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41 personal2

= one-to-one, personal, private, intimate, one-on-one.

Ex. A few large libraries contain an adult learning centre, which provides training courses for volunteer tutors, one-to-one tutoring or instruction in small groups.

Ex. Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.

Ex. SWALCAP supports a network arrangement of remote terminals and minicomputers linked to the central computer via private lines.

Ex. Until we feel as librarians that we are an intimate part of society, we will never begin to believe that we really function.

Ex. The one-on-one training pattern predominates and is effective at this institution where education in the singular is stressed.

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* actitud personal = personal attitude.

* a favor de la decisión personal sobre el aborto = pro-choice.

* alarma personal = rape alarm, personal alarm.

* anuncio personal = personal ad.

* aprovechamiento personal = personal gain.

* archivo personal = private archives, personal archive(s), personal records.

* armadura personal = body armour.

* artículo personal = personal item.

* asunto personal = personal issue.

* atención personal = personal attention.

* atención personal al cliente = personal selling.

* a título personal = in a personal capacity, in a private capacity.

* atracción personal = personal attraction.

* autoría personal = personal authorship.

* autor personal = personal author.

* autor personal único = single personal authorship.

* beneficio personal = personal gain.

* biblioteca personal = personal library.

* bienes personales = personal property.

* blindaje personal = body armour.

* característica personal = personality trait, personality characteristic.

* carta personal = personal letter.

* cheque personal = personal cheque.

* comentario personal = personal note.

* comentario personal de una lectura = reading-reportage.

* compromiso personal = personal engagement, personal investment.

* contacto personal = personal contact, public contact.

* contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.

* convicción personal = personal conviction.

* cualidades personales = personal qualities.

* cuestión personal = personal issue, life issue.

* datos personales = personal details.

* dinero para gastos personales = pocket change, pocket money.

* documentos personales = personal papers.

* economía personal = personal finance.

* efectos personales = personal belongings.

* ego personal = personal ego.

* encabezamiento de nombre personal = personal name heading.

* enriquecimiento personal = personal enrichment.

* entrada de nombre personal = personal name entry.

* entrevista personal = personal interview.

* espacio personal = personal space, territorial space, personal space territory.

* estilo personal = persona [personae, -pl.].

* expediente personal = personal records.

* experiencia personal = personal experience.

* gestión de archivos personales = personal archives management, personal records management.

* gusto personal = personal taste, personal preference.

* hábito personal = personal habit.

* hacer uso personal = make + personal use.

* higiene personal = personal hygiene.

* historia personal = personal history.

* índice de rendimiento personal = individual performance index.

* información personal = personal information.

* interés personal = vested interest, personal interest.

* interpersonal = person-to-person.

* intimidad personal = personal privacy.

* invasión del espacio personal = invasion of space.

* libertad personal = personal freedom.

* logro personal = a feather in + Posesivo + cap, personal achievement.

* marca personal = personal record.

* miembro personal = personal member.

* nombre personal = personal name.

* norma personal = personal norm.

* opinión personal = personal opinion.

* ordenador personal (PC) = personal computer (PC).

* para uso personal = for personal use.

* perder un objeto personal = lose + property.

* personal investigador = research staff.

* PIN (número de identificación personal) = PIN (personal identification number).

* por razones personales = for personal reasons.

* preferencia personal = personal preference.

* problema personal = personal problem.

* razones personales = personal reasons.

* realización personal = personal fulfilment.

* récord personal = personal record.

* responsabilidad personal = personal responsibility.

* satisfacción personal = personal satisfaction.

* seguridad personal = personal safety.

* sello personal = fingerprint [finger-print].

* sicología personal = personal psychology.

* sistema de valores personales = personal value system.

* tecnología del ordenador personal = personal computer technology.

* tener un interés muy personal en = hold + a stake in, have + a stake in.

* territorio personal = personal space territory.

* toque personal = personal touch.

* triunfo personal = a feather in + Posesivo + cap.

* uso personal = personal use.

* vida personal = personal life.

* voluntad personal = personal will.

Spanish-English dictionary > personal2
42 pirata

adj.

1 pirate (barco, ataque).

2 pirate.

3 cowboy. ( Latin American Spanish)

f. & m.

1 pirate.

pirata del aire hijacker

pirata informático cracker, hacker

2 cowboy. ( Latin American Spanish)

* * *

pirata

► adjetivo

1 pirate

► nombre masculino

1 HISTORIA pirate

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (de la informática) hacker

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FRASEOLOGÍA

pirata aéreo hijacker

* * *

noun mf.

pirate

* * *

1. SMF

1) (=corsario) pirate

pirata aéreo — hijacker

2) (Inform)

pirata informático/a — hacker

3) (Literat) * plagiarist

4) * (=granuja) rogue, scoundrel

5) (Com) cowboy, shark

6) † * (=persona cruel) hard-hearted person

2.

ADJ

barco pirata — pirate ship

disco pirata — bootleg record

edición pirata — pirated edition

emisora pirata — pirate radio station

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) < barco> pirate (before n)

b) ( clandestino) <casete/copia> pirate (before n), bootleg (before n) (colloq)

c) (Ven) ( de mala calidad) poor, shoddy (colloq)
II
masculino y femenino

a) (Náut) pirate

b) (de casetes, videos) pirate

- pirata aéreo

- pirata informático, pirata informática

* * *

= pirated, pirate, stealth, bootleg, raider, piratical, buccaneer.

Ex. Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.

Ex. Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex. A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.

Ex. Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.

Ex. To explore this possibility, the library sought to create access via the Internet to a small set of its materials relevant to the famous Confederate raider, the CSS Alabama.

Ex. Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

Ex. The barnacled cannons found in the coastal waters off Catalina Island are thought to belong to a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd.

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* barco pirata = pirate ship.

* pirata aéreo = hijacker [highjacker].

* pirata del correo publicitario no solicitado = spammer.

* pirata informático = hacker, computer hacker.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) < barco> pirate (before n)

b) ( clandestino) <casete/copia> pirate (before n), bootleg (before n) (colloq)

c) (Ven) ( de mala calidad) poor, shoddy (colloq)
II
masculino y femenino

a) (Náut) pirate

b) (de casetes, videos) pirate

- pirata aéreo

- pirata informático, pirata informática

* * *

= pirated, pirate, stealth, bootleg, raider, piratical, buccaneer.

Ex: Beadle and Adams of New York's 'dime and nickel novels' included both new books and pirated English novels retailing as paperbacks at 10 cents a volume.

Ex: Library users fall into 4 groups: (1) patrons, who are considerate, grateful and undemanding; (2) 'pests' -- the inconsiderate; (3) 'pirates' who steal, deface and mutilate library property and materials; (4) 'vampires' whose enquiries make excessive demands upon the librarian's time.

Ex: A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.

Ex: Sometimes described as a ' bootleg' preacher, Will Campbell professes a great love and affection for Country Music.

Ex: To explore this possibility, the library sought to create access via the Internet to a small set of its materials relevant to the famous Confederate raider, the CSS Alabama.

Ex: Their secondary aim was to print piratical, scurrilous and bawdy material for the people of Dublin.

Ex: The barnacled cannons found in the coastal waters off Catalina Island are thought to belong to a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd.

* barco pirata = pirate ship.

* pirata aéreo = hijacker [highjacker].

* pirata del correo publicitario no solicitado = spammer.

* pirata informático = hacker, computer hacker.

* * *

pirata¹

adjective

1 ‹barco› pirate ( before n)

2 (clandestino) ‹casete/copia› pirate ( before n), bootleg ( before n) ( colloq)

3 ( Ven) (de mala calidad) poor, shoddy ( colloq)

pirata²

masculine and feminine

1 ( Náut) pirate

2 (de casetes, etc) pirate

los piratas del ordenador computer hackers

Compuestos:

● pirata aéreo

hijacker, skyjacker ( journ)

● pirata informático, pirata informática

hacker

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pirata adjetivo
a) ‹ barco› pirate ( before n)

b) ( clandestino) ‹casete/copia› pirate ( before n), bootleg ( before n) (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
a) (Náut) pirate;

◊ pirata aéreo hijacker

b) (de casetes, videos) pirate

pirata
I adjetivo
1 pirate
2 (copia ilegal) pirate, bootleg
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 pirate
pirata aéreo, hijacker
pirata informático, hacker
2 (literatura, música, etc) plagiarist
' pirata' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
emisora
English:
bootleg
- buccaneer
- cowboy
- hacker
- inform
- pirate
- hijacker

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pirata

♦ adj

1. [barco, ataque] pirate

2. [radio, edición, vídeo] pirate;
[casete, grabación] bootleg
3. Am [profesional, servicio] cowboy;

un electricista pirata a cowboy electrician

♦ nmf

1. [corsario] pirate

Comp
pirata aéreo hijacker;
pirata del aire hijacker;

pirata informático cracker, hacker

2. Am [mal profesional] cowboy

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pirata

I adj pirate atr

II m/f pirate

* * *

pirata adj

: bootleg, pirated

pirata nmf

1) : pirate

2) : bootlegger

3)

pirata aéreo : hijacker

* * *

pirata n pirate

Spanish-English dictionary > pirata
43 salón

m.

living room, saloon, hall, drawing room.

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salón

► nombre masculino

1 (en casa) sitting room, drawing room, lounge

2 (en edificio público) hall

3 (exposición) show, exhibition

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FRASEOLOGÍA

salón de actos assembly hall

salón de baile ballroom

salón de belleza beauty salon, beauty parlour (US parlor)

salón de té tearoom, teashop

salón del automóvil motor show

salón naútico boat show

* * *

noun m.

1) lounge

2) parlor, sitting-room

3) salon

* * *

SM

1) [de casa] living-room, lounge

juego de salón — parlour game, parlor game (EEUU)

salón comedor — lounge-dining-room

2) [de lugar público] [gen] hall, assembly-room; [de colegio] common-room; (Com) show, trade fair, exhibition; (Náut) saloon; Chile (Ferro) first class

salón de actos — assembly room

salón de baile — ballroom

salón de belleza — beauty parlour, beauty parlor (EEUU)

salón de demostraciones — showroom

salón de fiestas — dance hall

salón de fumadores — smoking room

salón de juegos — [en casino] gaming room; [en hotel, barco] casino

salón del automóvil — motor show

salón de los pasos perdidos — * waiting room

salón de masaje — massage parlour, massage parlor (EEUU)

salón de pintura — art gallery

salón de plenos del Ayuntamiento — Council chamber

salón de reuniones — conference room

salón de sesiones — assembly hall

salón de té — tearoom

salón náutico — boat show

3) (=muebles) suite of living room furniture, lounge suite

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masculino

a) ( en casa particular) living room, sitting room (BrE), lounge (BrE)

b) ( en hotel) reception room, function room

c) ( en palacio) hall

d) ( de clases) classroom

- salón de actos

- salón de baile

- salón de belleza

- salón de exposiciones

- salón de fiestas

- salón de té

- salón náutico/del automóvil

- salón recreativo

* * *

= parlour [parlor, -USA], salon, saloon.

Ex. This article focuses especially on cultural practices that encourage reading in social settings, including the school, Sunday school, public library, and domestic parlour.

Ex. The author places computer conferencing in the long tradition of salons where people gathered to talk about current affairs and enjoy entertainment.

Ex. Small opening windows provide fresh air from the sides of the roof, the ceiling fans sucking air into the clerestory and down to the saloon.

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* baile de salón = ballroom dance.

* conspiración de salón = armchair conspiracy.

* Entra en mi salón, dijo la araña... = Come into my parlour, said the spider....

* juego de salón = parlour game.

* juego de salón recreativo = arcade game.

* salón comedor = dining room.

* salón común = common room.

* salón de baile = dance-hall, ballroom.

* salón de belleza = beauty salon, beauty centre, beauty parlour, beauty shop.

* salón de congresos = convention hall.

* salón de convenciones = convention hall.

* salón de estar = lounge.

* salón de exposición y ventas = salesroom [saleroom].

* salón de grados = conference room.

* salón de juegos = children's gallery, video-game arcade, amusement arcade, games room.

* salón de juegos recreativos = amusement arcade.

* salón de lectura = browsing room.

* salón de relax = massage parlour.

* salón de televisión = TV lounge.

* salón recreativo = video-game arcade.

* salón social = community room, drop-in lounge, community hall.

* salón unisex = unisex salon.

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masculino

a) ( en casa particular) living room, sitting room (BrE), lounge (BrE)

b) ( en hotel) reception room, function room

c) ( en palacio) hall

d) ( de clases) classroom

- salón de actos

- salón de baile

- salón de belleza

- salón de exposiciones

- salón de fiestas

- salón de té

- salón náutico/del automóvil

- salón recreativo

* * *

= parlour [parlor, -USA], salon, saloon.

Ex: This article focuses especially on cultural practices that encourage reading in social settings, including the school, Sunday school, public library, and domestic parlour.

Ex: The author places computer conferencing in the long tradition of salons where people gathered to talk about current affairs and enjoy entertainment.

Ex: Small opening windows provide fresh air from the sides of the roof, the ceiling fans sucking air into the clerestory and down to the saloon.

* baile de salón = ballroom dance.

* conspiración de salón = armchair conspiracy.

* Entra en mi salón, dijo la araña... = Come into my parlour, said the spider....

* juego de salón = parlour game.

* juego de salón recreativo = arcade game.

* salón comedor = dining room.

* salón común = common room.

* salón de baile = dance-hall, ballroom.

* salón de belleza = beauty salon, beauty centre, beauty parlour, beauty shop.

* salón de congresos = convention hall.

* salón de convenciones = convention hall.

* salón de estar = lounge.

* salón de exposición y ventas = salesroom [saleroom].

* salón de grados = conference room.

* salón de juegos = children's gallery, video-game arcade, amusement arcade, games room.

* salón de juegos recreativos = amusement arcade.

* salón de lectura = browsing room.

* salón de relax = massage parlour.

* salón de televisión = TV lounge.

* salón recreativo = video-game arcade.

* salón social = community room, drop-in lounge, community hall.

* salón unisex = unisex salon.

* * *

salón

masculine

1 (en una casa particular) parlor ( AmE), living room, sitting room ( BrE), lounge ( BrE)

2 (en un hotel) reception room, function room

un revolucionario de salón an armchair revolutionary

3 (en un palacio) hall

Compuestos:

● salón comedor

living room-dining room

● salón de actos

auditorium ( AmE), assembly hall ( BrE)

● salón de baile

ballroom

● salón de belleza

beauty salon, beauty parlor

● salón de exposiciones

exhibition hall

● salón de exposiciones y ventas

salesroom, saleroom ( BrE)

● salón de fiestas

( AmL) function room, reception room

● salón de juegos

(establecimiento) amusement arcade; (en un hotel, un barco) gaming room, games room

● salón del automóvil

motor show

● salón del coleccionismo

collectors' fair

● salón del libro

book fair

● salón de té

tearoom, teashop

● salón literario

literary group

● salón náutico

boat show

● salón recreativo

amusement arcade

* * *

salón sustantivo masculino
a) ( en casa particular) living room, sitting room (BrE), lounge (BrE)

b) ( en hotel) reception room, function room

c) ( en palacio) hall

d) ( de clases) classroom;

◊ salón de actos auditorium (AmE), assembly hall (BrE);

salón de baile ballroom;
salón de belleza beauty salon, beauty parlor;
salón de fiestas (AmL) function room, reception room;
salón náutico/del automóvil boat/motor show
salón sustantivo masculino
1 (de una casa) lounge, living o sitting room
2 (de un edificio para diversos usos) hall
salón de actos, assembly hall, US auditorium
salón de conferencias, conference room
3 (establecimiento) salón de baile, ballroom, dance hall
salón de belleza, beauty salon o parlour, US parlor
salón de té, tearoom, teashop
4 (exposición) exhibition
salón del automóvil, motor show
5 (de) salón (frívolo, insustancial) un político/ escritor/periodista de salón, a second rate politician/ writer/journalist
' salón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barrer
- comer
- haber
- instituto
- mueble
- pared
- pisada
- presidir
- atestado
- confitería
- fastuoso
- peinar
- peluquería
English:
amusement arcade
- apartment
- assembly
- ballroom
- ballroom dancing
- beauty parlour
- beauty salon
- dance hall
- dancing
- drawing room
- grand
- living room
- lounge
- salon
- show
- teashop
- wedding reception
- ball
- beauty
- board
- court
- drawing
- front
- hall
- motor
- parlor
- pump
- sales
- sitting
- tea

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salón nm

1. [en vivienda] lounge, sitting room;

revolucionario de salón armchair revolutionary;

intelectual de salón armchair intellectual

2. [para reuniones, ceremonias] hall

Comp
salón de actos assembly hall, assembly room;
salón de baile ballroom;
RP salón de fiestas function room;
salón de sesiones committee room

3. [mobiliario] lounge suite

4. [feria] show, exhibition

Comp
salón del automóvil auto o Br motor show;
salón de la informática computer fair

5. [establecimiento] shop

Comp
salón de belleza beauty parlour, beauty salon;
salón de masaje massage parlour;

salón recreativo game o Br amusement arcade;

salón de té tearoom

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salón

m living room

* * *

salón nm, pl salones

1) : hall, large room

salón de clase: classroom

salón de baile: ballroom

2) : salon

salón de belleza: beauty salon

3) : parlor, sitting room

* * *

salón n

1. (en una casa) living room / lounge

estaban viendo la televisión en el salón they were watching television in the lounge

2. (local grande) hall

el baile se celebró en un gran salón the dance was held in a large hall

salón de actos assembly hall

salón de belleza beauty salon

salón recreativo amusement arcade

Spanish-English dictionary > salón
44 aumento

m.

1 increase, rise.

un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase

un aumento de los precios a price rise

las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly

ir en aumento to be on the increase

aumento lineal across-the-board pay rise (de sueldo)

aumento de sueldo pay rise

2 promotion.

3 magnifying power.

4 jump.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aumentar.

* * *

aumento

► nombre masculino

1 increase, growth

2 (óptica) magnification

3 (fotos) enlargement

4 (sonido) amplification

5 (salario) rise, US raise

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ir en aumento to be on the increase

aumento de precios rise in prices

* * *

noun m.

1) increase

2) raise

* * *

SM

1) [de tamaño] increase; (Fot) enlargement; (Ópt) magnification

2) [de cantidad, producción, velocidad, intensidad] increase; [de precio] increase, rise

un aumento del número de turistas — an increase in the number of tourists

se registró un aumento de temperatura — an increase o rise in temperature was recorded

un aumento del calor — a rise in temperature

aumento de peso — [en objeto] increase in weight; [en persona] weight gain

aumento de población — population increase

aumento de precio — rise in price

aumento de sueldo, aumento salarial — (pay) rise

3) (Elec, Radio) amplification

4)

ir en aumento — to be on the increase

5) (Ópt) magnification

una lente de 30 aumentos — a lens of 30x magnification

unas gafas de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

6) Méx (=posdata) postscript

* * *

masculino

a) ( incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise

las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares

aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)

b) (Ópt) magnification

lentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.

Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex. No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.

Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.

Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.

Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex. This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.

Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.

Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.

Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.

Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.

Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.

Ex. This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.

Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.

Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.

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* aumento acelerado = spurt.

* aumento acusado = sharp increase.

* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.

* aumento de = increased.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.

* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.

* aumento de peso = weight gain.

* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* aumento en espesor = thickening.

* aumento notable = rising tide.

* aumento repentino = upsurge.

* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.

* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.

* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.

* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.

* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.

* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.

* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.

* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.

* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.

* gran aumento = heavy increase.

* ir en aumento = be on the increase.

* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.

* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.

* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.

* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.

* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.

* * *

masculino

a) ( incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise

las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares

aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)

b) (Ópt) magnification

lentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.

Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

Ex: No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.

Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.

Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.

Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.

Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.

Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.

Ex: This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.

Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.

Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.

Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.

Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.

Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.

Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.

Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.

Ex: This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.

Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.

Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.

* aumento acelerado = spurt.

* aumento acusado = sharp increase.

* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.

* aumento de = increased.

* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.

* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.

* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.

* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.

* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.

* aumento del uso = increased use.

* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.

* aumento de peso = weight gain.

* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* aumento en espesor = thickening.

* aumento notable = rising tide.

* aumento repentino = upsurge.

* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.

* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.

* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.

* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].

* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.

* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.

* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.

* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.

* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.

* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.

* gran aumento = heavy increase.

* ir en aumento = be on the increase.

* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.

* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.

* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.

* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.

* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.

* * *

aumento

masculine

1 (incremento) rise, increase

pedir un aumento to ask for a pay raise ( AmE) o ( BrE) rise

las tarifas experimentarán or sufrirán un ligero aumento there will be a small increase o rise in fares

la tensión va en aumento tension is growing o mounting o increasing

el aumento de las cotizaciones en las bolsas the rise in stock market prices

la velocidad del cuerpo va en aumento a medida que … the speed of the object increases as …

aumento DE algo:

aumento de peso increase in weight, weight gain

aumento de temperatura rise in temperature

aumento de precio price rise o increase

aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise ( AmE), pay rise ( BrE)

2 ( Ópt) magnification

un microscopio de 20 aumentos a microscope with a magnifying power o magnification of 20

tiene gafas or ( AmL) lentes con or de mucho aumento he wears glasses with very strong lenses

* * *

Del verbo aumentar: ( conjugate aumentar)

aumento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

aumentó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
aumentar
aumento
aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
a) ( en general) to increase;

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise
b) (Opt) to magnify

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
◊ aumentoá el frío it will become colder;

aumento de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumento sustantivo masculino
a) ( incremento) rise, increase;

◊ aumento de peso increase in weight;

aumento de temperatura rise in temperature;
aumento de precio price rise o increase;
aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnification;

◊ lentes de mucho aumento glasses with very strong lenses

aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate
aumento sustantivo masculino
1 increase
aumento de sueldo, pay rise
2 Fot enlargement
3 Ópt magnification
' aumento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lente
- más
- petición
- producción
- progresiva
- progresivo
- salarial
- agudo
- auge
- aumentar
- autorizar
- bonificación
- escalada
- nubosidad
- prever
- prometido
- rápido
- representar
- retroactivo
- sensible
- triple
- valorización
- votar
English:
appreciation
- attribute
- bolster
- build-up
- by
- gain
- growing
- growth
- hike
- hysteria
- improvement
- increase
- leap
- mount
- negotiate
- of
- raise
- rise
- surge
- wage increase
- build
- glass
- jump
- pay
- rising
- settlement
- up

* * *

aumento nm

1. [de temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] increase, rise;
[de sueldo] Br rise, US raise; [de velocidad] increase;
un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase;

un aumento de los precios a price rise;

las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly;

ir o [m5] estar en aumento to be on the increase

Comp
aumento lineal [de sueldo] across-the-board pay Br rise o US raise;
aumento de sueldo pay increase;

pedir un aumento de sueldo to ask for a (pay) Br rise o US raise

2. [en óptica] magnification;

una lente de 20 aumentos a lens of magnification x 20

3. Méx [posdata] postscript

* * *

aumento

m de precios, temperaturas etc rise (de in), increase (de in);

aumento salarial o

de sueldo raise, Br (pay) rise;

ir en aumento be increasing

* * *

aumento nm

incremento: increase, rise

* * *

aumento n increase / rise

un aumento de sueldo a pay rise

aumento de precios a price increase

aumento de la temperatura a rise in temperature

ir en aumento to be increasing / to be rising

Spanish-English dictionary > aumento
45 empresa1

¹ = business [businesses, -pl.], commercial firm, company, corporation, firm, business enterprise, outfit, business interest, business firm, industrial firm, commercial enterprise, operating company.

Nota: Perteneciente a un grupo.

Ex. To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.

Ex. Difficulties over access to these can arise when research project has been financed by a scientific organization or commercial firm who have an interest in maintaining security.

Ex. Among the companies offering 'Mice' are Microsoft, Vision and Apple, but more are anticipated.

Ex. The main form of knowledge transfer and the basis for decision making within corporations has not been a paper, a document or a detailed report, but a set of overhead slides and the discussions around them.

Ex. The European Development Fund finances projects in overseas countries for which European-based firms can supply equipment and know-how.

Ex. The 'Books at work' project in Kalmar in southern Sweden is the result of collaboration between trade unions, business enterprises and the public library.

Ex. The author compares the advantages and disadvantages of buying from the larger established companies and smaller outfits.

Ex. As an example, the University of Hawaii libraries have installed an online catalogue on which they will hang a special assortment of databases that are needed by Hawaii and Pacific business interests.

Ex. Collection and preservation of records is an expensive pursuit and the task of persuading cost conscious business firms that they ought to preserve their records is an unenviable one.

Ex. In libraries serving industrial firms, for example, the cost of not finding information may be high; this is why 'hard headed businessmen' add to their overheads by paying for extensive library services.

Ex. Some commercial enterprises subsidise satellite communications for academic institutions.

Ex. In the future, these files will be made readily accessible to other Glaxo operating companies through the use of computers.

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* a cuenta de la empresa = at company expense.

* administración de empresas = business administration.

* admnistrador de empresa = firm administrator.

* archivo de empresa = business archives.

* biblioteca de empresa = commercial library, industrial library, corporate library, company library, business library.

* bibliotecario de empresa = industrial librarian.

* comida de empresa = company dinner.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* conglomerado de empresas = conglomerate.

* contratación de personal cualificado de otras empresas = lateral hiring.

* curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.

* dejar la empresa = jump + ship.

* de la propia empresa = company-owned.

* de toda la empresa = systemwide.

* director de empresa = company director.

* directorio de empresas en base de datos = corporate directory database, company directory database.

* documentación de empresas = business record.

* empresa afiliada = sister company.

* empresa comercial = commercial agency, commercial vendor, commercial business, business firm.

* empresa con solera = established player.

* empresa consolidada = established player.

* empresa constructora = property developer.

* empresa consumada = established player.

* empresa de búsqueda personalizada de ejecutivos = headhunter.

* empresa de cobro de deudas = debt collection agency.

* empresa de contabilidad = accounting firm.

* empresa dedicada a la venta por correo = mail order company.

* empresa dedicada al desarrollo de productos = product developer.

* empresa dedicada a los sondeos de opinión = polling firm, polling agency.

* empresa dedicada al proceso del cereal = corn processor.

* empresa de grandes derroches = high roller.

* empresa de investigación = research firm.

* empresa de la limpieza = cleaning firm.

* empresa de liempza = cleaning business.

* empresa de limpieza = janitorial business.

* empresa de medios de comunicación = media company.

* empresa de mudanzas = mover.

* empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.

* empresa de nueva creación = this sort of thing, startup [start-up].

* empresa de ordenadores = computer company.

* empresa de reparto de paquetes = package delivery company.

* empresa de seguridad = security firm.

* empresa de servicios = service organisation, service agency, service company.

* empresa de servicios de información = information broker, broker, information broking.

* empresa de servicio social = social utility.

* empresa de servicios públicos = public utility, utility company.

* empresa de solera = established player.

* empresa de telecomunicaciones = computer bureau.

* empresa de trabajo = industrial affiliation.

* empresa de un grupo = operating company.

* empresa de viajes = travel company.

* empresa en la que sólo pueden trabajar empleados que pertenezcan a un sindic = close shop.

* empresa farmacéutica = drug company.

* empresa filial = subsidiary company.

* empresa hipotecaria = mortgage company.

* empresa industrial = industrial firm.

* empresa organizadora de congresos = conference organiser.

* empresa privada = private vendor, private company, private business, private firm.

* empresa pública = civilian employer, public firm.

* empresas americanas, las = corporate America.

* empresa sindicada = union shop.

* empresa televisiva = television company.

* empresa transportadora = shipper, shipping agent.

* en toda la empresa = company-wide, systemwide.

* específico de las empresas = company-specific.

* fusión de empresas = consolidation.

* gasto de empresa = business expense.

* gestión de empresas = business management.

* grupo de empresas = business group.

* guardería de la empresa = workplace crêche.

* información sobre empresas = business intelligence.

* intranet de empresa = corporate intranet.

* libro de empresa = organisation manual.

* mercado de la empresa = corporate market.

* mundo de la empresa = business world.

* mundo de la empresa, el = corporate world, the.

* mundo de las empresas = business environment.

* página web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* para toda la empresa = company-wide, enterprise-wide.

* partícipe en la empresa = corporate insider.

* patrocinado por la propia empresa = company-sponsored.

* pequeña empresa = small business.

* persona de la propia empresa = insider.

* programa de prácticas en la empresa = internship program(me), internship.

* programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.

* propiedad de la empresa = company-owned.

* PYME (Pequeña y Mediana Empresa) = SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise).

* que afecta a toda la empresa = enterprise-wide.

* sitio web de empresa = business site, corporate site.

* trabajador cualificado contratado de otra empresa = lateral hire.

* ya parte de la empresa = on board.

Spanish-English dictionary > empresa1
46 producción

f.

1 production, output, net quantity of produce yielded, produce.

Ricardo le metió un gol a Tito Richard scored a goal against Tito.

2 production.

3 production, cultivation.

* * *

producción

► nombre femenino

1 production

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

producción en cadena mass production

* * *

noun f.

production, output

* * *

SF

1) (Com) (=acción) production; (=cantidad) output

en fase de producción — in the production phase

la producción maderera de Brasil — Brazil's timber output

producción bruta — gross production

producción en cadena — production-line assembly

producción en serie — mass production

2) (Literat, Mús) output

la producción poética de Lorca — Lorca's poetic output

su abundante producción operística — his prolific operatic work

3) (Cine, Teat) production

departamento de producción — production department

una producción italiana — an Italian production

producción propia — (TV) in-house production

programas de producción propia — in-house programmes

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; ( cantidad) output, production

b) ( conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa — his dramatic output is small

la producción pictórica de Picasso — Picasso's paintings

- producción en cadena or serie

2) (Cin, Teatr, TV) production

la etapa de producción — the production stage

una producción de la BBC — a BBC production

* * *

= making, production, yield, throughput, vintage, release, output, writing, crafting.

Ex. A producer is the person with final responsibility for the making of a motion picture, including business aspects, management of the production, and the commercial success of the film.

Ex. Early work led to the production of over twenty special schemes in various areas of knowledge.

Ex. Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.

Ex. This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex. But first we must create the conditions for single-mindedness and hence the release of our energies (one senses much pent-up energy mixed up with our professional frustrations).

Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex. His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.

Ex. This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.

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* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* cadena de producción = production chain, production line.

* cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.

* campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.

* capacidad de producción = throughput.

* coproducción = coproduction [co-production].

* costes de producción = production costs.

* costos de producción = production costs.

* cuota de producción = production quota.

* equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.

* incremento de la producción = increased production.

* indicador de producción = output indicator.

* índice de producción = output indicator.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* producción alimenticia = food production.

* producción asistida por ordenador (CAM) = CAM (computer-aided manufacturing).

* producción bibliográfica = literature, bibliographic output.

* producción bibliográfica sobre biblioteconomía = library literature.

* producción cárnica = meat production.

* producción científica = publication output, scientific output, research writings, scholarly literature, scholarly output.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* producción cinematográfica = film making [filmmaking].

* producción conjunta = joint production.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* producción de artículos = article productivity.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* producción de documentos = document production.

* producción de huevos = egg production.

* producción de libros = book production, book publishing.

* producción de vino = winemaking.

* producción editorial = book production, book publishing, publishing output.

* producción lechera = milk yield, milk production.

* producción literaria = literature.

* producción multimedia = media production.

* producción teatral = theatre production.

* relacionado con la producción = production-related.

* tasa de producción = production rate.

* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.

* zona de producción de trigo = wheatbelt.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; ( cantidad) output, production

b) ( conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa — his dramatic output is small

la producción pictórica de Picasso — Picasso's paintings

- producción en cadena or serie

2) (Cin, Teatr, TV) production

la etapa de producción — the production stage

una producción de la BBC — a BBC production

* * *

= making, production, yield, throughput, vintage, release, output, writing, crafting.

Ex: A producer is the person with final responsibility for the making of a motion picture, including business aspects, management of the production, and the commercial success of the film.

Ex: Early work led to the production of over twenty special schemes in various areas of knowledge.

Ex: Priority is awarded to projects with the following aims: oil and gas recovery, drilling, optimum use of natural gas, and maximising the yield by the use of enhanced recovery techniques.

Ex: This revision to the Decimal Classification was adopted immediately by BNB, which would otherwise have found great difficulty in classifying much of its throughput.

Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.

Ex: But first we must create the conditions for single-mindedness and hence the release of our energies (one senses much pent-up energy mixed up with our professional frustrations).

Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex: His library, a rare survival of the Graeco-Roman period, comprised his own writings and philosophical readings.

Ex: This volume tellingly reveals the many negotiations, improvisations, sleights-of-hand, and slipknots that were a part of the crafting of Hitchcock's films.

* aumento de la producción = increased production.

* cadena de producción = production chain, production line.

* cadena de producción y distribución, la = supply chain, the.

* campo petrolífero de producción regular = marginal field.

* capacidad de producción = throughput.

* coproducción = coproduction [co-production].

* costes de producción = production costs.

* costos de producción = production costs.

* cuota de producción = production quota.

* equipo de producción = production team, production equipment.

* incremento de la producción = increased production.

* indicador de producción = output indicator.

* índice de producción = output indicator.

* industria dedicada a la producción de carne de vaca, la = beef industry, the.

* medios de producción = means of production.

* producción agrícola = agricultural production.

* producción alimenticia = food production.

* producción asistida por ordenador (CAM) = CAM (computer-aided manufacturing).

* producción bibliográfica = literature, bibliographic output.

* producción bibliográfica sobre biblioteconomía = library literature.

* producción cárnica = meat production.

* producción científica = publication output, scientific output, research writings, scholarly literature, scholarly output.

* producción científica de investigación = research literature.

* producción cinematográfica = film making [filmmaking].

* producción conjunta = joint production.

* producción de alimentos = food production.

* producción de artículos = article productivity.

* producción de carne de vaca = beef production.

* producción de documentos = document production.

* producción de huevos = egg production.

* producción de libros = book production, book publishing.

* producción de vino = winemaking.

* producción editorial = book production, book publishing, publishing output.

* producción lechera = milk yield, milk production.

* producción literaria = literature.

* producción multimedia = media production.

* producción teatral = theatre production.

* relacionado con la producción = production-related.

* tasa de producción = production rate.

* vaca dedicada a la producción de leche = milk-producing cow.

* zona de producción de trigo = wheatbelt.

* * *

producción

feminine

A

1 ( Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production; (cantidad) output, production

[ S ] uvas Lacalle; producción argentina Lacalle grapes; produce of Argentina

2 (conjunto de obras) output

su producción dramática es escasa his dramatic output is small, he has not written many plays

la producción pictórica de Picasso the works of Picasso, Picasso's paintings

Compuestos:

● producción en cadena or serie

mass production

● producción sostenida

sustained yield

B ( Cin, Teatr, TV) (proceso, acción) production; (obra, película) production

varios países participaron en la producción del programa various countries took part in producing the program o in the production of the program

la etapa de producción the production stage

una producción de la BBC a BBC production

* * *

producción sustantivo femenino
1 (Com, Econ) (proceso, acción) production;
( cantidad) output, production;
producción en cadena or serie mass production
2 (Cin, Teatr, TV) production
producción sustantivo femenino
1 (proceso) production
producción en serie, mass production
2 (resultado) output, products
la producción aumentó un diez por ciento, production increased by ten percent
producción lechera, dairy produce
3 (de una película, disco, etc) production
' producción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
elaboración
- error
- excedente
- pantalla
- remanente
- saquería
- sedería
- activar
- arrocero
- aumentar
- cadena
- cuota
- déficit
- disminuir
- diversificar
- impulsar
- lechero
- montar
- paralizar
- reducir
- retrasar
- variar
- vinícola
English:
cut back
- domestic
- foreman
- making
- manufacturing capacity
- mass production
- output
- production
- scale down
- step up
- wind down
- work
- out

* * *

producción nf

1. [acción] production;
[producto] product;
se ha incrementado la producción de acero steel production has increased;

un autor con una extensa producción poética an author with an extensive poetic output

Comp
Ind producción en cadena mass production; Ind producción en serie mass production
2. Cine & TV production;

una producción de TVE a TVE production

* * *

producción

f production

* * *

producción nf, pl - ciones

1) : production

2)

producción en serie : mass production

* * *

producción n

1. (elaboración) production

¿quién se encarga de la producción? who's in charge of production?

2. (productos industriales) output

un aumento de producción an increase in output

3. (productos agrícolas) produce

Spanish-English dictionary > producción
47 tamaño

adj.

so big a, very sizeable.

m.

size, amplitude.

* * *

tamaño

► adjetivo

1 (semejante) such a, so big a

■ no pude aguantar tamaña impertinencia I couldn't tolerate such an impertinent remark

► nombre masculino tamaño

1 (medida) size

■ ¿de qué tamaño es? what size is it?

2 (dimensión) dimensions plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

de gran tamaño large

del tamaño de as large as, the size of

tamaño natural life size

————————

tamaño

► nombre masculino

1 (medida) size

■ ¿de qué tamaño es? what size is it?

2 (dimensión) dimensions plural

* * *

noun m.

size

* * *

1.

SM size

son del mismo tamaño, tienen el mismo tamaño — they are the same size

¿de qué tamaño es? — how big is it?, what size is it?

un ordenador del tamaño de un libro — a computer the size of a book

una foto tamaño carnet — a passport-size photo

de tamaño natural — full-size, life-size

de tamaño extra o extraordinario — outsize, extra large

tamaño de bolsillo — pocket-size

tamaño familiar — family-size

tamaño gigante — king-size

2. ADJ

1) (=tan grande) so big a, such a big; (=tan pequeño) so small a, such a small

parece absurdo que cometiera tamaño error — it seems absurd that he should make such a mistake

2) LAm (=enorme) huge, colossal

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I
- ña adjetivo (delante del n)

nunca vi tamaña injusticia — I've never seen such injustice

me llevé tamaño susto — I got a terrible fright
II
masculino size

de todos los tamaños — in all sizes

- tamaño bolsillo/carné/familiar/natural

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= degree, size, amplitude, scale.

Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex. The height of a book is of minor importance, except in that it indicates the overall size of the text.

Ex. Together, all these items make up a homogeneous working and research collection of some amplitude to which academics and other types of external readers are increasingly attracted.

Ex. I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

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* anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.

* aparato de informática del tamaño de la palma de la mano = palm computing device.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* del tamaño del bolsillo = pocket sized.

* del tamaño de una cartera = briefcase-sized.

* del tamaño de un maletín = briefcase-sized.

* de mediano tamaño = middle-sized.

* de tamaño considerable = sizeable [sizable].

* de tamaño estándar = standard-sized, full-sized.

* de tamaño extraordinario = outsize.

* de tamaño gigantesco = giant-sized.

* de tamaño intermedio = intermediate-sized.

* de tamaño medio = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, medium size [medium-size], medium scale [medium-scale], mid-size [midsize].

* de tamaño miniatura = in miniature.

* de tamaño moderado = moderately sized.

* de tamaño normal = full-sized, normal-sized, ordinary sized.

* de tamaño pequeño = small-sized, small scale [small-scale].

* de tamaño póster = poster-size.

* de un tamaño considerable = good sized [good-sized].

* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.

* duplicar de tamaño = double + in size.

* el tamaño de = the extent of.

* fotografía tamaño carnet = passport size photograph, ID photograph.

* impresión de tamaño reducido = microprint, microprinting.

* material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.

* que se puede cambiar de tamaño = resizeable [re-sizeable].

* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.

* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.

* tamaño bolsillo = hand-sized.

* tamaño de la memoria intermedia = buffer size.

* tamaño del campo = field size.

* tamaño de letra = font size.

* tamaño del registro = record size.

* tamaño de página = page size.

* tamaño físico = physical size.

* tamaño gigantesco = giant size.

* tamaño real = full-size.

* tamaño reducido = reduced size.

* variar de tamaño = vary + in size.

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I
- ña adjetivo (delante del n)

nunca vi tamaña injusticia — I've never seen such injustice

me llevé tamaño susto — I got a terrible fright
II
masculino size

de todos los tamaños — in all sizes

- tamaño bolsillo/carné/familiar/natural

* * *

= degree, size, amplitude, scale.

Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.

Ex: The height of a book is of minor importance, except in that it indicates the overall size of the text.

Ex: Together, all these items make up a homogeneous working and research collection of some amplitude to which academics and other types of external readers are increasingly attracted.

Ex: I have a feeling that all our old technologies are getting progressively more expensive and more inefficient, and that all our new technologies are getting progressively cheaper and more efficient because of questions of scale.

* anchos de diferentes tamaños = graded widths.

* aparato de informática del tamaño de la palma de la mano = palm computing device.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.

* del tamaño del bolsillo = pocket sized.

* del tamaño de una cartera = briefcase-sized.

* del tamaño de un maletín = briefcase-sized.

* de mediano tamaño = middle-sized.

* de tamaño considerable = sizeable [sizable].

* de tamaño estándar = standard-sized, full-sized.

* de tamaño extraordinario = outsize.

* de tamaño gigantesco = giant-sized.

* de tamaño intermedio = intermediate-sized.

* de tamaño medio = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, medium size [medium-size], medium scale [medium-scale], mid-size [midsize].

* de tamaño miniatura = in miniature.

* de tamaño moderado = moderately sized.

* de tamaño normal = full-sized, normal-sized, ordinary sized.

* de tamaño pequeño = small-sized, small scale [small-scale].

* de tamaño póster = poster-size.

* de un tamaño considerable = good sized [good-sized].

* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.

* duplicar de tamaño = double + in size.

* el tamaño de = the extent of.

* fotografía tamaño carnet = passport size photograph, ID photograph.

* impresión de tamaño reducido = microprint, microprinting.

* material de tamaño mayor de lo normal = outsize material.

* que se puede cambiar de tamaño = resizeable [re-sizeable].

* reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.

* reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.

* tamaño bolsillo = hand-sized.

* tamaño de la memoria intermedia = buffer size.

* tamaño del campo = field size.

* tamaño de letra = font size.

* tamaño del registro = record size.

* tamaño de página = page size.

* tamaño físico = physical size.

* tamaño gigantesco = giant size.

* tamaño real = full-size.

* tamaño reducido = reduced size.

* variar de tamaño = vary + in size.

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tamaño¹ -ña

adjective

( delante del n):

¡cómo puedes decir tamaño disparate! how can you say such a stupid thing!

se rebelaron ante tamaña injusticia they rebelled against such injustice

se sorprendió de que existiera tamaña diferencia she was surprised that there should be such a great difference o so great a difference

me llevé tamaño susto I got a terrible fright

tamaño de ( Chi fam): está tamaño de gordo he's enormously o terribly fat

una mentira tamaña de grande a whopping o huge great lie ( colloq)

tamaño²

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

size

pañuelos de todos los colores y tamaños handkerchiefs in all colors and sizes

un tamaño más pequeño or menor a smaller size

un tamaño más grande or mayor a larger size

son del mismo tamaño they're the same size

¿de qué tamaño lo quiere? what size would you like?

ordenar los cubos por tamaños put the cubes in order of size

tiene aproximadamente el tamaño de una manzana it's about the size of an apple

tamaño baño ( RPl); ‹jabón› large

un sandwich tamaño baño ( hum); a whopping o huge great sandwich ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● tamaño bolsillo

pocket-size

una linterna (de) tamaño bolsillo a pocket-size torch

● tamaño carné

passport-size

una foto (de) tamaño carné a passport-size photo

● tamaño de letra

type size

● tamaño familiar

family-size

una botella (de) tamaño familiar a family-size bottle

● tamaño natural

life-size

un busto (de) tamaño natural a life-size bust

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tamaño sustantivo masculino
size;
◊ pañuelos de todos los tamaños handkerchiefs in all sizes;

de tamaño bolsillo pocket-size;
un busto tamaño natural a life-size bust
tamaño,-a
I adj pey (intensificador) jamás oí tamaña mentira, I have never heard such a lie
II sustantivo masculino tamaño, size: son del mismo tamaño, they are the same size
una rata del tamaño de un conejo, a rat as big as a rabbit
tamaño natural, life-size

' tamaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- bolsillo
- estándar
- familiar
- grande
- igual
- mayor
- mediana
- mediano
- menor
- minúscula
- minúsculo
- natural
- pequeña
- pequeño
- proporción
- respetable
- tamaña
- tocha
- tocho
- achicar
- aumentar
- ciudad
- dimensión
- folio
- formato
- intermedio
- por
- porte
- quedar
- reducido
- regular
- tener
English:
brief
- decline
- decrease
- downsize
- economy size
- equal
- exact
- expansion
- full-scale
- growth
- king-size
- large
- legal-size
- lengthen
- life-size
- life-sized
- medium
- no
- proportion
- range
- regular
- size
- full
- increase
- life
- magnify

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tamaño, -a

♦ adj

such;

¡cómo pudo decir tamaña estupidez! how could he say such a stupid thing!;

jamás vi tamaña osadía I've never seen such audacity

♦ nm

size;

lo tenemos en varios tamaños we have it in various sizes;

¿de qué tamaño lo quiere? what size would you like?;

son del mismo tamaño they're the same size;

de gran tamaño large, large-sized;

de pequeño tamaño small, small-sized;

de tamaño mediano medium, medium-sized;

países de mayor/menor tamaño que el nuestro countries larger/smaller than ours;

del tamaño de the size of;

hay teléfonos del tamaño de un paquete de tabaco there are telephones the size of o as small as a packet of cigarettes;

del mismo tamaño que the same size as;

¿por qué no te metes con alguien de tu mismo tamaño? why don't you pick on someone your own size?

Comp
Informát tamaño de archivo file size;
tamaño carné o carnet passport-size;

una fotografía (de) tamaño carné a passport-size photograph;

tamaño familiar family-size;

un paquete (de) tamaño familiar a family-size pack;

tamaño gigante giant-size;

tarrinas de helado (de) tamaño gigante giant-size tubs of ice cream;
Imprenta tamaño de letra point size, size of typeface;
tamaño de muestra sample size;

tamaño natural life size;

esculturas de tamaño natural life-size sculptures

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tamaño

I adj

:

tamaño fallo/problema such a great mistake/problem

II m size;

a tamaño natural life-size

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tamaño, -ña adj

: such a big

¿crees tamaña mentira?: do you believe such a lie?

tamaño nm

1) : size

2)

de tamaño natural : life-size

* * *

tamaño n size

¿de qué tamaño es? what size is it?

un árbol de gran tamaño a big tree

Spanish-English dictionary > tamaño
48 arrancar

v.

1 to uproot (sacar de su sitio) (árbol).

arrancar a alguien de un sitio (figurative) to shift somebody from somewhere

2 to start (poner en marcha) (coche, máquina).

El carro no arranca The car won't start.

3 to set off.

4 to pull out, to break off, to break away, to pluck.

Juana arrancó las hierbas Johanna pulled out the weeds.

5 to start up, to boot up, to boot, to get started.

Ricardo arrancó el auto sin problemas Richard started the car up without trouble

6 to begin, to start.

Arrancamos el año con optimismo We began the year with optimism.

7 to blow off.

El huracán arrancó las plantas The hurricane blew off the plants.

8 to avulse, to pull off forcibly.

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arrancar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (árbol) to uproot; (flor) to pull up

2 (plumas, cejas) to pluck; (cabello, diente) to pull out; (con violencia - página) to tear out

3 (arrebatar) to snatch, grab

■ me arrancó el bolso he snatched my bag

4 (obtener - aplausos, sonrisa) to get; (- confesión, información) to extract

5 (rescatar) to rescue, save

■ intentaron arrancarle de la droga they tried to get him off drugs

6 (coche) to start

► verbo intransitivo

1 (partir) to begin, start

2 (salir) to go, leave

3 (coche) to start; (tren) to pull out

4 figurado (provenir) to stem (de, from)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

arrancar a correr to break into a run

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verb

1) to pull out, tear out

2) pluck

3) snatch

4) start

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1. VT

1) (=sacar de raíz)

a) [+ planta, pelo] to pull up; [+ clavo, diente] to pull out; [+ pluma] to pluck; [+ ojos] to gouge out; [+ botón, esparadrapo, etiqueta] to pull off, tear off; [+ página] to tear out, rip out; [+ cartel] to pull down, tear down

he estado arrancando las malas hierbas del jardín — I've been pulling up the weeds in the garden

le arrancó la oreja de un mordisco — he bit off his ear

azulejos arrancados de las paredes de una iglesia — tiles that have been pulled off the walls of a church

b) [explosión, viento] to blow off

una explosión le arrancó las dos piernas — an explosion blew both his legs off

el vendaval ha arrancado varios árboles — the gale has uprooted several trees

el golpe le arrancó dos dientes — the blow knocked two of his teeth out
cuajo, raíz
c) (Med) [+ flema] to bring up

2) (=arrebatar) to snatch (a, de from)
[con violencia] to wrench (a, de from)
le arrancó al niño de los brazos — she snatched the baby from his arms

no podían arrancarle el cuchillo — they were unable to get the knife off him, they were unable to wrest o wrench the knife from him

el viento me lo arrancó de las manos — the wind blew it out of my hands, the wind snatched it from my hands más frm

3) (=provocar) [+ aplausos] to draw; [+ risas] to provoke, cause

el tenor arrancó una gran ovación — the tenor received a great ovation

hemos conseguido arrancarle una sonrisa — we managed to get a smile out of him

el beso arrancó algunos suspiros entre el público — when they kissed part of the audience let out a sigh

• arrancar las lágrimas a algn — to bring tears to sb's eyes

4) (=separar)

• arrancar a algn de — [+ lugar] to drag sb away from; [+ éxtasis, trance] to drag sb out of; [+ vicio] to wean sb off a bad habit

no había forma de arrancarla del teléfono — there was no way I could drag her away from the phone

5) (=obtener) [+ apoyo] to gain, win; [+ victoria] to snatch; [+ confesión, promesa] to extract; [+ sonido, nota] to produce

no hubo forma de arrancarle una palabra — we couldn't get a word out of him

• arrancar información a algn — to extract information from sb, get information out of sb

6) (Aut) [+ vehículo, motor] to start

un motor de los que se arrancan con manivela — an engine that you crank up

7) (Inform) [+ ordenador] to boot, boot up, start up

tengo problemas para arrancar el ordenador — I have problems starting up o booting the computer

2. VI

1) [vehículo, motor] to start

el coche no arranca — the car won't start o isn't starting

esperé hasta que arrancó el tren — I waited until the train left

2) (=moverse) to get going, get moving

¡venga, arranca! — * come on, get going o get moving!, come on, get a move on! *

3) (=comenzar) to start

¿desde dónde arranca el camino? — where does the road start?

el momento donde arrancó nuestra relación — the moment when our relationship started

• arrancar a hacer algo — to start doing sth, start to do sth

arrancó a hablar a los dos años — she started talking o to talk when she was two

arrancó a cantar/llorar — he broke o burst into song/tears

• arrancar de — to go back to, date back to

esta celebración arranca del siglo XV — this celebration dates o goes back to the 15th century

problemas que arrancan de muy antiguo — problems that go back a long way

4) (Náut) to set sail

5) (Arquit) [arco] to spring (de from)

6) Chile
* (=escapar)
salieron arrancado — they ran away

arranquemos de aquí — let's get away from here

tuvieron que arrancar del país — they had to get out of the country

- arrancar a perderse

3.

See:

arrancarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) < hoja de papel> to tear out; < etiqueta> to tear o rip off; < botón> to tear o pull off; < planta> to pull up; < flor> to pick; <diente/pelo> to pull out; < esparadrapo> to pull off

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola — there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso — he snatched her bag

2) <confesión/declaración> to extract

no hay quien le arranque una palabra — no one can get a word out of him

consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa — she managed to get a smile out of him

3) <motor/coche> to start
2.
arrancar vi

1)

a) motor/vehículo to start

el tren está a punto de arrancar — the train is about to leave

no arranques en segunda! — don't try and move off in second gear!

b) (moverse, decidirse) (fam) to get going

no hay quien lo haga arrancar — it's impossible to get him going

c) ( empezar)

arrancar a + inf — to start to + inf, to start -ing

2) (provenir, proceder)

a) costumbre to originate

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV — this tradition dates from the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias — that's where all his misfortunes stem from

b) carretera to start

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run off o away

arrancar de algo/alguien — to get away from something/somebody
3.
arrancarse v pron

1) (refl) <pelo/diente> to pull out; <piel/botón> to pull off

2) (Taur) to charge

3) (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away

arrancarse de algo/alguien — to run away from something/somebody

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arrancar¹

¹ = rip off, wrench, pluck up, rip + open, pluck out, strip off, winkle out, pull up, rip.

Ex: Within the social sciences psychology journals are the most ripped off.

Ex: The first thing that's worrying me is that things are getting wrenched out of context.

Ex: The article is entitled 'To everything there is a season...a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted: a life-cycle analysis of education for librarianship'.

Ex: The tidal wave ripped open the steel security shutters of the shops.

Ex: According to a myth about the phases of the moon, the wicked god Seth plucked out the eye of Horus and tore it to bits.

Ex: They gathered a whole sackful, stripped off the husks, and filled the sack again.

Ex: Small business operators can be easy prey for scamsters trying to winkle out money for unsolicited - and unneeded - 'services'.

Ex: Hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused when youths pulled up and smashed two floodlights and kicked roof tiles from the chapel of rest.

Ex: He punched her in the head and forced her to another room where he pinned her to the floor and ripped her shirt trying to remove it.

* abrir arrancando = rip + open.

* arrancar a la fuerza = prise + Nombre + away.

* arrancar con los dientes = bite off.

* arrancar de = wretch from.

* arrancar de un mordisco = bite off.

* arrancar el cuero cabelludo a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar haciendo palanca = pry.

* arrancar la cabellera a Alguien = scalp.

* arrancar + Nombre + de = wring + Nombre + out of/from.

* arrancarse el pelo a manojos = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* arrancar una página = tear out + page.

arrancar²

² = boot, boot up, crank up.

Ex: In computer science to boot means to start up a computer system.

Ex: Since then, the computer has started to make a whirring noise everytime it is booted up.

Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.

* al arrancar = at startup.

* arrancar con cables = jump-start [jump start].

* arrancar + Sistema Operativo = start + Sistema Operativo.

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arrancar [A2 ]

vt

A ‹hoja de papel/página› to tear out; ‹etiqueta› to tear o rip off; ‹esparadrapo› to pull off; ‹botón› to tear o rip o pull off; ‹planta› to pull up; ‹flor› to pick; ‹diente› to pull out

arrancó la planta de raíz she pulled the plant up by the roots, she uprooted the plant

le arrancó un mechón de pelo he pulled out a clump of her hair

no le arranques hojas al libro don't tear pages out of the book

arrancó la venda he tore off the bandage

me arrancó la carta de las manos she snatched the letter out of my hands

hubo un forcejeo y le arrancó la pistola there was a struggle and he wrenched the pistol away from her

le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag, he grabbed her bag from her

cuando se apoltrona no hay quien consiga arrancarlo de casa when he gets into one of his stay-at-home moods it's impossible to drag him out

arrancar a algn de los brazos del vicio ( liter); to rescue sb from the clutches of evil ( liter)

el teléfono lo arrancó de sus pensamientos the sound of the telephone brought him back to reality with a jolt

B ‹confesión/declaración› to extract

consiguieron arrancarle una confesión they managed to extract a confession from o get a confession out of her

no hay quien le arranque una palabra de lo ocurrido no one can get a word out of him about what happened

por fin consiguió arrancarle una sonrisa she finally managed to get a smile out of him

C ‹motor/coche› to start; ( Inf) to boot; ( Inf) to boot (up)

■ arrancar

vi

A

1 ( Auto, Mec) «motor/vehículo» to start

el coche no arranca the car won't start

el tren está a punto de arrancar the train is about to leave

¡no arranques en segunda! don't try and move off o pull away in second gear!

2 (moverse, decidirse) ( fam):

no hay quien lo haga arrancar it's impossible to get him moving o to get him off his backside ( colloq)

tarda horas en arrancar it takes him hours to get started o to get down to doing anything ( colloq)

3 (empezar) arrancar A + INF to start to + INF, to start -ING

arrancó a llorar he burst into tears, he started crying o to cry

B (provenir, proceder)

1 «problema/crisis/creencia»: arrancar DE algo; to stem FROM sth

esta tradición arranca del siglo XIV this tradition dates from o back to the 14th century

de allí arrancan todas sus desgracias that's where all his misfortunes stem from

2 «carretera» to start

la senda que arranca de or en este punto the path that starts from this point

3 ( Const):

el punto del cual arranca el arco the point from which the arch springs o stems

de la pared arrancaba un largo mostrador a long counter came out from o jutted out from the wall

C ( Inf) to boot up

volver* a arrancar to reboot

D «toro» to charge

E ( Chi fam) (huir) to run off o away arrancar DE algo/algn to get away FROM sth/sb

fueron los primeros en arrancar del país they were the first to get out of o skip the country ( colloq)

arrancar a perderse ( Chi fam); to be off like a shot ( colloq)

■ arrancarse

v pron

A ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out; ‹piel› to pull off; ‹botón› to pull off

B

1 ( Taur) to charge

2 ( Mús):

arrancarse por sevillanas to break into dance o into a sevillana ; sevillanas

C

1 ( Chi fam) (huir) to run away

se les arrancó el prisionero the prisoner got away from them o ran away ( colloq)

arrancarse DE algo/algn to run away FROM sth/sb

2 ( Chi fam) «precios» to shoot up ( colloq)

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arrancar ( conjugate arrancar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ hoja de papel› to tear out;
‹ etiqueta› to tear off;
‹botón/venda› to pull off;
‹ planta› to pull up;
‹ flor› to pick;
‹diente/pelo› to pull out;
◊ le arrancó el bolso he snatched her bag

2 ‹confesión/declaración› to extract
3 ‹motor/coche› to start
verbo intransitivo [motor/vehículo] to start
arrancarse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) ‹pelo/diente› to pull out;
‹piel/botón› to pull off
2 (Chi fam) ( huir) to run away
arrancar
I verbo transitivo
1 (una planta) to uproot, pull up
arrancar de raíz, to uproot
2 (una página) to tear out
(un diente) to pull out
3 fig (una confesión) to extract
4 (mover) no había manera de arrancar a Rodrigo de allí, it was impossible to pull Rodrigo away
5 Auto Téc to start
II verbo intransitivo
1 Auto Téc to start
2 (empezar) to begin: estábamos tan tranquilos y de repente arrancó a llorar, everything was quiet when he suddenly started crying
' arrancar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrebatar
- mala
- malo
- calentar
- cuajo
- raíz
English:
boot
- crank
- dig up
- extract
- get
- light
- pick off
- pluck
- pull away
- pull off
- pull up
- rip off
- root out
- root up
- scalp
- start
- start up
- tear
- tear away
- tear off
- tear out
- tear up
- wrench
- yank
- dig
- draw
- exact
- jump
- kick
- move
- pull
- push
- rip
- root
- strip
- up

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arrancar

♦ vt

1. [sacar de su sitio] [árbol] to uproot;
[malas hierbas, flor] to pull up; [cable, página, pelo] to tear out; [cartel, cortinas] to tear down; [muela] to pull out, to extract; [ojos] to gouge out; [botón, etiqueta] to tear o rip off;
arranqué el póster de la pared I tore the poster off the wall;

arrancar la cabellera a alguien to scalp sb;

arrancar de cuajo o [m5] de raíz [árbol] to uproot;
[brazo, pierna] to tear right off; Fig
arrancar a alguien de un sitio to shift sb from somewhere;
Fig
arrancar a alguien de las drogas/del alcohol to get sb off drugs/alcohol

2. [arrebatar]
arrancar algo a alguien to grab o snatch sth from sb;

arrancar algo de las manos de alguien to snatch sth out of sb's hands;

tenía el bolso muy bien agarrado y no se lo pudieron arrancar she was holding on very tight to her handbag and they couldn't get it off her;

el vigilante consiguió arrancarle el arma al atracador the security guard managed to grab the robber's gun;

el Barcelona consiguió arrancar un punto en su visita a Madrid Barcelona managed to take a point from their visit to Madrid;

la oposición arrancó varias concesiones al gobierno the opposition managed to win several concessions from the government

3. [poner en marcha] [coche, máquina] to start;
Informát to start up, to boot (up)
4. [obtener]
arrancar algo a alguien [confesión, promesa, secreto] to extract sth from sb;
[sonrisa, dinero, ovación] to get sth out of sb; [suspiro, carcajada] to bring sth from sb;
no consiguieron arrancarle ninguna declaración they failed to get a statement out of him

♦ vi

1. [partir] to leave;

¡corre, que el autobús está arrancando! quick, the bus is about to leave;

el Tour ha arrancado finalmente the Tour has finally got o is finally under way

2. [máquina, coche] to start;

no intentes arrancar en segunda you shouldn't try to start the car in second gear

3. [empezar] to get under way, to kick off;

ya arrancó la campaña electoral the election campaign is already under way;

el festival arrancó con un concierto de música clásica the festival got under way o kicked off with a classical music concert;

empataron al poco de arrancar la segunda mitad they equalized shortly after the second half had got under way o kicked off

4. Fam
arrancar a hacer algo [persona] to start doing o to do sth;

arrancó a llorar de repente she suddenly started crying, she suddenly burst into tears

5. [provenir]
la tradición arranca de la Edad Media the tradition dates back to the Middle Ages;

el río arranca de los Andes the river has its source in the Andes;

todos los problemas arrancan de una nefasta planificación all the problems stem from poor planning

♦ See also the pronominal verb arrancarse

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arrancar

I v/t

1 planta, página pull out

2 vehículo start (up)

3 ( quitar) snatch;

le arrancaron el bolso they snatched her purse

II v/i

1 de vehículo, máquina start (up)

2 INFOR boot (up)

3

:

arrancar a hacer algo start to do sth, start doing sth

4 Chi ( huir) run away

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arrancar {72} vt

1) : to pull out, to tear out

2) : to pick, to pluck (a flower)

3) : to start (an engine)

4) : to boot (a computer)

arrancar vi

1) : to start an engine

2) : to get going

♦ See also the reflexive verb arrancarse

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arrancar vb

1. (sacar) to pull out

el dentista me ha arrancado un diente I've had a tooth out

2. (página) to tear out [pt. tore; pp. torn]

arrancó una hoja del libro she tore a page out of the book

3. (planta) to pull up

han arrancado todas las plantas all the plants have been pulled up

4. (arrebatar) to snatch

me arrancó el libro de las manos he snatched the book out of my hands

5. (motor, coche) to start

el motor no arranca the engine won't start

Spanish-English dictionary > arrancar
49 PDA

SF ó SF ABR
= Personal Digital Assistant PDA
* * *

= personal digital assistant (PDA).

Ex. The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a small device combining the capabilities of a telephone and a personal computer.

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= personal digital assistant (PDA).

Ex: The Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a small device combining the capabilities of a telephone and a personal computer.

Spanish-English dictionary > PDA
50 acceder

v.

1 to agree ( (consent).

acceder a una petición to grant a request

acceder a

2 to consent, to accede, to assent, to comply.

Ella accedió a su petición She consented to his request.

3 to come over.

A feeling of fear came over her Una sensación de miedo la accedió.

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acceder

► verbo intransitivo

1 (consentir) to consent (a, to), agree (a, to)

2 (tener entrada) to enter

■ por aquí se accede al jardín this leads to the garden

3 (alcanzar) to accede (a, to)

■ acceder al poder to come to power, take office

■ acceder a la universidad be admitted to university, enter university

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verb

1) to agree

2) access, gain access to

* * *

VI

1) (=aceptar) to agree

se lo propuse y accedieron — I suggested it and they agreed

• acceder a algo — to agree to sth

el director ha accedido a nuestra petición — the director agreed o acceded frm to our request

acceder a hacer algo — to agree to do sth

2)

• acceder a (=entrar) —

a) [+ lugar] to gain access to; [+ grupo social, organización] to be admitted to

por esta puerta se accede al salón — you can gain access to the lounge through this door

no pueden acceder al mercado laboral por no tener estudios — they have no access to the labour market because they have no qualifications

este examen os permitirá acceder a la universidad — this exam will enable you to gain admittance to the university

si ganan este partido, acceden a la final — if they win this match they go through to the final

b) (Inform) [+ fichero, Internet] to access

no está autorizado a acceder a la base de datos — he is not authorized to access the database

3) (=conseguir)

• acceder a — [+ información] to gain access to, access

fue la primera mujer en acceder a este puesto — she was the first woman to assume this post

accedió a la secretaría general — he became secretary general

las personas que no pueden acceder a una vivienda digna — people who have no access to decent housing

los jóvenes tienen dificultades para acceder a un puesto de trabajo — young people have problems finding a job

para acceder a estas becas es necesario ser europeo — only European citizens are eligible for these grants

accedió a una graduación superior — he attained a higher rank, he was promoted to a higher rank

• acceder al poder — to assume power

• acceder a la propiedad de algo — to become the owner of sth

• acceder al trono — to succeed to the throne

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verbo intransitivo

1)

acceder a algo — a lugar to gain access to something; a premio to be eligible for something; a cargo to accede to something (frml)

accedió al trono — he came o succeeded to the throne

2) ( ceder)

accedió a regañadientes — he agreed with great reluctance, he reluctantly gave in

acceder a algo — to agree to something, to accede to something (frml)

acceder a + inf — to agree to + inf

accedió a contestar las preguntas — she agreed to answer the questions

* * *

= access, contact, gain + access, get into, accede, gain + admittance.

Ex. Teletext services are broadcast information services which may be accessed in a non-interactive mode.

Ex. Hosts in Europe can also be contacted through the European part of the IPSS network.

Ex. Libraries gain access to their own files by means of terminals connected to the central computer.

Ex. To get into these national and international networks which are suitable for long-distance communication, a telephone link must be used to access the closest node.

Ex. Once Modjeski heard him express sympathy, she knew she could wheedle him into acceding.

Ex. In the early 1800s libraries were used by only the small portion of the population that could gain admittance.

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* acceder a = approach, fall in with, get at, agree to.

* acceder haciendo clic = click.

* acceder ilegalmente = hack.

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verbo intransitivo

1)

acceder a algo — a lugar to gain access to something; a premio to be eligible for something; a cargo to accede to something (frml)

accedió al trono — he came o succeeded to the throne

2) ( ceder)

accedió a regañadientes — he agreed with great reluctance, he reluctantly gave in

acceder a algo — to agree to something, to accede to something (frml)

acceder a + inf — to agree to + inf

accedió a contestar las preguntas — she agreed to answer the questions

* * *

= access, contact, gain + access, get into, accede, gain + admittance.

Ex: Teletext services are broadcast information services which may be accessed in a non-interactive mode.

Ex: Hosts in Europe can also be contacted through the European part of the IPSS network.

Ex: Libraries gain access to their own files by means of terminals connected to the central computer.

Ex: To get into these national and international networks which are suitable for long-distance communication, a telephone link must be used to access the closest node.

Ex: Once Modjeski heard him express sympathy, she knew she could wheedle him into acceding.

Ex: In the early 1800s libraries were used by only the small portion of the population that could gain admittance.

* acceder a = approach, fall in with, get at, agree to.

* acceder haciendo clic = click.

* acceder ilegalmente = hack.

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acceder [E1 ]

vi

A

1 (entrar, llegar) acceder A algo to gain access TO sth

un jardín al cual se accede por dos entradas a garden with access from o which you can enter from two points

para acceder a la base de datos to access the database, to gain access to the database

pretendían acceder a los secretos del Pentágono they were trying to gain access to Pentagon secrets

sólo pueden acceder al premio los menores de 15 años only under-15s are eligible for the prize

con esta victoria accede a las semifinales with this win she goes through to the semifinals

2 (a un cargo) acceder A algo to accede TO sth ( frml)

no pudo acceder a la presidencia he was unable to accede to o to assume the presidency

accedió al trono he came o succeeded to the throne

B (consentir) to agree

accedió a regañadientes he agreed with great reluctance, he reluctantly gave in

acceder A algo to agree TO sth, to accede TO sth ( frml)

accedió a sus deseos she bowed o agreed o acceded to his wishes

accedieron al pago de la deuda they agreed to pay what was owed

acceder A + INF to agree TO + INF

accedió a contestar preguntas del público she agreed to answer questions from the audience

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acceder ( conjugate acceder) verbo intransitivo
1 ( consentir) to agree;
acceder a algo to agree to sth
2 ( entrar) acceder a algo gain access to sth;
(Inf) to access sth.
acceder verbo intransitivo
1 (conceder, transigir) to accede, consent [a, to]
2 (entrar, ser admitido) to gain admittance [a, to]: accedió al cargo en 1973, he ocuppied the post in 1973
3 Inform to access
' acceder' also found in these entries:
English:
accede
- access
- allow
- comply
- consent
- qualified
- assent

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acceder vi

1. [consentir] to agree;

acceder a una petición to grant a request;

accedió a venir she agreed to come;

accedieron a las demandas de los secuestradores they agreed to o acceded to the kidnappers' demands

2. [tener acceso]
acceder a algo to enter sth, to gain entry to sth;
Informát
acceder a una base de datos to access a database;

se puede acceder directamente a la sala por la puerta trasera there is direct access to the hall by the rear entrance;

por esa puerta se accede a la cripta that door leads to the crypt;

desde la biblioteca se puede acceder a Internet you can log on to the Internet at the library;

las sillas de ruedas accederán por una rampa there is wheelchair access via a ramp

3. [alcanzar]
acceder al trono to accede to the throne;

acceder al poder to come to power;

accedió al cargo de presidente he became president;

este título permite acceder a los estudios de posgrado this qualification enables you to go on to do postgraduate studies

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acceder

v/i

1 ( ceder) agree (a to), fml

accede (a to);

acceder a un ruego agree to a request;

acceder a los deseos de alguien bow to s.o.’s wishes

2

:

acceder a lugar gain access to, access; cargo accede to

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acceder vi acceder a

1) : to accede to, to agree to

2) : to assume (a position)

3) : to gain access to

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acceder vb

1. (aceptar) to agree

el director accedió a sus peticiones the headmaster agreed to their requests

2. (entrar) to enter

se accede al salón por esta puerta you enter the living room through this door

acceder al poder to come to power [pt. came; pp. come]

Spanish-English dictionary > acceder
51 acumulado

adj.

accumulated, cumulated, accrued, cumulative.

m.

aggregate.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: acumular.

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= accrued, cumulated, accumulating, built-up, accumulated.

Ex. On completion of the search, the VDU will flash up details of the costs accrued for which the library will later be billed.

Ex. The computer merely has to reprint the index to include all titles to be covered by the cumulated index.

Ex. Quite obviously it is only with accumulating experience that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.

Ex. The possibility of these riots has been discussed for a long time: from Godard filming out at Sarcelles in the 1960s, to decades of immigration-debate, to the built-up layers of graffiti on Paris walls.

Ex. Small wonder then that western dance classes in the city are brimming with corporates learning to shake a leg and get rid of accumulated stress.

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* beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.

* * *

= accrued, cumulated, accumulating, built-up, accumulated.

Ex: On completion of the search, the VDU will flash up details of the costs accrued for which the library will later be billed.

Ex: The computer merely has to reprint the index to include all titles to be covered by the cumulated index.

Ex: Quite obviously it is only with accumulating experience that a really substantial body of knowledge of the potential of bibliographic sources is acquired.

Ex: The possibility of these riots has been discussed for a long time: from Godard filming out at Sarcelles in the 1960s, to decades of immigration-debate, to the built-up layers of graffiti on Paris walls.

Ex: Small wonder then that western dance classes in the city are brimming with corporates learning to shake a leg and get rid of accumulated stress.

* beneficios acumulados = accruing benefits.

* * *

acumulado nm
Cont (cumulative) total

Spanish-English dictionary > acumulado
52 acumular

v.

to accumulate.

le gusta acumular recuerdos de sus viajes she likes collecting souvenirs of her trips

María acumula sus cosas viejas Mary accumulates her old stuff.

María acumula tiquetes Mary accumulates=collects tickets.

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acumular

► verbo transitivo

1 to accumulate (datos) to gather; (dinero) to amass

► verbo pronominal acumularse

1 to accumulate, pile up, build up

2 (gente) to gather

* * *

verb

to accumulate, amass, gather

- acumularse

* * *

1.

VT [+ posesiones] to accumulate; [+ datos] to amass, gather

2.

See:

acumularse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <riquezas/poder> to accumulate; < experiencia> to gain
2.
acumularse v pron trabajo to pile up, mount up; intereses to accumulate; deudas to mount up

se me acumularon las deudas — my debts mounted (up)

se acumula mucho polvo aquí — a lot of dust accumulates here

* * *

= accumulate, cumulate, heap, amass, pile, build up, mount, hoard, stockpile, stash, rack up, pile up, store up, cache, tot up, tote up.

Ex. Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.

Ex. Publish changes as they are accepted, in a periodical publication, cumulating these in a new edition of all or parts of the schedules, as suitable.

Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.

Ex. Many libraries amass a considerable amount of community literature, some of which is kept on permanent display.

Ex. The first thing I did was pile them one on another and then sit on them while I looked at my other presents.

Ex. A small committee of librarians, whenever they could spare time from their existing jobs and in their own time, began to build up a card file of information on available resources in the city.

Ex. Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

Ex. What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.

Ex. This type of dairies are generally interested in stockpiling annual ryegrass as a source of high-quality winter forage.

Ex. When I went to the little boys/girls room to relieve myself I was suprised to see the amount of loo rolls stashed in the corner.

Ex. How many honorary doctorates has the Judge racked up since then?.

Ex. As the bills piled up and the little money she had dried up, friends and neighbors began to worry that she didn't have a prayer.

Ex. Large volumes of water can be stored up for irrigation by erecting an earthen or masonry dam across the lower part of the vally of a river or stream.

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

Ex. Babies cry for an average of five hours a day for the first three months and tot up 51 days in their first year, according to survey.

Ex. When you tote up the carbon emissions caused by clearing land to grow corn, fertilizing it and transporting it, corn ethanol leaves twice the carbon footprint as gasoline.

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* acumular atrasos = build up + backlogs.

* acumular demasiado estock = overstock.

* acumular experiencia = garner + experience.

* acumular polvo = gather + dust, collect + dust.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* acumular reservas = stockpile.

* acumularse = accrue.

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1.
verbo transitivo <riquezas/poder> to accumulate; < experiencia> to gain
2.
acumularse v pron trabajo to pile up, mount up; intereses to accumulate; deudas to mount up

se me acumularon las deudas — my debts mounted (up)

se acumula mucho polvo aquí — a lot of dust accumulates here

* * *

= accumulate, cumulate, heap, amass, pile, build up, mount, hoard, stockpile, stash, rack up, pile up, store up, cache, tot up, tote up.

Ex: Bureaux can be useful for proving trials, and the deferment of commitments until a suitable size of data base has been accumulated in the computer system.

Ex: Publish changes as they are accepted, in a periodical publication, cumulating these in a new edition of all or parts of the schedules, as suitable.

Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.

Ex: Many libraries amass a considerable amount of community literature, some of which is kept on permanent display.

Ex: The first thing I did was pile them one on another and then sit on them while I looked at my other presents.

Ex: A small committee of librarians, whenever they could spare time from their existing jobs and in their own time, began to build up a card file of information on available resources in the city.

Ex: Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

Ex: What one might call 'fetishistic bibliomania' is a disease -- and few serious book-readers, let alone librarians, are free from a squirrel-like proclivity to hoard books.

Ex: This type of dairies are generally interested in stockpiling annual ryegrass as a source of high-quality winter forage.

Ex: When I went to the little boys/girls room to relieve myself I was suprised to see the amount of loo rolls stashed in the corner.

Ex: How many honorary doctorates has the Judge racked up since then?.

Ex: As the bills piled up and the little money she had dried up, friends and neighbors began to worry that she didn't have a prayer.

Ex: Large volumes of water can be stored up for irrigation by erecting an earthen or masonry dam across the lower part of the vally of a river or stream.

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

Ex: Babies cry for an average of five hours a day for the first three months and tot up 51 days in their first year, according to survey.

Ex: When you tote up the carbon emissions caused by clearing land to grow corn, fertilizing it and transporting it, corn ethanol leaves twice the carbon footprint as gasoline.

* acumular atrasos = build up + backlogs.

* acumular demasiado estock = overstock.

* acumular experiencia = garner + experience.

* acumular polvo = gather + dust, collect + dust.

* acumular problemas = build up + problems.

* acumular reservas = stockpile.

* acumularse = accrue.

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acumular [A1 ]

vt

‹riquezas/poder› to accumulate, amass; ‹experiencia› to gain

■ acumularse

v pron

to accumulate

se acumula mucho polvo aquí a lot of dust accumulates o gathers here

los intereses se van acumulando the interest is accumulating o ( frml) accruing, the interest is piling up ( colloq)

el trabajo se iba acumulando work was piling o mounting up

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acumular ( conjugate acumular) verbo transitivo ‹riquezas/poder› to accumulate;
‹ experiencia› to gain
acumularse verbo pronominal [ trabajo] to pile up, mount up;
[ intereses] to accumulate;
[ deudas] to mount up;
[ polvo] to accumulate
acumular verbo transitivo to accumulate
' acumular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
perecedera
- perecedero
English:
accumulate
- amass
- build up
- collect
- gather
- hoard
- pile up
- run up
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- accrue
- build

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acumular

♦ vt

to accumulate;

le gusta acumular recuerdos de sus viajes she likes collecting souvenirs of her trips;

el tren fue acumulando retrasos en las diferentes paradas the train got further and further delayed at every stop

♦ See also the pronominal verb acumularse

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acumular

v/t accumulate

* * *

acumular vt

: to accumulate, to amass

♦ See also the reflexive verb acumularse

* * *

acumular vb to accumulate

Spanish-English dictionary > acumular
53 agencia de detectives

(n.) = detective agency

Ex. Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.

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(n.) = detective agency

Ex: Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.

Spanish-English dictionary > agencia de detectives
54 archivador

m.

1 filing cabinet, box file, file cabinet.

2 archivist.

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archivador

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (en archivo) archivist; (en oficina) filing clerk

2 archivador (mueble) filing cabinet; (carpeta) file

* * *
archivador, -a
1.

SM / F [en archivo] archivist; [en oficina] filing clerk

2.

SM (=mueble) filing cabinet; (=carpeta) file

* * *

- dora masculino, femenino

1) ( persona) filing clerk

2) archivador masculino ( mueble) filing cabinet; ( carpeta) ring binder, file

* * *

= filer, filing cabinet, vertical file, file cabinet, storage chest, file drawer, archival box, binder.

Ex. The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

Ex. Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.

Ex. The fugitive literature of acid rain: making use of nonconventional information sources in a vertical file.

Ex. She restored the Williams folder to its place in her file cabinet, and as she turned around she saw the slender figure of Arnold Carmichael standing on the threshold of her office.

Ex. Some vertical storage chests have two pairs of 'elephants' tusk' on which the maps are suspended.

Ex. Viewed from the vantage of the student, the typical instructor uses a course management system as a publicly accessible file drawer and little more, posting lecture notes and the syllabus.

Ex. That means storing the papers in archival quality polyethylene bags and then storing the bagged papers in archival boxes.

Ex. The sheaf catalogue comprises sets of slips held in small looseleaf binders.

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* almacenamiento en archivadores = cabinet storage.

* almacenamiento en archivadores giratorios = rotary storage.

* archivador abierto sobre ruedas = trolley file.

* archivador de anillas = looseleaf binder, ring binder.

* archivador de mapas = map cabinet, map chest.

* archivador giratorio = revolving drum, wine spinner rack.

* * *

- dora masculino, femenino

1) ( persona) filing clerk

2) archivador masculino ( mueble) filing cabinet; ( carpeta) ring binder, file

* * *

= filer, filing cabinet, vertical file, file cabinet, storage chest, file drawer, archival box, binder.

Ex: The computer, once instructed on the desired filing order, is eminently suitable for filing, achieving a level of consistency which was a remote dream in the days of human filers.

Ex: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.

Ex: The fugitive literature of acid rain: making use of nonconventional information sources in a vertical file.

Ex: She restored the Williams folder to its place in her file cabinet, and as she turned around she saw the slender figure of Arnold Carmichael standing on the threshold of her office.

Ex: Some vertical storage chests have two pairs of 'elephants' tusk' on which the maps are suspended.

Ex: Viewed from the vantage of the student, the typical instructor uses a course management system as a publicly accessible file drawer and little more, posting lecture notes and the syllabus.

Ex: That means storing the papers in archival quality polyethylene bags and then storing the bagged papers in archival boxes.

Ex: The sheaf catalogue comprises sets of slips held in small looseleaf binders.

* almacenamiento en archivadores = cabinet storage.

* almacenamiento en archivadores giratorios = rotary storage.

* archivador abierto sobre ruedas = trolley file.

* archivador de anillas = looseleaf binder, ring binder.

* archivador de mapas = map cabinet, map chest.

* archivador giratorio = revolving drum, wine spinner rack.

* * *

archivador - dora

masculine, feminine

A (persona) filing clerk, file clerk ( AmE)

B

archivador masculine

1 (mueble) filing cabinet

2 (carpeta) ring binder, file

* * *

archivador sustantivo masculino ( mueble) filing cabinet;
( carpeta) ring binder, file
archivador sustantivo masculino filing cabinet
' archivador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
archivo
- instalar
English:
file
- filing cabinet
- filing
- ring

* * *

archivador, -ora

♦ nm,f

archivist

♦ nm

1. [mueble] filing cabinet

2. [cuaderno] ring binder

* * *

archivador

m file cabinet, Br

filing cabinet

* * *

archivador nm

: filing cabinet

* * *

archivador n

1. (mueble) filing cabinet

2. (carpeta) file

Spanish-English dictionary > archivador
55 artesanía

f.

1 craftsmanship, artisany, craft, handicraft.

2 handicraft, craftwork.

* * *

artesanía

► nombre femenino

1 (calidad) craftsmanship

2 (arte, obra) crafts plural, handicrafts plural

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

objeto de artesanía handmade object

obra de artesanía piece of craftsmanship

* * *

noun f.

1) craftsmanship

2) crafts, handicrafts

* * *

SF (=arte) craftmanship; (=productos) crafts pl, handicrafts pl ; (=artes y oficios) arts and crafts

obra de artesanía — piece of craftsmanship

zapatos de artesanía — craft shoes, hand-made shoes

* * *

femenino

a) ( actividad)

fomentar la artesanía tradicional — to encourage traditional crafts

objetos de artesanía popular — traditional craftwork o handicrafts

b) artesanías femenino plural (AmL) ( productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero — traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías — craft market

* * *

= crafts, handicraft, craftsmanship, craft work, arts and crafts.

Ex. The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.

Ex. For example, a book on leatherwork, basketry and metalwork may best be entered under the general class of handicrafts.

Ex. This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.

Ex. This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex. Success is attributed to the children being able to join in, not merely watch, a variety of activities, including arts and crafts, an animal farm, medieval games, shows, and storytelling.

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* artesanía en madera = woodcraft.

* puesto de artesanía = craft stand.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* * *

femenino

a) ( actividad)

fomentar la artesanía tradicional — to encourage traditional crafts

objetos de artesanía popular — traditional craftwork o handicrafts

b) artesanías femenino plural (AmL) ( productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero — traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías — craft market

* * *

= crafts, handicraft, craftsmanship, craft work, arts and crafts.

Ex: The small art gallery, which often features local crafts, doubles as a room for seniors to play euchre, the local shoe repair man to teach chess, community leaders to plan special action, and so on.

Ex: For example, a book on leatherwork, basketry and metalwork may best be entered under the general class of handicrafts.

Ex: This article highlights how law libraries use computer laboratories, and how architecture and furniture craftsmanship can marry traditional style with technology.

Ex: This article explains how the epistolatory aspect of the books was exploited by the librarian in encouraging interest in the stories and how the children's craft work was brought into the matter (making rag dolls of the characters).

Ex: Success is attributed to the children being able to join in, not merely watch, a variety of activities, including arts and crafts, an animal farm, medieval games, shows, and storytelling.

* artesanía en madera = woodcraft.

* puesto de artesanía = craft stand.

* tienda de artesanía = craft shop.

* * *

artesanía

feminine

1

(actividad): medidas para fomentar la artesanía tradicional measures to encourage traditional craftsmanship

una tienda de objetos de artesanía popular a shop that sells traditional craftwork o handicrafts

2 (objetos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

3 (habilidad) craftsmanship

4 artesanías fpl ( AmL) (productos artesanos) handicrafts (pl), craftwork

artesanías en barro/cuero traditional earthenware/leather goods

mercado de artesanías craft market

* * *

artesanía sustantivo femenino
a) ( actividad) handicraft;

◊ una artesanía a piece of craftwork;

objetos de artesanía craftwork, handicrafts
b)

◊ artesanías sustantivo femenino plural (AmL) ( productos) crafts (pl), craftwork;

mercado de artesanías craft market
artesanía sustantivo femenino
1 (oficio, actividad) craftwork
2 (objetos hechos a mano) crafts pl, handicrafts pl
' artesanía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
criollo
- obra
English:
craft
- craftsmanship
- delicate
- handicraft
- handiwork
- art
- wood

* * *

artesanía nf

1. [arte] craftsmanship;

un taller de artesanía a crafts workshop;

objetos de artesanía crafts, handicrafts

2. [productos] crafts, handicrafts;

feria de artesanía craft fair

* * *

artesanía

f (handi)crafts pl

* * *

artesanía nf

1) : craftsmanship

2) : handicrafts pl

* * *

artesanía n

1. (calidad) craftsmanship

2. (obra) handicrafts

tienda de artesanía craft shop

Spanish-English dictionary > artesanía
56 asaltar

v.

1 to attack.

2 to rob.

Ricardo asaltó a Pedro Richard held up Peter.

3 to seize.

iba a ir pero al final le asaltaron las dudas he was going to go, but he was seized by doubts at the last minute

le asaltó el pánico he was overcome by panic

4 to be assaulted by.

Te asaltó el bandido You were assaulted by the bandit.

5 to assault, to assail, to invade, to attack.

Ricardo asalta bancos Richard assaults banks.

* * *

asaltar

► verbo transitivo

1 to assault, attack (para robar) to raid, rob

2 (abordar) to approach, come up to

3 figurado (surgir) to assail

■ me asaltó la duda de si había dicho la verdad doubts sprang to my mind as to whether he had told the truth or not

* * *

verb

1) to assault

2) mug, rob

3) storm

* * *

VT

1) [+ persona] to attack, assault; (Mil) to storm; [+ banco, tienda etc] to break into, raid; [en disturbios etc] to loot, sack

lo asaltaron cuatro bandidos — he was held up by four bandits

anoche fue asaltada la joyería — the jeweller's was raided last night, last night there was a break-in at the jeweller's

2) [dudas] to assail; [idea] to cross one's mind

le asaltó una idea — he was struck by an idea, an idea crossed his mind

3) [desastre, muerte] to fall upon, surprise, overtake

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( robar) <banco/tienda> to rob, hold up; < persona> to rob, mug

b) ( tomar por asalto) <ciudad/embajada> to storm

c) ( atacar) to attack, assault

d) ( acosar) to accost, assail (frml)

lo asaltaron a preguntas — they bombarded him with questions

e) idea to strike

me asaltó una duda — I was struck o seized by a sudden doubt

* * *

= raid, storm, break into, break in, mug, assail, hold up.

Ex. The article ' Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.

Ex. On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.

Ex. A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.

Ex. The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.

Ex. In that time, she relates, she had been mugged at gunpoint, punched in the face, and harassed.

Ex. It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.

Ex. The film starts with two small-time thieves who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant.

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* asaltar una diligencia = rob + a stagecoach.

* dudas + asaltar = doubts + assail.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) ( robar) <banco/tienda> to rob, hold up; < persona> to rob, mug

b) ( tomar por asalto) <ciudad/embajada> to storm

c) ( atacar) to attack, assault

d) ( acosar) to accost, assail (frml)

lo asaltaron a preguntas — they bombarded him with questions

e) idea to strike

me asaltó una duda — I was struck o seized by a sudden doubt

* * *

= raid, storm, break into, break in, mug, assail, hold up.

Ex: The article ' Raiding the World Bank' explains how the World Bank operates, shareholding, the initiation of loan proposals, and lending to education projects.

Ex: On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.

Ex: A honeypot is a decoy computer system designed to look like a legitimate system an intruder will want to break into while, unbeknownst to the intruder, they are being covertly observed.

Ex: The hacker broke in on the university dial-in lines through the library system.

Ex: In that time, she relates, she had been mugged at gunpoint, punched in the face, and harassed.

Ex: It's ridiculous to assail people who are making a code for abandoning all the principles which have been going strong for 100 years.

Ex: The film starts with two small-time thieves who spontaneously decide to hold up a restaurant.

* asaltar una diligencia = rob + a stagecoach.

* dudas + asaltar = doubts + assail.

* * *

asaltar [A1 ]

vt

1 (robar) ‹banco/tienda› to rob, hold up; ‹persona› to rob, mug

2 ‹fortaleza/ciudad/embajada› to storm, attack

3 (acosar) to accost, assail ( frml)

lo asaltaron a preguntas they bombarded him with questions, they fired a barrage of questions at him

4 «idea» to strike

en el último momento me asaltó una duda/un temor at the last moment I was struck o seized by a sudden doubt/fear

le asaltaban dudas acerca de su futuro he was plagued with o by doubts about his future

* * *

asaltar ( conjugate asaltar) verbo transitivo
a) ( atracar) ‹banco/tienda› to hold up, rob;

‹ persona› to rob, mug
b) ( tomar por asalto) ‹ciudad/embajada› to storm

c) ( atacar) to attack, assault

d) [ idea] to strike;

◊ me asaltó una duda I was struck o seized by a sudden doubt

asaltar verbo transitivo to assault, attack
(atracar un banco, una tienda) to rob
fig (un pensamiento) to assail
' asaltar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acometer
- atracar
English:
assault
- attack
- hold up
- mug
- raid
- rush
- engulf
- hold
- jump
- ram
- rob

* * *

asaltar vt

1. [atacar] to attack;
[castillo, ciudad] to storm;
la policía asaltó el avión the police stormed the plane

2. [robar] to rob;

lo asaltaron con una navaja he was robbed o mugged at knifepoint

3. [sujeto: dudas, pánico] to seize;

iba a ir pero al final le asaltaron las dudas he was going to go, but he was seized by doubts at the last minute;

me asalta una duda, ¿me llegará el dinero? I have one doubt, will I have enough money?;

le asaltó el pánico he was overcome by o seized with panic

4. [importunar]
los periodistas asaltaron al actor a preguntas the journalists bombarded the actor with questions;

los pabellones se vieron asaltados por visitantes the wards were overrun with visitors

* * *

asaltar

v/t

1 persona attack; banco rob

2 fig

:

le asaltó una duda he was suddenly struck by doubt

* * *

asaltar vt

1) : to assault

2) : to mug, to rob

3)

asaltar al poder : to seize power

* * *

asaltar vb

1. (banco) to rob [pt. & pp. robbed] / to raid

asaltaron el banco de al lado they robbed the bank next door

2. (persona) to mug [pt. & pp. mugged]

nos asaltaron al salir del metro we were mugged as we came out of the underground

Spanish-English dictionary > asaltar
57 ayuda

f.

1 help, assistance (asistencia).

acudir en ayuda de alguien to come/go to somebody's assistance

nos fuiste de gran ayuda you were a great help to us

no me sirvió de mucha ayuda it wasn't much help to me

prestar ayuda to help, to assist

ayuda en carretera breakdown service

2 aid.

ayuda al desarrollo development aid

ayuda humanitaria humanitarian aid

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: ayudar.

* * *

ayuda

► nombre femenino

1 help, aid, assistance

2 (lavativa) enema

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

ir en ayuda de alguien to come to somebody's assistance

prestar ayuda to help (a, -)

ayuda de cámara valet

* * *

noun f.

help, assistance, aid

* * *

1. SF

1) (=asistencia) help, assistance más frm

ayuda a domicilio — home help, home helper (EEUU)

ayudas a la navegación — aids to navigation, navigational aids

ayuda compensatoria — ≈ income support, welfare (EEUU)

ayuda económica — economic aid

ayuda humanitaria — humanitarian aid

ayuda visual — visual aid

ayudas audiovisuales — audiovisual aids

ayudas familiares — family allowances

2) (Med) (=enema) enema; LAm (=laxante) laxative

2.

SM (=paje) page

ayuda de cámara — valet

* * *

femenino

1) ( asistencia) help

nadie fue or acudió en su ayuda — nobody went to his aid

pedir ayuda — to ask for help

ayudas para la inversión — incentives for investment

organizaciones de ayuda internacional — international aid agencies

ha sido de gran ayuda — it has been a great help

poca ayuda no es estorbo — every little helps

- ayuda de cámara

2) (fam & euf) ( enema) enema

* * *

= aid, assistance, guidance, help, helpfulness, support, relief, enhancer, helper, facilitator, bursary, good offices, jump-start [jumpstart], helping hand, succour [succor, -USA].

Ex. Indexing may be conducted entirely without the aid of a computer, or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex. Most information about terms and their relationships that could be of assistance to the user of the index will be transferred from the list to the index or catalogue.

Ex. The command function 'HELP' is used to obtain guidance online when in difficulty.

Ex. The entry is first located with the help of searching.

Ex. Sometimes, in the interest of comprehension or helpfulness, modifications to the standard pattern are desirable.

Ex. BSO was prepared by the International Federation for Documentation with the support of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and was published in 1978/79.

Ex. The report concluded that the problems of rural populations 'do not differ greatly from those of the urban population though the difficulties in obtaining help and relief can be exacerbated by isolation'.

Ex. The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.

Ex. Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.

Ex. Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.

Ex. This article describes a 12 week study tour of the UK undertaken with the help of a bursary from the EU by a lecturer in library studies from Papua New Guinea.

Ex. This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.

Ex. No hospital creates a healthier community all by itself but it can give its neighbors a jump-start.

Ex. Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.

Ex. The Government has vowed to provide 'all possible succour' to the people affected by the cyclone that has left a trail of death and devastation.

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* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda al desarrollo = development aid.

* ayuda alimentaria = food aid.

* ayuda con la declaración de hacienda = income tax assistance.

* ayuda de asistencia = attendance grant.

* ayuda de asistencia a congreso = conference attendance grant.

* ayuda de cámara = valet.

* ayuda de emergencia = emergency relief.

* ayuda del gobierno = state aid, state support.

* ayuda doméstica = domestic help.

* ayuda económica = grant, financial support, fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, cash grant.

* ayuda educativa = educational aid.

* ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda en pantalla = aid page.

* ayuda estatal = state aid, state support.

* ayuda familiar = family income supplement, family worker.

* ayuda financiera = financial assistance, fund assistance.

* ayuda humanitaria = humanitarian aid, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance.

* Ayuda Internacional de Libros (BAI) = Book Aid International (BAI).

* ayuda legal = legal assistance.

* ayuda memoria = aide-mémoire.

* ayuda mutua = mutual help, mutual aid.

* ayuda para dormir = sleeping aid.

* ayuda para el desplazamiento = travel grant.

* ayuda para la memoria = memory aid.

* ayuda para recordar = memory aid.

* ayudas = monies [money, -sing.].

* ayuda sensible al contexto = context-sensitive help.

* ayuda social = welfare benefits.

* ayudas para la escritura = writing tools.

* ayuda visual = visual aid.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.

* con la ayuda de = under the guidance of.

* con + Posesivo + ayuda = under + Posesivo + guidance.

* conseguir ayuda = secure + help.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.

* herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.

* herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.

* herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.

* instrumento de ayuda a la enseñanza = teaching aid.

* material de ayuda = help pack.

* mostrador de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk].

* ofrecer ayuda = offer + guidance, offer + assistance, provide + support.

* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.

* pantalla de ayuda = help screen.

* pedir ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* pedir ayuda a = enlist + the cooperation of.

* política de ayuda = assistance policy.

* prestar ayuda = provide + assistance, render + assistance, offer + guidance, offer + assistance, lend + a (helping) hand.

* proyecto de ayuda = aid project.

* proyecto de ayuda humanitaria = relief project.

* recabar ayuda = solicit + help, solicit + support.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser una gran ayuda = be a tower of strength.

* servicio de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help facility.

* servir de ayuda = be of assistance.

* sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.

* sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handedly.

* sistema de ayuda = help system.

* sistema de ayuda a la gestión = management support system (MSS).

* solicitar ayuda = summon + help, seek + assistance, seek + help.

* tecla de ayuda = help key.

* teléfono de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help line, telephone help line.

* * *

femenino

1) ( asistencia) help

nadie fue or acudió en su ayuda — nobody went to his aid

pedir ayuda — to ask for help

ayudas para la inversión — incentives for investment

organizaciones de ayuda internacional — international aid agencies

ha sido de gran ayuda — it has been a great help

poca ayuda no es estorbo — every little helps

- ayuda de cámara

2) (fam & euf) ( enema) enema

* * *

= aid, assistance, guidance, help, helpfulness, support, relief, enhancer, helper, facilitator, bursary, good offices, jump-start [jumpstart], helping hand, succour [succor, -USA].

Ex: Indexing may be conducted entirely without the aid of a computer, or may rely to varying extents upon the facilities for the manipulation and ordering of data offered by the computer.

Ex: Most information about terms and their relationships that could be of assistance to the user of the index will be transferred from the list to the index or catalogue.

Ex: The command function 'HELP' is used to obtain guidance online when in difficulty.

Ex: The entry is first located with the help of searching.

Ex: Sometimes, in the interest of comprehension or helpfulness, modifications to the standard pattern are desirable.

Ex: BSO was prepared by the International Federation for Documentation with the support of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), and was published in 1978/79.

Ex: The report concluded that the problems of rural populations 'do not differ greatly from those of the urban population though the difficulties in obtaining help and relief can be exacerbated by isolation'.

Ex: The low regard that many publishers have shown for indexers as enhancers of book sales and profitability may well have been justified in the past.

Ex: Once again careful planning pays dividends, and plenty of time and helpers are needed.

Ex: Information technology may have acted as a catalyst or facilitator for some of the changes which have occurred.

Ex: This article describes a 12 week study tour of the UK undertaken with the help of a bursary from the EU by a lecturer in library studies from Papua New Guinea.

Ex: This enables the library to use the MPEs' good offices and contacts to influence the national government on projects which are important for the area.

Ex: No hospital creates a healthier community all by itself but it can give its neighbors a jump-start.

Ex: Fish hawks needed a helping hand and their comeback is one of the great wildlife success stories of our time.

Ex: The Government has vowed to provide 'all possible succour' to the people affected by the cyclone that has left a trail of death and devastation.

* ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda al desarrollo = development aid.

* ayuda alimentaria = food aid.

* ayuda con la declaración de hacienda = income tax assistance.

* ayuda de asistencia = attendance grant.

* ayuda de asistencia a congreso = conference attendance grant.

* ayuda de cámara = valet.

* ayuda de emergencia = emergency relief.

* ayuda del gobierno = state aid, state support.

* ayuda doméstica = domestic help.

* ayuda económica = grant, financial support, fund assistance, financial assistance, grant money, cash grant.

* ayuda educativa = educational aid.

* ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief.

* ayuda en pantalla = aid page.

* ayuda estatal = state aid, state support.

* ayuda familiar = family income supplement, family worker.

* ayuda financiera = financial assistance, fund assistance.

* ayuda humanitaria = humanitarian aid, disaster relief, humanitarian assistance.

* Ayuda Internacional de Libros (BAI) = Book Aid International (BAI).

* ayuda legal = legal assistance.

* ayuda memoria = aide-mémoire.

* ayuda mutua = mutual help, mutual aid.

* ayuda para dormir = sleeping aid.

* ayuda para el desplazamiento = travel grant.

* ayuda para la memoria = memory aid.

* ayuda para recordar = memory aid.

* ayudas = monies [money, -sing.].

* ayuda sensible al contexto = context-sensitive help.

* ayuda social = welfare benefits.

* ayudas para la escritura = writing tools.

* ayuda visual = visual aid.

* buscar ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* centro de ayuda al empleo = job-help centre.

* con la ayuda de = under the guidance of.

* con + Posesivo + ayuda = under + Posesivo + guidance.

* conseguir ayuda = secure + help.

* dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.

* hacerlo sin la ayuda de nadie = do + it + on + Posesivo + own.

* herramienta de ayuda a la escritura = writing aid.

* herramienta de ayuda a la lectura = reading aid.

* herramientas de ayuda = helper utility.

* herramientas de ayuda para la búsqueda = searching aid.

* instrumento de ayuda a la enseñanza = teaching aid.

* material de ayuda = help pack.

* mostrador de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk].

* ofrecer ayuda = offer + guidance, offer + assistance, provide + support.

* ojo humano sin ayuda de lente, el = unaided eye, the.

* pantalla de ayuda = help screen.

* pedir ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* pedir ayuda a = enlist + the cooperation of.

* política de ayuda = assistance policy.

* prestar ayuda = provide + assistance, render + assistance, offer + guidance, offer + assistance, lend + a (helping) hand.

* proyecto de ayuda = aid project.

* proyecto de ayuda humanitaria = relief project.

* recabar ayuda = solicit + help, solicit + support.

* ser de ayuda = be of assistance.

* ser de gran ayuda para = be a boon to.

* ser una gran ayuda = be a tower of strength.

* servicio de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help facility.

* servir de ayuda = be of assistance.

* sin ayuda = unaided, unassisted.

* sin ayuda de nadie = all by + Reflexivo, by + Reflexivo.

* sin la ayuda de nadie = single-handedly.

* sistema de ayuda = help system.

* sistema de ayuda a la gestión = management support system (MSS).

* solicitar ayuda = summon + help, seek + assistance, seek + help.

* tecla de ayuda = help key.

* teléfono de ayuda = help desk [helpdesk], help line, telephone help line.

* * *

ayuda

feminine

A (asistencia, auxilio) help

le prestaron toda la ayuda necesaria they gave him all the help he needed

nadie fue or acudió en su ayuda nobody went to help him o went to his aid

no quiso pedir ayuda she didn't want to ask for help

ayudas para los proyectos de inversión incentives for investment projects

ofrecieron ayuda económica a los damnificados they offered financial help o aid o assistance to the victims

organizaciones de ayuda internacional international aid agencies

no tiene ninguna ayuda en casa she has no help at home

ha sido de gran ayuda it has been a great help

poca ayuda no es estorbo every little helps

con ayuda de un vecino mató mi padre un cochino well, with a little help from my/your/his friends …

Compuestos:

● ayuda a domicilio

( Esp) home-help service

● ayuda audiovisual/visual

audiovisual/visual aid

● ayuda de cámara

masculine valet

● ayuda humanitaria

humanitarian aid

● ayuda memoria

masculine aide-mémoire

● ayuda regional

regional aid

● ayudas familiares

fpl (en Esp) family benefit

B ( fam euf) (enema) enema

* * *

Del verbo ayudar: ( conjugate ayudar)

ayuda es:

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

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
ayuda
ayudar
ayuda sustantivo femenino ( asistencia) help;
◊ nadie acudió en su ayuda nobody went to his aid;

ayudas para la inversión incentives for investment;
ha sido de gran ayuda it has been a great help
ayudar ( conjugate ayudar) verbo transitivo
to help;
ayuda al prójimo to help one's neighbor;
¿te ayudo? do you need any help?;
vino a ayudame she came to help me out;
ayúdame a poner la mesa help me (to) set the table
verbo intransitivo
to help;
¿puedo ayuda en algo? can I do anything to help?
ayuda sustantivo femenino help, assistance, aid: un joven vino en ayuda de los accidentados, a young man came to the aid of the injured people
ayudar verbo transitivo to help: ¿puedes ayudarme a mover la mesa?, can you help me to move the table? ➣ Ver nota en help

' ayuda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogada
- abogado
- acudir
- asistencia
- balón
- beneficio
- blandengue
- colaboración
- confiar
- demanda
- espaldarazo
- estimar
- facilidad
- fortalecimiento
- goteo
- gratificación
- nos
- nunca
- ofrecer
- paliar
- prestación
- prioritaria
- prioritario
- recabar
- retirar
- sola
- solo
- urgir
- utilidad
- vital
- agradecer
- apreciar
- auxilio
- beca
- becar
- contar
- desechar
- desinteresado
- despreciar
- dispensar
- disponer
- espontáneo
- evaporarse
- favor
- gracia
- gritar
- implorar
- inapreciable
- inestimable
- material
English:
aid
- appreciate
- appreciative
- ask for
- assistance
- backing
- bat
- bird
- bootstrap
- by
- canvass
- contribute
- contribution
- deny
- do without
- dramatically
- foreign aid
- forthcoming
- give
- grateful
- greatly
- help
- hesitate
- immediate
- instrumental
- major
- navigate
- own
- quarter
- relief
- seek
- service
- single-handed
- summon
- support
- supportive
- unaided
- valet
- virtually
- volunteer
- without
- afield
- any
- boon
- deserving
- hand
- position
- public
- shape
- single

* * *

ayuda

♦ nf

1. [asistencia] help, assistance;

acudir en ayuda de alguien to come/go to sb's assistance;

nos fuiste de gran ayuda you were a great help to us;

no me sirvió de mucha ayuda it wasn't much help to me;

prestar ayuda to help, to assist

Comp
ayuda en carretera Br breakdown service, US emergency road service; Informát ayuda en línea on-line help; Informát ayuda en pantalla onscreen help
2. [económica, alimenticia] aid;

un paquete de ayudas a la pequeña empresa a package of measures to help small businesses

Comp
ayuda al desarrollo development aid;
ayuda exterior foreign aid;

ayuda extranjera foreign aid;

ayuda humanitaria humanitarian aid;

un convoy de ayuda humanitaria a relief convoy

3. [limosna]
una ayuda, por favor could you spare me some change, please?

4. [enema] enema

♦ nm
Hist ayuda de cámara royal valet
* * *

ayuda

I f help, assistance;

ayuda financiera financial help o aid o

assistance;

con la ayuda de with the help of;

prestar ayuda help;

pedir ayuda a alguien ask s.o. for help;

venir en ayuda de come to the aid o help of

II m aide

* * *

ayuda nf

1) : help, assistance

2)

ayuda de cámara : valet

* * *

ayuda n

1. (en general) help

no le gusta pedir ayuda he doesn't like asking for help

2. (cosa material) aid

ayuda humanitaria humanitarian aid

Spanish-English dictionary > ayuda
58 azada

f.

hoe.

* * *

azada

► nombre femenino

1 hoe

* * *

SF hoe

* * *

femenino hoe

* * *

= hoe, mattock.

Ex. There are 'tool' libraries, which distribute hoes and rakes and things like that, and there are library 'reading hours', and chess clubs, and music and art collections, and of course there is plenty of computer and Internet activity in libraries now.

Ex. Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.

* * *

femenino hoe

* * *

= hoe, mattock.

Ex: There are 'tool' libraries, which distribute hoes and rakes and things like that, and there are library 'reading hours', and chess clubs, and music and art collections, and of course there is plenty of computer and Internet activity in libraries now.

Ex: Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.

* * *

azada

feminine

hoe

* * *

azada sustantivo femenino
hoe
azada sustantivo femenino hoe
' azada' also found in these entries:
English:
hoe

* * *

azada nf

hoe

* * *

azada

f hoe

* * *

azada nf

: hoe

* * *

azada n hoe

Spanish-English dictionary > azada
59 azadón

m.

large hoe, hoe, pickax, grub hoe.

* * *

azadón

► nombre masculino

1 mattock

* * *

SM large hoe, mattock, pickax (EEUU)

* * *

masculino mattock

* * *

= hoe, mattock.

Ex. There are 'tool' libraries, which distribute hoes and rakes and things like that, and there are library 'reading hours', and chess clubs, and music and art collections, and of course there is plenty of computer and Internet activity in libraries now.

Ex. Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.

* * *

masculino mattock

* * *

= hoe, mattock.

Ex: There are 'tool' libraries, which distribute hoes and rakes and things like that, and there are library 'reading hours', and chess clubs, and music and art collections, and of course there is plenty of computer and Internet activity in libraries now.

Ex: Tree stumps of a small diameter can be removed relatively easily with a spade and/or preferably a mattock.

* * *

azadón

masculine

mattock

* * *

azadón sustantivo masculino
mattock
' azadón' also found in these entries:
English:
hoe

* * *

azadón nm

(large) hoe

* * *

azadón

m mattock

Spanish-English dictionary > azadón
60 búsqueda en línea

(n.) = online searching, online search

Ex. Batch mode can be used to conduct retrospective searches but has generally been superseded by online searching in this application.

Ex. The amount of data usually transferred to the host computer during an online search is relatively small.

* * *

(n.) = online searching, online search

Ex: Batch mode can be used to conduct retrospective searches but has generally been superseded by online searching in this application.

Ex: The amount of data usually transferred to the host computer during an online search is relatively small.

Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda en línea

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