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  • 81 cámara humidificadora

    (n.) = humidity chamber, humidifying chamber
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Humidity chamber for flattening maps at the Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records'.
    Ex. The flattening was done using a small room as a humidifying chamber, plastic bakers' shelves to support the maps, humidifiers, plexiglass sheets and blotting paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = humidity chamber, humidifying chamber

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Humidity chamber for flattening maps at the Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records'.

    Ex: The flattening was done using a small room as a humidifying chamber, plastic bakers' shelves to support the maps, humidifiers, plexiglass sheets and blotting paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cámara humidificadora

  • 82 cáñamo

    m.
    hemp, hempen cloth.
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA hemp
    2 (tela) hempen cloth
    \
    cáñamo indio cannabis
    * * *
    SM (Bot) hemp; (=tela) hemp cloth; CAm, Caribe, Cono Sur (=cuerda) hemp rope

    cáñamo indio — Indian hemp, marijuana plant

    * * *
    masculino ( planta) cannabis plant, hemp; ( tela) canvas
    * * *
    = hempen, rope-fibre, hemp.
    Ex. The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.
    Ex. The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    Ex. Again, in Class M7 Textiles we find that the Personality facet P is considered to be the Fibre (Cotton, Flax, hemp, etc) and in the Energy facet are found the operations (Spinning, Weaving, Carding, etc.).
    ----
    * suela de cáñamo = rope sole.
    * * *
    masculino ( planta) cannabis plant, hemp; ( tela) canvas
    * * *
    = hempen, rope-fibre, hemp.

    Ex: The raw material of white paper was undyed linen -- or in very early days hempen -- rags, which the paper-maker bought in bulk, sorted and washed, and then put by in a damp heap for four or five days to rot.

    Ex: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    Ex: Again, in Class M7 Textiles we find that the Personality facet P is considered to be the Fibre (Cotton, Flax, hemp, etc) and in the Energy facet are found the operations (Spinning, Weaving, Carding, etc.).
    * suela de cáñamo = rope sole.

    * * *
    1 (planta) cannabis plant, hemp
    2 (tela) canvas
    3 ( Andes) (cuerda) twine
    * * *

    cáñamo sustantivo masculino ( planta) cannabis plant, hemp;
    ( tela) canvas
    cáñamo sustantivo masculino Bot Text hemp
    ' cáñamo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    hemp
    - string
    - twine
    * * *
    hemp
    cáñamo índico Indian hemp;
    cáñamo indio Indian hemp
    * * *
    m
    1 hemp
    2 L.Am.
    marijuana plant
    * * *
    : hemp

    Spanish-English dictionary > cáñamo

  • 83 de alcohol

    (adj.) = spirit-based
    Ex. The teacher may use pre-prepared acetate sheets home-produced using a spirit-based pen to ensure permanence.
    * * *
    (adj.) = spirit-based

    Ex: The teacher may use pre-prepared acetate sheets home-produced using a spirit-based pen to ensure permanence.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de alcohol

  • 84 de dos en dos

    in twos, in pairs
    * * *
    Ex. Racks for this purpose were fixed below the ceiling of the warehouse or other drying room and doublings of one or two dozen sheets were lifted on to them two at a time with a wooden peel, a tool similar to the peel with which bakers used to load and unload their ovens = Con este propósito se colocaban estantes por debajo del techo del almacén u otro tipo de secadero y los paquetes de folios impresos a dos caras de una o dos docenas de hojas se ponían sobre ellos de dos en dos con una pala de madera, una herramienta similar a la pala que usaban los panaderos para llenar y vaciar sus hornos.
    * * *

    Ex: Racks for this purpose were fixed below the ceiling of the warehouse or other drying room and doublings of one or two dozen sheets were lifted on to them two at a time with a wooden peel, a tool similar to the peel with which bakers used to load and unload their ovens = Con este propósito se colocaban estantes por debajo del techo del almacén u otro tipo de secadero y los paquetes de folios impresos a dos caras de una o dos docenas de hojas se ponían sobre ellos de dos en dos con una pala de madera, una herramienta similar a la pala que usaban los panaderos para llenar y vaciar sus hornos.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de dos en dos

  • 85 dedicar

    v.
    1 to devote.
    2 to use.
    este solar se dedicará a viviendas this land will be used for housing
    3 to dedicate (libro, monumento).
    dedicó al público unas palabras de agradecimiento he addressed a few words of thanks to the audience
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (una dedicatoria) to dedicate, inscribe
    2 (tiempo, dinero) to devote (a, to)
    3 (palabras) to address
    4 (tener admiración, atenciones, etc) to show, have
    5 RELIGIÓN to dedicate, consecrate
    1 to devote oneself (a, to), dedicate oneself (a, to)
    ■ se dedica a la enseñanza she's a teacher, she teaches
    ■ ¿a qué te dedicas? what do you do for a living?
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ obra, canción] to dedicate

    quisiera dedicar unas palabras de agradecimiento a... — I should like to address a few words of thanks to...

    2) [+ tiempo, espacio, atención] to devote, give; [+ esfuerzo] to devote

    dedico un día a la semana a ordenar mis papeles — I devote o give one day a week to organizing my paperwork

    ha dedicado toda su vida a los derechos humanos — she has dedicated o devoted her whole life to human rights

    3) (Rel) to dedicate, consecrate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a)

    dedicar algo a algo/+ inf — <tiempo/esfuerzos> to devote something to something/-ing

    dedicó su vida a la ciencia/ayudar a los pobres — she devoted her life to science/to helping the poor

    b) (ofrendar, ofrecer) <obra/canción> to dedicate
    c) (Relig) to dedicate
    2.
    dedicarse v pron

    dedicarse a algo/+ inf — to devote oneself to something/-ing

    b) (tener cierta ocupación, profesión)

    ¿a qué se dedica tu padre? — what does your father do?

    se dedica a la investigación/a enseñar — he does research/he teaches

    * * *
    = cover, dedicate, devote, lavish, give over, set + apart, put + aside.
    Ex. The schedules are divided into two parts, one covering music scores and parts and the other concerned with music literature.
    Ex. Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.
    Ex. A book for instance on 'vegetable gardening' may contain equally valuable information on 'growing tomatoes' as a book devoted entirely to 'growing tomatoes'.
    Ex. The physical nature of the book is the aspect on which the major amount of study is likely to be lavished.
    Ex. Part III and Part V of the present work are given over to descriptions of such schemes.
    Ex. Storytelling and reading in a room set apart and led by competent people can be an entertainment designed for all.
    Ex. If there is one, the borrower must be notified, and the copy somehow put aside for that borrower for a limited amount of time.
    ----
    * Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].
    * dedicar algún tiempo a hacer algo = have + a turn at.
    * dedicar atención = devote + attention.
    * dedicar atención a = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * dedicar dinero = dedicate + money.
    * dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo = take + the time and effort.
    * dedicar energía = expend + energy.
    * dedicar esfuerzo = expend + effort, spend + effort, devote + energy, give + effort.
    * dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dedicar recursos = divert + resources, commit + resources.
    * dedicar recursos a = direct + resources toward(s).
    * dedicarse = break into, tackle.
    * dedicarse a = aim at, be concerned with, embark on/upon, engage in, indulge in, turn to, get + involved with/in, devote + Reflexivo + to, home in on, enter + a business, make + a life's work of, spend + Posesivo + days, go into.
    * dedicarse a la política = politick.
    * dedicarse al ocio = spend + Posesivo + leisure time.
    * dedicarse a lo de Uno = go about + Posesivo + business.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + quehacer cotidiano = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + quehacer diario = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a un hobby = pursue + hobby.
    * dedicarse a un negocio = enter + a business.
    * dedicarse de lleno a = get + Posesivo + teeth into.
    * dedicar tiempo = spend + time, lend + time, expend + time, dedicate + time.
    * dedicar tiempo a = take + time on.
    * dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.
    * dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.
    * dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.
    * dedicar un gran número de = pour (in/into).
    * dedicar unos minutos = take + a few minutes, take + a few moments.
    * dinero + dedicarse a = money + go towards.
    * instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.
    * siempre que uno puede dedicarle el tiempo = in + Posesivo + own time.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a)

    dedicar algo a algo/+ inf — <tiempo/esfuerzos> to devote something to something/-ing

    dedicó su vida a la ciencia/ayudar a los pobres — she devoted her life to science/to helping the poor

    b) (ofrendar, ofrecer) <obra/canción> to dedicate
    c) (Relig) to dedicate
    2.
    dedicarse v pron

    dedicarse a algo/+ inf — to devote oneself to something/-ing

    b) (tener cierta ocupación, profesión)

    ¿a qué se dedica tu padre? — what does your father do?

    se dedica a la investigación/a enseñar — he does research/he teaches

    * * *
    = cover, dedicate, devote, lavish, give over, set + apart, put + aside.

    Ex: The schedules are divided into two parts, one covering music scores and parts and the other concerned with music literature.

    Ex: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.
    Ex: A book for instance on 'vegetable gardening' may contain equally valuable information on 'growing tomatoes' as a book devoted entirely to 'growing tomatoes'.
    Ex: The physical nature of the book is the aspect on which the major amount of study is likely to be lavished.
    Ex: Part III and Part V of the present work are given over to descriptions of such schemes.
    Ex: Storytelling and reading in a room set apart and led by competent people can be an entertainment designed for all.
    Ex: If there is one, the borrower must be notified, and the copy somehow put aside for that borrower for a limited amount of time.
    * Algo a lo que hay que dedicar mucho tiempo = time-consuming [time consuming].
    * dedicar algún tiempo a hacer algo = have + a turn at.
    * dedicar atención = devote + attention.
    * dedicar atención a = turn + Posesivo + mind to.
    * dedicar dinero = dedicate + money.
    * dedicar el tiempo y el esfuerzo = take + the time and effort.
    * dedicar energía = expend + energy.
    * dedicar esfuerzo = expend + effort, spend + effort, devote + energy, give + effort.
    * dedicar la vida a = devote + life to.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dedicar + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dedicar recursos = divert + resources, commit + resources.
    * dedicar recursos a = direct + resources toward(s).
    * dedicarse = break into, tackle.
    * dedicarse a = aim at, be concerned with, embark on/upon, engage in, indulge in, turn to, get + involved with/in, devote + Reflexivo + to, home in on, enter + a business, make + a life's work of, spend + Posesivo + days, go into.
    * dedicarse a la política = politick.
    * dedicarse al ocio = spend + Posesivo + leisure time.
    * dedicarse a lo de Uno = go about + Posesivo + business.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + quehacer cotidiano = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + quehacer diario = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas cotidianas = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a + Posesivo + tareas diarias = go about + Posesivo + everyday life.
    * dedicarse a un hobby = pursue + hobby.
    * dedicarse a un negocio = enter + a business.
    * dedicarse de lleno a = get + Posesivo + teeth into.
    * dedicar tiempo = spend + time, lend + time, expend + time, dedicate + time.
    * dedicar tiempo a = take + time on.
    * dedicar toda una vida = spend + lifetime.
    * dedicar todo el esfuerzo del mundo a = put + Posesivo + heart into.
    * dedicar trabajo = expend + effort.
    * dedicar un gran número de = pour (in/into).
    * dedicar unos minutos = take + a few minutes, take + a few moments.
    * dinero + dedicarse a = money + go towards.
    * instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.
    * madre que se dedica a sus hijos = practising mother.
    * que hay que dedicarle mucho tiempo = time-intensive.
    * siempre que uno puede dedicarle el tiempo = in + Posesivo + own time.

    * * *
    dedicar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 ‹esfuerzos/tiempo› dedicar algo A algo to devote sth TO sth
    dedico mucho tiempo a la lectura I devote a lot of time to reading
    ha dedicado su vida entera a esta causa she has dedicated o devoted her whole life to this cause
    2 (destinar) ‹habitación/campo› dedicar algo A algo to give sth over TO sth
    vamos a dedicar este cuarto a archivo we're going to set this room aside for o give this room over to the files
    3 (ofrendar, ofrecer) to dedicate
    le dedicó la obra a su profesor she dedicated the play to her teacher
    quisiera dedicar esta canción a … I'd like to dedicate this song to …
    me regaló una copia dedicada she gave me a signed copy
    4 ( Relig) to dedicate
    dedicarse A algo to devote oneself TO sth
    ¿a qué se dedica tu padre? what does your father do?
    dejó de trabajar para dedicarse a sus hijos she gave up work to devote herself to the children
    dedicarse A + INF:
    se dedica a pintar en sus ratos libres she spends her free time painting, she paints in her free time
    se dedica a hacerme la vida imposible he does his best to make my life impossible
    * * *

     

    dedicar ( conjugate dedicar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( consagrar) dedicar algo a algo/hacer algo ‹tiempo/esfuerzos› to devote sth to sth/doing sth;

    ◊ dedicó su vida a la ciencia/ayudar a los pobres she devoted her life to science/to helping the poor

    b) (ofrendar, ofrecer) ‹obra/canción› to dedicate

    dedicarse verbo pronominal
    a) ( consagrarse) dedicarse a algo/hacer algo to devote oneself to sth/doing sth

    b) (tener cierta ocupación, profesión):

    ◊ ¿a qué se dedica tu padre? what does your father do?;

    se dedica a la investigación she does research;
    se dedica a pintar en sus ratos libres she spends her free time painting
    dedicar verbo transitivo
    1 to dedicate: dedicó la película a su hija, she dedicated the film to her daughter
    2 (destinar tiempo, esfuerzos) to devote [a, to]: dedica una hora diaria a la pintura, she spends an hour a day painting
    ' dedicar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    consagrar
    - consignar
    - entregar
    English:
    autograph
    - dedicate
    - devote
    - give up
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [tiempo, dinero, energía] to devote (a to);
    he dedicado todos mis esfuerzos a esta novela I've put everything I could into this novel;
    dedicó sus ahorros a comprar una nueva casa he used his savings to buy a new house
    2. [espacio, cuarto, solar] to use;
    dedicaron la bodega a almacén they used the wine cellar as a storeroom;
    este solar se dedicará a viviendas this land will be used for housing
    3. [libro, monumento] to dedicate;
    tengo una copia dedicada de su libro I have a signed copy of his book;
    dedicó al público unas palabras de agradecimiento he addressed a few words of thanks to the audience
    4. [templo, ofrenda] to dedicate
    * * *
    v/t dedicate; esfuerzo devote
    * * *
    dedicar {72} vt
    consagrar: to dedicate, to devote
    * * *
    1. (tiempo) to devote
    2. (una obra) to dedicate

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicar

  • 86 dedicarse

    1 to devote oneself (a, to), dedicate oneself (a, to)
    ■ se dedica a la enseñanza she's a teacher, she teaches
    ■ ¿a qué te dedicas? what do you do for a living?
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [como profesión]

    dedicarse a: se dedica a la enseñanza — he is a teacher, he's in teaching

    ¿a qué se dedica usted? — what do you do (for a living)?

    2) [como afición]

    dedicarse a: se dedica a ver la tele todo el día — he spends the whole day watching TV

    ¡dedícate a lo tuyo! — mind your own business!

    3) (=entregarse)

    dedicarse a — to devote o.s. to

    * * *
    (v.) = break into, tackle
    Ex. This article examines the position of IBM and its decline in the world of data processing and considers the growth areas that the company should break into.
    Ex. Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.
    * * *
    (v.) = break into, tackle

    Ex: This article examines the position of IBM and its decline in the world of data processing and considers the growth areas that the company should break into.

    Ex: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.

    * * *

     

    ■dedicarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (tener como profesión) ¿a qué se dedica su suegro?, what does her father-in-law do for a living?
    se dedica a la enseñanza, he teaches (for a living)
    2 (como entretenimiento) los domingos se dedica a arreglar el jardín, she spends Sundays doing the garden
    se dedica a criticar a los demás, she spends all her time complaining about everyone
    ' dedicarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abogacía
    - consagrarse
    - consagrar
    - dedicar
    - entregar
    - lleno
    - negocio
    - volcar
    English:
    apply
    - decide on
    - devote
    - engage in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - nursing
    - address
    - deal
    - engage
    - go
    - raise
    * * *
    vpr
    1.
    dedicarse a [una profesión] [m5]¿a qué se dedica usted? what do you do for a living?;
    se dedica a la enseñanza she works as a teacher
    2.
    dedicarse a [actividad, persona] to spend time on;
    los domingos me dedico al estudio I spend Sundays studying;
    dejé la empresa para dedicarme a mi familia I left the company so that I could spend more time with my family;
    se dedica a perder el tiempo he spends his time doing nothing useful;
    se dedica a quejarse sin aportar soluciones all she does is complain without offering any constructive suggestions
    * * *
    v/r
    1 devote o.s. (a to)
    2
    :
    ¿a qué se dedica? what do you do (for a living)?
    * * *
    vr
    dedicarse a : to devote oneself to, to engage in
    * * *
    dedicarse vb to do for a living
    ¿a qué te dedicas? what do you do for a living?

    Spanish-English dictionary > dedicarse

  • 87 demy doble

    Ex. Then in 1816 he produced a perfector, with two impression cylinders which printed both sides of the sheet one after the other from two formes, capable in practice of turning out 900 perfected double-demy sheets per hour.
    * * *

    Ex: Then in 1816 he produced a perfector, with two impression cylinders which printed both sides of the sheet one after the other from two formes, capable in practice of turning out 900 perfected double-demy sheets per hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > demy doble

  • 88 deshelado

    = de-iced [deíced].
    Ex. The landing this morning was on a de-iced runway, but the taxiways and ramp surfaces were covered with thin sheets of ice.
    * * *
    = de-iced [deíced].

    Ex: The landing this morning was on a de-iced runway, but the taxiways and ramp surfaces were covered with thin sheets of ice.

    Spanish-English dictionary > deshelado

  • 89 doblez

    f.
    1 hypocrisy, insincerity, doublespeak, duplicity.
    2 crease, fold, curvature, flex.
    f. & m.
    deceit.
    m.
    fold, crease (pliegue).
    * * *
    1 (pliegue) fold
    ► nombre masculino & nombre femenino
    1 figurado (duplicidad) duplicity, deceitfulness, two-facedness
    * * *
    1.
    SM (Cos) (=pliegue) fold, hem; (=dobladillo) turnup, cuff (EEUU)
    2.
    SF (=falsedad) duplicity
    * * *
    1) (en tela, papel) fold
    2) doblez masculino o femenino ( falsedad) deceitfulness
    * * *
    = crease, fold, folding, crease.
    Ex. The printer sometimes required the machine direction of the paper to run up the spine of the sections when the sheets were folded, so that they could be given a sharp crease.
    Ex. A double leaf is a leaf of double size with a fold at the fore edge or at the top edge of the book.
    Ex. Fifthly, most of the printing paper of the sixteenth century was in the foolscap size range, which was considered the ordinary size, the shapes and sizes of books printed on it being determined by the folding.
    Ex. He sat rubbing his forehead along the creases, and his voice was unsteady as he started to tell his story.
    ----
    * doblez del lomo = spine folds.
    * * *
    1) (en tela, papel) fold
    2) doblez masculino o femenino ( falsedad) deceitfulness
    * * *
    = crease, fold, folding, crease.

    Ex: The printer sometimes required the machine direction of the paper to run up the spine of the sections when the sheets were folded, so that they could be given a sharp crease.

    Ex: A double leaf is a leaf of double size with a fold at the fore edge or at the top edge of the book.
    Ex: Fifthly, most of the printing paper of the sixteenth century was in the foolscap size range, which was considered the ordinary size, the shapes and sizes of books printed on it being determined by the folding.
    Ex: He sat rubbing his forehead along the creases, and his voice was unsteady as he started to tell his story.
    * doblez del lomo = spine folds.

    * * *
    A (en tela, papel) fold
    ahora haz otro doblez diagonalmente now fold it again diagonally, now make a diagonal fold
    B
    es una persona sin dobleces he is not a deceitful person, he is totally without deceit
    * * *

    doblez sustantivo masculino
    1 (en tela, papel) fold
    2

    doblez
    I m (pliegue) fold
    II sustantivo masculino & f fig two-facedness, hypocrisy
    ' doblez' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fold
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    [pliegue] fold, crease;
    ♦ nm o nf
    [falsedad] deceit, duplicity;
    actúa siempre con doblez he's always deceitful
    * * *
    I m fold
    II f fig
    deceit
    * * *
    doblez nm, pl dobleces : fold, crease
    doblez nmf
    : duplicity, deceitfulness

    Spanish-English dictionary > doblez

  • 90 doblez del lomo

    Ex. The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.
    * * *

    Ex: The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

    Spanish-English dictionary > doblez del lomo

  • 91 elevado

    adj.
    1 elevated, upland, high, towering.
    2 lofty, elevated, rarified, rarefied.
    3 dignified.
    4 high.
    5 elevated, high, steep.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: elevar.
    * * *
    1→ link=elevar elevar
    1 (gen) high
    2 figurado lofty, noble
    \
    elevado,-a a MATEMÁTICAS raised to
    * * *
    (f. - elevada)
    adj.
    1) high
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [en nivel] [precio, temperatura, cantidad] high; [velocidad] high, great; [ritmo] great
    2) [en altura] [edificio] tall; [montaña, terreno] high
    paso II, 1., 2)
    3) (=sublime) [estilo] elevated, lofty; [pensamientos] noble, lofty
    4) [puesto, rango] high, important
    2.
    SM Cuba (Ferro) overhead railway; (Aut) flyover, overpass (EEUU)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
    * * *
    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].
    Ex. The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.
    Ex. The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex. The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex. Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex. Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex. Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    ----
    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) <terreno/montaña> high; < edificio> tall, high
    2) < cantidad> large; <precio/impuestos/índice> high; < pérdidas> heavy, substantial
    3) <categoría/calidad> high; <puesto/posición> high
    4) <ideas/pensamientos> noble, elevated; < estilo> lofty, elevated
    * * *
    = sharply rising, steep [steeper -comp., steepest -sup.], heightened, raised, lofty [loftier -comp., loftiest -sup.], elevated, soaring, hefty [heftier -comp., heftiest -sup.].

    Ex: The end of the eighteenth century saw a sharply rising demand for cheap print, associated with increases in population and in literacy which occurred all over Europe.

    Ex: The graph of the growth of the subject shows an initial flat, a steep climb, a small flat, and a rapid decline.
    Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.
    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex: Librarians across the world should set themselves the lofty task of striving to create a global society in which people enjoy peaceful coexistence.
    Ex: Public investment in rebuilding the church and the gifts of individual donors were important indications of its elevated social standing.
    Ex: Detailed images of soaring aisles, delicate carvings, and stained-glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries are captured on this new Web site.
    Ex: Research publication had to adopt the same economic model as trade publication, and research libraries the world over paid the hefty price = Las publicaciones científicas tuvieron que adoptar el mismo modelo económico que las publicaciones comerciales y las bibliotecas universitarias de todo el mundo pagaron un precio elevado.
    * aljibe elevado = water tower.
    * camino elevado = causeway.
    * carretera elevada = causeway.
    * cisterna elevada = water tower.
    * depósito de agua elevado = water tower.
    * excepcionalmente elevado = exceptionally high.
    * ferrocarril elevado = elevated railroad.
    * lo bastante elevado = high enough.
    * Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * paso elevado = overpass.
    * paso elevado de peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * paso elevado para peatones = pedestrian overpass.
    * posición elevada = high ground.
    * ser elevado = be steep.
    * temperatura elevada = elevated temperature.
    * terreno elevado = high ground.

    * * *
    elevado1 -da
    A ‹terreno/montaña› high; ‹edificio› tall, high
    B ‹cantidad› large; ‹precio/impuestos› high
    un número elevado de casos a large number of cases
    las pérdidas han sido elevadas there have been heavy o substantial losses
    un elevado índice de abstención a high rate of abstention
    C ‹categoría/calidad› high
    tiene un puesto muy elevado he has a very high o important position
    D ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated; ‹estilo› lofty, elevated
    la conversación adquirió un tono elevado the tone of the conversation became rather highbrow o elevated
    fly
    * * *

    Del verbo elevar: ( conjugate elevar)

    elevado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    elevado    
    elevar
    elevado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ‹terreno/montaña› high;
    ‹ edificio› tall, high
    2
    a) ‹ cantidad› large;

    ‹precio/impuestos› high;
    ‹ pérdidas› heavy, substantial
    b) ‹categoría/calidad/posición› high

    c) ‹ideas/pensamientos› noble, elevated;

    ‹ estilo› lofty, elevated
    elevar ( conjugate elevar) verbo transitivo
    1 (frml)

    b) ‹espíritu/mente› to uplift

    c) ‹muro/nivel› to raise, make … higher

    2 (frml)
    a) ( aumentar) ‹precios/impuestos› to raise, increase;

    ‹ nivel de vida› to raise
    b) ‹voz/tono› to raise

    elevarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( tomar altura) [avión/cometa] to climb, gain height;
    [ globo] to rise, gain height
    2 (frml) ( aumentar) [ temperatura] to rise;
    [precios/impuestos] to rise, increase;
    [tono/voz] to rise
    3 (frml) ( ascender):
    ◊ la cifra se elevaba ya al 13% the figure had already reached 13%

    elevado,-a adjetivo
    1 (temperatura) high
    (torre, construcción) tall
    2 (altruista, espiritual) noble
    elevar verbo transitivo
    1 to raise
    2 Mat to raise (to the power of)
    elevar al cuadrado, to square
    elevar al cubo, to cube
    elevado a la cuarta, etc, potencia, to raise to the power of four, etc
    ' elevado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alta
    - alto
    - elevar
    - elevada
    - carestía
    - cuadrado
    - grande
    - paso
    English:
    elevate
    - flyover
    - high
    - overhead
    - overpass
    - causeway
    - elevated
    - fly
    - grand
    - lofty
    - over
    - upper
    * * *
    elevado, -a adj
    1. [alto] [monte, terreno, precio, inflación] high;
    un elevado edificio a tall building;
    era de elevada estatura he was tall in stature;
    una persona de elevada estatura a person tall in stature;
    un elevado número de accidentes a large o high number of accidents;
    consiguieron elevados beneficios they made a large profit;
    ocupa un elevado cargo en la empresa she has a high-ranking position in the company
    2. [noble] lofty, noble;
    elevados ideales lofty o noble ideals
    3. [estilo, tono, lenguaje] elevated, sophisticated;
    emplea un vocabulario muy elevado she uses very sophisticated vocabulary
    * * *
    adj high; fig
    elevated
    * * *
    elevado, -da adj
    1) : elevated, lofty
    2) : high
    * * *
    elevado adj high

    Spanish-English dictionary > elevado

  • 92 emparrado

    m.
    trained vine, arbor, vine arbor, arbour.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: emparrar.
    * * *
    1 vine arbour (US arbor)
    * * *
    * * *
    = arbour.
    Ex. If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they bumped into composing frames.
    * * *

    Ex: If they stared up at the arbour of sheets of paper hanging from the cords attached to the ceiling, they bumped into composing frames.

    * * *
    * * *
    = vines trained on an overhead frame to provide shade in a garden

    Spanish-English dictionary > emparrado

  • 93 en peligro

    = endangered, jeopardised [jeopardized, -USA], at stake, at risk, under threat, under challenge, on the line, on thin ice, on dangerous ground, threatened, in harm's way
    Ex. It asserts that young adult libraries and the services they provide are continously endangered and describes how to come to terms with this problem.
    Ex. And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
    Ex. But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.
    Ex. Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.
    Ex. Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.
    Ex. During the previous 10 years the concept of free information services in Australian libraries has come increasingly under challenge.
    Ex. The article 'Assets on the line' discusses some of the disadvantages of manual methods of performing inventories of organization's hardware and software.
    Ex. As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
    Ex. On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.
    Ex. Kids and adults are encouraged to take a dip and raise funds to help protect sea turtles and other threatened marine wildlife.
    Ex. Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.
    * * *
    = endangered, jeopardised [jeopardized, -USA], at stake, at risk, under threat, under challenge, on the line, on thin ice, on dangerous ground, threatened, in harm's way

    Ex: It asserts that young adult libraries and the services they provide are continously endangered and describes how to come to terms with this problem.

    Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
    Ex: But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.
    Ex: Consumer advice centres were not used to any great degree by the working classes or those groups most at risk as consumers -- the elderly, divorced, widowed and separated.
    Ex: Products under threat include; greeting cards, circulars, information sheets, newspapers and magazines.
    Ex: During the previous 10 years the concept of free information services in Australian libraries has come increasingly under challenge.
    Ex: The article 'Assets on the line' discusses some of the disadvantages of manual methods of performing inventories of organization's hardware and software.
    Ex: As the title of my talk indicates, we are on thin ice, and in more ways than one.
    Ex: On dangerous ground: The threat of landslides is looming large with ad hoc building practices being the root cause.
    Ex: Kids and adults are encouraged to take a dip and raise funds to help protect sea turtles and other threatened marine wildlife.
    Ex: Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en peligro

  • 94 en privado

    in private
    * * *
    = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors
    Ex. Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.
    Ex. The article ' Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    Ex. This need can be influenced by only offering criticism in private but by giving praise in public.
    Ex. Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    * * *
    = privately, a word in + Posesivo + ear, in private, behind closed doors

    Ex: Pressmen sometimes employed boys privately by the week to take printed sheets off the tympan, and thus speed up their rate of work = Los impresores algunas veces empleaban por su cuenta y por semanas a chicos aprendices para retirar del tímpano los pliegos impresos y así acelerar su ritmo de trabajo.

    Ex: The article ' Word in your ear: a techno assisted revival of an ancient art' discusses the substantial market for talking or audiobooks in the UK and the USA.
    Ex: This need can be influenced by only offering criticism in private but by giving praise in public.
    Ex: Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en privado

  • 95 en relieve

    in relief
    * * *
    = engraved, raised, in relief
    Ex. Engraved copper plates were used at first; then from the early eighteenth century pewter plates, both punched and engraved, replaced copper.
    Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex. The ink protected the lines of the design from the acid and left them standing in relief.
    * * *
    = engraved, raised, in relief

    Ex: Engraved copper plates were used at first; then from the early eighteenth century pewter plates, both punched and engraved, replaced copper.

    Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.
    Ex: The ink protected the lines of the design from the acid and left them standing in relief.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en relieve

  • 96 encartonar

    v.
    1 to apply (binder's) boards to books.
    2 to bind in boards only.
    3 to cover with cardboard, to bind with cardboard.
    * * *
    1 (poner cartones) to cover with cardboard
    2 (encuadernar) to bind with cardboard
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=cubrir) to cover with cardboard
    2) (Tip) to bind in boards
    * * *
    = case.
    Ex. The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.
    ----
    * máquina de encartonar = casing-in machine.
    * * *
    = case.

    Ex: The spine folds of the assembled sheets were simply cut off, separating all the leaves, which were then attached to each other and to a backing strip by a coating of rubber solution, and cased in the ordinary way.

    * máquina de encartonar = casing-in machine.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encartonar

  • 97 encolado con alumbre

    (adj.) = alum-sized
    Ex. Relatively high permanent paper sheets were obtained from low level alum-sized bagasse pulp.
    * * *
    (adj.) = alum-sized

    Ex: Relatively high permanent paper sheets were obtained from low level alum-sized bagasse pulp.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encolado con alumbre

  • 98 enfrentarse

    1 (hacer frente) to face (a/con, -), confront (a/con, -)
    2 DEPORTE to meet (a/con, -)
    3 (pelearse) to have an argument (a, with), fall out (a, with); (chocar) to clash (a/con, with)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=pelear) [personas] to have a confrontation; [equipos] to face each other
    2)

    enfrentarse a o con —

    a) [+ persona] to confront

    se enfrentaron al enemigo — they faced o confronted the enemy

    b) [+ problema, dificultad] to face (up to), confront
    * * *
    (v.) = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face
    Ex. The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.
    Ex. Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.
    Ex. Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
    Ex. Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss.
    Ex. If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.
    * * *
    (v.) = struggle, tackle, come to + terms with, engage, come + face to face

    Ex: The chemist, struggling with the synthesis of an organic compound, has all the chemical literature before him in his laboratory.

    Ex: Chapter 2 tackles books, pamphlets and printed sheets, and chapter 3 is dedicated to cartographic materials.
    Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.
    Ex: Australian destroyers engaged the Japanese shore guns and the mine sweepers carried out their task successfully, but not without loss.
    Ex: If they come face to face in a fight to death, is it really that hard to imagine who would win?.

    * * *

    ■enfrentarse verbo reflexivo
    1 to face: se enfrentó a un gran peligro, she faced a grave danger
    2 Dep (un equipo) to play
    (una persona) to meet [a, -]: Karpov se enfrentará a Kasparov, Karpov will meet Kasparov
    ' enfrentarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encararse
    - toser
    - batir
    - enfrentar
    English:
    clash
    - come up against
    - confront
    - contend
    - emerge
    - face
    - fight
    - meet
    - nerve
    - penalty
    - take on
    - come
    - cope
    - pit
    - tackle
    - take
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [afrontar]
    enfrentarse a algo to confront sth, to face sth;
    nos enfrentamos a una grave crisis we are facing a serious crisis;
    enfrentarse a los hechos to face the facts;
    se enfrentó a su enfermedad con valor she faced up to her illness bravely
    2. [en contienda] [dos bandos] to meet, to clash;
    los dos equipos se enfrentarán por el campeonato the two teams will play each other for the championship;
    enfrentarse a o [m5] con alguien to confront sb;
    nos enfrentamos al enemigo we confronted the enemy;
    los manifestantes se enfrentaron con la policía the demonstrators clashed with the police;
    a Brasil le toca enfrentarse con Suecia Brazil has been drawn against Sweden
    3. [discutir] to clash
    * * *
    v/r
    1 DEP meet
    2
    :
    3
    :
    enfrentarse a algo face (up to) sth
    * * *
    vr
    1)
    enfrentarse con : to clash with
    2)
    enfrentarse a : to face up to
    * * *
    1. (hacer frente) to face
    2. (jugar) to play
    3. (pelearse) to argue

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse

  • 99 esparto

    m.
    esparto (grass).
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: espartar.
    * * *
    1 esparto grass
    * * *
    SM esparto, esparto grass
    * * *
    masculino esparto grass, esparto
    * * *
    = esparto, esparto grass, rope-fibre.
    Ex. The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.
    Ex. The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.
    Ex. The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    ----
    * papel de esparto = esparto paper.
    * * *
    masculino esparto grass, esparto
    * * *
    = esparto, esparto grass, rope-fibre.

    Ex: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

    Ex: The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.
    Ex: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
    * papel de esparto = esparto paper.

    * * *
    esparto grass, esparto
    tienes el pelo como (el) esparto your hair's like straw
    * * *

    esparto m Bot esparto grass
    ' esparto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    crin
    * * *
    esparto (grass)
    * * *
    m BOT esparto grass

    Spanish-English dictionary > esparto

  • 100 especificaciones técnicas

    f.pl.
    technical specifications.
    * * *
    (n.) = data sheet [datasheet]
    Ex. Manufacturers detail the requirements to set the chemistry, processing temperatures and processing time of films on data sheets = Los fabricantes detallan en las especificaciones técnicas los requisitos necesarios para determinar los productos químicos, la temperatura y tiempo de proceso de las películas.
    * * *
    (n.) = data sheet [datasheet]

    Ex: Manufacturers detail the requirements to set the chemistry, processing temperatures and processing time of films on data sheets = Los fabricantes detallan en las especificaciones técnicas los requisitos necesarios para determinar los productos químicos, la temperatura y tiempo de proceso de las películas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > especificaciones técnicas

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