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  • 81 enlomado

    Ex. The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.
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    Ex: The sections of a book were stapled to a coarse cloth backing, but unfortunately the staples soon rusted and became brittle.

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  • 82 entero

    adj.
    1 entire, livelong, whole, undivided.
    2 whole.
    3 honest, solid, upright.
    4 complete, total.
    m.
    integer.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: enterar.
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    1 (completo) entire, whole, complete
    2 figurado (recto) honest, upright
    3 figurado (firme) firm, resolute
    4 (robusto) robust
    1 FINANZAS point
    2 MATEMÁTICAS whole number
    \
    bajar enteros FINANZAS to go down points
    darse por entero a algo to devote oneself entirely to something
    subir enteros FINANZAS to go up points
    ————————
    1 FINANZAS point
    2 MATEMÁTICAS whole number
    * * *
    (f. - entera)
    adj.
    2) full
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=completo) whole, entire

    es famoso en el mundo entero — he's famous the whole world over, he's famous all over the world

    2)

    por entero — wholly, fully

    3) (Mat) whole, integral
    4) [persona] (=íntegro) upright; (=sereno) composed

    un hombre muy entero — a man of great integrity, a very upright man

    estuvo muy entera durante el funeral — she was very composed o she kept her composure during the funeral

    5) And, CAm, Caribe * (=idéntico) identical, similar

    está entero a su papá — he's just like his dad, he's the spitting image of his dad

    6) (=no castrado) entire
    2. SM
    1) (Mat) integer, whole number
    2) (Com, Econ) point
    3) LAm (=pago) payment
    4) Cono Sur (Econ) balance
    5) Arg boilersuit
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    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( en su totalidad) whole

    una caja entera de bombones — a whole o an entire box of chocolates

    por entero — completely, entirely

    b) (delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute
    c) ( intacto) intact
    d) < número> whole
    2) < persona> ( íntegro) upright
    II
    1) (Fin) point; (Mat) whole number, integer
    2) ( de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket
    * * *
    = entire, intact.
    Ex. Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.
    Ex. Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.
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    * en el mundo entero = worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.
    * estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.
    * famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * leche entera = whole milk.
    * número entero = integer.
    * número entero positivo = positive integer.
    * redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.
    * tener + Nombre + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.
    * unidad entera = unit.
    * vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.
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    I
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( en su totalidad) whole

    una caja entera de bombones — a whole o an entire box of chocolates

    por entero — completely, entirely

    b) (delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute
    c) ( intacto) intact
    d) < número> whole
    2) < persona> ( íntegro) upright
    II
    1) (Fin) point; (Mat) whole number, integer
    2) ( de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket
    * * *
    = entire, intact.

    Ex: Plainly such representative sections may not be present in many documents, but sometimes an extract from the results, conclusions or recommendations of a document may serve to identify the key issues covered by the entire document.

    Ex: Only the concepts in the facet cited first in citation order will be grouped intact.
    * en el mundo entero = worldwide [world-wide], all around the world, throughout the world, around the planet, the world over.
    * estar a la entera disposición de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + feet.
    * famoso en el mundo entero = world-renowned, world-renown.
    * leche entera = whole milk.
    * número entero = integer.
    * número entero positivo = positive integer.
    * redondear al número entero más cercano = round up to + the nearest whole number.
    * tener + Nombre + a + Posesivo + entera disposición = have + the run of the + Nombre.
    * unidad entera = unit.
    * vida entera, la = whole lifelong, whole life.

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    entero1 -ra
    A
    se comió una caja entera de bombones she ate a whole o an entire box of chocolates
    un mes entero a whole month
    se pasó el día entero arreglándolo she spent the whole o entire day fixing it
    no hay otro igual en el mundo entero there isn't another one like it in the whole (wide) world
    eso es así en el mundo entero it's like that all over the world
    por entero completely, entirely
    2 ( delante del n) (absoluto, total) complete, absolute
    3 (intacto) intact
    espero que la porcelana llegue entera I hope the china arrives intact o in one piece
    ¿te lo troceo? — no, déjamelo entero shall I cut it up for you? — no, I'll take it whole
    no le quedó ni un hueso entero every bone in his body was broken
    4 ‹número› whole
    B ‹persona› (íntegro) upright
    A
    1 ( Fin) point
    las acciones perdieron tres enteros the shares went down o lost three points
    2 ( Mat) whole number, integer
    B ( Chi) (de una deuda) payment, settlement
    C ( Andes) (de lotería) (whole) lottery ticket
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    Del verbo enterar: ( conjugate enterar)

    entero es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    enteró es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    enterar    
    entero
    entero 1
    ◊ -ra adjetivo


    ◊ una caja entera de bombones a whole o an entire box of chocolates;

    en el mundo entero all over the world;
    por entero completely, entirely

    c) ‹ número› whole

    entero 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (Fin) point



    entero,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (completo) entire, whole: él solo se comió la tarta entera, he ate the whole cake all by himself
    2 (cabal, sensato) honest, upright
    3 fig (ante una desgracia) strong
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 Mat whole number
    2 Fin (en Bolsa) point
    ♦ Locuciones: por entero, completely: las ruedas se hundieron por entero en el barro, the wheels sank out of sight in the mud
    ' entero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    completa
    - completo
    - cuerpo
    - entera
    - enterarse
    - morirse
    - plena
    - pleno
    - espejo
    - mono
    - recién
    - través
    English:
    all
    - annihilate
    - complete
    - entire
    - full-length
    - integer
    - integral
    - strong
    - tell off
    - whole
    - world
    - full
    - one
    - read
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    entero, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [completo] whole;
    vi la película entera I watched the whole film;
    pasó la noche entera en vela he was awake all night;
    ¿quiere la pieza entera o se la hago trozos? do you want it in one piece or shall I cut it up?;
    es de mi entera confianza she has my complete confidence;
    por entero entirely, completely
    2. [sin desperfecto] in one piece;
    la vajilla llegó toda entera the dinner service arrived in one piece;
    este cristal está entero this pane hasn't been broken
    3. [en buen estado físico]
    acabó la maratón muy entero he finished the marathon in good shape
    4. [sereno] composed;
    se mostró muy entero en el juicio he was very composed at the trial
    5. [honrado] upright, honest
    6. Mat [número] whole
    7. [fruta] hard
    8. Guat, Perú Fam [idéntico] identical
    ♦ nm
    1. Bolsa point;
    Prunosa sube dos enteros Prunosa gained two points
    2. Mat integer, whole number
    3. CSur [ropa] [con mangas] Br overalls, US coveralls;
    [de peto] Br dungarees, US overalls; [para bebé] rompers
    4. Andes, RP [lotería] = complete lottery ticket (usually sold in one-tenth shares)
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    I adj
    1 ( completo) whole, entire;
    por entero completely, entirely;
    10 años/días enteros 10 whole years/days
    2 (no roto) intact, undamaged
    II m
    1 ( punto) point
    2 Rpl ( mono) coveralls pl, Br
    overalls pl
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    entero, -ra adj
    1) : entire, whole
    2) : complete, absolute
    3) : intact
    ♦ enteramente adv
    entero nm
    1) : integer, whole number
    2) : point (in finance)
    * * *
    entero adj whole / entire

    Spanish-English dictionary > entero

  • 83 entrada recíproca

    Ex. Programs are available which generate alphabetical listings, including lead-in terms, reciprocal entries, hierarchical displays and other special sections of the thesaurus.
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    Ex: Programs are available which generate alphabetical listings, including lead-in terms, reciprocal entries, hierarchical displays and other special sections of the thesaurus.

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrada recíproca

  • 84 esclarecedor

    adj.
    enlightening, eye-opening, illuminating, illustrating.
    m.
    enlightener, illuminator.
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    - dora adjetivo illuminating, enlightening
    * * *
    = enlightening, illuminating.
    Ex. But the information can be interesting as well as enlightening.
    Ex. Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo illuminating, enlightening
    * * *
    = enlightening, illuminating.

    Ex: But the information can be interesting as well as enlightening.

    Ex: Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.

    * * *
    illuminating, enlightening
    * * *

    esclarecedor,-ora adjetivo enlightening: creo que el resultado de la autopsia resultará muy esclarecedor, I think that the autopsy results will be enlightening
    ' esclarecedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esclarecedora
    * * *
    esclarecedor, -ora adj
    illuminating

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  • 85 escuálido

    adj.
    squalid, filthy.
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    1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny
    2 (sucio) squalid, filthy
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    ADJ
    1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy
    2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy
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    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

    * * *
    A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny
    B ‹lugar› squalid
    * * *

    escuálido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

    escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

    ' escuálido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuálida
    English:
    scraggy
    - emaciated
    - scrawny
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    escuálido, -a adj
    emaciated
    * * *
    adj skinny, emaciated
    * * *
    escuálido, -da adj
    1) : skinny, scrawny
    2) inmundo: filthy, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuálido

  • 86 esencia

    f.
    1 essence.
    quinta esencia quintessence
    2 extract, essence.
    3 ens.
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    1 essence
    2 (perfume) essence, perfume, scent
    \
    quinta esencia quintessence
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=base) [de teoría] essence; [de asunto, problema] heart

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) [de perfume] essence
    * * *
    1) (fondo, base) essence

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) (Coc, Quím, Fil) essence
    •
    * * *
    = essence, nature, substance, flavour [flavor, -USA], marrow, quid, crux.
    Ex. In simple terms, the essence of subject organisation is the division of literature (or references to literature) into manageable, or scannable categories, with each category being associated with an index term.
    Ex. In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex. Plainly, in many documents sections that can be regarded as truly representative of the flavour of the original are absent or difficult to identify.
    Ex. The novel 'The Marrow of Tradition' analyzes and exposes the societal prejudices that alienate two marginalized groups from each other.
    Ex. The important moral crux at the heart of the novel 'The debt collector' is that the odds are stacked against the rehabilitation of violent criminals.
    Ex. The crux of the process is the development of multiple models.
    ----
    * aceite de esencias = essential oil.
    * en esencia = in essence, essentially.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * esencia de eucalipto = eucalyptus oil.
    * esencia de, la = pith and marrow of, the.
    * esencia irlandesa = Irishness.
    * * *
    1) (fondo, base) essence

    en esencia — essentially, in essence

    2) (Coc, Quím, Fil) essence
    •
    * * *
    = essence, nature, substance, flavour [flavor, -USA], marrow, quid, crux.

    Ex: In simple terms, the essence of subject organisation is the division of literature (or references to literature) into manageable, or scannable categories, with each category being associated with an index term.

    Ex: In this chapter a review of the development of cataloguing codes is given in order to explain and place in context the nature of modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: For whatever reason, Shera chose to disparage rather than to take seriously the substance of Briet's ideas.
    Ex: Plainly, in many documents sections that can be regarded as truly representative of the flavour of the original are absent or difficult to identify.
    Ex: The novel 'The Marrow of Tradition' analyzes and exposes the societal prejudices that alienate two marginalized groups from each other.
    Ex: The important moral crux at the heart of the novel 'The debt collector' is that the odds are stacked against the rehabilitation of violent criminals.
    Ex: The crux of the process is the development of multiple models.
    * aceite de esencias = essential oil.
    * en esencia = in essence, essentially.
    * en su esencia = in substance.
    * esencia de eucalipto = eucalyptus oil.
    * esencia de, la = pith and marrow of, the.
    * esencia irlandesa = Irishness.

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    A
    1 (fondo, base) essence
    la esencia de su teoría the essence of his theory
    en esencia essentially, in essence
    se trata, en esencia, de un problema político the problem is essentially a political one, the problem is, in essence, a political one
    2 ( Fil) essence
    esencia divina divine essence
    B ( Coc, Quím) essence
    Compuestos:
    coffee essence
    turpentine, turps ( BrE)
    vanilla essence
    * * *

    esencia sustantivo femenino
    essence
    esencia sustantivo femenino essence
    ♦ Locuciones: quinta esencia, quintessence
    ' esencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ser
    - extracto
    English:
    essence
    * * *
    1. [lo principal, lo básico] essence;
    en esencia in essence, essentially;
    en esencia sus opiniones apenas difieren at bottom there's little difference between their views
    2. [extracto, concentrado] essence;
    esencia de lavanda lavender water;
    esencia de café/vainilla coffee/vanilla essence
    esencia mineral mineral oil;
    esencia de trementina oil of turpentine
    * * *
    f essence;
    en esencia essentially, in essence
    * * *
    : essence

    Spanish-English dictionary > esencia

  • 87 espejo retrovisor

    m.
    rear-view mirror, rear reflecting mirror, driving mirror, rearview mirror.
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    rear-view mirror
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    (n.) = rear-view mirror, driving mirror, side-view mirror
    Ex. Do our current programs really prepare our students for that future, or do they cater to our familiar present and past? -- looking toward the future through a rear-view mirror as it were.
    Ex. The experiment was designed to observe the use of driving mirrors as novice andexperienced drivers manoeuvred three sections of roadway.
    Ex. The driver's side door, part of the bonnet and the side-view mirror were also damaged.
    * * *
    (n.) = rear-view mirror, driving mirror, side-view mirror

    Ex: Do our current programs really prepare our students for that future, or do they cater to our familiar present and past? -- looking toward the future through a rear-view mirror as it were.

    Ex: The experiment was designed to observe the use of driving mirrors as novice andexperienced drivers manoeuvred three sections of roadway.
    Ex: The driver's side door, part of the bonnet and the side-view mirror were also damaged.

    * * *
    rear-view mirror

    Spanish-English dictionary > espejo retrovisor

  • 88 estar de acuerdo

    to agree ( con, with)
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    (v.) = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed
    Ex. The draft was approved by the sponsoring Sections in December 1983 and proofreading and preparation of the camera-ready copy were completed by September 1984.
    Ex. While Groome and the progressives have over the years had their differences with the mayor -- to put it mildly -- one thing they are in firm agreement about is that taxes have been pushed as far as they can be.
    Ex. These four national libraries have also concurred on the matter of fullness of personal name.
    Ex. Everyone who has examined the topic, librarians and non-librarians alike, are agreed that the reference interview is essential to the success of the computer search.
    * * *
    estar de acuerdo (con/en)
    (v.) = see + eye to eye (with/on)

    Ex: Although there is consensus on the priority of some strategies, execs from different departments don't see eye to eye on many others.

    (v.) = approve, be in agreement, concur (with), be agreed

    Ex: The draft was approved by the sponsoring Sections in December 1983 and proofreading and preparation of the camera-ready copy were completed by September 1984.

    Ex: While Groome and the progressives have over the years had their differences with the mayor -- to put it mildly -- one thing they are in firm agreement about is that taxes have been pushed as far as they can be.
    Ex: These four national libraries have also concurred on the matter of fullness of personal name.
    Ex: Everyone who has examined the topic, librarians and non-librarians alike, are agreed that the reference interview is essential to the success of the computer search.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar de acuerdo

  • 89 estropear

    v.
    1 to break (aparato).
    2 to ruin (ropa, vista).
    el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin
    Elsa estropeó a su hijo Elsa ruined her son.
    3 to ruin, to spoil (plan, cosecha).
    siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything
    Ese chico estropeó mis planes That boy spoiled my plans.
    4 to age.
    5 to damage, to ruin, to bang up, to batter.
    Elsa estropeó mi auto Elsa damaged my car.
    * * *
    1 (máquina) to damage, break, ruin
    2 (cosecha) to spoil, ruin
    3 (plan etc) to spoil, ruin
    4 (salud) to be bad for
    5 (envejecer) to age
    6 (manos, pelo) to ruin
    1 (máquina) to break down
    2 (cosecha) to be spoiled, get damaged
    3 (plan etc) to fail, fall through, go wrong
    4 (comida) to go bad
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    verb
    1) to spoil, ruin
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=averiar) [+ juguete, lavadora, ascensor] to break; [+ vehículo] to damage
    2) (=dañar) [+ tela, ropa, zapatos] to ruin
    3) (=malograr) [+ plan, cosecha, actuación] to ruin, spoil

    la luz estropea el vino — light spoils wine, light makes wine go off

    4) (=afear) [+ objeto, habitación] to ruin the look of, spoil the look of; [+ vista, panorama] to ruin, spoil

    estropeó el escritorio pintándolo de blanco — he ruined o spoiled the look of the desk by painting it white

    ese sofá estropea el salón — that sofa ruins the look of the living room, that sofa spoils (the look of) the living room

    5) (=envejecer)
    [+ persona]
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage
    b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin
    2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin
    2.
    estropearse v pron
    1)
    a) ( averiarse) to break down
    b) plan to go wrong
    2)
    a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off
    b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks
    * * *
    = break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.
    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. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex. Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
    Ex. Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.
    Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex. Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.
    Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex. Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.
    Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex. Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
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    * algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.
    * estar estropeándose = be on the way out.
    * estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.
    * estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.
    * estropearlo = crap it up.
    * estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.
    * estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.
    * estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.
    * estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.
    * estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.
    * estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.
    * que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <aparato/mecanismo> to damage, break; < coche> to damage
    b) ( malograr) <plan/vacaciones> to spoil, ruin
    2) (deteriorar, dañar) < piel> to damage, ruin; < juguete> to break; < ropa> to ruin
    2.
    estropearse v pron
    1)
    a) ( averiarse) to break down
    b) plan to go wrong
    2)
    a) ( deteriorarse) frutato go bad; leche/pescado to go off
    b) (Esp) persona ( afearse) to lose one's looks
    * * *
    = break down, mar, ruin, spoil, mutilate, disfigure, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], corrupt, despoil, deface, bungle, fudge, wash out, cast + a blight on, blight.

    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: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
    Ex: Prompt responses are required to bomb threats and reports of such dangerous or criminal conduct as sprinkling acid on chairs or clothing, mutilating books, tampering with the card catalog, or obscene behavior.
    Ex: Whichever he chooses he will still have to sift out and categorize the numerous errors that disfigure all the early texts of the play.
    Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.
    Ex: Libraries which have public access computers should take precautions to prevent their systems being corrupted.
    Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.
    Ex: Do not write or scribble in books or otherwise deface them.
    Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.
    Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.
    Ex: Some sections of road washed out by flood waters.
    Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
    Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
    * algo que estropea el paisaje = a blot on the landscape.
    * estar estropeándose = be on the way out.
    * estropear el efecto = spoil + effect.
    * estropear el placer = spoil + pleasure.
    * estropearlo = crap it up.
    * estropear los planes = upset + the applecart.
    * estropear los planes, chaflar los planes, desbaratar los planes, desbaratar = upset + the applecart.
    * estropear + Posesivo + imagen = ruin + Posesivo + style, cramp + Posesivo + style.
    * estropear + Posesivo + planes = upset + Posesivo + plans, ruin + Posesivo + plans.
    * estropearse = go down, sour, give up + the ghost, conk out, go + kaput, be kaput, go to + seed, go + haywire, go + haywire, be up the spout.
    * estropear una relación = poison + a relationship.
    * estropear un chiste = kill + a joke, kill + a joke.
    * que estropea el paisaje = eyesore.

    * * *
    estropear [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break; ‹coche› to damage
    2 (malograr) ‹plan› to spoil, ruin, wreck ( colloq)
    este niño se ha empeñado en estropearnos las vacaciones this child is determined to spoil o ruin o wreck our holidays (for us)
    B
    (deteriorar, dañar): no laves esa camisa con lejía que la estropeas don't use bleach on that shirt, you'll ruin it
    el calor ha estropeado la fruta the heat has made the fruit go bad
    el exceso de sol puede estropear la piel too much sun can damage o harm your skin
    si lo estropeas, no te compro más juguetes if you break it, I won't buy you any more toys
    estropeó la comida echándole mucha sal he spoiled the food by putting too much salt in it
    A
    1 (averiarse) to break down
    el coche se ha vuelto a estropear the car's broken down again
    la lavadora está estropeada the washing machine is broken
    2 «plan» to go wrong
    B
    1
    (deteriorarse): los zapatos se me han estropeado con la lluvia the rain has ruined my shoes, my shoes have been ruined by the rain
    mete la fruta en la nevera, que se va a estropear put the fruit in the fridge or it'll go bad
    2 ( Esp) «persona» (afearse) to lose one's looks
    últimamente se ha estropeado mucho lately she's really lost her looks
    * * *

     

    estropear ( conjugate estropear) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹aparato/mecanismo› to damage, break;

    ‹ coche› to damage
    b) ( malograr) ‹plan/vacaciones› to spoil, ruin

    2 (deteriorar, dañar) ‹ piel› to damage, ruin;
    ‹ juguete› to break;
    ‹ ropa› to ruin;

    estropearse verbo pronominal
    1
    a) ( averiarse) [motor/coche] to break down;


    b) [plan/vacaciones] to go wrong

    2 ( deteriorarse) [ fruta] to go bad;
    [leche/pescado] to go off;
    [zapatos/chaqueta] to get ruined
    estropear verbo transitivo
    1 (causar daños) to damage: hemos estropeado la impresora porque usamos el papel equivocado, we have ruined the printer because we used the wrong kind of paper
    2 (frustrar, malograr) to spoil, ruin: ¡lo has estropeado todo con tus meteduras de pata!, you've ruined everything with your big mouth!
    3 (una máquina) to break
    ' estropear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aguar
    - cargarse
    - dar
    - dañar
    - deshacer
    - destripar
    - joder
    - jorobar
    - perder
    - salar
    - embromar
    - estropeado
    - fastidiar
    English:
    botch
    - break
    - bungle
    - damage
    - damper
    - mar
    - mess up
    - muck up
    - ruin
    - screw up
    - spoil
    - unspoilt
    - wreck
    - disfigure
    - kill
    - mess
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [averiar] to break
    2. [dañar] to damage;
    no juegues al fútbol con esos zapatos, que los estropearás don't play football in those shoes, you'll ruin them;
    la lejía estropea la ropa bleach damages clothes;
    el exceso de sol estropea la piel too much sun is bad for the skin
    3. [echar a perder] to ruin, to spoil;
    la lluvia estropeó nuestros planes the rain ruined o spoiled our plans;
    siempre tienes que estropearlo todo you always have to ruin everything
    4. [envejecer] to age
    * * *
    v/t
    1 aparato break
    2 plan ruin, spoil
    * * *
    1) arruinar: to ruin, to spoil
    2) : to break, to damage
    * * *
    1. (en general) to ruin / to spoil [pt. & pp. spoilt]
    2. (aparato) to damage

    Spanish-English dictionary > estropear

  • 90 estudios afroamericanos

    Ex. The bookshop also has sections on feminism, black studies, third world countries and many more topics.
    * * *

    Ex: The bookshop also has sections on feminism, black studies, third world countries and many more topics.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudios afroamericanos

  • 91 estímulo

    m.
    1 encouragement, drive, boost, incentive.
    2 incentive, inducement.
    * * *
    1 stimulus, stimulation
    2 figurado encouragement
    3 COMERCIO incentive
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Psic) stimulus
    2) (=incentivo) incentive
    * * *
    a) ( incentivo) encouragement

    sirve de estímulo a la inversión — it acts as an incentive to investment, it encourages investment

    b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus
    * * *
    = boost, incentive, leaven, prodding, spur, stimulation, stimulus [stimuli, -pl.], encouragement, enhancer, facilitator, prod, kick-start [kickstart], kick-start [kickstart], word of encouragement, nudge, titillation, driving force, stimulant, pick-me-up.
    Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
    Ex. This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.
    Ex. But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.
    Ex. Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.
    Ex. This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.
    Ex. The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.
    Ex. This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.
    Ex. Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.
    Ex. The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.
    Ex. Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.
    Ex. She sat back in her chair and considered her supervisor's gentle prods.
    Ex. That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex. That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex. This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.
    Ex. Results showed that student teachers needed additional support, either via nudge or overt expectations, to actually apply what they had learned.
    Ex. At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.
    Ex. On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.
    Ex. The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.
    Ex. Maybe it's just a passing mood or maybe it's a particularly bad string of events, but sometimes in this hectic life we just need a pick-me-up.
    ----
    * dar estímulo = provide + boost.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * estímulos visuales = visual stimuli.
    * ofrecer estímulo = provide + stimulus.
    * ser un estímulo = be motivating.
    * * *
    a) ( incentivo) encouragement

    sirve de estímulo a la inversión — it acts as an incentive to investment, it encourages investment

    b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus
    * * *
    = boost, incentive, leaven, prodding, spur, stimulation, stimulus [stimuli, -pl.], encouragement, enhancer, facilitator, prod, kick-start [kickstart], kick-start [kickstart], word of encouragement, nudge, titillation, driving force, stimulant, pick-me-up.

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

    Ex: This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.
    Ex: But the leaven of the principles, promulgated by the International Federation, has not yet penetrated into more than half the lump of documentary material.
    Ex: Computers are quite adroit at such simple yes/no response without much prodding.
    Ex: This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.
    Ex: The reader of this work can relive with some degree of verisimilitude the excitement and stimulation created by these institutes and such colloquies as the Kilgour-Lubetzky exchange.
    Ex: This was not intended as a criticism of their hard working colleagues but simply as an admission that they needed additional support and stimulus.
    Ex: Nevertheless my debts are real, and I particularly want to thank David Foxon for his illuminating commentary on the final sections, and D. F. McKenzie for his encouragement throughout.
    Ex: The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.
    Ex: Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.
    Ex: She sat back in her chair and considered her supervisor's gentle prods.
    Ex: That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex: That would be a great kick-start to raising awareness of IFLA 2002.
    Ex: This he knew happens to employees who are not given a word of encouragement, some recognition.
    Ex: Results showed that student teachers needed additional support, either via nudge or overt expectations, to actually apply what they had learned.
    Ex: At heart, it is a smirkingly adolescent pursuit of cheap laughs and mild titillation, with a surfeit of jokes involving breasts and bums and with new extremes of scatological humiliation.
    Ex: On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.
    Ex: The system consequently retrieves any record in which the term ' stimulants' appears.
    Ex: Maybe it's just a passing mood or maybe it's a particularly bad string of events, but sometimes in this hectic life we just need a pick-me-up.
    * dar estímulo = provide + boost.
    * estímulo excesivo = overstimulation.
    * estímulos visuales = visual stimuli.
    * ofrecer estímulo = provide + stimulus.
    * ser un estímulo = be motivating.

    * * *
    1 (incentivo) encouragement
    sirve de estímulo a la inversión it acts as an incentive o a stimulus to investment, it encourages investment
    2 ( Biol, Fisiol) stimulus
    * * *

    Del verbo estimular: ( conjugate estimular)

    estimulo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    estimuló es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    estimular    
    estímulo
    estimular ( conjugate estimular) verbo transitivo


    estímulo sustantivo masculino

    b) (Biol, Fisiol) stimulus

    estimular verbo transitivo
    1 (dar ánimos) to encourage
    2 (potenciar, activar) to stimulate
    estímulo sustantivo masculino
    1 (acicate, ánimo) encouragement
    2 Biol Fís stimulus
    (acción) stimulation
    ' estímulo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ánimo
    - incentivo
    - responder
    - respuesta
    - revulsiva
    - revulsivo
    - acicate
    - arriba
    English:
    boost
    - encouragement
    - inspiration
    - lift
    - shot
    - spur
    - stimulation
    - stimulus
    * * *
    1. [aliciente] incentive;
    [ánimo] encouragement;
    servir de estímulo to act o serve as an incentive;
    medidas de estímulo a la creación de empleo measures to encourage job creation
    2. Fisiol stimulus
    * * *
    m
    1 stimulus
    2 ( incentivo) incentive
    * * *
    1) : stimulus
    2) incentivo: incentive, encouragement
    * * *
    estímulo n stimulus [pl. stimuli]

    Spanish-English dictionary > estímulo

  • 92 examinar

    v.
    1 to examine.
    El científico examinó la evidencia The scientist examined the evidence.
    El médico examinó al paciente The doctor examined the patient.
    Ricardo examinó el libro Richard examined=perused the book.
    2 to interrogate.
    La policía examinó al testigo The police interrogated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to examine
    2 (investigar) to consider, inspect, go over
    1 to take an examination, sit an examination
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ alumno] to examine
    2) [+ producto] to test
    3) [+ problema] to examine, study
    4) [+ paciente] to examine
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.
    Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.
    Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex. The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex. It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    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. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    ----
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.

    Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

    Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex: It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    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: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.

    * * *
    examinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹alumno/candidato› to examine
    B (mirar detenidamente, estudiar)
    1 ‹objeto› to examine, inspect; ‹contrato/documento› to examine, study
    2 ‹situación/caso› to study, consider; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to study, examine
    3 ‹paciente/enfermo› to examine
    ( Esp) to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    ayer nos examinamos de latín we had o took o ( BrE) sat our Latin exam yesterday
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    examinar    
    examinar algo
    examinar ( conjugate examinar) verbo transitivo
    to examine;
    ‹situación/caso› to study, consider
    examinarse verbo pronominal (Esp) to take an exam
    examinar verbo transitivo to examine: quisiera examinar las pruebas detenidamente, I'd like to thoroughly examine the evidence
    ' examinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mirar
    - pensar
    - tantear
    - analizar
    - escudriñar
    - ver
    English:
    examine
    - inspect
    - look into
    - look over
    - paper
    - reassess
    - review
    - scrutinize
    - search
    - see into
    - study
    - test
    - trace
    - view
    - look
    - peruse
    - reexamine
    - survey
    - vet
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alumno] to examine
    2. [analizar] to examine;
    examinó detenidamente el arma he examined the weapon carefully;
    examinaremos su caso we shall examine her case;
    tienes que ir al médico a que te examine you must go and get the doctor to examine you
    * * *
    v/t examine
    * * *
    1) : to examine
    2) inspeccionar: to inspect
    * * *
    examinar vb to examine

    Spanish-English dictionary > examinar

  • 93 familia monoparental

    f.
    lone-parent family, single-parent household, one-parent family, single-parent family.
    * * *
    (n.) = one parent family, single parent, single-parent working family, single-parent family, lone-parent family
    Ex. Allied to these sections were the compilation of self-help packs of information, each dealing with a particular problem or area of enquiry, eg buying or selling a house, one parent families, legal aid, redundancy etc.
    Ex. Single parents are given priority in applying for help and divorced women automatically receive maintenance from the local authority who then claim it from the husband.
    Ex. They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of single-parent working families.
    Ex. Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, single-parent family instead of the catch-all FAMILY.
    Ex. This article examines the effects of changes in family structure (from a family with two original parents to a lone-parent family or a stepfamily) on young children.
    * * *
    (n.) = one parent family, single parent, single-parent working family, single-parent family, lone-parent family

    Ex: Allied to these sections were the compilation of self-help packs of information, each dealing with a particular problem or area of enquiry, eg buying or selling a house, one parent families, legal aid, redundancy etc.

    Ex: Single parents are given priority in applying for help and divorced women automatically receive maintenance from the local authority who then claim it from the husband.
    Ex: They have become very popular with library patrons, especially in time-rationed, gridlocked metropolitan areas with a high proportion of single-parent working families.
    Ex: Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, single-parent family instead of the catch-all FAMILY.
    Ex: This article examines the effects of changes in family structure (from a family with two original parents to a lone-parent family or a stepfamily) on young children.

    Spanish-English dictionary > familia monoparental

  • 94 figurar

    v.
    1 to represent.
    María figuró los sucesos Mary represented the events.
    2 to feign, to simulate.
    María figuró un desmayo Mary feigned a fainting spell.
    3 to appear, to figure.
    figura en los títulos de crédito como productor he appears o is listed in the credits as the producer
    figura entre los artistas más destacados de su época he was one of the most outstanding artists of his day
    4 to take part, to figure, to sit in.
    Ese diplomático figuró en el seminario That diplomat took part in the...
    * * *
    1 (representar) to represent
    2 (simular) to simulate, feign
    1 (encontrarse) to appear, be, figure
    2 (destacar) to stand out, be important
    1 (imaginarse) to imagine, suppose
    \
    ¡figúrate! just imagine!
    ya me lo figuraba I thought as much
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=aparecer) to figure, appear ( como as) ( entre among)
    2) (=destacar)

    es un don nadie, pero le encanta figurar — he's a nobody, but he likes to show off

    2. VT frm
    1) (=representar) to represent
    2) (=fingir) to feign
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) (en lista, documento) to appear
    b) ( en sociedad) to be prominent; ( destacar)

    lo hizo sólo para figurar or por afán de figurar — he just did it to show off o impress

    2.
    figurarse v pron to imagine

    ¿crees que vendrá? - me figuro que sí — do you think she'll come? - I imagine so o (AmE) I figure she will

    figúrate, tardamos dos horas! — just imagine! it took us two hours

    ¿se enfadó mucho? - figúrate! — did she get very angry? - what do you think?

    figúrate tú, se quedó viuda — can you imagine? she was left a widow

    ya me lo figuraba yo — I thought as much, so I thought

    ya te figurarás lo que hice — you can imagine o (AmE) figure what I did!

    * * *
    = appear, feature, figure.
    Ex. The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.
    Ex. If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.
    Ex. It is important not to let the early sections figure disproportionately in the final abstract merely because they are encountered first.
    ----
    * no figurar = be not included.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) (en lista, documento) to appear
    b) ( en sociedad) to be prominent; ( destacar)

    lo hizo sólo para figurar or por afán de figurar — he just did it to show off o impress

    2.
    figurarse v pron to imagine

    ¿crees que vendrá? - me figuro que sí — do you think she'll come? - I imagine so o (AmE) I figure she will

    figúrate, tardamos dos horas! — just imagine! it took us two hours

    ¿se enfadó mucho? - figúrate! — did she get very angry? - what do you think?

    figúrate tú, se quedó viuda — can you imagine? she was left a widow

    ya me lo figuraba yo — I thought as much, so I thought

    ya te figurarás lo que hice — you can imagine o (AmE) figure what I did!

    * * *
    = appear, feature, figure.

    Ex: The statement of authorship is also transcribed and it appears in the work.

    Ex: If a corporate body is deemed to have some intellectual responsibility for the content of a work, then the name of that body will usually feature as a heading on either a main or added entry.
    Ex: It is important not to let the early sections figure disproportionately in the final abstract merely because they are encountered first.
    * no figurar = be not included.

    * * *
    figurar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 (en una lista, un documento) to appear
    su nombre no figura en la lista his name doesn't appear on the list
    figura en los primeros puestos de la clasificación she appears o is among the leaders in the table
    aquí figura como tutor del niño he appears o he is down here as the child's guardian
    2 (en sociedad) to be prominent
    (destacar): lo hizo sólo para figurar he just did it to show off o impress
    si me hubiera gustado figurar habría sido artista if I'd wanted to be somebody important, I would have chosen to be an artist
    una familia que figura mucho (en sociedad) a family with a high profile in society life
    ■ figurar
    vt
    to represent
    el círculo anaranjado figura el sol the orange circle represents the sun
    to imagine
    ¿crees que vendrá? — me figuro que sí do you think she'll come? — I imagine so o ( AmE) I figure she will
    ¡figúrate, tardamos dos horas en llegar! just imagine, o can you believe it? it took us two hours to get there
    ¿se enfadó mucho? — ¡figúrate! did she get very angry? — what do you think?
    figúrate tú, se quedó viuda y con dos niños pequeños can you imagine? she was left a widow and with two small children
    ya te figurarás lo que le contesté you can imagine o guess o ( AmE) figure what I said to him!
    * * *

    figurar ( conjugate figurar) verbo intransitivo (en lista, documento) to appear
    figurarse verbo pronominal
    to imagine;
    ◊ me figuro que sí I imagine so, I figure she (o he etc) will (AmE);

    me figuro que tardaremos una hora I reckon o (AmE) figure that it'll take us one hour;
    ¡figúrate, tardamos dos horas! just imagine! it took us two hours;
    ya me lo figuraba yo I thought as much, so I thought
    figurar
    I vi (en una lista, en un grupo) to figure [como, as] [entre, among]: no figura entre los seleccionados, she wasn't listed in the selection
    II vt to represent

    ' figurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    constar
    English:
    feature
    - figure
    - include
    - rank
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [aparecer] to appear, to figure (en in);
    su nombre figura al final de la lista her name appears at the end of the list;
    figura entre los artistas más destacados de su época he was one of the most outstanding artists of his day;
    figura en los títulos de crédito como productor he appears o is listed in the credits as the producer
    2. Fam [destacar, sobresalir]
    le encanta figurar she likes to seem important;
    acude a todas las fiestas por un afán de figurar she goes to all the parties because she wants to be seen
    ♦ vt
    1. [representar] to represent;
    una imagen que figura una divinidad an image representing a god
    2. [simular] to feign, to simulate;
    figuró estar satisfecho he pretended to be satisfied
    * * *
    I v/i appear (en in);
    aquí figura como … she appears o is down here as …
    II v/t
    1 ( simular) pretend
    2 ( representar) represent
    * * *
    1) : to figure, to be included
    Rivera figura entre los más grandes pintores de México: Rivera is among Mexico's greatest painters
    2) : to be prominent, to stand out
    : to represent
    esta línea figura el horizonte: this line represents the horizon
    * * *
    figurar vb (estar) to appear / to be

    Spanish-English dictionary > figurar

  • 95 fluidez

    f.
    1 fluidity.
    2 smoothness.
    3 fluency.
    4 eloquentness, fluent speech, fluency, loquacity.
    * * *
    \
    fluidez verbal fluency
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Téc) fluidity
    2) (fig) fluency
    * * *
    a) ( de expresión) fluency
    b) ( de tráfico) smooth flow
    c) (Fís, Quím) fluidity
    * * *
    = flow, fluency, fluidity.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.
    Ex. The article ' Fluidity and intangibility: the stunning impact of an expanded information base' examines the concept of the expanded information base and resulting changes which will greatly affect librarians and their libraries.
    ----
    * con fluidez = fluent, fluently.
    * * *
    a) ( de expresión) fluency
    b) ( de tráfico) smooth flow
    c) (Fís, Quím) fluidity
    * * *
    = flow, fluency, fluidity.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

    Ex: Fluency with the English language is a predictor of successful assimilation into mainstream American society.
    Ex: The article ' Fluidity and intangibility: the stunning impact of an expanded information base' examines the concept of the expanded information base and resulting changes which will greatly affect librarians and their libraries.
    * con fluidez = fluent, fluently.

    * * *
    1 (de expresión) fluency
    habla griego con fluidez she speaks Greek fluently, she speaks fluent Greek
    2 (de tráfico) smooth flow
    3 ( Fís, Quím) fluidity
    * * *

    fluidez sustantivo femenino



    c) (Fís, Quím) fluidity

    fluidez sustantivo femenino fluency
    ' fluidez' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flow
    - fluency
    - fluent
    - fluently
    * * *
    1. [de sustancia, líquido] fluidity
    2. [del tráfico] free flow
    3. [de relaciones] smoothness
    4. [en el lenguaje] fluency;
    hablar un idioma con fluidez to speak a language fluently
    * * *
    f fluidity
    * * *
    1) : fluency
    2) : fluidity

    Spanish-English dictionary > fluidez

  • 96 flujo

    m.
    1 flow.
    flujo y reflujo ebb and flow
    flujo migratorio flow of immigrants
    flujo sanguíneo bloodstream
    flujo vaginal vaginal discharge
    2 discharge, efflux, secretion of fluid from an opening.
    * * *
    1 (brote) flow
    2 (marea) rising tide
    3 FÍSICA flux
    4 MEDICINA discharge
    5 INFORMÁTICA discharge
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=corriente) flow, stream
    2) (Med)

    flujo de vientre — diarrhoea, diarrhea (EEUU)

    flujo sanguíneo — flow of blood, blood flow

    3) (=marea) incoming tide, rising tide

    flujo y reflujo — (lit, fig) ebb and flow

    4) (Fís)
    5) (Com)

    flujo de caja, flujo de fondos — cashflow

    * * *
    1) (circulación, corriente) flow
    2) (Med) ( secreción) discharge
    3) (Náut) tide
    * * *
    = flow, flux, flood, outflow, stream.
    Ex. The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).
    Ex. We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex. George Ticknor noted that this flood of new immigrants 'at no time, consisted of persons who, in general, were fitted to understand our free institutions or to be intrusted with the political power given by universal suffrage'.
    Ex. A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex. Voters felt the stream of news coming out of London had little to do with ordinary people.
    ----
    * constante flujo de = steady stream of.
    * control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.
    * diagrama de flujo = flow diagram, flow chart [flowchart/flow-chart].
    * diagrama de flujos = process chart.
    * flujo constante de = steady flow of.
    * flujo continuo = continuum.
    * flujo de caja = cash flow.
    * flujo de capital = capital flow.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * flujo del aire = airflow.
    * flujo de neutrones = neutro flux.
    * flujo de tráfico = traffic flow.
    * flujo libre = free flow.
    * flujo sanguíneo = blood flow.
    * flujo sanguíneo, el = bloodstream, the.
    * flujo vaginal = vaginal discharge.
    * velocidad de flujo = rate of flow.
    * * *
    1) (circulación, corriente) flow
    2) (Med) ( secreción) discharge
    3) (Náut) tide
    * * *
    = flow, flux, flood, outflow, stream.

    Ex: The vocabulary used in conjunction with PRECIS is split in two sections, one part for Entities (or things) and the other for Attributes (properties of things, for example colour, weight; activities of things, for example flow, and properties of activities, for example, slow, turbulent).

    Ex: We might connect stream, current, flux, flow and evolution as being manifestations of motion; expurgation, disinfection, refining, bowdlerization and whitewashing as being manifestations of cleaning.
    Ex: George Ticknor noted that this flood of new immigrants 'at no time, consisted of persons who, in general, were fitted to understand our free institutions or to be intrusted with the political power given by universal suffrage'.
    Ex: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.
    Ex: Voters felt the stream of news coming out of London had little to do with ordinary people.
    * constante flujo de = steady stream of.
    * control de flujo del líquido = fluid-control.
    * diagrama de flujo = flow diagram, flow chart [flowchart/flow-chart].
    * diagrama de flujos = process chart.
    * flujo constante de = steady flow of.
    * flujo continuo = continuum.
    * flujo de caja = cash flow.
    * flujo de capital = capital flow.
    * flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.
    * flujo del aire = airflow.
    * flujo de neutrones = neutro flux.
    * flujo de tráfico = traffic flow.
    * flujo libre = free flow.
    * flujo sanguíneo = blood flow.
    * flujo sanguíneo, el = bloodstream, the.
    * flujo vaginal = vaginal discharge.
    * velocidad de flujo = rate of flow.

    * * *
    A (circulación, corriente) flow
    flujo sanguíneo blood flow, flow of blood
    flujo magnético magnetic flux
    un flujo emigratorio a wave of immigrants
    Compuestos:
    cash flow
    traffic flow
    B ( Med) (secreción) discharge
    Compuesto:
    menstrual flow
    C ( Náut) tide
    flujo y reflujo ebb and flow
    * * *

     

    flujo sustantivo masculino
    1 (circulación, corriente) flow;

    2 (Med) ( secreción) discharge;

    3 (Náut) tide;

    flujo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de un líquido, gas) flow
    2 (marea alta) rising tide, flow
    3 Fís flux
    4 Med discharge
    ' flujo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    diagrama
    - torrente
    English:
    bottleneck
    - cash flow
    - drift
    - ebb
    - flow
    - negative
    - outflow
    - outpouring
    - stream
    - cash
    - discharge
    - out
    * * *
    flujo nm
    1. [movimiento] flow
    Com flujo de caja cash flow; Com flujo de fondos cash flow;
    flujo migratorio flow of immigrants;
    flujo sanguíneo bloodstream;
    Com flujo de tesorería cash flow
    2. [secreción] flujo menstrual menstrual flow;
    flujo vaginal vaginal discharge
    3. [marea]
    el flujo de la marea the rising o incoming tide;
    flujo y reflujo ebb and flow
    * * *
    m flow;
    flujo de información flow of information
    * * *
    flujo nm
    1) : flow
    2) : discharge

    Spanish-English dictionary > flujo

  • 97 fotografía aérea

    f.
    aerial photography, aerophotography, air photography, aerophotograph.
    * * *
    (n.) = aerial photograph, aerial photography
    Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.
    Ex. Studies are included on the use of these printers in computer graphics, aerial photography, cartography, and data processing.
    * * *
    (n.) = aerial photograph, aerial photography

    Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.

    Ex: Studies are included on the use of these printers in computer graphics, aerial photography, cartography, and data processing.

    * * *
    técnica aerial photography; imagen aerial photograph

    Spanish-English dictionary > fotografía aérea

  • 98 fotografía del espacio

    Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.
    * * *

    Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fotografía del espacio

  • 99 fotografía tomada por un satélite

    Ex. Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.
    * * *

    Ex: Cartographic materials are all the materials that represent, in whole or in part, the earth or any celestial body at any scale and include aerial, satellite, and space photographs; sections; atlases, etc.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fotografía tomada por un satélite

  • 100 franja horaria

    (n.) = time slot
    Ex. each professional group (i.e., Sections and Round Tables) will receive one time slot of 2 1/2 hours.
    * * *
    (n.) = time slot

    Ex: each professional group (i.e., Sections and Round Tables) will receive one time slot of 2 1/2 hours.

    * * *
    TV time slot

    Spanish-English dictionary > franja horaria

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