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rejuvenation

  • 1 rejuvenecimiento de relieve

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > rejuvenecimiento de relieve

  • 2 rejuvenecimiento

    m.
    rejuvenation.
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    1 rejuvenation
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    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
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    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

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    rejuvenation
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    rejuvenation;
    el rejuvenecimiento de la población the drop in the average age of the population
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    m rejuvenation

    Spanish-English dictionary > rejuvenecimiento

  • 3 remozamiento

    m.
    1 act of appearing or becoming young.
    2 renovation, renewal, rejuvenation, modernization.
    3 revamp, renovation.
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    1 (rejuvenecimiento) rejuvenation
    2 (fachada) renovation, modernization; (decoración) redecoration; (limpieza) brightening up
    3 (ropa) brightening up
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    SM [de persona] rejuvenation; [de edificio, fachada] renovation
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    = facelift [face-lift], rejuvenation.
    Ex. The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
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    = facelift [face-lift], rejuvenation.

    Ex: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    * * *
    renovation
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    : renovation

    Spanish-English dictionary > remozamiento

  • 4 revitalización

    f.
    revitalization.
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    1 revitalization
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    = revitalisation [revitalization, -USA], regeneration, rejuvenation.
    Ex. Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.
    Ex. Some Christian groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and sacrament for Christians, calling this 'baptismal regeneration'.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
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    = revitalisation [revitalization, -USA], regeneration, rejuvenation.

    Ex: Reg Groome has accomplished his revitalization program against odds that would have overwhelmed a weaker and less determined person.

    Ex: Some Christian groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and sacrament for Christians, calling this 'baptismal regeneration'.
    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    * * *
    revitalization
    * * *
    revitalization

    Spanish-English dictionary > revitalización

  • 5 abocado al fracaso

    = failing, doomed
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. Unlike in 1990 when the genre seemed doomed, it has become an increasingly robust and acceptable segment of American publishing.
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    = failing, doomed

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: Unlike in 1990 when the genre seemed doomed, it has become an increasingly robust and acceptable segment of American publishing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abocado al fracaso

  • 6 anquilosado

    adj.
    1 stagnant; paralyzed.
    2 stagnant, paralyzed in time, paralysed in time, retrograde.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anquilosar.
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    1→ link=anquilosar anquilosar
    1 ankylosed, anchylosed
    2 figurado stagnated, paralysed
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    ADJ
    1) [músculo, miembro] stiff; (Med) ankylosed frm
    2) [pensamiento, sociedad] stagnant
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < articulación> ( atrofiado) ankylosed; ( entumecido) stiff
    b) <ideas/economía> stagnant
    * * *
    = fossilised [fossilized, -USA], stagnant, sclerotic, stunted, stale, in (the) doldrums.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. Brazil has finally embraced modern capitalism and broken decisively with a sclerotic old economic model.
    Ex. Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism).
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.
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    - da adjetivo
    a) < articulación> ( atrofiado) ankylosed; ( entumecido) stiff
    b) <ideas/economía> stagnant
    * * *
    = fossilised [fossilized, -USA], stagnant, sclerotic, stunted, stale, in (the) doldrums.

    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex: Brazil has finally embraced modern capitalism and broken decisively with a sclerotic old economic model.
    Ex: Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism).
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.

    * * *
    1 ‹articulación› (atrofiado) ankylosed; (entumecido) stiff
    2 ‹ideas/economía› stagnant
    * * *

    Del verbo anquilosar: ( conjugate anquilosar)

    anquilosado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    anquilosado    
    anquilosar
    anquilosado
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    ( entumecido) stiff
    b) ‹ideas/economía› stagnant

    anquilosar verbo transitivo
    1 Med (producir anquilosis) to cause ankylosis
    2 fig (dificultar) to halt: las trabas burocráticas anquilosaron la puesta en marcha del proyecto, bureaucratic difficulties halted the start-up of the project
    ' anquilosado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anquilosarse
    English:
    stiff
    - rut
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    anquilosado, -a adj
    1. [articulación] [paralizado] paralysed;
    [entumecido] stiff
    2. [economía, ciencia] stagnant
    * * *
    anquilosado, -da adj
    1) : stiff-jointed
    2) : stagnated, stale

    Spanish-English dictionary > anquilosado

  • 7 apático

    adj.
    1 apathetic, indifferent, lackadaisical, disinterested.
    2 apathic.
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    1 apathetic
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 apathetic person
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    ADJ (=abúlico) apathetic; (Med) listless
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    - ca adjetivo apathetic
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    = listless, unresponsive, plateaued, lethargic, impassive, apathetic, feckless.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex. This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.
    Ex. Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have limited attention span and may be hyperactive or lethargic.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    ----
    * de un modo apático = listlessly.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo apathetic
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    = listless, unresponsive, plateaued, lethargic, impassive, apathetic, feckless.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: A class may be keen, alert, contributive, except for one child who is withdrawn, distracted, unresponsive.
    Ex: This article suggests strategies which managers can adopt to assist passively plateaued individuals who are discontented with their situation and lack interest or motivation.
    Ex: Learning disabled and mentally retarded children have limited attention span and may be hyperactive or lethargic.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    * de un modo apático = listlessly.

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    apathetic
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    apático
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    apathetic
    apático,-a
    I adjetivo apathetic
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino apathetic person

    ' apático' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    apática
    - desganado
    English:
    apathetic
    - lethargic
    - listless
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    apático, -a
    ♦ adj
    apathetic
    ♦ nm,f
    apathetic person
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    adj apathetic
    * * *
    apático, -ca adj
    : apathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > apático

  • 8 defectuoso

    adj.
    defective, blemished, imperfect, unsound.
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    1 defective, faulty
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    (f. - defectuosa)
    adj.
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    ADJ defective, faulty
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    - sa adjetivo faulty, defective
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    = failing, faulty, defective, flawed, malfunctioning.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.
    Ex. The learning of these people is very defective, consisting only of morality, history, poetry and mathematics.
    Ex. Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
    Ex. In the character of Emma, Austen combines a superiority complex with self-deception to depict a malfunctioning social hierarchy.
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    * funcionamiento defectuoso = malfunction.
    * vestuario defectuoso = wardrobe malfunction.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo faulty, defective
    * * *
    = failing, faulty, defective, flawed, malfunctioning.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: This would imply, given a 99.9 percent accuracy rate, that approximately 11 percent of all records would have at least one faulty access point!.
    Ex: The learning of these people is very defective, consisting only of morality, history, poetry and mathematics.
    Ex: Librarians should welcome this document, which is nonetheless considered flawed = Los bibliotecarios deberían acoger bien este documento, aunque se considera defectuoso.
    Ex: In the character of Emma, Austen combines a superiority complex with self-deception to depict a malfunctioning social hierarchy.
    * funcionamiento defectuoso = malfunction.
    * vestuario defectuoso = wardrobe malfunction.

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    faulty, defective
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    defectuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    faulty, defective
    defectuoso,-a adjetivo defective, faulty

    ' defectuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    defectuosa
    English:
    defective
    - dud
    - faulty
    - imperfect
    - lemon
    - reject
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    defectuoso, -a adj
    [mercancía] defective, faulty; [trabajo] inaccurate
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    adj defective, faulty
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    defectuoso, -sa adj
    : defective, faulty
    * * *
    defectuoso adj faulty

    Spanish-English dictionary > defectuoso

  • 9 estancado

    adj.
    stagnant, bogged-down, deadlocked, in the doldrums.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estancar.
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    1→ link=estancar estancar
    1 (agua) stagnant
    2 figurado (asunto, negocio) at a standstill; (negociaciones) deadlocked; (persona) stuck, bogged down
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    ADJ
    1) [agua] stagnant
    2) [negociaciones] at a standstill
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < agua> stagnant
    b) ( detenido)
    c) ( con un problema) stuck, bogged down
    * * *
    = stagnant, stagnating, moribund, in (the) doldrums.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex. Libraries must show that they are not moribund institutions sinking into obsolescence but community catalysts.
    Ex. Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.
    ----
    * agua estancada = stagnant water.
    * quedarse estancado = stagnate.
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    - da adjetivo
    a) < agua> stagnant
    b) ( detenido)
    c) ( con un problema) stuck, bogged down
    * * *
    = stagnant, stagnating, moribund, in (the) doldrums.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex: Libraries must show that they are not moribund institutions sinking into obsolescence but community catalysts.
    Ex: Thanks to the skewed-up policies of the state government the state's finances are in doldrums.
    * agua estancada = stagnant water.
    * quedarse estancado = stagnate.

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    1 ‹agua› stagnant
    2
    (detenido): las negociaciones están estancadas negotiations are at a standstill
    3 (con un problema) stuck, bogged down
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    Del verbo estancar: ( conjugate estancar)

    estancado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estancado    
    estancar
    estancado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹ agua› stagnant

    b) ( detenido):



    estancado,-a adjetivo
    1 (agua) stagnant
    2 (situación) static: la investigación está estancada, the investigation is at a standstill
    tu madre se quedó estancada en los años sesenta, your mother is stuck back in the sixties
    estancar verbo transitivo
    1 (agua) hold back
    2 fig (un asunto) to block
    (proceso, investigación) to bring to a standstill
    ' estancado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encharcada
    - encharcado
    - estancada
    English:
    stagnant
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    estancado, -a adj
    1. [agua] stagnant
    2. [economía] stagnant;
    [situación] at an impasse, in (a) deadlock; [negociación] in (a) deadlock, at a standstill; [proyecto] at a standstill
    3. [persona]
    me he quedado estancado y no sé cómo seguir I'm stuck and I don't know how to go on;
    en este trabajo estoy estancado I'm in a rut in this job
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    adj agua stagnant; fig
    at a standstill
    * * *
    estancado, -da adj
    : stagnant

    Spanish-English dictionary > estancado

  • 10 fortalecimiento

    m.
    strengthening.
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    1 fortification, strengthening
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    masculino strengthening
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    = boost, strengthening, furtherance, re-enforcement.
    Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.
    Ex. A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
    ----
    * fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.
    * fortalecimiento militar = military build-up.
    * * *
    masculino strengthening
    * * *
    = boost, strengthening, furtherance, re-enforcement.

    Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex: The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.
    Ex: A famous gaolbreak there led to Henry VIII ordering re-enforcement of the floor with giant stone blocks.
    * fortalecimiento del ego = ego boost, boost of ego.
    * fortalecimiento militar = military build-up.

    * * *
    strengthening
    * * *

    fortalecimiento sustantivo masculino strengthening: el calcio ayuda al fortalecimiento de los huesos, calcium helps strengthen bones
    ' fortalecimiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    expansion
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    strengthening
    * * *
    m strengthening
    * * *
    1) : strengthening, fortifying
    2) : fortifications

    Spanish-English dictionary > fortalecimiento

  • 11 inactivo

    adj.
    1 inactive, idle, inert, dormant.
    2 lazy, idle.
    3 inactive, fallow.
    4 unemployed, jobless, out of a job.
    5 inactive.
    6 latent, torpent.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inactivar.
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    1 inactive
    * * *
    (f. - inactiva)
    adj.
    inactive, idle
    * * *
    inactivo, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=sin actividad) inactive; (=perezoso) idle
    2) [volcán] dormant, inactive
    3) (Com, Econ) [mercado] sluggish; [población] non-working
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) <persona/máquina> inactive, idle
    b) < volcán> inactive, dormant
    * * *
    = dormant, stagnant, inactive.
    Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.
    ----
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow.
    * permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.
    * publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo
    a) <persona/máquina> inactive, idle
    b) < volcán> inactive, dormant
    * * *
    = dormant, stagnant, inactive.

    Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex: Sleep is the simplest category to deal with as the person asleep is unconscious and can be said therefore to be inactive.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * estar inactivo = lie + fallow.
    * permanecer inactivo = go + dormant, lie + dormant.
    * publicación seriada inactiva = inactive serial.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› inactive
    la maquinaria se halla inactiva desde hace más de dos meses the machinery has been inactive o has been standing idle for more than two months
    2 ‹volcán› inactive, dormant
    * * *

    Del verbo inactivar: ( conjugate inactivar)

    inactivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    inactivó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    inactivar    
    inactivo
    inactivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    inactive
    inactivo,-a adjetivo inactive

    ' inactivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inactiva
    - ociosa
    - ocioso
    English:
    action
    - dormant
    - inactive
    - lethargic
    * * *
    inactivo, -a adj
    1. [persona] inactive
    2. [mercado] sluggish, flat
    3. [volcán] inactive, dormant
    * * *
    adj inactive
    * * *
    inactivo, -va adj
    : inactive, idle

    Spanish-English dictionary > inactivo

  • 12 indiferente

    adj.
    1 indifferent.
    2 unresponsive, apathetic, having little or no interest.
    f. & m.
    indifferent person.
    * * *
    1 indifferent
    \
    me es indiferente I don't care
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=impasible) [actitud, mirada] indifferent

    dejar indiferente a algn: esas imágenes no pueden dejarnos indiferentes — those images cannot fail to move us

    permanecer o quedarse indiferente — to remain indifferent (a, ante to)

    2) (=que da igual)

    -¿desea salir por la mañana o por la tarde? -me es indiferente — "do you want to leave in the morning or the afternoon?" - "it makes no difference to me o I don't mind"

    es indiferente que vengáis hoy o mañana — it makes no difference o it doesn't matter whether you come today or tomorrow

    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex. Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex. Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex. Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex. What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex. The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex. Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex. The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex. In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex. They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex. Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex. I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex. Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    ----
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.
    * * *
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés)

    es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether it goes today or tomorrow

    ¿té o café? - me es indiferente — tea or coffee? - either

    me es indiferente su amistad — I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    b) ( poco interesado) indifferent

    indiferente al peligro — indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger

    * * *
    = listless, unsympathetic, indifferent, half-hearted [halfhearted], uninterested, regardless, uncaring, unconcerned, detached, impassive, unengaged, apathetic, careless, feckless, insouciant, nonchalant, nonplus, nonplussed [nonplused], soulless, unemotional.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: But of its four sentences, the third was so determined to present a grammatically structured metaphor for its meaning that it dazzled my eye, never mind my already unsympathetic brain.
    Ex: Contrary to popular belief, people who have been deaf from birth are not indifferent to aesthetic literature.
    Ex: Yet the response from government has been half-hearted at best.
    Ex: Other staff of the library remained at best uninterested in the project and at worst resented it as a diminution of traditional library services.
    Ex: What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
    Ex: The principal problem which faces archives is that of saving significant material from indiscriminate destruction by ignorant or uncaring owners.
    Ex: Then, with an elfin smile she said: 'You see, I haven't been entirely unconcerned!'.
    Ex: The attention good literature pays to life is both loving and detached.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: There is a commonly-held stereotype which views librarians as being isolated, uninformed, unengaged, impassive, and either uninterested in, or ignorant of, the world around them.
    Ex: In World War 2 librarians generally sympathised with Britain, but many were isolationist or apathetic during the early years = En la Segunda Guerra Mundial los bibliotecarios generalmente simpatizaban con Gran Bretaña, aunque muchos mantuvieron una actitud no intervencionista o indiferente durante los primeros años.
    Ex: They will spend time trying to ascribe reasons to the variations whereas the true facts are that the citer was simply sloppy and careless.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Adopting an insouciant attitude toward empirical research -- shorn of such seemingly tough-minded concepts as objectivity and transparency -- makes her point more plausible.
    Ex: Certainly the explanation was remarkably in accordance with the nonchalant character of the noble lord who gave it.
    Ex: I remember reading an interview where Boll was nonplus about it, but then days later the site got shut down.
    Ex: Considering all that has happened to them, the cousins were nonplussed.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Australian researchers have observed that four to eight year-old boys who have an unemotional temperament are less responsive to discipline.
    * de un modo indiferente = listlessly.
    * mostrarse indiferente = give + Nombre + the cold shoulder, turn + a cold shoulder to, cold-shoulder.

    * * *
    1
    (poco importante, de poco interés): es indiferente que salga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference o it's immaterial whether it goes today or tomorrow
    ¿té o café? — me es indiferente tea or coffee? — either o I don't mind o it makes no difference
    no me cae mal, me es indiferente I don't dislike her, I don't really have any feelings one way or the other
    todo lo que no sea de su especialidad le es indiferente he's not interested in anything that isn't connected with his speciality
    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o ( colloq) bothered about his friendship
    2 (poco interesado) indifferent
    se mostró totalmente indiferente ante mi propuesta he was totally indifferent to o uninterested in my suggestion
    indiferente A algo indifferent TO sth
    indiferente al peligro indifferent to o unconcerned about the danger
    permanecieron/se mostraron indiferentes a mis súplicas they remained/they were indifferent to my pleas
    3
    (poco amable, afectuoso): conmigo es fría e indiferente she's cold and distant with me, she treats me coldly and with indifference
    4 (mediocre) indifferent
    * * *

    indiferente adjetivo
    a) (poco importante, de poco interés):

    ◊ es indiferente que venga hoy o mañana it doesn't matter o it makes no difference whether he comes today or tomorrow;

    me es indiferente su amistad I'm not concerned o (colloq) bothered about his friendship

    indiferente a algo indifferent to sth
    indiferente adjetivo
    1 (irrelevante) unimportant: le es indiferente el color, colour makes no difference to her
    2 (impasible) indifferent: es indiferente a mi dolor, he doesn't care about my grief
    ' indiferente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fresca
    - fresco
    - igual
    - despreocupado
    - displicente
    - frío
    - resbalar
    English:
    care
    - cold
    - hard
    - indifferent
    - listless
    - lukewarm
    - nonchalant
    - skin
    - unconcerned
    - unemotional
    - uninterested
    - detached
    - uncaring
    - unresponsive
    - unsympathetic
    * * *
    1. [indistinto] indifferent;
    me es indiferente [me da igual] I don't mind, it's all the same to me;
    me es indiferente que vayas o no it's all the same to me whether you go or not;
    ¿prefieres hacerlo hoy o mañana? – me es indiferente would you rather do it today or tomorrow? – I don't mind
    2. [apático]
    siempre se muestra indiferente he always seems so apathetic;
    es indiferente a la miseria ajena other people's suffering means nothing to him;
    no puedo permanecer indiferente ante tanto sufrimiento I cannot remain indifferent in the face of so much suffering;
    su belleza me deja indiferente her beauty leaves me cold o does nothing for me
    * * *
    adj
    1 indifferent
    2 ( irrelevante) immaterial
    * * *
    1) : indifferent, unconcerned
    2)
    ser indiferente : to be of no concern
    me es indiferente: it doesn't matter to me
    * * *
    indiferente adj (persona) indifferent / not interested
    ser indiferente to make no difference / not to matter
    serle indiferente a alguien not to mind / not to care

    Spanish-English dictionary > indiferente

  • 13 insulso

    adj.
    1 dull, unentertaining, boring, uninteresting.
    2 tasteless, bland, dull, insipid.
    * * *
    1 (comida) insipid, tasteless
    2 (persona) dull
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [comida] tasteless, insipid
    2) [charla, persona] dull
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex. Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex. The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex. The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    ----
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < comida> insipid, tasteless, bland
    b) < persona> insipid, dull; <conversación/libro> dull
    * * *
    = listless, bland, insipid, unexciting, unmoving, soulless, vapid.

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: While bending over backwards to avoid bias biographies present their subjects' lives in a bland and uninteresting way = Al hacer lo imposible por evitar la parcialidad, las biografías presentan las vidas de las personas de una forma sosa y poco atractiva.
    Ex: Otherwise, the result will probably be too small and insipid to be of any real use.
    Ex: The author argues that the advantages for higher education are unclear, and rather unexciting.
    Ex: The outcome is strangely unmoving.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: Television has become so vapid and devoid of information that I didn't see the point of watching the presidential debate.
    * de un modo insulso = prosaically, listlessly.

    * * *
    insulso -sa
    1 ‹comida› insipid, tasteless, bland
    2 ‹persona› insipid, dull; ‹conversación/libro› dull
    * * *

    insulso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    b) ‹ persona› insipid, dull;

    ‹conversación/libro› dull
    insulso,-a adjetivo insipid: es una persona muy insulsa, he's a very dull person
    ' insulso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insulsa
    English:
    insipid
    - tame
    - uninspired
    - bland
    - nondescript
    - unexciting
    * * *
    insulso, -a adj
    1. [comida] bland, insipid
    2. [persona, libro] insipid, dull
    * * *
    adj bland, insipid
    * * *
    insulso, -sa adj
    1) insípido: insipid, bland
    2) : dull

    Spanish-English dictionary > insulso

  • 14 tarea bibliotecaria

    (n.) = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process
    Ex. Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.
    Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex. The survey aimed to ascertain the degree of computerisation of any and all library functions in any type of school-related setting.
    Ex. Library duties discussed include book selection and counter work of various types = Las tareas bibliotecarias que se discuten incluyen la selección de libros y el trabajo de mostrador de diversos tipos.
    Ex. Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.
    * * *
    (n.) = library operation, library task, library function, library duty, library process

    Ex: Rejuvenation of listless, stagnant, or failing library operations is possible through renewal methods dependent on strengthening the communication function.

    Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.
    Ex: The survey aimed to ascertain the degree of computerisation of any and all library functions in any type of school-related setting.
    Ex: Library duties discussed include book selection and counter work of various types = Las tareas bibliotecarias que se discuten incluyen la selección de libros y el trabajo de mostrador de diversos tipos.
    Ex: Part 1 deals with library processes, including selection, checking and claiming, cataloguing and jettisoning.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tarea bibliotecaria

  • 15 remozado

    adj.
    rejuvenated, fresh-looking, renewed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: remozar.
    * * *
    SM [de persona] rejuvenation; [de edificio, fachada] renovation

    Spanish-English dictionary > remozado

  • 16 rejuvencimiento

    : rejuvenation

    Spanish-English dictionary > rejuvencimiento

  • 17 rejuvenecimiento

    • juvenescence
    • rejuvenation
    • rejuvenescence

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > rejuvenecimiento

  • 18 remozamiento

    • modernization
    • rejuvenation
    • renewal
    • renovation
    • revalue
    • revamp
    • revamping
    • revanche

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > remozamiento

  • 19 punto de entalladura

    knickpoint; rejuvenation head

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > punto de entalladura

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