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prevented

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1 impedir

v.

1 to prevent.

impedir a alguien hacer algo to prevent somebody from doing something

la lesión le impedía correr the injury stopped o prevented him from running

la nieve impidió la celebración del partido the snow prevented the match from taking place

impedirle el paso a alguien to bar somebody's way

si nada lo impide saldremos por la mañana all being well we'll leave in the morning

2 to hinder, to obstruct.

3 to impede, to obstruct, to hold up, to prevent.

Ella impidió el accidente She impeded the accident.

4 to handicap, to cripple, to disable.

El accidente impidió a Ricardo The accident handicapped Richard.

5 to prevent from, to keep from, to avert from, to deter from.

María le impidió a Ricardo jugar Mary prevented Richard from playing.

6 to make it impossible to, to make it difficult to.

Esa luz impide leer That light makes it impossible to read.

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impedir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer imposible) to prevent, stop

■ ¿hay algo que te lo impida? is there anything stopping you?

■ su enfermedad le impide desplazarse her illness makes it impossible for her to get about

2 (obstaculizar) to hinder, impede

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FRASEOLOGÍA

impedir el paso to block the way

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verb

1) to impede

2) prevent

3) block

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VT

1) (=parar) to prevent, stop

trataron de impedir la huida de los presos — they tried to prevent the prisoners escaping o the prisoners escape

impedir a algn el acceso al edificio — to prevent sb from entering the building

lo que no se puede impedir — what cannot be prevented

a mí nadie me lo va a impedir — nobody's going to stop me

impedir a algn hacer algo, impedir que algn haga algo — to prevent sb (from) doing sth, stop sb doing sth

esto no impide que... — this does not alter the fact that...

impedir el paso — to block the way

un camión nos impedía el paso — a lorry was blocking our way

2) (=dificultar) [con obstáculos] to impede, obstruct; [con problemas] to hinder, hamper

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verbo transitivo

a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent

nadie te lo impide — nobody's stopping you

impedirle a alguien + inf — to prevent somebody from -ing

el dolor le impedía caminar — the pain prevented her from walking

quiso impedir que nos viéramos — she tried to stop us seeing each other

b) < paso> to block

un camión impedía la entrada — a truck was blocking the entrance

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

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= guard against, impede, inhibit, prevent, forestall, restrain from, foreclose, get in + the way (of), hamstring, head off, ward off, hamper, thwart.

Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex. Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. 'We also need to know the kinds of questions we are legally restrained from asking'.

Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

Ex. At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

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* impedir el paso = block in.

* impedir la entrada = keep out.

* impedir que = keep from.

* impedir que + Subjuntivo = prevent from + Gerundio.

* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.

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verbo transitivo

a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent

nadie te lo impide — nobody's stopping you

impedirle a alguien + inf — to prevent somebody from -ing

el dolor le impedía caminar — the pain prevented her from walking

quiso impedir que nos viéramos — she tried to stop us seeing each other

b) < paso> to block

un camión impedía la entrada — a truck was blocking the entrance

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

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= guard against, impede, inhibit, prevent, forestall, restrain from, foreclose, get in + the way (of), hamstring, head off, ward off, hamper, thwart.

Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex: Likewise, a library or consortium -- and ultimately the user -- is ill-served by a system which inhibits the realization of a rational collection policy by permitting the duplication of expensive items.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: 'We also need to know the kinds of questions we are legally restrained from asking'.

Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

Ex: At the end of the day, librarians must 'produce the goods' and prove their worth -- professionalism could get in the way.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: Unfortunately, the inclusion of abstracts in most services tends to hamper currency.

Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

* impedir el paso = block in.

* impedir la entrada = keep out.

* impedir que = keep from.

* impedir que + Subjuntivo = prevent from + Gerundio.

* si no lo impide el tiempo = weather permitting.

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impedir [ I14 ]

vt

1 (imposibilitar) to prevent

no logró impedir el accidente she was unable to prevent the accident

nos impidió el paso he wouldn't let us through, he blocked our way

esta válvula impide el paso del gas this valve stops o blocks the flow of gas

nadie te lo impide nobody's stopping you

impedirle a algn + INF to prevent sb FROM -ING

el dolor le impedía caminar the pain prevented her from walking o meant that she couldn't walk o stopped her walking

impedir QUE + SUBJ:

quiso impedir que nos viéramos she tried to stop us seeing each other, she tried to prevent us from seeing each other

tenemos que impedir que ocurra otra vez we must see that it doesn't happen again, we must stop o prevent it happening again

2 (dificultar) to hamper, hinder

la ropa me impedía los movimientos my clothes hampered o hindered o impeded my movements

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impedir ( conjugate impedir) verbo transitivo
a) ( imposibilitar) to prevent;

◊ nadie te lo impide nobody's stopping you;

impedirle a algn hacer algo to prevent sb from doing sth;
quiso impedir que nos viéramos she tried to stop us seeing each other
b) ‹paso/entrada› to block

c) ( dificultar) to hamper, hinder

impedir verbo transitivo
1 (entorpecer) to impede, hinder: un coche impedía el paso a la ambulancia, a car was in the way of the ambulance
2 (frustrar) to prevent, stop
' impedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atravesar
- bloquear
- cortar
- imposibilitar
- inmovilizar
- trabar
- evitar
- impida
English:
bar
- deter
- forestall
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- keep
- occur
- prevent
- restrain
- stop
- avert
- obscure
- prohibit

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impedir vt

1. [imposibilitar] to prevent;

impedir a alguien hacer algo to prevent sb from doing sth;

la lesión le impedía correr the injury stopped o prevented her from running;

impedirle el paso a alguien to bar sb's way;

este camión impide el paso a la calle this truck o Br lorry is blocking the street;

la nieve impidió la celebración del partido the snow prevented the game from taking place;

nada te impide hacerlo there's nothing to stop you doing it;

si nada lo impide saldremos por la mañana all being well we'll leave in the morning

2. [dificultar] to hinder, to obstruct

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impedir

v/t prevent; ( estorbar) impede

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impedir {54} vt

1) : to prevent, to block

2) : to impede, to hinder

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impedir vb

1. (imposibilitar) to prevent / to stop [pt. & pp. stopped]

tratan de impedir que lo vea they're trying to stop me seeing him

2. (paso) to block

el guardia nos impidió el paso the guard blocked our way

Spanish-English dictionary > impedir
2 imposibilitar

v.

1 to make impossible, to impede, to choke, to disallow.

Esto imposibilita el plan This makes the plan impossible.

2 to make it impossible to, to make it cumbersome to.

Eso imposibilita hablar That makes it impossible to talk.

3 to handicap, to cripple, to incapacitate.

El golpe imposibilitó a Ricardo The blow handicapped Richard.

4 to hinder, to paralyse.

Su actitud imposibilita el progreso His attitude hinders progress.

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imposibilitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (impedir) to make impossible, prevent

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VT

1) (Med) to disable

2) (=impedir) to make impossible, prevent

esto me imposibilita hacerlo — this makes it impossible for me to do it, this prevents me from doing it

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer imposible) to make... impossible

b) ( impedir) to prevent

la niebla imposibilitó su aterrizaje — the fog prevented its landing
2.
imposibilitarse v pron (refl)

a) ( quedar impedido) to be disabled

b) (Chi, Méx) ( lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

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= preclude, foreclose.

Ex. His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex. The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer imposible) to make... impossible

b) ( impedir) to prevent

la niebla imposibilitó su aterrizaje — the fog prevented its landing
2.
imposibilitarse v pron (refl)

a) ( quedar impedido) to be disabled

b) (Chi, Méx) ( lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

* * *

= preclude, foreclose.

Ex: His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.

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imposibilitar [A1 ]

vt

to prevent, make … impossible

la niebla imposibilitó la salida de los aviones the fog prevented the planes from taking off, the planes were prevented from taking off by the fog

el cordón policial imposibilitó el acceso a la zona the police cordon prevented all access to the area

■ imposibilitarse

v pron

( refl)

1 (quedar impedido) to be disabled

2 (Chi, Méx) (lastimarse) to injure o hurt oneself, be injured

me imposibilité una mano I injured o hurt my hand

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imposibilitar ( conjugate imposibilitar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer imposible) to make … impossible

b) ( impedir) to prevent

imposibilitar verbo transitivo
1 (impedir) to make impossible, prevent
2 (incapacitar) to disable, cripple
' imposibilitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
impedir

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imposibilitar vt

imposibilitar a alguien (para) hacer algo to make it impossible for sb to do sth, to prevent sb from doing sth;

las nuevas normas imposibilitan el fraude the new regulations make fraud impossible;

el atentado imposibilitó el acuerdo the attack made it impossible to reach an agreement;

la lesión lo imposibilita para moverse he's unable to move because of the injury, the injury makes it impossible for him to move

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imposibilitar

v/t

:

imposibilitar algo make sth impossible, prevent sth

* * *

imposibilitar vt

1) : to make impossible

2) : to disable, to incapacitate

♦ See also the reflexive verb imposibilitarse

Spanish-English dictionary > imposibilitar
3 evitar

v.

1 to avoid, to prevent (impedir) (desastre, accidente).

podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe this disaster could have been avoided o prevented

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent somebody from doing something

Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.

María se guarda de decir mentiras Mary takes care not to tell lies.

2 to avoid (eludir) (cuestión, persona).

no puede evitarlo he can't help it

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me

3 to save.

esto me evita tener que ir this saves me (from) having to go

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evitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to avoid

■ evitó una confrontación he avoided a confrontation

2 (impedir) to prevent, avoid

■ no pudo evitar que lo hiciera he couldn't prevent him (from) doing it

3 (ahorrar) to spare, save

■ intenté evitarle la molestia I tried to save him the trouble

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verb

1) to avoid

2) prevent

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1. VT

1) (=eludir) to avoid

quiero evitar ese riesgo — I want to avoid that risk

intento evitar a Luisa — I'm trying to avoid Luisa

no pude evitarlo — I couldn't help it

evitar hacer algo — to avoid doing sth

María evita a toda costa encontrarse con él — María avoids bumping into him at all costs

2) (=ahorrar) to save

esto nos evitará muchos problemas — this will save us a lot of problems

me evita (el) tener que... — it saves me having to...

2.

See:

evitarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

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= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex. This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex. She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex. However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex. The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex. In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex. Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex. This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex. Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex. Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex. This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex. This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex. This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex. The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex. I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex. This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex. They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex. While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex. Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

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* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

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1.
verbo transitivo

a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él — avoid getting into arguments with him

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent

haremos lo posible para evitarlo — we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran — to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( ahorrar)

evitarle algo a alguien — <molestia/preocupación> to save o spare somebody something
2.
evitarse v pron < problemas> to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda — avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

me evitaría tener que pintarlo — it would save me having to paint it

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= avoid, bypass [by-pass], eschew, guard against, impede, prevent, shy away from, deflect, forestall, avert, preempt [pre-empt], shun, be shy of + Gerundio, sidestep [side-step], steer + clear of, steer away from, get (a)round, shy from, stay away from, stave off, baulk [balk, -USA], hamstring, ward off, head off, skirt, give + Nombre + a wide berth.

Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.

Ex: She repeatedly bypassed the catalog because she was an inveterate fiction reader and approached the A section of the fiction shelf expecting to find Sholom Aleichem under ALEICHEM.

Ex: However, most contributors to the debate about the future of SLIS have eschewed practicalities in favour of sweeping and dramatic generalizations.

Ex: The system will ask you to enter the new password a second time to help guard against keying errors.

Ex: In early 1984 we were invited to undertake a survey of the fourteen schools of librarianship and information studies in England and Wales, giving particular attention to the constraints impeding or preventing desirable change.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: Those who conscientiously attempt to keep abreast of current thought might well shy away from an examination calculated to show how much of the previous month's efforts could be produced on call.

Ex: Questions such as 'Can I help you?' on the part of the librarian are easily deflected by a hasty, perhaps automatic and ill-considered, 'Oh, no thanks' by the user.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex: This article concludes that the main value of the indicators is as a management tool, as a means of preempting problems.

Ex: Traditionally these books have been shunned because of their fragile nature, but librarians are finding that a small collection can enliven story times.

Ex: Printers or publishers were sometimes shy of giving their real names -- usually because a book was treasonable, or libellous, or a piracy -- and for similar reasons they might give a false place of publication and a false date.

Ex: This article discusses how to start projects on the right footing by defining objectives and planning properly to help sidestep pitfalls which can be associated with bespoke software development.

Ex: This entire target market has steered clear of the public library.

Ex: This article gives guidance for steering away from some of the more obvious pitfalls when buying software.

Ex: The view of most users is that they can get around the restriction in a number of ways.

Ex: I have not shied from identifying some of the obstacles to achieving this vision.

Ex: This, again, is an area most libraries -- at least the ones I'm familiar with -- have tended to stay away from.

Ex: They resorted to exercising to stave off unwanted weight gain believed to be caused by alcohol use.

Ex: While many scholars concede that military interventions are sometimes permissible, they balk when it comes to deciding whether they are ever a moral duty.

Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: Bridleways that cross arable land may be legally ploughed up, but not those that skirt a field.

Ex: Under the new law, motorists must give 'a wide berth' to stationary emergency vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency warning lights.

* acto de evitar = avoidance.

* agacharse para evitar = duck out of + harm's way.

* el evitar = avoidance.

* evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.

* evitar el desastre = ward off + disaster.

* evitar el encuentro con = steer + clear of, give + Nombre + a wide berth, steer away from.

* evitar el enfrentamiento = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* evitar la confrontación = avoid + confrontation.

* evitar la fama = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar la publicidad = shun + the public eye, keep out of + the public eye.

* evitar + Nombre = get (a)round + Nombre.

* evitar polémicas = eschew + issues.

* evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.

* evitar que = keep from.

* evitar que + entrar = keep + Nombre + out.

* evitar que + escapar = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar que + Nombre + Subjuntivo = save + Nombre + from + Gerundio.

* evitar que + salir = keep + Nombre + in.

* evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.

* evitar temas delicados = eschew + issues.

* evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* evitar una infección = prevent + infection.

* evitar un error = avoid + error.

* evitar un problema = avoid + problem.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* evitar un tema = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.

* forma de evitar Algo = way round + Algo.

* forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.

* forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.

* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.

* lo que hay que hacer y lo que hay que evitar = do's and don'ts, rights and wrongs.

* no poder evitar + Infinitivo = cannot help + Gerundio, cannot help but + Verbo.

* no poder evitar mencionar = cannot but notice.

* no pude evitar notar que = couldn't help but notice (that).

* para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

* proteger Algo para evitar su uso indebido por los niños = childproof.

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evitar [A1 ]

vt

1 (eludir, huir de) to avoid

evita entrar en discusiones con él avoid getting into arguments with him

para evitar problemas decidí no ir to avoid problems I decided not to go

¿por qué me estás evitando? why are you avoiding me?

2 (impedir) to avoid, prevent

se podría haber evitado la tragedia the tragedy could have been avoided o averted o prevented

haremos lo posible para evitarlo we'll do everything we can to avoid o prevent it

para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

3 (ahorrar) to save

una simple llamada nos habría evitado muchas molestias a simple phone call would have saved us a lot of trouble

así les evitarás muchos quebraderos de cabeza that way you'll save them a lot of worry

por esta ruta evitas tener que pasar por el centro if you go this way you avoid going through o it saves you going through the center

■ evitarse

v pron

‹problemas› to save oneself

evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

si aceptas, te evitarás muchos problemas if you accept, you'll save yourself a lot of problems

me evitaría tener que pintarlo it would save me having to paint it

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Multiple Entries:
evitar
evitar algo
evitar ( conjugate evitar) verbo transitivo
a) (eludir, huir de) to avoid;

◊ evitar hacer algo to avoid doing sth

b) ( impedir) to avoid, prevent;

◊ para evitar que sufran to avoid o prevent them suffering

c) ( remediar):

◊ me puse a llorar, no lo puede evitar I started to cry, I couldn't help it

d) ( ahorrar) evitarle algo a algn ‹molestia/preocupación› to save o spare sb sth

evitarse verbo pronominal ‹ problemas› to save oneself;
◊ evítese la molestia de ir a la tienda avoid the inconvenience of going to the store

evitar verbo transitivo
1 to avoid: no pude evitar reírme, I couldn't help laughing
2 (una enfermedad, etc) to prevent
(una desgracia) to avert
3 (a una persona) to avoid ➣ Ver nota en avoid

' evitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahorrar
- alarde
- carcajada
- contemporizar
- hincapié
- mortificar
- mortificarse
- murmuración
- para
- remediar
- aglomeración
- huir
English:
avert
- avoid
- breath
- bypass
- cheat
- clampdown
- clear
- deny
- get round
- harm
- head off
- hedge
- help
- loophole
- miss
- pair off
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- save
- scandal
- should
- stave off
- steer
- step in
- way
- get
- guard
- keep
- rat
- shun
- stave
- unavoidably

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evitar

♦ vt

1. [impedir] [desastre, accidente] to avoid, to prevent;

¿podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe ecológica? could this environmental disaster have been avoided o prevented?;

evitar que alguien haga algo to stop o prevent sb from doing sth;

no pude evitar que se pelearan I couldn't stop o prevent them from having a fight;

hemos de evitar que se extienda el incendio we have to stop the fire spreading

2. [eludir] [problema, cuestión, persona] to avoid;

siempre me está evitando she's always trying to avoid me;

Javier siempre evita encontrarse conmigo Javier always avoids meeting me;

yo evité hablar del tema I kept o steered clear of the subject;

no puede evitarlo he can't help it;

no puedo evitar ser como soy I can't help (being) the way I am

3. [ahorrar] to save;

esta máquina nos evitaría mucho trabajo this machine would save us a lot of work;

esto me evita tener que ir this gets me out of going, this saves me (from) having to go

♦ See also the pronominal verb evitarse

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evitar

v/t

1 avoid;

no puedo evitarlo I can’t help it

2 ( impedir) prevent

3 molestias save

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evitar vt

1) : to avoid

2) prevenir: to prevent

3) eludir: to escape, to elude

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evitar vb

1. (en general) to avoid

el político quiso evitar un escándalo the politician wanted to avoid a scandal

2. (impedir) to prevent

limpia la herida para evitar que se infecte clean the wound to prevent it from getting infected

3. (ahorrar) to save

eso me evitará muchos problemas that will save me a lot of problems

no poder evitar hacer algo not to be able to help doing something

no lo pude evitar I couldn't help it

Spanish-English dictionary > evitar
4 celebración

f.

1 celebration, revels, revelry.

2 celebration, feast, festivity, acclamation.

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celebración

► nombre femenino

1 (fiesta) celebration

2 (de una reunión etc) holding

■ la celebración del debate será esta tarde the debate will be held this afternoon

3 (aplauso) praise, applause

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noun f.

celebration

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SF

1) (=realización)

tras la celebración de las elecciones — after the elections were held

durante la celebración del pleno municipal — during the council meeting

2) (=fiesta) celebration

una celebración familiar — a family celebration

un año de grandes celebraciones — a year of great celebrations

3) (Rel) [de misa, festividad] celebration

coincidiendo con la celebración del Ramadán — coinciding with the celebration of Ramadan

4) (=alabanza) celebration

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femenino

1) (de éxito, festividad) celebration

2) celebraciones femenino plural ( festejos) celebrations (pl)

3)

a) (frml) (de reunión, acto)

el mal tiempo impidió la celebración del concurso — bad weather prevented the contest from being held o taking place

la celebración anual de este acto — the annual celebration of this ceremony (frml)

b) (Relig) celebration

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= celebration, festive occasion, feast.

Ex. The sense of camaraderie experienced in meeting with other devotees is not unworthy of some kind of celebration.

Ex. The sale, nearly stopped on legal technicalities, was held as a festive occasion with tea and auction of more valuable books.

Ex. Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.

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* celebración de aniversario = anniversary celebration.

* celebración de boda = wedding party.

* celebración de congresos en línea = online conferencing.

* celebración de recién nacido = baby shower.

* lugar de celebración = venue.

* lugar de celebración del congreso = conference venue.

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femenino

1) (de éxito, festividad) celebration

2) celebraciones femenino plural ( festejos) celebrations (pl)

3)

a) (frml) (de reunión, acto)

el mal tiempo impidió la celebración del concurso — bad weather prevented the contest from being held o taking place

la celebración anual de este acto — the annual celebration of this ceremony (frml)

b) (Relig) celebration

* * *

= celebration, festive occasion, feast.

Ex: The sense of camaraderie experienced in meeting with other devotees is not unworthy of some kind of celebration.

Ex: The sale, nearly stopped on legal technicalities, was held as a festive occasion with tea and auction of more valuable books.

Ex: Sometimes this was done simply by staying away (Saint Monday was always a popular feast in the trade), but perhaps more often by contracting with the master to work less.

* celebración de aniversario = anniversary celebration.

* celebración de boda = wedding party.

* celebración de congresos en línea = online conferencing.

* celebración de recién nacido = baby shower.

* lugar de celebración = venue.

* lugar de celebración del congreso = conference venue.

* * *

celebración

feminine

A

1 (de un éxito, una festividad) celebration

2 ( liter) (de una hazaña, un héroe) celebration ( liter)

B celebraciones fpl (festejos) celebrations (pl)

C

1 ( frml)

(de una reunión, un acto): el mal tiempo impidió la celebración del concurso bad weather prevented the contest from being held o taking place

antes de la celebración de la próxima reunión before the next meeting is held

la celebración anual de este acto de homenaje the annual celebration of this tribute ( frml)

2 ( Relig) celebration

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celebración sustantivo femenino
celebration
celebración sustantivo femenino
1 (fiesta) celebration
2 (de un juicio, unas elecciones, etc) holding
' celebración' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
boato
- evento
- fastos
- despedida
- fiesta
- sumar
English:
celebration
- raincheck
- festivity

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celebración nf

1. [festejo] celebration;

las celebraciones duraron hasta el día siguiente the festivities went on until the next day;

estar de celebración to be celebrating

2. [de ceremonia, reunión] holding;

la celebración de los Juegos Olímpicos the holding of the Olympic Games;

la oposición exige la celebración de elecciones anticipadas the opposition is calling for early elections to be held

3. [religiosa] celebration;

tras la celebración de la misa, el párroco salió a dar un paseo after he had finished saying mass, the priest went out for a walk

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celebración

f celebration

* * *

celebración nf, pl - ciones : celebration

* * *

celebración n celebration

Spanish-English dictionary > celebración
5 prevenir

v.

1 to prevent.

más vale prevenir que curar (Prov) prevention is better than cure

Ricardo previno el accidente Richard prevented the accident.

2 to warn.

te prevengo de que la carretera es muy mala be warned that the road is very bad

Ricardo previno a María del peligro Richard warned Mary of the danger.

3 to foresee, to anticipate.

4 to make it impossible to, to make it difficult to.

Lisa previno ejecutar el programa Lisa made it impossible to execute the..

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prevenir

Conjugation model [ VENIR], like link=venir venir

► verbo transitivo

1 (evitar) to avoid, prevent

2 (advertir) to warn

■ me previnieron contra su mal humor they warned me about his bad mood

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

más vale prevenir que curar prevention is better than cure

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verb

1) to prevent

2) warn

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1. VT

1) (=evitar) to prevent; (=prever) to foresee, anticipate

hay accidentes que no se pueden prevenir — some accidents cannot be prevented

- más vale prevenir que curar

2) (=advertir) to warn

prevenir a algn — to warn sb, put sb on his guard (contra, de against, about)

pudieron prevenirle a tiempo — they were able to warn him in time

3) (=predisponer) to prejudice, bias ( a favor de in favour of) ( en contra de against)

4) (=preparar) to prepare, get ready ( para for)

5) (=proveer)

prevenir a algn de algo — to provide sb with sth

2.

See:

prevenirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <enfermedad/accidente> to prevent

más vale prevenir que curar — prevention is better than cure

más vale prevenir que lamentar — better safe than sorry

b) (advertir, alertar) to warn
2.
prevenirse v pron

prevenirse CONTRA algo — to take preventive o preventative measures against something, take precautions against something

* * *

= caution (against), forewarn, preclude, prevent, sound + a note of caution, sound + a word of caution, forestall, avert, sound + a wake-up call, ward off, admonish, head off, thwart.

Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex. I think a person would be derelict in his or her duty not to forewarn someone about a problem.

Ex. His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex. To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex. Ranganathan himself sounds a note of caution when he warns that, because the use of this device requires an uncommon degree of `spiritual insight', any notation suggested by it should be discussed widely before being finalized.

Ex. A word of caution must also be sounded over the word 'Kommune' which is found in some Scandinavian countries.

Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex. He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex. The article 'Robert Nawrocki sounds a wake-up call for records managers' reports an interview with the President of ARMA (Association of Records Managers and Administrators) International.

Ex. The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex. For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.

Ex. And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

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* más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.

* prevenir contra = ward against.

* prevenir en contra de = ward against.

* prevenir una infección = prevent + infection.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) <enfermedad/accidente> to prevent

más vale prevenir que curar — prevention is better than cure

más vale prevenir que lamentar — better safe than sorry

b) (advertir, alertar) to warn
2.
prevenirse v pron

prevenirse CONTRA algo — to take preventive o preventative measures against something, take precautions against something

* * *

= caution (against), forewarn, preclude, prevent, sound + a note of caution, sound + a word of caution, forestall, avert, sound + a wake-up call, ward off, admonish, head off, thwart.

Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex: I think a person would be derelict in his or her duty not to forewarn someone about a problem.

Ex: His obsessive concern for detail precluded the delegation of responsibility to others.

Ex: To prevent an entry under the first name(s), these must be entered on a separate line with the subfield code 'j'.

Ex: Ranganathan himself sounds a note of caution when he warns that, because the use of this device requires an uncommon degree of `spiritual insight', any notation suggested by it should be discussed widely before being finalized.

Ex: A word of caution must also be sounded over the word 'Kommune' which is found in some Scandinavian countries.

Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.

Ex: He often did this, almost unconsciously, to avert an immediate sign of reaction to an irksome confrontation.

Ex: The article 'Robert Nawrocki sounds a wake-up call for records managers' reports an interview with the President of ARMA (Association of Records Managers and Administrators) International.

Ex: The most strenuous efforts will not always ensure success, nor the boldest arm of human power ward off the stroke of misfortune.

Ex: For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.

Ex: And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.

Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

* más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine, better (to be) safe than sorry.

* prevenir contra = ward against.

* prevenir en contra de = ward against.

* prevenir una infección = prevent + infection.

* * *

prevenir [ I31 ]

vt

1 ‹enfermedad/accidente/desgracia› to prevent

ayuda a prevenir la caries it helps prevent tooth decay

más vale prevenir que curar prevention is better than cure

más vale prevenir que lamentar better safe than sorry

2 (advertir, alertar) to warn

previnieron a los conductores del mal estado de las carreteras drivers were warned of the bad state of the roads

■ prevenirse

v pron

prevenirse CONTRA algo to take preventive o preventative measures AGAINST sth, take precautions AGAINST sth

* * *

prevenir ( conjugate prevenir) verbo transitivo
a) ‹enfermedad/accidente› to prevent

b) (advertir, alertar) to warn

prevenirse verbo pronominal prevenirse CONTRA algo to take preventive o preventative measures against sth, take precautions against sth
prevenir verbo transitivo
1 (enfermedades, etc) to prevent: más vale prevenir que curar, prevention is better than cure
2 (advertir, alertar) to warn: me previno contra él, she warned me about him
te prevengo de que no estoy muy dispuesta a ir, I want you to know that I'm not very inclined to go
' prevenir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
advertir
- avisar
- salud
- ir
English:
avert
- forestall
- forewarn
- precaution
- prevent
- ward off
- warn
- head
- safe

* * *

prevenir

♦ vt

1. [evitar] to prevent;

para prevenir la gripe to prevent flu;

un medicamento que previene contra la malaria a medicine that protects against malaria;

Prov

más vale prevenir que curar prevention is better than cure

2. [avisar] to warn;

te prevengo de que la carretera es muy mala be warned that the road is very bad

3. [prever] to foresee, to anticipate

4. [predisponer]
prevenir a alguien contra algo/alguien to prejudice sb against sth/sb

♦ See also the pronominal verb prevenirse

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prevenir

v/t

1 ( evitar) prevent;

más vale prevenir que curar prevention is better than cure

2 ( avisar) warn ( contra against)

* * *

prevenir {87} vt

1) : to prevent

2) : to warn

♦ See also the reflexive verb prevenirse

* * *

prevenir vb (evitar) to prevent

muchas enfermedades se pueden prevenir many illnesses can be prevented

Spanish-English dictionary > prevenir
6 consumación

f.

1 consummation, completion, crowning, fulfillment.

2 consummation, end, termination, completion.

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consumación

► nombre femenino

1 consummation, completion (de un crimen) perpetration

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SF

1) (Jur) commission, perpetration

2) [de matrimonio] consummation

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femenino (frml)

a) ( de matrimonio) consummation

b) ( de crimen) perpetration (frml)

impidieron la consumación del atentado/crimen — they prevented the attack from being carried out/the crime from being committed o perpetrated

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femenino (frml)

a) ( de matrimonio) consummation

b) ( de crimen) perpetration (frml)

impidieron la consumación del atentado/crimen — they prevented the attack from being carried out/the crime from being committed o perpetrated

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consumación

feminine

( frml)

1 (de un matrimonio) consummation

2

(de un crimen): la oportuna intervención policial impidió la consumación del atentado the timely intervention of the police prevented the attack from being carried out o ( frml) perpetrated

Compuesto:

consumación de los siglos

( liter):

la consumación de los siglos the end of time

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consumación sustantivo femenino consummation, termination

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consumación nf
[realización] completion; [de matrimonio] consummation; [de proyecto] completion; [de un crimen] perpetration
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consumación

f

1 JUR commission

2 de matrimonio consummation

* * *

consumación nf, pl - ciones : consummation

Spanish-English dictionary > consumación
7 agitación

f.

1 agitation, fuss, excitement, fluster.

2 agitation, troublemaking, rebellion, insubordination.

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agitación

► nombre femenino

1 agitation

2 figurado excitement, restlessness

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noun f.

agitation

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SF

1) [de mano] waving, flapping; [de bebida] shaking, stirring; [de mar] roughness

2) (Pol) agitation; (=bullicio) bustle, stir; (=intranquilidad) nervousness; (=emoción) excitement

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femenino

a) (Pol) agitation

la agitación reinante — the prevailing state of unrest

b) ( nerviosismo) agitation

c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle

* * *

= upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.

Ex. Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

Ex. Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.

Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex. With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.

Ex. The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.

Ex. Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.

Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.

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* agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.

* agitación social = social upheaval.

* * *

femenino

a) (Pol) agitation

la agitación reinante — the prevailing state of unrest

b) ( nerviosismo) agitation

c) (de calle, ciudad) bustle

* * *

= upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.

Ex: Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.

Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.

Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex: With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.

Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.

Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.

Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.

* agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.

* agitación social = social upheaval.

* * *

agitación

feminine

1 ( Pol) agitation

preocupados por la agitación reinante worried by the prevailing state of unrest

2 (nerviosismo) agitation

3 (de una calle, ciudad) bustle

* * *

agitación sustantivo femenino
a) ( nerviosismo) agitation

b) (de calle, ciudad) bustle

agitación f (nerviosismo) restlessness
(descontento social) unrest
' agitación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alborotar
- convulsión
- polvareda
- torbellino
- alboroto
- alteración
- conmoción
- ebullición
- movimiento
English:
agitation
- excitement
- ferment
- flurry
- upheaval

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agitación nf

1. [intranquilidad] restlessness, agitation;

respondió con agitación she answered agitatedly;

el café le provoca agitación coffee makes him nervous

2. [jaleo] racket, commotion

3. [conflicto] unrest;

la agitación estudiantil ha crecido there has been an increase in student unrest

4. [del mar] choppiness

* * *

agitación

f POL unrest

* * *

agitación nf, pl - ciones

1) : agitation

2) nerviosismo: nervousness

Spanish-English dictionary > agitación
8 arterioesclerosis

f. s.&pl.

arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, stiffening of the arteries, hardening of the arteries by the sedimentation of lipids or other causes.

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arterioesclerosis

► nombre femenino invariable

1 arteriosclerosis

* * *

arteriosclerosis femenino arteriosclerosis (tech)

* * *

= arteriosclerosis.

Ex. Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

* * *

arteriosclerosis femenino arteriosclerosis (tech)

* * *

= arteriosclerosis.

Ex: Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

* * *

arterioesclerosis, arteriosclerosis nf inv
Med arteriosclerosis
* * *

arteriosclerosis (arterioesclerosis)

f arteriosclerosis

Spanish-English dictionary > arterioesclerosis
9 arteriosclerosis

f. s.&pl.

arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries.

* * *

arteriosclerosis

► nombre femenino invariable

1 arteriosclerosis

* * *

= arteriosclerosis.

Ex. Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

* * *

= arteriosclerosis.

Ex: Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

* * *

arteriosclerosis

feminine

hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis ( tech)

* * *

arteriosclerosis = arterioesclerosis

* * *

arteriosclerosis (arterioesclerosis)

f arteriosclerosis

* * *

arteriosclerosis nf

: arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries

Spanish-English dictionary > arteriosclerosis
10 biblioteca municipal

f.

city library.

* * *

(n.) = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library

Ex. The authors visited the town library in Comitan and the library in the frontier municipality Las Margeritas.

Ex. However, the need to cut local authority spending and rivalry between the city libraries and provincial library centres prevented these networks from achieving their full potential.

Ex. In 1924 the library became affiliated to the Dresden municipal library (founded 1881) as a depository library.

Ex. As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.

Ex. This article reviews the development of community libraries and community information centres in South Africa and their potential role in information provision.

* * *

(n.) = town library, city library, municipal library, urban library, community library

Ex: The authors visited the town library in Comitan and the library in the frontier municipality Las Margeritas.

Ex: However, the need to cut local authority spending and rivalry between the city libraries and provincial library centres prevented these networks from achieving their full potential.

Ex: In 1924 the library became affiliated to the Dresden municipal library (founded 1881) as a depository library.

Ex: As a consequence of the dualism of the research library and the public library different organisational schemes developed in the urban library system, which are characterised here in detail.

Ex: This article reviews the development of community libraries and community information centres in South Africa and their potential role in information provision.

Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca municipal
11 biblioteca provincial

(n.) = provincial library centre

Ex. However, the need to cut local authority spending and rivalry between the city libraries and provincial library centres prevented these networks from achieving their full potential.

* * *

(n.) = provincial library centre

Ex: However, the need to cut local authority spending and rivalry between the city libraries and provincial library centres prevented these networks from achieving their full potential.

Spanish-English dictionary > biblioteca provincial
12 circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control

= circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control

Ex. Librarians are being prevented from solving their problems by circumstances beyond their control.

* * *

= circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control

Ex: Librarians are being prevented from solving their problems by circumstances beyond their control.

Spanish-English dictionary > circunstancias que están fuera de + Posesivo + control
13 con antelación

con antelación

in advance

* * *

= beforehand, ahead of time

Ex. When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.

Ex. George Cunha stressed the importance of having a written disaster plan ahead of time and that replacement was generally cheaper than recovery.

* * *

= beforehand, ahead of time

Ex: When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.

Ex: George Cunha stressed the importance of having a written disaster plan ahead of time and that replacement was generally cheaper than recovery.

Spanish-English dictionary > con antelación
14 confusión

f.

1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.

2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.

3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.

4 scene of confusion, shambles.

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confusión

► nombre femenino

1 (desorden) confusion, chaos

2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion

3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment

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noun f.

confusion

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SF

1) (=equivocación) confusion

lo que provocó la confusión — what caused the confusion

para evitar confusiones — to avoid confusion

ha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names

esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake

• por confusión — by mistake

2) (=desconcierto) confusion

el terremoto produjo una gran confusión en las calles — the earthquake caused great confusion in the streets

tiene una gran confusión de ideas — his ideas are very confused

la recuerdo con bastante confusión — I have a hazy o vague memory of her

3) (=turbación)

sentí tal confusión que no pude ni dar las gracias — I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't even say thank you

tantas alabanzas me produjeron una gran confusión — I found all that praise overwhelming

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femenino

a) (desorden, caos) confusion

para mayor confusión — to add to the confusion

b) ( perplejidad) confusion

mis palabras aumentaron su confusión — what I said made him more confused

c) ( turbación) embarrassment

d) ( equivocación) confusion

hubo una confusión con la factura — there was a confusion over the invoice

se presta a confusión — it is open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones — to avoid any further confusion

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= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.

Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.

Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.

Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.

Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.

Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.

Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.

Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.

Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.

Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.

Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.

Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.

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* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* confusión económica = economic turmoil.

* confusión histórica = historical confusion.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* estado de confusión = state of confusion.

* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.

* que induce a confusión = confounding.

* * *

femenino

a) (desorden, caos) confusion

para mayor confusión — to add to the confusion

b) ( perplejidad) confusion

mis palabras aumentaron su confusión — what I said made him more confused

c) ( turbación) embarrassment

d) ( equivocación) confusion

hubo una confusión con la factura — there was a confusion over the invoice

se presta a confusión — it is open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones — to avoid any further confusion

* * *

= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.

Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.

Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.

Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.

Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.

Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.

Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.

Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.

Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.

Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.

Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.

Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.

Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.

Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.

Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.

Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.

Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.

Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.

* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.

* confusión económica = economic turmoil.

* confusión histórica = historical confusion.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* estado de confusión = state of confusion.

* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.

* que induce a confusión = confounding.

* * *

confusión

feminine

1 (perplejidad) confusion

para mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name

2 (desorden, caos) confusion

3 (turbación) embarrassment

su inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusion

tanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness

4 (equivocación) confusion

lamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoice

sus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretation

para que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups

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confusión sustantivo femenino
a) ( en general) confusion;

◊ para que no haya confusiones to avoid any confusion

b) ( turbación) embarrassment, confusion

confusión sustantivo femenino
1 (desorden) confusion
2 (error) mistake
' confusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aturdimiento
- barullo
- belén
- desbarajuste
- desconcierto
- desorientación
- embrollo
- folclore
- follón
- obnubilar
- ofuscación
- para
- prestarse
- torre
- turbación
- aquél
- armar
- bochinche
- convulsionar
- desorden
- ése
- éste
- grado
- jaleo
- lío
- mareo
- medio
- sólo
- turbar
English:
brainstorm
- confusion
- disarray
- foul up
- haziness
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- quagmire
- rush
- scramble
- shambles
- start
- turmoil
- welter
- add
- disorder
- havoc
- mix
- straighten

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confusión nf

1. [desorden, lío] confusion;

la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;

los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;

hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;

en su habitación reina la confusión her room is in chaos;

existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant

2. [desconcierto]
la noticia me llenó de confusión I was disconcerted by the news

3. [error] mix-up;

ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;

esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted

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confusión

f confusion

* * *

confusión nf, pl - siones : confusion

* * *

confusión n

1. (falta de claridad) confusion

la falta de indicaciones creó confusión the lack of signs caused confusion

2. (equivocación) mistake

me pidió disculpas por la confusión she apologized for the mistake

Spanish-English dictionary > confusión
15 control del estrés

(n.) = stress management

Ex. Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

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(n.) = stress management

Ex: Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

Spanish-English dictionary > control del estrés
16 control del peso

(n.) = weight control

Ex. Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

* * *

(n.) = weight control

Ex: Such conditions as heart disease, cancer, and arteriosclerosis can be prevented or postponed through proper nutrition, weight control, exercise, and stress management.

Spanish-English dictionary > control del peso
17 crisis de los siete años

= seven-year itch

Ex. A longitudinal study of the career patterns of academic librarians is needed if this brain drain as a result of the ' seven-year itch' is to be prevented.

* * *

= seven-year itch

Ex: A longitudinal study of the career patterns of academic librarians is needed if this brain drain as a result of the ' seven-year itch' is to be prevented.

Spanish-English dictionary > crisis de los siete años
18 curiosear

v.

1 to nose around.

2 to browse through (libros, revistas).

3 to look around, to nose around, to mouse about, to nose about.

4 to mouse into, to spy on.

* * *

curiosear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (fisgar) to pry, nose around

2 (mirar) to look around

► verbo transitivo

1 (fisgar) to pry into

* * *

1. VT

1) (=husmear) to nose out

2) (=mirar) [en una tienda] to look over, look round

2. VI

1) (=husmear) to snoop, pry

2) (=mirar) [en una tienda] to look round, wander round; (=explorar) to poke about

curiosear por las tiendas — to wander round the shops

curiosear por los escaparates — to go window-shopping

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) ( fisgonear) to pry

curiosear en la vida ajena — to pry into other people's affairs

estaba curioseando entre mis papeles/en mis cajones — he was going o looking through my papers/drawers

b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos — I started browsing around the library/through the files

* * *

= browse, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) ( fisgonear) to pry

curiosear en la vida ajena — to pry into other people's affairs

estaba curioseando entre mis papeles/en mis cajones — he was going o looking through my papers/drawers

b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos — I started browsing around the library/through the files

* * *

= browse, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

* * *

curiosear [A1 ]

vi

1 (fisgonear) to pry

siempre está curioseando en la vida ajena he's always prying into other people's affairs

¿qué haces curioseando entre mis papeles? what are you doing rummaging o looking through my papers?

2 (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me fui a curiosear por las tiendas I went for a wander o look around the shops, I went and browsed around the shops

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos I started browsing around the library/through the files

■ curiosear

vt

to check on

* * *

curiosear ( conjugate curiosear) verbo intransitivo
a) ( fisgonear) to pry;

◊ curiosear en la vida ajena to pry into other people's affairs;

estaba curioseando en mis cajones he was going o looking through my drawers
b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

curiosear verbo intransitivo to pry
' curiosear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cotillear
- husmear
- copuchar
English:
poke about
- poke around
- rubberneck
- pry

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curiosear

♦ vi

1. [fisgonear] to nose around

2. [en tienda] to browse round;

estuvo curioseando por el almacén he was browsing around the store

♦ vt
[libros, revistas] to browse through
* * *

curiosear

I v/t

1 ( fisgonear) pry into

2 ( mirar) look around

II v/i ( mirar) look around

* * *

curiosear vi

1) : to snoop, to pry

2) : to browse

curiosear vt

: to look over, to check

Spanish-English dictionary > curiosear
19 de antemano

de antemano

beforehand, in advance

* * *

(adj.) = in advance (of), beforehand

Ex. CIP is intended to facilitate the selection and ordering of materials by alerting librarians and others to forthcoming works in advance of their publication.

Ex. When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.

* * *

(adj.) = in advance (of), beforehand

Ex: CIP is intended to facilitate the selection and ordering of materials by alerting librarians and others to forthcoming works in advance of their publication.

Ex: When possible expected interruptions should either be planned for or prevented beforehand.

Spanish-English dictionary > de antemano
20 debilidad

f.

1 weakness.

tener debilidad por to have a soft spot for

el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate

2 laxness (condescendencia).

3 weak point, soft spot, heel of Achilles, weakness.

4 weak act.

5 hyposthenia, lassitude, acratia, asthenia.

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debilidad

► nombre femenino

1 (de una persona) weakness, feebleness; (de un sonido) faintness

2 figurado weakness

■ los coches de carreras son su debilidad he has a weakness for racing cars

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

tener debilidad por (algo) to have a weakness for 2 (alguien) to have a soft spot for

■ tengo debilidad por mi sobrina I have a soft spot for my niece

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noun f.

weakness, feebleness

* * *

SF

1) (=falta de fuerzas) [gen] weakness; [extrema] feebleness; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frailty

debilidad senil — senility

2) [de carácter] weakness; [de esfuerzo] feebleness, half-heartedness

la debilidad de su fuerza de voluntad — his lack of willpower

3) (=poca intensidad) [de voz, ruido] faintness; [de luz] dimness

4) (=inclinación)

los niños son mi debilidad — I love o adore children

tengo debilidad por el chocolate — I have a weakness for chocolate

tener debilidad por algn — to have a soft spot for sb

* * *

femenino

a) ( física)

su debilidad nos impide operarla — her weak state means that we are unable to operate

siento una gran debilidad — I feel terribly debilitated o weak

b) ( de carácter)

todos se aprovechan de su debilidad — everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character

c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness

tener debilidad por alguien — to have a soft spot for somebody

tener debilidad por algo — to have a weakness for something

* * *

= frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.

Ex. When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.

Ex. We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.

Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.

Ex. Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.

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. Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.

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* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.

* debilidad humana = human frailty.

* fingir debilidad = sandbagging.

* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.

* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

* * *

femenino

a) ( física)

su debilidad nos impide operarla — her weak state means that we are unable to operate

siento una gran debilidad — I feel terribly debilitated o weak

b) ( de carácter)

todos se aprovechan de su debilidad — everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character

c) ( inclinación excesiva) weakness

tener debilidad por alguien — to have a soft spot for somebody

tener debilidad por algo — to have a weakness for something

* * *

= frailty, infirmity, weakness, brittleness, foible, weak point, soft spot.

Ex: When discussing the undoubted deficiencies of LCSH, the errors are claimed to be the result of human frailty in the application of a basically sound system.

Ex: We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.

Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.

Ex: Aspects of physical condition, including pH, brittleness, mutilation, and environmental damage were surveyed = Los aspectos del estado físico que se estudiaron fueron el pH, la fragilidad, la mutilación y los daños producidos por las condiciones ambientales.

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: Lack of adequate reflection on the literature of political and legal theory is a soft spot in the book, however.

* debilidad del ser humano = mankind's frailty.

* debilidad humana = human frailty.

* fingir debilidad = sandbagging.

* ser la debilidad de Alguien = be a sucker for.

* tener debilidad por = have + a soft spot for.

* * *

debilidad

feminine

1

(falta de fortaleza física): el estado de debilidad en que se encuentra nos impide operarla the weak state she's in o ( frml) her debility means that we are unable to operate

me canso mucho, y siento una debilidad muy grande I get very tired and feel very debilitated o terribly weak

2

(de carácter): todos se aprovechan de su debilidad everyone takes advantage of his feeble nature o his weak character

3 (inclinación excesiva) weakness

todos tenemos nuestras pequeñas debilidades we all have our little weaknesses

el hijo pequeño es su debilidad he has a soft spot for his youngest son

siente or tiene debilidad por el chocolate she has a weakness for chocolate

* * *

debilidad sustantivo femenino
weakness;
◊ siento una gran debilidad I feel terribly debilitated o weak;

se aprovechan de su debilidad they take advantage of his weak character;
tener debilidad por algn/algo to have a soft spot for sb/a weakness for sth
debilidad sustantivo masculino
1 (falta de fuerzas, de carácter) weakness
2 (inclinación) fig tener debilidad por, (persona) to have a soft spot for: sienten debilidad por su hijo adoptivo, they have a soft spot for their adopted son
(cosa) to have a weakness for: tengo debilidad por el chocolate, I have a weakness for chocolate

' debilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flojedad
- explotar
- flojera
English:
chink
- feebleness
- infirmity
- partial
- softness
- spot
- weakness
- foible

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debilidad nf

1. [flojedad] weakness;

siento debilidad en las piernas my legs feel tired

2. [condescendencia] laxness;

debilidad de carácter weakness of character

3. [falta de solidez] [de gobierno, moneda, economía] weakness

4. [inclinación]
sus nietos son su debilidad he dotes on his grandchildren;

tener o [m5] sentir debilidad por to have a soft spot for;

el chocolate es su debilidad he has a weakness for chocolate;

todos tenemos nuestras debilidades we all have our weaknesses

5. Fam [hambre]
siento debilidad I feel as if I need something to eat

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debilidad

f weakness

* * *

debilidad nf

: weakness, debility, feebleness

* * *

debilidad n weakness [pl. weaknesses]

tener debilidad por (cosa) to have a weakness for (persona) to have a soft spot for

Spanish-English dictionary > debilidad

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prevented — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obviated, stopped, interfered with; see interrupted … English dictionary for students
prevented — preÂ·vent || prÉª vent v. cause not to happen, avert; delay, impede, hinder … English contemporary dictionary
PREVENTED — … Useful english dictionary
unavoidably prevented — Prevented without fault attributable to any person. Anno: 31 ALR 631 … Ballentine's law dictionary
prevented the spreading of the disease — succeeded in stopping the further distribution of the disease … English contemporary dictionary
quasi-prevented — adj. * * * … Universalium
quasi-prevented — adj … Useful english dictionary
discouraged him — prevented him from going through with it, dissuaded him … English contemporary dictionary

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