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61 aunque a menudo
= if oftenEx. Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.* * *= if oftenEx: Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.
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62 autodidacta
adj.&f.self-educated, autodidactic, autodidactical, self-instructed.adj.&f.1 self-taught.2 self-educated, autodidactic, autodidactical, self-instructed.f. & m.self-taught person.* * *1 self-taught person* * *1.ADJ [persona] self-taught; [formación, método] autodidactic frm2.SMF autodidact, self-taught person* * *I IImasculino y femenino self-taught person, autodidact (frml)* * *= self-instructing, self-taught, self-directed, self-learning, self-trained, self-made, self-instructional, self-learner.Ex. In the absence of sufficient staff to mount a supervised programme of microcomputer instructions, the library used existing, inexpensive, menu-making software to develop menu-driven, self-instructing access to disc operating commands, applications programs, and data files.Ex. Comparative librarianship is, therefore, at least in part a self-taught subject.Ex. Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.Ex. So it is important to continue to examine the possibilities of designing self-learning information retrieval systems.Ex. This article reports the positive experiences of a self-trained knitwear designer who successfully underwent distance learning, the only route for training that was open to her.Ex. Good writers can be self-made, and taught, as well as born.Ex. In the academic world, students are likely to make much increased use of self-instructional materials of various kinds as student numbers expand without a parallel increase in total university resources.Ex. This portal is particularly geared to educators, students and self-learners in developing countries.----* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.* programa autodidacta = tutorial, tutorial program(me).* * *I IImasculino y femenino self-taught person, autodidact (frml)* * *= self-instructing, self-taught, self-directed, self-learning, self-trained, self-made, self-instructional, self-learner.Ex: In the absence of sufficient staff to mount a supervised programme of microcomputer instructions, the library used existing, inexpensive, menu-making software to develop menu-driven, self-instructing access to disc operating commands, applications programs, and data files.
Ex: Comparative librarianship is, therefore, at least in part a self-taught subject.Ex: Libraries can play an important role in self-directed learning and in improving adult reading skills = Las bibliotecas pueden desempeñar un importante papel en el aprendizaje autodidacta y en la mejora de las habilidades lectoras de los adultos.Ex: So it is important to continue to examine the possibilities of designing self-learning information retrieval systems.Ex: This article reports the positive experiences of a self-trained knitwear designer who successfully underwent distance learning, the only route for training that was open to her.Ex: Good writers can be self-made, and taught, as well as born.Ex: In the academic world, students are likely to make much increased use of self-instructional materials of various kinds as student numbers expand without a parallel increase in total university resources.Ex: This portal is particularly geared to educators, students and self-learners in developing countries.* para la formación autodidacta = self-instructional.* programa autodidacta = tutorial, tutorial program(me).* * *‹método› autodidactic; ‹persona› self-taughtself-taught person, autodidact ( frml)* * *
autodidacta sustantivo masculino y femenino
self-taught person, autodidact (frml)
autodidacto,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino self-taught
' autodidacta' also found in these entries:
English:
self-educated
- self-taught
- self
* * *♦ adjself-taught♦ nmfself-taught person* * *I adj self-taughtII m/f self-taught person* * *autodidacta adj: self-taught -
63 ayudar
v.to help.ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help somebody (to) do something¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?¿puedo ayudar? can I help?Ella asiste a todo el mundo She helps everybody.* * *1 to help, aid, assist■ ¿en qué podemos ayudarte? how can we help you?1 (apoyarse) to make use (de/con, of)* * *verbto help, aid, assist* * *1.VT (=asistir) to help, assist, aid¿me puedes ayudar con la limpieza esta tarde? — can you help me out with the cleaning this afternoon?
me ayuda muchísimo — he's a great help to me, he helps me a lot
2.See:AYUDAR Ayudar se puede traducir por help, assist y aid. ► La manera más frecuente de traducir ayudar es por help. Si help va seguido de un verbo, este puede ir en infinitivo {con} {o} {sin} to: ¿Puedes ayudarnos? Can you help (us)? Siempre le ayuda con la tarea He always helps her with her homework ¿Me puedes ayudar a preparar la cena? Can you help me (to) get dinner ready? ► Ayudar se traduce por assist en un registro bastante más formal y se construye frecuentemente en la estructura to assist somebody with something: La comadrona ayudó al médico con el parto The midwife assisted the doctor with the delivery ► Ayudar se traduce por aid en inglés formal en el contexto de asesorar o prestar ayuda a un grupo de personas necesitadas: ... los intentos de Estados Unidos de ayudar a los refugiados kurdos...... attempts by the United States to aid Kurdish refugees... Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada* * *1.verbo transitivo to help¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?
2.ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf
ayudar vi to help¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?
3.ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
ayudarse v pron to help oneselfayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick
* * *= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].Ex. Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.Ex. You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex. Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.Ex. How can we help library users to gain confidence?.Ex. Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.Ex. Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.Ex. Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.Ex. In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.Ex. Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.Ex. These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.Ex. She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.Ex. They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.Ex. The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.Ex. All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.Ex. It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.Ex. We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.Ex. There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them.----* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.* * *1.verbo transitivo to help¿te ayudo? — do you need any help?
2.ayudar a alguien a + inf — to help somebody (to) + inf
ayudar vi to help¿puedo ayudar en algo? — can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?
3.ayudar a or en misa — to serve at mass
ayudarse v pron to help oneselfayudarse de or con algo: camina ayudándose de or con un bastón — he walks with the aid o help of a stick
* * *= aid, do + good, encourage, enlighten, help, provide + assistance, provide + guidance, tide over, assist, jump-start [jump start], lend + a (helping) hand, pull + Posesivo + (own) weight, give + Nombre + a hand, pull together, put + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, set + Posesivo + shoulder to the wheel, muck in, pitch in, chip in, succour [succor, -USA].Ex: Although others aided in the compilation of the schedules they were essentially the work of one man.
Ex: You do not do the users a lot of good when you send them jumping all over the catalog simply to draw together material.Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.Ex: Librarians often work with students who possess few library skills and teachers whose assignments neither improve these skills nor enlighten the students on their research.Ex: How can we help library users to gain confidence?.Ex: Its purpose is to provide advice and on-site salvage assistance to those organisations having documentary resources that are damaged in a natural or man-made disaster.Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.Ex: Reading aloud, in these circumstances, might be the only contact the adolescent gets with literature, tiding him over to the time when he is prepared to read for himself again.Ex: Any project which assists the use of coal and steel would be eligible.Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.Ex: In a small shop the master would lend a hand with the work, certainly as a corrector and often as a compositor as well.Ex: Sometimes one person is left with all the work because their partner doesn't pull their weight.Ex: These centres help women rebuild lives by giving them a hand up, not a handout.Ex: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.Ex: They've all been putting their shoulder to the wheel and it's paid off.Ex: The Bolsheviks have manfully set their shoulders to the wheel undaunted by this staggering catastrophe.Ex: All our neighbours, relatives, friends, we all mucked in and helped each other -- they were mostly all women because all the men had gone to war.Ex: It's up to everyone to pitch in and help those who find themselves lacking the most basic of necessities -- food.Ex: We're asking you to 'chip in' by investing your time and talents in your parks and your community.Ex: There are tens of thousands of hungry children in the world today and well-meant efforts are being made to succour them
.* a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda = the early bird catches the worm.* ayudar a = play + an instrumental role in.* ayudar a Alguien a recuperarse = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a Alguien a salir adelante = help + Nombre + get on + Posesivo + feet.* ayudar a comprender mejor = offer + insights, improve + understanding, give + an insight into, glean + insights, provide + insight into, lend + understanding to.* ayudar a conocer mejor = advance + understanding.* ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.* ayudar a entender mejor = lend + understanding to.* ayudar a + Infinitivo = go some (of the) way to(wards) + Gerundio.* ayudar a la causa de = help + in the cause of.* ayudar a + Nombre/Infinitivo = assist in + Nombre/Gerundio.* ayudar a pasar por = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.* ayudar bastante a = go + a long way (towards/to/in) + Gerundio.* ayudar e instigar = aid and abet.* dispuesto a ayudar = willing, willing to help.* estar siempre dispuesto a ayudar = be always willing to assist.* que no ayuda a distinguir = nondistinctive.* utensilio para ayudar a caminar = walking aid.* * *ayudar [A1 ]vtto helpayudar al prójimo to help one's neighbor¿te ayudo? do you need any help?, can o shall I help you?, can o shall I give you a hand? ( colloq)vino a ayudarme unos días she came to help me out for a few daysayudar a algn CON algo to help sb WITH sthayuda a tu hermano con los deberes help your brother with his homeworkmis padres me ayudaron con los gastos de la fiesta my parents helped me (out) with the cost of the partyayudar a algn A + INF to help sb (to) + INFayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the tablelo ayudé a arreglar la moto I helped him (to) fix his motorbike■ ayudarvito help¿puedo ayudar en algo? can o shall I give you a hand?, can I do anything to help?, can I help you with anything?ayudar a or en misa to serve at mass■ ayudarseto help oneselftú mismo tienes que ayudarte you've got to do something to help yourselfpara ayudarse empezó a dar clases de inglés he started giving English classes to earn a bit more moneyayudarse DE or CON algo:camina ayudándose de or con un bastón he walks with the aid o help of a stick, he walks with a stick* * *
ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
to help;
¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
vino a ayudarme she came to help me out;
ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
verbo intransitivo
to help;
¿puedo ayudar en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help
' ayudar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacer
- imposible
- volcarse
- asistir
- condición
- dedicar
- favorecer
- mano
- mucho
- poco
- pretender
- solícito
English:
aid
- appreciate
- assist
- back
- desire
- finger
- fund
- help
- help out
- minister
- offer
- ostensible
- pitch in
- propensity
- see
- short
- talk down
- tide over
- unable
- useful
- wave aside
- anything
- do
- not
- patch
- precious
- rally
- rely
- sorry
- unhelpful
- way
- well
* * *♦ vtto help;ayudar a alguien a hacer algo to help sb (to) do sth;me ayudaron a subir el piano they helped me carry the piano up;una profesora particular le ayuda en los estudios a private tutor is helping him with his studies;necesito que me ayuden con este problema I need your help with this problem;¿en qué puedo ayudarle? how can I help you?♦ vito help;¿puedo ayudar? can I help?* * *v/t help;¿le ayudo? can I help?, would you like some help?;le ayudó a ponerse el abrigo he helped her put on her coat* * *ayudar vt: to help, to assist* * *ayudar vb to help -
64 broza
f.1 brush, scrub.2 waffle.3 brushwood, twigs, dead leaves, spoils from plants.4 debris, remains, scattered rubbish.5 thicket, undergrowth.6 garbage, padding, trash.7 printer's brush.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: brozar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: brozar.* * *2 (maleza) scrub, brush3 (suciedad) dirt4 (desperdicios) rubbish5 (palabras, paja) waffle* * *SF1) (Bot) dead leaves, brushwood2) [en discurso] rubbish, trash, garbage (EEUU)3) (=brocha) hard brush4) (Tip) printer's brush* * ** * *= chaff, undergrowth, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.Ex. Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.Ex. This clearing of the terminological undergrowth is only half the battle.Ex. If you pay peanuts, you could end up with something that sounds like a barrel load of monkeys.* * ** * *= chaff, undergrowth, a barrel/barrow load of monkeys.Ex: Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.
Ex: This clearing of the terminological undergrowth is only half the battle.Ex: If you pay peanuts, you could end up with something that sounds like a barrel load of monkeys.* * *1 (maleza) undergrowth, scrub2 (hojarasca) dead leaves ( o twigs etc)3 (en un discurso) padding, waffle ( colloq)* * *
broza sustantivo femenino dead leaves: los jardineros limpiaron toda la broza del parque, the gardeners cleared away the dead leaves from the park
' broza' also found in these entries:
English:
brush
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65 casta
f.1 stock, lineage (linaje).de casta le viene al galgo it runs in the family2 breed.3 caste.4 Casta.* * *1 (grupo social) caste2 (linaje) lineage, descent3 (de animales) breed\de casta le viene al galgo familiar it runs in the family* * *noun f.1) caste2) lineage, stock* * *SF1) (=clan) caste2) (=estirpe) stock3) (=grupo social) class4) (=calidad) class5) Méx (Tip) font* * *femenino caste* * *= caste.Ex. School libraries have a vital role to play for national understanding among the different races, religions, castes, creeds and languages of India.----* nombre de casta = caste name.* sistema de castas = caste system.* * *femenino caste* * *= caste.Ex: School libraries have a vital role to play for national understanding among the different races, religions, castes, creeds and languages of India.
* nombre de casta = caste name.* sistema de castas = caste system.* * *casteeso le viene de casta it's in his bloodde casta ‹toro› thoroughbred;‹torero› top-class, top-ranking* * *
casta sustantivo femenino
caste;
‹ torero› top-class
casto,-a adjetivo chaste
casta sustantivo femenino
1 (división social) caste
2 (raza, pedigrí) breed
de casta, thoroughbred, purebred
3 (ascendencia, linaje) lineage, descent
' casta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
intocable
English:
born
- caste
* * *casta nf1. [linaje] caste;de casta le viene al galgo it runs in the family;él y todos los de su casta him and all his sort o ilk2. [especie, calidad] breed;un toro de casta a pedigree bull;es de buena casta [persona] he's from good stock3. [en la India] caste* * *f caste;de casta thoroughbred* * *casta nf1) : caste2) : lineage, stockde casta: thoroughbred, purebred3) -
66 con pesimismo
(adj.) = pessimistically, gloomilyEx. Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.Ex. He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'.* * *(adj.) = pessimistically, gloomilyEx: Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.
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67 con una formación tecnológica digital
(adj.) = digitally-orientedEx. What role does -- and will -- the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.* * *(adj.) = digitally-orientedEx: What role does -- and will -- the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.
Spanish-English dictionary > con una formación tecnológica digital
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68 con una inclinación hacia la tecnología digital
(adj.) = digitally-orientedEx. What role does -- and will -- the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.* * *(adj.) = digitally-orientedEx: What role does -- and will -- the library play for our digitally-oriented clientele?.
Spanish-English dictionary > con una inclinación hacia la tecnología digital
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69 concienciar a la gente
(v.) = build + public awareness, raise + awareness, raise + people's awareness, raise + public awareness, raise + consciousness, enhance + awarenessEx. This is an outstanding model for building public awareness of libraries and librarianship that can be used in other countries.Ex. All libraries must clearly help to raise awareness in this way.Ex. Also, the mass media play an important role in raising people's awareness.Ex. All publicity material was designed to raise public awareness of the library's image.Ex. The Internet was obviously the ideal vehicle for alerting the public, raising consciousness and providing educational materials about alternative medicine research.Ex. The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person.* * *(v.) = build + public awareness, raise + awareness, raise + people's awareness, raise + public awareness, raise + consciousness, enhance + awarenessEx: This is an outstanding model for building public awareness of libraries and librarianship that can be used in other countries.
Ex: All libraries must clearly help to raise awareness in this way.Ex: Also, the mass media play an important role in raising people's awareness.Ex: All publicity material was designed to raise public awareness of the library's image.Ex: The Internet was obviously the ideal vehicle for alerting the public, raising consciousness and providing educational materials about alternative medicine research.Ex: The aim was to enhance awareness of the wealth of published statistical data available and to show its value as a decision making aid for the business person. -
70 controlador de dispositivo
(n.) = device driverEx. The size of the drive buffer, the operating system's device driver and the retrieval software/search engine also play an important role in a CD-ROM drive performance.* * *(n.) = device driverEx: The size of the drive buffer, the operating system's device driver and the retrieval software/search engine also play an important role in a CD-ROM drive performance.
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71 creador de contenido
(n.) = content creatorEx. This is a welcome development, one that will highlight the pivotal role the information sector (libraries, publishers, information providers and content creators) play in the knowledge society.* * *(n.) = content creatorEx: This is a welcome development, one that will highlight the pivotal role the information sector (libraries, publishers, information providers and content creators) play in the knowledge society.
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72 crear relaciones
(v.) = structure + relationshipsEx. Reconceptualizing the role librarians and publishers play may enable us, in the digital environment, to structure relationships that allow both to accomplish their important goals = El replanteamiento de la función que los bibliotecarios y editores desempeñan pueden permitirnos, dentro de este entorno digital, establecer relaciones que nos ayuden a conseguir nuestros objetivos.* * *(v.) = structure + relationshipsEx: Reconceptualizing the role librarians and publishers play may enable us, in the digital environment, to structure relationships that allow both to accomplish their important goals = El replanteamiento de la función que los bibliotecarios y editores desempeñan pueden permitirnos, dentro de este entorno digital, establecer relaciones que nos ayuden a conseguir nuestros objetivos.
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73 cultura social
(n.) = social cultureEx. Libraries, being a kind of phenomenon of social culture, play a positive role in social life.* * *(n.) = social cultureEx: Libraries, being a kind of phenomenon of social culture, play a positive role in social life.
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74 cumplir las expectativas
(v.) = come up to + expectationsEx. This article contains a discussion of the role that library schools can play in training students to come up to the expectations of the staff of libraries.* * *(v.) = come up to + expectationsEx: This article contains a discussion of the role that library schools can play in training students to come up to the expectations of the staff of libraries.
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75 definir relaciones
(v.) = structure + relationshipsEx. Reconceptualizing the role librarians and publishers play may enable us, in the digital environment, to structure relationships that allow both to accomplish their important goals = El replanteamiento de la función que los bibliotecarios y editores desempeñan pueden permitirnos, dentro de este entorno digital, establecer relaciones que nos ayuden a conseguir nuestros objetivos.* * *(v.) = structure + relationshipsEx: Reconceptualizing the role librarians and publishers play may enable us, in the digital environment, to structure relationships that allow both to accomplish their important goals = El replanteamiento de la función que los bibliotecarios y editores desempeñan pueden permitirnos, dentro de este entorno digital, establecer relaciones que nos ayuden a conseguir nuestros objetivos.
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76 del páncreas
(adj.) = pancreaticEx. These pancreatic cells play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis and inflammation.* * *(adj.) = pancreaticEx: These pancreatic cells play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis and inflammation.
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77 delincuencia
f.1 crime.está aumentando la delincuencia crime is on the increasedelincuencia juvenil juvenile delinquency2 delinquency, crime.* * *1 delinquency* * *SF crimedelincuencia de menores, delincuencia juvenil — juvenile delinquency
* * *femenino crime, delinquency (frml)* * *= crime, criminality, delinquency.Ex. Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.Ex. Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.Ex. Libraries can play a role in countering social problems such as gangsterism, delinquency, illiteracy and vagrancy.----* delincuencia callejera = street crime.* delincuencia juvenil = juvenile delinquency.* hacer frente a la delincuencia = tackle + crime.* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.* relacionado con la delincuencia = crime-related.* * *femenino crime, delinquency (frml)* * *= crime, criminality, delinquency.Ex: Some headings are vague and without scope notes to define them: ROBBERS AND OUTLAWS; crime AND CRIMINALS; ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.
Ex: Matters of civility rather than criminality are the focus of the discussion.Ex: Libraries can play a role in countering social problems such as gangsterism, delinquency, illiteracy and vagrancy.* delincuencia callejera = street crime.* delincuencia juvenil = juvenile delinquency.* hacer frente a la delincuencia = tackle + crime.* luchar contra la delincuencia = take + a bite out of crime.* relacionado con la delincuencia = crime-related.* * *crime, delinquency ( frml)la delincuencia sigue en aumento crime is on the increaseCompuestos:juvenile delinquencypetty crime* * *
delincuencia sustantivo femenino
crime, delinquency (frml);
delincuencia sustantivo femenino delinquency, crime
' delincuencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
juvenil
- hervidero
- semillero
English:
breeding ground
- crime
- delinquency
- exhaustive
- growing
- juvenile delinquency
- war
* * *delincuencia nfcrime;la delincuencia aumentó durante el último año crime increased last yeardelincuencia informática computer crime;delincuencia juvenil juvenile delinquency;delincuencia organizada organized crime* * *f crime* * *delincuencia nf: delinquency, crime* * *delincuencia n crime -
78 desaprovechar una oportunidad
(v.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunityEx. In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.Ex. He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.* * *(v.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunityEx: In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.
Ex: He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point. -
79 deseo de
= hunger for, lust for, greed forEx. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex. In this context aspects such as lust for adventure and self-confidence play an important role.Ex. The author describes the usefulness and functioning of laptops as well as their limitations and greed for batteries.* * *= hunger for, lust for, greed forEx: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.
Ex: In this context aspects such as lust for adventure and self-confidence play an important role.Ex: The author describes the usefulness and functioning of laptops as well as their limitations and greed for batteries. -
80 desperdiciar una oportunidad
(n.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chanceEx. In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.Ex. He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.Ex. Real Madrid spurned the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division as they fired blanks in a frustrating 0-0 draw at Osasuna.* * *(n.) = toss away + opportunity, waste + opportunity, spurn + chanceEx: In passing this bill they are just tossing away the opportunity to play a dominant role in the potash markets of the world.
Ex: He's probably the shrewdest and most calculating race driver ever, never wasted an opportunity for a victory or a championship point.Ex: Real Madrid spurned the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of the Spanish first division as they fired blanks in a frustrating 0-0 draw at Osasuna.
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