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  • 41 crear

    v.
    1 to create.
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    Ricardo crea obras de arte Richard creates works of art.
    Ellas crean criaturas raras They create weird creatures.
    2 to invent.
    3 to found.
    4 to make, to make up.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to create
    2 (fundar) to found, establish; (partido) to set up
    3 (inventar) to invent
    1 to make, make for oneself
    2 (imaginarse) to imagine
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=hacer, producir) [+ obra, objeto, empleo] to create
    2) (=establecer) [+ comisión, comité, fondo, negocio, sistema] to set up; [+ asociación, cooperativa] to form, set up; [+ cargo, puesto] to create; [+ movimiento, organización] to create, establish, found

    ¿qué se necesita para crear una empresa? — what do you need in order to set up o start a business?

    aspiraban a crear un estado independiente — they aimed to create o establish o found an independent state

    3) (=dar lugar a) [+ condiciones, clima, ambiente] to create; [+ problemas] to cause, create; [+ expectativas] to raise

    el vacío creado por su muerte — the gap left o created by her death

    4) liter (=nombrar) to make, appoint
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.
    Ex. In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.
    Ex. The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex. National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex. In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex. The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex. Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex. By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex. There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex. In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex. MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex. The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex. The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex. The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex. Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex. Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex. Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
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    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <obra/modelo/tendencia> to create, < producto> to develop
    b) < sistema> to create, establish, set up; < institución> to set up, create; <comisión/fondo> to set up; < empleo> to create; < ciudad> to build
    2) <dificultades/problemas> to cause, create; <ambiente/clima> to create; <fama/prestigio> to bring; < reputación> to earn
    2.
    crearse v pron < problema> to create... for oneself
    * * *
    = design (for/to), construct, create, engender, establish, fashion, forge, form, invent, set up, compose, originate, bring into + being, mint, found, institute, come into + existence, mother, come up with.

    Ex: In lists designed for international use a symbolic notation instead of textual notes may be used.

    Ex: The objective in executing these three stages is to construct a document profile which reflects its subject = El propósito de llevar a cabo estas tres etapas es elaborar un perfil documental que refleje su materia.
    Ex: National agencies creating MARC records use national standards within their own country, and re-format records to UNIMARC for international exchange.
    Ex: In addition to problems with new subjects which lacked 'accepted' or established names, this guiding principle engendered inconsistency in the form of headings.
    Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.
    Ex: The preliminary discussions and proposals which led up to the AACR, did start out with an attempt to fashion an ideology, a philosophical context, for those rules.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.
    Ex: Frequently, but not always, this same process will have been attempted by the author when inventing the title, and this explains why the title is often a useful aid to indexing.
    Ex: By imposing a ban one is only likely to set up antagonism and frustration which will turn against the very thing we are trying to encourage.
    Ex: There have never been any attempts to compose a bibliography of US government documents relating to international law.
    Ex: In the 'office of the present', a document is usually produced by several people: someone, say an administrator or manager, who originates and checks it, a typist, who prepares the text, and a draughtsman or artist who prepares the diagrams.
    Ex: MARC was brought into being originally to facilitate the creation of LC catalogue cards.
    Ex: The article 'The newly minted MLS: what do we need to know today?' describes the skills which, ideally, every US library school graduate should possess at the end of the 1990s.
    Ex: The earliest community information service in Australia dates from as recently as 1958 when Citizens' Advice Bureaux, modelled on their British namesake, were founded in Perth = El primer servicio de información ciudadana de Australia es reciente y data de 1958 cuando se creó en Perth la Oficina de Información al Ciudadano, a imitación de su homónima británica.
    Ex: The librarians have instituted a series of campaigns, including displays and leaflets on specific issues, eg family income supplement, rent and rates rebates, and school grants.
    Ex: Some university libraries have been built up over the centuries; others have come into existence over the last 40 years.
    Ex: Necessity mothers invention, and certainly invention in the presentation of books mothers surprised interest.
    Ex: Derfer corroborated her: 'I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with the means to draft a model collection development policy'.
    * crear adicción = be addictive.
    * crear alianzas = form + alliances, make + alliances.
    * crear apoyo = build + support.
    * crear canales para = establish + channels for.
    * crear con gran destreza = craft.
    * crear consenso = forge + consensus.
    * crear demanda = make + demand.
    * crear de nuevo = recreate [re-create].
    * crear desconfianza = create + distrust.
    * crear desesperación = yield + despair.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * crear interés = build + interest.
    * crear la ilusión = generate + illusion.
    * crear lazos = build up + links.
    * crear lazos afectivos = bond.
    * crear posibilidades = open + window, create + possibilities.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * crear prototipos = prototype.
    * crear relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * crearse = build up, hew.
    * crearse el prestigio de ser = establish + a record as.
    * crear servidor web = put up + web site.
    * crearse una identidad = forge + identity.
    * crearse una vida = build + life.
    * crear una alianza = forge + alliance.
    * crear una base = form + a basis.
    * crear una buena impresión en = make + a good impression on.
    * crear una coalición = forge + coalition.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crear un acuerdo = work out + agreement.
    * crear una familia = have + a family.
    * crear una ilusión = create + illusion.
    * crear una imagen = build + an image, create + image, summon up + image.
    * crear una injusticia = create + injustice.
    * crear una marca de identidad = branding.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * crear una preocupación = create + concern.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * crear un clima = promote + climate.
    * crear un comité = set up + committee.
    * crear un entorno = create + an environment.
    * crear un equilibrio = establish + a balance.
    * crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge.
    * crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise.
    * crear un grupo = set up + group.
    * crear un índice = generate + index.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * crear un perfil = compile + profile, formulate + profile.
    * crear un servidor web = open up + web site.
    * crear vínculos = build up + links.
    * crear vínculos afectivos = bond.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * que crea adicción = addictive.
    * que crea hábito = addictive.
    * volver a crear = recreate [re-create].

    * * *
    crear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obra/modelo› to create; ‹tendencia› to create
    crear una nueva imagen para el producto to create a new image for the product
    crearon un producto revolucionario they developed o created a revolutionary product
    2 ‹sistema› to create, establish, set up; ‹institución› to set up, create; ‹comisión/fondo› to set up; ‹empleo› to create
    crearon una ciudad en pleno desierto they built a city in the middle of the desert
    B ‹dificultades/problemas› to cause, create; ‹ambiente/clima› to create; ‹fama/prestigio› to bring; ‹reputación› to earn
    su arrogancia le creó muchas enemistades his arrogance made him many enemies
    no quiero crear falsas expectativas en mis alumnos I don't want to raise false hopes among my students, I don't want to give my students false hopes
    se crea muchas dificultades he creates o makes a lot of problems for himself
    ¿para qué te creas más trabajo? why make more work for yourself?
    será difícil llenar el vacío creado con su desaparición it will be difficult to fill the gap left by his death
    * * *

     

    crear ( conjugate crear) verbo transitivo
    to create;
    ‹ producto› to develop;
    ‹institución/comisión/fondo› to set up;
    ‹fama/prestigio› to bring;
    ‹ reputación› to earn;
    ◊ crea muchos problemas it causes o creates a lot of problems;

    no quiero crear falsas expectativas I don't want to raise false hopes
    crearse verbo pronominal ‹ problema› to create … for oneself;

    ‹ enemigos› to make
    crear verbo transitivo to create
    ' crear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    falsificar
    - hacer
    - ilusionar
    - infundio
    - rompecabezas
    - constituir
    - formar
    - meter
    English:
    boat
    - bonding
    - create
    - fashion
    - never-never land
    - rapport
    - stage
    - afoot
    - develop
    - devise
    - disrupt
    - establish
    - illusion
    - set
    - you
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer, producir, originar] to create;
    crear empleo/riqueza to create jobs/wealth;
    han creado un nuevo ministerio para él they have created a new ministry for him;
    me crea muchos problemas it gives me a lot of trouble, it causes me a lot of problems;
    Picasso creó escuela Picasso's works have had a seminal influence
    2. [inventar] to invent;
    [poema, sinfonía] to compose, to write; [cuadro] to paint
    3. [fundar] to found
    * * *
    v/t create; empresa set up
    * * *
    crear vt
    1) : to create, to cause
    2) : to originate
    * * *
    crear vb
    1. (en general) to create
    2. (comité, empresa, etc) to set up

    Spanish-English dictionary > crear

  • 42 dar cuerpo y forma a

    (v.) = lend + substance and form to
    Ex. The revised mission lends substance and form to the process that follows: the development of goals, objectives, and action statements.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + substance and form to

    Ex: The revised mission lends substance and form to the process that follows: the development of goals, objectives, and action statements.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar cuerpo y forma a

  • 43 defendible

    adj.
    defensible.
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    a) < ciudad> defensible
    b) < conducta> justifiable, defensible; <posición/tesis> defensible
    * * *
    = sustainable, tenable.
    Ex. Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.
    Ex. The public library of today must be proactive in its relationship to society; the reactive posture is no longer tenable.
    * * *
    a) < ciudad> defensible
    b) < conducta> justifiable, defensible; <posición/tesis> defensible
    * * *
    = sustainable, tenable.

    Ex: Development is a social, political, and economic process of change which, to be just and sustainable, must ensure the participation of all class, race and gender groups.

    Ex: The public library of today must be proactive in its relationship to society; the reactive posture is no longer tenable.

    * * *
    1 ‹ciudad› defensible
    2 ‹conducta› justifiable, defensible; ‹posición/tesis› defensible
    * * *

    defendible adjetivo arguable, defensible
    ' defendible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arguable
    - tenable
    * * *
    1. [castillo, ciudad] defensible
    2. [actitud] defensible, justifiable;
    [argumento, hipótesis] defensible
    * * *
    adj defensible
    * * *
    : defensible, tenable

    Spanish-English dictionary > defendible

  • 44 desorganizado

    adj.
    disorganized, badly organized, disordered, mixed-up.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desorganizar.
    * * *
    1 disorganized
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disorganized
    * * *
    = unstructured, disorganised [disorganized, -USA], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.].
    Ex. The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.
    Ex. The failings of the disorganised and under-used Indonesian library services led to the development of a national system of information networks.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo disorganized
    * * *
    = unstructured, disorganised [disorganized, -USA], messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.].

    Ex: The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.

    Ex: The failings of the disorganised and under-used Indonesian library services led to the development of a national system of information networks.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.

    * * *
    disorganized
    * * *

    Del verbo desorganizar: ( conjugate desorganizar)

    desorganizado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    desorganizado    
    desorganizar
    desorganizado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    disorganized
    desorganizado,-a adjetivo disorganized, unorganized: ¿cómo puedes tener el despacho tan desorganizado?, how can you stand such a disorganized office?
    desorganizar verbo transitivo to disorganize, disrupt

    ' desorganizado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desorganizada
    English:
    disorganized
    - untidy
    * * *
    desorganizado, -a adj
    disorganized
    * * *
    adj disorganized
    * * *
    desorganizado adj disorganized

    Spanish-English dictionary > desorganizado

  • 45 envejecimiento

    m.
    aging.
    * * *
    1 ageing, growing old
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino aging*
    * * *
    = aging [ageing], aging [ageing].
    Ex. Aging is one of the properties of scientific and technical literature.
    Ex. These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.
    ----
    * en proceso de envejecimiento = aging [ageing].
    * envejecimiento celular = cellular aging [cellular ageing].
    * envejecimiento de la población = aging population [ageing population].
    * envejecimiento mental = mental aging.
    * proceso de envejecimiento = aging process.
    * resistencia al envejecimiento = aging resistance [ageing resistance].
    * retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * retrasar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * * *
    masculino aging*
    * * *
    = aging [ageing], aging [ageing].

    Ex: Aging is one of the properties of scientific and technical literature.

    Ex: These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.
    * en proceso de envejecimiento = aging [ageing].
    * envejecimiento celular = cellular aging [cellular ageing].
    * envejecimiento de la población = aging population [ageing population].
    * envejecimiento mental = mental aging.
    * proceso de envejecimiento = aging process.
    * resistencia al envejecimiento = aging resistance [ageing resistance].
    * retardar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.
    * retrasar el envejecimiento = retard + aging.

    * * *
    1 (de una persona, de la piel) aging*
    2 (del vino, queso) maturing, aging*
    * * *

    envejecimiento sustantivo masculino ageing
    ' envejecimiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ageing
    - aging
    * * *
    1. [de persona] ageing
    2. [de piel] ageing
    3. [de vino, licor] ageing
    4. [de madera, mueble] distressing
    * * *
    m ag(e)ing
    * * *
    : aging

    Spanish-English dictionary > envejecimiento

  • 46 espantoso

    adj.
    frightening, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
    * * *
    1 (terrible) frightful, dreadful
    2 (asombroso) astonishing, amazing
    3 (desmesurado) dreadful, terrible
    ■ hizo un frío espantoso the cold was awful, it was absolutely freezing
    * * *
    (f. - espantosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) frightening
    2) [para exagerar]

    llevaba un traje espantoso — she was wearing an awful o a hideous o a frightful o ghastly * hat

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex. The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    ----
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <escena/crimen> horrific, appalling
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) <comida/letra/tiempo> atrocious; <vestido/color> hideous; <ruido/voz> terrible, awful

    hace un calor espantoso — it's boiling o roasting hot (colloq)

    * * *
    = frightening, harrowing, atrocious, awful, frightful, dire, ghastly, fear-inducing, hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], god-awful, groundshaking, nightmarish.

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
    Ex: The public library's selection of books for small boys is atrocious.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: True, ghastly additions were made to XML.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The director and deputies deserve the most recognition because they actually had to give up time with their families for the god-awful places we sent them.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.
    * dolor de cabeza espantoso = splitting headache.

    * * *
    1 ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling
    fue una experiencia espantosa it was a horrific o horrifying experience
    2 ( fam)
    (uso hiperbólico): hace un calor espantoso it's boiling o roasting, it's incredibly o unbearably hot ( colloq)
    pasamos un frío espantoso we were absolutely freezing ( colloq)
    tengo un hambre espantosa I'm ravenous o starving ( colloq)
    la comida era espantosa the food was atrocious o ghastly
    ¡qué sombrero tan espantoso! what a hideous o an awful hat
    esta máquina hace un ruido espantoso this machine makes a terrible o dreadful noise ( colloq)
    llueve que es una cosa espantosa it's absolutely pouring ( colloq), it's bucketing down ( colloq)
    * * *

    espantoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹escena/crimen› horrific, appalling

    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) ‹comida/letra/tiempo› atrocious;

    ‹vestido/color› hideous;
    ‹ruido/voz› terrible, awful;

    espantoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (horripilante) horrifying, appalling: es un asunto espantoso, it's a horrifying situation
    2 fam (uso hiperbólico) tengo unas ganas espantosas de que llegue el fin de semana, I'm dying for the weekend to come!
    3 fam (muy feo) awful, hideous: ¡quítate ese espantoso sombrero!, take off that awful hat!
    ' espantoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    berrido
    - espantosa
    - ridícula
    - ridículo
    - sueño
    - tener
    - hacer
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - dreadful
    - frightening
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - gruesome
    - hairy
    - hideous
    - horrendous
    - interminable
    - shocking
    - stinking
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - atrocious
    - boiling
    - dire
    - excruciating
    - horrific
    - split
    - terrible
    - terrific
    * * *
    espantoso, -a adj
    1. [pavoroso] horrific
    2. [enorme] terrible;
    allí dentro hacía un calor espantoso it was roasting o boiling o terribly hot in there;
    tengo un frío espantoso I'm freezing to death;
    teníamos un hambre espantosa we were famished o starving
    3. [feísimo] hideous, frightful;
    llevaba un vestido espantoso she was wearing a hideous o frightful dress
    4. [pasmoso] appalling, shocking;
    el servicio postal era espantoso the postal service was appalling;
    * * *
    adj
    1 horrific, appalling
    2 para enfatizar terrible, dreadful;
    hace un calor espantoso it’s terribly o incredibly hot
    * * *
    espantoso, -sa adj
    1) : frightening, terrifying
    2) : frightful, dreadful
    * * *
    espantoso adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > espantoso

  • 47 estado nacional

    m.
    nation-state.
    * * *
    (n.) = nation state, national state
    Ex. Since Europe consists of independent nation states, only partially unified through the European Union, the development of academic and research networks has been a complex process.
    Ex. This means that library matters rest with the departments of education of each of the national states.
    * * *
    (n.) = nation state, national state

    Ex: Since Europe consists of independent nation states, only partially unified through the European Union, the development of academic and research networks has been a complex process.

    Ex: This means that library matters rest with the departments of education of each of the national states.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estado nacional

  • 48 estimular

    v.
    1 to encourage.
    2 to stimulate.
    El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.
    El aroma estimula los sentidos The aroma stimulates the senses.
    * * *
    1 (animar) to encourage, stimulate
    2 (apetito, pasiones) to whet
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=alentar) [+ persona] to encourage
    2) (=favorecer) [+ apetito, economía, esfuerzos, ahorro] to stimulate; [+ debate] to promote
    3) [+ organismo, célula] to stimulate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex. The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex. An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex. The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex. The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex. This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex. 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex. Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex. The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex. We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    ----
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) clase/lectura to stimulate
    b) ( alentar) < persona> to encourage
    c) <apetito/circulación> to stimulate
    d) ( sexualmente) to stimulate
    2) <inversión/ahorro> to encourage, stimulate
    * * *
    = encourage, give + a boost, prompt, provide + boost, spur, spur on, stimulate, whip up, provide + stimulus, set + Nombre + off, abet, buoy, prod, egg on, stir up, nudge, reawaken [re-awaken], kick-start [kickstart], pep up, hearten, incite.

    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.

    Ex: CD-ROM has given the library a public relations boost but this has led to higher expectations of the library by users at a time of budgetary restraint.
    Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: Spurred by press comments on dumping of withdrawn library books in rubbish skips, Birkerd Library requested the Ministry of Culture's permission to sell withdrawn materials.
    Ex: The paper-makers, spurred on by the urgent need to increase their supply of raw material, eventually mastered the new technique.
    Ex: An alertness to work in related fields may stimulate creativity in disseminating ideas from one field of study to another, for both the researcher and the manager.
    Ex: The ALA and some of its members seem to have taken in upon themselves to whip up a frenzy of public relations style fantasy that market reality simply cannot match.
    Ex: The effort involved in creating an hospitable niche is repaid by the stimulus such courses provide to staff members.
    Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.
    Ex: This article questions the pricing policies of some publishers for journals suggesting that librarians have inadvertently aided and abetted them in some cases.
    Ex: 'Well,' recommenced the young librarian, buoyed up by the director's interest, 'I believe that everybody is a good employee until they prove differently to me'.
    Ex: Science Citation Index (SCI) depends for intellectual content entirely on citations by authors, who are sometimes prodded by editors and referees.
    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: By the 1980s, leftist philosophies had fallen into disfavor, & globalization & neoliberalism nudged the unions to seek other alliances.
    Ex: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life.
    Ex: We are heartened by the fact that we are still so far a growth story in the midst of this global challenge.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    * estimular el debate = provoke + discussion, prompt + discussion, pepper + debate.
    * estimular el desarrollo de = stimulate + the development of.
    * estimular la economía = stimulate + the economy, spur + the economy.
    * estimular la imaginación = spark + imagination.

    * * *
    estimular [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 «clase/lectura» to stimulate
    2 (alentar) to encourage
    hay que estimularla para que trabaje she needs encouraging to get her to work
    gritaban para estimular a su equipo they cheered their team on, they shouted encouragement to their team
    3 ‹apetito› to whet, stimulate; ‹circulación› to stimulate
    4 (sexualmente) to stimulate
    B ‹inversión/ahorro› to encourage, stimulate
    * * *

    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    ' estimular' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - impulsar
    English:
    animate
    - drum up
    - fuel
    - stimulate
    - stir
    - work up
    - boost
    - promote
    - revitalize
    - revive
    - spur
    - whet
    * * *
    1. [animar] to encourage;
    el orgullo le estimula a seguir his pride spurs him to go on
    2. [incitar] to encourage, to urge on;
    la muchedumbre lo estimuló con gritos the crowd shouted him on
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to stimulate
    4. [activar] [apetito] to stimulate, to whet;
    [circulación, economía] to stimulate; [ventas, inversión] to stimulate, to encourage
    * * *
    v/t
    1 stimulate
    2 ( animar) encourage
    * * *
    1) : to stimulate
    2) : to encourage
    * * *
    1. (activar) to stimulate
    2. (animar) to encourage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estimular

  • 49 finalizar

    v.
    1 to finish, to complete, to end.
    2 to finalize, to conclude, to end, to finish.
    Ella le dio fin a la discusión She put an end to the discussion.
    * * *
    1 to end, finish
    1 to end, finish
    * * *
    verb
    to finish, end
    * * *
    1.

    finalizar la sesión — (Inform) to log out, log off

    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.
    Ex. Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.
    Ex. A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex. Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex. Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex. Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex. An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex. At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex. The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex. A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex. The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex. The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex. Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex. The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex. In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex. As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex. Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    ----
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to finish
    2.
    finalizar vi to end

    una vez finalizada la reunión — once the meeting is/was over

    * * *
    = be over, complete, conclude, end, finalise [finalize, -USA], terminate, put to + bed, curtain + fall, lay + Nombre + to rest, carry through to + completion, come to + an end, round off, be scheduled for completion, wrap up, draw to + a close, draw to + an end, wind up (in/at), finish off, top + Nombre + off, wind down.

    Ex: Alternatively, the loan policy may be changed to make documents due when the vacation is over.

    Ex: A summary at the end of a document is intended to complete the orientation of the reader, and to identify the significant ideas for the reader to remember.
    Ex: Thus chapter 21 concludes with a number of special rules.
    Ex: Each field also ends with a special delimiter, which signals the end of the fields.
    Ex: Before the schedules can be finalised, the order of the facets in the schedules must be determined.
    Ex: An SDI profile can be terminated at any future time by the commands.
    Ex: At the session on Sunday 15th, it was agreed to put to bed the non-controversial items.
    Ex: The third act is of course the denouement, when everything is made clear, all the loose ends are tied up, and the curtain falls.
    Ex: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.
    Ex: The author discusses the development process which began with a concept, continued with the formulation of objectives, and has been carried through to completion.
    Ex: The era of paper-based information systems is coming to an end.
    Ex: Klaus Ring will round off the plenary sessions with a lecture entitled: 'Are Internet and Print Products Interchangeable Reading Media?' = Klaus Ring culminará las sesiones plenarias el miércoles con una conferencia titulada: "¿Son los Productos Impresos y de Internet Soportes de Lectura Intercambiables?".
    Ex: The 2nd phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 1995.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'ACRL wraps up year 1 of Academic Library Statistics Project'.
    Ex: In 1971 the experimental phase of PRECIS was drawing to a close as the system became operational in the British national bibliography.
    Ex: As the war drew to an end, the horrendous scenes of misery and destitution came to light.
    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex: His statement is a serious threat to the cooperative sector and was aimed at finishing off the movement.
    Ex: Top it off with spicy yacamole and it's worth the nosh.
    Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.
    * código de finalizar = end code.
    * estar casi finalizado = near + completion.
    * finalizar los estudios de BUP = complete + high school.
    * finalizar repentinamente = come to + an abrupt end, come to + a swift end.
    * finalizar un mandato = leave + office.
    * para finalizar = in closing.

    * * *
    finalizar [A4 ]
    vt
    to finish
    debemos finalizar este trabajo hoy we must finish o complete this work today
    poco antes de dar por finalizada su estancia shortly before the end of her stay
    ■ finalizar
    vi
    to end
    el debate está a punto de finalizar the debate is about to end o ( frml) come to a close
    así finaliza la emisión de hoy and that brings us to the end of today's programs
    una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over
    * * *

     

    finalizar ( conjugate finalizar) verbo transitivo
    to finish
    verbo intransitivo
    to end;
    ◊ una vez finalizada la reunión once the meeting is/was over

    finalizar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to end, finish

    ' finalizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    después
    - liquidación
    - parar
    - remachar
    English:
    assume
    - conclude
    - draw
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [terminar] to finish, to complete; [contrato] to complete
    ♦ vi
    to end, to finish ( con in);
    el plazo de inscripciones ya finalizó the deadline for registration has passed;
    la ceremonia finalizó con un desfile the ceremony ended with a parade
    * * *
    v/t & v/i end, finish
    * * *
    finalizar {21} v
    : to finish, to end
    * * *
    1. (acabar) to finish
    2. (terminarse) to end

    Spanish-English dictionary > finalizar

  • 50 fracaso

    m.
    failure.
    un rotundo fracaso an outright failure
    todo fue un fracaso the whole thing was a disaster
    el fracaso escolar educational failure, poor performance at school
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: fracasar.
    * * *
    1 failure
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *

    la reforma está condenada al fracaso — the reform is doomed to failure, the reform is destined to fail

    ¡es un fracaso! — he's a disaster!

    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.
    Ex. And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex. The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex. 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex. Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex. The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex. The show was a real flake out.
    Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex. Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex. It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    ----
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.
    * * *
    masculino failure

    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental — a disappointment in love

    * * *
    = flop, failure, underdog, bust, dog, defeat, fiasco, flake out, goof, write-off [writeoff], foundering, dud.

    Ex: And at worst, if the trip is a flop (it happens!), at least he is glad to get back to work.

    Ex: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.
    Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
    Ex: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.
    Ex: 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog -- the digital media has made possible the leveling of the playing field.
    Ex: Indeed, in larger libraries, there are those who regard a referral as tantamount to an admission of defeat.
    Ex: The history of the British Library is presented with particular reference to the political and administrative fiascos that have punctuated its development.
    Ex: The show was a real flake out.
    Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.
    Ex: Gareth Jones's film makes a series of misjudgments so damaging that the whole thing is a virtual write-off.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Liberalism in a body bag: the foundering of the Middle East peace process'.
    Ex: It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far.
    * abocado al fracaso = failing, doomed.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * abocado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed from + the beginning.
    * camino seguro al fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed from + the beginning, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the start.
    * condenado al fracaso desde el principio = doomed from + the start, doomed from + the outset, doomed from + the beginning.
    * conseguir éxitos y fracasos = encounter + problems and successes.
    * éxitos o fracasos = successes or failures.
    * éxitos y fracasos = pitfalls and successes, successes and failures.
    * fórmula para el fracaso = blueprint for failure.
    * fracaso bochornoso = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso desde el principio = doomed failure.
    * fracaso escolar = school failure.
    * fracaso lamentable = embarrassing failure.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * fracaso rotundo = resounding failure, complete failure.
    * fracaso total = complete failure.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * índice de fracaso escolar = failure rate, dropout rate.
    * obtener éxitos y fracasos = experience + problems and successes.
    * predestinado al fracaso = doomed.
    * predestinado al fracaso desde el comienzo = doomed to + failure from its inception, doomed to + failure, doomed to + failure.
    * ser un fracaso = nothing + come of, prove + a failure.
    * significar fracaso = signify + failure, spell + failure.
    * suponer la diferencia entre el éxito o el fracaso = make or break.
    * tasa de fracaso escolar = dropout rate, failure rate.
    * traer consigo fracaso = spell + failure.
    * traer fracaso = spell + failure.

    * * *
    1 (acción) failure
    ha sufrido or tenido varios fracasos profesionales she has had several failures in her work
    el proyecto estaba condenado al fracaso the project was destined to fail o doomed to failure
    un fracaso amoroso or sentimental a disappointment in love
    un fracaso rotundo a complete failure
    2 (obra, persona) failure
    su última película fue un fracaso her last movie was a failure o ( colloq) flop, her last movie bombed ( AmE colloq)
    como profesor es un fracaso he's a disaster o failure as a teacher, he's a hopeless teacher
    * * *

     

    Del verbo fracasar: ( conjugate fracasar)

    fracaso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    fracasó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    fracasar    
    fracaso
    fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
    to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino
    failure
    fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
    fracaso sustantivo masculino failure: el despegue del cohete fue un fracaso, the rocket lift-off was a failure
    ' fracaso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derrota
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - responsabilizar
    - sed
    - sentenciar
    - servir
    - contundente
    - destinado
    - naufragio
    - rotundo
    English:
    bomb
    - defeat
    - dismal
    - failure
    - flop
    - mainly
    - no-win
    - resounding
    - unmitigated
    - unqualified
    - washout
    - break
    - fiasco
    - why
    * * *
    1. [falta de éxito] failure;
    ha sufrido varios fracasos amorosos he has had a number of failed relationships;
    todo fue un fracaso it was a complete failure;
    la película fue un fracaso comercial the movie o Br film was a commercial failure o flop
    fracaso escolar school failure;
    el entorno familiar contribuye al fracaso escolar the family environment is a contributory factor to educational failure
    2. [persona] failure;
    como profesor es un fracaso as a teacher he's a failure, he's useless as a teacher
    * * *
    m failure
    * * *
    fiasco: failure
    * * *
    fracaso n failure

    Spanish-English dictionary > fracaso

  • 51 funesto

    adj.
    ill-fated, tragical, disastrous, fateful.
    * * *
    1 ill-fated, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ (=maldito) ill-fated; (=desastroso) fatal, disastrous; (=nocivo) baneful
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo disastrous, terrible
    * * *
    = dire, fateful, baleful.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex. He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.
    ----
    * día funesto = bad hair day.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo disastrous, terrible
    * * *
    = dire, fateful, baleful.

    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.

    Ex: The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    Ex: He urged the young artists of England to break away from conventionality and the baleful influence of Renaissance art.
    * día funesto = bad hair day.

    * * *
    funesto -ta
    ‹resultado/consecuencia› disastrous, terrible
    un día funesto para nuestra organización a sad o terrible day for our organization
    * * *

    funesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    disastrous, terrible
    funesto,-a adj (causa) ill-fated, fatal
    (consecuencias) disastrous: no debimos ir nunca en ese funesto viaje, we should never have gone on that ill-fated trip

    ' funesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    funesta
    - nefasta
    - nefasto
    English:
    fatal
    - ill-fated
    - unfortunate
    - unlucky
    - dire
    - dismal
    * * *
    funesto, -a adj
    fateful, disastrous;
    tuvo la funesta idea de dejar solos a los niños he had the fateful o disastrous idea of leaving the children on their own
    * * *
    adj disastrous
    * * *
    funesto, -ta adj
    : terrible, disastrous
    consecuencias funestas: disastrous consequences

    Spanish-English dictionary > funesto

  • 52 global

    adj.
    global, overall.
    * * *
    1 global, comprehensive, overall
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [en conjunto] [cantidad, resultado] overall, total; [investigación, análisis] comprehensive
    2) (=mundial) global
    * * *
    a) (total, general) < informe> full, comprehensive; < resultado> overall; <precio/cantidad> total; <visión/estudio> global
    b) ( mundial) global

    repercusiones globales — global o worldwide repercussions

    c) (Inf) global
    * * *
    = all-embracing, global, holistic, overall, sweeping, umbrella, inclusive, pervasive, all-encompassing, overriding, systemic, overarching, all-inclusive, wide-angle(d), embracing, encompassing.
    Ex. Some databases are very all-embracing in their coverage and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of entire disciplines.
    Ex. Any change made to a primary heading could be made to have a global effect on the entire authority file and hence the catalog.
    Ex. Intradisciplinary citation analysis reveals that the 'holistic' study of man appears to be only a rhetorical claim.
    Ex. There is not necessarily any overall plan for the development and maintenance of the schedules.
    Ex. Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions.
    Ex. This article describes how an ' umbrella licence' was obtained covering a group of libraries within the region.
    Ex. A collective title is a title proper that is an inclusive title for an item containing several works.
    Ex. The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex. In publishing itself there is little use made of the all-encompassing schemes such as Dewey or the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.
    Ex. There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.
    Ex. There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.
    Ex. It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic.
    Ex. Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.
    Ex. What is needed is an embracing approach to guarantee freedom for Palestine and legitimacy for Israel.
    Ex. By drawing Russia into an encompassing coalition with Europe and other powers, the risk of conflict will be diminished.
    ----
    * aldea global, la = global village, the.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * cantidad global = lump sum.
    * como unidad global = as a whole.
    * concepción global = gestalt.
    * dar una visión global = give + overview, overview.
    * de forma global = holistically.
    * de manera global = holistically.
    * descripción global = outline.
    * presentar una visión global = present + an overview, overview.
    * suma global = lump sum.
    * término global = umbrella.
    * * *
    a) (total, general) < informe> full, comprehensive; < resultado> overall; <precio/cantidad> total; <visión/estudio> global
    b) ( mundial) global

    repercusiones globales — global o worldwide repercussions

    c) (Inf) global
    * * *
    = all-embracing, global, holistic, overall, sweeping, umbrella, inclusive, pervasive, all-encompassing, overriding, systemic, overarching, all-inclusive, wide-angle(d), embracing, encompassing.

    Ex: Some databases are very all-embracing in their coverage and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of entire disciplines.

    Ex: Any change made to a primary heading could be made to have a global effect on the entire authority file and hence the catalog.
    Ex: Intradisciplinary citation analysis reveals that the 'holistic' study of man appears to be only a rhetorical claim.
    Ex: There is not necessarily any overall plan for the development and maintenance of the schedules.
    Ex: Such a statement of objectives may appear narrowly defined in its practices and yet, at the same time, rather sweeping in its assumptions.
    Ex: This article describes how an ' umbrella licence' was obtained covering a group of libraries within the region.
    Ex: A collective title is a title proper that is an inclusive title for an item containing several works.
    Ex: The unease is pervasive, not an occasional outcropping of discontent.
    Ex: In publishing itself there is little use made of the all-encompassing schemes such as Dewey or the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Consequently, the overriding demand made by the academic community is bibliographical in nature.
    Ex: There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.
    Ex: There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.
    Ex: It is not an all-inclusive listing of materials on this topic.
    Ex: Except for the principal no one besides the librarian has such a wide-angle view of the school's instructional programme.
    Ex: What is needed is an embracing approach to guarantee freedom for Palestine and legitimacy for Israel.
    Ex: By drawing Russia into an encompassing coalition with Europe and other powers, the risk of conflict will be diminished.
    * aldea global, la = global village, the.
    * búsqueda global = comprehensive search.
    * cantidad global = lump sum.
    * como unidad global = as a whole.
    * concepción global = gestalt.
    * dar una visión global = give + overview, overview.
    * de forma global = holistically.
    * de manera global = holistically.
    * descripción global = outline.
    * presentar una visión global = present + an overview, overview.
    * suma global = lump sum.
    * término global = umbrella.

    * * *
    1 (total, general) ‹informe› full, comprehensive; ‹resultado› overall; ‹precio/cantidad› total; ‹visión/estudio› global
    cantidad global a abonar total amount due
    un panorama global de la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea a global perspective o an overall picture of contemporary Latin American literature
    2 (mundial) global
    repercusiones globales global o worldwide repercussions
    3 ( Inf) global
    * * *

    global adjetivo
    global;
    ‹ informe› full, comprehensive;
    ‹ resultado› overall;
    ‹precio/cantidad› total
    global adjetivo
    1 (en conjunto) comprehensive
    una visión global del asunto, a global view of the matter
    2 (mundial) global: la Tierra está sufriendo un calentamiento global, the Earth is undergoing global warming
    ' global' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calentamiento
    - general
    - mundial
    - recalentamiento
    - total
    English:
    board
    - global
    - grand
    - overall
    - package deal
    - blanket
    - comprehensive
    - GPS
    - inclusive
    - lump
    - net
    * * *
    global adj
    1. [acuerdo] general;
    [solución, enfoque] global; [análisis] comprehensive; [aumento] overall; [precio] total; Informát
    una búsqueda global a global search;
    lo compraron por un importe global de 10 millones they bought it for a total sum of 10 milllion
    2. [mundial] global, worldwide;
    una economía global a global economy
    * * *
    adj
    1 (de todo el mundo) global
    2 visión, resultado overall; cantidad total
    * * *
    global adj
    1) : global, worldwide
    2) : full, comprehensive
    3) : total, overall

    Spanish-English dictionary > global

  • 53 impulsar

    v.
    1 to propel, to drive.
    impulsar las relaciones Norte-Sur to promote North-South relations
    las claves que impulsan el sector the key drivers for the industry
    3 to encourage, to foster, to urge, to drive.
    Ricardo impulsa a su equipo Richard encourages his team.
    4 to impulse, to propel, to motor.
    Su tecnología impulsa el programa His technology impulses the program.
    5 to boost, to drive, to force, to give a boost.
    Su energía impulsa a María His energy impels Mary.
    * * *
    1 to impel
    2 TÉCNICA to drive forward
    3 (potenciar) to promote
    4 (incitar) to drive
    \
    impulsar a alguien a hacer algo to drive somebody to do something
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Mec) to drive, propel
    2) [+ persona] to drive, impel
    3) [+ deporte, inversión] to promote
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <motor/vehículo> to propel, drive
    b) < persona> to drive
    c) <comercio, producción> to boost, give a boost to
    * * *
    = further, impel, propel, thrust forward, drive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], pioneer, give + impetus, power, jump-start [jump start], kick-start [kickstart], forward.
    Ex. IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.
    Ex. We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex. A magnetic field propels the bubbles in the right direction through the film.
    Ex. The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex. The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    Ex. It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex. Icons, or pictorial representations of objects in systems, were pioneered by Xerox.
    Ex. Two concepts given much impetus lately through the increasing study of sociology have been 'communication' and 'class'.
    Ex. The other method was to increase the effective size of the press by using a cylindrical platen, powered either by hand or by steam.
    Ex. Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex. Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex. In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.
    ----
    * impulsado por energía eólica = wind-powered.
    * impulsar a = galvanise into.
    * impulsar a la acción = galvanise into + action.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) <motor/vehículo> to propel, drive
    b) < persona> to drive
    c) <comercio, producción> to boost, give a boost to
    * * *
    = further, impel, propel, thrust forward, drive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], pioneer, give + impetus, power, jump-start [jump start], kick-start [kickstart], forward.

    Ex: IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.

    Ex: We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex: A magnetic field propels the bubbles in the right direction through the film.
    Ex: The acid rain literature illustrated the 1st paradigm, where journals from the unadjusted literature were thrust forward in the adjusted literature, and no unadjusted journal fell into obscurity.
    Ex: The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    Ex: It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex: Icons, or pictorial representations of objects in systems, were pioneered by Xerox.
    Ex: Two concepts given much impetus lately through the increasing study of sociology have been 'communication' and 'class'.
    Ex: The other method was to increase the effective size of the press by using a cylindrical platen, powered either by hand or by steam.
    Ex: Jump-start your learning experience by participating in 1 or 2 half-day seminars that will help you come up to speed on the new vocabularies, processes and architectures underlying effective content management.
    Ex: Shock tactics are sometimes necessary in order to expose injustice and kick-start the process of reform.
    Ex: In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.
    * impulsado por energía eólica = wind-powered.
    * impulsar a = galvanise into.
    * impulsar a la acción = galvanise into + action.

    * * *
    impulsar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹motor/vehículo› to propel, drive
    el viento impulsa la nave the wind propels the ship
    2 ‹persona› to drive
    el motivo que lo impulsó a hacerlo the motive that drove him to do it
    se sintió impulsada a decírselo she felt impelled to tell him
    3 ‹comercio› to boost, give a boost to
    para impulsar las relaciones culturales in order to promote cultural relations
    quieren impulsar la iniciativa they are trying to give impetus to o to boost the initiative
    * * *

     

    impulsar ( conjugate impulsar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹motor/vehículo› to propel, drive

    b) ‹ persona› to drive

    c) ‹comercio, producción› to boost, give a boost to;

    ‹cultura/relaciones› to promote
    impulsar verbo transitivo
    1 to impel, drive: el viento impulsa la cometa, the kite is driven by the wind
    2 (estimular) to motivate: sus palabras de ánimo me impulsaron a seguir, his words of encouragement inspired me to go on
    ' impulsar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    animar
    - llevar
    English:
    drive
    - fuel
    - galvanize
    - impel
    - paddle
    - power
    * * *
    1. [empujar] to propel, to drive
    2. [incitar]
    impulsar a alguien (a algo) to drive sb (to sth);
    ¿qué te impulsó a marcharte? what drove you to leave?
    3. [promocionar] [economía] to stimulate;
    [amistad] to foster;
    debemos impulsar las relaciones Norte-Sur we should promote North-South relations;
    las claves que impulsan el sector the key drivers for the industry
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TÉC propel
    2 COM, fig
    boost
    * * *
    : to propel, to drive
    * * *
    1. (empujar) to drive forward [pt. drove; pp. driven]
    2. (animar) to encourage
    3. (promover) to boost / to stimulate

    Spanish-English dictionary > impulsar

  • 54 increíble

    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable, beyond belief.
    intj.
    unbelievable, no shit, forsooth.
    * * *
    1 incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    adj.
    incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    ADJ incredible, unbelievable

    es increíble que... — it is incredible o unbelievable that...

    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.
    Ex. Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.
    Ex. GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex. I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex. However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex. His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex. I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex. It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    ----
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.
    * * *
    adjetivo incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    = extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, terrific, unbelievable, fantastical, astonishing, beyond belief, out of this world, marvel.

    Ex: Having entered the next state and a highway off the turnpike, he was amazed by the extraordinary flatness of the land, especially in contrast to the hilly terrain he had grown up with back home.

    Ex: GODORT has done a fantastic job of dealing with and solving documents problems.
    Ex: I could tell you many things about Cutter that you probably would find incredible.
    Ex: However, fiction -- from a public library standpoint, but not from a research or academic standpoint -- is a terrific example of undercataloging.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Adorno's distinction between fantastical thought & the commodification of fantasy in the form of literature is addressed.
    Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex: His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.
    Ex: I get a kick when I'm on my racing bike, and when I have my skates on it's out of this world.
    Ex: It is a marvel to think that this is the place a few years back thought to be irretrievably gone to rack and ruin.
    * aunque parezca increíble = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * parecer increíble = beggar + belief.
    * por muy increíble que parezca = incredible though it may seem, incredibly, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, although it may seem incredible.
    * ser increíble = beggar + belief.

    * * *
    ‹historia› incredible, unbelievable
    me pasó una cosa increíble ( fam); something incredible happened to me ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    increíble adjetivo
    incredible, unbelievable
    increíble adjetivo incredible, unbelievable: tuvimos una suerte increíble, we had an amazing piece of luck
    familiar es un actor increíble, he's an exceptional actor
    ' increíble' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    novelesca
    - novelesco
    - pachorra
    - alucinante
    English:
    amazing
    - astonishing
    - awesome
    - belief
    - beyond
    - extraordinary
    - incredible
    - unbelievable
    - astounding
    - odds
    - phenomenal
    - terrific
    - world
    * * *
    1. [inconcebible] unbelievable;
    es increíble que pasen cosas así it's hard to believe that such things can happen;
    me parece increíble que no te haya llamado I think it's unbelievable that she hasn't called you
    2. [extraordinario] incredible;
    hace un calor increíble it's incredibly hot;
    tuvimos una suerte increíble we were incredibly lucky
    * * *
    adj incredible
    * * *
    : incredible, unbelievable
    * * *
    increíble adj incredible / unbelievable

    Spanish-English dictionary > increíble

  • 55 inmenso

    adj.
    immense, huge, vast, gargantuan.
    * * *
    1 immense, vast
    * * *
    (f. - inmensa)
    adj.
    immense, vast
    * * *
    ADJ [llanura, océano, fortuna] vast, immense; [objeto, ciudad, número] enormous; [alegría, tristeza, esfuerzo] tremendous, immense; [talento] enormous, immense
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    ----
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.

    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

    Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.

    * * *
    inmenso -sa
    ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge; ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous; ‹alegría/pena› great, immense
    sentía por ella un inmenso cariño he was extremely fond of her
    ¡cómo ha crecido! ¡si está inmenso! hasn't he grown! he's absolutely huge!
    esa blusa te queda inmensa that blouse is far too big for you
    * * *

    inmenso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge;


    ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous;
    ‹alegría/pena› great, immense;
    ◊ ¡es inmenso! it's absolutely huge!

    inmenso,-a adjetivo immense, vast

    ' inmenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmensa
    English:
    immense
    - enormous
    - vast
    * * *
    inmenso, -a adj
    1. [grande] [lago, continente] immense, vast;
    [camión, casa] enormous, huge
    2. [profundo] deep;
    sintió una inmensa alegría she felt deeply o tremendously happy
    3. Fam [fantástico] marvellous, wonderful;
    es un escritor inmenso he's a marvellous writer;
    el tenor estuvo inmenso the tenor was wonderful
    * * *
    adj immense
    * * *
    inmenso, -sa adj
    enorme: immense, huge, vast
    ♦ inmensamente adv
    * * *
    inmenso adj
    1. (en tamaño) enormous / immense

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmenso

  • 56 luctuoso

    adj.
    mournful, sorrowful, sad.
    * * *
    1 literal mournful, sorrowful
    * * *
    ADJ frm mournful, sad
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) painful
    * * *
    = deplorable, woeful, pitiful, dire, fateful.
    Ex. We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.
    Ex. In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.
    Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo (frml) painful
    * * *
    = deplorable, woeful, pitiful, dire, fateful.

    Ex: We agree with Price that using the words 'citation' and 'reference' interchangeably is a deplorable waste of a good technical term.

    Ex: In this woeful film, under the mantle of a 'bitter-sweet romantic comedy,' Poliakoff lets his maudlin sentiments and fears run riot.
    Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: The Russian delegation also presented a handmade book to the National Library of Scotland in remembrance of that fateful Moscow meeting.

    * * *
    ( frml); painful, sorrowful ( frml)
    * * *
    luctuoso, -a adj
    sorrowful, mournful
    * * *
    adj sad, sorrowful
    * * *
    luctuoso, -sa adj
    : mournful, tragic

    Spanish-English dictionary > luctuoso

  • 57 mercado

    m.
    1 market.
    mercado de abastos wholesale food market
    mercado bursátil stock market
    el mercado Común Common Market
    mercado de divisas currency market
    mercado exterior foreign market
    mercado financiero financial market
    mercado inmobiliario housing o property market
    mercado interbancario interbank market
    mercado interior domestic market
    mercado laboral labor market
    mercado libre free market
    mercado monetario money market
    mercado negro black market
    mercado de trabajo job market
    mercado único single market
    mercado Único Europeo European Single Market
    2 marketplace, mart, market, market place.
    3 market town.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: mercar.
    * * *
    1 market
    \
    mercado bursátil stock market
    Mercado Común Common Market
    mercado de abastos wholesale food market
    mercado de trabajo job market
    mercado de valores stock market
    mercado negro black market
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) fair
    * * *

    mercado de divisas — currency market, foreign exchange market

    mercado de trabajo — labour o (EEUU) labor market

    mercado exterior — foreign market, overseas market

    mercado laboral — labour o (EEUU) labor market

    mercado persa — Cono Sur cut-price store

    * * *
    1) ( plaza) market

    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

    2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

    el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

    un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

    •
    * * *
    = market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.
    Ex. They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.
    Ex. These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.
    Ex. This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.
    Ex. The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.
    Ex. Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.
    Ex. This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.
    ----
    * abrir el mercado = open up + market.
    * abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.
    * acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.
    * analista de mercado = business researcher.
    * aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.
    * base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.
    * con salida al mercado = due out.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.
    * demanda de mercado = market demand.
    * de mercado = marketing.
    * de venta en el mercado = commercially available.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.
    * especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.
    * estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.
    * investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * lanzar al mercado = ship.
    * lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.
    * liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.
    * libre mercado = free market.
    * líder del mercado = market leader.
    * lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.
    * madurez del mercado = market maturity.
    * manipular el mercado = rig + the market.
    * mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.
    * mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.
    * mercado comercial = commercial market.
    * Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.
    * mercado corporativo = corporate market.
    * mercado de abastos = public market.
    * mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.
    * mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.
    * mercado de la empresa = corporate market.
    * mercado de la información = information market place, information market.
    * mercado de la propiedad = property market.
    * mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.
    * mercado del libro, el = book market, the.
    * mercado del turismo = tourist market.
    * mercado de masas = consumer market.
    * mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.
    * mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.
    * mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.
    * mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.
    * mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.
    * mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.
    * mercado doméstico = domestic market.
    * mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].
    * mercado educativo = education market, educational market.
    * mercado empresarial = corporate market.
    * mercado específico = niche market.
    * mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.
    * mercado inmobiliario = property market.
    * mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.
    * mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.
    * mercado internacional = international trade, international market.
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * mercado laboral = labour market, job market.
    * mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.
    * mercado mundial = global market, world market.
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.
    * mercado negro = black market.
    * mercado público = public market.
    * mercado tradicional = traditional market.
    * mercado turístico = tourist market.
    * mercado único = single market.
    * Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.
    * monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.
    * orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].
    * para todo el mercado = industry-wide.
    * penetración de mercado = market penetration.
    * plaza del mercado = market square.
    * población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.
    * regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.
    * regulador del mercado = market regulator.
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.
    * segmento de mercado = market segment.
    * sistema de mercado = market system.
    * técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.
    * * *
    1) ( plaza) market

    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado — to go to market

    2) (Com, Econ, Fin) market

    el mercado nacional/extranjero — the domestic/overseas market

    un mercado alcista/bajista — a rising/falling market

    •
    * * *
    = market, marketplace [market place], niche, target market, consumer market, market area.

    Ex: They have some very distinct advantages over more usual indexing techniques, and these are likely to assure citation indexes a place in the information market.

    Ex: These new course programmes will add on desirable new skills to those they already possess to fit them for employment in the information market place.
    Ex: This article describes the development and products of the company Farallon Computing which found a niche and expanded it to include a number of applications and products that people need.
    Ex: The number of copies are fixed in advance on the basis of a known target market, and are distributed by the sales network.
    Ex: Pornography will be a key factor in the sustained growth of the consumer market for CD-ROM databases.
    Ex: This is the result of a large company's process of business diversification based on the use of new technologies and the extension of its market area into Europe.
    * abrir el mercado = open up + market.
    * abrir nuevos mercados = branch out (into), branch into.
    * acaparar el mercado = dominate + the scene, corner + the market.
    * amañar el mercado = rig + the market.
    * analista de mercado = business researcher.
    * aprovecharse del mercado = skim + the market.
    * base de datos dirigida a un mercado específico = niche database.
    * con salida al mercado = due out.
    * crear un mercado para = produce + a market for.
    * cuota de mercado = market share, mindshare.
    * demanda de mercado = market demand.
    * de mercado = marketing.
    * de venta en el mercado = commercially available.
    * división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.
    * economía de mercado = market economy, market economics.
    * especializado en un mercado concreto = niche.
    * estudio de mercado = market survey, market research, marketing audit, consumer research.
    * investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.
    * investigador de mercado = market researcher, market research worker.
    * lanzar al mercado = ship.
    * lanzarse al mercado = hit + the streets.
    * liberalizar el mercado = deregulate + market, liberalise + market.
    * libre mercado = free market.
    * líder del mercado = market leader.
    * lugar en el mercado de venta = market niche.
    * madurez del mercado = market maturity.
    * manipular el mercado = rig + the market.
    * mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.
    * mercado bibliotecario, el = library market, the.
    * mercado bursátil = stock exchange, stock market, share market.
    * mercado comercial = commercial market.
    * Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the.
    * mercado corporativo = corporate market.
    * mercado de abastos = public market.
    * mercado de capitales = financial market, capital market.
    * mercado de la educación = education market, educational market.
    * mercado de la empresa = corporate market.
    * mercado de la información = information market place, information market.
    * mercado de la propiedad = property market.
    * mercado de las microformas, el = microform market, the.
    * mercado del libro, el = book market, the.
    * mercado del turismo = tourist market.
    * mercado de masas = consumer market.
    * mercado de masas, el = mass market, the.
    * mercado de materias primas, el = commodity market, the.
    * mercado de suministro de documentos = document supply market.
    * mercado de telefonía móvil = mobile telephone market.
    * mercado de trabajo = labour market, job market.
    * mercado de trabajo, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado de valores = stock market, share market, securities market.
    * mercado doméstico = domestic market.
    * mercado editorial = book trade [booktrade].
    * mercado educativo = education market, educational market.
    * mercado empresarial = corporate market.
    * mercado específico = niche market.
    * mercado financiero = financial market, financial exchange.
    * mercado inmobiliario = property market.
    * mercado inmobiliario de alquiler = rented housing market.
    * mercado inmobiliario, el = housing market, the.
    * mercado internacional = international trade, international market.
    * mercado interno = internal market.
    * mercado laboral = labour market, job market.
    * mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.
    * mercado libre = free market, open market, free-for-all.
    * mercado mundial = global market, world market.
    * mercado naciente = emerging market.
    * mercado nacional = home market, domestic market.
    * mercado negro = black market.
    * mercado público = public market.
    * mercado tradicional = traditional market.
    * mercado turístico = tourist market.
    * mercado único = single market.
    * Mercado Unico Europeo = Single European Market.
    * monopolizar el mercado = corner + the market.
    * orientado hacia el mercado = market-orientated [market orientated], market-oriented [market oriented].
    * para todo el mercado = industry-wide.
    * penetración de mercado = market penetration.
    * plaza del mercado = market square.
    * población con mercado ambulante = market town, market centre.
    * regido por el mercado = market led [market-led], market-driven.
    * regulador del mercado = market regulator.
    * retirar del mercado = withdraw from + sale, take off + the market.
    * sacar acciones al mercado = go + public.
    * sacar al mercado = bring to + market.
    * saturación del mercado = market saturation.
    * segmento de mercado = market segment.
    * sistema de mercado = market system.
    * técnica de mercado = merchandising technique.

    * * *
    A (plaza) market
    ir al mercadoor (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market
    día de mercado market day
    libre1 (↑ libre (1))
    Compuestos:
    ● mercado de abastos or ( RPl) de abasto
    ( Méx) flea market
    ● mercado de las pulgas or ( AmL) de pulgas
    flea market
    (CS) bazaar, street market
    B ( Com, Econ, Fin) market
    el mercado del petróleo the oil market
    inundan el mercado con sus productos they are flooding o swamping the market with their products
    el mercado nacional the domestic market
    el nuevo modelo ya salió al mercado the new model is available o on sale now, the new model is now on the market
    no hay mercado para ese producto there's no market for that product
    un mercado alcista a rising o bull market
    un mercado bajista a falling o bear market
    Compuestos:
    foreign exchange market
    ( Hist): el Mercado Común the Common Market
    capital market
    money market
    foreign exchange market
    futures market
    commodities market
    labor* market
    stock market
    emerging market
    niche market
    aftermarket, after-hours market
    labor* market
    money market
    world market
    black market
    niche market
    ( esp AmL period) parallel market, gray* market
    secondary market
    single (European) market
    vertical market
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mercar: ( conjugate mercar)

    mercado es:

    el participio

    mercado sustantivo masculino
    market;
    ir al mercado or (Col, Méx) hacer el mercado to go to market;

    mercado de (las) pulgas flea market;
    mercado persa (CS) bazaar, street market;
    el mercado del petróleo the oil market;
    salir al mercado to come onto the market;
    el Mmercado Común the Common Market;
    mercado de divisas foreign exchange market;
    mercado de trabajo job market;
    mercado negro black market;
    mercado paralelo parallel market
    mercado sustantivo masculino market
    mercado de trabajo, labour market
    mercado nacional/negro, domestic/black market

    ' mercado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abasto
    - abierta
    - abierto
    - abrir
    - CNMV
    - duda
    - economía
    - estudio
    - hormiguear
    - nacional
    - negra
    - negro
    - plaza
    - prospección
    - rastro
    - segmento
    - tejemaneje
    - tendencia
    - alcista
    - artesanía
    - barato
    - barrio
    - bazar
    - conquistar
    - estudiar
    - feria
    - hueco
    - libre
    - lonja
    - marchante
    - mundial
    - municipal
    - parada
    - pasar
    - puesto
    - regir
    - salir
    - único
    - vendedor
    - vuelco
    English:
    AMEX
    - arm's length
    - bazaar
    - bottom
    - bullish
    - buoyancy
    - buoyant
    - come out
    - commodity
    - consumer research
    - corner
    - depress
    - depressed
    - dump
    - economy
    - equip
    - future
    - LIBOR
    - market
    - market demand
    - market forces
    - market price
    - market research
    - market share
    - market stall
    - marketplace
    - money market
    - niche
    - open
    - open up
    - out
    - outlet
    - penetrate
    - recall
    - slack
    - stall
    - stand
    - tap
    - target market
    - withdraw
    - black
    - bring
    - common
    - field
    - flea
    - flood
    - inroads
    - muscle
    - release
    - shopping
    * * *
    1. [lugar] market
    RP mercado de abasto wholesale market;
    mercado de abastos wholesale market;
    mercado al aire libre open-air market;
    mercado de ganado cattle market;
    mercado mayorista wholesale market;
    Chile mercado persa flea market; RP Fam
    ser un mercado persa to be a mess;
    Méx mercado sobre ruedas street market
    2. Com & Fin mercado alcista bull market;
    mercado al alza bull market;
    mercado a la baja bear market;
    mercado bajista bear market;
    mercado bursátil stock market;
    mercado de cambios currency market, foreign exchange market;
    mercado de capitales capital market;
    mercado común Common Market;
    Mercado Común Centroamericano Central Amercan Common Market, = Central American economic community formed by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua;
    Antes Mercado Común Europeo European Common Market;
    Mercado Común del Sur MERCOSUR, = South American economic community consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay;
    mercado continuo continuous market;
    mercado de divisas currency market, foreign exchange market;
    mercado exterior foreign market;
    mercados financieros financial markets;
    mercado de futuros futures market;
    mercado global global marketplace;
    mercado inmobiliario housing market, property market;
    mercado interbancario interbank market;
    mercado interior domestic market;
    mercado laboral labour market;
    mercado libre free market;
    mercado de materias primas commodity market;
    mercado monetario money market;
    mercado mundial global marketplace;
    mercado nacional domestic market;
    mercado negro black market;
    Am mercado paralelo parallel market;
    mercado de trabajo labour o job market;
    UE mercado único single market;
    mercado de valores securities market
    * * *
    m market;
    abrir nuevos mercados open up new markets
    * * *
    : market
    mercado de trabajo: or
    mercado laboral: labor market
    mercado de valores: or
    mercado bursátil: stock market
    * * *
    mercado n market

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercado

  • 58 nefasto

    adj.
    unlucky, ill-fated, unfortunate, fateful.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unlucky, ill-fated, bad
    2 (perjudicial) harmful, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=funesto) [viaje] ill-fated; [año] unlucky; [resultado] unfortunate; [influencia] pernicious; [corrupción] harmful, damaging; [alcohol, ácido] harmful
    2) LAm (=atroz) dreadful, terrible
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    ----
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.

    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.

    Ex: The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.

    * * *
    nefasto -ta
    1 ‹consecuencias› disastrous
    una influencia nefasta a harmful influence
    un día nefasto para nuestro país a sad day for our country
    2 ( fam); ‹tiempo/fiesta› awful ( colloq), terrible ( colloq)
    * * *

    nefasto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ consecuencias› disastrous;


    ‹ influencia› harmful;
    ‹tiempo/fiesta› (fam) awful (colloq)
    nefasto,-a adj (funesto) unlucky, ill-fated: su intervención fue nefasta, her intervention did a lot of harm
    ' nefasto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nefasta
    English:
    evil
    - fatal
    - painful
    - dire
    - grim
    * * *
    nefasto, -a adj
    [funesto] ill-fated; [dañino] bad, harmful; [pésimo] terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj harmful
    * * *
    nefasto, -ta adj
    1) : ill-fated, unlucky
    2) : disastrous, terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > nefasto

  • 59 ofrecer una oportunidad

    (v.) = offer + opportunity, provide + opportunity, present + an opportunity
    Ex. Computer-based systems offer great opportunities for coordination of index terms during the search process.
    Ex. A staff development programme on computer technology at the University of Missouri provided the opportunity to study computer anxiety and other factors related to resistance to computers.
    Ex. China's pollution problems present an opportunity for U.S. businesses.
    * * *
    (v.) = offer + opportunity, provide + opportunity, present + an opportunity

    Ex: Computer-based systems offer great opportunities for coordination of index terms during the search process.

    Ex: A staff development programme on computer technology at the University of Missouri provided the opportunity to study computer anxiety and other factors related to resistance to computers.
    Ex: China's pollution problems present an opportunity for U.S. businesses.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ofrecer una oportunidad

  • 60 optimista

    adj.
    optimistic.
    f. & m.
    optimist.
    * * *
    1 optimistic
    1 optimist
    * * *
    1. noun mf. 2. adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ optimistic, hopeful
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo optimistic
    II
    masculino y femenino optimist
    * * *
    = optimistic, rosy [rosier -comp., rosiest -sup.], optimist, sanguine, upbeat, hopeful.
    Ex. The central compilers would then make a specific place in a subsequent edition for the new topic, an optimistic hope which has not always been borne out by practice.
    Ex. Foskett tells us that a visitor abroad may have 'a somewhat rosy view of what goes on in the host country' which is due to the fact that 'a welcome for the traveller features in most codes of honour'.
    Ex. The optimists claim that the transfer of information technologies to the developing world will spectacularly enhance the process of development.
    Ex. A historical outline of the study of personality is given with particular emphasis on the concept of the 4 humours: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic and sanguine.
    Ex. Whilst no actual sales growth records were set, the news from many independent booksellers was upbeat.
    Ex. Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury.
    ----
    * demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * ser optimista = look on + the bright side of life, look on + the bright side.
    * ser optimista sobre = be sanguine about.
    * siendo optimista = optimistically.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo optimistic
    II
    masculino y femenino optimist
    * * *
    = optimistic, rosy [rosier -comp., rosiest -sup.], optimist, sanguine, upbeat, hopeful.

    Ex: The central compilers would then make a specific place in a subsequent edition for the new topic, an optimistic hope which has not always been borne out by practice.

    Ex: Foskett tells us that a visitor abroad may have 'a somewhat rosy view of what goes on in the host country' which is due to the fact that 'a welcome for the traveller features in most codes of honour'.
    Ex: The optimists claim that the transfer of information technologies to the developing world will spectacularly enhance the process of development.
    Ex: A historical outline of the study of personality is given with particular emphasis on the concept of the 4 humours: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic and sanguine.
    Ex: Whilst no actual sales growth records were set, the news from many independent booksellers was upbeat.
    Ex: Jacques Kallis is hopeful of being fit for the first one-day international against Australia after suffering a groin injury.
    * demasiado optimista = over-optimistic [overoptimistic].
    * de un modo optimista = optimistically.
    * ser optimista = look on + the bright side of life, look on + the bright side.
    * ser optimista sobre = be sanguine about.
    * siendo optimista = optimistically.

    * * *
    optimistic
    optimist
    * * *

    optimista adjetivo
    optimistic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    optimist
    optimista
    I adjetivo optimistic
    II mf optimist
    ' optimista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lectura
    - moderadamente
    - pletórica
    - pletórico
    - animado
    English:
    bright
    - buoyant
    - hope
    - hopeful
    - optimist
    - optimistic
    - rosy
    - unlike
    - up
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    optimistic
    ♦ nmf
    optimist
    * * *
    I adj optimistic
    II m/f optimist
    * * *
    : optimistic
    : optimist
    * * *
    optimista1 adj optimistic
    optimista2 n optimist

    Spanish-English dictionary > optimista

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