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  • 61 cuando a uno le venga bien

    Ex. By means of a modem a personal computer can be used to access external data bases and data may be downloaded for consultation at leisure.
    * * *

    Ex: By means of a modem a personal computer can be used to access external data bases and data may be downloaded for consultation at leisure.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuando a uno le venga bien

  • 62 cuota de mercado

    FINANZAS market share
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = market share, mindshare
    Ex. IBM decided to alter radically its personal computer product line due to a significant loss of market share during 1985 and 1986.
    Ex. Libaries mindshare in this new self-service e-resource environment is also clear: behind newer entrants.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = market share, mindshare

    Ex: IBM decided to alter radically its personal computer product line due to a significant loss of market share during 1985 and 1986.

    Ex: Libaries mindshare in this new self-service e-resource environment is also clear: behind newer entrants.

    * * *
    COM market share

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuota de mercado

  • 63 de gran capacidad

    (adj.) = large-capacity, high capacity
    Ex. The technology now exists to permit searching of fairly large full-text or bibliographic data bases on local computers using optical storage or large-capacity hard disks.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    * * *
    (adj.) = large-capacity, high capacity

    Ex: The technology now exists to permit searching of fairly large full-text or bibliographic data bases on local computers using optical storage or large-capacity hard disks.

    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de gran capacidad

  • 64 desembarcar

    v.
    1 to disembark (pasajeros).
    2 to unload from ship, to disembark, to unlade, to unship.
    3 to land, to come ashore, to disembark, to go ashore.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to disembark, land, go ashore
    1 (mercancías) to unload; (personas) to disembark, put ashore
    1 to disembark, land, go ashore
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ personas] to disembark; [+ mercancías] to unload
    2. VI
    1) [de barco, avión] [pasajeros] to disembark; [tropas] to land, disembark
    2) esp LAm [de tren] to alight frm (de from); get out (de of)
    3)

    estar para desembarcar — * to be about to give birth

    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (de barco, avión) pasajeros to disembark; tropas to land, disembark
    2.
    desembarcar vt < mercancías> to unload; < pasajeros> to disembark; ( en emergencia) to evacuate
    * * *
    = land, disembark.
    Ex. The author examines a number of CD-ROM software products which turn a personal computer into a planetarium and generate the illusion that a user is flying a spaceship or landing on a planet.
    Ex. A shipload of 600 illegal immigrants has been allowed to disembark in the Italian port of Gallipoli after being abandoned by the crew.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (de barco, avión) pasajeros to disembark; tropas to land, disembark
    2.
    desembarcar vt < mercancías> to unload; < pasajeros> to disembark; ( en emergencia) to evacuate
    * * *
    = land, disembark.

    Ex: The author examines a number of CD-ROM software products which turn a personal computer into a planetarium and generate the illusion that a user is flying a spaceship or landing on a planet.

    Ex: A shipload of 600 illegal immigrants has been allowed to disembark in the Italian port of Gallipoli after being abandoned by the crew.

    * * *
    vi
    1 (de un barco, avión) «pasajeros» to disembark; «tropas» to land, disembark
    2 (de un tren) «pasajeros» to leave, get off; «tropas» to detrain
    ■ desembarcar
    vt
    1 ‹mercancías› to unload
    2 ‹pasajeros› to disembark; (en caso de emergencia) to evacuate
    * * *

    desembarcar ( conjugate desembarcar) verbo intransitivo (de barco, avión) [ pasajeros] to disembark;
    [ tropas] to land, disembark
    verbo transitivo ‹ mercancías› to unload;
    ‹ pasajeros› to disembark;
    ( en emergencia) to evacuate
    desembarcar
    I vtr (bultos, carga) to unload
    (pasajeros, tripulación) to disembark
    II verbo intransitivo to disembark
    ' desembarcar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ashore
    - debark
    - disembark
    - land
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [pasajeros] to disembark (de from); [mercancías] to unload (de from)
    ♦ vi
    1. [de barco, avión] to disembark (de from);
    desembarcarán por la puerta C you will disembark through gate C;
    el 6 de junio las fuerzas aliadas desembarcan en Normandía the allied forces land in Normandy on 6 June
    2. [introducirse, establecerse]
    desembarcar en to move into;
    la multinacional desembarcó en el sector inmobiliario the multinational moved into the real estate sector
    3. Am [de autobús, tren]
    desembarcar (de) to get off
    * * *
    I v/i disembark
    II v/t personas land; mercancías unload
    * * *
    desembarcar {72} vi
    : to disembark
    : to unload
    * * *
    1. (persona) to disembark
    2. (cargamento) to unload

    Spanish-English dictionary > desembarcar

  • 65 dotado de tecnología moderna

    (adj.) = modern-equipped
    Ex. Online data bases has gained momentum in high-tech organisations because of the proliferation of cheap modern-equipped personal computer workstations.
    * * *

    Ex: Online data bases has gained momentum in high-tech organisations because of the proliferation of cheap modern-equipped personal computer workstations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dotado de tecnología moderna

  • 66 en segundo lugar

    (en texto, explicación) secondly 2 (en competición) in second place
    * * *
    = secondly, second-best [2nd-best], in the second place
    Ex. Secondly, there will be increasing use of personal computer (PC) on their own, linked to local area networks (LANs).
    Ex. In three weeks one could become the second best authority on any subject, given access to a decent library with a good librarian.
    Ex. European companies target European markets and, in the second place, North America.
    * * *
    = secondly, second-best [2nd-best], in the second place

    Ex: Secondly, there will be increasing use of personal computer (PC) on their own, linked to local area networks (LANs).

    Ex: In three weeks one could become the second best authority on any subject, given access to a decent library with a good librarian.
    Ex: European companies target European markets and, in the second place, North America.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en segundo lugar

  • 67 entusiasta

    adj.
    enthusiastic.
    f. & m.
    enthusiast.
    * * *
    1 enthusiastic
    1 lover, fan
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=apasionado) enthusiastic (de about)
    (=interesado) keen (de on)
    2.
    SMF (=aficionado) enthusiast, fan *; (=admirador) admirer
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo enthusiastic
    II
    masculino y femenino enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiastic, zealous, enthusiast, wholehearted [whole-hearted], buff, hard-core, dedicated, committed.
    Ex. The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
    Ex. Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.
    Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex. The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex. His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex. Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.
    Ex. There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
    Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    ----
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * entusiasta del deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * persona entusiasta y trabajadora = eager beaver.
    * poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo enthusiastic
    II
    masculino y femenino enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiastic, zealous, enthusiast, wholehearted [whole-hearted], buff, hard-core, dedicated, committed.

    Ex: The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

    Ex: Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.
    Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex: The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex: His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex: Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.
    Ex: There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
    Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * entusiasta del deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * persona entusiasta y trabajadora = eager beaver.
    * poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.

    * * *
    enthusiastic
    enthusiast
    es un entusiasta de la ópera he's a great opera enthusiast, he's a real opera buff ( colloq)
    * * *

    entusiasta adjetivo
    enthusiastic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    enthusiast
    entusiasta
    I adjetivo keen [de, on], enthusiastic: es un defensor entusiasta de las corridas de toros, he's an ardent supporter of bullfighting
    II mf enthusiast
    ' entusiasta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amante
    - tibia
    - tibio
    - aficionado
    English:
    eager
    - enthusiast
    - enthusiastic
    - glowing
    - half-hearted
    - keen
    - rapturous
    - rousing
    - standing ovation
    - unenthusiastic
    - zealous
    - zestful
    - half
    - lukewarm
    - swear
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    enthusiastic
    ♦ nmf
    enthusiast;
    * * *
    I adj enthusiastic
    II m/f enthusiast
    * * *
    : enthusiastic
    aficionado: enthusiast
    * * *
    entusiasta adj enthusiastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > entusiasta

  • 68 extensión de página

    (n.) = page length
    Ex. Use this command to set number of lines per page to 55 lines (a good page length for most personal computer printers).
    * * *

    Ex: Use this command to set number of lines per page to 55 lines (a good page length for most personal computer printers).

    Spanish-English dictionary > extensión de página

  • 69 forofo

    m.
    buff, fan.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar fan, supporter
    * * *
    forofo, -a
    * SM / F fan, supporter
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino (Esp fam) (Dep) fan; (Taur) aficionado, enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiast, diehard.
    Ex. The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex. Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.
    * * *
    - fa masculino, femenino (Esp fam) (Dep) fan; (Taur) aficionado, enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiast, diehard.

    Ex: The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex: Clinton diehards remain unreconciled to Obama.

    * * *
    forofo -fa
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam) ( Dep) fan; ( Taur) aficionado, enthusiast ser forofo DE algn to be crazy o wild o ( BrE) mad ABOUT sb, be a real fan OF sb ser forofo DE algo to be crazy o wild o ( BrE) mad ABOUT sth
    * * *

    forofo,-a m,f fam fan, supporter
    ' forofo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    forofa
    English:
    addicted
    * * *
    forofo, -a Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    es muy forofo he's really fanatical
    ♦ nm,f
    fan;
    es un forofo de la escalada he's crazy o Br mad about climbing
    * * *
    m, forofa f fam
    fan
    * * *
    forofo n fan

    Spanish-English dictionary > forofo

  • 70 lego

    adj.
    1 novice, apprentice.
    2 lay, secular, laic.
    m.
    layman, lay brother.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: legar.
    * * *
    1 lay, secular
    2 (ignorante) ignorant
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 RELIGIÓN (hermano) lay brother; (hermana) lay sister
    * * *
    (f. - lega)
    adj.
    * * *
    lego, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Rel) [hermano, predicador] lay
    2) (=ignorante) ignorant, uninformed
    2. SM / F
    1) (Rel) lay brother/lay sister
    2) (=desconocedor) layman/laywoman, layperson
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) ( seglar) lay (before n)
    2) ( ignorante)

    lego en algo: soy lego en la materia — I know nothing at all about the subject

    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig)
    a) ( fiel laico) layperson
    b) ( religioso) (m) lay brother; (f) lay sister
    2) (Col) ( curandero) quack
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], lay person [layperson], pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * * *
    I
    - ga adjetivo
    1) ( seglar) lay (before n)
    2) ( ignorante)

    lego en algo: soy lego en la materia — I know nothing at all about the subject

    II
    - ga masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig)
    a) ( fiel laico) layperson
    b) ( religioso) (m) lay brother; (f) lay sister
    2) (Col) ( curandero) quack
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], lay person [layperson], pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.

    * * *
    lego1 -ga
    A (seglar) lay ( before n), secular ( before n)
    hermano lego lay brother
    B (ignorante) lego EN algo:
    soy lego en la materia I know nothing at all about o I'm completely ignorant about the subject
    lego2 -ga
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig)
    1 (fiel laico) ( masculine) layman, layperson; ( feminine) laywoman, layperson
    2 (religioso) ( masculine) lay brother; ( feminine) lay sister
    B ( Col) (curandero) quack
    * * *

    Del verbo legar: ( conjugate legar)

    lego es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    legó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    legar    
    lego
    legar ( conjugate legar) verbo transitivo ( en testamento) to bequeath, leave
    lego
    ◊ -ga adjetivo

    1 ( seglar) lay ( before n)
    2 ( ignorante):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino


    (f) lay sister
    c) (Col) ( curandero) quack

    legar vtr (un bien material) to bequeath
    fig (un bien cultural, espiritual) to hand down, pass on
    lego,-a
    I adj Rel lay
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 layman: es lego en la materia, he's a layman on the subject
    2 Rel lay brother
    ' lego' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lega
    English:
    lay
    - layman
    * * *
    lego, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [profano, laico] lay
    2. [ignorante] ignorant;
    ser lego en to know nothing about
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [laico] layman, f laywoman
    2. [en convento] lay brother, f lay sister
    3. [ignorante] ignorant person;
    es un lego en la materia he knows nothing about the subject
    * * *
    adj
    1 lay atr
    2 fig
    ignorant;
    ser lego en la materia know little about the subject
    II m layman, layperson; en orden religiosa lay brother
    * * *
    lego, -ga adj
    1) : secular, lay
    2) : uniformed, ignorant
    lego, -ga n
    : layperson, layman m, laywoman f

    Spanish-English dictionary > lego

  • 71 llavero

    m.
    1 keyring.
    2 key ring, keyholder, keyring, key holder.
    3 keeper of the keys, turnkey, prison warder.
    * * *
    1 key ring
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=objeto) key ring
    2) † [persona] (tb: llavero de cárcel) turnkey
    * * *
    masculino key ring
    * * *
    = key chain, keyring.
    Ex. The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.
    Ex. A whistle from the owner activates the bleeper and light in this keyring, enabling lost keys to be found.
    ----
    * cadena de llavero = key chain.
    * colgante de llavero = key fob.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.
    * * *
    masculino key ring
    * * *
    = key chain, keyring.

    Ex: The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.

    Ex: A whistle from the owner activates the bleeper and light in this keyring, enabling lost keys to be found.
    * cadena de llavero = key chain.
    * colgante de llavero = key fob.
    * control remoto de llavero = key fob.

    * * *
    key ring
    * * *

     

    llavero sustantivo masculino
    key ring
    llavero sustantivo masculino keyring
    ' llavero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anilla
    English:
    key
    * * *
    key ring
    Informát llavero USB data o memory stick, flash drive
    * * *
    m key ring
    * * *
    : key chain, key ring
    * * *
    llavero n key ring

    Spanish-English dictionary > llavero

  • 72 línea de productos

    (n.) = product line
    Ex. IBM decided to alter radically its personal computer product line due to a significant loss of market share during 1985 and 1986.
    * * *

    Ex: IBM decided to alter radically its personal computer product line due to a significant loss of market share during 1985 and 1986.

    * * *
    COM product line

    Spanish-English dictionary > línea de productos

  • 73 memoria USB

    (n.) = USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick
    Ex. The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.
    Ex. A memory stick containing information on hundreds of police investigations goes missing in Edinburgh.
    Ex. I used a USB stick to do this, after zipping the files so they'd fit.
    Ex. Having a USB memory stick is like carrying a portable hard drive the size of a packet of chewing gum.
    * * *
    (n.) = USB hard drive, memory stick, USB stick, USB memory stick

    Ex: The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.

    Ex: A memory stick containing information on hundreds of police investigations goes missing in Edinburgh.
    Ex: I used a USB stick to do this, after zipping the files so they'd fit.
    Ex: Having a USB memory stick is like carrying a portable hard drive the size of a packet of chewing gum.

    Spanish-English dictionary > memoria USB

  • 74 memoria portátil

    (n.) = pen drive
    Ex. The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.
    * * *
    (n.) = pen drive

    Ex: The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > memoria portátil

  • 75 pagar derechos reales

    (v.) = pay + royalty
    Ex. By replacing parts of photocopying services with advanced personal computer technology libraries should make savings sufficient to pay royalty for each page copied.
    * * *
    (v.) = pay + royalty

    Ex: By replacing parts of photocopying services with advanced personal computer technology libraries should make savings sufficient to pay royalty for each page copied.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pagar derechos reales

  • 76 pedestre

    adj.
    1 on foot (a pie).
    2 pedestrian, prosaic (corriente).
    * * *
    1 (a pie) on foot
    2 (vulgar) pedestrian
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=a pie) pedestrian
    2) [metáfora, arte, razón] pedestrian
    * * *
    adjetivo < estilo> pedestrian, prosaic; < lenguaje> prosaic, ordinary
    * * *
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * carrera pedestre = foot race.
    * * *
    adjetivo < estilo> pedestrian, prosaic; < lenguaje> prosaic, ordinary
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.

    * carrera pedestre = foot race.

    * * *
    ‹estilo› pedestrian, prosaic; ‹lenguaje› prosaic, ordinary, dull
    su poesía es bastante pedestre his poetry is rather run-of-the-mill o ordinary o prosaic
    * * *

    pedestre adjetivo
    prosaic
    pedestre adjetivo pedestrian: nos dio una explicación bastante pedestre, she gave us a very dull explanation
    ' pedestre' also found in these entries:
    English:
    pedestrian
    * * *
    1. [a pie] on foot;
    una carrera pedestre a foot race, a walking race
    2. [corriente] pedestrian, prosaic
    * * *
    adj pedestrian;
    * * *
    : commonplace, pedestrian

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedestre

  • 77 procesador de textos

    word processor
    * * *
    * * *
    = word processing software, word processor, text-processing software
    Ex. Word processing software available for use on mainframe computers, microcomputers and word processors was originally designed for application where it is convenient to be able to store a text, then recall this text, and re-use it with minor modifications, at a later date.
    Ex. Word processing software available for use on mainframe computers, microcomputers and word processors was originally designed for application where it is convenient to be able to store a text, then recall this text, and re-use it with minor modifications, at a later date.
    Ex. Since 1981, a lower-cost option for text processing has been available: the personal computer with text-processing software.
    * * *
    * * *
    = word processing software, word processor, text-processing software

    Ex: Word processing software available for use on mainframe computers, microcomputers and word processors was originally designed for application where it is convenient to be able to store a text, then recall this text, and re-use it with minor modifications, at a later date.

    Ex: Word processing software available for use on mainframe computers, microcomputers and word processors was originally designed for application where it is convenient to be able to store a text, then recall this text, and re-use it with minor modifications, at a later date.
    Ex: Since 1981, a lower-cost option for text processing has been available: the personal computer with text-processing software.

    * * *
    word processor

    Spanish-English dictionary > procesador de textos

  • 78 procesamiento de texto

    Ex. Since 1981, a lower-cost option for text processing has been available: the personal computer with text-processing software.
    * * *

    Ex: Since 1981, a lower-cost option for text processing has been available: the personal computer with text-processing software.

    Spanish-English dictionary > procesamiento de texto

  • 79 profano

    adj.
    profane, worldly, irreligious.
    f. & m.
    1 lay person, non-specialist.
    2 layman.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.
    * * *
    1 (no sagrado) profane, secular
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) layman; (mujer) laywoman
    \
    ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject
    * * *
    profano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=laico) profane, secular
    2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent
    3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorant

    soy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music

    4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest
    2.
    SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

    * * *
    profano1 -na
    A
    1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular
    2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverent
    B
    (no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subject
    profano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig) ( masculine) layman; ( feminine) laywoman
    B (no especialista) non-specialist
    su nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman
    * * *

    Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)

    profano es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    profanó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    profanar    
    profano
    profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
    profano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ( no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane (frml);

    ‹ fiesta› secular

    2 ( no especializado):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Relig) (m) layman;
    (f) laywoman
    2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
    profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
    profano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (no sacro) profane, secular
    2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
    (hombre) layman
    (mujer) laywoman
    ' profano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    profana
    - temporal
    English:
    lay
    - profane
    - secular
    * * *
    profano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;
    literatura/música profana secular literature/music
    2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;
    soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject
    ♦ nm,f
    layman, f laywoman;
    soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics
    * * *
    I adj fig
    lay atr
    II m layman
    * * *
    profano, -na adj
    1) : profane
    2) : worldly, secular
    profano, -na n
    : nonspecialist

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano

  • 80 puerto USB

    (n.) = USB port
    Ex. The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.
    * * *
    (n.) = USB port

    Ex: The author reviews the technology of flash drives (sometimes called USB hard drives or pen drives) comprising small portable hard drives that are small enough to fit on a key chain that are simply plugged into the USB ports of a personal computer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > puerto USB

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