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  • 21 boom del petróleo

    (n.) = oil-boom
    Ex. A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.
    * * *
    (n.) = oil-boom

    Ex: A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > boom del petróleo

  • 22 clasificación

    f.
    1 classification, bracket, sorting, categorization.
    2 classified results.
    3 league table, placing in league rank, placing.
    4 classification, break-down, grading.
    * * *
    1 (gen) classification
    2 (distribución) sorting, filing
    3 DEPORTE league, table
    4 (de discos) top twenty, hit parade
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=categorización) classification
    2) (=ordenación) [de documentos] classification; (Inform, Correos) sorting
    3) (Náut) rating
    4) [en torneo] qualification
    5) (=lista) table, league
    * * *
    1) (de documentos, libros) classification; ( de cartas) sorting
    2) ( de película -acción) classification; (- certificado)

    ¿qué clasificación (moral) tiene? — what certificate has it got?

    3) (de elemento, animal, planta) classification
    4) (Dep)
    a) ( para una etapa posterior) qualification
    b) ( tabla) placings (pl); ( puesto) position, place
    * * *
    = classification, map, mapping, ranking, sorting, subject cataloguing, rank order, league table, sift, scoreboard, scorecard, grading, leader board.
    Ex. Classification, then, is the grouping of like objects.
    Ex. A detailed study of a co-citation map, its core documents' citation patterns and the related journal structures, is presented.
    Ex. Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.
    Ex. Those documents with sufficiently high rankings will be deemed relevant and eventually retrieved.
    Ex. Storage medium and associated equipment (for example, sorting and punching devices, cards, magnetic tape) tends to be cheaper than the term record index equivalent.
    Ex. This facility enables descriptive and subject cataloguing to be done by two different people.
    Ex. This is an interesting reversal of the rank order of countries for both stock held and expenditure per head of population.
    Ex. In addition to producing these 'league tables' of microcomputer applications, Burton also indicated the applications software that libraries were using.
    Ex. The method of work agreed was that the chairperson would make a first sift of proposals and divide them into two groups.
    Ex. Evaluation the research is through 4 strategies: a simple scoreboard; scoreboard plus other details such as references; scoreboard with the minimal critera of, e.g., sample size and statistical procedures used; examination of actual material.
    Ex. After a year's rapid development of portals by major search engines, adding such things as scorecards, news headlines or links to other services, search engine developers are now turning to personalization as a way of holding their users.
    Ex. It is interesting that, in this case, socio-economic grading was a better social discriminator than was terminal educational age.
    Ex. Since its launch, the project has been plagued by a small number of people cheating to elevate their ranking in the leader boards.
    ----
    * clasificación abreviada = abridged classification.
    * clasificación analítico-sintética = analytico-synthetic classification.
    * clasificación automática = automatic classification.
    * clasificación bibliográfica = bibliographic classification, library classification.
    * Clasificación Bibliográfica (BC) = Bibliographic Classification (BC).
    * clasificación cruzada = cross-classification.
    * Clasificación Decimal de Dewey (DDC o DC) = Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC o DC).
    * Clasificación Decimal, la = Decimal Classification, the.
    * Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU) = UDC (Universal Decimal Classification).
    * clasificación de Dewey, la = Dewey scheme, the.
    * clasificación de la literatura narrativa = fiction classification.
    * clasificación del correo = mail sorting.
    * clasificación del suelo = zoning.
    * Clasificación de Ranganathan = Colon Classification (CC), Colon Classification Scheme.
    * clasificación enumerativa = enumerative classification.
    * clasificación específica = close classification, specific classification.
    * clasificación facetada = faceted classification.
    * clasificación general = broad classification, broad classification.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * clasificación monojerárquica = monohierarchical classification.
    * clasificación por antigüedad = seniority ranking.
    * clasificación por materia = subject classification.
    * clasificación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * clasificación unidimensional = monodimensional classification.
    * de clasificación = classificatory indicator, classificatory.
    * dispositivo de clasificación = sorting device.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * indicador de clasificación = classificatory indicator.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.
    * ocupar un lugar en una clasificación = rank.
    * paquete de clasificación = sort package.
    * sistema de clasificación = classification scheme, scheme, classification system, classification schedules, grading system.
    * sistema de clasificación analítico = analytical classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación de Bliss = Bliss classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación decimal = decimal classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * sistema de clasificación dicotomizado = dichotomized classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación enciclopédica = general classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación enumerativo = enumerative classification scheme, enumerative scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación especializado = special classification scheme, special scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación facetado = faceted classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación general = general scheme, general classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación jerárquico = hierarchical classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación lineal = linear classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación multidimensional = multidimensional classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación por disciplinas = discipline-oriented scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación sintético = synthetic classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación universal = universal classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación verbal = verbal classification system.
    * tabla de clasificación = classification schedule.
    * * *
    1) (de documentos, libros) classification; ( de cartas) sorting
    2) ( de película -acción) classification; (- certificado)

    ¿qué clasificación (moral) tiene? — what certificate has it got?

    3) (de elemento, animal, planta) classification
    4) (Dep)
    a) ( para una etapa posterior) qualification
    b) ( tabla) placings (pl); ( puesto) position, place
    * * *
    = classification, map, mapping, ranking, sorting, subject cataloguing, rank order, league table, sift, scoreboard, scorecard, grading, leader board.

    Ex: Classification, then, is the grouping of like objects.

    Ex: A detailed study of a co-citation map, its core documents' citation patterns and the related journal structures, is presented.
    Ex: Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.
    Ex: Those documents with sufficiently high rankings will be deemed relevant and eventually retrieved.
    Ex: Storage medium and associated equipment (for example, sorting and punching devices, cards, magnetic tape) tends to be cheaper than the term record index equivalent.
    Ex: This facility enables descriptive and subject cataloguing to be done by two different people.
    Ex: This is an interesting reversal of the rank order of countries for both stock held and expenditure per head of population.
    Ex: In addition to producing these 'league tables' of microcomputer applications, Burton also indicated the applications software that libraries were using.
    Ex: The method of work agreed was that the chairperson would make a first sift of proposals and divide them into two groups.
    Ex: Evaluation the research is through 4 strategies: a simple scoreboard; scoreboard plus other details such as references; scoreboard with the minimal critera of, e.g., sample size and statistical procedures used; examination of actual material.
    Ex: After a year's rapid development of portals by major search engines, adding such things as scorecards, news headlines or links to other services, search engine developers are now turning to personalization as a way of holding their users.
    Ex: It is interesting that, in this case, socio-economic grading was a better social discriminator than was terminal educational age.
    Ex: Since its launch, the project has been plagued by a small number of people cheating to elevate their ranking in the leader boards.
    * clasificación abreviada = abridged classification.
    * clasificación analítico-sintética = analytico-synthetic classification.
    * clasificación automática = automatic classification.
    * clasificación bibliográfica = bibliographic classification, library classification.
    * Clasificación Bibliográfica (BC) = Bibliographic Classification (BC).
    * clasificación cruzada = cross-classification.
    * Clasificación Decimal de Dewey (DDC o DC) = Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC o DC).
    * Clasificación Decimal, la = Decimal Classification, the.
    * Clasificación Decimal Universal (CDU) = UDC (Universal Decimal Classification).
    * clasificación de Dewey, la = Dewey scheme, the.
    * clasificación de la literatura narrativa = fiction classification.
    * clasificación del correo = mail sorting.
    * clasificación del suelo = zoning.
    * Clasificación de Ranganathan = Colon Classification (CC), Colon Classification Scheme.
    * clasificación enumerativa = enumerative classification.
    * clasificación específica = close classification, specific classification.
    * clasificación facetada = faceted classification.
    * clasificación general = broad classification, broad classification.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * clasificación monojerárquica = monohierarchical classification.
    * clasificación por antigüedad = seniority ranking.
    * clasificación por materia = subject classification.
    * clasificación por pertinencia = relevance ranking.
    * clasificación unidimensional = monodimensional classification.
    * de clasificación = classificatory indicator, classificatory.
    * dispositivo de clasificación = sorting device.
    * Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).
    * indicador de clasificación = classificatory indicator.
    * LCCN (Notación de la Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso) = LCCN (Library of Congress Classification Number).
    * número de clasificación = class mark [classmark], class number, classification number, rank number.
    * ocupar un lugar en una clasificación = rank.
    * paquete de clasificación = sort package.
    * sistema de clasificación = classification scheme, scheme, classification system, classification schedules, grading system.
    * sistema de clasificación analítico = analytical classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación de Bliss = Bliss classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación decimal = decimal classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso = LCC (Library of Congress Classification).
    * sistema de clasificación dicotomizado = dichotomized classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación enciclopédica = general classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación enumerativo = enumerative classification scheme, enumerative scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación especializado = special classification scheme, special scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación facetado = faceted classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación general = general scheme, general classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación jerárquico = hierarchical classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación lineal = linear classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación multidimensional = multidimensional classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación por disciplinas = discipline-oriented scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación sintético = synthetic classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación universal = universal classification scheme.
    * sistema de clasificación verbal = verbal classification system.
    * tabla de clasificación = classification schedule.

    * * *
    A (de documentos, libros) classification; (de cartas) sorting
    el ordenador que hace la clasificación del correo the computer that sorts the mail
    B (de una película — acción) classification
    (— certificado): ¿qué clasificación (moral) tiene? what certificate has it got?
    C (de un elemento, una planta) classification
    D ( Dep)
    peligra nuestra clasificación para la final we are in danger of not making o of not qualifying for the final
    esta victoria le supone la clasificación para la fase final this victory means that he will go through to o has qualified for the finals
    2 (tabla) placings (pl); (puesto) position, place
    quinto en la clasificación final del rally fifth in the final placings for the rally
    * * *

    clasificación sustantivo femenino
    1 (de documentos, animales, plantas) classification;
    ( de cartas) sorting
    2 ( de película) certificate
    3


    b) ( tabla) placings (pl);

    ( puesto) position, place;

    clasificación sustantivo femenino
    1 classification
    2 Dep (lista) table: es el tercero en la clasificación mundial, he's ranked third in the world
    (acción) qualification: la atleta española no ha conseguido su clasificación, the Spanish athlete has not qualified
    ' clasificación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encabezar
    - escala
    - juvenil
    - cabeza
    - descender
    - escalar
    - fase
    - frente
    - ocupar
    - prueba
    - puesto
    English:
    classification
    - filing
    - rating
    - table
    - preliminary
    - qualification
    * * *
    1. [ordenación] classification
    Econ clasificación de solvencia credit rating
    2. [de animal, planta] classification
    3. [de película] classification
    4. Dep [lista] [en liga] (league) Br table o US standings;
    [en carrera, torneo] classification;
    encabezar la clasificación [en liga] to be at the top of the league;
    [en carrera, torneo] to lead the classification clasificación combinada combined event;
    clasificación por equipos team classification;
    clasificación general (general) classification;
    clasificación de la regularidad points classification
    5. Dep [para competición] qualification;
    no consiguieron lograr la clasificación para las semifinales they didn't manage to qualify for the semifinals
    * * *
    f
    1 DEP en competición qualification
    2 de liga league table
    3
    :
    * * *
    1) : classification, sorting out
    2) : rating
    3) calificación: qualification (in competitions)
    * * *
    1. (en general) classification
    2. (en deporte acción) qualifying
    ¿quién es el líder de la clasificación de primera? who is top of the first division?

    Spanish-English dictionary > clasificación

  • 23 comandante

    f. & m.
    commander, commandant, commanding officer, field officer.
    m.
    comandante en jefe commander-in-chief
    * * *
    1 (oficial) commander, commanding officer
    3 (piloto) pilot
    \
    comandante en jefe commander-in-chief
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SMF
    1) (=jefe) commander, commandant; (Aer) (tb: comandante de vuelo) captain

    segundo comandante — copilot, second pilot; (tb: comandante de policía)

    Méx chief of police, chief superintendent
    2) (=grado) major
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    1)
    a) ( en el ejército) major; ( en las fuerzas aéreas) major (AmE), squadron leader (BrE)
    b) ( oficial al mando) commanding officer
    2) (Aviac) captain
    * * *
    = commander, commanding officer.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. M Asthana, the Commanding Officer for the last leg of the voyage around the world, describes the sail-ship as 'the building block' of India's naval training.
    ----
    * comandante general = commanding general.
    * comandante militar = military commander.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino
    1)
    a) ( en el ejército) major; ( en las fuerzas aéreas) major (AmE), squadron leader (BrE)
    b) ( oficial al mando) commanding officer
    2) (Aviac) captain
    * * *
    = commander, commanding officer.

    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.

    Ex: M Asthana, the Commanding Officer for the last leg of the voyage around the world, describes the sail-ship as 'the building block' of India's naval training.
    * comandante general = commanding general.
    * comandante militar = military commander.

    * * *
    A
    1 (en el ejército) major; (en las fuerzas aéreas) major ( AmE), squadron leader ( BrE)
    2 (oficial al mando) commanding officer, commander
    Compuesto:
    commander in chief
    B ( Aviac) captain
    * * *

    comandante sustantivo masculino y femenino

    ( en las fuerzas aéreas) major (AmE), squadron leader (BrE);


    c) (Aviac) captain

    comandante sustantivo masculino
    1 Mil Náut commander, commanding officer
    2 Av captain
    ' comandante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    jefa
    - jefe
    English:
    commander
    - commanding officer
    - major
    - squadron leader
    - captain
    - commandant
    * * *
    1. [en ejército] [rango] major
    comandante en jefe commander-in-chief
    2. [en ejército] [de un puesto] commander, commandant
    3. [de avión] captain;
    les habla el comandante this is your captain speaking
    4. Méx [comisario] Br superintendent, US captain
    * * *
    m
    1 MIL commander
    2 rango major
    3 AVIA captain
    de policia captain, Br
    superintendent
    * * *
    1) : commander, commanding officer
    2) : major
    * * *
    2. (militar que ejerce el mando) commanding officer
    3. (piloto) captain

    Spanish-English dictionary > comandante

  • 24 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 25 herpes de la boca

    (n.) = fever blister, cold sore
    Ex. Both canker sores and fever blisters have plagued mankind for thousands of years.
    Ex. This article is particularly useful in clarifying that canker sores and cold sores are two very different entities sharing the common characteristics of making eating and drinking painful.
    * * *
    (n.) = fever blister, cold sore

    Ex: Both canker sores and fever blisters have plagued mankind for thousands of years.

    Ex: This article is particularly useful in clarifying that canker sores and cold sores are two very different entities sharing the common characteristics of making eating and drinking painful.

    Spanish-English dictionary > herpes de la boca

  • 26 honesto

    adj.
    1 honest, honourable, on the up and up, honorable.
    2 honest, sincere.
    3 decent, chaste.
    4 honest, sincere.
    * * *
    1 (honrado) honest, upright
    2 (decente) decent
    3 (recatado) modest
    * * *
    (f. - honesta)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sincero) honest
    2) (=honrado) honourable, honorable (EEUU)
    3) (=decente) decent
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( íntegro) honest, honorable*
    b) (ant o hum) < mujer> virtuous, honest (arch)
    * * *
    = honest, salt of the earth, forthcoming, upright.
    Ex. But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.
    ----
    * deshonesto = dishonest.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( íntegro) honest, honorable*
    b) (ant o hum) < mujer> virtuous, honest (arch)
    * * *
    = honest, salt of the earth, forthcoming, upright.

    Ex: But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.

    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.
    * deshonesto = dishonest.

    * * *
    honesto -ta
    1 (íntegro) honorable*, decent
    2 ( ant o hum); ‹mujer› virtuous, honest ( arch)
    tiene intenciones honestas his intentions are honorable*
    * * *

    honesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( íntegro) honest, honorable( conjugate honorable)

    honesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (justo, recto) honest, upright
    2 (decente) modest

    ' honesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    contigo
    - escrupulosa
    - escrupuloso
    - honesta
    - íntegra
    - íntegro
    - legal
    - confiable
    - correcto
    - derecho
    - honrado
    English:
    honest
    * * *
    honesto, -a adj
    1. [honrado] honest
    2. [sincero] honest;
    sé honesta y dime lo que piensas be honest and tell me what you think
    3. [decente] modest, decent
    * * *
    adj honorable, Br
    honourable, decent
    * * *
    honesto, -ta adj
    1) : decent, virtuous
    2) : honest, honorable
    ♦ honestamente adv
    * * *
    honesto adj honest

    Spanish-English dictionary > honesto

  • 27 incitar

    v.
    1 to incite (a la violencia).
    el hambre le incitó a robar hunger made him steal
    ¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?
    María incitó a la multitud Mary incited the multitude
    2 to abet, to instigate.
    María incitó al policía Mary abetted the cop.
    * * *
    1 to incite (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    2) urge, encourage
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    = arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.
    Ex. The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.
    Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex. Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * incitar a = sting into.
    * incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.
    * incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.
    * incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * incitar el odio = incite + hatred.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.
    * incitar la violencia = incite + violence.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    * * *
    = arouse, fuel, prompt, spur, spur on, abet, exhort, instigate, tease, egg on, emplace, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], set off, goad, incite.

    Ex: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.

    Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: As he began to speak, she exhorted herself to pay close attention, not to let herself be so distracted by the earlier event that her mind would be off in some obscure cavern of her soul.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex: Al Qaeda will goad us into war with Iran because it serves their own interests.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * incitar a = sting into.
    * incitar a Alguien a la acción = stir + Nombre + into action.
    * incitar camorra = rustle up + trouble.
    * incitar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * incitar el odio = incite + hatred.
    * incitar escándalo = arouse + furor.
    * incitar hostilidad = arouse + hostility.
    * incitar la curiosidad = provoke + curiosity, excite + curiosity.
    * incitar la violencia = incite + violence.
    * incitar polémica = rattle + Posesivo + cage.
    * incitar una respuesta = provoke + response.
    * preguntas para incitar el debate = discussion question.
    * que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.

    * * *
    incitar [A1 ]
    vt
    incitar a algn A algo to incite sb TO sth
    incitaron al ejército a la rebelión they incited the army to rebellion o to rebel
    películas que incitan a la violencia films which encourage violence o which incite people to violence
    lo hizo incitado por sus compañeros his friends encouraged him to do it, his friends put him up to it ( colloq)
    incitar a algn CONTRA algn to incite sb AGAINST sb
    los incitaba contra sus superiores he was inciting them against their superiors
    * * *

    incitar ( conjugate incitar) verbo transitivo incitar a algn a algo to incite sb to sth;
    incitar a algn contra algn to incite sb against sb
    incitar verbo transitivo to incite, urge: sus discursos incitaron a la rebelión, his speeches incited them to rebellion
    ' incitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    azuzar
    - desafiar
    - invitar
    - picar
    - tentar
    - empujar
    - empujón
    English:
    egg on
    - incite
    - put up to
    - spur
    - sting
    - tempt
    - egg
    - stir
    - whip
    * * *
    to incite;
    un discurso que incita a la violencia a speech inciting people to violence;
    el hambre lo incitó a robar hunger made him steal;
    ¿qué le incitó a hacerlo? what made him do it?;
    incitar a alguien a la fuga/venganza to urge sb to flee/avenge himself
    * * *
    v/t incite
    * * *
    : to incite, to rouse

    Spanish-English dictionary > incitar

  • 28 plagado de deudas

    Ex. A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.
    * * *

    Ex: A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > plagado de deudas

  • 29 plagar

    v.
    to plague, to pester, to infest.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to plague, infest
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=infestar) to infest, plague

    han plagado la ciudad de carteles — they have covered o plastered the town with posters

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    = litter (with), plague, besiege.
    Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    ----
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * estar plagado de = be rife with.
    * plagar de errores = litter with + failure, litter with + error.
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * * *
    = litter (with), plague, besiege.

    Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.
    * el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.
    * estar plagado de = be rife with.
    * plagar de errores = litter with + failure, litter with + error.
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.

    * * *
    ♦ vt
    plagar de [propaganda] to swamp with;
    [moscas] to infest with
    * * *
    plagar {52} vt
    : to plague

    Spanish-English dictionary > plagar

  • 30 post

    m.
    1 Post, Charles William Post.
    2 Post, Emily Price Post.
    3 Post, Wiley Post.
    * * *
    = post.
    Ex. A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.
    ----
    * post-coordinación = post-coordination.
    * * *
    = post.

    Ex: A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.

    * post-coordinación = post-coordination.

    Spanish-English dictionary > post

  • 31 posterior a

    = post
    Ex. A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.
    * * *

    Ex: A model for the development of information services in buoyant but debt-riddled Brazil may only be partially relevant to post oil-boom Nigeria, and consequently inappropriate to drought-plagued Ethiopia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > posterior a

  • 32 punto ciego

    m.
    blind spot, punctum caecum.
    * * *
    (n.) = blind spot
    Ex. Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    * * *
    (n.) = blind spot

    Ex: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto ciego

  • 33 punto débl

    (n.) = blind spot
    Ex. Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    * * *
    (n.) = blind spot

    Ex: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto débl

  • 34 punto flaco

    m.
    weak point, heel of Achilles, weak spot, foible.
    * * *
    weak point
    * * *
    (n.) = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link
    Ex. For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.
    Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex. Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    Ex. They are the weak link in the playoffs, but they are good enough to beat any of their competitors on any given Sunday.
    * * *
    el punto flaco
    = chink in the armour, the

    Ex: The cyber criminals are persistent -- if they can't get through one opening, they will keep trying until they find the chink in the armour.

    (n.) = foible, weak point, blind spot, weak link

    Ex: For instance, if a person is working on building a radio program, the librarian should provide her with background information that helps to set the tone of the program, with facts and foibles of celebrities, with case histories of successful campaigns, with analogies, quotations, and anecdotes, and so on.

    Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    Ex: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    Ex: They are the weak link in the playoffs, but they are good enough to beat any of their competitors on any given Sunday.

    * * *
    weak point

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto flaco

  • 35 reto deportivo

    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    * * *

    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > reto deportivo

  • 36 sal de la tierra

    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    * * *

    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sal de la tierra

  • 37 sequía

    f.
    drought, dry season.
    * * *
    1 drought
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=falta de lluvias) drought
    2) (=temporada) dry season
    3) And (=sed) thirst
    * * *
    femenino drought
    * * *
    Ex. This is a gardening technique aimed at conserving water in areas of drought and limited water supplies.
    ----
    * afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.
    * agostado por la sequía = drought-parched.
    * período de sequía = dry spell.
    * * *
    femenino drought
    * * *

    Ex: This is a gardening technique aimed at conserving water in areas of drought and limited water supplies.

    * afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.
    * agostado por la sequía = drought-parched.
    * período de sequía = dry spell.

    * * *
    drought
    * * *

     

    sequía sustantivo femenino
    drought
    sequía sustantivo femenino drought
    ' sequía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consigo
    - destructor
    - destructora
    - tenaz
    - asolar
    English:
    drought
    - push
    * * *
    1. [falta de agua] drought
    2. Col [sed] thirst
    * * *
    f drought
    * * *
    : drought
    * * *
    sequía n drought

    Spanish-English dictionary > sequía

  • 38 visión de túnel

    (n.) = tunnel vision, tunnel vision
    Ex. Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.
    Ex. The endless pursuit of market share, the tunnel vision without regard to right and wrong, is what we are paying for.
    * * *
    (n.) = tunnel vision, tunnel vision

    Ex: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future.

    Ex: The endless pursuit of market share, the tunnel vision without regard to right and wrong, is what we are paying for.

    Spanish-English dictionary > visión de túnel

  • 39 úlcera de la boca

    (n.) = canker sore
    Ex. Both canker sores and fever blisters have plagued mankind for thousands of years.
    * * *

    Ex: Both canker sores and fever blisters have plagued mankind for thousands of years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > úlcera de la boca

  • 40 achicharrar

    v.
    1 to burn.
    2 to plague, to overwhelm (a preguntas).
    3 to be boiling.
    4 to char, to burn to ashes, to scorch.
    El fuego quemó las cortinas The fire burned=burnt the curtains.
    * * *
    1 to scorch (comida) to burn
    1 (molestar) to bother, pester
    ■ le achicharraron a/con preguntas he was plagued with questions
    1 to roast
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=quemar) to scorch; (Culin) to fry to a crisp; [demasiado] to burn
    2) * (=fastidiar) to bother, plague, pester
    3) Chile * (=aplastar) to flatten, crush
    4) ** (=matar) to shoot, riddle with bullets
    2.
    VI
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (fam) ( quemar) <carne/comida> (Coc) to burn... to a cinder (colloq); sol < planta> to scorch
    b) (Chi fam) ( aplastar) to crush; ( deformar) to buckle
    2.
    achicharrarse v pron (fam)
    a) persona to fry (colloq); planta to get scorched
    b) (fam) carne/comida to be burned to a crisp (colloq)
    * * *
    = bake.
    Ex. Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.
    ----
    * achicharrarse de calor = bake.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (fam) ( quemar) <carne/comida> (Coc) to burn... to a cinder (colloq); sol < planta> to scorch
    b) (Chi fam) ( aplastar) to crush; ( deformar) to buckle
    2.
    achicharrarse v pron (fam)
    a) persona to fry (colloq); planta to get scorched
    b) (fam) carne/comida to be burned to a crisp (colloq)
    * * *
    = bake.

    Ex: Soon Frank's shoulders baked, and he could feel the day's heat singeing his cheeks and forehead.

    * achicharrarse de calor = bake.

    * * *
    vt
    1
    (quemar): achicharró la carne he burned the meat to a cinder o crisp
    vio las plantas achicharradas por el sol he saw the plants scorched and shriveled by the sun
    hace un sol que achicharra the sun is scorching hot
    2 ( Chi fam) (aplastar) to crush; (deformar) to buckle
    1 «persona» to fry ( colloq), to get frazzled ( BrE colloq); «planta» to get scorched
    2 «carne/salchichas» to be burned to a cinder o crisp ( colloq)
    * * *

    achicharrar ( conjugate achicharrar) verbo transitivo (fam)
    a) ‹carne/comida› to burn … to a cinder (colloq)

    b) [ sol] ‹ planta› to scorch;


    achicharrarse verbo pronominal (fam)
    a) [ persona] to fry (colloq);

    [ planta] to get scorched
    b) [carne/comida] to be burned to a crisp (colloq)

    achicharrar verbo transitivo
    1 (quemar algo) to burn to a crisp
    2 (calentar mucho) to scorch
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [quemar] to burn
    2. [a preguntas] to plague, to overwhelm (a with)
    3. Andes [aplastar, estrujar] to squash
    ♦ vi
    [sol, calor] to be boiling
    * * *
    v/t burn
    * * *
    : to scorch, to burn to a crisp

    Spanish-English dictionary > achicharrar

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