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  • 41 progresismo

    m.
    progressivism.
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    1 progressivism
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    masculino progressive way of thinking, progressive ideas (pl), progressivism (frml)
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    = progressiveness, progresiveness.
    Ex. When Sethi requested more staff, including two reference librarians, the request was granted and he was praised for his progressiveness in reorganizing the division.
    Ex. When Sethi requested more staff, including two reference librarians, the request was granted and he was praised for his progressiveness in reorganizing the division.
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    masculino progressive way of thinking, progressive ideas (pl), progressivism (frml)
    * * *
    = progressiveness, progresiveness.

    Ex: When Sethi requested more staff, including two reference librarians, the request was granted and he was praised for his progressiveness in reorganizing the division.

    Ex: When Sethi requested more staff, including two reference librarians, the request was granted and he was praised for his progressiveness in reorganizing the division.

    * * *
    progressive way of thinking, progressive ideas (pl), progressivism ( frml)
    * * *
    progressivism

    Spanish-English dictionary > progresismo

  • 42 vanguardista

    adj.
    avant-garde.
    f. & m.
    1 member of the avant-garde.
    2 forefronter, groundbreaker, member of the avant-garde, trendsetter.
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    1 avant-garde
    1 avant-gardist
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    1.
    ADJ [moda, estilo] avant-garde; [tecnología] revolutionary
    2.
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    adjetivo avant-garde
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    = front-liner, progressive, avant-garde, progressive, ground-breaking [ground breaking], pacesetter [pace-setter], paratrooper, forward-looking.
    Ex. He was profiled in April, 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.
    Ex. These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex. There is the work of the very competent and literate novelist who is not avant-garde or the current darling of the critics, but is certainly regarded as a professional and imaginative writer.
    Ex. While Groome and the progressives have over the years had their differences with the mayor -- to put it mildly -- one thing they are in firm agreement about is that taxes have been pushed as far as they can be.
    Ex. Trustees will have to consider the conditions of membership in online networks and, in some instances, may need to hammer out ground breaking agreements to govern operations.
    Ex. This article traces the history of collection development from the 1870s, noting the early influence of pacesetter libraries.
    Ex. The author urges law librarians to think of themselves as paratroopers, creating new relationships within the law school as technology changes.
    Ex. The 26-volume Compton's Encyclopedia intends to be 'an innovative, forward-looking reference work for young people'.
    ----
    * ser vanguardista = break + new ground, break + ground.
    * * *
    adjetivo avant-garde
    * * *
    = front-liner, progressive, avant-garde, progressive, ground-breaking [ground breaking], pacesetter [pace-setter], paratrooper, forward-looking.

    Ex: He was profiled in April, 1972 as the Wilson Library Bulletin front-liner.

    Ex: These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex: There is the work of the very competent and literate novelist who is not avant-garde or the current darling of the critics, but is certainly regarded as a professional and imaginative writer.
    Ex: While Groome and the progressives have over the years had their differences with the mayor -- to put it mildly -- one thing they are in firm agreement about is that taxes have been pushed as far as they can be.
    Ex: Trustees will have to consider the conditions of membership in online networks and, in some instances, may need to hammer out ground breaking agreements to govern operations.
    Ex: This article traces the history of collection development from the 1870s, noting the early influence of pacesetter libraries.
    Ex: The author urges law librarians to think of themselves as paratroopers, creating new relationships within the law school as technology changes.
    Ex: The 26-volume Compton's Encyclopedia intends to be 'an innovative, forward-looking reference work for young people'.
    * ser vanguardista = break + new ground, break + ground.

    * * *
    avant-garde, modernist
    avant-gardist, modernist
    * * *

    vanguardista adjetivo
    avant-garde
    vanguardista
    I adjetivo avant-garde
    el movimiento vanguardista, the avant-garde movement
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino member of the avant-garde
    ' vanguardista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    avant-garde
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    avant-garde
    ♦ nmf
    member of the avant-garde
    * * *
    I adj avant-garde, modernist
    II m/f avant-gardist, modernist

    Spanish-English dictionary > vanguardista

  • 43 aperturista

    1 progressive
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    1.
    ADJ [tendencia etc] liberalizing, liberal
    2.
    SMF liberalizer, liberal
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    adjetivo open, progressive
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    adjetivo open, progressive
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    open, progressive
    supporter of a more open, progressive political system
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    ♦ adj
    1. [en política] in favour of a more open regime;
    [en economía] in favour of economic liberalization
    2. [tolerante] open, tolerant
    ♦ nmf
    [en política] supporter of a more open regime; [en economía] supporter of economic liberalization

    Spanish-English dictionary > aperturista

  • 44 gradual

    adj.
    gradual.
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    1 gradual
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    adj.
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    adjetivo gradual
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    = gradual, piecemeal, progressive, creeping.
    Ex. Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.
    Ex. The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex. Other references follow, with the progressive removal of terms.
    Ex. Significant trends revealed by the data include better salaries to be earned in non traditional posts (e.g. Web developers), creeping disparity between men's and women's salaries, and continuing rise in part time and temporary jobs.
    ----
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.
    * * *
    adjetivo gradual
    * * *
    = gradual, piecemeal, progressive, creeping.

    Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.

    Ex: The current practice of promotion and projection of public library services tends to be amateurish, piecemeal, unsustained and difficult to evaluate.
    Ex: Other references follow, with the progressive removal of terms.
    Ex: Significant trends revealed by the data include better salaries to be earned in non traditional posts (e.g. Web developers), creeping disparity between men's and women's salaries, and continuing rise in part time and temporary jobs.
    * de un modo gradual = incrementally.

    * * *
    gradual
    mañana se iniciará una subida gradual de las temperaturas tomorrow, temperatures will begin to rise gradually o there will be a gradual rise in temperatures tomorrow
    * * *

    gradual adjetivo
    gradual
    gradual adjetivo gradual
    ' gradual' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paulatina
    - paulatino
    - progresiva
    - progresivo
    - suave
    English:
    gradual
    - piecemeal
    - rundown
    - by
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    gradual adj
    gradual;
    se ha producido un empeoramiento gradual de la situación the situation has gradually got worse
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    adj gradual
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    gradual adj
    : gradual
    ♦ gradualmente adv
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    gradual adj gradual

    Spanish-English dictionary > gradual

  • 45 moderno

    adj.
    modern, present-day, up-to-date, contemporary.
    m.
    modern, person who lives in modern times.
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    1 modern
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    (f. - moderna)
    adj.
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    moderno, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=actual) modern

    una revista dirigida a la mujer moderna — a magazine aimed at the modern woman, a magazine for the woman of today

    siempre va vestida muy moderna — she always wears very trendy clothes *, she always dresses very trendily *

    a la moderna — † in the modern way

    2) ( Hist) modern
    2.
    SM / F trendy *
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    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( actual) modern
    b) ( a la moda) <vestido/peinado> fashionable, trendy
    c) <edad/historia> modern
    II
    - na masculino, femenino trendy (colloq)
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    = contemporary, modern, modern day, progressive, developed, updated [up-dated], hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], hipped, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    Ex. The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.
    Ex. Kilgour is considered by may to be the father of modern networking.
    Ex. In practice modern day catalogue codes are concerned primarily with description and author headings.
    Ex. These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex. Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex. The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex. The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.
    Ex. The author investigates the things which young adults consider to be important, and discusses this in relation to what may be considered tasteful, and what merely trendy in young adults' books.
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    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * era moderna, la = modern era, the.
    * fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.
    * moderno, original, auténtico, chulo = funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.].
    * mundo moderno = modernised world.
    * muy moderno = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    * tiempos modernos = modern times.
    * vida moderna, la = modern life.
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    I
    - na adjetivo
    a) ( actual) modern
    b) ( a la moda) <vestido/peinado> fashionable, trendy
    c) <edad/historia> modern
    II
    - na masculino, femenino trendy (colloq)
    * * *
    = contemporary, modern, modern day, progressive, developed, updated [up-dated], hip [hipper -comp., hippest -sup.], funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.], hipped, trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].

    Ex: The fruits of Mr. Kilgour's labors and creations have substantially altered the texture of contemporary America library service = Los frutos de los trabajos y creaciones del Sr. Kilgour han alterado sustancialmente la naturaleza del servicio bibliotecario de la América contemporánea.

    Ex: Kilgour is considered by may to be the father of modern networking.
    Ex: In practice modern day catalogue codes are concerned primarily with description and author headings.
    Ex: These young professionals are committed to making Junctionville a dynamic and progressive place to live.
    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: Libraries can obtain updated cataloguing through special customised services, but at prohibitively high cost.
    Ex: Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.
    Ex: The scarf can be knit with pockets at the end to keep their hands toasty or trimmed with bobbles for a funky look.
    Ex: The dancers were using blue feather fans and they made moves that looked spectactular and the choreography was very hipped and daring.
    Ex: The author investigates the things which young adults consider to be important, and discusses this in relation to what may be considered tasteful, and what merely trendy in young adults' books.
    * dotado de tecnología moderna = modern-equipped.
    * era moderna, la = modern era, the.
    * fuera de onda con los tiempos modernos = out of keeping with the times, out of tune with the times.
    * moderno, original, auténtico, chulo = funky [funkier -comp., funkiest -sup.].
    * mundo moderno = modernised world.
    * muy moderno = trendy [trendier -comp., trendiest -sup.].
    * tiempos modernos = modern times.
    * vida moderna, la = modern life.

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    moderno1 -na
    1 (actual) modern
    el hombre moderno modern man
    no es un invento moderno it is not a new o modern invention
    una edición más moderna a more up-to-date edition
    comparado con los métodos modernos compared with modern o present-day methods
    2 (a la moda) ‹vestido/peinado› fashionable, trendy
    es una chica muy moderna she's a very modern o trendy girl
    3 ( Hist) ‹edad/historia› modern
    moderno2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    trendy ( colloq)
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    moderno
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    a) ( actual) modern;


    una edición más moderno a more up-to-date edition
    b) ( a la moda) ‹vestido/peinado› fashionable, trendy

    c) ‹edad/historia› modern

    moderno,-a adjetivo modern
    ' moderno' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    actual
    - moderna
    - más
    English:
    advanced
    - modern
    - state-of-the-art
    - trendy
    - new
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    moderno, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la actualidad] modern;
    la mujer moderna the modern woman
    2. [innovador] modern;
    un diseño muy moderno a very modern design
    3. [historia, edad] modern
    4. Fam [persona] trendy
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam trendy (person)
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    adj modern
    * * *
    moderno, -na adj
    : modern, up-to-date
    * * *
    moderno adj modern

    Spanish-English dictionary > moderno

  • 46 avanzado

    adj.
    1 advanced, progressive, developed.
    2 advanced, high-tech, hi-tech, high-technology.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: avanzar.
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    1→ link=avanzar avanzar
    1 advanced
    \
    de avanzada edad advanced in years, elderly
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    (f. - avanzada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=adelantado) advanced; [pómulo] prominent; [diseño] advanced; [ideas, tendencia] advanced, avant-garde, progressive

    de edad avanzada, avanzado de edad — advanced in years

    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.
    Ex. It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.
    Ex. Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex. Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex. This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex. These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    ----
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo advanced

    de avanzada edad — of advanced years, advanced in years

    * * *
    = advanced, sophisticated, developed, high-powered, stepped-up.

    Ex: It is quite common for document titles to provide an indication of the level of presentation of their subject in the use of such terms as 'Introduction', 'Primer', 'Popular', ' advanced'.

    Ex: Effective retrieval from natural language indexed data bases requires sophisticated search software.
    Ex: Developed libraries can quote a whole series of discrete services built up over the recent past, which somehow need to be integrated.
    Ex: This is a useful collection of essays, particularly for graduate students and high-powered undergraduates cutting their teeth on Aristotle.
    Ex: These unique hair claws covered with rhinestone are a stepped-up version of today's most popular accessories.
    * búsqueda avanzada = advanced search.
    * de edad avanzada = over the hill.
    * estar avanzado = be well under way.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.

    * * *
    1 ‹proceso› advanced
    tenía muy avanzado el cáncer his cancer had reached a very advanced stage
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    2 ‹alumno/curso/nivel› advanced
    3 ‹ideas› advanced
    * * *

    Del verbo avanzar: ( conjugate avanzar)

    avanzado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    avanzado    
    avanzar
    avanzado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    advanced;
    de avanzada edad of advanced years, advanced in years;
    a horas tan avanzadas at such a late hour
    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzado,-a adjetivo advanced
    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avanzada
    - adelantado
    English:
    advanced
    - late
    - progress
    - visualize
    - come
    - heavily
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    avanzado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [en desarrollo, proceso] [alumno, curso, tecnología, país] advanced;
    una persona de avanzada edad o [m5] de edad avanzada a person advanced in years;
    tiene un cáncer muy avanzado she is in the advanced stages of cancer
    2. [progresista] [ideas] advanced
    3. [hora] late;
    acabamos avanzada ya la tarde we finished late in the afternoon
    ♦ nm,f
    person ahead of his/her time
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    adj advanced
    * * *
    avanzado, -da adj
    1) : advanced
    2) : progressive

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzado

  • 47 a primeras horas de la tarde

    Ex. The pattern of changes in embolisms indicated almost no embolisms before dawn, followed by a rapid rise to a peak in mid-morning, then a progressive loss of embolisms in late afternoon.
    * * *

    Ex: The pattern of changes in embolisms indicated almost no embolisms before dawn, followed by a rapid rise to a peak in mid-morning, then a progressive loss of embolisms in late afternoon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a primeras horas de la tarde

  • 48 acallar

    v.
    1 to silence.
    2 to calm, to hush, to quiet, to appease.
    Sus palabras acallaron su miedo His words calmed her fear.
    3 to shut up.
    Ricardo acalló a los chicos Richard shut up the kids.
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    1 to silence, hush
    2 figurado (persona) to pacify; (críticas) to silence
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    verb
    to quiet, silence
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    VT
    1) (=silenciar) to silence, quieten, quiet (EEUU)
    2) (=calmar) [+ furia] to assuage, pacify; [+ crítica, duda] to silence
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    verbo transitivo <voces/gritos> to silence, to quiet (AmE), to quieten (BrE); <rumor/clamor> to quieten down; <críticas/protestas> to silence
    * * *
    = drown out, mute, quiet, outface, silence, quash, steamroller, hush, still, quieten.
    Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
    Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex. Feaver was not about to be outfaced and she retaliated with the view that time management techniques run counter to the ideal balance of concern for production coupled with concern for people.
    Ex. Some children go through a process of silencing their inner voice and projecting an outward self that conforms to society's expectations.
    Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex. When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.
    Ex. The paintings depict subjects such as terrorists and mothers hushing children.
    Ex. And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
    Ex. Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.
    ----
    * acallar el debate = stifle + debate.
    * acallar la conciencia = stifle + Posesivo + conscience.
    * acallar la voz de + Posesivo + conciencia = salve + the conscience.
    * acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.
    * dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <voces/gritos> to silence, to quiet (AmE), to quieten (BrE); <rumor/clamor> to quieten down; <críticas/protestas> to silence
    * * *
    = drown out, mute, quiet, outface, silence, quash, steamroller, hush, still, quieten.

    Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

    Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.
    Ex: Feaver was not about to be outfaced and she retaliated with the view that time management techniques run counter to the ideal balance of concern for production coupled with concern for people.
    Ex: Some children go through a process of silencing their inner voice and projecting an outward self that conforms to society's expectations.
    Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex: When push comes to shove, it seems that short-term economic interests steamroller scientific arguments.
    Ex: The paintings depict subjects such as terrorists and mothers hushing children.
    Ex: And arming himself with patience and piety he tarried awhile until the hubbub was stilled.
    Ex: Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.
    * acallar el debate = stifle + debate.
    * acallar la conciencia = stifle + Posesivo + conscience.
    * acallar la voz de + Posesivo + conciencia = salve + the conscience.
    * acallar una emoción = bruise + emotion.
    * dinero para acallar la conciencia = conscience money.
    * dinero para acallar la consciencia = conscience money.

    * * *
    acallar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹voces/gritos› to silence, to quiet ( AmE), to quieten ( BrE); ‹rumor/clamor› to quieten down; ‹críticas/protestas› to silence
    no lograba acallar la voz de su conciencia she couldn't silence the voice of her conscience
    * * *

    acallar verbo transitivo to silence: el ministro no podía acallar su conciencia, the minister could not silence his conscience
    ' acallar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    quieten
    - silence
    - squash
    - still
    - hush
    - move
    - quash
    - quell
    - quiet
    - salve
    - scotch
    - shush
    * * *
    [protestas, críticas, armas] to silence; [rumores] to put an end to; [miedos] to calm;
    una propuesta para acallar a los rebeldes en el partido a proposal designed to silence the party rebels
    * * *
    v/t tb fig
    silence
    * * *
    : to quiet, to silence

    Spanish-English dictionary > acallar

  • 49 ajetreado

    adj.
    hectic, helter-skelter.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: ajetrear.
    * * *
    1→ link=ajetrearse ajetrearse
    1 busy, hectic
    * * *
    ADJ busy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hectic, busy
    * * *
    = busy [busier -comp., busiest -sup.], hectic, hard-driving, hurly-burly.
    Ex. The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.
    Ex. The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.
    Ex. Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex. Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hectic, busy
    * * *
    = busy [busier -comp., busiest -sup.], hectic, hard-driving, hurly-burly.

    Ex: The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.

    Ex: The hectic pace of developments in IT applications has raised many sensitive issues for educators.
    Ex: Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex: Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.

    * * *
    hectic, busy
    * * *

    Del verbo ajetrearse: ( conjugate ajetrearse)

    ajetreado es:

    el participio

    ajetreado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    hectic, busy
    ajetreado,-a adjetivo (very) busy, hectic

    ' ajetreado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ajetreada
    - movida
    - movido
    - loco
    English:
    busy
    - hectic
    * * *
    ajetreado, -a adj
    busy;
    he tenido un día muy ajetreado I've had a very busy day
    * * *
    ajetreado, -da adj
    : hectic, busy
    * * *
    ajetreado adj busy [comp. busier; superl. busiest] / hectic

    Spanish-English dictionary > ajetreado

  • 50 algo banal

    (adj.) = frill
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    * * *
    (adj.) = frill

    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > algo banal

  • 51 algo extra

    m.
    a little extra, free extra goods.
    * * *
    (adj.) = frill
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    * * *
    (adj.) = frill

    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > algo extra

  • 52 algo superfluo

    (adj.) = frill
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    * * *
    (adj.) = frill

    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.

    Spanish-English dictionary > algo superfluo

  • 53 antes del amanecer

    Ex. The pattern of changes in embolisms indicated almost no embolisms before dawn, followed by a rapid rise to a peak in mid-morning, then a progressive loss of embolisms in late afternoon.
    * * *

    Ex: The pattern of changes in embolisms indicated almost no embolisms before dawn, followed by a rapid rise to a peak in mid-morning, then a progressive loss of embolisms in late afternoon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > antes del amanecer

  • 54 apasionadamente

    adv.
    passionately, intensely, fervently.
    * * *
    1 passionately, ardently
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=con pasión) passionately
    2) pey (=con parcialidad) in a biased way, in a prejudiced way
    * * *
    = passionately, vehemently, hotly, ardently.
    Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    Ex. Pope flushed hotly at this disclosure.
    Ex. They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.
    ----
    * interesarse apasionadamente por + Nombre = be bitten by the + Adjetivo + bug.
    * * *
    = passionately, vehemently, hotly, ardently.

    Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.

    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    Ex: Pope flushed hotly at this disclosure.
    Ex: They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.
    * interesarse apasionadamente por + Nombre = be bitten by the + Adjetivo + bug.

    * * *
    passionately
    * * *
    passionately

    Spanish-English dictionary > apasionadamente

  • 55 aumento del uso

    Ex. However, the consequences of progressive deterioration, both as a result of acid paper and environmental conditions as well as by increased use, are just beginning to be realised.
    * * *

    Ex: However, the consequences of progressive deterioration, both as a result of acid paper and environmental conditions as well as by increased use, are just beginning to be realised.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aumento del uso

  • 56 banalidad

    f.
    banality.
    * * *
    1 triviality
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cualidad) [de comentario, tema] banality; [de persona] ordinariness
    2) pl banalidades small talk sing, trivialities

    intercambiar banalidades con algn — to swap small talk with sb, exchange trivialities with sb

    * * *
    femenino banality
    * * *
    = triviality, banality, frill.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. British children are under threat -- betrayed by parents (who expose them to banality and violence on television) and pulishing houses where accountants preside over editional decisions.
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    * * *
    femenino banality
    * * *
    = triviality, banality, frill.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

    Ex: British children are under threat -- betrayed by parents (who expose them to banality and violence on television) and pulishing houses where accountants preside over editional decisions.
    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and ' frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.

    * * *
    banality
    * * *

    banalidad sustantivo femenino triviality, banality
    * * *
    banality
    * * *
    f banality
    * * *
    : banality

    Spanish-English dictionary > banalidad

  • 57 base impositiva

    f.
    tax base, basis of assessment.
    * * *
    (n.) = tax base
    Ex. This article attributes the Americans' accomplishments to political and cultural reasons such as the progressive tradition of service to the community; federalism that allowed for higher tax bases in certain localities; professional concerns such as status-anxieties.
    * * *
    (n.) = tax base

    Ex: This article attributes the Americans' accomplishments to political and cultural reasons such as the progressive tradition of service to the community; federalism that allowed for higher tax bases in certain localities; professional concerns such as status-anxieties.

    Spanish-English dictionary > base impositiva

  • 58 bullicioso

    adj.
    1 noisy, bustling, boisterous, riotous.
    2 lively, riproaring.
    * * *
    1 (ruidoso) noisy
    2 (animado) lively; (con ajetreo) busy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=ruidoso) [lugar] noisy; [niño] boisterous
    2) (=con actividad) busy, bustling
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/barrio> busy, noisy; < niño> boisterous
    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], hard-driving, roaring, bustling, boisterous, abuzz, rumbustious, hurly-burly.
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex. Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex. The article 'A bustling New York ALA show' describes the vendor exhibits at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New York.
    Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex. She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/barrio> busy, noisy; < niño> boisterous
    * * *
    = lively [livelier -comp., liveliest -sup.], hard-driving, roaring, bustling, boisterous, abuzz, rumbustious, hurly-burly.

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.

    Ex: Dexter Basil Rundle is a vice-president of the Garrett National Bank in Garrett, a practical, progressive, hard-driving city of 122,680 in the Midwest.
    Ex: Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex: The article 'A bustling New York ALA show' describes the vendor exhibits at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New York.
    Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.
    Ex: She is keeping New York abuzz by shrouding the launch of 'Talk,' her new magazine, in mystery.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: Its principles of living close to the natural world and striving for balance in all that we do provide an antidote to our hurly-burly existence.

    * * *
    ‹calle/barrio› busy, noisy; ‹niño› boisterous
    * * *

    bullicioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    noisy

    ' bullicioso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boisterous
    - bustling
    - noisy
    - riotous
    - rip-roaring
    * * *
    bullicioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [agitado] [reunión, multitud] noisy;
    [calle, mercado] busy, bustling
    2. [inquieto] rowdy, boisterous
    ♦ nm,f
    boisterous person
    * * *
    adj bustling
    * * *
    bullicioso, -sa adj
    : noisy, busy, turbulent

    Spanish-English dictionary > bullicioso

  • 59 con vehemencia

    = vehemently, hotly, vociferously, ardently
    Ex. She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.
    Ex. Pope flushed hotly at this disclosure.
    Ex. This article argues that the OTA report, despite its affirmation of public access to information, is unlikely to cause a redeployment of resources unless librarians argue vociferously that there is a real need for this information.
    Ex. They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.
    * * *
    = vehemently, hotly, vociferously, ardently

    Ex: She is not a 'progressive' educator in any sense of the word, and vehemently resists what she calls 'undigested novelties' and 'frills and fripperies' in teaching methodologies.

    Ex: Pope flushed hotly at this disclosure.
    Ex: This article argues that the OTA report, despite its affirmation of public access to information, is unlikely to cause a redeployment of resources unless librarians argue vociferously that there is a real need for this information.
    Ex: They must take resolute measures for the abolition of this dictatorial regime and ardently defend the sovereign rights of its people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con vehemencia

  • 60 conservador

    adj.
    1 conservative, discreet, moderate, restrained.
    2 conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing.
    3 Conservative.
    m.
    1 conservative, praetorian, rightist, right-winger.
    2 preservative, preserver.
    3 Conservative.
    4 curator.
    * * *
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    2 (de museos) curator
    * * *
    1. (f. - conservadora)
    noun
    2. (f. - conservadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    conservador, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) (Culin) preservative
    2. SM / F
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) [de museo] curator, keeper
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
    Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
    Ex. The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex. In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex. Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex. Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex. The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex. He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    ----
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

    Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.

    Ex: The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex: In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex: Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex: Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex: The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex: He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) ‹partido/gobierno› conservative
    2 (tradicional) ‹persona/ideas› conservative
    es muy conservador en sus gustos he's very conservative in his tastes
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Pol) conservative
    2 (de un museo) curator
    3
    conservador masculine ( Coc) preservative
    * * *

    conservador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    conservative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative


    conservador,-ora
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino conservative
    Pol Conservative
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Pol Conservative
    2 (de un museo, una biblioteca) curator
    ' conservador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - bloque
    - conservadora
    - europeísta
    English:
    conservative
    - keeper
    - seat
    - Tory
    - wet
    - Conservative
    - curator
    - custodian
    - round
    * * *
    conservador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative;
    es un entrenador muy conservador he's a very conservative manager
    2. [del partido conservador] Conservative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative
    2. [miembro del partido conservador] Conservative
    3. [de museo] curator;
    [de biblioteca] librarian; [de parque natural] keeper
    * * *
    I adj conservative
    II m, conservadora f
    1 de museo curator
    2 POL conservative
    * * *
    conservador, - dora adj & n
    : conservative
    : preservative
    * * *
    conservador adj n conservative

    Spanish-English dictionary > conservador

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