private firm

Ex: Difficulties over access to these can arise when research project has been financed by a scientific organization or commercial firm who have an interest in maintaining security.

Ex: Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.

Ex: The main form of knowledge transfer and the basis for decision making within corporations has not been a paper, a document or a detailed report, but a set of overhead slides and the discussions around them.

Ex: The European Development Fund finances projects in overseas countries for which European-based firms can supply equipment and know-how.

Ex: The 'Books at work' project in Kalmar in southern Sweden is the result of collaboration between trade unions, business enterprises and the public library.

Ex: The author compares the advantages and disadvantages of buying from the larger established companies and smaller outfits.

Ex: As an example, the University of Hawaii libraries have installed an online catalogue on which they will hang a special assortment of databases that are needed by Hawaii and Pacific business interests.

Ex: Collection and preservation of records is an expensive pursuit and the task of persuading cost conscious business firms that they ought to preserve their records is an unenviable one.

Ex: In libraries serving industrial firms, for example, the cost of not finding information may be high; this is why 'hard headed businessmen' add to their overheads by paying for extensive library services.

Ex: Some commercial enterprises subsidise satellite communications for academic institutions.

Ex: In the future, these files will be made readily accessible to other Glaxo operating companies through the use of computers.

* a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense.

* administración de empresas = business administration.

* admnistrador de empresa = firm administrator.

* archivo de empresa = business archives.

* biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.

* bibliotecario de empresa = industrial librarian.

* comida de empresa = company dinner.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* conglomerado de empresas = conglomerate.

* contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.

* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.

* dejar la empresa = jump + ship.

* de la propia empresa = company-owned.

* de toda la empresa = systemwide.

* director de empresa = company director.

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = corporate directory database, company directory database.

* documentación de empresas = business record.

* empresa afiliada = sister company.

* empresa comercial = commercial agency, commercial vendor, commercial business, business firm.

* empresa con solera = established player.

* empresa consolidada = established player.

* empresa constructora = property developer.

* empresa consumada = established player.

* empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.

* empresa de cobro de deudas = debt collection agency.

* empresa de contabilidad = accounting firm.

* empresa dedicada a la venta por correo = mail order company.

* empresa dedicada al desarrollo de productos = product developer.

* empresa dedicada a los sondeos de opinión = polling firm, polling agency.

* empresa dedicada al proceso del cereal = corn processor.

* empresa de grandes derroches = high roller.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* empresa de la limpieza = cleaning firm.

* empresa de liempza = cleaning business.

* empresa de limpieza = janitorial business.

* empresa de medios de comunicación = media company.

* empresa de mudanzas = mover.

* empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* empresa de ordenadores = computer company.

* empresa de reparto de paquetes = package delivery company.

* empresa de seguridad = security firm.

* empresa de servicios = service organisation, service agency, service company.

* empresa de servicios de información = information broker, broker, information broking.

* empresa de servicio social = social utility.

* empresa de servicios públicos = public utility, utility company.

* empresa de solera = established player.

* empresa de telecomunicaciones = computer bureau.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* empresa de un grupo = operating company.

* empresa de viajes = travel company.

* empresa en la que sólo pueden trabajar empleados que pertenezcan a un sindic = close shop.

* empresa farmacéutica = drug company.

* empresa filial = subsidiary company.

* empresa hipotecaria = mortgage company.

* empresa industrial = industrial firm.

* empresa organizadora de congresos = conference organiser.

* empresa privada = private vendor, private company, private business, private firm.

* empresa pública = civilian employer, public firm.

* empresas americanas, las = corporate America.

* empresa sindicada = union shop.

* empresa televisiva = television company.

* empresa transportadora = shipper, shipping agent.

* en toda la empresa = company-wide, systemwide.

* específico de las empresas = company-specific.

* fusión de empresas = consolidation.

* gasto de empresa = business expense.

* gestión de empresas = business management.

* grupo de empresas = business group.

* guardería de la empresa = workplace crêche.

* información sobre empresas = business intelligence.

* intranet de empresa = corporate intranet.

* libro de empresa = organisation manual.

* mercado de la empresa = corporate market.

* mundo de la empresa = business world.

* mundo de la empresa, el = corporate world, the.

* mundo de las empresas = business environment.

* página web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* partícipe en la empresa = corporate insider.

* patrocinado por la propia empresa = company-sponsored.

* pequeña empresa = small business.

* persona de la propia empresa = insider.

* programa de prácticas en la empresa = internship program(me), internship.

* programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.

* propiedad de la empresa = company-owned.

* PYME (Pequeña y Mediana Empresa) = SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise).

* que afecta a toda la empresa = enterprise-wide.

* sitio web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* trabajador cualificado contratado de otra empresa = lateral hire.

Ex: There are forty-six centres in twenty-five countries participating in the scheme.

Ex: However rudimentary or advanced the system, and no matter what the age of the children involved, certain matters should be considered before setting out on the venture.

Ex: It is a quest without a satisfactory conclusion - a holy grail of librarianship.

Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.

Ex: Since the file from 1966-1975 contains some 2,500,000 references, a search of the complete data base is a fairly large-scale undertaking.

* empresa descabellada = fool's errand.

 

empresa sustantivo femenino
1 ( compañía) company, firm (BrE);

2 (tarea, labor) venture, undertaking
empresa sustantivo femenino
1 Com Ind company, firm
empresa pública, state-owned company
2 (proyecto, tarea) undertaking, task: es una empresa muy arriesgada, it's a very risky venture
' empresa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
administración
- ámbito
- amenaza
- asegurar
- bacalao
- casa
- CEPYME
- compañía
- constructor
- constructora
- contabilidad
- contrata
- dar
- decorar
- deficitaria
- deficitario
- definitivamente
- departamento
- depurar
- dirección
- dirigir
- diversificarse
- económica
- económico
- ejecutiva
- ensalzar
- entablar
- escala
- escáner
- espaldarazo
- estatal
- estructuración
- forjar
- gestión
- hipotecar
- hostelería
- imagen
- imposición
- inspección
- juez
- lanzamiento
- ligarse
- llevar
- mecánica
- nacional
- negocio
- negrera
- negrero
- patrón
- patrona
English:
administration
- amount to
- association
- audit
- backbone
- bankrupt
- base
- be
- being
- boss
- branch out
- builder
- business
- by-law
- carrier
- climb down
- cock-up
- collapse
- come in
- company
- creativity
- credit bureau
- dark horse
- deal with
- department
- developer
- disorganized
- division
- do
- down-market
- effective
- engineer
- enter
- enterprise
- equal
- established
- exploit
- firm
- fixture
- float
- flourish
- go down
- go under
- head
- house
- in-house
- insider
- intimidate
- launch
- launching
empresa común joint venture; Urug empresa unipersonal sole trader, one person business

Ex: SWALCAP supports a network arrangement of remote terminals and minicomputers linked to the central computer via private lines.

Ex: There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.

Ex: It is a project that has been incubating since he lost the space for his privately run museum in Gloucester docks two years ago.

* ámbito privado, el = private sector, the.

* archivo privado = private archives.

* biblioteca privada = private library.

* ceremonia privada = private ceremony.

* detective privado = private eye.

* empresa privada = private firm.

* en privado = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors.

* entidad privada = private institution.

* espacio privado = personal space, territorial space, personal space territory.

* financiado con fondos privados = privately supported [privately-supported], privately funded, privately financed.

* finca privada = private estate.

* información privada = private information.

* investigador privado = private eye, private detective.

* invitación a inauguración privada = private view card (PVC).

* mantener en privado = be out of the public eye.

* no tener vida privada = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* Posesivo + partes privadas = Posesivo + crown jewels, Posesivo + family jewels, Posesivo + privates.

* propiedad privada = private estate.

* red privada = peer-to-peer network.

* red privada virtual (VPN) = virtual private network (VPN).

* sector privado, el = private sector, the, profit sector, the.

* sociedad privada = private society.

* universidad privada = private university.

* urbanización privada = private estate.

Del verbo privar: ( conjugate privar)

privado es:


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privar
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privar ( conjugate privar) verbo transitivo
1 privado a algn DE algo ‹de derecho/libertad› to deprive sb of sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( dejar inconsciente) to knock … unconscious
privarse verbo pronominal
1 privadose DE algo ‹de lujos/placeres› to deprive oneself of sth
2 (Col, Méx) ( desmayarse) to lose consciousness, pass out
privado,-a adj (personal) private: siempre está metiéndose en la vida privada de los demás, he's always sticking his nose into the private lives of others
(secreto, reservado) private, confidential
(no público) una clínica privada, a private clinic
♦ Locuciones: en privado, in private: los problemas familiares se discuten en privado, family issues should be discussed in private
privar
I vt
1 (despojar) to deprive [de, of]
2 fam (gustar mucho) me priva la fruta, I love fruit
II vi argot (beber) to booze
' privado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colegio
- coto
- detective
- particular
- privada
- rincón
- sabueso
- sector
- estudiar
- intimidad
English:
celebrate
- clinic
- in
- personal
- prep school
- private
- privately
- Pte.
- public school
- enterprise
- ex-directory
- finishing
- investigator
- preparatory
- public
Am [despacho] private office

Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.

Ex: Slanker claims that money is the only serious difference between private business and the public library.

agente 1., local 2., 1) I II III I II III

Ex: Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.

Ex: It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.

Ex: Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex: The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.

Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.

Ex: Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.

Ex: In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.

Ex: Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Ex: However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).

Ex: Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.

Ex: Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.

Ex: Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Ex: Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.

Ex: A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.

Ex: A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.

Ex: There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.

Ex: The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.

Ex: The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Ex: Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.

Ex: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.

* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* anuncio comercial = commercial.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.

* argumento comercial = business case.

* asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.

* aviación comercial = commercial aviation.

* bajo comercial = commercial premise.

* banco comercial = business bank.

* barrera comercial = trade barrier.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* casa comercial = house.

* caso comercial = business case.

* catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.

* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.

* comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.

* compañía comercial = business firm.

* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.

* déficit comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* director comercial = chief commercial officer.

* directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.

* directorio comercial por calles = street directory.

* distrito comercial = business district.

* diversificación comercial = business diversification.

* edificio comercial = commercial building.

* editor comercial = commercial publisher.

* editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.

* emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].

* empresa comercial = business firm.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

* estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.

* éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.

* firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.

* galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.

* horario comercial = business hours.

* industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.

* inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.

* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.

* nación comercial = trading nation.

* no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].

* novedad comercial = industry update.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* parque comercial = business estate.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* polígono comercial = business estate.

* presentación comercial = technical presentation.

* producto comercial = retail product.

* programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.

* programas comerciales = commercial software.

* propuesta comercial = business proposition.

* proyecto comercial = marketing project.

* razonamiento comercial = business case.

* relaciones comerciales = business dealings.

* rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.

* representante comercial = business traveller.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* secreto comercial = competitive information.

* sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.

* sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.

* servicio comercial = commercial service.

* sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.

* situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront].

* socio comercial = business associate.

* software comercial = commercial software.

* valor comercial = commercial paper.

* vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.

* viajante comercial = business traveller.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* vuelo comercial = commercial flight.

 

comercial adjetivo


el déficit comercial the trade deficit;
See Also→ galería, centro

■ sustantivo masculino


comercial adjetivo commercial
' comercial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balanza
- centro
- depresión
- erotizar
- galería
- propaganda
- recibo
- Sres.
- feria
- gerente
- pasaje
- relación
- señalización
- señalizar
- zona
English:
accessible
- arcade
- brand name
- business
- commercial
- commercialize
- delay
- delegation
- head-hunt
- mall
- merchant bank
- moneymaker
- profit margin
- rep
- run across
- sales brochure
- sales promotion
- sales rep
- selling point
- shopping centre
- trade agreement
- trade deficit
- trade embargo
- trade gap
- trade route
- tradename
- trading partner
- trading results
- unbusinesslike
- break
- cash
- fair
- for
- mix
- opening
- plaza
- precinct
- representative
- shopping
- trade
- trading
[embargo, déficit, disputa] trade; [vendedor, representante] sales rep Am commercial, Br advert

= Construcciones Aeronáuticas, S.A.

Ex: Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving ( House)', 'Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.

Ex: For the two-car family, living in the countryside can present few problems, but most households are not in such an advantageous position.

Ex: In comparing the residential experiences of single-family dwelling inhabitants with those living in townhouses, duplexes, & apartments, only apartment dwellers seem to experience adverse effects.

Ex: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.

* alfabetización en casa = family literacy.

* ama de casa = housewife [housewives, -pl.], homemaker, housekeeper.

* amo de casa = homemaker.

* artículos de la casa = household goods.

* asuntos de la casa, los = home affairs.

* banco en casa = home banking.

* barrer para casa = look after + number one, feather + Posesivo/the + nest.

* bata de casa = housedress.

* cambiarse de casa = move + house.

* casa adosada = terrace(d) house, terrace(d) home, townhouse [town-house], semidetached house, duplex, duplex house.

* casa alquilada = house let.

* casa ancestral = ancestral home.

* Casa Blanca, la = White House, the.

* casa comercial = house.

* casa consistorial = civic hall.

* casa de acogida = shelter home, foster home.

* casa de beneficiencia = almshouse.

* casa de campo = holiday home, country residence.

* casa de empeño = pawnshop, hock shop [hockshop].

* casa de huéspedes = guesthouse [guest house], bed and breakfast (B&B).

* casa de ladrillos de adobe = mud-brick house.

* casa de la moneda = mint.

* casa de la playa = beach house.

* casa del guarda = lodge.

* casa de locos = lunatic asylum, madhouse, bedlam.

* casa de los locos = asylum, mental asylum, madhouse.

* casa del párroco = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa de madera = log house, wood house.

* casa de maternidad = maternity home.

* casa de muñecas = doll's house.

* casa de oficios = vocational school.

* casa de pisos = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex.

* casa de placer = house of pleasure, house of pleasure.

* casa de putas = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse].

* casa de té = teahouse.

* casa de tres plantas = three-storeyed house.

* casa de troncos de madera = log house.

* casa de vacaciones = vacation home.

* casa de veraneo = holiday home.

* casa editorial = publishing house.

* casa frecuentada por los espíritus = haunted house.

* casa móvil = mobile home.

* casa pareada = duplex, duplex house.

* casa parroquial = parsonage house, parsonage.

* casa particular = private home.

* casa piloto = show home, show house.

* casa prefabricada = manufactured home, prefabricated house.

* casa proveedora = components supplier.

* casa remolque = mobile home.

* casa rural = farmhouse.

* casa rústica = cottage.

* casa señorial = manor house, stately home.

* casa social = community house.

* casa solariega = ancestral home, country house, stately home, manor house.

* cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.

* cocinero de casa = home cook.

* comer en casa = eat in.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* compra desde casa = armchair shopping.

* confinado a la casa = housebound [house-bound].

* construcción de casas = building construction.

* dueño de la casa = householder.

* el enemigo en casa = the enemy within.

* empezar la casa por el tejado = tail wagging the dog.

* en casa = in the home.

* en casa de herrero cuchillo de palo = the cobbler's children run barefoot.

* encontrar casa = find + a home.

* encontrarse en casa = be in.

* enseñanza escolar en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* equipo de casa = home team.

* equipo de casa, el = home side, the.

* escolarización en casa = homeschool, homeschooling [home schooling].

* escolarizar en casa = homeschool.

* especialidad de la casa, la = house specialty, the.

* estar en casa = be in.

* esterilla de la entrada de la casa = welcome mat.

* estilo de la casa = house style.

* fuera de la casa = out-of-home.

* hacer que Algo se haga en casa = bring + Nombre + in-house.

* hecho en casa = homespun, homemade.

* hora de volver a casa = curfew.

* imposibilitado para salir de casa = housebound [house-bound], homebound [home-bound].

* ir a casa de = make + house calls.

* irse a casa = go + home.

* irse de casa = leave + home.

* joven que huye de su casa = runaway.

* lejía de casa = household bleach.

* llave de la casa = house key.

* llegar a casa = get + home.

* llegar tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* llevar a casa = bring + home.

* llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.

* menú de la casa = set menu.

* mudarse de casa = move + house.

* para el inglés su casa es su castillo = an Englishman's home is his castle.

* partido que se juega en casa = home game.

* partido que se juega fuera de casa = away game.

* personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.

* personas que no pueden salir de casa = homebound, the.

* pisar + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* poner la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* poner la casa patas arriba = turn + the house upside down.

* poner los pies en + Posesivo + casa = darken + Posesivo + door.

* quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo = sleepover.

* quedarse dentro de casa = stay + indoors.

* quedarse en casa = stay + indoors.

* quehaceres de la casa = housework.

* que trabaja desde casa = home-based.

* realización de los estudios escolares en casa = homeschooling [home schooling].

* regresar a casa = go + home again.

* regreso a casa = homecoming, journey home.

* revolver toda la casa = turn + the house upside down.

* ropa de casa = loungewear.

* ropa de estar en casa = loungewear.

* salir de casa = leave + home.

* segunda casa = second home.

* seguro de la casa = home insurance.

* sentirse como en casa = feel + at home, feel like + home (away) from home.

* tirar la casa por la ventana = lash out (on), go to + town on.

* todo queda en casa = all in the family.

* trabajador desde casa = homeworker.

* trabajos de la casa = housework.

* traer a casa = bring + back home.

* vender de casa en casa = peddle.

* volver a casa = go + home again.

* volver la casa al revés = turn + everything upside down.

* volver tarde a casa = stay out + late.

* vuelta a casa = homecoming, journey home.

 

Del verbo casar: ( conjugate casar)

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Multiple Entries:
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casa sustantivo femenino
1


casita del perro kennel;
casa adosada or pareada semi-detached o terraced house;
Ccasa Blanca White House;
casa de acogida refuge;
casa de huéspedes boardinghouse;
casa de socorro first-aid post;
casa de vecinos or (Méx) de vecindad tenement house;
Ccasa Real Royal Household;
casa refugio refuge o hostel for battered women;
casa rodante (CS) trailer (AmE), caravan (BrE)

a los 18 años se fue de casa or (AmL) de la casa she left home at 18;
no está nunca en casa or ( AmL) en la casa he's never (at) home;

¿por qué no pasas por casa or (AmL) por la casa? why don't you drop in?;
de or para andar por casa ‹ vestido› for wearing around the house;

‹definición/terminología› crude, rough;
echar or tirar la casa por la ventana to push the boat out
2


casa de cambios bureau de change


invita la casa it's on the house
3 (Dep):

casar ( conjugate casar) verbo transitivo [cura/juez] to marry
verbo intransitivo

[ piezas] to fit together;
[ cuentas] to match, tally

casa con algo to go well with sth
casarse verbo pronominal
to get married;

se casó con un abogado she married a lawyer;
casase en segundas nupcias to marry again, to remarry
casa sustantivo femenino
1 (edificio) house ➣ Ver nota en chalet
2 (hogar) home: vete a casa, go home
estábamos en casa de Rosa, we were at Rosa's
hay mucha gente que no tiene casa, there are a lot of homeless people
3 (empresa) company, firm
casa matriz, head office
4 (estirpe) la casa de los Austria, the House of Habsburg
5 casa de empeños, pawnshop
casa de huéspedes, boarding house
familiar casa de locos, madhouse
casa de socorro, first aid post
casa de la villa, town hall
♦ Locuciones: tengo que salir a pasear, si no, se me cae la casa encima, I've got to go out for a walk or this house is going to drive me up the wall
familiar como Pedro por su casa, as if I/you/he owned the place
de andar por casa, (ropa) everyday
(explicación) crude, rough
no parar en casa, to be on the go
tirar la casa por la ventana, to roll out the red carpet
casar
I verbo transitivo (unir en matrimonio) to marry
(dar en matrimonio) to marry (off): casó muy bien a sus dos hijos, she successfully married off her two sons
II verbo intransitivo (encajar) to match, go o fit together: las cuentas no le casan, he can't make the figures balance, figurado things don't seem to be right to him

' casa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abajo
- abstraerse
- acercar
- acoger
- acogedor
- acogedora
- acuerdo
- adosada
- adosado
- afuera
- agencia
- ajena
- ajeno
- alquilar
- alquiler
- ama
- amañarse
- amo
- ampliación
- andar
- antirrobo
- arriba
- así
- ático
- atusar
- aviar
- barrer
- bata
- benjamín
- benjamina
- bienvenida
- bienvenido
- borde
- cabida
- cacho
- calentar
- cambiar
- camino
- cara
- cargar
- carpintería
- casera
- casero
- chalet
- cocina
- comedor
- comedora
- consentir
- convivir
English:
address
- advantage
- agent
- amenities
- ancestral
- anyone
- appraisal
- appreciate
- approximately
- around-the clock
- as
- ask round
- at
- attractive
- back
- be
- bed
- before
- below
- better
- big
- blast away
- bleak
- boarding house
- body
- bookshelf
- break into
- built-in
- burglar alarm
- burglarize
- burglary
- busline
- bustle
- buyer
- call
- caller
- care
- caretaker
- clean up
- come out
- congregate
- convenience
- cottage
- curious
- customary
- cut out
- daily
- dear
- decorate
- design
[apartamento] Br flat, US apartment; Fam casa adosada Br terraced house, US row house; CSur, Perú [casa de arriba] upstairs Br flat o US apartment; Esp casa cuartel [de la Guardia Civil] = police station also used as living quarters by Guardia Civil; Arg casa de departamentos Br block of flats, US apartment building; Am casa habitación residential building; RP casa de inquilinato = communal dwelling where poor families each live in a single room and share bathroom and kitchen with others; Méx casa llena: RP casa rodante Br caravan, US trailer; Esp Fam Esp Fam Esp Fam casa mortuoria home of the deceased; [linaje] house; Hist la casa de Austria the Hapsburgs; Hist la casa de Borbón the Bourbons; casa de apuestas bookmaker's, Br betting shop; Méx casa de asistencia boarding house; Com casa central head office; Com casa matriz [de empresa] head office; [de grupo de empresas] parent company; muy Fam casa de putas whorehouse; Am casa de tolerancia brothel Fin casa de cambio Br bureau de change, US foreign-exchange bureau; [guardería] nursery; CSur casa de estudios educational establishment; Am casa de gobierno = workplace of the head of state, governor, mayor etc; Fig [de monjes] monastery; RP casa de reposo rest home; RP casa de salud rest home;