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  • 61 al lado de

    = beside, at the side of, by the side of
    Ex. A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.
    Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex. By the side of the catalogue there should be a clear notice giving basic instructions on the use of the catalogue.
    * * *
    = beside, at the side of, by the side of

    Ex: A small check mark beside a heading can indicate that the heading was found in the source.

    Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex: By the side of the catalogue there should be a clear notice giving basic instructions on the use of the catalogue.

    Spanish-English dictionary > al lado de

  • 62 autoevaluación

    f.
    self-assessment, self-evaluation.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino self-assessment
    * * *
    = self-evaluation, self-study report, self-testing, self-appraisal, self-assessment.
    Ex. Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.
    Ex. She looked incredulously at the single photocopied page from the last self-study report.
    Ex. This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.
    Ex. Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.
    Ex. The check-list is intended to be used for self-assessment for newly qualified librarians during the pre-registration period.
    * * *
    femenino self-assessment
    * * *
    = self-evaluation, self-study report, self-testing, self-appraisal, self-assessment.

    Ex: Lack of proper self-evaluation may explain both their callousness and their imprudence = La falta de una autoevaluación adecuada puede explicar su insensibilidad e imprudencia.

    Ex: She looked incredulously at the single photocopied page from the last self-study report.
    Ex: This system uses expert system architectural principles to generate an inexhaustible supply of accounting questions that can be used by students for self-study and self-testing.
    Ex: Reference group theory is based upon the principle that people take the standards of significant others as a basis for making self-appraisals, comparisons, and choices regarding need and use of information.
    Ex: The check-list is intended to be used for self-assessment for newly qualified librarians during the pre-registration period.

    * * *
    self-appraisal
    * * *
    self-assessment

    Spanish-English dictionary > autoevaluación

  • 63 capilla

    f.
    1 chapel.
    capilla ardiente funeral chapel
    2 hooded cloak.
    3 advance sheet.
    * * *
    1 (iglesia) chapel
    2 MÚSICA choir
    3 (capucho) hood
    \
    estar en capilla (condenado a muerte) to be awaiting execution 2 (en ascuas) to be like a cat on hot bricks
    capilla ardiente funeral chapel, mortuary chapel
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Rel) chapel

    capilla mayor — choir, chancel

    2)

    estar en (la) capilla — [condenado a muerte] to be awaiting execution; (=estar en peligro) to be in great danger; (=estar sobre ascuas) to be on tenterhooks

    3) (Mús) choir
    4) (Tip) proof sheet

    estar en capillas — to be at the proof stage, be in proof

    5) (=camarilla) group of supporters, following
    6) (=caperuza) cowl; (Téc) hood, cowl
    capiller
    * * *
    1) (Relig) chapel

    estar en capilla — to be on tenterhooks

    2) (Impr) proof sheet, galley proof, galley
    * * *
    = press proof, chapel.
    Ex. The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.
    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.
    ----
    * capilla ardiente = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * Capilla Sixtina, la = Sistine Chapel, the.
    * en capilla = on tenterhooks, in suspense.
    * * *
    1) (Relig) chapel

    estar en capilla — to be on tenterhooks

    2) (Impr) proof sheet, galley proof, galley
    * * *
    = press proof, chapel.

    Ex: The third and final stage of proof correction was the press proof, when a sheet was read for residual blemishes.

    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.
    * capilla ardiente = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * Capilla Sixtina, la = Sistine Chapel, the.
    * en capilla = on tenterhooks, in suspense.

    * * *
    A ( Relig) (edificio, área) chapel
    estar en capilla (en ascuas) to be on tenterhooks;
    «condenado a muerte» to be awaiting execution, to be on death row ( in USA)
    Compuesto:
    funeral chapel, chapel of rest
    B ( Impr) proof sheet, galley proof, galley
    C ( Chi) ( Jueg) home, base
    * * *

    capilla sustantivo femenino
    chapel;

    capilla sustantivo femenino
    1 Rel chapel
    capilla ardiente, chapel of rest
    2 Mús (coro de iglesia) choir
    ♦ Locuciones: estar en capilla, to be on tenterhooks, to be in suspense

    ' capilla' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ardiente
    - restauración
    English:
    chapel
    - state
    * * *
    1. [iglesia] chapel;
    estar en capilla [condenado a muerte] to be awaiting execution;
    Fam [en ascuas] to be on tenterhooks capilla ardiente funeral chapel;
    la Capilla Sixtina the Sistine Chapel
    2. Imprenta proof sheet, running sheet
    * * *
    f chapel;
    estar en capilla be on tenterhooks
    * * *
    : chapel
    * * *
    capilla n chapel

    Spanish-English dictionary > capilla

  • 64 coherentemente

    adv.
    1 cohesively.
    2 coherently, connectedly, cogently, cohesively.
    * * *
    1 coherently
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=razonar, exponer, pensar) coherently
    2) (=actuar) consistently
    * * *
    a) <discutir/hablar> coherently
    b) < comportarse/actuar> consistently
    * * *
    = consistently, coherently.
    Ex. Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.
    Ex. When based on a single model, a document retrieval system may be coherently designed, convenient to use, and easy to maintain.
    * * *
    a) <discutir/hablar> coherently
    b) < comportarse/actuar> consistently
    * * *
    = consistently, coherently.

    Ex: Punctuation must be established and be adopted consistently.

    Ex: When based on a single model, a document retrieval system may be coherently designed, convenient to use, and easy to maintain.

    * * *
    1 ‹discutir/hablar› coherently
    2 ‹comportarse/actuar› consistently

    Spanish-English dictionary > coherentemente

  • 65 colección

    f.
    1 collection, set, array, assemblage.
    2 collection.
    3 collection, array, panoply.
    * * *
    1 collection
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    es de colección — Méx it's a collector's item

    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.
    Ex. We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.
    Ex. A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex. It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex. A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex. The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex. Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex. Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex. Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex. While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex. It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex. In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex. The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex. Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex. The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    ----
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.
    * * *
    a) (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    b) (fam) ( gran cantidad)
    c) (Lit) collection
    d) ( de modas) collection
    * * *
    = aggregation, collection, congeries, holdings, information store, library, stock, document collection, assemblage, repertory, collection, cache, deposit collection, harvest, picking, collecting, line-up, menagerie.

    Ex: We should realize that a library is not simply an aggregation of discrete recorded materials; rather, it represents a collection, or more precisely collection of works.

    Ex: A collection is two or more independent works or parts of works by one or more than one author published together and not written for the same occasion or for the publication in hand = Una colección son dos o más obras o partes de obras independientes de uno o más autores publicadas juntas y que no ha sido escritas para la misma ocasión o para la publicación en cuestión.
    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex: A union catalogue then is, a catalogue listing in one sequence the holdings or part of the holdings of two or more libraries.
    Ex: It is obviously impracticable to search the entire information store in the satisfaction of a particular request for information.
    Ex: A library is no longer constrained to choose either a classified or a dictionary catalogue.
    Ex: The second function of the catalogue is concerned with the housekeeping activity of keeping a record of the library stock.
    Ex: Finally, the tacit assumption so far has been that we are dealing with a single document collection.
    Ex: Ranganathan illustrates how these Main Subjects have developed by loose assemblage, dissection, denudation, distillation, etc..
    Ex: Thousands of songs and piano pieces have been published in magazines issued throughout Europe and the Americas, yet an overall history is lacking for this large repertory of music.
    Ex: While there are a profusion of techniques in existence to gain access to the collections, there is no uniform system.
    Ex: It is known that there were books made from bamboo and wood during the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 BC) but none remain today except caches of oracle bones.
    Ex: In many instances it is the ward sister who administers the deposit collection left by the local library.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Bountiful harvest: aquaculture and agriculture information services for the Pacific'.
    Ex: The most popular recreation forms in nature are swimming in summer, the picking of berries, and mushrooms, cross-country skiing, and fishing and hunting.
    Ex: Research done in the field of collecting has primarily focused on those people who are known collectors such as gun, stamp, or coin collectors.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.
    Ex: The latest addition to my clock menagerie is a cuckoo clock, something I've wanted for quite some time.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * basado en la colección = collection-centred, materials-centred [materials-centered], collection-based.
    * bibliotecario encargado de colecciones especializadas = special collections librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.
    * bibliotecario encargado del desarrollo de la colección = collections librarian.
    * centrado en la colección = collection-centred, collection-based.
    * colección básica = core collection.
    * colección bibliográfica = book collection.
    * colección bibliotecaria = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección central = central collection.
    * colección compartida = cooperative collection.
    * colección cooperativa = cooperative collection.
    * colección de animales = menagerie.
    * colección de arte = art collection.
    * colección de arte pictórico = pictorial art collection.
    * colección de autógrafos = autograph collection.
    * colección de comics = comics collection.
    * colección de consulta = browsing collection.
    * colección de control = test collection.
    * colección de depósito legal = depository collection, legal deposit collection, deposit collection.
    * colección de derecho = law collection.
    * colección de diapositivas = slide library.
    * colección de dibujos = drawing collection.
    * colección de discos = record collection.
    * colección de documentos impresos = print collection.
    * colección de fondos electrónicos = e-collection [electronic collection].
    * colección de fondos locales = local history collection, local collection.
    * colección de fotografías = photograph collection.
    * colección de grabaciones sonoras = sound collection.
    * colección de historia local = local history collection.
    * colección de investigación = research collection.
    * colección de la biblioteca = library collection [library's collection].
    * colección de libros = book collection.
    * colección de libros de derecho en una prisión = prison law library.
    * colección de libros de jardinería = gardening collection.
    * colección de libros donados = gift collection.
    * colección de libros raros = rare book collection, rare collection.
    * colección de mapas = map collection.
    * colección de música = music collection.
    * colección de música popular = popular music collection.
    * colección de objetos de las artes escénicas = theatre arts collection.
    * colección de prácticas = laboratory collection.
    * colección de prensa = newspaper collection.
    * colección de préstamo = circulating collection.
    * colección de préstamo restringido = course reserve.
    * colección de programas informáticos = software library.
    * colección de publicaciones monográficas = monograph stock.
    * colección de publicaciones periódicas = periodical stock, periodical collection.
    * colección de recortes = clipping file [cuttings file, -UK], cuttings file [clipping file, -USA].
    * colección de recortes de periódicos = clippings collection.
    * colección de referencia = reference collection.
    * colección de relieves topográficos = topographical collection.
    * colección de retratos = portrait collection.
    * colección de sonido = sound collection.
    * colección de tebeos = comics collection.
    * colección de una biblioteca = local holding.
    * colección de vídeos = video series.
    * colección en varios volúmenes = multivolume set.
    * colección especializada = special collection, study collection.
    * colección ficticia = made-up collection.
    * colección fotográfica = photographic library.
    * colección impresa = print set.
    * colección inactiva = inactive collection.
    * colección integrada = integrated collection.
    * colección local = area studies collection, local collection.
    * colección monográfica = monographic collection, book series.
    * colección multimedia = multimedia collection, media collection.
    * colección paleontológica = palaeontology collection.
    * colección patrimonial = heritage collection.
    * colección personal = home collection, personal collection.
    * colección pictórica = pictorial collection.
    * colección privada = private collection.
    * colección recogida = accumulation.
    * colección temática = subject collection.
    * crear una colección = build + collection.
    * crecimiento de la colección = collection growth.
    * desarrollo de la colección = collection building, collection development [collections development].
    * encargado de la colección = stock editor.
    * evaluación de la colección = collection assessment, collection evaluation, collection analysis.
    * formación de la colección = collection building.
    * formar una colección = build + collection.
    * gestión de la colección = collection management.
    * política de desarrollo de la colección = collection development policy.
    * una colección desordenada de = a scrapbook of.
    * uso de la colección = stock use.

    * * *
    1 (de sellos, monedas, cuadros) collection
    hace colección de mariposas she collects butterflies
    2 ( fam)
    (gran cantidad): no sé cómo quiere otro hijo, si ya tiene una colección I can't imagine why she wants another child, she already has a whole brood ( hum)
    tiene una colección de pulseras she has a huge collection of bracelets
    3 ( Lit) collection
    4 (de modas) collection
    colecciones infantiles children's fashions o wear
    * * *

     

    colección sustantivo femenino
    collection
    colección sustantivo femenino collection
    ' colección' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antológica
    - antológico
    - discoteca
    - engrosar
    - exhibir
    - herbolaria
    - herbolario
    - panoplia
    - adquirir
    - biblioteca
    - línea
    - presentar
    English:
    array
    - body
    - collection
    - invaluable
    - model
    - put together
    - set
    - stamp collection
    - swap for
    - collector
    - large
    - menagerie
    - round
    * * *
    1. [de sellos, objetos] collection
    la colección permanente [de museo] the permanent collection
    2. Fam [gran cantidad]
    tiene una colección de primos he has loads of cousins;
    cometió una colección de errores he made a whole series of mistakes;
    no dijo más que una colección de tonterías he talked a load of nonsense
    3. [de moda] collection;
    la colección de primavera the spring collection
    * * *
    f collection
    * * *
    colección nf, pl - ciones : collection
    * * *
    colección n collection

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección

  • 66 colegio mayor

    m.
    hall of residence, college.
    * * *
    (Esp) residence hall (AmE), hall of residence (BrE)
    * * *
    (n.) = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], dorm, student residence
    Ex. This programme may serve as a model for other university library systems interested in expanding library services and access to library resources to students in thier residence halls.
    Ex. She then returned to campus and finished packing her belongings in her dormitory room.
    Ex. Students and faculty use over 3,000 personal computers and terminals, in dorms, offices and off-campus homes.
    Ex. Package B includes full-board accommodation in a student residence in a single or double room with shared bathroom.
    * * *
    (Esp) residence hall (AmE), hall of residence (BrE)
    * * *
    (n.) = residence hall, dormitory [dorm, -abbr.], dorm, student residence

    Ex: This programme may serve as a model for other university library systems interested in expanding library services and access to library resources to students in thier residence halls.

    Ex: She then returned to campus and finished packing her belongings in her dormitory room.
    Ex: Students and faculty use over 3,000 personal computers and terminals, in dorms, offices and off-campus homes.
    Ex: Package B includes full-board accommodation in a student residence in a single or double room with shared bathroom.

    * * *
    dormitory, dorm fam, Br
    hall of residence

    Spanish-English dictionary > colegio mayor

  • 67 cometido

    m.
    1 mission, task (objetivo).
    2 duty.
    3 commitment, goal, ambition, earnest attempt.
    4 task assignment, task, enterprise, mission.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: cometer.
    * * *
    1 (encargo) task, assignment
    2 (deber) duty
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM task, mission
    * * *
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission
    b) (Chi) ( actuación) performance
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], mandate, remit, office, workpackage, brief, hat, task, portfolio, responsibility.
    Ex. The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.
    Ex. Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex. The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex. The service was withdrawn from lack of use but because the State Telephone Service considered the department outside its remit.
    Ex. Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
    Ex. One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex. This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex. The city librarian has commonly been a general cultural consultant, often with more than one hat, with the curatorship of the museum and/or art gallery as additional offices.
    Ex. Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex. Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex. The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    ----
    * cometido adicional = overhead operation.
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * cometidos = terms of reference.
    * cuyos cometidos se solapan = overlapping.
    * desempeñar + Posesivo + cometido = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.
    * deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.
    * lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.
    * * *
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission
    b) (Chi) ( actuación) performance
    * * *
    = assignment, duty [duties, -pl.], mandate, remit, office, workpackage, brief, hat, task, portfolio, responsibility.

    Ex: The problems and assignments presented are real problems and assignments, and the people involved are real people, all suitably disguised to protect their identity.

    Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.
    Ex: The original mandate was very clear: to consider for inclusion all proposals made.
    Ex: The service was withdrawn from lack of use but because the State Telephone Service considered the department outside its remit.
    Ex: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
    Ex: One of the workpackages of the project is the preparation of software for UKMARC to UNIMARC conversion.
    Ex: This article describes the experiences of a library training officer whose brief was to build library services from the ground up.
    Ex: The city librarian has commonly been a general cultural consultant, often with more than one hat, with the curatorship of the museum and/or art gallery as additional offices.
    Ex: Further, menu screens will be necessary until the user has specified the task that he wishes executed or the information that he wishes to retrieve sufficiently for execution or retrieval to be effected.
    Ex: Commission decisions are taken collectively, although each Commissioner is responsible for one or more portfolios, or areas of policy.
    Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    * cometido adicional = overhead operation.
    * cometido por pandillas = gang-related.
    * cometidos = terms of reference.
    * cuyos cometidos se solapan = overlapping.
    * desempeñar + Posesivo + cometido = carry out + Posesivo + responsibility.
    * deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.
    * lista de personas y cometidos = duty roster.

    * * *
    1 (tarea, deber) task, mission
    cumplió (con) su cometido she carried out her mission o task
    2 ( Chi) (actuación) performance
    * * *

    Del verbo cometer: ( conjugate cometer)

    cometido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    cometer    
    cometido
    cometer ( conjugate cometer) verbo transitivo ‹crimen/delito/pecado› to commit;
    ‹error/falta› to make
    cometido sustantivo masculino
    a) (tarea, deber) task, mission


    cometer verbo transitivo
    1 (una falta, un error) to make: cuídate de no cometer ningún error, be careful not to make any mistakes
    2 (perpetrar) to commit: han atrapado al delincuente que cometió el atraco, they've caught the delinquent who committed the robbery
    cometido sustantivo masculino
    1 (tarea) task, assignment
    2 (función) duty
    ' cometido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    papel
    - estar
    - función
    English:
    admit
    - crime
    - deny
    - mission
    - felon
    - offender
    * * *
    1. [objetivo] mission, task
    2. [deber] duty
    * * *
    m task
    * * *
    : assignment, task

    Spanish-English dictionary > cometido

  • 68 congruentemente

    adv.
    suitably, congruously.
    * * *
    Ex. When based on a single model, a document retrieval system may be coherently designed, convenient to use, and easy to maintain.
    * * *

    Ex: When based on a single model, a document retrieval system may be coherently designed, convenient to use, and easy to maintain.

    Spanish-English dictionary > congruentemente

  • 69 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

  • 70 de uso frecuente

    Ex. Frequently-used codes are mnemonic, so he seldom consults his code book; but when he does, a single tap of a key projects it for his use.
    * * *

    Ex: Frequently-used codes are mnemonic, so he seldom consults his code book; but when he does, a single tap of a key projects it for his use.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de uso frecuente

  • 71 depender de

    v.
    to depend on, to be dependent on, to be contingent on, to be conditional on.
    El plan depende del tiempo The plan depends on the time.
    María depende de Pedro Mary depends on Peter.
    El éxito depende de Pedro Success depends on Peter.
    * * *
    (v.) = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of
    Ex. Indexing is dependent upon the specific classification scheme in use.
    Ex. This may arise under the following circumstances: an abstracting organisation reliant upon volunteer abstractors who are scattered across national boundaries.
    Ex. In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex. Successful retrieval hangs on the searcher being able to reconstruct that document description when he wants to locate the document again.
    Ex. It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex. Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex. Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex. When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex. The university has a single library system whose director reports to the provost, and has the rank of professor.
    Ex. I think it's not a question of putting people out of work; it's redeploying people.
    * * *
    (v.) = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of

    Ex: Indexing is dependent upon the specific classification scheme in use.

    Ex: This may arise under the following circumstances: an abstracting organisation reliant upon volunteer abstractors who are scattered across national boundaries.
    Ex: In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex: Successful retrieval hangs on the searcher being able to reconstruct that document description when he wants to locate the document again.
    Ex: It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex: Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex: Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex: When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex: The university has a single library system whose director reports to the provost, and has the rank of professor.
    Ex: I think it's not a question of putting people out of work; it's redeploying people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > depender de

  • 72 desagradable

    adj.
    1 unpleasant.
    2 disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, displeasing.
    * * *
    1 disagreeable, unpleasant
    * * *
    adj.
    unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    ADJ unpleasant, disagreeable más frm
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex. In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex. In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex. Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex. Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex. Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    ----
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.
    * * *
    adjetivo <respuesta/comentario> unkind; <ruido/sensación> unpleasant, disagreeable; <escena/sorpresa> unpleasant; <tiempo/clima> unpleasant, horrible
    * * *
    = off-putting, unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unkind, obnoxious, peevish, distasteful, unappealing, seamy [seamier -comp., seamiest -sup.], unsavoury [unsavory, -USA], unpalatable, unsightly, minging, abrasive, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unwholesome, insalubrious, invidious, ill-natured.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: During the war a law was passed to limit the consumption of newsprint by ' obnoxious newspapers' and even reducing it to nil = Durante la guerra se aprobó una ley para limitar el consumo de papel de periódico por los llamados "periódicos detestables" e incluso reducirlo a cero.
    Ex: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: In addition, it is pointed out that tourists often have a strange fascination for tragic, macabre or other equally unappealing historical sights.
    Ex: In general, the writer explains, crimes are depicted in such a way that they are associated with seamy characters who have little regard for conventional morality.
    Ex: Despite the unsavory characters, bawdiness, and amorality in several of his plays, Middleton was more committed to a single theological system than, for example, Shakespeare.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Spam is unpalatable any way it's served up: things you can do to reduce the amount of unwanted e-mail'.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: Everyone is attractive to someone, there is no such thing as a minger, but there are many people who I think are minging.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: The text raises the possibility that there might be something unwholesome in the Buddhist obsession with hell.
    Ex: Specific actions are those which are intended to reinforce the fight against specific medical conditions related to insalubrious living.
    Ex: Within the ranks of authorship therefore there are many types of author and it is invidious to claim that one sort is necessarily 'better' than another.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    * algo desagradable a la vista = a blot on the landscape.
    * darle a Uno escalofríos por Algo desagradable = make + Nombre + flinch.
    * de sabor desagradable = unpalatable.
    * desagradable a la vista = eyesore.
    * encontrarse con una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * esperar una sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening + be in store, be in for a rude awakening.
    * lo desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * sorpresa desagradable = rude awakening.

    * * *
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind; ‹sabor/ruido/sensación› unpleasant, disagreeable; ‹escena› horrible
    estuvo realmente desagradable conmigo he was really unpleasant to me
    ¡no seas tan desagradable! dale una oportunidad don't be so mean o unkind! give him a chance
    ¡qué tiempo más desagradable! what nasty o horrible weather
    hacía un día bastante desagradable the weather was rather unpleasant, it was a rather unpleasant day
    se llevó una sorpresa desagradable she got a nasty o an unpleasant surprise
    * * *

     

    desagradable adjetivo
    unpleasant;
    ‹respuesta/comentario› unkind
    desagradable adjetivo unpleasant, disagreeable: hay un olor desagradable, there's an unpleasant smell
    es una persona muy desagradable, he's really disagreeable
    ' desagradable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escopetazo
    - fresca
    - fresco
    - graznido
    - grosera
    - grosero
    - gustillo
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - impresión
    - marrón
    - palma
    - sensación
    - terrible
    - terrorífica
    - terrorífico
    - chocante
    - ingrato
    - mal
    - shock
    English:
    bullet
    - business
    - creep
    - dirty
    - disagreeable
    - distasteful
    - emptiness
    - filthy
    - hard
    - ill-natured
    - miserable
    - nasty
    - off
    - off-putting
    - rude
    - thankless
    - ugly
    - unkind
    - unpleasant
    - unsavory
    - unsavoury
    - unwelcome
    - why
    - home
    - objectionable
    - offensive
    - painful
    - peevish
    - unpalatable
    - unwholesome
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [sensación, tiempo, escena] unpleasant;
    no voy a salir, la tarde está muy desagradable I'm not going to go out, the weather's turned quite nasty this afternoon;
    una desagradable sorpresa an unpleasant o a nasty surprise
    2. [persona, comentario, contestación] unpleasant;
    está muy desagradable con su familia he's very unpleasant to his family;
    no seas desagradable y ven con nosotros al cine don't be unsociable, come to the cinema with us
    ♦ nmf
    son unos desagradables they're unpleasant people
    * * *
    adj unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    : unpleasant, disagreeable
    * * *
    desagradable adj unpleasant

    Spanish-English dictionary > desagradable

  • 73 detallado

    adj.
    detailed, itemized, minute, blow-by-blow.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: detallar.
    * * *
    1→ link=detallar detallar
    1 detailed, thorough
    * * *
    (f. - detallada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [informe, relato] detailed; [declaración] circumstantial; [conocimiento] detailed, intimate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed
    * * *
    = careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.
    Ex. The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.
    Ex. However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex. If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex. These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.
    Ex. An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.
    Ex. She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex. This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex. The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex. Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex. Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex. He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex. The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex. Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex. Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
    ----
    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <factura/cuenta> itemized, detailed; <estudio/descripción> detailed
    * * *
    = careful, detailed, diligent, elaborate, elaborated, in-depth [in depth], point-by-point, scripted, step by step, thorough, meticulous, painstaking, stage by stage, fine-grained, blow-by-blow.

    Ex: The format of the description in an analytical entry requires careful consideration.

    Ex: However, many indexing systems have evolved over the last century, and have their roots in a time when detailed specification of subjects was unnecessary.
    Ex: If the scholar can get at only one a week by diligent search, his syntheses are not likely to keep up with the current scene.
    Ex: These are more elaborate then the ALA Rules, with twice the number of rules.
    Ex: An explanatory reference is an elaborated 'see' or 'see also' reference that explains the circumstances under which the headings involved should be consulted.
    Ex: She organized the library's program of in-depth seminars on how to use the library for faculty in the social sciences and humanities.
    Ex: This point-by-point evaluation makes a fairly convincing case for the public access online catalogue.
    Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex: The VDU gives step by step instructions for those not familiar with search procedures.
    Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.
    Ex: Sometimes reserved books slip through because staff are not meticulous in checking the visible index = A veces los libros reservados se cuelan inadvertidamente porque el personal no ha sido lo bastante meticuloso de comprobar el índice visible.
    Ex: He uses a well-known simile in saying that 'the most painstaking examination of innumerable single trees will not tell us much about the nature of the forest'.
    Ex: The author outlines a stage by stage on-line search strategy to help find pairs of journals that are logically and scientifically related.
    Ex: Both simple and fine-grained policies can be written to permit or deny access to this type of repository.
    Ex: Sometimes the major threads of his argument get lost in blow-by-blow accounts of political debates that go nowhere.
    * conocimiento detallado = intimate knowledge.
    * entrevista detallada = in-depth interview.

    * * *
    ‹factura/cuenta› itemized, detailed; ‹estudio/descripción› detailed
    * * *

    Del verbo detallar: ( conjugate detallar)

    detallado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    detallado    
    detallar
    detallado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹factura/cuenta› itemized;


    ‹estudio/descripción› detailed
    detallar ( conjugate detallar) verbo transitivo
    to detail
    detallado,-a adjetivo detailed, thorough: le vamos a hacer un examen detallado, we're going to give him a thorough examination
    detallar verbo transitivo to give the details of, list
    ' detallado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    detallada
    - minuciosa
    - minucioso
    - presupuesto
    - puntual
    English:
    detailed
    - elaborate
    - full
    - step
    * * *
    detallado, -a adj
    1. [análisis, descripción, estudio] detailed
    2. [factura, cuenta] itemized
    * * *
    adj detailed
    * * *
    detallado adj detailed

    Spanish-English dictionary > detallado

  • 74 director ejecutivo

    m.
    executive director.
    * * *
    (n.) = executive director, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), managing director, chief executive
    Ex. 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.
    Ex. The meeting, which defined the goals of the association, discussed membership conditions, established permanent sections (legal, educational, economic, historical and management) and elected executive officers.
    Ex. The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.
    Ex. The author is former managing director of Hutchinsons.
    Ex. The author concludes that few chief executives personally use the company library and online database services.
    * * *
    (n.) = executive director, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), managing director, chief executive

    Ex: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.

    Ex: The meeting, which defined the goals of the association, discussed membership conditions, established permanent sections (legal, educational, economic, historical and management) and elected executive officers.
    Ex: The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.
    Ex: The author is former managing director of Hutchinsons.
    Ex: The author concludes that few chief executives personally use the company library and online database services.

    Spanish-English dictionary > director ejecutivo

  • 75 director general

    m.
    general manager, director general, chief executive officer, C.O.O..
    * * *
    (n.) = executive director, Director-General, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), chief executive, senior director
    Ex. 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.
    Ex. The work of the Statistical Office is undertaken by six directorates headed by the Director-General who is assisted by a secretariat.
    Ex. The meeting, which defined the goals of the association, discussed membership conditions, established permanent sections (legal, educational, economic, historical and management) and elected executive officers.
    Ex. The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.
    Ex. The author concludes that few chief executives personally use the company library and online database services.
    Ex. Senior directors earn absurdly more than the other workers in their business.
    * * *
    (n.) = executive director, Director-General, executive officer, chief executive officer (CEO), chief executive, senior director

    Ex: 'We'll get started as soon as everyone arrives,' the executive director shook her hand and smiled graciously.

    Ex: The work of the Statistical Office is undertaken by six directorates headed by the Director-General who is assisted by a secretariat.
    Ex: The meeting, which defined the goals of the association, discussed membership conditions, established permanent sections (legal, educational, economic, historical and management) and elected executive officers.
    Ex: The constituent networks may have presidents and CEO's (chief executive officers), but that's a different issue; there's no single authority figure for the Internet as a whole.
    Ex: The author concludes that few chief executives personally use the company library and online database services.
    Ex: Senior directors earn absurdly more than the other workers in their business.

    Spanish-English dictionary > director general

  • 76 distribuir

    v.
    to distribute.
    distribuyen comida entre los pobres they give out food to the poor, they distribute food among the poor
    distribuir las tareas to divide up o share out the tasks
    Ella distribuyó las provisiones She distributed the provisions.
    Ellos distribuyeron los volantes They distributed=handed out the fliers.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 (repartir) to distribute
    2 (correo) to deliver; (trabajo) to share, allot; (agua, gas, etc) to supply
    3 (un piso) to lay out
    4 (colocar) to arrange, place
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=repartir) [+ víveres, mercancía, película] to distribute; [+ correo] to deliver; [+ trabajo, tarea] to allocate; [+ folletos] [en buzones] to distribute; [en mano] to hand out
    2) (=entregar) [+ premios] to give out; [+ dividendos] to pay
    3) (Téc) [+ carga] to stow, arrange; [+ peso] to distribute equally
    4) (Arquit) to plan, lay out
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dinero/víveres/panfletos> to hand out, distribute; < ganancias> to distribute; < tareas> to allocate, assign; <carga/peso> to distribute, spread
    b) <producto/película> to distribute
    c) canal/conducto < agua> to distribute
    d) (disponer, dividir)
    2.
    distribuirse v pron (refl) to divide up
    * * *
    = allot, circulate, disperse, distribute, hand (over), host, scatter, spread (over/throughout), propagate out to, hand out, apportion, dispense, pass out, sequence, spread out, lay out, cascade, space out.
    Ex. Money is allotted with the library fund subfunction.
    Ex. The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex. For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex. A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex. Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
    Ex. Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.
    Ex. Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
    Ex. This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex. We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex. An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex. However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex. At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.
    Ex. The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    Ex. For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex. There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex. This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex. The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    ----
    * distribuir aleatoriamente = randomise [randomize, -USA].
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.
    * distribuir la responsabilidad = spread + the load.
    * distribuirse = spread over.
    * distribuir un cuestionario = circulate + questionnaire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <dinero/víveres/panfletos> to hand out, distribute; < ganancias> to distribute; < tareas> to allocate, assign; <carga/peso> to distribute, spread
    b) <producto/película> to distribute
    c) canal/conducto < agua> to distribute
    d) (disponer, dividir)
    2.
    distribuirse v pron (refl) to divide up
    * * *
    = allot, circulate, disperse, distribute, hand (over), host, scatter, spread (over/throughout), propagate out to, hand out, apportion, dispense, pass out, sequence, spread out, lay out, cascade, space out.

    Ex: Money is allotted with the library fund subfunction.

    Ex: The discussions, debates, submissions and decisions of conferences are often printed and circulated to delegates and made available to other interested parties.
    Ex: For example, Recreation, previously dispersed over several main classes, is now brought together as a new main class, and Space Science has been added between Astronomy and the Earth Sciences.
    Ex: A bulletin will be a printed list, or set list for consultation on a VDU, which is published and distributed to a number of users on a specific subject area, say, building products or cancer research.
    Ex: Eventually, teachers should be able to ' hand the chalk over to the students' and take a back seat.
    Ex: Most computer bureaux which host the factual data bases have their own world-wide networks.
    Ex: Similar and closely related subjects are likely to be scattered under different keywords.
    Ex: This should illustrate rather dramatically how failure to adopt a single well-defined form of name could spread entries throughout the alphabet.
    Ex: We must develop and study intelligent interfaces that propagate out to the information universe and report back to us.
    Ex: An aggressive approach is made to publicity, with posters and leaflets distributed widely, visits to local shops, post offices, doctors surgeries etc, to drum up business, and the use of volunteers to hand out leaflets at street corners = Se inicia una campaña de publicidad enérgica, distribuyendo de forma general folletos y pósteres, visitando las tiendas, oficinas de correos y consultorías médicas de la localidad, etc., para promocionar el negocio, además de utilizar voluntarios para distribuir prospectos por las esquinas de las calles.
    Ex: However, procedures for apportioning collection budgets have not been designed specifically for the school context.
    Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.
    Ex: At the Closing Session Danish flags were suddenly produced and passed out among the crowd who began waving them enthusiastically.
    Ex: The coefficients of eigenvectors associated with the largest eigenvalue provide the basis for sequencing atoms which are ordered according to the relative magnitudes of the coefficients.
    Ex: For instance, in reproduction of Renoir's work under the subject IMPRESSIONISM, Renoir's works would not stand together in the catalog but be spread out according to their titles.
    Ex: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.
    Ex: This project is designed to provide a network of practising librarians with a programme in educational methods and skills which can then be disseminated, or ' cascaded', to a wider network of professional colleagues.
    Ex: The results of a study suggest that people remember more high school material when learning occurs spaced out over several years.
    * distribuir aleatoriamente = randomise [randomize, -USA].
    * distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.
    * distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.
    * distribuir el trabajo = spread + the load.
    * distribuir la responsabilidad = spread + the load.
    * distribuirse = spread over.
    * distribuir un cuestionario = circulate + questionnaire.

    * * *
    vt
    1 (repartir) ‹dinero/víveres/panfletos› to hand out, distribute; ‹ganancias› to distribute; ‹tareas› to allocate, assign; ‹carga/peso› to distribute, spread
    un país donde la riqueza está muy mal distribuida a country where wealth is very unevenly distributed
    2 ‹producto/película› to distribute
    3 «canal/conducto» ‹agua› to distribute
    4
    (disponer, dividir): las habitaciones están muy bien distribuidas the rooms are very well laid out o arranged
    los distribuyeron en tres grupos they divided them into three groups
    ( refl) to divide up
    * * *

     

    Multiple Entries:
    distribuir    
    distribuir algo
    distribuir ( conjugate distribuir) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹dinero/víveres/panfletos› to hand out, distribute;

    ‹ ganancias› to distribute;
    ‹ tareas› to allocate, assign;
    ‹carga/peso› to distribute, spread
    b) ‹producto/película› to distribute

    c) [canal/conducto] ‹ agua› to distribute


    e) ( dividir) to divide … up;


    distribuirse verbo pronominal ( refl) to divide up
    distribuir verbo transitivo
    1 (repartir productos) to distribute: ¿quién distribuye esta revista en España?, who distributes this magazine in Spain?
    2 (dar la parte correspondiente) to share out: voy a distribuir las pocas patatas que quedan, I'll divide up the few potatoes left
    3 (poner varias cosas en un sitio adecuado) to arrange: ¿qué te parece cómo he distribuido los muebles?, how do you like my furniture arrangement?
    ' distribuir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escalonar
    - repartir
    English:
    distribute
    - dole out
    - give out
    - hand round
    - issue
    - pass out
    - syndicate
    - deal
    - give
    - hand
    - share
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [repartir] [dinero, alimentos, medicamentos] to distribute, to hand out;
    [carga, trabajo] to spread; [pastel, ganancias] to divide up; [correo] to deliver;
    distribuyen comida entre los pobres they give out food to the poor, they distribute food among the poor;
    distribuir propaganda por los buzones to deliver advertising leaflets through Br letter boxes o US mailboxes;
    distribuir la riqueza más justamente to share out o distribute wealth more justly;
    distribuir el trabajo/las tareas to divide up o share out the work/the tasks;
    trata de distribuir bien tu tiempo try to manage your time carefully
    2. Com [mercancías, productos, películas] to distribute;
    una empresa que distribuye material de papelería a firm distributing stationery materials
    3. [disponer]
    una casa muy bien distribuida a house with a very nice layout;
    nos distribuyeron en grupos de cinco they divided o split us into groups of five;
    distribuyó los libros por temas she arranged the books by topic
    * * *
    v/t
    1 distribute; beneficio share out
    2
    :
    distribuir en grupos divide into groups
    * * *
    distribuir {41} vt
    : to distribute
    * * *
    1. (en general) to distribute
    hay que distribuir la riqueza, el saber y el poder we must distribute wealth, knowledge and power
    2. (trabajo) to share out

    Spanish-English dictionary > distribuir

  • 77 duradero

    adj.
    durable, permanent, abiding, long-lasting.
    * * *
    1 durable, lasting
    * * *
    (f. - duradera)
    adj.
    durable, lasting
    * * *
    ADJ [ropa, tela] hard-wearing; [paz, efecto] lasting; [relación] lasting, long-term antes de s
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.
    Ex. The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.
    Ex. Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex. Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex. Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex. The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex. The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex. The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    ----
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo <amistad/recuerdo> lasting (before n); <ropa/zapatos> hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    * * *
    = durable, sustained, lasting, enduring, everlasting, long-lasting, serviceable, abiding, enduringly + Adjetivo, long-lived, hard-wearing.

    Ex: The slips are cheaper, but less durable than cards.

    Ex: Research has shown that strong centralized control of employees is not the best way to achieve operational efficiency or sustained productivity.
    Ex: Only as his experience grew did this young man see that what he did was littered as much, if not more, with failure as it was crowned with success of a lasting kind.
    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: By means of this method copies are long-lasting and do not fade.
    Ex: Plain calico makes a serviceable book cover but it looks better when it is coloured.
    Ex: The revision and correction of reference works is an abiding concern to the librarian and the user.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    Ex: The author proposes a number of suggestions that could improve the market and solve some of its long-lived problems.
    Ex: The manufacturers of this type of artificial turf say that while the grass is soft and springy underfoot it is extremely tough and hard-wearing.
    * amor duradero = lasting love.
    * bienes duraderos = durable goods.
    * consecuencia duradera = long-lasting effect.
    * efecto duradero = lasting effect, long-lasting effect.
    * impacto duradero = lasting impact.
    * impresión duradera = lasting impression.
    * más duradero = longer-lasting.
    * papel duradero = durable paper.

    * * *
    ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n); ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, durable, longwearing ( AmE)
    * * *

    duradero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo ‹amistad/recuerdo› lasting ( before n);


    ‹ropa/zapatos› hardwearing, longwearing (AmE)
    duradero,-a adjetivo durable, lasting
    ' duradero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    duradera
    - resistente
    - secular
    - agudeza
    - agudo
    English:
    continued
    - durable
    - enduring
    - hardwearing
    - lasting
    - long-lasting
    - serviceable
    - long
    * * *
    duradero, -a adj
    1. [que permanece] lasting;
    es una vacuna de efecto duradero it is a long-acting vaccine
    2. [ropa, zapatos] hard-wearing
    * * *
    adj lasting; ropa, calzado hard-wearing
    * * *
    duradero, -ra adj
    : durable, lasting
    * * *
    duradero adj lasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > duradero

  • 78 encuadernación en cola

    (n.) = perfect binding, adhesive binding
    Ex. Some libraries use 'perfect' binding for booklets, but this tends to be expensive in comparison.
    Ex. Adhesive binding is a binding technique in which single leaves are held together using an adhesive rather than a sewn attachment.
    * * *
    (n.) = perfect binding, adhesive binding

    Ex: Some libraries use 'perfect' binding for booklets, but this tends to be expensive in comparison.

    Ex: Adhesive binding is a binding technique in which single leaves are held together using an adhesive rather than a sewn attachment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encuadernación en cola

  • 79 entrometido

    adj.
    meddlesome, interfering, meddling, nosey.
    f. & m.
    meddler, busybody, bur, snoop.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: entrometer.
    * * *
    1→ link=entrometerse entrometerse
    1 interfering, nosy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 meddler, busybody, nosy parker
    * * *
    entrometido, -a
    1.
    ADJ meddlesome, interfering
    2.
    SM / F busybody, meddler
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo meddling (before n), interfering (before n)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino meddler, busybody (colloq)
    * * *
    = interfering, meddlesome, obtrusive, busybody, snoop, prying.
    Ex. Moreover, the perpetuation in certain quarters in the UK of the image of the Community as a remote interfering irrelevance is assisted by the general level of ignorance on Community matters.
    Ex. The business community began to see the institutions of the Community as meddlesome or, as in the case of the European Parliament, superfluous.
    Ex. But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex. Every single email she wrote in secret has been read by snoops.
    Ex. Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo meddling (before n), interfering (before n)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino meddler, busybody (colloq)
    * * *
    = interfering, meddlesome, obtrusive, busybody, snoop, prying.

    Ex: Moreover, the perpetuation in certain quarters in the UK of the image of the Community as a remote interfering irrelevance is assisted by the general level of ignorance on Community matters.

    Ex: The business community began to see the institutions of the Community as meddlesome or, as in the case of the European Parliament, superfluous.
    Ex: But the present revision, incorporating ISBD, will literally clutter the entries with obtrusive redundancies and esoterics that will only obscure the content of the entries and obstruct the use of the catalog.
    Ex: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
    Ex: Every single email she wrote in secret has been read by snoops.
    Ex: Our books are not open to general requests from the general public, or prying individuals seeking to find something with which to find fault.

    * * *
    meddling ( before n), interfering ( before n)
    masculine, feminine
    meddler, busybody
    * * *

    Del verbo entrometer: ( conjugate entrometer)

    entrometido es:

    el participio

    entrometido
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    meddling ( before n), interfering ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    meddler, busybody (colloq)
    entrometido,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino busybody, meddler
    II adjetivo interfering

    ' entrometido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    entrometida
    - curioso
    English:
    meddler
    - obtrusive
    - prying
    - busybody
    - interfering
    - nosy
    * * *
    entrometido, -a
    ♦ adj
    interfering
    ♦ nm,f
    meddler
    * * *
    I part → entrometerse
    II adj meddling atr, interfering
    III m meddler, busybody
    * * *
    entrometido, -da n
    : meddler, busybody
    * * *
    entrometido1 adj nosy [comp. nosier; superl. nosiest]
    entrometido2 n nosy parker

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrometido

  • 80 entusiasta

    adj.
    enthusiastic.
    f. & m.
    enthusiast.
    * * *
    1 enthusiastic
    1 lover, fan
    * * *
    1. adj. 2. noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=apasionado) enthusiastic (de about)
    (=interesado) keen (de on)
    2.
    SMF (=aficionado) enthusiast, fan *; (=admirador) admirer
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo enthusiastic
    II
    masculino y femenino enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiastic, zealous, enthusiast, wholehearted [whole-hearted], buff, hard-core, dedicated, committed.
    Ex. The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
    Ex. Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.
    Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex. Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex. The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex. His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex. Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.
    Ex. There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
    Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    ----
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * entusiasta del deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * persona entusiasta y trabajadora = eager beaver.
    * poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo enthusiastic
    II
    masculino y femenino enthusiast
    * * *
    = hound, enthusiastic, zealous, enthusiast, wholehearted [whole-hearted], buff, hard-core, dedicated, committed.

    Ex: The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.

    Ex: Mr Berman, who is a very personable and enthusiastic librarian, certainly comes across.
    Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.
    Ex: Videodiscs can provide high capacity secondary storage and it is possible for the personal computer enthusiast to make use of a home video recorder in this way.
    Ex: The project never achieved wholehearted international support and encouragement.
    Ex: His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex: Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.
    Ex: There was a hard core of dedicated, British-trained librarians who practised their profession in tune with the social, economic and political situation of their time.
    Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    * demasiado entusiasta = overenthusiastic [over-enthusiastic].
    * entusiasta del deporte = sports enthusiast.
    * persona entusiasta y trabajadora = eager beaver.
    * poco entusiasta = half-hearted [halfhearted], lukewarm.

    * * *
    enthusiastic
    enthusiast
    es un entusiasta de la ópera he's a great opera enthusiast, he's a real opera buff ( colloq)
    * * *

    entusiasta adjetivo
    enthusiastic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    enthusiast
    entusiasta
    I adjetivo keen [de, on], enthusiastic: es un defensor entusiasta de las corridas de toros, he's an ardent supporter of bullfighting
    II mf enthusiast
    ' entusiasta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amante
    - tibia
    - tibio
    - aficionado
    English:
    eager
    - enthusiast
    - enthusiastic
    - glowing
    - half-hearted
    - keen
    - rapturous
    - rousing
    - standing ovation
    - unenthusiastic
    - zealous
    - zestful
    - half
    - lukewarm
    - swear
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    enthusiastic
    ♦ nmf
    enthusiast;
    * * *
    I adj enthusiastic
    II m/f enthusiast
    * * *
    : enthusiastic
    aficionado: enthusiast
    * * *
    entusiasta adj enthusiastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > entusiasta

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