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  • 1 que combina diferentes enseñanzas

    (adj.) = multi-track [multitrack]
    Ex. Here proportionally more of the multitrack schools (schools that have both regular and vocational classes) have higher average library visits than of the agricultural schools.
    * * *
    (adj.) = multi-track [multitrack]

    Ex: Here proportionally more of the multitrack schools (schools that have both regular and vocational classes) have higher average library visits than of the agricultural schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > que combina diferentes enseñanzas

  • 2 aumentar

    v.
    1 to increase, to rise.
    aumentar la producción to increase production
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been raised
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    aumentar de peso/tamaño to increase in weight/size
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent
    El ejercicio aumenta el apetito Exercising increases the appetite.
    Aumentaron los gastos The expenses increased.
    Nos aumentaron las ganancias este año Our profits increased this year.
    2 to magnify, to amplify.
    El reportero aumentó la noticia The reporter magnified the news story.
    3 to enlarge.
    Vamos a aumentar la casa We will enlarge the house.
    4 to raise, to improve.
    El movimiento aumentó la temperatura Movement raised the temperature.
    5 to increase the size of, to enlarge.
    * * *
    1 to augment, increase (precios) to put up; (producción) to step up
    2 (óptica) to magnify
    3 (fotos) to enlarge
    4 (sonido) to amplify
    1 to rise, go up
    1 to increase, be on the increase (precios) to go up, rise
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ tamaño] to increase; (Fot) to enlarge; (Ópt) to magnify
    2) [+ cantidad] to increase; [+ precio] to increase, put up; [+ producción] to increase, step up
    3) [+ intensidad] to increase
    4) (Elec, Radio) to amplify
    2. VI
    1) [tamaño] to increase
    2) [cantidad, precio, producción] to increase, go up

    este semestre aumentó la inflación en un 2% — inflation has increased o gone up by 2% over the last 6 months

    3) [intensidad] to increase
    4)

    aumentar de peso — [objeto] to increase in weight; [persona] to put on o gain weight

    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.
    Ex. In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.
    Ex. These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex. If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex. Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex. As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex. As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex. He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex. In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex. One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex. Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex. Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex. The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex. Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex. The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex. EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
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    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <precio/sueldo> to increase, raise; <cantidad/velocidad/tamaño> to increase; <producción/dosis> to increase, step up; dolor/miedo/tensión to increase
    b) < puntos> ( en tejido) to increase
    2.
    aumentar vi temperatura/presión to rise; velocidad to increase; precio/producción/valor to increase, rise

    aumentar de algo — de volumen/tamaño to increase in something

    aumentó de peso — he put on o gained weight

    * * *
    = accelerate, augment, become + large, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow + larger, increase, raise, rise, strengthen, accentuate, grow, add to, deepen, mushroom, intensify, wax, swell, pump up, bump up, step up, spike, crank up, ramp up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, amp up, turn up.

    Ex: In recent years, the pace of change has accelerated with the introduction of on-line information retrieval.

    Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.
    Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.
    Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.
    Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.
    Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.
    Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.
    Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.
    Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.
    Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.
    Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.
    Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.
    Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.
    Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.
    Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.
    Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.
    Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.
    Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.
    Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.
    Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.
    Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.
    Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.
    Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.
    Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.
    Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.
    Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.
    Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.
    Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.
    Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.
    Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.
    Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.
    * aumentar de valor = increase in + value.
    * aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.
    * aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.
    * aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.
    * aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.
    * aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.
    * aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.
    * aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.
    * aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.
    * aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.
    * aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.
    * aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.
    * aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.
    * aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.
    * aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.
    * aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.
    * aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.
    * aumentar los costes = cost + rise.
    * aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.
    * aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.
    * aumentar rápidamente = snowball.
    * crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.
    * estar aumentando = be on the increase.

    * * *
    aumentar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹precio› to increase, raise, put up; ‹sueldo› to increase, raise; ‹cantidad/velocidad/tamaño› to increase; ‹producción/dosis› to increase, step up
    el microscopio aumenta la imagen the microscope enlarges o magnifies the image
    no hizo más que aumentar su dolor/miedo all it did was increase her pain/fear
    esto aumentó la tensión this added to o increased the tension
    2 ‹puntos› (en tejido) to increase
    ■ aumentar
    vi
    «temperatura» to rise; «presión» to rise, increase; «velocidad» to increase; «precio/producción/valor» to increase, rise
    el niño aumentó 500 gramos the child put on o gained 500 grams
    su popularidad ha aumentado his popularity has grown, he has gained in popularity
    el costo de la vida aumentó en un 3% the cost of living rose by 3%
    la dificultad de los ejercicios va aumentando the exercises get progressively more difficult
    aumentará el frío durante el fin de semana it will become colder over the weekend
    aumentar DE algo to increase IN sth
    aumentó de volumen/tamaño it increased in volume/size
    ha aumentado de peso he's put on o gained weight
    * * *

     

    aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo

    ‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
    b) (Opt) to magnify

    verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
    [ velocidad] to increase;
    [precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;

    aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
    aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
    aumentar
    I verbo transitivo to increase
    Fot to enlarge
    Ópt to magnify
    II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
    (de valor) to appreciate

    ' aumentar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alargar
    - engordar
    - explorar
    - separar
    - separarse
    - doblar
    - elevar
    - multiplicar
    - redoblar
    English:
    add to
    - appreciate
    - augment
    - boost
    - build up
    - deepen
    - efficiency
    - enhance
    - escalate
    - gain
    - grow
    - heighten
    - improve
    - increase
    - intensify
    - jack up
    - jump
    - magnify
    - mark up
    - mount
    - odds
    - put up
    - quantity
    - raise
    - rise
    - snowball
    - step up
    - surge
    - swell
    - up
    - add
    - develop
    - go
    - put
    - soar
    - strengthen
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to increase;
    aumentar la producción to increase production;
    los enfrentamientos aumentaron la tensión en la zona the clashes increased the tension in the zone;
    me han aumentado el sueldo my salary has been increased o raised;
    la lente aumenta la imagen the lens magnifies the image;
    aumentó casi 10 kilos he put on almost 10 kilos
    ♦ vi
    [temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;
    aumentar de tamaño to increase in size;
    aumentar de precio to go up o increase in price;
    el desempleo aumentó en un 4 por ciento unemployment rose o increased by 4 percent;
    con lo que come, no me sorprende que haya aumentado de peso it doesn't surprise me that he's put on weight, considering how much he eats
    * * *
    I v/t increase; precio increase, raise, put up
    II v/i de precio, temperatura rise, increase, go up
    * * *
    acrecentar: to increase, to raise
    : to rise, to increase, to grow
    * * *
    1. (hacer subir) to increase / to raise
    2. (subir) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to increase
    3. (con lupa, microscopio) to magnify [pt. & pp. magnified]

    Spanish-English dictionary > aumentar

  • 3 aun así

    adv.
    even so, all the same, even then, nonetheless.
    * * *
    even so, even then
    * * *
    Ex. Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.
    * * *

    Ex: Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > aun así

  • 4 chaleco a prueba de balas

    Ex. The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with textbooks?.
    * * *

    Ex: The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with textbooks?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chaleco a prueba de balas

  • 5 de igual modo

    = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein
    Ex. We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.
    Ex. Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex. Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex. In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex. Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.
    * * *
    = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like manner, in like vein

    Ex: We need, I believe, to dedicate ourselves, schools and professional institutions alike, to become more concerned with a research ethic that will permit us to address the critical issues of our profession.

    Ex: Porous Bavarian limestone was used as this absorbs grease and water equally.
    Ex: Since Michigan's pioneering move, two other schools have re-baptized themselves in like fashion.
    Ex: In like manner, new books do not generally replace old ones in libraries.
    Ex: Other old crones added their ribaldries in like vein, amusing everyone but the young couple.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de igual modo

  • 6 delegación de educación y ciencia

    Ex. One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.
    * * *

    Ex: One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > delegación de educación y ciencia

  • 7 delegar potestad

    (v.) = delegate + power
    Ex. One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.
    * * *
    (v.) = delegate + power

    Ex: One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > delegar potestad

  • 8 delegar recursos

    (v.) = delegate + resources
    Ex. One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.
    * * *
    (v.) = delegate + resources

    Ex: One of the main proposals of the Act is local management of schools which delegates power and resources from the local education authorities (LEA) to individual schools.

    Spanish-English dictionary > delegar recursos

  • 9 descaminado

    adj.
    off the road, ill-advised, lost, misdirected.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descaminar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descaminar descaminar
    \
    andar/ir/estar descaminado,-a to be on the wrong track, be on the wrong road
    * * *
    ADJ [proyecto] misguided

    andar o ir descaminado — to be on the wrong track

    * * *
    - da adjetivo

    ir or andar descaminado — to be on the wrong track

    * * *
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    ----
    * estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * ir descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo

    ir or andar descaminado — to be on the wrong track

    * * *

    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.

    * estar descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.
    * ir descaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

    * * *
    ir or andar descaminado to be on the wrong track
    no iba descaminado he was on the right track, he wasn't far wrong
    * * *

    Del verbo descaminar: ( conjugate descaminar)

    descaminado es:

    el participio

    descaminado
    ◊ -da adjetivo: andar descaminado to be on the wrong track

    descaminado,-a adj fig ir descaminado, to be on the wrong track: no vas descaminado del todo, you are not far wrong

    ' descaminado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    descaminada
    - desencaminada
    - desencaminado
    English:
    misguided
    * * *
    descaminado, -a = desencaminado
    * * *
    adj fig
    misguided;
    ir descaminado be on the wrong track

    Spanish-English dictionary > descaminado

  • 10 desde la época de/cuando

    = since the days of/when
    Ex. Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.
    * * *
    = since the days of/when

    Ex: Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde la época de/cuando

  • 11 desnudar a un santo para vestir a otro

    figurado to rob Peter to pay Paul
    * * *
    = rob Peter to pay Paul, rob Peter to pay Paul
    Ex. Unless US schools begin to get the funding needed for this, they will have to continue the current pattern of subsiding on-line and periodical costs from the books budget ie robbing Peter to pay Paul.
    Ex. Unless US schools begin to get the funding needed for this, they will have to continue the current pattern of subsiding on-line and periodical costs from the books budget ie robbing Peter to pay Paul.
    * * *
    = rob Peter to pay Paul, rob Peter to pay Paul

    Ex: Unless US schools begin to get the funding needed for this, they will have to continue the current pattern of subsiding on-line and periodical costs from the books budget ie robbing Peter to pay Paul.

    Ex: Unless US schools begin to get the funding needed for this, they will have to continue the current pattern of subsiding on-line and periodical costs from the books budget ie robbing Peter to pay Paul.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desnudar a un santo para vestir a otro

  • 12 desorientar

    v.
    1 to disorientate, to mislead.
    2 to confuse.
    * * *
    1 to disorientate
    2 figurado (confundir) to confuse
    1 to lose one's bearings, lose one's sense of direction, get lost
    2 figurado (confundirse) to get confused
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=extraviar)

    desorientar a algn — to disorientate sb, disorient sb ( esp EEUU)

    2) (=despistar) to lead astray
    3) (=confundir) to confuse
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to confuse
    2.
    desorientarse v pron to lose one's bearings, become disoriented
    * * *
    = delude, disorient, disorientate.
    Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.
    Ex. The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.
    Ex. Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.
    ----
    * desorientarse = disorient, disorientate, lose + Posesivo + bearings, become + disoriented.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to confuse
    2.
    desorientarse v pron to lose one's bearings, become disoriented
    * * *
    = delude, disorient, disorientate.

    Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.

    Ex: The author illustrates a method of organising the hypertext files so as to prevent the user from becoming disoriented in the system.
    Ex: Being disorientated or lost is one of the fundamental difficulties which users experience when trying to navigate within hypertext systems.
    * desorientarse = disorient, disorientate, lose + Posesivo + bearings, become + disoriented.

    * * *
    vt
    to confuse
    dejó pistas falsas para desorientar a la policía she left false clues so as to throw the police off the trail
    tanta señalización me ha desorientado all these road signs have confused me
    to lose one's bearings, become disoriented, become disorientated ( BrE)
    * * *

    desorientar ( conjugate desorientar) verbo transitivo
    to confuse
    desorientarse verbo pronominal
    to lose one's bearings, become disoriented
    desorientar verbo transitivo to disorientate
    ' desorientar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pantalla
    - despistar
    English:
    disorient
    - disorientate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [en el espacio] to disorient, to disorientate, to mislead;
    sus indicaciones me desorientaron aún más his directions got me even more confused;
    consiguió desorientar a sus perseguidores he managed to throw his pursuers off the scent o trail
    2. [confundir] to confuse
    * * *
    v/t disorient; ( confundir) confuse
    * * *
    : to disorient, to mislead, to confuse
    * * *
    desorientar vb to confuse

    Spanish-English dictionary > desorientar

  • 13 destacado

    adj.
    1 prominent, featured, distinguished, outstanding.
    2 highlighted, marked.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: destacar.
    * * *
    1→ link=destacar destacar
    1 (persona) outstanding, distinguished, prominent, leading; (actuación) outstanding
    * * *
    (f. - destacada)
    adj.
    outstanding, prominent
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=distinguido) [gen] outstanding; [personaje] distinguished; [dato] noteworthy
    2) (Mil) stationed
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

    destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

    2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

    * * *
    = leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.
    Ex. In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.
    Ex. The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex. There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.
    Ex. This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.
    Ex. It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.
    Ex. The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.
    Ex. This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.
    Ex. The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex. Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex. Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex. Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.
    Ex. This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.
    Ex. The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    ----
    * elemento destacado = standout.
    * lo más destacado = highlights.
    * más destacado = foremost.
    * miembro destacado = leading member.
    * ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.
    * persona destacada = standout.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <profesional/artista> prominent, distinguished; < actuación> outstanding

    destacadas personalidades — prominent o distinguished figures

    2) [estar] < tropas> stationed

    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en... — the diplomatic staff in...

    * * *
    = leading, outstanding, salient, distinguished, marked, high profile, esteemed, singular, with a difference, prominent, elevated, of note, standout, selected, unique.

    Ex: In addition to her reputation as a leading expert in information control, Phyllis Richmond is another of ISAD's official reviewers of the AACR2's draft.

    Ex: The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex: There must be instructions explaining salient features of the index.
    Ex: This is a contribution to a festschrift in honour of Samuel Rothstein, the distinguished Canadian reference librarian.
    Ex: It hardly needs to be said that the microcomputer is now a fact of life, but its impact upon the world of information retrieval and libraries generally has been less marked than in many other areas.
    Ex: The South African government is under pressure to bring rapid and high profile improvements to its schools = El gobierno de Sudáfrica está siendo presionado para que traiga mejoras rápidas y notorias a sus escuelas.
    Ex: This tremendous outpouring of titles is one reason why British publishing has such a highly esteemed place in the world.
    Ex: The second edition was also well received all over the world, and was accorded the singular honour of translation into Portuguese for use in library schools in Brazil.
    Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex: Classification is also prominent in the physical arrangement of documents.
    Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex: Another analytical study of note is the one for Columbia University Libraries.
    Ex: Among its standout features is a collection of animated maps that are not terribly detailed but are accompanied by high-quality pictures of many interesting sites.
    Ex: This month-long fellowship will offer participants an opportunity to train at selected North American libraries.
    Ex: The basic requirement of a shelf arrangement system is that each document has a unique place in the sequence.
    * elemento destacado = standout.
    * lo más destacado = highlights.
    * más destacado = foremost.
    * miembro destacado = leading member.
    * ocupar un lugar destacado para + Pronombre = stand + high on + Posesivo + list.
    * persona destacada = standout.

    * * *
    A ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished; ‹actuación› outstanding
    la nota más destacada del día the highlight of the day
    en presencia de destacadas personalidades in the presence of prominent o distinguished figures
    B [ ESTAR] ‹tropas› stationed
    las fuerzas destacadas en las zonas montañosas the forces stationed in the mountain areas
    el cuerpo diplomático destacado en Addis-Abeba the diplomatic staff in Addis Ababa o assigned to Addis Ababa
    * * *

     

    Del verbo destacar: ( conjugate destacar)

    destacado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    destacado    
    destacar
    destacado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹profesional/artista› prominent, distinguished;
    ‹ actuación› outstanding
    2 [estar] ‹ tropas› stationed
    destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
    1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
    ‹color/plano› to bring out
    3
    a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

    b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

    verbo intransitivo
    to stand out;
    destacado en algo to excel at o in sth
    destacado,-a adjetivo outstanding
    destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
    destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
    ' destacado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    destacada
    - maestra
    - maestro
    - señera
    - señero
    - sobresaliente
    English:
    conspicuous
    - figure
    - foremost
    - highlight
    - leading
    - outstanding
    - prominent
    - striking
    - towering
    - distinction
    - out
    - prominently
    - top
    * * *
    destacado, -a adj
    1. [persona] distinguished, prominent;
    [acto] outstanding;
    era uno de nuestros alumnos más destacados he was one of our most outstanding pupils;
    tuvo una destacada actuación her performance was outstanding
    2. [tropas] stationed;
    [corresponsales] assigned, sent;
    las tropas destacadas en Bosnia the troops stationed in Bosnia;
    conectamos con nuestra unidad móvil destacada en la zona we're going over to our mobile unit in the area itself
    * * *
    adj outstanding
    * * *
    destacado, -da adj
    1) : outstanding, prominent
    2) : stationed, posted
    * * *
    1. (en general) outstanding
    2. (persona) prominent / leading

    Spanish-English dictionary > destacado

  • 14 detector de metales

    Ex. The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with textbooks?.
    * * *

    Ex: The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with textbooks?.

    * * *
    metal detector

    Spanish-English dictionary > detector de metales

  • 15 en este sentido

    = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, in this vein, in this spirit, in this regard, in this effort, in that spirit, on this score, to that effect
    Ex. Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.
    Ex. In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex. However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.
    Ex. In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs -- more is hidden han appears on the surface.
    Ex. Except for a few library schools like that of the University of Botswana which is gradually attempting to adapt the curricula to the African environment, little has been done in this vein in the other library schools.
    Ex. The most important events which took place in this spirit are the following.
    Ex. In this regard, the traditional view of the library as a storehouse of materials cast a long shadow over future goals.
    Ex. One major element in this effort is developing and educating existing library staff.
    Ex. In that spirit, I offer the following breakdown of Internet and Web documents.
    Ex. Abstracting journals especially suffer on this score because the preparation and inclusion of abstracts is time-consuming.
    Ex. It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.
    * * *
    = along these lines, in this connection, in this direction, in this sense, in this vein, in this spirit, in this regard, in this effort, in that spirit, on this score, to that effect

    Ex: Not so much has been done along these lines, beyond the bounds of arithmetic, as might be done, primarily because of the economics of the situation.

    Ex: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.
    Ex: However, its potential in this direction became evident, and in 1966 a catalogue card service was started.
    Ex: In other words, the elements of any single case may point to several concepts; in this sense, the cases are like icebergs -- more is hidden han appears on the surface.
    Ex: Except for a few library schools like that of the University of Botswana which is gradually attempting to adapt the curricula to the African environment, little has been done in this vein in the other library schools.
    Ex: The most important events which took place in this spirit are the following.
    Ex: In this regard, the traditional view of the library as a storehouse of materials cast a long shadow over future goals.
    Ex: One major element in this effort is developing and educating existing library staff.
    Ex: In that spirit, I offer the following breakdown of Internet and Web documents.
    Ex: Abstracting journals especially suffer on this score because the preparation and inclusion of abstracts is time-consuming.
    Ex: It was dangerous but NASA made provisions to that effect.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en este sentido

  • 16 engañar

    v.
    1 to deceive, to trick, to take in, to fool.
    2 to deceive, to lie.
    3 to cheat on, to cuckold, to be unfaithful to, to deceive.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to deceive, mislead, fool, take in
    2 (estafar) to cheat, trick
    3 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
    1 to be deceptive
    1 (ilusionarse) to deceive oneself
    2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken, be wrong
    \
    engañar el hambre figurado to stave off hunger
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] (=embaucar) to deceive, trick; (=despistar) to mislead; [con promesas, esperanzas] to delude; (=estafar) to cheat, swindle

    engaña a su mujer — he's unfaithful to his wife, he's cheating on his wife

    2)
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

    lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

    engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)
    c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
    2.
    engañarse v pron
    a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

    duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

    * * *
    = fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.
    Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.
    Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.
    Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.
    Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.
    Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.
    Ex. The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.
    Ex. Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.
    Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.
    Ex. 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".
    Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.
    Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.
    Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
    Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex. They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.
    Ex. One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.
    Ex. By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.
    Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.
    Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
    Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
    Ex. Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.
    ----
    * dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.
    * engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.
    * engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.
    * las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

    lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

    engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)
    c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
    2.
    engañarse v pron
    a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

    duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

    * * *
    = fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.

    Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

    Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.
    Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.
    Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.
    Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.
    Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.
    Ex: The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.
    Ex: Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.
    Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.
    Ex: 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".
    Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.
    Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.
    Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.
    Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex: They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.
    Ex: One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.
    Ex: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.
    Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.
    Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.
    Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.
    Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.
    Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.
    * dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.
    * engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.
    * engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.
    * las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.
    * si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

    * * *
    engañar [A1 ]
    vt
    1
    (embaucar): no te dejes engañar don't be misled o fooled o deceived o taken in
    sé que no estuviste allí, tú a mí no me engañas I know you weren't there, you can't fool me
    a él no se lo engaña tan fácilmente he's not so easily fooled o duped o deceived, he's not taken in that easily
    te han engañado, no está hecho a mano you've been cheated o conned o had o done, it's not handmade ( colloq)
    me engañó la vista my eyes deceived o misled me
    si la memoria no me engaña if my memory serves me right o correctly
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    engañar el hambre or el estómago to keep the wolf from the door ( colloq)
    comimos un poco de queso para engañar el hambre we had some cheese to keep the wolf from the door o to take the edge off our appetites o to keep us going
    2 (ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on ( AmE colloq)
    su marido la engaña con la secretaria her husband's being unfaithful to her o cheating on her, he's having an affair with his secretary
    1 ( refl) (mentirse) to deceive oneself, delude oneself, kid oneself ( colloq)
    no te engañes, no se va a casar contigo don't deceive o delude o kid yourself, she's not going to marry you
    2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken
    duró, si no me engaño, hasta noviembre it lasted until November, if I'm not mistaken
    * * *

     

    engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo


    tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
    lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
    engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
    b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)


    engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
    engañar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to deceive, mislead
    2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
    3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
    4 (timar) to cheat, trick
    5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
    II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
    ' engañar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    burlar
    - confiada
    - confiado
    - torear
    - tramoya
    - clavar
    - disfraz
    - disfrazar
    - joder
    English:
    betray
    - cheat
    - deceive
    - delude
    - double-cross
    - dupe
    - fool
    - fox
    - have
    - hoax
    - hoodwink
    - lead on
    - mess about
    - mess around
    - mislead
    - put over
    - ride
    - stitch up
    - take in
    - trick
    - try on
    - two-time
    - unfaithful
    - wool
    - hood
    - kid
    - lead
    - square
    - take
    - two
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [mentir] to deceive;
    engañó a su padre haciéndole ver que había aprobado she deceived her father into believing that she had passed;
    es difícil engañarla she is not easily deceived, she's hard to fool;
    logró engañar al portero he managed to outsmart the goalkeeper;
    me engañó lo bien que vestía y que hablaba she was so well dressed and so well spoken that I was taken in;
    ¿a quién te crees que vas a engañar? who are you trying to fool o kid?;
    a mí no me engañas, sé que tienes cincuenta años you can't fool me, I know you're fifty
    2. [ser infiel a] to deceive, to cheat on;
    engaña a su marido she cheats on her husband;
    me engañó con mi mejor amiga he cheated on me with my best friend
    3. [estafar] to cheat, to swindle;
    te engañaron vendiéndote esto tan caro they cheated you if they sold that to you for such a high price;
    engañar a alguien como a un chino o [m5] a un niño to take sb for a ride
    4. [hacer más llevadero] to appease;
    engañar el hambre to take the edge off one's hunger
    ♦ vi
    to be deceptive o misleading;
    engaña mucho, no es tan tonto como parece you can easily get the wrong impression, he's not as stupid as he seems;
    las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive
    * * *
    v/t
    1 deceive, cheat;
    engañar el hambre take the edge off one’s appetite;
    te han engañado you’ve been had fam
    2 ( ser infiel a) cheat on, be unfaithful to
    * * *
    1) embaucar: to trick, to deceive, to mislead
    2) : to cheat on, to be unfaithful to
    * * *
    1. (mentir) to lie
    2. (ser infiel) to cheat on
    3. (timar) to trick
    4. (dar impresión falsa) to be deceptive
    esta foto engaña: parezco más alta de lo que soy this photo is deceptive: I look taller than I am

    Spanish-English dictionary > engañar

  • 17 equivocado

    adj.
    1 wrong, erroneous, inaccurate, mistaken.
    2 misguided, lost.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: equivocar.
    * * *
    1→ link=equivocar equivocar
    1 mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [número, dirección] wrong; [persona] mistaken, wrong

    estás equivocado — you are wrong, you are mistaken más frm

    2) [afecto, confianza] misplaced
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    ----
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <dato/número/respuesta> wrong
    b) [estar] < persona> mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    = false, misconceived, misguided, wrong, wrong-headed, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.

    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by misconceived goals based on a failure to recognize the essential properties of IR.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento equivocado = mistreat.
    * dar una impresión equivocada = send + the wrong signals.
    * diagnóstico equivocado = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].
    * estar completamente equivocado = be way off.
    * estar equivocado = be mistaken, be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error, miss + the mark, miss + the point, be in the wrong.
    * estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).
    * estar totalmente equivocado = be way off.
    * no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.
    * número equivocado = wrong number.
    * si no estoy equivocado = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

    * * *
    1 (erróneo, desacertado) wrong
    dio una respuesta equivocada he gave the wrong answer
    los datos estaban equivocados the information was wrong
    marqué un número equivocado I dialed the wrong number
    2 ‹persona› mistaken, wrong
    si piensas que te voy a ayudar estás muy equivocado if you think you're going to get any help from me, you're wrong o you're very much mistaken
    * * *

     

    Del verbo equivocar: ( conjugate equivocar)

    equivocado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    equivocado    
    equivocar
    equivocado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹dato/número/respuesta› wrong

    b) [estar] ‹ persona› mistaken, wrong

    equivocar ( conjugate equivocar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to make … make a mistake, to make … go wrong
    equivocarse verbo pronominal ( cometer un error) to make a mistake;
    ( estar en un error) to be wrong o mistaken;

    me equivoqué de autobús I took the wrong bus;
    no te equivoques de fecha don't get the date wrong;
    se equivocó de camino he went the wrong way
    equivocado,-a adjetivo mistaken, wrong
    equivocar verbo transitivo
    1 (no acertar) to get wrong: equivocó el oficio, he chose the wrong profession
    2 (confundir) to mix up

    ' equivocado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entender
    - equivocada
    - estropear
    - concepto
    - posibilidad
    English:
    grossly
    - misguided
    - misnomer
    - mistaken
    - out
    - wildly
    - wrong
    - accept
    - get
    - incorrect
    - number
    - sadly
    - show
    - surely
    * * *
    equivocado, -a adj
    1. [érroneo] wrong;
    tomó la dirección equivocada he went in the wrong direction
    2. [persona] mistaken;
    estás completamente equivocado you're completely mistaken;
    si crees que aquí se acaba todo, estás pero que muy equivocado if you think that's the end of it, you are very much mistaken
    * * *
    adj wrong;
    estar equivocado be wrong, be mistaken
    * * *
    equivocado, -da adj
    : mistaken, wrong
    * * *
    equivocado adj wrong

    Spanish-English dictionary > equivocado

  • 18 erróneo

    adj.
    erroneous, equivocal, wrong, mistaken.
    * * *
    1 erroneous, wrong, mistaken, unsound
    * * *
    (f. - errónea)
    adj.
    erroneous, wrong
    * * *
    ADJ (=equivocado) mistaken, erroneous; (=falso) untrue, false
    * * *
    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
    * * *
    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.
    Ex. Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex. His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex. The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex. Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex. In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex. Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    ----
    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.
    * * *
    - nea adjetivo (frml) <decisión/afirmación> wrong, erroneous (frml)
    * * *
    = erroneous, false, misguided, misleading, wrong, wrong-headed, misapplied, fallacious, misplaced, misinformed, in error.

    Ex: Mistakes in check-in will occasionally lead to erroneous entries in the receipt history.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex: We have long recognized the necessity for medical schools and law schools to lead the way in exploring new methods and new ideas -- even ones that prove to be wrong or misguided.
    Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
    Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.
    Ex: His largest group of intentional alterations consisted of 27 relatively minor emendations, mostly wrong-headed.
    Ex: The word 'archival' has been rejected so as to avoid some misapplied promotional efforts by vendors.
    Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.
    Ex: Because of the nature of AIDS, much misinformation, prejudice, and misplaced fear exist both within the general public and in professional communities worldwide.
    Ex: In the 1990s damaging stereotypes and misguided caricatures persist in dominating the American public's generally misinformed view of what it means to be a librarian.
    Ex: Errors are indicated by a flashing light and the repositioning of the cursor at the item in error.
    * aplicar un tratamiento erróneo = mistreat.
    * colocado en lugar erróneo = misplaced.
    * correo con dirección errónea = misdirected mail.
    * interpretación errónea = misinterpretation, misrepresentation.
    * llevar a conclusiones erróneas = mislead.
    * representación errónea = misrepresentation.
    * ser erróneo = be wide of the mark, be wrong, be in error.

    * * *
    ( frml); ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous ( frml)
    sería erróneo afirmar que … it would be wrong o erroneous to say that …
    debido a un cálculo erróneo owing to a mistake in the calculations, owing to a miscalculation
    * * *

    erróneo
    ◊ - nea adjetivo (frml) ‹decisión/afirmación› wrong, erroneous (frml)

    erróneo,-a adjetivo erroneous, wrong

    ' erróneo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    errónea
    - incorrecta
    - incorrecto
    English:
    erroneous
    - false
    - improper
    - misconceived
    - misleading
    - mistaken
    * * *
    erróneo, -a adj
    [juicio, afirmación, decisión] mistaken, erroneous; [cálculo, datos] incorrect, wrong;
    sería erróneo claudicar ahora it would be a mistake to give in now
    * * *
    adj wrong, erroneous fml
    * * *
    erróneo, - nea adj
    equivocado: erroneous, wrong
    * * *
    erróneo adj wrong / incorrect

    Spanish-English dictionary > erróneo

  • 19 escuela de pago

    Ex. Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.
    * * *

    Ex: Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuela de pago

  • 20 escuela privada

    f.
    private school, independent school.
    * * *
    private school, GB public school
    * * *
    Ex. Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.
    * * *

    Ex: Even so, school library provision has been improved and increased out of all recognition since the days when only the long established grammar schools and public schools had libraries of their own.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuela privada

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