reference performance

Ex: Acquisition of material is through an office of the Library of Congress stationed in Jakarta as well as direct purchasing from vendors.

Ex: The reference service is set up next to, on in the case of small units, in the reading room.

Ex: For them musical performance emplaces and embodies community identities in very specific ways.

Ex: One of the greatest appeals to travelers to Santiago, located in the central coastal region of Chile, is its Mediterranean climate.

emplazar verbo transitivo
1 (ubicar) to locate: emplazaron el nuevo teatro al lado de la catedral, they built the new theatre next to the cathedral
2 (citar, convocar) to call together: os emplazo para comer el sábado en mi casa, you're invited to come around for lunch on Saturday
' emplazar' also found in these entries:
English:
station
- summon
- summons
[armamento] to position; [misiles] to site; [tropas] to post, to station; Der to summons;

Ex: This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.

Ex: From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.

Ex: Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.

Ex: The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

Ex: The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.

Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex: With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.

Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.

* colección de investigación = research collection.

* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.

* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.

* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* departamento de investigación = research unit.

* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* equipo de investigación = research team.

* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* herramienta de investigación = research tool.

* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.

* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.

* institución de investigación = research institution.

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

* investigación-acción = action research.

* investigación aplicada = action research.

* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.

* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.

* investigación clínica = clinical research.

* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.

* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.

* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.

* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigación de despacho = desk research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigación educativa = educational research.

* investigación empírica = empirical research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.

* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.

* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* investigación en documentación = information science research.

* investigación en educación = educational research.

* investigación en equipo = team research.

* investigación en medicina = medical research.

* investigaciones = research evidence.

* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.

* investigaciones operativas = operations research.

* investigación genética = genetic research.

* investigación histórica = historical research.

* investigación industrial = industrial research.

* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.

* investigación médica = medical research.

* investigación operativa = operational research.

* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.

* investigación pedagógica = educational research.

* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).

* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.

* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.

* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.

* metodología de investigación = research methodology.

* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.

* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.

* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* programa de investigación = research agenda.

* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.

* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.

* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.

* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* técnica de investigación = research technique.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

 

investigación sustantivo femenino

( por comisión especial) inquiry


investigación de mercados market research
investigación sustantivo femenino
1 (pesquisa, indagación) investigation
2 (estudio riguroso) research
' investigación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelante
- beca
- Cesid
- consejo
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- estancar
- estancada
- estancado
- estudio
- exhaustiva
- exhaustivo
- F.B.I
- puntera
- puntero
- relevante
- rigurosa
- riguroso
- someterse
- terrena
- terreno
- abrir
- archivar
- centrar
- cuidadoso
- dedicar
- destinar
- detenido
- dirigir
- encuesta
- examen
- expediente
- fondo
- fruto
- hacer
- meticuloso
- minucioso
- objeto
- potenciar
- realizar
English:
aid
- appropriate
- behind
- bureau
- CID
- compass
- consumer research
- diligent
- enquiry
- fellowship
- full-scale
- grant
- hush-hush
- in-house
- inquest
- inquiry
- institute
- investigation
- province
- research
- scope
- screening
- survey
- thorough
- vet
- allocate
- fact
- investigate
- line
- market
- means
- narrow
- probe
- screen
- station
- way
investigación científica scientific research; investigación judicial judicial inquiry

Ex: Reading for education or reading for work-related information may be unpleasant chores for many people but nevertheless chores that cannot be avoided.

* accidente laboral = occupational injury, occupational accident.

* acoso laboral = workplace mobbing.

* ascenso laboral = job promotion.

* asunto laboral = work-related issue.

* comunidad laboral = working community.

* condiciones laborales = working conditions, occupational conditions, work conditions, work life.

* condiciones laborales de calidad = quality of work life (QWL).

* convenio laboral = labour agreement, labour-management agreement.

* cuestión laboral = work-related issue.

* derecho laboral = employment law.

* enfermedad laboral = occupational disease.

* entorno laboral = work environment, working environment.

* estrés laboral = job stress.

* horario laboral = hours of operation, opening hours, working hours, work hours.

* incapacidad laboral = work disability, work incapacity.

* incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.

* incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.

* inserción laboral = job placement, labour insertion.

* jornada laboral = day's work, work hours.

* mercado laboral, el = employment market, the.

* política laboral = labour policy.

* precariedad laboral = job insecurity, job instability.

* prevención de riesgos laborales = occupational hazard prevention.

* productividad laboral = labour productivity.

* promoción laboral = job promotion.

* puesto laboral = staff position.

* reforma laboral = labour reform.

* rendimiento laboral = work performance.

* riesgo laboral = occupational hazard.

* semana laboral = working week.

* situación laboral = employment status.

 

laboral adjetivo ‹problemas/conflictos› labor^{( conjugate labor)} ( before n), work ( before n);
See Also→

laboral adjetivo industrial, labour: tuvo un accidente laboral, he had an industrial accident
jornada laboral, working day
relación/ situación laboral, labour relation/ situation

' laboral' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absentismo
- accidente
- conflicto
- derecha
- derecho
- derogación
- hábil
- historial
- plaza
- reivindicación
- incapacidad
- inseguridad
- jornada
- semana
- universidad
English:
absenteeism
- dispute
- industrial
- job opportunity
- labour
- occupational
- relationship
- trouble
- work ethic
- workday
- working
- working environment
- working-day
- labor
- settlement
- work
[semana, jornada, horario, condiciones] working; [derecho, costos, mercado] labour; [conflicto] industrial;

Ex: Even for those items that are designated relevant some may be judged to be highly relevant, whilst others may be regarded as partially relevant or only marginally relevant.

Ex: The other woman nodded, smiling slightly, and began to make concentric circles on a pad of paper.

Ex: At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).

Ex: In a similar vein, the reference librarians interviewed were mildly cost conscious and believed that their requesters were most satisfied with their performance.

Ex: Consequences of challenging her at this time began to shape themselves vaguely in his mind.

Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.

Ex: The DaVinci Code movie deviates only subtly from the best-selling book on which it is based by making the lead character a man of some faith.

* balancearse ligeramente = bobble.

* empujar ligeramente con el dedo o un instrumento = poke.

* golpear ligeramente = tap, pat.

* golpear ligeramente la punta de los dedos en sucesión sobre una superficie = tap + fingers.

* ligeramente + Adjetivo = slightly + Adjetivo, vaguely + Adjetivo.

* ligeramente + Nombre = a shade + Nombre.

* mirar ligeramente = glance at.

* revisar ligeramente = tinker with.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* tirar ligeramente de = tug on.

* tocar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, stroke, brush past, tip.

* tratar ligeramente = skim + the surface of, touch on/upon.

ligeramente adverbio
1 (con ligereza) lightly
2 (un poco) slightly: es ligeramente amarillo, it's slightly yellow
' ligeramente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afrutada
- afrutado
- sabrosa
- sabroso
- rozar
English:
bit
- dab
- faintly
- lightly
- marginally
- mildly
- nick
- slightly
- tenuously
- thinly
- bitter
- gently
- nudge
- vaguely
[aumentar, bajar, doler] slightly;

Ex: Among the trends are: more focus on user needs, a contention between optical products and on-line access; and a focus in the USA on formulation of major information policies.

Ex: Mergers and acquisitions are playing an increasing important part in corporate strategies, stimulated by the scramble for market position in the new Europe.

Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

Ex: The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.

Ex: The academic librarian, by remaining neutral, can stay above the fray and does not need to take sides in order to provide scholars with access to the truth.

Ex: The Thatcher government's crusade for privatisation is also hitting British libraries.

Ex: If performance evaluation is viewed as a tool of second or third-level by supervisors it loses its clout and encourages strife.

Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.

Ex: The children were involved in manual labour, guard duty, front-line fighting, bomb manufacture, setting sea/land mines & radio & communication.

Ex: Library administrators might be able to predict their fortunes in the academic tug of war for funds if they understood more clearly the attitudes of institutional administrators towards libraries.

Ex: Encounters between indigenous and colonizing peoples are described as MASSACRES when the indigenous people won and battles when the colonists won.

* emprender una lucha contra = launch + attack on.

* en la lucha contra = in the battle against.

* enzarzarse en la lucha = engage in + combat.

* enzarzarse en una lucha a muerte = get into + a fight to the death.

* lucha a muerte = fight to death.

* lucha armada = armed struggle.

* lucha contra las drogas = war on drugs.

* lucha contra los insectos = pest control.

* lucha de clases = class warfare.

* lucha de ingenio = battle of wits.

* lucha de poderes = power struggle, battle of wills.

* lucha de resistencia = battle of wills.

* lucha diaria = daily grind.

* luchador de lucha libre = wrestler.

* lucha enconada = bitter struggle.

* lucha entre tres = three-horse race.

* lucha hasta la muerte = fight to death.

* lucha intelectual = battle of wits.

* lucha libre = professional wrestling, wrestling.

* lucha por el poder = power struggle.

* lucha por el título = title race.

* luchas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

 

Del verbo luchar: ( conjugate luchar)

lucha es:



Multiple Entries:
lucha    
luchar
lucha sustantivo femenino

( para conseguir algo) struggle;

la lucha contra el cáncer the fight against cancer


luchar ( conjugate luchar) verbo intransitivo



lucha por la paz to fight for peace


lucha sustantivo femenino
1 (combate) fight
lucha libre, wrestling
2 (trabajo, esfuerzo) struggle: hubo una lucha interna para cambiar a los dirigentes del partido, there was internal turmoil regarding replacing party heads
lucha de clases, class struggle
luchar verbo transitivo to fight wrestle
♦ Locuciones: luchar con uñas y dientes, to fight nail and tooth
' lucha' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antiterrorista
- cuartel
- duelo
- pelea
- abandonar
- armado
- continuo
- cooperar
- desigual
- equilibrado
- guerrilla
- implacable
- llave
- pugna
- sostener
English:
all-in wrestling
- battle
- charity
- class struggle
- contest
- desperate
- fight
- grim
- struggle
- throw
- tug-of-war
- tussle
- war
- wrestling
- warden
la lucha armada the armed struggle lucha de clases class struggle lucha grecorromana Graeco-Roman wrestling;

I II I II

Ex: Medium of performance may be, for example, nocturne, piano, ballads, woodwind quartet, string orchestra.

Ex: End user searching on BRS/After Dark, the night-time version of the BRS Search Service, has been offered to users of Ottawa University Library since July 83.

Ex: The system is also being used to record and identify the nocturnal calls of migrating songbirds through eastern North America.

Ex: This article probes the images of African Americans in a 30 day sample of videotaped nightly news programmes.

* club nocturno = nightclub.

* lectura nocturna = bedtime reading.

* local de entretenimiento nocturno = night spot.

* local nocturno = night spot.

* lugar de entretenimiento nocturno = night spot.

* préstamo nocturno = overnight loan.

* ser nocturno = night creature.

* telegrama nocturno = night letter.

* vida nocturna = night life.

* vigilante nocturno = night watchman.

* visión nocturna = night vision, nocturnal vision.

nocturno


‹ clases› evening ( before n)

nocturno,-a I adjetivo
1 night
tarifa nocturna, night rate
tren nocturno, night train
2 Bot Zool nocturnal
II m Mús nocturne
un nocturno de Schubert, a nocturne by Schubert
' nocturno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nocturna I
- pub
- club
- sereno
- vigilante
English:
club
- night
- nightclub
- nightlong
- nightly
- nocturnal
- watchman
- hot
[de la tarde] evening;

Ex: In other cases, the capacity and performance of computer equipment prove to be the limiting factor, although continuing advances in fields like data networks, voice input and output, and computer vision keep pushing these limits further and further back.

* aceptable por el ordenador = machine-processable.

* adquisición por ordenador = computerised acquisition.

* animación por ordenador = computer animation.

* aprendizaje asistido por ordenador (CAL) = computer-assisted learning (CAL).

* aprendizaje por medio del ordenador = computer-based learning (CBL).

* archivo de ordenador = computer file, machine-readable data file.

* asignado por el ordenador = computer-assigned.

* asignado por ordenador = machine-assigned.

* asistido por el ordenador = machine-negotiated.

* asistido por ordenador = computer-mediated, computer-supported, computer-assisted, computer-aided.

* calculado por el ordenador = computer-calculated.

* carrete de ordenador = computer reel.

* cartucho de ordenador = computer cartridge.

* casete de ordenador = computer cassette.

* catálogo de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form catalogue.

* catálogo en forma de listado de ordenador = computer book form catalogue.

* componer tipográficamente por ordenador = computer typeset.

* composición tipográfica por ordenador = computer typesetting.

* comunicación entre ordenadores = computer-communication.

* comunicación mediante el ordenador = computer mediated communication (CMC).

* conexión entre ordenadores = computer link.

* conferencia por ordenador = computer conferencing.

* congreso mediante ordenador = computer-mediated conferencing.

* congreso por ordenador = computer conference.

* controlado por ordenador = computer-controlled.

* creado por ordenador = computer-generated.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de ordenadores = computer-to-computer.

* desplazamiento por medio del ordenador = computer commuting.

* disco de ordenador = computer disc.

* disco óptico de ordenador = computer optical disc.

* diseño asistido por ordenador (CAD) = computer-aided design (CAD).

* elaborado por ordenador = computer-produced [computer produced].

* empresa de ordenadores = computer company.

* emulación de terminales de ordenador = terminal emulation.

* enseñanza asistida por ordenador = computer-aided learning (CAL).

* enseñanza asistida por ordenador (CAI) = computer-assisted instruction (CAI).

* enseñanza por medio del ordenador (CBI) = computer-based instruction (CBI).

* entre ordenadores = computer-to-computer.

* estado del ordenador en fuera de línea = offlineness.

* estado del ordenador en línea = onlineness.

* gestión de imágenes por ordenador = computer imaging.

* gráficos por ordenador = computer graphics.

* guardado en el ordenador = machine-stored.

* hacer que sea procesable por el ordenador = render + machine-manipulatable.

* imágenes por ordenador = computer graphics.

* índice de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form index.

* índice encuadernado de listado de ordenador = computer book form index.

* interacción hombre-ordenador = human-computer interaction.

* introducir datos en el ordenador = input.

* introductor de datos en un ordenador = inputter.

* juego de ordenador = computer game.

* listado de ordenador = computer print-out.

* listado encuadernado de ordenador = computer print-out book form, computer book.

* MARS (Servicio de Referencia Asistido por Ordenador) = MARS (Machine Assisted Reference Service).

* mecanógrafo de ordenador = keyboard operator.

* mediante el ordenador = computer-mediated.

* microforma producida por ordenador = COM (computer output microform).

* miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety.

* modelo por ordenador = computer model.

* monitor de ordenador = CRT screen, CRT display screen.

* ordenación por ordenador = computer filing.

* ordenador central = central computer, host computer.

* ordenador compatible = generic computer.

* ordenador de bolsillo = palm-sized computer, palmtop, palmtop computer.

* ordenador de mano = Palm Pilot.

* ordenador de seguridad = firewall.

* ordenador de sobremesa = desktop computer.

* ordenador digital = digital computer.

* Ordenadores Apple = Apple Computer.

* ordenadores de uso público = PAWS (Public access workstations).

* ordenador frontal = head-end computer.

* ordenador personal = desktop computer, home computer.

* ordenador personal (PC) = personal computer (PC).

* ordenador portátil = notebook computer, laptop, laptop computer.

* ordenador trampa = honeypot.

* orientado al ordenador = machine-oriented, computer-oriented.

* paquete de programas de ordenador = software package.

* para ordenadores personales = microcomputer-based, PC-based.

* PC IBM (Ordenador personal IBM) = IBM-PC (IBM Personal Computer).

* plataforma de ordenador = computing platform.

* presentación mediante ordenador = computer projection.

* prestaciones del ordenador = computer's capabilities.

* procesable por el ordenador = machine-manipulatable.

* producido por ordenador = computer-produced [computer produced], machine-derived.

* programa de ordenador = computer programme.

* proyección mediante ordenador = computer projection.

* reconocimiento de imágenes por el ordenador = computer vision.

* red de ordenadores = computer network.

* reinicializar un ordenador = reboot + computer.

* simulación por ordenador = computer simulation.

* tarjeta de ordenador = computer card.

* tecnología del ordenador = computer technology.

* tecnología del ordenador personal = personal computer technology.

* teleconferencia por ordenador = computer teleconferencing.

* teleordenador = telecomputer.

* terminal de ordenador = terminal, computer terminal.

* tiempo durante el cual el ordenador no está disponible al público = down time.

* tomografía por ordenador = computer tomography, computed tomography.

* trabajo con ordenador = computer work.

* traducción asistida por ordenador = computer-aided translation (CAT), computer-assisted translation (CAT).

* unidad de archivos de ordenador múltiples = multi-file item.

* utilizar al máximo por medio del ordenador = explode.

* utilizar el ordenador = operate + computer.

 

Multiple Entries:
ordenador    
ordeñador
ordenador sustantivo masculino (Esp) See Also→

ordenador sustantivo masculino computer: estudia diseño asistido por ordenador, she's taking a class in computer-aided design (CAD); ordenador portátil, laptop computer

' ordenador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actualizar
- cargarse
- cerrar
- colgarse
- comprar
- de
- desarrollar
- dichosa
- dichoso
- escribir
- espaciador
- ficha
- garantía
- inexperta
- inexperto
- manual
- marchar
- portátil
- risa
- sobremesa
- teclado
- teclear
- terminar
- uso
- velocidad
English:
afford
- CAD
- computer
- computer language
- computer-assisted
- data processor
- delete
- desktop
- dinosaur
- down
- exclusively
- function
- good
- innards
- instruction
- keep
- key
- laptop
- longhand
- notebook
- pc
- personal computer
- printout
- retrofit
- upgrade
- compatible
- main
- personal
Esp computer; ordenador analógico analogue computer; INFOR computer;

Ex: In a similar vein, the reference librarians interviewed were mildly cost conscious and believed that their requesters were most satisfied with their performance.

* andar suavemente = pad.

* caminar suavemente = pad.

[acariciar] gently; [hablar] softly

1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: Interested parties can book time to visit our stores, but this is often inconvenient for them and expensive in terms of staff time.

Ex: The library needs to be developed as the focal point of the community, a place where the public can drop in for all kinds of activities, not necessarily book-related or 'cultural'.

Ex: A mobile library paid weekly visits to the workers getting the pipeline across the Volga.

Ex: I'm already planning a quick train ride to Edinburgh to see the art museums there an drop in on the Edinburgh Festival.

Ex: You may have seen the lines making the rounds of library e-mail: 'A Zen librarian searched for 'nothing' on the Internet and received 28 million hits'.

Ex: A 5-day symposium was held at Champagne Public Library and an exhibition toured the public libraries of the state.

Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.

Ex: I have always thought that it would be neat to take a trip to Israel -- as a Christian it would be so historically mind blowing.

* visitar a = drop by.

 

visitar ( conjugate visitar) verbo transitivo


visitarse verbo pronominal ( recípr) to visit each other
visitar verbo transitivo to visit
' visitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
franquicia
- ver
- gustar
English:
call
- call back
- call in
- call on
- come over
- come round
- drop in
- drop round
- pop in
- pretence
- pretense
- pretext
- see
- stop by
- tour
- visit
- worth
- go
- sight
- take

vivo, -a cal, fuerza 5), lágrima, lengua 4) rojo 2., 1), voz 1) (=aprovechado) I II I II

Ex: By designing the floors to carry a superimposed live load of 6.5 kN/m2, it is easy to move bookshelves, reader places and other library functions to any part of the building.

Ex: Few librarians have had both his dedication and ability to make the catalog a living tool serving all of the people.

Ex: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.

Ex: For a storyteller preparation is like rehearsal for an orchestra; there will be passages that need emphasis, and some that need a slow pace, others that need a quickened tempo, and so on = La preparación de un narrador de cuentos es como el ensayo de una orquesta; habrá pasajes que necesiten énfasis, otros un ritmo lento, otros un ritmo acelerado, etcétera.

Ex: The store was gutted and rebuilt, according to his specifications, into a beautiful, modern facility, decorated in vibrant hues and furnished with the latest Herman Miller offerings.

Ex: The openness of the now accessible stacks is emphasised by use of glass and bright colours.

Ex: They are more than simple documents -- they are living and breathing expressions of important ethical concerns.

Ex: Interviews were with a surviving next of kin or a nonrelative about three months after the event of death.

Ex: He is a walking history of modern librarianship and has been a mentor to many.

Ex: This is a review article on a book by Stephen M. Borish ' The Land of the Living'.

Ex: A spry 80 years young, Virginia has been painting murals for the last 50 years and a lot can be said for the advantages of experience.

Ex: He was described as a ' sprightly nonagenarian' who was born in 1905.

Ex: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.

* actuación en vivo = live performance, live entertainment.

* apagar la cal viva = slake + quicklime.

* a viva voz = open outcry.

* cal viva = quicklime.

* comerse Algo vivo, devorarse Algo = eat + Nombre + alive.

* concierto en vivo = live concert.

* continuar vivo = live on.

* cosa viva = living thing.

* de viva voz = orally, word-of-mouth, by word of mouth.

* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.

* entre los vivos = land of the living, the.

* en vivo = live-action, in vivo, live.

* imaginación muy viva = vivid imagination.

* leyenda vivida = living legend.

* llorar a lágrima viva = sob + Posesivo + heart out, cry + Posesivo + heart out, cry + uncontrollably.

* mantener Algo vivo = keep + the flame alive, keep + Nombre + at the fore.

* mantener vivo = keep + alive, keep + Nombre + going.

* materia viva = living matter.

* monumento vivo = living monument.

* música en vivo = live music.

* no vivo = nonliving [non-living].

* organismo vivo = living thing.

* permanecer vivo = remain + alive.

* ponerse al rojo vivo = reach + boiling point, fire up.

* publicación seriada viva = active serial.

* revista viva = active journal.

* rojo vivo = vibrant red, vermilion [vermillion].

* seguir vivo = live on, stay + alive.

* sentirse vivo = feel + alive.

* ser un vivo retrato de = be a dead ringer for.

* servicio de referencia en vivo = live reference.

* ser vivo = sentient being.

* tener algo muy vivo en la mente de uno = be strong in + mind.

* viva + Nombre = long live + Nombre.

 

Del verbo vivir: ( conjugate vivir)

vivo es:


Multiple Entries:
vivir    
vivo
vivir ( conjugate vivir) verbo intransitivo
1 ( en general) to live;

vivo para algo/algn to live for sth/sb;
vivo en paz to live in peace;
la pintura no da para vivo you can't make a living from painting;
el sueldo no le alcanza para vivo his salary isn't enough (for him) to live on;
vivo de algo ‹ de la caridad› to live on sth;

‹del arte/de la pesca› to make a living from sth;
ver tb

2 ( estar vivo) to be alive
3 ( como interj):

¡vivan los novios! three cheers for the bride and groom!;
¡viva! hurray!
verbo transitivo


los que vivimos la guerra those of us who lived through the war


vivo

1


en vivo ‹actuación/transmisión› live

2

‹ descripción› vivid, graphic;
‹relato/imaginación› lively

‹llama/fuego› bright;
‹ojos/mirada› lively, bright

3 (avispado, astuto) sharp;

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( oportunista) sharp o smooth operator (colloq);
( aprovechado) freeloader
vivir
I verbo intransitivo
1 (tener vida) to live: vivió ochenta años, she lived to be eighty
¡aún vive!, he's still alive!
2 (estar residiendo) to live: viven en Australia, they live in Australia
3 (en la memoria) su recuerdo aún vive en nosotros, our memories of him still live on
4 (subsistir) no es suficiente para vivir, it's not enough to live on
esa gente vive de la caza, those people live from o by hunting
5 (convivir) viven juntos desde hace muchos años, they've been living together for years
II vtr (pasar una experiencia) to live through
III sustantivo masculino
1 life, living
2 (una persona) de mal vivir, loose, disreputable
♦ Locuciones: dejar vivir a alguien, (no molestar) vive y deja vivir, live and let live; familiar no vivir alguien, (preocupación, angustia) desde que tiene esa grave enfermedad, sus padres no viven, his parents have been in a state of anxiety since he's had this serious illness; familiar vivir la vida alguien, (libertad, ociosidad) ha acabado la carrera y ahora se dedica a vivir la vida, now he's finished his university studies he's going to enjoy life
vivo,-a
I adjetivo
1 alive: todavía está vivo, he's still alive
(un espectáculo) en vivo, live ➣ Ver nota en alive 2 (persona: vital, alegre) vivacious
(astuta) sharp
3 (intenso, brillante) bright
una camisa de un rojo vivo, a bright red shirt
4 (un relato, descripción) lively, graphic
(un sentimiento) intense, deep
II sustantivo masculino y femenino (persona avispada, astuta) sharp
♦ Locuciones: al rojo vivo, red-hot
familiar vivito y coleando, alive and kicking
' vivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actualmente
- alegre
- alta
- alto
- ardiente
- criatura
- despierta
- despierto
- emisión
- ser
- estrangular
- extremidad
- fogón
- macho
- mantener
- prodigio
- retrato
- revivir
- roja
- rojo
- salud
- subsistir
- viva
- crecer
- espabilado
- inquieto
- listo
- paseo
- posibilidad
- punta
- que
- vivir
English:
active
- actually
- alive
- alone
- animate
- animated
- bright
- brighten up
- dad
- daddy
- deep
- develop
- eat
- fur
- hot up
- image
- keen
- live
- lively
- living
- midway
- near
- on
- out
- quicktempered
- red-hot
- rich
- solid
- spit
- still
- up
- vivid
- beyond
- concert
- glow
- hedge
- hedgerow
- home
- longing
- memory
- pull
- quick
- red
- sear
- survive
[luz, color, tono] bright; [genio] quick, hot; [paso, ritmo] lively; [descripción, recuerdo] vivid; [astuto] shrewd, sly [en directo] live; [sin anestesia] without anaesthetic;