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  • 61 campaña de control de alcoholemia

    (n.) = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign
    Ex. Despite research showing that drink driving is less socially acceptable since the start of drink-drive campaigns in 1976, it still occurs across all age groups.
    Ex. Government is targeting young men in this year's Christmas anti-drink-drive campaign.
    * * *
    (n.) = drink-drive campaign, anti-drink-drive campaign

    Ex: Despite research showing that drink driving is less socially acceptable since the start of drink-drive campaigns in 1976, it still occurs across all age groups.

    Ex: Government is targeting young men in this year's Christmas anti-drink-drive campaign.

    Spanish-English dictionary > campaña de control de alcoholemia

  • 62 cata de vinos

    (n.) = wine tasting
    Ex. After a series of preparatory lessons showing how the topic touches on geography, history, and social customs, the workshop culminated in a wine tasting.
    * * *

    Ex: After a series of preparatory lessons showing how the topic touches on geography, history, and social customs, the workshop culminated in a wine tasting.

    * * *
    wine tasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > cata de vinos

  • 63 chincheta

    f.
    1 drawing pin (British), thumbtack (United States).
    2 thumbtack, tack, pin, drawing-pin.
    * * *
    1 drawing pin, US thumbtack
    * * *
    SF drawing pin, thumbtack (EEUU)
    * * *
    femenino (Esp) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
    * * *
    = drawing pin, thumbtack, push-pin.
    Ex. It is not wise to stick drawing pins into the corners of maps when displaying them.
    Ex. The posters can be pinned on the panels provided by using thumbtacks.
    Ex. Click on a state name from the following list to populate the map with push-pins showing the locations of schools in that state.
    ----
    * clavar con chinchetas = pin.
    * coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * colgar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * pillar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * poner con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * * *
    femenino (Esp) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
    * * *
    = drawing pin, thumbtack, push-pin.

    Ex: It is not wise to stick drawing pins into the corners of maps when displaying them.

    Ex: The posters can be pinned on the panels provided by using thumbtacks.
    Ex: Click on a state name from the following list to populate the map with push-pins showing the locations of schools in that state.
    * clavar con chinchetas = pin.
    * coger con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * colgar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * pillar con chinchetas = thumbtack.
    * poner con chinchetas = thumbtack.

    * * *
    ( Esp)
    thumbtack ( AmE), drawing pin ( BrE)
    * * *

    chincheta sustantivo femenino (Esp) thumbtack (AmE), drawing pin (BrE)
    chincheta sustantivo femenino drawing pin, US thumbtack
    ' chincheta' also found in these entries:
    English:
    drawing pin
    - pushpin
    - thumbtack
    * * *
    Esp Br drawing pin, US thumbtack
    * * *
    f thumbtack, Br
    drawing pin
    * * *
    chincheta n drawing pin

    Spanish-English dictionary > chincheta

  • 64 colaboración

    f.
    1 collaboration, assistance, help, cooperation.
    2 contribution.
    * * *
    1 collaboration
    2 (prensa) contribution
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=cooperación) collaboration
    2) [en periódico] [gen] contribution; (=artículo) article
    3) [de congreso] paper
    4) (=donativo) contribution
    * * *
    femenino collaboration

    en colaboración con alguien/algo — in collaboration with somebody/something

    * * *
    = collaboration, contribution, cooperation [co-operation], linkage, partnership, synergy, cooperative effort, partnering, fertilisation [fertilization, -USA], team effort, input, engagement.
    Ex. A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.
    Ex. The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.
    Ex. Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.
    Ex. We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.
    Ex. The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex. The homogeneity, competitiveness and resulting synergy of this market is fostering significant advances in the capability of smaller computers to manage large massess of data.
    Ex. Conservation problems are so many and so complex that only dedicated cooperative efforts can reverse the current rapid deterioration of library stocks.
    Ex. These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex. The traditional methods of marketing and selling on-line bibliographic data base services have revolved around fertilisation between the marketing and sales departments.
    Ex. The planning of the library represented a total team effort of librarian, architect, consultant, and interior designer.
    Ex. In order to stimulate international input, the IFLA Office for UBC invited catalogers in unrepresented countries to recommend revisions of the AACR and to comment on the potential of the second edition as an international code.
    Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    ----
    * acuerdo de colaboración = collaborative partnership, partnership agreement.
    * autoría en colaboración = collaborative writing.
    * colaboración en equipo = collaborative teamwork.
    * colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.
    * colaboración estrecha = close collaboration.
    * colaboracion interdisciplinar = interdisciplinary collaboration.
    * colaboración perfecta = marriage made in heaven.
    * contar con la colaboración de = enjoy + cooperation with.
    * creación de acuerdo de colaboración = partnership building.
    * diseñar en colaboración = co-design.
    * editar en colaboración = coedit [co-edit].
    * en colaboración = collaborative, cooperative [co-operative], jointly, participatory, in concert, in consort, collaboratively, synergistic, synergistically, in tandem, in a tandem fashion, in partnership.
    * en colaboración con = in concert with, in consultation with, in collaboration with, in alliance with, in conjunction with, in partnership with.
    * en estrecha colaboración = in close collaboration.
    * en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.
    * escribir en colaboración = co-write [cowrite].
    * establecer una colaboración = forge + collaboration.
    * financiar en colaboración = co-finance [cofinance].
    * investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.
    * organizar en colaboración = co-organise [co-organize, -USA].
    * patrocinar en colaboración con = co-host.
    * proyecto de colaboración = joint venture.
    * proyecto en colaboración = collaborative project.
    * trabajar en colaboración = team, interwork.
    * trabajar en colaboración (con) = team up (with).
    * trabajo en colaboración = interworking.
    * * *
    femenino collaboration

    en colaboración con alguien/algo — in collaboration with somebody/something

    * * *
    = collaboration, contribution, cooperation [co-operation], linkage, partnership, synergy, cooperative effort, partnering, fertilisation [fertilization, -USA], team effort, input, engagement.

    Ex: A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.

    Ex: The major difference is that a periodical index relates to a number of issues and to contributions from a number of different authors.
    Ex: Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.
    Ex: We have just stated that the linkage of varying titles and varying forms of entry have to be done on the same basis in an automated situation as in a manual situation.
    Ex: The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex: The homogeneity, competitiveness and resulting synergy of this market is fostering significant advances in the capability of smaller computers to manage large massess of data.
    Ex: Conservation problems are so many and so complex that only dedicated cooperative efforts can reverse the current rapid deterioration of library stocks.
    Ex: These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex: The traditional methods of marketing and selling on-line bibliographic data base services have revolved around fertilisation between the marketing and sales departments.
    Ex: The planning of the library represented a total team effort of librarian, architect, consultant, and interior designer.
    Ex: In order to stimulate international input, the IFLA Office for UBC invited catalogers in unrepresented countries to recommend revisions of the AACR and to comment on the potential of the second edition as an international code.
    Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.
    * acuerdo de colaboración = collaborative partnership, partnership agreement.
    * autoría en colaboración = collaborative writing.
    * colaboración en equipo = collaborative teamwork.
    * colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.
    * colaboración estrecha = close collaboration.
    * colaboracion interdisciplinar = interdisciplinary collaboration.
    * colaboración perfecta = marriage made in heaven.
    * contar con la colaboración de = enjoy + cooperation with.
    * creación de acuerdo de colaboración = partnership building.
    * diseñar en colaboración = co-design.
    * editar en colaboración = coedit [co-edit].
    * en colaboración = collaborative, cooperative [co-operative], jointly, participatory, in concert, in consort, collaboratively, synergistic, synergistically, in tandem, in a tandem fashion, in partnership.
    * en colaboración con = in concert with, in consultation with, in collaboration with, in alliance with, in conjunction with, in partnership with.
    * en estrecha colaboración = in close collaboration.
    * en estrecha colaboración con = hand-in-glove with.
    * escribir en colaboración = co-write [cowrite].
    * establecer una colaboración = forge + collaboration.
    * financiar en colaboración = co-finance [cofinance].
    * investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.
    * organizar en colaboración = co-organise [co-organize, -USA].
    * patrocinar en colaboración con = co-host.
    * proyecto de colaboración = joint venture.
    * proyecto en colaboración = collaborative project.
    * trabajar en colaboración = team, interwork.
    * trabajar en colaboración (con) = team up (with).
    * trabajo en colaboración = interworking.

    * * *
    collaboration
    lo escribió en colaboración con dos colegas suyos he wrote it in collaboration with two of his colleagues
    cuento con su colaboración I am counting on your assistance o help
    * * *

     

    colaboración sustantivo femenino
    collaboration;
    ◊ en colaboración con algn/algo in collaboration with sb/sth

    colaboración sustantivo femenino
    1 (ayuda) collaboration
    2 Prensa contribution

    ' colaboración' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concurso
    - entre
    - junta
    - junto
    - no
    - prestar
    - contribución
    - estrecho
    English:
    call on
    - collaboration
    - contribution
    - closely
    - cooperation
    - cooperative
    * * *
    1. [cooperación] collaboration;
    hacer algo en colaboración con alguien to do sth in collaboration with sb;
    necesito tu colaboración para escribir el artículo I need your help to write this article;
    fue acusado de colaboración con banda armada he was accused of collaborating with o helping a terrorist organization
    2. [de prensa] contribution, article
    * * *
    f collaboration
    * * *
    colaboración n cooperation

    Spanish-English dictionary > colaboración

  • 65 compensar por

    (v.) = make up for, outweigh, outbalance
    Ex. This makes up for the absence of a systematic sequence showing such connections.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    * * *
    (v.) = make up for, outweigh, outbalance

    Ex: This makes up for the absence of a systematic sequence showing such connections.

    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.

    Spanish-English dictionary > compensar por

  • 66 congraciarse con

    v.
    to ingratiate oneself with, to make up to, to win one's way into, to wind one's way into.
    * * *
    (v.) = ingratiate + Reflexivo, get on + the right side of, keep on + the right side of, stay on + the right side of
    Ex. That was the only way she could protect herself from the possibility of alienating the very people with whom she was trying to ingratiate herself.
    Ex. After all, the ancients worshipped, among other deities, the gods of violence, if only to get on the right side of them.
    Ex. Gods did nothing, but you had to honour them with a daily offering to keep on the right side of them.
    Ex. Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.
    * * *
    (v.) = ingratiate + Reflexivo, get on + the right side of, keep on + the right side of, stay on + the right side of

    Ex: That was the only way she could protect herself from the possibility of alienating the very people with whom she was trying to ingratiate herself.

    Ex: After all, the ancients worshipped, among other deities, the gods of violence, if only to get on the right side of them.
    Ex: Gods did nothing, but you had to honour them with a daily offering to keep on the right side of them.
    Ex: Many of the stories told about fairies seem to be cautionary tales, showing that they can be very helpful, as long as you stay on the right side of them.

    Spanish-English dictionary > congraciarse con

  • 67 consecuencia nefasta

    Ex. This philosophic novelette dramatizes the conflict between love and reason in the education of the young, showing the disastrous effects of a rigidly scientific pedagogy.
    * * *

    Ex: This philosophic novelette dramatizes the conflict between love and reason in the education of the young, showing the disastrous effects of a rigidly scientific pedagogy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > consecuencia nefasta

  • 68 continuo

    adj.
    1 continuous, around-the-clock, constant, round-the-clock.
    Una función continua (no discreta) A continuous function (not discrete)...
    2 nonstop.
    3 continuous, one-piece, non broken.
    4 continuous, not discrete, indiscrete.
    Una función continua (no discreta) A continuous function (not discrete)...
    m.
    1 continuum, whole, undivided whole.
    2 continuo, bass accompaniment in a musical score.
    * * *
    1 (seguido) continuous
    2 (continuado) continual, constant
    1 (todo) continuum
    2 (de gente) flow
    \
    corriente continua direct current
    movimiento continuo perpetual motion
    ————————
    1 (todo) continuum
    2 (de gente) flow
    * * *
    (f. - continua)
    adj.
    continuous, constant
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=ininterrumpido) [línea, fila] continuous; [dolor, movimiento, crecimiento] constant, continuous; [pesadilla, molestia] constant

    la presencia continua de los militares lo hacía todo más difícil — the constant o continuous presence of the soldiers made everything more difficult

    evaluación 2), sesión 3)
    2) (=frecuente, repetido) [llamadas, amenazas, críticas, cambios] constant, continual
    3) (Fís) [movimiento] perpetual
    4) (Elec) [corriente] direct
    5) (Ling) continuous
    6)
    2.
    SM (Fís) continuum
    * * *
    I
    - nua adjetivo
    a) ( sin interrupción) < dolor> constant; <movimiento/sonido> continuous, constant; < lucha> continual
    b) ( frecuente) <llamadas/viajes> continual, constant
    c)
    II
    continuum masculino (frml) continuum
    * * *
    = continual, continued, continuing, continuous, ongoing [on-going], persistent, running, sustained, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], continuum, uninterrupted, long-term, everlasting, unrelieved, back-to-back, unceasing, incessant, ceaseless.
    Ex. The second point concerns the continual reference to Haykin's book, a sort of code of subject authority practice and its drawbacks.
    Ex. Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.
    Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex. This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex. Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    Ex. Tom Hernandez knew that there had been a ' running feud' between Lespran and Balzac during the last year or so.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex. At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).
    Ex. For this purpose it is assumed that the usual 23-letter latin alphabet, or an uninterrupted series of numerals, is used for signing the gatherings.
    Ex. Many long-term residents feel that Junctionville should be governed the way it was before Groome appeared -- by 'good old boys' who had worked their way up, who eschewed issues, and who faithfully rewarded their cronies.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex. The conference program includes back-to-back papers on techniques for sorting Unicode data.
    Ex. But just as she pulled over the road in the pitch blackness of night she heard the unceasing sound of the night like she had never heard it.
    Ex. The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.
    Ex. Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.
    ----
    * en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.
    * en continuo cambio = constantly shifting.
    * flujo continuo = continuum.
    * formación continua = continuing training.
    * formación continua en el trabajo = workplace learning.
    * máquina continua de papel = paper-making machine.
    * miedo continuo = nagging fear.
    * paginación continua = continuous pagination.
    * papel continuo de periódico = newsprint.
    * papel perforado continuo = continuous computer stationery.
    * temor continuo = nagging fear.
    * texto continuo = stream of text.
    * * *
    I
    - nua adjetivo
    a) ( sin interrupción) < dolor> constant; <movimiento/sonido> continuous, constant; < lucha> continual
    b) ( frecuente) <llamadas/viajes> continual, constant
    c)
    II
    continuum masculino (frml) continuum
    * * *
    = continual, continued, continuing, continuous, ongoing [on-going], persistent, running, sustained, steady [steadier -comp., steadiest -sup.], continuum, uninterrupted, long-term, everlasting, unrelieved, back-to-back, unceasing, incessant, ceaseless.

    Ex: The second point concerns the continual reference to Haykin's book, a sort of code of subject authority practice and its drawbacks.

    Ex: Instructional development is a goal-oriented, problem-solving process involving techniques such as development of specific objectives, analysis of learners and tasks, preliminary trials, formative and summative evaluation, and continued revision.
    Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.
    Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.
    Ex: This study has many implications for an ongoing COMARC effort beyond the present pilot project because it is evident that a very small number of libraries can furnish machine-readable records with full LC/MARC encoding.
    Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.
    Ex: Tom Hernandez knew that there had been a ' running feud' between Lespran and Balzac during the last year or so.
    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Susan Blanch is a fairly steady customer, taking only fiction books.
    Ex: At the other end of the continuum is the form of hack writing typified by the poorest quality of adventure stories (often mildly pornographic).
    Ex: For this purpose it is assumed that the usual 23-letter latin alphabet, or an uninterrupted series of numerals, is used for signing the gatherings.
    Ex: Many long-term residents feel that Junctionville should be governed the way it was before Groome appeared -- by 'good old boys' who had worked their way up, who eschewed issues, and who faithfully rewarded their cronies.
    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.
    Ex: The conference program includes back-to-back papers on techniques for sorting Unicode data.
    Ex: But just as she pulled over the road in the pitch blackness of night she heard the unceasing sound of the night like she had never heard it.
    Ex: The great practical education of the Englishman is derived from incessant intercourse between man and man, in trade.
    Ex: Children in modern society are faced with a ceaseless stream of new ideas, and responsibility for their upbringing has generally moved from parents to childminders and teachers.
    * en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.
    * en continuo cambio = constantly shifting.
    * flujo continuo = continuum.
    * formación continua = continuing training.
    * formación continua en el trabajo = workplace learning.
    * máquina continua de papel = paper-making machine.
    * miedo continuo = nagging fear.
    * paginación continua = continuous pagination.
    * papel continuo de periódico = newsprint.
    * papel perforado continuo = continuous computer stationery.
    * temor continuo = nagging fear.
    * texto continuo = stream of text.

    * * *
    1 ‹dolor› (sin interrupción) constant; ‹movimiento/sonido› continuous, constant; ‹lucha› continual
    2 (frecuente) ‹llamadas/viajes› continual, constant
    estoy harto de sus continuas protestas I'm fed up of his continual o constant complaining
    3
    ( frml)
    continuum
    * * *

     

    Del verbo continuar: ( conjugate continuar)

    continúo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    continuó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    continuar    
    continuo
    continuar ( conjugate continuar) verbo transitivo
    to continue
    verbo intransitivo [guerra/espectáculo/vida] to continue;
    ◊ si las cosas continúan así if things go on o continue like this;


    ( on signs) continuará to be continued;

    continuo con algo to continue with sth;
    continuó diciendo que … she went on to say that …
    continuo -nua adjetivo

    ‹movimiento/sonido› continuous, constant;
    ‹ lucha› continual
    b) ( frecuente) ‹llamadas/viajes› continual, constant

    continuar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo
    1 to continue, carry on (with)
    2 (seguir en un lugar) continúa viviendo en Brasil, he's still living in Brazil
    3 (seguir sucediendo) continúa lloviendo, it is still raining
    (una película) continuará, to be continued ➣ Ver nota en continue
    continuo,-a adjetivo
    1 (incesante) continuous
    corriente continua, direct current
    Auto línea continua, solid white line
    sesión continua, continuous showing
    2 (repetido) continual, constant
    sus continuos reproches, his endless reproaches
    ' continuo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    continua
    - continuamente
    - intranquila
    - intranquilo
    - constante
    - continuar
    - horario
    English:
    ago
    - begin
    - continual
    - continuous
    - now
    - pause
    - perpetual
    - perpetual motion
    - persistent
    - rattle on
    - solid
    - teethe
    - unbroken
    - ache
    - endless
    - running
    - steady
    * * *
    continuo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [ininterrumpido] continuous;
    las continuas lluvias obligaron a suspender el partido the continuous rain forced them to call off the game
    2. [perseverante] continual;
    me irritan sus continuas preguntas her continual questioning irritates me
    3. [unido] continuous;
    papel continuo continuous stationery
    ♦ nm
    1. [sucesión] succession, series
    2. Fís continuum
    3. Ling continuum
    ♦ de continuo loc adv
    continually
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( sin parar) continuous;
    de continuo constantly
    2 ( frecuente) continual
    * * *
    continuo, - nua adj
    : continuous, steady, constant
    * * *
    1. (ininterrumpido) continuous
    2. (repetido) continual

    Spanish-English dictionary > continuo

  • 69 conveniencia

    f.
    1 usefulness.
    2 convenience.
    sólo mira su conveniencia he only looks after his own interests
    * * *
    1 (utilidad) usefulness
    2 (oportunidad) suitability, advisability
    3 (provecho) interest, benefit
    4 (convenio) agreement
    \
    faltar a las conveniencias not to keep social conventions
    conveniencias sociales social conventions
    matrimonio de conveniencia marriage of convenience
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=utilidad) [de una acción] advisability

    ser de la conveniencia de algn — to be convenient to sb, suit sb

    2) (=provecho propio)

    por conveniencia: lo hace por conveniencia — he does it because it suits him o because it's in his own interest(s)

    bandera 1), matrimonio 1), pabellón 7)
    3) pl conveniencias † (=propiedad) property sing ; (=renta) income sing ; [de criado] perquisites
    4) † (=acuerdo) agreement
    5) † (=puesto) domestic post, job as a servant
    * * *
    1) (interés, provecho)

    se casó por conveniencia — he made o it was a marriage of convenience

    2) (de proyecto, acción) advisability
    * * *
    = adequacy, advisability, convenience, desirability, expediency, suitability, fitness, desirableness, cosiness [coziness, -USA], reasonability.
    Ex. A critical abstract normally comments the adequacy of experimentation and survey methodology.
    Ex. He convinced our new president to have the board discuss the advisability of programming at all, especially since we had a film showing last month that drew only three people.
    Ex. Ironically, the most dangerous bias exists because of the usefulness and convenience of books themselves.
    Ex. Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex. The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex. In evaluating the fitness of certain items for inclusion or exclusion in bibliographies it could, indeed, be argued that 'control' could be thought of as a repressive, censoring, device.
    Ex. Its title deserves giving in full: 'The desirableness of establishing personal intercourse and relations between librarians and readers in popular libraries'.
    Ex. The 1st impression of cosiness is dispelled on closer examination, which reveals gross overcrowding in staff working areas.
    Ex. A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.
    ----
    * matrimonio de conveniencia = marriage of convenience.
    * por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.
    * * *
    1) (interés, provecho)

    se casó por conveniencia — he made o it was a marriage of convenience

    2) (de proyecto, acción) advisability
    * * *
    = adequacy, advisability, convenience, desirability, expediency, suitability, fitness, desirableness, cosiness [coziness, -USA], reasonability.

    Ex: A critical abstract normally comments the adequacy of experimentation and survey methodology.

    Ex: He convinced our new president to have the board discuss the advisability of programming at all, especially since we had a film showing last month that drew only three people.
    Ex: Ironically, the most dangerous bias exists because of the usefulness and convenience of books themselves.
    Ex: Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex: And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex: The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex: In evaluating the fitness of certain items for inclusion or exclusion in bibliographies it could, indeed, be argued that 'control' could be thought of as a repressive, censoring, device.
    Ex: Its title deserves giving in full: 'The desirableness of establishing personal intercourse and relations between librarians and readers in popular libraries'.
    Ex: The 1st impression of cosiness is dispelled on closer examination, which reveals gross overcrowding in staff working areas.
    Ex: A major objective of this project was also to demonstrate both the possibility and the reasonability of using handheld technology = Además, uno de los principales objetivos de este proyecto fue demostrar la posibilidad y la conveniencia de utilizar tecnología portátil para simplificar y normalizar el proceso de recogida de datos.
    * matrimonio de conveniencia = marriage of convenience.
    * por conveniencia = for convenience, for the sake of + convenience.

    * * *
    A
    (interés, provecho): sólo piensa en su conveniencia personal he only thinks of his own interests
    te hizo el favor por conveniencia she only did you the favor because it was in her own interest
    se casó por conveniencia he made o it was a marriage of convenience
    Compuesto:
    fpl social conventions (pl)
    B (de un proyecto, una acción) advisability
    * * *

    conveniencia sustantivo femenino
    a) (interés, provecho):


    lo hizo por conveniencia she only did it because it was in her own interest;
    se casó por conveniencia it was a marriage of convenience

    c) (de proyecto, acción) advisability

    conveniencia sustantivo femenino
    1 (interés) benefit
    2 (provecho) advisability, convenience
    ' conveniencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discusión
    - haber
    - polemizar
    - comodidad
    English:
    convenience
    - handiness
    - marriage
    - wisdom
    * * *
    1. [utilidad] usefulness;
    [oportunidad] suitability
    2. [interés] convenience;
    sólo mira su conveniencia he only looks after his own interests;
    un matrimonio de conveniencia a marriage of convenience
    * * *
    f
    1 de hacer algo advisability
    2
    :
    hacer algo por conveniencia to do sth in one’s own interest;
    matrimonio de conveniencia marriage of convenience
    * * *
    1) : convenience
    2) : fitness, suitability, advisability

    Spanish-English dictionary > conveniencia

  • 70 cooperación

    f.
    1 cooperation, collaboration, co-operation, teamwork.
    2 cooperation, partnership.
    * * *
    1 cooperation
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino cooperation
    * * *
    = collaboration, cooperation [co-operation], partnership, liaison, cooperative effort, partnering, fertilisation [fertilization, -USA], cooperativeness [co-operativeness].
    Ex. A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.
    Ex. Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.
    Ex. The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex. It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.
    Ex. Conservation problems are so many and so complex that only dedicated cooperative efforts can reverse the current rapid deterioration of library stocks.
    Ex. These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex. The traditional methods of marketing and selling on-line bibliographic data base services have revolved around fertilisation between the marketing and sales departments.
    Ex. The notion of interests is far subtler than many have realized, and leaves open the possibility that cooperativeness may be adaptive, virtuous, and a good thing.
    ----
    * acuerdo de cooperación = collaborative partnership.
    * catalogación en cooperación = cooperative cataloguing.
    * contar con la cooperación de = enjoy + cooperation with.
    * cooperación bibliotecaria = library cooperation.
    * cooperación en red = networking.
    * cooperación entre instituciones = interagency cooperation.
    * cooperación institucional = institutional cooperation.
    * cooperación interbibliotecaria = interlibrary co-operation.
    * deseo de cooperación = engagement.
    * en cooperación = cooperative [co-operative].
    * en cooperación con = in cooperation with.
    * falta de cooperación = uncooperation.
    * mantener cooperación = maintain + cooperation.
    * Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
    * Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económic = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
    * * *
    femenino cooperation
    * * *
    = collaboration, cooperation [co-operation], partnership, liaison, cooperative effort, partnering, fertilisation [fertilization, -USA], cooperativeness [co-operativeness].

    Ex: A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.

    Ex: Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.
    Ex: The partnership between the CLT and industry is considered in some detail.
    Ex: It is important to make sure that there is close liaison between the cataloguing department and the order department, otherwise cards are liable to be ordered twice or in insufficient quantity to meet the total demand.
    Ex: Conservation problems are so many and so complex that only dedicated cooperative efforts can reverse the current rapid deterioration of library stocks.
    Ex: These include partnering with: principals, teachers, community members, public librarians and businesses.
    Ex: The traditional methods of marketing and selling on-line bibliographic data base services have revolved around fertilisation between the marketing and sales departments.
    Ex: The notion of interests is far subtler than many have realized, and leaves open the possibility that cooperativeness may be adaptive, virtuous, and a good thing.
    * acuerdo de cooperación = collaborative partnership.
    * catalogación en cooperación = cooperative cataloguing.
    * contar con la cooperación de = enjoy + cooperation with.
    * cooperación bibliotecaria = library cooperation.
    * cooperación en red = networking.
    * cooperación entre instituciones = interagency cooperation.
    * cooperación institucional = institutional cooperation.
    * cooperación interbibliotecaria = interlibrary co-operation.
    * deseo de cooperación = engagement.
    * en cooperación = cooperative [co-operative].
    * en cooperación con = in cooperation with.
    * falta de cooperación = uncooperation.
    * mantener cooperación = maintain + cooperation.
    * Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
    * Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económic = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

    * * *
    cooperation
    agradecemos su cooperación en este asunto we thank you for your cooperation in this matter
    * * *

    cooperación sustantivo femenino
    cooperation
    cooperación sustantivo femenino cooperation
    ' cooperación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entre
    - solicitar
    English:
    cooperation
    - unhelpfulness
    * * *
    co-operation
    * * *
    f cooperation
    * * *
    cooperación nf, pl - ciones : cooperation
    * * *
    cooperación n cooperation

    Spanish-English dictionary > cooperación

  • 71 cooperación bibliotecaria

    Ex. Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.
    * * *

    Ex: Combined catalogues showing the resources available to a group of libraries have been a feature of library co-operation for many years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cooperación bibliotecaria

  • 72 coro

    m.
    1 choir (grupo de voces, parte de iglesia).
    contestar a coro to answer all at once
    2 chorus.
    3 Coro.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: corar.
    * * *
    1 MÚSICA choir
    2 TEATRO chorus
    \
    a coro figurado all together
    hacer coro figurado to join in the chorus
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=agrupación) choir
    2) (=composición) [en obra musical, tragedia] chorus

    una chica del coro — a girl from the chorus, a chorus girl

    hacer coro de o a las palabras de algn — to echo sb's words

    3) (Arquit) choir
    4) [de ángeles] choir

    coro celestial — celestial choir, heavenly choir

    * * *
    1)
    a) (Mús) ( conjunto - vocal) choir; (- en revista musical) chorus line

    a coro — repetir together o in unison, cantar in chorus o together

    b) ( composición) chorus
    c) (Arquit) choir
    2) (Hist, Lit) ( en la tragedia) chorus
    3) ( de ángeles) choir
    * * *
    = chorus, choir.
    Ex. A chorus score is a score of a vocal work showing only the chorus parts, with accompaniment, if any, arranged for keyboard instrument.
    Ex. This article deals with the adaptation of churches as a whole, the choir or nave to library use, not single rooms or chapels for this purpose.
    ----
    * a coro = with one voice, in unison.
    * coro del alba de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.
    * coro matinal de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.
    * partitura de coro = chorus score.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Mús) ( conjunto - vocal) choir; (- en revista musical) chorus line

    a coro — repetir together o in unison, cantar in chorus o together

    b) ( composición) chorus
    c) (Arquit) choir
    2) (Hist, Lit) ( en la tragedia) chorus
    3) ( de ángeles) choir
    * * *
    = chorus, choir.

    Ex: A chorus score is a score of a vocal work showing only the chorus parts, with accompaniment, if any, arranged for keyboard instrument.

    Ex: This article deals with the adaptation of churches as a whole, the choir or nave to library use, not single rooms or chapels for this purpose.
    * a coro = with one voice, in unison.
    * coro del alba de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.
    * coro matinal de los pájaros = morning chorus, dawn chorus.
    * partitura de coro = chorus score.

    * * *
    A ( Mús)
    1 (conjunto — vocal) choir; (— en una revista musical) chorus line
    un coro de protestas a chorus of protest
    a coro: los alumnos repetían a coro la lección the pupils repeated the lesson together o in unison, the pupils chorused the lesson
    lo cantaron a coro they sang it in chorus o together
    hacerle coro a algn to back sb up
    3 ( Arquit) choir; (asientos) choir stall
    todos los coros celestiales all the celestial o heavenly choirs
    * * *

    coro sustantivo masculino

    ( en revista musical) chorus line;


    ‹ cantar› in chorus, together

    c) (Arquit) choir

    coro sustantivo masculino Teat chorus
    Mús choir
    ♦ Locuciones: figurado a coro, all together
    ' coro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    capilla
    - contralto
    - coral
    English:
    choir
    - chorus
    - sing along
    - singalong
    * * *
    coro nm
    1. [parte de iglesia] choir
    2. [grupo de voces] choir;
    [en musical] chorus;
    se oyó un coro de protestas there was a chorus of protest;
    contestar a coro to answer all at once;
    Fig
    hacer coro a to back up
    3. [pasaje musical] chorus
    4. [en la tragedia griega] chorus
    * * *
    m MÚS choir; de espectáculo, pieza musical chorus;
    a coro together, in chorus;
    * * *
    coro nm
    1) : choir
    2) : chorus
    * * *
    coro n
    1. (grupo) choir
    2. (pieza musical) chorus

    Spanish-English dictionary > coro

  • 73 corta distancia de desplazamiento

    Ex. These are useful in showing the reader the resources within easy travelling distance.
    * * *

    Ex: These are useful in showing the reader the resources within easy travelling distance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corta distancia de desplazamiento

  • 74 corte transversal

    m.
    1 cross section.
    2 crosscut, cross section, transverse section, transection.
    3 cross-section.
    * * *
    (n.) = cross-section [cross section], sectional cutting
    Ex. If we draw a cross-section through A, and plot this on a graph showing degree of relevance, we get the result denoted APUPA by Ranganathan.
    Ex. Professional cleavers used for carcass and sectional cutting also work for chops and chickens.
    * * *
    (n.) = cross-section [cross section], sectional cutting

    Ex: If we draw a cross-section through A, and plot this on a graph showing degree of relevance, we get the result denoted APUPA by Ranganathan.

    Ex: Professional cleavers used for carcass and sectional cutting also work for chops and chickens.

    Spanish-English dictionary > corte transversal

  • 75 coste de vidas humanas

    (n.) = human cost
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    * * *
    (n.) = human cost

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coste de vidas humanas

  • 76 cruce de peatones

    (n.) = zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, pelican crossing
    Ex. Zebra crossings consist of thick black and white strips across a road with an orange flashing beacon on either pavement.
    Ex. Pedestrian crossings are provided to improve road safety for pedestrians when crossing a road.
    Ex. At some pelican crossings there is a bleeping sound to indicate to blind or partially-sighted people when the steady green figure is showing.
    * * *
    (n.) = zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, pelican crossing

    Ex: Zebra crossings consist of thick black and white strips across a road with an orange flashing beacon on either pavement.

    Ex: Pedestrian crossings are provided to improve road safety for pedestrians when crossing a road.
    Ex: At some pelican crossings there is a bleeping sound to indicate to blind or partially-sighted people when the steady green figure is showing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cruce de peatones

  • 77 dar señales de vida

    to show signs of life
    * * *
    (v.) = show + signs of life
    Ex. These new investments are among several indicators that Europe's moribund entrepreneurial scene is showing signs of life.
    * * *
    (v.) = show + signs of life

    Ex: These new investments are among several indicators that Europe's moribund entrepreneurial scene is showing signs of life.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar señales de vida

  • 78 dar una lección de humildad

    (v.) = humble
    Ex. But more than anything else, I'd like to thank him for humbling me, for talking to me and showing me the world through a different lens.
    * * *
    (v.) = humble

    Ex: But more than anything else, I'd like to thank him for humbling me, for talking to me and showing me the world through a different lens.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dar una lección de humildad

  • 79 de trazos anchos

    (adj.) = broad-pen
    Ex. The italics that accompanied all these faces were sloped romans, varying in contrast in the same way as their parent forms, and seldom showing any trace of renaissance broad-pen calligraphy.
    * * *
    (adj.) = broad-pen

    Ex: The italics that accompanied all these faces were sloped romans, varying in contrast in the same way as their parent forms, and seldom showing any trace of renaissance broad-pen calligraphy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de trazos anchos

  • 80 de un modo sistemático

    Ex. In schedules, subjects are listed systematically showing their relationships.
    * * *

    Ex: In schedules, subjects are listed systematically showing their relationships.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo sistemático

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