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  • 21 creador

    adj.
    creative, originative.
    m.
    1 creator, developer, maker, originator.
    2 Creator, God, Maker.
    * * *
    1 creative
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 creator, maker
    * * *
    (f. - creadora)
    noun
    * * *
    creador, -a
    1.
    2. SM / F
    1) [de movimiento, organización, personaje] creator
    2) (=artista) artist; (=diseñador) designer
    3.
    SM

    el Creador — (Rel) the Creator

    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo creative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    2) (Relig) el Creador the Creator
    * * *
    = creator, framer, maker, originator, Maker, begetter, builder, originating.
    Ex. An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.
    Ex. It is the great expense and difficulty involved in changing a record which has proven an anathema to the framers of cataloging codes, and created a schism of interests between technical and public service librarians.
    Ex. The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex. Clearly, the originators of the major schemes cannot be criticised for be ignorant of these principles.
    Ex. He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex. No significant differences were observed between tool users and tool builders in terms of any key constructs examined in the study.
    Ex. Refinements allow the user to search for: the originating agency; the date of exposure; the image format; the cloud cover; satellite; etc..
    ----
    * creador de bases de datos = database producer.
    * creador de contenido = content creator.
    * creador de imagen = image maker.
    * creador de leyes = rule-maker [rulemaker].
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo creative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    2) (Relig) el Creador the Creator
    * * *
    = creator, framer, maker, originator, Maker, begetter, builder, originating.

    Ex: An important feature of the scheme in its creator's eyes was the relative index.

    Ex: It is the great expense and difficulty involved in changing a record which has proven an anathema to the framers of cataloging codes, and created a schism of interests between technical and public service librarians.
    Ex: The first decision in establishing headings for the works of corporate bodies is the one over which code makers have wavered.
    Ex: Clearly, the originators of the major schemes cannot be criticised for be ignorant of these principles.
    Ex: He went back into the house, addressing his Maker in low agonized tones, changed, and started out again.
    Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex: No significant differences were observed between tool users and tool builders in terms of any key constructs examined in the study.
    Ex: Refinements allow the user to search for: the originating agency; the date of exposure; the image format; the cloud cover; satellite; etc..
    * creador de bases de datos = database producer.
    * creador de contenido = content creator.
    * creador de imagen = image maker.
    * creador de leyes = rule-maker [rulemaker].
    * programa creador de informes = report writer.

    * * *
    creative
    masculine, feminine
    A creator
    uno de los grandes creadores de la moda italiana one of the great Italian fashion designers
    B ( Relig)
    el Creador the Creator
    * * *

    creador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    creative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino


    b) (Relig)


    creador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino creator
    ' creador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    creadora
    - padre
    English:
    creator
    - maker
    - turn against
    - originator
    * * *
    creador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    creative
    ♦ nm,f
    creator;
    fue uno de los grandes creadores de este siglo he was one of the great creative geniuses of this century
    creador gráfico creator [of cartoon etc]; Bolsa creador de mercado market maker;
    creador de moda fashion designer
    ♦ nm
    Rel
    el Creador the Creator
    * * *
    I adj creative
    II m, creadora f creator
    * * *
    creador, - dora adj
    : creative, creating
    : creator

    Spanish-English dictionary > creador

  • 22 de horticultura

    (adj.) = horticultural
    Ex. This paper reports a bibliometric study of 511 articles, published in 4 leading horticultural periodicals during 1987 and 1988 = Este trabajo presenta un estudio bibliométrico de 511 artículos, publicados en cuatro destacadas revistas de horticultura durante 1987 y 1988.
    * * *
    (adj.) = horticultural

    Ex: This paper reports a bibliometric study of 511 articles, published in 4 leading horticultural periodicals during 1987 and 1988 = Este trabajo presenta un estudio bibliométrico de 511 artículos, publicados en cuatro destacadas revistas de horticultura durante 1987 y 1988.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de horticultura

  • 23 difundir

    v.
    1 to spread (noticia, doctrina, epidemia).
    2 to spread out, to broadcast, to blaze abroad, to diffuse.
    La prensa difunde las noticias The press spreads out the news.
    El cono difundía energía The cone diffused energy.
    * * *
    1 (luz, calor) to diffuse
    2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread
    3 RADIO TELEVISIÓN to broadcast
    1 (luz, calor) to be diffused
    2 figurado (noticia, enfermedad) to spread
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=extender) [+ calor, luz] to diffuse; [+ gas] to give off
    2) (=propagar) [+ programa, imagen] to broadcast, transmit; [+ teoría, ideología] to spread, disseminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue
    * * *
    = disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.
    Ex. The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.
    Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex. A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
    Ex. Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex. As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex. We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex. This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex. The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.
    Ex. Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex. Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    ----
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.
    * difundir información = hand out + information.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * difundir noticias = broadcast + news.
    * difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.
    * difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.
    * difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.
    * noticias + difundirse = news + spread.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to spread; <ideas/doctrina> to spread, disseminate; < comunicado> to issue
    * * *
    = disseminate, promulgate, publicise [publicize, -USA], report, diffuse, propagate out to, cascade, propagate, bruit, trumpet.

    Ex: The UKLDS or the UK Library Database System is a proposal from the Cooperative Automation Group (CAG) which was first disseminated in a discussion paper published in 1982.

    Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex: A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
    Ex: Criticism is not appropriate in a style which aims to report, but not comment upon the content of the original document.
    Ex: As everywhere, research in library and information science in Australia is diffused over the myriad topics that make up the field.
    Ex: We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex: This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex: The update, once started, propagates through the database, respecting local integrity rules for each affected object.
    Ex: Among many observations in this widely bruited report, one in particular struck home: fewer books had been translated into Arabic in a millennium than were translated into Spanish in a year.
    Ex: Just weeks after trumpeting the results of a military offensive, the Pakistan army suddenly finds itself under attack on multiple fronts.
    * difundir buena imagen de = earn + credit for.
    * difundir el conocimiento = spread + knowledge.
    * difundir el evangelio = spread + the gospel.
    * difundir información = hand out + information.
    * difundir la imagen = spread + the good word, pass on + the good word.
    * difundir la noticia = spread + the word, spread + the good word, pass on + the good word, spread + the news.
    * difundir mentiras = spread + lies.
    * difundir noticias = broadcast + news.
    * difundirse = find + Posesivo + way, percolate.
    * difundir una idea = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea.
    * difundir un rumor = spread + rumour.
    * noticias + difundirse = news + spread.

    * * *
    difundir [I1 ]
    vt
    ‹noticia/rumor› to spread; ‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, diffuse, disseminate
    difundían el temor entre la población they were spreading fear among the population
    se difundió un comunicado desmintiendo el rumor a communiqué was issued denying the rumor
    la noticia fue difundida por la radio the news was broadcast on the radio
    una institución que se encarga de difundir la cultura an institution responsible for disseminating culture
    son creencias difundidas en esta región such beliefs are widespread in this area
    la lámpara difundía una luz tenue the lamp gave off a dim light
    * * *

     

    difundir ( conjugate difundir) verbo transitivo ‹noticia/rumor› to spread;
    ‹ideas/doctrina› to spread, disseminate;
    ‹ cultura› to disseminate;
    ‹ comunicado› to issue;
    ( por radio) to disseminate;

    difundir vtr, difundirse verbo reflexivo to spread

    ' difundir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difundirse
    - sembrar
    English:
    bandy about
    - broadcast
    - diffuse
    - propagate
    - radiate
    - spread
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [divulgar] [noticia, pánico, religión] to spread;
    [comunicado, informe] to publish; [cultura, costumbres] to spread, to diffuse
    2. [sujeto: emisora radiofónica, canal televisivo] to broadcast;
    una cadena argentina difundió las imágenes an Argentinian channel broadcast the pictures
    3. [extender] [epidemia, olor] to spread;
    [sonido, ondas] to diffuse, to propagate;
    la estufa difunde muy bien el calor the stove heats the place up well
    * * *
    v/t
    1 spread
    2 programa broadcast
    * * *
    1) : to diffuse, to spread out
    2) : to broadcast, to spread
    * * *
    1. (en general) to spread [pt. & pp. spread]
    2. (radio, televisión) to broadcast [pt. & pp. broadcast]

    Spanish-English dictionary > difundir

  • 24 en curso

    = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation
    Ex. An obvious example is the search to establish whether a particular book is on order, in process, on the shelves, or already loaned out.
    Ex. Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.
    Ex. Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
    Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex. There is also a scheme afoot to help services create specialized data bases of their own using ECLAS norms.
    Ex. MEDLINE includes more than 9.2 million records from 3,900 current biomedial journals published in the U.S. and 70 other countries.
    Ex. There is a new improved system, now under preparation, which will eventually replace the current version.
    * * *
    = in process, underway [under way], in progress, ongoing [on-going], afoot, current, under preparation

    Ex: An obvious example is the search to establish whether a particular book is on order, in process, on the shelves, or already loaned out.

    Ex: Experiments in improved document delivery systems, and the establishment of networks between libraries are under way.
    Ex: Replace the question mark in front of 'quit' with any character to indicate that you have decided not to make the file entry now in progress.
    Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex: There is also a scheme afoot to help services create specialized data bases of their own using ECLAS norms.
    Ex: MEDLINE includes more than 9.2 million records from 3,900 current biomedial journals published in the U.S. and 70 other countries.
    Ex: There is a new improved system, now under preparation, which will eventually replace the current version.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en curso

  • 25 en un momento dado

    = at a given point in time, at any one time, at any given point, at one particular time, at any given time, at any given moment, at a given moment in time, at a given moment
    Ex. It is easy to install appropriate guiding at a given point in time.
    Ex. Any one document may be required by author, title, subject, form or other characteristics, but this one document can only be grouped according to one of these characteristics at any one time.
    Ex. Unlike alphabetical arrangement, systematic order is not self-evident, and indeed there may be differing views as to the best order at any given point.
    Ex. The inflexibility of notation tends to crystallize (fossilize!) the arrangement in a structure reflecting the approach to knowledge at one particular time.
    Ex. One aspect of this is the 'staleness' of Web search engines; that is, a search engine goes stale for users when a significant number of hits it returns at any given time point to Web pages that are no longer viable.
    Ex. At any given moment, several hundred titles are available in print, and dozes more are published each year = En un momento dado, hay varios cientos títulos disponibles y cada año aparecen otros tantos nuevos.
    Ex. Librarians have no control over the effect that a book will have on a particular reader at a given moment in time.
    Ex. The study attempts to find out the percentage of Web sites that on average remain accessible to the user at a given moment.
    * * *
    = at a given point in time, at any one time, at any given point, at one particular time, at any given time, at any given moment, at a given moment in time, at a given moment

    Ex: It is easy to install appropriate guiding at a given point in time.

    Ex: Any one document may be required by author, title, subject, form or other characteristics, but this one document can only be grouped according to one of these characteristics at any one time.
    Ex: Unlike alphabetical arrangement, systematic order is not self-evident, and indeed there may be differing views as to the best order at any given point.
    Ex: The inflexibility of notation tends to crystallize (fossilize!) the arrangement in a structure reflecting the approach to knowledge at one particular time.
    Ex: One aspect of this is the 'staleness' of Web search engines; that is, a search engine goes stale for users when a significant number of hits it returns at any given time point to Web pages that are no longer viable.
    Ex: At any given moment, several hundred titles are available in print, and dozes more are published each year = En un momento dado, hay varios cientos títulos disponibles y cada año aparecen otros tantos nuevos.
    Ex: Librarians have no control over the effect that a book will have on a particular reader at a given moment in time.
    Ex: The study attempts to find out the percentage of Web sites that on average remain accessible to the user at a given moment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en un momento dado

  • 26 engaño

    m.
    1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.
    2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.
    3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.
    4 delusion, false impression.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.
    * * *
    1 deceit, deception
    2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle
    3 (mentira) lie
    4 (error) mistake
    \
    estar en un engaño to be mistaken
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusion

    aquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *

    2) (=trampa) trick, swindle
    3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstanding

    padecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)

    4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks
    5) [de pesca] lure
    6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    ----
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( mentira) deception
    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)
    c) ( ardid) ploy, trick
    2) (Taur) cape
    * * *
    = fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.
    Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.
    Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.
    Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.
    Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.
    Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.
    Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.
    Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.
    Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.
    Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.
    Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.
    Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.
    Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.
    Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.
    Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.
    * autoengaño = self-deception.
    * conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.
    * llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.
    * someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

    * * *
    A
    1 (mentira) deception
    lo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me most
    fue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken in
    vivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceit
    es un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)
    2 (ardid) ploy, trick
    se vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own way
    llamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceived
    para que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheated
    C ( Dep) fake
    * * *

     

    Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

    engaño es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    engañó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    engañar    
    engaño    
    engañó
    engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo


    tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
    lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
    engaño a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)


    engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    engaño sustantivo masculino

    b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)


    engañar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to deceive, mislead
    2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
    3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
    4 (timar) to cheat, trick
    5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
    II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
    engaño sustantivo masculino
    1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
    (estafa) fraud
    (infidelidad) unfaithfulness
    2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
    ♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
    ' engaño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    engañarse
    - farsa
    - maña
    - montaje
    - tramar
    - trampear
    - coba
    - descubrir
    - desengañar
    - engañar
    - tapadera
    - tranza
    English:
    deceit
    - deception
    - delusion
    - double-cross
    - game
    - guile
    - impersonation
    - put over
    - ride
    - sham
    - unfaithful
    - hoax
    * * *
    1. [mentira] deception, deceit;
    se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;
    lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;
    todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;
    llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;
    [lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;
    que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;
    no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;
    para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards
    2. [estafa] swindle;
    ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land
    3. [ardid] ploy, trick;
    de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;
    las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need
    4. Taurom bullfighter's cape
    5. [para pescar] lure
    * * *
    m
    1 ( mentira) deception, deceit
    2 ( ardid) trick;
    llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated
    * * *
    1) : deception, trick
    2) : fake, feint (in sports)
    * * *
    1. (mentira) lie
    2. (trampa) trick
    3. (timo) swindle

    Spanish-English dictionary > engaño

  • 27 excesivo

    adj.
    1 excessive, beyond measure, unconscionable, immoderate.
    2 hypernomic.
    * * *
    1 excessive
    * * *
    (f. - excesiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo excessive
    * * *
    = excessive, overwide [over-wide], overkill, unreasonable, inordinate, extortionate, unconscionable, overabundant, bloated, over-the-top, outrageous, excess.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex. Full USMARC is overkill for many library operations.
    Ex. However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.
    Ex. This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.
    Ex. Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex. He contends, however, that the seemingly formless, overabundant, inchoate texture of the novel might also suggest a valid mode for the novelization of slavery.
    Ex. They are are notorious for their inefficiency, conservatism, bloated bureaucracy, and obsoleteness.
    Ex. It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.
    Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex. The aim of the present study is to examine whether work-related factors contribute to excess male mortality.
    ----
    * capacidad excesiva = overcapacity [over-capacity].
    * carga excesiva = overload.
    * consumidor excesivo = overspender [over-spender].
    * dependencia excesiva = over reliance [over-reliance].
    * de un modo excesivo = extortionately.
    * énfasis excesivo = overemphasis [over-emphasis].
    * estimulación excesiva = overstimulation.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * precio excesivo = steep price.
    * simplificación excesiva = oversimplification [over-simplification].
    * uso excesivo = prodigality.
    * * *
    adjetivo excessive
    * * *
    = excessive, overwide [over-wide], overkill, unreasonable, inordinate, extortionate, unconscionable, overabundant, bloated, over-the-top, outrageous, excess.

    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.

    Ex: Overall, neither system proved ideal: LEXINET was deficient as regards lack of accessibility and excessive ambiguity; while the manual system gave rise to an over-wide variation of terms.
    Ex: Full USMARC is overkill for many library operations.
    Ex: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.
    Ex: This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.
    Ex: Slowly -- but not without sustained and unconscionable injustices to Native and African Americans -- the United States grew from a republic into a more inclusive democracy.
    Ex: He contends, however, that the seemingly formless, overabundant, inchoate texture of the novel might also suggest a valid mode for the novelization of slavery.
    Ex: They are are notorious for their inefficiency, conservatism, bloated bureaucracy, and obsoleteness.
    Ex: It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.
    Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex: The aim of the present study is to examine whether work-related factors contribute to excess male mortality.
    * capacidad excesiva = overcapacity [over-capacity].
    * carga excesiva = overload.
    * consumidor excesivo = overspender [over-spender].
    * dependencia excesiva = over reliance [over-reliance].
    * de un modo excesivo = extortionately.
    * énfasis excesivo = overemphasis [over-emphasis].
    * estimulación excesiva = overstimulation.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * precio excesivo = steep price.
    * simplificación excesiva = oversimplification [over-simplification].
    * uso excesivo = prodigality.

    * * *
    excessive
    30 euros me parece excesivo 30 euros seems excessive to me
    el camión llevaba un peso excesivo the truck was overloaded o overweight
    el celo excesivo con que protege a sus hijos her over-protective attitude toward(s) her children
    no mostró excesivo entusiasmo por el proyecto he wasn't overly enthusiastic o he didn't show a great deal of enthusiasm about the project
    * * *

    excesivo adjetivo
    excessive
    excesivo,-a adjetivo excessive
    ' excesivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brutal
    - derroche
    - etílica
    - etílico
    - excesiva
    - faraónica
    - faraónico
    - fuerte
    - tremenda
    - tremendo
    - abuso
    - exagerado
    English:
    excessive
    - exorbitant
    - extravagant
    - fulsome
    - hard
    - immoderate
    - inflated
    - punitive
    - steep
    - undue
    - unreasonable
    - extortionate
    - inordinate
    - loosely
    * * *
    excesivo, -a adj
    excessive;
    se pagan precios excesivos people pay inflated prices, Br people pay over the odds;
    protegen al niño de un modo excesivo they are overprotective of the boy;
    no tuvo excesiva suerte en semifinales she didn't do too well in the semifinals
    * * *
    adj excessive
    * * *
    excesivo, -va adj
    : excessive
    * * *
    excesivo adj excessive

    Spanish-English dictionary > excesivo

  • 28 fomentar

    v.
    1 to encourage, to foster.
    2 to promote, to boost, to advance, to be conducive to.
    Ella alienta un ideal She fosters=nurtures an ideal.
    * * *
    1 to promote, encourage, foster
    * * *
    verb
    1) to foster, promote
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ desarrollo, investigación, ahorro, inversión, participación] to encourage; [+ turismo, industria] to promote, boost; [+ competitividad, producción] to boost; [+ odio, violencia] to foment
    2) (Med) to foment, warm
    3) (=incubar)
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <industria/turismo> to promote; <ahorro/inversión> to encourage, boost; <disturbio/odio> to incite, foment (frml)

    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música — one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them

    2) (Med) to foment
    * * *
    = advance, boost, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, nurture, promote, abet, foment, spur, elicit, stimulate, drive.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drove, participio driven.
    Ex. In addition to continuing and advancing programs begun prior to his directorship, Mr. Welsh has initiated the Cataloging in Publication program (CIP).
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex. IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.
    Ex. Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex. Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    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. The formats that emerge can be used by libraries, publishers, and information utilities worldwide to convert printed works to electronic forms or to create original works in electric format, and thus foment the creation of networked electronic library collections.
    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. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    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 notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    ----
    * fomentar apoyo = build + support.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest.
    * fomentar interés = build + interest.
    * fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.
    * fomentar la lectura = promote + reading.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1) <industria/turismo> to promote; <ahorro/inversión> to encourage, boost; <disturbio/odio> to incite, foment (frml)

    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música — one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them

    2) (Med) to foment
    * * *
    = advance, boost, cultivate, encourage, foster, further, nurture, promote, abet, foment, spur, elicit, stimulate, drive.
    Nota: Verbo irregular: pasado drove, participio driven.

    Ex: In addition to continuing and advancing programs begun prior to his directorship, Mr. Welsh has initiated the Cataloging in Publication program (CIP).

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex: Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex: IFLA's International Office for Universal Bibliographic Control was established in order to further international control of bibliographic records.
    Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
    Ex: Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    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: The formats that emerge can be used by libraries, publishers, and information utilities worldwide to convert printed works to electronic forms or to create original works in electric format, and thus foment the creation of networked electronic library collections.
    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: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    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 notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled ( driven) by foot.
    * fomentar apoyo = build + support.
    * fomentar el conocimiento = advance + knowledge.
    * fomentar el debate = foster + discussion.
    * fomentar el interés = raise + interest, foster + interest.
    * fomentar interés = build + interest.
    * fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.
    * fomentar la lectura = promote + reading.

    * * *
    fomentar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹industria› to promote; ‹turismo› to promote, encourage, boost; ‹ahorro/inversión› to encourage, boost; ‹disturbio/odio› to incite, foment ( frml)
    hay que fomentarles el gusto por la música one has to foster o encourage an interest in music in them
    2 (fundar) to found
    B ( Med) to foment
    * * *

     

    fomentar ( conjugate fomentar) verbo transitivo ‹industria/turismo› to promote;
    ‹ahorro/inversión› to encourage, boost;
    ‹disturbio/odio› to incite, foment (frml);
    ‹interés/afición› to encourage
    fomentar verbo transitivo to promote
    ' fomentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alimentar
    English:
    boost
    - develop
    - encourage
    - foster
    - promote
    - stir up
    - advance
    - whip
    * * *
    1. [favorecer] to encourage, to promote;
    medidas para fomentar el ahorro measures to encourage saving;
    una campaña para fomentar la lectura a campaign to encourage o promote reading
    2. Carib, Méx [organizar] to open, to set up
    * * *
    v/t solidaridad foster; COM promote; rebelión foment, incite
    * * *
    1) : to foment, to stir up
    2) promover: to promote, to foster
    * * *
    fomentar vb to promote

    Spanish-English dictionary > fomentar

  • 29 fugaz

    adj.
    1 fleeting.
    una visita fugaz a flying visit
    2 fugitive.
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl fugaces)
    1 fleeting, brief
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [momento] fleeting, brief
    2)
    3) (=esquivo) elusive
    * * *
    adjetivo <sonrisa/visión/amor> fleeting; <visita/tregua> brief
    * * *
    = ephemeral, fleeting, meteoric, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing, hit-and-run.
    Ex. Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.
    Ex. From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex. This article discusses the serious implications of published research on price comparisons, especially when periodical prices are experiencing a meteoric rise.
    Ex. The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex. Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.
    Ex. The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.
    Ex. Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.
    Ex. The recent efforts by Congress to restrict invasions of privacy has many of the hallmarks of the typical Washington hit-and-run approach to legislation.
    ----
    * estrella fugaz = shooting star, falling star.
    * * *
    adjetivo <sonrisa/visión/amor> fleeting; <visita/tregua> brief
    * * *
    = ephemeral, fleeting, meteoric, evanescent, short-lived [shortlived], transient, vanishing, hit-and-run.

    Ex: Some books had to be rebound, some discarded and replaced on microfilm, and others, of ephemeral interest, received typed paper labels covered with Mylar tape.

    Ex: From time to time librarians do catch a fleeting glimpse of how others see them when some journalist or academic does articulate this widespread phobia.
    Ex: This article discusses the serious implications of published research on price comparisons, especially when periodical prices are experiencing a meteoric rise.
    Ex: The flamboyance of the earliest modern face proved evanescent, and it was a restrained interpretation of the design, combining elements of both the English and the French modern faces, that prevailed.
    Ex: Many centres were short-lived, so the picture was always in a state of flux.
    Ex: The suppliers of this circulation system recommend that the readers are given numbers and names only, since it will not be cost-effective to store full addresses, particularly with a relatively transient population such as that of a university.
    Ex: Librarians have a great role to play in the systematic collection of such material which constitutes a rich but vanishing source for the study of Nigeria's history.
    Ex: The recent efforts by Congress to restrict invasions of privacy has many of the hallmarks of the typical Washington hit-and-run approach to legislation.
    * estrella fugaz = shooting star, falling star.

    * * *
    ‹sonrisa/visión/amor› fleeting
    hizo una fugaz visita a Toledo she made a brief o fleeting o flying visit to Toledo
    una fugaz tregua a brief truce
    la belleza es fugaz beauty is transient o ephemeral
    la vida fugaz de una mariposa the brief o ephemeral life of a butterfly
    * * *

    fugaz adjetivo ‹sonrisa/visión/amor› fleeting;
    ‹visita/tregua› brief
    fugaz adjetivo fleeting, brief
    estrella fugaz, shooting star
    ' fugaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escapada
    - estrella
    English:
    fleeting
    - glance
    - glimpse
    - shooting star
    - transient
    * * *
    fugaz adj
    fleeting;
    su alegría fue fugaz her happiness was short-lived;
    una visita fugaz a flying visit
    * * *
    adj fig
    fleeting
    * * *
    fugaz adj, pl fugaces : brief, fleeting
    * * *
    fugaz adj

    Spanish-English dictionary > fugaz

  • 30 introducción

    f.
    1 introduction, preamble, lead-in, prologue.
    2 introduction, input, insertion, putting-in.
    * * *
    1 introduction
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de texto] introduction

    "Introducción a la gramática española" — "Introduction to Spanish Grammar"

    2) (=inserción) insertion

    la introducción del tubo puede causar heridas — inserting the tube o the insertion of the tube can cause injury, the tube's insertion could cause injury

    3) (=llegada) [de mercancías, cambios] introduction
    4) (Inform) [de datos] input
    * * *
    1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction
    2)
    a) (de cambio, medida) introduction
    b) ( inserción) insertion
    c) (a tema, cultura) introduction
    * * *
    = background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].
    Nota: De un producto, principalmente..
    Ex. This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.
    Ex. Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex. The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.
    Ex. As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.
    Ex. A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.
    Ex. The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.
    Ex. The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.
    Ex. He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.
    Ex. Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.
    Ex. The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.
    Ex. The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.
    ----
    * anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].
    * hacer una introducción = set + the scene.
    * hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.
    * introducción (a) = introduction (to).
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.
    * servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.
    * * *
    1) (en libro, obra musical) introduction
    2)
    a) (de cambio, medida) introduction
    b) ( inserción) insertion
    c) (a tema, cultura) introduction
    * * *
    = background, leading remark, overview, penetration, prelude, preparation, infusion, induction, backgrounder, entrée, build-up [buildup], rollout [roll-out].
    Nota: De un producto, principalmente..

    Ex: This article describes the Nordic online data base situation, outlining its background and future developments, as well as the supply of different kinds of data base.

    Ex: Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex: The somewhat late arrival of the ROOT thesaurus in the indexing world means that its penetration will be slow, although it has great potential as a tool for standardizing indexing languages.
    Ex: As a prelude to using the scheme, we will briefly outline the various sections of this book.
    Ex: A study then of the underlying features of the classification process and the components of a classification scheme is a preparation for the more critical and informed application of classification schemes.
    Ex: The infusion of computers and data bases into the law office and the tremendous increase in published legal materials have given rise to the need for the law librarian.
    Ex: The author concludes that the new course offered an overall improvement in library induction.
    Ex: He provides information ' backgrounders' to 100-200 people.
    Ex: Now that information is being distributed through the visual media, exhibitions can provide an entree for diversified and potentially larger audiences.
    Ex: The work completed to date has only been a build-up to the main phase but its usefulness has already been shown.
    Ex: The interview provides a behind-the-scenes look at the company's preparation for the service's official rollout in Summer 2000.
    * anterior a la introducción de la escritura = preliterate [pre-literate].
    * hacer una introducción = set + the scene.
    * hacer una introducción histórica = give + background information.
    * introducción (a) = introduction (to).
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * modo de introducción de datos = input mode.
    * ofrecer una introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * posterior a la introducción de la escritura = postliterate [post-literate].
    * programa de introducción a la biblioteca = library training programme.
    * servir de introducción = set + the backdrop, set + the framework, set + the context.
    * servir de introducción a = provide + a background to.
    * tecla de introducción de datos = ENTER key.

    * * *
    A (en un libro, una obra musical) introduction
    B
    1 (de un cambio, una medida) introduction
    la introducción de un nuevo producto en el mercado the introduction of a new product onto the market
    la introducción de esa enmienda modifica sustancialmente la ley the inclusion of that amendment substantially alters the act
    2 (inserción) insertion
    la introducción de la aguja en el músculo the insertion of the needle into the muscle
    3 (a un tema, una cultura) introduction introducción A algo introduction TO sth
    su introducción a los misterios de la informática her introduction to o initiation into the mysteries of computers
    * * *

    introducción sustantivo femenino
    introduction;
    introducción A algo introduction to sth
    introducción sustantivo femenino introduction
    ' introducción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    que
    - iniciación
    - título
    English:
    insertion
    - institution
    - intro
    - introduction
    - preamble
    - preface
    - introductory
    * * *
    1. [presentación] introduction (a to);
    introducción a la lingüística [título] an introduction to linguistics;
    un curso de introducción a la informática an introductory course in computing
    2. [de libro] introduction
    3. [de composición musical] introduction;
    [en música pop] intro
    4. [inserción] [de objeto] insertion;
    Informát [de datos] input, entering
    5. [de novedad, medida, política, en mercado] introduction;
    precio especial de introducción special introductory price;
    la introducción de la moneda única the introduction of the single currency;
    a él se debe la introducción de la patata en Europa he was responsible for the introduction of the potato to Europe;
    una banda que se dedica a la introducción de tabaco de contrabando en Europa a gang that smuggles tobacco into Europe
    * * *
    f
    1 introduction
    2 acción de meter insertion
    3 INFOR input
    * * *
    introducción nf, pl - ciones : introduction
    * * *
    introducción n introduction

    Spanish-English dictionary > introducción

  • 31 mejorar

    v.
    to improve, to get better.
    María mejoró la receta Mary improved the recipe.
    Ricardo mejoró Richard got better.
    Las perspectivas mejoraron The outlook got better.
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer
    * * *
    1 to improve
    1 to improve, get better
    1 to get better
    ■ ¡que te mejores! I hope you get better
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ servicio, resultados] to improve; [+ enfermo] to make better; (=realzar) to enhance; [+ oferta] to raise, improve; [+ récord] to break; (Inform) to upgrade
    2)

    mejorar a algn — (=ser mejor que) to be better than sb

    2. VI
    1) [situación] to improve, get better; (Meteo) to improve, clear up; (Econ) to improve, pick up; [enfermo] to get better

    han mejorado de actitud/imagen — their attitude/image has improved

    2) [en subasta] to raise one's bid
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.
    Ex. These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.
    Ex. If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex. Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex. The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex. After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex. There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex. She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex. The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex. Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex. This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex. At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex. His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    ----
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <condiciones/situación> to improve
    b) < oferta> ( en subastas) to increase
    2.
    mejorar vi tiempo to improve, get better; resultados/calidad/situación to improve, get better; persona (Med) to get better

    han mejorado de posición — they've come o gone up in the world

    3.
    mejorarse v pron
    a) enfermo to get better

    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? — have you got over the flu?

    que te mejores — get well soon, I hope you get better soon

    b) (Chi fam & euf) ( dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *
    = ameliorate, boost, cultivate, enhance, improve, optimise [optimize, -USA], scale up, score over, upgrade, give + improvement (in), better, bring + Nombre + up to par, get + better, gain + confidence (with/in), do + a better job, pump up, ease, outdo, jazz up, take + a turn, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better, turn + Nombre + (a)round, polish up, best, trump, buff up, go + one better, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, look up.

    Ex: These articles are compared with 34 articles on how similar blood changes might ameliorate Raynaud's disease.

    Ex: If the title is selected by a book club this helps boost the print-run and overall sales.
    Ex: Such familiarity can be cultivated with experience, and will consider the following features of data bases.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Notice that it would be possible to improve recall indefinitely by scanning the entire document collection.
    Ex: The DOBIS/Leuven data bases is designed to optimize search and updating procedures, because these functions are critical to the operation of a library.
    Ex: After a brief discussion of basic hypertext operations, it considers some of the issues that arise in 'scaling up' hyptertext data base.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: Sometimes it will be necessary to upgrade CIP records once the book is published, and this process is undertaken by BLBSD as appropriate.
    Ex: There was, it appeared, little point in spending more than four minutes indexing a particular document, for the additional time gave no improvement in results.
    Ex: She thumbed the pages slowly, explaining that the study had been conducted to try to ascertain student attitudes toward the media center, why they used it, which facilities they used, and to see if they had suggestions for bettering it.
    Ex: The article ' Bringing your golf collection up to par' gives guidelines on selecting library materials on golf.
    Ex: Systems will get better and cheaper with the passage of time.
    Ex: This assignment was designed to help students gain confidence in using print and computerized sources.
    Ex: At the same time librarians need to do a better job communicating information about available research and instructional support.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: To ease the cataloguer's job and save him the trouble of counting characters, DOBIS/LIBIS uses a special function.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: All went well, and with the addition of two new people, computer science took a turn.
    Ex: His private life, however, took a turn for the better.
    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: If we polish up and internalize these pearls of wisdom, especially those which challenge our existing boundaries and beliefs, the payoff can be priceless.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: As a general rule, you can ' buff up' your look by making your shoulders seem wider and your waist narrower.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: Things may be looking up for Blair, but it is still not certain that he will fight the election.
    * cosas + mejorar = things + get better.
    * empezar a mejorar = turn + a corner, take + a turn, take + a turn for the better.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * mejorar con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * mejorar considerablemente = raise to + greater heights, take + Nombre + to greater heights.
    * mejorar el pasado = improve on + the past.
    * mejorar la autoestima = improve + self-esteem.
    * mejorar la calidad = raise + standard, raise + quality.
    * mejorar la calidad de vida = improve + living standards, raise + living standards.
    * mejorar la eficacia = enhance + effectiveness.
    * mejorar la exhaustividad = improve + recall.
    * mejorar la pertinencia = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la precisión = improve + precision.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * mejorar las destrezas = sharpen + Posesivo + skills.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * mejorar la suerte = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + apariencia = smarten (up) + Posesivo + appearance.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + autoestima = enhance + Posesivo + self-esteem.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + calidad de vida = raise + Posesivo + quality of living.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = raise + Posesivo + profile, smarten up + Posesivo + image, enhance + Posesivo + image, buff up + Posesivo + image.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + imagen = enhance + Posesivo + identity.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + suerte = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * mejorar + Posesivo + vida = improve + Posesivo + life.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * que mejora la calidad de vida = life-enhancing.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.

    * * *
    mejorar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹condiciones/situación› to improve
    este tratamiento te mejorará enseguida this treatment will make you better right away
    tienes que mejorar las notas/la letra you must improve your grades/your handwriting
    intentó mejorar su marca she tried to improve on o beat her own record
    2 ‹oferta› (en subastas) to increase
    los empresarios mejoraron la propuesta the management improved their offer o made a better offer
    ■ mejorar
    vi
    «tiempo» to improve, get better; «resultados/calidad» to improve, get better; «persona» ( Med) to get better
    mi situación económica no ha mejorado nada my financial situation hasn't improved at all o got any better
    ha mejorado de aspecto he looks a lot better
    tus notas no han mejorado mucho your grades haven't improved much o got(ten) any better
    han mejorado de posición they've come o gone up in the world
    el paciente sigue mejorando the patient is making a steady improvement
    1 «enfermo» to get better
    ¿ya te mejoraste de la gripe? have you got over the flu?
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    2 ( Chi fam euf) (dar a luz) to give birth
    * * *

     

    mejorar ( conjugate mejorar) verbo transitivo ‹condiciones/situación/oferta› to improve;
    ‹ marca› to improve on, beat;

    verbo intransitivo [tiempo/calidad/situación] to improve, get better;

    [ persona] (Med) to get better;

    mejorarse verbo pronominal [ enfermo] to get better;
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    mejorar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to improve: han mejorado la educación, education has been improved
    2 Dep (un tiempo, una marca) to break
    II verbo intransitivo to improve, get better: espero que el tiempo mejore, I hope the weather gets better
    su salud no mejora, his health is not improving

    ' mejorar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enriquecer
    - ganar
    - perfeccionar
    - potenciar
    - refacción
    - superar
    English:
    ameliorate
    - better
    - existence
    - get along
    - improve
    - improve on
    - improvement
    - look up
    - pick up
    - progress
    - raise
    - security
    - technique
    - turn
    - upgrade
    - brighten
    - enhance
    - go
    - look
    - matter
    - out
    - perk
    - pick
    - rise
    - room
    - smarten up
    - up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [hacer mejor] to improve;
    mejoraron las condiciones de trabajo working conditions were improved;
    su principal objetivo es mejorar la economía their main aim is to improve the economy's performance
    2. [enfermo] to make better;
    estas pastillas lo mejorarán these tablets will make him better
    3. [superar] to improve;
    mejorar una oferta to make a better offer;
    mejoró el recórd mundial she beat the world record
    ♦ vi
    1. [ponerse mejor] to improve, to get better;
    el paciente está mejorando the patient's condition is improving, the patient is getting better;
    necesita mejorar en matemáticas he needs to improve o do better in mathematics
    2. [tiempo, clima] to improve, to get better;
    tan pronto como mejore, salimos a dar un paseo as soon as the weather improves o gets better we'll go out for a walk;
    después de la lluvia el día mejoró after the rain it cleared up
    * * *
    I v/t improve
    II v/i improve
    * * *
    : to improve, to make better
    : to improve, to get better
    * * *
    mejorar vb to improve

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejorar

  • 32 obtención del permiso de reproducción

    (n.) = clearance of rights, copyright clearance, rights clearance
    Ex. The author reports the results of a study of the issues relating to the clearance of rights for the digitization of materials published in print.
    Ex. Of increasing importance amongst those factors will be the fee charged by the rights-owner for copyright clearance.
    Ex. The author considers the difficulties facing the producers of multimedia CD-ROM databases in obtaining rights clearances for images and music.
    * * *
    (n.) = clearance of rights, copyright clearance, rights clearance

    Ex: The author reports the results of a study of the issues relating to the clearance of rights for the digitization of materials published in print.

    Ex: Of increasing importance amongst those factors will be the fee charged by the rights-owner for copyright clearance.
    Ex: The author considers the difficulties facing the producers of multimedia CD-ROM databases in obtaining rights clearances for images and music.

    Spanish-English dictionary > obtención del permiso de reproducción

  • 33 por casualidad

    * * *
    = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck
    Ex. If, by chance, the newly entered item is identical to one already in the file, DOBIS/LIBIS ignores the new entry.
    Ex. Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.
    Ex. On one of them, fortuitously, there was a note entered by the cataloger which said, 'Usually published under the title American Scholar'.
    Ex. Discoveries are sometimes made by accident; they are never made by the dismayed or disheartened = A veces los descubrimientos se hacen por casualidad y nunca por los abatidos o los desmotivados.
    Ex. To date, the replacement of old technologies by new technologies has occurred largely by happenstance.
    Ex. So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.
    Ex. During a trip to Italy, he chanced to see a production of Cavalleria.
    Ex. As has been suggested elsewhere in this book, it is axiomatic that regular backup copies of data disks be taken, in order to ensure that data are not accidentally lost.
    Ex. The study revealed that most of the deformities are caused by a fluke.
    Ex. Machiavelli insisted that the Prince be aware that he was Prince mostly by luck and his job was to never admit it.
    Ex. The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.
    * * *
    = by chance, coincidentally, fortuitously, by accident, by happenstance, happen to + Infinitivo, chance to + Infinitivo, accidentally, by a fluke, by luck, by a stroke of (good) luck

    Ex: If, by chance, the newly entered item is identical to one already in the file, DOBIS/LIBIS ignores the new entry.

    Ex: Ironically, the latter proved to be the most vulnerable and acutely criticized of Panizzi's rules, as, coincidentally, are the corresponding AACR rules.
    Ex: On one of them, fortuitously, there was a note entered by the cataloger which said, 'Usually published under the title American Scholar'.
    Ex: Discoveries are sometimes made by accident; they are never made by the dismayed or disheartened = A veces los descubrimientos se hacen por casualidad y nunca por los abatidos o los desmotivados.
    Ex: To date, the replacement of old technologies by new technologies has occurred largely by happenstance.
    Ex: So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.
    Ex: During a trip to Italy, he chanced to see a production of Cavalleria.
    Ex: As has been suggested elsewhere in this book, it is axiomatic that regular backup copies of data disks be taken, in order to ensure that data are not accidentally lost.
    Ex: The study revealed that most of the deformities are caused by a fluke.
    Ex: Machiavelli insisted that the Prince be aware that he was Prince mostly by luck and his job was to never admit it.
    Ex: The stream suddenly swept him away, and it was only by a stroke of luck that they found him.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por casualidad

  • 34 por ejemplo

    for example, for instance
    * * *
    * * *
    = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument
    Ex. The quality of indexing is influenced by the standard of indexing, e.g. thoroughness, consistency.
    Ex. We may also have the individual's personal files containing, for example, notes and email messages.
    Ex. Aperture cards, where the full text of the document is kept in a special index card in the form of a microfiche, have been used for various collections of, for instance, patents and technical drawings.
    Ex. A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex. To illustrate, 'punctuated equilibrium' is an anthropological concept that has gained popularity in the study of human evolution.
    Ex. For the sake of argument, suppose that a title of which twelve copies were held by the library authority was borrowed twelve times per copy a year, this would make only 144 borrowings in a city of over half a million population.
    * * *
    = e.g. (latín - exempli gratia), for example, for instance, say, to illustrate, for the sake of + argument

    Ex: The quality of indexing is influenced by the standard of indexing, e.g. thoroughness, consistency.

    Ex: We may also have the individual's personal files containing, for example, notes and email messages.
    Ex: Aperture cards, where the full text of the document is kept in a special index card in the form of a microfiche, have been used for various collections of, for instance, patents and technical drawings.
    Ex: A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex: To illustrate, 'punctuated equilibrium' is an anthropological concept that has gained popularity in the study of human evolution.
    Ex: For the sake of argument, suppose that a title of which twelve copies were held by the library authority was borrowed twelve times per copy a year, this would make only 144 borrowings in a city of over half a million population.

    Spanish-English dictionary > por ejemplo

  • 35 principalmente

    adv.
    principally, mainly, chiefly.
    * * *
    1 principally, mainly, chiefly
    * * *
    ADV principally, chiefly, mainly
    * * *
    = basically, chiefly, principally, mainly, primarily, above all else, on the whole.
    Ex. The scheme is basically enumerative with simple and composite or compound subjects listed within each class.
    Ex. The Colon Classification, devised by S R Ranganathan, and first published in 1933 is chiefly of interest for its development of facet analysis.
    Ex. From this point on in the course we shall be principally concerned with the making of entries for subjects in the alphabetical subject index to the classified file.
    Ex. The problem is to decide who to select as being mainly responsible.
    Ex. The scheme is primarily used by LC itself, and by other large research collections such as large academic libraries.
    Ex. Bowers' definition, above all else, stresses the variety of purposes served by this study.
    Ex. I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
    ----
    * ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.
    * * *
    = basically, chiefly, principally, mainly, primarily, above all else, on the whole.

    Ex: The scheme is basically enumerative with simple and composite or compound subjects listed within each class.

    Ex: The Colon Classification, devised by S R Ranganathan, and first published in 1933 is chiefly of interest for its development of facet analysis.
    Ex: From this point on in the course we shall be principally concerned with the making of entries for subjects in the alphabetical subject index to the classified file.
    Ex: The problem is to decide who to select as being mainly responsible.
    Ex: The scheme is primarily used by LC itself, and by other large research collections such as large academic libraries.
    Ex: Bowers' definition, above all else, stresses the variety of purposes served by this study.
    Ex: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
    * ciudad donde viven principalmente jubilados = retirement town.

    * * *
    principally, mainly, chiefly
    * * *
    principally, mainly
    * * *
    principalmente adv chiefly / mainly / mostly / principally

    Spanish-English dictionary > principalmente

  • 36 propiciar

    v.
    1 to be conducive to.
    2 to propitiate, to favor, to be conducive to, to forward.
    * * *
    1 (favorecer) to pave the way for, contribute to; (causar) to cause, lead to, bring about
    2 (ganar) to earn, win
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ cambio, revolución] (=favorecer) to favour, favor (EEUU); (=crear condiciones) to create a favourable atmosphere for; (=provocar) to cause, give rise to
    2) (=atraer) to propitiate frm, win over
    3) LAm to sponsor
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( favorecer) to favor*; ( causar) to bring about
    2.
    propiciarse v pron to win, gain
    * * *
    = encourage, foster, promote, stimulate, forward, favour [favor, -USA], propitiate.
    Ex. A common catalogue encourages users to regard the different information carrying media as part of range of media.
    Ex. Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex. Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    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. In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. The latest news is that in India some residents are transforming themselves into ghosts in a ritual to propitiate Lord Shiva.
    ----
    * propiciar el debate = stimulate + discussion, stimulate + debate.
    * propiciar un clima = promote + climate.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo ( favorecer) to favor*; ( causar) to bring about
    2.
    propiciarse v pron to win, gain
    * * *
    = encourage, foster, promote, stimulate, forward, favour [favor, -USA], propitiate.

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

    Ex: Among Mr. Welsh's professional activities and accomplishments are his successful efforts to foster an increased two-way communication between LC's Processing Department and his professional colleagues in the field.
    Ex: Initially, it is necessary that the scheme be published and available for purchase, and that its use is generally promoted.
    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: In order to forward the mission of the University, specific programs will be targeted for growth, consolidation, and possible elimination.
    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex: The latest news is that in India some residents are transforming themselves into ghosts in a ritual to propitiate Lord Shiva.
    * propiciar el debate = stimulate + discussion, stimulate + debate.
    * propiciar un clima = promote + climate.

    * * *
    propiciar [A1 ]
    vt
    (favorecer) to favor*; (causar) to bring about
    medidas que propician la reforma measures that favor reform
    propiciar el acercamiento cultural entre los dos países to bring about o foster closer cultural ties between the two countries
    su muerte propició la unión de la familia his death helped bring the family together
    las condiciones que propician una revolución conditions that are conducive to revolution o that create a favorable atmosphere for revolution
    to win, gain
    * * *

     

    propiciar ( conjugate propiciar) verbo transitivo ( favorecer) to favor( conjugate favor);
    ( causar) to bring about
    propiciar verbo transitivo to favour
    ' propiciar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    auspiciar
    * * *
    [favorecer] to be conducive to; [causar] to bring about, to cause;
    su actitud desafiante ha propiciado el enfrentamiento her defiant attitude has helped bring about the confrontation;
    la rotura de cristales propició la intervención de la policía the smashing of windows caused the police to intervene
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( favorecer) promote
    2 ( causar) bring about
    * * *
    1) : to propitiate
    2) : to favor, to foster

    Spanish-English dictionary > propiciar

  • 37 provisional

    adj.
    provisional, makeshift, temporary, ad interim.
    * * *
    1 provisional, temporary
    \
    de forma provisional provisionally
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo provisional
    * * *
    = ad hoc, interim, provisional, temporary, tentative, makeshift, transitional, rough and ready, ad interim.
    Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
    Ex. After much subsequent discussion, and the publication of a series of interim reports, a new code was published.
    Ex. Three significant products emerged from the research: provisional rules for classing, based upon a standard citation order....
    Ex. A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.
    Ex. In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
    Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex. The period 1850-69 was transitional, with rag slowly giving way to wood.
    Ex. The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    Ex. The ad interim government of Texas operated from March 16 to October 22, 1836.
    ----
    * como medida provisional = as an interim measure.
    * en libertad provisional = on probation.
    * medida provisional = stopgap [stop-gap], stopgap measure.
    * título provisional = working title.
    * * *
    adjetivo provisional
    * * *
    = ad hoc, interim, provisional, temporary, tentative, makeshift, transitional, rough and ready, ad interim.

    Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

    Ex: After much subsequent discussion, and the publication of a series of interim reports, a new code was published.
    Ex: Three significant products emerged from the research: provisional rules for classing, based upon a standard citation order....
    Ex: A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.
    Ex: In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
    Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex: The period 1850-69 was transitional, with rag slowly giving way to wood.
    Ex: The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    Ex: The ad interim government of Texas operated from March 16 to October 22, 1836.
    * como medida provisional = as an interim measure.
    * en libertad provisional = on probation.
    * medida provisional = stopgap [stop-gap], stopgap measure.
    * título provisional = working title.

    * * *
    provisional
    llegamos a un arreglo provisional we reached a provisional o temporary arrangement
    * * *

     

    provisional adjetivo
    provisional
    provisional adjetivo provisional
    ' provisional' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borrador
    - escala
    - remiendo
    - temporal
    - transitorio
    English:
    accommodation
    - caretaker government
    - interim
    - makeshift
    - provisional
    - stopgap
    - temporary
    - tentative
    - conditional
    - make
    - stop
    * * *
    provisional, Am provisorio, -a adj
    provisional
    * * *
    adj provisional, temporary
    * * *
    : provisional, temporary
    * * *
    provisional adj provisional

    Spanish-English dictionary > provisional

  • 38 repartir

    v.
    1 to share out, to divide.
    repartió los terrenos entre sus hijos she divided the land amongst her children
    la riqueza está mal repartida there is an uneven distribution of wealth
    2 to deliver (entregar) (leche, periódicos, correo).
    repartimos a domicilio we do home deliveries
    3 to spread (esparcir) (pintura, mantequilla).
    4 to give out, to allocate (asignar) (trabajo, órdenes).
    5 to distribute, to deal out, to deal, to hand out.
    María reparte volantes Mary distributes fliers.
    María repartió el trabajo Mary distributed=apportioned the work load.
    El jugador repartió The player dealt.
    * * *
    1 (dividir) to distribute, divide, share out
    2 (entregar) to give out, hand out; (correo, leche) to deliver; (premios) to give out
    3 (comida) to hand out
    4 (naipes) to deal
    5 (distribuir) to spread out
    \
    repartir golpes to hit out
    * * *
    verb
    3) divide, share
    4) deal
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=dividir entre varios) to divide (up), share (out)
    2) (=distribuir, dar) [+ correo, periódicos] to deliver; [+ folletos, premios] to give out, hand out; [+ naipes] to deal
    3) (=esparcir)

    hay guarniciones repartidas por todo el país — there are garrisons dotted about o spread about o distributed all over the country

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ganancias/trabajo> to distribute, share out
    2) <panfletos/propaganda> to hand out, give out; <periódicos/correo> to deliver; <cartas/fichas> to deal
    3) ( esparcir) to spread, distribute
    2.
    repartir vi (Jueg) to deal
    3.
    repartirse v pron to share out
    * * *
    = circulate, deliver, spread (over/throughout), hand out, apportion, share out, parcel out, space out, distribute, dish out.
    Ex. The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex. You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.
    Ex. This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex. However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex. Printing may occasionally have been split up in this way for the sake of speed, but it is more likely to have been done in order to share out work equitably between the members of a partnership.
    Ex. Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.
    Ex. The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    Ex. A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex. One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.
    ----
    * persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.
    * repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.
    * repartir a manos llenas = dish out.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * repartir la carga = spread + the load.
    * repartirse = spread over.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <ganancias/trabajo> to distribute, share out
    2) <panfletos/propaganda> to hand out, give out; <periódicos/correo> to deliver; <cartas/fichas> to deal
    3) ( esparcir) to spread, distribute
    2.
    repartir vi (Jueg) to deal
    3.
    repartirse v pron to share out
    * * *
    = circulate, deliver, spread (over/throughout), hand out, apportion, share out, parcel out, space out, distribute, dish out.

    Ex: The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.

    Ex: You do not want to try and clear the building, thinking it is a fire when it is just somebody trying to deliver a parcel of books to the back door.
    Ex: This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex: However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex: Printing may occasionally have been split up in this way for the sake of speed, but it is more likely to have been done in order to share out work equitably between the members of a partnership.
    Ex: Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.
    Ex: The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    Ex: A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex: One has only to turn on the television to see that educated people still have little influence on the trash dished out to the uneducated masses.
    * persona que reparte el trabajo = assigner.
    * repartir a diestro y siniestro = dish out.
    * repartir a manos llenas = dish out.
    * repartir dinero dadivosamente = shell out + money.
    * repartir la carga = spread + the load.
    * repartirse = spread over.

    * * *
    repartir [I1 ]
    vt
    A ‹ganancias› to distribute, share out; ‹trabajo› to share out
    la riqueza está mal repartida wealth is unfairly distributed
    repartió el pastel entre los cuatro she shared the cake out o divided the cake up among the four of them
    B
    1 ‹panfletos/propaganda› to hand out, give out, distribute
    la policía repartió golpes ( fam); the police hit o beat people
    2 ‹periódicos/correo› to deliver
    3 ‹cartas/fichas› to deal
    C (esparcir) to spread, distribute
    repartir el pegamento uniformemente por toda la superficie spread o distribute the glue evenly over the whole surface
    ■ repartir
    vi
    to deal
    ¿a quién le toca repartir? whose turn is it to deal?, who's the dealer?
    to share out
    nos repartimos las ganancias/el trabajo we shared out the profits/the work
    * * *

     

    repartir ( conjugate repartir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ganancias/trabajo› to distribute, share out

    b) ‹panfletos/propaganda› to hand out, give out;

    ‹periódicos/correo› to deliver;
    ‹naipes/fichas› to deal

    verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to deal
    repartir verbo transitivo
    1 (una tarta, los beneficios) to share out, US to divide up
    2 (distribuir) to give out: repartían golosinas entre los niños, they were sharing out sweets amongst the children
    repartió a sus hombres por el edificio, he spread his men out all over the building
    repartieron programas a los asistentes, they handed out programmes to the audience
    (un pedido, el correo) to deliver
    3 (extender) to spread
    4 Teat Cine to cast: hoy reparten los papeles, today they are doing the casting
    5 Naipes to deal
    ' repartir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distribuir
    - dividir
    - propaganda
    English:
    apportion
    - carve up
    - cut
    - deal
    - deal out
    - deliver
    - dish out
    - dispense
    - distribute
    - dole out
    - even
    - give out
    - hand around
    - hand out
    - hand round
    - issue
    - portion out
    - share out
    - split up
    - allocate
    - allot
    - divide
    - dole
    - give
    - hand
    - pass
    - share
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [dividir] to share out, to divide;
    repartió los terrenos entre sus hijos she divided the land amongst her children;
    la riqueza está mal repartida there is an uneven distribution of wealth
    2. [distribuir] [leche, periódicos, correo] to deliver;
    [naipes] to deal (out);
    repartimos a domicilio we do home deliveries;
    Fam
    repartió puñetazos a diestro y siniestro he lashed out with his fists in every direction
    3. [esparcir] [pintura, mantequilla] to spread;
    reparte bien la salsa pour the sauce evenly;
    repartieron la carga por todo el camión they spread the load over the whole of the truck o Br lorry
    4. [asignar] [trabajo, órdenes] to give out, to allocate;
    [papeles] to assign;
    nos vamos a repartir las tareas we're going to share the jobs out between us
    ♦ vi
    [en juego de naipes] to deal;
    ahora reparto yo it's my turn to deal
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( dividir) share out, divide up
    2 productos deliver
    3
    :
    * * *
    1) : to allocate
    2) distribuir: to distribute, to hand out
    3) : to spread
    * * *
    1. (dividir) to share / to share out
    2. (entregar papeles, etc) to hand out
    3. (correo) to deliver
    4. (naipes) to deal
    ¿a quién le toca repartir? whose turn is it to deal?

    Spanish-English dictionary > repartir

  • 39 revista de resúmenes

    (n.) = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication
    Ex. This type of checking can be delegated to the printer to speed publication of the abstracts journal.
    Ex. Indexing journals (and the indexes to printed abstracting journals) are alphabetical indexes to the literature of a subject area.
    Ex. Abstracting and indexing periodicals may be interfiled into a common sequence with other serials, or may form a separate sequence.
    Ex. Title-based subject indexes have been used as indexes to local abstracting and indexing publications = Los índices de materias a partir de los títulos se han utilizado para indizar las publicaciones de resúmenes hechas por la propia biblioteca.
    Ex. The production of an abstract journal often seems to be a continuing fight against error.
    Ex. This article describes a study on synoptic journals, with an evaluation of pricing, delay times and prestige of authors publishing in these journals.
    Ex. There are several thousand abstracting and indexing journals available, and a large library may well take several hundred of these.
    Ex. The sheer volume of information published has underlined the importance of secondary, current awareness and abstracting publications.
    * * *
    (n.) = abstracts journal, abstracting journal, abstracting periodical, abstracting and indexing publication, abstract journal, synoptic journal, abstracting and indexing journal, abstracting publication

    Ex: This type of checking can be delegated to the printer to speed publication of the abstracts journal.

    Ex: Indexing journals (and the indexes to printed abstracting journals) are alphabetical indexes to the literature of a subject area.
    Ex: Abstracting and indexing periodicals may be interfiled into a common sequence with other serials, or may form a separate sequence.
    Ex: Title-based subject indexes have been used as indexes to local abstracting and indexing publications = Los índices de materias a partir de los títulos se han utilizado para indizar las publicaciones de resúmenes hechas por la propia biblioteca.
    Ex: The production of an abstract journal often seems to be a continuing fight against error.
    Ex: This article describes a study on synoptic journals, with an evaluation of pricing, delay times and prestige of authors publishing in these journals.
    Ex: There are several thousand abstracting and indexing journals available, and a large library may well take several hundred of these.
    Ex: The sheer volume of information published has underlined the importance of secondary, current awareness and abstracting publications.

    Spanish-English dictionary > revista de resúmenes

  • 40 versión ampliada

    Ex. An extended version of the bibliography created as a by-product of this study is published as a supplement to this issue.
    * * *

    Ex: An extended version of the bibliography created as a by-product of this study is published as a supplement to this issue.

    Spanish-English dictionary > versión ampliada

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