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101 caminar suavemente
(v.) = padEx. Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.* * *(v.) = padEx: Try to imagine yourself as a 2 1/2-year-old, out walking in the park with your mum, when across your path pads a little furry animal.
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102 camino de acceso
(n.) = approach pathEx. Approach paths to site should be wide and non-slippery with liberal use being made of ramps.* * *(n.) = approach pathEx: Approach paths to site should be wide and non-slippery with liberal use being made of ramps.
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103 camino largo y tortuoso
(n.) = long and winding roadEx. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.* * *(n.) = long and winding roadEx: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
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104 camino más fácil, el
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105 campechano
adj.1 good-natured, backslapping.2 unpretentious, haimish, homey, heimish.3 straightforward, open, bluff.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar (franco, alegre) frank, open, good-humoured (US good-humored)2 familiar (sencillo) unaffected, natural* * *ADJ1) (=cordial) good-natured, cheerful, genial; (=franco) frank, open; (=generoso) generous; (=amigable) comradely* * ** * *= folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], earthy [earthier -comp., earthiest -sup.], unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.], homey [homier -comp., homiest -sup.].Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.Ex. He is earthy, charismatic, a man of the people, & profoundly humane.Ex. The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.* * ** * *= folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], earthy [earthier -comp., earthiest -sup.], unstuffy [unstuffier -comp., unstuffiest -sup.], homey [homier -comp., homiest -sup.].Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.
Ex: He is earthy, charismatic, a man of the people, & profoundly humane.Ex: The book is often funny, occasionally heart-renderingly tragic, and written in an unstuffy modern style.Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.* * *campechano -na1 (sin complicaciones) straightforward; (bondadoso) good-natured2* * *
campechano◊ -na adjetivo ( sin complicaciones) straightforward;
( bondadoso) good-natured
campechano,-a adjetivo familiar unpretentious, straightforward
' campechano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
campechana
- llana
- llano
English:
hearty
- homey
* * *campechano1, -a adjgood-natured, down-to-earthcampechano2, -a♦ adj[de Campeche] of/from Campeche [Mexico]♦ nm,f[de Campeche] person from Campeche [Mexico]* * *adj down-to-earth* * *campechano, -na adj: open, cordial, friendly -
106 carril
m.1 lane.carril bus bus lanecarril lento slow lanecarril rápido fast lane2 rail.3 rut.4 run, run in stocking, ladder, run in hose.* * *1 (de ferrocarril) rail2 (de carretera) lane3 (surco) furrow4 (de cortina) rail\carril bus bus lanecarril de aceleración slip roadcarril de adelantamiento overtaking lane, fast lanecarril lateral service road* * *noun m.1) lane2) rail* * *SM1) [en carretera] lanecarril bici — cycle lane, bikeway (EEUU)
carril de adelantamiento — overtaking lane, fast lane
2) (Ferro) (=vía) rail; Caribe, Cono Sur (=tren) train3) (=camino) track, lane4) (Agr) [del arado] furrow5) LAm (Dep) (=calle) lane* * *a) (Auto) ( de tránsito) laneconducir por el carril de la derecha — to drive on the right o the right-hand side of the road
b) (Ferr) railc) (AmL) (Dep) lane* * *= furrow, lane.Ex. The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.Ex. The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.----* carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway.* carril bus = bus lane.* carril de aceleración/desaceleración = ramp.* carril de adelantamiento = fast track, fast lane.* * *a) (Auto) ( de tránsito) laneconducir por el carril de la derecha — to drive on the right o the right-hand side of the road
b) (Ferr) railc) (AmL) (Dep) lane* * *= furrow, lane.Ex: The design was cut in a wax ground so that, when the plate was immersed in acid, the furrows allowed the acid to bite into the copper, making grooves that would hold ink Mezzotint = El diseño se tallaba sobre una superficie de cera de modo que, cuando la lámina se sumergía en ácido, los surcos permitían que el ácido corroyera el cobre, haciendo surcos que recibían la media tinta.
Ex: The title of the article is 'Changing lanes on the information superhighway: academic libraries and the Internet'.* carretera de doble carril = dual carriageway.* carril bus = bus lane.* carril de aceleración/desaceleración = ramp.* carril de adelantamiento = fast track, fast lane.* * *A1 ( Auto) (de tránsito) laneconducir por el carril de la derecha to drive on the right o the right-hand side of the road2 ( Ferr) rail3 (Andes, Ven) ( Dep) laneCompuestos:bus laneovertaking lane, fast lanecycleway, cycle path* * *
carril sustantivo masculinoa) (Auto) lane;
carril de adelantamiento overtaking lane, fast lane;
carril de bicicletas cycleway, cycle pathb) (Ferr) railc) (AmL) (Dep) lane
carril sustantivo masculino
1 Ferroc rail
2 Auto lane
carril bus, bus lane
3 (de una ventana, puerta) slide
' carril' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
salida
- andarivel
- pista
English:
bicycle lane
- lane
- filter
- inside
- outside
- passing lane
* * *carril nm1. [de carretera] lanecarril de aceleración Br acceleration lane, US on-ramp;carril bus bus lane;carril lento slow lane;2. [de vía de tren] rail3. [de ruedas] rut4. [guía] rail* * *m lane* * *carril nm1) : lanecarretera de doble carril: two-lane highway2) : rail (on a railroad track)* * *carril n1. (de carretera) lane2. (raíl) rail -
107 como algo residual
Ex. In colonial times, and residually in so-called postcolonial times, the knowledge of Indigenous peoples occupied the realm of the 'primitive', an obstacle to progress along the path to modern civilisation and was largely ignored or suppressed.* * *Ex: In colonial times, and residually in so-called postcolonial times, the knowledge of Indigenous peoples occupied the realm of the 'primitive', an obstacle to progress along the path to modern civilisation and was largely ignored or suppressed.
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108 como un bobo
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109 como un estúpido
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110 como un idiota
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111 como un necio
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112 como un tonto
= stupidly, foolishlyEx. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.Ex. Gordon Brown foolishly goes to shake the hand of a soldier standing to attention in Afghanistan at the weekend.* * *= stupidly, foolishlyEx: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
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113 concreción
f.1 concretion, concreteness, matter-of-factness, definiteness.2 concretion, inorganic mass which forms in the body.* * *1 (concisión) concision, conciseness2 (cálculo) stone3 (de minerales) concretion* * *SF1) (=precisión) precisionintenta responder a las preguntas con mayor concreción — try to be more precise when you reply to the questions
2) (=materialización) realizationsu falta de concreción a la hora de marcar goles — their failure to make an impression when it came to scoring
3) (Fís) concretion4) (Med) stone* * *1)a) ( precisión)b) (AmL) (de proyectos, sueños) realization2) (Min) concretion* * *= concreteness, firming up.Ex. Good literature insists on 'the mass and majesty' of the world -- on its concreteness and sensuous reality, and on its meanings beyond 'thisness'.Ex. As Norma J Shosid urged several years ago, one important step on this path would be the firming up or even redefining of the librarian's own concept of his role.* * *1)a) ( precisión)b) (AmL) (de proyectos, sueños) realization2) (Min) concretion* * *= concreteness, firming up.Ex: Good literature insists on 'the mass and majesty' of the world -- on its concreteness and sensuous reality, and on its meanings beyond 'thisness'.
Ex: As Norma J Shosid urged several years ago, one important step on this path would be the firming up or even redefining of the librarian's own concept of his role.* * *A1(precisión): su discurso tuvo el mérito de la concreción his speech had the merit of being to the pointprocura expresarte con más concreción try to be more precise2 ( AmL) (de proyectos, sueños) realizationB1 ( Med) stone2 ( Min) concretion* * *concreción nf1. [de idea, medida] specificity;alabaron la concreción de su discurso his speech was praised for being concise and to the pointconcreción biliar gallstone* * *f1 precision2 GEOL concretion3 MED stone -
114 contar una historia
(v.) = spin + a yarn, weave + a tale, narrate + story, weave + storyEx. The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.Ex. The old expressions 'spin a yarn', ' weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.Ex. According to Eisner, sequential art is 'the arrangement of pictures or images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an idea' = De acuerdo con Eisner, el arte secuencial es "la combinación de dibujos e imágenes y palabras para narrar una historia o representar una idea".Ex. Based on hundreds of interviews with Hollywood's power players, she weaves Eisner's story together with those who have crossed his path.* * *(v.) = spin + a yarn, weave + a tale, narrate + story, weave + storyEx: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', 'weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.
Ex: The old expressions 'spin a yarn', ' weave a tale' suggest the anecdotal, conversational quality that must be striven for by the storyteller.Ex: According to Eisner, sequential art is 'the arrangement of pictures or images and words to narrate a story or dramatize an idea' = De acuerdo con Eisner, el arte secuencial es "la combinación de dibujos e imágenes y palabras para narrar una historia o representar una idea". -
115 corral
m.1 run.2 corral, hen house, barnyard, chicken run.3 stockyard.* * *1 (de casa) yard, courtyard2 (de granja) farmyard, US corral3 (para niños) playpen4 TEATRO open-air theatre* * *noun m.farmyard, corral* * *SM1) (Agr) (=patio) farmyard; [de aves] poultry yard; (=redil) pen, corral (EEUU); [de pesca] weircorral de abasto — Cono Sur slaughterhouse
corral de carbonera — coal dump, coalyard
corral de vacas — * slum
2) [de niño] playpen* * *a) ( en granja) yard, farmyardb) ( para ganado) corralc) tbcorralito — ( para niños) playpen
d) (Hist, Teatr) open-air theater** * *= corral, kraal, fold, pen, farmyard.Ex. All animals lived in large social groups in outdoor corrals.Ex. Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals.Ex. Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals.Ex. One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex. The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.----* animal de corral = farmyard animal.* aves de corral = poultry.* cría en corral = free-range farming.* de corral = free-range.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallito del corral, el = cock-of-the-walk.* pollo de corral = free-range chicken.* * *a) ( en granja) yard, farmyardb) ( para ganado) corralc) tbcorralito — ( para niños) playpen
d) (Hist, Teatr) open-air theater** * *= corral, kraal, fold, pen, farmyard.Ex: All animals lived in large social groups in outdoor corrals.
Ex: Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals.Ex: Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals.Ex: One day she indulged in her habit of swigging too much gin before going to feed the porker and after opening its pen she slumped in a heap.Ex: The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.* animal de corral = farmyard animal.* aves de corral = poultry.* cría en corral = free-range farming.* de corral = free-range.* gallina de corral = free-range hen.* gallito del corral, el = cock-of-the-walk.* pollo de corral = free-range chicken.* * *1 (en una granja) yard, farmyard2 (para ganado) corral, stockyard3tb corralito (para niños) playpen* * *
corral sustantivo masculino
c) tb
corral sustantivo masculino
1 (para animales) farmyard, US barnyard, pen
2 (patio interior) courtyard
3 Hist (teatro) open-air auditorium
' corral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
AVE
- gallina
- parque
- ave
- gallinero
- medialuna
English:
barnyard
- corral
- farmyard
- fowl
- paddock
- pen
- poultry
- run
- stockyard
- farm
- play
- stock
- yard
* * *corral nm1. [para aves] run;[para cerdos, ovejas] pen;pollo/huevos de corral free-range chicken/eggs3. [para niños] playpen* * *m1 farmyard2 cercado corral* * *corral nm1) : farmyard2) : corral, pen, stockyard3) orcorralito : playpen* * *corral n farmyard -
116 de forma residual
Ex. In colonial times, and residually in so-called postcolonial times, the knowledge of Indigenous peoples occupied the realm of the 'primitive', an obstacle to progress along the path to modern civilisation and was largely ignored or suppressed.* * *Ex: In colonial times, and residually in so-called postcolonial times, the knowledge of Indigenous peoples occupied the realm of the 'primitive', an obstacle to progress along the path to modern civilisation and was largely ignored or suppressed.
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117 desandar lo andado
to retrace one's steps* * *(v.) = go back to + square one, go back on + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, retrace + Posesivo + stepsEx. At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.Ex. We then realized we had been walking the wrong path and had to go back on our steps, adding one hour to an already long walk.Ex. Visitors of this exhibition retrace Darwin's footsteps from his youth all the way to the publication of The Origin of Species and his death in 1882.Ex. Numbers given in brackets refer to frames which have led to the one you are reading; this is to help you retrace your steps if necessary.* * *(v.) = go back to + square one, go back on + Posesivo + steps, retrace + Posesivo + footsteps, retrace + Posesivo + stepsEx: At today's open meeting, the Commissioners voted unanimously to go back to square one.
Ex: We then realized we had been walking the wrong path and had to go back on our steps, adding one hour to an already long walk.Ex: Visitors of this exhibition retrace Darwin's footsteps from his youth all the way to the publication of The Origin of Species and his death in 1882.Ex: Numbers given in brackets refer to frames which have led to the one you are reading; this is to help you retrace your steps if necessary. -
118 desecho
m.1 unwanted object (objeto usado).2 dregs (escoria).desechos rubbish (basura) (British), garbage (United States), trash; (United States) waste products (residuos)3 reject, second, discard, throw-out.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desechar.* * *2 (ropa) castoff\ser un desecho de la sociedad figurado to be a social outcast* * *noun m.- desechos* * *SM1) (=residuo)ropa de desecho — castoffs pl
2) pl desechos (=desperdicios) [gen] rubbish sing, garbage sing (EEUU); [de la industria] waste sing ; [de ropa] castoffs; [de animal] offal sing3) * (=persona inútil) dead loss *el desecho de la sociedad — the scum o dregs pl of society
4) (=desprecio) contempt, scorn* * ** * *= left-off, cast-off.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex. But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.Ex. Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.----* de desecho = discarded.* desechos = junk, detritus, scraps.* desechos nucleares = nuclear waste.* líquido de desecho = effluent.* procedente de desecho = discarded.* * ** * *= left-off, cast-off.Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.Ex: But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.
Ex: Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.* de desecho = discarded.* desechos = junk, detritus, scraps.* desechos nucleares = nuclear waste.* líquido de desecho = effluent.* procedente de desecho = discarded.* * *A (despojo) waste[ S ] se compran pendientes sueltos, desecho en general we buy odd earrings and all kinds of scrap gold and silveresculturas hechas con materiales de desecho sculptures made out of waste materialsCompuestos:mpl industrial wastempl (CS) army surplus● desechos nucleares/radiactivosmpl nuclear/radioactive waste* * *
Del verbo desechar: ( conjugate desechar)
desecho es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
desechó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
desechar
desecho
desechar ( conjugate desechar) verbo transitivo
‹idea/plan› ( rechazar) to reject;
( renunciar a) to drop, give upb) ‹restos/residuos› to throw away o out;
‹ ropa› to throw out
desecho sustantivo masculino
waste
desechar verbo transitivo
1 (un objeto) to discard, throw out o away
2 (una oferta) to turn down, refuse
(descartar una idea, un proyecto) to drop, discard
' desecho' also found in these entries:
English:
abandon
- discard
- effluent
- waste
* * *desecho nm1. [objeto usado] unwanted object;[ropa] cast-off;material de desecho [residuos] waste products;[metal] scrap2. [escoria] dregs;[residuos] waste products;no era más que un desecho humano he was a contemptible creaturedesechos industriales industrial waste;desechos nucleares nuclear waste;desechos radiactivos radioactive waste3. CAm, Carib [tabaco] class A tobacco* * *desecho nm1) : reject2) desechos nmplresiduos: rubbish, waste -
119 diagrama de flujo
INFORMÁTICA flow chart* * *(n.) = flow diagram, flow chart [flowchart/flow-chart]Ex. This system for planning and scheduling work, sometimes called Critical Path Method (CPM), involves: 1) identifying all of the key activities in a particular project; 2) devising the sequence of activities and arranging them in a flow diagram; and finally 3) assigning durations of time for the performance of each phase of the work to be done.Ex. A flow chart can be a valuable tool in thinking through the main tasks and functions in a department and in helping to streamline processes.* * *(n.) = flow diagram, flow chart [flowchart/flow-chart]Ex: This system for planning and scheduling work, sometimes called Critical Path Method (CPM), involves: 1) identifying all of the key activities in a particular project; 2) devising the sequence of activities and arranging them in a flow diagram; and finally 3) assigning durations of time for the performance of each phase of the work to be done.
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120 dirección2
2 = direction, quarter.Ex. Thus the thesaurus user may approach a term from 'either direction'.Ex. A reappraisal is therefore outlined here with the understanding that it is open to rebuttal and challenge from whatever quarter.----* cambiar dirección = change + direction.* cambio de dirección = change of hands.* continuar en esta dirección = proceed + along this way.* dar dirección = lend + direction.* dirección del viento = wind direction.* en ambas direcciones = two-way.* en dirección de la proa = abaft.* en dirección este = eastward(s), eastbound.* en dirección norte = northbound.* en dirección oeste = westbound, westward(s).* en dirección sur = southward(s), southbound.* en la dirección de = toward(s).* en la dirección de la máquina = machine-direction.* en la dirección del viento = downwind.* falta de dirección = indirection.* indicador de dirección = signpost.* línea de dirección = line of direction.* mantener Algo en la dirección correcta = keep + Nombre + on track.* mirar en otra dirección = look + the other way.* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.* seguir una dirección = follow + path, take + path.* timón de dirección = rudder.* tomar otra dirección = branch off + on a side trail.* tomar una dirección = take + direction.
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