *

    9) [indicando velocidad]
    10)

    • mala leche — ** bad blood, ill-feeling

    un tío con muy o mucha mala leche — a nasty piece of work *

    11) ** (=lío)

    tuvimos que rellenar informes, impresos y toda esa leche — we had to fill in reports, forms and all that jazz *

    12) esp LAm (=suerte) good luck

    ¡qué leche tienes! — you lucky o jammy * devil!

    * * *
    1) (de madre, de vaca) milk
    2) (Bot) latex; ( en cosmética) milk, lotion
    3) (vulg) ( semen) cum (vulg)
    4) (Esp vulg)
    a) ( mal humor)

    tiene una leche... — he's got a foul temper; ver tb malo I

    b) (expresando fastidio, mal humor)

    no seas pesado, leche — don't be so goddamn (AmE) o (BrE) bloody annoying (sl)

    5) (Andes fam) ( suerte) luck

    estar con or de leche — to be lucky

    * * *
    = milk.
    Ex. The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.
    ----
    * cartón de leche = milk carton.
    * darse una leche = come + a cropper.
    * de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.
    * grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.
    * la leche = the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers.
    * leche condensada = condensed milk.
    * leche del día = fresh milk.
    * leche de paloma = crop milk.
    * leche desnadata = skimmed milk.
    * leche desnatada = skim milk, nonfat milk.
    * leche de soja = soya milk [soy milk].
    * leche de vaca = cow's milk [cow milk].
    * leche en polvo = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder.
    * leche en polvo desnatada = nonfat dry milk.
    * leche enriquecida = fortified milk.
    * leche entera = whole milk.
    * leche evaporada = evaporated milk.
    * leche materna = breast milk.
    * leche semidesnatada = low-fat milk, partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk.
    * leche uperizada = UHT milk.
    * mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.
    * nata de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.
    * no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * repartidor de leche = milkman [milkmen, -pl.].
    * reparto de leche = milk round.
    * salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.
    * vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.
    * * *
    1) (de madre, de vaca) milk
    2) (Bot) latex; ( en cosmética) milk, lotion
    3) (vulg) ( semen) cum (vulg)
    4) (Esp vulg)
    a) ( mal humor)

    tiene una leche... — he's got a foul temper; ver tb malo I

    b) (expresando fastidio, mal humor)

    no seas pesado, leche — don't be so goddamn (AmE) o (BrE) bloody annoying (sl)

    5) (Andes fam) ( suerte) luck

    estar con or de leche — to be lucky

    * * *
    = milk.

    Ex: The former monthly publications on statistics of eggs, meat and milk have been amalgamated since 1980 into a quarterly publication, 'Animal Production'.

    * cartón de leche = milk carton.
    * darse una leche = come + a cropper.
    * de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.
    * grasa de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.
    * la leche = the dog's bollocks, the bee's knees, the cat's meow, the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers.
    * leche condensada = condensed milk.
    * leche del día = fresh milk.
    * leche de paloma = crop milk.
    * leche desnadata = skimmed milk.
    * leche desnatada = skim milk, nonfat milk.
    * leche de soja = soya milk [soy milk].
    * leche de vaca = cow's milk [cow milk].
    * leche en polvo = dry milk, powder milk, powdered milk, milk powder.
    * leche en polvo desnatada = nonfat dry milk.
    * leche enriquecida = fortified milk.
    * leche entera = whole milk.
    * leche evaporada = evaporated milk.
    * leche materna = breast milk.
    * leche semidesnatada = low-fat milk, partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk.
    * leche uperizada = UHT milk.
    * mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.
    * nata de la leche = milk fat, butterfat.
    * no vendas la leche antes de ordeñar la vaca = don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
    * repartidor de leche = milkman [milkmen, -pl.].
    * reparto de leche = milk round.
    * salir echando leches = bolt, take off, make + a bolt for, dash off, shoot off.
    * vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.

    * * *
    A (de la madre, de una vaca) milk
    leche materna mother's milk
    leche de vaca/cabra cow's/goat's milk
    la leche se ha cortado the milk has gone off
    más blanco que la leche as white as a sheet
    ¡me cago en la leche! ( vulg) (expresando enfado) shit! ( vulg), damn it! ( colloq) (expresando sorpresa) son of a bitch! ( AmE sl), bloody hell! ( BrE sl)
    oler a leche (Col, Ven fam); to be wet behind the ears
    ser una leche hervida ( RPl fam); to have a very short fuse ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ● leche chocoleatada or chocolatada
    chocolate milk
    condensed milk
    milk of magnesia
    ● leche desnatada or descremada
    skim milk ( AmE), skimmed milk ( BrE)
    ● leche de soya or ( Esp) soja
    soy milk ( AmE), soya milk ( BrE)
    powdered milk
    whole milk, full-cream milk
    sterilized milk
    homogenized milk
    ( Col) malted milk
    type of ice cream made with egg whites, cinnamon and sugar
    pasteurized milk
    B
    1 ( Bot) milky sap, latex
    2 (en cosmética) milk, lotion
    Compuestos:
    tanning lotion o milk
    ● leche de almendras/pepinos
    almond/cucumber lotion
    moisturizing lotion, moisturizer
    cleansing milk
    C ( vulg) (semen) cum ( vulg), spunk ( BrE vulg)
    D ( Esp arg)
    1
    (golpe): nos vamos a dar una leche we're going to crash
    se liaron a leches they beat the hell out of each other (sl)
    te voy a dar una leche you're going to get it ( colloq), I'm going to thump you ( colloq)
    2
    (velocidad): iba a toda leche I was going flat out ( colloq)
    ¡la leche! good grief! ( colloq), bloody hell! ( BrE sl)
    4
    de la leche ( arg): hace un frío de la leche it's goddamn freezing ( AmE), it's bloody freezing ( BrE colloq)
    estoy harta de ese pesado de la leche I'm fed up with that boring old fart (sl)
    5
    (colmo): ese tío es la leche that guy is the pits o the end ( colloq)
    se han vuelto a equivocar, son la leche they've got it wrong again, they're the pits o ( BrE) they're bloody useless ( colloq)
    E ( Esp vulg)
    1
    (mal humor): tiene una leche … he's so bad-tempered, he's got a foul temper
    ver tb malo1 adj Sense III. (↑ malo (1))
    2
    (expresando fastidio, mal humor): ¿qué leches pintas tú en este asunto? what the hell has this got to do with you? ( colloq)
    pídele que te lo devuelva ¡qué leches! ask her to damn well give it back to you ( colloq)
    no seas pesado, leche don't be so goddamn annoying ( AmE), don't be so bloody annoying ( BrE sl)
    F ( Andes fam) (suerte) luck
    ganó a la lotería ¡qué leche tiene! she won the draw, what a lucky o ( BrE) jammy devil! ( colloq)
    estar con or de leche to be lucky, to be jammy ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    leche sustantivo femenino
    1 (de madre, de vaca) milk;
    leche descremada or (Esp) desnatada skim milk (AmE), skimmed milk (BrE);

    leche entera whole milk, full-cream milk
    2 ( en cosmética) milk, lotion
    3 (Esp vulg) ( mal humor):
    ◊ tiene una leche … he's got a foul temper;

    hacer algo con mala leche to do sth deliberately o to be nasty;
    tener mala leche to be bad-tempered
    4 (Andes fam) ( suerte) luck;
    estar con or de leche to be lucky
    leche sustantivo femenino
    1 milk
    leche descremada o desnatada, skim o skimmed milk
    leche entera, full-fat milk, US whole milk
    2 Cosm milk, cream
    leche corporal, body milk
    leche hidratante, moisturizer
    3 Anat dientes de leche, milk teeth, US baby teeth
    4 familiar mala leche, nastiness
    5 vulgar (golpe) bump
    darse una leche, to bump o to come a cropper
    ' leche' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bautizar
    - bronceador
    - bronceadora
    - café
    - cagarse
    - calentar
    - chocolate
    - colar
    - colador
    - cortada
    - cortado
    - cortarse
    - cuajar
    - de
    - derramar
    - desmaquillador
    - desmaquilladora
    - desnatada
    - desnatado
    - diente
    - grumo
    - hervir
    - infinitamente
    - manteca
    - mojar
    - nata
    - polvo
    - producir
    - suero
    - uperisada
    - uperisado
    - uperizada
    - uperizado
    - agriarse
    - aguado
    - aguar
    - alimento
    - ama
    - arroz
    - azucarar
    - batido
    - bueno
    - cantina
    - cartón
    - cortar
    - crema
    - dulce
    - estropear
    - hervidor
    - lactancia
    English:
    attested milk
    - bad
    - boil over
    - buttermilk
    - carton
    - chocolate
    - cleansing lotion
    - clot
    - coffee
    - container
    - cream
    - curdle
    - dried
    - evaporated milk
    - for
    - fridge
    - intolerance
    - milk
    - milk chocolate
    - milk tooth
    - milk-white
    - milky
    - mix
    - much
    - nonfat
    - off
    - powdered
    - pudding
    - put
    - remember
    - rice pudding
    - semi-skimmed
    - skim
    - skin
    - sour
    - turn
    - white
    - black
    - bottle
    - cleanser
    - condensed
    - creamer
    - dark
    - dash
    - drink
    - float
    - fudge
    - half
    - none
    - plain
    * * *
    leche nf
    1. [de mujer, hembra] milk;
    leche de cabra/vaca goat's/cow's milk
    leche condensada condensed milk;
    leche descremada skimmed milk;
    leche desnatada skimmed milk;
    leche entera whole milk, Br full-cream milk;
    leche esterilizada sterilized milk;
    leche evaporada evaporated milk;
    leche frita = sweet made from milk and flour fried in batter and cut into cubes;
    leche homogeneizada homogenized milk;
    Am leche instantánea powdered milk;
    leche malteada malted milk;
    leche materna mother's milk;
    leche maternizada Br baby milk, US formula;
    leche merengada = drink made from milk, beaten egg whites, sugar and cinnamon;
    leche pasteurizada pasteurized milk;
    leche en polvo powdered milk;
    leche semidesnatada Br semi-skimmed milk, US two percent milk;
    leche de soja soya milk;
    leche UHT UHT milk;
    leche uperisada UHT milk
    2. [de planta] milk, milky sap
    leche de almendras almond milk;
    leche de coco coconut milk
    3. [loción] leche bronceadora sun lotion;
    leche hidratante moisturizing lotion;
    leche limpiadora cleansing milk;
    leche de magnesia milk of magnesia
    4. Esp muy Fam [golpe]
    darse o [m5] meterse una leche to come a cropper;
    se dio o [m5] metió una leche con el coche he was in a car smash, US he was in a car wreck
    5. Esp muy Fam [bofetada]
    dar o [m5] pegar una leche a alguien to belt o clobber sb;
    como no te calles te voy a dar una leche if you don't shut up I'm going to sock you one;
    nos liamos a leches we beat the crap out of each other
    6. muy Fam [semen] come
    7. muy Fam [humor]
    estar de mala leche to be in a Br bloody o US goddamn awful mood;
    tener mala leche [mala intención] to be a mean o complete bastard
    8. esp Am muy Fam [suerte] luck;
    tener buena leche to be Br bloody o US goddamn lucky, Br to be a jammy bastard
    9. Comp
    Esp muy Fam
    echando leches like a bat out of hell, flat out;
    correr/trabajar a toda leche [muy rápido] to run/work like hell;
    ¡esto es la leche! [el colmo] this is the absolute Br bloody o US goddamn limit!;
    eres la leche, ¿por qué no me avisaste antes? you're Br bloody o US goddamn unbelievable, why didn't you tell me before?;
    su nuevo disco es la leche [muy bueno] her new record is Br bloody o US goddamn brilliant;
    [muy malo] her new record sucks, Br her new record is crap;
    ¿cuándo/qué/por qué leches…? when/what/why the hell…?;
    ¡una leche! no way!;
    ¡me cago en la leche! Br bloody hell!, US goddamn it!;
    ya te he dicho que no, ¡leche! Br Jesus bloody Christ, haven't I already said no?, US I've already said no, goddamn it!;
    prepara unas paellas de la leche Br she cooks a bloody mean paella, US she sure as hell cooks a mean paella;
    hace un frío de la leche it's Br bloody o US goddamn freezing
    * * *
    f milk;
    es la leche pop ( bueno) he’s/it’s the best; ( malo) he’s/it’s the pits fam ;
    estar de mala leche pop be in a foul mood;
    tener mala leche pop be out to make trouble;
    tener leche L.Am. fam be lucky
    * * *
    leche nf
    1) : milk
    leche en polvo: powdered milk
    leche de magnesia: milk of magnesia
    2) : milky sap
    * * *
    leche n milk

    Spanish-English dictionary > leche

  • 79 mala suerte

    intj.
    tough luck, tough shit, bad luck, hard lines.
    f.
    bad luck, hard luck, misfortune, bad break.
    * * *
    (n.) = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak
    Ex. The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
    Ex. Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Thirteen steps to avoiding bad luck in a serials cancellation project'.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
    Ex. Four scenarios are developed to explore the future of citizen participation: plenitude, transformation, continuity, & hard luck.
    Ex. It seems like we're headed for another losing streak.
    * * *
    (n.) = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak

    Ex: The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.

    Ex: Lawyers find it problematic to consult psychologists, partly because psychological research may turn up unfavorable data through sheer mischance, eg, an invalid sample.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Thirteen steps to avoiding bad luck in a serials cancellation project'.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.
    Ex: Four scenarios are developed to explore the future of citizen participation: plenitude, transformation, continuity, & hard luck.
    Ex: It seems like we're headed for another losing streak.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mala suerte

  • 80 mantenerse alejado

    v.
    to stay away, to keep back, to stand away, to keep away.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay away, remain + aloof
    Ex. Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.
    Ex. The results of the survey reveal that political Web sites are only partly able to involve people in politics who have thus far remained aloof.
    * * *
    (v.) = stay away, remain + aloof

    Ex: Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.

    Ex: The results of the survey reveal that political Web sites are only partly able to involve people in politics who have thus far remained aloof.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantenerse alejado

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