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  • 41 burlarse

    1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=bromear) to joke, banter

    yo no me burlo — I'm serious, I'm not joking

    2)

    burlarse de algn — to mock sb, make fun of sb

    * * *
    = sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.
    Ex. 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.
    Ex. In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.
    Ex. Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
    Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex. Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.
    ----
    * burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.
    * * *
    = sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.

    Ex: 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.

    Ex: In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.
    Ex: Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
    Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.
    Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex: Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.
    * burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.

    * * *

    ■burlarse verbo reflexivo to mock, make fun [de, of]
    ' burlarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consistente
    - burlar
    English:
    constantly
    - deride
    - fun
    - gibe
    - jeer
    - laugh at
    - mock
    - rib
    - ridicule
    - scoff
    - send up
    - sneer
    - tease
    * * *
    vpr
    burlarse de to mock;
    burlarse de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;
    burlarse de las leyes to flout the law
    * * *
    v/r make fun (de of)
    * * *
    vr
    burlarse de : to make fun of, to ridicule
    * * *
    burlarse vb to make fun / to tease

    Spanish-English dictionary > burlarse

  • 42 búsqueda manual

    Ex. Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".
    * * *

    Ex: Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda manual

  • 43 caballero

    adj.
    gentlemanly.
    m.
    1 gentleman.
    ser todo un caballero to be a real gentleman
    armar caballero a alguien to knight somebody
    caballero andante knight errant
    3 nobleman (noble).
    * * *
    1 riding, mounted
    2 figurado (obstinado) obstinate, stubborn
    1 gentleman, sir
    ■ camisas de caballero men's shirts, gentlemen's shirts
    2 HISTORIA knight, cavalier
    3 (hombre generoso, cortés) gentleman
    4 (noble) gentleman
    \
    armar caballero a alguien to knight somebody
    ————————
    1 gentleman, sir
    ■ camisas de caballero men's shirts, gentlemen's shirts
    2 HISTORIA knight, cavalier
    3 (hombre generoso, cortés) gentleman
    4 (noble) gentleman
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=hombre educado) gentleman
    pacto
    2) [fórmula de cortesía]

    ¿qué desea tomar, caballero? — what would you like to drink, sir?

    3) (=hombre)

    servicio de caballeros — gents, men's toilets, men's

    caballeros — (=servicios) gents, gentlemen

    4) ( Hist) knight

    el Caballero de la Triste Figura — the Knight of the Doleful Countenance, Don Quixote

    * * *
    1) (frml) (hombre, señor) gentleman

    ¿en qué puedo servirle, caballero? — how can I help you, sir?

    caballeros — Men o Gentlemen o Gents

    2) (hombre cortés, recto) gentleman
    3) (Hist) knight
    •
    * * *
    = gentleman [gentlemen, -pl.], gallant, knight, gent.
    Ex. These were gentlemen whose forebears had upset Elizabeth I by encouraging the people to think a little too much for themselves and who proved very difficult to control.
    Ex. Information scientists may, therefore, be divided into bibliometricians, retrievalists, and a growing number of gallants who are both.
    Ex. Selected volumes documenting the earliest history of the Knights were examined from a conservation and analytical point of view.
    Ex. For the ladies there are two toilets and two hand basins; for the gents, one toilet, two urinals and one hand basin.
    ----
    * caballero andante = knight errant.
    * caballero blanco = white knight, knight in shining armour.
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caballero medieval = mediaeval knight [medieval knight, -USA].
    * como todo un caballero = sportingly.
    * comportarse como todo un caballero = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * impropio de un caballero = ungentlemanlike.
    * peluquería de caballeros = barber's shop.
    * propio de un caballero = gentlemanlike.
    * * *
    1) (frml) (hombre, señor) gentleman

    ¿en qué puedo servirle, caballero? — how can I help you, sir?

    caballeros — Men o Gentlemen o Gents

    2) (hombre cortés, recto) gentleman
    3) (Hist) knight
    •
    * * *
    = gentleman [gentlemen, -pl.], gallant, knight, gent.

    Ex: These were gentlemen whose forebears had upset Elizabeth I by encouraging the people to think a little too much for themselves and who proved very difficult to control.

    Ex: Information scientists may, therefore, be divided into bibliometricians, retrievalists, and a growing number of gallants who are both.
    Ex: Selected volumes documenting the earliest history of the Knights were examined from a conservation and analytical point of view.
    Ex: For the ladies there are two toilets and two hand basins; for the gents, one toilet, two urinals and one hand basin.
    * caballero andante = knight errant.
    * caballero blanco = white knight, knight in shining armour.
    * Caballero de la Triste Figura, el = Knight of the Doleful Countenance, the.
    * caballero medieval = mediaeval knight [medieval knight, -USA].
    * como todo un caballero = sportingly.
    * comportarse como todo un caballero = take + the high road, take + the high ground.
    * impropio de un caballero = ungentlemanlike.
    * peluquería de caballeros = barber's shop.
    * propio de un caballero = gentlemanlike.

    * * *
    caballero1 -ra
    A ( frml) (hombre, señor) gentleman
    atienda al caballero, por favor serve the gentleman, please
    sección de caballeros men's department
    peluquería de caballeros barber's (shop), gents' hairdresser's ( BrE)
    ¿en qué puedo servirle, caballero? how can I help you, sir?
    damas y caballeros ladies and gentlemen
    [ S ] caballeros Men o Gentlemen o Gents
    B (hombre cortés, recto) gentleman
    es todo un caballero he's a perfect gentleman
    un caballero siempre cumple con su palabra a gentleman always keeps his word
    C ( Hist)
    1 (noble) knight
    fue armado caballero por el rey he was knighted by the king
    Compuestos:
    knight errant
    white knight
    * * *

     

    caballero sustantivo masculino


    sección de caballeros men's department;
    ¿en qué puedo servirle, caballero? how can I help you, sir?;

    ( on signs) caballeros Men o Gentlemen o Gents
    b) (Hist) knight

    caballero sustantivo masculino
    1 gentleman: Pedro fue todo un caballero, Pedro was a real gentleman
    2 Hist knight
    caballero andante, knight-errant
    3 frml (señor) sir
    4 caballeros, (en un lavabo) gents
    ropa de caballero, menswear
    ♦ Locuciones: un pacto de/entre caballeros, a gentleman's agreement
    ' caballero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    citada
    - citado
    - corcel
    - desear
    - médula
    - ordenar
    - porte
    - ventrera
    - noble
    - perfecto
    English:
    cavalier
    - gent
    - gentleman
    - knight
    - knight errant
    - knighthood
    - menswear
    - money
    - cravat
    - men
    - sir
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    [cortés] gentlemanly
    ♦ nm
    1. [hombre cortés] gentleman;
    ser todo un caballero to be a real gentleman
    2. [señor, varón] gentleman;
    [al dirigir la palabra] sir;
    ¿qué desea el caballero? can I help you, sir?;
    caballeros [en letrero] [en aseos] gentlemen;
    [en grandes almacenes] menswear; Esp
    el servicio de caballeros the men's toilet o US washroom;
    zapatos de caballero men's shoes;
    peluquería de caballeros barber's, Br men's hairdresser's, US barbershop
    3. [miembro de una orden] knight;
    caballero andante knight errant;
    los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda the Knights of the Round Table
    4. [noble] nobleman
    5. Fin caballero blanco white knight
    * * *
    I adj gentlemanly, chivalrous
    II m
    1 hombre educado gentleman; hombre gentleman, man;
    (servicio de) caballeros pl men’s room sg, Br gents sg ; en tienda de ropa menswear sg
    2 HIST knight;
    3 trato sir
    * * *
    1) : gentleman
    2) : knight
    * * *
    1. (en general) gentleman [pl. gentlemen]
    2. (histórico) knight

    Spanish-English dictionary > caballero

  • 44 cada vez mayor

    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex. Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex. Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex. If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex. The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex. The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex. There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex. Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex. By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex. Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex. But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex. Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex. The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex. The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex. It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex. The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.
    * * *
    (adj.) = escalating, ever-growing, ever-increasing, expanded, growing, increasing, mounting, rising, spiralling [spiraling, -USA], deepening, rapidly growing, expanding, constantly rising, swelling, ever larger [ever-larger], galloping, steadily rising, steadily growing, mushrooming, ever greater, rapidly expanding, ever-widening, burgeoning, heightening

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex: Co-operatives have played a much more extensive role in recent years and are set to continue in their expanded role.
    Ex: Yet another variable factor is the growing presence of full text data bases.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    Ex: If the approach is not too blinkered, such situations, on the basis of mounting evidence, quickly lead to the realisation that technological solutions to information problems are at best partial.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: The ARL Serials Project is an initiative by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) designed to combat the spiralling increases in periodicals prices.
    Ex: The period from World War 2 to the present day saw the quickened pace and deepening specialisation of researches.
    Ex: The scheme was designed by the Library of Congress staff to be tailor-made for their own library with its immense and rapidly growing stock and with its bias towards law and the social sciences.
    Ex: There is an expanding interest in the idea of local government information services on the part of public libraries.
    Ex: Recently there has been more than the usual talk about the exceptionally-high and constantly-rising costs of scholarly journals and what scholar, editors, and libraries can do about the situation.
    Ex: By far the most difficult new challenge looming for librarianship will be preserving and providing access to 'born-digital' materials, that swelling mass of material that appears only in electronic form.
    Ex: Technology plays an ever larger role in the delivery of services in libraries of all sizes.
    Ex: But the introduction of market economics, galloping inflation and the breakdown of old administrative structures are causing problems, especially over funding..
    Ex: Poland is currently enjoying a steadily rising national income, declining inflation, receding unemployment and an educational boom.
    Ex: The strategy is to maintain a steadily growing base line which can expand in better times.
    Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: A rapidly expanding number of organizations have begun to use high performance, completely digital networks, such as the Internet.
    Ex: The inter-library loan network operates like a spiral with the individual library at the centre and the local, regional, national and international back-up services forming an ever-widening circle around it.
    Ex: It was apparent that the responders to the investigation were somewhat unsure of their future situation relative to the burgeoning information education market = Era claro que los entrevistados en la investigacion no se sentían muy seguros sobre su situación futura en relación con el incipiente mercado de las enseñanzas de documentación.
    Ex: The rising tension over the Olympic torch relay is heightening concerns whether this summer's Games will be clouded by political rancor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez mayor

  • 45 cadáver

    m.
    cadaver, dead body, corpse, body.
    * * *
    1 (de persona) corpse, cadaver, body, dead body
    2 (de animal) body, carcass
    * * *
    noun m.
    body, corpse
    * * *
    SM [de persona] (dead) body, corpse; [de animal] body, carcass

    ¡sobre mi cadáver!, ¡por encima de mi cadáver! — over my dead body!

    cadáver en el armario — (fig) skeleton in the cupboard

    * * *
    masculino ( de persona) corpse; ( de animal) carcass
    * * *
    = corpse, cadaver, dead body.
    Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.
    Ex. Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.
    Ex. American scientists grow brain cells taken from dead bodies, in an advance they say could one day treat neurodegenerative diseases.
    ----
    * bolsa para cadáveres = body bag.
    * depósito de cadáveres = morgue, mortuary.
    * ¡tener + que pasar por encima de + Posesivo + cadáver! = over + Posesivo + dead body.
    * * *
    masculino ( de persona) corpse; ( de animal) carcass
    * * *
    = corpse, cadaver, dead body.

    Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

    Ex: Rather than bringing in butchers to do the handiwork of his dissections, Vesalius himself worked on the human cadavers and said that students of medicine should do the same.
    Ex: American scientists grow brain cells taken from dead bodies, in an advance they say could one day treat neurodegenerative diseases.
    * bolsa para cadáveres = body bag.
    * depósito de cadáveres = morgue, mortuary.
    * ¡tener + que pasar por encima de + Posesivo + cadáver! = over + Posesivo + dead body.

    * * *
    ingresó cadáver he was dead on arrival
    lo encontraron ya cadáver he was dead when they found him
    * * *

    cadáver sustantivo masculino ( de persona) corpse;
    ( de animal) carcass
    cadáver sustantivo masculino
    1 (de persona) corpse, (dead) body: ingresó cadáver, she was dead on arrival
    ¡antes tendrás que pasar por encima de mi cadáver!, over my dead body!
    depósito de cadáveres, morgue
    2 (de animal) body, carcass
    ' cadáver' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cuerpo
    - desenterrar
    - despojo
    - exhumación
    - fiambre
    - ingresar
    - levantamiento
    - muerta
    - muerto
    - pudrirse
    - descomponer
    - descompuesto
    - impacto
    - incinerar
    - pudrir
    English:
    avert
    - body
    - cadaver
    - carcase
    - carcass
    - corpse
    - dead
    - DOA
    - doe
    - dredge up
    - exhume
    - pronounce
    - skeleton
    - stiff
    - wash up
    - disposal
    * * *
    [de persona] corpse, (dead) body; [de animal] carcass;
    ingresó cadáver [en hospital] he was dead on arrival;
    por encima de mi cadáver over my dead body
    * * *
    m (dead) body, corpse
    * * *
    : corpse, cadaver
    * * *
    cadáver n corpse / body [pl. bodies]

    Spanish-English dictionary > cadáver

  • 46 caer en el error de

    (v.) = fall into + the error of, blunder into
    Ex. Behavioral scientists have fallen into the error of assuming that employees resent job structuring and autocratic leadership.
    Ex. Australia risks blundering into a human rights mess that will exacerbate the conflict.
    * * *
    (v.) = fall into + the error of, blunder into

    Ex: Behavioral scientists have fallen into the error of assuming that employees resent job structuring and autocratic leadership.

    Ex: Australia risks blundering into a human rights mess that will exacerbate the conflict.

    Spanish-English dictionary > caer en el error de

  • 47 calado hasta los huesos

    = soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin
    Ex. Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
    Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
    Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
    Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.
    * * *
    = soaked to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin

    Ex: Soaked to the skin in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the tomb was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.

    Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
    Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
    Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.

    Spanish-English dictionary > calado hasta los huesos

  • 48 cambio de aires

    = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new
    Ex. He felt the firm needed a change of scenery and a visible break from the past.
    Ex. Just what she needed: a change of air and scene to wean her away from her former owners and make her happy.
    Ex. He merely told me that Margaret was not very strong, and that she needed a change of air, and that she should keep out of doors.
    Ex. Maybe the penguins needed a change of scene, so they flew to the arctic.
    Ex. This threatens to reverse the recent brain drain that has seen scientists flee the US for greener pastures north of the border.
    Ex. Therefore this would be a good time to explore pastures new, so make an extra effort and put yourself in the shop window and show the world what you can do.
    * * *
    = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new

    Ex: He felt the firm needed a change of scenery and a visible break from the past.

    Ex: Just what she needed: a change of air and scene to wean her away from her former owners and make her happy.
    Ex: He merely told me that Margaret was not very strong, and that she needed a change of air, and that she should keep out of doors.
    Ex: Maybe the penguins needed a change of scene, so they flew to the arctic.
    Ex: This threatens to reverse the recent brain drain that has seen scientists flee the US for greener pastures north of the border.
    Ex: Therefore this would be a good time to explore pastures new, so make an extra effort and put yourself in the shop window and show the world what you can do.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cambio de aires

  • 49 campo de especialización

    (n.) = area of competence, field of specialisation
    Ex. Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.
    Ex. The author discusses some of the problems faced by scientists and researchers in Zambia in keeping up-to-date with new developments in their fields of specialisation.
    * * *
    (n.) = area of competence, field of specialisation

    Ex: Public libraries have had difficulty in establishing such a role without straying too far outside their own area of competence.

    Ex: The author discusses some of the problems faced by scientists and researchers in Zambia in keeping up-to-date with new developments in their fields of specialisation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > campo de especialización

  • 50 carencia

    f.
    1 lack (ausencia).
    sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affection
    sufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need
    2 scarcity, shortage, lack, insufficiency.
    3 deprivation.
    * * *
    1 lack (de, of)
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) lack
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ausencia) lack; (=escasez) lack, shortage, scarcity frm

    la carencia de agua y alimentos empieza a ser preocupante — the lack o shortage o scarcity of water is starting to become worrying

    2) (Econ) (=periodo) period free of interest payments and debt repayments
    * * *
    a) ( escasez) lack, shortage
    b) (Med) deficiency
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex. New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.
    Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex. He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.
    Ex. The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.
    Ex. The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.
    Ex. Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    ----
    * carencia de = lack of.
    * carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.
    * carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.
    * tener carencias = find + wanting.
    * * *
    a) ( escasez) lack, shortage
    b) (Med) deficiency
    * * *
    = anaemia [anemia, -USA], deprivation, gap, scarcity, shortcoming, gap, lack, gaping hole.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.

    Ex: Findings emphasised the escalating deprivation of applied social scientists in general and the local government and voluntary sectors in particular.
    Ex: New editions will be essentially cumulations and therefore a longer gap will exist between editions.
    Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.
    Ex: He wrote to James explaining the shortcomings of his catalog.
    Ex: The picture in many cities was a patchwork one, with frequent overlapping and often gaps in coverage.
    Ex: The greatest lack in this film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel is some sort of unifying vision to replace the author's controlling prose.
    Ex: Questia contains thousands of books in the liberal arts, but gaping holes and many old titles diminish its value as a library collection.
    * carencia de = lack of.
    * carencia de propiedad rural = landlessness.
    * carencias = lacuna [lacunae, -pl.], rough edges.
    * tener carencias = find + wanting.

    * * *
    1 (escasez) lack, shortage
    carencia de recursos financieros lack of financial resources
    2 ( Med) deficiency
    tiene una carencia de vitamina A he has a vitamin A deficiency
    3 (de un seguro) exclusion period
    * * *

     

    carencia sustantivo femenino


    b) (Med) deficiency;


    carencia sustantivo femenino (falta, privación) lack [de, of]
    (escasez) shortage [de, of]
    ' carencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grosería
    - incomodidad
    - falta
    - limitación
    - privación
    - subsanar
    English:
    acute
    - deficiency
    - want
    - woeful
    - lack
    * * *
    1. [ausencia] lack;
    [defecto] deficiency;
    sufrir carencias afectivas to be deprived of love and affection;
    sufrir muchas carencias to suffer great need
    2. [en la dieta] deficiency
    carencia vitamínica vitamin deficiency
    * * *
    f lack (de of)
    * * *
    1) falta: lack
    2) escasez: shortage
    3) deficiencia: deficiency
    * * *
    carencia n lack

    Spanish-English dictionary > carencia

  • 51 carta personal

    Ex. Before 1650 if scientists communicated with each other at all it was through the medium of personal letters.
    * * *

    Ex: Before 1650 if scientists communicated with each other at all it was through the medium of personal letters.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carta personal

  • 52 celda de combustible

    (n.) = fuel cell
    Ex. Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.
    * * *
    (n.) = fuel cell

    Ex: Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.

    Spanish-English dictionary > celda de combustible

  • 53 chimenea volcánica

    Ex. Scientists once thought that deep-sea volcanic vents were a rare occurrence.
    * * *

    Ex: Scientists once thought that deep-sea volcanic vents were a rare occurrence.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chimenea volcánica

  • 54 chorreando

    = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.
    Ex. A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.
    Ex. The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
    Ex. NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
    Ex. It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.
    * * *
    = drenched to the skin, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin.

    Ex: A large party braved the elements on foot, and when they reached the summit they were drenched to the skin.

    Ex: The water washes in over the sides of the raft and from the waist down you will be wringing wet.
    Ex: NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once soaking wet.
    Ex: It rained all the way and we arrived about 12.45, wet through to the skin.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorreando

  • 55 ciberinfraestructura

    Ex. The term cyberinfrastructure is widely used to embrace a range of e-research environments that are emerging from the changing and innovative practices of scientists and scholars in all disciplines.
    * * *

    Ex: The term cyberinfrastructure is widely used to embrace a range of e-research environments that are emerging from the changing and innovative practices of scientists and scholars in all disciplines.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciberinfraestructura

  • 56 cientista político

    Ex. The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.
    * * *

    Ex: The result is that many political scientists have lost heart.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cientista político

  • 57 cientometría

    Nota: Ciencia que estudia la producción científica en función de las publicaciones realizadas. Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.
    Ex. Scientometrics is a method of measuring scientific output similar to bibliometrics used by librarians and information scientists.
    * * *
    Nota: Ciencia que estudia la producción científica en función de las publicaciones realizadas. Véanse bajo la entrada "-ics" otras palabras con la misma terminación y usadas en el singular.

    Ex: Scientometrics is a method of measuring scientific output similar to bibliometrics used by librarians and information scientists.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cientometría

  • 58 científico de la industria

    Ex. The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.
    * * *

    Ex: The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.

    Spanish-English dictionary > científico de la industria

  • 59 científico de la universidad

    Ex. The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.
    * * *

    Ex: The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.

    Spanish-English dictionary > científico de la universidad

  • 60 científico del gobierno

    Ex. The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.
    * * *

    Ex: The information seeking practices of a sample of academic, industrial and government scientists were surveyed by self-administered questionnaires.

    Spanish-English dictionary > científico del gobierno

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