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1 siglo diciseis

• sixteenth century

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > siglo diciseis
2 decimosexto

adj.

sixteenth.

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decimosexto

► adjetivo

1 sixteenth

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 sixteenth Table 1 NOTA See also sexto,-a/Table 1

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(f. - decimosexta)

noun adj.

sixteenth

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ADJ sixteenth
sexto 1.
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- ta adjetivo/pronombre

a) ( ordinal) sixteenth; para ejemplos ver quinto

b) ( partitivo)

la decimosexta parte — a sixteenth

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= sixteenth.

Ex. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.

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- ta adjetivo/pronombre

a) ( ordinal) sixteenth; para ejemplos ver quinto

b) ( partitivo)

la decimosexta parte — a sixteenth

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= sixteenth.

Ex: Towards the end of the sixteenth century, about 1598, Sir Thomas Bodley was preparing to go on a book-buying expedition for the library.

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decimosexto¹ -ta

adjective / pronoun

1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (ordinal) sixteenth para ejemplos ver quinto¹ adj/pron (↑ quinto (1))

2

(partitivo): la decimosexta parte a sixteenth

decimosexto²

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

sixteenth

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decimosexto, -a núm

sixteenth;
ver también octavo
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decimosexto, -ta adj

: sixteenth

decimosexto, -ta nm

: sixteenth (in a series)

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decimosexto num sixteenth

Spanish-English dictionary > decimosexto
3 caer en desuso

caer en desuso

to fall into disuse

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(v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion

Ex. However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.

Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex. The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.

Ex. The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.

Ex. The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.

Ex. These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex. The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.

Ex. The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.

Ex. These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.

Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.

Ex. Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.

Ex. To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.

Ex. It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.

Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

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(v.) = fall into + disuse, fall out of + fashion, go out of + use, lapse, fall into + disfavour, die out, drop from + sight, go out of + favour, pass away, fall into + desuetude, fall into + desuetude, pass into + desuetude, sink into + desuetude, sink into + oblivion

Ex: However, from the sixties, competition for the railway worker's leisure time from public libraries, service clubs and the humble television meant that many branch libraries fell into disuse.

Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex: The English, French, and Dutch bastardas went out of use by the mid sixteenth century.

Ex: The Act was finally allowed to lapse in 1695 and the Stationers' Company was unable to protect its members' rights against those who chose to infringe them.

Ex: The printed catalogue has fallen into disfavour, and been replaced by card catalogues, and, more recently, on-line catalogues.

Ex: These changes accelerated through much of the nineteenth century, with the older material such as the chivalric romance dying out about the 1960s.

Ex: The older material, such as the chivalric romances, dropped from sight.

Ex: The author follows the history through to the point, in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when mirror-image monograms went out of favour and were replaced by straightforward monograms.

Ex: These tools are useable for analytical studies of how technologies emerge, mature and pass away.

Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.

Ex: Probably only one in a hundred girls who give birth clandestinely even knows that an edict of King Henry II, now fallen into desuetude, once made their action punishable by death.

Ex: To make a very long story unacceptably short, espionage passed into desuetude after the Reagan years.

Ex: It is clear now that after a time, with her marriage sinking into desuetude, Vivien entered into a sexual relationship with Russell.

Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.

Spanish-English dictionary > caer en desuso
4 siglo XVI

(n.) = sixteenth-century

Ex. His style was lucid and engaging, and his experience both as an amateur printer and as an editor of sixteenth and seventeenth- century literature fitted him exactly for the task.

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(n.) = sixteenth-century

Ex: His style was lucid and engaging, and his experience both as an amateur printer and as an editor of sixteenth and seventeenth- century literature fitted him exactly for the task.

Spanish-English dictionary > siglo XVI
5 siglo

m.

century (cien años).

el siglo XX the 20th century

el siglo de las Luces the Age of Enlightenment

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siglo

► nombre masculino

1 century

2 figurado (vida mundana) world

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hace un siglo que... / hace siglos que... I (we, they, etc) haven't... for ages

■ hace siglos que no voy al cine I haven't been to the cinema for ages

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

el Siglo de las Luces the Age of Enlightenment

el Siglo de Oro the Golden Age

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noun m.

1) century

2) age

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SM

1) (=cien años) century

el jugador del siglo — the player of the century

los siglos medios — the Middle Ages

por los siglos de los siglos — world without end, for ever and ever

Siglo de las Luces — Age of Enlightenment

siglo de oro — (Mit) golden age

Siglo de Oro — (Literat) Golden Age

2) (=largo tiempo)

hace un siglo o hace siglos que no le veo — I haven't seen him for ages

3) (Rel)

el siglo — the world

retirarse del siglo — to withdraw from the world

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masculino ( período) century

data del siglo XV — it dates from o is from the 15th century

mi madre es de otro siglo — my mother is really old-fashioned

hace siglos or un siglo que no le escribo — (fam) I haven't written to her for ages (colloq)

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

- Siglo de las Luces

- Siglo de Oro

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= century.

Ex. Seymour Lubetzky is considered by many librarian to be the greatest theoretician of descriptive cataloging in this century.

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* a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo.

* a través de los siglos = over the centuries.

* con el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* del siglo diecinueve = nineteenth-century.

* del siglo diecisiete = seventeenth-century.

* de mediados de siglo = mid-century.

* de mitad de siglo = mid-century.

* desde hace siglos = for yonks, for yonks and yonks.

* desde principios de siglo = since the turn of the century, from the turn of the century.

* durante siglos = for aeons, for centuries, over the centuries.

* en el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.

* enfermedad del siglo viente = twentieth-century disease.

* hace siglos = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.

* hace siglos y siglos = yonks and yonks.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* Siglo de las Luces, el = Enlightenment, the, Age of Enlightenment, the.

* siglos = donkey's years.

* siglo trece = thirteenth century.

* siglo XIX, el = nineteenth century, the, 19th century, the.

* siglo XV = fifteenth century.

* siglo XVI = sixteenth-century.

* siglo XVII = seventeenth century.

* siglo XVIII = eighteenth century.

* siglo XX = 20th century, twentieth century, the.

* siglo XXI = 21st century.

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masculino ( período) century

data del siglo XV — it dates from o is from the 15th century

mi madre es de otro siglo — my mother is really old-fashioned

hace siglos or un siglo que no le escribo — (fam) I haven't written to her for ages (colloq)

por los siglos de los siglos — for ever and ever

- Siglo de las Luces

- Siglo de Oro

* * *

= century.

Ex: Seymour Lubetzky is considered by many librarian to be the greatest theoretician of descriptive cataloging in this century.

* a finales del + Siglo = late + Siglo.

* a través de los siglos = over the centuries.

* con el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.

* de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX = turn-of-the-century.

* de hace siglos = of yore.

* de hace varios siglos = centuries-old.

* del siglo diecinueve = nineteenth-century.

* del siglo diecisiete = seventeenth-century.

* de mediados de siglo = mid-century.

* de mitad de siglo = mid-century.

* desde hace siglos = for yonks, for yonks and yonks.

* desde principios de siglo = since the turn of the century, from the turn of the century.

* durante siglos = for aeons, for centuries, over the centuries.

* en el transcurso de los siglos = over the course of the centuries.

* enfermedad del siglo viente = twentieth-century disease.

* hace siglos = ages (and ages) ago, aeons ago, yonks.

* hace siglos y siglos = yonks and yonks.

* para principios de siglo = by the turn of the century.

* Siglo de las Luces, el = Enlightenment, the, Age of Enlightenment, the.

* siglos = donkey's years.

* siglo trece = thirteenth century.

* siglo XIX, el = nineteenth century, the, 19th century, the.

* siglo XV = fifteenth century.

* siglo XVI = sixteenth-century.

* siglo XVII = seventeenth century.

* siglo XVIII = eighteenth century.

* siglo XX = 20th century, twentieth century, the.

* siglo XXI = 21st century.

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siglo

masculine

A (período) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] century

el siglo V después de Cristo the fifth century AD

data del siglo XV it dates from o is from the 15th century

mi madre es de otro siglo my mother's really old-fashioned o ( colloq) is still living in the last century

hace siglos or un siglo que no le escribo ( fam); I haven't written to her for ages ( colloq)

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

Compuestos:

● Siglo de las Luces

Age of Enlightenment

● Siglo de Oro

Golden Age Siglo de Oro (↑ siglo a1)

B ( liter)

(mundo): el siglo the world

retirarse del siglo ( Relig) to withdraw from the world

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Multiple Entries:
s.
siglo
s. sustantivo masculino (
◊ siglo) C;

s.XX C20
siglo sustantivo masculino ( período) century;
hace siglos or un siglo que no le escribo (fam) I haven't written to her for ages (colloq)
siglo sustantivo masculino century
a comienzos del siglo XV, at the beginning of the 15th century
este tapiz data del siglo IV, this tapestry dates from the fourth century
Siglo de las Luces, Age of Enlightenment
fam (mucho tiempo) hacía siglos que no la veía, I had not seen her for ages
♦ Locuciones: por los siglos de los siglos, for ever and ever
el crimen del siglo, the crime of the century

' siglo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apuntar
- construcción
- corta
- corto
- descubierta
- descubierto
- diecinueve
- escatológico
- mundialmente
- realista
- datar
- s.
English:
century
- decade
- early
- turn
- date
- Enlightenment
- hundred
- late
- well

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siglo nm

1. [cien años] century;

el siglo XX the 20th century

Comp
el siglo de las Luces the Age of Enlightenment;
el Siglo de Oro the Golden Age [of Spanish literature]

2. Fam [mucho tiempo]
hace siglos que no la veo I haven't seen her for ages;

Comp

por los siglos de los siglos for ever and ever

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siglo

m century;

hace siglos o

un siglo que no le veo fig I haven’t seen him in a long long time;

el Siglo de Oro the Golden Age;

el Siglo de las Luces HIST the (Age of) Enlightenment

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siglo nm

1) : century

2) : age

el Siglo de Oro: the Golden Age

hace siglos que no te veo: I haven't seen you in ages

3) : world, secular life

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siglo n

1. (cien años) century [pl. centuries]

el siglo veinte the twentieth century

2. (mucho tiempo) ages

hace un siglo que no la veo I haven't seen her for ages

Spanish-English dictionary > siglo
6 signatura

f.

1 catalog number.

2 signature (firma).

3 identifying tag.

4 pressmark.

5 identification.

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signatura

► nombre femenino

1 (en biblioteca) catalogue (US catalog) number

2 (firma) signature

3 (en impresión) signature

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SF

1) (Mús, Tip) signature

2) [de biblioteca] catalogue number, catalog number (EEUU), press mark

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femenino ( en bibliotecas) catalog* o call number; (Impr) signature

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= direction line, signature.

Nota: Señal que antiguamente se colocaba al pie de los pliegos para indicarle al encuadernador el orden que éstos debían seguir.

Ex. It became usual in the mid sixteenth century to complete each page with the first word of the following page set as a catchword at the end of the direction line.

Ex. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries printers got over the resulting difficulties by adding (usually adjacent to the colophon) a summary of the signatures called the register.

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* área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.

* explicación de las signaturas = statement of signing.

* letra de signatura = signature-letter.

* mención de las signaturas = statement of signing.

* signatura topográfica = call mark, call number, shelf list number, shelf mark, shelf notation, shelf number.

* signatura topográfica de Cutter = Cutter mark, Cutter numbers.

* signatura topográfica local = local call number.

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femenino ( en bibliotecas) catalog* o call number; (Impr) signature

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= direction line, signature.

Nota: Señal que antiguamente se colocaba al pie de los pliegos para indicarle al encuadernador el orden que éstos debían seguir.

Ex: It became usual in the mid sixteenth century to complete each page with the first word of the following page set as a catchword at the end of the direction line.

Ex: During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries printers got over the resulting difficulties by adding (usually adjacent to the colophon) a summary of the signatures called the register.

* área de signatura topográfica = shelf list area.

* explicación de las signaturas = statement of signing.

* letra de signatura = signature-letter.

* mención de las signaturas = statement of signing.

* signatura topográfica = call mark, call number, shelf list number, shelf mark, shelf notation, shelf number.

* signatura topográfica de Cutter = Cutter mark, Cutter numbers.

* signatura topográfica local = local call number.

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signatura

feminine

1 (en bibliotecas) catalog* o call number

2 ( Impr) signature

3 ( frml) (firma) signature

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signatura sustantivo femenino
1 signature
2 (en ediciones) press mark, library number

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signatura nf

1. [en biblioteca] catalogue number

2. [firma] signature

3. Imprenta signature

Spanish-English dictionary > signatura
7 Semana Santa

f.

Holy Week, Great Week, Easter week, Passion Week.

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Semana Santa

Easter, Holy Week

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Holy Week; fuimos a Escocia en Semana Santa we went to Scotland at Easter
•• Cultural note:
Semana Santa

The most famous celebrations of Holy Week in the Spanish-speaking world are held in Seville. Lay brotherhoods, cofradías, process through the city in huge parades between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Costaleros bear the pasos, huge floats carrying religious figures made of painted wood. Others, nazarenos (Nazarenes) and penitentes (penitents) walk alongside the pasos, in their distinctive costumes. During the processions they sing saetas, flamenco verses mourning Christ's passion. The Seville celebrations date back to the sixteenth century

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(n.) = Holy Week, Easter week, Passion week

Ex. The writers offer reflections on the revised common lectionary covering most of Lent, Holy Week, and several weeks after Easter.

Ex. During Easter week, 1971, Cincinnati will be the hostess of the 50th anniversary convention of the Catholic Library Association.

Ex. The religious significance attached to the bullfight, flamenco & Passion Week celebrations in Andalusia, Spain, is examined.

* * *

Holy Week; fuimos a Escocia en Semana Santa we went to Scotland at Easter
•• Cultural note:
Semana Santa

The most famous celebrations of Holy Week in the Spanish-speaking world are held in Seville. Lay brotherhoods, cofradías, process through the city in huge parades between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Costaleros bear the pasos, huge floats carrying religious figures made of painted wood. Others, nazarenos (Nazarenes) and penitentes (penitents) walk alongside the pasos, in their distinctive costumes. During the processions they sing saetas, flamenco verses mourning Christ's passion. The Seville celebrations date back to the sixteenth century

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(n.) = Holy Week, Easter week, Passion week

Ex: The writers offer reflections on the revised common lectionary covering most of Lent, Holy Week, and several weeks after Easter.

Ex: During Easter week, 1971, Cincinnati will be the hostess of the 50th anniversary convention of the Catholic Library Association.

Ex: The religious significance attached to the bullfight, flamenco & Passion Week celebrations in Andalusia, Spain, is examined.

* * *

CULTURAL NOTE

Semana Santa

The most famous celebrations of Holy Week in the Spanish-speaking world are held in Seville. Lay brotherhoods, cofradías, process through the city in huge parades between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. Costaleros bear the pasos, huge floats carrying religious figures made of painted wood. Others, nazarenos (Nazarenes) and penitentes (penitents) walk alongside the pasos, in their distinctive costumes. During the processions they sing saetas, flamenco verses mourning Christ's passion. The Seville celebrations date back to the sixteenth century.

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Semana Santa

Holy Week, Easter

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Semana Santa n Easter

Spanish-English dictionary > Semana Santa
8 estampado en oro

= gold tooling, goldblocking, gilt-tooled

Ex. For gold tooling, impressions of the tools were first made in blind and then an adhesive glair of egg white was next brushed into the blind impression, allowed to dry, and greased.

Ex. Sixteenth-century examples are also known of goldblocking with wooden tools, used cold.

Ex. And there was a steady output in the later nineteenth century of well-made prize bindings in gilt-tooled calf, which were slickly produced by specialist firms.

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= gold tooling, goldblocking, gilt-tooled

Ex: For gold tooling, impressions of the tools were first made in blind and then an adhesive glair of egg white was next brushed into the blind impression, allowed to dry, and greased.

Ex: Sixteenth-century examples are also known of goldblocking with wooden tools, used cold.

Ex: And there was a steady output in the later nineteenth century of well-made prize bindings in gilt-tooled calf, which were slickly produced by specialist firms.

Spanish-English dictionary > estampado en oro
9 excepto

adv.

except (for).

prep.

except, apart from, barring, but.

Cualquiera excepto él! Anybody but him!

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excepto

► adverbio

1 except (for), apart from, excepting

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prep.

except, save

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PREP except, except for

todos, excepto Juan — everyone, except (for) o apart from Juan

voy cada día, excepto los martes — I go every day, except Tuesdays

se lo perdono todo, excepto que me mienta — I'll forgive him anything, except lying to me

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preposición except

todos los días excepto los lunes — every day except Mondays

las contesté todas excepto las dos últimas — I answered them all except (for) o apart from the last two

todos excepto yo — everyone but me

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= barring, except, except for, excepting, other than, save, but, with the exception of.

Ex. All abstracts, barring possibly those of exceptional length, should consist of one paragraph only.

Ex. After all, everyone except bibliographers and librarians have found the text on the title page adequate for the past 500 years.

Ex. Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.

Ex. Close attention to the interaction of these two characters ( excepting the love scenes!) provides a glimpse of the world behind the reference desk.

Ex. Non-book materials, then, may include any library information or resource centre materials, other than books or monographs.

Ex. Vaguely blissful, but with nothing to occupy her save reflection, she sat in the cafeteria and gave herself up to the physical pleasures of coffee.

Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex. With the exception of trailer libraries, mobile library stops are usually of too short a duration to allow for anything other than book lending transaction.

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* excepto en = save in.

* excepto en el caso de que = except when.

* hacerlo todo excepto = stop at + nothing short of.

* nadie excepto = no one but.

* todo excepto = everything except (for).

* todos excepto = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos excepto + Número = all but + Número.

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preposición except

todos los días excepto los lunes — every day except Mondays

las contesté todas excepto las dos últimas — I answered them all except (for) o apart from the last two

todos excepto yo — everyone but me

* * *

= barring, except, except for, excepting, other than, save, but, with the exception of.

Ex: All abstracts, barring possibly those of exceptional length, should consist of one paragraph only.

Ex: After all, everyone except bibliographers and librarians have found the text on the title page adequate for the past 500 years.

Ex: Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.

Ex: Close attention to the interaction of these two characters ( excepting the love scenes!) provides a glimpse of the world behind the reference desk.

Ex: Non-book materials, then, may include any library information or resource centre materials, other than books or monographs.

Ex: Vaguely blissful, but with nothing to occupy her save reflection, she sat in the cafeteria and gave herself up to the physical pleasures of coffee.

Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex: With the exception of trailer libraries, mobile library stops are usually of too short a duration to allow for anything other than book lending transaction.

* excepto en = save in.

* excepto en el caso de que = except when.

* hacerlo todo excepto = stop at + nothing short of.

* nadie excepto = no one but.

* todo excepto = everything except (for).

* todos excepto = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos excepto + Número = all but + Número.

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excepto

prep

except

está abierto todos los días excepto los lunes it is open every day except Mondays

contesté todas las preguntas excepto las dos últimas I answered all the questions except (for) o apart from o ( AmE) aside from the last two

todos ganaron algo excepto yo everybody won something except me, everyone but me won something

voy todos los días excepto cuando hace mal tiempo I go every day except when the weather's bad

todas las regiones de España excepto Galicia every region of Spain except (for) o but Galicia

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excepto preposición
except, apart from;
◊ todos excepto yo everyone but me

excepto adverbio except (for): estamos todos de acuerdo excepto Juan, we're all in agreement except for Juan

' excepto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cien
- salva
- salvo
- señor
- sino
- aparte
- fuera
- menos
- San
English:
besides
- except
- excluding
- apart
- bar
- but
- save

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excepto adv

except (for);

vinieron todos, excepto él they all came except (for) him o apart from him;

todas cuestan lo mismo, excepto estas dos they all cost the same, except for these two;

todos excepto tú everyone except you;

me gusta hablar de todo excepto de política I like talking about any subject except politics;

abierto excepto domingos y festivos [en letrero] closed on Sundays and holidays

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excepto

prp except

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excepto prep

salvo: except

* * *

excepto prep except

lo sabíamos todos excepto ella we all knew except her

Spanish-English dictionary > excepto
10 hacia fuera

adv.

1 outwards.

2 ectad.

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= outwards

Ex. From the later fifteenth century books were more often stored on their edges than on their sides, but for most of the sixteenth century they were normally placed fore-edge outwards on the shelf, the title of the book being written across the fore-edge in ink.

* * *

= outwards

Ex: From the later fifteenth century books were more often stored on their edges than on their sides, but for most of the sixteenth century they were normally placed fore-edge outwards on the shelf, the title of the book being written across the fore-edge in ink.

Spanish-English dictionary > hacia fuera
11 menos

adj.

1 less.

menos aire less air

menos manzanas fewer apples

menos… que… less/fewer… than…

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing

me han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little

2 the least.

el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shares

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam

3 fewer.

adv.

1 less.

menos de/que less than

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet

2 minus (expresa resta).

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two

son menos diez it's ten to

4 under.

prep.

1 except (for) (excepto).

todo menos eso anything but that

2 minus, less.

m. s.&pl.

minus (sign) (Mat).

* * *

menos

► adjetivo

1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer

■ hoy hay menos gente there are fewer people today

■ viajar en tren cuesta menos dinero going by train costs less money

■ hay menos mesas que en el otro restaurante there are fewer tables than in the other restaurant

■ yo tengo menos años que tú I'm younger than you

2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest

■ yo soy la que menos culpa tiene I'm the least guilty

► adverbio

1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer

■ voy al gimnasio menos que antes I go to the gym less than before

■ vinieron menos de viente personas fewer than twenty people came

■ deberías ir menos deprisa you shouldn't go so fast

■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h

2 (superlativo) least

■ es el menos guapo de toda la familia he's the least good-looking member of the family

3 (con horas) to

■ las tres menos cuarto a quarter to three

4 MATEMÁTICAS minus

■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two

► preposición

1 but, except

■ todo menos eso anything but that

■ todos fueron al cine menos Alberto everyone went to the cinema except Alberto

► pronombre

1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer

■ me pagó menos he paid me less

■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came

► nombre masculino

1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a menos que unless

al menos / a lo menos at least

aún menos much less

cada vez menos less and less

dar (dinero) de menos to short-change

en menos de nada in no time at all

eso es lo de menos that's the least of my worries

ir a menos to go down in the world

lo menos at least

■ lo menos que puedes hacer the least you can do

menos da una piedra something's better than nothing

¡menos mal! thank God!

¡ni mucho menos! far from it!

no ser para menos to be no wonder

para no ser menos so as not to be outdone

por lo menos at least

por menos de nada for no reason at all

qué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have done

si al menos... if only...

venirse a menos to come down in the world

¡ya será menos! come off it!

* * *
1. noun m.
minus sign
2. adj.
1) less, least

2) fewer, fewest
3. adv.
1) less

2) least

•

- a menos que
- por lo menos 4. prep.
1) except

2) minus
5. pron.
less, fewer

* * *

1. ADV

1) [comparativo] less

ahora salgo menos — I go out less these days

últimamente nos vemos menos — we've been seeing less of each other recently

me gusta cada vez menos — I like it less and less

una película menos conocida — a less well-known film

Juan está menos deprimido — Juan is less depressed

es menos difícil de lo que parece — it's less difficult than it seems

• menos aún — even less

este me gusta menos aún — I like this one even less

• menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer than

está a menos de tres horas en tren — it's less than three hours away by train

llegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes

menos de lo que piensas — less than you think

tiene menos de dieciocho años — he's under eighteen

menos de 50 cajas — fewer than 50 boxes

• en menos de nada — in no time at all

por menos de nada — for no reason at all

• menos que — less than

me gusta menos que el otro — I like it less than the other one

trabaja menos que yo — he doesn't work as hard as I do

este es menos caro que aquel — this one is less expensive than that one

lo hizo menos cuidadosamente que ayer — he did it less carefully than yesterday

2) [superlativo] least

su película menos innovadora — his least innovative film

es el menos inteligente de los cuatro — he is the least intelligent of the four

el chico menos desobediente de la clase — the least disobedient boy in the class

es el que habla menos — he's the one who talks (the) least

fue el que trabajó menos — he was the one who did the least work

3)

• al menos — at least

hay al menos cien personas — there are at least a hundred people

si al menos lloviera — if only it would rain

• de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missing

me dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight

me han pagado dos libras de menos — they have underpaid me by two pounds

darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.

hacer a algn de menos — to put sb down

• echar de menos a algn — to miss sb

• ir a menos — to come down in the world

• lo menos diez — at least ten

lo menos posible — as little as possible

es lo menos que se puede esperar — it's the least one can expect

• eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it

• ¡menos mal! — thank goodness!

¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!

• era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less

• no es para menos — quite right too

• por lo menos — at least

• ¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"

¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!

• quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone

• tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth

• venir a menos — to come down in the world

• y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit him

• ¡ ya será menos! — come off it!
cuando 2., 2), poder
2. ADJ

1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer

menos harina — less flour

menos gatos — fewer cats

aquí hay menos gente — there are fewer people here

• menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than B

Ana tiene menos años que Carlos — Ana is younger than Carlos

no soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is

este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one

• ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us

para no ser menos que los vecinos — to keep up with the neighbours

2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest

el método que lleva menos tiempo — the method which takes (the) least time

es el que menos culpa tiene — he is the least to blame

el examen con menos errores — the exam paper with the fewest mistakes

3. PREP

1) (=excepto) except

todos menos él — everybody except him

¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!

2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, less

cinco menos dos — five minus o less two

siete menos dos (son) cinco — seven minus two is five

son las siete menos veinte — it's twenty to seven

4.

CONJ

• a menos que — unless

no iré a menos que me acompañes — I won't go unless you come with me

5. SM

1) (Mat) minus sign

2)

los menos — the minority

3)
más 1., 2)
* * *
I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *
I
adverbio

1) ( comparativo) less

cada vez estudia menos — she's studying less and less

ya me duele menos — it hurts less now

ahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now

no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him

menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think

2) ( superlativo) least

es la menos complicada — it is the least complicated one

éste es el menos pesado de los dos — this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí — he's the one who comes around least (often)

es el que menos me gusta — he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible — he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer — it's the least I could do

cuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
II
adjetivo invariable

1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos — we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos — it costs a third of the price

mide medio metro menos — it's half a meter shorter

menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me

2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewest

esos casos son los menos — cases like that are the exception
III
pronombre

1)

sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less

ya falta menos — it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado — fewer passed than last year

2) (en locs)

al menos — at least

a menos que — unless

cuando menos — at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
IV
preposición

1) ( excepto)

firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used

2)

a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)

son las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five

son menos veinte — it's twenty to
V
masculino minus sign

* * *

= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.

Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.

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* al menos = at least, at the very least.

* a menos que = unless, short of.

* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.

* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* cada vez menos = less and less.

* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.

* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.

* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.

* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* echar de menos = miss.

* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.

* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.

* en todos menos en = in all but.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.

* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.

* figura venida a menos = fallen star.

* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.

* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.

* lo menos posible = as little as possible.

* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.

* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.

* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.

* menos aún = let alone.

* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.

* menos conocido = lesser known.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.

* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.

* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].

* menos en = save in.

* menos en el caso de que = except when.

* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].

* menos hecho = rarer.

* menos importante, el = least, the.

* menos probable = least likely, less likely.

* menos... que... = less... than....

* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.

* menos sabido = lesser known.

* menos usado = less used.

* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.

* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.

* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.

* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.

* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.

* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.

* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.

* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.

* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.

* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.

* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.

* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.

* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.

* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.

* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).

* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.

* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.

* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.

* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).

* todo menos = everything except (for).

* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.

* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.

* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.

* venir a menos = retrench.

* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.

* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.

* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.

* * *

menos¹

adverb

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

(comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less

quiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn more

ya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much now

ahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him

eso es menos importante that's not so important

no voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with him

menos (…) QUE:

un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this one

ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you

no pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could do

menos (…) DE:

los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven

pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos

éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us

lo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothing

no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand

está a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from here

es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you think

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) least

es la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seen

éste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the two

es el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)

soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drink

es el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) least

se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible

es lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for him

sucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting it

para locs ver menos³ pron B. (↑ menos (3))

menos²

adj inv

A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (comparativo) (en cantidad) less; (en número) fewer

alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories

ya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold now

recibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orders

cuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as much

mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter

a éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this one

menos (…) QUE:

tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you

menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year

somos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than them

no soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than him

yo no soy menos que él he's no better than me

B [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) (en cantidad) least; (en número) fewest

el rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least light

el partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votes

esos casos son los menos cases like that are the exception

menos³

pronoun

A

sírveme menos don't give me as o so much

ya falta menos it won't be long now

aprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last year

B ( en locs):

al menos at least

a menos que unless

a menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help us

cuando menos at least

de menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little

siempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too little

me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enough

echar

lo menos ( fam); at least

les pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesos

menos mal just as well

menos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear me

nos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!

por lo menos at least

si por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …

había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people there

ir a menos to go downhill

ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrity

la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems

tener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath one

cuanto¹ (↑ cuanto (1)), más³ (↑ más (3)), mucho³ (↑ mucho (3)), nada¹ (↑ nada (1))

tener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignity

venirse a menos to come down in the world

un aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard times

un hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*

menos⁴

prep

A

(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso

menos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale

tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door

B

1 ( Mat) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] (en restas, números negativos) minus

8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven

2

(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight

¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty to

menos⁵

masculine

minus sign

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menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
◊ cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and less;

ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
◊ es la menos complicada it is the least complicated one;

el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;

hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
◊ donde hay menos luz where there's least light;

el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
◊ sírveme menos give me less;

ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
◊ al menos at least;

a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):
◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;

menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minus

b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):

◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;

son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain

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menos

♦ adj inv

1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;
[número] fewer;
menos aire less air;

menos manzanas fewer apples;

menos… que… less/fewer… than…;

tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;

vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;

hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;

colócate a menos distancia stand closer;

eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared

2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;
[número] the fewest;
el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;

lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;

la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exam

3. Fam [peor]
éste es menos coche que el mío this car isn't as good as mine;

es menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are

♦ adv

1. [comparativo] less;

a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;

ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;

últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;

estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;

¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;

menos de/que less than;

Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);

Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);

este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);

son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;

es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;

tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;

es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems

2. [superlativo]
el/la/lo menos the least;

ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;

el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;

el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;

la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;

aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;

él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;

es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;

era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;

debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;

había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few

3. [indica resta] minus;

tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one

4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;

son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;

son menos diez it's ten to

5. Comp

ir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;
[delincuencia] to drop;
¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;

menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;

nada menos (que) no less (than);

le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;

no es para menos not without (good) reason;

no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;

venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;
[persona] to go down in the world;
no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;

Comp

hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb

♦ pron

había menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;

ya queda menos it's not so far to go now

♦ nm inv
Mat minus (sign)
♦ prep
[excepto] except (for);
todo menos eso anything but that;

vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;

menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price

♦ al menos loc conj

at least;

costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;

dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready

♦ a menos que loc conj

unless;

no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me

♦ de menos loc adv

hay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;

me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;

eso es lo de menos that's the least of it

♦ por lo menos loc adv

at least;

por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize

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menos

I adj

1 en cantidad less;

cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;

hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short

2 en número fewer

II adv

1 comp: en cantidad less;

es menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana

2 sup: en cantidad least;

al menos, por lo menos at least

3 MAT minus;

tres menos dos three minus two

III m MAT minus (sign)

IV

:

a menos que unless;

todos menos yo everyone but o except me;

echar de menos miss;

tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;

eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;

ir a menos come down in the world;

ni mucho menos far from it;

no es para menos quite right too;

son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two

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menos adv

1) : less

llueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August

2) : least

el coche menos caro: the least expensive car

3)

menos de : less than, fewer than

menos adj

1) : less, fewer

tengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time

2) : least, fewest

la clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest students

menos prep

1) salvo, excepto: except

2) : minus

quince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is eleven

menos pron

1) : less, fewer

no deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less

2)

al menos or

por lo menos : at least

3)

a menos que : unless

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menos¹ adv

1. (comparativo) less

deberías ponerte menos azúcar you should take less sugar

2. (con nombres contables) fewer

había menos gente there were fewer people

3. (superlativo) least

es el menos caro it's the least expensive

4. (excepto) except

puedo hacer de todo menos cocinar I can do everything except cook

fueron todos al parque menos ella they all went to the park except her

5. (con la hora) to

son las ocho menos diez it's ten to eight

6. (en matemáticas) minus

ocho menos dos son seis eight minus two is six

al menos at least

a menos que unless

menos mal thank goodness

menos mal que has venido it's a good job you've come

por lo menos at least

menos² n minus sign

Spanish-English dictionary > menos
12 rotonda

f.

1 roundabout (automobiles).

2 circus (plaza).

3 rotunda (edificio).

4 circular square.

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rotonda

► nombre femenino

1 (edificio) rotunda

2 (plaza circular) roundabout, US traffic circle

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SF

1) (Aut) roundabout, traffic circle (EEUU)

2) (Arquit) rotunda, circular gallery

3) (Ferro) engine shed, roundhouse

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femenino

a) ( glorieta) traffic circle (AmE), roundabout (BrE)

b) (Arquit) rotunda

* * *

= rotunda, roundabout.

Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex. 'Dinosaurs and roundabouts' was the title of the opening address given at the Annual Conference of the School Library Association on 30th December 1975.

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femenino

a) ( glorieta) traffic circle (AmE), roundabout (BrE)

b) (Arquit) rotunda

* * *

= rotunda, roundabout.

Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.

Ex: 'Dinosaurs and roundabouts' was the title of the opening address given at the Annual Conference of the School Library Association on 30th December 1975.

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rotonda

feminine

1 (glorieta) traffic circle ( AmE), roundabout ( BrE)

2 ( Arquit) rotunda

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rotonda sustantivo femenino ( glorieta) traffic circle (AmE), roundabout (BrE)
rotonda sustantivo femenino
1 roundabout, US traffic circle
2 Arquit rotunda, circular gallery
' rotonda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
glorieta
English:
rotunda
- roundabout
- traffic

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rotonda nf

1. [en calle, carretera] Br roundabout, US traffic circle

2. [plaza] circus

3. [edificio] rotunda

* * *

rotonda

f traffic circle, Br

roundabout

* * *

rotonda nf

1) : traffic circle, rotary

2) : rotunda

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rotonda n roundabout

Spanish-English dictionary > rotonda
13 siglo XV

(n.) = fifteenth century

Ex. Cross-references were added in fifteenth-and sixteenth- century catalogs.

* * *

(n.) = fifteenth century

Ex: Cross-references were added in fifteenth-and sixteenth- century catalogs.

Spanish-English dictionary > siglo XV
14 Cristiandad

f.

Christianity, Christendom.

m.

Christianity, Christendom.

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cristiandad

► nombre femenino

1 Christendom

* * *

SF Christendom

* * *

femenino Christendom

* * *

= Christendom, christianity.

Ex. At the beginning of the sixteenth century England was a small, backward, and unimportant appendage of Christendom.

Ex. A Marxist history of christianity may offend the practising churchgoer.

* * *

femenino Christendom

* * *

= Christendom, christianity.

Ex: At the beginning of the sixteenth century England was a small, backward, and unimportant appendage of Christendom.

Ex: A Marxist history of christianity may offend the practising churchgoer.

* * *

cristiandad

feminine

Christendom

* * *

cristiandad sustantivo femenino
Christendom
cristiandad sustantivo femenino Christendom, Christianity

* * *

cristiandad nf

Christianity

* * *

cristiandad

f Christendom

Spanish-English dictionary > Cristiandad
15 París

París

► nombre masculino

1 Paris

* * *

SM Paris

* * *

masculino Paris

* * *

= Paris.

Ex. Both the Aldine and the Vicentine italics were gradually superseded in the mid sixteenth century by a more practical form of the face emanating from Paris, which had sloped capital and fewer ligatures.

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* Bolsa de París = Paris Bourse.

* Los Principios de París = Paris Principles.

* * *

masculino Paris

* * *

= Paris.

Ex: Both the Aldine and the Vicentine italics were gradually superseded in the mid sixteenth century by a more practical form of the face emanating from Paris, which had sloped capital and fewer ligatures.

* Bolsa de París = Paris Bourse.

* Los Principios de París = Paris Principles.

* * *

París

masculine

Paris

* * *

Del verbo parir: ( conjugate parir)

parís es:

2ª persona plural (vosotros) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
París
parir
París sustantivo masculino
Paris
parir ( conjugate parir) verbo intransitivo [ mujer] to give birth;
[ vaca] to calve;
[yegua/burra] to foal;
[ oveja] to lamb
verbo transitivo
a) [ mujer] to give birth to, have

b) [ mamíferos] to have, bear (frml)

París nombre Paris
parir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to give birth (to)
♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a parir, to run sb down
' París' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escayola
- ir
- loca
- loco
- paréntesis
- posibilidad
- suponer
- vía
- en
- impresionar
- procedente
- tampoco
- volver
English:
assignment
- condo
- cry
- fast
- go
- go on
- inside
- meet
- move away
- outskirts
- romance
- some
- to
- while
- anybody
- apart
- back
- direct
- Paris
- plaster

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París n

Paris

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París

m Paris

Spanish-English dictionary > París
16 a la par que

= in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as

Ex. Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.

Ex. Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.

Ex. In medieval bindings the headbands were sewn in at the same time as the cords, but by the sixteenth century they were generally sewn on after the edges had been cut.

* * *

= in tandem with, hand in hand (with), as the same time as

Ex: Continuing education activities have to be offered in tandem with the service itself.

Ex: Hand in hand with this comes the need for nurses to be able to question, evaluate and reflect on existing practice.

Ex: In medieval bindings the headbands were sewn in at the same time as the cords, but by the sixteenth century they were generally sewn on after the edges had been cut.

Spanish-English dictionary > a la par que
17 a posteriori

adv.

a posteriori, afterwards, from what comes after.

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a posteriori

a posteriori

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ADV

1) (=después) [gen] at a later stage; [comprender] with (the benefit of) hindsight

2) (Lógica, Jur) a posteriori

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locución adverbial with hindsight

un argumento a posteriori — (loc adj) an a posteriori argument

* * *

= reactive, in retrospect, after-the-fact, hindsight, with hindsight, a posteriori, in hindsight

Ex. In all of the helping professions there is need for both active and reactive service.

Ex. In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.

Ex. In the case of BUSHMEN and HOTTENTOTS, the peoples' real names don't even appear as after-the-fact, last minute cross-references to the defamatory form.

Ex. This article notes that hindsight is always easier than foresight, and that some of these predictions should have been correct.

Ex. We can see with hindsight that two early romans in particular set the pattern for the later development of the face which was to become the standard roman for most of the sixteenth century.

Ex. Explicit differentiation is made between a priori relationships, ie those that are known in advance of scanning any particular document, and a posteriori relationships, ie those which are found only by scanning a particular document.

Ex. In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.

* * *

locución adverbial with hindsight

un argumento a posteriori — (loc adj) an a posteriori argument

* * *

= reactive, in retrospect, after-the-fact, hindsight, with hindsight, a posteriori, in hindsight

Ex: In all of the helping professions there is need for both active and reactive service.

Ex: In retrospect, this was perhaps a rather inauspicious beginning, for the test apparently broke down in disarray over the question of relevance judgement.

Ex: In the case of BUSHMEN and HOTTENTOTS, the peoples' real names don't even appear as after-the-fact, last minute cross-references to the defamatory form.

Ex: This article notes that hindsight is always easier than foresight, and that some of these predictions should have been correct.

Ex: We can see with hindsight that two early romans in particular set the pattern for the later development of the face which was to become the standard roman for most of the sixteenth century.

Ex: Explicit differentiation is made between a priori relationships, ie those that are known in advance of scanning any particular document, and a posteriori relationships, ie those which are found only by scanning a particular document.

Ex: In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.

* * *

a posteriori

loc adv

with hindsight

un argumento a posteriori ( loc adj) an a posteriori argument

* * *

a posteriori loc adv

with hindsight;

habrá que juzgarlo a posteriori we'll have to judge it after the event

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a posteriori

adj & adv a posteriori

Spanish-English dictionary > a posteriori
18 abastecer

v.

to supply.

abastecer de agua a la ciudad to supply the city with water

esa región nos abastece de materias primas that region supplies o provides us with raw materials

La tienda abastece los lácteos The store supplies the milk products.

Ricardo abastece a María Richard gives supplies to Mary.

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abastecer

Conjugation model [ AGRADECER], like link=agradecer agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to supply, provide

► verbo pronominal abastecerse

1 (uso reflexivo) to stock up (de/con, with), lay in supplies (de/con, of)

■ se abastecieron de víveres they laid in supplies

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verb

1) to supply

2) provide

3) stock

* * *

1.

VT to supply, provide (de with)

2.

See:

abastecerse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to supply

una zona bien abastecida de agua — an area with a plentiful water supply

abastecer a alguien de algo — to supply somebody with something
2.
abastecerse v pron

abastecerse de algo — ( obtener) to obtain something; ( almacenar) to stock up with something

* * *

= purvey, victual, supply, provision.

Ex. In the sixteenth century the English book trade was centred in London, and consisted chiefly of retail stationers who would be likely to purvey both new and second-hand books and a variety of other goods.

Ex. Many large ships used to anchor there in sheltered waters and were victualled.

Ex. Here an attempt is made to choose one form and supply references from the other forms.

Ex. Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.

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* abastecerse = stock up.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo to supply

una zona bien abastecida de agua — an area with a plentiful water supply

abastecer a alguien de algo — to supply somebody with something
2.
abastecerse v pron

abastecerse de algo — ( obtener) to obtain something; ( almacenar) to stock up with something

* * *

= purvey, victual, supply, provision.

Ex: In the sixteenth century the English book trade was centred in London, and consisted chiefly of retail stationers who would be likely to purvey both new and second-hand books and a variety of other goods.

Ex: Many large ships used to anchor there in sheltered waters and were victualled.

Ex: Here an attempt is made to choose one form and supply references from the other forms.

Ex: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.

* abastecerse = stock up.

* * *

abastecer [E3 ]

vt

to supply

una zona bien abastecida de agua an area with a plentiful water supply

abastecer a algn DE algo to supply sb WITH sth, to supply sth TO sb

esta región abastece de cereales a todo el país this region supplies o provides the whole country with cereals

■ abastecerse

v pron

abastecerse DE algo (obtener) to obtain sth; (almacenar) to stock up WITH sth

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abastecer ( conjugate abastecer) verbo transitivo
to supply;
abastecer a algn de algo to supply sb with sth
abastecerse verbo pronominal abastecerse de algo ( obtener) to obtain sth;
( almacenar) to stock up with sth
abastecer verbo transitivo to supply [de, with]
' abastecer' also found in these entries:
English:
purvey
- stock
- fuel
- supply

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abastecer

♦ vt

to supply (de with);
abastecer de agua a la ciudad to supply the city with water;

esa región nos abastece de materias primas that region supplies o provides us with raw materials

♦ See also the pronominal verb abastecerse

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abastecer

v/t supply (de with)

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abastecer {53} vt

: to supply, to stock

♦ See also the reflexive verb abastecerse

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abastecer vb to supply [pt. & pp. supplied] / to provide

Spanish-English dictionary > abastecer
19 al mismo tiempo que

= in parallel to/with, while, as the same time as, cum, in conjunction with

Ex. In parallel with the work of the classification theorists, general systems theory was evolved to consider similar problems.

Ex. While the label is being scanned, the display station checks the number.

Ex. In medieval bindings the headbands were sewn in at the same time as the cords, but by the sixteenth century they were generally sewn on after the edges had been cut.

Ex. Libraries as vital institutions of public culture are currently facing a crisis cum challenge.

Ex. Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.

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= in parallel to/with, while, as the same time as, cum, in conjunction with

Ex: In parallel with the work of the classification theorists, general systems theory was evolved to consider similar problems.

Ex: While the label is being scanned, the display station checks the number.

Ex: In medieval bindings the headbands were sewn in at the same time as the cords, but by the sixteenth century they were generally sewn on after the edges had been cut.

Ex: Libraries as vital institutions of public culture are currently facing a crisis cum challenge.

Ex: Rules for any given class must be used in conjunction with the schedules for that class.

Spanish-English dictionary > al mismo tiempo que
20 apéndice

m.

1 appendix.

2 appendix, addition, addendum, annex.

3 postscript, gloss.

4 offshoot, branch.

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apéndice

► nombre masculino

1 (órgano interno) appendix

2 (de libro) appendix

3 (parte unida) appendage

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noun m.

appendix

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SM

1) (Anat, Literat) appendix; (Jur) schedule

2) (fig) (=satélite) appendage

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masculino

1) ( del intestino) appendix; ( de otro miembro) appendage

lo operaron del apéndice — his appendix was removed

2) (de texto, documento) appendix

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= adjunct, appendage, appendix [appendices, -pl.], tailpiece.

Ex. We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.

Ex. At the beginning of the sixteenth century England was a small, backward, and unimportant appendage of Christendom.

Ex. The instructions given in the appendices are rules and must be applied consistently.

Ex. The article ' Taipiece on bibliographies of special material' shows that in studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.

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* apéndice verbal = verbal extension.

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masculino

1) ( del intestino) appendix; ( de otro miembro) appendage

lo operaron del apéndice — his appendix was removed

2) (de texto, documento) appendix

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= adjunct, appendage, appendix [appendices, -pl.], tailpiece.

Ex: We want the understanding that we are not some irritating adjunct to bookstores but an alternate way.

Ex: At the beginning of the sixteenth century England was a small, backward, and unimportant appendage of Christendom.

Ex: The instructions given in the appendices are rules and must be applied consistently.

Ex: The article ' Taipiece on bibliographies of special material' shows that in studying the structure of bibliographic control it is not difficult to discover strange, and even hilarious, examples of specialist bibliographic sources.

* apéndice verbal = verbal extension.

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apéndice

masculine

A ( Anat) (del intestino) appendix; (otro miembro, órgano) appendage

lo han operado del apéndice he has had his appendix removed o ( colloq) out

Compuesto:

apéndice vermicular or vermiforme

vermiform appendix

B (de un texto, documento) appendix

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apéndice sustantivo masculino
a) ( del intestino) appendix;

( de otro miembro) appendage;
◊ lo operaron del apéndice his appendix was removed

b) (de texto, documento) appendix

apéndice sustantivo masculino appendix
Appendix tiene dos plurales: cuando se refiere a un libro, el plural es appendices; cuando se refiere a la parte del cuerpo se puede decir appendixes.
' apéndice' also found in these entries:
English:
annexe
- app
- appendix
- rupture

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apéndice nm

1. [de libro, documento] appendix;
Fig
está harta de ser un apéndice de su marido she's tired of being just an appendage of her husband

2. Anat [de intestino] appendix

Comp
apéndice cecal vermiform appendix;
apéndice nasal nose;
Fam Hum
¡menudo apéndice nasal! what a Br conk o US schnozz!;

apéndice vermicular (vermiform) appendix

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apéndice

m appendix

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apéndice nm

1) : appendix

2) : appendage

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apéndice n

1. (anatomía) appendix [pl. appendixes]

2. (de un libro) appendix [pl. appendices]

Spanish-English dictionary > apéndice

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