por razones de edad

Ex: This article defines ageism in the context of equal opportunities and provides a checklist designed to be of use by library staff at all levels.

Ex: Ageist forms of headings like CHILDREN-MANAGEMENT (instead of the familiar and nonjudgmental CHILD-REARING) and AGED (instead of SENIORS or SENIOR CITIZENS) should not be used.

• edad adulta — adulthood

• a la edad de ocho años — at the age of eight

murió a los 85 años de edad — she died when she was 85 o at the age of 85

• una mujer de edad avanzada — a woman of advanced years

• un señor de cierta edad — a gentleman of a certain age

• un niño de corta edad — a young child

• una persona de edad — an elderly person

• en edad escolar — of school age

• edad de (la) jubilación — retirement age

• edad límite — age limit

• edad madura — middle age

• mediana edad — middle age

• tener edad de hacer algo, estar en (la) edad de hacer algo — to be old enough to do sth

no tener edad para hacer algo — (=ser muy joven) not to be old enough to do sth, not to be of an age to do sth; (=ser muy mayor) to be too old to do sth

• tercera edad — (=personas) senior citizens pl, older people pl ; (=edad) old age

excursiones organizadas para la tercera edad — organized trips for senior citizens o older people

Edad Antigua — period from the beginning of history to the decline of the Roman Empire

Edad de Oro — (Literat) Golden Age ( of Spanish literature)

Edad Media — Middle Ages pl

Edad Moderna — period from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution

se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is

de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged

estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)

se saca or quita la edad — (AmL) he makes out (that) he's younger than he actually is

de edad madura or de mediana edad — middle-aged

estar en edad de merecer — (ant o hum) to be of courting age (dated)

Ex: The needs of readers housebound by physical disability, or made immobile by increasing age, are met by a supply of reading material from a van delivery service.

• entrar en razón — to see sense, listen to reason

• perder la razón — to go out of one's mind

• tener uso de razón: escribo desde que tengo uso de razón — I've been writing for as long as I can remember

• asistir la razón, le asiste la razón — he has right on his side

• cargarse de razón — to have right fully on one's side

• con razón o sin ella — rightly or wrongly

• dar la razón a algn — (=estar de acuerdo) to agree that sb is right; (=apoyar) to side with sb

• quitar la razón a algn — to say sb is wrong

• razón le sobra — she's only too right

• tener razón — to be right

• con razón — with good reason

• razón de más, razón de más para ayudarlas — all the more reason to help them

• en razón a o de — (=debido a) owing to; (=de acuerdo con) according to

• no atender a razones, no atiende a razones — he won't listen to reason

• dar razón de algo/algn — to give information about sth/sb

nadie me daba razón de ella — nobody could tell me anything about her o give me any information about her

nadie supo dar razón de su paradero — no one knew o could tell us his whereabouts

• mandar a algn razón de que haga algo — † to send word (to sb) to do sth

• a razón de, a razón de cinco a siete — in the ratio of five to seven

en razón de los últimos sucesos — in view of o owing to recent events

atender or atenerse or avenirse a razones — to listen to reason

razón: portería — inquiries to the doorman (AmE) o (BrE) porter

nadie le dio razón — (fam) no one could help him

tener or llevar razón — to be right

tienes toda la razón — (fam) you're absolutely right

entrar en razón — to see reason o sense

perder la razón — to go out of one's mind; ( en sentido hiperbólico) to take leave of one's senses

en razón de los últimos sucesos — in view of o owing to recent events

atender or atenerse or avenirse a razones — to listen to reason

razón: portería — inquiries to the doorman (AmE) o (BrE) porter

nadie le dio razón — (fam) no one could help him

tener or llevar razón — to be right

tienes toda la razón — (fam) you're absolutely right

entrar en razón — to see reason o sense

perder la razón — to go out of one's mind; ( en sentido hiperbólico) to take leave of one's senses

Ex: The commandment KOLN see COLOGNE should be sufficient cause for the rejection of the illicit proposal to establish OPERA -- KOLN.

discriminación positiva — positive discrimination, affirmative action (EEUU)

Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.

Ex: The ruling, which spells out academic requirements for athletes who play at universities, has met with much opposition, the primary criticism being that the ruling is racially discriminatory.

Ex: To all intents and purposes he is unaware of its existence.

la alcancé cuando salía por la puerta — I caught up with her o I caught her up just as she was going out of the door

• alcanzar la mayoría de edad — to come of age

• alcanzó la orilla a nado — he made it to the shore by swimming, he swam back to the shore

• no llegó a alcanzar la pubertad — he never made it as far as puberty

• alcanzar la fama — to find fame, become famous

una ley que alcanza sobre todo a los jubilados — a law which mainly affects o hits pensioners

• hasta donde alcanza la vista — as far as the eye can see

• con dos botellas alcanzará para todos — two bottles will be enough for everyone

¿te alcanza para el tren? — esp LAm have you got enough money for the train?

a que no me alcanzas! — I bet you can't catch me! (colloq)

lo alcancé con un palo — I used a pole to get at it o reach it

estos árboles alcanzan una gran altura — these trees can reach o grow to a great height

a que no me alcanzas! — I bet you can't catch me! (colloq)

lo alcancé con un palo — I used a pole to get at it o reach it

estos árboles alcanzan una gran altura — these trees can reach o grow to a great height

Ex: A fully comparative account of recommendations for filing orders is likely to prove confusing until the reader has attained some familiarity with the general problems, and the solutions offered by one code.