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senate

  • 1 Senado, el

    = Senate, the
    Ex. The copyright law was tabled in the Senate in June 79 and the 2nd reading debate was adjourned to enable public comment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Senado, el

  • 2 Cámara de Senadores

    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > Cámara de Senadores

  • 3 senatorial

    • Senate
    • senatorial decree

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > senatorial

  • 4 senatorio

    • Senate
    • senatorial decree

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > senatorio

  • 5 Senado

    m.
    senate.
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    1 senate
    2 figurado (reunión) assembly
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    noun m.
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    SM
    1) (Pol) senate
    2) (=reunión) assembly, gathering
    SENADO The Senado is the Upper Chamber of the Spanish Parliament. Approximately 80% of its 256 members acquire their seats in the general elections while the remaining 20% are nominated by each of the Autonomous Regions (Comunidades Autónomas). Like the Congreso de los Diputados, the term of office for the Senado is no longer than four years.
    See:
    ver nota culturelle CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS in congreso
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    masculino ( cámara alta) senate; ( edificio) senate, senate building o (AmE) house
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    ----
    * Senado, el = Senate, the.
    * * *
    masculino ( cámara alta) senate; ( edificio) senate, senate building o (AmE) house
    * * *
    el Senado
    = Senate, the

    Ex: The copyright law was tabled in the Senate in June 79 and the 2nd reading debate was adjourned to enable public comment.

    * Senado, el = Senate, the.
    * * *
    The upper chamber of the Spanish Cortes Generales (↑ corte a1), and the place where it meets. There are 250 senators, most of whom are elected every four years, at general elections, four from each province. A small number of senators are also elected by the autonomous governments.
    The Senado 's functions include discussing, approving, and suggesting amendments to legislation passed by the Congreso de los Diputados (↑ congreso a1) and supervising the compensation fund for the autonomous regions.
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    senado sustantivo masculino
    senate
    senado sustantivo masculino senate
    ' senado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cámara
    English:
    senate
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    senado nm
    1. [asamblea] senate
    2. [edificio] senate, US senate house
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    m senate
    * * *
    senado nm
    : senate
    * * *
    senado n senate

    Spanish-English dictionary > Senado

  • 6 claustro

    m.
    1 cloister (architecture).
    2 senate.
    3 teaching staff(en instituto, colegio) (profesores).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: claustrar.
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    1 ARQUITECTURA cloister
    2 (estado monástico) monastic life
    4 (junta de profesores) staff meeting; (de universidad) senate
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    SM
    1) (Rel) cloister
    2) (Univ) staff, faculty (EEUU); (=junta) senate; (=asamblea) staff meeting
    3) (Anat)
    * * *
    1) (Arquit, Relig) cloister
    2) (Educ) ( de universidad) senate; ( de colegio) staff; ( reunión) senate/staff meeting
    * * *
    = cloister, faculty meeting.
    Ex. The library was originally housed in a former monastic cloister and, until 1829, entry to the library was via a staircase in the University church.
    Ex. The public librarian can attend faculty meetings to ascertain curricular needs and use the latitude of the library's collection to augment the school's capacity.
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    * claustro, el = academic senate, the.
    * claustro universitario = faculty senate meeting.
    * claustro universitario, el = academic senate, the.
    * con claustros = cloistered.
    * * *
    1) (Arquit, Relig) cloister
    2) (Educ) ( de universidad) senate; ( de colegio) staff; ( reunión) senate/staff meeting
    * * *
    el claustro
    (n.) = academic senate, the

    Ex: The resulting recommendations were accepted by the Academic Senate on 6 December 1999.

    = cloister, faculty meeting.

    Ex: The library was originally housed in a former monastic cloister and, until 1829, entry to the library was via a staircase in the University church.

    Ex: The public librarian can attend faculty meetings to ascertain curricular needs and use the latitude of the library's collection to augment the school's capacity.
    * claustro, el = academic senate, the.
    * claustro universitario = faculty senate meeting.
    * claustro universitario, el = academic senate, the.
    * con claustros = cloistered.

    * * *
    A ( Arquit) cloister
    B ( Educ) (de una universidad) senate; (de un colegio) staff; (reunión) senate/staff meeting
    Compuesto:
    ( liter); womb
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    claustro sustantivo masculino
    a) (Arquit, Relig) cloister

    b) (Educ) ( de universidad) senate;

    ( de colegio) staff;
    ( reunión) senate/staff meeting
    claustro sustantivo masculino
    1 Educ Univ (de profesores, etc) staff meeting
    2 Arquit Rel cloister
    ' claustro' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cloister
    - senate
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    1. [de convento] cloister
    2. [en universidad] senate
    3. [en instituto, colegio] [profesores] teaching staff, US faculty;
    [reunión] ≈ staff meeting, US faculty meeting
    4. claustro materno [matriz] womb
    * * *
    m
    1 ARQUI cloister
    2 de profesores staff
    * * *
    : cloister

    Spanish-English dictionary > claustro

  • 7 claustro universitario

    Ex. The questionnaires distributed at the faculty senate meeting had a 79 percent response rate.
    * * *
    el claustro universitario
    (n.) = academic senate, the

    Ex: The resulting recommendations were accepted by the Academic Senate on 6 December 1999.

    Ex: The questionnaires distributed at the faculty senate meeting had a 79 percent response rate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > claustro universitario

  • 8 senatorial

    adj.
    1 senate.
    comité senatorial senate committee
    2 senatorial.
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    1 senatorial
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    Ex. The article has the title 'Time of voting decision and use of political advertising: the Slade Gorton-Brock Adams senatorial campaign'.
    * * *

    Ex: The article has the title 'Time of voting decision and use of political advertising: the Slade Gorton-Brock Adams senatorial campaign'.

    * * *
    senatorial
    * * *

    senatorial adjetivo senatorial
    * * *
    1. [del senado] senate;
    comité senatorial senate committee
    2. [de senador] senatorial

    Spanish-English dictionary > senatorial

  • 9 universitario

    adj.
    university, collegiate.
    m.
    university student, college student.
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    1 university
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (que está estudiando) university student; (licenciado) university graduate
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    universitario, -a
    1.
    ADJ university antes de s
    2.
    SM / F (=estudiante) (university) student; (=licenciado) university graduate
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo university (before n)
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino ( estudiante) undergraduate, (university) student; ( licenciado) (university) graduate
    * * *
    = faculty, university, collegiate, university-based, college, varsity.
    Ex. Academic disputations are generally entered under the heading for the faculty moderator.
    Ex. The new building was expected to provide for a university population of 5,500 students of which approximately 3,500 would be science and technology students and 2,000 arts and social science students.
    Ex. Munthe came to realize that the library had to achieve 'a more central and active position' in collegiate education.
    Ex. This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex. This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.
    Ex. The article 'A variety of varsity presses' presents an annotated guide to university presses operating in the UK.
    ----
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitar = academic librarianship.
    * campus universitario = university campus.
    * ciudad universitaria = university town.
    * claustro universitario = faculty senate meeting.
    * claustro universitario, el = academic senate, the.
    * colegio universitario = college.
    * colegio universitario estatal = state college.
    * de edad universitaria = college-age.
    * días universitarios = school days.
    * educación universitaria = college-trained.
    * egresado universitario = college graduate.
    * enseñanza universitaria = college education, university education.
    * época universitaria = school days.
    * estudiante universitario = college student.
    * estudiante universitario de último curso = senior major.
    * estudiante universitario externo = off-campus university student.
    * estudiante universitario que abandona los estudios = college dropout.
    * estudio universitario = academic study.
    * institución de enseñanza superior no universitaria = college of higher education.
    * no universitario = non-college.
    * profesor universitario = professor.
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * titulado universitario = college graduate.
    * * *
    I
    - ria adjetivo university (before n)
    II
    - ria masculino, femenino ( estudiante) undergraduate, (university) student; ( licenciado) (university) graduate
    * * *
    = faculty, university, collegiate, university-based, college, varsity.

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

    Ex: The new building was expected to provide for a university population of 5,500 students of which approximately 3,500 would be science and technology students and 2,000 arts and social science students.
    Ex: Munthe came to realize that the library had to achieve 'a more central and active position' in collegiate education.
    Ex: This book explores the underlying institutional factors that help museum-based connoisseurship and aestheticism and university-based critical theory and revisionist scholarship exist.
    Ex: This article argues that critical thinking, a long sought after goal in the US educational system, may be taught efficiently through the agency of library use instructions within the college environment.
    Ex: The article 'A variety of varsity presses' presents an annotated guide to university presses operating in the UK.
    * biblioteca universitaria = college library, university library, research library.
    * biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas universitar = academic librarianship.
    * campus universitario = university campus.
    * ciudad universitaria = university town.
    * claustro universitario = faculty senate meeting.
    * claustro universitario, el = academic senate, the.
    * colegio universitario = college.
    * colegio universitario estatal = state college.
    * de edad universitaria = college-age.
    * días universitarios = school days.
    * educación universitaria = college-trained.
    * egresado universitario = college graduate.
    * enseñanza universitaria = college education, university education.
    * época universitaria = school days.
    * estudiante universitario = college student.
    * estudiante universitario de último curso = senior major.
    * estudiante universitario externo = off-campus university student.
    * estudiante universitario que abandona los estudios = college dropout.
    * estudio universitario = academic study.
    * institución de enseñanza superior no universitaria = college of higher education.
    * no universitario = non-college.
    * profesor universitario = professor.
    * SCONUL (Sociedad de Bibliotecas Nacionales y Universitarias) = SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries).
    * titulado universitario = college graduate.

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    university ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    1 (estudiante) undergraduate, university student, student
    2 (licenciado) graduate, university graduate
    * * *

    universitario
    ◊ - ria adjetivo

    university ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( estudiante) undergraduate, (university) student;

    ( licenciado) (university) graduate
    universitario,-a
    I adjetivo university
    II m,f (estudiante) university student, undergraduate
    (licenciado) graduate
    ' universitario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colegio
    - oposición
    - título
    - universitaria
    - curso
    - diplomarse
    - titulado
    English:
    academic
    - liability
    - undergraduate
    - university
    - college
    - collegiate
    - debar
    - graduate
    - junior
    - lecturer
    - professor
    - under
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    universitario, -a
    adj
    university;
    estudiante universitario university student
    nm,f
    1. [estudiante] university student
    2. [profesor] university Br lecturer o US professor
    3. [licenciado] university graduate
    * * *
    I adj university atr
    II m, universitaria f estudiante university student
    * * *
    : university, college
    : university student, college student
    * * *
    universitario1 adj university
    1. (estudiante) university student / undergraduate
    2. (licenciado) graduate

    Spanish-English dictionary > universitario

  • 10 claustral

    adj.
    1 claustral.
    2 claustral (monjes).
    * * *
    1 claustral, cloistral
    * * *
    SMF (Univ) member of the Senate
    * * *
    monastic
    * * *
    adj
    1. [del claustro conventual]
    la restauración claustral the restoration of the cloisters;
    la vida claustral [de monjes] monastic life;
    [de monjas] convent life
    2. [del claustro universitario] senate;
    elecciones claustrales elections to the senate
    nmf
    member of the senate

    Spanish-English dictionary > claustral

  • 11 depender

    v.
    to depend.
    depender de algo to depend on something
    todo depende de lo que decida el juez everything depends on what the judge decides
    depende… it depends…
    depender de alguien to be dependent on somebody
    depende de ti it's up to you
    si de mí dependiera, el trabajo sería tuyo if it was up to me, the job would be yours
    * * *
    1 to depend (de, on)
    2 (estar bajo el mando o autoridad) to be under, be answerable to; (necesitar) to be dependent on
    los vendedores dependen de Juan the salesmen are answerable to Juan, Juan is in charge of the salesmen
    \
    en lo que de mí (ti, él, etc) depende... as far as I (you, he, etc) am (are, is) concerned...
    * * *
    VI
    1)

    -¿vas a ir? -depende — "are you going?" - "it depends"

    2)

    depender de algn/algo — to depend on sb/sth

    no te eches atrás ahora, que dependo de ti — don't back out now, I'm relying o depending on you

    sin coche, dependes de los demás — without a car you depend on o you're dependent on other people, without a car you have to rely on other people

    3)

    depender de[empleado, institución] to be accountable to, be answerable to

    4)

    depender de algn (=corresponder a)

    lo siento, su aceptación no depende de mí — I'm sorry, it's not up to me whether you are accepted or not

    5) (Pol)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) resultado/solución to depend

    ¿vendrás? - depende — will you come? - it depends

    depender de algo/alguien — to depend on something/somebody

    depender de alguien/algo: depende económicamente de sus padres he is financially dependent on his parents; dependía totalmente de su mujer he depended o relied totally on his wife; depende totalmente de las drogas — he's totally dependent on drugs

    * * *
    = hang + Posesivo + hat on, set + your watch by.
    Ex. There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.
    Ex. There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.
    ----
    * depender de = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of.
    * depender demasiado de = lean + too heavily on.
    * depender de + Nombre = be up to + Nombre.
    * dependiendo de = subject to, depending on/upon.
    * dependiendo del acuerdo = subject to + agreement.
    * dependiendo de la disponibilidad de + Nombre = subject to availability of + Nombre, subject to availability of + Nombre.
    * destino + depender de = destiny + hang upon.
    * hacer que se dependa de = place + reliance on.
    * que depende del tiempo = time-dependent.
    * última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1)
    a) resultado/solución to depend

    ¿vendrás? - depende — will you come? - it depends

    depender de algo/alguien — to depend on something/somebody

    depender de alguien/algo: depende económicamente de sus padres he is financially dependent on his parents; dependía totalmente de su mujer he depended o relied totally on his wife; depende totalmente de las drogas — he's totally dependent on drugs

    * * *
    = hang + Posesivo + hat on, set + your watch by.

    Ex: There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.

    Ex: There are a few things you can count on; I mean really set your watch by in life.
    * depender de = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of.
    * depender demasiado de = lean + too heavily on.
    * depender de + Nombre = be up to + Nombre.
    * dependiendo de = subject to, depending on/upon.
    * dependiendo del acuerdo = subject to + agreement.
    * dependiendo de la disponibilidad de + Nombre = subject to availability of + Nombre, subject to availability of + Nombre.
    * destino + depender de = destiny + hang upon.
    * hacer que se dependa de = place + reliance on.
    * que depende del tiempo = time-dependent.
    * última palabra + depender de = ultimate authority + rest with.

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    depender [E1 ]
    vi
    A
    1 «resultado/solución» to depend
    ¿vendrás? — depende will you come? — it depends o maybe o I might
    depender DE algo/algn to depend ON sth/sb
    ahora todo depende de ti now everything depends on you
    si de mí dependiera if it were up to me
    depende en gran parte de la temperatura it depends largely o to a great extent on the temperature
    todo depende de que llegue a tiempo it all depends on him arriving on time
    2
    «persona»: depender DE algn/algo: depende económicamente de sus padres he depends on his parents financially, he is financially dependent on his parents
    dependía totalmente de su mujer he was completely dependent on his wife, he depended o relied totally on his wife
    no tengo que depender de nadie para regresar I don't have to rely on anyone to get back
    dependía totalmente de la heroína he was totally dependent on heroin
    B
    dependían directamente del director financiero they reported directly to the finance director
    la comisión dependerá del Senado the commission will report to o will be accountable to o will be answerable to the Senate
    2
    «territorio»: la isla depende de Australia the island is an Australian dependency
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    depender ( conjugate depender) verbo intransitivo
    a) [resultado/solución] to depend;

    depender de algo/algn to depend on sth/sb
    b) [ persona] depender de algn/algo to be dependent on sb/sth

    depender verbo intransitivo
    1 (estar condicionado por) to depend [de, on]: depende de nosotros, it is up to us
    depende del humor que tenga, it depends on his mood
    no sé, depende, I don't know, it depends
    2 (estar subordinado a) to be dependent [de, on]: depende de sus padres, she's dependent on her parents, el teatro depende de la comunidad, the theatre is run by the regional government
    ' depender' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colgarse
    English:
    depend
    - hinge on
    - reliant
    - rely
    - report
    - dependent
    - hang
    - hinge
    * * *
    1. [económicamente, psicológicamente, físicamente] [sujeto: persona]
    depender de algo to depend on sth;
    depender de alguien to be dependent on sb;
    depende de la caridad para sobrevivir he survives on charity;
    económicamente, aún depende de su familia she's still financially dependent on her family;
    lleva la moto para no depender de nadie a la hora de volver go on your motorbike so you don't have to depend on anybody else to get back
    2. [políticamente, administrativamente] [sujeto: nación, territorio, asunto]
    un territorio que depende de España a territory that is a Spanish dependency;
    la política educativa depende del gobierno central educational policy is in the hands of central government
    3. [en jerarquías, escalafones] [sujeto: persona, departamento]
    nosotros dependemos de la jefatura de Educación we come under the Department of Education
    4. [sujeto: decisión, resultado, consecuencias] to depend;
    ¿vas a venir? – depende are you coming? – it depends;
    todo depende de lo que decida el juez everything depends on what the judge decides;
    depende de ti it's up to you;
    si de mí dependiera, el trabajo sería tuyo if it was o were up to me, the job would be yours
    * * *
    v/i
    1 depend (de on);
    eso depende that all depends
    2
    :
    * * *
    1) : to depend
    2)
    depender de : to depend on
    3)
    depender de : to be subordinate to
    * * *
    2. (necesitar) to be dependent
    depende it depends / it all depends

    Spanish-English dictionary > depender

  • 12 antifraude

    ADJ INV
    * * *
    = anti-fraud [antifraud].
    Ex. Now the Senate is voting on the remaining amendments to the anti-fraud legislation, which could pass as early as this afternoon.
    ----
    * brigada antifraude = fraud squad.
    * * *
    = anti-fraud [antifraud].

    Ex: Now the Senate is voting on the remaining amendments to the anti-fraud legislation, which could pass as early as this afternoon.

    * brigada antifraude = fraud squad.

    * * *
    anti-fraud ( before n)

    Spanish-English dictionary > antifraude

  • 13 avanzar a duras penas

    (v.) = flounder, grind on
    Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
    Ex. Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.
    * * *
    (v.) = flounder, grind on

    Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

    Ex: Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar a duras penas

  • 14 avanzar a trancas y barrancas

    (v.) = flounder, grind on
    Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
    Ex. Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.
    * * *
    (v.) = flounder, grind on

    Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

    Ex: Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar a trancas y barrancas

  • 15 avanzar con gran dificultad

    (v.) = grind on
    Ex. Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.
    * * *
    (v.) = grind on

    Ex: Far more likely is that the session will grind on days, perhaps weeks, before there's a compromise between the Presidente and the Senate.

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar con gran dificultad

  • 16 ciclópeo

    adj.
    Cyclopean.
    * * *
    1 Cyclopean, gigantic, huge, massive
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, colossal
    * * *
    = Herculean, Herculanian.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    * * *
    = Herculean, Herculanian.

    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.

    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.

    * * *
    ciclópeo, -a adj
    [enorme] colossal, massive
    * * *
    adj fig
    gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > ciclópeo

  • 17 claustro universitario, el

    (n.) = academic senate, the
    Ex. The resulting recommendations were accepted by the Academic Senate on 6 December 1999.

    Spanish-English dictionary > claustro universitario, el

  • 18 claustro, el

    (n.) = academic senate, the
    Ex. The resulting recommendations were accepted by the Academic Senate on 6 December 1999.

    Spanish-English dictionary > claustro, el

  • 19 enorme

    adj.
    enormous, huge.
    * * *
    1 (grande) enormous, huge, vast
    2 (desmedido) tremendous, great
    3 familiar (muy bueno) very good, excellent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=muy grande) enormous, huge
    2) * (=estupendo) killing *, marvellous
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.
    Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex. She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex. Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    ----
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.
    * * *
    adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; < zona> vast, huge
    * * *
    = deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

    Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.
    Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.
    Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.
    Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.
    Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.
    Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.
    Ex: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.
    Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    * boquete enorme = gaping hole.

    * * *
    ‹edificio/animal› huge, enormous; ‹aumento/suma› huge, enormous, vast; ‹zona› vast, huge
    la diferencia es enorme the difference is enormous o huge
    tiene unas manos enormes he has huge o enormous hands
    sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad o a tremendous sense of sadness
    * * *

     

    enorme adjetivo ‹edificio/animal/suma huge, enormous;
    zona vast, huge;

    enorme adjetivo enormous, huge: vimos un elefante enorme, we saw an enormous elephant
    (de consideración) un enorme error, a clanger

    ' enorme' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atroz
    - botija
    - congratularse
    - desnivel
    - estrepitosa
    - estrepitoso
    - satisfacción
    - soberana
    - soberano
    - sofoco
    - supina
    - supino
    English:
    effective
    - enormous
    - face
    - gaping
    - ginormous
    - huge
    - immense
    - massive
    - monstrous
    - monumental
    - vast
    - whopper
    - world
    - derive
    - extreme
    - gigantic
    - it
    - prodigious
    - scar
    - yawning
    * * *
    enorme adj
    1. [muy grande] [objeto, persona, cantidad] huge, enormous;
    [defecto, error] huge;
    estos animales tienen una enorme capacidad para reproducirse these creatures have an enormous reproductive capacity;
    una torre de enorme altura an enormously tall tower;
    tu hijo está ya enorme your son's really huge;
    le invadía una enorme tristeza he was overcome by a great sadness
    2. Fam [excelente] great, fantastic
    * * *
    adj enormous, huge
    * * *
    enorme adj
    inmenso: enormous, huge
    enormemente adv
    * * *
    enorme adj enormous / huge

    Spanish-English dictionary > enorme

  • 20 gigantesco

    adj.
    giant-sized, enormous, gigantic, colossal.
    * * *
    1 giant, gigantic, giant-size
    * * *
    (f. - gigantesca)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, giant antes de s
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex. The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex. The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    ----
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantescait was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.

    Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.
    Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex: The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.

    * * *
    de dimensiones gigantescas of gigantic o giant proportions
    un palacio gigantesco a huge o gigantic palace
    fue una empresa gigantesca it was a massive o mammoth o huge undertaking
    * * *

    gigantesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    huge, gigantic

    ' gigantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gigantesco-a
    English:
    gigantic
    - mammoth
    - monster
    - giant
    - monstrous
    - out
    * * *
    gigantesco, -a adj
    gigantic
    * * *
    adj gigantic
    * * *
    gigantesco, -ca adj
    : gigantic, huge
    * * *
    gigantesco adj gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gigantesco

См. также в других словарях:

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