ser reacio a hacer algo

Ex: Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.

Ex: Some library members are still reticent about using technological innovations such as microfiche readers so it may be only library staff who use the catalogue.

Ex: Many librarians are disinclined to make the necessary effort to collect statistics.

Ex: This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.

Ex: The advantage of an acoustic pulse as the averse stimulus is discussed.

Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

* mostrarse reacio a = baulk at [balk at].

* persona reacia a la lectura = aliterate.

* reacio a = refractory to.

* reacio a + Infinitivo = unwilling to + Infinitivo.

* reacio a la toma de riesgos = risk-averse.

* reacio al cambio = resistant to change.

reacio

reluctant
reacio,-a adjetivo reluctant, unwilling: es reacio a las novedades, he's averse to change ➣ Ver nota en averse

' reacio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reacia
- reticente
English:
averse
- hesitant
- reluctant

rrɛ'aθǐo

reticente adjetivo


reticente adjetivo
1 (una persona) reticent, reluctant
2 (un discurso, unas palabras) insinuating, full of hints
' reticente' also found in these entries:
English:
reticent

rrɛ'miso

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

Ex: This is viewed as a mechanism for data base producers to become hosts, and to share the cost and risk participating in an international host service.

Ex: This article aims to cover tools that shed light on what the stakes might be in getting involved with CD-ROM technology = Este artículo intenta analizar las herramientas que nos aclaren cuáles podrían ser los riesgos de involucrarse con la tecnología del CD-ROM.

Ex: The article 'Librarian as author: the perils of publishing' reports on the issue that most academic librarians are now compelled by their terms of employment to engage in some form of scholarly activity and increasingly are writing for publication.

Ex: The article 'The electronic boom: a gamble or a sure bet?' considers the threat of the new technology to the future of newspapers.

Ex: Under WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT, for instance, are listed works on the health and safety hazards of employment, the wages of employment, the problems of mothers, married and/or single women and employment, and so on.

* alto riesgo = high stakes.

* análisis de riesgos = risk analysis, risk assessment, risk evaluation.

* asumir un riesgo = bear + risk, take + risks.

* calcular un riesgo = calculate + risk.

* capital de riesgo = venture capital.

* capitalista que presta capital de riesgo = venture capitalist.

* contra todo (tipo) de riesgo = against all risks.

* correr el riesgo = risk, face + the risk, chance, take + Posesivo + chances.

* correr un gran riesgo = play (for) + high stakes.

* correr un riesgo = run + risk, take + chances (on).

* de bajo riesgo = low-risk.

* deporte de riesgo = extreme sport.

* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* en situaciones de riesgo = in harm's way.

* evaluación de riesgos = risk assessment.

* evitar un riesgo = duck + risk.

* factor de riesgo = risk factor.

* libre de riesgo = riskless, risk-free.

* mitigar el riesgo = minimise + risk.

* póliza de seguro a todo riesgo = all risks cover.

* poner en riesgo = put at + risk.

* por cuenta y riesgo de Uno = at + Posesivo + peril.

* por su cuenta y riesgo = at + Posesivo + own risk.

* presentar un riesgo = pose + risk.

* prevención de riesgos = risk management, risk prevention.

* prevención de riesgos laborales = occupational hazard prevention.

* reacio a la toma de riesgos = risk-averse.

* reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.

* riesgo biológico = biological risk.

* riesgo calculado = calculated risk.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* riesgo de incendio = fire risk, fire hazard.

* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.

* riesgo del oficio = occupational hazard.

* riesgo económico = financial risk.

* riesgo financiero = financial risk.

* riesgo innecesario = unnecessary risk.

* riesgo laboral = occupational hazard.

* riesgo muy elevado = high stakes.

* riesgo para la salud = health risk, health hazard.

* riesgo para la seguridad = security risk.

* riesgo político = political risk.

* riesgos-beneficios = risk-return.

* riesgo social = social risk.

* seguro a todo riesgo = comprehensive insurance, all-risk insurance.

* sin riesgo = riskless.

* sopesar riesgos = weigh up + risks.

* toma de riesgos = risk-taking, calculated risk-taking.

 

riesgo sustantivo masculino
risk;

a riesgo de perder su amistad at the risk of losing his friendship;
riesgos que hay que correr risks you have to take;
corres el riesgo de perderlo you run the risk of losing it;
un seguro a or contra todo riesgo an all-risks o a comprehensive insurance policy
riesgo sustantivo masculino risk
deportes de alto riesgo, high-risk sports
♦ Locuciones: correr el riesgo de, to run the risk of
seguro a todo riesgo, fully-comprehensive insurance ➣ Ver nota en risk

' riesgo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
correr
- peligro
- segura
- seguro
- significar
- suponer
- vida
- asegurado
- asegurar
- asumir
- cubrir
- encerrar
English:
acceptable
- calculated
- chance
- comprehensive
- cover
- danger
- diminish
- fear
- gamble
- hazard
- incidental
- jeopardy
- needless
- peril
- risk
- safe
- subject
- health
- high
- low
- pit
- still

- en cambio

Ex: A musical adaptation is a musical work that represents a distinct alteration of another work (e.g. a free transcription), a work that paraphrases parts of various works or the general style of another composer, or a work that is merely based on other music (e.g. variations on a them).

Ex: These changes have meant modifications, some very time-consuming, to serials catalogues in libraries.

Ex: To ensure further that all the index entries generated by chain procedure are indeed helpful, the initial analysis of the chain may require editing.

Ex: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES.

Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex: This kind of large-scale recasting offers an opportunity for the scheme to go forward rather than stagnate until it is completely taken by events.

Ex: This action was the redesign of the enquiry form in order to elicit more information from the enquirer.

Ex: The entries that result from the rotation mechanism have standard layout, punctuation and typography, all of which have been pre-programmed.

Ex: Transitory circumstances of daily life are what cause these shifts.

Ex: When the record transfer is complete, the catalog summary screen is shown for the new record so that the user can review and update it.

Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex: The changeover has resulted in more rapid machine-editing of input and reduced costs for cataloguing.

Ex: A centralised system was chosen to ensure speedy receipt and dissemination with minimal disturbances.

Ex: The very meanings of words like 'library' and 'university' are about to undergo mutations too radical to conceive, much less predict = Los significados mismos de palabras como "biblioteca" y "universidad" están a punto de experimentar cambios demasiado radicales de concevir y cuanto mucho menos de predecir.

Ex: There is greater permeability than before between different types of library at the start of a career but, once settled in a post, fewer librarians than before change from one type of library to another.

Ex: The author presents suggestions for the reformation of medical library education.

Ex: The transition date for the switchover is 1 Oct 2000.

Ex: Moreover, we conclude that the process of placing a feminist stamp on working relations is both far from complete and subject to reverses.

Ex: This article discusses the effects of changes in the economy on the distribution of work in libraries which indicate a shift away from its female origins.

Ex: This article considers the use of a spreadsheet in the shifting of periodicals collections in order to save time.

Ex: The recent reorganization has resulted in a merger of the academic and public divisions and a changing of the guard among the company's top officials.

Ex: The addition of new feedback techniques produced a significant swing in favour of the application.

Ex: Holdings will become increasingly important as a bartering tool to gain additional access benefits.

Ex: Office automation have brought about a switch to a paperless office.

Ex: These 'spuriously loyal' customers are not willing to churn just because of switching costs.

Ex: Most libraries maintain a small cash float for the giving of change and, in addition, money/ is received in payment of fines.

* a cambio = in return.

* a cambio de = in exchange for, in return for.

* a cambio de nada = for nothing.

* aceptar el cambio = embrace + change.

* aceptar un cambio = accommodate + change.

* adaptarse al cambio = accommodate to + change, adapt to + change.

* adaptarse a los cambios = flow with + the tides.

* adoptar un cambio = adopt + change, accommodate + change.

* agente de cambio = agent of(for) change, force for change, force of change.

* agente del cambio = change agent.

* aires de cambio = wind(s) of change, the, seas of change, the.

* cambio a = flight to.

* cambio brusco = revulsion, flip-flop.

* cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

* cambio climático = climate change, climatic change.

* cambio cualitativo = step change, qualitative change.

* cambio cuantitativo = quantitative change.

* cambio cultural = cultural change.

* cambio de actitud = change in attitude, change of heart.

* cambio de aires = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene, greener pastures, pastures new.

* cambio de ambiente = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de aspecto = lick of paint.

* cambio de ciudadanía = change of citizenship.

* cambio de dirección = change of hands.

* cambio de dueño = change of hands.

* cambio de énfasis = shift of emphasis, shift in emphasis.

* cambio de entorno = change of scenery, change of air and scene, change of air, change of scene.

* cambio de hora estacional = daylight saving time.

* cambio de idea = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de imagen = makeover [make-over], makeover [make-over].

* cambio de instalación eléctrica = rewiring.

* cambio de la guardia = changing of the guard.

* cambio de look = lick of paint.

* cambio de lugar = relocation.

* cambio de manos = change of hands.

* cambio de mirada = gaze-shift.

* cambio demográfico = population trend.

* cambio de nacionalidad = change of citizenship.

* cambio de nombre = rebranding.

* cambio de opinión = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de orientación = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de paradigma = paradigm change, paradigm shift.

* cambio de parecer = change of heart, change of mind.

* cambio de procedimiento = procedural change.

* cambio de propietario = change of hands.

* cambio de proveedor = churn.

* cambio de registro = code switching.

* cambio de residencia = resettlement.

* cambio de servicio = churn.

* cambio de sexo = sex change.

* cambio de título = title change.

* cambio escénico = scene changing.

* cambio estacional = seasonal change.

* cambio hormonal = hormonal change.

* cambio inesperado = twist.

* cambio institucional = institutional change.

* cambio metereológico = weather modification.

* cambio + ocurrir = change + take place.

* cambio + producirse = change + come about.

* cambio profundo = profound change.

* cambio radical = revulsion, sea change, radical change.

* cambio radical de postura = about-face.

* cambio revolucionario = revolutionary change.

* cambios = second thoughts, ebb and flow.

* cambio social = social change, societal change.

* cambio + suceder = change + take place.

* cambio + tener lugar = change + take place.

* cambio total = turnabout [turn-about], turnaround.

* cambio transformador = transformative change, transforming change.

* cambio traumático = traumatic change.

* cambio vertiginoso = spiral of change.

* clima de cambio = climate of change.

* efectuar cambios = wreak + changes.

* efectuar un cambio = effect + change.

* elemento de cambio = agent of(for) change.

* en cambio = by contrast, in contrast, instead, shifting, by comparison.

* en constante cambio = ever-changing [ever changing], ever-fluid, on the move, fast changing [fast-changing], ever-shifting.

* en continuo cambio = constantly shifting, ever-changing [ever changing], ever-shifting.

* en estado de cambio = in a state of flux.

* enfrentarse a los cambios = cope with + change.

* en proceso de cambio = changing.

* estado de cambio = state of flux.

* estar en estado de cambio = be in flux.

* estar en proceso de cambio = be in flux.

* estar sujeto a cambios = be written in sand, not stone, be subject to change.

* experimentar un cambio = bring about + change, undergo + modification, undergo + change, undergo + transition.

* experimentar un cambio + Adjetivo = take + a + Adjetivo + turn.

* hacer cambios en la búsqueda = renegotiate + search.

* hacer cambios indebidamente = tamper (with).

* hacer el cambio = make + the change.

* hacer frente al cambio = manage + change.

* hacer frente a un cambio = meet + change.

* hacer un cambio = make + change.

* impulsor del cambio = driver of change.

* introducir un cambio = bring + change.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* línea internacional de cambio de fecha, la = International Date Line, the.

* lograr un cambio = accomplish + change.

* los constantes cambios de = the changing face of, the changing nature of.

* momento clave del cambio = tipping point.

* moneda de cambio = bargaining chip.

* mostrar por medio de cambio de intensidad en el brillo = flash up.

* motor del cambio = driver of change.

* no hacer ningún cambio = stand + pat.

* no sufrir cambios = remain + normal.

* ocasionar un cambio = bring about + change, trigger + change.

* operación de cambio de sexo = sex-change surgery, sex-change operation.

* permanecer sin cambios = remain + unchanged.

* proceso de cambio = process of change.

* producir un cambio = effect + change, produce + change, trigger + change.

* provocar cambios = wreak + changes.

* provocar un cambio = bring about + change.

* reacio al cambio = resistant to change.

* realizar un cambio = make + alteration, implement + change.

* repercusiones del cambio = impact of change.

* resistente al cambio = resistant to change.

* ritmo del cambio = rate of change, pace of change.

* ser susceptible de cambios = be subject to change.

* sin cambio = inviolate.

* sin cambios = monotone, stable, undisturbed, unchanged, unmodified, unaltered, unedited.

* subsidio para cambio de residencia = resettlement allowance.

* suceder un cambio = occur + change.

* sucesión de cambios bruscos = roller coaster ride, roller coaster.

* sufrir un cambio = experience + change, undergo + change.

* suponer un cambio = bring about + change.

* bolsa de cambio = stock exchange.

* cambio de divisas = currency rate, currency exchange.

* cambio de moneda = exchange rate, foreign exchange, currency exchange rate, market rate of exchange, foreign exchange rate, currency rate, rate of exchange, currency exchange.

* letra de cambio = bill of exchange.

* oficina de cambio = exchange office, currency exchange bureau, exchange bureau.

* tipo de cambio = exchange rate, rate of exchange.

Ex: There is a front and a rear derailleur on most modern bikes.

 

Del verbo cambiar: ( conjugate cambiar)

cambio es:


cambió es:


Multiple Entries:
cambiar    
cambio
cambiar ( conjugate cambiar) verbo transitivo
1



cambié las flores de florero I put the flowers in a different vase


cambiole el nombre a algo to change the name of sth


cambié 100 libras a or (Esp) en dólares I changed 100 pounds into dollars
2 ( canjear) ‹sellos/estampas› to swap, to trade (esp AmE);
cambio algo por algo ‹sellos/estampas› to swap o (esp AmE) trade sth for sth;
‹ compra› to exchange o change sth for sth;

verbo intransitivo


le está cambiando la voz his voice is breaking





cambio de sentido to make (AmE) o (BrE) do a U-turn
cambiarse verbo pronominal


cambiose de algo ‹de camisa/zapatos› to change sth;

cambiose de casa to move house;
cámbiate de camisa change your shirt



cambio sustantivo masculino
1

cambio de algo ‹de planes/domicilio› change of sth;
un cambio de aire(s) or ambiente a change of scene


cambio de sentido U-turn
2

( on signs) no se admiten cambios goods cannot be exchanged


en cambio: el viaje en autobús es agotador, en cambio en tren es muy agradable the bus journey is exhausting;

by train however o on the other hand is very pleasant
3


¿a cómo está el cambio? what's the exchange rate?;

( on signs) cambio bureau de change, change



cambiar
I verbo transitivo
1 to change
2 (cromos, etc) to swap, (en un comercio) exchange
3 (un tipo de moneda por otro) to change
II verbo intransitivo to change
cambiar de casa, to move (house)
cambiar de idea, to change one's mind
cambiar de sitio, to move
cambiar de trabajo, to get another job
cambiar de velocidad, to change gear
cambio sustantivo masculino
1 change
(de opinión) shift
un cambio de impresiones, an exchange of opinions
2 (del dinero) change: ¿tienes cambio de cinco mil?, have you got change for five thousand?
3 Fin (de la moneda extranjera) exchange
(de unas acciones) price
4 Auto gear change
cambio automático, automatic transmission
cambio de rasante, brow of a hill
♦ Locuciones: a cambio de, in exchange for
a las primeras de cambio, at the firsl opportunity
en cambio, on the other hand: él es muy engreído, en cambio ella es muy dulce, he's really conceited; on the other hand she is very sweet
' cambio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abrupta
- abrupto
- aguantar
- aire
- alteración
- apreciarse
- benéfica
- benéfico
- biombo
- brutal
- desplazamiento
- experimentar
- girar
- imponerse
- inflexión
- letra
- oscilación
- por
- primera
- primero
- radical
- semblante
- sensible
- tipo
- vaivén
- viraje
- vuelta
- acelerar
- acentuado
- apreciable
- apresurar
- brusco
- cambiar
- cara
- cerrado
- efectuar
- feria
- guardia
- idea
- importante
- inevitable
- lado
- libre
- nuevo
- observar
- operar
- opinión
- producir
- quedar
- rápido
English:
abrupt
- adjustment
- alarmed
- alteration
- bare
- better
- change
- chapter
- conversely
- department
- displacement
- distinct
- draft
- dramatic
- dramatically
- drastic
- euro
- exchange
- exchange rate
- fall
- float
- gearshift
- gearstick
- instead
- intend
- into
- likely
- major
- make
- modification
- occur
- protection money
- rate
- refreshing
- refreshingly
- return
- reversal
- round
- sex change
- shift
- short-change
- slight
- small change
- subject
- substantial
- sudden
- swap for
- sweep
- sweeping
- swing
cambio climático climate change; Ling cambio de código code switching; Fig change of scene; Der cambio de tribunal change of venue; Ferroc cambio de vía Br points, US switch Aut cambio de aceite oil change; Quím cambio iónico ion exchange; [de divisas] exchange rate; cambio base base rate; cambio automático automatic transmission; [palanca] Br gear stick, US gear shift; [palanca] Br gear stick, US gear shift Rad [por otra parte] on the other hand, however; [en su lugar] instead;