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1 people-based service

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3 contrat

contrat [kɔ̃tʀa]

masculine noun

( = convention, document) contract ; ( = accord) agreement

• passer un contrat (avec qn) to sign a contract (with sb)

• être sous contrat to be under contract

• remplir son contrat to keep one's promises

► contrat d'assurance insurance policy

► contrat à durée déterminée fixed-term contract

► contrat à durée indéterminée permanent contract

► contrat emploi-solidarité government-sponsored work contract for the unemployed which includes professional training

► contrat de location (pour locaux) tenancy agreement (Brit), rental agreement (US) ; (pour voiture) rental agreement

► contrat de mission (temporary) project contract

► contrat de travail employment contract

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kɔ̃tʀa
nom masculin ( accord) contract, agreement; Droit ( document) contract; fig ( pacte) arrangement, understanding

s'engager par contrat à — to contract to

remplir son contrat — to fulfil [BrE] one's pledge

Phrasal Verbs:

- contrat emploi solidarité

- contrat initiative emploi

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kɔ̃tʀa nm
1) (juridique, commercial) contract

2) fig (= pacte) agreement

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contrat nm ( accord) contract, agreement (entre between; avec with); Jur ( document) contract; fig ( pacte) arrangement, understanding; passer un contrat avec qn Jur to enter into a contract with sb; fig to come to an arrangement with sb; signer/rompre un contrat to sign/break a contract; décrocher un gros contrat to land a large contract; le contrat prévoit… the contract provides for…; sous contrat avec under contract to; s'engager par contrat à faire qch to contract to do sth; réaliser or remplir son contrat ( au bridge) to make one's contract; fig to fulfil^GB one's pledge.

Composés

contrat d'assurance contract of insurance; contrat collectif collective agreement; contrat à durée déterminée, CDD fixed-term contract; contrat à durée indéterminée, CDI permanent contract; contrat emploi solidarité, CES part-time work for the young unemployed; contrat initiative emploi recruitment incentive; contrat de licence licensing agreement; contrat de location hire contract GB, rental contract; ( pour des locaux) tenancy agreement; contrat de maintenance service contract; contrat de mariage marriage contract ou settlement; contrat de prestation de services contract of services; contrat social social contract; contrat de société deed of partnership; contrat de travail contract of employment; contrat de vente sale contract.

ⓘ Contrat emploi solidarité Part-time contract of employment for young people, based on a fixed-term contract and paying rates below the minimum wage level of the SMIC. Created to help the educationally disadvantaged and those without any formal qualifications, these state-sponsored jobs are reserved for those on very low incomes and are designed to allow them to pursue further education in addition to their part-time working hours.

ⓘ Contrat initiative emploi A government cash incentive to employers to take on new workers as a measure to reduce unemployment.

[kɔ̃tra] nom masculin

1. [acte, convention] contract

passer un contrat avec quelqu'un to enter into a contract with somebody

un contrat de deux ans a two-year contract

contrat administratif public service contract

contrat d'assurance insurance policy

contrat à durée déterminée/indéterminée fixed-term/permanent contract

contrat d'insertion

a. [emploi] work placement (for an unemployed person)

b. [formation] training bursary ≃ New Deal placement (UK)

contrat de louage rental contract

contrat de mariage marriage contract

contrat de qualification training contract

contrat de travail contract of employment

contrat de vente bill of sale

contrat verbal verbal contract ou undertaking

remplir son contrat

a. DROIT to fulfil the terms of one's contract

b. (figuré) [s'exécuter] to keep one's promise

2. [entente] agreement, deal

un contrat tacite an unspoken agreement

3. PHILOSOPHIE

contrat social social contract

‘Du contrat social’ Rousseau ‘The Social Contract’

4. (argot milieu) [de tueur] contract

5. CARTES contract

réaliser son contrat to make one's contract

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > contrat
4 de

prep.

1 of.

el coche de mi padre/mis padres my father's/parents' car

es de ella it's hers

la pata de la mesa the table leg

La casa de mi padre The house of my father [My father's house]

2 from (procedencia, distancia).

salir de casa to leave home

soy de Bilbao I'm from Bilbao

de la playa al apartamento hay 100 metros it's 100 meters from the beach to the apartment

3 (made) of (materia).

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup

un reloj de oro a gold watch

4 about (asunto).

hablábamos de ti we were talking about you

libros de historia history books

5 as.

trabaja de bombero he works as a fireman

6 from (time) (since).

trabaja de nueve a cinco she works from nine to five

de madrugada early in the morning

a las cuatro de la tarde at four in the afternoon

trabaja de noche y duerme de día he works at night and sleeps during the day

7 with (causa, modo).

morirse de hambre to die of hunger

llorar de alegría to cry with joy

de una patada with a kick

de una sola vez in one go

de tres en tres three at a time

8 if.

de ir a verte, sería este domingo if I do visit you, it'll be this Sunday

de no ser por ti, me hubiese hundido if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have made it

9 to.

Está ansiosa de obtener ese trabajo She is anxious to have that job.

f.

1 letter d.

2 SD, standard deviation.

3 ED, dose of erythema, erythema dose.

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de

► nombre femenino

1 name of the letter d

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de

► preposición

1 (posesión, pertenencia) of

■ el libro de Juan Juan's book

■ el coche de mis padres my parents' car

■ el hermano de mi padre my father's brother

■ la mesa de mi habitación the table in my bedroom

2 (procedencia, origen) from

■ soy de Córdoba I'm from Córdoba

■ viene de Barcelona she comes from Barcelona

3 (descripción) with

■ la niña de ojos castaños the girl with dark eyes, the dark-eyed girl

■ el señor del abrigo azul the man in the blue coat

4 (tema) of, on, about

■ hablaron del tiempo they talked about the weather

5 (materia) made of, of

■ una mesa de madera a wooden table

■ un anillo de oro a gold ring

■ lo hicieron de plástico they made it out of plastic

6 (contenido) of

■ un vaso de agua a glass of water

7 (uso) for

■ aguja de calcetar knitting needle

■ gallo de pelea fighting cock

8 (oficio) by, as

■ trabaja de profesor he works as a teacher

■ es médico de profesión he's a doctor by profession

9 (modo) on, in, as

■ de pie standing up

■ estar de moda to be in fashion

10 (tiempo) at, by, in

■ de día by day, during the day

■ de noche at night

■ a las diez de la mañana at ten in the morning

11 (lugar) varias traducciones

■ la vecina de arriba our upstairs neighbour

■ el lavabo de abajo the downstairs toilet

■ la ventana de la derecha the window on the right

■ la puerta de la calle the street door

12 (precio) at

■ manzanas de dos euros el kilo apples at two euros a kilo

13 (medida) measuring

■ una botella de dos litros a two litre bottle

■ una mesa de un metro de ancho a metre-wide table

14 (causa) with, because of, of

■ llorar de alegría to cry with joy

■ morir de frío to die of cold

15 (agente) by

■ es una obra de Lope a play by Lope

16 (con superlativo) in, of

■ el mejor de España the best in Spain

■ el mayor de los tres the eldest of the three

17 (suposición) if

■ de haberlo dicho if he had told us

18 (en una aposición) of

■ la ciudad de Barcelona the city of Barcelona Table 1 NOTA See also del/Table 1

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prep.

1) of

2) from

3) in, at

4) than

5) by

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PREPOSITION

1) [relación] of

las calles de Madrid — the streets of Madrid

el alcalde de Valencia — the mayor of Valencia

cabo de Buena Esperanza — Cape of Good Hope

la ciudad de Madrid — the city of Madrid

en el mes de agosto — in the month of August

un libro de consulta — a reference book

un millón de euros — a million euros

la carretera de Valencia — the Valencia road, the road to Valencia

el interés del préstamo — the interest on the loan

la llave de mi cuarto — the key to my room

en el día de hoy — today

tuvieron la desgracia de perder el partido — they were unlucky enough to lose the match

ya era hora de que vinieses — it's about time you got here

el hecho de que yo no supiera nada — the fact that I didn't know anything about it

2) [pertenencia]

la casa de Isabel — Isabel's house

el coche de mi amigo — my friend's car

un familiar de mi vecina — a relative of my neighbour's

los coches de mis amigos — my friends' cars

el vestuario de las actrices — the actresses' dressing room

la señora de Pérez — Pérez's wife, Mrs Pérez

es de ellos — it's theirs

esa contestación es muy de ella — that answer is typical of her

3) [característica, material]

una cadena de oro — a gold chain

no es de oro — it's not gold

una puerta de cristal — a glass door

una cocina de gas — a gas cooker

este modelo es de electricidad — this model uses electricity, this is an electric model

ropa de buena calidad — good-quality clothes

un billete de primera clase — a first-class ticket

la niña de pelo largo — the girl with the long hair

ese tío del sombrero — that chap with o in the hat

pintado de rojo — painted red

lo tengo de varios colores distintos — I have it in several different colours

4) [contenido]

una caja de bombones — a box of chocolates

una copa de vino — [llena] a glass of wine; [vacía] a wine glass

una bolsita de té — a tea bag

estaba hecha un saco de nervios — she was a bundle of nerves

5) [origen, distancia, espacio temporal] from

soy de Galicia — I'm from Galicia

Julia no es de aquí — Julia is not from round here

los de Madrid son los mejores — the ones from Madrid are the best, the Madrid ones are the best

es de buena familia — he's from a good family

vuelo 507 (procedente) de Londres — flight 507 from London

vive a 20km de Madrid — she lives 20km from Madrid

aléjate del fuego — move away from the fire

marcó un gol a dos minutos del final del partido — he scored two minutes from the end of the match

el tren de Santiago — the Santiago train

el avión pasó a muy poca altura del suelo — the plane flew by at very low altitude

salir del cine — to come out of the cinema
de... a...
vivió de 1898 a 1937 — he lived from 1898 to 1937

de mi casa a la suya hay 5km — it is 5km from my house to his

de mayo a julio — from May to July

del 15 al 30 — from the 15th to the 30th

6) [causa]

murió de viejo — he died from old age

me dolían los pies de tanto andar — my feet were sore from all that walking

de puro cansado — out of sheer tiredness

no podía moverse de miedo — he was rigid with fear

estar loco de alegría — to be wild with joy

saltar de alegría — to jump for joy

7) [manera]

lo derribó de un solo puñetazo — he felled him with a single blow

se puso a mi lado de un salto — he jumped to my side

se lo bebió de un trago — he drank it all down in one go
de... en...
iban entrando de dos en dos — they came in two by two

bajó la escalera de tres en tres — he came down the stairs three at a time

de puerta en puerta — from door to door

8) (=respecto de)

estar mejor de salud — to be in better health, be better

es fuerte de brazos — he has strong arms

paralizado de las dos piernas — paralysed in both legs

es muy estrecho de hombros — he doesn't have very broad shoulders

9) [tema] about

un libro de biología — a biology book, a book on o about biology

hablaba de política — he was talking about politics

no sé nada de él — I don't know anything about him

una clase de francés — a French class

10) [uso]

máquina de coser — sewing machine

goma de mascar — chewing gum

11) [cantidad, medida, valor]

un chico de quince años — a fifteen-year-old boy

un viaje de dos días — a two-day journey

un embarazo de siete meses — a seven-month pregnancy

una moneda de 5 pesos — a 5-peso coin

tiene un metro de alto — it's a metre high

12) [con horas y fechas]

a las siete de la mañana — at seven o'clock in the morning, at seven a.m.

son las dos de la tarde — it's two o'clock in the afternoon, it's two p.m.

muy de mañana — very early in the morning

el 3 de mayo — 3 May ( leído May the third {o}2} the third of May)

13) [tiempo]

de día — during the day(time)

de noche — at night

de niño — as a child

de mayor voy a ser médico — when I grow up I'm going to be a doctor

14) [proporción]

tres de cada cuatro — three out of every four

15) [uso partitivo] of

uno de nosotros — one of us

comió un poco de pastel — she ate a bit of cake

¡había una de gente! — * there were loads of people there! *

16) [autoría] by

un libro de Cela — a book by Cela, a book of Cela's

las películas de Almodóvar — Almodóvar's films

17) [como complemento agente] by

fue amado de todos — he was loved by all

el rey entró seguido de su séquito — the king entered, followed by his entourage

tiene dos hijos de su primera mujer — he has two children by his first wife

18) [en aposición a sustantivos o adjetivos]

el bueno/pobre de Pedro — good/poor old Pedro

el imbécil de Fernández — that idiot Fernández

es un encanto de persona — he's a lovely person

19) [en comparaciones] than

es más difícil de lo que creía — it's more difficult than I thought

más/menos de siete — more/less than seven

más de 500 personas — more than o over 500 people

20) [con superlativos] in

el peor alumno de la clase — the worst pupil in the class

el más caro de la tienda/mundo — the most expensive in the shop/world

es el coche más caro del mercado — it's the dearest car on the market

21) + infin

un problema fácil de resolver — an easily solved problem

un libro agradable de leer — a nice book to read
ser de ({+ infin}8})
es de admirar su lealtad — his loyalty is admirable

es de esperar que recibamos una pronta respuesta — it is to be hoped that we receive a prompt reply

sería de desear que actualizaran su información — it would be desirable for them to update their information

22) [dependiente de formas verbales]

la acusaban de hipócrita — they accused her of being a hypocrite

colmar de elogios a algn — to shower praise on sb

se dio cuenta de que lo sabía — she realized (that) she knew it

de esto se deduce que... — from this it can be deduced that...

disfrutar de la vida — to enjoy life

¿qué esperabas de él? — what did you expect from him?

limpiar algo de polvo — to dust sth

llenar algo de algo — to fill sth with sth

se sirvió de sus amigos para salir de un mal trago — he turned to his friends to help him through a difficult patch

trabaja de camarero — he works as a waiter

lo uso de despensa — I use it as a pantry

vestido de azul — dressed in blue

23) [uso condicional] if

de ser posible — if possible

de haberlo sabido no habría venido — if I had known, I wouldn't have come

de resultar esto así — if this turns out to be true

de no ser así — if it were not so, were it not so

de no — LAm (=si no) otherwise

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I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

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= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex. These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex. However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex. From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex. The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

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* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de †frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambassadorial.

* de la época = of the time(s), of the day.

* de la época isabelina = Elizabethan.

* de la época victoriana = Victorian.

* de la espina dorsal = spinal.

* de la extensión de un libro = book-length.

* de la fama al olvido = riches to rags.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way .

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la fóvea = foveal.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* de la gama baja = low-end.

* de la gama inferior = low-end.

* de la guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* de la hipótesis = hypothesised [hypothesized, -USA].

* de la localidad = locally based [locally-based].

* de la malaria = malarial.

* de la mama = mammary.

* de la mandíbula inferior = mandibular.

* de la mandíbula superior = maxillar, maxillary.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mañana = a.m. (latín - ante meridiam), in the morning.

* de la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* de la marina = marine.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + abili.

* * *
I
preposición

Sentido I

1) (en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión)

la casa de mis padres/de la actriz — my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia — the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis — Luis's birthday

no es de él/de ella/de ellos — it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted — (frml) your father

es un amigo de mi hijo/de la familia — he's a friend of my son's/the family

un estudiante de quinto año — a fifth-year student

la correa del perro — the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair — a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola — the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital — the streets of the capital

la subida de los precios — the rise in prices

al término de la reunión — at the end of the meeting

2)

a) ( introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima — the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas — Barajas airport

el mes de enero — the month of January

b) ( con apellidos)

[de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena — ≈Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Díaz — (frml) Mr and Mrs Díaz

las señoritas de Paz — (frml) the Misses Paz (frml)

c) ( en exclamaciones)

pobre de él! — poor him!

ay de mí! — (liter) woe is me! (liter)

Sentido II

3) (expresando procedencia, origen, tiempo) from

volvía del banco — I was on my way back from the bank

es de Bogotá — she's/she comes from Bogotá

una carta de Julia — a letter from Julia

lo saqué de la biblioteca — I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo — she picked it up off the floor

un hijo de su primera mujer — a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda — as he left the store

un amigo de la infancia — a childhood friend

la literatura de ese período — the literature of o from that period

de un día para otro — from one day to the next

de... a... — from... to...

de aquí a tu casa — from here to your house

de nueve a cinco — it's open from nine to five

4) (al especificar material, contenido, composición)

son de plástico — they're (made of) plastic

una mesa de caoba — a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina — an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

un curso de secretariado — a secretarial course

un vaso de agua — a glass of water

una colección de sellos — a stamp collection

un millón de dólares — a million dollars

5) (expresando causa, modo)

murió de viejo — he died of old age

verde de envidia — green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar — he was hoarse from shouting so much

temblando de miedo — trembling with fear

de memoria — by heart

lo tumbó de un golpe — he knocked him down with one blow

de dos en dos or (CS) de a dos — two at a time

de a poco/de a uno — (CS) little by little/one by one

Sentido III

6)

a) (introduciendo cualidades, características)

es de una paciencia increíble — he is incredibly patient

objetos de mucho valor — objects of great value

¿de qué color lo quiere? — what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido — he looks bored

tienes cosas de niño — sometimes you act like a child

una botella de un litro — a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses — a three-month-old child

la chica de azul/del abrigo rojo — the girl in blue/in the red coat

un hombre de pelo largo — a man with long hair

b) ( refiriéndose a una etapa en la vida) as

de niño — as a o when he was a child

7) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad)

el cepillo de la ropa — the clothes brush

copas de vino — wine glasses

ropa de cama — bed clothes

dales algo de comer — give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? — what's for dessert?

8)

a) (al definir, especificar)

el botón de abajo — the bottom button

el vecino de al lado — the next-door neighbor

es muy bonita de cara — she has a pretty face

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho — it's two meters wide

es fácil/difícil de pronunciar — it's easy/difficult to pronounce

b) ( sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? — which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos — she took one of mine

el mayor de los Soto — the eldest of the Soto children

9) ( con sentido ponderativo)

lo encontré de viejo...! — he seemed so old!

qué de coches! — (fam) what a lot of cars!

10)

a) ( con cifras)

el número de estudiantes es de 480 — there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% — they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 — it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo — it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 — a number over/under 29

c) ( con un superlativo)

es el más caro de todos — it's the most expensive one

la ciudad más grande del mundo — the biggest city in the world

11) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día)

duerme de día y trabaja de noche — she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada — they left very early in the morning

12) ( en calidad de) as

trabaja de secretaria — she works as a secretary

hace de rey en la obra — he plays (the part of) a king in the play

13) (en expresiones de estado, actividad)

de mal humor — in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general/fiesta — we're spring-cleaning/having a party

14) ( en oraciones pasivas) by

una novela de Goytisolo — a novel by Goytisolo

una casa rodeada de árboles — a house surrounded by trees

Sentido IV

15) ( con sentido condicional)

a)

de + inf: de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known o had I known, I would have come earlier; de no ser así no será considerada — otherwise it will not be considered

b)

ser de + inf — (expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad)

es de esperar que... — it is to be hoped that...

es de destacar su actuación — her performance is worthy of note
II
femenino: name of the letter d

* * *

= across, in respect for, of, off, out of, from, featuring.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: The author of a document is the person or organisation responsible for its creation, that is, the writer of a text, the illustrator in respect for illustrations and others responsible for the intellectual content of a work.

Ex: These institutes brought together some of the most influential people in the field.

Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

Ex: However, out of the enormous abundance of information produced, only 50% is new while the rest is redundant.

Ex: From the analysis of some 5760 questions, Wilkinson and Miller developed a 'step approach' to differentiate reference questions according to how many judgmental steps were required to answer them.

Ex: The exhibition also contains a group of ink drawings featuring self-portraits and portraits inspired by classical sculpture.

* abogado de oficio = legal aid.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* alabanza de boquilla = lip service.

* alabar de boquilla = give + lip service.

* autorizado de antemano = pre-authorised [pre-authorized, -USA].

* cambiar de una vez a otra = change from + time to time, vary + from time to time.

* comenzar de nuevo = start + all over again.

* de... a = through.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de abolengo = well-born.

* de abordo = in-flight.

* de absorción = absorptive.

* de acá para allá = back and forth, to and fro.

* de acceso público = publicly accessible.

* de acceso rápido = fast-access.

* de acceso restringido = closed access.

* de acción = action-centered.

* de acompañante = in tow.

* de actitud = attitudinal.

* de actuación = for action.

* de actualidad = topical.

* de acuerdo = okay, granted, all right, in concert, in agreement, okeydokey! [okidoki], in consort.

* de acuerdo a = according to.

* de acuerdo con = according to, as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, consistent with, in harmony with, in accordance with, in concert with, in keeping with, in line with, in step with, in tune with, by, pursuant to, in concurrence with, based on, in agreement with, as far as + Sujeto + Verbo, in consonance with, in accord with, judging by, to judge by, in conformity with, in + Posesivo + view, judging from.

* de acuerdo con el tema = thematically.

* de acuerdo con este documento = hereunder.

* de acuerdo con esto = accordingly.

* de acuerdo con la búsqueda de cadenas de caracteres = on a string search basis.

* de acuerdo con la estación del año = seasonally.

* de acuerdo con la ley = according to law.

* de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.

* de acuerdo con + Nombre = going on + Nombre.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + opinión = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + parecer = in + Posesivo + view, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de acuerdo con + Posesivo + bolsillo = according to + Posesivo + pocket.

* de acuerdo con + Pronombre = in + Posesivo + opinion, in + Posesivo + opinion.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

* de frica = African.

* de Africa occidental = West African.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* de ahí = therefrom.

* de ahí que = hence.

* de ahora en adelante = from now on, from this point on.

* de Alaska = Alaskan.

* de Albania = Albanian.

* de alcance estatal = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcance nacional = nationwide [nation-wide].

* de alcohol = spirit-based.

* de alguna forma = in one way or another, one way or another.

* de alguna manera = in some sense, in some way, somehow, in any sense, some way.

* de alguna otra forma = in any other way.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* de algún tiempo a esta parte = for some time now.

* de algún tipo = of some description.

* de algún tipo u otro = of some sort.

* de alta alcurnia = well-born.

* de alta cuna = well-born.

* de alta densidad = high-density.

* de alta energía = high energy.

* de alta fidelidad = hi-fi.

* de alta mar = offshore, sea-going, ocean-going.

* de alta potencia = high power.

* de alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* de alta productividad = high-performance.

* de alta resistencia = heavy-duty.

* de alta tecnología = high-tech, high-technology.

* de alta tensión = heavy-current.

* de alta velocidad = high-speed.

* de alto abolengo = well-born.

* de alto ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de alto nivel = of a high order, high level [high-level], high-powered.

* de alto rango = high-ranking, highly placed.

* de alto rendimiento = high-performance, heavy-duty.

* de altos vuelos = high-flying, high-powered.

* de alto voltaje = high-voltage.

* de altura = high, top-notch.

* de altura regulable = height-adjustable.

* de aluvión = alluvial.

* de ámbito estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* de amplio alcance = broad in scope.

* de antaño = of old, age-old, old-time, of yore, of olden days, of yesteryear, bygone, gone by.

* de antemano = in advance (of), beforehand.

* de antes de la guerra = pre-war [prewar].

* de antigua generación = low-end.

* de antiguo = from time immemorial.

* de apariencia = cosmetic.

* de apariencia engañosa = meretricious.

* de aplicación específica = special-purpose.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* de apoyo = enabling, supportive.

* de aprovechamiento = exploitative.

* de aquel entonces = of that day.

* de aquí para allá = back and forth.

* de aquí te espero = tremendous, enormous, humongous [humungous], gianormous.

* de Arabia Saudí = Saudi Arabian.

* de archivo = archival, archive.

* de armas tomar = redoubtable.

* de arranque = bootable.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de ascendencia + Adjetivo = of + Adjetivo + descent.

* de asesoramiento = consultative.

* de aspecto = looking.

* de aspecto antiguo = old-face.

* de aspecto complicado = complicated-looking.

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* de aspecto digno = dignified.

* de aspecto impresionante = impressive-looking.

* de aspecto nuevo = new-looking.

* de aspecto poco profesional = botched-up.

* de aspecto profesional = professional-looking.

* de aspecto ruinoso = run-down.

* de aspecto solemne = dignified.

* de atención básica = preattentive.

* de atención primaria = preattentive.

* de atrás = rear.

* de atrás para adelante = back and forth.

* de aupa = royal.

* de autodesprecio = self-deprecating.

* de autogestión = self-managing.

* de autoprotección = self-protective.

* de autosuficiencia = self-satisfied.

* de baja calidad = poor in detail, low-grade [lowgrade], low-quality, third rate [third-rate], low-end, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de baja intensidad = low-intensity [low intensity].

* de baja ralea = ignoble.

* de bajísima calidad = shoddy.

* de bajo consumo = low energy.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de bajo crecimiento = low-growing.

* de bajo nivel = lower-level, low-level.

* de bajo precio = low-priced.

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* de balde = for free.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].

* de bienvenida = salutatory.

* de boca en boca = word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* de bodas = bridal.

* de Boole = Boolean.

* de bote en bote = packed to capacity, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed to the rafters.

* de broma = humorously, teasingly.

* de bronce = brass.

* de buena calidad = good-quality.

* de buena disposición = good-natured.

* de buena fama = of good repute.

* de buena fe = bona fide, in good faith.

* de buena manera = good-humouredly, good-humoured.

* de buena reputación = of good repute.

* de buenas = on good terms.

* de buenas a primeras = right off the bat, suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that.

* de buena vecindad = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buena voluntad = in good faith.

* de buen corazón = kind-hearted, good-hearted, big-hearted.

* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.

* de buen gusto = tasteful.

* de buen humor = good-humouredly, good-humoured, in good humour.

* de buenos modales = well-mannered.

* de buen vecino = neighbourly [neighborly, -USA].

* de buen ver = good looking.

* de bulla y corriendo = in a rush.

* de caballo = huge, humongous [humungous], massive, gianormous.

* de cabo a rabo = lock, stock and barrel, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de cachondeo = teasingly.

* de cada día = day to day [day-to-day].

* de cada + Número + veces + Número = Número + times out of + Número.

* de caderas anchas = wide-hipped.

* de cajón = no-brainer.

* de calidad = authoritative, qualitative, quality, well-made, high-end, quality assured, value-added.

* de calidad inferior = low-grade [lowgrade], substandard [sub-standard], low-end.

* de calidad superior = best-quality, top quality.

* de camino = on the way, while we're at it.

* de camino a = en route for, on + Posesivo + way to, en route to.

* de campo = free-range.

* de campos fijos = fixed-field.

* de campus = campus-wide [campuswide].

* de capa caída = at a low ebb, in (the) doldrums.

* de capa y espada = cloak-and-dagger.

* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.

* de cara a = face-to-face [face to face], facing.

* de carácter = in character.

* de carácter público = state-owned, government-owned, state-run, government-run, publicly owned [publicly-owned], publicly supported, publicly held.

* de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* de carne y hueso = flesh-and-blood.

* de castigo = punitive.

* de casualidad = by accident, by a fluke, by chance, accidentally, by a stroke of (good) luck, by luck.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* de cerámica = ceramic.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* de chiripa = by a fluke, by a stroke of (good) luck, by chance, by luck.

* de cierto tipo = of a sort, of sorts.

* de cinco años = five yearly [five-yearly].

* de cinco días de duración = five-day.

* de cinco estrellas = 5-star [five-star].

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de civil = in plain clothes.

* de clasificación = classificatory.

* de clausura = cloistered.

* de clausura de congreso = end-of-conference.

* de cobre = cupric.

* de cojones = badass.

* de colegas = collegial, buddying.

* de Colombia = Colombian.

* de color = coloured [colored, -USA], non-white [nonwhite], full-colour, in colour.

* de color crema = creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], creamy [creamier -comp., creamiest -sup.], cream-coloured.

* de color de bronce = brassy.

* de colores = full-colour, multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* de colores vivos = colourful [colorful, -USA].

* de colorines = brightly coloured.

* de color marroncillo = brownish tinged.

* de color rojo = red-coloured.

* de color rosa = rose-coloured.

* de color verde botella = bottle green.

* de color verde oscuro = bottle green.

* de color y textura parecidos al carbón = carbonaceous.

* de comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = earliest + Expresión Temporal.

* de cómo = as to how.

* de compañeros = collegial.

* de complicidad = knowing.

* de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.

* de conceptos = concept-based.

* de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept.

* de conducta = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].

* de confianza = reliable, trusted, trusting, reputable.

* de confirmación = confirmatory.

* de conformidad con = in compliance with, in keeping with.

* de conformidad con eso = accordingly.

* de conífera = coniferous.

* de construcción básica = brick and frame.

* de construcción sólida = solidly-built.

* de consulta fácil = scannable.

* de consulta mediante órdenes = command-based.

* de consumo = consumptive.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* de contrabando = bootleg.

* de contrapunto = contrapuntal.

* de Corea = Korean.

* de Corea del Sur = South Korean.

* de corral = free-range.

* de corta duración = short term [short-term].

* de corte + Adjetivo = of a + Adjetivo + nature.

* de cosecha propia = home-grown [home grown/homegrown].

* de costa a costa = coast-to-coast.

* de coste cero = zero-cost.

* de costumbre = usual, usually.

* de creación = authorial.

* de crecimiento continuo = steadily growing.

* de crecimiento más rápido = fastest-growing.

* de crecimiento rápido = fast-growing, fast-evolving.

* de cría intensiva = battery-caged.

* de crianza intensiva = battery-caged.

* de Crimea = Crimean.

* de cristal = glass.

* de crucial importancia = crucially important.

* de cualquier forma = in any event, in any way [in anyway], in any case, in any way at all.

* de cualquier forma posible = in any and all ways.

* de cualquier manera = anyhow, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, in any way at all, in any way [in anyway].

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de cualquier tipo = in any way [in anyway], in all forms.

* de cuando en cuando = every once in a while, every so often, every now and then, every now and again.

* de cuatro días de duración = four-day.

* de cuatro estrellas = four-star.

* de Cuba = Cuban.

* de cuerpo largo = long-bodied.

* de deficiente calidad = poor-quality, of poor quality.

* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.

* de densidad doble = double-density.

* de dentro hacia fuera = inside outwards.

* de derechas = right-wing.

* de derecho = de jure [iure].

* de derecho pero no de hecho = in name only.

* de desarrollo = developmental.

* de desarrollo autónomo = self-evolving.

* de desarrollo rápido = fast-evolving.

* de descargo = exonerating, exculpatory.

* de desconexión = cut-off.

* de descubrimiento reciente = newly-discovered.

* de desecho = discarded.

* de desempate = tie-breaker [tiebreaker], tie-breaking [tiebreaking].

* de desguace = written-off.

* de despedida = valedictory.

* de día = in the daytime, during the daytime, during daytime.

* de día a día = from day to day.

* de diámetro = in diameter.

* de diario = everyday.

* de día y de noche = day and night, night and day.

* de diesel = diesel-powered.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* de diferentes tonalidades de gris = grey scale [gray scale].

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de dinero = well-to-do, well-off.

* de dirección = directorial, administrative.

* de diseño abierto = open-plan, open-planned.

* de diversa índole = kaleidoscopic, of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diversos tipos = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de diverso tipo = of one type or another, of one sort or another, of one kind or another.

* de doble cara = double-hinged, double-sided.

* de doble filo = double-edged.

* de doble hoja = double-hinged.

* de doble sentido = double-edged, two-way.

* de doble uso = dual-use.

* de dolor = in pain.

* de dominio público = publicly owned [publicly-owned].

* de donde = whence, whence, from whence.

* ¿de dónde si no...? = where else...?, where else...?.

* de dos caras = two-sided, two-faced.

* de dos días de duración = two-day [2-day].

* de dos en dos = two at a time.

* de dos letras = two-letter.

* de dos niveles = two-tier.

* de dos páginas = two-page.

* de dos partidos políticos = bipartisan [bi-partisan].

* de dos patas = two-legged.

* de dos piernas = two-legged.

* de dos pies = two-legged.

* de dos plantas = two-storey [two-story].

* de dos tonalidades = bitonal.

* de dos tonos = bitonal.

* de dos volúmenes = two-volume.

* de duelo = in mourning.

* de duración limitada = timebound [time-bound].

* de Ecuador = Ecuadorian.

* de edad = elderly.

* de edad avanzada = over the hill.

* de edad escolar = school-age.

* de edad mediana = middle-aged.

* de edad universitaria = college-age.

* de elaboración de políticas = policy-forming.

* de ello = thereof, therefrom.

* de ellos = theirs.

* de embalsamar = embalming.

* de emisor a receptor = downstream.

* de encaje = lacy.

* de enmienda = amendatory.

* de ensueño = dream-like [dreamlike], picture-perfect.

* de entonces = of the day.

* de entreguerras = interwar.

* de entre los nuestros = in our ranks.

* de entretenimiento = recreational.

* de envergadura = heavy lifting.

* de época = vintage.

* de epopeya = epic.

* de esa época = of the period.

* de escándalo = outrageous.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de eso = thereof.

* de espaldas anchas = broad-shouldered.

* de especial importancia = of particular note.

* de espíritu cívico = public-spirited.

* de espíritu comunitario = public-spirited.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* de esta forma = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de esta manera = in this fashion, in this manner, in this way.

* de este modo = accordingly, by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* de este modo, de esta forma, de esta manera = in this way.

* de esto, de lo otro y de lo de más allá = about this and that and everything else.

* de Estonia = Estonian.

* de esto y de lo otro = about this and that.

* de estructura de acero = steel-framed.

* de estructura de madera = timber-framed.

* de Europa del Este = Eastern European.

* de Europa Occidental = Western-European, West European.

* de evaluación = evaluative.

* de éxito = successful.

* de éxito asegurado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito garantizado = sure-fire [surefire].

* de éxito seguro = sure-fire [surefire].

* de expansión = expanded.

* de explotación = exploitative.

* de extensión = in length.

* de extensión normal = standard-length.

* de extremada urgencia = serious.

* de fabricación casera = homemade.

* de fácil acceso = easily available, over the counter, handy.

* de fácil alcance para = within easy reach of.

* de fácil manejo = liftable.

* de facto = de facto.

* de fama = of note.

* de fama internacional = of international renown.

* de fama mundial = world-renowned, internationally renowned, world-renown.

* de felpa = plush.

* de fiar = legit.

* de fichas = card-based.

* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.

* de final de año = end-year.

* de final de mes = end-of-the-month.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de fin de año = end of the year.

* de fin de milenio = millennial.

* de forma = in form.

* de forma abrumadora = overwhelmingly.

* de forma aceptable = adequately, acceptably.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma alternada = in alternating fashion.

* de forma alternativa = alternatively.

* de forma anónima = anonymously.

* de forma aplastante = overwhelmingly.

* de forma apreciable = markedly.

* de forma apropiada = properly, fitly, appropriately.

* de forma audible = audibly.

* de forma autónoma = autonomously.

* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.

* de formación = formative.

* de forma clara = clearly.

* de forma cognitiva = cognitively.

* de forma colegiada = collegially.

* de forma combinada = in combination.

* de forma competitiva = competitively.

* de forma complemenetaria = complimentarily.

* de forma completa = in full.

* de forma completa, en su totalidad, completamente, por extenso = in full.

* de forma concisa = concisely.

* de forma conjunta con = in partnership with.

* de forma considerable = considerably.

* de forma continuada = continuously.

* de forma cuadrada = squarish, square-shaped.

* de forma deductiva = deductively.

* de forma desastrosa = disastrously.

* de forma deshonesta = dishonestly.

* de forma diferente = differently shaped.

* de forma digital = digitally.

* de forma divertida = funnily.

* de forma económica = cost-effectively.

* de forma errática = erratically.

* de forma escandalosa = outrageously.

* de forma especulativa = speculatively.

* de forma estructurada = in a structured fashion.

* de forma exquisita = exquisitely.

* de forma extraña = oddly, funnily.

* de forma federal = federally.

* de forma general = widely, bulk.

* de forma global = holistically.

* de forma graciosa = funnily.

* de forma gratis = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma gratuita = on a complimentary basis.

* de forma grotesca = grotesquely.

* de forma heterogénea = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de forma heurística = heuristically.

* de forma humorística = in a humorous vein.

* de forma imaginativa = imaginatively.

* de forma indirecta = circuitous route.

* de forma inesperada = out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de forma innata = innately.

* de forma irregular = erratically.

* de forma lamentable = miserably.

* de forma lógica = in a meaningful way.

* de forma mágica = magically.

* de forma mecánica = mechanically.

* de forma mordaz = pungently.

* de forma mordaz, mordazmente, con sarcasmo = pungently.

* de forma muy parecida a = in much the same way as.

* de forma muy similar a = in much the same way as.

* de forma negativa = in a negative light.

* de forma neutral = neutrally.

* de forma notoria = markedly.

* de forma opcional = optionally.

* de forma óptima = optimally.

* de forma personalizada = on a one-to-one basis.

* de forma poco ética = unethically.

* de forma poco imaginativa = unimaginatively.

* de forma poco profesional = unprofessionally.

* de forma poco razonable = unreasonably.

* de forma positiva = in a positive light, constructively.

* de forma práctica = pragmatically.

* de forma precisa = precisely.

* de forma provocativa = provocatively.

* de forma puntual = occasionally, when necessary.

* de forma que = in ways that.

* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.

* de forma rara = oddly, funnily.

* de forma recíproca = reciprocally.

* de forma rentable = cost-effectively.

* de forma residual = residually.

* de forma ridícula = grotesquely.

* de forma saludable = healthily.

* de forma sana = healthily.

* de forma significativa = to any significant extent, to a significant extent.

* de forma sistemática = in a systematic fashion.

* de forma sofisticada = sophisticatedly.

* de forma subconsciente = subconsciously.

* de forma sublime = subliminally.

* de forma suscinta = in brief.

* de forma terapéutica = therapeutically.

* de forma tosca = in crude form.

* de forma trágica = tragically.

* de fotograma completo = full-frame.

* de fotograma doble = half-frame.

* de frente = head-on, frontal.

* de fuera = outside, off-side.

* de fuera de la ciudad = out-of-town.

* de fuerza = forceful.

* de funcionamiento = operating, operational.

* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.

* de gala = gala.

* de Galileo = Galilean.

* de Gambia = Gambian.

* de gas = gas-powered.

* de generación a generación = from generation to generation.

* de generación en generación = from generation to generation.

* de geofísica = geophysical.

* de gestión = managerial, back-office.

* de gestión del museo = curatorial.

* de Glasgow = Glaswegian.

* de golpe = in one lump, all at once, all at once.

* de grado básico = junior grade.

* de gran ahorro energético = energy-saving.

* de gran belleza = scenic.

* de gran calibre = high-calibre.

* de gran calidad = high-quality, high-grade [high grade], high-calibre.

* de gran capacidad = large-capacity, high capacity.

* de gran colorido = brightly coloured.

* de gran corazón = big-hearted.

* de gran efecto = wide-reaching.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* de gran formato = oversized, oversize.

* de gran impacto = high impact [high-impact].

* de gran influencia = seminal.

* de granja = free-range.

* de gran lucidez = clear-sighted.

* de gran lujo = top-class.

* de gran potencia = high-powered.

* de gran repercusión = far-reaching, wide-reaching, far-ranging.

* de gran talento = talented.

* de gran valor = highly valued, highly valuable.

* de gran valor histórico = of great historical value.

* de gran venta = high selling.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on call.

* de guasa = teasingly.

* de habla afrikaans = Afrikaans-speaking.

* de habla alemana = German-speaking.

* de habla francesa = French-speaking.

* de habla inglesa = English-speaking.

* de habla portuguesa = Portuguese-speaking.

* de hace años = of years ago.

* de hace muchos años = long-standing.

* de hace mucho tiempo = age-old, long-lost.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* de hasta + Número = of up to + Número.

* de hecho = actually, as a matter of fact, as it happened, de facto, in actual fact, in effect, in fact, indeed, in point of fact, in actuality, as it happens, as it is, effectively, for all intents and purposes, to all intents and purposes, for that matter.

* de hierbas = herbal.

* de hierro = iron, ferric.

* de higos a brevas = once in a blue moon.

* de hoja caduca = deciduous.

* de hoja perenne = evergreen.

* de hojas largas = long-leaved.

* de Homero = Homeric.

* de hongos = fungal.

* de horticultura = horticultural.

* de hoy = present-day.

* de hoy día = of today.

* de hoy en adelante = as from today.

* de hoy en día = of today.

* de huelga = striking.

* de humor = funny [funnier -comp., funniest -sup.].

* de ida y vuelta = return, round-trip.

* de ideas afines = like-minded.

* de igual a igual = as a peer.

* de igual forma = in like manner, in a like manner, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual longitud = of equal length.

* de igual manera = by the same token, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein, in equal measure(s).

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* de igual + Nombre = equally + Adjetivo.

* de ilusiones vive el hombre = We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

* de imitación = copycat.

* de importancia = of note, of consequence.

* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.

* de importancia crucial = crucially important.

* de importancia fundamental = critically important.

* de improviso = unawares, spur-of-the-moment, on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly.

* de incalculable valor = priceless.

* de incógnito = incognito.

* de inferior calidad = low-end, sub-par.

* de inflexión = inflexional [inflectional].

* de inmediato = immediately.

* de inspiración = inspirational.

* de interés especial = of particular concern, special-interest.

* de intereses similares = of like interest.

* de interés general = general-interest, of general interest.

* de interés humano = human interest.

* de interés periodístico = newsworthy.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* de isótopos = isotopic.

* de izquierdas = left-wing, leftist, lefty.

* de jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* de jarana = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de juerga = out on the town, a (late) night out on the town.

* de Kenia = Kenyan.

* de la "a" a la "zeta" = a to z [a/z o a-z].

* de la adolescencia = teenage.

* de la alcaldía = mayoral.

* de la cabeza a los pies = from head to foot, from head to toe.

* de la cara = facial.

* de la Ceca a la Meca = from pillar to post.

* de la clase blanca, protestante y anglosajona americana = WASPish.

* de la cóclea = cochlear.

* de la columna vertebral = spinal.

* de la comedia = comedic.

* de la corteza = crustal, cortical.

* de la cría de aves = avicultural.

* de la duramadre = dural.

* de la edad media = dark-age.

* de la embajada = ambassadorial.

* de la época = of the time(s), of the day.

* de la época isabelina = Elizabethan.

* de la época victoriana = Victorian.

* de la espina dorsal = spinal.

* de la extensión de un libro = book-length.

* de la fama al olvido = riches to rags.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* de la forma más fácil = the easy way.

* de la fortuna a la pobreza = riches to rags.

* de la fóvea = foveal.

* de la gama alta = high-end.

* de la gama baja = low-end.

* de la gama inferior = low-end.

* de la guerra = wartime [wart-time].

* de la hipótesis = hypothesised [hypothesized, -USA].

* de la localidad = locally based [locally-based].

* de la malaria = malarial.

* de la mama = mammary.

* de la mandíbula inferior = mandibular.

* de la mandíbula superior = maxillar, maxillary.

* de la manera normal = in the normal manner.

* de la mañana = a.m. (latín - ante meridiam), in the morning.

* de la máquina y el hombre = human-machine.

* de la marina = marine.

* de la mejor forma posible = to the best of + Posesivo + abili

* * *

de¹

prep

[ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

Sentido I

A

(en relaciones de pertenencia, posesión): la casa de mi hermano/de mis padres/de la actriz my brother's/my parents'/the actress's house

el rey de Francia the king of France

el cumpleaños de Luis Luis's birthday

el cumpleaños de la esposa de un compañero a colleague's wife's birthday, the birthday of the wife of one of my colleagues

no es de él/de ella/de ellos it isn't his/hers/theirs

su padre de usted ( frml); your father

un amigo de mi hijo a friend of my son's

es un amigo de la familia he's a friend of the family o a family friend

un estudiante de quinto año a fifth-year student

el nieto de los Arteaga the Arteagas' grandson

la mesa de la cocina the kitchen table

la correa del perro the dog's leash

un avión de Mexair a Mexair plane

la tapa de la cacerola the saucepan lid

las calles de la capital the streets of the capital, the capital's streets

la subida de los precios the rise in prices

al término de la reunión at the end of the meeting

B

1 (introduciendo un nombre en aposición) of

la ciudad de Lima the city of Lima

el aeropuerto de Barajas Barajas airport

el mes de enero the month of January

el imbécil de tu hermano that stupid brother of yours, your stupid brother

el bueno de Ricardo le aguanta cualquier cosa Ricardo is so good, he puts up with anything from her

2

(en exclamaciones): ¡pobre de él! poor him!

¡triste de quien no conozca ese sentimiento! ( liter); pity the person who has never experienced that feeling! ( liter)

C

(con apellidos): Sra. Mónica Ortiz de Arocena ≈ Mrs Mónica Arocena

los señores de Rucabado ( frml); Mr and Mrs Rucabado

las señoritas de Paz ( frml); the Misses Paz ( frml) [de is also part of certain surnames like de León and de la Peña]

D

( Arg crit) (a casa de): voy del médico I'm going to the doctor's

Sentido II

A

1

(expresando procedencia, origen): volvía de clase/del banco I was on my way back from my class/from the bank

es de Bogotá she's from Bogotá, she comes from Bogotá

lo saqué de la biblioteca I got it out of the library

lo recogió del suelo she picked it up off the floor

mis amigos de América my American friends, my friends from America

he recibido carta de Julia I've had a letter from Julia

un hijo de su primera mujer a son by his first wife

al salir de la tienda as he left the store

DE … A …:

de aquí a tu casa from here to your house

2 (en el tiempo) from

un amigo de la infancia a childhood friend

data del siglo XVII it dates from the 17th century

la literatura de ese período the literature of o from that period

lo conozco de cuando estuve en Rosales I know him from when I was in Rosales

de un día para otro from one day to the next

DE … A …:

está abierto de nueve a cinco it's open from nine to five o between nine and five

de aquí a que termine tenemos para rato it'll be a while yet before he finishes, he won't be finished for a while yet

B

(expresando causa): murió de viejo he died of old age

verde de envidia green with envy

estaba ronco de tanto gritar he was hoarse from shouting so much

eso es de comer tan poco that's what comes from o of eating so little

Sentido III

A

(introduciendo cualidades, características): es de una paciencia increíble he is incredibly patient, he is a man of incredible patience

un chiste de muy mal gusto a joke in very bad taste

objetos de mucho valor objects of great value

un pez de agua dulce a freshwater fish

¿de qué color lo quiere? what color do you want it?

tiene cara de aburrido he looks bored

ese gesto es muy de su madre that gesture is very reminiscent of his mother

tienes cosas de niño malcriado sometimes you act like a spoiled child

una botella de un litro a liter bottle

un niño de tres meses a three-month-old child

déme de las de 200 pesos el kilo give me some of those o some of the ones at 200 pesos a kilo

la chica del abrigo rojo the girl with o in the red coat

la señora de azul the lady in blue

un hombre de pelo largo a man with long hair

un anciano de bastón an old man with a stick [de is part of many compounds like cinturón de seguridad, hombre de negocios, válvula de escape, etc ]

B

(al especificar material, contenido, composición): una mesa de caoba a mahogany table

una inyección de morfina an injection of morphine, a morphine injection

el complemento ideal de todo plato de pescado the ideal complement to any fish dish

son de plástico they're (made of) plastic

un curso de secretariado a secretarial course

nos sirvió una copa de champán she gave us a glass of champagne

una colección de sellos a stamp collection, a collection of stamps

un millón de dólares a million dollars

C

(con sentido ponderativo): ¡lo encontré de viejo …! he seemed so old!

¡qué de coches! ( fam); what a lot of cars!

D

(al definir, especificar): tuvo la suerte de conseguirlo she was lucky enough to get it

aprieta el botón de abajo press the bottom button

E

1

(con cifras): el número de estudiantes es de 480 the number of students is 480, there are 480 students

pagan un interés del 15% they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

2 (en comparaciones de cantidad) than

cuesta más de £100 it costs more than o over £100

pesa menos de un kilo it weighs less than o under a kilo

un número mayor/menor de 29 a number over/under 29

3

(en expresiones de modo): lo tumbó de un golpe he knocked him down with one blow

subió los escalones de dos en dos he went up the stairs two at a time

de a poco (CS); little by little, gradually

4

(CS): de a cuatro/ocho/diez: colócalos de a dos/cuatro put them in twos/fours

entraron de a uno they went in one by one o one at a time [de is part of many expressions entered under frente² m A 2. (↑ frente (2)), improviso, prisa etc]

F (en calidad de) as

está de profesor en una academia he's working as a teacher in a private school

le ofrecieron un puesto de redactor they offered him a job as an editor

hace de enanito en la obra he plays (the part of) a dwarf in the play

le habló de hombre a hombre he talked to him man to man

G

1

(limitando lo expresado a determinado aspecto): es muy bonita de cara she has a pretty face

es corto de talle/ancho de hombros he's short-waisted/broad-shouldered

es sorda de un oído she's deaf in one ear

¿qué tal vamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?

tiene dos metros de ancho it's two meters wide

2

(refiriéndose a una etapa de la vida): de niño as a child, when he was a child

H

(en expresiones de estado, actividad): estaba de mal humor she was in a bad mood

estamos de limpieza general we're spring-cleaning [de is part of many expressions entered under juerga, picnic, obra etc]

I

(indicando uso, destino, finalidad): el cepillo de la ropa the clothes brush

el trapo de limpiar la plata the cloth for cleaning the silver

lo sirvió en copas de champán he served it in champagne glasses

dales algo de comer give them something to eat

¿qué hay de postre? what's for dessert? [de is part of many compounds like cuchara de servir, máquina de coser, saco de dormir, etc]

J (introduciendo el complemento agente) by

una novela de Goytisolo a novel by Goytisolo, a Goytisolo novel

seguidos del resto de la familia followed by the rest of the family

una casa rodeada de árboles a house surrounded by trees

viene acompañado de arroz it is served with rice

acompañado de su señora esposa ( frml); accompanied by his wife

Sentido IV

A

1 (sentido partitivo) of

¿quién de ustedes fue? which (one) of you was it?

se llevó uno de los míos she took one of mine

el mayor de los Rodríguez the eldest of the Rodríguez children

un cigarrillo de ésos que apestan one of those cigarettes that stink

2

(con un superlativo): eligió el más caro de todos she chose the most expensive one of all

la ciudad más grande del mundo the biggest city in the world

B

(refiriéndose a una parte del día): a las once de la mañana/de la noche at eleven in the morning/at night

duerme de día y trabaja de noche she sleeps during the day and works at night

salieron de madrugada they left very early in the morning

ver tb mañana³ f A. (↑ mañana (3)), tarde² (↑ tarde (2)), etc

Sentido V (con sentido condicional)

A DE + INF:

de haberlo sabido, habría venido antes if I had known, I would have come earlier o had I known, I would have come earlier

de no ser así no será considerada otherwise it will not be considered

de continuar este estado de cosas if this state of affairs persists

B SER DE + INF

(expresando necesidad, inevitabilidad): es de esperar que … it is to be hoped that …, one hopes that …

no son de fiar they are not to be trusted

es de destacar la actuación de Marta Valverde Marta Valverde's performance is worthy of note

C

de no ( AmL); if not

de²

feminine

name of the letter D

* * *

Del verbo dar: ( conjugate dar)

dé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
dar
de
dé
dar ( conjugate dar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( entregar) to give;

◊ dale las llaves a Pedro give the keys to Pedro;

déme un kilo de peras can I have a kilo of pears?;
See Also→ conocer verbo transitivo 3 b, entender verbo transitivo
b) ‹cartas/mano› to give

2
a) (donar, regalar) ‹sangre/limosna› to give;

◊ me dio su reloj she gave me her watch

b) ( proporcionar) ‹fuerzas/valor/esperanza› to give;

‹información/idea› to give
3
a) (conferir, aportar) ‹sabor/color/forma› to give

b) ( aplicar) ‹mano de pintura/barniz› to give

c) ‹sedante/masaje› to give

4 ( conceder) ‹prórroga/permiso› to give;
◊ el dentista me dio hora para el miércoles I have an appointment with the dentist on Wednesday;

nos dieron un premio we won o got a prize
5
a) (expresar, decir) ‹parecer/opinón› to give;

◊ ¿le diste las gracias? did you thank him?, did you say thank you?;

dales saludos give/send them my regards;
tuve que déle la noticia I was the one who had to break the news to him
b) (señalar, indicar): me da ocupado or (Esp) comunicando the line's busy o (BrE) engaged;

◊ el reloj dio las cinco the clock struck five

1
a) ( producir) ‹fruto/flor› to bear;

‹ dividendos› to pay;
◊ un negocio que da mucho dinero a business which makes a lot of money

b) (AmL) ( alcanzar hasta):

◊ da 150 kilómetros por hora it can do o go 150 kilometres an hour;

venía a todo lo que daba it was travelling at full speed;
ponen la radio a todo lo que da they turn the radio on full blast
2 (causar, provocar) ‹placer/susto› to give;
‹ problemas› to cause;
◊ dé trabajo to be hard work;

el calor le dio sueño/sed the heat made him sleepy/thirsty
1 ( presentar) ‹ concierto› to give;
◊ ¿qué dan esta noche en la tele? what's on TV tonight? (colloq);

¿dónde están dando esa película? where's that film showing?
2
a) ‹fiesta/conferencia› to give;

‹baile/banquete› to hold;
‹ discurso› (AmL) to make
b) (CS) ‹ examen› to take o (BrE) sit;

ver tb clase 4
( realizar la accion que se indica) ‹ grito› to give;
◊ dé un paso atrás to take a step back;

dame un beso give me a kiss;
ver tb golpe, paseo, vuelta, etc
( considerar) dé algo/a algn por algo:
◊ lo dieron por muerto they gave him up for dead;

ese tema lo doy por sabido I'm assuming you've already covered that topic;
¡dalo por hecho! consider it done!
verbo intransitivo
1
◊ dar a [ puerta] to give onto, open onto;

[ventana/balcón] to look onto, give onto;
[fachada/frente] to face
2 (ser suficiente, alcanzar) dé para algo/algn to be enough for sth/sb;
◊ no me dio (el) tiempo I didn't have time;

dé de sí ‹zapatos/jersey› to stretch
3 ( arrojar un resultado):
◊ el análisis le dio positivo her test was positive;

¿cuánto da la cuenta? what does it come to?;
a mí me dio 247 I made it (to be) 247
4 ( importar):
◊ da lo mismo it doesn't matter;

¡qué más da! what does it matter!;
¿qué más da? what difference does it make?;
me da igual I don't mind
5 ( en naipes) to deal
1
a) (pegar, golpear): déle a algn to hit sb;

( como castigo) to smack sb;
◊ dale al balón kick the ball;

el balón dio en el poste the ball hit the post
b) ( acertar) to hit;

◊ dé en el blanco to hit the target

2 (accionar, mover) déle a algo ‹a botón/tecla› to press sth;
‹ a interruptor› to flick sth;
‹a manivela/volante› to turn sth
3
◊ dar con ( encontrar) ‹ persona› to find;

‹ solución› to hit upon, find;
‹ palabra› to come up with
4 (hablando de manías, ocurrencias) déle a algn por hacer algo ‹por pintar/cocinar› to take to doing sth;
◊ le ha dado por decir que … he's started saying that …

5 [sol/luz]:
◊ aquí da el sol toda la mañana you get the sun all morning here;

la luz le daba de lleno en los ojos the light was shining right in his eyes
darse verbo pronominal
1 ( producirse) [fruta/trigo] to grow
2 ( presentarse) [oportunidad/ocasión] to arise
3 ( resultar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ se le dan los idiomas she's good at languages

a) ( refl) ( realizar lo que se indica) ‹ducha/banquete› to have;

◊ dárselas de algo: se las da de valiente/de que sabe mucho he likes to make out he's brave/he knows a lot;

dárselas de listo to act smart
b) (golpearse, pegarse):

◊ se dio con el martillo en el dedo he hit his finger with the hammer;

se dieron contra un árbol they crashed into a tree;
se dio dé un golpe en la rodilla he hit his knee
( considerarse) dése por algo:
◊ con eso me déía por satisfecha I'd be quite happy with that;

ver tb aludir a, enterado 1
de 1 preposición
1
a) (pertenencia, posesión):

◊ la casa dé dé mis padres my parents' house;

el rey dé Francia the king of France;
no es dé él it isn't his;
es un amigo dé mi hijo he's a friend of my son's;
un estudiante dé quinto año a fifth-year student;
la tapa dé la cacerola the saucepan lid;
un avión dé Mexair a Mexair plane
b) ( con un nombre en aposición) of;

◊ la ciudad dé Lima the city of Lima;

el aeropuerto dé Barajas Barajas airport;
el mes dé enero the month of January
2
a) (procedencia, origen, tiempo) from;

◊ es dé Bogotá she's/she comes from Bogotá;

una carta dé Julia a letter from Julia;
un amigo dé la infancia a childhood friend;
la literatura dé ese período the literature of o from that period;
dé aquí a tu casa from here to your house
b) (material, contenido, composición):

◊ son dé plástico they're (made of) plastic;

una mesa dé caoba a mahogany table;
un vaso dé agua a glass of water;
un millón dé dólares a million dollars
c) (causa, modo):

◊ murió dé viejo he died of old age;

dé tanto gritar from shouting so much;
verde dé envidia green with envy;
temblando dé miedo trembling with fear;
dé memoria by heart;
lo tumbó dé un golpe he knocked him down with one blow
d) ( en oraciones pasivas) by;

◊ un poema dé Neruda a poem by Neruda;

rodeada dé árboles surrounded by trees
3
a) (cualidades, características):

◊ de gran inteligencia of great intelligence;

objetos dé mucho valor objects of great value;
¿dé qué color lo quiere? what color do you want it?;
tiene cara dé aburrido he looks bored;
una botella dé un litro a liter bottle;
la chica dé azul the girl in blue
b) (al definir, especificar):

◊ el botón dé abajo the bottom button;

tiene dos metros dé ancho it's two meters wide;
es fácil de pronunciar it's easy to pronounce;
uno dé los míos one of mine;
el mayor dé los Soto the eldest of the Soto children
4
a) ( con cifras):

◊ pagan un interés dél 15% they pay 15% interest o interest at 15%

b) ( en comparaciones de cantidad) than;

◊ más dé £100 more than o over £100;

pesa menos dé un kilo it weighs less than o under a kilo;
un número mayor/menor dé 29 a number over/under 29
c) ( con un superlativo):

◊ es el más caro dé todos it's the most expensive one;

la ciudad más grande dél mundo the biggest city in the world
d) ( refiriéndose a una parte del día):

◊ dé día/noche during the day/at night;

dé madrugada early in the morning
5
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ trabaja dé secretaria she works as a secretary;

hace dé rey en la obra he plays (the part of) a king in the play
b) (en expresiones de estado, actividad):

◊ dé mal humor in a bad mood;

estamos dé fiesta we're having a party
c) (indicando uso, destino, finalidad):

◊ el cepillo dé la ropa the clothes brush;

copas dé vino wine glasses;
ropa dé cama bed clothes;
dales algo dé comer give them something to eat;
¿qué hay dé postre? what's for dessert?
6 ( con sentido condicional):
◊ dé haberlo sabido if I had known, had I known;

dé no ser así otherwise
de 2 sustantivo femenino: name of the letter d
dé see
◊ dar

dar
I verbo transitivo
1 to give: dame la mano, hold my hand
2 (conceder) to give: mi padre me dio permiso, my father gave me permission
le doy toda la razón, I think he is quite right
3 (transmitir una noticia) to tell
(un recado, recuerdos) to pass on, give
dar las gracias, to thank
4 (retransmitir u ofrecer un espectáculo) to show, put on
5 (organizar una fiesta) to throw, give
6 (producir lana, miel, etc) to produce, yield
(fruto, flores) to bear
(beneficio, interés) to give, yield
7 (causar un dolor, malestar) dar dolor de cabeza, to give a headache
(un sentimiento) dar pena, to make sad
le da mucha vergüenza, he's very embarrassed
8 (proporcionar) to provide: su empresa da trabajo a cincuenta personas, his factory gives work to fifty people
9 (una conferencia, charla) to give
(impartir clases) to teach
(recibir una clase) to have
US to take
10 (presentir) me da (en la nariz/en el corazón) que eso va a salir bien, I have a feeling that everything is going to turn out well
11 (estropear) to ruin: me dio la noche con sus ronquidos, he spoilt my sleep with his snoring
12 (abrir el paso de la luz) to switch on
(del gas, agua) to turn on
13 (propinar una bofetada, un puntapié, etc) to hit, give
14 (aplicar una mano de pintura, cera) to apply, put on
(un masaje, medicamento) to give
15 (considerar) dar por, to assume, consider: lo dieron por muerto, he was given up for dead
ese dinero lo puedes dar por perdido, you can consider that money lost
dar por supuesto/sabido, to take for granted, to assume
16 (la hora, un reloj) to strike: aún no habían dado las ocho, it was not yet past eight o'clock
17 (realizar la acción que implica el objeto) dar un abrazo/susto, to give a hug/fright
dar un paseo, to go for a walk
dar una voz, to give a shout
II verbo intransitivo
1 (sobrevenir) le dio un ataque de nervios, she had an attack of hysterics
2 dar de comer/cenar, to provide with lunch/dinner 3 dar a, (mirar, estar orientado a) to look out onto, to overlook
(una puerta) to open onto, lead to: esa puerta da al jardín, this door leads out onto the garden 4 dar con, (una persona, objeto) to come across: no fuimos capaces de dar con la contraseña, we couldn't come up with the password
dimos con él, we found him 5 dar de sí, (una camiseta, bañador) to stretch, give 6 dar en, to hit: el sol me daba en los ojos, the sun was (shining) in my eyes 7 dar para, to be enough o sufficient for: ese dinero no me da para nada, this money isn't enough for me
♦ Locuciones: dar a alguien por: le dio por ponerse a cantar, she decided to start singing
le dio por nadar, he got it into his head to go swimming
dar a entender a alguien que..., to make sb understand that...
dar la mano a alguien, to shake hands with sb
dar para: el presupuesto no da para más, the budget will not stretch any further
dar que hablar, to set people talking
dar que pensar: el suceso dio que pensar, the incident gave people food for thought
dar a conocer, (noticia) to release
de preposición
1 (pertenencia, posesión) of
la dirección de mis padres, my parents' address
el teclado de este ordenador, this computer's keyboard
la primera página del libro, the first page of the book
2 (material) of: está hecho de madera, it's made of wood
una pajarita de papel, a paper bird
(contenido) un vaso de vino, a glass of wine
3 (asunto) about, on: sabe mucho de economía, she knows a lot about economics
un curso de inglés, an English course
un libro de arte, a book on art
4 (oficio) as: está/trabaja de enfermera, she is working as a nurse
5 (cualidad) una persona de carácter, a person with character
una rubia de pelo largo, a blonde with long hair
6 (procedencia) from: es de Bilbao, he is o comes from Bilbao
de Madrid a Cáceres, from Madrid to Cáceres
7 (parte) un poco de leche, a little milk
un trozo de carne, a piece of meat
8 (causa) with, because of
llorar de alegría, to cry with joy
morir de hambre, to die of hunger
9 (modo) lo bebió de un trago, she downed it in one
un gesto de satisfacción, an expression of satisfaction
10 (localización) el señor de la camisa azul, the man in the blue shirt
la casa de la esquina, the house on the corner
11 (tiempo) a las cinco de la mañana, at five in the morning
de año en año, year in year out
de día, by day
de noche, at night
de miércoles a viernes, from Wednesday to Friday
de pequeño, as a child
12 (finalidad) jornada de reflexión, eve of polling day
libro de consulta, reference book
máquina de escribir, typewriter
13 (instrumento) derribó la puerta de una patada, he kicked the door down
lo mataron de una puñalada, he was stabbed to death
14 (comparación) el discurso fue más largo de lo esperado, the speech was longer than expected
(con superlativo) in
el coche más caro del mundo, the most expensive car in the world
15 (precio) for
un pantalón de dos mil pesetas, a pair of trousers costing two thousand pesetas 16 una avenida de quince kilómetros, an avenue fifteen kilometres long
una botella de litro, a litre bottle
17 (condicional) de haberlo sabido no le hubiera invitado, if I had known I wouldn't have invited him
de no ser así, if that wasn't o weren't the case
de ser cierto, if it was o were true
18 (reiteración) de puerta en puerta, from door to door
de tres en tres, in threes o three at a time

'dé' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- a. C.
- a.m.
- abajo
- abanderada
- abanderado
- abandonar
- abandonarse
- abandono
- abanico
- abarrotar
- abarrotada
- abarrotado
- abarrotería
- abastecer
- abastecerse
- abastecimiento
- abasto
- abatir
- abatimiento
- abatirse
- abdicar
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abismo
- ablandar
- abogar
- abogacía
- abogada
- abogado
- abominar
- abominable
- abono
- abortar
- abrir
- abridor
- abrigo
- abrupta
- abrupto
- absoluta
- absolutamente
- absoluto
- abstenerse
- abstención
- abstinencia
- abstraerse
- abuelo
- abuhardillada
- abuhardillado
English:
A
- A-level
- a.m.
- AA
- abandon
- ABC
- ability
- ablaze
- aboard
- about
- about-face
- about-turn
- above
- abreast
- abroad
- abrupt
- absence
- absent
- absolve
- absorb
- abstain
- abstract
- abundance
- abuse
- AC
- accepted
- access road
- accident
- accidental
- acclaim
- accommodate
- accommodation
- accomplished
- accomplishment
- accordance
- account
- account for
- accountable
- accumulation
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- accuse
- accused
- accusingly
- accustom
- ache
- Achilles heel
- aching
- acid test

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de prep de combines with the article el to form the contraction del (e.g. del hombre of the man).

1. [posesión, pertenencia] of;

el automóvil de mi padre/mis padres my father's/parents' car;

es de ella it's hers;

la maleta es de Eva the suitcase is Eva's o belongs to Eva;

el padre de la niña the girl's father;

el director de la empresa the manager of the company, the company's manager;

la boda o [m5] el casamiento de un amigo de mi hermano the wedding of a friend of my brother's, a friend of my brother's wedding;

un equipo de segunda división a second division team;

la comida del gato the cat's food;

el título de la novela the novel's title, the title of the novel;

la pata de la mesa the table leg;

una subida de precios a price rise;

los señores de Navarro Mr and Mrs Navarro

2. [procedencia, distancia] from;

salir de casa to leave home;

soy de Bilbao I'm from Bilbao;

no soy de aquí I'm not from round here;

de la playa al apartamento hay 100 metros it's 100 metres from the beach to the apartment;

estamos a 10 kilómetros de Buenos Aires we're 10 kilometres away from Buenos Aires;

el rey de España the king of Spain;

tuvo dos hijos de su primera esposa he had two children by his first wife;

b de Barcelona [deletreando] b for Barcelona

3. [en razonamiento]
de su sonrisa se deduce que todo ha ido bien you can tell from o by her smile that it all went well;

del resultado del experimento concluyo que la fórmula no funciona I infer from the result of the experiment that the formula doesn't work

4. [con nombre en aposición]
la ciudad de Caracas the city of Caracas;

el túnel del Canal the Channel Tunnel;

el signo de tauro the sign of Taurus;

el puerto de Cartagena the port of Cartagena

5. [en descripciones]
una película de terror a horror movie o Br film;

la señora de verde the lady in green;

el chico de la coleta the boy with the ponytail;

una actriz de veinte años a twenty-year-old actress;

¿de qué tamaño? what size?;

un político de fiar a trustworthy politician

6. [materia] (made) of;

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup;

un reloj de oro a gold watch;

una mesa de madera a wooden table

7. [contenido]
un vaso de agua a glass of water;

un plato de lentejas a plate of lentils

8. [precio]
he comprado las peras de 80 céntimos el kilo I bought the pears that were 80 cents a kilo;

un sello de 50 céntimos a 50-cent stamp

9. [uso]
una bici de carreras a racing bike;

ropa de deporte sportswear;

una máquina de escribir a typewriter;

una máquina de coser a sewing machine;

esta sartén es la del pescado y ésta la de las tortillas this frying pan's for fish and this one's for omelettes

10. [asunto] about;

hablábamos de ti we were talking about you;

libros de historia history books

11. [en calidad de] as;

trabaja de bombero he works as a fireman;

aparece de cosaco he appears as a Cossack, he plays a Cossack;

estás muy guapa de uniforme you look very pretty in uniform;

al desfile de carnaval iré de Napoleón I'll go as Napoleon in the carnival parade

12. [tiempo] [desde] from;
[durante] in;
trabaja de nueve a cinco she works from nine to five;

vivió en Bolivia de 1975 a 1983 she lived in Bolivia between 1975 and 1983, she lived in Bolivia from 1975 to 1983;

de madrugada early in the morning;

a las cuatro de la tarde at four in the afternoon;

trabaja de noche y duerme de día he works at night and sleeps during the day;

es de día it's daytime;

de niño solía jugar en la calle as a child I used to play in the street;

¿qué quieres ser de mayor? what do you want to be when you grow up?;

un compañero del colegio a friend from school;
Urug
de mañana/tarde in the morning/afternoon;
Urug
de noche at night;
Urug
ayer salimos de noche we went out last night

13. [causa] with;

morirse de hambre to die of hunger;

llorar de alegría to cry with joy;

temblar de miedo to tremble with fear;

eso es de fumar tanto that's what comes from smoking so much

14. [manera, modo] with;

de una patada with a kick;

rompió el cristal de una pedrada he shattered the window with a stone;

de una sola vez in one go;

lo bebió de un trago he drank it down in one go;

de tres en tres/cuatro en cuatro/ etc[m5]. three/four/ etc at a time;
CSur
de a tres/cuatro/ etc[m5]. in threes/fours/ etc;

de fácil manejo user-friendly;

ponerse de rodillas to kneel down

15. [con valor partitivo] of;

uno de los nuestros one of ours;

varios de nosotros several of us;

¿quién de vosotros sabe la respuesta? which of you knows the answer?

16. Literario [sobre]
de la paz y la guerra of war and peace

17. [en valoración]
lo tacharon de vulgar they branded him as vulgar, they accused him of being vulgar

18. [en lugar de]
yo de ti no lo haría I wouldn't do it if I were you;

yo de Eduardo le pediría perdón if I were Eduardo, I'd say sorry to her

19. [en comparaciones]
más/menos de… more/less than…;
[con superlativos]
el mejor de todos the best of all;

el más importante del mundo the most important in the world;

la peor película del año the worst film this year o of the year;

la impresora más moderna del mercado the most up-to-date printer on the market

20. (antes de infinitivo) [condición] if;

de querer ayudarme, lo haría if she wanted to help me, she'd do it;

de no ser por ti, me hubiese hundido if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have made it;

de ir a verte, sería este domingo if I do visit you, it'll be this Sunday

21. (después de adjetivo y antes de sustantivo) [enfatiza cualidad]
el idiota de tu hermano your stupid brother;

la buena de Susana good old Susana;

¡pobre de mí! poor me!

22. (después de adjetivo y antes de infinitivo)
es difícil de creer it's hard to believe;

una velada imposible de olvidar an unforgettable evening

23. (después del verbo “haber”) [obligación]
he de trabajar más I have to work harder;

has de gastar menos you should spend less

24. (antes de complemento agente)
una película de Buñuel a film by Buñuel, a Buñuel film;

vino acompañado de su familia he was accompanied by his family

25. (antes de adverbio de lugar)
el apartamento de abajo the downstairs Br flat o US apartment;

la fila de delante the front row

♦ de no loc conj
Am otherwise;
dime la verdad, de no te castigaré tell me the truth, otherwise I'm going to punish you

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de

prp

1 origen from;

de Nueva York from New York;

de … a from … to

2 posesión of;

el coche de mi amigo my friend’s car

3 material (made) of;

un anillo de oro a gold ring

4 contenido of;

un vaso de agua a glass of water

5 cualidad

:

una mujer de 20 años a 20 year old woman

6 causa with;

temblaba de miedo she was shaking with fear

7 hora

:

de noche at night, by night;

de día by day

8 en calidad de as;

trabajar de albañil work as a bricklayer;

de niño as a child

9 agente by;

de Goya by Goya

10 condición if;

de haberlo sabido if I’d known

11 en aposición

:

la ciudad de Lima the city of Lima

* * *

de prep

1) : of

la casa de Pepe: Pepe's house

un niño de tres años: a three-year-old boy

2) : from

es de Managua: she's from Managua

salió del edificio: he left the building

3) : in, at

a las tres de la mañana: at three in the morning

salen de noche: they go out at night

4) : than

más de tres: more than three

dé dar

* * *

de prep

1. (posesión de alguien) 's

el coche de Alberto Alberto's car

los gatos de Emma Emma's cats

la profesora de Marta Marta's teacher

es de mi hermano it's my brother's

2. (posesión de algo) of

la ciudad de Roma the city of Rome

el mes de noviembre the month of November

el teléfono del colegio the school phone

los árboles del jardín the trees in the garden

3. (materia)

un balón de cuero a leather ball

muebles de madera wooden furniture

un vaso de plástico a plastic cup

4. (contenido) of

una botella de agua a bottle of water

un paquete de arroz a packet of rice

un vaso de leche a glass of milk

5. (materia, tema)

profesor de inglés English teacher

novela de aventuras adventure story

película de terror horror film

6. (origen, procedencia) from

es de Asturias he's from Asturias

esta carretera va de Salamanca a Zamora this road goes from Salamanca to Zamora

7. (descripción) with / in

la chica del pelo largo the girl with long hair

el hombre de negro the man in black

un chico de doce años a twelve year old boy

8. (agente) by

un libro de Rosa Montero a book by Rosa Montero

9. (con expresiones de tiempo)

es la una de la tarde it's one o'clock in the afternoon

el tren de las diez the ten o'clock train

abren de nueve a siete they open from nine until seven

nunca viajamos de noche we never travel at night

de niño when I was a child

10. (con números, una parte) than / of

había más de mil personas there were more than a thousand people

pesa menos de 5 kilos it weighs less than 5 kilos

un trozo de pan a piece of bread

Spanish-English dictionary > de
5 orientado

adj.

1 positioned, guided.

2 orientated, oriented.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: orientar.

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* estar orientado a/para = be geared to.

* estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.

* orientado a la persona = human-oriented.

* orientado al ordenador = machine-oriented, computer-oriented.

* orientado al presente = now-oriented.

* orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.

* orientado al servicio de las personas = people-centred.

* orientado al sur = south facing.

* orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.

* orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.

* orientado hacia el contenido = content-oriented.

* orientado hacia el hombre = human-centred [human-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el material impreso = print-centred [print-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].

* orientado hacia el objeto = object-oriented, artefact-centred [artefact-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el pueblo = people-driven.

* orientado hacia el servicio = service orientated, service-focused.

* orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.

* orientado hacia la familia = family-oriented.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* orientado hacia la gente = people-driven.

* orientado hacia la información = information-driven.

* orientado hacia la práctica = practice-oriented.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* orientado hacia las tiendas = shop-based.

* orientado hacia la tecnología = technologically-driven, technology-driven, technology-orientated, technology-oriented, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia los demás = other-oriented.

* orientado hacia los negocios = business-minded.

* orientado hacia los soportes = medium-oriented.

* orientado hacia una aplicación práctica concreta = application-oriented.

* orientado hacia unas necesidades = need oriented.

* orientado hacia uno mismo = self-oriented.

* * *

* estar orientado a/para = be geared to.

* estar orientado hacia + Nombre = be + Nombre + driven.

* orientado a la persona = human-oriented.

* orientado al ordenador = machine-oriented, computer-oriented.

* orientado al presente = now-oriented.

* orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.

* orientado al servicio de las personas = people-centred.

* orientado al sur = south facing.

* orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.

* orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.

* orientado hacia el contenido = content-oriented.

* orientado hacia el hombre = human-centred [human-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el material impreso = print-centred [print-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].

* orientado hacia el objeto = object-oriented, artefact-centred [artefact-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia el pueblo = people-driven.

* orientado hacia el servicio = service orientated, service-focused.

* orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.

* orientado hacia la familia = family-oriented.

* orientado hacia la forma = form-oriented.

* orientado hacia la gente = people-driven.

* orientado hacia la información = information-driven.

* orientado hacia la práctica = practice-oriented.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* orientado hacia las tiendas = shop-based.

* orientado hacia la tecnología = technologically-driven, technology-driven, technology-orientated, technology-oriented, technology-centred [technology-centered, -USA].

* orientado hacia los demás = other-oriented.

* orientado hacia los negocios = business-minded.

* orientado hacia los soportes = medium-oriented.

* orientado hacia una aplicación práctica concreta = application-oriented.

* orientado hacia unas necesidades = need oriented.

* orientado hacia uno mismo = self-oriented.

* * *

orientado, -a adj
Informát
orientado a objeto object-oriented;

orientado a usuario user-oriented

* * *

orientado adj

estar orientado a / hacia to face

esta casa está orientada hacia poniente this house faces west

Spanish-English dictionary > orientado
6 por

prep.

1 because of (causa).

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me

¿por qué? why?

¿por qué lo dijo? why did she say it?

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?

¿por? (informal) why?

se enfadó por tu comportamiento she got angry because of your behavior

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love

2 (in order) to.

lo hizo por complacerte he did it to please you

lo hice por ella I did it for her

3 by (medio, modo, agente).

por mensajero/fax/teléfono by courier/fax/telephone

estuvimos hablando por teléfono we were talking on the phone

por escrito in writing

lo cogieron por el brazo they took him by the arm

el récord fue batido por el atleta the record was broken by the athlete

4 through.

vamos por aquí/allí let's go this/that way

iba paseando por el bosque/la calle she was walking through the forest/along the street

pasar por la aduana to go through customs

5 for (a cambio de, en lugar de).

lo ha comprado por poco dinero she bought it for very little

cambió el coche por la moto he exchanged his car for a motorbike

él lo hará por mí he'll do it for me

6 per.

80 céntimos por unidad 80 cents each

mil unidades por semana a thousand units a o per week

uno por uno one by one

20 kms por hora 20 km an o per hour

7 for.

baja por tabaco go down to the shops for some cigarettes, go down to get some cigarettes

a por for

vino a por las entradas she came for the tickets

8 times, multiplied by.

* * *

por

► preposición

1 (gen) for

■ lo hice por ti I did it for you

■ lo compré por dos euros I bought it for two euros

2 (a través de) through, by

■ entra por la puerta trasera come in by the back door

■ pasamos por Valladolid we went through Valladolid

■ iremos por la autopista we'll go on the motorway

3 (calle, carretera) along, down, up

■ íbamos por la calle cuando... we were walking along the street when...

■ subí por la Calle Jovellanos I went up Jovellanos Street

4 (lugar aproximado) in, near, round

■ anda por el edificio he's somewhere in the building

■ está por la Plaza Mayor it's somewhere near the Plaza Mayor

■ está por aquí it's somewhere round here

5 (causa) because of

■ las plantas han muerto por el frío the plants have died because of the cold

■ suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia they cancelled the concert because of the rain

6 (tiempo) at, for

■ nos veremos por vacaciones I'll see you during the holidays

7 (medio) by

■ lo enviaré por avión I'll send it by air

■ está hablando por teléfono he's on the phone

■ llegó por correo it arrived by post

8 (autoría) by

■ fue escrito por Azorín it was written by Azorín

9 (distribución) per

■ cinco por ciento five per cent

■ tocamos a dieciocho euros por persona it works out at eighteen euros per person

■ iba a veinte kilómetros por hora it was going at twenty kilometres an hour

10 (tras) by

■ registraron la cárcel celda por celda they searched the prison cell by cell

■ les interrogó uno por uno he interrogated each one in turn

11 (con pasiva) by

■ fue comprado por la reina it was bought by the queen

12 (a favor de) for, in favour of, US in favor of

■ estoy por una amnistía general I'm in favour of a general amnesty

13 (en calidad de) as

■ la tomó por esposa he took her as his wife

14 (en lugar de) instead of, in the place of

■ ve tú por mi you go in my place

15 (multiplicado por) times, multiplied by

■ tres por cuatro, doce three fours are twelve, three times four is twelve

16 por adjective que no matter how adjective

■ por caro que sea, lo voy a comprar no matter how expensive it is I'm going to buy it

■ por viejo que parezca funciona even though it looks old, it still works

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar por + inf (a punto de) to be on the point of + - ing

estar por hacer to remain to be done, not to have been done yet

por aquí around here

por lo tanto therefore

por lo visto apparently

por más que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mucho que + subjuntivo however much, no matter how much

por mí as far as I am concerned

¿por qué? why?

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore, so

* * *

prep.

1) for

2) during

3) by

4) through

5) along

6) around

7) per

8) from

9) because of

10) instead of

•

- ¿por qué?

- por si acaso

* * *

PREPOSICIÓN

1) [causa]

a) + sustantivo because of

tuvo que suspenderse por el mal tiempo — it had to be cancelled because of the weather

no se realizó por escasez de fondos — it didn't go ahead because of a shortage of funding

• nos encontramos por casualidad — we met by chance

• lo hago por gusto — I do it because I like to

• fue por necesidad — it was out of necessity

• por temor a — for fear of

no se lo dijo por temor a ofenderla — he didn't tell her for fear of offending her

b) + infin

no aprobó por no haber estudiado — he didn't pass because he hadn't studied

por venir tarde se perdió la mitad — because he arrived late he missed half of it

me castigaron por mentir — I was punished for lying

c) + adj

le expulsaron por revoltoso — they expelled him for being a troublemaker

lo dejó por imposible — he gave it up as (being) impossible

esto te pasa por tonto — this is what you get for being stupid

2) [objetivo]

a) + sustantivo for

trabajar por dinero — to work for money

daría lo que fuera por un poco de tranquilidad — I'd give anything for a bit of peace and quiet

brindemos por nuestro futuro — let's drink to our future

b) + infin

lo hizo por complacerle — he did it to please her

por no llegar tarde — so as not to arrive late, in order not to be late

hablar por hablar — to talk for the sake of talking

3) (=en favor, defensa de) for

lo hice por mis padres — I did it for my parents

hazlo por mí — do it for me, do it for my sake

luchar por la patria — to fight for one's country

4) [elección]

su amor por la pintura — his love of painting

está loca por ti — she's crazy about you

no sabía por cuál decidirme — I couldn't decide which to choose

5) [evidencia] judging by, judging from

por lo que dicen — judging by o from what they say

por la cara que pone no debe de gustarle — judging by o from his face I don't think he likes it

por las señas no piensa hacerlo — apparently he's not intending to do it, it doesn't seem like he's intending to do it

6) [medio]

por su propia mano — by his own hand

lo obtuve por un amigo — I got it through a friend

la conozco por mi hermano — I know her through my brother

• por correo — by post

• por mar — by sea

• hablar por señas — to use sign language

7) [agente] by

hecho por él — done by him

"dirigido por" — "directed by"

fueron apresados por la policía — they were captured by the police

8) [modo] by

me agarró por el brazo — he grabbed me by the arm

punto por punto — point by point

buscaron casa por casa — they searched house by house

están dispuestos por tamaños — they are arranged according to size o by size

• por orden alfabético — in alphabetical order

9) [lugar]

se va por ahí — it's that way

¿por dónde? — which way?

ir a Bilbao por Santander — to go to Bilbao via Santander

cruzar la frontera por Canfranc — to cross the border at Canfranc

pasar por Madrid — to go through Madrid

se asomaron por la ventana — they leaned out of the window

iban cantando por la calle — they were walking along the street singing

paseábamos por la playa — we were walking along the beach

por todas partes — everywhere

por todo el país — throughout the country

viajar por el mundo — to travel (around) the world

10) [aproximación]

busca por ahí — look over there

viven por esta zona — they live around here

por aquí cerca — near o around here

aquello ocurrió por abril — it happened around April

por la feria — round about o around carnival time

está por el norte — it's somewhere up north

11) [tiempo]

se levanta por la mañana temprano — she gets up early in the morning

por la mañana siempre tengo mucho trabajo — I always have a lot of work in o during the morning

no sale por la noche — he doesn't go out at night

12) [duración] for

será por poco tiempo — it won't be for long

se quedarán por 15 días — they will stay for a fortnight

13) [sustitución, intercambio] (=a cambio de) for; (=en lugar de) instead of

te doy este por aquel — I'll swap you this one for that one

le dieron uno nuevo por el viejo — they gave him a new one (in exchange) for the old one

lo vendí por 15 dólares — I sold it for 15 dollars

me dieron 13 francos por una libra — I got 13 francs to the pound

hoy doy yo la clase por él — today I'm giving the class for him o in his place

ha puesto B por V — he has put B instead of V

14) [representación]

hablo por todos — I speak on behalf of o for everyone

interceder por algn — to intercede on sb's behalf, intercede for sb

diputado por Madrid — a member of parliament for Madrid

vino por su jefe — he came instead of o in place of his boss

15) [distribución]

10 dólares por hora — 10 dollars an hour

80km por hora — 80km per o an hour

revoluciones por minuto — revolutions per minute

tres dólares por persona — three dollars each, three dollars per person

16) [en multiplicaciones]

cinco por tres, quince — five times three is fifteen, five threes are fifteen

mide 6 metros de alto por 4 de ancho — it is 6 metres high by 4 wide

17) (=en cuanto a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — that's fine as o so far as I'm concerned

por mí, que se vaya — as o so far as I'm concerned he can go, for all I care he can go

por mí, como si quieres pasar una semana sin comer — I don't care if you want to go for a week without eating

si por mi fuera, tú estarías trabajando — if it were o was down to me, you'd be working

18) (=como)

• tomar a algn por esposo/esposa — to take sb to be one's husband/wife

• le dan por muerto — they have given him up for dead

• le tienen por tonto — they think he's stupid

19) [concesión]
+ subjun
por (muy) difícil que sea — however hard it is o may be

por mucho que lo quisieran — however much they would like to, much as they would like to

por más que lo intente — no matter how o however hard I try, try as I might

20) [acción inacabada]
+ infin
quedan platos por lavar — there are still some dishes to do

aún me quedan tres páginas por traducir — I still have three pages left to translate

21) ir (a) por algo/algn (=en busca de) to go and get sth/sb

ha ido (a) por vino — she's gone to get some wine

voy por el médico — I'll go and fetch o get the doctor

voy a por él — [a buscarle] I'll go and get him; [a atacarle] I'm going to get him

solo van a por las pelas — * they're only in it for the money

¡a por ellos! — get them!

- ir a por todas

22) [en preguntas]
por qué why
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go
¿por? * why (do you ask)?
* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex. I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex. This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex. A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex. Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex. Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex. The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex. There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

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. Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex. Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex. The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex. 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex. One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex. Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex. Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex. But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

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* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) ( en relaciones causales) because of

lo he puesto aquí por el gato — I've put it here because of the cat

por falta de dinero — because of o owing to lack of money

eso te pasa por crédulo — that's what you get for being (so) gullible

por naturaleza — by nature

por necesidad — out of necessity

tanto por su precio como por su calidad — both for its price and its quality

fue por eso que vine — that was why I came

si no fuera por mi hijo... — if it wasn't for my son...

fue elogiado por su actuación — he was praised for his performance

por + inf — for -ing

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido — he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

2) ( según)

por lo que he oído — from what I've heard

por lo que parece... — it seems o it would seem...

3) (en locs)

por qué — why

¿por qué no vienes conmigo? — why don't you come with me?

por si — in case; acaso, mosca II

4) ( en expresiones concesivas)

por más que me esfuerzo — however hard o no matter how hard I try

por (muy) fácil que sea — however easy o no matter how easy it is

5)

a) ( en expresiones de modo)

colócalos por orden de tamaño/altura — put them in order of size/height

por orden de altura — in order of height

por adelantado — in advance

por escrito — in writing

b) ( indicando el medio)

se lo comunicaron por teléfono — they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio — they said it on the radio

por avión/barco/carretera — by air/sea/road

la conocí por la voz — I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo — I heard from o through a friend

lo intenté por todos los medios — I tried everything possible o every possible way

c) (Educ) from

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford — he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

6)

a) ( en relaciones de proporción)

cobra $30 por clase — he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora — 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro — they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres — you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres — there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho — it's three meters long by one meter wide

es bastante por hoy — it's enough for today

uno por uno — one by one; ciento II

b) ( en multiplicaciones)

tres por cuatro (son) doce — three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

7)

a) (en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación) for

su secretaria firmó por él — his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti — I can go for you o in your place

podrías pasar por inglesa — you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

es senador por Sevilla — he's a senator for Seville

b) ( como)

por ejemplo — for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? — do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

8) ( introduciendo el agente) by

compuesto por Mozart — composed by Mozart

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta — they were caught in a sudden storm

Sentido II

9) (expresando finalidad, objetivo)

pelearse por algo — to fight over something

lo hace por el dinero — he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien — I'm telling you for your own good

no tengo por qué ir — there's no reason why I should go

por + inf: daría cualquier cosa por verla — I'd give anything to see her

no entré por no molestar — I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar — that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por que + subj ( here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan — he was eager for them to listen to him

lucharon por que se hiciera justicia — they fought for justice to be done

10) (indicando consideración, favor) for

por mí no lo hagas — don't do it just for me o for my sake

11) (indicando inclinación, elección)

su amor por la música — her love of music

demostró interés por el cuadro — he showed interest in the painting

no siento nada por él — I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir — I chose not to go

votó por ella — he voted for her

12) ( en busca de)

salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan — he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

13) ( en lo que respecta a)

por mí no hay inconveniente — I don't mind

por mí que haga lo que quiera — as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

14) ( indicando una situación pendiente)

por + inf: tengo la casa por limpiar — I've got the house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer — these changes are yet to be made

eso está por ver! — we'll see about that!

15) (esp AmL)

estar por + inf — ( estar a punto de)

deben (de) estar por llegar — they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir — the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

16) (indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria)

entró por la ventana — he came in through the window

no va a pasar por la puerta — it won't go through the door

sal por aquí — go out this way

se cayó por la escalera — he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este — they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? — does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo — we took the longer route

¿por dónde has venido? — which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? — could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

17)

a) ( expresando lugar indeterminado)

está por ahí — he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el hotel? — whereabouts is the hotel?

viven por mi barrio — they live around my area

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? — how did you get on in London?

por todos lados or por todas partes — everywhere

b) ( expresando lugar determinado)

corta por aquí — cut here

voy por la página 15 — I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio — start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango — hold it by the handle

c) ( indicando extensión)

por todo el país — throughout the (whole) country

viajamos por el norte de Francia — we travelled around o in the North of France

pasa un trapo por el piso — give the floor a quick wipe; ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera, encima, etc

Sentido IV

18) ( expresando tiempo aproximado)

por aquella época or por aquel entonces — at that time

sucedió allá por 1960 — it happened some time back around 1960

19) (Esp) ( indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños — she gave it to me for my birthday

20) ( durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

por el momento or por ahora — for the time being o for now; ver tb mañana III, tarde II, noche

* * *

= across, along, around, because of, by, by, down, for the sake of, in connection with, in the gift of, on account of, on the grounds that/of, per, through, times, under, x, as a matter of, out of, through the agency of.

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: This means that a large number of messages can be combined together along the same line, giving economies of scales.

Ex: I wouldn't expect you to be detailed in your report in terms of where the bookmible would stop around town and where you'd park it.

Ex: This makes him feel somehow defficient and all because of his difficulty in making sense out of words in print with which his troubles began.

Ex: A set of government publications could be filed alphabetically by the issuing bureau, and then by title of the particular series in numerical order.

Ex: Micrographic and computer technologies and their integration will become increasingly efficacious as agents for change with respect to the continued existence of the traditional 75 by 125 millimeter card.

Ex: Some users find the format of KWIC indexes unacceptable, they find alphabetical arrangement by keywords down the centre of a page, and wrapped-round titles awkward.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: There is an index to the schedules, but this has been criticised in connection with the size of the entry vocabulary.

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: Partly on account of the variety of bases for coverage there is significant overlap between the assortment of abstracting and indexing services.

Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.

Ex: Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex: The contributions are input to the data base, then referred and any suggestion made by the referee are communicated through the data base to the editor.

Ex: 4 days times 30 cents per day = 120 cents.

Ex: One of the outcomes of entry under title has been the proliferation of serials titles.

Ex: Card catalogues or indexes comprise a set of cards often 5x3 inches (122x72 mm), with each entry on a separate card.

Ex: Most drivers stop at stop signs: Some do under duress -- there may be a policeman concealed in nearby bushes, others as a matter of prudence -- a fast car with the right of way can be injurious.

Ex: But these and other interested people collected this type of books out of a mixture of curiosity and sentiment.

Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.

* actuar por impulso = act on + impulse.

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* aunque por otro lado = but otherwise.

* búsqueda por medio de menús = menu-assisted searching.

* coger por sorpresa = catch out.

* Día + por la tarde = late + Día.

* digamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* dominar por completo = sweep + the board.

* encontrar por casualidad = come across.

* encuadernación por encargo = bespoke binding.

* error por omisión = omission failure.

* estar por delante de = be ahead of.

* hecho por encargo = bespoke.

* introducir por primera vez = pioneer.

* leer por encima = browse.

* llamar por teléfono = call up.

* muy por encima de todo = over and above all.

* Nombre + por primera vez = Nombre + ever.

* ordenado por fecha = in date order.

* pasar por alto = bypass [by-pass], skip over, pass + Nombre/Pronombre + by.

* pongamos por ejemplo = let us say.

* por accidente = accidentally.

* por adelantado = advance, in advance (of), up-front [up front].

* por ahí = out there.

* por ahora = as of right now, as yet, at present, at the moment, at this point, for the present, for the time being, just yet, for now, at this time, as of now, at the present, by now, for the nonce.

* por ahora todo va bien = so far, so good.

* por alguna razón = for some reason, for whatever reason.

* por algún motivo = for whatever reason.

* por algún tiempo = for sometime.

* por allí = nearby [near-by].

* por amor al arte = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por analogía = by analogy.

* por anticipado = in advance (of).

* por antonomasia = quintessential, unique.

* por añadidura = in addition (to), on top of everything else.

* por aquel entonces = at the time, about that time, by this time.

* por aquí = around here, nearby [near-by], round here.

* por aquí y por allí = hanging about.

* por así decir = as it were.

* por boca de = by word of mouth.

* por bondad = out of the goodness of + Posesivo + heart.

* por buena dirección = a step in the right direction.

* por buen camino = a step in the right direction.

* por cabeza = per person.

* por cable = wireline, corded.

* por caminos apartados = off-road.

* por capas = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], layered, tiered.

* por casualidad = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por chiripa = by chance, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck.

* por ciento = per cent [percent] (%).

* por cierto = coincidentally, incidentally, by the way, anecdotally, by the by(e), speaking of which.

* por coincidencia = by coincidence.

* por comodidad = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por completo = fully.

* por confirmar = to be announced, to be confirmed.

* por consideración a = out of respect for.

* por consideración a = out of consideration for.

* por consiguiente = consequently, then, thence, by implication, therefore.

* por contra = in contrast.

* por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

* por correo = by post, mailed.

* por cortesía de = courtesy of.

* por cualquier motivo = for whatever reason.

* por cualquier razón = for whatever reason.

* por cuanto que = because.

* por cuenta ajena = vicariously.

* por cuenta de uno = privately.

* por cuenta propia = freelance, self-employed, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por curiosidad = out of curiosity.

* por debajo de = below, beneath, underneath.

* por debajo de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad.

* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.

* por debajo del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* por debajo de la media = sub-par, below-average.

* por debajo de las posibilidades = below + Posesivo + capabilities.

* por debajo de lo normal = below-normal.

* por debajo de lo óptimo = sub-optimal [suboptimal].

* por debajo del peso nomral = underweight.

* por décadas = ten-yearly.

* por decidir = to be decided.

* por decirlo así = so to speak, in a manner of speaking.

* por decirlo de alguna manera = so to speak.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por decisión propia = by choice.

* por defecto = by default, default.

* por deferencia a = in deference to.

* por definición = by definition.

* por delante = ahead.

* por delante de = ahead of.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* por delante y por detrás = front and back.

* por dentro = inwardly.

* por desgracia = unfortunately, sadly, unhappily, disappointingly.

* por despecho = spitefully, out of spite.

* ¡por dios! = in heaven's name, for God's sake, gosh.

* ¡por Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por diversión = for sport, for fun, (just) for the hell of (doing) it, for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por divertirse = for kicks.

* por doquier = all around.

* por dos años = two-year.

* por ejemplo = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument.

* por (el) amor a = for the love of.

* ¡por el amor de Dios! = for crying out loud!.

* por el bien del saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el contrario = by contrast, conversely, however, in contrast, instead, on the contrary, by way of contrast, to the contrary, quite the opposite, by comparison, contrariwise, quite the contrary, quite the reverse.

* por el cual = whereby, whereupon.

* por el detalle = for detail.

* por el día = by day, daytime [day-time], during the daytime, in the daytime, during daytime.

* por el día o por la noche = day or night.

* por el día y por la noche = day and night, night and day.

* por elección propia = by choice.

* por el gobierno = governmentally + Adjetivo.

* por el gobierno federal = federally.

* por el hecho de que = because of the fact that.

* por el hombre = humanly.

* por ello = on this basis, on that basis, accordingly.

* por el mero hecho de saber = for knowledge's sake.

* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.

* por el modo = by the way.

* por el momento = for the time being, momentarily, at the moment, for the nonce, for the present.

* por el placer de hacerlo = (just) for the fun of (doing) it.

* por el que se puede cobrar = chargeable.

* por el receptor = at the receiving end.

* por el sexo = gendered.

* por encargo = custom, bespoke.

* por encima = overhead, cursorily.

* por encima de = across, beyond, beyond all, over, over and above, beyond the range of, well over + Expresión Numérica, overarching, above.

* por encima de + Cantidad = in excess of + Cantidad.

* por encima de eso = beyond that.

* por encima del 10 por ciento = double digit, double figure.

* por encima de la media = above average.

* por encima de la tierra = aboveground.

* por encima de toda crítica = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda duda = beyond reproach, above reproach.

* por encima de toda razón = beyond reason.

* por encima de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* por encima de todo = at all costs, at any cost, at any price.

* por ende = thereby, accordingly, therefore.

* por enfado = out of anger.

* por enojo = out of anger.

* por error = by mistake.

* por esa razón = thereby, for that reason.

* por escrito = in writing, in print, written.

* por eso = on that score, therefore.

* por eso que = hence.

* por esta razón = for this reason.

* por esta única razón = for this reason alone.

* por este motivo = for this reason.

* por esto = thus, accordingly, therefore.

* por etapas = staged.

* por excelencia = par excellence, quintessential, unique.

* por exceso = excessively, to excess.

* por explotar = untapped.

* por + Expresión Temporal = by the + Expresión Temporal.

* por extensión = by extension.

* por extenso = in full, at length.

* por falta de = for want of, for lack of.

* por fases = staged.

* por favor = please.

* por favor, responda = RSVP [R.S.V.P.].

* por fin = at length, at last, finally, at long last.

* por fin llegó la hora (de) = it's about time (that).

* por frustración = out of frustration.

* por fuera = outwardly, outwardly.

* por grupos = in batches.

* por gusto = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por hora = hourly.

* por horas = on an hourly basis.

* por igual = alike, on an equitable basis, equally, in equal measure(s).

* por imitación = copycat.

* por incremento gradual = incremental.

* por incrementos graduales = incrementally.

* por individuo = per capita, per person.

* por iniciativa de = at the instigation of, under the auspices of.

* por instinto = instinctively.

* por interés = out of interest.

* por interés personal = self-interested.

* por investigar = unresearched.

* por invitación = invitational.

* por invitación de = at the invitation of.

* por la borda = overboard.

* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por la forma = by the way.

* por la friolera de + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* por la fuerza = forcibly.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por la manera = by the way.

* por la mañana = in the morning.

* por la mañana y por la noche = morning and night.

* por la noche = overnight, at night, night-time, after dark, by night.

* por la posibilidad de = at the prospect of.

* por la presente = hereby.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por la sencilla razón = for no other reason.

* por las nubes = soaring.

* por la tarde = in the evening.

* por ley = mandated.

* por libre = freelance.

* por línea telefónica = over the telephone line.

* por lo general = on the whole, all in all, in general, generally, generally speaking, in the normal run of events, in the normal run of things.

* por lo pronto = for the time being.

* por lo que = so.

* por lo que concierne a = as far as + Nombre + be + concerned, so far as + Nombre + be concerned.

* por lo que concierne a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* por lo que dicen todos = by all accounts.

* por lo que es = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que incumbe a Uno = on + Posesivo + side.

* ¡Por lo que más quieras! = for God's sake.

* por lo que se refiere a = moving on to.

* por lo que son = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por lo que yo sé = to the best of my knowledge.

* por los pelos = by the skin of + Posesivo + teeth, close call, close shave.

* por los siguientes motivos = on the following counts.

* por los suelos = in tatters.

* por lo tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por lo visto = apparently, apparently.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por materias = subject-based, topically.

* por mecionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention only a few.

* por medio = out of.

* por medio de = by means of, by way of, in the form of, through, via, via the medium of, by dint of, through the agency of.

* por medio de isótopos = isotopically.

* por medio de otro(s) = by proxy.

* por medio de una agencia = on a bureau basis.

* por mencionar sólo algunos = to mention but a few of, to mention only a few.

* por mencionar sólo unos cuantos = to mention but a few of, to name only some.

* por mencionar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por mencionar unos pocos = just to name a few.

* por menús = menu-driven.

* por méritos = meritorious.

* por mes = per month.

* por miedo de = for fear of/that.

* por millones = in the millions, by the millions.

* por mor de = because of, out of consideration for, out of respect for.

* por motivo de = in the interest(s) of.

* por motivos de = for the sake of, on grounds.

* por motivos de + Nombre = for + Nombre's sake.

* por muchas razones = in many ways.

* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.

* por mucho tiempo = for long, for long periods of time.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + que + Subjuntivo = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio + Nombre + Verbo.

* por muy + Adjetivo/Adverbio + que sea = however + Adjetivo/Adverbio.

* por muy + Adjetivo + be = Adjetivo + though + Nombre + be.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* por muy extraño que parezca = oddly enough, strangely enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, funnily enough, funnily.

* por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.

* por muy raro que parezca = strangely enough, oddly enough, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange.

* por nada = for nothing.

* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.

* por nada or casi nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por naturaleza = by nature, by definition, characteristically, natural-born, naturally, inherently.

* por necesidad = of necessity, out of necessity.

* por niveles = multilayered [multi-layered/multi layered], multilayer, layered, tiered.

* por no decir algo peor = to put it mildly.

* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.

* por no decir nunca = if ever.

* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por + Nombre = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* por no mencionar = not to mention.

* por norma = as a rule.

* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.

* por orden de = mandated.

* por orden del congreso = congressionally mandated.

* por orden de llegada = on a first come first served basis.

* por orden numérico = in numerical order.

* por otra parte = on the other hand, on the other side, on the flip side.

* por otro lado = alternatively, however, on the other hand, on the other side, for another thing, on the flip side, on another topic, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.

* por parejas = in pairs.

* por parte de = on the part of.

* por parte de uno = on + Posesivo + part.

* por pasar el rato = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por pereza = lazily.

* por + Período de Tiempo = for + Expresión Temporal.

* por persona = per person.

* por placer = for kicks, (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por poco dinero = cheaply.

* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.

* por poderes = by proxy.

* por poner un ejemplo + Adjetivo = to take a + Adjetivo + example.

* por poner un ejemplo sobre + Nombre = to take + Nombre.

* por + Posesivo + cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + parte = for + Posesivo + part.

* por + Posesivo + propia cuenta = at + Posesivo + own expense.

* por + Posesivo + (propia) naturaleza = in + Posesivo + nature.

* por primera vez = first + Verbo, for the first time, for once.

* por principio = on principle.

* por principios = as a matter of principle.

* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.

* por + Pronombre + mismo = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* por propia iniciativa = self-directed.

* por pura curiosidad = just out of interest, (just) as a mater of interest.

* por pura diversión = for kicks.

* por puro entretenimiento = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por puro placer = (just) for the fun of (doing) it, (just) for the hell of (doing) it.

* por qué = why.

* por razones + Adjetivo = for + Nombre + purposes.

* por razones de = for the sake of.

* por razones de seguridad = for security reasons, for safety reasons.

* por razones éticas = on moral grounds.

* por razones morales = on moral grounds.

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* por + Reflexivo + cuenta = for + Reflexivo.

* por rencor = out of spite.

* por respeto a = out of respect for, out of consideration for.

* por rumores = grapevine.

* por rutina = routinely.

* por sacos = by the sackful.

* por satélite = satellite-based.

* por segunda vez = a second time, the second time around, a second time around.

* por seguridad = for safety reasons.

* por semana = per week.

* por separado = at different times, in isolation, separately, singly.

* por ser + Adjetivo = as being + Adjetivo.

* por sexo = along gender lines.

* por si = in the chance that.

* por si acaso = in case of, on the off chance, just in case, on spec, for good measure.

* por si casualidad = in the chance that.

* por si era poco = for good measure.

* por si fuera poco = to boot, for good measure, to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

* por sí mismo = for its/their own sake, in itself, in + Posesivo + own right, itself, unto + Reflexivo, in and of + Reflexivo.

* por sí mismos = in themselves.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* por si sirve de algo = for what it's worth [FWIW].

* por sí solo = by itself, for its/their own sake, on its own, in and of + Reflexivo, in itself.

* por sí solos = by themselves, in themselves.

* por si + tener + suerte = on spec.

* por sorpresa = unawares.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* por suerte = luckily, fortunately, happily.

* por suerte o por desgracia = for better or (for) worse, by luck or misfortune.

* por su naturaleza = by + Posesivo + nature.

* por su papel = in its role.

* por su parte = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por su propia voluntad = of its own accord.

* por su propio derecho = in + Posesivo + own right.

* por supuesto = of course, surely, to be sure, certainly.

* ¡por supuesto que no! = heaven forbid, heaven forbid.

* por suscripción = subscriber + Nombre.

* por su volatilidad = mercurially.

* por su volubilidad = mercurially.

* por tanto = consequently, ergo, so, then, thereby, therefore, thus, it follows that.

* por teléfono = on the telephone, by tele(phone), over the phone, over the telephone.

* por temas = topically.

* por temor a = for fear of/that.

* por temor a represalias = under duress.

* por término medio = on average.

* por toda la ciudad = citywide [city-wide].

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* por toda la nación = nationwide [nation-wide].

* por toda la provincia = province-wide.

* por toda la vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todas las instituciones oficiales = government-wide.

* por todas partes = all over the place, everywhere, widely, all around, far and wide.

* por toda una vida = lifetime [life-time].

* por todo = all over, throughout, all the way through.

* por todo el campus universitario = campus-wide [campuswide].

* por todo el continente = continent-wide.

* por todo el distrito = district-wide [districtwide].

* por todo el gobierno = government-wide.

* por todo el mundo = worldwide [world-wide], around the world, across the globe, around the globe, across the world, around the planet, the world over.

* por todo el planeta = across the planet, planet-wide.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* por todo lo alto = grandly, on a grand scale.

* por todo + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* por todo + Nombre de Lugar = across + Nombre de Lugar.

* por todos conocido = well-known.

* por todos lados = left, right and centre, far and wide.

* por todos los medios = by all means.

* por todos sitios = everywhere.

* por triplicado = in triplicate.

* por trueque = in kind.

* por turnos = on a rotating basis, on a rota basis, on a rota system, on a rota.

* por última vez = for the last time, one last time.

* por último = finally, last, lastly, ultimately.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* por una lado... por otro = at one end... at the other.

* por unanimidad = unanimously.

* por una parte = on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un gran margen = by a huge margin.

* por un gustazo, un trancazo = a kingdom for a kiss.

* por unidad = per unit.

* por un lado = for one, on the one hand, on the one side.

* por un lado entra + Nombre + y por otro sale + Nombre = in go + Nombre + at one end, and out come + Nombre + at the other.

* por un momento = for a moment.

* por uno mismo = on + Posesivo + own, for + Reflexivo.

* por unos momentos = for a few moments, for a short time.

* por uno solo = solo.

* por un período de tiempo limitado = on a short-term basis.

* por un tiempo = for a time.

* por un tiempo indefinido = for an indefinite time to come, for indefinite time.

* por valor de + Cantidad = amounting to + Cantidad.

* por varias razones = for a variety of reasons, for a number of reasons.

* por varios motivos = for a number of reasons.

* por venganza = out of spite.

* por voluntad propia = voluntarily.

* quedar por ver = remain + to be seen.

* tirar dinero y esfuerzo por la borda = be money and effort down the drain.

* transporte por tierra = land transport.

* utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.

* venta al por mayor = wholesaling.

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Sentido I

A en relaciones causales

B según

C ¿por qué?

D en locuciones

E en expresiones concesivas

F

1 en expresiones de modo

2 indicando el medio

3 Educación

G

1 en relaciones de proporción

2 en multiplicaciones

H

1 en relaciones de sustitución etc

2 por ejemplo

I como

Sentido II

A al expresar finalidad, objetivo

B indicando consideración, favor

C indicando inclinación, elección

D en busca de

E en lo que respecta a

F indicando una situación pendiente

G estar por

Sentido III

A indicando lugar de acceso, salida

B

expresando lugar indeterminado

C expresando lugar determinado

D indicando extensión

Sentido IV

A expresando tiempo aproximado

B indicando una ocasión

C durante

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Sentido I

A (en relaciones causales) because of

he puesto esto aquí por el gato I've put this here because of the cat

nunca se lo dijo por miedo a perderla he never told her out of fear of losing her o because he was afraid of losing her

eso te pasa por crédulo that's what you get for being (so) gullible

lo conseguimos por él we got it thanks to him

ella es así por naturaleza she's like that by nature

lo hace por necesidad he does it out of necessity

no se acabó por falta de dinero it wasn't finished for o because of o owing to lack of money

el final no por conocido me resulta menos triste knowing how it ends doesn't make it any less sad

por su alto contenido en proteínas because of o owing to its high protein content

tanto por su precio como por su practicidad both for its price and its practical design

fue por eso por lo que no te llamé or fue por eso que no te llamé that was the reason o that was why I didn't call you

precisamente por eso no dije nada that's precisely why I didn't say anything

la muerte se produjo por asfixia he suffocated, death was caused by suffocation ( frml)

éste serviría si no fuera por el color this one would do if it weren't for the color

fue elogiado por su excelente actuación he was praised for his excellent performance

por + INF for -ING

me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me

eso

B (según) from

por lo que he oído from what I've heard

por lo que parece no va a volver it seems o it would seem he's not coming back

por mi experiencia diría que … from my experience, I would say that …

C ( fam):

¿por? why?

¿con quién vas? — con Daniel ¿por? who are you going with? — with Daniel, why? o why do you want to know?

D ( en locuciones):

por qué why

¿por qué lloras? why are you crying?

¿por qué no vienes a almorzar a casa? why don't you come to my house for lunch?

por si in case

llévate una muda, por si tuvieras que quedarte take a change of clothes (just) in case you have to stay

acaso, mosca² (↑ mosca (2))

E (en expresiones concesivas) por … QUE:

por más que me esfuerzo me sigue saliendo mal no matter how hard I try o however hard I try, I still can't get it right

(+ subj): por (muy) fácil que se lo pongan, no creo que lo sepa hacer however easy o no matter how easy they make it for him I don't think he'll be able to do it

F

1

(en expresiones de modo): clasifícalos por tamaño classify them according to size o by size

colóquense por orden de altura line up in order of height

por adelantado in advance

por escrito in writing

2

(indicando el medio): se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio

lo mandaron por avión/barco they sent it by air/sea

por carretera by road

la conocí por la voz I recognized the o her voice, I recognized her by her voice

me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend

conocido por el nombre de Pancho known as Pancho

lo intenté por todos los medios I tried everything possible o every possible way

3 ( Educación):

es doctor honoris causa por Oxford he has an honorary doctorate from Oxford

un graduado en ciencias políticas por la universidad de Granada a graduate in political science from the university of Granada

G

1

(en relaciones de proporción): cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour

lo venden por metro they sell it by the meter

tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people

había un hombre por cada dos mujeres there was one man to every two women

tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide

ya hemos hecho bastante por hoy we've done enough for today

los hizo entrar uno por uno she made them come in one by one o one at a time

examinar un escrito punto por punto to go through a document point by point

ciento² (↑ ciento (2))

2 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

(en multiplicaciones): tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

H

1

(en relaciones de sustitución, intercambio, representación): su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf

yo puedo ir por ti I can go for you o in your place

por toda respuesta se encogió de hombros all he did was shrug his shoulders

tú podrías pasar por inglesa you could pass as English o for an Englishwoman

te dan uno nuevo por dos viejos they give you one new one in exchange for two old ones

es senador por Canarias he's a senator for the Canary Islands

2

(como): por ejemplo for example

¿acepta usted por esposa a Carmen? do you take Carmen to be your (lawful wedded) wife?

I (introduciendo el agente) by

un lugar frecuentado por muchos famosos a place frequented by many famous people

se vieron sorprendidos por una tormenta they were caught in a sudden storm

la ocupación de la fábrica por (parte de) los obreros the occupation of the factory by the workers

ver tb parte² f B. (↑ parte (2))

Sentido II

A

(al expresar finalidad, objetivo): se estaban peleando por la pelota they were fighting over the ball

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money

te lo digo por tu bien I'm telling you for your own good

por + INF:

daría cualquier cosa por verte contento I'd give anything to see you happy

no entré por no molestar I didn't go in so as not to disturb him o because I didn't want to disturb him

eso es hablar por hablar that's talking for the sake of talking o for the sake of it

por QUE + SUBJ here por que can also be written porque:

estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him

recemos por que lleguen a un acuerdo let's pray that they'll come to an agreement

siguieron luchando por que se hiciera justicia they continued fighting for justice to be done

B

(indicando consideración, favor): haría cualquier cosa por ti I'd do anything for you

intercede por nosotros intercede for us

por mí no lo hagas don't do it just for me o for my sake

C

(indicando inclinación, elección): su amor por la música her love of music

demostró gran interés por el cuadro he showed great interest in the painting

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him

opté por no ir I chose not to go

votó por ella he voted for her

¿por la afirmativa? all those in favor?

se manifestaron por el derecho al aborto they demonstrated for the right to abortion

estar por algn ( fam); to be crazy about sb

D

(en busca de): salió/fue poror ( Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread

E

(en lo que respecta a): por mí no hay inconveniente I don't mind

que haga lo que le dé la gana, por mí … let him do what he likes, as far as I'm concerned …

F (indicando una situación pendiente) por + INF:

tengo toda la casa por limpiar I've got the whole house to clean

estos cambios aún están por hacer these changes have still not been made o are yet to be made

ver² vt C 1. (↑ ver (2))

G

( AmL) estar por + INF (estar a punto de): deben de estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute

la leche está por hervir the milk's about to boil

Sentido III

A

(indicando lugar de acceso, salida, trayectoria): entró por la ventana he came in through the window

sal por aquí go out this way

el acceso al edificio es por la calle Lamas you enter the building from Lamas Street

el piano no va a pasar por la puerta the piano won't go through the door

se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs

subieron por la ladera este they went up by the east face

¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?

fuimos por el camino más largo we took the longer route

no vayas por ahí que te vas a perder don't go that way, you'll get lost

¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?

¿puedes pasar por la tintorería? could you call in at o drop by the drycleaner's?

B

(expresando lugar indeterminado): está por ahí he's over there somewhere

¿por dónde está or queda el restaurante? whereabouts is the restaurant?

viven por el sur/por mi barrio they live in the south somewhere/around my area

hace mucho que no lo vemos por aquí we haven't seen him around here for ages

¿qué tal te fue por Londres? how did you get on in London?

C

(expresando lugar determinado): corta por aquí cut here

voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15

empieza por el principio start at the beginning

agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle

D

(indicando extensión): lo he buscado por todos lados or por todas partes I've looked everywhere for it

la epidemia se extendió por todo el país the epidemic spread throughout the (whole) country

estuvimos viajando por el norte de Francia we were traveling around o in the North of France

fuimos a caminar por la playa we went for a walk along the beach

pasa un trapo por el piso give the floor a quick wipe

ver tb afuera, adentro, dentro, fuera¹ adv A 1. (↑ fuera (1)), encima, por etc

Sentido IV

A

(expresando tiempo aproximado): por aquella época at that time

por aquel entonces vivían en Pozuelo at that time they were living in Pozuelo

sucedió por allá por 1960 it happened some time back around 1960

B ( Esp) (indicando una ocasión) for

me lo regalaron por mi cumpleaños they gave it to me for my birthday

por Semana Santa pensamos ir a Londres we're thinking of going to London for Easter

C (durante) for

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

no se lo confío ni por un minuto I wouldn't trust him with it for a minute

puede quedar así por el momento or por ahora it can stay like that for the time being o for now

ver tb mañana³ (↑ mañana (3)), tarde² (↑ tarde (2)), noche

* * *

por preposición
1 ( causa) because of;
◊ por falta de dinero because of o owing to lack of money;

por naturaleza by nature;
por necesidad out of necessity;
por eso no dije nada that's why I didn't say anything;
fue por eso que no te llamé that was why I didn't call you;
si no fuera por mi hijo … if it wasn't for my son …;
me pidió perdón por haberme mentido he apologized for lying o for having lied to me
2 ( en locs)
◊ por qué why;

no dijo por qué he didn't say why;
¿por qué no vienes conmigo? why don't you come with me?;
por si in case;
por si no entiende in case he doesn't understand;
See Also→ acaso 2, mosca
3 ( en expresiones concesivas):
◊ por más que me esfuerzo however hard o no matter how hard I try;

por (muy) fácil que sea however easy o no matter how easy it is
4
a) ( modo):

◊ colócalos por orden de tamaño put them in order of size;

por adelantado in advance;
por escrito in writing
b) ( medio):

◊ se lo comunicaron por teléfono they told him over the phone;

lo dijeron por la radio they said it on the radio;
por avión by air;
la conocí por la voz I recognized her by her voice;
me enteré por un amigo I heard from o through a friend
5
a) ( proporción):

◊ cobra $30 por clase he charges $30 a o per class;

120 kilómetros por hora 120 kilometers an o per hour;
por metro/docena by the meter/dozen;
tú comes por tres you eat enough for three people;
tiene tres metros de largo por uno de ancho it's three meters long by one meter wide;
uno por uno one by one;
See Also→ ciento sustantivo masculino b
b) ( en multiplicaciones):

◊ tres por cuatro (son) doce three times four is twelve, three fours are twelve

6
a) ( sustitución) for;

◊ su secretaria firmó por él his secretary signed for him o on his behalf;

pasa por inglesa she passes for an Englishwoman
b) ( como):

◊ por ejemplo for example

7 ( introduciendo el agente) by;
◊ compuesto por Mozart composed by Mozart

1 (finalidad, objetivo):
◊ pelearse por algo to fight over sth;

lo hace por el dinero he does it for the money;
no entré por no molestarlo I didn't go in because I didn't want to disturb him;
por que + subj (here por que can also be written porque): estaba ansioso por que lo escucharan he was eager for them to listen to him
2 (indicando inclinación, elección):
◊ su amor por la música her love of music;

no siento nada por él I don't feel anything for him;
votó por ella he voted for her
3 ( en busca de): salió/fue por or (Esp) a por pan he went (out) for some bread, he went (out) to get some bread
4 ( en lo que respecta a):
◊ por mí que haga lo que quiera as far as I'm concerned, he can do what he likes

5 (esp AmL) estar por + inf ( estar a punto de) to be about to + inf;
◊ está por terminar he's about to finish;

deben (de) estar por llegar they should be arriving any minute
1
a) ( lugar):

◊ entró por la ventana he came in through the window;

sal por aquí go out this way;
se cayó por la escalera he fell down the stairs;
¿el 121 va por (la) Avenida Rosas? does the 121 go along Rosas Avenue?;
¿por dónde has venido? which way did you come?;
está por ahí he's over there somewhere;
¿por dónde está el hotel? whereabouts is the hotel?;
viven por mi barrio they live around my area;
voy por la página 15 I'm up to o I'm on page 15;
empieza por el principio start at the beginning;
agárralo por el mango hold it by the handle
b) ( indicando extensión): por todos lados or por todas partes everywhere;

◊ viajamos por el norte de Francia we traveled around o in the North of France;

ver tb dentro, fuera, encima, etc
2 ( tiempo) for;
◊ por un mes for a month;

por el momento or por ahora for the time being, for now;
ver tb mañana, tarde, noche
3 (Esp) ( ocasión) for;
◊ me lo regaló por mi cumpleaños she gave it to me for my birthday

por preposición
1 (autoría) by: está escrito por mí, it was written by me
2 (camino, lugar) through: viajamos por Castilla, we travelled round Castilla
3 (medio) lo enviaron por avión, they sent it by plane
me enteré por el periódico, I read about it in the newspaper
4 (motivo, causa) because of
por tu culpa, because of you
(en favor de) for: hazlo por ellos, do it for their sake
por la libertad, for freedom
5 (en torno a) por San Juan, near Saint John's Day
6 (durante) por la mañana/noche, in the morning/at night
por el momento, for the time being
7 (a través) entramos por la puerta, we got in through the door
miramos por la ventana, we looked out (of) the window
pasamos por la ciudad, we went through the town
8 (sobre, por encima de) cruzaremos por el puente, we'll cross the bridge
9 (delante de) paso todos los días por tu casa, I go by your house every day
10 (a cambio de) for: te doy mi helado por tu yogur, I'll swap you my ice-cream for your yoghurt
11 (en una distribución, cálculo) por cabeza, a head, per person
mil pesetas por hora, a thousand pesetas per hour
dos mil revoluciones por minuto, two thousand revolutions per minute
12 (en una multiplicación) dos por dos, cuatro, two times two is four
un diez por ciento, ten per cent
13 (con infinitivo) in order to, so as to
trabajar por trabajar, to work for the sake of it
♦ Locuciones: por así decirlo, so to speak
por más/mucho que..., no matter how...
por qué, why
' por' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abogar
- abonar
- abonarse
- abotargada
- abotargado
- abuelo
- acabar
- acaso
- accidente
- acercarse
- acertar
- aclamación
- acomplejada
- acomplejado
- acomplejarse
- acoquinar
- acostumbrar
- actual
- adelantada
- adelantado
- adivinar
- admitir
- adoración
- aérea
- aéreo
- afanarse
- afectada I
- afectado
- afición
- agradecer
- aguantar
- ahí
- ahogada
- ahogado
- ahora
- ahorcarse
- ahorrar
- aire
- alegrarse
- algo
- allá
- allí
- almacén
- alquiler
- alta
- alto
- aludida
- aludido
- amarga
English:
A
- aback
- ablaze
- about
- above
- absence
- absorb
- accident
- accidentally
- acclaim
- accompany
- accord
- accordingly
- account
- accustom
- actual
- actually
- add to
- advocate
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- air
- airmail
- alert
- allowance
- alone
- alphabetically
- alternately
- amble
- amends
- amok
- angry
- annihilate
- annoy
- answer for
- answering service
- antipathy
- anxious
- anywhere
- apologetic
- apologize
- appal
- appall
- apparently
- appearance
- appease
- appointment
- appreciate

* * *

por prep

1. [indica causa] because of;

llegó tarde por el tráfico she was late because of the traffic;

lo hizo por amor he did it out of o for love;

me disculpé por llegar tarde I apologized for arriving late;

miré dentro por simple curiosidad I looked inside out of pure curiosity;

accidentes por conducción temeraria accidents caused by reckless driving;

muertes por enfermedades cardiovasculares deaths from cardiovascular disease;

no quise llamar por la hora (que era) I didn't want to call because of the time;

cerrado por vacaciones/reformas [en letrero] closed for holidays/alterations;

por mí no te preocupes don't worry about me;
Esp
fue por eso por lo que tuvimos tantos problemas, Am [m5] fue por eso que tuvimos tantos problemas that's why we had so many problems;

eso te pasa por (ser tan) generoso that's what you get for being so generous;

la razón por (la) que dimite the reason (why) she is resigning;

¿por qué? why?;

¿por qué no vienes? why don't you come?;

¿por qué lo preguntas? – por nada why do you ask? – no reason;
Fam
¿por? why?;

por si in case;

por si se te olvida in case you forget

2. [indica indicio]
por lo que me dices/lo que he oído no debe de ser tan difícil from what you say/what I've heard, it can't be that difficult;

por lo que tengo entendido, viven juntos as I understand it, they live together, my understanding is that they live together;

por lo visto, por lo que se ve apparently

3. [indica finalidad] (antes de infinitivo) (in order) to;

* * *

por

prp

1 motivo for, because of;

lo hace por mí he does it for me;

lo hizo por amor she did it out of o for love;

luchó por sus ideales he fought for his ideals;

por miedo a ofenderle for fear of upsetting her;

vino por verme he came to see me

2 medio by;

por avión by air;

por correo by mail, Br

tb by post

3 tiempo

:

por un año/un segundo for a year/a second;

por la mañana in the morning;

por Navidad around Christmas

4 movimiento

:

por la calle down the street;

por un tunel through a tunnel;

por aquí this way

5 posición aproximada around, about;

está por aquí it’s around here (somewhere);

vive por el centro de la ciudad she lives somewhere around the center of town

6 cambio

:

por cincuenta pesos for fifty pesos;

por cabeza each, a head

7 otros usos

:

por hora an o per hour;

dos por dos two times two;

¿por qué? why?;

el motivo por el cual o

por el que … the reason why …;

esa factura aún está por pagar that invoice still has to be paid;

tomar por esposa marry;

por difícil que sea however difficult it might be

* * *

por prep

1) : for, during

se quedaron allí por la semana: they stayed there during the week

por el momento: for now, at the moment

2) : around, during

por noviembre empieza a nevar: around November it starts to snow

por la mañana: in the morning

3) : around (a place)

debe estar por allí: it must be over there

por todas partes: everywhere

4) : by, through, along

por la puerta: through the door

pasé por tu casa: I stopped by your house

por la costa: along the coast

5) : for, for the sake of

lo hizo por su madre: he did it for his mother

¡por Dios!: for heaven's sake!

6) : because of, on account of

llegué tarde por el tráfico: I arrived late because of the traffic

dejar por imposible: to give up as impossible

7) : per

60 millas por hora: 60 miles per hour

por docena: by the dozen

8) : for, in exchange for, instead of

su hermana habló por él: his sister spoke on his behalf

9) : by means of

hablar por teléfono: to talk on the phone

por escrito: in writing

10) : as for

por mí: as far as I'm concerned

11) : times

tres por dos son seis: three times two is six

12) según: from, according to

por lo que dices: judging from what you're telling me

13) : as, for

por ejemplo: for example

14) : by

hecho por mi abuela: made by my grandmother

por correo: by mail

15) : for, in order to

lucha por ganar su respeto: he struggles to win her respect

16)

estar por : to be about to

17)

por ciento : percent

18)

por favor : please

19)

por lo tanto : therefore, consequently

20)

¿por qué? : why?

21)

por que porque

22)

por... que : no matter how

por mucho que intente: no matter how hard I try

23)

por si or

por si acaso : just in case

* * *

por prep

1. (a través de) through

entra por la puerta de la derecha go in through the door on the right

por el bosque through the wood

2. (la calle) along / down

iba por la calle I was walking down the street

3. (indica camino) via / by

fuimos por la carretera comarcal we went by the B road

4. (indica una parte concreta) by

sujeta la cacerola por el asa hold the saucepan by its handle

5. (indica el tiempo)

por la mañana in the morning

por Navidades at Christmas

por la noche at night

por unos días for a few days

6. (a causa de) because of

suspendieron el concierto por la lluvia the concert was cancelled because of the rain

7. (a fin de) to / in order to

por complacer al padre in order to please her father

8. (indica el autor) by

el cuadro fue pintado por Picasso the picture was painted by Picasso

9. (en favor o defensa de) for

haría cualquier cosa por su hijo she'd do anything for her son

es por tu propio bien it's for your own good

10. (multiplicado) times

cuatro por cuatro son dieciséis four times four is sixteen

11. (a cambio de) for

lo compré por cien pesetas I bought it for a hundred pesetas

te doy este libro por esos sellos I'll give you this book for those stamps

12. (en vez de) instead of

ya jugaré yo por Jaime I'll play instead of Jaime

13. (indica que una acción todavía no está hecha)

las camas están por hacer the beds still have to be made

ir por / ir a por to fetch

¡ve a por mis zapatillas, por favor! fetch my slippers, please!

por + adjetivo however + adjective

por barato que parezca however cheap it may seem

por mucho que te quejes however much you complain

por aquí (cerca) near here (indicando camino) this way

por ciento per cent

por correo by post

por fin at last

por la fuerza by force

por lo general generally / usually

por lo menos at least

por mí as far as I'm concerned

por si... in case...

por sorpresa by surprise

por supuesto of course

por tanto therefore

por teléfono on the telephone

¿por qué? why?

Spanish-English dictionary > por
7 a

prep.

1 to.

voy a Madrid I'm going to Madrid

me voy al extranjero I'm going abroad

llegó a Buenos Aires/a la fiesta he arrived in Buenos Aires/at the party

2 at (moment).

a las siete at seven o'clock

a los once años at the age of eleven

al caer la noche at nightfall

al oír la noticia se desmayó on hearing the news, she fainted

Llegué al amanecer I arrived at dawn.

3 per, every (frecuency).

40 horas a la semana 40 hours per o a week

tres veces al día three times a day

4 to.

dáselo a Ricardo give it to Ricardo

dile a Ricardo que venga tell Ricardo to come

5 to.

entró a pagar he came in to pay

aprender a nadar to learn to swim

6 by, about to, for.

* * *

A, a

► nombre femenino (pl as o aes)

1 (la letra) A, a

————————

A

► abreviatura

1 ( Alteza) Highness; (abreviatura) H

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A

► abreviatura

1 ( autopista) motorway; (abreviatura) M

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A

► símbolo

1 ( amperio) ampere, amp; (símbolo) A

* * *

prep.

1) to

2) into

3) in

4) at

5) on

6) with

* * *

SF = a (=letra) A, a

* * *

a femenino (pl aes) ( read as [a]) the letter A, a

* * *

= for, per, to.

Ex. The fine policy matrix corresponds to the loan policy matrix, cell for cell.

Ex. Indexing can thus be achieved at a detailed level, with often many terms per document, with almost no indexing effort.

Ex. Accessibility to the documents stored in files is an important factor, so the physical storage is important.

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* a + Adjetivo + escala = on a + Adjetivo + scale.

* a alguna parte = someplace.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* a ambas orillas del Atlántico = on both sides of the ocean, on both sides of the Atlantic.

* a ambos lados de = on either side of.

* a ambos lados del Altántico = on both sides of the ocean, on both sides of the Atlantic.

* a ambos lados de + Lugar = on both sides of + Lugar.

* a años luz de = light years away from.

* a bajas temperaturas = at low temperature.

* a bajo coste = low-cost.

* a bajo costo = low-cost.

* a bajo nivel = low-level.

* a bajo precio = lower-cost, at a low price, on the cheap.

* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* a bocajarro = point blank.

* a bombo y platillo = fanfare, with a bang.

* a bordo = aboard, on board ship.

* a bordo de = aboard, onboard.

* a bordo de un barco = shipboard, on board ship.

* a buen recaudo = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* a caballo = on horseback, astride.

* a caballo entre = astride... and..., midway between.

* a caballo entre... y... = half way between... and....

* a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.

* a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* a cambio = in return.

* a cambio de = in exchange for, in return for.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* a cántaros = cats and dogs.

* a cargo = in the saddle.

* a cargo (de) = charged with, in charge (of), at the helm (of).

* a cargo de Alguien = under supervision.

* a cargo de las riendas = in the saddle.

* a cargo del ayuntamiento = local authority-run.

* a cargo del gobierno = government-operated, government-run.

* a cargo de una sola persona = one-man band.

* a cargo de voluntarios = volunteer-run.

* a chorros = profusely.

* a ciegas = blindfold, blindly, blindfolded, in the dark.

* a ciencia cierta = for sure, for certain.

* a cierta distancia = some distance away.

* a cierta distancia de = off.

* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.

* a cierta distancia del litoral = offshore.

* a cobro revertido = reverse charges.

* a color = multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* a comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = early + Expresión Temporal, the.

* a comienzos de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha, in the early part of + Fecha.

* a comienzos de + Período de Tiempo = by the turn of + Período de Tiempo, at the turn of + Período de Tiempo.

* a conciencia = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], by design, on purpose.

* a condición de que + Subjuntivo = provided (that), providing (that), as long as.

* a contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* a continuación = next, then, in the following, herewith.

* a continuación se enumeran = given below.

* a contracorriente = against the grain.

* a contraluz = against the light.

* a contrapelo = against the grain, against the nap.

* a coro = with one voice, in unison.

* a corto plazo = before very long, short term [short-term], in the short run, short-range, at short notice, in the short term, short-run.

* a costa de = at the cost of, at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense, at cost of.

* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.

* a costa de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a costa de otros = at other people's expense.

* a criterio de = at the discretion of.

* a cualquier hora = anytime, around the clock.

* a cualquier hora del día o de la noche = at any hour of the day or night, at any time of the day or night.

* a cualquier precio = at any cost, at all costs, at any price.

* a cuatro aguas = hipped.

* a cuatro patas = on all fours, on four legs.

* a cuenta de = at the expense of.

* a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense.

* a cuenta de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a cuenta de otros = at other people's expense.

* a cuenta propia = at + Posesivo + expense, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* a cuerpo de rey = the lap of luxury.

* a cuestas = in tow.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* a demanda = pro re nata.

* a deshora(s) = at odd times, out of hours.

* a día de hoy = as of today.

* a diario = every day.

* a diestro y siniestro = like there's no tomorrow.

* a dieta = on a diet.

* a diferencia de = apart from, as opposed to, in contradistinction to, as contrasted with, in contrast (to/with), quite apart from, in sharp contrast (with).

* a diferencia de + Nombre = unlike + Nombre.

* a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* a discreción = at will, no holds barred.

* a disgusto = unwillingly, reluctantly.

* a disposición de = at the disposal of.

* a distancia = remote, remotely, distantly.

* a doble espacio = double-spaced.

* a domicilio = domiciliary.

* ¿a dónde se dirige(n)...? = whither?.

* ¿a dónde va(n)...? = whither?.

* ¿a dónde vas? = quo vadis, whither thou goest.

* a dos niveles = two-tier.

* a dos velas = skint, penniless, broke.

* a duras penas = with great difficulty.

* a efectos de = in terms of, for the purpose of + Nombre.

* a efectos prácticos = to all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposes, to all intents.

* a él = him.

* a ellos = them.

* a escala = drawn-to-scale.

* a escala industrial = on an industrial scale, industrial-scale.

* a escala mundial = globally, on a global scale.

* a escala natural = full-scale.

* a escondidas = by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the quiet, on the sly.

* a eso = thereto.

* a espaldas de = out of sight of.

* a estas alturas = by now.

* a este fin = to this end.

* a este paso = at this rate.

* a este respecto = in this respect.

* a este ritmo = at this rate.

* a estrenar = brand new.

* a examen = under the microscope.

* a excepción de = barring, except for, excepting, other than, with the exception of, short of.

* a excepción de que = except that.

* a excepción de uno = with one exception.

* a expensas de = at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense.

* a expensas de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a expensas de otros = at other people's expense.

* a + Expresión Temporal = as of + Expresión Temporal.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Fecha = as per + Fecha.

* a finales de = by the end of, at the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* a finales de + Expresión Temporal = as of late + Expresión Temporal, at the end of + Expresión Temporal, by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* a finales de + Fecha = in the late + Fecha, in late + Fecha.

* a finales de los + Década = late + Década, the.

* a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo, late period of + Siglo.

* a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.

* a fondo = fully, thoroughly, full-scale.

* a fondo perdido = non-refundable.

* ¡a freír espárragos! = on your bike!.

* a fuerza de = by dint of.

* a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a fuerza de errores = the hard way.

* a gas = gas-powered.

* a gatas = on all fours.

* a grandes rasgos = broadly, rough draft.

* a granel = in bulk.

* a gran escala = large scale [large-scale], massive, on a wide scale, high-volume, wide-scale, on a broad scale, in a big way, on a grand scale.

* a gran velocidad = at great speed.

* a grito limpio = at the top of + Posesivo + voice.

* a grito pelado = at the top of + Posesivo + voice.

* a gritos = vociferously.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* a gusto = at ease, at leisure.

* a gusto de = to the liking of, at the pleasure of.

* a horcajadas = astride.

* a hurtadillas = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly.

* a imitación de lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* a iniciativa de = at the initiative of.

* a iniciativas del gobierno = government-led.

* a instancia de = at the urging of.

* a instancias de = at the instigation of, at the behest of, under the auspices of.

* a intervalos = at intervals.

* a intervalos + Adjetivo = at + Adjetivo + intervals.

* a intervalos semanales = at weekly intervals.

* a invitación de = at the invitation of.

* a jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* a juicio = on trial.

* a juicio público = in the public eye.

* a juzgar por = to judge by, judging by, judging from.

* a la acuarela = water-coloured [water-colored, -USA].

* a la alcaldía = mayoral.

* a la altura de = of the stature of, equal to.

* a la altura de la cintura = waist high, waist deep.

* a la altura de la rodilla = knee-high.

* a la altura de los hombros = shoulder-high.

* a la anchura de los hombros = shoulder-width.

* a la anochecida = at nightfall.

* a la antigua = old-style.

* a la antigua usanza = old-style.

* a la atención de = c/o (care of).

* a la baja = on the wane.

* a la brasa = grilled.

* a la buena de Dios = out in the cold.

* a la cabeza de = in the forefront of/in.

* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* a la carta = a la carte.

* a la defensiva = on the defensive.

* a la derecha = at the right.

* a la derecha de = on the right side of, on the right-hand side of.

* a la deriva = rudderless.

* a la discreción de = at the discretion of.

* a la disposición de Alguien = at + Posesivo + disposal.

* a la expectativa de = on the lookout for, on the alert for.

* a la + Expresión Temporal = a + Expresión Temporal.

* a la fuerza = forcefully, of necessity, forcibly, compulsorily.

* a la fuga = on the run, on the lam.

* a la hora de + Infinitivo = when it came to + Gerundio, when it comes to + Gerundio.

* a la hora de la verdad = when push comes to shove, if it comes to the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.

* a la hora del café = at coffee.

* a la intemperie = in the open, exposed.

* a la inversa = mirror-fashion, mirror image, in reverse.

* a la izquierda = at the left.

* a la larga = in the long term, over the long term, in the end, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long haul, in the far term, ultimately, by and by.

* a la ligera = lightly.

* a la luz de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* a la luz de las estrellas = by starlight.

* a la luz de las velas = by candlelight, candlelight, candlelit.

* a la luz del día = in the light of day.

* a la luz de una lámpara de gas = by gaslight.

* a la mano de = available at the fingertips of.

* a la misma altura que = in the same league as.

* a la moda = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

* a la onda = in the know.

* a la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* a la par = in concert, in tandem, neck and neck, in a tandem fashion, in parallel.

* a la par que = in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as.

* a la parrilla = grilled, on the grill.

* a la perfección = superbly.

* a la plancha = griddled, on the griddle, on the hotplate.

* a largo plazo = in the long term, over the long term, long-range, in the long run, long-term, over the long run, over the long haul, long-run, in the far term, far-term.

* a la salida = on the way out.

* a la sazón = at that time.

* a las doce del mediodía = at high noon.

* a la semana = a week, per week.

* a las mil maravillas = marvellously [marvelously, -USA], famously, like a house on fire.

* a la sombra de = in the shadow of.

* a las puertas de = on the threshold of.

* a la última = hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], on the fast track, hipped.

* a la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, in the fast lane, on the fast track, at the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.

* a la vanguardia de = in the vanguard of, at the forefront of, in the forefront of/in, at the vanguard of.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* a la velocidad del rayo = at the speed of lightning.

* a la velocidad del sonido = at the speed of sound.

* a la venta = on release.

* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* a la vista = in sight, within sight.

* a la vista de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la vuelta de = on the return leg of.

* a la zaga = not far behind, in tow.

* al azar = lucky draw, lucky dip.

* al extremo norte = northernmost.

* al extremo oeste = westernmost.

* al hacer esto = in doing so.

* al norte del estado = upstate.

* a lo extremo = to the extreme.

* a lo grande = in a big way, big time, grandly, on a grand scale.

* a lo hecho, pecho = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk, you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* a lo largo de = along, down, throughout.

* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.

* a lo largo de la historia = over time.

* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.

* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.

* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.

* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].

* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* a lo lejos = in the distance.

* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a lo máximo = at best, at most, at the most.

* a lo mejor = perhaps.

* a lo que salga = come what may.

* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.

* a lo sumo = at best, at most, at the most.

* al otro lado del atlántico = across the pond.

* al otro lado del charco = across the pond.

* al otro lado del océano = across the pond.

* a lo zombi = zombielike.

* a mano = by hand, manually, nearby [near-by], handy, within reach, within easy reach.

* a mano alzada = by a show of hands.

* a mano derecha de = on the right side of, on the right-hand side of.

* a manojos = by the handful.

* a manos de = at the hands of.

* a marchas forzadas = in a rush, against the clock.

* a mares = cats and dogs.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* a más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* a más tardar = at the latest.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* a mediados de = in the middle decades of.

* a mediados de + Fecha = in the mid + Fecha.

* a mediados de semana = midweek.

* a media jornada = half-time [half time].

* a media mañana = mid-morning.

* a medianoche = at midnight.

* a medias = half-hearted [halfhearted], qualified.

* a medias entre... y... = betwixt and between.

* a medida = custom, bespoke.

* a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medida que pasaba el tiempo = as time passed (by), as time went by.

* a medida que pasa el tiempo = as time passes (by).

* a medida que pasa + Expresión Temporal = as + Expresión Temporal + go by.

* a medida que + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medida que se necesite = on demand, on request, as required.

* a medida que + transcurrir + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + transcurrir + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* a medio formar = half-formed.

* a medio fuego = medium heat.

* a medio hacer = halfway done, half done.

* a medio plazo = medium-term, near-term, in the medium term, in the mid-term, mid-term [midterm].

* a medio rimar = half-rhymed.

* a medio vestir = half dressed.

* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* a menudo = oftentimes [often times], ofttimes [oft-times].

* a merced de = at the mercy of.

* a mí = me.

* a mi entender = to my mind.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a mi parecer = to my mind, methinks, in my books.

* a mitad de = half way through, halfway through.

* a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....

* a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....

* a mitad de precio = at half price.

* a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* a mogollón = aplenty [a-plenty].

* a montón = aplenty [a-plenty].

* a montones = in droves, by the sackful.

* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].

* a muerte = bitter, bitterly.

* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.

* a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* a nivel de calle = on the ground level.

* a nivel de la calle = at ground level.

* a nivel del suelo = at ground level.

* a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* a nivel federal = federally, federally.

* a nivel individual = privately.

* a nivel local = locally, domestically.

* a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].

* a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.

* a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].

* a nivel privado = privately.

* a nivel regional = regionally.

* a nombre de = payable to.

* a no ser que = unless.

* a nosotros = us.

* a ojo = ocular.

* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* a orillas del océano = oceanfront.

* a orillas del río = riverfront.

* a orillas de un lago = lakeside, lakefront, by the lakeside.

* a otro sitio = somewhere else.

* a pares = in pairs.

* a partes iguales = share and share alike, in equal measure(s).

* a partir de = on the basis of, based on, working from, from, on a diet of, in response to.

* a partir de ahora = from now on, from this point on, henceforth, as of now.

* a partir de ahora y durante + Cuantificador + años = for + Cuantificador + years to come.

* a partir de aquí = hereupon.

* a partir de ello = therefrom.

* a partir de entonces = from this time on, hereafter, thereafter, whereafter, from then on, thenceforth, henceforth, from that moment on.

* a partir de ese momento = from that moment on.

* a partir de este momento = hereinafter.

* a partir de esto = on this basis, on that basis.

* a partir de + Fecha = from + Fecha, effective + Fecha.

* a partir de hoy = as from today.

* a partir de la medianoche = late night.

* a partir de los títulos = title-based.

* a paso de tortuga = at a snail's pace.

* a paso ligero = on the double.

* a pasos agigantados = at an exponential rate, at exponential rates, by leaps and bounds.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* a pequeña escala = in a small way, small scale [small-scale].

* a perpetuidad = in perpetuity.

* a pesar de (que) = albeit (that), despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, although, despite the fact that, in spite of the fact that.

* a pesar de todo = all the same, in spite of everything, despite everything, despite it all, in spite of it all, all this said.

* a pesar de todo + Posesivo + Nombre = for all + Posesivo + Nombre.

* a petición de = at the request of, at the urging of, at the behest of.

* a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.

* a petición popular = by popular demand.

* a pie = on foot, afoot, dismounted.

* a pilas = battery-operated.

* a pique = sinking.

* a placer = at will.

* a plena luz del día = in broad daylight.

* a poca distancia = not far behind.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.

* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a porrillo = by the handful.

* a + Posesivo + aire = to + Posesivo + heart's content.

* a + Posesivo + alcance = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range.

* a + Posesivo + costa = at + Posesivo + expense.

* a + Posesivo + cuidado = in + Posesivo + safekeeping.

* a + Posesivo + discreción = at will, at + Posesivo + discretion.

* a + Posesivo + disposición = at + Posesivo + disposal.

* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.

* a + Posesivo + espaldas = behind + Posesivo + back.

* a + Posesivo + expensas = at + Posesivo + expense.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* a + Posesivo + juicio = in + Posesivo + estimation.

* a + Posesivo + manera = in + Posesivo + own way.

* a + Posesivo + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* a + Posesivo + servicio = at + Posesivo + service.

* a + Posesivo + sorprender = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* a + Posesivo + vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* a posteriori = reactive, in retrospect, after-the-fact, hindsight, with hindsight, a posteriori, in hindsight.

* a precio de coste = at cost price, at cost.

* a precio de costo = at cost price, at cost.

* a precio de ganga = at a steal.

* a precio especial = at reduced cost, discounted, cut-rate, cut-price.

* a precio razonable = at reasonable cost(s).

* a precio reducido = at a discount.

* a precios competitivos = competitively priced.

* a precios especiales = at reduced rates, at preferential rates.

* a precios razonables = at affordable prices.

* a presión = pressurised [pressurized, -USA].

* a primera hora de la mañana = first thing in the morning.

* a primera hora de + Período del Día = first thing + Período del Día.

* a primeras horas de la tarde = late afternoon.

* a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.

* a primeros de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* a principios de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* a principios de los + Década = early + Década, the.

* a priori = proactive [pro-active], foresight, a priori, on the surface.

* a prisa = quickly.

* a propósito = deliberate, for the record, incidentally, intentionally, by the way, in passing, anecdotally, purposely, by design, on purpose, wilfully [willfully, -USA], on a sidenote, studiously, by the way of (a) digression, by the by(e), speaking of which, designedly.

* a propósito de = apropos of.

* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.

* a prueba = on trial.

* a prueba de bombas = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA], bomb-proof.

* a prueba de conejos = rabbit-proof.

* a prueba de fallos = fail-safe.

* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].

* a prueba de niños = childproof.

* a prueba de robos = theft proof.

* a prueba de tornados = tornado proof.

* a prueba de un tratamiento duro = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA].

* a prueba de viento = windproof.

* a puerta cerrada = behind closed doors.

* a punta de pistola = at gunpoint.

* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.

* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.

* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* a puñados = by the sackful, by the handful.

* a quemarropa = point blank.

* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.

* a quienquiera que = whomever.

* a rachas = by fits and starts.

* a ráfagas = in bursts.

* a raíz de = in the wake of.

* a rajatabla = to the letter.

* a ras de = flush with.

* a ras de la calle = ground-floor.

* a ras del suelo = at ground level.

* a rastras = in tow.

* a ratos = intermittently.

* a reacción = jet-assisted.

* a rebosar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* a regañadientes = grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly, reluctantly.

* a régimen = on a diet.

* a remolque = in tow.

* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* a saber = namely, viz, to wit.

* a sabiendas = knowing, knowingly, wilfully [willfully, -USA].

* a sabiendas de que = on the understanding that.

* a sacudidas = jerkily.

* a saltitos = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* a salvo = in a safe place, in safekeeping, out of harm's way.

* a sangre fría = cold-blooded.

* a ser posible = if possible.

* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* a solas = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.

* a sueldo = paid.

* a su precio normal = at full price.

* a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.

* a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course, in a timely manner.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a tal efecto = to this effect.

* a tales efectos = hereto.

* a tarifa reducida = at reduced cost.

* a tarifas especiales = at reduced rates, at preferential rates.

* a temperatura ambiente = at room temperature.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* a tenor de = in light of, in the face of, in the light of, in view of.

* a ti = you, thee.

* a tiempo = in timely fashion, on time, promptly, timely, just in time, in time.

* a tiempo completo = full-time.

* a tiempo parcial = part-time.

* a tientas = in the dark.

* a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.

* a ti mismo = yourself, thyself.

* a tiro = within gunshot, within range.

* a tirones = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* a título de = by way of, for the sake of.

* a título gratuito = gratuitous.

* a título personal = in a personal capacity, in a private capacity.

* a toda costa = absolutely, at all costs, come what may, at any cost, at any price.

* a toda máquina = in the fast lane, fast lane, full steam ahead, at full tilt, full-tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a toda marcha = at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a toda mecha = at a rate of knots, full steam ahead, at full blast, at full throttle, at top speed, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a toda pasta = at a rate of knots.

* a toda pastilla = in the fast lane, on the fast track, fast lane, overdrive, full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at a rate of knots, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a toda prueba = unswerving.

* a todas horas = at all hours, around the clock.

* a todas luces = patently.

* a todas partes = far and wide.

* a toda velocidad = full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a todo alrededor = all round.

* a todo color = full-colour, in full colour.

* a todo gas = full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a todo lo largo de = the length of.

* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.

* a todo ritmo = in full swing, in full force, in full gear.

* a todos lados = far and wide.

* a todos los efectos = to all intents and purposes, to all intents, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposes.

* a todos los niveles = at all levels.

* a todos nosotros = us all.

* a todos por igual = one size fits all.

* a todo vapor = full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a todo volumen = at full blast.

* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* a tope = packed to capacity, in the fast lane, fast lane, choc-a-block, chock-full, in full swing, in full gear, packed to the rafters.

* a trancas y barrancas = with great difficulty, by fits and starts.

* a través de = by way of, in the form of, through, via, out of, through the agency of.

* a través de Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* a través de la historia = over time.

* a través de la TI = IT-enabled.

* a través de la web = Web-based, Web-supported.

* a través de los años = over the years, down the years.

* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.

* a través de los siglos = over the centuries.

* a través del teléfono = call-in.

* a través del tiempo = over time.

* a través de operador = operator-assisted.

* a tres bandas = three pronged.

* a tres niveles = three-tiered.

* a troche y moche = like there's no tomorrow.

* a trompicones = by fits and starts.

* a tropezones = falteringly, hesitantly, haltingly, jerkily.

* a trozos = piecewise.

* ¡A tu salud! = Here's to you!.

* a última hora = at the last minute, at the eleventh hour, last minute [last-minute], at the very last minute, at the very last moment, at the very last.

* a últimas horas de la tarde = late evening.

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* a + Adjetivo + escala = on a + Adjetivo + scale.

* a alguna parte = someplace.

* a alta presión = high-pressured, high-pressure.

* a altas horas de la noche = late at night.

* a ambas orillas del Atlántico = on both sides of the ocean, on both sides of the Atlantic.

* a ambos lados de = on either side of.

* a ambos lados del Altántico = on both sides of the ocean, on both sides of the Atlantic.

* a ambos lados de + Lugar = on both sides of + Lugar.

* a años luz de = light years away from.

* a bajas temperaturas = at low temperature.

* a bajo coste = low-cost.

* a bajo costo = low-cost.

* a bajo nivel = low-level.

* a bajo precio = lower-cost, at a low price, on the cheap.

* a base de = in the form of, on a diet of.

* a base de carne = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a base de errores = the hard way.

* a boca de jarro = at close range.

* a bocajarro = point blank.

* a bombo y platillo = fanfare, with a bang.

* a bordo = aboard, on board ship.

* a bordo de = aboard, onboard.

* a bordo de un barco = shipboard, on board ship.

* a buen recaudo = in a safe place, in safekeeping.

* a caballo = on horseback, astride.

* a caballo entre = astride... and..., midway between.

* a caballo entre... y... = half way between... and....

* a caballo regalado no se le mira el diente = never look a gift horse in the mouth.

* a cada rato = every so often, every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while.

* a cambio = in return.

* a cambio de = in exchange for, in return for.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* a cántaros = cats and dogs.

* a cargo = in the saddle.

* a cargo (de) = charged with, in charge (of), at the helm (of).

* a cargo de Alguien = under supervision.

* a cargo de las riendas = in the saddle.

* a cargo del ayuntamiento = local authority-run.

* a cargo del gobierno = government-operated, government-run.

* a cargo de una sola persona = one-man band.

* a cargo de voluntarios = volunteer-run.

* a chorros = profusely.

* a ciegas = blindfold, blindly, blindfolded, in the dark.

* a ciencia cierta = for sure, for certain.

* a cierta distancia = some distance away.

* a cierta distancia de = off.

* a cierta distancia de la costa = offshore.

* a cierta distancia del litoral = offshore.

* a cobro revertido = reverse charges.

* a color = multi-colour [multi-color -USA].

* a comienzos de + Expresión Temporal = early + Expresión Temporal, the.

* a comienzos de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha, in the early part of + Fecha.

* a comienzos de + Período de Tiempo = by the turn of + Período de Tiempo, at the turn of + Período de Tiempo.

* a conciencia = deliberately, wilfully [willfully, -USA], by design, on purpose.

* a condición de que + Subjuntivo = provided (that), providing (that), as long as.

* a contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* a continuación = next, then, in the following, herewith.

* a continuación se enumeran = given below.

* a contracorriente = against the grain.

* a contraluz = against the light.

* a contrapelo = against the grain, against the nap.

* a coro = with one voice, in unison.

* a corto plazo = before very long, short term [short-term], in the short run, short-range, at short notice, in the short term, short-run.

* a costa de = at the cost of, at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense, at cost of.

* a costa de mucho = at (a) great expense.

* a costa de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a costa de otros = at other people's expense.

* a criterio de = at the discretion of.

* a cualquier hora = anytime, around the clock.

* a cualquier hora del día o de la noche = at any hour of the day or night, at any time of the day or night.

* a cualquier precio = at any cost, at all costs, at any price.

* a cuatro aguas = hipped.

* a cuatro patas = on all fours, on four legs.

* a cuenta de = at the expense of.

* a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense.

* a cuenta de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a cuenta de otros = at other people's expense.

* a cuenta propia = at + Posesivo + expense, at + Posesivo + own expense.

* a cuerpo de rey = the lap of luxury.

* a cuestas = in tow.

* a decir de todos = by all accounts.

* a decir verdad = to tell the truth, if the truth be known, if the truth be told, in all truth, in truth, fact is, the fact is (that), to be fair.

* a decir verdad... = the fact of the matter is that....

* a demanda = pro re nata.

* a deshora(s) = at odd times, out of hours.

* a día de hoy = as of today.

* a diario = every day.

* a diestro y siniestro = like there's no tomorrow.

* a dieta = on a diet.

* a diferencia de = apart from, as opposed to, in contradistinction to, as contrasted with, in contrast (to/with), quite apart from, in sharp contrast (with).

* a diferencia de + Nombre = unlike + Nombre.

* a diferentes niveles = multi-tiered [multitiered], multi-tier [multitier].

* a discreción = at will, no holds barred.

* a disgusto = unwillingly, reluctantly.

* a disposición de = at the disposal of.

* a distancia = remote, remotely, distantly.

* a doble espacio = double-spaced.

* a domicilio = domiciliary.

* ¿a dónde se dirige(n)...? = whither?.

* ¿a dónde va(n)...? = whither?.

* ¿a dónde vas? = quo vadis, whither thou goest.

* a dos niveles = two-tier.

* a dos velas = skint, penniless, broke.

* a duras penas = with great difficulty.

* a efectos de = in terms of, for the purpose of + Nombre.

* a efectos prácticos = to all intents and purposes, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposes, to all intents.

* a él = him.

* a ellos = them.

* a escala = drawn-to-scale.

* a escala industrial = on an industrial scale, industrial-scale.

* a escala mundial = globally, on a global scale.

* a escala natural = full-scale.

* a escondidas = by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the quiet, on the sly.

* a eso = thereto.

* a espaldas de = out of sight of.

* a estas alturas = by now.

* a este fin = to this end.

* a este paso = at this rate.

* a este respecto = in this respect.

* a este ritmo = at this rate.

* a estrenar = brand new.

* a examen = under the microscope.

* a excepción de = barring, except for, excepting, other than, with the exception of, short of.

* a excepción de que = except that.

* a excepción de uno = with one exception.

* a expensas de = at the expense of, at + Nombre's + expense.

* a expensas de otro = at someone else's expense.

* a expensas de otros = at other people's expense.

* a + Expresión Temporal = as of + Expresión Temporal.

* a falta de = for want of, in the absence of, in default of, for lack of, short of.

* a favor = in favour.

* a favor de = in favour of.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* a favor de la esclavitud = pro-slavery.

* a favor de la raza negra = pro-black [problack].

* a favor de la vida humana = pro-life.

* a favor y en contra = pro and con.

* a + Fecha = as per + Fecha.

* a finales de = by the end of, at the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* a finales de + Expresión Temporal = as of late + Expresión Temporal, at the end of + Expresión Temporal, by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* a finales de + Fecha = in the late + Fecha, in late + Fecha.

* a finales de los + Década = late + Década, the.

* a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo, late period of + Siglo.

* a fin de cuentas = at the end of the day, in the end, in the final count, in the grand scheme of things, when all is said and done, after all is said and done.

* a fondo = fully, thoroughly, full-scale.

* a fondo perdido = non-refundable.

* ¡a freír espárragos! = on your bike!.

* a fuerza de = by dint of.

* a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.

* a fuerza de errores = the hard way.

* a gas = gas-powered.

* a gatas = on all fours.

* a grandes rasgos = broadly, rough draft.

* a granel = in bulk.

* a gran escala = large scale [large-scale], massive, on a wide scale, high-volume, wide-scale, on a broad scale, in a big way, on a grand scale.

* a gran velocidad = at great speed.

* a grito limpio = at the top of + Posesivo + voice.

* a grito pelado = at the top of + Posesivo + voice.

* a gritos = vociferously.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* a gusto = at ease, at leisure.

* a gusto de = to the liking of, at the pleasure of.

* a horcajadas = astride.

* a hurtadillas = surreptitiously, by stealth, stealthily, furtively, on the sly.

* a imitación de lo clásico = classicising [classicizing, -USA], classicised [classicized, -USA].

* a iniciativa de = at the initiative of.

* a iniciativas del gobierno = government-led.

* a instancia de = at the urging of.

* a instancias de = at the instigation of, at the behest of, under the auspices of.

* a intervalos = at intervals.

* a intervalos + Adjetivo = at + Adjetivo + intervals.

* a intervalos semanales = at weekly intervals.

* a invitación de = at the invitation of.

* a jabón = soapy [soapier -comp., soapiest -sup.].

* a juicio = on trial.

* a juicio público = in the public eye.

* a juzgar por = to judge by, judging by, judging from.

* a la acuarela = water-coloured [water-colored, -USA].

* a la alcaldía = mayoral.

* a la altura de = of the stature of, equal to.

* a la altura de la cintura = waist high, waist deep.

* a la altura de la rodilla = knee-high.

* a la altura de los hombros = shoulder-high.

* a la anchura de los hombros = shoulder-width.

* a la anochecida = at nightfall.

* a la antigua = old-style.

* a la antigua usanza = old-style.

* a la atención de = c/o (care of).

* a la baja = on the wane.

* a la brasa = grilled.

* a la buena de Dios = out in the cold.

* a la cabeza de = in the forefront of/in.

* a la caída de la noche = at nightfall, at twilight.

* a la caída de la tarde = at twilight.

* a la carta = a la carte.

* a la defensiva = on the defensive.

* a la derecha = at the right.

* a la derecha de = on the right side of, on the right-hand side of.

* a la deriva = rudderless.

* a la discreción de = at the discretion of.

* a la disposición de Alguien = at + Posesivo + disposal.

* a la expectativa de = on the lookout for, on the alert for.

* a la + Expresión Temporal = a + Expresión Temporal.

* a la fuerza = forcefully, of necessity, forcibly, compulsorily.

* a la fuga = on the run, on the lam.

* a la hora de + Infinitivo = when it came to + Gerundio, when it comes to + Gerundio.

* a la hora de la verdad = when push comes to shove, if it comes to the crunch, when it comes to the crunch, when the worst comes to the worst, if the worst comes to the worst, when the crunch comes to the crunch, if the crunch comes to the crunch.

* a la hora del café = at coffee.

* a la intemperie = in the open, exposed.

* a la inversa = mirror-fashion, mirror image, in reverse.

* a la izquierda = at the left.

* a la larga = in the long term, over the long term, in the end, eventually, for the long pull, over a period of time, over the long haul, in the far term, ultimately, by and by.

* a la ligera = lightly.

* a la luz de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la luz de la luna = by moonlight, in the moonlight, moonlit.

* a la luz de las estrellas = by starlight.

* a la luz de las velas = by candlelight, candlelight, candlelit.

* a la luz del día = in the light of day.

* a la luz de una lámpara de gas = by gaslight.

* a la mano de = available at the fingertips of.

* a la misma altura que = in the same league as.

* a la moda = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

* a la onda = in the know.

* a la opinión pública = in the public eye.

* a la par = in concert, in tandem, neck and neck, in a tandem fashion, in parallel.

* a la par que = in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as.

* a la parrilla = grilled, on the grill.

* a la perfección = superbly.

* a la plancha = griddled, on the griddle, on the hotplate.

* a largo plazo = in the long term, over the long term, long-range, in the long run, long-term, over the long run, over the long haul, long-run, in the far term, far-term.

* a la salida = on the way out.

* a la sazón = at that time.

* a las doce del mediodía = at high noon.

* a la semana = a week, per week.

* a las mil maravillas = marvellously [marvelously, -USA], famously, like a house on fire.

* a la sombra de = in the shadow of.

* a las puertas de = on the threshold of.

* a la última = hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], on the fast track, hipped.

* a la vanguardia = on the cutting edge, on the leading edge, in the fast lane, on the fast track, at the leading edge, on the bleeding edge.

* a la vanguardia de = in the vanguard of, at the forefront of, in the forefront of/in, at the vanguard of.

* a la velocidad de la luz = at the speed of light.

* a la velocidad del rayo = at the speed of lightning.

* a la velocidad del sonido = at the speed of sound.

* a la venta = on release.

* a la vez = at once, at one time, at similar times, at the same time, concurrently, side-by-side, simultaneously, at the same instant, in parallel, in tandem, at the one time, in a tandem fashion, at a time, in unison.

* a la vez que = hand in hand (with), cum, in conjunction with, in unison with.

* a la vista = in sight, within sight.

* a la vista de = in light of, in the light of.

* a la vuelta de = on the return leg of.

* a la zaga = not far behind, in tow.

* al azar = lucky draw, lucky dip.

* al extremo norte = northernmost.

* al extremo oeste = westernmost.

* al hacer esto = in doing so.

* al norte del estado = upstate.

* a lo extremo = to the extreme.

* a lo grande = in a big way, big time, grandly, on a grand scale.

* a lo hecho, pecho = no use crying over spilt/spilled milk, you've made your bed, now you must lie in it!.

* a lo largo de = along, down, throughout.

* a lo largo de + Expresión Temporal = sometime + Expresión Temporal.

* a lo largo de la historia = over time.

* a lo largo de la ruta = along the way.

* a lo largo del tiempo = longitudinal, longitudinally.

* a lo largo de todo = the entire length of.

* a lo largo y ancho del país = countrywide [country-wide].

* a lo largo y ancho de + Lugar = up and down + Lugar.

* a lo lejos = in the distance.

* a lo loco = helter-skelter, like there's no tomorrow.

* a lo máximo = at best, at most, at the most.

* a lo mejor = perhaps.

* a lo que salga = come what may.

* a los ojos de = in the eyes of.

* a lo sumo = at best, at most, at the most.

* al otro lado del atlántico = across the pond.

* al otro lado del charco = across the pond.

* al otro lado del océano = across the pond.

* a lo zombi = zombielike.

* a mano = by hand, manually, nearby [near-by], handy, within reach, within easy reach.

* a mano alzada = by a show of hands.

* a mano derecha de = on the right side of, on the right-hand side of.

* a manojos = by the handful.

* a manos de = at the hands of.

* a marchas forzadas = in a rush, against the clock.

* a mares = cats and dogs.

* a más largo plazo = longer-term.

* a más..., más... = the + Comparativo..., the + Comparativo....

* a más tardar = at the latest.

* a mata caballo = in a hurry, hurried, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

* a media asta = at half-mast, at half staff.

* a mediados de = in the middle decades of.

* a mediados de + Fecha = in the mid + Fecha.

* a mediados de semana = midweek.

* a media jornada = half-time [half time].

* a media mañana = mid-morning.

* a medianoche = at midnight.

* a medias = half-hearted [halfhearted], qualified.

* a medias entre... y... = betwixt and between.

* a medida = custom, bespoke.

* a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medida que pasaba el tiempo = as time passed (by), as time went by.

* a medida que pasa el tiempo = as time passes (by).

* a medida que pasa + Expresión Temporal = as + Expresión Temporal + go by.

* a medida que + pasar + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + pasar + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medida que se necesite = on demand, on request, as required.

* a medida que + transcurrir + el año = as the year + wear on.

* a medida que + transcurrir + el día = as the day + wear on.

* a medio abrir = half-opened.

* a medio camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a medio comprender = half-understood.

* a medio formar = half-formed.

* a medio fuego = medium heat.

* a medio hacer = halfway done, half done.

* a medio plazo = medium-term, near-term, in the medium term, in the mid-term, mid-term [midterm].

* a medio rimar = half-rhymed.

* a medio vestir = half dressed.

* a menor escala = at a reduced rate.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* a menudo = oftentimes [often times], ofttimes [oft-times].

* a merced de = at the mercy of.

* a mí = me.

* a mi entender = to my mind.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a mi parecer = to my mind, methinks, in my books.

* a mitad de = half way through, halfway through.

* a mitad de camino = halfway [half-way/half way].

* a mitad de camino entre... y... = midway between, half way between... and....

* a mitad de camino entre... y... = astride... and....

* a mitad de precio = at half price.

* a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* a mogollón = aplenty [a-plenty].

* a montón = aplenty [a-plenty].

* a montones = in droves, by the sackful.

* a muchos niveles = many-levelled [many-leveled, -USA].

* a muerte = bitter, bitterly.

* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.

* a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* a nivel de calle = on the ground level.

* a nivel de la calle = at ground level.

* a nivel del suelo = at ground level.

* a nivel estatal = statewide [state-wide].

* a nivel federal = federally, federally.

* a nivel individual = privately.

* a nivel local = locally, domestically.

* a nivel multicultural = multi-culturally [multiculturally].

* a nivel mundial = worldwide [world-wide], globally.

* a nivel nacional = nationally, domestically, countrywide [country-wide].

* a nivel privado = privately.

* a nivel regional = regionally.

* a nombre de = payable to.

* a no ser que = unless.

* a nosotros = us.

* a ojo = ocular.

* a ojos vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* a orillas del océano = oceanfront.

* a orillas del río = riverfront.

* a orillas de un lago = lakeside, lakefront, by the lakeside.

* a otro sitio = somewhere else.

* a pares = in pairs.

* a partes iguales = share and share alike, in equal measure(s).

* a partir de = on the basis of, based on, working from, from, on a diet of, in response to.

* a partir de ahora = from now on, from this point on, henceforth, as of now.

* a partir de ahora y durante + Cuantificador + años = for + Cuantificador + years to come.

* a partir de aquí = hereupon.

* a partir de ello = therefrom.

* a partir de entonces = from this time on, hereafter, thereafter, whereafter, from then on, thenceforth, henceforth, from that moment on.

* a partir de ese momento = from that moment on.

* a partir de este momento = hereinafter.

* a partir de esto = on this basis, on that basis.

* a partir de + Fecha = from + Fecha, effective + Fecha.

* a partir de hoy = as from today.

* a partir de la medianoche = late night.

* a partir de los títulos = title-based.

* a paso de tortuga = at a snail's pace.

* a paso ligero = on the double.

* a pasos agigantados = at an exponential rate, at exponential rates, by leaps and bounds.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* a pequeña escala = in a small way, small scale [small-scale].

* a perpetuidad = in perpetuity.

* a pesar de (que) = albeit (that), despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, although, despite the fact that, in spite of the fact that.

* a pesar de todo = all the same, in spite of everything, despite everything, despite it all, in spite of it all, all this said.

* a pesar de todo + Posesivo + Nombre = for all + Posesivo + Nombre.

* a petición de = at the request of, at the urging of, at the behest of.

* a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.

* a petición popular = by popular demand.

* a pie = on foot, afoot, dismounted.

* a pilas = battery-operated.

* a pique = sinking.

* a placer = at will.

* a plena luz del día = in broad daylight.

* a poca distancia = not far behind.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a poca distancia a pie = within an easy walk, within walking distance.

* a pocos minutos andando = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos a pie = within walking distance, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a porrillo = by the handful.

* a + Posesivo + aire = to + Posesivo + heart's content.

* a + Posesivo + alcance = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range.

* a + Posesivo + costa = at + Posesivo + expense.

* a + Posesivo + cuidado = in + Posesivo + safekeeping.

* a + Posesivo + discreción = at will, at + Posesivo + discretion.

* a + Posesivo + disposición = at + Posesivo + disposal.

* a + Posesivo + entender = to the best of + Posesivo + belief.

* a + Posesivo + espaldas = behind + Posesivo + back.

* a + Posesivo + expensas = at + Posesivo + expense.

* a + Posesivo + favor = in + Posesivo + favour, to + Posesivo + credit.

* a + Posesivo + juicio = in + Posesivo + estimation.

* a + Posesivo + manera = in + Posesivo + own way.

* a + Posesivo + saber = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge.

* a + Posesivo + saber y entender = to the best of + Posesivo + knowledge and belief.

* a + Posesivo + servicio = at + Posesivo + service.

* a + Posesivo + sorprender = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* a + Posesivo + vista = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes.

* a posteriori = reactive, in retrospect, after-the-fact, hindsight, with hindsight, a posteriori, in hindsight.

* a precio de coste = at cost price, at cost.

* a precio de costo = at cost price, at cost.

* a precio de ganga = at a steal.

* a precio especial = at reduced cost, discounted, cut-rate, cut-price.

* a precio razonable = at reasonable cost(s).

* a precio reducido = at a discount.

* a precios competitivos = competitively priced.

* a precios especiales = at reduced rates, at preferential rates.

* a precios razonables = at affordable prices.

* a presión = pressurised [pressurized, -USA].

* a primera hora de la mañana = first thing in the morning.

* a primera hora de + Período del Día = first thing + Período del Día.

* a primeras horas de la tarde = late afternoon.

* a primera vista = on first acquaintance, at first sight, on first inspection, on the face of it, at first blush, at first glance, on the surface, prima facie, first-blush.

* a primeros de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* a principios de + Fecha = in the early + Fecha.

* a principios de los + Década = early + Década, the.

* a priori = proactive [pro-active], foresight, a priori, on the surface.

* a prisa = quickly.

* a propósito = deliberate, for the record, incidentally, intentionally, by the way, in passing, anecdotally, purposely, by design, on purpose, wilfully [willfully, -USA], on a sidenote, studiously, by the way of (a) digression, by the by(e), speaking of which, designedly.

* a propósito de = apropos of.

* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.

* a prueba = on trial.

* a prueba de bombas = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA], bomb-proof.

* a prueba de conejos = rabbit-proof.

* a prueba de fallos = fail-safe.

* a prueba de incendios = fireproof [fire-proof].

* a prueba de niños = childproof.

* a prueba de robos = theft proof.

* a prueba de tornados = tornado proof.

* a prueba de un tratamiento duro = ruggedised [ruggedized, -USA].

* a prueba de viento = windproof.

* a puerta cerrada = behind closed doors.

* a punta de pistola = at gunpoint.

* a punto de = on the verge of, a heartbeat away from.

* a punto de + Infinitivo = about to + Infinitivo.

* a punto de irse a pique = on the rocks.

* a punto de morir = on + Posesivo + deathbed.

* a puñados = by the sackful, by the handful.

* a quemarropa = point blank.

* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.

* a quienquiera que = whomever.

* a rachas = by fits and starts.

* a ráfagas = in bursts.

* a raíz de = in the wake of.

* a rajatabla = to the letter.

* a ras de = flush with.

* a ras de la calle = ground-floor.

* a ras del suelo = at ground level.

* a rastras = in tow.

* a ratos = intermittently.

* a reacción = jet-assisted.

* a rebosar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* a regañadientes = grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly, reluctantly.

* a régimen = on a diet.

* a remolque = in tow.

* a reventar (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

* a saber = namely, viz, to wit.

* a sabiendas = knowing, knowingly, wilfully [willfully, -USA].

* a sabiendas de que = on the understanding that.

* a sacudidas = jerkily.

* a saltitos = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* a salvo = in a safe place, in safekeeping, out of harm's way.

* a sangre fría = cold-blooded.

* a ser posible = if possible.

* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* a solas = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* a su debido tiempo = in due course, timely, in due time.

* a sueldo = paid.

* a su precio normal = at full price.

* a su propio ritmo = at an individual pace.

* a su tiempo = in a timely fashion, in due course, in a timely manner.

* a su vez = Verbo + further, in turn, in its/their turn.

* a tal efecto = to this effect.

* a tales efectos = hereto.

* a tarifa reducida = at reduced cost.

* a tarifas especiales = at reduced rates, at preferential rates.

* a temperatura ambiente = at room temperature.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* a tenor de = in light of, in the face of, in the light of, in view of.

* a ti = you, thee.

* a tiempo = in timely fashion, on time, promptly, timely, just in time, in time.

* a tiempo completo = full-time.

* a tiempo parcial = part-time.

* a tientas = in the dark.

* a tientas y a ciegas = blindly, in the dark.

* a ti mismo = yourself, thyself.

* a tiro = within gunshot, within range.

* a tirones = jerky [jerkier -comp., jerkiest -sup.].

* a título de = by way of, for the sake of.

* a título gratuito = gratuitous.

* a título personal = in a personal capacity, in a private capacity.

* a toda costa = absolutely, at all costs, come what may, at any cost, at any price.

* a toda máquina = in the fast lane, fast lane, full steam ahead, at full tilt, full-tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a toda marcha = at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a toda mecha = at a rate of knots, full steam ahead, at full blast, at full throttle, at top speed, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a toda pasta = at a rate of knots.

* a toda pastilla = in the fast lane, on the fast track, fast lane, overdrive, full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at a rate of knots, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a toda prueba = unswerving.

* a todas horas = at all hours, around the clock.

* a todas luces = patently.

* a todas partes = far and wide.

* a toda velocidad = full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed.

* a todo alrededor = all round.

* a todo color = full-colour, in full colour.

* a todo gas = full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a todo lo largo de = the length of.

* a todo meter = full steam ahead, at full stretch, at full speed, at full blast, at top speed, at full throttle.

* a todo ritmo = in full swing, in full force, in full gear.

* a todos lados = far and wide.

* a todos los efectos = to all intents and purposes, to all intents, for all practical purposes, for all intents and purposes.

* a todos los niveles = at all levels.

* a todos nosotros = us all.

* a todos por igual = one size fits all.

* a todo vapor = full steam ahead, full-tilt, at full tilt, full-throttle, at full throttle, at top speed, at full blast, at full speed, at full stretch.

* a todo volumen = at full blast.

* a tontas y a ciegas = headlong, runaway.

* a tontas y locas = like there's no tomorrow, without rhyme or reason.

* a tope = packed to capacity, in the fast lane, fast lane, choc-a-block, chock-full, in full swing, in full gear, packed to the rafters.

* a trancas y barrancas = with great difficulty, by fits and starts.

* a través de = by way of, in the form of, through, via, out of, through the agency of.

* a través de Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* a través de la historia = over time.

* a través de la TI = IT-enabled.

* a través de la web = Web-based, Web-supported.

* a través de los años = over the years, down the years.

* a través de los ojos de = through the eyes of.

* a través de los siglos = over the centuries.

* a través del teléfono = call-in.

* a través del tiempo = over time.

* a través de operador = operator-assisted.

* a tres bandas = three pronged.

* a tres niveles = three-tiered.

* a troche y moche = like there's no tomorrow.

* a trompicones = by fits and starts.

* a tropezones = falteringly, hesitantly, haltingly, jerkily.

* a trozos = piecewise.

* ¡A tu salud! = Here's to you!.

* a última hora = at the last minute, at the eleventh hour, last minute [last-minute], at the very last minute, at the very last moment, at the very last.

* a últimas horas de la tarde = late evening.

* a últ

* * *

a

prep

La preposición a suele emplearse precedida de ciertos verbos como empezar, ir, oler, sonar etc, en cuyo caso ver bajo el respectivo verbo.

No se traduce cuando introduce el complemento directo de persona (ser humano, pronombres personales que lo representan como quien, alguien, etc) o un nombre con un objeto o animal personalizado: amo a mi patria = I love my country, pasear al perro = to walk the dog.

En los casos en que precede al artículo definido el para formar la contracción al, ver bajo la siguiente entrada, donde también se encontrarán otros ejemplos y usos de a.

A (en relaciones de espacio, lugar)

1 (indicando dirección) to

voy a México/a la fiesta I'm going to Mexico/to the party

voy a casa I'm going home

dobla a la derecha turn right

se cayó al río she fell into the river

ver tb entrar, llegar, etc

2 (indicando posición) at

estaban sentados a la mesa they were sitting at the table

a orillas del Ebro on the banks of the Ebro

se sentó al sol he sat in the sun

se sentó a mi derecha he sat down to the right of me o on my right

a la vuelta de la esquina around the corner

queda al norte de Toledo it's (to the) north of Toledo

ver tb costado, lado

3

(indicando distancia): está a diez kilómetros de aquí it's ten kilometers from here, it's ten kilometers away

está a unos 20 minutos de aquí it takes o it's about 20 minutes from here, it's a 20 minute drive ( o walk etc) from here

B (en relaciones de tiempo)

1 (señalando hora, momento, fecha) at

abren a las ocho they open at eight o'clock

¿a qué hora vengo? what time shall I come?

a eso de las dos at around o about two o'clock

a la hora del almuerzo at lunchtime

a mediados de abril in mid-April

hoy estamos a 20 it's the 20th today

al día siguiente the next o following day

empezó a hablar a los diez meses he started talking when he was ten months old o at ten months

llegó a la mañana/noche ( RPl); he arrived in the morning/at night

2 al + INF:

se cayó al bajar del autobús she fell as she was getting off the bus

al verlo me di cuenta de que ya no lo quería when I saw him o on seeing him, I realized that I no longer loved him

al salir de la estación torcí a la izquierda I turned left out of the station

3

(indicando distancia en el tiempo): a escasos minutos de su llegada (después) just a few minutes after she arrived; (antes) just a few minutes before she arrived

trabajan de lunes a viernes/de una a cinco they work (from) Monday to Friday/from one to five

a los diez minutos del primer tiempo ten minutes into the first half o after ten minutes of the first half

estaré en París de martes a jueves I'll be in Paris from Tuesday until Thursday, I'll be in Paris Tuesday through Thursday ( AmE)

C

(en relaciones de proporción, equivalencia): tres veces al día/a la semana three times a day/a week

sale a 2.000 euros por cabeza it works out at 2,000 euros per person

iban a 100 kilómetros por hora they were going (at) 100 kilometers per hour

nos ganaron cinco a tres they beat us by five points to three, they beat us five three o ( AmE) five to three

D

(indicando modo, estilo): fuimos a pie/a caballo we walked/rode, we went on foot/on horseback

pollo al horno/a la brasa roast/barbecued chicken

un peinado a lo Rodolfo Valentino a Rudolph Valentino hairstyle

a crédito on credit

ilustraciones a todo color full-color illustrations

una tela a rayas a piece of striped material

E (en complementos verbales)

1

(introduciendo el complemento directo de persona): ¿viste a José? did you see José?

la policía está buscando al asesino the police are looking for the murderer

no he leído a Freud I haven't read (any) Freud

[ the personal a is only used when a specific person or persons are involved

busca una secretaria bilingüe he's looking for a bilingual secretary

]

2

(introduciendo el complemento indirecto): le escribió una carta a su padre he wrote a letter to his father, he wrote his father a letter

dáselo/dáselos a ella give it/them to her

les enseña inglés a mis hijos she teaches my children English

suave al tacto soft to the touch

agradable al oído pleasing to the ear

3

(indicando procedencia): se lo compré a una gitana I bought it from o ( colloq) off a gipsy

F

1 (en complementos de finalidad) to

enséñale a nadar teach him to swim

fue a preguntar he went to ask

a que + SUBJ:

los instó a que participaran he urged them to take part

voy a ir a que me hagan un chequeo I'm going to go and have a checkup

2 ( fam)

(para): ¿a qué tanta ceremonia? what's all the fuss for?

¿a qué le fuiste a decir eso? what did you go and tell him that for?

3

a por ( Esp fam): bajo a por pan I'm going down to get some bread o for some bread ( colloq)

¿quién va a ir a por los niños? who's going to fetch o get the children?

¡a por ello! go for it!

G (señalando una acción que ha de realizarse) a + INF:

los puntos a tratar en la reunión de mañana the points to be discussed at tomorrow's meeting

es una idea a tener en cuenta it's an idea to bear in mind o that should be borne in mind

total a pagar total payable

horario a convenir hours to be arranged

H

1

(en órdenes): ¡a la cama, niños! off to bed, children!

¡a callar! shut up! ( colloq)

vamos ¡a trabajar! come on, let's get some work done!

2 (con valor condicional) a + INF:

a decir verdad to tell you the truth

a juzgar por lo que tú dices judging from what you say

3 ( fam)

(en cuanto a): a tozudo no hay quien le gane when it comes to being stubborn there's nobody like him

4

(indicando causa): a petición del interesado ( frml); at the request of the interested party

al + INF:

al no saber idiomas está en desventaja as he doesn't speak any languages he is at a disadvantage, he's at a disadvantage not speaking any languages

5

(expresando desafío): ¿a que no sabes qué nota me puso? you'll never guess what mark she gave me!

tú no te atreverías — ¿a que sí? you wouldn't dare — do you want to o a bet? ( colloq)

¡a que no puedes! bet you can't! ( colloq)

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Multiple Entries:
A
a
A,
◊ a sustantivo femenino (pl aes) (read as /a/) the letter A, a

a preposición Nota:
La preposición a suele emplearse precedida de ciertos verbos como empezar, ir, oler, sonar etc, en cuyo caso ver bajo el respectivo verbo.No se traduce cuando introduce el complemento directo de persona (ser humano, pronombres personales que lo representan, como quien, alguien, algún etc) o un nombre con un objeto o animal personalizado: amo a mi patria = I love my country, paseo a mi perro = I walk my dog.En los casos en que precede al artículo definido el para formar la contracción al, ver bajo la siguiente entrada, donde también se encontrarán otros ejemplos y usos de a.
1
a) ( indicando dirección) to;

◊ voy a México/la tienda I'm going to Mexico/to the shop;

voy a casa I'm going home;
se cayó al río she fell into the river
b) ( indicando posición):

◊ estaban sentados a la mesa they were sitting at the table;

a orillas del Ebro on the banks of the Ebro;
se sentó al sol he sat in the sun;
se sentó a mi derecha he sat down on my right
c) ( indicando distancia):

◊ a diez kilómetros de aquí ten kilometers from here

2
a) (señalando hora, momento) at;

◊ a las ocho at eight o'clock;

a la hora de comer at lunch time;
¿a qué hora vengo? what time shall I come?;
a mediados de abril in mid-April;
al día siguiente the next o following day
b) ( señalando fecha):

◊ hoy estamos a lunes/a 20 today is Monday/it's the 20th today

c) al + inf:

◊ se cayó al bajar del tren she fell as she was getting off the train;

al enterarse de la noticia when he learnt o on learning the news
d) ( indicando distancia en el tiempo):

◊ a escasos minutos de su llegada ( después) a few minutes after she arrived;

( antes) a few minutes before she arrived;
◊ de lunes a viernes (from) Monday to Friday

3 (en relaciones de proporción, equivalencia):
◊ tres veces al día three times a day;

sale a 100 euros cada uno it works out at 100 euros each;
a 100 kilómetros por hora (at) 100 kilometers per hour;
nos ganaron cinco a tres they beat us five three o (AmE) five to three
4 (indicando modo, medio, estilo):
◊ a pie/a caballo on foot/on horseback;

a crédito on credit;
funciona a pilas it runs on batteries;
a mano by hand;
a rayas striped;
vestirse a lo punk to wear punk clothes
5
a) ( introduciendo el complemento directo de persona):

◊ ¿viste a José? did you see José?;

no he leído a Freud I haven't read (any) Freud
b) ( introduciendo el complemento indirecto) to;

◊ le escribió una carta a su padre he wrote a letter to his father, he wrote his father a letter;

dáselo a ella give it to her;
les enseña inglés a mis hijos she teaches my children English;
le echó (la) llave a la puerta she locked the door
c) ( indicando procedencia):

◊ se lo compré a una gitana I bought it from o (colloq) off a gipsy

A, a f (letra) A
'A' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
a. C.
- a.m.
- abajeña
- abajeño
- abanderada
- abanderado
- abandonar
- abandonada
- abandonado
- abanico
- abarquillada
- abarquillado
- abarrotada
- abarrotado
- abasto
- abatida
- abatido
- abatirse
- abdicar
- aberración
- abertura
- abierta
- abierto
- abigarrada
- abigarrado
- abigarrar
- ablandar
- ablusada
- ablusado
- abnegada
- abnegado
- abobada
- abobado
- abocada
- abocado
- abogacía
- abogada
- abogado
- abombada
- abombado
- abonar
- abonada
- abonado
- abonarse
- abono
- abordar
- abordaje
- aborregar
- abortar
- abortiva
English:
A
- A-level
- a.m.
- abandon
- abandoned
- abide by
- ability
- abject
- abnormal
- aboard
- aborigine
- abortion
- abortive
- about
- above
- above-board
- above-mentioned
- abrasive
- abreast
- abridged
- abrupt
- absent
- absent-minded
- absolute
- absolutely
- absorbed
- abstemious
- abstract
- absurd
- abundant
- abuse
- abusive
- abysmal
- academic
- academy
- accede
- accent
- acceptable
- access
- accident-prone
- accidental
- accidentally
- acclimatized
- accommodate
- accommodation
- accomplish
- accomplished
- account
- account for
- accountable

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A

1. (abrev de autopista) Br M, US freeway

2. (abrev de alfil) [en notación de ajedrez] B

A, a [a] nf
[letra] A, a;
Comp

si por a o por be… if for any reason…

* * *

a

prp

1 dirección to;

al este de to the east of;

a casa home;

ir a la cama/al cine go to bed/to the movies;

¡a trabajar! get to work!;

vamos a Buenos Aires we’re going to Buenos Aires;

voy a casa de Marta I’m going to Marta’s (house)

2 situación at;

a la mesa at the table;

al lado de next to;

a la derecha on the right;

al sol in the sun;

a treinta kilómetros de Cuzco thirty kilometers from Cuzco;

está a cinco kilómetros it’s five kilometers away

3 tiempo

:

¿a qué hora llegas? what time do you arrive?;

a las tres at three o’clock;

de once a doce from eleven (o’clock) to twelve;

estamos a quince de febrero it’s February fifteenth;

a los treinta años at the age of thirty;

a la llegada del tren when the train arrives

4 modo

:

a la española the Spanish way;

a mano by hand;

a pie on foot;

a 50 kilómetros por hora at fifty kilometers an hour

5 precio

:

¿a cómo o

cuánto está? how much is it?;

están a dos pesos el kilo they are two pesos a kilo

6 objeto indirecto

:

dáselo a tu hermano give it to your brother

7 objeto directo

:

vi a mi padre I saw my father

8 en perífrasis verbal

:

empezar a begin to;

jugar a las cartas play cards;

decidirse a hacer algo decide to do sth;

voy a comprarlo I’m going to buy it;

a decir verdad to tell the truth

9 para introducir pregunta

:

¿a que no lo sabes? I bet you don’t know;

a ver OK, right;

a ver lo que pasa ahora let’s see what happens now

(a)

abr (= alias) aka (= also known as)

* * *

a nf

: first letter of the Spanish alphabet

a prep

1) : to

nos vamos a México: we're going to Mexico

2) (used before direct or indirect objects referring to persons)

¿llamaste a tu papá?: did you call your dad?

como a usted le guste: as you wish

3) : in the manner of

papas a la francesa: french fries

4) : on, by means of

a pie: on foot

5) : per, each

tres pastillas al día: three pills per day

6) (with infinitive)

enséñales a leer: teach them to read

problemas a resolver: problems to be solved

* * *

a prep

1. (dirección) to

voy al colegio I'm going to school

fueron al cine they went to the cinema

vamos a casa let's go home

gira a la derecha turn right

2. (posición) at

te esperaré a la salida I'll wait for you at the exit

hay un buzón al final de la calle there's a postbox at the end of the road

está a la izquierda it's on the left

3. (distancia) away

está a un kilómetro de aquí it's one kilometre from here / it's one kilometre away

vivimos a 20 kilómetros we live 20 kilometres away

4. (tiempo) at

llegaron a las cinco they arrived at 5 o'clock

a la hora de comer at lunchtime

estamos a 17 it's the 17th today

abrimos de 9 a 5 we open from 9 to 5

5. (distribución, cantidad, medida, precio) a / at

dos veces al año twice a year

a 120 kilómetros por hora at 120 kilometres per hour

tocamos a 1.000 cada uno it works out at 1,000 each

las fresas están a 400 pesetas el kilo strawberries are 400 pesetas a kilo

ganaron dos a uno they won two one

6. (modo)

fui a pie I walked / I went on foot

escrito a máquina typewritten

hecho a mano handmade / made by hand

7. (complemento directo)

llama a tu hermano phone your brother

¿has visto a Iván? have you seen Iván?

8. (complemento indirecto en general) to

he escrito una carta a mi amiga I've written a letter to my friend

dámelo a mí give it to me

9. (para) for

les compré unos caramelos a los niños I bought some sweets for the children

10. (de) from

se lo compré a mi vecino I bought it from my neighbour

Spanish-English dictionary > a
8 para

prep.

1 for.

es para ti it's for you

una mesa para el salón a table for the living room

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand

¿para qué? what for?

2 (in order) to.

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you

3 toward.

ir para casa to head (for) home

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport

4 for (time).

tiene que estar acabado para mañana it has to be finished by o for tomorrow

diez para las once ten to eleven (Am salvo RP)

5 to.

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: parar.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: parir.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: parar.

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para

► preposición

1 (finalidad) for

■ he comprado un regalo para mi abuela I've bought a present for my grandmother

■ es para su cumpleaños it's for her birthday

2 (uso, utilidad) for

■ los cuchillos son para cortar, no para jugar con ellos knives are for cutting, not for playing with

■ ¿tienes algo para el dolor de cabeza? have you got anything for a headache?

3 (destino, dirección) for, to

■ salimos para Lugo el domingo we leave for Lugo on Sunday

■ el tren para Toledo sale a las 18.00 the train to Toledo leaves at 18.00

■ ¿para dónde vas? where are you going?

■ voy para allá inmediatamente I'll be there in a minute

4 (tiempo, fechas límites) by, before

■ lo necesito para el viernes I need it by Friday

■ la carretera estará acabada para antes del verano the road will be finished before the summer

5 (comparación) for

■ para los años que tiene está muy activa she's very active for her age

■ pesa poquísimo para lo grande que es it's very light for its size

► conjunción

1 (finalidad) to, in order to

■ lo hice para ahorrar tiempo I did it to save time

■ para estar sano es preciso comer bien in order to be healthy one must eat properly

2 (suficiente) enough

■ tal como nos han tratado es para no volver nunca más the way they treated us is enough to make you never go back there again

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FRASEOLOGÍA

para entonces by then

para con towards, to

■ han sido muy injustos para con los empleados they have been very unfair to their employees

■ cumplió con sus obligaciones para con la iglesia he fulfilled his obligations to the church

para que so that

■ déjale una nota a tu madre para que sepa dónde estás leave your mother a note so that she knows where you are

■ cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

■ aún es pronto para que vuelvan it's still too early for them to be back

¿para qué? what for?

■ ¿para qué has comprado eso? what did you buy that for?

¡que para qué! familiar very, really, terribly

■ ¡hace un frío que para qué! it's freezing

■ ¡es más torpe que para qué! she's so clumsy!

* * *

prep.

1) for

2) to

3) towards

4) by

•

- para adelante
- para detrás
- para que
* * *
I
PREP

1) [indicando finalidad, uso] for

un regalo para ti — a present for you

psicológicamente no estoy preparado para eso — I'm not psychologically ready for that

es demasiado cara para nosotros — it's too dear for us, it's beyond our means

no tengo para el viaje — I haven't got enough money for the trip

léelo para ti — read it to yourself

nació para poeta — he was born to be a poet

ya no estoy para estos trotes — I'm not up to this sort of thing anymore

yo no valgo para esto — I'm no good at this

una taza para café — a coffee cup

laca para el pelo — hairspray

para esto, podíamos habernos quedado en casa — if this is it, we might as well have stayed at home

2)

para que —

a) + subjun

lo traje para que lo vieras — I brought it so (that) you could see it

es para que lo leas — it's for you to read

un regalo para que te acuerdes de mí — a present for you to remember me by

para que eso fuera posible tendrías que trabajar mucho — you would have to work hard for that to be possible

b) [en preguntas]

¿para qué lo quieres? — why do you want it?, what do you want it for?

¿para qué sirve? — what's it for?

-¿por qué no se lo dices? -¿para qué? — "why don't you tell her?" - "what's the point o use?"

tú ya has pasado por eso, ¿para qué te voy a contar? — you've already been through that, so there's no point o use me telling you

que para qué * —

tengo un hambre que para qué — [uso enfático] I'm absolutely starving *

hay un embotellamiento que para qué — there's a huge traffic jam

3) + infin

a) [indicando finalidad] to

lo hizo para salvarse — he did it (in order) to save himself

para comprarlo necesitas cinco dólares más — to buy it you need another five dollars

estoy ahorrando para comprarme una moto — I'm saving up to buy a motorbike, I'm saving up for a motorbike

entré despacito para no despertarla — I went in slowly so as not to wake her

no es para comer — it's not for eating, it's not to be eaten

tengo bastante para vivir — I have enough to live on

es muy tarde para salir — it's too late to go out

b) [indicando secuencia temporal]

se casaron para separarse en seguida — they married only to separate soon after

el rey visitará Argentina para volar después a Chile — the king will visit Argentina and then fly on to Chile

4) [con expresiones de tiempo]

con esto tengo para rato — this will take me a while

lo dejamos para mañana — let's leave it till tomorrow

tengo muchos deberes para mañana — I have a lot of homework to do for tomorrow

lo recordaré para siempre — I'll remember it forever

ahora para las vacaciones de agosto hará un año — it'll be a year ago this o come the August holiday

va para un año desde la última vez — it's getting on for a year since the last time

lo tendré listo para fin de mes — I'll have it ready by o for the end of the month

para entonces ya era tarde — it was already too late by then

para las dos estaba lloviendo — by two o'clock it was raining

un cuarto para las diez — LAm a quarter to ten

son cinco para las ocho — LAm it's five to eight

5) [indicando dirección]

para atrás — back, backwards

para la derecha — to the right

el autobús para Marbella — the bus for Marbella, the Marbella bus

iba para el metro — I was going towards the underground

ir para casa — to go home, head for home

salir para Panamá — to leave for Panama

6) [indicando opiniones]

para mí que miente — in my opinion o if you ask me he's lying

no hay niño feo para una madre — all mothers think their baby is beautiful

7) [en comparaciones]

es mucho para lo que suele dar — this is a lot in comparison with what he usually gives

¿quién es usted para gritarme así? — who are you to shout at me like that?

para profesor habla muy mal — he doesn't speak very clearly for a teacher

para ser un niño lo hace muy bien — he does it very well for a child

para patatas, las de mi pueblo — if it's potatoes you want, look no further than my home town

para ruidosos, los españoles — there's nobody like the Spaniards for being noisy

8) [indicando trato]

para con — to, towards

tan amable para con todos — so kind to o towards everybody
estar 1., 7), ir 1., 10) II
* SM paratrooper, para *

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

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= for, for, for the sake of, in order to, in respect of, in the interest(s) of, in the interest(s) of, so as, toward(s), within, in an attempt to, in an effort to, for purposes of, in a bid to, as a means of, in a drive to, in the drive to, if + Nombre + be + to.

Ex. For newly created authority entries the date recorded is the date the entry was created.

Ex. This gamut of information presents the indexer and user with problems in choosing access points for conference proceedings.

Ex. The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex. Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Ex. It is perhaps fortunate that the array of terms that are used to describe indexes is a little more restricted than the variety of terms used in respect of catalogues.

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

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

Ex. A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex. Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.

Ex. The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.

Ex. Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Ex. This article discusses the advantages to libraries of computer technology for purposes of bibliographic control and on-line access.

Ex. In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Ex. The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.

Ex. The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex. Some foods such as vegetable preserves which result from complicated and fragile fermentations must be made at specific times of the year if they are to succeed.

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* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

* * *

preposición

Sentido I

1) (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

una carta para él — a letter for him

¿para qué revista escribes? — what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti — read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos — he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? — what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo — he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? — what do you want it for?

¿para qué se lo dijiste? — what did you tell him for?

champú para bebés — baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos — cough mixture

que para qué decirte/hablar — (fam)

tenían un hambre que para qué decirte/hablar — they were starving

2)

para + inf — to + inf

para serte sincero — to tell you the truth

esta agua no es para beber — this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar — it's ready to be painted o for painting

para aprobar — (in order) to pass

entró en puntillas para no despertarla — he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

3)

para que + subj: lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me; pídeselo - ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it - so he can say no?; cierra para que no nos oigan — close the door so (that) they don't hear us

4) ( expresando consecuencia) to

para su desgracia — unfortunately for him

para mi sorpresa — (much) to my surprise

Sentido II

5) ( expresando suficiencia) for

no hay para todos — there isn't enough for everybody

no es para tanto — it's not that bad

para + inf: soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it; bastante tengo yo (como) para estar ocupándome de ti I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with yours as well; es (como) para matarlo! (fam) I'll kill him! (colloq); para que + subj: basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa — he only has to appear for her to get flustered

6) (en comparaciones, contrastes)

hace demasiado frío para salir — it's too cold to go out

son altos para su edad — they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está gordo — considering how much he eats, he's not fat

para el caso que me hacen...! — for all the notice they take of me...

para + inf: para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent; ¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?; para que + subj: es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own; tanto esforzarme por ellos para que no te lo agradezcan! — after all that effort I made for them they didn't even say thankyou!

7)

estar para algo/+ inf — ( indicando estado)

no estoy para bromas — I'm in no mood for joking

está para tirarla a la basura — it's only fit for throwing out

no está (como) para salir sin abrigo — it's not warm enough to go out without a coat

8) ( expresando puntos de vista)

para mí que no viene — if you ask me, he won't come

para su padre, es un genio — in his father's opinion o as far as his father's concerned, he is a genius

lo es todo para él — she's everything to him

¿qué es lo más importante para ti? — what's the most important thing for you?

Sentido III

9)

a) ( indicando dirección)

salieron para el aeropuerto — they left for the airport

empuja para arriba — push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? — are you going to o toward(s) the center?

tráelo para acá — bring it over here

córrete para atrás — move back

b) ( en sentido figurado)

ya vamos para viejos — we're getting old o getting on

va para los 50 años — she's going o (BrE) getting on for fifty

Sentido IV

10) ( en relaciones de tiempo)

a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo)

estará listo para el día 15 — it'll be ready by o for the 15th

deberes para el lunes — homework for Monday

faltan cinco minutos para que termine — there are five minutes to go before the end

me lo prometió para después de Pascua — he promised me it for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? — how much have you got left to do?

estará listo para finales de agosto — it'll be ready sometime around the end of August

para entonces estaré en Madrid — I'll be in Madrid (by) then

¿para cuándo espera? — when is the baby due?

tengo hora para mañana — I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to

son cinco para las diez — it's five to ten

11)

a) ( expresando duración)

para siempre — forever

tengo para rato — (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)

esto va para largo — (fam) this is going to take some time

b) ( con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le regalo para el cumpleaños? — what can I give him for his birthday?

12) ( en secuencias de acciones)

se fue para nunca volver — (liter) she went away never to return

salió sólo para volver a entrar — he went out only to come in again

* * *

= for, for, for the sake of, in order to, in respect of, in the interest(s) of, in the interest(s) of, so as, toward(s), within, in an attempt to, in an effort to, for purposes of, in a bid to, as a means of, in a drive to, in the drive to, if + Nombre + be + to.

Ex: For newly created authority entries the date recorded is the date the entry was created.

Ex: This gamut of information presents the indexer and user with problems in choosing access points for conference proceedings.

Ex: The advocates of ISBD originally argued that it was for the sake of the computer.

Ex: Any attempt to organise knowledge must, in order to justify the effort of organisation, have an objective.

Ex: It is perhaps fortunate that the array of terms that are used to describe indexes is a little more restricted than the variety of terms used in respect of catalogues.

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

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

Ex: A catalogue code is a systematic arrangement of laws and statutes so as to avoid inconsistency and duplication in catalogues.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.

Ex: The first treaty of all was designed to pool the coal and steel resources of Europe in an attempt to overcome the devastation of the Second World War and to foster the concept of European unity.

Ex: Many libraries have had fine free days or weeks in an effort to entice strayed material back.

Ex: This article discusses the advantages to libraries of computer technology for purposes of bibliographic control and on-line access.

Ex: In a bid to leapfrog stages of development, some transitional economies are investing heavily in building up information age infrastructures.

Ex: The idea of tiered, or multilayered, citation is proposed as a means of testing this hypothesis = Se propone la idea de citar de una forma estratificada o por niveles para comprobar esta hipótesis.

Ex: The library has contracted out the management of its computerized information system to Dynix in a drive to improve library service.

Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.

Ex: Some foods such as vegetable preserves which result from complicated and fragile fermentations must be made at specific times of the year if they are to succeed.

* ¿para qué sirve... ? = what's the use of... ?.

* para abrir boca = as a kind of + appetiser.

* para actuar = for action.

* para alguna gente = to some people.

* para algunas personas = to some people.

* para algunos = to some.

* para aquel entonces = by then.

* para atraer al cliente = window dressing.

* para beneficio de = for the good of.

* para bien = for the best, for the better.

* para bien de = in the best interests of, for the good of.

* para bien de Alguien = in + Posesivo + best interest.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para bodas = bridal.

* para chuparse los dedos = scrumptious, yummy [yummier -comp., yummiest -sup.].

* para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.

* para colmo = into the bargain, into the bargain, to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse, for good measure, to add insult to injury.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para comenzar diremos que = to begin with.

* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para concluir = in closing, in conclusion, to wrap things up.

* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.

* para cuando = by the time.

* para cubrir gastos = on a cost-recovery basis.

* para cubrirse las espaldas = as a backup.

* para decir la verdad = to be honest.

* para detrimento de = to the neglect of.

* para diario = everyday.

* para disgusto de = to the disgust of.

* para divertirse = for kicks.

* para echar sal en la herida = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para el año próximo = for the year ahead.

* para el arrastre = over the hill.

* para el beneficio de = for the benefit of.

* para el bien de = for the benefit of.

* para el caso = for that matter.

* para el esparcimiento = recreational.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* para ello = to that end, to this end, to that effect, therefor.

* para el ocio = recreational.

* para el que lo quiera = up for grabs.

* para embalsamar = embalming.

* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* para empezar = for one, initially, to start with, to begin with, for starters, first off.

* para entonces = by then.

* para escribir con mayúsculas = in a shifted position.

* para eso = therefor.

* para este fin = to this end.

* para esto = therefor.

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* para expresar dimensiones = by.

* para + Fecha = by + Fecha.

* para finales de = by the end of.

* para finales de + Expresión Temporal = by the close of + Expresión Temporal.

* para finalizar = in closing.

* para fines múltiples = multipurpose [multi-purpose].

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para hacer dinero = money-making.

* para hacer esto = in this.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* para hacer juego = to match.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* para hacer las paces = peace offering.

* para hacerlo + Adjetivo = for + Nombre's sake.

* para hacer más fácil = for ease of.

* para impresionar = for effect.

* para + Infinitivo = for + Gerundio.

* para jóvenes = youth-serving.

* para la eternidad = in perpetuity.

* para la evaluación de hipótesis = hypothesis-testing.

* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.

* para la gestión de información textual = text-handling.

* para la posteridad = for posterity.

* para la web = Web-related.

* para llamar la atención = for effect.

* para mantener ocupado = keep-busy.

* para mantener(se) ocupado = keep-busy.

* para más información = for further details.

* para más inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mayor información sobre = for details of.

* para mayor información véase + Nombre = see + Nombre + for further details.

* para mayor inri = to cap it all (off), on top of everything else, but to make things worse, but to make matters worse.

* para mí = for myself.

* para microordenadores = micro-computer based.

* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.

* para no = so as not to.

* para + Nombre = for + Nombre + purposes.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* para novias = bridal.

* para + Número = seat + Número.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* para orquesta = orchestral.

* para otra ocasión = for future reference.

* para para lavarse la cara = washrag.

* para partirse de risa = side-splitting.

* para PCs = PC-based.

* para pelearse hacen falta dos = it takes two to tangle, it takes two to tango, it takes two to make a quarrel.

* para personas con intereses similares = birds-of-a-feather.

* para + Posesivo + disgusto = to + Posesivo + chagrin.

* para + Posesivo + gran sorpresa = much to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para + Posesivo + propio bien = for + Posesivo + own good.

* para + Posesivo + sorpresa = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para posteriores usos = for subsequent use.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* para + Pronombre Personal = in + Posesivo + eyes.

* para protegerse = protectively.

* para que = in order that, so that, seeing that.

* para que así conste = for the record.

* para que este sea el caso = for this to be the case.

* para que esto sea así = for this to be the case.

* para que no falte = for good measure.

* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.

* para que no + Subjuntivo = if + Nombre + be not + to + Infinitivo, lest + Frase Verbal.

* para que no vaya a faltar = for good measure.

* para que quede constancia = for the record.

* para que quede más claro = for main effects.

* para que vayamos pensando = food for thought.

* para resumir = to sum up, to sum it up, to make a long story short, to recap, to cut a long story short, simply put, simply stated.

* para ser específico = to be specific.

* para ser franco = to be blunt, in all honesty.

* para ser más explícito = to elaborate a little further.

* para ser sincero = to be blunt, to be honest, in all honesty.

* para siempre = forever, in perpetuity, for good, eternally, terminally, ever after.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para sorpresa de todos = to everyone's surprise.

* para sorpresa + Posesivo = to + Posesivo + surprise.

* para su fácil + Nombre = for ease of + Nombre.

* para su posterior uso = for subsequent use.

* para su uso posterior = for subsequent use.

* para terminar = in closing.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* para toda la industria = industry-wide.

* para toda la universidad = university-wide.

* para toda la vida = lifelong [life-long], for life.

* para todo el mercado = industry-wide.

* para todos los efectos prácticos = for all practical purposes.

* para todos por igual = across the board [across-the-board].

* para todo tipo de tiempo = all-weather.

* para todo uso = all-purpose.

* para tomar medidas = for action.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* para una única ocasión = one-time.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* para uso del profesional = professional-use.

* para uso industrial = heavy-duty.

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* para usos posteriores = for subsequent use.

* para vergüenza + Pronombre Posesivo = to + Posesivo + shame.

* sin parar = interminably.

* * *

para

prep

Sentido I

A (expresando destino, finalidad, intención) for

tengo buenas noticias para ustedes I have some good news for you

¿para qué revista escribes? what magazine do you write for?

lee para ti read to yourself

fue muy amable para con todos he was very friendly to everyone

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?

no sirve para este trabajo he's no good at this kind of work

¿para qué lo quieres? what do you want it for?

¿para qué tuviste que ir a decírselo? what did you have to go and tell him for?, why did you have to go and tell him?

champú para bebés baby shampoo

jarabe para la tos cough mixture

que para qué (decirte/hablar) ( fam): hacía un frío que para qué (decirte) it was freezing cold ( colloq)

venían con un hambre que para qué (hablar) or para qué te voy a contar they were starving o so hungry when they got here!

B para + INF to + INF

está ahorrando para comprarse un coche she's saving up for a car o to buy a car

esta agua no es para beber this isn't drinking water

está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting

para serte sincero to tell you the truth

como para convencerse a sí misma as if to convince herself

para pasar al curso siguiente (in order) to go on to the next year

no hay que ser muy inteligente para darse cuenta you don't have to be very intelligent to realize that

nos cambiamos de sitio para ver mejor we changed places (so as) to see better

para no + INF so as not to + INF

entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her

C para QUE + SUBJ:

lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me

pídeselo — ¿para qué? ¿para que me diga que no? ask him for it — what for? so he can say no?

para QUE no + SUBJ:

cierra la puerta para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us

D

1

(enfatizando la culminación de algo): para colmo or para rematarla se apagó la luz to crown o top o cap it all the light went out

2 (expresando efecto, consecuencia) to

para su desgracia unfortunately for him

para mi gran sorpresa to my great surprise, much to my surprise

Sentido II

A (expresando suficiencia) for

no había bastante para todos there wasn't enough for everybody o to go round

tranquilízate, no es para tanto calm down, it's not that bad

para + INF:

apenas tienen para comer they can barely afford to eat

soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it

bastante tengo yo con mis problemas (como) para estar ocupándome de los suyos I've enough problems of my own without having to deal with his as well

¡es (como) para matarlo! ( fam); I'll kill him! ( colloq)

para QUE + SUBJ:

basta que yo diga A para que él diga B if I say it's black, he'll say it's white

basta con que él aparezca para que ella se ponga nerviosa he only has to walk in and she gets flustered

B

(en comparaciones, contrastes): hace demasiado calor para estar al sol it's too hot to be in the sun

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age

para lo que come, no está nada gordo considering how much he eats, he's not at all fat

díselo tú — ¡para el caso que me hacen …! you tell them — for all the notice they take of me …

para + INF:

para haber sido improvisado fue un discurso excelente for an off-the-cuff speech it was excellent, considering it was completely off the cuff it was an excellent speech

¿quién se cree que es para hablarte así? who does she think she is, speaking to you like that o to speak to you like that?

para QUE + SUBJ:

son demasiado grandes para que les estés haciendo todo they're too old for you to be doing everything for them

para que se esté quejando todo el día … if he's going to spend all day complaining …

¡tanto preocuparse por ellos para que después hasta te acusen de metomentodo! all that worrying about them and then they go and accuse you of being a meddler!

C estar para algo/+ INF

(indicando estado): mira que no estoy para bromas look, I'm in no mood for joking o for jokes

estas botas están para tirarlas a la basura these boots are only fit for throwing out o for the trash o ( BrE) for the bin

no está (como) para salir tan de veranillo it's not warm enough to go out in such summery clothes

D

(expresando opiniones, puntos de vista): para mí que ya no viene if you ask me, he won't come now

para el padre, el niño es un Mozart en ciernes in the father's opinion o as far as the father's concerned, the boy is a budding Mozart

tú eres todo para mí you're everything to me

¿para ti qué es lo más importante? what's the most important thing for you?, what do you see as the most important thing?

esto es de gran interés para el lector this is of great interest to the reader

Sentido III

A

(indicando dirección): salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s)

¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?

se los llevó para la casa de los abuelos she took them over to their grandparents' house

tráelo para acá/adentro bring it over here/inside

córrete para atrás move back

B

(en sentido figurado): ya vamos para viejos we're getting old o ( colloq) getting on

va para los 50 años she's pushing fifty ( colloq), she's going o ( BrE) getting on for fifty ( colloq)

Sentido IV (expresando relaciones de tiempo)

A

(señalando un plazo): tiene que estar listo para el día 15 it has to be ready by o for the 15th

¿qué deberes tienes para el lunes? what homework do you have for Monday?

son cinco para las diez ( AmL exc RPl) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]; it's five to ten

faltan cinco minutos para que termine la clase there are five minutes to go before the end of the class

me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised I could have it after Easter, he promised it to me for after Easter

¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?, how long will it take you to finish it?

B

1

(indicando fecha aproximada): piensan casarse para finales de agosto they plan to marry sometime around the end of August

para entonces quién sabe si todavía estaremos vivos who knows if we'll still be alive (by) then?

¿para cuándo espera? when is the baby due?

2 (indicando fecha fija) for

tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow

C

1

(expresando duración): para siempre forever

tengo para rato ( fam); I'm going to be a while (yet), this is going to take me a while (yet)

esto va para largo ( fam); this is going to take some time

2 (con idea de finalidad) for

¿qué le puedo regalar para el cumpleaños? what can I give him for his birthday?

D ( liter)

(en secuencias de acciones): se fue para nunca volver she went away never to return

fue puesto en libertad, para más tarde volver a ser detenido he was set free only to be rearrested later, he was set free but was rearrested later

* * *

Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

para es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo parir: ( conjugate parir)

para es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

Multiple Entries:
para
parar
parir
para preposición
1 (destino, finalidad, intención) for;
◊ una carta para él a letter for him;

¿para qué sirve esto? what's this (used) for?;
champú para bebés baby shampoo;
para eso no voy I might as well not go;
para + inf: ahorra para comprarse un coche he's saving up to buy a car;
tomé un taxi para no llegar tarde I took a taxi so I wouldn't be late;
está listo para pintar it's ready to be painted o for painting;
para aprobar (in order) to pass;
entró en puntillas para no despertarla he went in on tiptoe so as not to wake her;
lo dice para que yo me preocupe he (only) says it to worry me;
cierra para que no nos oigan close the door so (that) they don't hear us
2
a) ( suficiencia) for;

◊ no hay para todos there isn't enough for everybody;

no es para tanto it's not that bad;
soy lo bastante viejo (como) para recordarlo I'm old enough to remember it
b) (en comparaciones, contrastes):

◊ hace demasiado frío para salir it's too cold to go out;

son altos para su edad they're tall for their age;
para lo que come, no está gordo considering how much he eats, he's not fat;
¿quién es él para hablarte así? who does he think he is, speaking to you like that ?;
es mucho para que lo haga sola it's too much for you to do it on your own
1 ( dirección):
◊ salieron para el aeropuerto they left for the airport;

empuja para arriba push up o upward(s);
¿vas para el centro? are you going to o toward(s) the center?
2 ( tiempo)
a) (señalando una fecha, un plazo):

◊ estará listo para el día 15 it'll be ready by o for the 15th;

deberes para el lunes homework for Monday;
faltan cinco minutos para que termine there are five minutes to go before the end;
me lo prometió para después de Pascua he promised me it for after Easter;
¿cuánto te falta para terminar? how much have you got left to do?;
para entonces estaré en Madrid I'll be in Madrid (by) then;
tengo hora para mañana I have an appointment (for) tomorrow
b) (AmL exc RPl) ( al decir la hora) to;

◊ son cinco para las diez it's five to ten

c) ( duración):

◊ para siempre forever;

tengo para rato (fam) I'm going to be a while (yet)
parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( detenerse) to stop;
◊ paró en seco she stopped dead;

ir/venir a para to end up;
fue a para a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
¿a dónde habrá ido a para aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
¡a dónde iremos a para! I don't know what the world's coming to
2 ( cesar) to stop;
◊ para un momento hang on a minute;

ha estado lloviendo sin para it hasn't stopped raining;
no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
no para en casa she's never at home;
para DE + INF to stop -ing;
paró de llover it stopped raining
3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

‹ golpe› to block, ward off
2 (AmL)
a) ( poner de pie) to stand

b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;

◊ el perro paró las orejas the dog pricked up its ears

pararse verbo pronominal
1 ( detenerse)
a) [ persona] to stop

b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

[coche/motor] to stall;
◊ se me paró el reloj my watch stopped

2
a) (AmL) ( ponerse de pie) to stand up;

◊ párate derecho stand up straight;

se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
¿te puedes para de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

( en los lados) to stick out
c) (Méx, Ven) ( levantarse de la cama) to get up

parir ( conjugate parir) verbo intransitivo [ mujer] to give birth;
[ vaca] to calve;
[yegua/burra] to foal;
[ oveja] to lamb
verbo transitivo
a) [ mujer] to give birth to, have

b) [ mamíferos] to have, bear (frml)

para preposición
1 (utilidad, aptitud) for: ¿para qué tanto esfuerzo?, what's all this effort for?
una pomada para las quemaduras, an ointment for burns
una tijera para zurdos, a pair of scissors for left-handed people
2 (finalidad, motivo) to, in order to: lo dijo para molestarme, she said it to annoy me
lo hace para que te fijes en él, he does it so that you notice him
3 (destinatario) for: es para mamá, it's for mum
hablaba para los votantes indecisos, he spoke to the undecided voters
es muy atento para con ella, he's very obliging towards her
4 (opinión) para Paco todas las mujeres son guapas, in Paco's opinion, all women are pretty
5 (comparación, concesión) for: para ser tan joven tiene ideas muy sensatas, he has very sensible ideas for his age
6 (rechazo) para una vez que hablo, me haces callar, the one time I speak, you shut me up
7 (tiempo) by: estará listo para las cinco, it'll be ready by five
para entonces, by then
8 (a punto de) está para salir, it's about to leave
9 (dirección) el tren para Burgos acaba de salir, the train for Burgos has just left
iba para tu casa, I was going to your house
Recuerda que cuando para expresa finalidad, se traduce por to o in order to (este último sólo se usa para evitar confusión): Me voy para ayudarte. I'm going in order to help you. Si usáramos sólo to significaría: Voy a ayudarte. Sin embargo, cuando después de para viene un sustantivo o un pronombre y no un verbo (esta llave es para aquella puerta), se traduce por for ( this key is for that door).
parar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
2 (alojarse) to stay
3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
II verbo transitivo
1 to stop
2 Dep to save
3 LAm to stand up
♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
parir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to give birth (to)
♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a parir, to run sb down
' para' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abalorio
- ablandar
- abreviar
- absoluta
- absoluto
- acá
- aceitera
- achuchar
- actuación
- adentro
- agitador
- agitadora
- alcanzar
- alfiler
- alguna
- alguno
- aliento
- alquiler
- alta
- amenaza
- añadidura
- ancha
- ancho
- ánimo
- año
- antesala
- antirrobo
- aplanar
- aprovechar
- apta
- aptitud
- apto
- aquí
- arca
- arena
- arrastre
- arriba
- arropar
- atonía
- atrás
- atril
- aunar
- auspicio
- baja
- bajo
- balde
- bálsamo
- bañarse
- banco
English:
AA
- ability
- about
- accessory
- accommodate
- achieve
- activity
- adapter
- adaptor
- adequate
- adequately
- admire
- adult
- advantage
- advantageous
- advertise
- aftershave (lotion)
- agitate
- agree
- all
- all-out
- allocate
- analyst
- antiallergenic
- antibiotic
- antidote
- antihistamine
- antipollution
- appease
- application
- appointment
- appropriate
- aptitude
- argue
- arm-twisting
- arms control
- around-the clock
- arrangement
- arson
- as
- ASPCA
- assailant
- assert
- assess
- assume
- astir
- astonishment
- attain
- attention span
- attractive

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para prep

1. [indica destino, finalidad, motivación] for;

es para ti it's for you;

significa mucho para mí it means a lot to me;

“¡qué suerte!” dije para mí “how lucky,” I said to myself;

una mesa para el salón a table for the living-room;

desayuno para dos breakfast for two;

crema para zapatos shoe polish;

pastillas para dormir sleeping pills;

están entrenados para el combate they have been trained for combat;

estudia para dentista she's studying to become a dentist;

esta agua no es buena para beber this water isn't fit for drinking o to drink;

para conseguir sus propósitos in order to achieve his aims;

lo he hecho para agradarte I did it to please you;

me voy para no causar más molestias I'll go so I don't cause you any more inconvenience;

te lo repetiré para que te enteres I'll repeat it so you understand;

resulta que se divorcian para un mes más tarde volverse a casar so they get divorced, only to remarry a month later;

para con towards;

es buena para con los demás she is kind towards other people;

¿para qué? what for?;

¿para qué quieres un martillo? what do you want a hammer for?, why do you want a hammer?;

¿para qué has venido? why are you here?;

¿para quién trabajas? who do you work for?

2. [indica dirección] towards;

el próximo vuelo para Caracas the next flight to Caracas;

ir para casa to head (for) home;

salir para el aeropuerto to leave for the airport;

para abajo downwards;

para arriba upwards;

tira para arriba pull up o upwards;

para atrás backwards;

échate para atrás [en asiento] lean back;

para delante forwards;

ya vas para viejo you're getting old;

esta muchacha va para pintora this girl has all the makings of a painter

3. [indica tiempo] for;

tiene que estar acabado para mañana/para antes de Navidad it has to be finished by o for tomorrow/before Christmas;

faltan cinco minutos para que salga el tren the train leaves in five minutes;

tienen previsto casarse para el 17 de agosto they plan to get married on 17 August;

llevamos comida para varios días we have enough food for several days;
Am salvo RP
diez para las once ten to eleven;
Am salvo RP
un cuarto para las once (a) quarter to eleven;

va para un año que no nos vemos it's getting on for a year since we saw each other;

¿y para cuándo un bebé? and when are you going to start a family?;

para entonces by then

4. [indica comparación]
tiene la estatura adecuada para su edad she is the normal height for her age;

está muy delgado para lo que come he's very thin considering how much he eats;

para ser verano hace mucho frío considering it's summer, it's very cold;

para ser un principiante no lo hace mal he's not bad for a beginner;

para lo que me ha servido… for all the use it's been to me…;

¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!;

¿y tú quién eres para tratarla así? who do you think you are, treating her like that?;

yo no soy quien para decir… it's not for me to say…

5. (después de adjetivo y antes de infinitivo) [indica inminencia, propósito] to;

la comida está lista para servir the meal is ready to be served;

el atleta está preparado para ganar the athlete is ready to win

6. [indica opinión] for;

para Marx, la religión era el opio del pueblo for Marx, religion was the opium of the people;

para mí/ti/ etc as far as I'm/you're/ etc concerned;

para mí que no van a venir it looks to me like they're not coming;

¿para ti quién es más guapo? who do you think is the most handsome?

7. [indica disposición, estado]
no estoy para fiestas I'm not in the mood for parties;

el abuelo no está ya para hacer viajes largos grandfather's no longer up to going on long journeys;

¿hace día para ir sin chaqueta? is it warm enough to go out without a jacket on?

8. [indica consecuencia]
para su sorpresa, para sorpresa suya to her surprise;

para alegría de todos to everyone's delight;

para nuestra desgracia unfortunately for us

9. Comp

no es/fue/ etc[m5]. para tanto it's not/it wasn't/ etc such a big deal;

no llores, que no es para tanto don't cry, it's not such a big deal, there's no need to cry about it;

dicen que les trataron mal, pero no fue para tanto they say they were ill-treated, but that's going a bit far;
Fam
que para qué: hace un calor que para qué it's absolutely boiling;

este plato pica que para qué this dish is really hot, Br this dish isn't half hot

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para

prp

1 for;

para mí for me

2 dirección toward(s);

ir para head for;

va para directora she’s going to end up as manager

3 tiempo for;

listo para mañana ready for tomorrow;

para siempre forever;

diez para las ocho L.Am. ten of eight, ten to eight;

para Pascua iremos de vacaciones a Lima we’re going to Lima for Easter;

espero que para Pascua haya terminado la crisis I hope the crisis is over by Easter;

¿para cuándo? when for?

4 finalidad

:

lo hace para ayudarte he does it (in order) to help you;

para que so that;

¿para qué te marchas? what are you leaving for?;

para eso no hace falta it’s not necessary just for that

5 en comparaciones

:

para su edad es muy maduro he’s very mature for his age

6

:

lo heredó todo para morir a los 30 he inherited it all, only to die at 30

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para prep

1) : for

para ti: for you

alta para su edad: tall for her age

una cita para el lunes: an appointment for Monday

2) : to, towards

para la derecha: to the right

van para el río: they're heading towards the river

3) : to, in order to

lo hace para molestarte: he does it to annoy you

4) : around, by (a time)

para mañana estarán listos: they'll be ready by tomorrow

5)

para adelante : forwards

6)

para atrás : backwards

7)

para que : so, so that, in order that

te lo digo para que sepas: I'm telling you so you'll know

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para prep

1. (en general) for

una carta para el director a letter for the manager

está muy alto para su edad he's very tall for his age

jarabe para la tos cough medicine

2. (seguido de infinitivo) to

he venido para hablar contigo I have come to talk to you

para no despertar al niño so as not to wake the baby up

3. (seguido de subjuntivo) so that

cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

4. (dirección) for / to

salgo para Madrid dentro de una hora I'm leaving for Madrid in an hour

me voy para casa I'm going home

5. (tiempo) by

lo quiero para el viernes I want it by Friday

para mí for me / in my opinion

Spanish-English dictionary > para
9 trabajo

m.

1 work.

una casa tan grande da mucho trabajo a big house like that is a lot of work

hacer un buen trabajo to do a good job

ser un trabajo de chinos (informal figurative) to be a finicky job

trabajo de campo field work

trabajo en o de equipo teamwork

trabajo físico physical effort

trabajo intelectual mental effort

trabajo manual manual labor

trabajos forzados o forzosos hard labor

trabajo de oficina office work

trabajo social social work

trabajo sucio dirty work

trabajo temporal temporary work

2 job (empleo).

buscar/encontrar trabajo to look for/find work o a job

no tener trabajo to be out of work

3 work (place).

en el trabajo at work

ir al trabajo to go to work

4 essay (escrito) (por estudiante).

5 labor (economics & politics).

6 effort (esfuerzo).

costar mucho trabajo to take a lot of effort

tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo to go to o take the trouble of doing something

7 work place, job, workplace.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trabajar.

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trabajo

► nombre masculino

1 (ocupación) work

2 (tarea) task, job

3 (empleo) job, employment

4 (esfuerzo) effort

5 EDUCACIÓN report, paper

► nombre masculino plural trabajos

1 figurado (penalidades) hardships

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ahorrarse el trabajo to save oneself the trouble

con gran trabajo / con mucho trabajo with great effort

cuesta trabajo... it's hard to...

■ cuesta trabajo aceptarlo it's hard to accept it

estar sin trabajo to be out of work

ir al trabajo to go to work

sin trabajo (fácilmente) easily

tomarse el trabajo de to take the trouble to

puesto de trabajo job

trabajo a destajo piecework

trabajo de chinos familiar very intricate work, time-consuming work

trabajo de equipo teamwork

trabajo de media jornada part-time job

trabajo eventual casual labour (US labor)

trabajo intelectual brainwork

trabajo por turno / trabajo por turnos shiftwork

trabajos forzados / trabajos forzosos hard labour (US labor) sing

trabajos manuales arts and crafts, handicrafts

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noun m.

1) work, job

2) labor

3) effort

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SM

1) (=labor) work

tengo mucho trabajo — I have a lot of work

me queda trabajo para una hora — I have an hour's work left

¡buen trabajo! — good work!

en reconocimiento a su trabajo como actor — in recognition of his work as an actor

tiene una enorme capacidad de trabajo — she's a very willing worker

planchar la ropa es el trabajo que menos me gusta — the ironing is the job I like least

a veces le sale algún que otro trabajillo — he gets odd jobs now and then

• el trabajo de la casa — the housework

• ropa de trabajo — work clothes

• estar sin trabajo — to be unemployed

los que están sin trabajo — the unemployed

quedarse sin trabajo — to find o.s. out of work, lose one's job

- ¡esto es un trabajo de chinos!

trabajo a destajo — piecework

trabajo de campo, trabajo en el terreno — fieldwork

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

trabajo intelectual — brainwork

trabajo manual — manual labour, manual labor (EEUU)

trabajo nocturno — night work

trabajo por turnos — shiftwork

trabajos forzados — hard labour sing, hard labor (EEUU) sing

trabajos manuales — (Escol) handicrafts

trabajo social — social work

trabajo sucio — dirty work

2) (tb: puesto de trabajo) job

le han ofrecido un trabajo en el banco — he's been offered a job at the bank

tengo un trabajo de media jornada — I have a job working half-days

no encuentro trabajo — I can't find work o a job

trabajo eventual — temporary job

trabajo fijo — permanent job

3) (tb: lugar de trabajo) work

vivo cerca de mi trabajo — I live near work o near my workplace

está en el trabajo — she's at work

me puedes llamar al trabajo — you can call me at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

4) (=esfuerzo)

lo hizo con mucho trabajo — it cost him a lot of effort to do it

han sido muchos años de trabajo para ganar el pleito — it has taken many years' hard work to win the lawsuit

• ahorrarse el trabajo — to save o.s. the trouble

• costar trabajo, le cuesta trabajo hacerlo — he finds it hard to do

me cuesta trabajo decir que no — I find it hard to say no

• dar trabajo, reparar la casa nos ha dado mucho trabajo — it was hard work o a real job repairing the house

los niños pequeños dan mucho trabajo — small children are a lot of work

• tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo — to take the trouble to do sth

- trabajo te doy, trabajo te mando

5) (=obra) (Arte, Literat) work; (Educ) essay; [de investigación] study

uno de los mejores trabajos del arquitecto — one of the architect's greatest works

tengo que entregar dos trabajos mañana — I have to hand in two essays tomorrow

6) (Econ)

a) (=mano de obra) labour, labor (EEUU)

b) (tb: Ministerio de Trabajo) ≈ Department of Employment, ≈ Department of Labor (EEUU)

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masculino

1)

a) ( empleo) job

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

quedarse sin trabajo — to lose one's job

no tiene trabajo fijo — he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

b) ( lugar) work

está en el trabajo — she's at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

2) (actividad, labor) work

requiere años de trabajo — it takes years of work

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

el trabajo de la casa — housework

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo — a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

los niños dan mucho trabajo — children are hard work

buen trabajo! — well done!

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película — he was given an award for his performance in that movie

- trabajo a destajo

- trabajo a reglamento

- trabajo de campo

- trabajo de chinos

- trabajo de parto

- trabajo de práctica

- trabajos forzados

- trabajos manuales

- trabajo voluntario

3)

a) ( tarea) job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work

hice un trabajo sobre Lorca — I did a paper on Lorca

4) ( esfuerzo)

con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse — with great effort she managed to get up

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard to believe

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir — she took the trouble to come

5) (Econ) labor*

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masculino

1)

a) ( empleo) job

conseguir trabajo — to get o find work, to get o find a job

buscar trabajo — to look for work o for a job

quedarse sin trabajo — to lose one's job

no tiene trabajo fijo — he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada or (AmL) de medio tiempo or (Esp) a tiempo parcial — a part-time job

trabajo de jornada completa or de or a tiempo completo — full-time work o job

b) ( lugar) work

está en el trabajo — she's at work

ir al trabajo — to go to work

2) (actividad, labor) work

requiere años de trabajo — it takes years of work

trabajo en equipo — teamwork

el trabajo de la casa — housework

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo — a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

los niños dan mucho trabajo — children are hard work

buen trabajo! — well done!

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película — he was given an award for his performance in that movie

- trabajo a destajo

- trabajo a reglamento

- trabajo de campo

- trabajo de chinos

- trabajo de parto

- trabajo de práctica

- trabajos forzados

- trabajos manuales

- trabajo voluntario

3)

a) ( tarea) job

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio — cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work

hice un trabajo sobre Lorca — I did a paper on Lorca

4) ( esfuerzo)

con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse — with great effort she managed to get up

me cuesta trabajo creerlo — I find it hard to believe

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir — she took the trouble to come

5) (Econ) labor*

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trabajo¹

¹ = employment, endeavour [endeavor, -USA], job, labour [labor, -USA], leg work, occupation, task, work, working environment, workload [work load], pursuit, workmanship, footwork, handwork, professional position, working practice, pursuit in life, handiwork, lifework, line of business, toil, industry.

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex: An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.

Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.

Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.

Ex: The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.

Ex: This article examines the various features now available on copiers and comments on the usefulness in a working environment.

Ex: Each of these changes, if we were to deal with them in an adequate manner, create severe workload problems for the cataloging department.

Ex: What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex: William R Lethaby, the architect who had Westminster Abbey in his charge for over twenty years, once said 'Art is thoughtful workmanship'.

Ex: If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.

Ex: The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex: In virtually all of her professional positions she has been involved with the handling of documents.

Ex: While many believe that print on paper will never die, new formats are already changing working practice in many spheres.

Ex: People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.

Ex: Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.

Ex: This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.

Ex: Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.

Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

* acoso en el trabajo = workplace mobbing.

* agenda de trabajo = work agenda.

* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* ahorrar el trabajo de = save + effort in.

* almuerzo de trabajo = work luncheon.

* ámbito de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* amor al trabajo = love of work.

* ansiedad en el trabajo = job anxiety, work anxiety.

* anterior al trabajo = pre-service.

* anuncio de trabajo = help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* anuncios de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* año de trabajo = man year.

* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.

* ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.

* aspirar a un puesto de trabajo = aspire to + position.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.

* basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.

* bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.

* biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.

* bolsa de trabajo = labour exchange, job opportunities, employment bureau, employment centre, employment opportunity, job centre, job pool.

* borrador de trabajo = working paper.

* buscador de trabajo = job applicant, job seeker.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* campo de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* campo de trabajos forzados = labour camp, forced labour camp.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* carga de trabajo = workload [work load].

* centro de trabajo = workplace.

* cobrar en un trabajo = job + pay.

* comenzar el turno de trabajo = go on + duty.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.

* conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.

* condiciones de trabajo = working conditions.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.

* con trabajo = in post.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* contrato de trabajo = contract position.

* conversación de trabajo = shop talk.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* costar trabajo = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.

* definición de trabajo = working definition.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* denominación del puesto de trabajo = job title, occupational title.

* dentro del mismo trabajo = intraoccupational.

* derecho del trabajo = employment law.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.

* desempeñar un trabajo = exercise + work.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* después del horario de trabajo = after hours [after-hours].

* de trabajo = working.

* día del trabajo = Labour Day.

* día de trabajo = working day.

* día internacional del trabajo = Labour Day.

* diario automático de trabajo = time log.

* dignidad del trabajo = dignity of work.

* dinámica de trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribución del trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.

* división del trabajo = division of labour.

* documento de trabajo = working document, working draft.

* eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.

* elaborar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* encomendar un trabajo a Alguien = assign + job.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.

* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* enseñanza en el trabajo = in-service education.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entrevista de trabajo = job interview.

* equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* escribir un trabajo = write + essay.

* espacio de trabajo = workspace.

* específico de un trabajo concreto = job-specific.

* estación de trabajo = workstation [work station], desktop workstation.

* estación de trabajo remota = outstation.

* estadía de trabajo = work visit.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estrategia que ahorra trabajo = labour saver.

* estrés en el trabajo = job stress.

* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.

* excedencia en el trabajo = leave of absence.

* ficha de trabajo = worksheet, project worksheet.

* formación continua en el trabajo = workplace training, workplace learning.

* formación en el trabajo = in-service training, in-service education, in-service, on-the-job training, in-service support.

* funciones del puesto de trabajo = position + entail + duty.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guía de trabajo = working guide.

* hábito de trabajo = work habit, working habit.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hacer + Posesivo + trabajo = get on with + Posesivo + work.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* hacer un trabajo = do + work, do + job.

* hacer un trabajo sobre = do + a project about.

* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* herramienta de trabajo = tool, tool.

* hora de trabajo = man-hour.

* horario de trabajo = hours of operation, working hours, work hours.

* horario intenso de trabajo = long hours, the.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.

* intercambio de puestos de trabajo = job exchange.

* jornada de trabajo = workshop.

* liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.

* liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.

* línea de trabajo = line of work.

* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.

* llegar tarde al trabajo = be late for work.

* lugar de trabajo = affiliation, institutional affiliation, working environment, workplace, place of work, worksite [work site], home institution.

* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.

* magistratura del trabajo = industrial tribunal.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* medida de seguridad e higiene en el trabajo = health and safety standard.

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mesa de trabajo = desk, study table.

* método de trabajo = working method.

* Ministerio de Trabajo = Department of Labor.

* modelo de trabajo = working model, business model.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* negligente en el trabajo = malpractitioner.

* neurosis producida por el trabajo = occupational neurosis.

* NISTF (Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la A = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* norma de trabajo = working rule.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* ocupar un puesto de trabajo = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post.

* oferta de trabajo = job advertisement, job offer, help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* ofertas de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* oportunidad de trabajo = career opportunity.

* organización del trabajo = workflow [work flow], working arrangement.

* paquete de trabajo = workpackage.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.

* permiso de trabajo = work permit.

* permuta de trabajo = job exchange.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

* persona que asigna el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.

* personas sin trabajo remunerado, los = unwaged, the.

* plan de trabajo = research agenda, work plan, working plan, work schedule.

* política de trabajo = policy.

* postura exigida por el trabajo = work posture.

* proceso de trabajo = work process.

* programa de formación en el trabajo = in-service training program(me).

* programa de trabajo = work schedule.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency.

* promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.

* propuesta de trabajo = project proposal.

* proyecto de trabajo = work project.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puesto de trabajo = appointment, position, post, opening, career path, professional position, position held.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* puesto de trabajo ocupado = position held.

* puestos de trabajo ocupados = positions held.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* realizar el trabajo = get + Posesivo + work done.

* realizar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* realizar un trabajo = perform + work, undertake + work.

* realizar un trabajo monótono = have + Posesivo + nose to the grindstone.

* red de trabajo = peer-to-peer network.

* relacionado con el trabajo = job-related, work-related.

* relación de trabajo = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation.

* relativo al trabajo = occupational.

* rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.

* reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* rutina de trabajo = work process.

* sala de trabajo = workroom.

* salir del trabajo = clock off + work.

* salud en el trabajo = occupational health.

* satisfacción en el trabajo = job satisfaction, work satisfaction.

* segregación en el trabajo = job segregation, employment segregation.

* seguridad en el trabajo = safety at work, occupational safety.

* sesión de trabajo = work session, working session.

* sicología del trabajo = occupational psychology.

* sin trabajo = jobless.

* sobrecargado de trabajo = overworked.

* sociología del trabajo = sociology of work.

* soliciante de trabajo = job applicant.

* solicitud de trabajo = job application.

* superficie de trabajo = working surface, work surface.

* taller de trabajo = workshop, study school.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* tener un segundo trabajo = moonlight, work + a second job.

* tener un trabajo = hold down + job.

* tener un trabajo remunerado = be gainfully employed.

* tener un trabajo retribuido = be gainfully employed.

* tensión en el trabajo = job stress.

* tensión producida por el trabajo = occupational stress.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* tomarse excedencia en el trabajo = take + leave from + employment.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de permiso en el trabajo = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off, take + time out.

* trabajo académico = academic work.

* trabajo a destajo = piecework.

* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.

* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.

* trabajo a medias = job share.

* trabajo artesanal = craftsmanship.

* trabajo a tiempo parcial = part-time work, part-time employment, part-time job.

* trabajo atípico = atypical work.

* trabajo autónomo = self-employment.

* trabajo bibliográfico = bibliographic work.

* trabajo bibliotecario = library work.

* trabajo burocrático = paper-keeping.

* trabajo científico = scientific work, scholarly work.

* trabajo compartido = job sharing.

* trabajo complicado = major exercise.

* trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* trabajo con ordenador = computer work.

* trabajo cotidiano = daily work.

* trabajo creativo = creative work.

* trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.

* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.

* trabajo de calidad = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* trabajo de campo = fieldwork [field work].

* trabajo de catalogación = cataloguing work.

* trabajo de chinos = fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.].

* trabajo de clase = term paper, coursework [course work], term project, homework.

* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

* trabajo de escolta = escort work.

* trabajo de impresión = bookwork.

* trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* trabajo de la casa = housework.

* trabajo de menores = child labour.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* trabajo de referencia = reference work.

* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.

* trabajo detectivesco = sleuthing.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* trabajo diario = day's work, daily work.

* trabajo doméstico = domestic duty, domestic work, domestic task.

* trabajo duro = hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

* trabajo duro, mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* trabajo editorial = editorship.

* trabajo en archivística = archives work.

* trabajo en colaboración = interworking.

* trabajo en común = interworking.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

* trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.

* trabajo en red = networking.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

* trabajo entre manos, el = work at hand, the.

* trabajo eventual = jobbing.

* trabajo físico = physical work.

* trabajo improductivo = busywork.

* trabajo individual = independent study, self-study.

* trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.

* trabajo ininterrumpido = continuous work.

* trabajo manual = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labour.

* trabajo monótono = drudge work, drudgery.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* trabajo no remunerado = unpaid work, unremunerated work.

* trabajo pesado = grind, grinding, donkey work.

* trabajo por cuenta propia = self-employment.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por + Posesivo + cuenta = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por turnos = shift work.

* trabajo práctico = fieldwork [field work], practical work.

* trabajo preliminar = groundwork, legwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo previo = groundwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo remunerado = work-for-hire, paid work, paid labour.

* trabajo rutinario = chore, routine work, mundane task.

* trabajos = life's work.

* trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

* trabajos forzados = forced labour, hard labour.

* trabajo social = social work.

* trabajo sucio = dirty work.

* trabajo sumergido = informal work.

* trabajo temporal = temporary job, casual job.

* trabajo urgente = hurried work, rush job.

* trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.

* turno de trabajo de atención al usuario = desk duty.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* útil de trabajo = tool.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

trabajo²

² = assignment, student paper, work, project work, term project.

Nota: Trabajo escrito que debe realizar el estudiante a lo largo de un curso.

Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

Ex: 5 data collection instruments were used: printouts of data base searches executed by students; a questionnaire; bibliographies from student papers; serial holdings of the university library; and interviews with instructors.

Ex: An authority entry is an entry for which the initial element is the uniform heading for a person, corporate body, or work, as established by the cataloguing agency responsible.

Ex: For instance, if children are doing a project work on dogs, they will hunt out anything and everything that so much as mentions them and the bits thus mined are assiduously transcribed into project folders.

Ex: In 1994, 21 students on an introductory course on communication processes completed analyses of 14 different electronic lists or newsgroups as their term projects.

* impresor de pequeños trabajos = jobbing house, jobbing office, jobbing printer.

* mesa de trabajo = writing desk, work desk.

* preparar un trabajo de clase = research + paper.

* trabajo de clase = essay assignment, class assignment, course assignment, student assignment, written assignment.

* trabajo de lectura obligatoria = a must-read.

* trabajo de restauración = restoration work.

* trabajo editado = published work.

* trabajo escolar = school work [schoolwork].

* trabajo impreso = printed work.

* trabajo publicado = published work.

* trabajos de clase = classroom asignment.

* un trabajo cuqlquiera = casual job.

* * *

trabajo

masculine

A

1

(empleo): conseguir trabajo to get o find work

consiguió un trabajo muy bien pagado he got himself a very well-paid job

hay dos trabajos interesantes en el periódico de hoy there are two interesting vacancies o jobs in today's paper

se fue a la capital a buscar trabajo he went to the capital to look for work o for a job

la pérdida de 200 puestos de trabajo the loss of 200 jobs

se quedó sin trabajo she lost her job, she was made redundant, she was let go ( AmE)

no tiene trabajo fijo he doesn't have a steady job

un trabajo de media jornada a part-time job

buscaba trabajo de jornada completa or a tiempo completo or de tiempo completo I was looking for full-time work o for a full-time job

2 (lugar) work

está en el trabajo she's at work

ir al trabajo to go to work

llámame al trabajo give me a call at work

la estación queda cerca de mi trabajo the station's close to where I work

Compuesto:

trabajo compartido

work-sharing

B (actividad, labor) work

trabajo intelectual intellectual work o brainwork

su capacidad de trabajo es enorme he has an enormous capacity for work

la máquina hace el trabajo de cinco personas the machine does the work of five people

requiere años de trabajo it takes years of work

todo nuestro trabajo ha sido en vano all our work has been in vain

el trabajo en equipo teamwork

el trabajo de la casa housework

es un trabajo especializado/de precisión it's specialized/precision work

me tocó a mí hacer todo el trabajo I ended up doing all the work, I got stuck o ( BrE) landed with all the work ( colloq)

hoy no puedo, tengo mucho trabajo I can't today, I have o I've got a lot of work to do

tengo mucho trabajo acumulado I have a huge backlog of work to do

este bordado tiene mucho trabajo a lot of work has gone into this embroidery

¡buen trabajo! te felicito nice work! well done

fue premiado por su trabajo en esa película he was given an award for his performance in that movie

hacer un trabajo de zapa to work o scheme behind the scenes

le he estado haciendo un trabajo de trabajo y ya lo tengo en el bote I've been quietly working on him o softening him up and now I've got him right where I want him

Compuestos:

● trabajo a destajo

piece work

● trabajo agrícola

agricultural work

● trabajo a reglamento

(CS) work to rule

● trabajo de campo

fieldwork

● trabajo de chinos

fiddly o laborious job

● trabajo de parto

labor*

● trabajo de práctica

work experience

● trabajo en cadena

assembly-line work

● trabajos forzados

mpl hard labor*

● trabajos manuales

mpl handicrafts (pl)

● trabajo social

social work

● trabajo voluntario

voluntary o ( AmE) volunteer work

C

1 (tarea, obra) job

es un trabajo que no lo puede hacer cualquiera it's not a job that just anyone can do

limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio cleaning the oven is a job o chore I hate

la satisfacción de un trabajo bien hecho the satisfaction of a job well done

me cobró un dineral por un par de trabajos he charged me a fortune for doing a couple of little jobs o tasks

2 (obra escrita) piece of work

un trabajo bien documentado a well-documented piece of work

estoy haciendo un trabajo sobre Lorca I'm doing a paper/an essay on Lorca

D

(esfuerzo): con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse with great effort she managed to get up

nos dio mucho trabajo pintarlo painting it was hard work o took a lot of work

los niños dan mucho trabajo children are hard work o a lot of work

me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard to believe

nos costó trabajo convencerla de que viniera we had a hard time persuading her to come

se tomó/dio el trabajo de venir a buscarme she took the trouble to come and pick me up

puedes ahorrarte el trabajo de ir hasta allá you can save yourself the trouble o bother of going all the way over there

E ( Econ) labor*

el capital y el trabajo capital and labor

F ( Fís) work

* * *

Del verbo trabajar: ( conjugate trabajar)

trabajo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

trabajó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
trabajar
trabajo
trabajar ( conjugate trabajar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to work;
◊ trabajo por cuenta propia to be self-employed;

trabajo jornada completa or a tiempo completo to work full-time;
trabajo media jornada to work part-time;
trabajo mucho to work hard;
¿en qué trabajas? what do you do (for a living)?;
estoy trabajando en una novela I'm working on a novel;
trabajo DE or COMO algo to work as sth
2 ( actuar) to act, perform;
◊ ¿quién trabaja en la película who's in the movie?

verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹campo/tierra/madera› to work

b) ‹ masa› ( con las manos) to knead, work

2 (perfeccionar, pulir) to work on
trabajo sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( empleo) job;

◊ buscar trabajo to look for work o for a job;

quedarse sin trabajo to lose one's job;
un trabajo fijo a steady job;
un trabajo de media jornada a part-time job;
un trabajo de jornada completa or a tiempo completo a full-time job
b) ( lugar) work;

◊ está en el trabajo she's at work;

ir al trabajo to go to work
2 (actividad, labor) work;
◊ trabajo en equipo teamwork;

el trabajo de la casa housework;
los niños dan mucho trabajo children are hard work;
¡buen trabajo! well done!;
trabajo de campo fieldwork;
trabajos forzados hard labor^{( conjugate labor)};
trabajos manuales handicrafts (pl);
trabajo voluntario voluntary o (AmE) volunteer work
3
a) ( tarea) job;

◊ limpiar el horno es un trabajo que odio cleaning the oven is a job I hate

b) ( obra escrita) piece of work;

(en universidad, escuela) essay
4 ( esfuerzo):
◊ con mucho trabajo consiguió levantarse with great effort she managed to get up;

me cuesta trabajo creerlo I find it hard to believe
trabajar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to work: trabaja de secretaria, she works as a secretary
trabaja en los astilleros, she works in the shipyard
trabaja bien, he's a good worker
2 Cine (actuar) to act: en esta película trabaja mi actriz favorita, my favourite actress is in this movie
II verbo transitivo
1 (pulir, ejercitar, estudiar) to work on: tienes que trabajar más el estilo, you have to work on your style
2 (la madera) to work
(un metal) to work
(la tierra) to work, till
(cuero) to emboss
2 (comerciar) to trade, sell: nosotros no trabajamos ese artículo, we don't stock that item
trabajo sustantivo masculino
1 work: hoy tengo poco trabajo, I have little work today
2 (empleo) job: no tiene trabajo, he is unemployed
3 (esfuerzo) work, effort: nos costó mucho trabajo hacerlo, it was hard to do it
4 Educ (sobre un tema) paper
(de manualidades) craft work
5 (tarea) task
un trabajo de chinos, a laborious job
' trabajo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abarcar
- abundancia
- actual
- adicta
- adicto
- afanosa
- afanoso
- agencia
- agobiada
- agobiado
- agobiante
- antigüedad
- ascender
- asquerosidad
- aterrizar
- balde
- bestialidad
- bicoca
- bolsa
- bordar
- buscar
- cadena
- calendario
- calle
- cambiar
- campo
- capear
- cara
- cargada
- cargado
- caterva
- chapucera
- chapucero
- chapuza
- chollo
- colocarse
- como
- condición
- condicionamiento
- construcción
- cuanta
- cuanto
- cubierta
- cubierto
- dar
- dejar
- desbandada
- descansada
- descansado
- descargar
English:
abandon
- acclaim
- actual
- allocation
- ambivalent
- anxiety
- apathetic
- application
- apply
- apply for
- apprentice
- arm-twisting
- artwork
- assignment
- at
- attack
- backlog
- backup
- barrel
- be-all and end-all
- begrudge
- better
- blouse
- blue
- board
- bog down
- boiler suit
- book
- botch
- bother
- bread-and-butter
- bulk
- burn out
- bury
- busywork
- by
- capacity
- careless
- carry over
- casual
- catch up
- chapter
- choose
- chuck in
- clerical
- collaboration
- colleague
- comedown
- commute
- commuter

* * *

trabajo nm

1. [tarea, actividad, práctica] work;

tengo mucho trabajo que hacer I've got a lot of work to do;

una casa tan grande da mucho trabajo a big house like that is a lot of work;

uno de los últimos trabajos de Diego Rivera one of Diego Rivera's last works;

recibió un Óscar por su trabajo en “Cabaret” she received an Oscar for (her performance in) “Cabaret”;

¡buen trabajo! good work!;

hacer un buen trabajo to do a good job;

Comp

ser un trabajo de chinos [minucioso] to be a fiddly o finicky job;
[pesado] to be hard work
Comp
trabajo de campo fieldwork;
trabajo de o en equipo teamwork;

trabajo físico physical work, manual labour;

trabajos forzados o forzosos hard labour;

trabajo intelectual intellectual work;

trabajo de investigación research work;

trabajo manual manual labour;

trabajos manuales [en el colegio] arts and crafts;

trabajo de oficina office job;

trabajo remunerado paid work;

trabajo social social work;

trabajo sucio dirty work;

trabajo temporal temporary work;

trabajo por turnos shiftwork;

trabajo voluntario voluntary work

2. [empleo] job;

buscar/encontrar trabajo to look for/find work o a job;

no tener trabajo, estar sin trabajo to be out of work;

me he quedado sin trabajo I've been left without a job, I'm out of work;

tener un trabajo fijo to have a permanent job

3. [lugar] work;

en el trabajo at work;

ir al trabajo to go to work;

¿quieres que pase a recogerte al trabajo? do you want me to pick you up from work?

4. [escrito] [por estudiante] essay, paper;

hacer un trabajo sobre algo/alguien to write an essay on sth/sb

5. [esfuerzo] effort;

lograron sacar el armario con mucho trabajo they managed to remove the wardrobe, but not without a lot of effort o but it was no easy task;

costar mucho trabajo (a alguien) to take (sb) a lot of effort;

me cuesta mucho trabajo levantarme por las mañanas I find it a real struggle getting up in the morning;

cuesta trabajo admitir que uno se ha equivocado it's not easy to admit that you're wrong;

tomarse el trabajo de hacer algo to go to o take the trouble of doing sth

6. Econ & Pol labour

7. Fís work

8. Literario
trabajos [apuros] hardships;

pasar trabajos to suffer hardships

* * *

trabajo

m work; ( tarea, puesto) job;

buscar trabajo be looking for work, be looking for a job;

tengo un buen trabajo I have a good job;

costar trabajo be hard o difficult;

tomarse el trabajo de take the trouble to

* * *

trabajo nm

1) : work, job

2) labor: labor, work

tengo mucho trabajo: I have a lot of work to do

3) tarea: task

4) esfuerza: effort

5)

costar trabajo : to be difficult

6)

tomarse el trabajo : to take the trouble

7)

trabajo en equipo : teamwork

8) trabajos nmpl

: hardships, difficulties

* * *

trabajo n

1. (actividad, esfuerzo) work

me gusta el trabajo de oficina I like office work

me costó mucho trabajo repararlo it was hard work mending it

2. (empleo, tarea) job

encontró un trabajo de secretaria she found a job as a secretary

3. (lugar) work

va al trabajo en coche he goes to work by car

en el trabajo at work

4. (redacción) essay / project

trabajos forzados hard labour

trabajos manuales crafts

Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo
10 servicio

m.

1 service.

hubo que recurrir a los servicios de un abogado we had to use the services of a lawyer

servicio discrecional private service

servicio a domicilio home delivery service

servicio de habitaciones room service

servicio de inteligencia intelligence service

servicio militar military service

servicios mínimos skeleton service

servicio de paquetería parcel service

servicio posventa after-sales service

servicio público public service

servicio secreto secret service

los servicios sociales the social services

2 service (funcionamiento).

entrar en servicio to come into service

estar fuera de servicio to be out of order (máquina)

3 duty (turno).

estar de servicio to be on duty

4 servants (servidumbre).

servicio doméstico domestic help

5 toilet (WC) (peninsular Spanish).

¿dónde están los servicios? where are the toilets?, where's the bathroom? (United States)

6 services (economics).

una empresa de servicios (sector terciario) a services company

7 serve, service (sport).

8 favor, favour, service, accommodation.

9 rest room, restroom, toilet room, bathroom.

10 utility, public utility.

11 usefulness, workability, service, helpfulness.

12 table setting.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: serviciar.

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servicio

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) service

2 (criados) servants plural; (asistente) domestic help

3 (juego, conjunto) set

■ servicio de té tea set

4 (favor) service, favour (US favor)

5 DEPORTE service, serve

6 (Also servicios) (retrete) toilet, US rest room

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FRASEOLOGÍA

entrar en servicio to come into service

estar al servicio de alguien to be at somebody's service

estar de servicio to be on duty

hacer servicio / prestar servicio to do a favour (US favor)

hacer un flaco servicio familiar to do more harm than good

poner en servicio to put into operation

prestar servicio to serve

servicio incluido service charge included

servicio a domicilio home delivery service

■ servicio a domicilio gratis free home delivery

servicio de urgencias emergency service

servicio militar military service

servicios públicos public services, utilities

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noun m.

1) service

2) serve

•

- servicios

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SM

1) (=ayuda, atención)

a) [a empresa, país] service

lleva veinte años de servicio en la empresa — he has twenty years' service with the company

no cobró nada por sus servicios — he didn't charge anything for his services

• al servicio de, un agente secreto al servicio de la Corona — a secret agent in the service of the Crown

• estar de servicio — to be on duty

estar de servicio de guardia — (Mil) to be on guard duty

• estar fuera o libre de servicio — to be off duty

un policía libre de servicio — an off-duty policeman

• prestar servicio — [gen] to work; (Mil) to serve

ha prestado sus servicios en el hospital universitario — she has worked at the university hospital

prestó sus servicios como teniente de la marina — he served as a lieutenant in the navy

b) [a cliente] service

el servicio no está incluido — service is not included

una empresa de servicios informáticos — a computing services company

a su servicio — at your service

servicio a domicilio — we deliver, home delivery service

c) [de tren, autobús] service

el servicio a la costa ha quedado interrumpido — the service to the coast has been interrupted

servicio a bordo — [en avión] in-flight services pl ; [en barco, tren] services on board pl

servicio comunitario — community service

servicio contra incendios — fire service

servicio de aduana — customs service

servicio de asesoramiento — advisory service

servicio de atención al cliente — customer service

servicio de bomberos — fire service

servicio de contraespionaje — secret service

servicio de entrega — delivery service

servicio de información, servicio de inteligencia — intelligence service

servicio de limpieza — cleaning services pl

servicio de megafonía — public address system

servicio de orden — [en manifestación] stewards pl, marshals pl

servicio de préstamo a domicilio — lending facility, home lending service

servicio de recogida de basura — refuse collection service

servicio de transportes — transport service

servicio de vigilancia aduanera — coastguard patrol

servicio médico — medical service

servicio permanente — round-the-clock service

servicio posventa — after-sales service

servicios de socorro — emergency services

servicio secreto — secret service

servicios informativos — broadcasting services

servicios mínimos — minimum service sing, skeleton service sing

servicio social (sustitutorio) — community service ( performed in place of military service)

servicios postales — postal services

servicios sociales — social services
estación 1)
2) (=funcionamiento)

• estar en servicio — to be in service

• entrar en servicio — to come o go into service

• fuera de servicio — out of service

• poner en servicio — to put into service

está previsto poner en servicio una segunda pista de aterrizaje — there are plans to open a second runway, there are plans to put a second runway into operation o service

3) (=beneficio) service

hizo un gran servicio a su país — he did his country a great service

es un abrigo viejo, pero me hace mucho servicio — it's an old coat, but I get a lot of use out of it

• hacer un flaco servicio a algn — to do sb a disservice

4) (Mil) (tb: servicio militar) military service

ser apto para el servicio — to be fit for military service

servicio activo — active service

5) [en un hospital] department

"servicio de pediatría" — "paediatric department"

servicio de urgencias — accident and emergency department, casualty department

6) pl servicios (Econ) public services

el sector servicios — the public service sector

7) (=retrete público) toilet, washroom (EEUU), restroom (EEUU)

¿dónde están los servicios? — where are the toilets?

8) [en la mesa]

a) [para cada comensal]

un juego de café con seis servicios — a six-piece coffee set

faltan dos servicios — we are two places o settings short

b) (=juego) set

servicio de café — coffee set, coffee service

servicio de mesa — dinner service

servicio de té — tea set, tea service

9) (=servidumbre) (tb: servicio doméstico) (=personas) servants pl ; (=actividad) service, domestic service

hay dos habitaciones para el servicio — there are two rooms for the servants

han mejorado las condiciones del servicio — conditions of domestic service have improved

• escalera de servicio — service staircase

• puerta de servicio — tradesman's entrance

10) (Tenis) serve, service

romper el servicio de algn — to break sb's serve o service

11) (Rel) service

el servicio será oficiado por Monseñor Cipriá — Monsignor Cipriá will officiate at the service

12) (Econ) [de una deuda] servicing

13) LAm [de un automóvil] service

le toca el servicio a los 3.000km — it's due (for) a service after 3000km

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masculino

1)

a) ( acción de servir) service

estaremos a su servicio de nuevo el próximo lunes — we will reopen (for business) next Monday

estamos a su servicio las 24 horas del día — we are at your service 24 hours a day

prestó servicio como médico en el frente — he served as a doctor at the front

cumplió 20 años de servicio — he completed 20 years' service

estar de servicio — to be on duty

un policía libre de servicio — an off-duty policeman

servicio permanente or de 24 horas — round-the-clock o 24-hour service

b) ( favor) favor*, service

me prestó un servicio inestimable — she did me a really good turn o a very great service

c) servicios masculino plural ( asistencia) services (pl)

recurrieron a los servicios de un abogado — they sought the advice of a lawyer

les agradecemos los servicios prestados — we would like to thank you for all your work o help

- servicio a domicilio

- servicio diplomático/secreto/de inteligencia

- servicio postventa

- servicio público

- servicios informativos

- servicios mínimos

- servicios sociales

2)

a) ( funcionamiento) service, use

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén — the new platform is now in use o is now open

¿cuándo entra en servicio la nueva estación depuradora? — when is the new purifying plant coming into operation o service?

fuera de servicio — out of service

b) ( sistema) service

servicio postal — postal service

el servicio de la línea 19 es pésimo — the number 19 is a terrible service

3)

a) ( en hospital) department

servicio de urgencias — accident and emergency department, casualty department

es jefe del servicio de cirugía — he is the chief surgeon

b) servicios masculino plural (Econ) public services (pl)

el sector (de) servicios — the public service sector

4) (en restaurante, hotel)

a) ( atención al cliente) service

b) ( propina) service (charge)

servicio e impuestos incluidos — tax and service included

5) ( servidumbre)

sólo hablan de los problemas del servicio — all they talk about is the problems of having servants

escalera de servicio — service staircase

entrada de servicio — tradesman's entrance

habitación or cuarto de servicio — servant's quarters (frml), maid's room

- servicio doméstico

6) (Mil) service

estar en servicio — to be in service

- servicio activo/militar

7) ( retrete) restroom (AmE), bathroom (esp AmE), toilet (esp BrE)

8)

a) ( juego de loza)

servicio de café — coffee set

servicio de té — tea service o set

b) ( juego de cubiertos) set of cutlery; ( cubierto para cada comensal)

una cubertería de doce servicios — a set of cutlery for twelve people

este juego no tiene servicio de pescado — there are no fish knives in this set

pon otro servicio en la mesa — set another place

9) ( en tenis) service, serve

servicio de Fortín — Fortín to serve

tiene que mejorar su servicio — she needs to work on her serve

10) (Relig) service

11) (AmL) (Auto) service

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masculino

1)

a) ( acción de servir) service

estaremos a su servicio de nuevo el próximo lunes — we will reopen (for business) next Monday

estamos a su servicio las 24 horas del día — we are at your service 24 hours a day

prestó servicio como médico en el frente — he served as a doctor at the front

cumplió 20 años de servicio — he completed 20 years' service

estar de servicio — to be on duty

un policía libre de servicio — an off-duty policeman

servicio permanente or de 24 horas — round-the-clock o 24-hour service

b) ( favor) favor*, service

me prestó un servicio inestimable — she did me a really good turn o a very great service

c) servicios masculino plural ( asistencia) services (pl)

recurrieron a los servicios de un abogado — they sought the advice of a lawyer

les agradecemos los servicios prestados — we would like to thank you for all your work o help

- servicio a domicilio

- servicio diplomático/secreto/de inteligencia

- servicio postventa

- servicio público

- servicios informativos

- servicios mínimos

- servicios sociales

2)

a) ( funcionamiento) service, use

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén — the new platform is now in use o is now open

¿cuándo entra en servicio la nueva estación depuradora? — when is the new purifying plant coming into operation o service?

fuera de servicio — out of service

b) ( sistema) service

servicio postal — postal service

el servicio de la línea 19 es pésimo — the number 19 is a terrible service

3)

a) ( en hospital) department

servicio de urgencias — accident and emergency department, casualty department

es jefe del servicio de cirugía — he is the chief surgeon

b) servicios masculino plural (Econ) public services (pl)

el sector (de) servicios — the public service sector

4) (en restaurante, hotel)

a) ( atención al cliente) service

b) ( propina) service (charge)

servicio e impuestos incluidos — tax and service included

5) ( servidumbre)

sólo hablan de los problemas del servicio — all they talk about is the problems of having servants

escalera de servicio — service staircase

entrada de servicio — tradesman's entrance

habitación or cuarto de servicio — servant's quarters (frml), maid's room

- servicio doméstico

6) (Mil) service

estar en servicio — to be in service

- servicio activo/militar

7) ( retrete) restroom (AmE), bathroom (esp AmE), toilet (esp BrE)

8)

a) ( juego de loza)

servicio de café — coffee set

servicio de té — tea service o set

b) ( juego de cubiertos) set of cutlery; ( cubierto para cada comensal)

una cubertería de doce servicios — a set of cutlery for twelve people

este juego no tiene servicio de pescado — there are no fish knives in this set

pon otro servicio en la mesa — set another place

9) ( en tenis) service, serve

servicio de Fortín — Fortín to serve

tiene que mejorar su servicio — she needs to work on her serve

10) (Relig) service

11) (AmL) (Auto) service

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servicio¹

¹ = toilet, washroom, bathroom, restroom [rest room], lavatory, public toilet, little boys room, little girls room, loo.

Ex: Such things as the minimum room temperature within one hour of starting work, the adequacy of light and ventilation, toilet provision, fire regulations and exits are all well covered in considerable detail.

Ex: The library office is in the basement, 'downstairs' as it is euphemistically referred to, along with a staff lounge, the washrooms, heating equipment, and electrical and janitor's closets.

Ex: This article presents a brief guide to collection development in the area of renovating kitchens and bathrooms = This artículo presenta una guía breve para el desarrollo de la colección en los temas relacionados con la reforma de cocinas y cuartos de baño.

Ex: Airport restrooms have become popular meeting places for men looking for sexual trysts with other men.

Ex: One very elementary kind of invitation might be the introduction of lavatories in public libraries: a facility to be found in department stores, which are interested in service to valued customers.

Ex: This paper presents arguments for and against libraries in the USA having condom dispensing machines in their public toilets.

Ex: When I went to the little boys/girls room to relieve myself I was suprised to see the amount of loo rolls stashed in the corner.

Ex: When I went to the little boys/ girls room to relieve myself I was suprised to see the amount of loo rolls stashed in the corner.

Ex: Early on on a Friday night and three of the loos were out of order, the floor was covered in a layer of rancid water and it stank to high heaven.

* servicios de señoras = women's room.

servicio²

² = capability, facility, feature, service, servicing, utility, service charges, service facility.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.

Ex: Apart from this additional facility Double-KWIC indexes have most of the facilities, features and drawbacks of KWIC and KWOC indexes.

Ex: Electronic Maildrop is an online document ordering feature, where documents can be ordered from various suppliers.

Ex: 'All aboard the orientation express' is a programme to introduce children to the services provided by the library and teach them to use the microfiche catalogue.

Ex: There was also the difficulty that inter-departmental servicing was not undertaken in a co-operative, sharing, spirit.

Ex: Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the co-ordination of index terms at the search stage.

Ex: These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

Ex: The author offer guidelines for managers and policy makers to aid the process of planning the establishment of data service facilities in a library.

* abandonar los servicios de Alguien = drop out.

* adscripción en comisión de servicios = secondment.

* agencia de servicios = service agency.

* al servicio de = at the service of.

* al servicio de la nación = uniformed.

* a + Posesivo + servicio = at + Posesivo + service.

* arma de servicio = service weapon.

* bibliotecario de servicios técnicos = technical services librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de los servicios dirigidos a la comunidad = community services librarian.

* bibliotecario en servicios mínimos = duty librarian.

* bienes y servicios = goods and services.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* calidad de los servicios = service quality.

* calidad del servicio = service quality.

* calidad en el servicio = quality performance, performance quality.

* callejón de servicio = service road.

* cambiar de servicio = churn.

* cambio de servicio = churn.

* carta de servicios = service offer.

* centrado en el servicio = service-focused.

* cobro de servicios = fee services.

* cobro por servicios = fee services, fee for services.

* cobro por servicios prestados = fee for services.

* comercializar un servicio = market + service, broker + service.

* conceder comisión de servicios = second.

* Consejo de los Servicios de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (LISC) = Library and Information Services Council (LISC).

* contratar los servicios de Alguien = enrol [enroll -USA].

* convocatoria de oferta de servicios = invitation to tender (ITT).

* dar servicio = service.

* dar un servicio = do + service.

* dedicado al servicio = service-oriented.

* departamento de servicios técnicos = technical services department.

* de servicio = on duty, on call.

* de servicio a la sociedad = public-spirited.

* de servicio al usuario = client-serving.

* dirigir un servicio = run + service.

* División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).

* empresa de servicios = service organisation, service agency, service company.

* empresa de servicios de información = information broker, broker, information broking.

* empresa de servicio social = social utility.

* empresa de servicios públicos = public utility, utility company.

* en comisión de servicios = seconded.

* estación de servicio = gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station.

* estando de servicio = while on the job.

* ética de servicio = service ethic.

* externalización de servicios = outsourcing [out-sourcing], externalisation of services.

* falto de servicios = underserved.

* fuera de servicio = off-duty, decomissioned, out of commission.

* función de servicio = service function.

* hueco de servicio = service core.

* impuesto de bienes y servicios = goods and services tax.

* industria de servicios = service industry.

* industria de servicios financieros, la = financial services industry, the.

* instalar un servicio = mount + service.

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* libre de servicio = off-duty.

* montar un servicio = mount + service.

* oferta de servicios = service provision, service offer.

* oficial de servicio = duty officer.

* ofrecer servicio = service.

* ofrecer un servicio = operate + service, provide + service, do + service.

* orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.

* orientado al servicio de las personas = people-centred.

* orientado hacia el servicio = service orientated, service-focused.

* orientar un servicio hacia = target + service.

* período de servicio = tour of duty.

* personal de servicios = service worker.

* personas faltas de servicios, las = underserved, the.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* prestación de servicios = service delivery.

* prestar un servicio = operate + service, provide + service, render + service, give + service to, deliver + service, deliver + value, produce + the goods, do + service.

* prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* profesional dedicado al servicio = service professional.

* profesional dedicado a prestar un servicio a la población = service professional.

* profesión dedicada al servicio = service profession.

* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = helping profession.

* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.

* promover un servicio = launch + service.

* proveedor de servicios = service supplier, service provider.

* proveedor de servicios de Internet = Internet provider.

* Proveedor de Servicios de Internet (ISP) = ISP (Internet Service Provider).

* punto de servicio = service point.

* responsable del servicio de emergencias = emergency official.

* responsable del servicio de referencia = reference administrator.

* separación de servicios = unbundling.

* servicio a domicilio = home delivery.

* servicio a través de terceros = third-party service.

* servicio a uno mismo = self-service.

* servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.

* servicio bibliográfico = bibliographic service, bibliographic utility.

* servicio bibliotecario = library facility, library service.

* servicio bibliotecario mediante pago = fee-based library service.

* servicio bibliotecario penintenciario = prison library service.

* servicio central = main site service.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio comercial = commercial service, commercial vendor, charged service.

* servicio comunitario = community service.

* servicio de acceso público = public delivery service.

* servicio de acompañante = escort service.

* servicio de actualización permanente = current awareness, current-awareness service.

* servicio de adquisiciones = acquisition routines, acquisition(s) service.

* servicio de aduanas = customs and excise agency.

* servicio de alerta = alert service.

* servicio de aparcacoches = valet parking.

* servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.

* servicio de asesoramiento = consulting service, counselling service, advisory service.

* servicio de asesoramiento jurídico = legal aid service.

* servicio de asistencia = provider service.

* servicio de atención = advisory service.

* servicio de atención al cliente = customer service, service department.

* servicio de atención al cliente en su propio automóvil = drive-through (drive-thru).

* servicio de atención al cliente por teléfono = call centre.

* servicio de atención de día = day care.

* servicio de autobuses = bus service.

* servicio de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help facility.

* servicio de búsqueda = search service.

* servicio de canguros = baby-sitting service.

* servicio de catalogación = cataloguing service.

* servicio de compañía = escort service.

* servicio de compra por televisión = teleshopping service.

* servicio de compras = acquisition(s) service.

* servicio de conexión a las redes = networking service.

* servicio de correo = mail service.

* servicio de correo electrónico = electronic mail service.

* servicio de correos = postal service.

* servicio de cuidado de día = day care.

* servicio de difusión selectiva de la información = SDI service.

* servicio de directorios = directory service.

* servicio de distribución = host service.

* servicio de documentación = documentation service.

* servicio de emergencia = emergency service.

* servicio de entrega de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de envío = turnaround.

* Servicio de Envío de Artículos Originales (OATS) = Original Article Tearsheet Service (OATS).

* servicio de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach service, library extension work, extension service, outreach programme, reach out.

* servicio de fotocopia = copying facilities.

* servicio de fotocopias = photocopying service.

* servicio de fotodocumentación = photocopying service.

* servicio de habitaciones = room service.

* servicio de impresión = offline print facility.

* servicio de indización = indexing service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals indexing service.

* servicio de indización y resumen = indexing and abstracting service.

* servicio de información = alerting device, information service, information delivery service, information utility.

* servicio de información al consumidor = Consumer Advice Centre (CAC), consumer advisory service.

* servicio de información ciudadana = community information service.

* servicio de información electrónica = electronic information service.

* servicio de información en línea = online information service.

* servicio de información local = local information service.

* servicio de información sectorial = sectoral information service.

* servicio de informática = computing service.

* servicio de inteligencia = intelligence community, intelligence agency.

* servicio de jurado = jury duty.

* servicio de libros a domicilio = homebound service.

* servicio de limpieza = janitorial services.

* servicio de mantenimiento técnico = support service.

* servicio de mensajería = courier service.

* servicio de microfilmación = microfilm service, microfilming service.

* servicio de noticias = news service.

* servicio de novedades = news alerts.

* servicio de novedades a través del correo electrónico = e-mail alert.

* servicio de orientación = referral service, advisory service.

* servicio de orientación al lector = readers' advisory service point, readers' advisory service.

* servicio de petición de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de preparación = training facility.

* servicio de préstamo = lending service, loaner service.

* servicio de préstamo a domicilio = home lending service.

* servicio de préstamo de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de préstamo interbibliotecario = interlending service.

* servicio de recuperación en línea = online retrieval service.

* servicio de referencia = reference desk, reference service, enquiry service.

* Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador (MARS) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).

* servicio de referencia bibliotecario = library reference service.

* servicio de referencia electrónica = electronic reference service [e-reference service].

* servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.

* servicio de referencia por correo electrónico = electronic mail reference service.

* servicio de registros MARC, el = MARC service, the.

* servicio de reparto con furgoneta = van delivery service.

* servicio de respuesta = turnaround.

* servicio de restauración = caterer.

* servicio de resúmenes = abstracting service.

* servicio de salud pública = health service.

* servicio de seguridad = security service.

* servicio de suministro de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone service, mobile phone service.

* servicio de transferencia de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de única ventanilla = one-stop service.

* servicio doméstico = cleaning lady, domestic service, housekeeper.

* servicio en la Guardia Nacional = National Guard duty.

* servicio en línea = online service.

* servicio especial de autobuses = bus shuttle service, bus shuttle, shuttle bus service, shuttle bus.

* servicio especial de transporte = shuttle, shuttle service.

* servicio exhaustivo = service in-depth.

* servicio extra = frill.

* servicio funerario = funeral service.

* servicio gratis = frill.

* servicio gratuito = free service.

* servicio las 24 horas = 24 hour(s) service, 24 hour(s) service.

* servicio médico = medical care, medical aid, medical assistance.

* servicio meteorológico = meteorological service.

* servicio metereológico = weather bureau, weather service.

* servicio militar = military service, soldiering.

* servicio militar obligatorio = conscription, compulsory military service, draft, the, military draft.

* servicio nacional = domestic service.

* servicio no incluido = hidden extra.

* servicio postal = postal service, postal delivery service.

* servicio postventa = after-sales service.

* servicio público = amenity, public service, public utility, utility service.

* servicio regional de sanidad = hospital board.

* servicio relacionado con los libros = book service.

* servicio religioso = ceremonial service.

* servicio remoto = remote service.

* servicios a lectores = readers' services.

* servicios a los estudiantes = student services.

* servicio sanitario = health service.

* servicios automatizados = automation capabilities.

* servicios básicos = amenities.

* servicios bibliotecarios = library provision.

* servicios bibliotecarios para jóvenes = youth services.

* servicios bibliotecarios para los marginados = library services to the disadvantaged.

* servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos = library services for the deaf.

* servicios complementarios = added-value services.

* servicios de asistencia = remedial services.

* servicios de atención al estudiante = student services.

* servicios de autopista = highway facilities.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

* servicios de documentos secundarios = secondary services.

* servicios de emergencia = emergency assistance.

* servicios de extensión bibliotecaria = library outreach.

* servicios de información = Information and Referral services.

* servicios de información bibliográfica = bibliographical services.

* servicios de información y referencia = I&R services (Information and Referral).

* servicios de red de valor añadido (VANS) = value added network services (VANS).

* servicios de trenes = rail facilities.

* servicios mínimos = skeleton staff.

* servicio social = social service.

* servicio social sustitutorio = community service.

* servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.

* servicios para adultos = adult services.

* servicios sociales = human services, welfare services.

* Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca (LRTS) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).

* servicio técnico = technical service, technical support, tech support.

* servicio telefónico = telephone service.

* servicio universal = universal service.

* servicio valioso = yeoman service.

* solicitar un servicio = call on/upon + service.

* suplemento por servicio = service charges.

* suspender un servicio = withdraw + service.

* tiempo fuera de servicio = downtime.

* tipo de servicio = style of service.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* un servicio las 24 horas = a 24-hour service.

* valor afectivo del servicio = affect of service.

* vender un servicio = market + service.

* vía de servicio = service road.

* * *

servicio

masculine

A

1 (acción de servir) service

a partir del próximo lunes estaremos a su servicio en nuestro nuevo local from next Monday we will be open for business at our new premises

durante la guerra prestó servicio como médico en el frente during the war he served as a doctor at the front

le regalaron un reloj cuando cumplió 20 años de servicio he was given a watch when he completed 20 years' service

estoy de servicio I'm on duty

un policía libre de servicio an off-duty policeman

[ S ] servicio permanente or de 24 horas round-the-clock o 24-hour service

2 (favor) favor*, service

al despedirte te hizo un gran servicio he did you a great service o favor by firing you ( colloq)

me prestó un servicio inestimable recomendándome para el trabajo she did me a really good turn o a very great service by recommending me for the job

3 servicios mpl (asistencia) services (pl)

me ofreció sus servicios muy amablemente he kindly offered me his services

pasó a prestar sus servicios como asesor legal he went on to work as a legal adviser

recurrieron a los servicios de un abogado conocido they sought the advice of a well-known lawyer

les agradecemos los servicios prestados we would like to thank you for all your work o help

Compuestos:

● servicio a domicilio

(home) delivery service

● servicio al cliente

customer service

● servicio de asistencia

support services

● servicio de catering

catering service

● servicio de información

(de datos, detalles) information service; ( Mil) intelligence service

● servicio de inteligencia

intelligence service

● servicio de limpieza

cleaning service ( BrE)

● servicio de orden

stewards (pl), marshals (pl)

● servicio de prevención

prevention service

● servicio de seguridad

security service

● servicio de trenes

train service

● servicio de transporte

transportation service ( AmE), transport service ( BrE)

● servicio de vigilancia costera

≈ coastguard service

● servicio diplomático

diplomatic service

● servicio interno

( Esp) memorandum

● servicio postventa

after-sales service

● servicio público

public service

● servicio secreto

secret service

● servicios informativos

mpl news services (pl)

● servicios mínimos

mpl minimum o skeleton service

● servicios sociales

social services (pl)

B

1 (funcionamiento) service, use

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén the new platform is now in use o is now open

¿cuándo entra en servicio la nueva estación depuradora? when is the new purifying plant coming into operation o service?

han suspendido el servicio hasta nuevo aviso (the) service has been interrupted until further notice

[ S ] fuera de servicio out of service

2 (sistema) service

servicio de teléfonos telephone service

servicio de trenes train service

servicio postal mail service ( AmE), postal service ( BrE)

todos los servicios all the main services

el servicio de la línea 19 es pésimo the number 19 is a terrible service

C

1 (en un hospital) department

servicio de ginecología gynecology department

servicio de urgencias accident and emergency department, casualty department ( BrE)

es jefe del servicio de cirugía he is the chief surgeon

2 servicios mpl ( Econ) public services (pl)

una empresa del sector servicios a company in the public service sector

D (en un restaurante, hotel)

1 (atención) service

una excelente carta y un servicio esmerado an excellent menu and impeccable service

2 (propina) service, service charge

[ S ] servicio e impuestos incluidos tax and service included

no nos han cobrado el servicio they haven't charged for service

E

(servidumbre): sólo hablan de los problemas del servicio all they talk about is the problems of having servants

se quedaron sin servicio they were left without any domestic help

escalera de servicio service staircase

entrada de servicio tradesmen's entrance

habitación or cuarto de servicio servant's quarters (pl) ( frml), maid's room

Compuesto:

servicio doméstico

(actividad) domestic service; (personas) servants (pl), domestic staff

siempre ha trabajado en servicio doméstico he has always worked in domestic service, he has been in service all his life

las habitaciones destinadas al servicio doméstico the servants' quarters

F ( Mil) service

estar en servicio to be in service

Compuestos:

● servicio activo

active service

● servicio militar

military service

aquí no hay servicio militar obligatorio there is no compulsory military service here

G

1 baño (retrete) washroom ( AmE), bathroom ( esp AmE), toilet ( esp BrE)

¿los servicios, por favor? can you tell me where the washrooms are, please?, can you tell me where the ladies'/gents' is please? ( BrE)

2 (orinal) chamber pot

H

1 (de cubiertos) set of cutlery o flatware ( AmE)

(de loza): servicio de café coffee set

servicio de té tea service o set

este juego no tiene servicio de pescado there are no fish knives in this canteen o set

2 (individual) piece

vajilla de doce servicios twelve-piece dinner service

I (en tenis) service, serve

servicio de Fortín Fortín to serve

tiene que mejorar su servicio she needs to work on her serve

J ( Econ, Fin) (de una deuda) servicing, service

K ( Agr) service

L ( Relig) service

M ( AmL) ( Auto) service

* * *

servicio sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( acción de servir) service;

◊ estamos a su servicio we are at your service;

estar de servicio [policía/bombero] to be on duty;
servicio público public service;
servicios informativos broadcasting services (pl)
b) ( favor) favor^{( conjugate favor)}, service

c)

◊ servicios sustantivo masculino plural ( asistencia) services (pl);

me ofreció sus servicios he offered me his services
2 ( funcionamiento) service, use;
◊ está fuera de servicio it's out of service;

han puesto en servicio el nuevo andén the new platform is now in use o is now open
3 ( en hospital) department;
◊ servicio de urgencias casualty department

4 (en restaurante, hotel)
a) ( atención al cliente) service

b) ( propina) service (charge)

5 ( servidumbre):
◊ entrada de servicio tradesman's entrance;

cuarto de servicio servant's quarters ;

(frml), maid's room;
◊ servicio doméstico ( actividad) domestic service;

( personas) servants (pl), domestic staff
6 (Mil) service;
◊ servicio militar military service

7 ( retrete) restroom (AmE), bathroom (esp AmE), toilet (esp BrE)
8 ( en tenis) service, serve
9 (Relig) service
(AmL) (Auto) service
servicio sustantivo masculino
1 service
estar de servicio, to be on duty
servicio a domicilio, delivery service
servicio doméstico, domestic service
servicio militar, military service
fuera de servicio, out of order
2 (utilidad) use: esa mesita me hace mucho servicio, this table is very useful
3 (conjunto) en esta mesa falta un servicio, we need to set another place at the table
servicio de café, coffee service
4 (cuarto de baño) toilet sing, US rest room sing
' servicio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acto
- área
- bloquear
- camarera
- camarero
- cerrar
- correo
- dirigirse
- disposición
- encargar
- exenta
- exento
- guardia
- incluida
- incluido
- informatización
- inteligencia
- juventud
- parque
- postventa
- posventa
- prestar
- prestación
- supresión
- suprimir
- apto
- asegurar
- asistencia
- atender
- calidad
- circular
- cubierto
- cumplir
- doméstico
- empleada
- entrega
- estación
- exprés
- favor
- funcionamiento
- funcionar
- interrumpir
- muchacha
- operar
- postal
- puente
- puerta
- puesta
- recluta
- reparto
English:
after-sales
- agent
- answering service
- around-the clock
- auxiliary
- bargain for
- bargain on
- bed
- bog
- break
- breakdown
- charge
- commission
- conscription
- dissatisfaction
- disservice
- duty
- excuse
- foreign service
- gent
- ground
- health service
- inclusive
- INS
- intelligence
- lousy
- mail
- National Health Service
- off-duty
- on
- pay
- privatize
- public convenience
- reinstate
- room service
- run
- secret service
- serve
- service
- service charge
- shuttle
- skeleton
- support
- toilet-train
- toilet-training
- tour
- unit
- use
- utility
- amenity

* * *

servicio nm

1. [prestación, asistencia, sistema] service;

se ha suspendido el servicio en la línea 1 de autobús the number 1 bus isn't running today;

hubo que recurrir a los servicios de una agencia inmobiliaria we had to use the services of Br an estate agent o US a real estate office;

el servicio postal/hospitalario the postal/hospital service;

lleva muchos años al servicio de la empresa she has worked for the company for several years;

estamos a su servicio para lo que necesite we are at your service if you need anything;

hacer o [m5] prestar un buen servicio a alguien [prenda, utensilio, aparato] to serve sb well;

nos ha ofrecido sus servicios he has offered us his services;

por los servicios prestados for services rendered;

prestar servicio como o [m5]de to serve as

Comp
Servicio de Administración Tributaria Br ≈ the Inland Revenue, US ≈ the IRS;
servicio de asistencia técnica technical support;

servicio de atención al cliente customer service department;

servicios bancarios banking services;

servicio discrecional private service;

servicio a domicilio home delivery service;

servicios financieros financial services;

servicio de habitaciones room service;

servicios informativos [de cadena de radio, televisión] news service;

servicio de inteligencia intelligence service;

servicio en línea on-line service;

servicio de mensajería courier service;

servicio militar military service;

hacer el servicio militar to do one's military service;

servicios mínimos [en huelga] skeleton service;

servicio de paquetería parcel service;

servicio posventa after-sales service;

servicio de prensa press department;

servicio público public service;

servicio religioso religious service;

servicio secreto secret service;

servicios sociales social services;

servicio técnico technical assistance;

servicio de urgencias Br casualty department, US emergency room;

servicio de veinticuatro horas round-the-clock service

2. [funcionamiento] service;

entrar en servicio to come into service;

estar fuera de servicio [máquina] to be out of order

3. [servidumbre] servants;

el servicio está fatal hoy en día you just can't find the staff these days

Comp
servicio doméstico domestic help
4. [turno] duty;

estar de servicio to be on duty

Comp
servicio activo [en el ejército] active service o duty
5. [en tenis, squash] serve, service;

primer/segundo servicio first/second serve o service;

al servicio, Ríos Ríos to serve;

mantener el servicio to hold one's serve

6. [cubierto] place setting

7. [juego de tazas, platos]
servicio de café/té coffee/tea set;

servicio de mesa dinner service

8. [en restaurante] [atención al cliente] service;
[recargo] service charge;
dan un servicio pésimo the service is awful;

el servicio está incluido service is included;

servicio no incluido service is not included

9.
servicios [sector terciario] services;

una empresa de servicios a services company;

el sector servicios the services sector

10. Esp [WC] toilet, US bathroom;

¿dónde están los servicios? where are the toilets?, US where's the bathroom?;

el servicio de señoras/caballeros the ladies/gents

* * *

servicio

m

1 service;

estar al servicio de be at the service of;

hacer un buen servicio a alguien do s.o. a great service;

estar de servicio be on duty;

libre de servicio off duty

2

:

servicios pl restroom sg, Br toilets

3 ( funcionamiento)

:

fuera de servicio TÉC out of order;

poner en servicio put into service

* * *

servicio nm

1) : service

2) saque: serve (in sports)

3) servicios nmpl

: restroom

* * *

servicio n

1. (en general) service

los servicios de emergencia the emergency services

2. (aseo) toilet

los servicios están al fondo a la derecha the toilets are down there on the right

3. (en tenis) serve / service

4. (asistente) domestic help

estar de servicio to be on duty

servicio militar military service

Spanish-English dictionary > servicio
11 Internet

f.

the Internet.

está en Internet it's on the Internet

m.

Internet, The Web, World Wide Web.

* * *
[inter'ne]
masculino

el Internet — the Internet

* * *

= Internet, the.

Nota: El conjunto de todas las redes interconectadas que utilizan los protocolos TCP/IP y que surgieron a partir de ARPANet al final de los 60 y principios de los 70.

Ex. Internet brings a new generation of information services that are the thin edge of the wedge of a radically transformative change in how people will access information.

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* accesible a través de Internet = web-compliant.

* accesible por Internet = Internet-accessible.

* aparato para usar Internet = Internet appliance.

* aprendizaje a través de Internet = virtual learning.

* a través de Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* basado en Internet = Internet-based.

* bibliografía de recursos en Internet = webliography.

* colgar Algo en Internet = put (out) + Nombre + on the web.

* compañía en Internet = dot-com [dot.com].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* creación de réplicas en Internet = mirroring.

* directorio de Internet = Web directory.

* edición en Internet = Web publishing.

* en Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.

* Explorador de Internet = Internet Explorer.

* herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.

* navegación por Internet = surfing.

* navegador de Internet = Web browser.

* navegar por Internet = surf + the Internet.

* novato de Internet = newbie.

* OPAC accesible a través de Internet = WebPac.

* poner Algo en Internet = put (out) + Nombre + on the web.

* portal de Internet = Web portal, Internet portal, web-based research guide.

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* principiante de Internet = newbie.

* programa de acceso a Internet = browser software.

* proveedor de servicios de Internet = Internet provider.

* Proveedor de Servicios de Internet (ISP) = ISP (Internet Service Provider).

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* reglas de cortesía en Internet = netiquette.

* relacionado con Internet = Internet-related.

* retransmisión vía Internet = webcast [web cast], cybercast [cyber cast].

* tienda de compras por Internet = online store.

* usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen.

* vendedor por Internet = e-tailer.

* * *
[inter'ne]
masculino

el Internet — the Internet

* * *

= Internet, the.

Nota: El conjunto de todas las redes interconectadas que utilizan los protocolos TCP/IP y que surgieron a partir de ARPANet al final de los 60 y principios de los 70.

Ex: Internet brings a new generation of information services that are the thin edge of the wedge of a radically transformative change in how people will access information.

* accesible a través de Internet = web-compliant.

* accesible por Internet = Internet-accessible.

* aparato para usar Internet = Internet appliance.

* aprendizaje a través de Internet = virtual learning.

* a través de Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* basado en Internet = Internet-based.

* bibliografía de recursos en Internet = webliography.

* colgar Algo en Internet = put (out) + Nombre + on the web.

* compañía en Internet = dot-com [dot.com].

* con conocimiento en el uso de Internet = Internet-savvy.

* creación de réplicas en Internet = mirroring.

* directorio de Internet = Web directory.

* edición en Internet = Web publishing.

* en Internet = Internet-based, Web-based, Web-supported.

* escaparse de los beneficios de Internet = fall through + the net.

* Explorador de Internet = Internet Explorer.

* herramienta de uso de Internet = Internet appliance.

* navegación por Internet = surfing.

* navegador de Internet = Web browser.

* navegar por Internet = surf + the Internet.

* novato de Internet = newbie.

* OPAC accesible a través de Internet = WebPac.

* poner Algo en Internet = put (out) + Nombre + on the web.

* portal de Internet = Web portal, Internet portal, web-based research guide.

* por toda la Internet = Internet-wide.

* principiante de Internet = newbie.

* programa de acceso a Internet = browser software.

* proveedor de servicios de Internet = Internet provider.

* Proveedor de Servicios de Internet (ISP) = ISP (Internet Service Provider).

* publicación en Internet = Web publishing.

* reglas de cortesía en Internet = netiquette.

* relacionado con Internet = Internet-related.

* retransmisión vía Internet = webcast [web cast], cybercast [cyber cast].

* tienda de compras por Internet = online store.

* usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen.

* vendedor por Internet = e-tailer.

* * *

Internet, internet

masculine

or

feminine

Internet

navegar por Internet to surf the Internet

* * *

Internet /inter'ne/ m (a veces f):
◊ (el) internet the Internet

Internet sustantivo femenino Inform Internet

' Internet' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conectar
- navegante
- internauta
- ISP
- proveedor
- PSI
English:
bookmark
- Internet
- Internet server
- net
- ISP

* * *

Internet nf
Informát Internet;
está en Internet it's on the Internet

* * *

Internet

f INFOR Internet;

navegar por Internet surf the Net;

en Internet on the Net

* * *

Internet n Internet

Spanish-English dictionary > Internet
12 fichero

m.

1 file (gen) & (computing).

2 card index, card catalogue, card file, card catalog.

3 card-catalog.

* * *

fichero

► nombre masculino

1 (archivo) card index

2 (mueble) filing cabinet, file

3 INFORMÁTICA file

* * *

SM

1) (=archivo) card index

2) (=mueble) filing cabinet

3) [de policía] records pl

fichero fotográfico de delincuentes — photographic records of criminals, rogues' gallery * hum

4) (Inform) file

fichero activo — active file

fichero archivado — archive file

fichero de datos — datafile

fichero de reserva — back-up file

fichero de trabajo — work-file

fichero indexado — index file

fichero informático — computer file

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( mueble - para carpetas) filing cabinet; (- para tarjetas) card index cabinet

b) ( cajón - de carpetas) filing draw; (- para tarjetas) card index draw

c) ( caja) index card file (AmE), card index box (BrE)

d) ( conjunto de fichas) file

2) (Inf) file

* * *

= card file, catalogue case, data file, file, index file.

Nota: Se asume que está ordenado de algún modo.

Ex. Here again, Sharp's SLIC indexing procedure provides a solution though one that is prohibitively expensive for a conventional card file.

Ex. You know many libraries have had telephone jacks at the end of the catalog cases and reference people were running around, except they didn't do it very much.

Ex. In the absence of sufficient staff to mount a supervised programme of microcomputer instructions, the library used existing, inexpensive, menu-making software to develop menu-driven, self-instructing access to disc operating commands, applications programs, and data files.

Ex. Information is held in files or databases, which are comprised of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex. This library service includes bright wall displays, pamphlets on open racks, availability of lists and directories, access to index files of local information, clear guiding on shelves and cabinet files, and the re-packaging of complex or ephemeral material.

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* adjuntar ficheros = file attachment.

* búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.

* búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.

* captura de ficheros de audio = audio capture.

* captura de ficheros de vídeo = video capture.

* comprimir un fichero = zip + file.

* copiar un fichero = load + file.

* depurar un fichero = clean up + file.

* descomprimir un fichero = unzip + file.

* diseño de ficheros = file design.

* en varios ficheros = cross-file [crossfile].

* estructura de ficheros = file design.

* extensión del nombre del fichero = file name extension.

* fichero adjunto = file attachment, attachment, email attachment.

* fichero alfabético = alphabetical file.

* fichero automatizado = machine file, computer-based file.

* fichero binario = binary file.

* fichero central = master file.

* fichero comprimido = zip file.

* fichero con estructura de red = networked file.

* fichero de acceso aleatorio = random access file.

* fichero de adquisiciones = acquisition(s) file.

* fichero de autoridades = authority file.

* fichero de autoridades de nombres = name authority file.

* fichero de catalogación en curso = in-process cataloguing file.

* fichero de circulación = circulation file.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fichero de cuentas = accounting file.

* fichero de direcciones = addresses file.

* fichero de ejecución por lotes = batch file.

* fichero de entrada = incoming file.

* fichero de existencias del sistema = system holdings file.

* fichero de identificaciones documentales = signature file.

* fichero de imágenes = graphic file, image file.

* Fichero de Información del Proceso de Automatización (APIF) = APIF (Automated Process Information File).

* fichero de lectores = registration file.

* fichero de materias = descriptor file.

* fichero de ocurrencias = postings file.

* fichero de operaciones realizadas = transaction file.

* fichero de pedidos = on-order file, order file.

* fichero de préstamo = circulation file.

* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.

* fichero de recursos humanos = resource file.

* fichero de registro de transacciones = log, service log, computer log, server log.

* fichero de registro por documento = item record file.

* fichero de registro por término = term record file.

* fichero de salida = outgoing file.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* fichero de sonido = audio file, sound file.

* fichero de sonido simultáneo = streaming audio.

* fichero de texto = text file.

* fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.

* fichero de vídeo = video file.

* fichero en disco = disc file.

* fichero invertido = inverted file.

* fichero jerárquico = hierarchical file.

* fichero manual = manual file.

* fichero matriz = master file.

* fichero ordenado por materias = subject file.

* fichero plano = flat file.

* fichero relacional = relational file.

* fichero retrospectivo = backfile [back file].

* fichero sistemático = systematic file.

* fichero topográfico local = local copy file.

* fichero viejo = backfile [back file].

* guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.

* inclusión de ficheros = file attachment.

* menú de Seleccione un Fichero = Select a File menu.

* nombre de fichero = filename.

* programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.

* servidor de ficheros = server computer, file server.

* subfichero = subfile.

* transferencia de ficheros = file transfer.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( mueble - para carpetas) filing cabinet; (- para tarjetas) card index cabinet

b) ( cajón - de carpetas) filing draw; (- para tarjetas) card index draw

c) ( caja) index card file (AmE), card index box (BrE)

d) ( conjunto de fichas) file

2) (Inf) file

* * *

= card file, catalogue case, data file, file, index file.

Nota: Se asume que está ordenado de algún modo.

Ex: Here again, Sharp's SLIC indexing procedure provides a solution though one that is prohibitively expensive for a conventional card file.

Ex: You know many libraries have had telephone jacks at the end of the catalog cases and reference people were running around, except they didn't do it very much.

Ex: In the absence of sufficient staff to mount a supervised programme of microcomputer instructions, the library used existing, inexpensive, menu-making software to develop menu-driven, self-instructing access to disc operating commands, applications programs, and data files.

Ex: Information is held in files or databases, which are comprised of records, which in turn are comprised of fields or data items, which again may be comprised of subfields or data elements.

Ex: This library service includes bright wall displays, pamphlets on open racks, availability of lists and directories, access to index files of local information, clear guiding on shelves and cabinet files, and the re-packaging of complex or ephemeral material.

* adjuntar ficheros = file attachment.

* búsqueda a través de ficheros de identificación documental = signature-based search.

* búsqueda cruzada de ficheros = cross-file searching.

* búsqueda de varios ficheros a la vez = multi-file searching.

* búsqueda en múltiples ficheros = cross-file searching.

* captura de ficheros de audio = audio capture.

* captura de ficheros de vídeo = video capture.

* comprimir un fichero = zip + file.

* copiar un fichero = load + file.

* depurar un fichero = clean up + file.

* descomprimir un fichero = unzip + file.

* diseño de ficheros = file design.

* en varios ficheros = cross-file [crossfile].

* estructura de ficheros = file design.

* extensión del nombre del fichero = file name extension.

* fichero adjunto = file attachment, attachment, email attachment.

* fichero alfabético = alphabetical file.

* fichero automatizado = machine file, computer-based file.

* fichero binario = binary file.

* fichero central = master file.

* fichero comprimido = zip file.

* fichero con estructura de red = networked file.

* fichero de acceso aleatorio = random access file.

* fichero de adquisiciones = acquisition(s) file.

* fichero de autoridades = authority file.

* fichero de autoridades de nombres = name authority file.

* fichero de catalogación en curso = in-process cataloguing file.

* fichero de circulación = circulation file.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file], periodical holdings file.

* fichero de cuentas = accounting file.

* fichero de direcciones = addresses file.

* fichero de ejecución por lotes = batch file.

* fichero de entrada = incoming file.

* fichero de existencias del sistema = system holdings file.

* fichero de identificaciones documentales = signature file.

* fichero de imágenes = graphic file, image file.

* Fichero de Información del Proceso de Automatización (APIF) = APIF (Automated Process Information File).

* fichero de lectores = registration file.

* fichero de materias = descriptor file.

* fichero de ocurrencias = postings file.

* fichero de operaciones realizadas = transaction file.

* fichero de pedidos = on-order file, order file.

* fichero de préstamo = circulation file.

* fichero de punto de acceso = access-point file.

* fichero de recursos humanos = resource file.

* fichero de registro de transacciones = log, service log, computer log, server log.

* fichero de registro por documento = item record file.

* fichero de registro por término = term record file.

* fichero de salida = outgoing file.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* fichero de sonido = audio file, sound file.

* fichero de sonido simultáneo = streaming audio.

* fichero de texto = text file.

* fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.

* fichero de vídeo = video file.

* fichero en disco = disc file.

* fichero invertido = inverted file.

* fichero jerárquico = hierarchical file.

* fichero manual = manual file.

* fichero matriz = master file.

* fichero ordenado por materias = subject file.

* fichero plano = flat file.

* fichero relacional = relational file.

* fichero retrospectivo = backfile [back file].

* fichero sistemático = systematic file.

* fichero topográfico local = local copy file.

* fichero viejo = backfile [back file].

* guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.

* inclusión de ficheros = file attachment.

* menú de Seleccione un Fichero = Select a File menu.

* nombre de fichero = filename.

* programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.

* servidor de ficheros = server computer, file server.

* subfichero = subfile.

* transferencia de ficheros = file transfer.

* * *

fichero

masculine

A

1 (mueble) filing cabinet

2 (cajón) card index cabinet

3 (caja) index card file ( AmE), card index box ( BrE)

4 (conjunto de fichas) file

B ( Inf) file

Compuestos:

● fichero archivado

archive file

● fichero de autoridad

( Inf, Ling) authority file

● fichero de datos/reserva

data/back-up file

● fichero de trabajo

work file

● fichero indexado

index file

● fichero maestro

master file

● fichero zip

zip file

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fichero sustantivo masculino
a) ( mueble para carpetas) filing cabinet

b) ( cajón — de carpetas) filing draw;

(— para tarjetas) card index draw
c) ( caja) index card file (AmE), card index box (BrE)

d) ( conjunto de fichas) file;

(Inf) file
fichero sustantivo masculino card index
' fichero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alfabetizar
- ficha
English:
card index
- file
- file name
- card

* * *

fichero nm

1. [conjunto de fichas] file

2. [mueble] filing cabinet;
[cajón] filing cabinet drawer; [caja] card index box
3. Informát file

Comp
fichero por lotes batch file;
fichero MP3 MP3 file

* * *

fichero

m

1 file cabinet, Br

filing cabinet

2 INFOR file

* * *

fichero nm

1) : card file

2) : filing cabinet

* * *

fichero n

1. (mueble) filing cabinet

2. (caja) card index [pl. indexes]

3. (archivo) file

Spanish-English dictionary > fichero
13 salvar

v.

1 to save (librar de peligro).

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger

Ella salva la situación She saves the situation.

María salva a Ricardo Mary saves Richard.

El tipo salva la información The guy saves=saves to disk the information.

La fe redimió a Ricardo Faith redeemed Richard.

2 to rescue.

3 to overcome (superar) (dificultad).

4 to cover.

5 to bridge.

* * *

salvar

► verbo transitivo

1 (librar de peligro) to save, rescue

2 (barco) to salvage

3 (honor, ruina) to save

4 (obstáculo) to clear

5 (dificultad) to overcome, get round

6 (distancia) to cover

7 (atravesar) to cross, span

8 (exceptuar) to exclude, except

► verbo pronominal salvarse

1 (sobrevivir) to survive, come out alive

2 (escaparse) to escape (de, from)

3 RELIGIÓN to be saved, save one's soul

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FRASEOLOGÍA

salvarse por los pelos familiar to have a narrow escape, get away by the skin of one's teeth

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

* * *

verb

1) to save

2) overcome

3) cover

•

- salvarse

* * *

1. VT

1) [de un peligro] to save

me salvó la vida — he saved my life

los bomberos nos salvaron del fuego — the firemen saved us from the blaze

apenas salvaron nada del incendio — they hardly managed to salvage anything from the fire

me has salvado de tener que sentarme con ese pesado — you saved me (from) having to sit next to that old bore

2) (Rel) to save

3) (Inform) to save

4) (=evitar) [+ dificultad, obstáculo] to get round, overcome; [+ montaña, río, barrera] to cross; [+ rápidos] to shoot

5) frm [+ distancia] to cover

el tren salva la distancia en dos horas — the train covers o does the distance in two hours

6) (=exceptuando)

salvando: salvando algún detalle, la traducción está muy bien — apart from a few minor details, the translation is very good
distancia 1)
7) frm [+ altura] to rise above

8) Cono Sur [+ examen] to pass

2.

See:

salvarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex. Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex. Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex. It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex. The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

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* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

lograron salvarle la vida — they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a alguien DE algo — to save something/somebody from something

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado — she saved the child from drowning

b) (fam) ( librar) to save

salvar a alguien DE algo — to save somebody from something

c) (Relig) to save

2)

a) <dificultad/obstáculo> to overcome

b) < distancia> to cover

c) (Per, Ur) < examen> to pass
2.
salvarse v pron

a) (de la muerte, de un peligro)

sólo se salvaron tres personas — only three people got out alive, only three people survived

sálvese quien pueda! — every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo — to escape from something

b) (fam) ( librarse)

de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro — the only one of the family who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía — he's the only one who can be excused because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo: se salvó de hacer el servicio militar — he got out of doing his military service

c) (Relig) to be saved

* * *

= circumvent, save, redeem, salvage, hold together.

Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.

Ex: Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex: Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.

Ex: It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.

Ex: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.

* salvado por la campana = saved by the bell.

* salvado por los pelos = saved by the bell.

* salvar el mundo = save + the world.

* salvar la división = bridge + the divide.

* salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf.

* salvar la vida = save + life.

* salvar la vida de milagro = have + a close shave with death.

* salvar registros = download + records.

* salvarse de milagro = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvarse por los pelos = have + a narrow escape, have + a lucky escape, have + a close call, have + a close shave.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* sálvese el que pueda = free-for-all.

* sálvese quien pueda = the devil take the hindmost, every man for himself, let battle commence.

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salvar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (de la muerte, de un peligro) to save

los médicos no consiguieron salvarlo the doctors were unable to save him

lograron salvarle la vida they managed to save her life

salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb FROM sth

salvó al niño de perecer ahogado she saved the child from drowning

consiguieron salvar las joyas del incendio they managed to save o rescue the jewels from the fire

2 ( fam) (librar) to save salvar a algn DE algo to save sb FROM sth

me has salvado de tener que aguantar su discurso you've saved me from having to listen to his speech

3 ( Relig) to save

B

1 ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

2 ‹distancia› to cover ver tb distancia

3 (Per, Ur) ‹examen› to pass

C salvando ger (exceptuando) except for, excluding

salvando a los presentes present company excepted

■ salvarse

v pron

1

(de la muerte, de un peligro): sólo se salvaron tres personas only three people got out o escaped alive, only three people survived

¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!

salvarse DE algo to escape FROM sth

se salvó de un terrible incendio she escaped from o survived a terrible fire

se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death

2 ( fam)

(librarse): de la familia, el único que se salva es Alejandro of the family, the only one who isn't ugly ( o stupid etc) is Alejandro, of the family, the only one who's all right is Alejandro

sólo se salva él porque no lo sabía you/we can't count him because he didn't know

salvarse DE algo:

se salvó de hacer el servicio militar he got out of doing his military service

3 ( Relig) to be saved

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salvar ( conjugate salvar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to save;
salvar algo/a algn DE algo to save sth/sb from sth
2
a) ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome

b) ‹ distancia› to cover

c) (Per, Ur) ‹ examen› to pass

salvarse verbo pronominal
to survive;
◊ ¡sálvese quien pueda! every man for himself!;

salvarse DE algo ‹de accidente/incendio› to survive sth;
se salvaron de una muerte segura they escaped certain death
salvar verbo transitivo
1 (librar de un peligro) to save [de, from]
2 (conservar) no salvaron nada de la tormenta, they didn't save anything from the storm
3 Rel to save
4 (pasar un obstáculo) to cross
5 (superar una dificultad, un apuro) to overcome
6 (hacer una excepción) salvando a José, todos fueron castigados, except for José, everyone was punished
7 (recorrer una distancia) salvó 400 km en tres horas, she covered 400 km in three hours

' salvar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abismo
- pellejo
- rescatar
- sacar
English:
appearance
- clear
- cross
- day
- face
- face saving
- futile
- jump
- negotiate
- reprieve
- retrieve
- salvage
- save
- shoot
- wreckage
- bridge
- get
- pass
- rescue

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salvar

♦ vt

1. [librar de peligro] to save;

nos salvó del peligro he saved us from danger;

la subvención los salvó de la ruina the subsidy saved them from ruin;

el portero salvó el gol en el último instante the goalkeeper saved the goal at the last moment;

me has salvado de tener que ir a visitarla you've saved me from having to go and visit her

2. [rescatar] to rescue;

salvaron todo lo que pudieron del edificio en llamas they rescued all they could from the blazing building

3. [superar] [dificultad] to overcome;
[obstáculo] to go over o around;
el caballo salvó el foso de un salto the horse jumped (across) the ditch;

un puente salva la distancia entre las dos orillas a bridge spans the river;

la atleta salvó los 2 metros the athlete cleared 2 metres

4. [recorrer] to cover;

salvaron la distancia entre las dos ciudades en tres días they covered the distance between the two cities in three days

5. [exceptuar]
salvando algunos detalles except for a few details;

salvando las distancias allowing for the obvious differences

6. Rel to save

7. Urug [aprobar] to pass

♦ See also the pronominal verb salvarse

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salvar

v/t

1 vida, matrimonio save;

salvar la vida a alguien save s.o.’s life

2 obstáculo get round, get over

3 REL save

* * *

salvar vt

1) : to save, to rescue

2) : to cover (a distance)

3) : to get around (an obstacle), to overcome (a difficulty)

4) : to cross, to jump across

5)

salvando : except for, excluding

♦ See also the reflexive verb salvarse

* * *

salvar vb (en general) to save

el médico le salvó la vida the doctor saved her life

Spanish-English dictionary > salvar
14 apartar

v.

1 to move away.

el polémico ministro ha sido apartado de su cargo the controversial minister has been removed from office

apartar la mirada to look away

2 to separate.

El regalo apartó a los hermanos The gift separated the brothers.

3 to take, to select.

ya he apartado la ropa para el viaje I've already put out the clothes for the journey

4 to push aside, to discard, to get away, to lay aside.

Ricardo apartó al mal amigo Richard pushed aside his lousy friend.

5 to put aside, to lay by, to put to one side.

Ricardo apartó los muebles Richard put the furniture aside.

6 to set apart, to earmark, to singularize.

Su elegancia apartó a Denise Her elegance set Denise apart.

7 to leave out, to exclude from the conversation.

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apartar

► verbo transitivo

1 (alejar) to move away

■ aparta la planta del sol move the plant out of the sun

■ ¿puedes apartar la moto? can you move your motorbike?

■ apartó la mirada she looked away

2 (separar) to separate; (preservar de) to protect from, keep away from

■ peleaban con tanta violencia que nadie pudo apartarlos they were fighting so fiercely that nobody could separate them

■ lo que haga falta para apartar al menor del peligro whatever is necessary to protect the child from danger

3 (reservar) to put aside, set aside

■ te he apartado un trozo de pastel I've put a piece of cake aside for you, I've saved you a piece of cake

4 (de un cargo) to remove

■ ha sido apartado del servicio activo he has been removed from active service

► verbo pronominal apartarse

1 (alejarse) to move away

■ apártate de allí get away from there

2 (separarse) to withdraw, move away

■ se apartó del tema she veered off the subject

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FRASEOLOGÍA

apartar los ojos de to take one's eyes off

'Se aparta género' "A deposit secures any item"

* * *

verb

1) to separate, put aside, set aside

2) move away

•

- apartarse

* * *

1. VT

1) (=alejar)

aparta las piezas blancas de las negras — separate the white pieces from the black ones

aparta la sartén del fuego — take the pan off the heat

lograron apartar la discusión de ese punto — they managed to turn the discussion away from that point

no podía apartar mi pensamiento de ella — I couldn't get her out of my head

• apartar la mirada/los ojos de algo — to look away from sth, avert one's gaze/one's eyes from sth liter

apartó la mirada de la larga fila de casas — she looked away from o liter averted her gaze from the long row of houses

no aparta los ojos de la comida — he can't keep his eyes off the food

2) (=quitar de en medio)

tuvo que apartar los papeles de la mesa para colocar allí sus libros — he had to push aside the papers on the table to place his books there

apartó el micrófono a un lado — she put the microphone aside o to one side

apartó la cortina y miró a la calle — he drew o pulled back the curtain and looked out into the street

le apartó los cabellos de la frente — she brushed her hair off her forehead

avanzaban apartando la maleza — they made their way through the undergrowth, pushing o brushing it aside as they went

3) [+ persona]

a) [de lugar]

lo apartó un poco para hacerle algunas preguntas — she took him to one side to ask him a few questions

los guardaespaldas apartaban a las fans — the bodyguards pushed the fans aside o away

aparta al niño de la ventana — move the child away from the window

b) [de otra persona] (lit) to separate; (fig) to drift apart

si no los apartamos se matarán — if we don't separate them they'll kill each other

el tiempo los ha ido apartando — they have grown o drifted apart with time

c) [de actividad, puesto] to remove

el ministro lo apartó de su puesto — the minister removed him from his post

su enfermedad la apartó de la política activa — her illness kept her away from playing an active role in politics

si yo fuera el entrenador, lo apartaría del equipo — if I was the coach I would remove him from the team

lo apartaron de su intención de vender la casa — they dissuaded him from selling the house

4) (=reservar) to put aside, set aside

si le interesa este vestido se lo puedo apartar — if you like this dress I can put o set it aside for you

se apartan muebles — a deposit secures any piece of furniture

hemos apartado un poco de comida para él — we've put o set aside a little food for him

picar las verduras y apartarlas a un lado — chop the vegetables and put them to one side

5) (Correos) to sort

6) (Ferro) to shunt, switch (EEUU)

7) (Agr) [+ ganado] to separate, cut out

8) (Jur) to set aside, waive

9) (Min) to extract

2.

See:

apartarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( alejar) to move away

aparta la ropa del fuego — move the clothes away from the fire

aparta eso de mi vista — get that out of my sight

sus amigos lo apartaron del buen camino — his friends led him astray

apartó los ojos or la mirada — he averted his eyes

b) < obstáculo> to move, move... out of the way

aparte ese coche — move that car (out of the way)

c) (frml) ( de un cargo) to remove

fue apartado del servicio activo — he was removed from active service

d) ( separar) to separate

si no los apartamos se van a matar — if we don't separate them they'll kill each other

2) (guardar, reservar) to set aside

aparté lo que me iba a llevar — I set aside what I was going to take

aparta un poco de comida para él — put a bit of food aside for him
2.
apartarse v pron (refl)

a) ( despejar el camino) to stand aside

apártense! — stand aside!

b) (alejarse, separarse)

apartarse de algo/alguien: el satélite se apartó de su trayectoria the satellite strayed from its orbit; apártate de ahí get/come away from there; no se aparta de su lado he never leaves her side; apártate de mi vista! get out of my sight!; se apartó bastante de su familia she drifted away from her family; nos estamos apartando del tema — we're going off the subject

* * *

= put + aside, put by, lock out, push + to one side, keep in + reserve, leave + aside, set + apart, lay + Nombre + aside, brush aside, set + aside, nudge + Nombre + aside, leave by + the wayside, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

Ex. If there is one, the borrower must be notified, and the copy somehow put aside for that borrower for a limited amount of time.

Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

Ex. This article examines the role of public library trustees who appear to live on the fringes of the library profession, locked out of the decision making mainstream.

Ex. The compositor therefore pushed the forme to one side (or stood it on its edge on the floor, leaning against its frame) and proceeded to impose the second forme of the sheet in the same way..

Ex. The notation employed by the Library of Congress scheme is based on letters of the alphabet, twenty-one of which have been used and five kept in reserve for further expansion.

Ex. Leaving aside the heretical thought that perhaps 'all things to all men' is exactly what the public library should be, this alone is not enough.

Ex. Storytelling and reading in a room set apart and led by competent people can be an entertainment designed for all.

Ex. If a book does not yield immediate pleasure they tend to lay it aside.

Ex. This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.

Ex. When new songbooks arrive in the library they are set aside until indexing is completed.

Ex. It calls upon the leaders of the Union to respond without delay -- for, very quickly, the position will be taken, the habits will be formed, it will be to late to nudge them aside later on.

Ex. She seeks to recontextualize those events that history has estranged, destroyed or capriciously left by the wayside.

Ex. She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex. They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.

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* apartar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* apartar de = wean from, wean away from.

* apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* apartar la vista = look + the other way.

* apartarse = step + aside, stray (from/outside), skew away.

* apartarse a un lado = pull over.

* apartarse (de) = depart from, turn away from, become + detached from, pull away (from), deviate (from).

* apartarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.

* apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.

* apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.

* apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

* no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) ( alejar) to move away

aparta la ropa del fuego — move the clothes away from the fire

aparta eso de mi vista — get that out of my sight

sus amigos lo apartaron del buen camino — his friends led him astray

apartó los ojos or la mirada — he averted his eyes

b) < obstáculo> to move, move... out of the way

aparte ese coche — move that car (out of the way)

c) (frml) ( de un cargo) to remove

fue apartado del servicio activo — he was removed from active service

d) ( separar) to separate

si no los apartamos se van a matar — if we don't separate them they'll kill each other

2) (guardar, reservar) to set aside

aparté lo que me iba a llevar — I set aside what I was going to take

aparta un poco de comida para él — put a bit of food aside for him
2.
apartarse v pron (refl)

a) ( despejar el camino) to stand aside

apártense! — stand aside!

b) (alejarse, separarse)

apartarse de algo/alguien: el satélite se apartó de su trayectoria the satellite strayed from its orbit; apártate de ahí get/come away from there; no se aparta de su lado he never leaves her side; apártate de mi vista! get out of my sight!; se apartó bastante de su familia she drifted away from her family; nos estamos apartando del tema — we're going off the subject

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= put + aside, put by, lock out, push + to one side, keep in + reserve, leave + aside, set + apart, lay + Nombre + aside, brush aside, set + aside, nudge + Nombre + aside, leave by + the wayside, push aside, turn + Nombre + away.

Ex: If there is one, the borrower must be notified, and the copy somehow put aside for that borrower for a limited amount of time.

Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

Ex: This article examines the role of public library trustees who appear to live on the fringes of the library profession, locked out of the decision making mainstream.

Ex: The compositor therefore pushed the forme to one side (or stood it on its edge on the floor, leaning against its frame) and proceeded to impose the second forme of the sheet in the same way..

Ex: The notation employed by the Library of Congress scheme is based on letters of the alphabet, twenty-one of which have been used and five kept in reserve for further expansion.

Ex: Leaving aside the heretical thought that perhaps 'all things to all men' is exactly what the public library should be, this alone is not enough.

Ex: Storytelling and reading in a room set apart and led by competent people can be an entertainment designed for all.

Ex: If a book does not yield immediate pleasure they tend to lay it aside.

Ex: This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.

Ex: When new songbooks arrive in the library they are set aside until indexing is completed.

Ex: It calls upon the leaders of the Union to respond without delay -- for, very quickly, the position will be taken, the habits will be formed, it will be to late to nudge them aside later on.

Ex: She seeks to recontextualize those events that history has estranged, destroyed or capriciously left by the wayside.

Ex: She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.

Ex: They will be patrolling in plain clothes to spot doormen who turn away people apparently on the basis of their ethnicity.

* apartar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* apartar de = wean from, wean away from.

* apartar + Dinero + para gastárselo en = set + aside + Dinero + for.

* apartar la vista = look + the other way.

* apartarse = step + aside, stray (from/outside), skew away.

* apartarse a un lado = pull over.

* apartarse (de) = depart from, turn away from, become + detached from, pull away (from), deviate (from).

* apartarse de la realidad = stray from + reality.

* apartarse del buen camino = go off + the rails, stray from + the straight and narrow.

* apartarse del camino de la verdad = stray from + the straight and narrow.

* apartarse de los caminos principales = go + off-road.

* apartarse el pelo de los ojos = flick + Posesivo + hair out of + Posesivo + eyes.

* no apartarse del buen camino = keep on + the right track.

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apartar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (alejar) to move away

aparta la ropa del fuego move the clothes away from the fire

aparta eso de mi vista get that out of my sight

aparta de ti esos temores ( liter); cast out those fears ( liter)

aparta de mí este cáliz ( Bib) take this cup from me

aquellas amistades lo apartaron del buen camino those friends led him astray o off the straight and narrow

lo apartaron de su propósito de estudiar medicina they dissuaded him from studying medicine

apartó los ojos or la mirada he averted his eyes

la apartó de un manotazo he pushed her aside o to one side

2 ‹obstáculo› to move, move … out of the way

aparte ese coche move that car (out of the way)

le apartó el pelo de los ojos she brushed the hair out of his eyes

3 ( frml) (de un cargo) to remove

ha sido apartado de su cargo/del servicio activo he has been removed from his post/from active service

4 (aislar) to separate

si no los apartamos se van a matar if we don't separate them they'll kill each other

se los mete en la cárcel para apartarlos de la sociedad they are put in jail to separate them from o to keep them away from society

B (guardar, reservar) to set aside

apartó lo que se iba a llevar she set aside what she was going to take, she put the things she was going to take on one side

tenemos que apartar el dinero del alquiler we must set o put aside the rent money

voy a apartar un poco de comida para él I'm going to put a bit of food aside for him

las gambas se pelan y se apartan peel the prawns and set aside o put them to one side

dejé el libro apartado I had them set the book aside o put the book to one side for me

[ S ] se apartan juguetes layaway available ( AmE), a small deposit secures any item ( BrE)

■ apartarse

v pron

( refl)

1 (despejar el camino) to stand aside

¡apártense! ¡dejen pasar! stand aside! make way!

2 (alejarse, separarse) apartarse DE algo/algn:

nos apartamos de la carretera principal we got off o left the main road

el satélite se ha apartado de su trayectoria the satellite has strayed from its orbit

apártate de ahí que te puedes quemar get/come away from there, you might burn yourself

¡apártate de mi vista! get out of my sight!

¡apártate de mí! get away from me!

no te apartes del buen camino stick to the straight and narrow

se ha apartado bastante de su familia she's drifted away from o grown apart from her family

nos estamos apartando del tema we're getting off o straying away from o going off the subject

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apartar ( conjugate apartar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ( alejar) to move … away;

◊ sus amigos lo apartaron del buen camino his friends led him astray;

apartó los ojos he averted his eyes
b) ‹ obstáculo› to move, move … out of the way

c) (frml) ( de un cargo) to remove

d) ( separar) to separate

2 (guardar, reservar) to set aside;
◊ aparta un poco de comida para él put a bit of food aside for him

apartarse verbo pronominal ( refl)
a) ( despejar el camino) to stand aside

b) (alejarse, separarse):

◊ apártate de ahí get/come away from there;

no se aparta de su lado he never leaves her side;
¡apártate de mi vista! get out of my sight!;
se apartó de su familia she drifted away from her family;
nos estamos apartando del tema we're getting off the subject
apartar
I verbo transitivo
1 (alejar) to move away, remove
apartar la vista, to look away
2 (guardar) to put aside
II verbo intransitivo ¡aparta!, move out of the way!
' apartar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
destinar
- grano
- soplar
- aislar
- entretener
- quitar
- retirar
- separar
English:
avert
- away
- block out
- kick away
- look away
- move over
- push aside
- set back
- sidetrack
- sweep aside
- take aside
- throw aside
- thrust aside
- look
- set
- sweep

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apartar

♦ vt

1. [alejar] to move away;
[quitar] to remove;
¡apártense de la carretera, niños! come away from the road, children!;

aparta el coche, que no puedo pasar move the car out of the way, I can't get past;

aparta de mí estos pensamientos [cita bíblica] protect me from such thoughts;

el polémico ministro ha sido apartado de su cargo the controversial minister has been removed from office;

apartar la mirada to look away;

no apartó la mirada de nosotros he never took his eyes off us;

sus ojos no se apartaban de ella his eyes never left her;

aparté la vista de aquel espectáculo tan desagradable I averted my gaze o I turned away from that unpleasant sight;

apartar a alguien de un codazo to elbow sb aside;

apartar a alguien de un empujón to push sb out of the way

2. [separar] to separate;

aparta las fichas blancas de las negras separate the white counters from the black ones;

nadie los apartó, y acabaron a puñetazos nobody attempted to separate them and they ended up coming to blows

3. [escoger] to take, to select;

ya he apartado la ropa para el viaje I've already put out the clothes for the trip

4. [disuadir] to dissuade;

lo apartó de su intención de ser médico she dissuaded him from becoming a doctor

♦ See also the pronominal verb apartarse

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apartar

v/t

1 separate; para después set o

put aside; de un sitio move away (de from)

2

:

apartar a alguien de hacer algo dissuade s.o. from doing sth

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apartar vt

1) alejar: to move away, to put at a distance

2) : to put aside, to set aside, to separate

♦ See also the reflexive verb apartarse

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apartar vb

1. (mover) to move / to move out of the away

¿puedes apartar la moto? can you move your motorbike?

aparté el florero I moved the vase out of the way

2. (separar) to separate

he apartado los tomates más maduros de los más verdes I've separated the ripe tomatoes from the green ones

apartar la mirada / apartar la vista to look away

no apartar la vista de algo not to take your eyes off something

Spanish-English dictionary > apartar
15 comunidad

f.

1 community (grupo).

comunidad de propietarios o de vecinos residents' association

la comunidad científica/internacional the scientific/international community

comunidad Andina Andean Community

comunidad autónoma (politics) autonomous region, = largest administrative division in Spain, with its own Parliament and a number of devolved powers

comunidad Europea (Antes) European Community

2 communion (cualidad de común) (de ideas, bienes).

comunidad de bienes co-ownership (between spouses)

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comunidad

► nombre femenino

1 community

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en comunidad together

comunidad autónoma autonomous region

comunidad de bienes DERECHO co-ownership

comunidad de propietarios owners' association

Comunidad Económica Europea European Economic Community

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noun f.

community

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SF

1) [gen] community; (=sociedad) society, association; (Rel) community; And commune ( of free Indians)

de o en comunidad — (Jur) jointly

comunidad autónoma — Esp autonomous region

Comunidad Británica de Naciones — British Commonwealth

Comunidad de Estados Independientes — Commonwealth of Independent States

comunidad de vecinos — residents' association

Comunidad (Económica) Europea — European (Economic) Community

Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero — European Coal and Steel Community

comunidad lingüística — speech community

2) (=pago) [de piso] service charge, charge for communal services
COMUNIDAD AUTÓNOMA In Spain the comunidades autónomas are any of the 19 administrative regions consisting of one or more provinces and having political powers devolved from Madrid, as stipulated by the 1978 Constitution. They have their own democratically elected parliaments, form their own cabinets and legislate and execute policies in certain areas such as housing, infrastructure, health and education, though Madrid still retains jurisdiction for all matters affecting the country as a whole, such as defence, foreign affairs and justice. The Comunidades Autónomas are: Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Islas Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, País Vasco, La Rioja, Comunidad Valenciana, Ceuta and Melilla. The term Comunidades Históricas refers to Galicia, Catalonia and the Basque Country, which for reasons of history and language consider themselves to some extent separate from the rest of Spain. They were given a measure of independence by the Second Republic (1931-1936), only to have it revoked by Franco in 1939. With the transition to democracy, these groups were the most vociferous and successful in their demand for home rule, partly because they already had experience of federalism and had established a precedent with autonomous institutions like the Catalan Generalitat.
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femenino

1)

a) ( sociedad) community

para el bien de la comunidad — for the good of the community

b) ( grupo delimitado) community

la comunidad polaca — the Polish community

vivir en comunidad — to live with other people

c) (Relig) community

d) ( asociación) association

- Comunidad Británica de Naciones

- Comunidad Económica Europea

- Comunidad Europea

2) ( coincidencia) community

comunidad de ideales/objetivos — community of ideals/objectives
•• Cultural note:
comunidad autónoma

In 1978 power in Spain was decentralized and the country was divided into comunidades autónomas or autonomías (autonomous regions). The new communities have far greater autonomy from central government than the old regiones and were a response to nationalist aspirations, which had built up under Franco. Some regions have more autonomy than others. The Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia, for example, had political structures, a desire for independence and their own languages which underpinned their claims to distinctive identities. Andalusia gained almost complete autonomy without having had a nationalist tradition. Other regions, such as Madrid, are to some extent artificial, having been created largely to complete the process. The comunidades autónomas are: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, the Basque Country (Euskadi), Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja, Valencia and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla

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= community.

Ex. Language of documents and data bases will need to be tailored to each community.

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* asociación de la comunidad = community group.

* biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.

* bibliotecario encargado de los servicios dirigidos a la comunidad = community services librarian.

* Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas (CEC) = Commission of the European Communities (CEC).

* comunidad académica = academic community, learning community.

* comunidad académica de investigadores = academic research community.

* comunidad agrícola = farming community.

* comunidad a la que se sirve = service area.

* comunidad autónoma = autonomous region.

* comunidad bancaria, la = banking community, the.

* comunidad bibliotecaria, la = library community, the, librarianship community, the.

* Comunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.

* comunidad científica = knowledge community.

* comunidad científica, la = scientific community, the, scholarly community, the, research community, the, scientific research community, the.

* comunidad conectada electrónicamente = online community.

* comunidad de bibliotecarios y documentalistas, la = library and information community, the.

* comunidad de educadores, la = education community, the.

* comunidad de lectores = reader community.

* comunidad de naciones = comity of nations, commonwealth.

* comunidad de pescadores = fishing community.

* comunidad de prácticas comunes = community of practice, community of practice, community of practice.

* comunidad de proveedores = vendor community.

* comunidad de proveedores, la = vending community, the.

* comunidad de usuarios = constituency, user community.

* comunidad de vecinos = housing association.

* comunidad dispersa = scattered community.

* Comunidad Económica Europea (CEE) = European Economic Community (EEC).

* comunidad editorial, la = publishing community, the.

* comunidad electrónica = online community.

* comunidad empresarial, la = business community, the.

* Comunidad Europea (CE) = EC (European Community).

* Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica (Euratom/EAEC) = European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom/EAEC).

* Comunidad Europea del Carbón y el Acero (CECA) = European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

* comunidad internacional, la = international community, the.

* comunidad laboral = working community.

* comunidad lingüística = language community, linguistic community.

* comunidad local = local community.

* comunidad marginada = deprived community.

* comunidad marginal = disadvantaged community.

* comunidad mundial, la = world community, the.

* comunidad pluralista = pluralistic community.

* comunidad religiosa = religious community.

* comunidad rural = rural community.

* comunidad urbana = urban community.

* de la propia comunidad = community-owned.

* Denominación de Productos para las Estadísticas del Comercio Externo de la = Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE).

* derecho de la comunidad = community right.

* dirigido a la comunidad = community-based.

* implicación de la comunidad = community involvement.

* la comunidad en general = the community at large.

* líder de la comunidad = community leader.

* miembro de la Comunidad = community member, Community member.

* no perteneciente a la Comunidad Europea = non-EC.

* países de la Comunidad Europea = European Communities.

* países miembro de la Comunidad = Community partner.

* país miembro de la Comunidad = Community member state.

* patrocinado por la comunidad = community-sponsored.

* representante de la comunidad = community activist.

* residente en la comunidad = community-dwelling.

* toda la comunidad = the community at large.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

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femenino

1)

a) ( sociedad) community

para el bien de la comunidad — for the good of the community

b) ( grupo delimitado) community

la comunidad polaca — the Polish community

vivir en comunidad — to live with other people

c) (Relig) community

d) ( asociación) association

- Comunidad Británica de Naciones

- Comunidad Económica Europea

- Comunidad Europea

2) ( coincidencia) community

comunidad de ideales/objetivos — community of ideals/objectives
•• Cultural note:
comunidad autónoma

In 1978 power in Spain was decentralized and the country was divided into comunidades autónomas or autonomías (autonomous regions). The new communities have far greater autonomy from central government than the old regiones and were a response to nationalist aspirations, which had built up under Franco. Some regions have more autonomy than others. The Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia, for example, had political structures, a desire for independence and their own languages which underpinned their claims to distinctive identities. Andalusia gained almost complete autonomy without having had a nationalist tradition. Other regions, such as Madrid, are to some extent artificial, having been created largely to complete the process. The comunidades autónomas are: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, the Basque Country (Euskadi), Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, La Rioja, Valencia and the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla

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= community.

Ex: Language of documents and data bases will need to be tailored to each community.

* asociación de la comunidad = community group.

* biblioteca de la comunidad = community library.

* bibliotecario encargado de los servicios dirigidos a la comunidad = community services librarian.

* Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas (CEC) = Commission of the European Communities (CEC).

* comunidad académica = academic community, learning community.

* comunidad académica de investigadores = academic research community.

* comunidad agrícola = farming community.

* comunidad a la que se sirve = service area.

* comunidad autónoma = autonomous region.

* comunidad bancaria, la = banking community, the.

* comunidad bibliotecaria, la = library community, the, librarianship community, the.

* Comunidad Británica de Naciones, la = Commonwealth, the.

* comunidad científica = knowledge community.

* comunidad científica, la = scientific community, the, scholarly community, the, research community, the, scientific research community, the.

* comunidad conectada electrónicamente = online community.

* comunidad de bibliotecarios y documentalistas, la = library and information community, the.

* comunidad de educadores, la = education community, the.

* comunidad de lectores = reader community.

* comunidad de naciones = comity of nations, commonwealth.

* comunidad de pescadores = fishing community.

* comunidad de prácticas comunes = community of practice, community of practice, community of practice.

* comunidad de proveedores = vendor community.

* comunidad de proveedores, la = vending community, the.

* comunidad de usuarios = constituency, user community.

* comunidad de vecinos = housing association.

* comunidad dispersa = scattered community.

* Comunidad Económica Europea (CEE) = European Economic Community (EEC).

* comunidad editorial, la = publishing community, the.

* comunidad electrónica = online community.

* comunidad empresarial, la = business community, the.

* Comunidad Europea (CE) = EC (European Community).

* Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica (Euratom/EAEC) = European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom/EAEC).

* Comunidad Europea del Carbón y el Acero (CECA) = European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

* comunidad internacional, la = international community, the.

* comunidad laboral = working community.

* comunidad lingüística = language community, linguistic community.

* comunidad local = local community.

* comunidad marginada = deprived community.

* comunidad marginal = disadvantaged community.

* comunidad mundial, la = world community, the.

* comunidad pluralista = pluralistic community.

* comunidad religiosa = religious community.

* comunidad rural = rural community.

* comunidad urbana = urban community.

* de la propia comunidad = community-owned.

* Denominación de Productos para las Estadísticas del Comercio Externo de la = Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE).

* derecho de la comunidad = community right.

* dirigido a la comunidad = community-based.

* implicación de la comunidad = community involvement.

* la comunidad en general = the community at large.

* líder de la comunidad = community leader.

* miembro de la Comunidad = community member, Community member.

* no perteneciente a la Comunidad Europea = non-EC.

* países de la Comunidad Europea = European Communities.

* países miembro de la Comunidad = Community partner.

* país miembro de la Comunidad = Community member state.

* patrocinado por la comunidad = community-sponsored.

* representante de la comunidad = community activist.

* residente en la comunidad = community-dwelling.

* toda la comunidad = the community at large.

* vida de la comunidad = community life.

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comunidad comunidad autónoma (↑ comunidad a1)

feminine

A

1 (sociedad) community

para el bien de la comunidad for the good of the community

2 (grupo delimitado) community

la comunidad polaca the Polish community

vivir en comunidad to live with other people

3 ( Relig) community

4 (asociación) association

Compuestos:

● Comunidad Británica de Naciones

(British) Commonwealth

● Comunidad Económica Europea

( Hist) European Economic Community

● Comunidad Europea

( Hist) European Community

● Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero

European Coal and Steel Community

B (coincidencia) community

no existe comunidad de ideales/objetivos entre ambos grupos there is no community of ideals/objectives between the two groups, the two groups do not share common ideals/objectives

C Comunidades fpl ( Hist):

la sublevación de las Comunidades the Revolt of the Comuneros

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comunidad sustantivo femenino
community;
◊ Ccomunidad (Económica) Europea European (Economic) Community

comunidad sustantivo femenino community
comunidad autónoma, autonomous region
comunidad de bienes, co-ownership
Comunidad Europea, European Community

' comunidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bien
- CE
- CECA
- CEE
- consejería
- depender
- EURATOM
- homologación
- primar
- pueblo
- reintegrar
- autonomía
English:
Commonwealth of Independent States
- community
- fraternity
- homeowners assocation
- integrate
- scattered
- service charge
- European
- general
- pillar
- service

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comunidad nf

1. [grupo] community;

la comunidad científica/educativa/judía the scientific/education/Jewish community;

vivir en comunidad to live in a community

Comp
Comunidad Andina Andean Community, = organization for regional cooperation formed by Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela;
comunidad autónoma autonomous region, = largest administrative division in Spain, with its own Parliament and a number of devolved powers;

comunidad de base [religiosa] base community, = lay Catholic community independent of church hierarchy;

Comunidad Británica de Naciones (British) Commonwealth;
Antes Comunidad Económica Europea European Economic Community;
la Comunidad Europea, las Comunidades Europeas the European Community;

la comunidad internacional the international community;

comunidad linguística speech community;

comunidad de propietarios residents' association;

comunidad de vecinos residents' association

2. [de ideas, bienes] communion

Comp
comunidad de bienes co-ownership [between spouses]
3. Am [colectividad] commune;

vive en una comunidad anarquista she lives in an anarchist commune

COMUNIDAD ANDINA

The Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) has its origins in the 1969 “Acuerdo de Cartagena”. Over subsequent decades the various institutions which now form the CAN were set up: the Council of Foreign Ministers in 1979, the Court of Justice in 1983, the Presidential Council in 1990, and the General Secretariat in 1997. The ultimate aim has been to create a Latin American common market. A free trade area was established in 1993, and a common external customs tariff in 1994. While all members have adopted a common foreign policy, more ambitious attempts at integration have been less successful. However, with a combined population of 122 million, and a GDP in 2004 of 300 billion dollars, the community is a significant economic group. In 2004, the leaders of the countries of South America decided to create the “Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones” (“South American Community of Nations”) or CSN by a gradual convergence between the CAN and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), plus Chile, Guyana and Surinam. This will create, in time, a vast free-trade area encompassing all of South America.

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comunidad

f community;

comunidad sucesoria o

hereditaria heirs pl

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comunidad nf

: community

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comunidad n community [pl. communities]

comunidad autónoma autonomous region

Comunidad Europea European Community

Spanish-English dictionary > comunidad
16 servicio2

² = capability, facility, feature, service, servicing, utility, service charges, service facility.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.

Ex. Apart from this additional facility Double-KWIC indexes have most of the facilities, features and drawbacks of KWIC and KWOC indexes.

Ex. Electronic Maildrop is an online document ordering feature, where documents can be ordered from various suppliers.

Ex. 'All aboard the orientation express' is a programme to introduce children to the services provided by the library and teach them to use the microfiche catalogue.

Ex. There was also the difficulty that inter-departmental servicing was not undertaken in a co-operative, sharing, spirit.

Ex. Situations where subdivisions might have had some utility are served by the co-ordination of index terms at the search stage.

Ex. These prices include breakfast (full buffet including a large selection of hot and cold entrees, salads, cheeses, pastries, etc.) and all service charges.

Ex. The author offer guidelines for managers and policy makers to aid the process of planning the establishment of data service facilities in a library.

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* abandonar los servicios de Alguien = drop out.

* adscripción en comisión de servicios = secondment.

* agencia de servicios = service agency.

* al servicio de = at the service of.

* al servicio de la nación = uniformed.

* a + Posesivo + servicio = at + Posesivo + service.

* arma de servicio = service weapon.

* bibliotecario de servicios técnicos = technical services librarian.

* bibliotecario encargado de los servicios dirigidos a la comunidad = community services librarian.

* bibliotecario en servicios mínimos = duty librarian.

* bienes y servicios = goods and services.

* buscar los servicios de = engage.

* calidad de los servicios = service quality.

* calidad del servicio = service quality.

* calidad en el servicio = quality performance, performance quality.

* callejón de servicio = service road.

* cambiar de servicio = churn.

* cambio de servicio = churn.

* carta de servicios = service offer.

* centrado en el servicio = service-focused.

* cobro de servicios = fee services.

* cobro por servicios = fee services, fee for services.

* cobro por servicios prestados = fee for services.

* comercializar un servicio = market + service, broker + service.

* conceder comisión de servicios = second.

* Consejo de los Servicios de Biblioteconomía y Documentación (LISC) = Library and Information Services Council (LISC).

* contratar los servicios de Alguien = enrol [enroll -USA].

* convocatoria de oferta de servicios = invitation to tender (ITT).

* dar servicio = service.

* dar un servicio = do + service.

* dedicado al servicio = service-oriented.

* departamento de servicios técnicos = technical services department.

* de servicio = on duty, on call.

* de servicio a la sociedad = public-spirited.

* de servicio al usuario = client-serving.

* dirigir un servicio = run + service.

* División de Servicios Bibliográficos de la Biblioteca Británica (BLBSD) = British Library Bibliographic Services Division (BLBSD).

* empresa de servicios = service organisation, service agency, service company.

* empresa de servicios de información = information broker, broker, information broking.

* empresa de servicio social = social utility.

* empresa de servicios públicos = public utility, utility company.

* en comisión de servicios = seconded.

* estación de servicio = gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station.

* estando de servicio = while on the job.

* ética de servicio = service ethic.

* externalización de servicios = outsourcing [out-sourcing], externalisation of services.

* falto de servicios = underserved.

* fuera de servicio = off-duty, decomissioned, out of commission.

* función de servicio = service function.

* hueco de servicio = service core.

* impuesto de bienes y servicios = goods and services tax.

* industria de servicios = service industry.

* industria de servicios financieros, la = financial services industry, the.

* instalar un servicio = mount + service.

* jefe de los servicios de información = chief information officer (CIO).

* jefe del servicio de catalogación = cataloguing head.

* jefe del servicio de referencia = reference head.

* libre de servicio = off-duty.

* montar un servicio = mount + service.

* oferta de servicios = service provision, service offer.

* oficial de servicio = duty officer.

* ofrecer servicio = service.

* ofrecer un servicio = operate + service, provide + service, do + service.

* orientado al servicio de la gente = people-centred, people-centric.

* orientado al servicio de las personas = people-centred.

* orientado hacia el servicio = service orientated, service-focused.

* orientar un servicio hacia = target + service.

* período de servicio = tour of duty.

* personal de servicios = service worker.

* personas faltas de servicios, las = underserved, the.

* por todo el servicio = service-wide.

* prestación de servicios = service delivery.

* prestar un servicio = operate + service, provide + service, render + service, give + service to, deliver + service, deliver + value, produce + the goods, do + service.

* prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.

* profesional dedicado al servicio = service professional.

* profesional dedicado a prestar un servicio a la población = service professional.

* profesión dedicada al servicio = service profession.

* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = helping profession.

* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.

* promover un servicio = launch + service.

* proveedor de servicios = service supplier, service provider.

* proveedor de servicios de Internet = Internet provider.

* Proveedor de Servicios de Internet (ISP) = ISP (Internet Service Provider).

* punto de servicio = service point.

* responsable del servicio de emergencias = emergency official.

* responsable del servicio de referencia = reference administrator.

* separación de servicios = unbundling.

* servicio a domicilio = home delivery.

* servicio a través de terceros = third-party service.

* servicio a uno mismo = self-service.

* servicio auxiliar de apoyo familiar = respite care.

* servicio bibliográfico = bibliographic service, bibliographic utility.

* servicio bibliotecario = library facility, library service.

* servicio bibliotecario mediante pago = fee-based library service.

* servicio bibliotecario penintenciario = prison library service.

* servicio central = main site service.

* servicio centralizado de control de publicaciones seriadas = consolidation service.

* servicio comercial = commercial service, commercial vendor, charged service.

* servicio comunitario = community service.

* servicio de acceso público = public delivery service.

* servicio de acompañante = escort service.

* servicio de actualización permanente = current awareness, current-awareness service.

* servicio de adquisiciones = acquisition routines, acquisition(s) service.

* servicio de aduanas = customs and excise agency.

* servicio de alerta = alert service.

* servicio de aparcacoches = valet parking.

* servicio de apoyo = backup service, support service.

* servicio de asesoramiento = consulting service, counselling service, advisory service.

* servicio de asesoramiento jurídico = legal aid service.

* servicio de asistencia = provider service.

* servicio de atención = advisory service.

* servicio de atención al cliente = customer service, service department.

* servicio de atención al cliente en su propio automóvil = drive-through (drive-thru).

* servicio de atención al cliente por teléfono = call centre.

* servicio de atención de día = day care.

* servicio de autobuses = bus service.

* servicio de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help facility.

* servicio de búsqueda = search service.

* servicio de canguros = baby-sitting service.

* servicio de catalogación = cataloguing service.

* servicio de compañía = escort service.

* servicio de compra por televisión = teleshopping service.

* servicio de compras = acquisition(s) service.

* servicio de conexión a las redes = networking service.

* servicio de correo = mail service.

* servicio de correo electrónico = electronic mail service.

* servicio de correos = postal service.

* servicio de cuidado de día = day care.

* servicio de difusión selectiva de la información = SDI service.

* servicio de directorios = directory service.

* servicio de distribución = host service.

* servicio de documentación = documentation service.

* servicio de emergencia = emergency service.

* servicio de entrega de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de envío = turnaround.

* Servicio de Envío de Artículos Originales (OATS) = Original Article Tearsheet Service (OATS).

* servicio de extensión bibliotecaria = outreach service, library extension work, extension service, outreach programme, reach out.

* servicio de fotocopia = copying facilities.

* servicio de fotocopias = photocopying service.

* servicio de fotodocumentación = photocopying service.

* servicio de habitaciones = room service.

* servicio de impresión = offline print facility.

* servicio de indización = indexing service.

* servicio de indización de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals indexing service.

* servicio de indización y resumen = indexing and abstracting service.

* servicio de información = alerting device, information service, information delivery service, information utility.

* servicio de información al consumidor = Consumer Advice Centre (CAC), consumer advisory service.

* servicio de información ciudadana = community information service.

* servicio de información electrónica = electronic information service.

* servicio de información en línea = online information service.

* servicio de información local = local information service.

* servicio de información sectorial = sectoral information service.

* servicio de informática = computing service.

* servicio de inteligencia = intelligence community, intelligence agency.

* servicio de jurado = jury duty.

* servicio de libros a domicilio = homebound service.

* servicio de limpieza = janitorial services.

* servicio de mantenimiento técnico = support service.

* servicio de mensajería = courier service.

* servicio de microfilmación = microfilm service, microfilming service.

* servicio de noticias = news service.

* servicio de novedades = news alerts.

* servicio de novedades a través del correo electrónico = e-mail alert.

* servicio de orientación = referral service, advisory service.

* servicio de orientación al lector = readers' advisory service point, readers' advisory service.

* servicio de petición de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de preparación = training facility.

* servicio de préstamo = lending service, loaner service.

* servicio de préstamo a domicilio = home lending service.

* servicio de préstamo de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de préstamo interbibliotecario = interlending service.

* servicio de recuperación en línea = online retrieval service.

* servicio de referencia = reference desk, reference service, enquiry service.

* Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador (MARS) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).

* servicio de referencia bibliotecario = library reference service.

* servicio de referencia electrónica = electronic reference service [e-reference service].

* servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.

* servicio de referencia por correo electrónico = electronic mail reference service.

* servicio de registros MARC, el = MARC service, the.

* servicio de reparto con furgoneta = van delivery service.

* servicio de respuesta = turnaround.

* servicio de restauración = caterer.

* servicio de resúmenes = abstracting service.

* servicio de salud pública = health service.

* servicio de seguridad = security service.

* servicio de suministro de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone service, mobile phone service.

* servicio de transferencia de documentos = document delivery service (DDS).

* servicio de única ventanilla = one-stop service.

* servicio doméstico = cleaning lady, domestic service, housekeeper.

* servicio en la Guardia Nacional = National Guard duty.

* servicio en línea = online service.

* servicio especial de autobuses = bus shuttle service, bus shuttle, shuttle bus service, shuttle bus.

* servicio especial de transporte = shuttle, shuttle service.

* servicio exhaustivo = service in-depth.

* servicio extra = frill.

* servicio funerario = funeral service.

* servicio gratis = frill.

* servicio gratuito = free service.

* servicio las 24 horas = 24 hour(s) service, 24 hour(s) service.

* servicio médico = medical care, medical aid, medical assistance.

* servicio meteorológico = meteorological service.

* servicio metereológico = weather bureau, weather service.

* servicio militar = military service, soldiering.

* servicio militar obligatorio = conscription, compulsory military service, draft, the, military draft.

* servicio nacional = domestic service.

* servicio no incluido = hidden extra.

* servicio postal = postal service, postal delivery service.

* servicio postventa = after-sales service.

* servicio público = amenity, public service, public utility, utility service.

* servicio regional de sanidad = hospital board.

* servicio relacionado con los libros = book service.

* servicio religioso = ceremonial service.

* servicio remoto = remote service.

* servicios a lectores = readers' services.

* servicios a los estudiantes = student services.

* servicio sanitario = health service.

* servicios automatizados = automation capabilities.

* servicios básicos = amenities.

* servicios bibliotecarios = library provision.

* servicios bibliotecarios para jóvenes = youth services.

* servicios bibliotecarios para los marginados = library services to the disadvantaged.

* servicios bibliotecarios para los sordos = library services for the deaf.

* servicios complementarios = added-value services.

* servicios de asistencia = remedial services.

* servicios de atención al estudiante = student services.

* servicios de autopista = highway facilities.

* servicios de cafetería = food services.

* servicios de documentos secundarios = secondary services.

* servicios de emergencia = emergency assistance.

* servicios de extensión bibliotecaria = library outreach.

* servicios de información = Information and Referral services.

* servicios de información bibliográfica = bibliographical services.

* servicios de información y referencia = I&R services (Information and Referral).

* servicios de red de valor añadido (VANS) = value added network services (VANS).

* servicios de trenes = rail facilities.

* servicios mínimos = skeleton staff.

* servicio social = social service.

* servicio social sustitutorio = community service.

* servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.

* servicios para adultos = adult services.

* servicios sociales = human services, welfare services.

* Servicios Técnicos y de Recursos para la Biblioteca (LRTS) = LRTS (Library Resources and Technical Services).

* servicio técnico = technical service, technical support, tech support.

* servicio telefónico = telephone service.

* servicio universal = universal service.

* servicio valioso = yeoman service.

* solicitar un servicio = call on/upon + service.

* suplemento por servicio = service charges.

* suspender un servicio = withdraw + service.

* tiempo fuera de servicio = downtime.

* tipo de servicio = style of service.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* un servicio las 24 horas = a 24-hour service.

* valor afectivo del servicio = affect of service.

* vender un servicio = market + service.

* vía de servicio = service road.

Spanish-English dictionary > servicio2
17 trabajo1

¹ = employment, endeavour [endeavor, -USA], job, labour [labor, -USA], leg work, occupation, task, work, working environment, workload [work load], pursuit, workmanship, footwork, handwork, professional position, working practice, pursuit in life, handiwork, lifework, line of business, toil, industry.

Ex. Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex. Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

Ex. An editor is a person who prepares for publication an item not his own and whose labour may be limited to the preparation of the item for the manufacturer.

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS may replace the typewriter, the catalog card, and much leg work, but it cannot replace the decision-making capabilities of the library staff.

Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.

Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.

Ex. The Classification Research Group (CRG) has been a major force in the development of classification theory, and has made a major contribution towards work on a new general classification scheme.

Ex. This article examines the various features now available on copiers and comments on the usefulness in a working environment.

Ex. Each of these changes, if we were to deal with them in an adequate manner, create severe workload problems for the cataloging department.

Ex. What is more arguable is whether or not it is a bibliographical pursuit at all since it bears little relationship to the physical nature of the book.

Ex. William R Lethaby, the architect who had Westminster Abbey in his charge for over twenty years, once said 'Art is thoughtful workmanship'.

Ex. If we decide to take on making up a subject file there'd be a lot of footwork even if we use that list as a basis = Si decidimos aceptar crear un fichero ordenado por materias habría mucho trabajo incluso si usamos esta lista como base.

Ex. The newspaper's suppression after the first issue was not, as some historians have declared, the handwork of Massachusetts' Puritan clergy = La supresión del periódico después de su primer número no fue, como algunos historiadores han declarado, por la intervención del clero puritano de Massachussetts.

Ex. In virtually all of her professional positions she has been involved with the handling of documents.

Ex. While many believe that print on paper will never die, new formats are already changing working practice in many spheres.

Ex. People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.

Ex. Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.

Ex. This is an eloquent, moving testament to the lifework of a major artist of unimpeachable technique and passion.

Ex. The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.

Ex. Furthermore, the computer can be used, and is already being used, to eliminate drudgery, busywork, and useless toil in library systems.

Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

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* acoso en el trabajo = workplace mobbing.

* agenda de trabajo = work agenda.

* agobiado de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* ahorrar el trabajo de = save + effort in.

* almuerzo de trabajo = work luncheon.

* ámbito de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* amor al trabajo = love of work.

* ansiedad en el trabajo = job anxiety, work anxiety.

* anterior al trabajo = pre-service.

* anuncio de trabajo = help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* anuncios de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* año de trabajo = man year.

* ascender en el trabajo = step up + the career ladder.

* ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.

* aspirar a un puesto de trabajo = aspire to + position.

* asunto relacionado con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.

* basado en el trabajo en equipo = team-based.

* bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.

* biblioteconomía especializada en el trabajo de referencia = reference librarianship.

* bolsa de trabajo = labour exchange, job opportunities, employment bureau, employment centre, employment opportunity, job centre, job pool.

* borrador de trabajo = working paper.

* buscador de trabajo = job applicant, job seeker.

* buscar trabajo = seek + employment.

* buscar trabajo en la calle = work + the streets.

* campo de trabajo = field of endeavour.

* campo de trabajos forzados = labour camp, forced labour camp.

* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].

* carga de trabajo = workload [work load].

* centro de trabajo = workplace.

* cobrar en un trabajo = job + pay.

* comenzar el turno de trabajo = go on + duty.

* comida de trabajo = business meal, professional meal.

* compañero de trabajo = co-worker [coworker], male colleague, work colleague, fellow worker.

* complementos del trabajo = fringe benefits, fringes.

* conciliación del trabajo y la familia = reconciliation of work and family.

* con demasiado trabajo = overworked.

* condiciones del contrato de trabajo = terms of employment.

* condiciones de trabajo = working conditions.

* con mucho trabajo = painfully.

* conseguir un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* conseguir un trabajo = enter + job, land + job.

* con trabajo = in post.

* contratar al primero que solicita el trabajo = hire on a first-come, first-take basis.

* contrato de trabajo = contract position.

* conversación de trabajo = shop talk.

* costar mucho trabajo = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* costar trabajo = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* cualquier trabajo temporal = casual job.

* cubrir un puesto de trabajo = fill + position.

* cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.

* dar permiso en el trabajo = give + time off work.

* dar trabajo = present + burden.

* dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.

* definición de trabajo = working definition.

* dejar a Alguien sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar el puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post.

* dejar el trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + post, quit + Posesivo + job, jump + ship.

* dejar sin trabajo = put + Nombre + out of work.

* dejar un puesto de trabajo = resign from + Posesivo + position.

* dejar un trabajo = quit, resign + Posesivo + post.

* denominación del puesto de trabajo = job title, occupational title.

* dentro del mismo trabajo = intraoccupational.

* derecho del trabajo = employment law.

* desarrollar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* desarrollar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.

* desempeñar un trabajo = exercise + work.

* despedir del trabajo = make + redundant.

* después del horario de trabajo = after hours [after-hours].

* de trabajo = working.

* día del trabajo = Labour Day.

* día de trabajo = working day.

* día internacional del trabajo = Labour Day.

* diario automático de trabajo = time log.

* dignidad del trabajo = dignity of work.

* dinámica de trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribución del trabajo = workflow [work flow].

* distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.

* división del trabajo = division of labour.

* documento de trabajo = working document, working draft.

* eficacia en el trabajo = quality of service.

* elaborar un plan de trabajo = develop + agenda.

* eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* encomendar un trabajo a Alguien = assign + job.

* encontrar trabajo = find + a job.

* encontrar trabajo en una biblioteca = join + library.

* en el horario de trabajo = on company time.

* en el trabajo = on-the-job, at work.

* enseñanza antes de empezar el trabajo = pre-service education.

* enseñanza en el trabajo = in-service education.

* entorno de trabajo = working environment, work environment.

* entrevista de trabajo = job interview.

* equipo de trabajo = study team, project team, work team.

* esclavo del trabajo = workaholic.

* escribir un trabajo = write + essay.

* espacio de trabajo = workspace.

* específico de un trabajo concreto = job-specific.

* estación de trabajo = workstation [work station], desktop workstation.

* estación de trabajo remota = outstation.

* estadía de trabajo = work visit.

* estar mareado de tanto trabajo = be reeling.

* estar relacionado con el trabajo = be work related.

* estar saturado de trabajo = work to + capacity.

* estar sin trabajo = stay out of + work.

* estrategia que ahorra trabajo = labour saver.

* estrés en el trabajo = job stress.

* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.

* excedencia en el trabajo = leave of absence.

* ficha de trabajo = worksheet, project worksheet.

* formación continua en el trabajo = workplace training, workplace learning.

* formación en el trabajo = in-service training, in-service education, in-service, on-the-job training, in-service support.

* funciones del puesto de trabajo = position + entail + duty.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* guía de trabajo = working guide.

* hábito de trabajo = work habit, working habit.

* hablar del trabajo = talk + shop.

* hacer + Posesivo + trabajo = get on with + Posesivo + work.

* hacer (todo) el trabajo pesado = do (all) + the donkey work.

* hacer un buen trabajo = do + a good job.

* hacer un trabajo = do + work, do + job.

* hacer un trabajo sobre = do + a project about.

* hasta aquí de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* hasta el cuello de trabajo = up to + Posesivo + eyeballs in work.

* herramienta de trabajo = tool, tool.

* hora de trabajo = man-hour.

* horario de trabajo = hours of operation, working hours, work hours.

* horario intenso de trabajo = long hours, the.

* horarios de trabajo demasiado cargados = over-long hours.

* igualdad de oportunidad en el trabajo = equal employment opportunity.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de valor comparable = equal pay for comparable work.

* igualdad de retribución por un trabajo de igual valor = equal pay for equal work.

* incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.

* indicador del trabajo realizado = workload indicator.

* intercambio de puestos de trabajo = job exchange.

* jornada de trabajo = workshop.

* liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.

* liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.

* línea de trabajo = line of work.

* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.

* llegar tarde al trabajo = be late for work.

* lugar de trabajo = affiliation, institutional affiliation, working environment, workplace, place of work, worksite [work site], home institution.

* lugar de trabajo del autor = author affiliation.

* magistratura del trabajo = industrial tribunal.

* marco de trabajo = framework.

* medida de seguridad e higiene en el trabajo = health and safety standard.

* memoria de trabajo = working memory.

* mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.

* mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.

* mesa de trabajo = desk, study table.

* método de trabajo = working method.

* Ministerio de Trabajo = Department of Labor.

* modelo de trabajo = working model, business model.

* mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* negligente en el trabajo = malpractitioner.

* neurosis producida por el trabajo = occupational neurosis.

* NISTF (Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la A = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* no perder el trabajo = stay in + work.

* norma de trabajo = working rule.

* no tener trabajo = be unemployed.

* obtener un puesto de trabajo = obtain + position.

* ocupar un puesto de trabajo = assume + position, take up + post, hold + post.

* oferta de trabajo = job advertisement, job offer, help wanted ad, help wanted notice.

* ofertas de trabajo = help-wanted advertising.

* oportunidad de trabajo = career opportunity.

* organización del trabajo = workflow [work flow], working arrangement.

* paquete de trabajo = workpackage.

* para trabajos pesados = heavy-duty.

* pérdida de puestos de trabajo = squeeze on jobs.

* permiso de trabajo = work permit.

* permuta de trabajo = job exchange.

* persona encargada de hacer los trabajos sucios = hatchetman.

* persona obsesiva con el trabajo = workoholic [workholic], workaholic.

* persona que asigna el trabajo = assigner.

* persona que deja un trabajo = leaver.

* persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.

* personas sin trabajo remunerado, los = unwaged, the.

* plan de trabajo = research agenda, work plan, working plan, work schedule.

* política de trabajo = policy.

* postura exigida por el trabajo = work posture.

* proceso de trabajo = work process.

* programa de formación en el trabajo = in-service training program(me).

* programa de trabajo = work schedule.

* programa de trabajo como interno residente = residency.

* promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.

* propuesta de trabajo = project proposal.

* proyecto de trabajo = work project.

* puente de trabajo = catwalk.

* puesto de trabajo = appointment, position, post, opening, career path, professional position, position held.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* puesto de trabajo ocupado = position held.

* puestos de trabajo ocupados = positions held.

* quitar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.

* realizar el trabajo = get + Posesivo + work done.

* realizar + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work.

* realizar un trabajo = perform + work, undertake + work.

* realizar un trabajo monótono = have + Posesivo + nose to the grindstone.

* red de trabajo = peer-to-peer network.

* relacionado con el trabajo = job-related, work-related.

* relación de trabajo = working relation, working relationship, work relationship, work relation.

* relativo al trabajo = occupational.

* rendimiento en el trabajo = work performance.

* reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.

* ropa de trabajo = work clothes.

* rutina de trabajo = work process.

* sala de trabajo = workroom.

* salir del trabajo = clock off + work.

* salud en el trabajo = occupational health.

* satisfacción en el trabajo = job satisfaction, work satisfaction.

* segregación en el trabajo = job segregation, employment segregation.

* seguridad en el trabajo = safety at work, occupational safety.

* sesión de trabajo = work session, working session.

* sicología del trabajo = occupational psychology.

* sin trabajo = jobless.

* sobrecargado de trabajo = overworked.

* sociología del trabajo = sociology of work.

* soliciante de trabajo = job applicant.

* solicitud de trabajo = job application.

* superficie de trabajo = working surface, work surface.

* taller de trabajo = workshop, study school.

* taller de trabajo esclavo = sweatshop.

* taller de trabajo sobre composición = writing workshop.

* tener trabajo para rato = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* tener un segundo trabajo = moonlight, work + a second job.

* tener un trabajo = hold down + job.

* tener un trabajo remunerado = be gainfully employed.

* tener un trabajo retribuido = be gainfully employed.

* tensión en el trabajo = job stress.

* tensión producida por el trabajo = occupational stress.

* terminar turno de trabajo = come off + duty.

* toda una vida de trabajo = a lifetime of work.

* tomarse excedencia en el trabajo = take + leave from + employment.

* tomarse + Expresión Temporal + de permiso en el trabajo = take + Expresión Temporal + off, have + Expresión Temporal + off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off work.

* tomarse unos días de permiso en el trabajo = take + time off, take + time out.

* trabajo académico = academic work.

* trabajo a destajo = piecework.

* trabajo a distancia = telecommuting, teleworking, telework.

* trabajo administrativo de apoyo = clerical work.

* trabajo a medias = job share.

* trabajo artesanal = craftsmanship.

* trabajo a tiempo parcial = part-time work, part-time employment, part-time job.

* trabajo atípico = atypical work.

* trabajo autónomo = self-employment.

* trabajo bibliográfico = bibliographic work.

* trabajo bibliotecario = library work.

* trabajo burocrático = paper-keeping.

* trabajo científico = scientific work, scholarly work.

* trabajo compartido = job sharing.

* trabajo complicado = major exercise.

* trabajo con documentación automatizada = computer-based information work.

* trabajo conjunto = interworking.

* trabajo con ordenador = computer work.

* trabajo cotidiano = daily work.

* trabajo creativo = creative work.

* trabajo de alfabetización = literacy work.

* trabajo de apoyo = escort work.

* trabajo de calidad = best practices, lessons learned [lessons learnt].

* trabajo de campo = fieldwork [field work].

* trabajo de catalogación = cataloguing work.

* trabajo de chinos = fiddly [fiddlier -comp., fiddliest -sup.].

* trabajo de clase = term paper, coursework [course work], term project, homework.

* trabajo de detective = sleuthing.

* trabajo de escolta = escort work.

* trabajo de impresión = bookwork.

* trabajo de impresión de material efímero = ephemeral jobbing.

* trabajo de información y de las bibliotecas = library and information work.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* trabajo de la casa = housework.

* trabajo de menores = child labour.

* trabajo de poca monta = odd-job.

* trabajo de préstamo de servicios = service job.

* trabajo de referencia = reference work.

* trabajo desinteresado = labour of love.

* trabajo detectivesco = sleuthing.

* trabajo de toda una vida = life's work, lifework.

* trabajo diario = day's work, daily work.

* trabajo doméstico = domestic duty, domestic work, domestic task.

* trabajo duro = hard labour, thirsty work, hard work.

* trabajo duro, mucho trabajo = hard graft.

* trabajo editorial = editorship.

* trabajo en archivística = archives work.

* trabajo en colaboración = interworking.

* trabajo en común = interworking.

* trabajo en curso = work in progress.

* trabajo en equipo = teamwork, collaborative teamwork, team management.

* trabajo en red = networking.

* trabajo en sucio = rough work.

* trabajo entre manos, el = work at hand, the.

* trabajo eventual = jobbing.

* trabajo físico = physical work.

* trabajo improductivo = busywork.

* trabajo individual = independent study, self-study.

* trabajo infantil = child labour, child work.

* trabajo ininterrumpido = continuous work.

* trabajo manual = craft, craft activity, handiwork, manual labour.

* trabajo monótono = drudge work, drudgery.

* trabajo + no faltar = have + Posesivo + work cut out for + Pronombre, have + Posesivo + job cut out for + Pronombre.

* trabajo no remunerado = unpaid work, unremunerated work.

* trabajo pesado = grind, grinding, donkey work.

* trabajo por cuenta propia = self-employment.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por + Posesivo + cuenta = freelance [free-lance].

* trabajo por turnos = shift work.

* trabajo práctico = fieldwork [field work], practical work.

* trabajo preliminar = groundwork, legwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo previo = groundwork, spadework [spade work].

* trabajo remunerado = work-for-hire, paid work, paid labour.

* trabajo rutinario = chore, routine work, mundane task.

* trabajos = life's work.

* trabajos de impresión de material efímero = jobbing work.

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

* trabajos forzados = forced labour, hard labour.

* trabajo social = social work.

* trabajo sucio = dirty work.

* trabajo sumergido = informal work.

* trabajo temporal = temporary job, casual job.

* trabajo urgente = hurried work, rush job.

* trabajo y esfuerzo = toil and trouble.

* turno de trabajo de atención al usuario = desk duty.

* un trabajo bien hecho = a job well done.

* uso compartido de mesas de trabajo = hot desking.

* útil de trabajo = tool.

* vida en el trabajo = job life.

* visita de trabajo = field trip.

Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo1
18 apoyar

v.

1 to lean, to rest.

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro rest your head on my shoulder

apoyó la bicicleta contra la pared she leant the bicycle against the wall

Ricardo apoya su cabeza sobre la silla Richard leans his head on the chair.

2 to support.

lo apoyó mucho durante su depresión she gave him a lot of support when he was depressed

3 to back up, to stand up for, to advocate, to endorse.

Ella apoya los proyectos ecológicos She backs up ecological projects.

4 to prop, to uphold, to backstop.

Ella apoyó las vigas en la pared She propped the beams on the wall.

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apoyar

► verbo transitivo

1 to lean, rest

■ apoyar la cabeza to rest one's head

2 (fundar) to base, found

■ apoya su teoría en pruebas concluyentes he bases his theory on hard evidence

3 figurado (defender algo) to support; (defender a alguien) to back, support

■ sus padres le apoyan en todo her parents support everything she does

► verbo pronominal apoyarse

1 (descansar) to lean (en, on), rest (en, on), stand (en, on)

■ la estatua se apoya en un pilar the statue stands on a column

■ apóyate en mí lean on me

■ se apoya demasiado en sus padres he relies too much on his parents

2 (dar el brazo) to hold on (en, to)

3 figurado (basarse) to be based (en, on)

■ ¿en qué te apoyas para decir eso? what do you base your arguments on?

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verb

1) to support, back

2) rest, lean

•

- apoyarse

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1. VT

1) (=reclinar) to rest, lean

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro — rest o lean your head on my shoulder

no apoyes los codos en la mesa — don't put o lean your elbows on the table

apoya la bicicleta contra la pared — lean the bicycle against the wall

2) (=ayudar) to support

no me apoyan en nada de lo que hago — they don't support me in anything I do

no apoyaremos más al gobierno — we will no longer support the government

los nuevos datos apoyan mi teoría — the new information supports my theory

3) (=basar) to base

apoya su argumento en los siguientes hechos — he bases his argument on the following facts

4) (=secundar) [+ propuesta, idea] to support

5) (Arquit, Téc) to support

2.

See:

apoyarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( hacer descansar) to rest

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

2)

a) ( respaldar) <propuesta/persona> to back, support

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

b) < teoría> to support, bear out
2.
apoyarse v pron

1) (para sostenerse, descansar)

apoyarse en algo — to lean on something

camina apoyándose en un bastón — she walks using a cane for support

se apoya mucho en su familia — he leans heavily on his family

2) (basarse, fundarse)

apoyarse en algo — to be based on something

¿en qué se apoya para hacer tal acusación? — what are you basing your accusation on?

* * *

= back, boost, endorse, espouse, give + support, give + weight to, lend + weight to, offer + support, support, sustain, align + Reflexivo + with, prop, buttress, lend + support, undergird, bolster, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, buy into, shore up, back into, second, ditto, stand by, rally (a)round, rally behind, plump for, forward, back + Nombre + up.

Ex. Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex. These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex. Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex. If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.

Ex. The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.

Ex. They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.

Ex. I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.

Ex. In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex. Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.

Ex. This article argues that fiction is an area of stock development which would readily achieve the goals of development with which public librarians have aligned themselves.

Ex. The type cases were propped up for use on a timber frame at a convenient working height.

Ex. Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.

Ex. The librarian who lends support to those who criticize the organization which employs him is likely also to find his position difficult.

Ex. Both libraries sought to undergird their partnership essential to a central role in collegiate education.

Ex. Bibliometric studies used to bolster the subjective opinions of librarians are not always useful for specialized areas.

Ex. Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The vendor, like the academic librarian it services, it must buy into the mission of the academic institution.

Ex. This project seeks to return control of scholarly publications to the academy and to shore up the case for publication of genuine scholarly works.

Ex. To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.

Ex. Most of the proposals for establishing gender studies were seconded.

Ex. I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.

Ex. It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.

Ex. I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.

Ex. The second group, who rallied behind McCarthy, was composed of students and intellectuals who were vociferous against the war.

Ex. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but the majority plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'.

Ex. In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.

Ex. Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.

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* apoyar Algo completamente = put + Posesivo + muscle behind + Nombre.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* apoyar en = lean against.

* apoyar la idea = endorse + the idea.

* apoyar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.

* apoyarse en = lean on/upon, inform.

* apoyarse sobre = rest on/upon.

* apoyar una causa = forward + cause, support + cause.

* apoyar una idea = favour + idea.

* apoyar una opinión = support + contention.

* apoyar un argumento = support + contention.

* apoyar una tesis = give + weight to the claim that.

* persona que apoya una moción o propuesta = seconder.

* que apoya moralmente = supportive.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( hacer descansar) to rest

apóyalo contra la pared — lean o rest it against the wall

2)

a) ( respaldar) <propuesta/persona> to back, support

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa — no one backed o supported her initiative

b) < teoría> to support, bear out
2.
apoyarse v pron

1) (para sostenerse, descansar)

apoyarse en algo — to lean on something

camina apoyándose en un bastón — she walks using a cane for support

se apoya mucho en su familia — he leans heavily on his family

2) (basarse, fundarse)

apoyarse en algo — to be based on something

¿en qué se apoya para hacer tal acusación? — what are you basing your accusation on?

* * *

= back, boost, endorse, espouse, give + support, give + weight to, lend + weight to, offer + support, support, sustain, align + Reflexivo + with, prop, buttress, lend + support, undergird, bolster, add + weight to, add + Posesivo + weight to, buy into, shore up, back into, second, ditto, stand by, rally (a)round, rally behind, plump for, forward, back + Nombre + up.

Ex: Co-operative, carefully planned and financed internationally backed efforts have been the keynote of more recent activity.

Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.

Ex: These rules follow a general trend in filing practices in endorsing the 'file-as-is' principle outlined below.

Ex: Most respondents espoused the latter view as an appropriate response to IT developments to date.

Ex: If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.

Ex: The resulting compromise in the overall design principles followed is, therefore, likely to give greater weight to these conventional needs.

Ex: They can bring into relief differing conditions in member countries and they often lend weight to arguments for or against various policy options.

Ex: I have many people to acknowledge, beginning with my co-editor who offered untiring support and many useful suggestions in putting together the institutes.

Ex: In order to support these three elements, and to ensure that schemes are updated it is important to have some organisation which takes responsibility for revision and publication.

Ex: Publishers in the United Stated benefit from a larger home market which serves to sustain the production of an information tool.

Ex: This article argues that fiction is an area of stock development which would readily achieve the goals of development with which public librarians have aligned themselves.

Ex: The type cases were propped up for use on a timber frame at a convenient working height.

Ex: Authors were often buttressed in their novel writing by other pieces of freelance writing.

Ex: The librarian who lends support to those who criticize the organization which employs him is likely also to find his position difficult.

Ex: Both libraries sought to undergird their partnership essential to a central role in collegiate education.

Ex: Bibliometric studies used to bolster the subjective opinions of librarians are not always useful for specialized areas.

Ex: Measurement of library activities can provide the evidence to erase misconceptions and add weight to those aspects of service that present a more powerful image = La medición de las actividades bibliotecarias puede proporcionar las pruebas necesarias para erradicar falsas ideas y apoyar aquellos aspectos del servicio que presentan una mejor imagen de la biblioteca.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The vendor, like the academic librarian it services, it must buy into the mission of the academic institution.

Ex: This project seeks to return control of scholarly publications to the academy and to shore up the case for publication of genuine scholarly works.

Ex: To the best of my knowledge, most of the big research libraries backed into the world of media = Según mi opinión, la mayoría de las bibliotecas académicas apostaron por adquirir todo tipo de soporte.

Ex: Most of the proposals for establishing gender studies were seconded.

Ex: I received mine yesterday and I'll ditto the fact that they look very professional.

Ex: It's hard to believe she stands by a man who gets his kicks out of beating her black and blue everynight.

Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.

Ex: The second group, who rallied behind McCarthy, was composed of students and intellectuals who were vociferous against the war.

Ex: There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but the majority plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'.

Ex: In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.

Ex: Often they use rather fancy words, such as 'theoretical models' or 'constructs' or 'paradigms' to describe what are, very frequently, no more than hypothetical ideas or categorisations which have little empirical evidence to back them up.

* apoyar Algo completamente = put + Posesivo + muscle behind + Nombre.

* apoyar de nuevo = reendorse.

* apoyar en = lean against.

* apoyar la idea = endorse + the idea.

* apoyar la necesidad de = endorse + the need (for/to).

* apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.

* apoyarse en = lean on/upon, inform.

* apoyarse sobre = rest on/upon.

* apoyar una causa = forward + cause, support + cause.

* apoyar una idea = favour + idea.

* apoyar una opinión = support + contention.

* apoyar un argumento = support + contention.

* apoyar una tesis = give + weight to the claim that.

* persona que apoya una moción o propuesta = seconder.

* que apoya moralmente = supportive.

* * *

apoyar [A1 ]

vt

A (hacer descansar) to rest

apoya la escalera contra la pared lean o rest the ladder against the wall

con la cabeza apoyada en su hombro with her head resting on his shoulder

no se debe apoyar los codos sobre la mesa you mustn't put o rest your elbows on the table

hay que apoyar todo el peso del cuerpo sobre una pierna you have to put all your weight on one foot

B

1 (respaldar) ‹propuesta/persona› to back, support

¿me vas a apoyar si me quejo? are you going to back me (up) o support me if I complain?

no apoyamos la huelga we do not support the strike

nadie la apoyó en su iniciativa no one backed o supported her initiative

apoyar técnica y financieramente su desarrollo to give technical and financial support o backing for its development

2 ‹teoría› to support, bear out

no hay pruebas que apoyen esta hipótesis there is no evidence to bear out o support this hypothesis

■ apoyarse

v pron

A (para sostenerse, descansar) apoyarse EN algo to lean ON sth

caminaba lentamente apoyándose en un bastón she walked slowly, leaning on a walking stick o using a walking stick for support

se apoya demasiado en su familia he relies too much on his family (for support), he leans too heavily on his family

B (basarse, fundarse) apoyarse EN algo to be based ON sth

se apoyó en estas cifras para defender su teoría he used these figures to defend his theory

¿en qué se apoya para hacer semejante acusación? what are you basing your accusation on?, what is the basis of your accusation?

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apoyar ( conjugate apoyar) verbo transitivo
1 ( hacer descansar) apoyar (algo en algo) to rest (sth on sth);
◊ apóyalo contra la pared lean it against the wall

2
a) ( respaldar) ‹propuesta/persona› to back, support

b) ‹ teoría› to support, bear out

apoyarse verbo pronominal
1 (para sostenerse, descansar) apoyarse en algo to lean on sth
2 (basarse, fundarse) apoyarse en algo to be based on sth
apoyar verbo transitivo
1 to lean
2 (causa) to support
' apoyar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
refrendar
- agarrar
- ir
- recostar
- respaldar
- sostener
English:
advocate
- back
- back up
- bolster
- buttress
- champion
- endorse
- lean
- prop
- prop up
- reinforce
- rest
- root for
- stand by
- support
- root
- sponsor
- stand

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apoyar

♦ vt

1. [inclinar] to lean, to rest;

apoya la cabeza en mi hombro rest your head on my shoulder;

apoyó la bicicleta contra la pared she leant the bicycle against the wall;

apoyó los codos sobre la mesa he leant his elbows on the table

2. [respaldar] to support;

todos apoyaron su decisión everyone supported her decision;

lo apoyó mucho durante su depresión she gave him a lot of support when he was depressed;

los directivos los apoyaron en su protesta management supported their protest

3. [basar] to base;

apoya su teoría en datos concretos her theory is based on o supported by concrete statistics

♦ See also the pronominal verb apoyarse

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apoyar

v/t

1 lean (en against), rest (en against)

2 ( respaldar, confirmar) support

* * *

apoyar vt

1) : to support, to back

2) : to lean, to rest

♦ See also the reflexive verb apoyarse

* * *

apoyar vb

1. (en general) to lean [pt. & pp. leant]

apoya la escalera contra la pared lean the ladder against the wall

2. (descansar) to rest

apoyó la cabeza en mi hombro she rested her head on my shoulder

3. (defender) to support

el partido apoya al candidato the party supports the candidate

Spanish-English dictionary > apoyar
19 problema

m.

1 problem.

el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism

los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems

el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left

2 glitch, bug.

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problema

► nombre masculino

1 problem

■ el dinero no trae más que problemas money brings nothing but problems

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar problemas to cause problems

tener problemas con to have trouble with

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noun m.

problem

* * *

1. SM

1) (=dificultad) problem

el problema del paro — the problem of unemployment

el problema es que no tengo tiempo — the problem is I don't have time

si hay algún problema dímelo — let me know if there is any problem

¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

este coche nunca me ha dado problemas — this car has never given me any trouble

no quiero problemas — I don't want any trouble

2) (Mat) problem

3) Méx (=accidente) accident, mishap

2.

ADJ INV (=problemático) problem antes de s

niño problema — problem child

* * *

masculino problem

resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas — old cars give a lot of trouble

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

* * *

= dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.

Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.

Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.

Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex. The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.

Ex. Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.

Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex. The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.

Ex. In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.

Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.

Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.

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* abordar un problema = address + problem.

* acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].

* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.

* acometer un problema = attack + problem.

* acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* acotar un problema = delineate + problem.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.

* afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* agravar un problema = compound + problem.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.

* aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.

* aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.

* arreglar un problema = fix + problem.

* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* ausencia de problemas = smoothness.

* averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* combatir un problema = combat + problem.

* complicar un problema = compound + problem.

* con problemas = in hot water.

* con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.

* con problemas de lectura = print disabled.

* con problemas de vista = vision impaired.

* con problemas visuales = vision impaired.

* considerar un problema = consider + problem.

* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.

* corregir un problema = correct + problem.

* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar problemas = play up.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* debatir un problema = discuss + problem.

* decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.

* dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* definición del problema = problem statement.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.

* diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.

* dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.

* el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.

* el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.

* enunciado del problema = problem statement.

* esbozar un problema = outline + problem.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.

* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.

* exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.

* hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.

* investigar un problema = investigate + problem.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.

* no haber problemas = be fine.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.

* ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* paliar problemas = minimise + problems.

* paliar un problema = solve + problem.

* percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.

* persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.

* persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.

* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

* personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.

* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.

* personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

* plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* problema + acosar = problem + dog.

* problema acuciante = pressing problem.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.

* problema alimenticio = eating problem.

* problema asociado = attending problem.

* problema auditivo = hearing problem.

* problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.

* problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.

* problema cotidiano = daily problem.

* problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.

* problema de espacio = space problem.

* problema de imagen = image problem.

* problema de peso = weight problem.

* problema de salud = health problem.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* problema de seguridad = security problem.

* problema diario = daily problem.

* problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* problema doméstico = domestic problem.

* problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* problema en la escuela = school problem.

* problema escolar = school problem.

* problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problema familiar = family problem.

* problema informático = computing problem.

* problema inicial = startup problem.

* problema insoluble = insoluble problem.

* problema monetario = monetary problem.

* problema motriz = motor disability.

* problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.

* problema + persistir = problem + persist.

* problema personal = personal problem.

* problema + plantearse = problem + come with.

* problema práctico = practical problem.

* problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* problema + radicar = trouble + lie.

* problema real = real problem.

* problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.

* problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.

* problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.

* problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.

* problemas dentales = dental disease.

* problemas de oído = poor hearing.

* problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.

* problemas familiares = family crisis.

* problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.

* problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.

* problema social = societal problem, social problem.

* problemas sociales = social crisis.

* problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.

* problemas visuales = visual impairment.

* problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.

* problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.

* resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.

* resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.

* sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* ser un problema = be at issue.

* sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* solución a problemas = problem solution.

* solucionar los problemas = put + things right.

* solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.

* subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.

* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.

* surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.

* suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener un problema = experience + problem.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.

* tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.

* tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.

* trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

* * *

masculino problem

resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

nos está creando muchos problemas — it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos — financial difficulties o problems

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas — old cars give a lot of trouble

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

* * *

= dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.

Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.

Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.

Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.

Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.

Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.

Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.

Ex: The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.

Ex: Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.

Ex: In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.

Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.

Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.

* abordar un problema = address + problem.

* acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].

* aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.

* acometer un problema = attack + problem.

* acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* acotar un problema = delineate + problem.

* acuciado por problemas = embattled.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.

* afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.

* agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.

* agravar un problema = compound + problem.

* ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.

* aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.

* aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.

* arreglar un problema = fix + problem.

* asediado por problemas = embattled.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

* ausencia de problemas = smoothness.

* averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.

* buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.

* capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.

* causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.

* combatir un problema = combat + problem.

* complicar un problema = compound + problem.

* con problemas = in hot water.

* con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.

* con problemas de lectura = print disabled.

* con problemas de vista = vision impaired.

* con problemas visuales = vision impaired.

* considerar un problema = consider + problem.

* convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.

* corregir un problema = correct + problem.

* crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.

* darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.

* dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.

* dar problemas = play up.

* darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.

* debatir un problema = discuss + problem.

* decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.

* dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* definición del problema = problem statement.

* definir un problema = delineate + problem.

* delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.

* desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.

* detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.

* diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.

* dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.

* eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.

* el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.

* el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.

* encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.

* enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.

* enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.

* enunciado del problema = problem statement.

* esbozar un problema = outline + problem.

* ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.

* esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.

* esquivar un problema = duck + issue.

* estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.

* exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.

* hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.

* investigar un problema = investigate + problem.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.

* meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.

* mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.

* no haber problemas = be fine.

* no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.

* no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.

* obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.

* ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.

* orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.

* paliar problemas = minimise + problems.

* paliar un problema = solve + problem.

* percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.

* persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.

* persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.

* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.

* personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.

* personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.

* personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.

* personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.

* persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.

* plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

* plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.

* presentar problemas = present + problems.

* presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.

* prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.

* problema + acosar = problem + dog.

* problema acuciante = pressing problem.

* problema + acuciar = problem + beset.

* problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.

* problema + afligir = problem + afflict.

* problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.

* problema alimenticio = eating problem.

* problema asociado = attending problem.

* problema auditivo = hearing problem.

* problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.

* problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.

* problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.

* problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.

* problema cotidiano = daily problem.

* problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.

* problema de espacio = space problem.

* problema de imagen = image problem.

* problema de peso = weight problem.

* problema de salud = health problem.

* problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.

* problema de seguridad = security problem.

* problema diario = daily problem.

* problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* problema doméstico = domestic problem.

* problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.

* problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.

* problema en la escuela = school problem.

* problema escolar = school problem.

* problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problema familiar = family problem.

* problema informático = computing problem.

* problema inicial = startup problem.

* problema insoluble = insoluble problem.

* problema monetario = monetary problem.

* problema motriz = motor disability.

* problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.

* problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.

* problema + persistir = problem + persist.

* problema personal = personal problem.

* problema + plantearse = problem + come with.

* problema práctico = practical problem.

* problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.

* problema + radicar = trouble + lie.

* problema real = real problem.

* problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.

* problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.

* problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.

* problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.

* problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.

* problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.

* problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.

* problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].

* problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.

* problemas dentales = dental disease.

* problemas de oído = poor hearing.

* problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.

* problemas familiares = family crisis.

* problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.

* problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.

* problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.

* problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.

* problema social = societal problem, social problem.

* problemas sociales = social crisis.

* problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.

* problemas visuales = visual impairment.

* problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.

* problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.

* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.

* resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.

* resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.

* sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.

* salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.

* ser un problema = be at issue.

* sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.

* sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.

* sin problemas de vista = sighted.

* solución a problemas = problem solution.

* solucionar los problemas = put + things right.

* solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].

* solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.

* subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].

* subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.

* superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.

* superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.

* surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.

* suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.

* tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.

* tener problemas = have + problems.

* tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.

* tener un problema = experience + problem.

* tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.

* tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.

* toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.

* tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.

* tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.

* trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.

* tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

* * *

problema

masculine

1 ( Mat) problem

resolver un problema to solve a problem

2 (dificultad, preocupación) problem

nos está creando muchos problemas it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble

problemas económicos financial difficulties o problems

me gustaría ir, el problema es que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, the snag o trouble o problem o thing is I don't have any money

los coches viejos siempre dan muchos problemas old cars always give a lot of trouble, old cars always play up a lot ( colloq)

si se enteran, vas a tener problemas if they find out, you'll be in trouble

no te hagas problema ( AmL); don't worry about it

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problema sustantivo masculino
problem;
◊ resolver/solucionar un problema to solve a problem;

los coches viejos dan muchos problemas old cars give a lot of trouble;
no te hagas problema (AmL) don't worry about it
problema sustantivo masculino problem: les está dando muchos problemas, it is giving them a lot of trouble
problemas económicos, financial difficulties

' problema' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abordar
- acotar
- circunscribirse
- comprensión
- conciencia
- concienciarse
- conjuntamente
- contingente
- deforestación
- desarrollo
- desforestación
- desmenuzar
- diferente
- drogodependencia
- eficacia
- encarar
- endemoniada
- endemoniado
- enfocar
- enfocada
- enfocado
- enfoque
- enrevesada
- enrevesado
- enunciado
- inconveniente
- intrincada
- intrincado
- magnitud
- mano
- orden
- plantear
- presentarse
- profundizar
- profundidad
- radicar
- raíz
- remediar
- remontar
- replantear
- resolución
- resolver
- robar
- rompecabezas
- salida
- sencilla
- sencillez
- sencillo
- sensibilizar
- sinsabor
English:
answer
- appreciate
- appreciation
- approach
- approachable
- arithmetic
- attack
- avenue
- awkward
- bit
- bypass
- can
- care
- central
- come up
- compound
- deal with
- define
- devil
- difficulty
- emerge
- emotional
- form
- formidable
- graft
- grapple
- growing
- hard
- hassle
- ignore
- issue
- knotty
- knowledge
- land
- lie
- magnitude
- major
- matter
- meditate
- meet with
- nut
- object
- outstanding
- overcome
- pin down
- pose
- present
- problem
- question
- relation

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problema nm

1. [dificultad] problem;

el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism;

los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems;

no quiero más problemas I don't want any more trouble;

el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left;
Am
no te hagas problema don't worry about it

2. [matemático] problem;

resolver un problema to solve a problem

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problema

m problem;

sin problema without difficulty, without any problems

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problema nm

: problem

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problema n problem

Spanish-English dictionary > problema
20 servicio de orientación

(n.) = referral service, advisory service

Ex. They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.

Ex. This web-based advisory service is open to all those with a stake in the preservation of, and the provision of access to, digital materials.

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(n.) = referral service, advisory service

Ex: They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.

Ex: This web-based advisory service is open to all those with a stake in the preservation of, and the provision of access to, digital materials.

Spanish-English dictionary > servicio de orientación

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