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  • 81 profano

    adj.
    profane, worldly, irreligious.
    f. & m.
    1 lay person, non-specialist.
    2 layman.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.
    * * *
    1 (no sagrado) profane, secular
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) layman; (mujer) laywoman
    \
    ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject
    * * *
    profano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=laico) profane, secular
    2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent
    3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorant

    soy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music

    4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest
    2.
    SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

    * * *
    profano1 -na
    A
    1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular
    2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverent
    B
    (no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subject
    profano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig) ( masculine) layman; ( feminine) laywoman
    B (no especialista) non-specialist
    su nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman
    * * *

    Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)

    profano es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    profanó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    profanar    
    profano
    profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
    profano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ( no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane (frml);

    ‹ fiesta› secular

    2 ( no especializado):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Relig) (m) layman;
    (f) laywoman
    2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
    profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
    profano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (no sacro) profane, secular
    2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
    (hombre) layman
    (mujer) laywoman
    ' profano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    profana
    - temporal
    English:
    lay
    - profane
    - secular
    * * *
    profano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;
    literatura/música profana secular literature/music
    2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;
    soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject
    ♦ nm,f
    layman, f laywoman;
    soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics
    * * *
    I adj fig
    lay atr
    II m layman
    * * *
    profano, -na adj
    1) : profane
    2) : worldly, secular
    profano, -na n
    : nonspecialist

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano

  • 82 profano en la materia

    (n.) = non-scholar
    Ex. In the sometimes frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    * * *

    Ex: In the sometimes frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano en la materia

  • 83 profesor

    m.
    1 professor, teacher, schoolteacher, schoolmaster.
    2 professor, faculty member, faculty.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    \
    profesor,-ra particular private tutor
    * * *
    (f. - profesora)
    noun
    * * *
    profesor, -a
    SM / F
    1) (=enseñante) [gen] teacher; (=instructor) instructor

    profesor(a) de canto — singing teacher, singing tutor

    profesor(a) de esgrima — fencing master/mistress

    profesor(a) de esquí — ski instructor, skiing instructor

    2) (Escol) teacher

    profesor(a) de biología — biology teacher, biology master/mistress

    3) (Univ) (=titular) lecturer, professor (EEUU); (=catedrático) professor

    es profesor de griego — he is a lecturer in Greek, he lectures in Greek

    se reunieron los profesores — the staff met, the faculty met ( esp EEUU)

    profesor(a) adjunto/a — assistant lecturer, assistant professor (EEUU)

    profesor(a) agregado/a — assistant lecturer, assistant professor (EEUU)

    * * *
    - sora masculino, femenino ( de escuela secundaria) teacher, schoolteacher; ( de universidad) professor (AmE), lecturer (BrE)

    profesor de piano/guitarra — piano/guitar teacher

    * * *
    = educator, teacher, examiner, schoolteacher, academician, class teacher, teacher educator, faculty member.
    Ex. I believe very, very firmly that librarians are educators.
    Ex. For example a set of slides for use by teachers may be indexed according to alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex. There is an old joke that examiners in economics need never set the candidates new question papers because the answers change every year = Existe una vieja broma que dice que los profesores de económicas nunca necesitan ponerle a los alumnos nuevas preguntas de examen ya que las respuestas cambian cada año.
    Ex. Parents place great emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills, at times pressing so hard on their children that schoolteachers have to try to reduce that pressure = Los padres ponen un gran énfasis en la adquisición de la capacidad de leer, a veces presionando tanto a sus hijos que los profesores tienen que intentar reducir esta presión.
    Ex. BITNET and Internet are parts of a worldwide computer network for researchers, academicians, and information professionals.
    Ex. Her class teacher began it all by putting on an exhibition of about thirty of the best picture books in the school's infant-class library books for the five-to-seven-year- olds = Todo empezó con la exposición que montó su profesora de los treinta mejores cuentos de los libros de la biblioteca de la clase de primaria para los niños de cinco a siete años.
    Ex. The recommendations, legislation, and proposed changes that have resulted have created consternation, frustration, and optimism among teacher educators.
    Ex. LIBR (short for library) is used in English-speaking faculty members or employees who wish to access the library from their own terminals.
    ----
    * Consejo Nacional de Profesores de Inglés = National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
    * despacho de profesor = faculty office.
    * interinidad como profesor = faculty tenure.
    * plaza de profesor = professorship.
    * profesor académico = faculty member.
    * profesor asociado = assistant professor.
    * profesor ayudante = teaching assistant, teacher aide.
    * profesor-bibliotecario = teacher-librarian.
    * profesor de autoescuela = driving instructor.
    * profesor de biblioteconomía = library educator.
    * profesor de educación básica = school teacher.
    * profesor de universidad = university faculty, university lecturer.
    * profesor emérito = emeritus professor, professor emeritus.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * profesor en prácticas = in-service teacher.
    * profesores = faculty.
    * profesor invitado = fellow, visiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting scholar, visiting fellow.
    * profesor titular = associate professor.
    * profesor titular interino = assistant professor, lecturer.
    * profesor universitario = professor, academic, college educator, university educator, university instructor.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.
    * * *
    - sora masculino, femenino ( de escuela secundaria) teacher, schoolteacher; ( de universidad) professor (AmE), lecturer (BrE)

    profesor de piano/guitarra — piano/guitar teacher

    * * *
    = educator, teacher, examiner, schoolteacher, academician, class teacher, teacher educator, faculty member.

    Ex: I believe very, very firmly that librarians are educators.

    Ex: For example a set of slides for use by teachers may be indexed according to alphabetical subject headings.
    Ex: There is an old joke that examiners in economics need never set the candidates new question papers because the answers change every year = Existe una vieja broma que dice que los profesores de económicas nunca necesitan ponerle a los alumnos nuevas preguntas de examen ya que las respuestas cambian cada año.
    Ex: Parents place great emphasis on the acquisition of reading skills, at times pressing so hard on their children that schoolteachers have to try to reduce that pressure = Los padres ponen un gran énfasis en la adquisición de la capacidad de leer, a veces presionando tanto a sus hijos que los profesores tienen que intentar reducir esta presión.
    Ex: BITNET and Internet are parts of a worldwide computer network for researchers, academicians, and information professionals.
    Ex: Her class teacher began it all by putting on an exhibition of about thirty of the best picture books in the school's infant-class library books for the five-to-seven-year- olds = Todo empezó con la exposición que montó su profesora de los treinta mejores cuentos de los libros de la biblioteca de la clase de primaria para los niños de cinco a siete años.
    Ex: The recommendations, legislation, and proposed changes that have resulted have created consternation, frustration, and optimism among teacher educators.
    Ex: LIBR (short for library) is used in English-speaking faculty members or employees who wish to access the library from their own terminals.
    * Consejo Nacional de Profesores de Inglés = National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
    * despacho de profesor = faculty office.
    * interinidad como profesor = faculty tenure.
    * plaza de profesor = professorship.
    * profesor académico = faculty member.
    * profesor asociado = assistant professor.
    * profesor ayudante = teaching assistant, teacher aide.
    * profesor-bibliotecario = teacher-librarian.
    * profesor de autoescuela = driving instructor.
    * profesor de biblioteconomía = library educator.
    * profesor de educación básica = school teacher.
    * profesor de universidad = university faculty, university lecturer.
    * profesor emérito = emeritus professor, professor emeritus.
    * profesor encargado de la biblioteca = teacher-librarian.
    * profesor en prácticas = in-service teacher.
    * profesores = faculty.
    * profesor invitado = fellow, visiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting scholar, visiting fellow.
    * profesor titular = associate professor.
    * profesor titular interino = assistant professor, lecturer.
    * profesor universitario = professor, academic, college educator, university educator, university instructor.
    * reunión de profesores = faculty meeting.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    (de escuela secundaria) teacher, schoolteacher; (de universidad) professor ( AmE), lecturer ( BrE)
    profesor de piano/guitarra piano/guitar teacher
    es profesora de gimnasia she's a physical education teacher
    tiene un profesor particular he has a private tutor
    Compuestos:
    ● profesor agregado, profesora agregada
    masculine, feminine agregado
    ● profesor asociado, profesora asociada
    masculine, feminine part-time professor ( AmE) o ( BrE) lecturer
    ( Esp) certified public accountant ( AmE), chartered accountant ( BrE)
    * * *

     

    profesor
    ◊ - sora sustantivo masculino, femenino ( de escuela secundaria) teacher, schoolteacher;


    ( de universidad) professor (AmE), lecturer (BrE);

    profesor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 teacher
    profesor de autoescuela, driving instructor
    profesor particular, private tutor
    2 Univ lecturer

    ' profesor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agregada
    - agregado
    - añadidura
    - cala
    - calificar
    - destino
    - incorporarse
    - monitor
    - monitora
    - oposición
    - permitirse
    - pestiño
    - profesora
    - rígida
    - rígido
    - suplente
    - adjunto
    - auxiliar
    - clase
    - cucho
    - guardapolvo
    - interino
    - jalador
    - mejor
    - particular
    - plomo
    - querido
    - seguir
    - severo
    - suplencia
    - suplir
    - sustituir
    - titular
    - tomar
    - valer
    English:
    amorphous
    - appreciative
    - archaic
    - attest
    - coach
    - discipline
    - drone
    - enunciate
    - erratic
    - fantasize
    - fellow
    - get across
    - instructor
    - lecturer
    - master
    - misbehave
    - mistake
    - must
    - neither
    - outline
    - private
    - reader
    - reputed
    - rude
    - schoolmaster
    - schoolteacher
    - teach
    - teacher
    - tough
    - tutor
    - intern
    - professor
    - school
    - see
    - senior
    - sir
    - substitute
    - supply
    * * *
    profesor, -ora nm,f
    1. [de colegio, academia] teacher;
    [de autoescuela, esquí] instructor;
    profesor de historia/música history/music teacher
    profesor agregado [de secundaria] teacher [with permanent post];
    profesor particular (private) tutor;
    profesor suplente Br supply teacher, US substitute teacher
    2. [de universidad] Br lecturer, US professor
    profesor asociado = university lecturer with part-time contract;
    profesor ayudante = university lecturer who is also studying for their PhD;
    profesor emérito professor emeritus, emeritus professor;
    profesor invitado visiting Br lecturer o US professor;
    profesor titular Br lecturer, US professor [with tenure]
    * * *
    m, profesora f teacher; de universidad professor, Br
    lecturer;
    profesor de educación infantil kindergarten teacher
    * * *
    1) maestro: teacher
    2) : professor
    * * *
    1. (de escuela) teacher
    2. (de universidad) lecturer

    Spanish-English dictionary > profesor

  • 84 profesor invitado

    (n.) = fellow, visiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting scholar, visiting fellow
    Ex. The following highlights are what this first class of fellows recall of their time overseas.
    Ex. Martin Bircher, a visiting professor in the German Department of the University of California at Berkeley, gained an intimate acquaintance with the rare books in several collections of the University Library.
    Ex. He was also associated with Bukkyo University from 1960-76, first as a visiting lecturer, later as a full-time member of staff, becoming librarian in 1973.
    Ex. Its 55,000 books and 2,500 volumes of manuscripts are used mainly by visiting scholars.
    Ex. Scientists, visiting fellows, and doctoral candidates participated in the survey.
    * * *
    (n.) = fellow, visiting professor, visiting lecturer, visiting scholar, visiting fellow

    Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of fellows recall of their time overseas.

    Ex: Martin Bircher, a visiting professor in the German Department of the University of California at Berkeley, gained an intimate acquaintance with the rare books in several collections of the University Library.
    Ex: He was also associated with Bukkyo University from 1960-76, first as a visiting lecturer, later as a full-time member of staff, becoming librarian in 1973.
    Ex: Its 55,000 books and 2,500 volumes of manuscripts are used mainly by visiting scholars.
    Ex: Scientists, visiting fellows, and doctoral candidates participated in the survey.

    Spanish-English dictionary > profesor invitado

  • 85 restringir

    v.
    1 to limit, to restrict.
    El general restringe las actividades The general restricts the activities.
    El detective restringe la información The detective restricts the data.
    2 to cause a reduction in, to bite into, to bite on.
    Esto restringe la disponibilidad This causes a reduction in availability.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ DIRIGIR], like link=dirigir dirigir
    1 (limitar) to restrict, limit
    2 (astringir) to contract
    1 (reducirse) to reduce
    * * *
    verb
    to limit, restrict
    * * *
    VT to restrict, limit (a to)
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
    2.
    restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *
    = curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.
    Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    ----
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
    2.
    restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *
    = curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

    Ex: Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.
    Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.
    Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.
    Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.
    Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.
    Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.
    Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.
    Ex: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.
    Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.
    * restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.

    * * *
    restringir [I7 ]
    vt
    ‹gastos› to restrict, cut, limit; ‹libertad› to restrict
    to restrict o limit oneself
    * * *

    restringir ( conjugate restringir) verbo transitivo
    to restrict
    restringir vtr (el acceso a un lugar, derecho) to restrict, limit
    (el consumo, distribución de algo) to cut back, restrict
    ' restringir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    circumscribe
    - confine
    - cut down
    - limit
    - restrict
    - tie down
    - curtail
    - narrow
    * * *
    to limit, to restrict
    * * *
    v/t restrict, limit
    * * *
    restringir {35} vt
    limitar: to restrict, to limit
    * * *
    restringir vb to restrict

    Spanish-English dictionary > restringir

  • 86 sabueso

    m.
    1 bloodhound (perro).
    2 sleuth, detective (figurative) (detective).
    * * *
    1 (perro) bloodhound
    * * *
    1.
    SM (Zool) bloodhound
    2.
    SMF (=detective) sleuth *
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.
    Ex. For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.
    Ex. This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex. He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex. Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    * * *
    a) (Zool) bloodhound
    b) sabueso masculino y femenino (fam) ( detective) sleuth (colloq), gumshoe (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = beagle, hound, bloodhound, sleuth, sleuthhound.

    Ex: For example, if the query were to find documents containing ' beagle or basset hound' and no phrases were indexed, the first list would contain those documents with the word ' beagle' and the maybe list would be those documents containing 'basset hound' but not ' beagle'.

    Ex: This article surveys hunting themes incorporated into coats of arms, including prey animals, such as stags, wolves, bears, and foxes; hounds and falcons; and hunting equipment such as horns, bows and arrows, and spears.
    Ex: He provides a wealth of information about Texas life on everything from making fiddles, to running bloodhounds, to finding moonshine stills.
    Ex: Anybody familiar with their political relationships is familiar with the fact that journalists and diplomats are followed by sleuths.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.

    * * *
    1 ( Zool) bloodhound
    2
    * * *

    sabueso sustantivo masculino (Zool) bloodhound
    sabueso sustantivo masculino
    1 Zool bloodhound
    2 fig (una persona, un investigador privado, un detective) sleuth
    ' sabueso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    despistar
    English:
    bloodhound
    - hound
    - private
    - sleuth
    * * *
    1. [perro] bloodhound
    2. Fam [detective] sleuth
    * * *
    m
    1 ZO bloodhound
    2 fig
    sleuth
    * * *
    1) : bloodhound
    2) fam : detective, sleuth

    Spanish-English dictionary > sabueso

  • 87 sin criterio alguno

    = indiscriminate, indiscriminately
    Ex. Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.
    Ex. Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
    * * *
    = indiscriminate, indiscriminately

    Ex: Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.

    Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin criterio alguno

  • 88 sin discriminar

    = indiscriminate, on equal terms
    Ex. Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.
    Ex. Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.
    * * *
    = indiscriminate, on equal terms

    Ex: Nonetheless, the indiscriminate use of both terms in a data base creates a situation in which the serious scholar is either deprived of access to half of the material in the collection, or must consult two sequences.

    Ex: Rather than take a whole lot of time on this, let me utter a brief commercial on behalf of a book which addresses precisely this area of women-related headings, Joan Marshall's 'On Equal Terms'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin discriminar

  • 89 sin igual

    adj.
    unequaled, in a class by itself, matchless, beyond compare.
    * * *
    (hallazgo) unparalleled 2 (persona) unrivalled 3 (belleza) unique
    * * *
    (adj.) = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless
    Ex. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have generated a level of common international interest on a level unequalled since the construction of the railways.
    Ex. Hitherto her behavior had been unexampled.
    Ex. He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.
    Ex. Their problem, Waikart concluded, 'was unique unto itself'.
    Ex. On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex. The Iberian horse was already regarded as a war horse without equal.
    Ex. My reaction to both of them was not one of despair or of envy, but of pleasure in watching a matchless performance.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless

    Ex: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have generated a level of common international interest on a level unequalled since the construction of the railways.

    Ex: Hitherto her behavior had been unexampled.
    Ex: He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.
    Ex: Their problem, Waikart concluded, 'was unique unto itself'.
    Ex: On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex: The Iberian horse was already regarded as a war horse without equal.
    Ex: My reaction to both of them was not one of despair or of envy, but of pleasure in watching a matchless performance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin igual

  • 90 sin par

    adj.
    unparalleled, incomparable, beyond compare, in a class apart.
    * * *
    matchless
    * * *
    (adj.) = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless
    Ex. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have generated a level of common international interest on a level unequalled since the construction of the railways.
    Ex. Hitherto her behavior had been unexampled.
    Ex. He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.
    Ex. Their problem, Waikart concluded, 'was unique unto itself'.
    Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    Ex. A wide-ranging survey without peer, it also elucidates the universal truths that Christianity shares with other traditions and spiritual paths.
    Ex. On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex. The Iberian horse was already regarded as a war horse without equal.
    Ex. My reaction to both of them was not one of despair or of envy, but of pleasure in watching a matchless performance.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unequalled, unexampled, unsurpassed, unique unto itself, unique, without peer, unrivalled [unrivaled, -USA], without equal, matchless

    Ex: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have generated a level of common international interest on a level unequalled since the construction of the railways.

    Ex: Hitherto her behavior had been unexampled.
    Ex: He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.
    Ex: Their problem, Waikart concluded, 'was unique unto itself'.
    Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    Ex: A wide-ranging survey without peer, it also elucidates the universal truths that Christianity shares with other traditions and spiritual paths.
    Ex: On-line data banks are still expanding, as they provide unrivalled services, even when these have to be paid for by users.
    Ex: The Iberian horse was already regarded as a war horse without equal.
    Ex: My reaction to both of them was not one of despair or of envy, but of pleasure in watching a matchless performance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin par

  • 91 sin ser superado

    (adj.) = unsurpassed
    Ex. He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.
    * * *
    (adj.) = unsurpassed

    Ex: He was a scholar-librarian whose Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts remained unsurpassed for 250 years, and is still useful.

    Spanish-English dictionary > sin ser superado

  • 92 temerario

    adj.
    1 reckless, bold, audacious, brash.
    2 reckless, breakneck, suicidal.
    3 cock-brained.
    * * *
    1 reckless, rash
    * * *
    (f. - temeraria)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona, acto] (=imprudente) rash, reckless; (=audaz) bold
    2) [juicio] hasty, rash
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.
    Ex. One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex. And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex. There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex. One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex. But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    ----
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.
    * * *
    - ria adjetivo bold
    * * *
    = daring, reckless, rash, foolhardy, audacious, buccaneering.

    Ex: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Reckless driving on the information highway, or, is the scholar of the research library effectively using the available resources?'.
    Ex: And some way down the list of benefits was a rash promise to 'slash the red tape that hinders our trade with Europe -- and thereby safeguard the 2 1/2 million jobs involved'.
    Ex: There is nothing wrong with killing enemy soldiers that are attacking you and it would seem foolhardy just to let them escape.
    Ex: One of Belgium's most dangerous criminals, who staged an audacious jailbreak on a hijacked helicopter, has been tracked down to Morocco.
    Ex: But whatever we make of their buccaneering spirit, the apostolic passion firing their hearts is surely beyond contention.
    * imprudencia temeraria = endangerment, wanton endangerment, criminal negligence.
    * juicio temerario = snap judgement.

    * * *
    ‹persona› rash, bold; ‹acto/empresa› rash
    * * *

    temerario,-a adj (acción, modo de conducir) reckless, (comentario, hipótesis, acusación) rash
    ' temerario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arriesgada
    - arriesgado
    - colgada
    - colgado
    - temeraria
    - imprudente
    English:
    daredevil
    - reckless
    - risktaker
    - dare
    * * *
    temerario, -a adj
    [persona, conducta] rash, reckless; [juicio, opinión] rash;
    conducción temeraria careless o reckless driving
    * * *
    adj rash, reckless
    * * *
    temerario, - ria adj
    : reckless, rash
    * * *
    temerario adj reckless

    Spanish-English dictionary > temerario

  • 93 tenaz

    adj.
    1 tenacious (perseverante).
    2 stubborn (persistente).
    * * *
    ► adjetivo (pl tenaces)
    1 (persona) tenacious; (perseverante) persevering, unflagging
    2 (dolor) persistent, unremitting; (mancha) hard to remove
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=perseverante) tenacious, persistent
    2) (=persistente) [dolor] persistent; [mancha] stubborn; [creencia] firm, stubborn pey; [resistencia] tenacious
    3) [material] tough, durable, resistant
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.
    Ex. Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.
    Ex. The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex. This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex. Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex. He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.
    * * *
    1)
    a) < persona> tenacious
    b) < dolor> persistent; < mancha> stubborn
    2) (Col fam)
    a) <problema/situación> tough
    b) (como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = vigourous [vigorous, -USA], strong-willed, unremitting, tough-minded, dauntless, tenacious, stubborn.

    Ex: Students would be in the environment of a vigorous library service which emphasised its information function.

    Ex: The image which the majority of girls have of the sports woman is as of a healthy, slim, clean, quick-moving, intelligent, strong-willed, self-assured & natural person.
    Ex: This unremitting castigation of the Nazi masks both the historical complicity of the United States with Nazi crimes and our own racist and genocidal histories.
    Ex: Carnegie was a conservative, rigidly moralistic, and tough-minded individualist.
    Ex: He was a dauntless adventurer, a sleuthhound, a research scholar of exceptional acuity.
    Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.
    Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.

    * * *
    A
    1 ‹persona› tenacious
    en su tenaz propósito de conquistar el título in his determined bid to win the title
    2 ‹dolor› persistent; ‹mancha› stubborn
    3 ‹metal/material› tough
    B ( Col fam)
    1 ‹problema/situación› tough
    2 ( como interj) oh no!, that's too bad! ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    tenaz adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› tenacious

    b) ‹ dolor› persistent;

    ‹ mancha› stubborn
    tenaz adjetivo
    1 (persona) tenacious
    2 (constipado, sequía) persistent
    ' tenaz' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constante
    - obstinado
    English:
    dogged
    - obstinate
    - stout
    - strong-willed
    - tenacious
    - strenuous
    - strong
    - stubborn
    * * *
    tenaz adj
    1. [perseverante] [persona, empeño, actitud] tenacious
    2. [persistente] [mancha, grasa] stubborn;
    [dolor, dolencia] chronic
    3. [resistente] tough
    4. Col Fam [terrible] terrible, awful;
    ¡uy, tenaz! [¡no me digas!] you don't say!
    * * *
    adj determined, tenacious
    * * *
    tenaz adj, pl tenaces
    1) : tenacious, persistent
    2) : strong, tough

    Spanish-English dictionary > tenaz

  • 94 yo

    pron.
    I.
    yo me llamo Luis I'm called Luis
    * * *
    yo
    1 I
    ■ yo en tu lugar... if I were you...
    ■ yo que tú... if I were you...
    1 the ego, the self
    * * *
    pron.
    1) I
    2) me
    * * *
    1. PRON PERS
    1) [sujeto] I

    ¡y yo que confiaba en ti! — and to think that I trusted you!

    -¿quién es? -soy yo — "who is it?" - "it's me"

    -¿quién lo dijo? -yo no — "who said that?" - "not me"

    2) [en comparaciones, después de prep] me
    2.
    SM
    (Psic)

    el yo — the self, the ego

    * * *
    I
    pronombre personal
    a) ( como sujeto) I

    ¿quién quería verme? - yo no — who wanted to see me? - not me o it wasn't me

    ¿quién quiere más? - yo! — who wants some more? - me! o I do!

    fui yo el que llamó — it was me o (frml) I who called

    ¿quién, yo? — who?, me?

    ¿y yo qué? — what about me?

    yo que tú/él — if I were you/him

    b) (en comparaciones, con ciertas preposiciones) me
    II
    * * *
    = I, I for one.
    Ex. Under 'American Scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.
    Ex. And I for one would urge that more time be given to try to fashion the best possible code since the greatest costs lie ahead of us.
    ----
    * entre tú y yo = between you and me, between ourselves.
    * es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.
    * según yo = in my books.
    * yo mismo = myself.
    * yo también = same here, me too.
    * * *
    I
    pronombre personal
    a) ( como sujeto) I

    ¿quién quería verme? - yo no — who wanted to see me? - not me o it wasn't me

    ¿quién quiere más? - yo! — who wants some more? - me! o I do!

    fui yo el que llamó — it was me o (frml) I who called

    ¿quién, yo? — who?, me?

    ¿y yo qué? — what about me?

    yo que tú/él — if I were you/him

    b) (en comparaciones, con ciertas preposiciones) me
    II
    * * *
    = I, I for one.

    Ex: Under 'American Scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.

    Ex: And I for one would urge that more time be given to try to fashion the best possible code since the greatest costs lie ahead of us.
    * entre tú y yo = between you and me, between ourselves.
    * es lo que yo pienso = my two cents' worth.
    * según yo = in my books.
    * yo mismo = myself.
    * yo también = same here, me too.

    * * *
    yo1
    ¿quién quería verme? — yo no who wanted to see me? — not me o it wasn't me
    ¿quién quiere más helado? — ¡yo! who wants more ice cream? — me! o I do!
    ¿quién es? — soy yo who is it? — it's me
    fui yo el que llamó it was me o ( frml) I who called
    ¿y tú qué haces aquí? — ¿quién, yo? what are you doing here? — who, me?
    lo pinté yo misma I painted it myself
    estoy cansada — yo también I'm tired — so am I o me too
    ¿y yo qué? ¿no como? what about me? don't I get anything to eat?
    yo que tú/él or ( crit) yo de ti/él if I were you/him, if I was you/him ( colloq)
    yo, Juan Gutiérrez, certifico que … ( frml); I, Juan Gutiérrez, hereby certify that …
    2 (en comparaciones, con ciertas preposiciones) me
    come más que yo he eats more than me o more than I do
    es tan alto como yo he's as tall as me o as tall as I am
    llegó después que yo she arrived after me o after I did
    se sentó entre Isabel y yo he sat between Isabel and me
    lo preparamos entre Charo y yo Charo and I prepared it between us
    todos excepto Juan y yo everyone except Juan and me o Juan and myself
    Compuesto:
    masculine Confiteor
    yo2
    el yo the ego
    * * *

     

    yo pron pers
    a) ( como sujeto) I;


    ¿quién quiere más? — ¡yo! who wants some more? — me! o I do!;
    soy yo it's me;
    ¿quién, yo? who, me?;
    yo misma myself;
    estoy cansada — yo también I'm tired — so am I o me too
    b) (en comparaciones, con ciertas preposiciones) me;

    ◊ come más que yo he eats more than me o more than I do;

    llegó después que yo she arrived after me
    yo pron pers I: ¿quién está ahí?, - soy yo, who is there?, - it's me
    no hay nada entre Paco y yo, there's nothing between Paco and me
    yo mismo, I myself
    'yo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    advertir
    - balde
    - bastarse
    - campante
    - caso
    - cierta
    - cierto
    - comida
    - comido
    - coña
    - cotarro
    - decir
    - decirse
    - distraerse
    - doblarse
    - doble
    - encargarse
    - encuadrar
    - enterarse
    - entre
    - espalda
    - estarse
    - fregar
    - frescura
    - gasto
    - gracia
    - idea
    - igual
    - incluso
    - inri
    - intromisión
    - limitarse
    - mal
    - misma
    - mismo
    - mu
    - ninguna
    - ninguno
    - opinar
    - palo
    - pelearse
    - poner
    - que
    - responder
    - rozarse
    - saber
    - si
    - sí
    - también
    - tampoco
    English:
    agree
    - all
    - also
    - as
    - averse
    - bar
    - behind
    - best
    - bet
    - butt in
    - care
    - charge
    - condition
    - dead
    - disapprove
    - do
    - either
    - even
    - far
    - follow
    - for
    - fulfillment
    - fulfilment
    - get in
    - grind
    - handle
    - head
    - I
    - if
    - imagine
    - it
    - know
    - knowledge
    - likewise
    - look up to
    - lucky
    - man
    - me
    - mention
    - much
    - myself
    - need
    - neither
    - nor
    - on
    - one
    - opposed
    - outfox
    - place
    - propose
    * * *
    yo
    ♦ pron personal
    1. (sujeto) I;
    yo me llamo Luis I'm called Luis, my name is Luis;
    ¿quién dijo eso? – yo who said that? – I did o me;
    ¡eh, usted! – ¿quién? ¿yo? hey, you! – who, me?;
    algunos hacen deporte, yo no some of them do sports, but I don't o but not me;
    yo mismo lo preparé todo I got it ready (all by) myself;
    he aprobado – yo también I passed – me too o so did I
    2. (predicado)
    soy yo it's me;
    el invitado soy yo I'm the guest
    3. (complemento con preposición o conjunción) me;
    es más alta que yo she's taller than me o than I am;
    se fueron antes/después que yo they left before/after me, they left before/after I did;
    excepto/incluso yo except/including me
    4.
    yo que tú/él/ etc if I were you/him/ etc
    ♦ nm
    Psi
    el yo the ego
    * * *
    yo
    pron I;
    soy yo it’s me;
    yo que tú if I were you
    * * *
    yo nm
    : ego, self
    yo pron
    1) : I
    2) : me
    todos menos yo: everyone except me
    tan bajo como yo: as short as me
    3)
    soy yo : it is I, it's me
    * * *
    yo pron
    2. (complemento, en comparaciones) me

    Spanish-English dictionary > yo

  • 95 científico

    adj.
    scientific.
    m.
    scientist, investigator, researcher.
    * * *
    1 scientific
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 scientist
    * * *
    1. (f. - científica)
    noun
    2. (f. - científica)
    adj.
    * * *
    científico, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F scientist

    científico/a social — social scientist

    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo scientific
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino scientist
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo scientific
    II
    - ca masculino, femenino scientist
    * * *
    científico1
    1 = scholar, scientist.

    Ex: Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.

    Ex: Thus the electronic journal (e-journal) is a concept where scientists are able to input ideas and text to a computer data base for their colleagues to view, and similarly to view the work of others.
    * científico de la industria = industrial scientist.
    * científico de las ciencias de la tierra = geoscientist.
    * científico de la universidad = academic scientist.
    * científico del gobierno = government scientist.
    * científico teórico = theorist.

    científico2
    2 = academic, learned, scholarly, scientific.

    Ex: Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.

    Ex: Abstracts will accompany various learned, technical or scholarly contributions.
    Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.
    Ex: Over one hundred data bases are available, of which around half could be broadly categorised as scientific and technical.
    * argumento científico = scientific argument.
    * campo científico = academic field, scientific field.
    * científico-técnico = scientific-technical, sci-tech [scitech o sci/tech].
    * científico-tecnológico = scientific-technological.
    * comité científico = scientific committee.
    * comunidad científica, la = scientific community, the, research community, the, scientific research community, the, scholarly community, the.
    * CRISP (Recuperación Automatizada de Información sobre Proyectos Científicos) = CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects).
    * cuestión científica = scientific issue.
    * cultura científica = scientific culture.
    * debate científico = scientific debate.
    * deshonestidad científica = scientific misconduct.
    * disciplina científica = scientific discipline.
    * documento científico = scholarly work.
    * expresión científica = scientific locution.
    * falta de ética científica profesional = scientific misconduct.
    * fraude científico = scientific fraud.
    * histórico-científico = historico-scientific.
    * información científica y técnica = scientific and technical information (STI).
    * informe científico = scientific report.
    * Instituto de Información Científica (ISI) = Institute of Scientific Information (ISI).
    * ley de productividad científica de Lotka = Lotka's scientific productivity law.
    * leyes científicas = laws of physics.
    * literatura científica = scientific literature.
    * locución científica = scientific locution.
    * mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.
    * mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.
    * mundo científico, el = scholarly community, the, scientific world, the.
    * no científico = unscientific.
    * pensamiento científico = scientific thought.
    * poco científico = unscientific.
    * política científica = scientific policy.
    * producción científica = scholarly output.
    * producción científica de investigación = research literature.
    * productividad científica = scientific productivity.
    * reunión científica = scientific research meeting.
    * revista científica = journal, scholarly journal, scientific journal, technical journal, academic journal.
    * trabajo científico = scholarly work.

    * * *
    scientific
    masculine, feminine
    scientist
    Compuesto:
    científico/científica espacial
    masculine, feminine space scientist
    * * *

     

    científico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    scientific
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    scientist
    científico,-a
    I adjetivo scientific
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scientist

    ' científico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    científica
    - hallazgo
    - investigador
    - investigadora
    - rigor
    - nombre
    English:
    espionage
    - scientific
    - scientist
    - bias
    - hit
    - open
    - unscientific
    * * *
    científico, -a
    ♦ adj
    scientific
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [investigador] scientist
    2. Méx Pol = one of the group of Europeanizing intellectuals influential during the rule of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911)
    * * *
    I adj scientific
    II m, científica f scientist
    * * *
    científico, -ca adj
    : scientific
    científico, -ca n
    : scientist
    * * *
    científico1 adj scientific
    científico2 n scientist

    Spanish-English dictionary > científico

  • 96 intelectual

    adj.
    intellectual.
    f. & m.
    intellectual, egghead, highbrow, intellectual person.
    * * *
    1 intellectual
    1 intellectual
    * * *
    noun mf. adj.
    * * *
    ADJ SMF intellectual
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino intellectual
    * * *
    adjetivo/masculino y femenino intellectual
    * * *
    intelectual1
    1 = scholar, intellectual, boffin, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: Under 'American scholar' he found editions published beginning, I believe, in the 1880s.

    Ex: Reading thus becomes an activity for intellectuals -- for 'clever people' -- an elitist activity to be not just ignored but attacked.
    Ex: 'Boffins' have been identified as the category of learners who 'delight in unrelated fragments of knowledge for knowledge's sake,' and 'put these fragments into a framework and analyze them'.
    Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.
    * grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales = literati, intelligentsia.
    * intelectuales digitales = digerati.

    intelectual2
    2 = scholarly, intellectual, cerebral, highbrow [high-brow].
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Personal authorship has been accepted for some time, and indeed reflects the scholarly practice of the western world.

    Ex: It should also be said that the intellectual effort of the cataloguer is still required.
    Ex: The result may be less cerebral and challenging to the reader's understanding but it is not an inferior product it is simply different.
    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    * agudeza intelectual = intellectual acuity.
    * antiintelectual = anti-intellectual.
    * bibliografía intelectual = intellectual bibliography.
    * bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.
    * capacidad intelectual = intellectual ability.
    * clase intelectual = intellectual class.
    * de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * de nivel intelectual medio = middlebrow [middle-brow].
    * derechos de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property rights.
    * élite intelectual, la = intellectual elite, the.
    * forma intelectual = intellectual form.
    * industria de la propiedad intelectual = intellectual property industry.
    * invertir esfuerzo intelectual en = invest + Posesivo + thoughts in.
    * Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, la = Copyright Act, the.
    * persona de nivel intelectual bajo = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * poco intelectual = lowbrow [low-brow].
    * promesa intelectual = intellectual promise.
    * propiedad intelectual = intellectual property.
    * rigor intelectual = intellectual rigour.

    * * *
    adj/mf
    intellectual
    * * *

    intelectual adjetivo, masculino y femenino
    intellectual
    intelectual adjetivo & mf intellectual
    ' intelectual' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coeficiente
    - difícil
    - incomprensión
    - inteligencia
    - postura
    - propiedad
    - pinta
    English:
    egghead
    - highbrow
    - intellect
    - intellectual
    - interest
    - IQ
    - brains
    - dumb
    - high
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    intellectual
    ♦ nmf
    intellectual
    * * *
    m/f & adj intellectual
    * * *
    intelectual adj & nmf
    : intellectual
    * * *
    intelectual adj n intellectual

    Spanish-English dictionary > intelectual

  • 97 germanista

    f. & m.
    1 German scholar.
    2 Germanist.
    * * *
    1 Germanist, German specialist
    * * *
    * * *
    Germanist
    * * *
    German scholar

    Spanish-English dictionary > germanista

  • 98 erudita

    1. f., (m. - erudito) 2. f., (m. - erudito)
    * * *

    erudito,-a
    I adjetivo erudite, learned
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino scholar
    * * *
    I adj learned, erudite
    II m, erudita f scholar

    Spanish-English dictionary > erudita

  • 99 romanista

    adj.
    romanist, versed in Roman law or Romance philology.
    f. & m.
    Romanist.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 Romanist
    * * *
    A ( Der) Romanist
    B ( Ling, Lit) Romance scholar
    * * *
    1. Der Romanist
    2. [lingüista] Romance scholar

    Spanish-English dictionary > romanista

  • 100 hombre de letras

    • man of integrity
    • man of letters
    • man of little import
    • scholar
    • scholar person

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > hombre de letras

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  • Scholar — Schol ar, n. [OE. scoler, AS. sc[=o]lere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See {School}.] 1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scholar — mit Stab und Ordenskleid Scholar (von lateinisch „scola“: „Schule“) nannte man einen fahrenden Schüler oder Studenten oder einen akademisch gebildeten Kleriker ohne Amt und feste Stellung (siehe auch Vagant, Goliarde). In der hoch und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • scholar — [skäl′ər] n. [ME scoler < OE scolere or OFr escoler, both < ML < LL scholaris, relating to a school < L schola, SCHOOL1] 1. a) a learned person b) a specialist in a particular branch of learning, esp. in the humanities [a Mark Twain… …   English World dictionary

  • Scholar — Scholar, s. Scholares …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Scholār — (lat.), im Mittelalter soviel wie Schüler, Student oder überhaupt Gelehrter …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • scholar — index disciple, expert, pedagogue, specialist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • scholar — (n.) O.E. scolere student, from M.L. scholaris, from L.L. scholaris of a school, from L. schola (see SCHOOL (Cf. school) (n.1)). The Medieval Latin word widely borrowed, e.g. O.Fr. escoler, Fr. écolier, O.H.G. scuolari, Ger. Schü …   Etymology dictionary

  • scholar — should be used to mean a learned person or the holder of a scholarship (at a school or university), not as a substitute term for a school pupil …   Modern English usage

  • scholar — [n] person who is very involved in education and learning academic, augur, bookish person, bookworm*, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead*, gnome*, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, litterateur, person of letters, philosopher,… …   New thesaurus

  • scholar — ► NOUN 1) a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic. 2) chiefly archaic a person who is highly educated or has an aptitude for study. 3) a university student holding a scholarship. ORIGIN… …   English terms dictionary

  • scholar — [[t]skɒ̱lə(r)[/t]] scholars 1) N COUNT A scholar is a person who studies an academic subject and knows a lot about it. [FORMAL] The library attracts thousands of scholars and researchers. ...an influential Islamic scholar. 2) N COUNT: usu adj N… …   English dictionary

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