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  • 1 problema real

    (n.) = real problem
    Ex. The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
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    Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

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  • 2 solución poco real

    Ex. This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.
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    Ex: This pie in the sky solution is a long way off and I am doubtful that it will really solve the problem of tieing individual records into the authority file.

    Spanish-English dictionary > solución poco real

  • 3 problema

    m.
    1 problem.
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left
    2 glitch, bug.
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    1 problem
    \
    dar problemas to cause problems
    tener problemas con to have trouble with
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    noun m.
    * * *
    1. SM
    1) (=dificultad) problem

    ¿tienes problemas de dinero? — do you have any money worries o financial problems?

    2) (Mat) problem
    3) Méx (=accidente) accident, mishap
    2.
    ADJ INV (=problemático) problem antes de s
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    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

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    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.
    Ex. Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex. When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex. Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex. The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex. The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex. Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex. In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex. The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
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    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.
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    masculino problem

    resolver/solucionar un problema — to solve a problem

    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas — if they find out, you'll be in trouble

    no te hagas problema — (AmL) don't worry about it

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    = dilemma, issue, problem, rough spot, snag, bug, hitch, mischief, trouble spot, tyranny, catch, tribulation, show-stopper [showstopper], hassle, rub, kink, kicker.

    Ex: Unfortunately documents which present dilemmas in the selection of author headings are present in even the smallest library collections.

    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.
    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.
    Ex: Keeping pace with these changes may well mean more work than the seven year hitch experienced by DC users.
    Ex: The author discusses the characteristics of programs designed specifically to cause mischief to computer owners who download and run the programs = El autor analiza las características de los programas diseñados específicamente para causar problemas a los propietarios de ordenadores que los descargan y ejecutan.
    Ex: The statistics collected served as an early warning signal for trouble spots.
    Ex: Information access, such as satellites, overcomes the tyranny of distance for students, teachers and researchers in Australasia.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The author discusses the tribulations of equipment selection.
    Ex: In engineering use, a show-stopper is usually some aspect of a project that is so bad that it threatens to cancel the project unless it is corrected.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    Ex: The kicker is that this type of money transfer service is less convenient and no safer than many online money transfers.
    * abordar un problema = address + problem.
    * acción de averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooting [trouble shooting].
    * aclarar un problema = clear up + problem.
    * acometer un problema = attack + problem.
    * acosado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * acotar un problema = delineate + problem.
    * acuciado por problemas = embattled.
    * acumular problemas = build up + problems.
    * afrontar los problemas cotidianos = grapple with + life's problems.
    * afrontar un problema = face + issue, confront + problem.
    * agobiado por problemas = beset with + problems.
    * agravar un problema = compound + problem.
    * ahí está el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * anticipar un problema = anticipate + problem.
    * aprendizaje a través de solución de problemas = problem based learning.
    * aquejado de problemas = troubled, ailing.
    * arreglar un problema = fix + problem.
    * asediado por problemas = embattled.
    * atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.
    * ausencia de problemas = smoothness.
    * averiguar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * buscar problemas = ask for + trouble, court + disaster, make + trouble.
    * capacidad de resolver problemas = problem-solving ability.
    * causar problemas = cause + problems, cause + trouble, make + trouble.
    * combatir un problema = combat + problem.
    * complicar un problema = compound + problem.
    * con problemas = in hot water.
    * con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled.
    * con problemas de lectura = print disabled.
    * con problemas de vista = vision impaired.
    * con problemas visuales = vision impaired.
    * considerar un problema = consider + problem.
    * convertirse en un gran problema = grow to + a crisis.
    * corregir un problema = correct + problem.
    * crear problemas = make + waves, build up + problems, make + trouble.
    * darle vueltas a un problema = puzzle over + problem.
    * dar lugar a problemas = give + rise to problems.
    * dar problemas = play up.
    * darse cuenta de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * debatir un problema = discuss + problem.
    * decisión precipitada ante un problema = crisis decision.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * definición del problema = problem statement.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * delimitar un problema = isolate + problem.
    * desarrollarse sin problemas = go + smoothly.
    * detectar un problema = spot + problem, spot + trouble.
    * diagnosticar el problema = diagnose + problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * el final de los problemas = the light at the end of the tunnel.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.
    * el problema obvio = the elephant in the room.
    * el único problema = a fly in the soup, the fly in the ointment.
    * el verdadero problema = the elephant in the room.
    * encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.
    * encontrarse con problemas = run into + trouble.
    * encontrarse con un problema = encounter + problem, meet with + problem, run up against + issue, come across + problem.
    * enfrentarse a un problema = challenge + threat, confront + question, cope with + problem, face + issue, face + issue, face + problem, come up against + problem, struggle with + issue, wrestle with + problem, deal with + issue.
    * enfrentarse un problema = confront + problem, experience + problem.
    * enunciado del problema = problem statement.
    * esbozar un problema = outline + problem.
    * ese es el problema = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar el problema = sidestep + the problem.
    * esquivar un problema = duck + issue.
    * estar lleno de problemas = bristle with + problems.
    * evitar problemas = stay out of + trouble.
    * evitar un problema = avoid + problem.
    * exarcerbar un problema = inflame + problem.
    * exteriorizar un problema = externalise + problem.
    * forma de evitar un problema = way round + problem.
    * franquear un problema = negotiate + problem.
    * hacer frente a un problema = attack + problem, combat + problem, wrestle with + problem.
    * identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.
    * ilustrar un problema = illustrate + problem.
    * investigar un problema = investigate + problem.
    * libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].
    * lleno de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-ridden.
    * llevarse los problemas a casa = bring + problems home.
    * mencionar un problema = bring + problem up.
    * meterse en problemas = get into + trouble.
    * mitigar un problema = alleviate + problem.
    * no haber problemas = be fine.
    * no tener ningún problema con = be okay with.
    * no terminar nunca de tener problemas con = have + no end of problems with.
    * obtener el enunciado del problema = elicit + problem statement.
    * ocasionar problemas = cause + problems.
    * orientado hacia la resolución de problemas = problem-orientated, problem-oriented.
    * paliar problemas = minimise + problems.
    * paliar un problema = solve + problem.
    * percatarse de un problema = alight on + problem.
    * persona con problemas de aprendizaje = learning disabled person.
    * persona o mecanismo que resuelve problemas = solver.
    * persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.
    * personas con problemas de lectura = print handicapped people, print handicapped, the.
    * personas con problemas de lectura de la letra impresa = print disabled people.
    * personas con problemas de vista, las = visually impaired, the, visually disabled, the, visually handicapped, the, visually impaired people (VIPs), visually challenged, the.
    * personas con problemas mentales = disturbed people.
    * persona sin problemas de vista = sighted person.
    * plagado de problemas = plagued with problems, problem-wracked [problem-racked].
    * plagar de problemas = bedevil.
    * plantear un problema = pose + dilemma, pose + problem, raise + question, raise + concern, raise + issue, raise + problem, articulate + problem.
    * presentar problemas = present + problems.
    * presentar un problema = pose + problem, air + problem.
    * prestar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * problema + acosar = problem + dog.
    * problema acuciante = pressing problem.
    * problema + acuciar = problem + beset.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problema + afligir = problem + afflict.
    * problema + agravar = problem + exacerbate.
    * problema alimenticio = eating problem.
    * problema asociado = attending problem.
    * problema auditivo = hearing problem.
    * problema + avecinarse = problem + lie ahead.
    * problema cada vez mayor = growing problem.
    * problema con el alcohol = drinking problem.
    * problema con los niños de la llave = latchkey problem.
    * problema cotidiano = daily problem.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * problema de espacio = space problem.
    * problema de imagen = image problem.
    * problema de peso = weight problem.
    * problema de salud = health problem.
    * problema + desaparecer = problem + go away.
    * problema de seguridad = security problem.
    * problema diario = daily problem.
    * problema difícil = thorny problem, poser.
    * problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.
    * problema doméstico = domestic problem.
    * problema económico = economic problem, financial problem.
    * problema + encontrarse = problem + lie.
    * problema en la escuela = school problem.
    * problema escolar = school problem.
    * problema espinoso = knotty problem, thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema + estar = problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problema familiar = family problem.
    * problema informático = computing problem.
    * problema inicial = startup problem.
    * problema insoluble = insoluble problem.
    * problema monetario = monetary problem.
    * problema motriz = motor disability.
    * problema peliagudo = thorny problem, thorny issue, thorny question.
    * problema pequeño = a cloud no bigger than a man's hand.
    * problema + persistir = problem + persist.
    * problema personal = personal problem.
    * problema + plantearse = problem + come with.
    * problema práctico = practical problem.
    * problema racial = racial conflict, ethnic conflict.
    * problema + radicar = trouble + lie.
    * problema real = real problem.
    * problema + residir = problem + reside, problem + lie, problem + come with.
    * problemas = trouble, crisis [crises, -pl.], problem areas, trials and tribulations, trouble at mill.
    * problemas auditivos = impaired hearing, hearing impairment, hearing disability.
    * problemas cada vez mayores = mounting problems.
    * problemas con el alcohol = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la bebida = problem drinking.
    * problemas con la vista = poor eyesight.
    * problemas de la vida = life problems [life-problems].
    * problemas del crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas de lectura = reading difficulties.
    * problemas dentales = dental disease.
    * problemas de oído = poor hearing.
    * problema seguro = accident waiting to happen.
    * problemas familiares = family crisis.
    * problemas + girar en torno a = problems + turn on, problems + revolve around.
    * problemas inherentes al crecimiento = growing pains.
    * problemas iniciales = teething problems, teething troubles, growing pains.
    * problema siquiátrico = psychiatric problem.
    * problema social = societal problem, social problem.
    * problemas sociales = social crisis.
    * problema + surgir = problem + arise, problem + surface, problem + come with.
    * problemas visuales = visual impairment.
    * problema técnico = glitch, technical difficulty, technical problem.
    * problema técnico desconocido = gremlin.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * raíz del problema, la = root of the problem, the.
    * resolución de problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * resolver los problemas = iron out + the bugs.
    * resolver un problema = resolve + issue, resolve + problem, solve + problem, work out + problem, unlock + problem, settle + problem, sort out + problem, clear up + problem, work + problem + through, address + limitation, straighten out + problem, iron out + problem, work out + kink.
    * sacar a colación un problema = bring + problem up.
    * salvar un problema = circumvent + problem, negotiate + problem.
    * ser un problema = be at issue.
    * sin meterse en problemas = keep out of + trouble.
    * sin problemas = smoothly, smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free], without a hitch, unproblematically, carefree, without difficulty, in good standing.
    * sin problemas de vista = sighted.
    * solución a problemas = problem solution.
    * solucionar los problemas = put + things right.
    * solucionar problemas = problem solving [problem-solving].
    * solucionar un problema = solve + problem, settle + problem, iron out + problem.
    * subproblema = sub-problem [subproblem].
    * subsanar un problema = remedy + problem.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * surgir un problema de credibilidad = credibility gap + arise.
    * suscitar un problema = provoke + problem, raise + problem, raise + concern.
    * tener problema con Algo = experience + trouble with.
    * tener problemas = have + problems.
    * tener problemas con = fall + foul of, run + afoul of problems, run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.
    * tener problemas con la ley = fall + foul of the law, go + afoul of the law, fall + afoul of the law.
    * tener un problema = experience + problem.
    * tener un problema medio resuelto = have + problem half licked.
    * tocar un problema = touch on/upon + problem.
    * toparse con un problema = encounter + problem, come across + problem.
    * tratar un problema = address + problem, deal with + problem, handle + problem, tackle + problem, address + limitation, grapple with + problem, treat + problem, address + concern.
    * tratar un problema de pasada = touch on/upon + problem.
    * trivializar un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * tropezar con problemas = run into + problems.

    * * *
    1 ( Mat) problem
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    2 (dificultad, preocupación) problem
    nos está creando muchos problemas it is causing us a lot of problems o a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos financial difficulties o problems
    me gustaría ir, el problema es que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, the snag o trouble o problem o thing is I don't have any money
    los coches viejos siempre dan muchos problemas old cars always give a lot of trouble, old cars always play up a lot ( colloq)
    si se enteran, vas a tener problemas if they find out, you'll be in trouble
    no te hagas problema ( AmL); don't worry about it
    * * *

     

    problema sustantivo masculino
    problem;
    ◊ resolver/solucionar un problema to solve a problem;

    los coches viejos dan muchos problemas old cars give a lot of trouble;
    no te hagas problema (AmL) don't worry about it
    problema sustantivo masculino problem: les está dando muchos problemas, it is giving them a lot of trouble
    problemas económicos, financial difficulties

    ' problema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abordar
    - acotar
    - circunscribirse
    - comprensión
    - conciencia
    - concienciarse
    - conjuntamente
    - contingente
    - deforestación
    - desarrollo
    - desforestación
    - desmenuzar
    - diferente
    - drogodependencia
    - eficacia
    - encarar
    - endemoniada
    - endemoniado
    - enfocar
    - enfocada
    - enfocado
    - enfoque
    - enrevesada
    - enrevesado
    - enunciado
    - inconveniente
    - intrincada
    - intrincado
    - magnitud
    - mano
    - orden
    - plantear
    - presentarse
    - profundizar
    - profundidad
    - radicar
    - raíz
    - remediar
    - remontar
    - replantear
    - resolución
    - resolver
    - robar
    - rompecabezas
    - salida
    - sencilla
    - sencillez
    - sencillo
    - sensibilizar
    - sinsabor
    English:
    answer
    - appreciate
    - appreciation
    - approach
    - approachable
    - arithmetic
    - attack
    - avenue
    - awkward
    - bit
    - bypass
    - can
    - care
    - central
    - come up
    - compound
    - deal with
    - define
    - devil
    - difficulty
    - emerge
    - emotional
    - form
    - formidable
    - graft
    - grapple
    - growing
    - hard
    - hassle
    - ignore
    - issue
    - knotty
    - knowledge
    - land
    - lie
    - magnitude
    - major
    - matter
    - meditate
    - meet with
    - nut
    - object
    - outstanding
    - overcome
    - pin down
    - pose
    - present
    - problem
    - question
    - relation
    * * *
    1. [dificultad] problem;
    el problema del terrorismo the terrorist problem, the problem of terrorism;
    los niños no causan más que problemas children cause nothing but trouble o problems;
    no quiero más problemas I don't want any more trouble;
    el problema es que no nos queda tiempo the problem o thing is that we don't have any time left;
    Am
    no te hagas problema don't worry about it
    2. [matemático] problem;
    resolver un problema to solve a problem
    * * *
    m problem;
    sin problema without difficulty, without any problems
    * * *
    : problem
    * * *
    problema n problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > problema

  • 4 limitar

    v.
    1 to limit, to restrict.
    han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an hour
    este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary
    Ricardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.
    El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.
    2 to mark out (terreno).
    3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).
    4 to border.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to limit
    1 to border with
    \
    limitarse a + inf to restrict oneself to + gerund, do no more than + inf
    * * *
    verb
    to restrict, limit
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=restringir) to limit, restrict

    nos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have

    2.
    VI
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict
    2. 3.
    limitarse v pron

    limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

    * * *
    = bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.
    Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.
    Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
    Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.
    Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
    Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    ----
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * limitar con = border on.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict
    2. 3.
    limitarse v pron

    limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

    * * *
    = bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

    Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

    Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.
    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
    Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.
    Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
    Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    * limitar búsqueda = limit + search.
    * limitar con = border on.
    * limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

    * * *
    limitar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrict
    las disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearms
    es necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of action
    habrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakers
    le han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week
    ■ limitar
    vi
    limitar CON algo to border ON sth
    España limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the west
    limitarse A algo:
    yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to me
    no hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watching
    limítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to do
    el problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big cities
    tiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means
    * * *

    limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
    verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
    limitarse verbo pronominal:
    ◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

    me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
    limitar
    I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
    II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France

    ' limitar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constreñir
    - tapiar
    - lindar
    English:
    border on
    - confine
    - limit
    - narrow down
    - restrict
    - border
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;
    quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;
    han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;
    este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary
    2. [terreno] to mark out;
    limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land
    ♦ vi
    to border ( con on);
    limita al norte con Venezuela it borders on Venezuela to the north
    * * *
    I v/t limit; ( restringir) limit, restrict
    II v/i
    :
    limitar con border on
    * * *
    restringir: to limit, to restrict
    limitar con : to border on
    * * *
    1. (restringir) to limit
    2. (tener frontera) to border
    España limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France

    Spanish-English dictionary > limitar

  • 5 agrupación

    f.
    1 association, membership, group.
    2 group of people, club.
    3 grouping, cluster.
    4 grouping.
    5 group, cartel.
    * * *
    1 grouping, group
    2 (asociación) association
    * * *
    noun f.
    group, association
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=grupo) group, association; (=reunión) gathering; (=unión) union; (Mús) ensemble
    2) (=acción) grouping; (=reunión) coming together
    * * *
    1) ( grupo) group; ( asociación) association
    2) ( acción) grouping (together)
    * * *
    = aggregation, grouping, juxtaposition, assortment, bringing together.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex. It achieves this aim principally through the juxtaposition of related subjects in a classified order.
    Ex. The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    * * *
    1) ( grupo) group; ( asociación) association
    2) ( acción) grouping (together)
    * * *
    = aggregation, grouping, juxtaposition, assortment, bringing together.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.
    Ex: It achieves this aim principally through the juxtaposition of related subjects in a classified order.
    Ex: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.

    * * *
    A (grupo) group; (asociación — profesional) association; (— cultural) society, association
    una agrupación terrorista a terrorist group
    Compuesto:
    choral group, choir
    B (acción) grouping (together)
    * * *

    agrupación sustantivo femenino
    1 ( grupo) group;
    ( asociación) association;

    2 ( acción) grouping (together)
    agrupación sustantivo femenino association
    ' agrupación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hermandad
    - logia
    - colectivo
    - unión
    English:
    group
    - grouping
    - syndicate
    * * *
    1. [asociación] group, association
    2. [agrupamiento] grouping
    * * *
    f group, association
    * * *
    agrupación nf, pl - ciones grupo: group, association
    * * *
    1. (grupo) group
    2. (asociación) association

    Spanish-English dictionary > agrupación

  • 6 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    ----
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 7 constreñir

    v.
    to constrain, to constrict, to inhibit, to cramp.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CEÑIR], like link=ceñir ceñir
    1 (forzar) to constrain, compel, force
    2 (limitar) to limit, restrict
    3 MEDICINA (cerrar) to constrict
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=limitar) to restrict
    2) (=obligar)

    constreñir a algn a hacer algo — to compel o force o frm constrain sb to do sth

    3) (Med) to constrict
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) ( forzar) to constrain (frml), compel
    2) ( limitar) to restrict, limit
    3) (Med) to constrict
    2.
    constreñirse v pron to restrict oneself
    * * *
    = constrain, hem + Nombre + in.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (frml) ( forzar) to constrain (frml), compel
    2) ( limitar) to restrict, limit
    3) (Med) to constrict
    2.
    constreñirse v pron to restrict oneself
    * * *
    = constrain, hem + Nombre + in.

    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

    * * *
    vt
    A ( frml) (forzar) to constrain ( frml)
    me vi constreñido a aceptar I felt constrained o obliged o compelled to accept
    actuó constreñido por las circunstancias circumstances forced o compelled o obliged him to act as he did
    B (limitar) to restrict
    vivo constreñido a un mísero presupuesto I live on a very limited budget
    un ámbito de actuación muy constreñido a very restricted sphere of action
    como el espacio nos constriñe as we don't have much space, as we're limited by space
    C ( Med) to constrict
    to restrict oneself
    he tenido que constreñirme en los gastos I've had to cut back on my spending
    constreñirse A algo to restrict oneself TO sth
    * * *

    constreñir verbo transitivo
    1 (obligar) to force [a, to]
    2 (limitar) to limit, restrict: me encuentro constreñido por las nuevas normas, I feel limited by the new rules
    3 Med to put pressure on, squeeze: el tumor constriñe una arteria principal, the tumor is constricting a main artery
    * * *
    1. [obligar]
    constreñir a alguien a hacer algo to compel o force sb to do sth;
    se ven constreñidos a vivir en condiciones miserables they are forced o obliged to live in wretched conditions
    2. [oprimir, limitar] to restrict;
    la nueva ley constriñe la libertad de asociación the new law restricts freedom of association
    3. Med to restrict
    * * *
    v/t
    1 constrain, oblige
    2 ( limitar) restrict
    * * *
    constreñir {67} vt
    1) forzar, obligar: to constrain, to oblige
    2) limitar: to restrict, to limit

    Spanish-English dictionary > constreñir

  • 8 estupideces

    f.pl.
    nonsense, drivel, inane remarks, inanities.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estupideces

  • 9 forzar

    v.
    1 to force.
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force somebody to do something
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes
    forzar una cerradura to force a lock
    Ricardo forzó la puerta Richard forced the door.
    2 to rape.
    3 to enforce, to muscle, to impose, to foist.
    La policía forzó el reglamento The police enforced the rules.
    4 to coerce, to constrain, to force.
    La policía forzó a Ricardo The police coerced Richard.
    * * *
    (o changes to ue in stressed syllables; z changes to c before e)
    Present Indicative
    fuerzo, fuerzas, fuerza, forzamos, forzáis, fuerzan.
    Past Indicative
    forcé, forzaste, forzó, forzamos, forzasteis, forzaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    fuerza (tú), fuerce (él/Vd.), forcemos (nos.), forzad (vos.), fuercen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to force, compel
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=obligar) to force

    forzar a algn a hacer algo — to force sb to do sth, make sb do sth

    les forzó a dimitir — he forced them to resign, he made them resign

    2) [+ puerta, cerradura] to force; (Mil) [+ ciudadela, fuerte] to storm, take
    3) [+ ojos, voz] to strain; [+ sonrisa] to force
    4) (=violar) to rape
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex. The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex. Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex. We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex. If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
    ----
    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.

    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex: The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex: Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex: We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex: If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.

    * * *
    forzar [ A11 ]
    vt
    A (obligar) to force
    me vi forzado a echarlo del local I had to o I was forced to o ( frml) I was obliged to throw him off the premises
    B
    1 ‹vista› to strain
    estaba forzando la vista I was straining my eyes
    2 ‹sonrisa› to force
    C ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    D (violar) to rape
    (obligarse) to make o force oneself
    todos los días me fuerzo a caminar dos kilómetros every day I make myself walk two kilometers
    * * *

     

    forzar ( conjugate forzar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( obligar) to force
    2
    a) ‹ vista› to strain;


    b) ‹ sonrisa› to force

    3 ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    forzar verbo transitivo
    1 (obligar por la fuerza) to force: la forzaron a casarse, she was forced to get married
    2 (un motor, una situación) to force
    3 (una cerradura) to force, break open
    4 (violar a alguien) to rape
    ' forzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - tergiversar
    - violentar
    - fuerza
    - palanca
    English:
    bend
    - break in
    - break into
    - bulldoze
    - compel
    - crack
    - drive
    - force
    - pick
    - strain
    - tamper
    - stretch
    * * *
    forzar vt
    1. [obligar, empujar] to force;
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force sb to do sth;
    yo no forzaría la situación I wouldn't force the situation
    2. [cerradura, mecanismo] to force;
    no fuerces el motor don't overtax the engine;
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes;
    Informát
    forzar la salida [de programa] to force quit
    3. [violar] to rape
    * * *
    v/t
    1 force;
    forzar la voz strain one’s voice
    2 ( violar) rape
    * * *
    forzar {36} vt
    1) obligar: to force, to compel
    2) : to force open
    3) : to strain
    forzar los ojos: to strain one's eyes
    * * *
    forzar vb to force

    Spanish-English dictionary > forzar

  • 10 fusión

    f.
    1 fusion, merging, conflation, corporate merging.
    2 union, fusion.
    * * *
    1 (de metales) fusion, melting; (de hielo) thawing, melting
    2 (de intereses, partidos, ideas) fusion
    3 (de empresas) merger, amalgamation
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=unión) joining, uniting; (Com) merger, amalgamation
    2) (Inform) merge
    3) [de metal] melting
    4) (Fís) fusion
    5) (Mús) crossover
    * * *
    1) (de empresas, partidos, organizaciones) merger; ( de intereses) fusion
    2)
    a) ( de un metal) melting; (de metales, piezas) fusion, fusing together
    •
    * * *
    = amalgamation, coming together, fusion, joining together, merger, merging, confounding, piecing together, blurring, interweaving, bringing together, meld.
    Ex. The examples cited to date have used right hand truncation, which results in the amalgamation of words with different suffixes.
    Ex. Knowledge generally evolves from an identifiable base, and often new subjects arise from the coming together of two previously separate subjects.
    Ex. New topics develop not merely by fission -- the splitting up of established subjects -- but also by fusion -- the merging of previously distinct subjects.
    Ex. Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.
    Ex. Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving (House)', ' Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.
    Ex. The merging of synonyms carries implications for the effectiveness of the index in terms of precision and recall.
    Ex. The confounding of opposites is also common though, again, care has to be taken to see that we do not confound two subjects on which extensive literature exists.
    Ex. Progress in research is dependent on the piecing together of items of information from many sources.
    Ex. Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex. This paper illustrates the possible future interweaving of information retrieval and entertainment.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.
    ----
    * fusión de empresas = consolidation.
    * fusión nuclear = nuclear fusion.
    * punto de fusión = melting point, fusion point.
    * * *
    1) (de empresas, partidos, organizaciones) merger; ( de intereses) fusion
    2)
    a) ( de un metal) melting; (de metales, piezas) fusion, fusing together
    •
    * * *
    = amalgamation, coming together, fusion, joining together, merger, merging, confounding, piecing together, blurring, interweaving, bringing together, meld.

    Ex: The examples cited to date have used right hand truncation, which results in the amalgamation of words with different suffixes.

    Ex: Knowledge generally evolves from an identifiable base, and often new subjects arise from the coming together of two previously separate subjects.
    Ex: New topics develop not merely by fission -- the splitting up of established subjects -- but also by fusion -- the merging of previously distinct subjects.
    Ex: Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.
    Ex: Qualifiers function as an integral part of the index terms, so that terms of the form 'Moving (House)', ' Mergers (Industrial)' are created and used.
    Ex: The merging of synonyms carries implications for the effectiveness of the index in terms of precision and recall.
    Ex: The confounding of opposites is also common though, again, care has to be taken to see that we do not confound two subjects on which extensive literature exists.
    Ex: Progress in research is dependent on the piecing together of items of information from many sources.
    Ex: Read from the perspective of Bakhtin, this blurring of genres is also a blurring of idealogies.
    Ex: This paper illustrates the possible future interweaving of information retrieval and entertainment.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.
    * fusión de empresas = consolidation.
    * fusión nuclear = nuclear fusion.
    * punto de fusión = melting point, fusion point.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de empresas) merger; (de partidos, organizaciones) merger, amalgamation
    una fusión amistosa or pactada an agreed merger
    2 (de ideas, intereses) combination, amalgamation
    B
    1 (de un metal) melting; (de metales, piezas) fusion, fusing together
    2 ( Fís) fusion
    Compuestos:
    cold fusion
    nuclear fusion
    * * *

     

    fusión sustantivo femenino
    1 (de empresas, partidos) merger
    2

    (de metales, piezas) fusion, fusing together
    b) (Fís) fusion

    fusión sustantivo femenino
    1 Com merger
    2 Fís (de un metal, fundición) fusion
    (del hielo, licuefacción) thawing, melting
    ' fusión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acentuar
    - estructuración
    - oponerse
    English:
    fusion
    - meltdown
    - melting point
    - merger
    * * *
    1. [unión] [de empresas, bancos] merger;
    [de partidos] merger, amalgamation
    2. Informát merge
    fusión de archivos file merging
    3. [de metal, hielo] melting
    4. [nuclear] fusion
    fusión fría, fusión en frío cold fusion;
    fusión nuclear nuclear fusion;
    fusión termonuclear thermonuclear fusion
    5. [estilo musical] fusion
    * * *
    f
    1 FÍS fusion
    2 COM merger
    * * *
    1) : fusion
    2) : union, merger

    Spanish-English dictionary > fusión

  • 11 mezcla

    f.
    1 mixture.
    una mezcla explosiva an explosive combination (de personalidades, factores)
    una mezcla de tabacos a blend of tobaccos
    2 mixing.
    3 mix (Music).
    4 dough, kneading.
    5 mortar, plaster.
    6 crossbreed, mixing.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mezclar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) mixing, blending
    2 (producto) mixture, blend
    4 (textil) mixed fibres
    5 (argamasa) mortar
    \
    mezcla de razas mixture of races
    * * *
    noun f.
    mix, mixture, blend
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción) [de ingredientes, colores] mixing; [de razas, culturas] mixing; [de sonidos] mixing; [de cafés, tabacos, whiskies] blending
    mesa 1)
    2) (=resultado) [de ingredientes, colores] mixture; [de razas, culturas] mix; [de cafés, tabacos, whiskies] blend

    sin mezcla — [sustancia] pure; [gasolina] unadulterated

    mezcla explosiva — (lit) explosive mixture; (fig) lethal combination

    3) (Mús) mix
    4) (Constr) mortar
    5) (Cos) blend, mix
    * * *
    1) ( proceso)
    a) ( de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending
    b) (de razas, culturas) mixing
    c) (Audio) mixing
    2)
    a) ( combinación de - productos) mixture; (- vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (- tejidos) mix

    una mezcla de distintos colores — a combination o mixture of different colors

    b) (de razas, culturas) mix
    c) (Audio) mix
    •
    * * *
    = admixture, amalgam, blend, mix, mixing, mixture, alchemy, concoction, combination, potpourri, conflation, cocktail, recombination, bringing together, meld, mishmash, melange.
    Ex. No 'bona fide' author will wish to exhibit reduced output efficiency due to admixture with false authorship.
    Ex. Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.
    Ex. Thus in index or catalogue or data base design the indexer must choose an appropriate blend of recall and precision for each individual application.
    Ex. There are important employment opportunities available to people equipped with the right mix of skills and experience.
    Ex. This article describes the architecture and the main features of DOMINO, a multimedia information retrieval system whose data base is a collection of multimedia documents (MDs) constituted of a mixing of texts and images.
    Ex. When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.
    Ex. This is a specialist service calling for a unique alchemy of librarian and computing skills.
    Ex. Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
    Ex. The software can search each field or a combination of fields.
    Ex. This center holds one of the most significant collections (dare we call it potpourri?) of science, natural history, art, history, and culture in the world = Este centre posee uno de las colecciones (¿o quizás popurrí?) más significativas de la ciencia, historia natural, arte, historia y cultura del mundo.
    Ex. It found differences in the abbreviations used and other stylistic matters (mainly due to language differences) but was able to propose a conflation of the descriptions that formed the basis of what became the SBD and later the ISBD.
    Ex. He rightly characterizes his book as a ' cocktail of personal and public observations.
    Ex. These genomes are inherited in strictly lineal fashion, without recombination.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.
    Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    ----
    * hacer mezcla = mix + cement.
    * mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.
    * mezcla heterogénea = mixed bag.
    * que mezcla sensaciones = synesthetic, cross-sensory.
    * sin mezcla = unmixed.
    * una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.
    * * *
    1) ( proceso)
    a) ( de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending
    b) (de razas, culturas) mixing
    c) (Audio) mixing
    2)
    a) ( combinación de - productos) mixture; (- vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (- tejidos) mix

    una mezcla de distintos colores — a combination o mixture of different colors

    b) (de razas, culturas) mix
    c) (Audio) mix
    •
    * * *
    = admixture, amalgam, blend, mix, mixing, mixture, alchemy, concoction, combination, potpourri, conflation, cocktail, recombination, bringing together, meld, mishmash, melange.

    Ex: No 'bona fide' author will wish to exhibit reduced output efficiency due to admixture with false authorship.

    Ex: Nevertheless, modern cataloguing practices often represent some amalgam of the collocative and the direct approaches.
    Ex: Thus in index or catalogue or data base design the indexer must choose an appropriate blend of recall and precision for each individual application.
    Ex: There are important employment opportunities available to people equipped with the right mix of skills and experience.
    Ex: This article describes the architecture and the main features of DOMINO, a multimedia information retrieval system whose data base is a collection of multimedia documents (MDs) constituted of a mixing of texts and images.
    Ex: When used by skilled abstractors this mixture of styles can achieve the maximum transmission of information, within a minimum length.
    Ex: This is a specialist service calling for a unique alchemy of librarian and computing skills.
    Ex: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
    Ex: The software can search each field or a combination of fields.
    Ex: This center holds one of the most significant collections (dare we call it potpourri?) of science, natural history, art, history, and culture in the world = Este centre posee uno de las colecciones (¿o quizás popurrí?) más significativas de la ciencia, historia natural, arte, historia y cultura del mundo.
    Ex: It found differences in the abbreviations used and other stylistic matters (mainly due to language differences) but was able to propose a conflation of the descriptions that formed the basis of what became the SBD and later the ISBD.
    Ex: He rightly characterizes his book as a ' cocktail of personal and public observations.
    Ex: These genomes are inherited in strictly lineal fashion, without recombination.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Scholars and media: an unmixable mess of oil and water or a perfect meld of oil and vinegar?'.
    Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    * hacer mezcla = mix + cement.
    * mezcla de lluvia helada y aguanieve = wint(e)ry mix, wint(e)ry shower.
    * mezcla heterogénea = mixed bag.
    * que mezcla sensaciones = synesthetic, cross-sensory.
    * sin mezcla = unmixed.
    * una mezcla de = a mixture of, a blend of, a mix of, a rollup of.

    * * *
    1 (de productos) mixing; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending
    2 (de razas, culturas) mixing
    estos perros son producto de una mezcla these dogs are crossbreeds
    3 ( Audio) mixing
    1 (de productos) mixture; (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend; (de tejidos) mix
    añadir cuatro cucharadas de azúcar a la mezcla add four spoonfuls of sugar to the mixture
    es una mezcla de distintos colores it is a combination o mixture of different colors
    no me gusta la mezcla de dulce y salado I don't like mixing sweet and savory things
    habla una mezcla de inglés y francés he speaks a mixture of English and French
    2 (de razas, culturas) mix
    3 ( Audio) mix
    4 ( Const) mortar
    Compuesto:
    ( Arm) explosive mixture
    este cóctel es una mezcla explosiva ( hum); this is a lethal cocktail ( hum)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mezclar: ( conjugate mezclar)

    mezcla es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    mezcla    
    mezclar
    mezcla sustantivo femenino
    1 ( proceso)

    b) (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blending

    2 ( combinación )

    (de vinos, tabacos, cafés) blend;
    ( de tejidos) mix;

    b) (de razas, culturas) mix

    c) (Audio) mix

    mezclar ( conjugate mezclar) verbo transitivo
    1

    mezcla algo con algo to mix sth with sth
    b) ‹café/vino/tabaco› to blend

    2 ‹documentos/ropa› to mix up, get … mixed up;
    mezcla algo con algo to get sth mixed up with sth
    3 ( involucrar) mezcla a algn en algo to get sb mixed up o involved in sth
    mezclarse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( involucrarse) mezclase en algo to get mixed up o involved in sth

    b) ( tener trato con) mezclase con algn to mix with sb

    2 [razas/culturas] to mix
    mezcla sustantivo femenino
    1 (acción) mixing, blending
    Rad Cine mixing
    2 (producto) mixture, blend: me gusta esta mezcla de cafés, I like this blend of coffee
    Audio mix
    Text mix
    una mezcla de seda y lino, a silk/linen mix
    mezclar verbo transitivo
    1 (combinar, amalgamar) to mix, blend: no me gusta mezclar a los amigos, I don't like to mix my friends
    2 (algo ordenado antes) to mix up: mezcló sus cosas con las tuyas, he got his things mixed up with yours
    3 (involucrar) to involve, mix up
    ' mezcla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barro
    - consistente
    - expandirse
    - homogeneizar
    - spanglish
    - consistencia
    - contenido
    - homogéneo
    - mezclilla
    - puro
    English:
    add in
    - blend
    - cross
    - mix
    - mixture
    - Spanglish
    - stand
    - medley
    - mixed
    * * *
    mezcla nf
    1. [de materiales, productos] [resultado] mixture, combination;
    [acción] mixing;
    una mezcla de tabacos/whiskys a blend of tobaccos/whiskies;
    el verde es resultado de la mezcla del azul y del amarillo green is the result of mixing blue and yellow;
    cuando hierva la leche, añádala a la mezcla when the milk boils, add it to the mixture;
    es una mezcla de comedia y tragedia it's a mixture of comedy and tragedy
    2. [de culturas, pueblos] [resultado] mixture;
    [acción] mixing
    3. [tejido] mix
    4. Mús & TV [resultado] mix;
    [acción] mixing;
    mesa de mezclas mixing desk, mixer
    5. mezcla explosiva explosive mixture;
    Fig
    la mezcla explosiva de alcohol y drogas the explosive combination of alcohol and drugs
    * * *
    f
    1 mixture; de tabaco, café etc blend
    2 acto mixing; de tabaco, café etc blending
    * * *
    mezcla nf
    1) : mixing
    2) : mixture, blend
    3) : mortar (masonry material)
    * * *
    1. (en general) mixture
    2. (de tabaco) blend

    Spanish-English dictionary > mezcla

  • 12 muy bien tramado

    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    * * *

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy bien tramado

  • 13 muy bien urdido

    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    * * *

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Spanish-English dictionary > muy bien urdido

  • 14 obligar

    v.
    to oblige, to bind, to coerce, to compel.
    La policía forzó a Ricardo The police coerced Richard.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to force, oblige, make
    1 to undertake, promise
    \
    obligar a alguien a hacer algo to force somebody to do something, make somebody do something
    * * *
    verb
    to force, compel, oblige
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=forzar) to force
    2) [ley, norma]

    la disposición obliga a todos los contribuyentes — all taxpayers are bound to observe this requirement, this requirement is binding on all taxpayers

    3) (=empujar) to force
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) circunstancia/persona

    el mal tiempo nos obligó a... — bad weather forced o (frml) obliged us to...

    obligar A alguien A QUE + SUBJ — to make somebody + inf

    b) ley/disposición to bind

    las normas obligan a los maestros a... — the rules oblige teachers to...

    2.
    obligarse v pron (refl)

    obligarse A + INF — ( forzarse) to make oneself + inf, force oneself to + inf; ( comprometerse) to undertake to + inf

    * * *
    = bind, compel, constrain, dictate, force, impel, mandate, obligate, oblige, enjoin, enforce.
    Ex. Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex. We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.
    Ex. The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    ----
    * obligar a = make + it + incumbent upon.
    * obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.
    * obligar a Hacer Algo = push into.
    * obligar a + Infinitivo = push towards + Gerundio.
    * obligar a pagar = enforce + payment.
    * obligar a salir = drive out + with a pitchfork, push out.
    * obligar a salir de = force from.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) circunstancia/persona

    el mal tiempo nos obligó a... — bad weather forced o (frml) obliged us to...

    obligar A alguien A QUE + SUBJ — to make somebody + inf

    b) ley/disposición to bind

    las normas obligan a los maestros a... — the rules oblige teachers to...

    2.
    obligarse v pron (refl)

    obligarse A + INF — ( forzarse) to make oneself + inf, force oneself to + inf; ( comprometerse) to undertake to + inf

    * * *
    = bind, compel, constrain, dictate, force, impel, mandate, obligate, oblige, enjoin, enforce.

    Ex: Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex: We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.
    Ex: The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    * obligar a = make + it + incumbent upon.
    * obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.
    * obligar a Hacer Algo = push into.
    * obligar a + Infinitivo = push towards + Gerundio.
    * obligar a pagar = enforce + payment.
    * obligar a salir = drive out + with a pitchfork, push out.
    * obligar a salir de = force from.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

    * * *
    obligar [A3 ]
    vt
    1
    «circunstancia/persona»: obligar a algn A + INF: el mal tiempo nos obligó a retrasar la partida bad weather obliged o forced o compelled us to postpone our departure
    nos obligan a llevar uniforme we are required to o we have to wear uniform
    no lo obligues a comer don't force him to eat, don't make him eat
    lo obligué a pedirle perdón a la abuela I made him apologize to his grandmother
    obligar a algn A QUE + SUBJ to make sb + INF
    oblígalos a que recojan los juguetes make them pick up their toys
    2 «ley/disposición» to bind
    esta ley sólo obliga a los mayores de edad this law only applies to adults, only adults are legally bound by this law
    ( refl)
    1 (forzarse) obligarse A + INF to make oneself + INF, force oneself to + INF
    me obligo a escribir una página todos los días I force myself to write o I make myself write a page every day
    2 (comprometerse) to undertake obligarse A + INF to undertake to + INF
    * * *

     

    obligar ( conjugate obligar) verbo transitivo
    a) obligar a algn a hacer algo to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;


    nos obligan a llevar uniforme we are required to wear uniform;
    obligar a algn A QUE haga algo to make sb do sth
    b) [ley/disposición] to bind

    obligar verbo transitivo to force, oblige: nada te obliga a vivir con él, no-one's forcing you to live with him ➣ Ver nota en make
    ' obligar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comprometer
    - constreñir
    - desalojar
    - echar
    - forzar
    - hacer
    - empujar
    - orillar
    English:
    bind
    - bully
    - compel
    - constrained
    - drive
    - force
    - force down
    - hand
    - make
    - oblige
    - constrain
    - obligate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sujeto: persona]
    obligar a alguien (a hacer algo) to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;
    yo no quería hacerlo, me obligaron I didn't want to do it, they forced me to o they made me;
    no lo compres, nadie te obliga don't buy it, nobody is forcing you;
    la obligué a descansar I made her have a rest;
    a los jefes de departamento se les obliga a presentar un informe al mes the heads of department are required to hand in a monthly report;
    obligar a alguien a que haga algo to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;
    la obligué a que me contestase I forced her to answer me, I made her answer me
    2. [sujeto: ley, norma]
    la ley obliga a todos los ciudadanos a declarar sus ingresos all citizens are required by law to declare their income;
    esta norma obliga a los mayores de dieciocho años this rule applies to people over eighteen
    * * *
    v/t
    1
    :
    obligar a alguien oblige o force s.o. ( a hacer algo to do sth)
    2 de una ley apply to s.o.
    * * *
    obligar {52} vt
    : to force, to require, to oblige
    * * *
    obligar vb to force / to make
    me obligaron a marcharme they forced me to leave / they made me leave

    Spanish-English dictionary > obligar

  • 15 paparruchadas

    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, blather, claptrap, nonsense

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

    * * *
    fpl fam
    baloney sg fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > paparruchadas

  • 16 patochadas

    (n.) = baloney, nonsense
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, nonsense

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

    Spanish-English dictionary > patochadas

  • 17 reunión

    f.
    1 meeting, encounter, assemblage, reunion.
    2 meeting, assembly meeting.
    3 get-together, social, party.
    4 reunion, coming together.
    5 Reunion.
    * * *
    1 (gen) meeting, gathering
    2 (reencuentro) reunion
    3 (conjunto) collection, gathering
    \
    asistir a una reunión to attend a meeting
    celebrar una reunión to hold a meeting
    reunión social social gathering
    * * *
    noun f.
    meeting, gathering, rally, reunion
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de trabajo, deportiva] meeting; [social] gathering

    ¿irás a la reunión de padres? — are you going to the parents' meeting?

    2) (=gente reunida) meeting
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( para discutir algo) meeting
    b) ( de carácter social) gathering

    reunión de ex-alumnos — school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion

    c) (Dep) meeting, meet
    d) ( grupo de personas) meeting
    2) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *
    = assembly, convention, gathering, meeting, rally, reunion, bringing together, convening.
    Ex. If you make an entry for that, would you make it ISRAELI PARLIAMENT, ISRAELI GENERAL assembly, ISRAELI CONGRESS, or whatever?.
    Ex. This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.
    Ex. This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.
    Ex. This was initiated formally by the calling of the first meeting of the Network Advisory Committee in 1976.
    Ex. This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.
    Ex. The aim of the conference was to bring together the Texas library community in a reunion to reconfirm old networks and to develop new ones.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex. Convenings are one day events that focus on a specific substantive issue.
    ----
    * actas de reuniones = transactions.
    * asistir a una reunión = attend + meeting.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * celebrar una reunión = hold + meeting.
    * convocar una reunión = call + meeting, convene + meeting.
    * convocatoria de reunión = convening notice.
    * coordinar una reunión = conduct + meeting.
    * desconvocar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * minutas de reuniones = committee minutes.
    * organizar una reunión = arrange for + meeting, mount + meeting.
    * organizar un reunión = organise + meeting.
    * primera reunión = starter meeting.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * reunión a puertas abiertas = open meeting.
    * reunión celebrada con anterioridad al congreso = preconference [pre-conference].
    * reunión científica = scientific research meeting.
    * reunión conjunta = joint meeting.
    * reunión cumbre = summit.
    * reunión de antiguos alumnos = alumni reunion, class reunion.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * reunión de emergencia = emergency meeting.
    * reunión de expertos = expert meeting [experts' meeting].
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * reunión de la dirección = board meeting.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.
    * reunión del consejo = council meeting, council conference.
    * reunión de negocios = business meeting.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.
    * reunión + disolverse = party + break up.
    * reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.
    * reunión en petit comité = confab.
    * reunión familiar = family reunion, family gathering.
    * reunión inaugural = inaugural meeting.
    * reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.
    * reunión informativa = briefing meeting.
    * reunión informativa de prensa = press briefing.
    * reunión inicial = starter meeting.
    * reunión para tomar café = coffee party.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * reunión pública = public meeting.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( para discutir algo) meeting
    b) ( de carácter social) gathering

    reunión de ex-alumnos — school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion

    c) (Dep) meeting, meet
    d) ( grupo de personas) meeting
    2) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *
    = assembly, convention, gathering, meeting, rally, reunion, bringing together, convening.

    Ex: If you make an entry for that, would you make it ISRAELI PARLIAMENT, ISRAELI GENERAL assembly, ISRAELI CONGRESS, or whatever?.

    Ex: This article describes the 3 largest international book fairs: in Frankfurt, the children's book fair in Bologna, and the American Booksellers Association annual convention which has a different venue every year.
    Ex: This institution offers not only a wide range of information but also the facility of a meeting room, a drop-in lounge for social gatherings, meetings, workshops, exhibitions, displays, playgroups, coffee breaks, informal chats, seminars, study groups, films and slide shows.
    Ex: This was initiated formally by the calling of the first meeting of the Network Advisory Committee in 1976.
    Ex: This article gives examples of unusual forms of library promotion -- rallies, comedy competitions, fun runs, fireworks.
    Ex: The aim of the conference was to bring together the Texas library community in a reunion to reconfirm old networks and to develop new ones.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex: Convenings are one day events that focus on a specific substantive issue.
    * actas de reuniones = transactions.
    * asistir a una reunión = attend + meeting.
    * cancelar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * celebrar una reunión = hold + meeting.
    * convocar una reunión = call + meeting, convene + meeting.
    * convocatoria de reunión = convening notice.
    * coordinar una reunión = conduct + meeting.
    * desconvocar una reunión = call off + meeting.
    * minutas de reuniones = committee minutes.
    * organizar una reunión = arrange for + meeting, mount + meeting.
    * organizar un reunión = organise + meeting.
    * primera reunión = starter meeting.
    * reunión a la que los padres acuden con sus bebés = lapsit.
    * reunión a puertas abiertas = open meeting.
    * reunión celebrada con anterioridad al congreso = preconference [pre-conference].
    * reunión científica = scientific research meeting.
    * reunión conjunta = joint meeting.
    * reunión cumbre = summit.
    * reunión de antiguos alumnos = alumni reunion, class reunion.
    * reunión de bibliotecas móviles = mobilemeet.
    * reunión de emergencia = emergency meeting.
    * reunión de expertos = expert meeting [experts' meeting].
    * reunión de grupo = group meeting.
    * reunión de la dirección = board meeting.
    * reunión de la junta directiva = board meeting.
    * reunión del consejo = council meeting, council conference.
    * reunión de negocios = business meeting.
    * reunión de personal = staff meeting.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * reunión de trabajo = business meeting, business session.
    * reunión + disolverse = party + break up.
    * reunión en la que cada persona trae un plato para compartir = potluck.
    * reunión en petit comité = confab.
    * reunión familiar = family reunion, family gathering.
    * reunión inaugural = inaugural meeting.
    * reunión informal = get together [get-together], social.
    * reunión informativa = briefing meeting.
    * reunión informativa de prensa = press briefing.
    * reunión inicial = starter meeting.
    * reunión para tomar café = coffee party.
    * reunión por temas de interés = breakout session.
    * reunión pública = public meeting.
    * reunión social = social gathering.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.

    * * *
    A
    no hicieron una gran fiesta sino una pequeña reunión they didn't have a big party, just a small gathering o get-together
    reunión de ex-alumnos school reunion, old boys'/girls' reunion
    3 ( Dep) meeting, meet
    Compuestos:
    summit, summit meeting
    status meeting
    unlawful assembly
    press conference, briefing
    B (de datos, información) gathering, collecting
    * * *

     

    reunión sustantivo femenino

    ( de carácter social) gathering;
    ( reencuentro) reunion
    b) (de datos, información) gathering, collecting

    reunión sustantivo femenino
    1 (de negocios, etc) meeting
    2 (de conocidos, familiares) organizamos una reunión de antiguos alumnos, we arranged a reunion of former students
    ' reunión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acta
    - alta
    - alto
    - animar
    - animada
    - animado
    - animarse
    - batalla
    - celebrar
    - cónclave
    - conferencia
    - consejo
    - convocar
    - convocatoria
    - desanimada
    - desanimado
    - disolver
    - disolverse
    - eje
    - expositor
    - expositora
    - fiesta
    - haber
    - irrupción
    - junta
    - plena
    - pleno
    - presidir
    - presidencia
    - presidenta
    - presidente
    - reencuentro
    - replantear
    - respirar
    - ruego
    - sobrar
    - suspender
    - té
    - teleclub
    - troika
    - velada
    - verse
    - acabar
    - acudir
    - alargar
    - aplazamiento
    - aplazar
    - asado
    - asamblea
    - asistente
    English:
    absent
    - act
    - adjourn
    - advance
    - arrange
    - assembly
    - attend
    - boisterous
    - brace
    - break up
    - call
    - call away
    - cancel
    - chair
    - clarify
    - close
    - concerted
    - convivial
    - disrupt
    - disruption
    - eloquent
    - expect
    - extraordinary
    - gathering
    - get-together
    - have
    - hen party
    - hold
    - informal
    - make
    - meeting
    - minute
    - off
    - open
    - overrun
    - proceedings
    - put back
    - rally
    - reassembly
    - report
    - reunion
    - run on
    - run over
    - set up
    - sit in on
    - social
    - special
    - staff meeting
    - stay away
    - stick up for
    * * *
    1. [encuentro] [profesional] meeting;
    [de amigos, familiares] get-together, gathering;
    hacer o [m5] celebrar una reunión to have o hold a meeting
    reunión atlética athletics meeting, US track and field meet;
    reunión de departamento departmental meeting
    2. [tras largo tiempo] reunion;
    una reunión familiar/de veteranos a family/veterans' reunion
    3. [asistentes] meeting
    4. [recogida] gathering, collection
    * * *
    f meeting; de amigos get-together
    * * *
    reunión nf, pl - niones
    1) : meeting
    2) : gathering, reunion
    * * *
    1. (de trabajo) meeting
    2. (fiesta) gathering

    Spanish-English dictionary > reunión

  • 18 tonterías

    intj.
    nonsense, hooey, rats, rot.
    f.pl.
    1 nonsense, bunk, baloney, boloney.
    2 stupidity, stupid thing.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash
    Ex. The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex. He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    * * *
    (n.) = drivel, nonsense, baloney, blather, piffle, palaver, moonshine, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash

    Ex: The article 'In defense of 'ignorant drivel'' criticises the reforms in scholarly serials publication proposed by John Lubans.

    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: To speak the argot, one of the main rules is called 'police palaver' -- never use a short word where a long one will do.
    Ex: He describes as 'pure moonshine' the account that Columbus supposedly failed to persuade professors of mathematics, geography, and astronomy that the world was round.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.

    * * *
    tonterías npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > tonterías

  • 19 unión

    f.
    1 union, concord, togetherness.
    2 union, binding, binding together, linkage.
    3 union, labor union, trade union.
    4 link, bonding, join, bond.
    5 union, coalition, league.
    6 union, adherence, cling, coalescence.
    7 junction, bind.
    8 henosis, junctura.
    * * *
    1 union
    \
    en unión de together with
    la unión hace la fuerza there is strength in numbers
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción)
    a) [de puntos, extremos] joining together; [de empresas] merger

    la operación consiste en la unión de los extremos del hueso fracturado — the operation consists of joining together the two ends of the fractured bone

    b)

    en unión con o de — (=acompañado de) together with, along with; (=en asociación con) in association with, together with

    la construcción del centro fue concedida a Unitex, en unión con otra empresa — the contract to build the centre was awarded to Unitex, in association with another firm

    2) (=cualidad) unity
    3) (=organización)

    Unión General de Trabajadores — Esp socialist union confederation

    Unión Soviética — ( Hist) Soviet Union

    4) [de pareja] (=matrimonio) union
    5) (Mec) joint
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción)
    b) ( agrupación) association
    c) la Unión Americana (Méx) (Period) ( Estados Unidos) the United States
    2) ( relación) union, relationship; ( matrimonio) union, marriage
    3) ( juntura) joint
    * * *
    = coming together, joining together, linkage, confounding, piecing together, union, junction, marriage, togetherness, bringing together, conjoining.
    Ex. Knowledge generally evolves from an identifiable base, and often new subjects arise from the coming together of two previously separate subjects.
    Ex. Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.
    Ex. We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.
    Ex. The confounding of opposites is also common though, again, care has to be taken to see that we do not confound two subjects on which extensive literature exists.
    Ex. Progress in research is dependent on the piecing together of items of information from many sources.
    Ex. By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
    Ex. People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.
    Ex. Multimedia encyclopedias on CD-ROM are a nearly perfect marriage of technology and content.
    Ex. Mayo maintained that workers are motivated by ' togetherness' and crave individual recognition within the group = Mayo mantenía que los trabajadores se motivan por la solidaridad y anhelan el reconocimiento individual dentro del grupo.
    Ex. I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex. This sign is in effect a prototypical example of the conjoining of words and images.
    ----
    * falta de unión = disunity.
    * la unión hace la fuerza = strength in numbers, strength in numbers.
    * unión civil = civil union.
    * unión monetaria = monetary union.
    * Unión Monetaria Europea (UME) = European Monetary Union (EMU).
    * unión política = political union.
    * Unión Soviética, la = Soviet Union, the, USSR, the.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( acción)
    b) ( agrupación) association
    c) la Unión Americana (Méx) (Period) ( Estados Unidos) the United States
    2) ( relación) union, relationship; ( matrimonio) union, marriage
    3) ( juntura) joint
    * * *
    = coming together, joining together, linkage, confounding, piecing together, union, junction, marriage, togetherness, bringing together, conjoining.

    Ex: Knowledge generally evolves from an identifiable base, and often new subjects arise from the coming together of two previously separate subjects.

    Ex: Such schemes are essentially analytical in nature, but do not permit any synthesis or joining together of concepts that have been divided from one another.
    Ex: We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.
    Ex: The confounding of opposites is also common though, again, care has to be taken to see that we do not confound two subjects on which extensive literature exists.
    Ex: Progress in research is dependent on the piecing together of items of information from many sources.
    Ex: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.
    Ex: People value the public library highly as an educational and community resource and the library acts as an 'information junction' to bind the community together.
    Ex: Multimedia encyclopedias on CD-ROM are a nearly perfect marriage of technology and content.
    Ex: Mayo maintained that workers are motivated by ' togetherness' and crave individual recognition within the group = Mayo mantenía que los trabajadores se motivan por la solidaridad y anhelan el reconocimiento individual dentro del grupo.
    Ex: I have already mentioned that the bringing together of the various editions is the real problem.
    Ex: This sign is in effect a prototypical example of the conjoining of words and images.
    * falta de unión = disunity.
    * la unión hace la fuerza = strength in numbers, strength in numbers.
    * unión civil = civil union.
    * unión monetaria = monetary union.
    * Unión Monetaria Europea (UME) = European Monetary Union (EMU).
    * unión política = political union.
    * Unión Soviética, la = Soviet Union, the, USSR, the.

    * * *
    A
    1
    (acción): la unión de las dos empresas the merger of the two companies
    con la unión de nuestros esfuerzos by combining our efforts
    la unión de estos factores the combination of these factors
    la unión hace la fuerza united we stand
    2 (agrupación) association
    3
    la Unión Americana ( Méx) (Estados Unidos) the United States, the States ( colloq)
    B (relación) union, relationship; (matrimonio) union, marriage
    de esta unión nacieron dos hijos two children were born of this union
    C (juntura) joint
    Compuestos:
    (homosexual) ≈ civil partnership; (heterosexual) ≈ couple in a stable relationship ( who acquire legal rights and responsibilities)
    ( AmL) unmarried union; cohabitation
    (UE) Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe
    (UE) Economic and Monetary Union
    European Union
    (UE)
    Western European Union
    ( Hist) Soviet Union
    * * *

     

    unión sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) ( acción):


    la unión de estos factores the combination of these factors

    c)


    2 ( relación) union, relationship;
    ( matrimonio) union, marriage
    3 ( juntura) joint
    unión sustantivo femenino
    1 (coalición) union
    Unión Europea, European Union
    2 (asociación) association
    unión de consumidores, consumers' association
    3 (cohesión) unity
    4 (matrimonio, ligazón) union
    5 (juntura) joint
    ' unión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abogada
    - abogado
    - camaradería
    - cohabitación
    - conflictividad
    - fracturar
    - revigorizar
    - sindical
    - sindicarse
    - sindicato
    - soldadura
    - UE
    - UEFA
    - unidad
    - URSS
    - alianza
    - casamiento
    - conjunción
    - empate
    - enlace
    - gremial
    - gremio
    - llamar
    - sindicalismo
    - sindicalizarse
    - Unión Europea
    - Unión Soviética
    - vínculo
    English:
    connection
    - EMU
    - EU
    - European Union
    - inflame
    - intervene
    - mating
    - membership
    - mismatch
    - rep
    - togetherness
    - trade union
    - trades union
    - union
    - Union Jack
    - belong
    - blue
    - capacity
    - European
    - join
    - joint
    - labor union
    - marriage
    - official
    - rank
    - shop
    - Soviet
    - student
    - trade
    - TUC
    - USSR
    * * *
    unión nf
    1. [asociación] union;
    en unión con o [m5]de together with;
    acudió a la ceremonia en unión de su familia she attended the ceremony together with her family
    unión aduanera customs union;
    Unión Africana African Union;
    Méx la Unión Americana the United States;
    la Unión Europea the European Union;
    Unión Monetaria Monetary Union;
    Antes Unión Soviética Soviet Union
    2. [acción] joining, union;
    un compuesto es el resultado de la unión de dos palabras a compound is the result of the joining of two words;
    la unión de las dos empresas the union o merger of the two companies
    3. [juntura, adherimiento] join, joint
    4. [cohesión] unity;
    hay que potenciar la unión entre los ciudadanos we must foster a sense of unity among citizens;
    la unión hace la fuerza unity is strength
    5. [matrimonio] marriage, union
    unión de hecho unmarried couple
    * * *
    f
    1 union;
    la unión hace la fuerza united we stand
    2 TÉC joint
    * * *
    unión nf, pl uniones
    1) : union
    2) juntura: joint, coupling
    * * *
    1. (enlace) union
    2. (unidad) unity

    Spanish-English dictionary > unión

  • 20 zandadas

    (n.) = baloney, blather, piffle, nonsense
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    * * *
    (n.) = baloney, blather, piffle, nonsense

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.

    Spanish-English dictionary > zandadas

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