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  • 101 analizar una cuestión

    (v.) = explore + question, explore + issue
    Ex. Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.
    Ex. The objective of the study is to explore the issue of budgeting for public library services.
    * * *
    (v.) = explore + question, explore + issue

    Ex: Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.

    Ex: The objective of the study is to explore the issue of budgeting for public library services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > analizar una cuestión

  • 102 apariencia

    f.
    1 appearance (aspecto).
    en apariencia apparently
    guardar las apariencias to keep up appearances
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    2 illusion.
    * * *
    1 appearance, aspect
    \
    en apariencia apparently, by all appearances
    guardar las apariencias figurado to keep up appearances
    tener apariencia de to look like
    * * *
    noun f.
    appearance, look
    * * *
    SF (=aspecto) appearance

    • con apariencia de, una chica con apariencia de alemana — a German-looking girl

    • de apariencia, una herida de sospechosa apariencia — a suspicious-looking wound

    • en apariencia, José, en apariencia rudo, es muy cortés — although José may seem o appear rude on the surface, he is very polite

    en apariencia, el coche estaba perfecto — to all appearances, the car was in perfect condition

    • guardar o salvar las apariencias — to keep up appearances

    fiar 3.
    * * *
    femenino appearance

    guardar or cubrir las apariencias — to keep up appearances

    * * *
    = appearance, illusion, look, veneer, tinsel, outward appearance, semblance.
    Ex. Magazines published by USA automobile clubs are disparate in appearance and frequency, but may contain valuable reference material.
    Ex. A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.
    Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.
    Ex. Sexism is typically rationalized by & masked beneath an intellectual veneer.
    Ex. Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.
    Ex. The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.
    Ex. Over the course of time, aesthetic semblance has become a key part of aesthetic philosophy.
    ----
    * apariencia externa = outward appearance.
    * apariencia física = physical appearance.
    * apariencias = window dressing.
    * apariencia sencilla = simple-looking.
    * asumir una apariencia + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + aspect.
    * bajo la apariencia de = in the guise of, under the guise of.
    * dar la apariencia de = place + a veneer of.
    * dar una apariencia de = provide + a semblance of, give + a semblance of.
    * de apariencia = cosmetic.
    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading, meretricious.
    * en apariencia = apparently, looking, seemingly, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly.
    * esperanzador en apariencia = hopeful-seeming.
    * guardar las apariencias = preserve + appearance, keep up + appearances.
    * las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * mantener las apariencias = keep up + appearances.
    * mantener una apariencia de = maintain + a semblance of.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * tener una apariencia + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + look.
    * * *
    femenino appearance

    guardar or cubrir las apariencias — to keep up appearances

    * * *
    = appearance, illusion, look, veneer, tinsel, outward appearance, semblance.

    Ex: Magazines published by USA automobile clubs are disparate in appearance and frequency, but may contain valuable reference material.

    Ex: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.
    Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website!.
    Ex: Sexism is typically rationalized by & masked beneath an intellectual veneer.
    Ex: Americans aren't buying as many Christmas decorations and tinsel this year, a grim new sign of slower holiday spending ahead.
    Ex: The path led to a cluster of buildings similar in outward appearances to those found in farmyards and stables.
    Ex: Over the course of time, aesthetic semblance has become a key part of aesthetic philosophy.
    * apariencia externa = outward appearance.
    * apariencia física = physical appearance.
    * apariencias = window dressing.
    * apariencia sencilla = simple-looking.
    * asumir una apariencia + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + aspect.
    * bajo la apariencia de = in the guise of, under the guise of.
    * dar la apariencia de = place + a veneer of.
    * dar una apariencia de = provide + a semblance of, give + a semblance of.
    * de apariencia = cosmetic.
    * de apariencia engañosa = misleading, meretricious.
    * en apariencia = apparently, looking, seemingly, on the face of it, on the surface, ostensibly.
    * esperanzador en apariencia = hopeful-seeming.
    * guardar las apariencias = preserve + appearance, keep up + appearances.
    * las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * mantener las apariencias = keep up + appearances.
    * mantener una apariencia de = maintain + a semblance of.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * tener una apariencia + Adjetivo = have + a + Adjetivo + look.

    * * *
    appearance
    un hombre de apariencia fuerte a strong-looking man
    en apariencia, estaba en buenas condiciones it appeared to be in good condition, by all appearances it was in good condition
    a juzgar por las apariencias judging by appearances
    tenemos que guardar or cubrir las apariencias we have to keep up appearances
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    * * *

     

    apariencia sustantivo femenino
    appearance;

    a juzgar por las apariencias judging by appearances;
    guardar las apariencias to keep up appearances;
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    apariencia sustantivo femenino appearance
    ♦ Locuciones: en apariencia, apparently
    guardar las apariencias, to keep up appearances

    ' apariencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barniz
    - engañosa
    - engañoso
    - estampa
    - ir
    - juvenil
    - porte
    - traza
    - viso
    - cuidar
    - decente
    - externo
    - fachada
    - físico
    - forma
    English:
    air
    - appearance
    - dashing
    - dignified
    - disheveled
    - dishevelled
    - face
    - guise
    - look
    - nice
    - personal
    - seedy
    - semblance
    - show
    - sloppy
    - smart
    - sorry
    - take on
    - tidy
    - unkempt
    - untidy
    - veneer
    - outwardly
    - surface
    * * *
    1. [aspecto] appearance;
    un príncipe con apariencia de mendigo a prince who looks like a beggar;
    en apariencia apparently;
    se llevaban bien sólo en apariencia they only appeared to get on well together
    2.
    apariencias [indicios] signs, indications;
    las apariencias indican que la situación mejorará the signs are that the situation will improve;
    guardar las apariencias to keep up appearances;
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    3. [falsedad] illusion
    * * *
    f appearance;
    en apariencia outwardly;
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive;
    salvar las apariencias keep up appearances;
    según todas las apariencias judging by appearances
    * * *
    1) aspecto: appearance, look
    2)
    en apariencia : seemingly, apparently
    * * *
    apariencia n appearance

    Spanish-English dictionary > apariencia

  • 103 argucia

    f.
    1 sophism.
    2 subterfuge, contrivance, scheme, chicanery.
    * * *
    1 sophism, subtlety
    * * *
    SF sophistry frm, hair-splitting
    * * *
    femenino cunning argument
    * * *
    = trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.
    Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex. With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.
    Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex. Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex. But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex. There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex. Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.
    * * *
    femenino cunning argument
    * * *
    = trickery, chicanery, scheme, stalking horse, trick, gaff, wheeze.

    Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.

    Ex: With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the 1st users.
    Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.
    Ex: Legalism and pragmatism were the intellectual stalking horses that contributed most to the victory of economic interest over human concerns in this case.
    Ex: But if variable-length keys are not supported by a data base, various tricks are often necessary to provide access to the library data which has inherently variable-length keys.
    Ex: There are magicians that choose not to work with gaffs of any type because they want to take magic in new directions.
    Ex: Last year's profits were more than halved, so the company has come up with a clever wheeze.

    * * *
    cunning argument
    gracias a las argucias de su abogado thanks to some cunning arguments from o some fancy footwork by his lawyer
    * * *

    argucia sustantivo femenino ruse
    * * *
    deceptive argument
    * * *
    f clever argument
    * * *
    : sophistry, subtlety

    Spanish-English dictionary > argucia

  • 104 audífono

    m.
    1 earphone, ear cup, earpiece, ear-phone.
    2 hearing aid.
    * * *
    1 hearing aid, deaf aid
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de sordo] hearing aid
    2) LAm (=auricular) receiver
    pl audífonos (=cascos) headphones
    * * *
    a) ( para sordos) hearing aid, deaf-aid (BrE)
    b) ( de radio) earphone
    c) audífonos masculino plural (AmL) headphones (pl)
    * * *
    Ex. Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.
    * * *
    a) ( para sordos) hearing aid, deaf-aid (BrE)
    b) ( de radio) earphone
    c) audífonos masculino plural (AmL) headphones (pl)
    * * *

    Ex: Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.

    * * *
    1 (para sordos) hearing aid, deaf-aid ( BrE)
    2 (de una radio) earphone
    3 audífonos mpl ( AmL) headphones (pl)
    * * *

    audífono sustantivo masculino


    c)

    ◊ audífonos sustantivo masculino plural (AmL) headphones (pl)

    audífono, audiófono m Med hearing aid
    ' audífono' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    audiófono
    English:
    earphones
    - hearing aid
    - deaf-aid
    - hearing
    * * *
    1. [para sordos] hearing aid
    2. Am
    audífonos [cascos] headphones
    * * *
    I m para sordos hearing aid
    II audífonos mpl L.Am. ( cascos) headphones
    * * *
    1) : hearing aid
    2) audífonos nmpl
    : headphones, earphones

    Spanish-English dictionary > audífono

  • 105 automatizar

    v.
    to automate.
    * * *
    1 to automate
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to automate
    * * *
    = automate, computerise [computerize, -USA], mechanise [mechanize, -USA].
    Ex. OCLOC's local system will permit libraries to automate in stages.
    Ex. The music library is fully computerised and plans are under way to computerise other parts of the service.
    Ex. The computer-based distribution systems offer one approach to reducing the physical size of records and to mechanizing their search and retrieval.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to automate
    * * *
    = automate, computerise [computerize, -USA], mechanise [mechanize, -USA].

    Ex: OCLOC's local system will permit libraries to automate in stages.

    Ex: The music library is fully computerised and plans are under way to computerise other parts of the service.
    Ex: The computer-based distribution systems offer one approach to reducing the physical size of records and to mechanizing their search and retrieval.

    * * *
    vt
    to automate
    * * *

    automatizar ( conjugate automatizar) verbo transitivo
    to automate
    ' automatizar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    automate
    * * *
    to automate
    * * *
    v/t automate
    * * *
    automatizar {21} vt
    : to automate

    Spanish-English dictionary > automatizar

  • 106 avanzar

    v.
    1 to advance.
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    Mi chico avanza en la escuela My boy advances in school.
    Ricardo avanzó las ventas Richard advanced=promoted sales.
    2 to make progress.
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3 to pass (time).
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes quickly
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4 to move forward.
    El coche avanza lentamente The car moves forward slowly.
    * * *
    1 to advance, go forward
    1 (mover adelante) to advance, move forward
    2 (dinero) to advance
    3 (promover) to promote
    4 (una propuesta) to put forward
    1 (adelantarse) to go forward, advance; (día, noche) to draw in
    * * *
    verb
    1) to advance, move forward
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=mover) to move forward, advance

    avanzó la ficha cuatro casillas — he moved the counter forward four spaces, he advanced the counter four spaces

    2) [+ dinero] to advance
    3) [+ opinión, propuesta] to put forward
    4) [+ resultado] to predict; [+ predicción] to make
    5) Caribe (=vomitar) to vomit
    2. VI
    1) (=ir hacia adelante) to advance, move forward

    no me esperéis, seguid avanzando — don't wait for me, carry on

    2) (=progresar) to make progress
    3) [noche, invierno] to draw on, approach
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.
    Ex. Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.
    Ex. If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex. Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex. Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex. We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex. It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex. The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex. All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex. Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex. Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex. This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex. Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex. In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex. The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex. The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex. As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex. In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex. The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex. Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex. Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex. Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    ----
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.

    Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

    Ex: If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex: Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex: Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex: We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex: It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex: The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex: All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex: Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex: Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex: This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex: Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex: In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex: The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex: As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex: In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex: Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex: Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.

    * * *
    avanzar [A4 ]
    vi
    1 «tropas/persona/tráfico» to advance, move forward avanzar HACIA algo:
    las tropas avanzan hacia la capital the troops are advancing on the capital
    el país avanza hacia la democracia the country is moving o advancing toward(s) democracy
    2 ( Fot) «rollo» to wind on
    3 «persona» (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; «negociaciones/proyecto» to progress
    no estoy avanzando mucho con este trabajo I'm not making much progress o headway o I'm not getting very far with this work
    4 «tiempo» to draw on
    ■ avanzar
    vt
    1 (adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    avanzaron unos pasos they moved forward o advanced a few steps, they took a few steps forward
    2 (mover) to move … forward, advance
    avanzó un peón he moved o pushed a pawn forward, he advanced a pawn
    3 ‹propuesta› to put forward
    * * *

     

    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sacudida
    - salto
    - tantear
    - adelantar
    English:
    advance
    - come forward
    - crawl
    - edge
    - freewheel
    - go forward
    - headway
    - move
    - move along
    - pace
    - proceed
    - progress
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - surge
    - wind
    - fast
    - head
    - hover
    - inch
    - lumber
    - scroll
    - somewhere
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [moverse] to advance;
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing;
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    2. [progresar] to make progress;
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies;
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3. [tiempo] to pass;
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes very quickly;
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4. [carrete] to wind on
    ♦ vt
    1. [adelantar] to move forward;
    las tropas avanzaron sus posiciones the troops advanced their position;
    avanzaron varias posiciones en la clasificación de liga they moved up several places in the league
    2. [noticias]
    avanzar algo a alguien to inform sb of sth in advance;
    les avanzó los resultados del estudio she informed them of the results of the study before it was published
    3. [carrete] to wind on
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 move forward, advance;
    avanzar un pie take a step forward
    2 dinero advance
    II v/i
    1 advance, move forward; MIL advance ( hacia on)
    2 en trabajo make progress
    * * *
    avanzar {21} v
    : to advance, to move forward
    * * *
    1. (progresar) to make progress / to get on
    2. (ir hacia delante) to advance / to move forward

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  • 107 barrera

    f.
    1 barrier.
    poner barreras a algo (figurative) to erect barriers against something, to hinder something
    barreras arancelarias tariff barriers
    barrera del sonido sound barrier
    3 obstacle, hindrance, wall.
    * * *
    1 (gen) barrier
    3 figurado obstacle
    \
    poner barreras to hinder (a, -)
    barrera aduanera customs barrier
    barrera del sonido sound barrier
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=obstáculo) barrier

    contraconcepción o anticonceptivo de barrera — barrier contraception

    barrera aduanera, barrera arancelaria — tariff barrier

    barrera de color — colour o (EEUU) color bar

    este avión supera o traspasa o rompe la barrera del sonido — this plane can break the sound barrier

    barrera racial — colour o (EEUU) color bar

    2) [en carretera] roadblock

    barrera de peaje, barrera de portazgo — toll gate, turnpike

    3) (Ferro) crossing gate
    4) (Taur) (=valla) barrier; (=primera fila) first row
    toro 3)
    5) (Dep) [de jugadores] wall
    6) (Mil) (=barricada) barricade; (=parapeto) parapet
    7) (=impedimento) barrier, obstacle

    poner barreras a algo — to hinder sth, obstruct sth

    * * *

    ha superado la barrera del 10% — it has gone above the 10% mark

    b) (Ferr) barrier, crossing gate
    c) (Taur) ( valla) barrier; ( localidad) front row
    * * *
    = hurdle, wall, barrier, curtain, hindrance.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex. While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex. They are in a position to make a unique positive contribution to dissolving the 'cultural curtain,' as it has been called.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    ----
    * al otro lado de la barrera = on the other side of the fence.
    * atravesar una barrera = break through + barrier.
    * barrera arancelaria = trade barrier, tariff barrier.
    * barrera arquitectónica = architectural barrier.
    * barrera comercial = trade barrier.
    * barrera cultural = cultural barrier.
    * barrera del sonido = sound barrier.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * barrera de protección = crash barrier.
    * barrera de seguridad = crush barrier.
    * barrera espacio-temporal = space-time barrier.
    * barrera ficticia = glass ceiling.
    * barrera física = physical barrier.
    * barrera fluctuante = moving wall.
    * barrera geográfica = geographic barrier.
    * barrera institucional = institutional barrier.
    * barrera invisible = glass ceiling, invisible barrier.
    * barrera lingüística = language barrier, linguistic barrier.
    * barrera racial = colour bar.
    * barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.
    * barrera sicológica = psychological barrier.
    * barrera temporal = time barrier.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * el otro lado de la barrera = the other side of the fence.
    * encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.
    * enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.
    * levantar barreras = erect + boundaries.
    * levantar una barrera = build + wall.
    * penetrar una barrera = break through + barrier.
    * romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.
    * romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.
    * romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * * *

    ha superado la barrera del 10% — it has gone above the 10% mark

    b) (Ferr) barrier, crossing gate
    c) (Taur) ( valla) barrier; ( localidad) front row
    * * *
    = hurdle, wall, barrier, curtain, hindrance.

    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.

    Ex: In the map library, the electronic medium is shaking the foundations of cartographic communication and threatening the bring the walls crashing down.
    Ex: While the number of projects proposed was innumerable, 3 barriers remain: red tape; hard currency; and Western barriers to providing high technology to the Eastern bloc.
    Ex: They are in a position to make a unique positive contribution to dissolving the 'cultural curtain,' as it has been called.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    * al otro lado de la barrera = on the other side of the fence.
    * atravesar una barrera = break through + barrier.
    * barrera arancelaria = trade barrier, tariff barrier.
    * barrera arquitectónica = architectural barrier.
    * barrera comercial = trade barrier.
    * barrera cultural = cultural barrier.
    * barrera del sonido = sound barrier.
    * barrera de paso a nivel = level-crossing gate.
    * barrera de protección = crash barrier.
    * barrera de seguridad = crush barrier.
    * barrera espacio-temporal = space-time barrier.
    * barrera ficticia = glass ceiling.
    * barrera física = physical barrier.
    * barrera fluctuante = moving wall.
    * barrera geográfica = geographic barrier.
    * barrera institucional = institutional barrier.
    * barrera invisible = glass ceiling, invisible barrier.
    * barrera lingüística = language barrier, linguistic barrier.
    * barrera racial = colour bar.
    * barreras + desaparecer = boundaries + dissolve.
    * barrera sicológica = psychological barrier.
    * barrera temporal = time barrier.
    * derribar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * el otro lado de la barrera = the other side of the fence.
    * encontrarse con una barrera = face + barrier.
    * enfrentarse a una barrera = face + barrier.
    * levantar barreras = erect + boundaries.
    * levantar una barrera = build + wall.
    * penetrar una barrera = break through + barrier.
    * romper barreras = break down + boundaries, break down + borders.
    * romper la barrera del sonido = break + the sound barrier.
    * romper las barreras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.

    * * *
    1 (para separar) barrier; (obstáculo) barrier
    barrera psicológica psychological barrier
    ha superado la barrera del 10% it has gone above the 10% mark
    no logró superar la barrera del idioma he was unable to overcome the language barrier
    una barrera infranqueable or insalvable an insurmountable barrier o obstacle
    métodos anticonceptivos de barrera barrier methods of contraception
    2 ( Ferr) barrier, crossing gate
    3 ( Taur) (valla) barrier; (localidad) front row
    Compuestos:
    ● barrera aduanera or arancelaria
    customs barrier
    trade barrier
    ( Esp) ticket barrier
    ( AmL) ticket barrier
    sound barrier
    superar or romper la barrera del sonido to break the sound barrier
    toll barrier
    safety barrier
    generation gap
    natural barrier
    safety barrier
    * * *

     

    Del verbo barrer: ( conjugate barrer)

    barrerá es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    barrer    
    barrera
    barrer ( conjugate barrer) verbo transitivo
    1 ‹suelo/cocina› to sweep
    2


    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( con escoba) to sweep
    2 ( arrasar) [equipo/candidato] to sweep to victory;
    barrera con algo ‹con premios/medallas› to walk off with sth;

    barrió con todos los premios she walked off with all the prizes
    barrerse verbo pronominal (Méx) [ vehículo] to skid;
    (en fútbol, béisbol) to slide
    barrera sustantivo femenino
    barrier;

    barrera generacional generation gap;
    barrera idiomática language barrier
    barrer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to sweep: hace una semana que no barro el salón, I haven't swept the living room for a week
    el anticiclón está barriendo el norte, the anticyclone is sweping through the North
    2 (destruir, rechazar) to sweep away
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (en una votación) to win by a landslide: el partido conservador barrió en las regiones del norte, the conservatives won by a landslide in the North
    2 (acaparar, agotar las existencias) to take away: los clientes barrieron con las ofertas, the customers snapped up the bargains
    ♦ Locuciones: barrer para casa, to look after number one
    barrera sustantivo femenino barrier: hay entre ellos una barrera, there's a barrier between them
    barrera arquitectónica, architectonic barrier/hindrance
    barrera del sonido, sound barrier
    barrera lingüística, language barrier

    ' barrera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    traspasar
    - arancelario
    - lingüístico
    English:
    barrier
    - sound barrier
    - tariff barrier
    - ticket barrier
    - tollgate
    - crash
    - guard
    - sound
    - wall
    * * *
    1. [para controlar acceso] barrier;
    [de campo, casa] fence barreras arancelarias tariff barriers;
    barreras no arancelarias non-tariff barriers;
    barreras arquitectónicas [para silla de ruedas] obstructions for wheelchair users;
    barreras comerciales trade barriers
    2. Ferroc crossing gate
    3. [dificultad, obstáculo] barrier;
    la barrera del idioma le impedía integrarse the language barrier made it difficult for her to integrate;
    el índice bursátil superó la barrera psicológica de los 1.000 puntos the stock market index crossed the psychological barrier of 1,000 points;
    superaron la barrera del millón de discos vendidos sales of their album went over the million mark;
    poner barreras a algo to erect barriers against sth, to hinder sth;
    se casaron saltándose las barreras sociales they married despite the huge difference in their social backgrounds
    barrera del sonido sound barrier
    4. Dep [de jugadores] wall
    5. Taurom [valla] = barrier around the edge of a bullring;
    [localidad] = front row of seats immediately behind the barrier around the edge of the bullring
    * * *
    f
    1 barrier;
    sin barreras (arquitectónicas) readily accessible (to the disabled), with easy disabled access;
    barreras comerciales pl trade barriers
    2 DEP jump; de carreras hurdle; en fútbol wall
    * * *
    obstáculo: barrier, obstacle
    barrera de sonido: sound barrier
    * * *
    1. (en general) barrier
    2. (valla) barrier / fence
    3. (primera fila) front row
    4. (en fútbol) wall

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  • 108 bibliografía

    f.
    1 bibliography.
    2 cannon of single author.
    3 literature, learned studies of subject.
    * * *
    1 bibliography
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino (en libro, informe) bibliography; ( para curso) booklist
    * * *
    = bibliography, booklist [book list], bibliographic listing, reference bibliography, reference list.
    Ex. The techniques of identifying and describing documents and of arranging these descriptions in a useful order are known as bibliography.
    Ex. Publications, such as book lists, and published lists of specific subject areas present in the stock of a library may assist the user to identify those parts of the stock which might be of particular interest to him.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. A brief guide to the general development of type design follows in the next section, but for the identification of particular faces it will be necessary to refer to early founders' and printers' type-specimens (see the reference bibliography, pp. 396-7).
    Ex. In addition, the entire file can be printed out to serve as a reference list.
    ----
    * bibliografía acumulada = cumulative bibliography.
    * bibliografía analítica = analytical bibliography.
    * bibliografía anotada = annotated bibliography.
    * bibliografía comentada = annotated bibliography.
    * bibliografía crítica = critical bibliography.
    * bibliografía de derecho = legal bibliography.
    * bibliografía de recursos en Internet = webliography.
    * bibliografía descriptiva = descriptive bibliography.
    * bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.
    * bibliografía en curso = current bibliography.
    * bibliografía enumerativa = enumerative bibliography.
    * bibliografía especializada = literature.
    * bibliografía estadística = statistical bibliography.
    * bibliografía física = physical bibliography.
    * bibliografia general = general bibliography.
    * bibliografía histórica = historical bibliography.
    * bibliografía intelectual = intellectual bibliography.
    * bibliografía internacional = international bibliography.
    * bibliografía nacional = national bibliography.
    * Bibliografía Nacional Británica (BNB) = British National Bibliography (BNB).
    * bibliografía primaria = primary literature.
    * bibliografía profesional = literature.
    * bibliografía recomendada = recommended background reading, recommended reading.
    * bibliografía recomendada para el curso = course reading.
    * bibliografía retrospectiva = retrospective bibliography.
    * bibliografía secundaria = secondary literature.
    * bibliografía sistemática = systematic bibliography.
    * bibliografía temática = subject bibliography.
    * biobliografía = biobibliography [bio-bibliography].
    * cartobibliografía = cartobibliography.
    * compilar una bibliografía = compile + bibliography.
    * MARC de la Bibliografía Nacional Británica = BNB MARC.
    * número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.
    * número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.
    * * *
    femenino (en libro, informe) bibliography; ( para curso) booklist
    * * *
    = bibliography, booklist [book list], bibliographic listing, reference bibliography, reference list.

    Ex: The techniques of identifying and describing documents and of arranging these descriptions in a useful order are known as bibliography.

    Ex: Publications, such as book lists, and published lists of specific subject areas present in the stock of a library may assist the user to identify those parts of the stock which might be of particular interest to him.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: A brief guide to the general development of type design follows in the next section, but for the identification of particular faces it will be necessary to refer to early founders' and printers' type-specimens (see the reference bibliography, pp. 396-7).
    Ex: In addition, the entire file can be printed out to serve as a reference list.
    * bibliografía acumulada = cumulative bibliography.
    * bibliografía analítica = analytical bibliography.
    * bibliografía anotada = annotated bibliography.
    * bibliografía comentada = annotated bibliography.
    * bibliografía crítica = critical bibliography.
    * bibliografía de derecho = legal bibliography.
    * bibliografía de recursos en Internet = webliography.
    * bibliografía descriptiva = descriptive bibliography.
    * bibliografía de trabajo = working bibliography.
    * bibliografía en curso = current bibliography.
    * bibliografía enumerativa = enumerative bibliography.
    * bibliografía especializada = literature.
    * bibliografía estadística = statistical bibliography.
    * bibliografía física = physical bibliography.
    * bibliografia general = general bibliography.
    * bibliografía histórica = historical bibliography.
    * bibliografía intelectual = intellectual bibliography.
    * bibliografía internacional = international bibliography.
    * bibliografía nacional = national bibliography.
    * Bibliografía Nacional Británica (BNB) = British National Bibliography (BNB).
    * bibliografía primaria = primary literature.
    * bibliografía profesional = literature.
    * bibliografía recomendada = recommended background reading, recommended reading.
    * bibliografía recomendada para el curso = course reading.
    * bibliografía retrospectiva = retrospective bibliography.
    * bibliografía secundaria = secondary literature.
    * bibliografía sistemática = systematic bibliography.
    * bibliografía temática = subject bibliography.
    * biobliografía = biobibliography [bio-bibliography].
    * cartobibliografía = cartobibliography.
    * compilar una bibliografía = compile + bibliography.
    * MARC de la Bibliografía Nacional Británica = BNB MARC.
    * número de bibliografía nacional = national record number.
    * número de la bibliografía nacional = national bibliographic record number.

    * * *
    1 (en un libro, informe) bibliography
    2 (para un curso) recommended reading
    * * *

    bibliografía sustantivo femenino (en libro, informe) bibliography;
    ( para curso) booklist
    bibliografía sustantivo femenino bibliography
    ' bibliografía' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bibliography
    * * *
    bibliography
    * * *
    f bibliography
    * * *
    : bibliography

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  • 109 característica

    adj.&f.
    feminine of CARACTERÍSTICO.
    f.
    characteristic, aspect, feature, peculiarity.
    * * *
    1 characteristic
    * * *
    1. noun f.
    characteristic, feature, trait
    2. f., (m. - característico)
    * * *
    SF characteristic, feature
    * * *
    1) ( rasgo) feature, characteristic
    2) (Mat) characteristic
    3) (RPl) (Telec) exchange code
    * * *
    = attribute, character, characteristic, feature, peculiarity, trait, contour, distinctive feature, character trait.
    Ex. A characteristic of subdivision is an attribute or property which all concepts in a given facet have in common, and by which isolates can be grouped.
    Ex. Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.
    Ex. Of the two characteristics of indexing, exhaustivity affect two important measures of the efficiency of an information retrieval system.
    Ex. The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex. For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    Ex. The reasonable reader readily sees that most of these traits should be acquired and fostered early in life.
    Ex. As a result, requesters have turned to the courts to define the contours of public access in the computer age.
    Ex. The distinctive feature of the library is the dome-shaped ceiling with cross beams in stained pine.
    Ex. Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.
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    * asumir una característica + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + character.
    * característica común = common denominator.
    * característica de división = characteristic of division.
    * característica de la división = characteristic of division.
    * característica de la subdivisión = characteristic of subdivision.
    * característica del surco = groove characteristic.
    * característica distintiva = stock-in-trade, distinctive feature.
    * característica física = physical characteristic.
    * característica personal = personality trait, personality characteristic.
    * característica propia = trademark.
    * características = profile, face, make-up [makeup].
    * características comunes = commonness.
    * características culturales = cultural background.
    * características económicas = economic background.
    * características geográficas = geographical background.
    * características políticas = political background.
    * características religiosas = religious background.
    * características técnicas = technical specification, technical features, technical data.
    * característica técnica = spec.
    * con las características similares a las de texto = text-like.
    * describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].
    * establecer características = lay down + features.
    * tener características en común = share + similarities.
    * URC (Características Uniformes de Recursos) = URC (Uniform Resource Characteristics).
    * * *
    1) ( rasgo) feature, characteristic
    2) (Mat) characteristic
    3) (RPl) (Telec) exchange code
    * * *
    = attribute, character, characteristic, feature, peculiarity, trait, contour, distinctive feature, character trait.

    Ex: A characteristic of subdivision is an attribute or property which all concepts in a given facet have in common, and by which isolates can be grouped.

    Ex: Close attention to the role of the computer specialist reveals more of the character of reference activities.
    Ex: Of the two characteristics of indexing, exhaustivity affect two important measures of the efficiency of an information retrieval system.
    Ex: The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex: For, as Panizzi saw it, 'A reader may know the work he requires; he cannot be expected to know all the peculiarities of different editions; and this information he has a right to expect from the catalogues'.
    Ex: The reasonable reader readily sees that most of these traits should be acquired and fostered early in life.
    Ex: As a result, requesters have turned to the courts to define the contours of public access in the computer age.
    Ex: The distinctive feature of the library is the dome-shaped ceiling with cross beams in stained pine.
    Ex: Personality theory based on genetics is used to trace inherited character traits in European royalty.
    * asumir una característica + Adjetivo = take on + Adjetivo + character.
    * característica común = common denominator.
    * característica de división = characteristic of division.
    * característica de la división = characteristic of division.
    * característica de la subdivisión = characteristic of subdivision.
    * característica del surco = groove characteristic.
    * característica distintiva = stock-in-trade, distinctive feature.
    * característica física = physical characteristic.
    * característica personal = personality trait, personality characteristic.
    * característica propia = trademark.
    * características = profile, face, make-up [makeup].
    * características comunes = commonness.
    * características culturales = cultural background.
    * características económicas = economic background.
    * características geográficas = geographical background.
    * características políticas = political background.
    * características religiosas = religious background.
    * características técnicas = technical specification, technical features, technical data.
    * característica técnica = spec.
    * con las características similares a las de texto = text-like.
    * describir las características de = characterise [characterize, -USA].
    * establecer características = lay down + features.
    * tener características en común = share + similarities.
    * URC (Características Uniformes de Recursos) = URC (Uniform Resource Characteristics).

    * * *
    A (rasgo, peculiaridad) feature, characteristic
    B ( Mat) characteristic
    C ( RPl) ( Telec) exchange code
    * * *

     

    característica sustantivo femenino

    b) (RPl) (Telec) exchange code

    característico,-a adjetivo characteristic: eso es muy característico de Juan, that's typical of Juan
    característica sustantivo femenino characteristic
    ' característica' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acento
    - común
    - dominar
    - heredar
    - mestizaje
    - particularidad
    - presidir
    - propiedad
    - constante
    - distintivo
    - rasgo
    English:
    characteristic
    - feature
    - hooked
    - inner city
    - irony
    - peculiarity
    - quality
    - unpleasantness
    * * *
    1. [rasgo] characteristic, feature
    2. Mat characteristic
    3. Am [prefijo] area code
    * * *
    f
    1 characteristic
    2 L.Am.
    TELEC area code
    * * *
    rasgo: trait, feature, characteristic
    * * *
    característica n characteristic / feature
    ¿cuál es su característica más evidente? what is his most obvious characteristic?

    Spanish-English dictionary > característica

  • 110 carpintería

    f.
    carpentry, woodwork, woodworking.
    * * *
    1 (establecimiento) carpenter's shop
    2 (obra y oficio) carpentry
    \
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=arte, oficio) carpentry, joinery
    2) (=afición) woodwork
    3) (=taller) carpenter's shop
    * * *
    a) ( taller) carpenter's workshop, joiner's workshop; ( actividad) carpentry, joinery
    b) (de construcción, casa) woodwork
    * * *
    = joinery, woodworking, woodwork, carpentry, wood shop.
    Ex. To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.
    Ex. Counting the media center (which everyone persists in calling the library), there are 26 classrooms, 2 shops (one for auto repair and one for woodworking), a basement gymnasium, and a flat-floor auditorium.
    Ex. The old is a renovated Georgian style building with formal rooms containing fireplaces, carved woodwork and English oak panelling.
    Ex. I can undertake leisure activities which will develop physical or mental skills such as carpentry or chess.
    Ex. A review indicated that in almost every case, these were students who, in past years, would have taken courses in the wood and metal shops.
    * * *
    a) ( taller) carpenter's workshop, joiner's workshop; ( actividad) carpentry, joinery
    b) (de construcción, casa) woodwork
    * * *
    = joinery, woodworking, woodwork, carpentry, wood shop.

    Ex: To match the small amount of existing furniture which was reused, internal joinery and furniture is in a light coloured timber.

    Ex: Counting the media center (which everyone persists in calling the library), there are 26 classrooms, 2 shops (one for auto repair and one for woodworking), a basement gymnasium, and a flat-floor auditorium.
    Ex: The old is a renovated Georgian style building with formal rooms containing fireplaces, carved woodwork and English oak panelling.
    Ex: I can undertake leisure activities which will develop physical or mental skills such as carpentry or chess.
    Ex: A review indicated that in almost every case, these were students who, in past years, would have taken courses in the wood and metal shops.

    * * *
    1 (taller) carpenter's workshop, joiner's workshop
    2 (actividad) carpentry, joinery
    Compuesto:
    metalwork
    * * *

    carpintería sustantivo femenino

    ( actividad) carpentry
    b) (de construcción, casa) woodwork;


    carpintería sustantivo femenino
    1 (arte, oficio) carpentry
    (marcos, ventanas, suelos de madera de una casa) woodwork
    carpintería de alumnio, aluminium frames
    carpintería metálica, metalwork
    2 (taller) carpenter's workshop
    ' carpintería' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cepillar
    - contrapear
    - escuadra
    - barrote
    - burro
    - cepillo
    - empate
    - habilidad
    - macho
    - madera
    English:
    carpentry
    - metalwork
    - woodwork
    - handy
    - wood
    * * *
    1. [oficio] [de muebles y utensilios] carpentry;
    [de puertas y ventanas] joinery Am carpintería de obra joinery
    2. [taller] carpenter's/joiner's shop
    3. [marcos] carpintería de aluminio aluminium window frames and doorframes;
    carpintería PVC PVC window frames and doorframes
    * * *
    f
    1 carpentry
    2 de obra joinery
    * * *
    1) : carpentry
    2) : carpenter's workshop
    * * *
    carpintería n carpentry

    Spanish-English dictionary > carpintería

  • 111 cercar

    v.
    1 to fence (off).
    El granjero alambró la finca The farmer enclosed the farm with wire netting.
    2 to surround.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (poner una cerca) to fence in, enclose
    2 (rodear) to surround, encircle
    3 MILITAR to besiege, surround
    * * *
    verb
    1) to enclose, fence
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ campo, terreno] to enclose; [con vallas] to fence in, wall in
    2) [+ persona] to surround, ring
    3) (Mil) [+ pueblo, ciudad] to surround, besiege; [+ tropas] to cut off, surround
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/terreno> to enclose, surround; ( con valla) to fence in
    b) < persona> to surround
    c) (Mil) < ciudad> to besiege; < enemigo> to surround
    * * *
    = surround, come under + siege, wall, fence, seal off, hem + Nombre + in, close in on.
    Ex. The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.
    Ex. The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex. It was not extensively inhabited until the later half of the 13th c., and not walled until the later 13th or early 14th c..
    Ex. In order to reducing disease risk to livestock scrubs were fenced to prevent expansion of rabbit burrows into grazing pastures.
    Ex. In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <campo/terreno> to enclose, surround; ( con valla) to fence in
    b) < persona> to surround
    c) (Mil) < ciudad> to besiege; < enemigo> to surround
    * * *
    = surround, come under + siege, wall, fence, seal off, hem + Nombre + in, close in on.

    Ex: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.

    Ex: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.
    Ex: It was not extensively inhabited until the later half of the 13th c., and not walled until the later 13th or early 14th c..
    Ex: In order to reducing disease risk to livestock scrubs were fenced to prevent expansion of rabbit burrows into grazing pastures.
    Ex: In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.

    * * *
    cercar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround; (con una valla) to fence in
    las colinas cercaban el valle ( liter); the hills encircled o enclosed the valley ( liter)
    2 ‹persona› to surround
    se vio cercado por una banda de delincuentes he found himself surrounded by o hemmed in by a gang of thugs
    3 ( Mil) ‹ciudad› to besiege, encircle; ‹enemigo› to surround, encircle
    * * *

    cercar ( conjugate cercar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround;

    ( con valla) to fence in

    c) (Mil) ‹ ciudad› to besiege;

    ‹ enemigo› to surround
    cercar verbo transitivo
    1 (con una valla) to fence, enclose
    2 (al enemigo) to surround
    ' cercar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reja
    English:
    enclose
    - fence
    - fence in
    - hedge
    - ring
    - stake
    - circle
    - close
    - surround
    * * *
    cercar vt
    1. [vallar] to fence (off)
    2. [ciudad, fortaleza] to besiege, to lay siege to;
    [atracador, fugitivo] to surround
    * * *
    v/t
    1 surround
    2 con valla fence in
    * * *
    cercar {72} vt
    1) : to fence in, to enclose
    2) : to surround
    * * *
    cercar vb to fence in / to enclose

    Spanish-English dictionary > cercar

  • 112 colosal

    adj.
    1 colossal (estatura, tamaño).
    2 great, enormous (extraordinario).
    * * *
    1 colossal, giant, huge
    2 figurado splendid, excellent
    * * *
    ADJ [edificio, montaña] colossal; [comida, fiesta] amazing *, fantastic *
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex. Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.

    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex: Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.

    * * *
    1 ‹estatua/palacio› colossal, gigantic; ‹empresa/obra› huge; ‹riqueza/fortuna› colossal, enormous, vast
    2 ( fam); ‹ambiente/película/idea› great ( colloq)
    * * *

    colosal adjetivo ‹estatua/obra/fortuna› colossal;
    ‹ambiente/idea› (fam) great (colloq)
    colosal adjetivo
    1 (grande) colossal
    2 (magnífico, extraordinario) great, fantastic: este parque de atracciones es colosal, this amusement park is fantastic
    ' colosal' also found in these entries:
    English:
    colossal
    - mammoth
    - epic
    * * *
    colosal adj
    1. [estatura, tamaño] colossal
    2. [extraordinario] enormous;
    [descaro] incredible;
    el tenor estuvo colosal the tenor was amazing o sensational
    * * *
    adj colossal
    * * *
    colosal adj
    : colossal

    Spanish-English dictionary > colosal

  • 113 confinar

    v.
    1 to confine.
    Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.
    2 to banish.
    3 to restrict, to limit, to confine, to restrain.
    Ella confinó su territorio She confined her territory.
    Ella confinó sus impulsos de ira She restricted her anger impulses.
    El carcelero confinó a Ricardo The jailer confined Richard.
    El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.
    * * *
    1 (limitar) to border
    1 (recluir) to confine
    1 to shut oneself away
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (Jur) to confine (a, en in)
    (Pol) to banish, exile (a to)
    2.
    VI (=limitar)
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

    2. 3.
    confinarse v pron to shut oneself away
    * * *
    = confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex. There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo

    confinar a alguien a algo — a hospital/a calabozo to put somebody into something; a casa to confine somebody to something; a isla to banish somebody to something

    2. 3.
    confinarse v pron to shut oneself away
    * * *
    = confine, restrict, intern, consign, box in.

    Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: The Red Cross then established and ran a library for the about 500 asylum seekers who were interned on the ship awaiting police interviewing.
    Ex: There ought to be a special kind of Hell to which poor citators can be consigned.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

    * * *
    confinar [A1 ]
    vt
    confinar a algn A algo:
    la parálisis lo ha confinado a una silla de ruedas he is confined to a wheelchair because of paralysis
    han sido confinados a puntos alejados del país they have been banished to o exiled to remote parts of the country
    ■ confinar
    vi
    confinar CON algo to border WITH sth
    to shut oneself away
    tras la muerte del marido se ha confinado en casa since her husband died she's stayed shut away inside the house o she's shut herself away inside the house
    * * *

    confinar ( conjugate confinar) verbo transitivo confinar a algn a algo ‹a hospital/a calabozo› to put sb into sth;
    ‹ a casa› to confine sb to sth;
    ‹ a isla› to banish sb to sth;

    confinar verbo transitivo to confine [en, to]: le confinaron en la torre del castillo, he was confined to the castle tower

    ' confinar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    coop up
    - localize
    - confine
    - intern
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [detener, limitar] to confine (en to);
    el accidente lo confinó a una silla de ruedas the accident left him in a wheelchair, he was confined to a wheelchair after the accident
    2. [desterrar] to banish (a o en to)
    ♦ vi
    confinar con algo to border on, to adjoin
    * * *
    I v/t confine
    II v/i border ( con on)
    * * *
    1) : to confine, to limit
    2) : to exile
    confinar con : to border on

    Spanish-English dictionary > confinar

  • 114 congénito

    adj.
    1 congenital, built-in, inborn, inbuilt.
    2 congenital, existing before or at birth but not hereditary, portal, syngenic.
    * * *
    1 congenital
    2 figurado innate
    * * *
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo congenital
    * * *
    = congenital, inborn.
    Ex. Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.
    Ex. Most cerebral aneurysms are congenital, resulting from an inborn abnormality in an artery wall.
    ----
    * defecto congénito = congenital defect, birth defect.
    * enfermedad congénita = congenital disorder.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo congenital
    * * *
    = congenital, inborn.

    Ex: Physical access to the library is not a problem, but congenital deafness may reduce competent use of language, background noise can reduce the effectiveness of a hearing aid, not all deaf people can lip-read or use sign language.

    Ex: Most cerebral aneurysms are congenital, resulting from an inborn abnormality in an artery wall.
    * defecto congénito = congenital defect, birth defect.
    * enfermedad congénita = congenital disorder.

    * * *
    congenital
    * * *

    congénito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    congenital
    congénito,-a adjetivo congenital

    ' congénito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    congénita
    English:
    congenital
    * * *
    congénito, -a adj
    1. [enfermedad] congenital
    2. Fam [talento, estupidez] innate
    * * *
    adj congenital
    * * *
    congénito, -ta adj
    : congenital

    Spanish-English dictionary > congénito

  • 115 considerar Algo

    Ex. The physical facilities have been upgraded, the whole collection is being catalogued, and use of the Library of Congress Classification is under consideration = Se han mejorado las intalaciones, se está catalogando toda la colección y se está estudiando el uso de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso.
    * * *

    Ex: The physical facilities have been upgraded, the whole collection is being catalogued, and use of the Library of Congress Classification is under consideration = Se han mejorado las intalaciones, se está catalogando toda la colección y se está estudiando el uso de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso.

    Spanish-English dictionary > considerar Algo

  • 116 dar respuesta

    (v.) = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer
    Ex. A library collection is only capable of fulfilling its intended function of providing ready answers to practical questions if it is adequately organized for access.
    Ex. A complete description of the community will elicit answers to questions like what demographic, physical y socio-economic features does the community possess?.
    Ex. This was considered adequate to develop answers to the initial research questions = Se consideró que esto era adecuado para dar respuesta a los objetivos iniciales del proyecto.
    * * *
    (v.) = provide + answer, elicit + answer, develop + answer

    Ex: A library collection is only capable of fulfilling its intended function of providing ready answers to practical questions if it is adequately organized for access.

    Ex: A complete description of the community will elicit answers to questions like what demographic, physical y socio-economic features does the community possess?.
    Ex: This was considered adequate to develop answers to the initial research questions = Se consideró que esto era adecuado para dar respuesta a los objetivos iniciales del proyecto.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar respuesta

  • 117 de mal gusto

    in bad taste
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]
    Ex. The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]

    Ex: The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal gusto

  • 118 de pronto

    suddenly
    * * *
    * * *
    = suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at once
    Ex. Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.
    Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex. The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.
    Ex. All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.
    Ex. When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.
    Ex. And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color.
    * * *
    = suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, cold turkey, all at once

    Ex: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.

    Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex: The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.
    Ex: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.
    Ex: When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.
    Ex: And, all at once, the moon arouse through the thin ghastly mist, crimson in color.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de pronto

  • 119 de sopetón

    all of a sudden
    * * *
    = suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, unexpectedly, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, cold turkey
    Ex. Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.
    Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex. The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.
    Ex. All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.
    Ex. DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.
    Ex. The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.
    Ex. A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.
    Ex. When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.
    * * *
    = suddenly, without warning, all of a sudden, just like that, unexpectedly, out of the blue, like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue, cold turkey

    Ex: Then suddenly he extinguished his smile and arranged his countenance so that his listener should suppose him to be profoundly disturbed.

    Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    Ex: The process of secularization in Britain occurred all of a sudden sending Christianity on a downward spiral to the edges of social significance.
    Ex: All I have to say is nothing happens just like that overnight, it takes time and exhausting waiting.
    Ex: DC has now announced that work has already begun on the expansion of the new schedule 302-307, an announcement which has not unexpectedly aroused some criticism.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Software out of the blue'.
    Ex: The election results came like a bolt out of the blue, threatening his loss of power.
    Ex: A white bird in the distance was seen to dart down like a bolt from the blue and seize a flying fish in the air.
    Ex: When heavy or frequent drinkers suddenly decide to quit ' cold turkey' they will experience some physical withdrawal symptoms.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de sopetón

  • 120 debatible

    adj.
    debatable, contested, arguable, disputed.
    * * *
    = debatable, arguable, disputed.
    Ex. Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.
    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. Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    ----
    * cuestión debatible = debatable point.
    * parecer debatible = look + debatable.
    * ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * ser una cuestión debatible = be an open question.
    * * *
    = debatable, arguable, disputed.

    Ex: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.

    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: Disputed and even fraudulent works of history can make their way onto library shelves.
    * cuestión debatible = debatable point.
    * parecer debatible = look + debatable.
    * ser debatible = be a moot point, be open to question, be open to debate, be at issue.
    * ser una cuestión debatible = be an open question.

    Spanish-English dictionary > debatible

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