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  • 61 conveniente

    adj.
    1 useful.
    sería conveniente asistir it would be a good idea to go
    2 convenient, adequate, appropriate, fitting.
    * * *
    1 (útil) useful
    2 (oportuno) suitable, convenient
    3 (ventajoso) advantageous
    4 (aconsejable) advisable
    5 (precio) good, fair
    \
    creer conveniente to think advisable, be better
    en el momento conveniente at the right time
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aconsejable) advisable

    el comité hará lo que considere o estime conveniente — the committee will do as it sees fit, the committee will do what it considers advisable

    • ser conveniente hacer algo — to be advisable to do sth

    • es conveniente que, es conveniente que consulte con su abogado — it is advisable to consult your lawyer

    sería conveniente que habláramos sobre el tema — it would be advisable o desirable for us to talk about the matter

    2) (=indicado) suitable
    3) (=provechoso) convenient
    4) (=correcto) proper

    se sentó frente a ella, guardando la conveniente distancia — he sat down opposite her, keeping a proper distance

    * * *
    a) ( cómodo) convenient
    b) (aconsejable, provechoso) advisable
    * * *
    = attractive, desirable, convenient, cosy [cozy, -USA], salutary, fitting, advisable, handy [handier -comp., handiest -sup.], expedient, beneficial.
    Ex. A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.
    Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.
    Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex. For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound intoáthe realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.
    Ex. It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex. End user searching is inevitable and a strategy for encouraging it is advisable.
    Ex. The volumes can be used as handy desk references.
    Ex. It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    ----
    * lo más conveniente es que = optimally.
    * según sea conveniente = to suit.
    * ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.
    * * *
    a) ( cómodo) convenient
    b) (aconsejable, provechoso) advisable
    * * *
    = attractive, desirable, convenient, cosy [cozy, -USA], salutary, fitting, advisable, handy [handier -comp., handiest -sup.], expedient, beneficial.

    Ex: A particularly attractive feature of the notation is the expressiveness of the notation.

    Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.
    Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.
    Ex: For those involved in producing BNB, the eighties have seen this question leap in a single bound intoáthe realm of stark reality from the cosy abstraction of AACR2.
    Ex: It came as rather a rebuff, but none the less a salutary one, to learn of the decision not to include libraries.
    Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.
    Ex: End user searching is inevitable and a strategy for encouraging it is advisable.
    Ex: The volumes can be used as handy desk references.
    Ex: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.
    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    * lo más conveniente es que = optimally.
    * según sea conveniente = to suit.
    * ser conveniente + Infinitivo = be as well + Infinitivo, be well + Infinitivo.

    * * *
    1 (cómodo) convenient
    hoy o mañana, como le resulte más conveniente today or tomorrow, whichever is more convenient for you
    2 (aconsejable, provechoso) advisable
    no juzgó conveniente aceptar she did not think it advisable o she did not think it was a good idea to accept
    sería conveniente que guardaras cama it would be advisable o a good idea for you to stay in bed
    * * *

     

    conveniente adjetivo

    b) (aconsejable, provechoso) advisable;


    conveniente adjetivo
    1 (medida) advisable
    2 (precio) good, fair
    3 (comentario) convenient
    ' conveniente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    buena
    - bueno
    - cómoda
    - cómodo
    - recomendable
    - proceder
    English:
    appropriate
    - becoming
    - convenient
    - expedient
    - fit
    - suitable
    - convenience
    - desirable
    - inconvenient
    - put
    * * *
    1. [útil] useful;
    [oportuno] suitable, appropriate; [lugar, hora] convenient
    2. [aconsejable] advisable;
    sería conveniente asistir it would be a good idea to go;
    sería conveniente aclarar que este sistema no siempre funciona it should be made clear that this system does not always work;
    creer o [m5] juzgar conveniente to think o see fit
    * * *
    adj
    1 convenient
    2 ( útil) useful
    3 ( aconsejable) advisable
    * * *
    1) : convenient
    2) : suitable, advisable
    * * *
    1. (aconsejable) advisable
    2. (oportuno) convenient

    Spanish-English dictionary > conveniente

  • 62 convertir

    v.
    1 to convert (religion).
    El calor convierte los elementos Heat converts the elements.
    La magia lo convierte en sapo Magic converts him into a toad.
    2 to win over, to gain as a follower, to convert, to persuade.
    María convierte a Ricardo fácilmente Mary wins Richard over easily.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DISCERNIR], like link=discernir discernir
    1 (transformar) to change, turn, transform, convert
    2 (valores, monedas) to change, exchange
    3 RELIGIÓN to convert
    1 (transformarse) to turn (en, into), change (en, into)
    2 (volverse) to become (en, -), turn (en, into)
    3 RELIGIÓN to be converted (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1)

    la victoria le convirtió en un héroe — the victory turned him into a hero, the victory made him a hero

    2) [a una religión, ideología] to convert
    3) (Dep) [+ penalti] to convert, score; [+ gol, tanto] to score
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)

    convertir algo/a alguien en algo — to turn something/somebody into something

    b) ( a una religión) to convert
    c) <medida/peso>

    convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo — to convert something into something

    2) (period) (Dep) to score
    2.
    convertir vi (AmL period) (Dep) to score
    3.
    convertirse v pron
    b) ( a una religión) to convert, be converted
    * * *
    = convert, render, remake, transform.
    Ex. All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing, printing or input to a computer data base.
    Ex. So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.
    Ex. The article 'The remaking of librarians in the knowledge era' details some of the efforts made to ' remake' the collection, advertise library services and rebuild membership.
    Ex. We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    ----
    * convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.
    * convertir al cristianismo = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].
    * convertir Algo en un artículo de consumo = commodify.
    * convertir al sistema decimal = decimalise [decimalize, -USA].
    * convertir en = make into.
    * convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * convertir en pasta = pulp.
    * convertir en pulpa = pulp.
    * convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * convertirse = become, grow up to be, metamorphose.
    * convertirse en = grow into, blossom into, spiral into, grow up into, develop into.
    * convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice, settle into + the norm.
    * convertirse en importante = become + central.
    * convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.
    * convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.
    * convertirse en muy importante = achieve + a high profile.
    * convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.
    * convertirse en polvo = turn to + dust.
    * convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.
    * convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.
    * convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.
    * convertirse en un círculo vicioso = become + circular.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * convertir totalmente = desuperimpose.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.
    * volver a convertir = reconvert.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)

    convertir algo/a alguien en algo — to turn something/somebody into something

    b) ( a una religión) to convert
    c) <medida/peso>

    convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo — to convert something into something

    2) (period) (Dep) to score
    2.
    convertir vi (AmL period) (Dep) to score
    3.
    convertirse v pron
    b) ( a una religión) to convert, be converted
    * * *
    = convert, render, remake, transform.

    Ex: All listings for the final thesaurus must be converted to the format appropriate for typing, printing or input to a computer data base.

    Ex: So strongly was it felt by proponents of change that just such unconscious biases rendered libraries 'part of the problem, instead of the solution'.
    Ex: The article 'The remaking of librarians in the knowledge era' details some of the efforts made to ' remake' the collection, advertise library services and rebuild membership.
    Ex: We can permit ourselves to be hypnotized by the gadgetry for access and by illusory cost reductions, or we can use the computer effectively to transform the catalog into a truly responsive instrument.
    * convertir a Algo en presa fácil para = render + Nombre + easy prey to.
    * convertir al cristianismo = evangelise [evangelize, -USA].
    * convertir Algo en un artículo de consumo = commodify.
    * convertir al sistema decimal = decimalise [decimalize, -USA].
    * convertir en = make into.
    * convertir en dinero = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * convertir en pasta = pulp.
    * convertir en pulpa = pulp.
    * convertir en valor monetario = monetise [monetize, -USA].
    * convertirse = become, grow up to be, metamorphose.
    * convertirse en = grow into, blossom into, spiral into, grow up into, develop into.
    * convertirse en algo normal = become + standard practice, settle into + the norm.
    * convertirse en importante = become + central.
    * convertirse en la ciudad de (uno) = become + the home-from-home of.
    * convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.
    * convertirse en muy importante = achieve + a high profile.
    * convertirse en + Nombre + normal = become + standard + Nombre.
    * convertirse en polvo = turn to + dust.
    * convertirse en realidad = become + a reality.
    * convertirse en una crisis = grow to + a crisis.
    * convertirse en una leyenda = become + a proverb.
    * convertirse en un círculo vicioso = become + circular.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * convertir totalmente = desuperimpose.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * todo lo que toca se convierte en oro = Midas touch, the.
    * volver a convertir = reconvert.

    * * *
    vt
    A
    1 (transformar) convertir algo/a algn EN algo to turn sth/sb INTO sth
    la soledad lo convirtió en un hombre amargado loneliness turned o made o changed him into a bitter man
    la iglesia ha sido convertida en museo the church has been turned o converted into a museum
    2 (a una religión) to convert convertir a algn A algo to convert sb TO sth
    3 ‹temperatura/distancia/peso› convertir algo A algo or ( Esp) EN algo to convert sth INTO sth
    para convertir millas a kilómetros/libras a kilos to convert miles into kilometers/pounds into kilos
    B ( period) ( Dep) to score
    ■ convertir
    vi
    ( AmL period) to score
    el príncipe se convirtió en rana the prince turned into a frog
    su sueño se convirtió en realidad her dream came true o became a reality
    2 (a una religión) to convert, be converted convertirse A algo to convert TO sth
    * * *

     

    convertir ( conjugate convertir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ( transformar) convertir algo/a algn en algo to turn sth/sb into sth


    convertir a algn a algo to convert sb to sth
    c) ‹medida/peso› convertir algo A algo or (Esp) EN algo to convert sth into sth

    2 (period) (Dep) to score
    convertirse verbo pronominal
    a) ( transformarse) convertirse en algo to turn into sth


    convertirse a algo to convert to sth
    convertir verbo transitivo
    1 to turn, change
    2 Rel to convert
    ' convertir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - reducir
    - santificar
    - transformar
    - erigir
    - volver
    English:
    change
    - convert
    - pedestrianize
    - turn
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. Rel to convert (a to)
    2. [transformar]
    convertir algo/a alguien en to convert sth/sb into, to turn sth/sb into;
    convirtió la tienda en bar she converted the shop into a bar;
    convirtió al príncipe en rana she turned the prince into a frog
    3. [medidas]
    convertir millas en kilómetros to convert miles (in)to kilometres;
    convertir dólares en pesos to convert dollars into pesos
    4. Informát [archivos] to convert
    * * *
    v/t convert
    * * *
    convertir {76} vt
    1) : to convert
    2) : to transform, to change
    3) : to exchange (money)
    * * *
    convertir vb to turn / to convert

    Spanish-English dictionary > convertir

  • 63 cuestión difícil

    f.
    puzzling question, poser.
    * * *
    (n.) = thorny issue, thorny question, poser
    Ex. Thorny issues involve data migration, as well as a guarantee of perpetual access, while ensuring preservation of authorship and ownership.
    Ex. Indeed, one reason for the reluctance of librarians to donate weeded materials to less-advantaged groups may be that such donations raise the thorny question of intrinsic worth.
    Ex. The first category of problem, the naming of subject, involves consideration of the following posers.
    * * *
    (n.) = thorny issue, thorny question, poser

    Ex: Thorny issues involve data migration, as well as a guarantee of perpetual access, while ensuring preservation of authorship and ownership.

    Ex: Indeed, one reason for the reluctance of librarians to donate weeded materials to less-advantaged groups may be that such donations raise the thorny question of intrinsic worth.
    Ex: The first category of problem, the naming of subject, involves consideration of the following posers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuestión difícil

  • 64 dar una respuesta

    (v.) = furnish + answer, frame + response
    Ex. All of these data banks furnish specific answers to enquiries without the need to consult another cited item.
    Ex. We need more quantified analysis if we are to delineate the problem accurately and frame a response to it.
    * * *
    (v.) = furnish + answer, frame + response

    Ex: All of these data banks furnish specific answers to enquiries without the need to consult another cited item.

    Ex: We need more quantified analysis if we are to delineate the problem accurately and frame a response to it.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar una respuesta

  • 65 definir

    v.
    1 to define.
    Ricardo definió las políticas ayer Richard defined the policies yesterday.
    2 to describe.
    3 to circumscribe, to delimit.
    La cerca define mi territorio The fence circumscribes my territory.
    4 to explain.
    El sabio definió los conceptos The sage explained the concepts.
    * * *
    1 to define
    1 to be defined
    2 (explicarse) to make oneself clear, define one's position
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ concepto, palabra] to define
    2) (=calificar) to describe
    3) (=aclarar) [+ actitud, posición] to define; [+ contorno, silueta] to define, make sharp
    4) (=establecer) [+ poder, jurisdicción] to define, establish

    esta ley define las competencias de cada administración — this law defines o establishes the powers of each authority

    5) (Inform) to define
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.
    Ex. AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex. The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex. This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    ----
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.

    Ex: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex: The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex: This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

    * * *
    definir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹palabra/concepto› to define
    2 ‹postura/actitud› to define
    3 ‹contorno/línea› to define, make … sharp
    aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema he has yet to define his position o to say where he stands on this issue
    tenemos que definirnos por una u otra opción we have to come down in favor of o choose one or other of the options
    el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica the people came out o decided in favor of a peaceful solution
    * * *

     

    definir ( conjugate definir) verbo transitivo
    to define
    definir verbo transitivo to define
    ' definir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concretar
    - de
    English:
    define
    - item
    - thing
    - delineate
    - determine
    - pin
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [explicar, precisar] to define;
    debes definir tu postura you must define your position, you must say where you stand
    2. [describir] to describe;
    la generosidad define su carácter generosity typifies his character;
    se define a sí mismo como de derechas he describes himself as right-wing
    * * *
    v/t define
    * * *
    1) : to define
    2) : to determine
    * * *
    definir vb to define

    Spanish-English dictionary > definir

  • 66 desastroso

    adj.
    disastrous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, calamitous.
    * * *
    1 disastrous
    * * *
    (f. - desastrosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ disastrous, calamitous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex. Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    ----
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo disastrous
    * * *
    = appalling, calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, abysmal, shambolic, catastrophic.

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex: It gives an overview of the problems faced by the Los Angeles Public Library after it was gutted by the disastrous fire in 1986.
    Ex: Negative features are the water sprinkler fire extinguishing system, which, if activated, would be ruinous to the Library's holdings.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Naturally changes stemming from these actions will affect all users of LC cataloging data, but it seems unlikely that the consequences will be catastrophic.
    * de forma desastrosa = disastrously.
    * de modo desastroso = disastrously.
    * efecto desastroso = chilling effect.
    * ser desastroso = spell + bad news, be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

    * * *
    1 (catastrófico) disastrous, catastrophic
    2 (uso hiperbólico) disastrous
    * * *

    desastroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    disastrous
    desastroso,-a adjetivo disastrous

    ' desastroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desastrosa
    - fatal
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    English:
    disastrous
    - hopeless
    * * *
    desastroso, -a adj
    1. [castastrófico] disastrous;
    la helada fue desastrosa para la cosecha the frost had a disastrous effect on the harvest
    2. [muy malo] disastrous;
    esta comida es desastrosa this food is appalling o awful
    * * *
    adj disastrous
    * * *
    desastroso, -sa adj
    : disastrous, catastrophic

    Spanish-English dictionary > desastroso

  • 67 desigual

    adj.
    1 different (diferente).
    2 changeable.
    3 unequal, irregular, different, asymmetric.
    4 rough, uneven, up-and-down.
    * * *
    1 (gen) unequal, uneven
    2 (diferente) different, unequal
    3 (irregular) uneven, irregular
    4 (no liso) uneven, rough
    5 (variable) changeable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=diferente) different

    los ciudadanos reciben un trato desigual — people are treated differently, people are not treated equally o the same

    2) [lucha, batalla] unequal
    3) (=irregular) [terreno, calidad] uneven; [letra] erratic
    4) (=variable) [tiempo] changeable; [carácter] unpredictable
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diferente)
    b) ( desequilibrado) < lucha> unequal; < fuerzas> unevenly-matched
    2) ( irregular) <terreno/superficie> uneven; < letra> uneven, irregular; < calidad> variable, varying (before n); < rendimiento> inconsistent, erratic
    * * *
    = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.], uneven, unequal, asymmetric, inequal, inequitable, spotty, ragged, asymmetrical, craggy [craggier -comp., craggiest -sup.], lumpy [lumpier -comp., lumpiest -sup.], unbalanced, imbalanced.
    Ex. The retrospective bibliographic control mechanism is somewhat patchy but there are some large scale works.
    Ex. Not surprisingly this can lead to gaps in coverage, and uneven coverage of subjects.
    Ex. However, problems arose as a result of combining headings of unequal importance and the multiplicity of languages involved.
    Ex. These graphs are represented in the form of similarity matrices which are asymmetric.
    Ex. Statistics show the inequal geographical distribution of these libraries, with 74% of university libraries to be found in the north and central regions, while only 26% are found in the south.
    Ex. Librarianship is an occupation dominated by women and subject to inequitable compensation.
    Ex. Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex. Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex. MPEG is more expensive and complicated but more powerful and better suited to asymmetrical applications such as CD-ROM data bases.
    Ex. This is a series of meditative poems in which the author chronicles an encounter with the craggy Atlantic coastline of Brittany.
    Ex. Between 9 and 12 months, lumpy or chopped foods, such as vegetables, meats, or cottage cheese, may be introduced.
    Ex. Another problem with the main classes is that are unbalanced.
    Ex. The article includes two great maps, which show regions in which there may be a danger of imbalanced markets.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( diferente)
    b) ( desequilibrado) < lucha> unequal; < fuerzas> unevenly-matched
    2) ( irregular) <terreno/superficie> uneven; < letra> uneven, irregular; < calidad> variable, varying (before n); < rendimiento> inconsistent, erratic
    * * *
    = patchy [patchier -comp., patchiest -sup.], uneven, unequal, asymmetric, inequal, inequitable, spotty, ragged, asymmetrical, craggy [craggier -comp., craggiest -sup.], lumpy [lumpier -comp., lumpiest -sup.], unbalanced, imbalanced.

    Ex: The retrospective bibliographic control mechanism is somewhat patchy but there are some large scale works.

    Ex: Not surprisingly this can lead to gaps in coverage, and uneven coverage of subjects.
    Ex: However, problems arose as a result of combining headings of unequal importance and the multiplicity of languages involved.
    Ex: These graphs are represented in the form of similarity matrices which are asymmetric.
    Ex: Statistics show the inequal geographical distribution of these libraries, with 74% of university libraries to be found in the north and central regions, while only 26% are found in the south.
    Ex: Librarianship is an occupation dominated by women and subject to inequitable compensation.
    Ex: Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    Ex: Even in more mainstream publishing, despite the ubiquity of word processors, which can so easily produce justified text, ragged right margins are becoming more common, even fashionable.
    Ex: MPEG is more expensive and complicated but more powerful and better suited to asymmetrical applications such as CD-ROM data bases.
    Ex: This is a series of meditative poems in which the author chronicles an encounter with the craggy Atlantic coastline of Brittany.
    Ex: Between 9 and 12 months, lumpy or chopped foods, such as vegetables, meats, or cottage cheese, may be introduced.
    Ex: Another problem with the main classes is that are unbalanced.
    Ex: The article includes two great maps, which show regions in which there may be a danger of imbalanced markets.

    * * *
    A
    1
    (diferente): las mangas me quedaron desiguales one sleeve turned out longer ( o wider etc) than the other
    reciben un trato muy desigual they are treated very differently
    2 (desequilibrado) ‹lucha› unequal; ‹fuerzas› unevenly-matched
    B (irregular) ‹terreno/superficie› uneven; ‹letra› uneven, irregular; ‹calidad› variable, varying ( before n)
    su rendimiento ha sido desigual his performance has been variable o irregular o inconsistent
    * * *

    desigual adjetivo
    1

    ◊ las mangas quedaron desiguales one sleeve turned out longer (o wider etc) than the other


    ‹ fuerzas› unevenly-matched
    2 ( irregular) ‹terreno/superficie› uneven;
    ‹ letra› uneven, irregular;
    ‹ calidad› variable, varying ( before n);
    ‹ rendimiento› inconsistent, erratic
    desigual adjetivo
    1 (irregular, poco igualado) uneven
    2 (descompensado) unequal
    3 (variable, cambiante) changeable
    ' desigual' also found in these entries:
    English:
    irregular
    - patchy
    - ragged
    - rough
    - unequal
    - variable
    - bumpy
    - erratic
    - mixed
    - one
    - uneven
    * * *
    1. [diferente] different;
    recibieron un trato desigual they weren't treated the same, they were treated differently;
    un triángulo de lados desiguales a triangle with unequal sides
    2. [irregular] [terreno, superficie] uneven;
    [alumno, actuación] inconsistent, erratic;
    su filmografía es de desigual calidad his movies o Br films are of varying quality;
    ha publicado varias novelas con desigual fortuna he has published several novels, with mixed results
    3. [poco equilibrado] [lucha, competición] unequal;
    [fuerzas, rivales] unevenly matched
    4. [variable] [tiempo] changeable;
    [temperaturas] variable; [persona, humor] changeable
    * * *
    adj
    1 reparto unequal
    2 terreno uneven, irregular
    * * *
    1) : unequal
    2) disparejo: uneven
    * * *
    1. (distinto) different
    2. (combate) unequal
    3. (tiempo, carácter) changeable
    4. (superficie, terreno) uneven

    Spanish-English dictionary > desigual

  • 68 discreto

    adj.
    1 discreet, prudent, cautious, moderate.
    2 discrete, separate, not joined together.
    3 not readily noticeable, inconspicuous.
    4 discrete, separate, distinct, not continuous.
    * * *
    1 (prudente) discreet, prudent, tactful
    2 (sobrio) sober, discreet
    3 (moderado) moderate, average, reasonable
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 discreet person
    * * *
    (f. - discreta)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco llamativo) [color, vestido] sober; [advertencia] discreet
    2) [persona] (=prudente) discreet; (=listo) shrewd
    3) (=mediano) average, middling
    4) (Fís) discrete
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter/comportamiento> discreet
    b) <color/vestido> discreet
    c) <cantidad/sueldo> modest
    * * *
    = tactful, unobtrusive, discreet, low-key [low key], inconspicuous, circumspect, low-keyed.
    Ex. The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.
    Ex. New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex. Discreet advertising in press and on television in 1973 helped to direct adult illiterates to tutors who guided their progress.
    Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex. Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex. It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
    Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    ----
    * de un modo discreto = quietly, unobtrusively, unnoticeably, inconspicuously.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) <persona/carácter/comportamiento> discreet
    b) <color/vestido> discreet
    c) <cantidad/sueldo> modest
    * * *
    = tactful, unobtrusive, discreet, low-key [low key], inconspicuous, circumspect, low-keyed.

    Ex: The library's overall image is enhanced more by a tactful handling of an in-house problem without airing the dirty linen in public.

    Ex: New technologies will enable interfaces composed of unobtrusive physiological monitors and prosthetics.
    Ex: Discreet advertising in press and on television in 1973 helped to direct adult illiterates to tutors who guided their progress.
    Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.
    Ex: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.
    Ex: It must be the least uplifting, most circumspect film ever made about sainthood.
    Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.
    * de un modo discreto = quietly, unobtrusively, unnoticeably, inconspicuously.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/carácter/comportamiento› discreet
    se mostró discreta en sus acusaciones she was restrained o cautious in her accusations
    2 ‹color/vestido› discreet
    3 ‹cantidad/sueldo/resultado› modest
    una novela de discreta calidad a fairly average novel
    * * *

     

    discreto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    a) ‹persona/carácter/comportamiento› discreet

    b) ‹color/vestido› discreet

    c) ‹cantidad/sueldo/actuación› modest

    discreto,-a adjetivo
    1 (prudente) discreet: es una persona muy discreta, she's a very discreet person
    2 (mediocre) average: sus resultados fueron más bien discretos, their results were rather average
    ' discreto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discreta
    - reservada
    - reservado
    - disimulado
    English:
    dark horse
    - discreet
    - inconspicuous
    - low-key
    - quiet
    - sober
    - tactful
    - unobtrusive
    - delicate
    - gentle
    * * *
    discreto, -a adj
    1. [prudente, reservado] discreet;
    por favor, sé discreto please be discreet;
    una mirada discreta a discreet look
    2. [no llamativo] [color, decoración] sober, restrained;
    [vestido] simple, sober; [maquillaje] discreet;
    ropa discreta simple o modest attire;
    su discreta labor a la sombra del gran científico his quiet work in the shadow of the great scientist
    3. [moderado, normal] [cantidad, sueldo] moderate, modest;
    [actuación, resultados] fair, reasonable
    4. Mat discrete
    * * *
    adj discreet
    * * *
    discreto, -ta adj
    : discreet
    * * *
    1. (prudente) discreet / tactful
    2. (moderado) modest / moderate

    Spanish-English dictionary > discreto

  • 69 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 70 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 71 en cuestión

    in question
    * * *
    = at hand, concerned, in hand, individual, at issue, of concern
    Ex. First, it guarantees that the form already in the catalog and the one to be added for the document at hand are identical, thus ensuring a consistent catalog.
    Ex. Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.
    Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex. The series area includes the series title, an indication of the responsibility for the series (often series editors), and the number of the individual work within the series, if the work is one of a numbered series.
    Ex. A series of round table discussions over 2 days served to clarify the main points at issue.
    Ex. This problem is accentuated when the library user group of concern constitutes a small percentage of the total user population of its jurisdiction = Este problema se acentúa cuando el grupo de usuarios en cuestión constituye un pequeño porcentaje del total de usuarios del sistema.
    * * *
    = at hand, concerned, in hand, individual, at issue, of concern

    Ex: First, it guarantees that the form already in the catalog and the one to be added for the document at hand are identical, thus ensuring a consistent catalog.

    Ex: Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.
    Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex: The series area includes the series title, an indication of the responsibility for the series (often series editors), and the number of the individual work within the series, if the work is one of a numbered series.
    Ex: A series of round table discussions over 2 days served to clarify the main points at issue.
    Ex: This problem is accentuated when the library user group of concern constitutes a small percentage of the total user population of its jurisdiction = Este problema se acentúa cuando el grupo de usuarios en cuestión constituye un pequeño porcentaje del total de usuarios del sistema.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en cuestión

  • 72 equivalencia

    f.
    1 equivalence.
    2 equivalency, match, comparability, equivalence.
    * * *
    1 (igualdad) equivalence
    2 (sustitución) compensation
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino equivalence
    * * *
    = equivalency, comparability, equivalence, mapping.
    Ex. The article 'Algorithmisation of descriptor equivalency' addresses the problem of finding equivalent expressions when constructing multilingual natural language thesauri.
    Ex. In order to ensure comparability of results between the UK and Canadian studies, there will be as few as possible alterations to the tools.
    Ex. It was necessary to develop guidelines to find the correct equivalences.
    Ex. Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.
    ----
    * equivalencia verbal = verbal translation.
    * establecer equivalencias entre = map onto/to.
    * relación de equivalencia = equivalence relationship.
    * volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.
    * * *
    femenino equivalence
    * * *
    = equivalency, comparability, equivalence, mapping.

    Ex: The article 'Algorithmisation of descriptor equivalency' addresses the problem of finding equivalent expressions when constructing multilingual natural language thesauri.

    Ex: In order to ensure comparability of results between the UK and Canadian studies, there will be as few as possible alterations to the tools.
    Ex: It was necessary to develop guidelines to find the correct equivalences.
    Ex: Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.
    * equivalencia verbal = verbal translation.
    * establecer equivalencias entre = map onto/to.
    * relación de equivalencia = equivalence relationship.
    * volver a establecer equivalencias = remap.

    * * *
    1 ( Mat) equivalence
    tabla de equivalencias conversion table
    2 ( Ling) equivalence
    * * *
    equivalence;
    cuadro o [m5] tabla de equivalencias (de medidas) a conversion table (for measurements)
    * * *
    f equivalence
    * * *
    : equivalence

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivalencia

  • 73 estudio de usuarios

    (n.) = user study, marketing audit, user survey
    Ex. This statistical methods course emphasizes the 'people' aspect of library use so that relevant data for collection development policy would be gathered primarily from user studies, questionnaires, and community analysis and surveys.
    Ex. Kotler defines the marketing audit as a 'comprehensive, systematic, independent, and periodic examination of the library's total environment, objectives, strategies, activities, and resources in order to determine problem areas and opportunities and to recommend a plan of action'.
    Ex. One of the factors to be identified by a user survey is the sufficiency of existing resources and efficiency of services.
    * * *
    (n.) = user study, marketing audit, user survey

    Ex: This statistical methods course emphasizes the 'people' aspect of library use so that relevant data for collection development policy would be gathered primarily from user studies, questionnaires, and community analysis and surveys.

    Ex: Kotler defines the marketing audit as a 'comprehensive, systematic, independent, and periodic examination of the library's total environment, objectives, strategies, activities, and resources in order to determine problem areas and opportunities and to recommend a plan of action'.
    Ex: One of the factors to be identified by a user survey is the sufficiency of existing resources and efficiency of services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudio de usuarios

  • 74 facilitar

    v.
    1 to facilitate, to make easy.
    esta máquina nos facilita mucho la tarea this machine makes the job a lot easier (for us)
    El libro facilita la tarea The book makes the task easy.
    2 to provide.
    nos facilitaron toda la información que necesitábamos they provided us with all the information we needed
    La tienda facilita el transporte The store provides transportation.
    3 to make it easy to, to help to, to make it possible to.
    El libro facilita terminar pronto The book makes it easy to finish soon.
    * * *
    1 (simplificar) to make easy, make easier, facilitate
    2 (proporcionar) to provide with, supply with
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer fácil) to make easier, facilitate

    la nueva autovía facilitará la entrada a la capital — the new motorway will give easier access to the capital, the new motorway will facilitate access to the capital

    2) (=proporcionar)

    facilitar algo a algn — to provide sb with sth, supply sb with sth

    "le agradecería me facilitara..." — "I would be grateful if you would provide o supply me with..."

    3) Cono Sur (=quitar importancia a)

    facilitar algo — to make sth out to be easier than it really is, play down the difficulty of sth

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( hacer más fácil) < tarea> to make... easier, facilitate (frml)
    2) (frml) ( proporcionar) <datos/información> to provide
    2.
    facilitarse v pron (Col)
    * * *
    = ease, expedite, facilitate, issue, make + it + easier, pave + the way (for/towards/to), smooth + the path of, make + easy, smooth, smooth + the way, pave + the path (for/towards/to), provide + grounds for, provide for, enable, pave + the road (for/towards/to).
    Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
    Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.
    Ex. Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.
    Ex. Bottom shelves which are tilted at an angle make it easier to see the books' spines.
    Ex. In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex. These officers, by being on the spot, are able to gain early warning of impending developments and smooth the path of grant and loan applications.
    Ex. It became imperative that books be arranged to make it easy for the reader to find what he wanted.
    Ex. This activity leads to the unearthing of information that smooths daily working in the library itself.
    Ex. Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex. On the positive side, a number of digital library services may be an excellent way to extend the reach out to old and new constituencies and provide grounds for cooperation.
    Ex. Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.
    Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex. Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.
    ----
    * facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.
    * facilitarle Algo a Alguien = play into + the hands of.
    * facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( hacer más fácil) < tarea> to make... easier, facilitate (frml)
    2) (frml) ( proporcionar) <datos/información> to provide
    2.
    facilitarse v pron (Col)
    * * *
    = ease, expedite, facilitate, issue, make + it + easier, pave + the way (for/towards/to), smooth + the path of, make + easy, smooth, smooth + the way, pave + the path (for/towards/to), provide + grounds for, provide for, enable, pave + the road (for/towards/to).

    Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.

    Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
    Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.
    Ex: Once a user is registered, a password will be issued which provides access to all or most of the data bases offered by the host as and when the user wishes.
    Ex: Bottom shelves which are tilted at an angle make it easier to see the books' spines.
    Ex: In the face of present priorities and staff commitments, the Library feels that it cannot undertake a comprehensive study of the subject heading system that would pave the way for a major restructuring of the system.
    Ex: These officers, by being on the spot, are able to gain early warning of impending developments and smooth the path of grant and loan applications.
    Ex: It became imperative that books be arranged to make it easy for the reader to find what he wanted.
    Ex: This activity leads to the unearthing of information that smooths daily working in the library itself.
    Ex: Continued communication regarding procedures and results smooths the way for long-term understanding and willingness to participate = La comunicación permanente con respecto a procedimientos y resultados facilita el entendimiento a largo plazo y el deseo de participar.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The long and winding road: the FCC paves the path with good intentions'.
    Ex: On the positive side, a number of digital library services may be an excellent way to extend the reach out to old and new constituencies and provide grounds for cooperation.
    Ex: Each card has a grid covering most of the body of the card which provides for the coding of document numbers.
    Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex: Together, these technologies pave the road for the introduction of interactive television to fully exploit the benefits of the conversion to digital.
    * facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.
    * facilitarle Algo a Alguien = play into + the hands of.
    * facilitarle la vida a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

    * * *
    facilitar [A1 ]
    vt
    A (hacer más fácil) ‹tarea› to make … easier, facilitate ( frml)
    tu actitud no facilita nada las cosas your attitude does not make things any easier
    el satélite facilitará las comunicaciones the satellite will facilitate communications
    B ( frml) (proporcionar, suministrar) ‹datos/información› to provide
    le facilitarán la información necesaria they will supply o provide you with the necessary information
    el parte médico facilitado por el hospital the medical report provided by the hospital
    no ha sido facilitada su identidad his identity has not been disclosed
    nos acaban de facilitar una noticia de última hora we have just received some last-minute news
    ( Col): se le facilita la física he's good at physics
    * * *

     

    facilitar ( conjugate facilitar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( hacer más fácil) ‹ tarea› to make … easier, facilitate (frml)

    b) (frml) ( proporcionar) ‹datos/información› to provide

    facilitar verbo transitivo
    1 (dar, proveer) to provide: me facilitó todo lo necesario para el viaje, he gave me everything I needed for the trip
    2 (hacer más fácil) to make easy, facilitate: tus consejos facilitaron el trabajo, your advice made our workload lighter
    ' facilitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    auspiciar
    English:
    facilitate
    - furnish
    - specifically
    - supply
    - ease
    - fire
    * * *
    1. [simplificar] to facilitate, to make easy;
    [posibilitar] to make possible;
    esta máquina nos facilita mucho la tarea this machine makes the job a lot easier (for us);
    la cooperación internacional facilitó el rescate the rescue was made possible thanks to international cooperation;
    su radicalismo no facilitó las negociaciones her inflexibility did not make the negotiations any easier
    2. [proporcionar] to provide;
    nos facilitaron toda la información que necesitábamos they provided us with all the information we needed;
    la nota de prensa facilitada por el portavoz del gobierno the press release made available by the government spokesman
    * * *
    v/t
    1 facilitate, make easier
    2 ( hacer factible) make possible
    3 medios, dinero etc provide
    * * *
    1) : to facilitate
    2) : to provide, to supply
    * * *
    1. (hacer más fácil) to make easier
    2. (proporcionar) to provide with / to give [pt. gave; pp. given]

    Spanish-English dictionary > facilitar

  • 75 hoja técnica

    (n.) = bluesheet, fact sheet
    Ex. All on-line users face the problem of coping with an ever-increasing amount of on-line documentation including: manuals; thesauri; data base chapters; bluesheets and aid pages; newsletters, etc.
    Ex. The Database fact sheet for each database provides information on the class, control, or identification numbers likely to appear in records in the database.
    * * *
    (n.) = bluesheet, fact sheet

    Ex: All on-line users face the problem of coping with an ever-increasing amount of on-line documentation including: manuals; thesauri; data base chapters; bluesheets and aid pages; newsletters, etc.

    Ex: The Database fact sheet for each database provides information on the class, control, or identification numbers likely to appear in records in the database.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hoja técnica

  • 76 idénticos

    = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.
    Ex. The core questionnaire asked for data on birth weight, age at first spoken word, and whether the twins were as alike as two peas in a pod.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    * * *
    = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

    Ex: The core questionnaire asked for data on birth weight, age at first spoken word, and whether the twins were as alike as two peas in a pod.

    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.

    Spanish-English dictionary > idénticos

  • 77 impedimento

    m.
    1 obstacle.
    no hay ningún impedimento para hacerlo there's no reason why we shouldn't do it
    2 disablement, handicap.
    3 impediment, snag, difficulty, obstacle.
    4 delay.
    5 estoppel.
    * * *
    1 (gen) impediment; (obstáculo) hindrance, obstacle; (problema) hitch
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=dificultad) impediment, hindrance
    2) (Med) disability, handicap
    * * *
    masculino obstacle, impediment
    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impediment, limiting factor, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, hindrance, impairment, albatross.
    Ex. Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.
    Ex. A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex. Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex. This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex. Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex. These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex. Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex. The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex. The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex. The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex. A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex. The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.
    ----
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * impedimento colateral por sentencia = collateral estoppel.
    * impedimento del habla = speech impediment.
    * impedimento legal = estoppel.
    * personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.
    * * *
    masculino obstacle, impediment
    * * *
    = encumbrance, handicap, hurdle, impediment, limiting factor, inhibition, obstruction, stumbling block, bar, blockage, roadblock, hindrance, impairment, albatross.

    Ex: Meanwhile we are asked to accept encumbrances that will needlessly impair the effectiveness of our catalogs for an indefinite time to come.

    Ex: A high exhaustivity of indexing, then, is beneficial where a thorough search is required, but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought.
    Ex: Schoolchildren, students, and other whose native language is written in a non-Roman script may find alphabetical order according to Roman characters an almost insurmountable hurdle in the use of catalogues and indexes.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.
    Ex: This has been a major source of inhibition to the development of British efforts to create a bank of microcopy versions of theses accepted.
    Ex: Harmonization of technical standards is one of the Community's principal goals in creating a common market devoid of obstructions to the free movement of goods.
    Ex: These stumbling blocks can often be bypassed in the initial stages of OSI implementation by choosing applications that do not require close integration with existing library systems.
    Ex: Publications describing or revealing an invention can be a bar to issuance of a patent.
    Ex: The problem in relation to communication is probably the most difficult of them all, as the blockage lies in people rather than with the library.
    Ex: The roadblock to increasing book translations into English is not that there is insufficient funding but that few publishers know about grant schemes that are available.
    Ex: The overall effect of the labels and signs is not so much help but hindrance through information overload.
    Ex: A well-designed multimodal application can be used by people with a wide variety of impairments.
    Ex: The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.
    * creación de impedimentos = fence building.
    * impedimento colateral por sentencia = collateral estoppel.
    * impedimento del habla = speech impediment.
    * impedimento legal = estoppel.
    * personas confinadas a permanecer en casa por cualquier impedimento, las = housebound, the.
    * sin impedimentos = unimpeded.

    * * *
    1 (obstáculo) obstacle, impediment
    un importante impedimento para la expansión a major impediment o obstacle to expansion
    saldremos mañana si no surge ningún impedimento if there are no hitches o problems, we'll leave tomorrow
    2 ( Der) impediment
    Compuesto:
    physical handicaps
    * * *

    impedimento sustantivo masculino
    obstacle, impediment;

    impedimento físico physical handicap
    impedimento m (dificultad) hindrance, obstacle
    Jur impediment

    ' impedimento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    traba
    - remover
    English:
    bar
    - impediment
    - liability
    - obstacle
    - handicap
    * * *
    1. [obstáculo] obstacle;
    no hay ningún impedimento para hacerlo there's no reason why we shouldn't do it;
    no nos puso ningún impedimento para la celebración de la fiesta he didn't put any obstacles in the way of our having the party, he in no way tried to stop us having the party;
    si no surge ningún impedimento llegaremos a las ocho all being well, we'll be there at eight o'clock
    2. [para el matrimonio] impediment
    * * *
    m impediment
    * * *
    1) : impediment, obstacle
    2) : disability

    Spanish-English dictionary > impedimento

  • 78 inaccesibilidad

    f.
    1 inacessibility.
    2 inaccessibility, impassability, impenetrability, unapproachability.
    * * *
    1 inaccessibility
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino inaccessibility
    * * *
    = inaccessibility, unapproachability.
    Ex. In order to overcome the problem of inaccessibility of the data in the library, it was decided to take remedial action.
    Ex. Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.
    * * *
    femenino inaccessibility
    * * *
    = inaccessibility, unapproachability.

    Ex: In order to overcome the problem of inaccessibility of the data in the library, it was decided to take remedial action.

    Ex: Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.

    * * *
    inaccessibility
    * * *
    inaccessibility
    * * *
    f inaccessibility
    * * *
    : inaccessibility

    Spanish-English dictionary > inaccesibilidad

  • 79 indecible

    adj.
    indescribable, unspeakable.
    * * *
    1 indescribable
    \
    sufrir lo indecible to suffer unspeakably
    * * *
    ADJ unspeakable, indescribable
    * * *
    adjetivo indescribable
    * * *
    = inexpressible, unspeakable, unsayable.
    Ex. Natural language searching of full text data bases does not solve this problem, because the aspect of a topic of interest to researchers is often inexpressible in concrete terms = La búsqueda en lenguaje natural en las bases de datos de texto completo no resuelve este problema, ya que ciertos aspectos del tema que le interesa al investigador con frecuencia son inexpresables en palabras concretas.
    Ex. The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex. Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' (unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.
    * * *
    adjetivo indescribable
    * * *
    = inexpressible, unspeakable, unsayable.

    Ex: Natural language searching of full text data bases does not solve this problem, because the aspect of a topic of interest to researchers is often inexpressible in concrete terms = La búsqueda en lenguaje natural en las bases de datos de texto completo no resuelve este problema, ya que ciertos aspectos del tema que le interesa al investigador con frecuencia son inexpresables en palabras concretas.

    Ex: The article 'My life and hard times: a tale of unspeakable horrors' is a light hearted account of the author's experiences as a part time indexer.
    Ex: Different from the run-of-the-mill 'taboo' (unmentionable), the unsayable represents the very fact of speechlessness.

    * * *
    indescribable
    ha sufrido lo indecible con esa enfermedad he has suffered indescribable pain with that illness
    hizo lo indecible por ayudarme she did her utmost to help me
    la indecible miseria de la droga the unspeakable o indescribable misery that drugs cause
    * * *
    indescribable, unspeakable;
    sufrió lo indecible para llegar a la meta she suffered indescribable o unspeakable pain to reach the finishing line;
    hice lo indecible para convencerla I did my utmost to persuade her
    * * *
    adj indescribable, unspeakable
    * * *
    : indescribable, inexpressible

    Spanish-English dictionary > indecible

  • 80 indescriptible

    adj.
    indescribable.
    * * *
    1 indescribable
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo indescribable
    * * *
    = inexpressible, ineffable.
    Ex. Natural language searching of full text data bases does not solve this problem, because the aspect of a topic of interest to researchers is often inexpressible in concrete terms = La búsqueda en lenguaje natural en las bases de datos de texto completo no resuelve este problema, ya que ciertos aspectos del tema que le interesa al investigador con frecuencia son inexpresables en palabras concretas.
    Ex. The difficulties of this logic lead to an ineffable, negative mysticism.
    ----
    * resultar indescriptible = beggar + description.
    * ser indescriptible = beggar + description.
    * * *
    adjetivo indescribable
    * * *
    = inexpressible, ineffable.

    Ex: Natural language searching of full text data bases does not solve this problem, because the aspect of a topic of interest to researchers is often inexpressible in concrete terms = La búsqueda en lenguaje natural en las bases de datos de texto completo no resuelve este problema, ya que ciertos aspectos del tema que le interesa al investigador con frecuencia son inexpresables en palabras concretas.

    Ex: The difficulties of this logic lead to an ineffable, negative mysticism.
    * resultar indescriptible = beggar + description.
    * ser indescriptible = beggar + description.

    * * *
    indescribable
    * * *

    indescriptible adjetivo
    indescribable
    indescriptible adjetivo indescribable
    ' indescriptible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    indescribable
    - nameless
    - unspeakable
    - defy
    * * *
    indescribable
    * * *
    adj indescribable
    * * *
    : indescribable

    Spanish-English dictionary > indescriptible

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