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1 pliego

m.

1 sheet.

2 sealed document or letter (carta, documento).

pliego de condiciones specifications

pliego de descargos list of rebuttals

3 signature (Imprenta).

4 sheet of paper.

5 folder.

6 file of papers.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: plegar.

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pliego

► nombre masculino

1 (papel) sheet of paper

2 (documento) document

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pliego de cargos list of charges

pliego de condiciones specifications plural

pliego de descargos evidence for the defence

* * *

SM (=hoja de papel) sheet; (=carpeta) folder; (Tip) section, signature

pliego cerrado — (Náut) sealed orders pl

pliego de cargos — list of accusations

pliego de condiciones — specifications pl (of a tender)

pliego de descargo — evidence (for the defendant)

pliego de reivindicaciones, pliego petitorio — Cono Sur list of demands

* * *

masculino

a) ( hoja de papel) sheet of paper

b) (Impr) section, signature

c) ( documento) document

- pliego de cargos

- pliego de condiciones

- pliego de descargo

- pliego de peticiones

* * *

= sheet.

Nota: Sección rectangular de papel tal cual la recibe el impresor del fabricante y que como tal se utilizaba antiguamente en la impresión.

Ex. For a publication in a physical unit other than a volume, an appropriate specific material designation is given (such as a folder, a broadside, a sheet, a roll, a portfolio) preceded by the arabic numeral 1.

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* medio pliego = half-sheet.

* pliego de cordel = chapmens' book, chapbook.

* pliego de la edición = edition sheet.

* pliego de papel de 102 x 76 cm = quad crown.

* pliego de papel de 114 x 89 cm = quad demy.

* pliego de papel de 152 x 102 cm = quad double crown.

* pliego de papel de 40 x 32 = pot (pott).

* pliego de papel de 43 x 34 = foolscap.

* pliego de papel de 57 x 44 = demy.

* pliego de papel de 58 x 46 = medium.

* pliego de papel de 63 x 50 = royal.

* pliego doblado = folder.

* pliego impreso = printed sheet.

* pliego inserto = printed insert.

* pliego suelto = broadsheet, broadside, sheet-book.

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masculino

a) ( hoja de papel) sheet of paper

b) (Impr) section, signature

c) ( documento) document

- pliego de cargos

- pliego de condiciones

- pliego de descargo

- pliego de peticiones

* * *

= sheet.

Nota: Sección rectangular de papel tal cual la recibe el impresor del fabricante y que como tal se utilizaba antiguamente en la impresión.

Ex: For a publication in a physical unit other than a volume, an appropriate specific material designation is given (such as a folder, a broadside, a sheet, a roll, a portfolio) preceded by the arabic numeral 1.

* medio pliego = half-sheet.

* pliego de cordel = chapmens' book, chapbook.

* pliego de la edición = edition sheet.

* pliego de papel de 102 x 76 cm = quad crown.

* pliego de papel de 114 x 89 cm = quad demy.

* pliego de papel de 152 x 102 cm = quad double crown.

* pliego de papel de 40 x 32 = pot (pott).

* pliego de papel de 43 x 34 = foolscap.

* pliego de papel de 57 x 44 = demy.

* pliego de papel de 58 x 46 = medium.

* pliego de papel de 63 x 50 = royal.

* pliego doblado = folder.

* pliego impreso = printed sheet.

* pliego inserto = printed insert.

* pliego suelto = broadsheet, broadside, sheet-book.

* * *

pliego

masculine

A

1 (hoja de papel) sheet of paper

2 ( Impr) section, signature

B (documento) document

Compuestos:

● pliego de cargos

list of charges

● pliego de condiciones

specifications (pl), schedule of conditions

● pliego de descargo

defense* depositions o submissions (pl)

● pliego de peticiones

A ( Hist) petitions (pl)

B (Chi, Ven) ( Rels Labs) list of demands

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Del verbo plegar: ( conjugate plegar)

pliego es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
plegar
pliego
plegar ( conjugate plegar) verbo transitivo ‹ papel› to fold;
‹ silla› to fold up
plegarse verbo pronominal
1 ( ceder) to yield, submit;
pliegose A algo to yield to sth, submit to sth
2 (AmS) ( unirse) to join in;
pliegose A algo to join sth
pliego sustantivo masculino
a) ( hoja de papel) sheet of paper

b) (Impr) section, signature

c) ( documento) document

plegar verbo transitivo to fold
pliego sustantivo masculino
1 (hoja) sheet
2 (imprenta) section
3 (documento) document, sealed letter
4 Jur pliego de cargos, list of charges o accusations
5 Jur pliego de descargo(s), defense, depositions pl
' pliego' also found in these entries:
English:
folio
- fool
- sheet

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pliego

♦ ver plegar

♦ nm

1. [de papel, cartulina] sheet

2. [carta, documento] sealed document o letter

Comp
pliego de cargos list of charges o accusations;
pliego de condiciones specifications;

pliego de descargos list of rebuttals

3. Imprenta signature

* * *

pliego

I vb → plegar

II m

1 ( hoja de papel) sheet (of paper)

2 ( carta) sealed letter o

document

* * *

pliego nm

1) hoja: sheet of paper

2) : sealed document

Spanish-English dictionary > pliego
2 bolsa

f.

1 bag.

bolsa de agua caliente hot-water bottle

bolsa de aire air pocket

bolsa de aseo toilet bag

bolsa de (la) basura bin liner

bolsa de la compra shopping bag

bolsa de deportes holdall, sports bag

bolsa de dormir sleeping bag (Am)

bolsa de mano (piece o item of) hand luggage

bolsa de papel paper bag

bolsa de plástico carrier o plastic bag (en tiendas)

bolsa de pobreza (figurative) deprived area

bolsa de viaje travel bag

2 purse, pocketbook.

¡la bolsa o la vida! your money or your life!

3 pocket (mining).

4 sac (anatomy).

5 pocket. ( Central American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Perú)

6 handbag (British), purse (United States) (bolso). (Mexican Spanish)

7 Stock Exchange, stock market.

8 prize money.

9 bursa, sac.

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bolsa

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) bag

■ ¿tiene una bolsa de plástico? have you got a plastic bag?

2 (bajo los ojos) bag

3 (beca) grant, scholarship

4 (en prenda) bag

5 (de pobreza, fraude, etc) pocket

6 (para dinero) purse

7 (premio) purse

8 (de canguro etc) pouch

9 ESPAÑOL AMERICANO jacket

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡la bolsa o la vida! your money or your life!

bolsa de agua caliente hot-water bottle

bolsa de aguas amniotic sac

bolsa de aire air pocket

bolsa de aseo toilet bag

bolsa de basura rubbish bag, bin liner, US garbage bag

bolsa de deportes sports bag

bolsa de estudios scholarship

bolsa de viaje travelling bag (US traveling bag)

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bolsa

► nombre femenino

1 stock exchange

2 (valores) share prices

■ la bolsa ha subido dos puntos share prices are up two points

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FRASEOLOGÍA

bolsa de trabajo (en periódico) job section, situations vacant

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noun f.

1) bag

2) pocket

•

- la Bolsa

* * *

SF

1) [para llevar algo] bag

una bolsa de caramelos — a bag of sweets

una bolsa de patatas o LAm papas fritas — a packet o bag of crisps

una bolsa de papel — a paper bag

una bolsa de plástico — a plastic bag

- hacer algo bolsa

le pegaron hasta dejarlo hecho bolsa — they beat him to a pulp

bolsa de agua caliente — hot-water bottle

bolsa de asar — roasting bag

bolsa de asas — carrier bag

bolsa de aseo — toilet bag

bolsa de basura — [para cubo grande] rubbish bag, bin bag, garbage bag (EEUU); [para cubo pequeño] bin liner

bolsa de cultivo — growbag

bolsa de deportes — sports bag

bolsa de hielo — ice-pack

bolsa de la compra — shopping bag

bolsa de mano — overnight bag, travelling bag

bolsa de palos — (Golf) golf bag

bolsa de playa — beach bag

bolsa de tabaco — tobacco pouch

bolsa para el mareo — sickbag

2) Méx [de mujer] handbag

3) (=bolsillo) pocket

4) (Zool) [de canguro] pouch; [de calamar] sac

5) (Anat) [de sangre, pus] build-up

una pequeña bolsa de pus — a small build-up of pus

tenía unas bolsas enormes en los ojos — she had huge bags under her eyes

bolsa de aguas — amniotic sac

ya ha roto la bolsa de aguas — her waters have broken

bolsa escrotal — scrotum

bolsa lacrimal — tear duct

6) (=acumulación) [de gas, personas] pocket

muchos votos procedían de la bolsa de indecisos — many of their votes came from those who were undecided

una enorme bolsa de desempleo — a huge number of unemployed, very high levels of unemployment

bolsa de agua — pocket of water

bolsa de aire — air pocket

bolsa de gas — pocket of gas

bolsa de petróleo — pocket of oil

bolsa de pobreza — pocket of poverty

7) (=arruga) [en papel pintado] bubble

esa blusa te hace bolsas — that blouse goes all baggy o doesn't hang right on you

8) (Econ) (=mercado)

la Bolsa — the Stock Exchange, the Stock Market

perdieron casi todo jugando a la bolsa — they lost almost everything playing the market

las empresas que cotizan en bolsa — quoted o listed companies

sacar una emisión a bolsa — to float an issue on the stock market o exchange

bolsa de cereales — corn exchange

bolsa de divisas — currency market, foreign exchange market

bolsa de empleo — employment office

bolsa de granos — corn exchange

bolsa de la propiedad — property section, property page(s)

bolsa de trabajo — employment exchange

bolsa negra — Chile black market

9) [de dinero]

solo busca engordar la bolsa — all he's trying to do is line his pockets *

¡la bolsa o la vida! — your money or your life!

- no abrir la bolsa

- hacer algo a la bolsa

bolsa de estudios — (study) grant

bolsa de viaje — travel grant

10) (Boxeo) purse

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femenino

1)

a) (para llevar, guardar algo) bag

bolsa de plástico/papel — plastic/paper bag

bolsa de la compra — shopping bag

bolsa de (la) basura — garbage bag (AmE), trash bag (AmE), rubbish bag (BrE), bin liner (BrE)

una bolsa del supermercado — a grocery bag (AmE) o (BrE) carrier bag

bolsa de deportes — sports bag

hacerse bolsa — (CS) zapatos to get ruined; coche to get badly damaged

b) ( envase) bag

una bolsa de patatas fritas — (Esp) a bag of chips (AmE), a packet o bag of crisps (BrE)

a la bolsa — (Chi) at someone else's expense

c) (Méx) ( bolso) handbag, purse (AmE)

d) ( dinero)

la bolsa o la vida! — your money or your life!

- bolsa de agua caliente

- bolsa de dormir

- bolsa del correo

2)

a) ( de marsupial) pouch

b) ( de los testículos) scrotum

c) ( en la cara)

tiene bolsas debajo de los ojos — she has bags under her eyes

d) (Méx) ( bolsillo) pocket

3)

a) (de aire, gas, agua) pocket

b) (zona, agrupación aislada) pocket

bolsas de extranjeros ilegales — pockets o communities of illegal immigrants

4) (Econ, Fin) tb

Bolsa — stock exchange, stock market

jugar a la bolsa — to play the market

se cotizará en bolsa — it will be listed on the stock exchange

sacar a bolsa — to float

- bolsa de empleo

- bolsa de trabajo

- bolsa de valores

- bolsa negra

5) ( beca) grant

bolsa de estudios/de viajes/para libros — study/travel/book grant

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femenino

1)

a) (para llevar, guardar algo) bag

bolsa de plástico/papel — plastic/paper bag

bolsa de la compra — shopping bag

bolsa de (la) basura — garbage bag (AmE), trash bag (AmE), rubbish bag (BrE), bin liner (BrE)

una bolsa del supermercado — a grocery bag (AmE) o (BrE) carrier bag

bolsa de deportes — sports bag

hacerse bolsa — (CS) zapatos to get ruined; coche to get badly damaged

b) ( envase) bag

una bolsa de patatas fritas — (Esp) a bag of chips (AmE), a packet o bag of crisps (BrE)

a la bolsa — (Chi) at someone else's expense

c) (Méx) ( bolso) handbag, purse (AmE)

d) ( dinero)

la bolsa o la vida! — your money or your life!

- bolsa de agua caliente

- bolsa de dormir

- bolsa del correo

2)

a) ( de marsupial) pouch

b) ( de los testículos) scrotum

c) ( en la cara)

tiene bolsas debajo de los ojos — she has bags under her eyes

d) (Méx) ( bolsillo) pocket

3)

a) (de aire, gas, agua) pocket

b) (zona, agrupación aislada) pocket

bolsas de extranjeros ilegales — pockets o communities of illegal immigrants

4) (Econ, Fin) tb

Bolsa — stock exchange, stock market

jugar a la bolsa — to play the market

se cotizará en bolsa — it will be listed on the stock exchange

sacar a bolsa — to float

- bolsa de empleo

- bolsa de trabajo

- bolsa de valores

- bolsa negra

5) ( beca) grant

bolsa de estudios/de viajes/para libros — study/travel/book grant

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bolsa¹

¹ = carryall, bag, soft bag.

Ex: The book 'String Bags and Gender' is a thorough, informative, accessible, and well-written study of the looped carryall common in Papua New Guinea.

Ex: There was a steady flow of people charging out materials, and the checker was inspecting their bags as usual.

Ex: The soft bag also features a handy zipper compartment on the top for storing keys, cell phone, etc.

* artículo de bolsa de aseo = toiletry.

* bolsa de aire = air bag [airbag].

* bolsa de aire caliente = pocket of warm air.

* bolsa de aseo = sponge bag, toiletry bag.

* bolsa de baño = toiletry bag, sponge bag.

* bolsa de basura = bin liner, bin bag, rubbish bag, garbage bag.

* bolsa de comida = box lunch.

* bolsa de control de préstamo = book pocket.

* bolsa de estudios = bursary.

* bolsa de la compra = shopping bag, grocery bag, carrier bag.

* bolsa de mano = flight bag, carryall bag, travelbag, soft bag.

* bolsa de papel = paper carrier, paper bag.

* bolsa de plástico = plastic bag, polybag, polyethylene bag.

* bolsa de viaje = travel grant, travel bursary, travelbag.

* bolsa para cadáveres = body bag.

* bolsa para la compra = shopping bag, carrier bag.

* meter en bolsas = bag.

* patata frita de bolsa = potato chip.

* patatas fritas de bolsa = crisps, potato crisps.

bolsa²

² = stock exchange, stock market, bourse, share market.

Ex: This article reviews the Moody's 5000 Plus data base, of over 5000 companies listed on the New York and American stock exchanges, on CD-ROM.

Ex: This database supplies on-line information on current events, weather, sports, stock markets, health, travel and shopping.

Ex: The Old bourse was completed in 1687 and was the first Baroque building in Leipzig.

Ex: Due to the devastating drop in stock prices and a slump in the share market, share market traders predict a sharp drop in the sale of gold.

* agencia de bolsa = brokerage house.

* agente de bolsa = stockbroker, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader.

* beneficio de bolsa = share dividend.

* bolsa de cambio = stock exchange.

* Bolsa de París = Paris Bourse.

* bolsa de trabajo = labour exchange, job opportunities, employment bureau, employment centre, employment opportunity, job centre, job pool.

* bolsa de valores = stock exchange, stock market, share market.

* Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York = New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

* caída de la bolsa = market crash, stock market crash.

* cotización de bolsa = stock quote.

* desploma de la bolsa = stock market crash.

* desplome de la bolsa = market crash.

* operador de bolsa = trader, market trader, stock market trader, share market trader.

* servidor de bolsa = stock-quote server.

* valores de la bolsa = stock prices, stock market quotations.

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bolsa

feminine

A

1 (para llevar, guardar algo) bag; (grande, de arpillera) (CS) sack

bolsa de plástico/papel plastic/paper bag

bolsa de la compra shopping bag

bolsa de (la) basura garbage bag ( AmE), trash bag ( AmE), rubbish bag ( BrE), bin liner ( BrE)

una bolsa del supermercado a supermarket shopping bag ( AmE) o ( BrE) carrier bag

bolsa de deportes sports bag

bolsa de aseo toilet kit ( AmE) o ( BrE) bag, spongebag ( BrE), washbag ( BrE)

bolsa de gatos ( Chi fam): era una verdadera bolsa de gatos it was sheer chaos, it was a shambles

hacer bolsa (CS fam); ‹zapatos/mueble› to ruin: después de la clase de gimnasia quedé hecha bolsa after the exercise class I was dead o bushed o ( BrE) shattered ( colloq)

la noticia lo dejó hecho bolsa he was shattered by the news

hacerse bolsa ( RPl fam) «zapatos» to get ruined;

«coche» to get beaten up

2 (envase) bag

una bolsa de papas or ( Esp) patatas fritas a bag of chips ( AmE), a packet o bag of crisps ( BrE)

una bolsa entera de azúcar a whole bag of sugar

a la bolsa ( Chi); at someone else's expense

como una bolsa de papas ( AmL): se cayó como una bolsa de papas he went down like a sack of potatoes

se dejó caer en el sillón como una bolsa de papas she flopped heavily into the armchair

este vestido me queda como una bolsa de papas this dress makes me look like a sack of potatoes

3 ( Méx) (bolso) handbag, purse ( AmE)

4 (dinero) money

¡la bolsa o la vida! your money or your life!

aflojar la bolsa ( fam); to put one's hand in one's pocket ( colloq), to get one's wallet out ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● bolsa de agua caliente

hot-water bottle

● bolsa de cultivo

growbag

● bolsa de dormir

( RPl) sleeping bag

● bolsa de hielo

ice pack

● bolsa del correo

( AmL) mailbag, postbag ( BrE)

● bolsa de supervivencia

survival bag

● bolsa térmica

thermal bag

B

1 (de un marsupial) pouch

2 (de los testículos) scrotum

3

(pliegue, arruga): esa camisa te hace bolsas a los lados that shirt bunches up at the sides

tiene bolsas debajo de los ojos she has bags under her eyes

4 ( Méx) (bolsillo) pocket

Compuesto:

bolsa de aguas

amniotic sac ( frml)

rompió la bolsa de aguas her waters broke

C

1 (de aire, gas, agua) pocket

2 (zona, agrupación aislada) pocket

bolsas de extranjeros ilegales pockets o communities of illegal immigrants

D ( Econ, Fin) tb

Bolsa stock exchange, stock market

jugar a la bolsa to play the market

se cotizará en bolsa it will be listed on the stock exchange

la empresa sacará a bolsa el 38% de su capital the company will float 38% of its share capital

Compuestos:

● bolsa de cereales

corn exchange

● bolsa de comercio

commodities exchange

● bolsa de empleo

( Col) employment agency

● bolsa del automóvil

car mart

● bolsa de trabajo

job vacancies and the place where they are advertised

● bolsa de valores

stock exchange, stock market

● bolsa negra

( Chi) black market

E (beca) grant

bolsa de estudios/de viajes/para libros study/travel/book grant

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bolsa sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( en general) bag;

◊ bolsa de plástico/de la compra plastic/shopping bag;

bolsa de (la) basura garbage o trash bag (AmE), rubbish bag o bin liner (BrE);
una bolsa de patatas fritas (Esp) a bag of chips (AmE), a packet o bag of crisps (BrE);
bolsa de agua caliente hot-water bottle
b) (Méx) ( bolso) handbag, purse (AmE)

2
a) ( de marsupial) pouch

b) scrotum

c) (Méx) ( bolsillo) pocket

3 (de aire, gas, agua) pocket
4 (Econ, Fin) tb Bbolsa or bolsa de valores stock exchange, stock market;
◊ jugar a la bolsa to play the market;

se cotizará en bolsa it will be listed on the stock exchange;
bolsa de empleo (Col) employment agency;
bolsa de trabajo job vacancies and place where they are advertised
bolsa 1 sustantivo femenino
1 bag
2 Av bolsa de aire, air bag, air pocket
bolsa de basura, rubbish bag
bolsa de la compra, shopping bag
LAm bolsa de dormir, sleeping bag
bolsa de estudios, educational grant
bolsa de pobreza, pocket of poverty
bolsa de trabajo, labour exchange, employment bureau
bolsa 2 f Fin Stock Exchange: sube la bolsa, the market is rising
cotizar en la bolsa, to be quoted on the stock exchange
' bolsa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agente
- bajar
- corredor
- corredora
- cotizar
- cotización
- entera
- entero
- fuelle
- inversión
- patata
- saca
- bulto
- llevar
- petate
- plaza
English:
air pocket
- airlock
- bag
- bin liner
- broker
- bundle
- bung
- carrier bag
- chip
- collapse
- concise
- crisp
- crisps
- float
- gain
- grip
- holdall
- hot-water bottle
- icepack
- insider dealing
- insider trading
- list
- market
- NYSE
- packet
- paper bag
- plastic bag
- pocket
- polythene bag
- potato chips
- pouch
- public
- quote
- shopping bag
- stock exchange
- stock market
- stockbroker
- stockbroking
- toilet bag
- toolbag
- trading
- water bottle
- air
- binliner
- bulge
- dealer
- fish
- flotation
- garbage
- hand

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bolsa¹ nf

1. [recipiente] bag;

una bolsa de Esp [m5] patatas o Am [m5] papas fritas a bag of Br crisps o US chips

Comp
bolsa de agua caliente hot-water bottle;
bolsa de aire air pocket;

bolsa de aseo toilet bag;

bolsa de (la) basura Br rubbish o US garbage bag;

bolsa de la compra shopping bag;

bolsa de deportes sports bag, esp Br holdall;
Am bolsa de dormir sleeping bag; CSur Fam bolsa de gatos:
la oficina es una bolsa de gatos it's pandemonium in the office;

bolsa de golf golf bag;

bolsa de hielo ice pack;

bolsa de mano (piece o item of) hand luggage;

bolsa de marginación = underprivileged social group o area;
Zool bolsa marsupial pouch;
bolsa del pan = bag hung on outside of door for delivery of fresh bread;

bolsa de papel paper bag;

bolsa de plástico [en tiendas] plastic bag, (plastic) Br carrier o US shopping bag;

bolsa de playa beach bag;

bolsa de pobreza deprived area;

bolsa de viaje travel bag

2. [mercado financiero]
bolsa (de valores) stock exchange, stock market;

ha habido un atentado en la Bolsa de Madrid there has been a terrorist attack on the Madrid Stock Exchange;

la bolsa ha subido/bajado share prices have gone up/down;

jugar a la bolsa to speculate on the stock market

Comp
bolsa alcista bull market;
bolsa bajista bear market;

bolsa de comercio commodity exchange;

bolsa de materias primas commodities exchange;
Chile, Cuba bolsa negra black market;
bolsa de trabajo [en universidad, organización] = list of job vacancies and situations wanted;
[en periódico] Br appointments o US jobs section
3. [bolso] [de dinero] purse, pocketbook;

Comp

¡la bolsa o la vida! your money or your life!;

Comp
Fam
aflojar la bolsa to put one's hands in one's pocket, to fork out;

afloja la bolsa e invítame a una copa fork out and buy me a drink

4. [premio] purse, prize money

5. Educ [beca] bolsa de estudios (study) grant;

bolsa de viaje travel grant

6. Min [de mineral, aire] pocket

7. Anat sac;
[de testículos] scrotum
Comp
bolsa de aguas amniotic sac;
bolsa sinovial synovial bursa

8. [arruga, pliegue] [en ojos] bag;

le están saliendo bolsas debajo de los ojos she's getting bags under her eyes;

esos pantalones te hacen bolsas en la rodilla those trousers are loose at the knee

9. bolsa de pastor [planta] shepherd's purse

10. CAm, Méx, Perú [bolsillo] pocket

11. Méx [bolso] Br handbag, US purse

12. Comp
Chile
de bolsa at someone else's expense;
Fam
hacer bolsa Chile [abusar] to abuse;
RP [destruir] to ruin, Br to knacker; RP Fam
el vaso se cayó al suelo y se hizo bolsa the glass fell to the ground and shattered;
RP Fam
la muerte de su gato lo dejó hecho bolsa he was bummed out o Br gutted about his cat dying

bolsa² adj
Ven Fam
ser bolsa to be a dimwit o Br thicko

* * *

bolsa

f

1 bag

2 COM stock exchange;

salida a bolsa flotation

3 L.Am. ( bolsillo) pocket

4 C.Am., Méx

de mujeres purse, pocketbook, Br

handbag

5 ( dinero)

:

aflojar la bolsa fam fork out fam

6 ANAT

:

bolsas bajo los ojos bags under the eyes

* * *

bolsa nf

1) : bag, sack

2) Mex : pocketbook, purse

3) Mex : pocket

4)

la Bolsa : the stock market, the stock exchange

5)

bolsa de trabajo : employment agency

* * *

bolsa n

1. (en general) bag

¿me das una bolsa de plástico? can I have a plastic bag, please?

2. (de patatas fritas) packet

3. (en economía) stock exchange

bolsa de agua caliente hot water bottle

bolsa de la compra shopping bag

Spanish-English dictionary > bolsa
3 artículo

m.

1 article, item, commodity, good.

2 article.

3 article, clause.

4 article, theme paper, paper.

5 clause.

* * *

artículo

► nombre masculino

1 article

2 (mercancía) article, product

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer el artículo familiar to plug something

in artículo mortis in articulo mortis

artículo de fe RELIGIÓN article of faith

artículo de fondo leading article, editorial

artículo definido/determinado LINGÚÍSTICA definite article

artículo indefinido/indeterminado LINGÚÍSTICA indefinite article

artículos alimenticios foodstuffs

artículos de consumo consumer goods

artículos de limpieza cleaning products

artículos de primera necesidad basic commodities

* * *

noun m.

1) article

2) commodity

3) item

•

- artículos alimenticios
- artículos de consumo
- artículos de primera necesidad
* * *

SM

1) (Com) article, item

artículos — commodities, goods

artículos alimenticios — foodstuffs

artículos de consumo — consumer goods

artículos de escritorio — stationery

artículos de marca — branded goods; (Com) proprietary goods

artículos de plata — silverware sing

artículos de primera necesidad — basic commodities, essentials

artículos de tocador — toiletries

2) [escrito] article; (TV) feature, report; [en revista erudita] article, paper; [en libro de referencia] entry, article

artículo de fondo — leader, editorial

artículo de portada — cover story, front-page article

3) (Ling) article

artículo definido — definite article

artículo indefinido — indefinite article

4) [de ley, documento] article, section, item

* * *

masculino

1) (Com)

artículos del hogar — household goods

artículos para regalo — gifts

rebajas en todos nuestros artículos — reductions on all items

artículos de punto — knitwear

- artículo de primera necesidad

- artículos de consumo

- artículos de escritorio

- artículos de tocador

2)

a) (escrito - en periódico, revista) article; (- en diccionario) entry, article

b) ( de ley) article

- artículo de fe

- artículo de fondo

3) (Ling) article

•

- artículo determinado or definido

- artículo indeterminado or indefinido

* * *

masculino

1) (Com)

artículos del hogar — household goods

artículos para regalo — gifts

rebajas en todos nuestros artículos — reductions on all items

artículos de punto — knitwear

- artículo de primera necesidad

- artículos de consumo

- artículos de escritorio

- artículos de tocador

2)

a) (escrito - en periódico, revista) article; (- en diccionario) entry, article

b) ( de ley) article

- artículo de fe

- artículo de fondo

3) (Ling) article

•

- artículo determinado or definido

- artículo indeterminado or indefinido

* * *

artículo¹

¹ = item, stock item.

Ex: Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the &\#8593; (Up), &\#8595; (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.

Ex: A new building will open in 1990, catering for 5 million stock items and 1,000 readers' seats.

* artículo coleccionable = collectable item, collectable, collectible, collectible item.

* artículo de bolsa de aseo = toiletry.

* artículo de consumo = commodity, consumer commodity.

* artículo de oferta = teaser, loss-leader.

* artículo de tocador = toiletry.

* artículo indefinido = indefinite article.

* artículo personal = personal item.

* artículos = goods.

* artículos básicos = basic goods, basic provisions.

* artículos de la casa = household goods.

* artículos de lujo = luxury goods.

* artículos de mimbre = wickerwork.

* artículos de oficina = office supplies.

* artículos de plata = silverware.

* artículos de vidrio = glassware.

* artículos diversos = sundries.

* convertir Algo en un artículo de consumo = commodify.

* impuesto sobre artículos de uso y consumo = excise tax.

* información como artículo de consumo, la = information commodity.

* tienda de artículos deportivos = sporting goods store.

* tienda de artículos para regalo = gift shop, novelty shop.

artículo²

² = article, contribution, paper.

Ex: In a journal most formal items including articles, essays, discussions and reviews can be expected to be accompanied by an abstract.

Ex: This is a contribution to a thematic issue on microcomputers in UK government libraries.

Ex: In particular, a data base may be concerned to list separately individual periodical articles and single papers in conference proceedings.

* acceso a los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level access.

* artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.

* artículo científico = scientific article, academic paper, scientific paper, scholarly article.

* artículo complementario = follow-up article.

* artículo de enciclopedia = encyclopaedia article.

* artículo de fondo = feature article.

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* artículo de opinión = discussion article, discussion paper, opinion article, feature article, opinion piece, op-ed.

* artículo de periódico = newspaper story, news article, newspaper article.

* artículo de publicación periódica = journal article, periodical article.

* artículo de revisión = review article, review essay.

* artículo especial = feature article.

* artículo introductorio = background paper, background article.

* artículo origen = parent article.

* artículo principal = lead article.

* artículo que presenta las cuestiones a favor y en contra relacionadas con u = issue(s) paper.

* artículo técnico = technical paper.

* control de los artículos de las publicaciones periódicas = article-level control.

* convocatoria de presentación de artículos = call for papers.

* escribir un artículo = write + a paper, write + piece.

* frase que recoge el tema principal del artículo = topic sentence.

* producción de artículos = article productivity.

* solicitar artículos = solicit + papers.

artículo³

³ = article.

Nota: Elemento de la gramática.

Ex: Thus we can easily start to compile a list of prepositions, conjunctions and articles, for example, an, a, the, and, for, this, these, which can be ignored in indexing.

* artículo definitivo = definite article.

* * *

artículo

masculine

A ( Com):

artículos fotográficos/del hogar photographic/household goods

[ S ] artículos para regalo gifts

grandes rebajas en todos nuestros artículos huge reductions on all our stock o products o on all items

todo artículo eléctrico paga impuesto duty has to be paid on all electrical goods

artículos de punto knitwear

hacerle el artículo a algn: los niños me han estado haciendo el artículo para que alquile un video the children have been trying to talk me into renting a video

Compuestos:

● artículo de primera necesidad

essential item, essential

● artículos de consumo

mpl consumer goods (pl)

● artículos de escritorio

mpl stationery

● artículos de tocador

mpl toiletries (pl)

B

1 (escrito — en periódico, revista) article; (— en diccionario) entry, article

2 (de una ley) article

Compuestos:

● artículo de fe

article of faith

se toman mis opiniones como si fueran artículo de ley they take everything I say as gospel

● artículo de fondo

editorial, leader ( BrE)

● artículo de opinión

think piece

C [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] ( Ling) article

Compuestos:

● artículo determinado or definido

definite article

● artículo indeterminado or indefinido

indefinite article

* * *

Del verbo articular: ( conjugate articular)

articulo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

articuló es:

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

Multiple Entries:
articular
artículo
articular ( conjugate articular) verbo transitivo (Tec, Ling) to articulate
artículo sustantivo masculino
1 (Com):
◊ artículos del hogar/de consumo household/consumer goods;

artículo de primera necesidad essential item, essential;
artículos de escritorio stationery;
artículos de tocador toiletries;
artículos de punto knitwear
2
a) (en periódico, revista) article;

◊ artículo de fondo editorial, leader (BrE)

b) ( de ley) article

3 (Ling) article
articular verbo transitivo to articulate
artículo sustantivo masculino article
' artículo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compendio
- correo
- densa
- denso
- desvaído
- determinada
- determinado
- fondo
- hablar
- incendiaria
- incendiario
- infante
- nuestra
- nuestro
- otra
- otro
- parche
- pedido
- primera
- primero
- producto
- toda
- todo
- trabajar
- viaje
- a
- abreviar
- acortar
- alguno
- apartado
- calidad
- copiar
- devolución
- difamatorio
- encabezar
- jugoso
- laguna
- publicar
- rebajar
- recortar
- redactar
- saldo
- sensacionalista
- traer
English:
abstract
- another
- article
- at
- bed
- byline
- come across
- commodity
- consumable
- contribution
- deal with
- editorial
- export
- feature
- import
- item
- label
- leave out
- mirror
- paper
- piece
- rambling
- section
- spread
- definite
- entry
- indefinite
- reject
- research
- second
- story
- which
- write

* * *

artículo nm

1. Gram article

Comp
artículo definido definite article;
artículo determinado definite article;

artículo indefinido indefinite article;

artículo indeterminado indefinite article;

artículo neutro neuter article [in Spanish, refers to the article “lo”]

2. [periodístico] article

Comp
artículo de fondo editorial
3. [de diccionario] entry

4. [en ley, reglamento] article

Comp
Rel artículo de fe article of faith;
tomar algo como artículo de fe to take sth as gospel

5. [objeto, mercancía] article, item;

han rebajado todos los artículos all items have been reduced;

Comp
Fam
hacer el artículo a alguien to give sb a sales pitch

Comp
artículo básico basic product;
artículos de fumador smokers' requisites;

artículo de importación import;

artículos de limpieza [objetos] cleaning accessories;
[productos] cleaning products;
artículo de primera necesidad basic commodity;

artículos de regalo gift items;

artículos de viaje travel accessories

6. Formal
in artículo mortis [confesar, casarse] on one's deathbed

* * *

artículo

m

1 de periódico, GRAM, JUR article

2 COM product, item;

artículos de escritorio stationery sg

* * *

artículo nm

1) : article, thing

2) : item, feature, report

3)

artículo de comercio : commodity

4)

artículos de primera necesidad : essentials

5)

artículos de tocador : toiletries

* * *

artículo n article

escribe artículos en un periódico he writes articles in a newspaper

Spanish-English dictionary > artículo
4 funda

f.

1 cover.

2 case, sleeve, slipcase, sheath.

3 pillowslip, pillow slip.

4 cap, artificial covering made for a tooth.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: fundar.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: fundir.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: fundar.

* * *

funda

► nombre femenino

1 (flexible) cover

2 (rígida) case

3 (de arma blanca) sheath

4 (de disco) sleeve

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

funda de almohada pillowcase

funda de colchón mattress cover

* * *

noun f.

case, cover

* * *

SF

1) [gen] case, cover; [de disco] sleeve

funda de almohada — pillowcase, pillowslip

funda de gafas — spectacles case, glasses case

funda de pistola — holster

funda protectora del disco — (Inform) disk cover

funda sobaquera — shoulder holster

2) (=bolsa) small bag, holdall

3) [de diente] cap

4) * (=condón) French letter

5) Col (=falda) skirt

* * *

femenino

a) ( de libro) dustjacket; ( de disco) sleeve

b) ( de raqueta) cover; (de cojín, sillón) cover

c) tb

funda de almohada — pillowcase, pillowslip

d) (Odont) cap

* * *

= book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket [dust-jacket], jacket, sleeve, protective sleeve, slipcover, slipcase, cover, scabbard.

Ex. The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket.

Ex. The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket or dust cover.

Ex. Whoever cataloged it at LC, and I'm willing to bet it happened elsewhere too, probably didn't get much beyond the dust jacket where there was a big clue about something special to the book.

Ex. A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex. A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex. Also, this system is very sensitive to contamination of the surface of the disc and requires that the disc be kept in a protective sleeve, or 'caddie', at all times.

Ex. This section discusses design and construction techniques for making slipcovers, draperies, bedspreads, and coverlets.

Ex. The text of each entry supplies appropriate bibliographic information, including paper description, typeface, and notation where applicable, to prospectuses, illustrations, dustjackets, and slipcases.

Ex. Thus, for instance, a title statement will be extracted from a title page, and not from the cover or the spine.

Ex. The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

----

* con funda = jacketed.

* cubierto por una funda de plástico = plastic-covered.

* funda de almohada = pillow case.

* funda de asidero = handle grip.

* funda de CD-ROM = jewel case, jewel box.

* funda de cojín = cushion cover.

* funda de colchón = mattress protector.

* funda de disco = record sleeve.

* funda de manillar = handle grip.

* funda de papel = paper jacket.

* funda de pistola = holster.

* funda de plástico = plastic jacket, plastic coverup.

* funda de un disco = record cover.

* inserto en funda = jacketed.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* título de la funda = sleeve title.

* * *

femenino

a) ( de libro) dustjacket; ( de disco) sleeve

b) ( de raqueta) cover; (de cojín, sillón) cover

c) tb

funda de almohada — pillowcase, pillowslip

d) (Odont) cap

* * *

= book jacket, dust cover, dust jacket [dust-jacket], jacket, sleeve, protective sleeve, slipcover, slipcase, cover, scabbard.

Ex: The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket.

Ex: The printed wrappers of paper or the like placed over the cover of a document at the time of its publication are known as the book jacket or dust cover.

Ex: Whoever cataloged it at LC, and I'm willing to bet it happened elsewhere too, probably didn't get much beyond the dust jacket where there was a big clue about something special to the book.

Ex: A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex: A jacket or sleeve is a protective envelope for a sound disc, made of cardboard or paper.

Ex: Also, this system is very sensitive to contamination of the surface of the disc and requires that the disc be kept in a protective sleeve, or 'caddie', at all times.

Ex: This section discusses design and construction techniques for making slipcovers, draperies, bedspreads, and coverlets.

Ex: The text of each entry supplies appropriate bibliographic information, including paper description, typeface, and notation where applicable, to prospectuses, illustrations, dustjackets, and slipcases.

Ex: Thus, for instance, a title statement will be extracted from a title page, and not from the cover or the spine.

Ex: The sultan requited the king of China's present by sending him ten swords with scabbards encrusted in pearls.

* con funda = jacketed.

* cubierto por una funda de plástico = plastic-covered.

* funda de almohada = pillow case.

* funda de asidero = handle grip.

* funda de CD-ROM = jewel case, jewel box.

* funda de cojín = cushion cover.

* funda de colchón = mattress protector.

* funda de disco = record sleeve.

* funda de manillar = handle grip.

* funda de papel = paper jacket.

* funda de pistola = holster.

* funda de plástico = plastic jacket, plastic coverup.

* funda de un disco = record cover.

* inserto en funda = jacketed.

* para hacer fundas = sleeving.

* título de la funda = sleeve title.

* * *

funda

feminine

1 (de un libro — blanda) dustjacket; (— dura) case; (de un disco) sleeve

2 (de una raqueta) cover

3 (de un cojín) cover; (de un sillón) (loose) cover

4

tb funda de almohada pillowcase, pillowslip

5 ( Odont) cap

* * *

Del verbo fundar: ( conjugate fundar)

funda es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Del verbo fundir: ( conjugate fundir)

funda es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
funda
fundar
fundir
funda sustantivo femenino
a) ( de libro) dustjacket;

( de disco) sleeve
b) (de raqueta, cojín, sillón) cover

c) tb

◊ funda de almohada pillowcase, pillowslip

d) (Odont) cap

fundar ( conjugate fundar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹ciudad/hospital/escuela› to found;

‹partido/empresa› to establish
b) ( basar) ‹sospecha/argumento› funda algo en algo to base sth on sth

fundarse verbo pronominal fundase en algo [afirmación/sospecha] to be based on sth;
◊ ¿en qué te fundas para decirlo? what grounds do you have for saying that?

fundir ( conjugate fundir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹metal/hierro› to melt;

‹ mineral› to smelt
b) ‹estatua/campana› to cast

2 (Elec) to blow
3 ( fusionar) to merge
fundirse verbo pronominal
1 [ metal] to melt;
[nieve/hielo] to melt, thaw
2 (Elec):
◊ se ha fundido la bombilla the bulb has gone (colloq);

se fundieron los fusibles the fuses blew
3 ( fusionarse) [empresas/partidos] to merge;
fundase en algo to merge sth into sth
funda sustantivo femenino cover
(de gafas, reloj) case
(de un cuchillo) sheath
fundar verbo transitivo
1 (un negocio, una institución) to found
2 (una sospecha, una teoría) to base, found: tengo una fundada sospecha de que no me estás diciendo todo, I have a well-founded suspician that you're not telling me everything
fundir verbo transitivo
1 (derretir) to melt
2 (fusionar, unir) to unite, join
3 (una bombilla, un plomo) to blow
' funda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estirón
- vaina
- cubierta
- quitar
English:
cap
- case
- cover
- pillowcase
- sheath
- sleeve
- cushion
- holder
- holster
- jacket
- liner
- pillow

* * *

funda nf

1. [de sofá] cover;

funda de almohada pillowcase

2. [de máquina de escribir, guitarra, raqueta] cover;
[de gafas] pouch
3. [de disco] sleeve

4. [de diente] cap

* * *

funda

f cover; de gafas case; de almohada pillowcase;

funda portadocumentos credit card holder

* * *

funda nf

1) : case, cover, sheath

2) : pillowcase

* * *

funda n

1. (de cojín, raqueta, etc) cover

una funda para el sofá a cover for the sofa

2. (de gafas, almohada) case

una funda de almohada a pillowcase

3. (de disco) sleeve

Spanish-English dictionary > funda
5 dividir

v.

1 to divide.

el río divide en dos la ciudad the river divides o splits the city in two

Ellos dividen el dinero They divide the money.

Ellas dividen el trabajo They divide the work.

Ella divide los tipos de plantas She divides=classifies the plant types.

Los pleitos dividen a los casados Fights divide married couples.

2 to share out.

nos dividimos las tareas domésticas we shared the household chores between us

3 to divide by (Mat).

dividir 12 entre 3 divide 12 by 3

15 dividido por 3 igual a 5 15 divided by 3 is 5

* * *

dividir

► verbo transitivo

1 to divide

■ dividir 4 entre 2 to divide 4 by 2

2 (separar) to divide, separate

■ el río divide las dos comarcas the river separates the two counties

3 (repartir) to divide, split

■ el hombre dividió la herencia entre sus hijos the man divided the inheritance between his children

► verbo pronominal dividirse

1 (separarse) to divide, split up

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

divide y vencerás divide and conquer, divide and rule

* * *

verb

to divide, split

* * *

1. VT

1) (=partir) to divide

los dividieron en tres grupos — they split them (up) o divided them into three groups

las obras de Ibsen se pueden dividir en dos etapas — Ibsen's works can be divided into two periods

dividía su tiempo entre el cargo y su familia — he divided his time between his job and his family

la bodega del barco está dividida en cuatro secciones — the hold of the ship is divided into four sections

2) (Mat) to divide (entre, por by)

doce dividido entre o por cuatro son tres — twelve divided by four is three

3) (=repartir) [+ ganancias, posesiones] to split up, divide up; [+ gastos] to split

hemos dividido el premio entre toda la familia — we have split up o divided up the prize among the whole family

4) (=separar) to divide

los Pirineos dividen España y Francia — the Pyrenees divide France from Spain

5) (=enemistar) to divide

utilizó el chantaje para dividirnos — he used blackmail to divide us

la guerra dividió al país — the war divided the country

- divide y vencerás

2.

VI (Mat) to divide (entre, por into)

se me ha olvidado dividir — I've forgotten how to do division o how to divide

3.

See:

dividirse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( partir) to divide

lo dividió en partes iguales/por la mitad — he divided it (up) into equal portions/in half

seis dividido por or entre dos es igual a tres — (Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos — the inheritance was shared (out) among the brothers

c) ( separar)

el río divide el pueblo en dos — the river cuts the village in two

d) ( enemistar) <partido/familia> to divide

divide y vencerás — divide and conquer
2.
dividir vi (Mat) to divide
3.
dividirse v pron

a) célula to split; grupo/partido to split up; camino/río to divide

nos dividimos en dos grupos — we split up into two groups

b) obra/período

su obra se divide en cuatro períodos — his work can be divided into four periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en... — the human body is made up of...

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

* * *

= break down, partition, tell out into, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, split up, drive + a wedge between, dissect, segment, split, break out, parcel out, splinter, section, balkanize, rive, rend.

Ex. The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex. Punctuation is present in order to partition the elements of a citation and should contribute to its comprehension.

Ex. The finished paper was sorted for imperfections and told out into quires and reams for sale.

Ex. Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex. In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.

Ex. While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex. GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex. So, the state-of-the-art in speech recognition requires the speaker to pronounce words with definite pauses between them, or else it starts with segmenting the speech on the basis of its acoustical features.

Ex. In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex. Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex. Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.

Ex. The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.

Ex. They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

Ex. The scholarly system has become balkanized into autonomous, even antagonistic, cultures or camps based on differing technological competencies and interests.

Ex. The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.

Ex. Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.

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* divide y vencerás = divide-and-conquer.

* dividir Algo en partes iguales = divide + Nombre + in equal parts.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* dividir en = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto.

* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.

* dividir en partes = break into + parts.

* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.

* dividir en zonas = zone.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* dividir + Posesivo + fuerzas = fragment + Posesivo + energies, fragment + Posesivo + energies.

* dividirse = branch, fork.

* dividirse en partes = fall into + parts.

* producir dividendos = pay + dividends.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( partir) to divide

lo dividió en partes iguales/por la mitad — he divided it (up) into equal portions/in half

seis dividido por or entre dos es igual a tres — (Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos — the inheritance was shared (out) among the brothers

c) ( separar)

el río divide el pueblo en dos — the river cuts the village in two

d) ( enemistar) <partido/familia> to divide

divide y vencerás — divide and conquer
2.
dividir vi (Mat) to divide
3.
dividirse v pron

a) célula to split; grupo/partido to split up; camino/río to divide

nos dividimos en dos grupos — we split up into two groups

b) obra/período

su obra se divide en cuatro períodos — his work can be divided into four periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en... — the human body is made up of...

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

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dividir(en)

(v.) = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto

Ex: AACR2 divides works of mixed responsibility into two groups.

Ex: External databases can be partitioned into two major categories: bibliographic and non-bibliographic or full-text databases.

Ex: The notation is non-expressive, and is split into groups of three digits as in DC.

Ex: Many databases are divided onto several discs, usually by time period.

= break down, partition, tell out into, sort out + Nombre + from + Nombre, split up, drive + a wedge between, dissect, segment, split, break out, parcel out, splinter, section, balkanize, rive, rend.

Ex: The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex: Punctuation is present in order to partition the elements of a citation and should contribute to its comprehension.

Ex: The finished paper was sorted for imperfections and told out into quires and reams for sale.

Ex: Ward's study is likely to remain a standard reference source for years to come, but trying to sort out the generalities from the particularities is a very difficult business.

Ex: In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.

Ex: While the current problems associated with serial economics have driven a wedge between vendors, librarians and publishers, they should be cooperating and communicating in order to withstand the information explosion.

Ex: GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex: So, the state-of-the-art in speech recognition requires the speaker to pronounce words with definite pauses between them, or else it starts with segmenting the speech on the basis of its acoustical features.

Ex: In the mechanised paper fibre process individual pages are soaked and split so that acid-free paper can be put between the two layers.

Ex: Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex: Can libraries parcel out digitization responsibilities among themselves?.

Ex: The computers in education movement has further splintered rather than integrated these communities.

Ex: They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

Ex: The scholarly system has become balkanized into autonomous, even antagonistic, cultures or camps based on differing technological competencies and interests.

Ex: The novel presents a social world riven by contradictions that can best be understood through Marxian categories.

Ex: Christian Science, a faith that has epitomize a quiet, disciplined spirituality, is being rent by discord.

* divide y vencerás = divide-and-conquer.

* dividir Algo en partes iguales = divide + Nombre + in equal parts.

* dividir con una cortina = curtain off.

* dividir en = divide (into), partition into, split into, divide onto.

* dividir en dos = halve, bisect, rend in + two.

* dividir en partes = break into + parts.

* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.

* dividir en zonas = zone.

* dividir por medio = rend in + two.

* dividir + Posesivo + fuerzas = fragment + Posesivo + energies, fragment + Posesivo + energies.

* dividirse = branch, fork.

* dividirse en partes = fall into + parts.

* producir dividendos = pay + dividends.

* * *

dividir [I1 ]

vt

1 (partir) to divide

dividió la tarta en partes iguales he divided the cake (up) into equal portions

dividió a la clase en cuatro equipos she divided o split the class (up) into four teams

seis dividido dos igual tres or seis dividido por dos es igual a tres or seis dividido entre dos es igual a tres ( Mat) six divided by two equals o is three

divide 96 por or entre 12 ( Mat) divide 96 by 12

2 (repartir) to divide, share, share out

dividieron la herencia entre los hermanos the inheritance was shared (out) o divided among the brothers

3

(separar): el río divide el pueblo en dos the river cuts o divides the village in two

4 (apartar, enemistar) to divide

esa cuestión dividió profundamente al sindicato the issue caused deep division within the union

los científicos están divididos en esa materia scientists are divided on that subject

divide y vencerás/reinarás divide and conquer/rule

■ dividir

vi

( Mat) to divide

todavía no sabe dividir she still can't do division, she still doesn't know how to divide

■ dividirse

v pron

1 «célula» to split; «grupo/partido» to split up

nos dividimos en dos grupos we split up into two groups

el río se divide en dos brazos the river divides into two branches

no me puedo dividir ( fam); I only have one pair of hands ( colloq), I can't be in two places at once ( colloq)

2

«obra/período»: su obra podría dividirse en cuatro períodos básicos his work could be divided into four basic periods

el cuerpo humano se divide en cabeza, tronco y extremidades the human body is made up of the head, the torso and the extremities

3 (repartirse) to divide up, share out

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dividir ( conjugate dividir) verbo transitivo
a) ( partir) to divide;

◊ lo dividió en partes iguales he divided it (up) into equal portions

b) ( repartir) to divide, share (out)

c) ( enemistar) ‹partido/familia› to divide

verbo intransitivo (Mat) to divide
dividirse verbo pronominal
a) [ célula] to split;

[grupo/partido] to split up;
[camino/río] to divide
b) dividir en algo [obra/período] to be divided into sth

c) ( repartirse) to divide up, share out

dividir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to divide: dividieron la herencia entre los cuatro, they divided the inheritance among the four of them
tienes que dividir entre tres, you must divide by three
' dividir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descomponer
- partir
- rompecabezas
- seccionar
- cortar
- distribuir
- mitad
- separar
English:
carve up
- cut
- divide
- equally
- partition
- quarter
- separate
- share
- split
- split up
- tear
- zone
- break
- halve
- stream
- way

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dividir

♦ vt

1. [separar] to divide (en into); [átomo] to split (en into);
dividió la hoja en tres partes she divided the page into three parts;

dividió a los alumnos en grupos de cinco he split o divided the pupils into groups of five;

el río divide en dos la ciudad the river divides o splits the city in two

2. [repartir] to share out ( entre among);
el resto de los beneficios fue dividido entre los empleados the rest of the profits were shared out o divided among the employees;

dividimos las tareas domésticas entre todos we shared the household chores between all of us

3. [desunir] to divide;

un asunto que tiene dividida a la comunidad científica an issue that has divided the scientific community;

el testamento dividió a los hermanos the will set the brothers against one another

4. [en matemáticas] to divide;

dividir 12 entre 3 divide 12 by 3;

15 dividido entre o [m5] por 3 igual a 5 15 divided by 3 is 5

♦ vi
[en matemáticas] to divide;
Comp

divide y vencerás divide and rule

♦ See also the pronominal verb dividirse

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dividir

v/t divide

* * *

dividir vt

1) : to divide, to split

2) : to distribute, to share out

♦ See also the reflexive verb dividirse

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dividir vb

1. (en general) to divide

dividió la tarta en ocho trozos she divided the cake into eight pieces

si divido 30 entre 5, el resultado es 6 if I divide 30 by 5, the result is 6

2. (repartir) to split [pt. & pp. split]

dividió el dinero entre sus dos hijos he split the money between his two sons

Spanish-English dictionary > dividir
6 periódico

adj.

periodic, periodical, recurrent, cyclic.

m.

1 newspaper, daily newspaper, journal, periodical.

2 newspaper.

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periódico

► adjetivo

1 periodical

► nombre masculino periódico

1 newspaper

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periódico

► nombre masculino

1 newspaper

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1. (f. - periódica)
adj.

periodic
2. noun m.
newspaper

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1.

ADJ [gen] periodic(al); (Mat) recurrent

2.

SM (=diario) newspaper, paper; (=publicación periódica) periodical

periódico de la tarde — evening newspaper, evening paper

periódico del domingo, periódico dominical — Sunday newspaper, Sunday paper

periódico mural — wall newspaper

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I
- ca adjetivo periodic
II
masculino newspaper, paper

- periódico dominical or del domingo

* * *
I
- ca adjetivo periodic
II
masculino newspaper, paper

- periódico dominical or del domingo

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periódico¹

¹ = newspaper, daily, paper.

Ex: A newspaper is a periodical appearing at very frequent intervals and giving the latest information on current events often with comments.

Ex: The author analyses 4 dailies, 3 weeklies and 5 monthlies.

Ex: What we see on the media and read on the paper is not the same as coming from you, as someone who lives there.

* archivo de periódico = news library.

* artículo de periódico = newspaper story, news article, newspaper article.

* biblioteca de periódico = news library.

* colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.

* director de periódico = newspaper editor.

* imprenta de periódico = news press.

* industria del periódico, la = newspaper industry, the.

* noticia de periódico = newspaper account.

* papel continuo de periódico = newsprint.

* papel de periódico = newsprint.

* periódico de la localidad = local community newspaper, local newspaper.

* periódico de la mañana = morning newspaper, morning paper.

* periódico divulgativo = trade newspaper.

* periódico local = local paper, local newspaper, local community newspaper.

* periódico matutino = morning paper, morning newspaper.

* periódico provincial = provincial newspaper.

* periódicos antiguos = old newspapers.

* periódico sensacionalista = tabloid, newspaper tabloid, tabloid newspaper.

* periódico universitario = campus newspaper.

* periódico vespertino = evening newspaper, evening paper.

* recorte de periódico = clipping, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting.

* repartidor de periódicos = paperboy.

* sala de lectura de periódicos = newsroom.

* tienda de periódicos = newsagent's shop.

* titular de periódico = headline, newspaper headline.

periódico²

² = periodic, regular, standing order.

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

Ex: Book form was generally regarded as too inflexible for library catalogues, especially where the catalogue required regular updating to cater for continuing and gradual expansion of the collection.

Ex: A dynamic information centre has to satisfy 2 types of enquiry -- single requests for information and enquiries on standing order -- each contributing to and shaping the information network.

* fichero de control de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals file [periodical file].

* no periódico = non-periodical.

* publicación no periódica = non-periodical publication.

* publicación periódica en curso = current periodical.

* rotación de publicaciones periódicas = routing.

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periódico¹ -ca

adjective

periodic

periódico²

masculine

periódicos de las principales capitales de Latinoamérica (↑ periódico a1)

newspaper, paper

puesto/quiosco de periódicos newspaper stand/kiosk

Compuestos:

● periódico de opinión

viewspaper

● periódico dominical or del domingo

Sunday newspaper

● periódico matutino or de la mañana

morning newspaper

● periódico vespertino or de la tarde

evening newspaper

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periódico 1
◊ -ca adjetivo

periodic
periódico 2 sustantivo masculino
newspaper, paper
periódico,-a
I adjetivo periodic, periodical
tabla periódica, periodic table
II sustantivo masculino newspaper

' periódico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carnaza
- comprar
- desvaído
- director
- directora
- dirigir
- encabezar
- encabezamiento
- gratuitamente
- información
- mentís
- periódica
- plana
- por
- portada
- portavoz
- redactar
- salida
- sensacionalista
- tira
- tirada
- través
- andar
- anuncio
- artículo
- ayer
- cartelera
- categoría
- clandestino
- contraportada
- diario
- dirección
- editorial
- entrevista
- espacio
- extender
- jalar
- londinense
- oficialista
- pasatiempo
- público
- recorte
- reportaje
- salir
- sección
- titular
- ver
English:
advertising
- announcement
- article
- be
- bonk
- broadsheet
- bulletin
- byline
- cartoon
- circulation
- come across
- contributor
- cover
- daily
- edit
- exclusive
- extra
- fight off
- gazette
- go for
- journal
- libel
- misprint
- newspaper
- newsprint
- notice
- outrage
- paper
- periodic
- periodical
- quality newspaper
- read
- scour
- section
- subscribe
- tabloid
- unfold
- write
- broad
- swat

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periódico, -a

♦ adj

1. [regular] regular, periodic

2. Mat recurrent

♦ nm

newspaper, paper

Comp
periódico digital online newspaper, digital newspaper;
periódico del domingo Sunday paper;

periódico dominical Sunday paper;

periódico electrónico electronic newspaper;

periódico de la tarde evening paper;

periódico vespertino evening paper

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periódico

I adj periodic

II m newspaper

* * *

periódico, -ca adj

: periodic

♦ periódicamente adv

periódico nm

diario: newspaper

* * *

periódico n newspaper / paper

Spanish-English dictionary > periódico
7 engaño

m.

1 deceit, deception, trickery, cheating.

2 lie, hoax, trick, take-in.

3 fraudulence, deceitfulness.

4 delusion, false impression.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: engañar.

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engaño

► nombre masculino

1 deceit, deception

2 (estafa) fraud, trick, swindle

3 (mentira) lie

4 (error) mistake

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

estar en un engaño to be mistaken

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noun m.

1) deception

2) trick

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SM

1) (=acto) [gen] deception; (=ilusión) delusion

todo es engaño — it's all a sham

llamarse a engaño — to protest that one has been cheated

que nadie se llame a engaño — let nobody say he wasn't warned

aquí no hay engaño — there is no attempt to deceive anybody here, it's all on the level *

2) (=trampa) trick, swindle

3) (=malentendido) mistake, misunderstanding

padecer engaño — to labour under a misunderstanding, labor under a misunderstanding (EEUU)

no haya engaño — let there be no mistake about it

4) pl engaños (=astucia) wiles, tricks

5) [de pesca] lure

6) Cono Sur (=regalo) small gift, token

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masculino

1)

a) ( mentira) deception

fue víctima de un cruel engaño — she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle

vivía en el engaño pensando que la amaba — she was under the delusion that he loved her

llamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived

b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)

c) ( ardid) ploy, trick

se vale de todo tipo de engaños — he uses all kinds of tricks

2) (Taur) cape

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= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex. The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.

Ex. This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.

Ex. The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex. Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.

Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex. Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.

Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

Ex. This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.

Ex. It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.

Ex. The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.

Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

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* autoengaño = self-deception.

* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( mentira) deception

fue víctima de un cruel engaño — she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle

vivía en el engaño pensando que la amaba — she was under the delusion that he loved her

llamarse a engaño — to claim one has been cheated o deceived

b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)

c) ( ardid) ploy, trick

se vale de todo tipo de engaños — he uses all kinds of tricks

2) (Taur) cape

* * *

= fraud, snare, sham, hoax, deceit, subterfuge, confidence trick, deception, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, caper, dissimulation, fiddle, trickery, bluff, con trick, con, con job.

Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with many types of business and consumer frauds, national liberation movements, bedtime, Kwanza, the Afro-American holiday.

Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.

Ex: The NCC argue that the three other rights established over the last three centuries -- civil, political and social -- are 'liable to be hollow shams' without the consequent right to information.

Ex: This article examines several controversial cataloguing problems, including the classification of anti-Semitic works and books proven to be forgeries or hoaxes.

Ex: The article has the title 'Policing fraud and deceit: the legal aspects of misconduct in scientific enquiry'.

Ex: Citing authors' names in references can cause great difficulties, as ghosts, subterfuges, and collaborative teamwork may often obscure the true begetters of published works.

Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex: Furthermore, deception is common when subjects use e-mail and chat rooms.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.

Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

Ex: This paper reports a study based on an eight-week period of participant observation of a particular form of resistance, fiddles.

Ex: It is sometimes thought that a woman's trickery compensates for her physical weakness.

Ex: The most dramatic way to spot a bluff is to look your opponent in the eye and attempt to sense his fear.

Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

* autoengaño = self-deception.

* conducir a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

* conseguir mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* entrar mediante engaño = bluff + Posesivo + way into.

* llevar a engaño = be misleading, be deceiving.

* someter a engaño = perpetrate + deception.

* * *

engaño

masculine

A

1 (mentira) deception

lo que más me duele es el engaño it was the deceit o deception that upset me most

fue víctima de un cruel engaño she was the victim of a cruel deception o swindle, she was cruelly deceived o taken in

vivió en el engaño durante años for years she lived in complete ignorance of his deceit

es un engaño, no es de oro it's a con, this isn't (made of) gold ( colloq)

2 (ardid) ploy, trick

se vale de todo tipo de engaños para salirse con la suya he uses all kinds of tricks o every trick in the book to get his own way

llamarse a engaño to claim one has been cheated o deceived

para que luego nadie pueda llamarse a engaño so that no one can claim o say that they were deceived/cheated

B ( Taur) cape ( used by the matador to confuse the bull)

C ( Dep) fake

hacer un engaño to fake

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Del verbo engañar: ( conjugate engañar)

engaño es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

engañó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
engañar
engaño
engañó
engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead;

◊ me engañó la vista my eyes deceived me;

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

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on

engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engaño sustantivo masculino
a) ( mentira) deception

b) (timo, estafa) swindle, con (colloq)

c) ( ardid) ploy, trick

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
engaño sustantivo masculino
1 (mentira, trampa) deception, swindle
(estafa) fraud
(infidelidad) unfaithfulness
2 (ilusión, equivocación) delusion: deberías sacarle del engaño, you should tell him the truth
♦ Locuciones: llamarse a engaño, to claim that one has been duped
' engaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañarse
- farsa
- maña
- montaje
- tramar
- trampear
- coba
- descubrir
- desengañar
- engañar
- tapadera
- tranza
English:
deceit
- deception
- delusion
- double-cross
- game
- guile
- impersonation
- put over
- ride
- sham
- unfaithful
- hoax

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engaño nm

1. [mentira] deception, deceit;

se ganó su confianza con algún engaño she gained his trust through a deception;

lo obtuvo mediante engaño she obtained it by deception;

todo fue un engaño it was all a deception;

Comp

llamarse a engaño [engañarse] to delude oneself;
[lamentarse] to claim to have been misled;
que nadie se llame a engaño, la economía no va bien let no one have any illusions about it, the economy isn't doing well;

no nos llamemos a engaño, el programa se puede mejorar let's not delude ourselves, the program could be improved;

para que luego no te llames a engaño so you can't claim to have been misled afterwards

2. [estafa] swindle;

ha sido víctima de un engaño en la compra del terreno he was swindled over the sale of the land

3. [ardid] ploy, trick;

de nada van a servirte tus engaños your ploys will get you nowhere;

las rebajas son un engaño para que la gente compre lo que no necesita sales are a ploy to make people buy things they don't need

4. Taurom bullfighter's cape

5. [para pescar] lure

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engaño

m

1 ( mentira) deception, deceit

2 ( ardid) trick;

llamarse a engaño claim to have been cheated

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engaño nm

1) : deception, trick

2) : fake, feint (in sports)

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engaño n

1. (mentira) lie

2. (trampa) trick

3. (timo) swindle

Spanish-English dictionary > engaño
8 investigación

f.

1 investigation, research.

2 investigation, search, inquiry, probe.

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investigación

► nombre femenino

1 (indagación) investigation, enquiry

2 (estudio) research

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noun f.

1) investigation, inquiry

2) research

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SF

1) [de accidente, delito] [por la policía] investigation; [por un comité] inquiry

la investigación policial del robo — the police investigation of the robbery

la investigación de los dos casos de corrupción — the inquiry into the two cases of corruption

ha ordenado la investigación de las cuentas bancarias — he has ordered their bank accounts to be investigated

una comisión de investigación — a committee of inquiry

2) [científica, académica] research

están realizando una investigación sobre el ADN — they're doing research into o on DNA

hace trabajo de investigación — he's doing research work

un trabajo de investigación sobre el barroco — a research project on the baroque, a piece of research on the baroque

investigación de mercado — market research

investigación operativa — operational research, operations research

investigación y desarrollo — research and development

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femenino

1)

a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiry

llevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry

b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica — scientific research

- investigación de la paternidad

- investigación de mercados

- investigación y desarrollo

2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department

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= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.

Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex. This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.

Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex. An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.

Ex. From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.

Ex. Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.

Ex. The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

Ex. The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.

Ex. Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex. With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.

Ex. Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

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* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.

* colección de investigación = research collection.

* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.

* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.

* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* departamento de investigación = research unit.

* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* equipo de investigación = research team.

* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* herramienta de investigación = research tool.

* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.

* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.

* institución de investigación = research institution.

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

* investigación-acción = action research.

* investigación aplicada = action research.

* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.

* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.

* investigación clínica = clinical research.

* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.

* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.

* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.

* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigación de despacho = desk research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigación educativa = educational research.

* investigación empírica = empirical research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.

* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.

* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* investigación en documentación = information science research.

* investigación en educación = educational research.

* investigación en equipo = team research.

* investigación en medicina = medical research.

* investigaciones = research evidence.

* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.

* investigaciones operativas = operations research.

* investigación genética = genetic research.

* investigación histórica = historical research.

* investigación industrial = industrial research.

* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.

* investigación médica = medical research.

* investigación operativa = operational research.

* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.

* investigación pedagógica = educational research.

* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).

* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.

* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.

* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.

* metodología de investigación = research methodology.

* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.

* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.

* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* programa de investigación = research agenda.

* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.

* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.

* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.

* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* técnica de investigación = research technique.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

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femenino

1)

a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiry

llevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry

b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica — scientific research

- investigación de la paternidad

- investigación de mercados

- investigación y desarrollo

2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department

* * *

= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.

Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.

Ex: This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.

Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.

Ex: An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.

Ex: From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.

Ex: Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.

Ex: The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.

Ex: The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.

Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex: With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.

Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.

* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).

* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.

* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.

* base de datos de investigación = research database.

* beca de investigación = research grant.

* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.

* biblioteca de investigación = research library.

* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.

* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.

* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.

* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.

* colección de investigación = research collection.

* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.

* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.

* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.

* de investigación = exploratory.

* departamento de investigación = research unit.

* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* equipo de investigación = research team.

* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.

* frente de investigación = research front.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* herramienta de investigación = research tool.

* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.

* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.

* institución de investigación = research institution.

* instituto de investigación = research institute.

* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.

* investigación-acción = action research.

* investigación aplicada = action research.

* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.

* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.

* investigación clínica = clinical research.

* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.

* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.

* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.

* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.

* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.

* investigación de despacho = desk research.

* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.

* investigación educativa = educational research.

* investigación empírica = empirical research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.

* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.

* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.

* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.

* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.

* investigación en documentación = information science research.

* investigación en educación = educational research.

* investigación en equipo = team research.

* investigación en medicina = medical research.

* investigaciones = research evidence.

* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.

* investigaciones operativas = operations research.

* investigación genética = genetic research.

* investigación histórica = historical research.

* investigación industrial = industrial research.

* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.

* investigación médica = medical research.

* investigación operativa = operational research.

* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.

* investigación pedagógica = educational research.

* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).

* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.

* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.

* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.

* metodología de investigación = research methodology.

* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.

* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.

* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* programa de investigación = research agenda.

* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.

* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.

* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.

* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.

* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.

* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.

* revista de investigación = research periodical.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* técnica de investigación = research technique.

* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.

* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.

* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.

* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.

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investigación

feminine

A

1 (de un caso, un delito) investigation

30 agentes trabajan en la investigación del caso Torosa 30 officers are investigating the Torosa case

la policía ha abierto una investigación sobre el caso the police have started o opened o launched an investigation into the case

el senador exige que se lleve a cabo una investigación the senator is demanding an inquiry o an investigation

2 ( Educ, Med, Tec) research

investigación científica scientific research

realizó una investigación sobre esta terapia he carried out research into o a study of this therapy

Compuestos:

● investigación de la paternidad

tests to establish paternity (pl)

● investigación de mercados

market research

● investigación operativa

operations research

● investigación y desarrollo

research and development

B Investigaciones fpl (en Chi) criminal investigation department

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investigación sustantivo femenino
a) (de caso, delito) investigation;

( por comisión especial) inquiry
b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research;

◊ investigación científica scientific research;

investigación de mercados market research
investigación sustantivo femenino
1 (pesquisa, indagación) investigation
2 (estudio riguroso) research
' investigación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelante
- beca
- Cesid
- consejo
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- estancar
- estancada
- estancado
- estudio
- exhaustiva
- exhaustivo
- F.B.I
- puntera
- puntero
- relevante
- rigurosa
- riguroso
- someterse
- terrena
- terreno
- abrir
- archivar
- centrar
- cuidadoso
- dedicar
- destinar
- detenido
- dirigir
- encuesta
- examen
- expediente
- fondo
- fruto
- hacer
- meticuloso
- minucioso
- objeto
- potenciar
- realizar
English:
aid
- appropriate
- behind
- bureau
- CID
- compass
- consumer research
- diligent
- enquiry
- fellowship
- full-scale
- grant
- hush-hush
- in-house
- inquest
- inquiry
- institute
- investigation
- province
- research
- scope
- screening
- survey
- thorough
- vet
- allocate
- fact
- investigate
- line
- market
- means
- narrow
- probe
- screen
- station
- way

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investigación nf

1. [estudio] research;

estoy haciendo una investigación sobre los incas I'm doing a research project o I'm doing some research on the Incas

Comp
investigación científica scientific research;
investigación y desarrollo research and development;

investigación de mercado market research

2. [indagación] investigation, inquiry;

la investigación de un atentado the investigation into an attack;

se ha abierto una investigación sobre el incidente an inquiry o an investigation into the incident has been opened;

comisión de investigación committee of inquiry

Comp
investigación judicial judicial inquiry
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investigación

f

1 policial investigation

2 EDU, TÉC research;

investigación genética genetic research

* * *

investigación nf, pl - ciones

1) encuesta, indagación: investigation, inquiry

2) : research

* * *

investigación n

1. (policial) investigation

2. (gubernamental, pública) inquiry [pl. inquiries]

3. (científica, académica) research

la investigación sobre el cáncer research into cancer

Spanish-English dictionary > investigación
9 lista

f.

1 list.

lista negra blacklist

lista de precios price list

pasar lista to call the register

lista de boda wedding list

lista de la compra shopping list (peninsular SpanishAm)

lista de las compras shopping list (peninsular SpanishAm)

lista de correo (computing) mailing list

lista de correos poste restante (British), general delivery (United States)

lista de embarque (aviation) passenger list

lista de espera waiting list

lista de éxitos hit parade (musicales)

2 strip.

una camiseta a listas a striped shirt

3 stripe, streak.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: listar.

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lista

► nombre femenino

1 (relación) list

■ mira la lista de precios look at the price list

2 (raya) stripe

■ me he comprado una camisa a listas I've bought myself a striped shirt

3 (tira) strip, slip

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

pasar lista to call the roll

tachar de la lista to cross out, cross off the list

lista de bodas wedding list

lista de correos poste restante, US general delivery

lista de espera waiting list

lista negra blacklist

* * *
1. noun f.
1) list

2) roll

3) stripe
2. f., (m. - listo)
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SF

1) [de nombres, elementos] list; (Mil) roll, roll call; [en escuela] register, school list (EEUU)

pasar lista — (Mil) to call the roll; (Escol) to call the register

- pasar lista a algn

lista cerrada — (Pol) closed list

lista de boda — wedding list

lista de comidas — menu

lista de correos — poste restante, general delivery (EEUU)

lista de direcciones — mailing list

lista de encuentros — (Dep) fixture list

lista de espera — waiting list

lista de éxitos — (Mús) charts pl

lista de pagos — payroll

lista de platos — menu

lista de precios — price list

lista de premios — honours list

lista de raya — Méx payroll

lista de tandas — duty roster, rota

lista de vinos — wine list

lista electoral — electoral roll, register of voters

lista negra — blacklist

listas de audiencia — ratings, audience rating sing

2) (=tira) [de tela] strip; [de papel] slip

3) (=raya) stripe

tela a listas — striped material

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de nombres, números) list

lo borraron de la lista — he was crossed off the list

la lista de las compras or (Esp) la compra — the shopping list

pasar lista — (Educ) to take roll call, to take the register (BrE)

b) ( en restaurante) menu

- lista de boda

- lista de correos

- lista de espera

- lista de éxitos

- lista electoral

- lista negra

2)

a) ( raya) stripe

a listas — striped

b) ( tira) strip

* * *

= addendum [addenda, -pl.], bill, checklist [check-list], list, roster, roll-call, rundown, handlist, order list, drop-down list, stripe, line-up.

Ex. In this category the majority of programmes tend to stress technological considerations with a rather hopeful-seeming addendum of applications considerations.

Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).

Ex. This a checklist of features to consider in comparing and evaluating data bases.

Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.

Ex. Profiles of the research interests of faculty were gathered and organised into a 3-part faculty research interests roster.

Ex. This is a non-bibliographic data base which records the complete roll-call of voting by members of Congress.

Ex. This article describes the functionality of CARL software for this purpose, loads a brief rundown of data bases, and gives the criteria for selecting data bases.

Ex. In their search for information, they had until this time been able to pick their way by relying on the handlists or catalogues provided by the librarian.

Ex. The catalogue now contains 130,000 titles, its classified section being updated twice a year and the author part and ISBN order list bimonthly = El catálogo contiene en la actualidad 130.000 títulos, la sección sistemática se actualiza dos veces al año y la sección de autores y la lista de números ISBN bimensualmente.

Ex. Select the paper you wish to revise from the drop-down list, and then press 'Browse' to select a file on your local machine to use as the revised version.

Ex. This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.

Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.

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* billete en lista de espera = standby seat.

* encabezar la lista = top + the list.

* encargado de la lista = list moderator.

* enviar un mensaje a una lista de correo = post + a message.

* incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].

* incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].

* inclusión en la lista de morosos = blacklisting.

* lista alfabética = alphabetical listing, alphabetic list, alphabetical list, order list.

* lista alfabética de encabezamientos de materia = alphabetical list of subject headings.

* lista bibliográfica = bibliographic listing.

* lista combinada = master list.

* lista controlada = controlled list.

* lista de autoridades = authoritative list, authority list, authority listing.

* lista de bajada = drop-down list.

* lista de búsqueda = finding list.

* lista de candidatos preseleccionados = short list.

* lista de circulación = routing list, circulation list.

* lista de códigos = code sheet.

* lista de compra = shopping list.

* lista de comprobación = checklist [check-list].

* lista de contactos = contact list.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lista de correo = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list, electronic distribution list.

* lista de correo electrónico = electronic mailing list.

* lista de correo moderada = moderated mailing list, moderated listserv.

* lista de correspondencia = mailing list.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* lista de descriptores = index vocabulary, subject vocabulary.

* lista de deseos = wish list.

* lista de direcciones = mailing list.

* lista de discos más vendidos, la = charts, the.

* lista de discusión = discussion list.

* lista de distribución = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list.

* lista de distribución electrónica = electronic list (e-list), electronic distribution list.

* lista de élite = elite list, elite list.

* lista de encabezamientos de materia = subject headings list.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso (LCSH) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materias de Sears = Sears' List of Subject Headings.

* lista de errores = error report.

* lista de espera = waiting list.

* lista de existencias = stock list [stocklist].

* lista de éxitos = chart.

* lista de éxitos de cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.

* lista de éxitos de la cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.

* lista de éxitos, la = charts, the.

* lista de ganadores = roll of honour.

* lista de honor = roll of honour.

* lista de ilustraciones = list of illustrations.

* lista de lecturas = reading list.

* lista de lecturas para el verano = summer reading list.

* lista de lecturas recomendadas = reading list, select list, recommended reading list.

* lista de lecturas sugeridas = suggested reading list.

* lista de libros = booklist [book list].

* lista de libros enviados a encuadernar = bindery list.

* lista de más populares = chart.

* lista de más vendidos = chart.

* lista de notaciones = code vocabulary.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista de pasajeros = passenger list.

* lista de pedidos = order list.

* lista de personas de contacto = contact list.

* lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.

* lista de préstamo = routing list, circulation list.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lista de reserva = hold list.

* lista de selección = pick-list.

* lista desplegable hacia abajo = drop-down list.

* lista de sugerencias = wish list.

* lista de últimas adquisiciones = accessions list, list of current acquisitions, addition list.

* lista de vinos = wine list.

* lista electrónica = electronic list (e-list).

* lista maestra = master list.

* lista musical = audio listing.

* lista negra = blacklist.

* lista permutada = permuted list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* lista selecta = short list, elite list.

* moderador de la lista = list moderator.

* poner en lista de espera = put + on a waiting list.

* punto de la lista = bullet point.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (de nombres, números) list

lo borraron de la lista — he was crossed off the list

la lista de las compras or (Esp) la compra — the shopping list

pasar lista — (Educ) to take roll call, to take the register (BrE)

b) ( en restaurante) menu

- lista de boda

- lista de correos

- lista de espera

- lista de éxitos

- lista electoral

- lista negra

2)

a) ( raya) stripe

a listas — striped

b) ( tira) strip

* * *

= addendum [addenda, -pl.], bill, checklist [check-list], list, roster, roll-call, rundown, handlist, order list, drop-down list, stripe, line-up.

Ex: In this category the majority of programmes tend to stress technological considerations with a rather hopeful-seeming addendum of applications considerations.

Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).

Ex: This a checklist of features to consider in comparing and evaluating data bases.

Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.

Ex: Profiles of the research interests of faculty were gathered and organised into a 3-part faculty research interests roster.

Ex: This is a non-bibliographic data base which records the complete roll-call of voting by members of Congress.

Ex: This article describes the functionality of CARL software for this purpose, loads a brief rundown of data bases, and gives the criteria for selecting data bases.

Ex: In their search for information, they had until this time been able to pick their way by relying on the handlists or catalogues provided by the librarian.

Ex: The catalogue now contains 130,000 titles, its classified section being updated twice a year and the author part and ISBN order list bimonthly = El catálogo contiene en la actualidad 130.000 títulos, la sección sistemática se actualiza dos veces al año y la sección de autores y la lista de números ISBN bimensualmente.

Ex: Select the paper you wish to revise from the drop-down list, and then press 'Browse' to select a file on your local machine to use as the revised version.

Ex: This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.

Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.

* billete en lista de espera = standby seat.

* encabezar la lista = top + the list.

* encargado de la lista = list moderator.

* enviar un mensaje a una lista de correo = post + a message.

* incluir en la lista de morosos = blacklist [black-list].

* incluir en la lista negra = blacklist [black-list].

* inclusión en la lista de morosos = blacklisting.

* lista alfabética = alphabetical listing, alphabetic list, alphabetical list, order list.

* lista alfabética de encabezamientos de materia = alphabetical list of subject headings.

* lista bibliográfica = bibliographic listing.

* lista combinada = master list.

* lista controlada = controlled list.

* lista de autoridades = authoritative list, authority list, authority listing.

* lista de bajada = drop-down list.

* lista de búsqueda = finding list.

* lista de candidatos preseleccionados = short list.

* lista de circulación = routing list, circulation list.

* lista de códigos = code sheet.

* lista de compra = shopping list.

* lista de comprobación = checklist [check-list].

* lista de contactos = contact list.

* lista de control = checklist [check-list].

* lista de correo = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list, electronic distribution list.

* lista de correo electrónico = electronic mailing list.

* lista de correo moderada = moderated mailing list, moderated listserv.

* lista de correspondencia = mailing list.

* lista de datos = fact finder.

* lista de descriptores = index vocabulary, subject vocabulary.

* lista de deseos = wish list.

* lista de direcciones = mailing list.

* lista de discos más vendidos, la = charts, the.

* lista de discusión = discussion list.

* lista de distribución = mailing list, listserv(er) [list-serv(er)], distribution list, e-mail list.

* lista de distribución electrónica = electronic list (e-list), electronic distribution list.

* lista de élite = elite list, elite list.

* lista de encabezamientos de materia = subject headings list.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Escolar = SLA List.

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materia de la Biblioteca del Congreso (LCSH) = LCSH (Library of Congress List of Subject Headings).

* Lista de Encabezamientos de Materias de Sears = Sears' List of Subject Headings.

* lista de errores = error report.

* lista de espera = waiting list.

* lista de existencias = stock list [stocklist].

* lista de éxitos = chart.

* lista de éxitos de cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.

* lista de éxitos de la cartelera de espectáculos = Billboard chart.

* lista de éxitos, la = charts, the.

* lista de ganadores = roll of honour.

* lista de honor = roll of honour.

* lista de ilustraciones = list of illustrations.

* lista de lecturas = reading list.

* lista de lecturas para el verano = summer reading list.

* lista de lecturas recomendadas = reading list, select list, recommended reading list.

* lista de lecturas sugeridas = suggested reading list.

* lista de libros = booklist [book list].

* lista de libros enviados a encuadernar = bindery list.

* lista de más populares = chart.

* lista de más vendidos = chart.

* lista de notaciones = code vocabulary.

* lista de nuevas adquisiciones = acquisitions list.

* lista de palabras clave = go-list [golist].

* lista de palabras vacías = stop list [stoplist], stopword list.

* lista de pasajeros = passenger list.

* lista de pedidos = order list.

* lista de personas de contacto = contact list.

* lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.

* lista de préstamo = routing list, circulation list.

* lista de publicaciones = publication(s) list.

* lista de reserva = hold list.

* lista de selección = pick-list.

* lista desplegable hacia abajo = drop-down list.

* lista de sugerencias = wish list.

* lista de últimas adquisiciones = accessions list, list of current acquisitions, addition list.

* lista de vinos = wine list.

* lista electrónica = electronic list (e-list).

* lista maestra = master list.

* lista musical = audio listing.

* lista negra = blacklist.

* lista permutada = permuted list.

* lista permutada de palabras clave = permuted keyword list.

* lista selecta = short list, elite list.

* moderador de la lista = list moderator.

* poner en lista de espera = put + on a waiting list.

* punto de la lista = bullet point.

* * *

lista

feminine

A

1 (de nombres, números) list

no estás en la lista you're not on the list

lo han borrado or tachado de la lista he's been crossed off the list

¿has hecho la lista de las compras or ( Esp) de la compra? have you written the shopping list?

la lista de precios the price list

la lista de bajas the casualty list

pasan lista a las nueve ( Educ) roll call is at nine, they take the register at nine ( BrE);

( Mil) they call the roll at nine, roll call is at nine

2 (en un restaurante) menu

Compuestos:

● lista blanca

whitelist

● lista de boda

wedding list

● lista de correo electrónico

electronic mailing list

● lista de correos

general delivery ( AmE), poste restante ( BrE)

● lista de direcciones electrónicas

(electronic) address book

● lista de espera

waiting list

● lista de éxitos

( Mús) charts (pl); ( Lit) best-seller list

● lista del censo electoral

electoral roll o register

● lista del partido

( Pol) party list

● lista de pasajeros

passenger list

● lista de prioridades

list of priorities

● lista de usuarios

user list

● lista de vinos

wine list

● lista electoral

party list, slate ( AmE)

● lista negra

blacklist

B

1 (raya) stripe

una tela a listas blancas y negras a black and white striped material

2 (tira) strip

* * *

Del verbo listar: ( conjugate listar)

lista es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
lista
listar
lista sustantivo femenino
a) (de nombres, números) list;

◊ pasar lista (Educ) to take roll call, to take the register (BrE);

lista de boda wedding list;
lista de espera waiting list;
lista de éxitos (Mús) charts (pl);

(Lit) best-seller list
b) ( raya) stripe;

◊ a listas striped

listar ( conjugate listar) verbo transitivo
to list
listo,-a adjetivo
1 (despierto, agudo) smart
2 (preparado) ready
♦ Locuciones: (apañado) estás listo si crees que voy a ayudarte, you are sadly mistaken if you think I'm going to help you
pasarse de listo, to be too clever by half
lista sustantivo femenino
1 list: la profesora pasó lista, the teacher called the roll
lista de correos, general delivery
lista negra, blacklist
2 (raya, franja) stripe
' lista' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antepenúltima
- antepenúltimo
- banda
- candidatura
- clasificación
- confeccionar
- doble
- encabezar
- engrosar
- figurar
- incluir
- minuta
- número
- remitir
- rol
- su
- tabla
- tarifa
- toda
- todo
- adjunto
- aparecer
- buscar
- catalogar
- confección
- faltar
- final
- hacer
- listado
- listo
- nómina
- pendejo
- planilla
- programación
- raya
- relación
- repasar
- todavía
English:
alleged
- band
- be
- blacklist
- bottom
- chart
- check off
- checklist
- clever
- cross off
- cross out
- doll
- exclude
- for
- half
- head
- hit list
- include
- index
- itemize
- list
- listing
- made-up
- make out
- mark off
- me
- niece
- prick up
- reading list
- recommendation
- reel off
- remove
- roll
- roll call
- roster
- schedule
- short-list
- sick-list
- standby
- standby passenger
- stocklist
- strike off
- top
- waiting list
- wordlist
- acknowledgment
- attendance
- call
- certain
- check

* * *

lista nf

1. [enumeración] list;

hazme una lista de lo que quieres write me a list of what you want;

pasar lista Br to call o take the register, US to call the roll

Comp
lista de boda wedding list; Esp lista de la compra shopping list; Am lista de las compras shopping list; Informát lista de correo mailing list;
lista de correos Br poste restante, US general delivery;
Informát lista de distribución mailing list;
lista electoral = list of candidates put forward by a political party;
Av lista de embarque passenger list;
lista de espera waiting list;

lista de éxitos [musicales] hit parade;

lista negra blacklist;

lista de precios price list

2. [de tela, madera] strip;
[de papel] slip
3. [en tela, de color] stripe;

una camiseta a listas a striped shirt

4. ver listo

* * *

lista

f

1 list;

pasar lista take the roll call, Br call the register

2 en tela stripe

* * *

lista nf

1) : list

2) : roster, roll

pasar lista: to take attendance

3) : stripe, strip

4) : menu

* * *

lista n list

la lista de la compra the shopping list

hay lista de espera there's a waiting list

pasar lista to take the register [pt. took; pp. taken]

Spanish-English dictionary > lista
10 bloque

m.

1 block (pieza).

2 block (edificio).

un bloque de apartamentos a block of flats (British), an apartment block (United States)

un bloque de oficinas an office block

3 block (computing).

4 bloc (politics).

en bloque en masse

el bloque del Este (history) the Eastern bloc

5 cylinder block (Tec).

6 frame.

7 package.

8 application package.

* * *

bloque

► nombre masculino

1 block

2 (papel) pad, notepad

3 PLÍTICA bloc

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

en bloque en bloc

bloque de pisos block of flats

* * *

noun m.

1) block

2) bloc

* * *

SM

1) (=trozo) [de piedra, mármol] block; [de helado] brick

bloque de casas — block, block of houses

bloque de cilindros — cylinder block

bloque de hormigón — block of concrete

bloque de papel — = bloc

bloque de pisos — block of flats (Brit), apartment building (EEUU)

bloque de sellos — block of stamps

bloque de viviendas — block of flats

bloque publicitario — commercial break

2) (=bloqueo) [en tubo, salida] block, blockage, obstruction

3) (Pol) bloc

el bloque comunista — the communist bloc

en bloque — en bloc

4) (Inform) block

* * *

masculino

1) (de piedra, hormigón) block

2) ( edificio) block; ( manzana de edificios) (esp Esp) block

un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos — an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)

3)

a) (period) ( de noticias) section

b) (Inf) block

4) ( fuerza política) bloc

el bloque del Este — (Hist) the Eastern bloc

en bloque — (loc adv) en bloc, en masse

5) (Auto) cylinder block

* * *

= bloc, slab, block, tranche.

Ex. As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.

Ex. What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.

Ex. The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.

Ex. The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

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* bloque comunista, el = Communist bloc, the.

* bloque de apartamentos = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.

* bloque de construcción = building block.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque de estanterías = bank of shelves, tier.

* bloque de hielo flotante = pack ice.

* bloque de hormigón = breeze block, cinder block, concrete block.

* bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.

* bloque de madera grabada = block.

* bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building.

* bloque de oficinas = office building, office block, office tower.

* bloque de papel = pad of paper.

* bloque de piedra = stone block.

* bloque de pisos = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.

* bloque de tinta = ink-block.

* bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.

* bloque funcional de información descriptiva = descriptive information block.

* bloque funcional de notas = notes block.

* bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros = linking entry block.

* bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.

* bloque funcional de títulos relacionados = related title block.

* bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.

* bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.

* bloque litográfico = letterpress block.

* bloque mental = writer's block.

* bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the, Soviet bloc, the.

* bloque xilográfico a contrafibra = end-grain block.

* diagrama por bloques = block diagram.

* en bloque = en bloc.

* reservar en bloque = block book.

* * *

masculino

1) (de piedra, hormigón) block

2) ( edificio) block; ( manzana de edificios) (esp Esp) block

un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos — an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)

3)

a) (period) ( de noticias) section

b) (Inf) block

4) ( fuerza política) bloc

el bloque del Este — (Hist) the Eastern bloc

en bloque — (loc adv) en bloc, en masse

5) (Auto) cylinder block

* * *

= bloc, slab, block, tranche.

Ex: As the world's largest trading bloc the Community has a potent influence over world trade, including that of the United States.

Ex: What is absolutely certain is that without some preparation by the teacher, a visitor cannot hope to achieve very much; he is in little better a position than cold fish on a marble slab.

Ex: The technique, however, does not operate with complete messages, but rather with segments of them, broken up into blocks.

Ex: The first tranche of NATO enlargement -- adding Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic next year -- will help stabilize an historically unstable region.

* bloque comunista, el = Communist bloc, the.

* bloque de apartamentos = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.

* bloque de construcción = building block.

* bloque de datos = data bloc.

* bloque de estanterías = bank of shelves, tier.

* bloque de hielo flotante = pack ice.

* bloque de hormigón = breeze block, cinder block, concrete block.

* bloque del este, el = Eastern bloc, the.

* bloque de madera grabada = block.

* bloque de muchas plantas = high-rise building.

* bloque de oficinas = office building, office block, office tower.

* bloque de papel = pad of paper.

* bloque de piedra = stone block.

* bloque de pisos = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block.

* bloque de tinta = ink-block.

* bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.

* bloque funcional de datos codificados = coded information block.

* bloque funcional de identificación = identification block.

* bloque funcional de información descriptiva = descriptive information block.

* bloque funcional de notas = notes block.

* bloque funcional de relaciones entre registros = linking entry block.

* bloque funcional de responsabilidad intelectual = intellectual responsibility block.

* bloque funcional de títulos relacionados = related title block.

* bloque funcional para uso internacional = international use block.

* bloque funcional para uso nacional = national use block.

* bloque litográfico = letterpress block.

* bloque mental = writer's block.

* bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the, Soviet bloc, the.

* bloque xilográfico a contrafibra = end-grain block.

* diagrama por bloques = block diagram.

* en bloque = en bloc.

* reservar en bloque = block book.

* * *

bloque

masculine

A (de piedra, hormigón) block

B (edificio) block; (conjunto de casas) housing complex (built around central space, lawn, etc)

un bloque de apartamentos or ( Esp) pisos an apartment block, a block of flats ( BrE)

un bloque de apartamentos or ( Esp) pisos de alquiler tenement block

C

1 ( period) (de noticias) section

2 ( Inf) block

D (fuerza política) bloc

el bloque del Este ( Hist) the Eastern bloc

en bloque ( loc adv) en bloc, en masse

Compuesto:

bloque comercial

trading bloc

E ( Auto) cylinder block

* * *

Del verbo blocar: ( conjugate blocar)

bloqué es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

bloque es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
blocar
bloque
bloque sustantivo masculino
1 (de piedra, hormigón) block
2 ( edificio) block;
un bloque de departamentos (AmL) or (Esp) pisos an apartment block, a block of flats (BrE)
3 (Inf) block
4 ( fuerza política) bloc;
◊ en bloque ( loc adv) en bloc, en masse

bloque sustantivo masculino
1 (trozo grande) block
2 (edificio) block
3 Pol bloc: el bloque conservador votó en contra de la enmienda, the Conservative Bloc voted against the amendment
♦ Locuciones: en bloque: la propuesta fue rechazada en bloque, the proposal was rejected in its entirety
los ciudadanos respondieron en bloque, people reacted as one
' bloque' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conserje
- conserjería
- este
- vivienda
English:
amenities
- apartment
- bloc
- block
- erect
- high-rise
- office block
- slab
- strength
- tower

* * *

bloque

♦ ver blocar

♦ nm

1. [pieza] block

2. [edificio] block;

un bloque de apartamentos Br a block of flats, US an apartment block;

un bloque de oficinas an office block

3. [de noticias, anuncios] section

4. Informát block

5. Pol bloc;

en bloque en masse

Comp
Hist el bloque del Este the Eastern bloc
6. Tec
bloque (de cilindros) cylinder block

7. Dep [equipo] unit;

dieron una pobre impresión de bloque they didn't play as a unit

* * *

bloque

m

1 de piedra block

2 POL bloc;

en bloque en masse

* * *

bloque nm

1) : block

2) grupo: bloc

el bloque comunista: the Communist bloc

* * *

bloque n block

un bloque de pisos a block of flats

Spanish-English dictionary > bloque
11 timo

m.

1 swindle (estafa).

¡eso es el timo de la estampita! (informal) it's a complete rip-off!

2 trick (informal) (engaño).

3 thymus (anatomy).

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: timar.

* * *

timo

► nombre masculino

1 (estafa) swindle, fiddle, confidence trick

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

dar un timo / dar el timo to swindle, cheat

¡vaya timo! familiar (película etc) what a rip off!

————————

timo

► nombre masculino

1 (glándula) thymus

* * *

noun m.

con, swindle

* * *

SM swindle, con trick *

dar un timo a algn — to swindle sb, con sb *

¡es un timo! — it's a rip-off! *

* * *

masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)

vaya timo de coche! — this car has been a real rip-off! (colloq)

- timo de la estampita

* * *

= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.

Ex. Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex. The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex. The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex. The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex. He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex. The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

* * *

masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)

vaya timo de coche! — this car has been a real rip-off! (colloq)

- timo de la estampita

* * *

= confidence trick, swindle, rip-off, swindling, cheating, hocus pocus, con trick, con, con job.

Ex: Unless universal education is nothing more than a confidence trick, there must be more people today who can benefit by real library service than ever there were in the past.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The article 'Online scams, swindles, frauds and rip-offs' lists some of the most better known Internet frauds of recent times.

Ex: The swindling & deception the immigrants encountered often preyed on their Zionist ideology & indeed, some of the crooks were Jewish themselves.

Ex: The author discerns 3 levels of cheating and deceit and examines why scientists stoop to bias and fraud, particularly in trials for new treatments.

Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

Ex: The social contract has been the con trick by which the bosses have squeezed more and more out of the workers for themselves.

Ex: He has long argued that populist conservatism is nothing more than a con.

Ex: The global warming hoax had all the classic marks of a con job from the very beginning.

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timo

masculine

A ( fam); con ( colloq), con trick ( colloq), scam ( colloq)

le dieron un timo y perdió todos sus ahorros she was conned out of all her savings ( colloq)

¡vaya timo de coche! this car has been a real rip-off o waste of money! ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● timo de la estampita

con trick involving forged banknotes

ser el timo de la estampita to be an absolute rip-off ( colloq)

● timo del tocomocho

con trick involving forged lottery tickets

B ( Anat, Biol) thymus

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Del verbo timar: ( conjugate timar)

timo es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

timó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
timar
timo
timar ( conjugate timar) verbo transitivo
to swindle, cheat
timo sustantivo masculino (fam) con (colloq), scam (colloq)
timar vtr (estafar) to cheat, swindle
familiar rip off: te han timado, you've been swindled o cheated
timo m fam pey
1 (estafa) swindle, scam
familiar rip-off
2 fam pey (sin calidad) ¡vaya timo de película!, this film is a real rip-off!
' timo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camelo
- engaño
- estafa
- golpe
English:
con
- rip-off
- scam
- confidence
- swindle

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timo nm

1. [estafa] swindle;

¡qué timo! what a rip-off!

Comp
el timo de la estampita = confidence trick in which the victim buys a pile of pieces of paper thinking them to be bank notes; Fam
¡eso es el timo de la estampita! it's a complete rip-off!

2. Anat thymus

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timo

m confidence trick, swindle;

dar el timo a alguien con s.o.

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timo nm, fam : swindle, trick, hoax

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timo n swindle

Spanish-English dictionary > timo
12 seccionar

v.

1 to cut.

2 to divide (up).

3 to section, to segment, to divide into sections, to divide.

María seccionó los documentos Mary sectioned the documents.

4 to cut off, to cleave.

María seccionó el muslo del pollo Mary cut off the thigh from the chicken.

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seccionar

► verbo transitivo

1 to section, cut

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VT (=dividir) to section, divide into sections; (=cortar) to cut, cut off; (=disecar) to dissect

seccionar la garganta a algn — to cut sb's throat

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verbo transitivo ( cortar) to cut off; ( dividir en secciones) to section

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= section.

Ex. They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

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verbo transitivo ( cortar) to cut off; ( dividir en secciones) to section

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= section.

Ex: They have achieved this by dividing their building into public-oriented and research-oriented levels and sectioning each level into thematic areas.

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seccionar [A1 ]

vt

1 (cortar) to cut off

2 (dividir en secciones) to section

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seccionar ( conjugate seccionar) verbo transitivo ( cortar) to cut off;
( dividir en secciones) to section
seccionar verbo transitivo
1 (dividir, fraccionar) to section: seccioné la finca en varias parcelas, I divided the land up into several plots
2 (cortar separando) to cut: seccioné un folio para hacer dos cuartillas, I cut the sheet of A4 paper in two

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seccionar vt

1. [cortar] to cut off;

la máquina le seccionó un dedo the machine cut off one of his fingers

2. [dividir] to section

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seccionar

v/t

1 ( cortar) cut (off)

2 ( dividir en secciones) divide into sections

Spanish-English dictionary > seccionar
13 AGRICOLA

m.

Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola.

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agrícola

► adjetivo

1 agricultural, farming

■ las técnicas agrícolas han cambiado farming techniques have changed

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adj.

agricultural

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ADJ agricultural, farming antes de s

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adjetivo < técnicas> agricultural, farming (before n)

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= AGRICOLA, agricultural, agrarian, farming.

Ex. There are 3 comprehensive data bases with approximately the same scope in the agricultural sector: AGRICOLA, AGRIS, and CAB.

Ex. These 'own resources' comprise agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties and a percentage of value added tax (VAT).

Ex. This article discusses an analysis of Austrian films and their social assumptions as well as the conflict between agrarian and urban cultures in Austria and Germany, also the popular TV serial, and political and human questions.

Ex. This paper discusses the farming techniques, transportation, and economics of the onion industry.

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* asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.

* campamento de trabajadores agrícolas = farm labour camp.

* ciencias agrícolas = agricultural economics.

* comercio agrícola = agribusiness.

* Comité de las Organizaciones de Productores Agrícolas (COPA) = Committee of Agricultural Producer Organizations (COPA).

* comunidad agrícola = farming community.

* crédito agrícola = agricultural credit, farm credit, farm loan.

* estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.

* fabricante de maquinaria agrícola = farm equipment manufacturer.

* finca agrícola = arable farm.

* industria agrícola = agro-industry.

* industria agrícola, la = agricultural industry, the.

* jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

* mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.

* obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.

* peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

* perito agrícola = agriculturist.

* Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

* préstamo agrícola = farm loan, farm credit, agricultural credit.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.

* producto agrícola = agricultural product.

* productos agrícolas = agricultural produce.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sector agrícola = agricultural sector.

* trabajador agrícola = agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.

* vehículo agrícola = farm vehicle, agricultural vehicle.

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adjetivo < técnicas> agricultural, farming (before n)

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= AGRICOLA, agricultural, agrarian, farming.

Ex: There are 3 comprehensive data bases with approximately the same scope in the agricultural sector: AGRICOLA, AGRIS, and CAB.

Ex: These 'own resources' comprise agricultural and sugar levies, customs duties and a percentage of value added tax (VAT).

Ex: This article discusses an analysis of Austrian films and their social assumptions as well as the conflict between agrarian and urban cultures in Austria and Germany, also the popular TV serial, and political and human questions.

Ex: This paper discusses the farming techniques, transportation, and economics of the onion industry.

* asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.

* campamento de trabajadores agrícolas = farm labour camp.

* ciencias agrícolas = agricultural economics.

* comercio agrícola = agribusiness.

* Comité de las Organizaciones de Productores Agrícolas (COPA) = Committee of Agricultural Producer Organizations (COPA).

* comunidad agrícola = farming community.

* crédito agrícola = agricultural credit, farm credit, farm loan.

* estación experimental agrícola = agricultural experiment station.

* fabricante de maquinaria agrícola = farm equipment manufacturer.

* finca agrícola = arable farm.

* industria agrícola = agro-industry.

* industria agrícola, la = agricultural industry, the.

* jornalero agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

* mercadillo agrícola semanal = farmers' market.

* obrero agrícola = agricultural labourer.

* peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.

* perito agrícola = agriculturist.

* Política Agrícola Comunitaria (CAP) = Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

* préstamo agrícola = farm loan, farm credit, agricultural credit.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* productividad agrícola = agricultural productivity.

* producto agrícola = agricultural product.

* productos agrícolas = agricultural produce.

* Sección de Garantía del Asesoramiento Agrícola y del Fondo de Garantía Europ = Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF).

* sector agrícola = agricultural sector.

* trabajador agrícola = agricultural labourer, farm labourer, farm worker.

* vehículo agrícola = farm vehicle, agricultural vehicle.

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agrícola

adjective

‹técnicas› agricultural, farming ( before n)

maquinaria agrícola farm o agricultural machinery

el mundo agrícola the farming o agricultural world, the world of farming o agriculture

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agrícola adjetivo ‹ técnicas› agricultural, farming ( before n)
agrícola adjetivo agricultural
' agrícola' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hacendada
- hacendado
- maquinaria
- política
- finca
- huerta
- plantación
English:
agricultural
- farming
- farm
- laborer

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agrícola adj
[sector, política, producto] agricultural;
región agrícola farming region

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agrícola

adj agricultural, farming atr

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agrícola adj

: agricultural

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agrícola adj agricultural

Spanish-English dictionary > AGRICOLA
14 abracadabra

intj.

hocus-pocus.

m.

abracadabra.

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abracadabra

► nombre masculino

1 abracadabra

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SM abracadabra

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masculino abracadabra

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= hocus pocus.

Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

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masculino abracadabra

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= hocus pocus.

Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.

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abracadabra

masculine

abracadabra

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abracadabra nm

abracadabra

Spanish-English dictionary > abracadabra
15 adaptación

f.

1 adaptation, adjustment, fitting, accommodation.

2 adaptation.

3 porting.

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adaptación

► nombre femenino

1 adaptation

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noun f.

adaptation

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SF adaptation

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femenino

a) ( proceso) adaptation, adjustment

capacidad de adaptación — ability to adapt

b) ( cosa adaptada) adaptation

la adaptación cinematográfica — the screen version

* * *

= adaptation, customisation [customization, -USA], profiling, tweaking, tailoring, retrofitting, tweak, accommodation, acclimatisation [acclimatization, -USA], adjustment, adaptability.

Ex. Which title will collocate the various editions, translations, adaptations, and so on of this document?.

Ex. The evaluation model therefore is subject to a degree of customisation to adapt it to the project environment.

Ex. Some excursions into cognitive science have led to the profiling of users' backgrounds, differences and immediate need.

Ex. The PCC intends that Program records, full or core, represent acceptable bibliographic control such that record ' tweaking' at the local level is minimized.

Ex. To haul themselves out of their bog, their networks must facilitate tailoring of records to meet local needs.

Ex. This paper describes the recipients of the award, 3 of which won for new buildings, 1 a major renovation and 2 adaptive retrofittings of library structures.

Ex. This system simultaneously searches the Web and a large, multidisciplinary, full text database, using a relevance system with some clever tweaks.

Ex. Whatever structure emerges will be one of accommodation and acceptance by the various stakeholders both in and outside the library.

Ex. The second section discusses the contributions faculty can make to the successful acclimatization of their handicapped students to college life.

Ex. Even in situations where there is a published list covering the requirements of the type of library to be indexed, this list is likely to require adjustment in order to make it compatible with local requirements.

Ex. The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.

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* adaptación a las circunstancias locales = localisation [localization, -USA].

* adaptación al cine = film adaptation.

* adaptación cinematográfica = film adaptation.

* adaptación musical = adaptation, musical adaptation.

* adaptación para televisión = dramatisation [dramatization].

* adaptación social = social adjustment.

* adaptación teatral = dramatisation [dramatization].

* adaptación tecnológica = adaptive technology.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

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femenino

a) ( proceso) adaptation, adjustment

capacidad de adaptación — ability to adapt

b) ( cosa adaptada) adaptation

la adaptación cinematográfica — the screen version

* * *

= adaptation, customisation [customization, -USA], profiling, tweaking, tailoring, retrofitting, tweak, accommodation, acclimatisation [acclimatization, -USA], adjustment, adaptability.

Ex: Which title will collocate the various editions, translations, adaptations, and so on of this document?.

Ex: The evaluation model therefore is subject to a degree of customisation to adapt it to the project environment.

Ex: Some excursions into cognitive science have led to the profiling of users' backgrounds, differences and immediate need.

Ex: The PCC intends that Program records, full or core, represent acceptable bibliographic control such that record ' tweaking' at the local level is minimized.

Ex: To haul themselves out of their bog, their networks must facilitate tailoring of records to meet local needs.

Ex: This paper describes the recipients of the award, 3 of which won for new buildings, 1 a major renovation and 2 adaptive retrofittings of library structures.

Ex: This system simultaneously searches the Web and a large, multidisciplinary, full text database, using a relevance system with some clever tweaks.

Ex: Whatever structure emerges will be one of accommodation and acceptance by the various stakeholders both in and outside the library.

Ex: The second section discusses the contributions faculty can make to the successful acclimatization of their handicapped students to college life.

Ex: Even in situations where there is a published list covering the requirements of the type of library to be indexed, this list is likely to require adjustment in order to make it compatible with local requirements.

Ex: The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.

* adaptación a las circunstancias locales = localisation [localization, -USA].

* adaptación al cine = film adaptation.

* adaptación cinematográfica = film adaptation.

* adaptación musical = adaptation, musical adaptation.

* adaptación para televisión = dramatisation [dramatization].

* adaptación social = social adjustment.

* adaptación teatral = dramatisation [dramatization].

* adaptación tecnológica = adaptive technology.

* de adaptación = adaptive.

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adaptación

feminine

1 (proceso) adaptation, adjustment

admiro tu capacidad de adaptación I admire your ability to adapt o your adaptability

2 (cosa adaptada) adaptation

la adaptación cinematográfica the screen o movie o film version, the screen o movie o film adaptation

es una adaptación del sistema usado por Parker it is an adaptation of the system used by Parker

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adaptación sustantivo femenino
a) ( proceso) adaptation, adjustment

b) ( cosa adaptada) adaptation;

◊ la adaptación cinematográfica the screen version

adaptación sustantivo femenino adaptation
' adaptación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
libre
- medio
English:
adaptation
- adjustment
- arrangement
- dramatization
- dramatize

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adaptación nf

1. [acomodación] adjustment (a to);
adaptación al medio adaptation to the environment

2. [modificación] adaptation;

la película es una buena adaptación del libro the film is a good adaptation of the book

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adaptación

f adaptation

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adaptación nf, pl - ciones : adaptation, adjustment

Spanish-English dictionary > adaptación
16 asesorar

v.

1 to advise.

2 to counsel, to advise.

La aconsejé I counseled her.

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asesorar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar consejo) to advise, give advice

2 COMERCIO to act as a consultant to

► verbo pronominal asesorarse

1 (tomar consejo) to take advice, consult (de, -)

■ se asesoró de expertos para tomar una decisión he got expert advice before making a decision

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verb

to advice, counsel

- asesorarse

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1. VT

1) (Jur) to advise, give legal advice to, give professional advice to

2) (Com) to act as consultant to

2.

See:

asesorarse

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1.
verbo transitivo to advise

se hizo asesorar por un abogado — she took legal advice
2.
asesorarse v pron

asesorarse con or de alguien — to consult somebody

me asesoré con un abogado — I consulted a lawyer

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= offer + advice, advise, dispense + advice, counsel, provide + guidance.

Ex. This section therefore considers some of the organizations which can offer information and advice.

Ex. This article advises readers on choosing spy and crime fiction.

Ex. The sound rule that the librarian must not dispense medical or legal advice goes back at least a hundred years, having been clearly prescribed in Samuel S Green's pioneer paper of 1876.

Ex. For example, ALA 5A counsels that collections should be entered under the compiler or editor, individual or corporate.

Ex. There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to advise

se hizo asesorar por un abogado — she took legal advice
2.
asesorarse v pron

asesorarse con or de alguien — to consult somebody

me asesoré con un abogado — I consulted a lawyer

* * *

= offer + advice, advise, dispense + advice, counsel, provide + guidance.

Ex: This section therefore considers some of the organizations which can offer information and advice.

Ex: This article advises readers on choosing spy and crime fiction.

Ex: The sound rule that the librarian must not dispense medical or legal advice goes back at least a hundred years, having been clearly prescribed in Samuel S Green's pioneer paper of 1876.

Ex: For example, ALA 5A counsels that collections should be entered under the compiler or editor, individual or corporate.

Ex: There are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri.

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asesorar [A1 ]

vt

to advise

se hizo asesorar por un abogado she took legal advice, she consulted a lawyer

todo un equipo de expertos asesora a la comisión a whole team of experts advises the commission

asesoro a la compañía en materia de impuestos I act as o I am the company's tax advisor o consultant, I advise the company on tax matters

■ asesorarse

v pron

asesorarse CON or DE algn to consult sb

me asesoré con un abogado I consulted a lawyer, I took legal advice

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asesorar ( conjugate asesorar) verbo transitivo
to advise
asesorarse verbo pronominal asesorarse con algn to consult sb
asesorar verbo transitivo
1 to advise
2 (dar opinión profesional) to act as consultant to
' asesorar' also found in these entries:
English:
advise

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asesorar

♦ vt
[a político] to advise; [a empresario] to act as a consultant to
♦ See also the pronominal verb asesorarse

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asesorar

v/t advise

* * *

asesorar vt

: to advise, to counsel

♦ See also the reflexive verb asesorarse

Spanish-English dictionary > asesorar
17 controlar

v.

1 to control.

Pedro controla su vida al fin Peter controls his life at last.

María controla a sus hijos con lástima Mary controls her kids through pity.

2 to check.

3 to watch, to keep an eye on.

4 to take over, to control.

María controla los negocios Mary takes over business.

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controlar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to control

2 (comprobar) to check

► verbo pronominal controlarse

1 (moderarse) to control oneself

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verb

1) to control

2) monitor

* * *

1. VT

1) (=dominar) [+ situación, emoción, balón, vehículo, inflación] to control

los rebeldes controlan ya todo el país — the rebels now control the whole country, the rebels are now in control of the whole country

mis padres quieren controlarme la vida — my parents want to control my life

no pudo controlar el impulso de pegarle — he couldn't control the urge to hit him

medidas para controlar la calidad — quality-control measures

los bomberos consiguieron controlar el fuego — the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control

no controlo muy bien ese tema — * I'm not very hot on that subject *

2) (=vigilar)

inspectores para controlar el proceso electoral — observers to monitor the electoral process

deberías controlar tu peso — you should watch your weight

contrólame al niño mientras yo estoy fuera — * can you keep an eye on the child while I'm out

estoy encargado de controlar que todo salga bien — I'm responsible for checking o seeing that everything goes well

controla que no hierva el café — * make sure the coffee doesn't boil, see that the coffee doesn't boil

3) (=regular) to control

este termostato controla la temperatura — this thermostat controls the temperature

2.

VI *

he bebido tanto que ya no controlo — I've drunk so much I can't see straight *

3.

See:

controlarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

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= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex. These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex. The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex. It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex. Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex. Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex. Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex. After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex. For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex. The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex. Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex. This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex. But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex. The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex. Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex. This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex. The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex. The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex. A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex. Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex. Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex. This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

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* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

1) ( dominar) <nervios/impulsos/persona> to control

controlamos la situación — we are in control of the situation

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado — the fire was quickly brought under control

pasaron a controlar la empresa — they took control of the company

2) ( vigilar) <inflación/proceso> to monitor

controlar el peso/la línea — to watch one's weight/one's waistline

deja de controlar todos mis gastos — stop checking up on how much I spend

me tienen muy controlada — they keep a close watch on me

controlar las entradas y salidas — to keep a check on everyone who comes in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó — I timed how long it took me

3) ( regular) <presión/inflación> to control
2.
controlarse v pron

1) ( dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado — if he doesn't get a grip on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

2) ( vigilar) <peso/colesterol> to check, monitor

* * *

= control, get + command of, govern, keep + a rein on, keep within + bounds, monitor, regulate, peg, police, master, command, scourge, keep down + Nombre, stem + the tide of, bring under + control, hold in + line, gain + control (over/of), get + a grip on, hold + the reins of, corral, check up on, keep + tabs on, wield + control, hold + sway (over), wiretap [wire-tap], hold + the line, keep + a tight hold on, take + control of, stay on top of, stay in + control, rein in, hold + Nombre + in.

Ex: These fields control the access to the main record and are all fixed length fields.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

* controlarse = command + Reflexivo, pace.

* * *

controlar [A1 ]

vt

A (dominar)

1 ‹nervios/impulsos/emociones› to control; ‹persona/animal› to control

controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation, we have the situation under control

el incendio fue rápidamente controlado por los bomberos the firemen quickly got o brought the fire under control

controlan ahora toda la zona they now control o they are now in control of the whole area

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company

2 ( fam); ‹tema› to know about

estos temas no los controlo I don't know anything about these things, I'm not too well up on o hot on these things ( colloq)

B

(vigilar): tiene que controlar su peso he has to watch o check o ( frml) monitor his weight

deja de controlar todos mis gastos stop checking up on how much I spend the whole time

me tienen muy controlada they keep a close watch o they keep tabs on everything I do, they keep me on a very tight rein

el portero controlaba las entradas y salidas the porter kept a check on everyone who came in or out

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed myself o how long it took me

C (regular) to control

este mecanismo controla la presión this mechanism regulates o controls the pressure

medidas para controlar la inflación measures to control inflation o to bring inflation under control

D ( Dep) (en doping) to administer a test to

fue controlado positivo tras su victoria he tested positive after his victory

lo controlaron negativo he was tested negative

■ controlarse

v pron

A (dominarse) to control oneself

si no se controla acabará alcoholizado if he doesn't get a grip o a hold on himself he's going to become an alcoholic

B (vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, watch, monitor ( frml)

se controla el peso regularmente she checks her weight regularly, she keeps a regular check on her weight

* * *

Multiple Entries:
controlar
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;
◊ controlamos la situación we are in control of the situation;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;
◊ controlar el peso/la línea to watch one's weight/one's waistline;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly

* * *

controlar

♦ vt

1. [dominar] to control;

controlar la situación to be in control of the situation;

la empresa controla el 30 por ciento del mercado the company controls 30 percent of the market;

los bomberos todavía no han conseguido controlar el incendio firefighters have still not managed to bring the fire under control;

medidas para controlar los precios measures to control prices

2. [comprobar, verificar] to check;

controla el nivel del aceite check the oil level;

controlan continuamente su tensión arterial they are continuously monitoring his blood pressure

3. [vigilar] to watch, to keep an eye on;

la policía controla todos sus movimientos the police watch his every move;

nos controlan la hora de llegada they keep a check on when we arrive;

controla que no se cuele nadie see o make sure that no one Br jumps the queue o US cuts in line

♦ vi
Fam [saber] to know;
Rosa controla un montón de química Rosa knows loads about chemistry

♦ See also the pronominal verb controlarse

* * *

controlar

v/t

1 control

2 ( vigilar) check

* * *

controlar vt

1) : to control

2) : to monitor, to check

* * *

controlar vb

1. (dominar) to control [pt. & pp. controlled]

controló la situación he controlled the situation

2. (comprobar) to check

un programa que controla los errores de ortografía a program that checks spelling mistakes

Spanish-English dictionary > controlar
18 cumplir un objetivo

(v.) = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective

Ex. This paper discusses plans to enhance the service provided and to fulfill the goals of fast and accurate information transfer.

Ex. Author catalogues and indexes can be designed to meet different objectives.

Ex. Union catalogues may be compiled to meet differing purposes, and thus can be expected to exhibit a variety of styles.

Ex. It is sufficient to satisfy this purpose that the rural inhabitant should be rendered a happier (and not necessarily a more learned) man.

Ex. An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.

Ex. It should, therefore, be clearly understood that these catalogs will have to continue to be based on the traditional main entry if they are to serve the purposes they were intended to serve.

Ex. Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.

Ex. The traditional catalogue is failing to fulfill this objective at an ever increasing rate.

* * *

(v.) = fulfil + goal, meet + objective, meet + purpose, satisfy + purpose, serve + function, serve + purpose, meet + target, fulfil + objective

Ex: This paper discusses plans to enhance the service provided and to fulfill the goals of fast and accurate information transfer.

Ex: Author catalogues and indexes can be designed to meet different objectives.

Ex: Union catalogues may be compiled to meet differing purposes, and thus can be expected to exhibit a variety of styles.

Ex: It is sufficient to satisfy this purpose that the rural inhabitant should be rendered a happier (and not necessarily a more learned) man.

Ex: An area is a major section of the entry, comprising data of a particular category or serving a particular function.

Ex: It should, therefore, be clearly understood that these catalogs will have to continue to be based on the traditional main entry if they are to serve the purposes they were intended to serve.

Ex: Paid employees can have targets set for them and their prospects may well depend upon their meeting these targets.

Ex: The traditional catalogue is failing to fulfill this objective at an ever increasing rate.

Spanish-English dictionary > cumplir un objetivo
19 destruir

v.

to destroy.

El temblor destruyó la pared The quake destroyed the wall.

Sus trucos destruyeron a María His tricks destroyed Mary.

* * *

destruir

Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir

► verbo transitivo

1 to destroy

2 figurado to destroy, ruin, wreck

■ han destruido sus esperanzas they've shattered her hopes

* * *

verb

to destroy

* * *

1. VT

1) [+ objeto, edificio] to destroy

el acusado había destruido todas las pruebas — the defendant had destroyed all the evidence

el año pasado se destruyeron miles de empleos en la construcción — last year thousands of construction jobs were lost

2) (=estropear) [+ amistad, matrimonio, armonía] to wreck, destroy; [+ argumento, teoría] to demolish; [+ esperanza] to dash, shatter; [+ proyecto, plan] to wreck, ruin

2.

See:

destruirse

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage

b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio — financial problems wrecked their marriage

le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

* * *

= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

Ex. Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.

Ex. Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex. Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex. At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex. Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex. Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

Ex. The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex. That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.

Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex. Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.

Ex. The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.

Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex. It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex. The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

----

* chocar destruyendo = smash into.

* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* destruir un mito = explode + myth.

* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.

* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <documentos/pruebas> to destroy; < ciudad> to destroy; < medio ambiente> to damage

b) ( echar por tierra) < reputación> to ruin; < plan> to wreck; < esperanzas> to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio — financial problems wrecked their marriage

le destruyó la vida — it/he wrecked o destroyed his/her life

* * *

= demolish, destroy, knock out, scupper, wipe out, trash, pull apart, sweep away, knock down, rack [wrack], wreak + destruction, destruct, shred, wreck, decimate, lay + waste to, wash out, run down, break down, blow up, rubbish, stomp + Nombre + out, smash.

Ex: Having just demolished enumerative classification to some extent in the previous section, it is reasonable to ask how effective menu-based information retrieval systems might be.

Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.

Ex: Two years ago Hurricane Hugo nearly knocked out Charleston.

Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.

Ex: Strong economic forces, inflation and an over-strong pound wiped out any noticeable benefits of EEC membership to industry.

Ex: At the same time, the author takes issue with the view that the great libraries of America are being ' trashed' by the rush towards technology.

Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.

Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.

Ex: Your note attempts to knock down an assertion not made.

Ex: Both countries that have been wracked for the last ten years by violent civil wars.

Ex: The author laments the demise of the paper card catalogue as a 'paroxysm of shortsightedness and antiintellectualism' on the part of over zealous librarians, wreaking destruction in a class with the burning of the library at Alexandria.

Ex: That means that the abstractions of scientific knowledge reduce the reality and even destruct it.

Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.

Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.

Ex: Insect pests decimate a significant proportion of the world's food supply and transmit a number of deadly human diseases.

Ex: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.

Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.

Ex: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.

Ex: It describes our experience in combatting mould which grew as a result of high humidity and temperatures when the air conditioning system broke down for several days after several days of rain.

Ex: The article 'The library has blown up!' relates the short circuit in the main electrical circuit board of Porstmouth Public Library caused by electricians who were carrying out routine work.

Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.

Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.

Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.

* chocar destruyendo = smash into.

* destruir completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.

* destruir la esperanza = shatter + Posesivo + hopes.

* destruir un mito = explode + myth.

* fuego + destruir = fire + destroy.

* fuego + destruir por completo = fire + gut.

* * *

destruir [ I20 ]

vt

1 ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy; ‹ciudad› to destroy

productos que destruyen el medio ambiente products that damage the environment

2 (echar por tierra) ‹reputación› to ruin; ‹plan› to ruin, wreck; ‹esperanzas› to dash, shatter

los problemas económicos destruyeron su matrimonio financial problems wrecked o ruined their marriage

la droga está destruyendo muchas vidas drugs are wrecking o ruining o destroying the lives of many people

* * *

destruir ( conjugate destruir) verbo transitivo
a) ‹documentos/pruebas› to destroy;

‹ ciudad› to destroy;
‹ medio ambiente› to damage
b) ( echar por tierra) ‹ reputación› to ruin;

‹ plan› to wreck;
‹ esperanzas› to dash, shatter
destruir verbo transitivo to destroy
' destruir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acabar
- barrer
- dinamitar
- minar
- socavar
- anular
- consumir
- liquidar
English:
destroy
- flatten
- gut
- nuke
- obliterate
- shatter
- zap
- explode
- ruin
- shred

* * *

destruir

♦ vt

1. [destrozar] to destroy

2. [desbaratar] [argumento] to demolish;
[proyecto] to ruin, to wreck; [ilusión, esperanzas] to dash; [reputación] to ruin; [matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up
3. [hacienda, fortuna] to squander

♦ See also the pronominal verb destruirse

* * *

destruir

v/t

1 destroy

2 ( estropear) ruin, wreck

* * *

destruir {41} vt

: to destroy

♦ See also the reflexive verb destruirse

* * *

destruir vb to destroy

Spanish-English dictionary > destruir
20 documento histórico

(n.) = historical document, historical paper

Ex. Works of art are no longer sought after for their aesthetic qualities alone, but are seen as historical documents reflecting the time and place of their creation.

Ex. The historical papers section includes more than 300 documents reflecting the struggle for national liberation.

* * *

(n.) = historical document, historical paper

Ex: Works of art are no longer sought after for their aesthetic qualities alone, but are seen as historical documents reflecting the time and place of their creation.

Ex: The historical papers section includes more than 300 documents reflecting the struggle for national liberation.

Spanish-English dictionary > documento histórico

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