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  • 81 medicina

    f.
    medicine.
    medicina alternativa alternative medicine
    medicina forense forensic medicine
    medicina homeopática homeopathic medicine
    medicina interna = branch of medicine which deals with problems of the internal organs, without surgery, internal medicine (United States)
    medicina naturista naturopathy, natural medicine
    medicina preventiva preventive medicine
    medicina social community medicine
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: medicinar.
    * * *
    1 medicine
    \
    estudiante de medicina medical student
    medicina preventiva preventive medicine
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ciencia) medicine

    medicina general — general medicine, general practice

    medicina legal — forensic medicine, legal medicine

    2) (=medicamento) medicine

    ¿te has tomado ya la medicina? — have you taken your medicine yet?

    * * *
    1) ( ciencia) medicine
    2) ( medicamento) medicine
    * * *
    = medical science, medicine, medical education.
    Ex. 616 does represent the concept disease, or pathology, in class 61 medical sciences.
    Ex. For example, a fairly straightforward document such as 'A medical dictionary of diseases' would be summarized as: medicine/Disease/Dictionary.
    Ex. For instance, in the sample search, both the terms medical education and NURSING EDUCATION might be pertinent.
    ----
    * Asociación de Bibliotecarios de Medicina = Medical Library Association (MLA).
    * avance de la medicina = medical advance.
    * base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.
    * bibliotecario de medicina = medical librarian.
    * biblioteconomía para medicina = medical librarianship.
    * desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically, medically.
    * despachar medicinas = dispense + medicines.
    * diccionario de medicina = medical dictionary.
    * doctor en medicina = medical doctor.
    * editorial especializada en medicina = medical publisher.
    * Encabezamientos de Materia de Medicina (MeSH) = Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
    * especialidad de medicina = medical speciality, medical specialty.
    * estudiante de medicina = medical student.
    * experto en medicina = medical expert.
    * facultad de medicina = medical school, university medical school.
    * formación continua en medicina = CME (Continuing Medical Education).
    * frasco de medicina = medicine bottle.
    * índice de medicina = medical index.
    * investigación en medicina = medical research.
    * literatura de medicina = medical literature.
    * medicina a distancia = telemedicine.
    * medicina alternativa = alternative medicine.
    * medicina clínica = clinical medicine.
    * medicina comunitaria = community medicine.
    * medicina curativa = curative medicine.
    * medicina de emergencia = emergency medicine.
    * medicina deportiva = sports medicine.
    * medicina espacial = space medicine.
    * medicina forense = forensic medicine.
    * medicina interna = internal medicine.
    * medicina legal = forensic medicine, legal medicine.
    * medicina militar = military medicine.
    * medicina naturalista = herbal medicine.
    * medicina pediátrica = paediatric medicine.
    * medicina preventiva = preventive medicine.
    * medicina transfusionista = transfusion medicine.
    * medicina tropical = tropical medicine.
    * recetar medicinas = prescribe + medicines.
    * relacionado con las medicinas = drug-related.
    * residente de medicina = medical resident.
    * tecnología de la información para medicina = medical informatics.
    * * *
    1) ( ciencia) medicine
    2) ( medicamento) medicine
    * * *
    = medical science, medicine, medical education.

    Ex: 616 does represent the concept disease, or pathology, in class 61 medical sciences.

    Ex: For example, a fairly straightforward document such as 'A medical dictionary of diseases' would be summarized as: medicine/Disease/Dictionary.
    Ex: For instance, in the sample search, both the terms medical education and NURSING EDUCATION might be pertinent.
    * Asociación de Bibliotecarios de Medicina = Medical Library Association (MLA).
    * avance de la medicina = medical advance.
    * base de datos de medicina = MEDLINE.
    * biblioteca de medicina = medical library.
    * Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) = National Library of Medicine (NLM).
    * bibliotecario con conocimientos de medicina = informationist.
    * bibliotecario de medicina = medical librarian.
    * biblioteconomía para medicina = medical librarianship.
    * desde el punto de vista de la medicina = medically, medically.
    * despachar medicinas = dispense + medicines.
    * diccionario de medicina = medical dictionary.
    * doctor en medicina = medical doctor.
    * editorial especializada en medicina = medical publisher.
    * Encabezamientos de Materia de Medicina (MeSH) = Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
    * especialidad de medicina = medical speciality, medical specialty.
    * estudiante de medicina = medical student.
    * experto en medicina = medical expert.
    * facultad de medicina = medical school, university medical school.
    * formación continua en medicina = CME (Continuing Medical Education).
    * frasco de medicina = medicine bottle.
    * índice de medicina = medical index.
    * investigación en medicina = medical research.
    * literatura de medicina = medical literature.
    * medicina a distancia = telemedicine.
    * medicina alternativa = alternative medicine.
    * medicina clínica = clinical medicine.
    * medicina comunitaria = community medicine.
    * medicina curativa = curative medicine.
    * medicina de emergencia = emergency medicine.
    * medicina deportiva = sports medicine.
    * medicina espacial = space medicine.
    * medicina forense = forensic medicine.
    * medicina interna = internal medicine.
    * medicina legal = forensic medicine, legal medicine.
    * medicina militar = military medicine.
    * medicina naturalista = herbal medicine.
    * medicina pediátrica = paediatric medicine.
    * medicina preventiva = preventive medicine.
    * medicina transfusionista = transfusion medicine.
    * medicina tropical = tropical medicine.
    * recetar medicinas = prescribe + medicines.
    * relacionado con las medicinas = drug-related.
    * residente de medicina = medical resident.
    * tecnología de la información para medicina = medical informatics.

    * * *
    A (ciencia) medicine
    Compuestos:
    alternative medicine
    clinical medicine
    forensic medicine
    general medicine
    homeopathy, homeopathic medicine
    internal medicine
    forensic medicine
    naturopathy
    preventive medicine
    regenerative medicine
    tropical medicine
    B (medicamento) medicine
    * * *

     

    medicina sustantivo femenino
    medicine
    medicina sustantivo femenino medicine
    ' medicina' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    dosificar
    - ejercer
    - hacer
    - interna
    - interno
    - sobre
    - urgencia
    - alternativo
    - avanzar
    - curandero
    - escuela
    - fuerte
    - ir
    - médico
    - tragar
    - tratar
    English:
    act
    - alternative medicine
    - bottle
    - counter
    - effect
    - forensic
    - general practice
    - internal medicine
    - MD
    - medic
    - medical
    - medicine
    - preventive
    - profession
    - prophylactic
    - unsuitable
    - work
    - drug
    - general
    - GP
    - paramedic
    - student
    - study
    * * *
    1. [ciencia] medicine;
    estudiar medicina to study medicine;
    ejercer la medicina to practise medicine
    medicina alternativa alternative medicine;
    medicina deportiva sports medicine;
    medicina forense forensic medicine;
    medicina general general medicine;
    medicina homeopática homeopathic medicine;
    medicina intensiva intensive-care medicine;
    medicina interna = branch of medicine which deals with problems of the internal organs, without surgery, US internal medicine;
    medicina legal legal medicine;
    medicina naturista naturopathy, natural medicine;
    medicina nuclear nuclear medicine;
    medicina ortomolecular orthomolecular medicine;
    medicina preventiva preventive medicine;
    medicina social community medicine;
    medicina tropical tropical medicine;
    medicina veterinaria veterinary medicine
    2. [medicamento] medicine
    * * *
    f medicine
    * * *
    : medicine
    * * *
    medicina n medicine

    Spanish-English dictionary > medicina

  • 82 mejicano americano

    Ex. The author reviews the literature of research on minority librarianship in the USA (Afro-American, American Indian, Asian American and Mexican American) = El autor analiza las investigaciones sobre la biblioteconomía relacionada con las minorías en los Estados Unidos (Afroamericanos, indio americanos, americanos de origen asiático, americanos de origen mejicano).
    * * *

    Ex: The author reviews the literature of research on minority librarianship in the USA (Afro-American, American Indian, Asian American and Mexican American) = El autor analiza las investigaciones sobre la biblioteconomía relacionada con las minorías en los Estados Unidos (Afroamericanos, indio americanos, americanos de origen asiático, americanos de origen mejicano).

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejicano americano

  • 83 momento clave

    m.
    crossroad, decisive moment, watershed.
    * * *
    = watershed, turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus
    Ex. The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex. This article elaborates on the turning point in library service during the reign of the National Socialists and discusses its reorganisation after World War II.
    Ex. His road to Damascus moment came when he realised that at 42 he is the same age Elvis was when he died.
    * * *
    = watershed, turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus

    Ex: The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.

    Ex: This article elaborates on the turning point in library service during the reign of the National Socialists and discusses its reorganisation after World War II.
    Ex: His road to Damascus moment came when he realised that at 42 he is the same age Elvis was when he died.

    Spanish-English dictionary > momento clave

  • 84 momento decisivo

    m.
    decisive moment, climax, critical moment, crossroad.
    * * *
    = watershed, turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus
    Ex. The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex. This article elaborates on the turning point in library service during the reign of the National Socialists and discusses its reorganisation after World War II.
    Ex. His road to Damascus moment came when he realised that at 42 he is the same age Elvis was when he died.
    * * *
    = watershed, turning point, Posesivo + road to Damascus

    Ex: The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.

    Ex: This article elaborates on the turning point in library service during the reign of the National Socialists and discusses its reorganisation after World War II.
    Ex: His road to Damascus moment came when he realised that at 42 he is the same age Elvis was when he died.

    Spanish-English dictionary > momento decisivo

  • 85 pasar por

    v.
    1 to go by, to pass along, to drive by, to drive through.
    Yo paso por la tienda I go by the store.
    2 to pass through, to run through.
    Pasé por toda esa calamidad I suffered through all that misfortune
    El aire pasa por el filtro The air passes through the filter.
    3 to get through, to run through.
    Pasaron un peine por sus cabellos They ran a comb through their hair.
    4 to pass through, to suffer through, to experience.
    Pasé por toda esa calamidad I suffered through all that misfortune
    5 to put oneself through.
    Pasé por la universidad I put myself through college.
    6 to be taken as a, to give the impression of being, to be taken as an.
    Pasé por tonto en esa reunión I was taken as a fool in that meeting.
    7 to drop by, to go to, to go down to.
    Yo pasé por su casa I dropped by his house.
    8 to look like.
    * * *
    to pass for
    * * *
    (v.) = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through
    Ex. Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.
    Ex. The scheme has passed through nineteen editions.
    Ex. The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
    Ex. If he deflects the lever further to the right, he steps through the book 10 pages at a time.
    Ex. She started to turn back, but realized she did not want to go by Bernice Washington's door.
    Ex. A shock of resistance and antagonism went through Zachary Ponder.
    Ex. All these passages are raked together into a kind of anthological ragbag which passes for 'research,' for a 'child-centered learning situation'.
    Ex. The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.
    Ex. Thus, after we run our cards through the format recognition programs, there will still be many corrections to make at immense cost.
    Ex. By the time the Invincible Armada had made its way through the Channel it was dispersed and shattered and broken.
    Ex. The water is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.
    * * *
    (v.) = cross, pass through, reach down, step through, go by, go through, pass for, pass across, run + Nombre + through + Nombre, make + Posesivo + way through, run through

    Ex: Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.

    Ex: The scheme has passed through nineteen editions.
    Ex: The cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach of his fingers.
    Ex: If he deflects the lever further to the right, he steps through the book 10 pages at a time.
    Ex: She started to turn back, but realized she did not want to go by Bernice Washington's door.
    Ex: A shock of resistance and antagonism went through Zachary Ponder.
    Ex: All these passages are raked together into a kind of anthological ragbag which passes for 'research,' for a 'child-centered learning situation'.
    Ex: The reader is like her: he sits watching the diverse pageant of human thought and human feeling passing across the gleaming mirror of literature.
    Ex: Thus, after we run our cards through the format recognition programs, there will still be many corrections to make at immense cost.
    Ex: By the time the Invincible Armada had made its way through the Channel it was dispersed and shattered and broken.
    Ex: The water is turquoise due to high concentrations of dissolved lime picked up as it runs through sedimentary rock.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasar por

  • 86 poco claro

    adj.
    not very clear, fuzzy, obscure, unclear.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex. Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex. This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex. A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex. One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex. Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    * * *
    (adj.) = confusing, fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], indistinct, obscure, unclear, untidy, hazy, inconclusive, slurred, clouded, blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], undistinguished, uncleared, indistinctive, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.]

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
    Ex: Ambiguous words, and terms whose meaning is otherwise unclear, should be avoided.
    Ex: This system is designed to intrepret bank telexes, converting untidy natural language texts into standard-form records in a database.
    Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.
    Ex: A considerable literature exists on the empirical validity of Lotka's law; however, these studies are mainly incomparable and inconclusive, owing to substantial differences in the analytical methods applied.
    Ex: One should answer the telephone clearly and pleasantly -- not in a bored voice or in slurred haste.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: Added entries and references should not be made for undistinguished titles, subtitles, etc., or for inversions of titles.
    Ex: Its relation to cognitive impairment is as yet uncleared.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poco claro

  • 87 poner en entredicho

    (v.) = challenge, cast + doubt on, subvert, compromise, cast + aspersions on, challenge + Posesivo + assumptions, doubt, question, call into + question, impugn
    Ex. The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.
    Ex. His article casts doubt on the future of local technical libraries in the new economic climate.
    Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex. This article looks at what security measures can be taken without compromising access to materials.
    Ex. Also, the pursuit of applied ethics is viewed by some as being economically or opportunistically motivated, which casts aspersions on its contents.
    Ex. He challenged their assumptions and, I think, made them doubt what they thought they knew.
    Ex. He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
    Ex. If we are going to impugn somebody's integrity, let it be with the right facts.
    * * *
    (v.) = challenge, cast + doubt on, subvert, compromise, cast + aspersions on, challenge + Posesivo + assumptions, doubt, question, call into + question, impugn

    Ex: The only difference is the cataloger doesn't have to sit down and challenge himself, select one entry over the other, and say that this person is more responsible than another person for the work.

    Ex: His article casts doubt on the future of local technical libraries in the new economic climate.
    Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex: This article looks at what security measures can be taken without compromising access to materials.
    Ex: Also, the pursuit of applied ethics is viewed by some as being economically or opportunistically motivated, which casts aspersions on its contents.
    Ex: He challenged their assumptions and, I think, made them doubt what they thought they knew.
    Ex: He explained that while there was considerable turnover he doubted 18 assistants would be needed in the year, perhaps three or four at best.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: Some of the work discussed in chapter 28 may seem to call into question the value of this research.
    Ex: If we are going to impugn somebody's integrity, let it be with the right facts.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner en entredicho

  • 88 predominio

    m.
    preponderance, predominance.
    * * *
    1 predominance
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino predominance
    * * *
    = predominance, preponderance, prevalence, primacy.
    Ex. Another feature of the American community information scene worthy of comment is the predominance of telephone enquiries over personal visits.
    Ex. The census report clearly shows that the increase in foreign population is alarming, and that in time the preponderance in our city at least will be largerly in their favor.
    Ex. The study clearly shows the high prevalence of solo research in the field of bibliometrics.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".
    * * *
    masculino predominance
    * * *
    = predominance, preponderance, prevalence, primacy.

    Ex: Another feature of the American community information scene worthy of comment is the predominance of telephone enquiries over personal visits.

    Ex: The census report clearly shows that the increase in foreign population is alarming, and that in time the preponderance in our city at least will be largerly in their favor.
    Ex: The study clearly shows the high prevalence of solo research in the field of bibliometrics.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The classification of literature in the Dewey Decimal Classification: the primacy of language and the taint of colonialism' = El artículo se titula "La clasificación de la literatura en la Clasificación Decimal de Dewey: la primacía del lenguaje y el daño del colonialismo".

    * * *
    predominance predominio SOBRE algo predominance OVER sth
    el predominio de los tonos claros sobre los oscuros the predominance of light shades over dark ones
    * * *

    predominio sustantivo masculino
    predominance
    predominio sustantivo masculino predominance
    ' predominio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    dominance
    - preponderance
    - predominance
    - prevalence
    * * *
    predominance;
    predominio de algo sobre algo predominance of sth over sth;
    había un predominio de gente joven entre el público the audience was made up predominantly of young people
    * * *
    m predominance
    * * *
    : predominance, prevalence

    Spanish-English dictionary > predominio

  • 89 productividad

    f.
    productivity.
    * * *
    1 productivity
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino ( cualidad) productivity; ( rendimiento) productivity, output
    * * *
    = productivity, prolificacy, fruitfulness.
    Ex. The last variable is productivity -- the productivity of those who produce the catalog.
    Ex. The article ' Prolificacy and age patterns among senior professional workers' studies the extent to which librarians and information workers have added to the professional literature in the period of their personal maturity.
    Ex. The fruitfulness of our life depends in large measure on our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work.
    ----
    * alta productividad = high yield.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * de alta productividad = high-performance.
    * estudio de la productividad = time-and-motion study, time study, motion study.
    * evaluación de la productividad = performance appraisal, performance review.
    * índice de productividad = output measure.
    * ley de productividad científica de Lotka = Lotka's scientific productivity law.
    * medida de productividad = output measure.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.
    * productividad científica = scientific productivity.
    * productividad de la revista = journal productivity.
    * productividad del autor = author productivity.
    * productividad investigadora = research productivity.
    * productividad laboral = labour productivity.
    * relativo a la productividad = output-oriented.
    * * *
    femenino ( cualidad) productivity; ( rendimiento) productivity, output
    * * *
    = productivity, prolificacy, fruitfulness.

    Ex: The last variable is productivity -- the productivity of those who produce the catalog.

    Ex: The article ' Prolificacy and age patterns among senior professional workers' studies the extent to which librarians and information workers have added to the professional literature in the period of their personal maturity.
    Ex: The fruitfulness of our life depends in large measure on our ability to doubt our own words and to question the value of our own work.
    * alta productividad = high yield.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * de alta productividad = high-performance.
    * estudio de la productividad = time-and-motion study, time study, motion study.
    * evaluación de la productividad = performance appraisal, performance review.
    * índice de productividad = output measure.
    * ley de productividad científica de Lotka = Lotka's scientific productivity law.
    * medida de productividad = output measure.
    * mejorar la productividad = improve + productivity.
    * productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.
    * productividad científica = scientific productivity.
    * productividad de la revista = journal productivity.
    * productividad del autor = author productivity.
    * productividad investigadora = research productivity.
    * productividad laboral = labour productivity.
    * relativo a la productividad = output-oriented.

    * * *
    1 (cualidad) productivity
    2 (rendimiento) productivity, output
    * * *

    productividad sustantivo femenino ( cualidad) productivity;
    ( rendimiento) productivity, output
    productividad sustantivo femenino productivity
    ' productividad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    fecundidad
    English:
    performance-related pay
    - productivity
    * * *
    productivity
    * * *
    f productivity
    * * *
    : productivity

    Spanish-English dictionary > productividad

  • 90 provocar

    v.
    1 to provoke.
    El golpe provocó su muerte The blow brought about her death.
    Sus comentarios provocaron al borracho His comments provoked the drunk.
    2 to cause, to bring about (causar) (accidente, muerte).
    provocar las iras de alguien to anger somebody
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze
    3 to lead on (excitar sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to provoke
    \
    provocar el parto to induce birth
    provocar un incendio (con intención) to commit arson 2 (sin intención) to cause a fire
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=causar) [+ protesta, explosión] to cause, spark off; [+ fuego] to cause, start (deliberately); [+ cambio] to bring about, lead to; [+ proceso] to promote
    2) [+ parto] to induce, bring on
    3) [+ persona] [gen] to provoke; (=incitar) to rouse, stir up (to anger); (=tentar) to tempt, invite

    ¡no me provoques! — don't start me!

    provocar a algn a cólera o indignación — to rouse sb to fury

    4) [sexualmente] to rouse
    2. VI
    1) LAm (=gustar, apetecer)

    ¿te provoca un café? — would you like a coffee?, do you fancy a coffee?

    ¿qué le provoca? — what would you like?, what do you fancy?

    no me provoca la idea — the idea doesn't appeal to me, I don't fancy the idea

    -¿por qué no vas? -no me provoca — "why aren't you going?" - "I don't feel like it"

    no me provoca estudiar hoy — I'm not in the mood for studying today, I don't feel like studying today

    2) * (=vomitar) to be sick, throw up *
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.
    Ex. 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.
    Ex. Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex. Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex. Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex. In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex. This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex. The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex. It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex. However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex. In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex. This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex. The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex. Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex. His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex. Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex. The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex. That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex. Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    ----
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < explosión> to cause; < incendio> to start; < polémica> to spark off, prompt
    b) (Med)

    provocar el parto — to induce labor*

    2) < persona> ( al enfado) to provoke; ( sexualmente) to lead... on
    2.
    provocar vi (Andes) ( apetecer)

    ¿le provoca un traguito? — do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    * * *
    = provoke, spark off, trigger, induce, bring on, elicit, instigate, tease, evoke, titillate, ignite, rouse, stir up, spark, twit, taunt, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], touch off, set off, hit + a (raw) nerve, strike + a nerve, bring about, precipitate, incite, touch + a (raw) nerve, give + rise to, give + cause to, give + occasion to.

    Ex: 3 different kinds of paper were deacidified by different aqueous and nonaqueous methods, and then treated to provoke accelerated attack of air pollutants.

    Ex: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.
    Ex: Nevertheless, the fact that these general lists cannot serve for every application has triggered a search for more consistent approaches.
    Ex: Then, the reference librarian has better justification to buy and perhaps to induce others to contribute to the purchase.
    Ex: In frequent cases, unionization is brought on by the inept or irresponsible action of management.
    Ex: This article looks at ways in which librarians in leadership roles can elicit the motivation, commitment, and personal investment of members of the organisation.
    Ex: The first mass removal of material was instigated by the trade unions and although admitted in 1932 to have been a mistake, the purges proved difficult to stop.
    Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.
    Ex: It is known that in ancient Rome the complexity of the administrative job evoked considerable development of management techniques.
    Ex: However, some of the central premises of the film are flawed, and the risqué touches, whether racial or erotic innuendo, are primarily there to titillate and make the film seem hot and controversial.
    Ex: In turn, that change ignited a body of literature that discussed those cataloguers' future roles.
    Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.
    Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.
    Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.
    Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.
    Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.
    Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
    Ex: This decision touched off a battle of wills between the library and the government as well as a blitz of media publicity.
    Ex: The dollar has been losing value, weakening its status as the world's major currency and setting off jitters in the international financial system.
    Ex: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.
    Ex: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.
    Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.
    Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.
    Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.
    Ex: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.
    Ex: The method of indexing called post-coordinate indexing gives rise to physical forms of indexes which differ from the more 'traditional' catalogues mentioned above.
    Ex: That crucial evidence was withheld from the final report could give cause to bring charges of criminal negligence.
    Ex: Many soldiers took advantage of the impoverished conditions giving occasion to assaults, rapes and murders.
    * provocar cambios = wreak + changes.
    * provocar controversia = arouse + controversy.
    * provocar el debate = prompt + discussion, spark + debate, stir + debate.
    * provocar escarnio = evoke + response.
    * provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.
    * provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.
    * provocar la controversia = court + controversy.
    * provocar la ira de Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.
    * provocar menosprecio = evoke + scorn.
    * provocar sospechas = stir + suspicion.
    * provocar una crisis = precipitate + crisis.
    * provocar una guerra = ignite + war, precipitate + war.
    * provocar una protesta = call forth + protest.
    * provocar una reacción = cause + reaction, provoke + reaction.
    * provocar un ataque = provoke + attack.
    * provocar un cambio = bring about + change.
    * provocar un debate = ignite + debate.
    * provocar un diálogo = elicit + dialogue.
    * provocar un gran alboroto = make + a splash.
    * provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

    * * *
    provocar [A2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (causar, ocasionar) to cause
    un cigarrillo pudo provocar la explosión the explosion may have been caused by a cigarette
    una decisión que ha provocado violentas polémicas a decision which has sparked off o prompted violent controversy
    no se sabe qué provocó el incendio it is not known what started the fire
    2 ( Med):
    provocar el parto to induce labor*
    las pastillas le provocaron una reacción cutánea the pills caused o brought on a skin reaction
    el antígeno provoca la formación de anticuerpos the antigen stimulates the production of antibodies
    B ‹persona›
    1 (al enfado) to provoke
    2 (en sentido sexual) to lead … on
    ■ provocar
    vi
    ( Andes) (apetecer): ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? ( BrE colloq)
    ( refl):
    se disparó un tiro provocándose la muerte he shot (and killed) himself
    * * *

     

    provocar ( conjugate provocar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹ explosión› to cause;

    ‹ incendio› to start;
    ‹ polémica› to spark off, prompt;
    ‹ reacción› to cause
    b) (Med) ‹ parto› to induce

    2 ‹ persona› ( al enfado) to provoke;
    ( sexualmente) to lead … on
    verbo intransitivo (Andes) ( apetecer):
    ◊ ¿le provoca un traguito? do you want a drink?, do you fancy a drink? (BrE colloq)

    provocar verbo transitivo
    1 (causar) to cause: su decisión fue provocada por..., his decision was prompted by..., provocar un incendio, to start a fire
    2 (un parto, etc) to induce: tuvieron que provocarle el vómito, they had to make her vomit
    3 (irritar, enfadar) to provoke: no lo provoques, don't provoke him
    4 (la ira, etc) to rouse
    (un aplauso) to provoke
    5 (excitar el deseo sexual) to arouse, provoke

    ' provocar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    campanada
    - desatar
    - engendrar
    - hacer
    - motivar
    - organizar
    - pinchar
    - chulear
    - dar
    - meter
    - parto
    - reclamo
    - torear
    English:
    bait
    - bring
    - bring about
    - bring on
    - cause
    - excite
    - fight
    - incur
    - induce
    - instigate
    - invite
    - prompt
    - provoke
    - raise
    - rouse
    - roust
    - short-circuit
    - spark off
    - start
    - stir up
    - tease
    - trigger
    - disturbance
    - draw
    - elicit
    - evoke
    - short
    - spark
    - stir
    - taunt
    - whip
    - wreck
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [incitar] to provoke;
    ¡no me provoques! don't provoke me!
    2. [causar] [accidente, muerte] to cause;
    [incendio, rebelión] to start; [sonrisa, burla] to elicit;
    una placa de hielo provocó el accidente the accident was caused by a sheet of black ice;
    provocó las risas de todos he made everyone laugh;
    el polvo me provoca estornudos dust makes me sneeze;
    su actitud me provoca más lástima que otra cosa her attitude makes me pity her more than anything else
    3. [excitar sexualmente] to lead on;
    le gusta provocar a los chicos con su ropa she likes to tease the boys with her clothes
    ♦ vi
    Carib, Col, Méx Fam [apetecer]
    ¿te provoca ir al cine? would you like to go to the movies?, Br do you fancy going to the cinema?;
    ¿te provoca un vaso de vino? would you like a glass of wine?, Br do you fancy a glass of wine?;
    ¿qué te provoca? what would you like to do?, Br what do you fancy doing?
    * * *
    v/t
    1 cause
    2 el enfado provoke
    3 sexualmente lead on
    4 parto induce
    5
    :
    ¿te provoca un café? S.Am. how about a coffee?
    * * *
    provocar {72} vt
    1) causar: to provoke, to cause
    2) irritar: to provoke, to pique
    * * *
    1. (en general) to cause
    2. (incendio) to start
    3. (una persona) to provoke

    Spanish-English dictionary > provocar

  • 91 punto clave

    (n.) = key point, watershed, tipping point
    Ex. We found it difficult to come to a consensus of the professional staff on several key points.
    Ex. The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The indexing of scholarly journals: a tipping point for publishing reform?'.
    * * *
    (n.) = key point, watershed, tipping point

    Ex: We found it difficult to come to a consensus of the professional staff on several key points.

    Ex: The library literature of 1990-91 indicates that the 1990s will be a watershed for academic and research libraries.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The indexing of scholarly journals: a tipping point for publishing reform?'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > punto clave

  • 92 repertorio

    m.
    1 repertoire (obras).
    2 selection (serie).
    * * *
    1 (resumen) list, index
    2 TEATRO repertoire, repertory
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=lista) list, index; (=catálogo) catalogue, catalog (EEUU)
    2) (Teat) repertoire
    3) (Inform) repertoire
    * * *
    masculino repertoire
    * * *
    = repertoire, repertory.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities demand skills not usually found in a librarian's repertoire = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades demandan destrezas que normalmente no se encuentran en el repertorio de capacidades del bibliotecario.
    Ex. Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    ----
    * repertorio bibliográfico = literature guide, resource guide, source book, research guide.
    * repertorio de jurisprudencia = law report.
    * repertorios de recursos de apelación = records of appeal proceedings.
    * un gran repertorio de = an arsenal of, an armoury of [armory].
    * * *
    masculino repertoire
    * * *
    = repertoire, repertory.

    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities demand skills not usually found in a librarian's repertoire = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades demandan destrezas que normalmente no se encuentran en el repertorio de capacidades del bibliotecario.

    Ex: Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    * repertorio bibliográfico = literature guide, resource guide, source book, research guide.
    * repertorio de jurisprudencia = law report.
    * repertorios de recursos de apelación = records of appeal proceedings.
    * un gran repertorio de = an arsenal of, an armoury of [armory].

    * * *
    repertoire
    compañía de repertorio repertory company
    * * *

    repertorio sustantivo masculino
    repertoire
    repertorio sustantivo masculino
    1 Teat Mús repertoire, repertory
    2 (de discos, sombreros, etc) collection
    3 (catálogo) index
    ' repertorio' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rep
    - repertoire
    - repertory
    - stock
    * * *
    1. [obras] repertoire
    2. [serie] selection
    * * *
    m TEA, MÚS repertoire
    * * *
    : repertoire

    Spanish-English dictionary > repertorio

  • 93 ser accesible a través de

    Ex. The term 'grey literature' refers to documents issued informally in limited amounts which are not available through normal publishing channels, a definition which includes many scientific and technical research reports.
    * * *

    Ex: The term 'grey literature' refers to documents issued informally in limited amounts which are not available through normal publishing channels, a definition which includes many scientific and technical research reports.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser accesible a través de

  • 94 serio

    adj.
    1 serious, grave, humorless, unsmiling.
    2 serious, intense, grave, heavy.
    3 serious, responsible, reliable, businesslike.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: seriar.
    * * *
    1 (importante) serious, grave
    2 (severo) serious
    3 (formal) reliable, responsible, dependable
    4 (color) sober; (traje etc) formal
    \
    en serio seriously
    ■ lo digo en serio I'm quite serious, I mean it
    ¿en serio? are you serious?, do you really mean that?, really?
    ir en serio to be true, be serious
    tomar en serio to take seriously
    * * *
    (f. - seria)
    adj.
    1) serious, earnest
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [expresión, tono] serious

    ¿por qué estás hoy tan serio? — why are you (looking) so serious today?

    se quedó mirándome muy serio — he looked at me very seriously, he stared gravely at me

    ponerse serio: se puso seria al ver la foto — she went o became serious when she saw the photo

    2)

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you serious?, do you really mean it?

    3) [problema, enfermedad, pérdida] serious
    4) (=fiable) [persona] reliable; [trato] straight, honest
    5) (=severo)
    6) [estudio, libro] serious
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.
    Ex. Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.
    Ex. Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex. She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex. Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex. She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex. I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex. From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex. Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    ----
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo
    1) ( poco sonriente) serious

    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? — what a long face, what's the matter? (colloq)

    2) < empleado> responsible, reliable; < empresa> reputable

    no confío en él, es muy poco serio — I don't trust him, he's very unreliable

    3)
    a) <cine/tema> serious
    b) ( grave) <enfermedad/problema> serious
    c)

    en serio — < hablar> seriously, in earnest

    ¿lo dices en serio? — are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?

    esto es serio, está muriéndose — this is serious, he's dying

    * * *
    = authoritative, conscientious, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], serious, thoughtful, earnest, grave [graver -comp., gravest -sup.], business-like, solemn, dire, staid, serious minded, straight-faced.

    Ex: Some authoritative texts on the subject are listed at the end of this chapter.

    Ex: Then the conscientious manager can help solve his problems without engaging in original laborious research or the risky practice of trial and error.
    Ex: She notes some gross inadequacies of these schemes in classifying African subjects, especially in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: DC is certainly not regarded as the perfect classification scheme even in sectors where there is no serious alternative.
    Ex: Production quotas, I believe, are antithetical to careful, thoughtful cataloging.
    Ex: She spied Asadorian in earnest converse with McSpadden.
    Ex: I believe that literature is certainly in one sense 'play' -- grave and absorbed play.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: The infants sat solemn as the Supreme Court pronounced judgment = Los niños se sentaron solemnes mientras que el Tribunal Supremo dictaba sentencia.
    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    Ex: From his description one gets the impression that the inhabitants of Utopia are serious minded and that they read for instruction or for improving their own mind.
    Ex: Satire and comedy can be better vehicles for social commentary than straight-faced, serious drama.
    * en serio = wholeheartedly [whole-heartedly], for real.
    * en un serio aprieto = in dire straits.
    * en un serio apuro = in dire straits.
    * humor serio = deadpan humour.
    * mejor sería que + Subjuntivo = might + as well + Verbo.
    * poco serio = flippant.
    * ponerse a hacer Algo en serio = buckle down to.
    * ponerse a trabajar en serio = get on with + Posesivo + work, buckle down to, pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out.
    * sería mejor que + Imperfecto de Subjuntivo = had better + Infinitivo.
    * serio en apariencia = deadpan.
    * serios, los = serious, the.
    * tomarse Algo en serio = take to + heart.
    * tomarse en serio = take + seriously, get + serious.

    * * *
    con pinta de intelectual, seriecito y callado with an intellectual, rather serious o solemn and quiet air
    qué cara más seria ¿qué te ha pasado? what a long face, what's the matter? ( colloq)
    al oír la noticia se puso muy serio his expression became very serious o grave when he heard the news
    qué serio estás hoy ¿estás preocupado? you're looking very serious today, are you worried about something?
    como no obedezcas voy a tener que ponerme serio contigo if you don't do as I say I'm going to get annoyed with you
    B
    (sensato, responsable): un empleado serio y trabajador a responsible o reliable, hardworking employee
    no es serio que nos digan una cosa y luego hagan otra it's no way to treat people ( o to conduct business etc) saying one thing and then doing another
    no confío en él, es muy poco serio I don't trust him, he is very unreliable
    son todos profesionales muy serios they are all dedicated professionals
    C
    1 (no frívolo, importante) serious
    ha hecho cine serio y también comedias tontas y frívolas he's made serious movies as well as silly, lighthearted comedies
    es un serio aspirante al título he's a serious contender for the title
    2
    en serio ‹hablar› seriously, in earnest
    bueno, vamos a ponernos a trabajar en serio right (then), let's get down to some serious work
    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious? o seriously? o do you really mean it?
    se toma muy en serio su carrera she takes her career very seriously
    esto va en serio, está muriéndose this is serious, he's dying
    y esto va en serio and I really mean it o and I'm serious about this
    no se toma nada en serio he doesn't take anything seriously
    mira que te lo digo en serio I mean it, you know
    * * *

     

    Del verbo seriar: ( conjugate seriar)

    serio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    serió es:

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

    serio
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    1 ( poco sonriente) serious
    2 ‹ empleado› responsible, reliable;
    ‹ empresa› reputable
    3
    a) ‹cine/tema› serious

    b) ( grave) ‹enfermedad/problema› serious;


    c)


    ¿lo dices en serio? are you (being) serious?, do you really mean it?;
    tomarse algo en serio to take sth seriously
    serio,-a adjetivo
    1 (taciturno, de consideración, grave) serious
    2 (comprometido, de confianza) reliable
    ♦ Locuciones: en serio, seriously: hablaba en serio, she was serious
    ponte a trabajar en serio, you must start to work hard
    ' serio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    callada
    - callado
    - coña
    - en
    - formal
    - gorda
    - gordo
    - jugar
    - ligera
    - ligero
    - risa
    - seria
    - tiesa
    - tieso
    - tomarse
    - verdad
    - asustar
    - decir
    - enfado
    - enojo
    English:
    apart
    - assert
    - businesslike
    - deep
    - dignified
    - earnest
    - face value
    - flippant
    - half-serious
    - intense
    - joke
    - kid
    - knuckle down
    - laugh off
    - major
    - mean
    - quality newspaper
    - reputable
    - responsible
    - serious
    - seriously
    - settle down
    - severe
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - staid
    - steady
    - straight
    - weighty
    - business
    - dire
    - genuine
    - honestly
    - knuckle
    - nasty
    - pride
    - seriousness
    - solemn
    - surely
    * * *
    serio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [grave] serious;
    es una persona muy seria he's a very serious person;
    estar serio to look serious;
    me lanzó una mirada seria she gave me a serious look;
    me tuve que poner muy seria con mis alumnos I had to get very serious with my pupils
    2. [importante] serious;
    es una enfermedad muy seria it's a very serious illness;
    me dio un susto muy serio I got a very nasty shock;
    una seria amenaza para la paz mundial a serious threat to world peace
    3. [responsable] responsible;
    [cumplidor, formal] reliable;
    son muy serios, cumplirán los plazos they're very reliable, they'll meet the deadlines;
    no son gente seria they're very unreliable;
    ¡esto no es serio! this is ridiculous!;
    lo que no es serio es que ahora digan que necesitan dos meses más what's really unacceptable is that now they're saying they need another two months
    4. [sobrio] sober;
    un traje serio a formal suit;
    sólo ve programas serios she only watches serious programmes
    ♦ en serio loc adv
    seriously;
    lo digo en serio I'm serious;
    en serio, me ha tocado la lotería seriously, I've won the lottery;
    ¿vas en serio? are you (being) serious?;
    tomarse algo/a alguien en serio to take sth/sb seriously;
    ponte a estudiar en serio get down to some serious study
    * * *
    adj
    1 serious;
    ésto va en serio this is serious;
    tomarse algo en serio take sth seriously
    2 ( responsable) reliable
    * * *
    serio, - ria adj
    1) : serious, earnest
    2) : reliable, responsible
    3) : important
    4)
    en serio : seriously, in earnest
    ♦ seriamente adv
    * * *
    serio adj
    1. (en general) serious
    2. (responsable) reliable

    Spanish-English dictionary > serio

  • 95 sorprendente

    adj.
    surprising.
    * * *
    1 surprising, amazing, astonishing
    ■ lo sorprendente del caso es que... the surprising thing about it is...
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *

    no es sorprendente que... — it is hardly surprising that..., it is small wonder that...

    * * *
    adjetivo surprising
    * * *
    = amazing, staggering, startling, stunning, surprising, astonishing, unexpected.
    Ex. However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
    Ex. It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.
    Ex. At the time, it was a startling accomplishment and gained wide recognition.
    Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex. Given such an impressive array of advantages it may seem surprising that conventional subject indexes to the literature continue to be produced.
    Ex. It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex. The teacher should not give away any details which would be best enjoyed when met for the first time in a full reading, such as twist in the plot, unexpected endings, and the like.
    ----
    * de manera sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * resultado sorprendente = stunning result.
    * tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.
    * * *
    adjetivo surprising
    * * *
    = amazing, staggering, startling, stunning, surprising, astonishing, unexpected.

    Ex: However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.

    Ex: It's a staggering list of accomplishments, and considering bureaucracy and some of the internal problems of the Library of Congress, I think that the Library deserves a great deal of credit and commendation.
    Ex: At the time, it was a startling accomplishment and gained wide recognition.
    Ex: The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex: Given such an impressive array of advantages it may seem surprising that conventional subject indexes to the literature continue to be produced.
    Ex: It asserts that the answer to the problems relating to the astonishing growth of great research libraries lies in large-scale interlibrary cooperation.
    Ex: The teacher should not give away any details which would be best enjoyed when met for the first time in a full reading, such as twist in the plot, unexpected endings, and the like.
    * de manera sorprendente = shockingly.
    * de modo sorprendente = shockingly.
    * nada sorprendente = unsurprising.
    * resultado sorprendente = stunning result.
    * tan sorprendente como pueda parecer = as amazing as it seems.

    * * *
    surprising
    * * *

    sorprendente adjetivo
    surprising
    sorprendente adjetivo surprising, amazing
    ' sorprendente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chocante
    - pasada
    - traca
    English:
    optimism
    - surprising
    - surprisingly
    - remarkable
    - striking
    * * *
    surprising
    * * *
    adj surprising
    * * *
    : surprising
    * * *
    sorprendente adj surprising

    Spanish-English dictionary > sorprendente

  • 96 sosegado

    adj.
    peaceful, quiet, still, tranquil.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: sosegar.
    * * *
    1→ link=sosegar sosegar
    1 calm, quiet
    * * *
    (f. - sosegada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [apariencia, vida] calm, peaceful
    2) [persona] calm, serene
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vida> quiet, peaceful; < persona> calm
    * * *
    = quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], restful, tranquil, mellowed, sedate, calm [calmer -comp., calmest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].
    Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.
    Ex. The health promoting concept is carried through the design of the ward, where there is maximum use of restful natural materials and 'healing arts'.
    Ex. Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Black Sea coast.
    Ex. Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex. His rebelliousness against family tradition and sedate good taste surfaced disturbingly in his account of bringing his mother's body home from Italy.
    Ex. Her calm confident eyes silently invited him to relieve his mind, and he could not resist the temptation.
    Ex. People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < vida> quiet, peaceful; < persona> calm
    * * *
    = quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], restful, tranquil, mellowed, sedate, calm [calmer -comp., calmest -sup.], mellow [mellower -comp., mellowest -sup.].

    Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.

    Ex: The health promoting concept is carried through the design of the ward, where there is maximum use of restful natural materials and 'healing arts'.
    Ex: Sudak is one of the most beautiful and tranquil locales on the Black Sea coast.
    Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.
    Ex: His rebelliousness against family tradition and sedate good taste surfaced disturbingly in his account of bringing his mother's body home from Italy.
    Ex: Her calm confident eyes silently invited him to relieve his mind, and he could not resist the temptation.
    Ex: People become more ' mellow' in response to negative emotions over their lifetime, research suggests.

    * * *
    ‹vida› quiet, peaceful; ‹persona› calm
    lo encontré mucho más sosegado I thought he was much calmer, he seemed to me to have calmed down a lot
    le gusta la vida sosegada del campo she likes the quiet o peaceful life of the country
    las aguas sosegadas del lago ( liter); the placid o still o calm waters of the lake
    * * *

    Del verbo sosegar: ( conjugate sosegar)

    sosegado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    sosegado    
    sosegar
    sosegado,-a adj (ambiente, entorno, vida) calm, quiet
    (carácter) calm
    sosegar verbo transitivo to calm
    ' sosegado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sosegada
    - tranquila
    - tranquilo
    * * *
    sosegado, -a adj
    1. [persona] calm, placid;
    lleva una vida sosegada he leads a quiet life
    2. [aguas] placid, calm
    * * *
    adj calm
    * * *
    sosegado, -da adj
    sereno: calm, tranquil, serene

    Spanish-English dictionary > sosegado

  • 97 subvención

    f.
    subvention, grant, government aid, subsidy.
    * * *
    1 subsidy, grant
    * * *
    noun f.
    grant, subsidy
    * * *
    SF subsidy, subvention, grant

    subvención para la inversión — (Com) investment grant

    * * *
    femenino subsidy, subvention (frml)
    * * *
    = grant, financial support, subvention, interest rebate, grant funding, grant money.
    Ex. In its early years it benefited from a variety of grants to support activities and developments, but since 1971, OCLC has been supported by membership fees and grants for specific research and development projects.
    Ex. By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex. There is also a manifest need to improve access by library staff to professional literature, through subventions, perhaps via the Regional Offices of IFLA.
    Ex. Such assisted loans are given at the normal interest rate, and the Commission grants an additional interest rebate which is paid directly to the beneficiary.
    Ex. This paper describes a course that teaches students how to apply for grant funding and write proposals.
    Ex. The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.
    ----
    * de subvención pública = publicly supported.
    * sin subvención = unfunded.
    * solicitar una subvención = write + grant.
    * solicitud de subvención = grant proposal.
    * solicitud de subvenciones = grant writing.
    * subvención del gobierno = federal grant, state aid, state support.
    * subvención de una fundación = foundation grant.
    * subvención en metálico = cash grant.
    * subvenciones = monies [money, -sing.].
    * subvención estatal = state aid, state support.
    * subvención extraordinaria = capital grant.
    * * *
    femenino subsidy, subvention (frml)
    * * *
    = grant, financial support, subvention, interest rebate, grant funding, grant money.

    Ex: In its early years it benefited from a variety of grants to support activities and developments, but since 1971, OCLC has been supported by membership fees and grants for specific research and development projects.

    Ex: By virtue of standing an easy first among the libraries of the region -- first in size of collection, first in financial support, and first in that mysterious quality known as 'excellence' -- Dorado was asked to assume the role.
    Ex: There is also a manifest need to improve access by library staff to professional literature, through subventions, perhaps via the Regional Offices of IFLA.
    Ex: Such assisted loans are given at the normal interest rate, and the Commission grants an additional interest rebate which is paid directly to the beneficiary.
    Ex: This paper describes a course that teaches students how to apply for grant funding and write proposals.
    Ex: The article 'Who Says Money Doesn't Grow on Trees' provides information to teachers who need grant money to fund projects their schools cannot afford.
    * de subvención pública = publicly supported.
    * sin subvención = unfunded.
    * solicitar una subvención = write + grant.
    * solicitud de subvención = grant proposal.
    * solicitud de subvenciones = grant writing.
    * subvención del gobierno = federal grant, state aid, state support.
    * subvención de una fundación = foundation grant.
    * subvención en metálico = cash grant.
    * subvenciones = monies [money, -sing.].
    * subvención estatal = state aid, state support.
    * subvención extraordinaria = capital grant.

    * * *
    subsidy, subvention ( frml)
    * * *

     

    subvención sustantivo femenino
    subsidy, subvention (frml)
    subvención sustantivo femenino subsidy, subvention
    ' subvención' also found in these entries:
    English:
    allowance
    - grant
    - materialize
    - subsidy
    * * *
    1. [para proteger precios, una industria] subsidy
    2. [para un proyecto] grant;
    la orquesta recibe una subvención del ayuntamiento the orchestra receives financial support o a grant from the town o city council
    * * *
    f subsidy
    * * *
    subvención nf, pl - ciones : subsidy, grant
    * * *
    subvención n subsidy [pl. subsidies] / grant

    Spanish-English dictionary > subvención

  • 98 tapar grietas

    (v.) = caulk + cracks, chink
    Ex. The article ' Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information.
    Ex. The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.
    * * *
    (v.) = caulk + cracks, chink

    Ex: The article ' Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information.

    Ex: The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tapar grietas

  • 99 tapar rendijas

    (v.) = caulk + cracks, chink
    Ex. The article ' Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information.
    Ex. The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.
    * * *
    (v.) = caulk + cracks, chink

    Ex: The article ' Caulking the cracks: scholarly social science resources on the Web' argues that although the main body of scholarly literature is still in print the Web has to be approached as an additional research resource that has information.

    Ex: The resulting spaces and gaps are then chinked using synthetic materials that are essentially polymerized rubber with adhesive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tapar rendijas

  • 100 tendencia

    f.
    1 tendency.
    tener tendencia a hacer algo to have a tendency to do something
    tendencia a la depresión tendency to get depressed
    2 trend (corriente).
    las últimas tendencias de la moda the latest fashion trends
    3 bias.
    * * *
    1 (inclinación) tendency, inclination, predisposition, leaning; (movimiento) trend
    \
    tener tendencia a hacer algo to tend to do something, have a tendency to do something
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF tendency, trend

    la tendencia hacia el socialismo — the tendency o trend towards socialism

    tengo tendencia a engordar — I have a tendency o I tend to put on weight

    tendencia al alza, tendencia alcista — upward trend

    tendencia imperante — dominant trend, prevailing tendency

    * * *
    femenino tendency

    tendencia a la baja/al alza — downward/upward trend

    tendencia a + inf — tendency to + inf

    * * *
    = bias [biases, -pl.], penchant, push towards, stream, tendency, tide, trend, strand, push, streak, leaning, stripe.
    Ex. The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.
    Ex. Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.
    Ex. In the frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. In this case we find a tendency to ignore the author's identity as found in the document, and to prefer instead a real name to a pseudonym.
    Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex. Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex. This article gives a brief history of the two main strands in the development of bibliotherapy, or healing through books, in the USA.
    Ex. The key issue to note here is that the global push to describe and document Indigenous knowledge is gaining momentum.
    Ex. The secret of his success is an obsessive streak in his personality combined with business aggression.
    Ex. Finally, this new philosophy did not conflict with the librarian's elitist leanings.
    Ex. The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.
    ----
    * análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.
    * de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.
    * de tendencia socialista = socialistic.
    * en la tendencia principal de = in the mainstream of.
    * existir la tendencia a = there + be + a tendency (to/for).
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * proyección de tendencias = trend projection.
    * tendencia actual = current trend.
    * tendencia alcista = bouyancy.
    * tendencia al olvido = forgetfulness.
    * tendencia de agrupamiento = clustering tendency.
    * tendencia de clustering = clustering tendency.
    * tendencia de la época, la = trend of the times, the.
    * tendencia demográfica = population trend.
    * tendencia inflacionista = inflationary spiral, inflationary trend, deflationary spiral.
    * tendencia natural = in-built tendency.
    * tendencia opuesta = countertendency.
    * tendencia social = social trend, social trend.
    * tener una tendencia hacia = have + a tendency to.
    * * *
    femenino tendency

    tendencia a la baja/al alza — downward/upward trend

    tendencia a + inf — tendency to + inf

    * * *
    = bias [biases, -pl.], penchant, push towards, stream, tendency, tide, trend, strand, push, streak, leaning, stripe.

    Ex: The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.

    Ex: Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.
    Ex: In the frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex: In this case we find a tendency to ignore the author's identity as found in the document, and to prefer instead a real name to a pseudonym.
    Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
    Ex: Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
    Ex: This article gives a brief history of the two main strands in the development of bibliotherapy, or healing through books, in the USA.
    Ex: The key issue to note here is that the global push to describe and document Indigenous knowledge is gaining momentum.
    Ex: The secret of his success is an obsessive streak in his personality combined with business aggression.
    Ex: Finally, this new philosophy did not conflict with the librarian's elitist leanings.
    Ex: The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.
    * análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.
    * de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia = in the trend towards.
    * de tendencia socialista = socialistic.
    * en la tendencia principal de = in the mainstream of.
    * existir la tendencia a = there + be + a tendency (to/for).
    * informe de tendencias = trends report.
    * proyección de tendencias = trend projection.
    * tendencia actual = current trend.
    * tendencia alcista = bouyancy.
    * tendencia al olvido = forgetfulness.
    * tendencia de agrupamiento = clustering tendency.
    * tendencia de clustering = clustering tendency.
    * tendencia de la época, la = trend of the times, the.
    * tendencia demográfica = population trend.
    * tendencia inflacionista = inflationary spiral, inflationary trend, deflationary spiral.
    * tendencia natural = in-built tendency.
    * tendencia opuesta = countertendency.
    * tendencia social = social trend, social trend.
    * tener una tendencia hacia = have + a tendency to.

    * * *
    tendency
    sus tendencias homosexuales his homosexual tendencies o leanings
    un grupo de tendencia marxista a group with Marxist tendencies o leanings
    para frenar esta tendencia expansiva to slow down this tendency o trend toward(s) expansion
    tendencia A algo trend TOWARD(S) sth
    tendencia a la baja/al alza downward/upward trend
    tendencia A + INF tendency to + INF
    tiene tendencia a exagerar she has a tendency to exaggerate, she tends to exaggerate
    * * *

     

    tendencia sustantivo femenino
    tendency;
    ◊ tendencias homosexuales homosexual tendencies o leanings;

    tendencia a algo trend toward(s) sth;
    tiene tendencia a exagerar she has a tendency to exaggerate;
    existe una tendencia a la centralización there is a trend toward centralization
    tendencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (propensión) tendency: tiene tendencia a sentirse culpable, he is prone to feeling guilty
    2 Pol tendency, leaning
    3 (del mercado, moda, etc) trend

    ' tendencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    corriente
    - frenar
    - imperante
    - inclinarse
    - malicia
    - novelera
    - novelero
    - orientación
    - rumbo
    - alcista
    - ascendente
    - baja
    - contener
    - cuenta
    - dictar
    - dominante
    - dominar
    - golpista
    - inclinación
    - pronunciado
    - tónica
    English:
    bent
    - bias
    - buoyancy
    - counter
    - craze
    - dispose to
    - downward
    - inclination
    - incline
    - inclined
    - movement
    - propensity
    - run
    - self-destructiveness
    - strand
    - tend
    - tendency
    - thievishness
    - trend
    - liable
    - orientation
    - sulky
    * * *
    1. [inclinación] tendency;
    un diario de marcada tendencia conservadora a very conservative newspaper;
    tener tendencia a hacer algo to tend o have a tendency to do sth;
    tiene tendencia a meterse en líos she tends to get herself into trouble;
    tiene tendencia a la depresión he has a tendency to depression
    2. [corriente] trend;
    las últimas tendencias de la moda the latest fashion trends;
    hay tendencias reformistas dentro del partido there are reformist tendencies within the party;
    tendencia al alza/a la baja upward/downward trend
    Econ tendencias del mercado market trends
    * * *
    f
    1 tendency;
    tener tendencia a have a tendency to
    2 ( corriente) trend;
    tendencia al alza/a la baja upward/downward trend
    * * *
    1) propensión: tendency, inclination
    2) : trend
    * * *
    1. (en general) tendency [pl. tendencies]
    2. (de moda) trend

    Spanish-English dictionary > tendencia

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  • Literature review — For a focused scientific review, see systematic review. A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge including substantive findings as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a …   Wikipedia

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