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  • 1 movilidad social

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > movilidad social

  • 2 ascenso social

    (n.) = upward mobility, upward social mobility
    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex. Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.
    * * *
    (n.) = upward mobility, upward social mobility

    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.

    Ex: Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ascenso social

  • 3 mejora de la situación social

    Ex. Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.
    * * *

    Ex: Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejora de la situación social

  • 4 movilidad ascendente/social

    upward/social mobility
    * * *
    upward/social mobility

    Spanish-English dictionary > movilidad ascendente/social

  • 5 mobilidad social

    ( Sociol) social mobility

    Spanish-English dictionary > mobilidad social

  • 6 movilidad social

    f.
    social mobility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > movilidad social

  • 7 mejora de situación social

    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    * * *

    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejora de situación social

  • 8 movilidad

    f.
    mobility.
    * * *
    1 mobility
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino mobility
    * * *
    = mobility, movement.
    Ex. Today, because of increasing mobility, people learn about other cultures not just from reading books, going to museums, and visiting abroad, but also by getting to know people from these cultures living in their midst.
    Ex. She is a dynamic dancer and expresses her movements with ultimate power.
    ----
    * beca de movilidad = travel grant, mobility grant.
    * movilidad geográfica = geographical mobility, geographical relocation.
    * movilidad laboral = job mobility.
    * tener movilidad = be mobile.
    * * *
    femenino mobility
    * * *
    = mobility, movement.

    Ex: Today, because of increasing mobility, people learn about other cultures not just from reading books, going to museums, and visiting abroad, but also by getting to know people from these cultures living in their midst.

    Ex: She is a dynamic dancer and expresses her movements with ultimate power.
    * beca de movilidad = travel grant, mobility grant.
    * movilidad geográfica = geographical mobility, geographical relocation.
    * movilidad laboral = job mobility.
    * tener movilidad = be mobile.

    * * *
    mobility
    de escasa movilidad with limited mobility
    Compuestos:
    upward mobility
    social mobility
    * * *

    movilidad sustantivo femenino
    mobility
    movilidad sustantivo femenino mobility
    ' movilidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    mobility
    - movement
    - mobile
    - upwardly mobile
    * * *
    1. [movimiento] mobility;
    tener coche me da mucha movilidad owning a car makes me very mobile;
    movilidad social social mobility
    2. Bol [transporte] bus
    * * *
    f mobility
    * * *
    : mobility

    Spanish-English dictionary > movilidad

  • 9 ascenso

    m.
    1 promotion.
    2 ascent (a montaña).
    3 rise.
    4 climbing, ascension, escalation, mounting.
    * * *
    1 (subida) climb, ascent
    2 (aumento) rise (de, in)
    3 (promoción) promotion
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) ascent, rise
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=subida) [a montaña] ascent; [al poder] rise
    2) (=aumento) [de temperatura, precio, popularidad] rise; [de beneficios, impuestos] increase

    habrá un ascenso general de las temperaturas — temperatures will go up o rise everywhere, there will be a rise in temperatures everywhere

    temperaturas en ascenso — rising temperatures, temperatures on the rise

    la Bolsa experimentó un ascenso de 4,5 puntos — shares on the Stock Exchange rose by 4.5 points

    3) (=mejora) rise

    preocupa el ascenso electoral de los neofascistas — the increased popularity o the rise in popularity of the neo-fascists is giving cause for concern

    4) [de empleado, militar, equipo] promotion (a to)
    * * *
    a) (subida - de temperatura, precios) rise; (- a montaña) ascent
    b) (de empleado, equipo) promotion; (Mil) promotion
    * * *
    = ascendancy, elevation, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, climb up, upward spiral, professional advancement, ascent.
    Ex. During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
    Ex. Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.
    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex. Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex. This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex. Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex. Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex. Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    ----
    * ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * ascenso laboral = job promotion.
    * ascenso social = upward mobility, upward social mobility.
    * ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.
    * * *
    a) (subida - de temperatura, precios) rise; (- a montaña) ascent
    b) (de empleado, equipo) promotion; (Mil) promotion
    * * *
    = ascendancy, elevation, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, climb up, upward spiral, professional advancement, ascent.

    Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.

    Ex: Other authors may change their names, for instance, by marriage or elevation to the nobility.
    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex: Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex: This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex: Women's climb up the career ladder has been fostered through programmes which aim to instil gender awareness in existing male members of staff.
    Ex: Most worrying for all retailers is the continuing upward spiral in overheads and specifically in rents and rates.
    Ex: Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex: Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent.
    * ascenso en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * ascenso laboral = job promotion.
    * ascenso social = upward mobility, upward social mobility.
    * ascenso vertiginoso = spiralling [spiraling, -USA].
    * describir el ascenso a la fama de = chart + the rise of.

    * * *
    1 (subida — de temperatura, precios) rise; (— de una montaña) ascent
    se producirá un ascenso de las temperaturas temperatures will rise, there will be a rise in temperatures
    una industria en ascenso a growing industry, an industry on the rise ( AmE) o ( BrE) on the up and up
    2 (de un empleado) promotion; ( Mil) promotion
    el equipo logró el ascenso a primera división the team was promoted to o achieved promotion to o went up to the first division
    * * *

    ascenso sustantivo masculino
    a) (de temperatura, precios) rise



    c) (de empleado, equipo, oficial) promotion

    ascenso sustantivo masculino
    1 promotion
    2 (subida a un monte) ascent
    (de precios) rise
    ' ascenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alcance
    - camiseta
    - efectiva
    - efectivo
    - estar
    - expectativa
    - felicidad
    - representar
    - revolver
    - promoción
    English:
    advancement
    - bungle
    - climb
    - deserve
    - glad
    - promotion
    - rise
    - upward
    - ascent
    - come
    - there
    * * *
    1. [a montaña] ascent
    2. [de precios, temperaturas] rise;
    se espera un ascenso de las temperaturas temperatures are expected to rise;
    el uso de Internet continúa en ascenso Internet use continues to rise o is still on the rise
    3. [de político, rey]
    tras su ascenso al poder after she came to power
    4. [en empleo, deportes] promotion;
    consiguieron el ascenso del equipo a primera división the team achieved promotion to the first division
    * * *
    m
    1 de temperatura, precios rise (de in)
    2 de montaña ascent
    3 DEP, en trabajo promotion
    * * *
    1) : ascent, rise
    2) : promotion
    * * *
    1. (de empleado, equipo) promotion
    2. (de temperatura, precio) rise
    3. (de montaña) ascent

    Spanish-English dictionary > ascenso

  • 10 mejora

    f.
    1 improvement (progreso).
    2 increase (aumento).
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: mejorar.
    * * *
    1 (progreso) improvement
    1 (obras) alterations, improvements
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=progreso) improvement
    2) (=aumento) increase
    3) pl mejoras (=obras) improvements, alterations
    4) [en subasta] higher bid
    5) Méx (Agr) weeding
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( perfeccionamiento) improvement
    b) mejoras femenino plural ( obras) improvements (pl)
    * * *
    = boost, enhancement, improvement, amelioration, betterment, upturn, optimising [optimizing, -USA], upgrade, brightening, scale-up, pickup [pick-up].
    Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
    Ex. Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.
    Ex. The 1949 code does boast some improvements on the 1908 code.
    Ex. Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex. The new danger is that new technologies will be used for the betterment of only a small part of the world's population.
    Ex. The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex. One of the critical responsibilities of management level personnel within any organisation is measuring and optimising the performance of activities within their sphere of influence.
    Ex. The review led to an upgrade of one third of support staff positions and has led to a flatter hierarchical structure in the library.
    Ex. Further evidence for the historian includes the relative eminence of authors in terms of citedness, the brightening or dimming of reputations.
    Ex. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the scale-up of bread dough mixers.
    Ex. All this will definitely have a rub-off effect on the aluminium industry which will benefit because of the pick-up in the global economy.
    ----
    * acción de mejora = improvement action.
    * con mejoras = stepped-up.
    * dar mejora (en) = give + improvement (in).
    * hacer mejoras = make + improvements.
    * introducir mejoras = make + improvements.
    * mejora de las condiciones laborales = horizontal ladder.
    * mejora de la situación social = upward social mobility.
    * mejora de situación social = upward mobility.
    * mejora social = social improvement.
    * plan de mejora = improvement plan.
    * que mejora el estatus social = status-enhancing.
    * ser una mejora con respecto a = be an improvement on.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( perfeccionamiento) improvement
    b) mejoras femenino plural ( obras) improvements (pl)
    * * *
    = boost, enhancement, improvement, amelioration, betterment, upturn, optimising [optimizing, -USA], upgrade, brightening, scale-up, pickup [pick-up].

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

    Ex: Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.
    Ex: The 1949 code does boast some improvements on the 1908 code.
    Ex: Now this may sound somewhat Draconian as an approach to the problem, but I really do believe, and I have studied this and thought about it very carefully for many years, that this is the only answer, that anything else is just an amelioration of the problem and is building up problems for the future.
    Ex: The new danger is that new technologies will be used for the betterment of only a small part of the world's population.
    Ex: The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.
    Ex: One of the critical responsibilities of management level personnel within any organisation is measuring and optimising the performance of activities within their sphere of influence.
    Ex: The review led to an upgrade of one third of support staff positions and has led to a flatter hierarchical structure in the library.
    Ex: Further evidence for the historian includes the relative eminence of authors in terms of citedness, the brightening or dimming of reputations.
    Ex: This paper presents the results of an investigation into the scale-up of bread dough mixers.
    Ex: All this will definitely have a rub-off effect on the aluminium industry which will benefit because of the pick-up in the global economy.
    * acción de mejora = improvement action.
    * con mejoras = stepped-up.
    * dar mejora (en) = give + improvement (in).
    * hacer mejoras = make + improvements.
    * introducir mejoras = make + improvements.
    * mejora de las condiciones laborales = horizontal ladder.
    * mejora de la situación social = upward social mobility.
    * mejora de situación social = upward mobility.
    * mejora social = social improvement.
    * plan de mejora = improvement plan.
    * que mejora el estatus social = status-enhancing.
    * ser una mejora con respecto a = be an improvement on.

    * * *
    1 (perfeccionamiento) improvement
    la empresa prometió mejoras en las condiciones de trabajo the company promised (to make) improvements in working conditions o promised to improve working conditions
    2 mejoras fpl (obras) improvements (pl)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo mejorar: ( conjugate mejorar)

    mejora es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    mejora    
    mejorar
    mejora sustantivo femenino
    improvement
    mejorar ( conjugate mejorar) verbo transitivo ‹condiciones/situación/oferta› to improve;
    ‹ marca› to improve on, beat;

    verbo intransitivo [tiempo/calidad/situación] to improve, get better;

    [ persona] (Med) to get better;

    mejorarse verbo pronominal [ enfermo] to get better;
    que te mejores get well soon, I hope you get better soon
    mejora sustantivo femenino improvement
    mejorar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 to improve: han mejorado la educación, education has been improved
    2 Dep (un tiempo, una marca) to break
    II verbo intransitivo to improve, get better: espero que el tiempo mejore, I hope the weather gets better
    su salud no mejora, his health is not improving

    ' mejora' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adelanto
    - escritura
    - experimentar
    - mejorar
    - susceptible
    - notorio
    - significar
    English:
    decided
    - improvement
    - slight
    - upturn
    - refinement
    - up
    * * *
    mejora nf
    1. [progreso] improvement;
    se nota una clara mejora you can see a clear improvement;
    un factor que contribuye a la mejora de la calidad de vida a factor which contributes to a better quality of life
    2. [cambio] improvement;
    este trabajo necesita varias mejoras several things about this piece of work need improving
    * * *
    f improvement
    * * *
    mejora nf
    : improvement
    * * *
    mejora n improvement

    Spanish-English dictionary > mejora

  • 11 malayo

    adj.
    Malaysian, Malayan, Malay.
    m.
    Malaysian, native or inhabitant of Malaysia.
    * * *
    1 Malay
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) Malay
    1 (idioma) Malay
    ————————
    1 (idioma) Malay
    * * *
    (f. - malaya)
    noun adj.
    * * *
    malayo, -a
    1.
    ADJ Malay, Malayan
    2.
    SM / F Malay
    3.
    SM (Ling) Malay
    * * *
    I
    - ya adjetivo/masculino, femenino Malay
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Malay
    * * *
    = Malay, Malayan, Malaysian.
    Ex. There is a need for better rules on Malay and Chinese names.
    Ex. This is a memorandum prepared by the Malayan Library Group.
    Ex. Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.
    ----
    * * *
    I
    - ya adjetivo/masculino, femenino Malay
    II
    masculino ( idioma) Malay
    * * *
    = Malay, Malayan, Malaysian.

    Ex: There is a need for better rules on Malay and Chinese names.

    Ex: This is a memorandum prepared by the Malayan Library Group.
    Ex: Indians are now totally integrated into Malaysian society and have achieved upward social mobility as a result of government reforms in 1960s.
    * MALMARC (MARC malayo) = MALMARC (Malaysian Machine Readable Cataloguing).

    * * *
    malayo1 -ya
    Malay
    malayo2 -ya
    masculine, feminine
    1 (persona) Malay
    2
    * * *

    malayo 1
    ◊ -ya adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    Malay
    malayo 2 sustantivo masculino ( idioma) Malay

    * * *
    malayo, -a
    ♦ adj
    Malay, Malayan
    ♦ nm,f
    [persona] Malay, Malayan
    ♦ nm
    [lengua] Malay, Malayan
    * * *
    I adj Malay
    II m, malaya f Malay
    III m idioma Malay
    * * *
    malayo, -ya adj & n
    : Malay, Malayan

    Spanish-English dictionary > malayo

  • 12 movilidad

    mobility; population mobility
    *

    Diccionario geografía española-Inglés > movilidad

  • 13 promoción

    f.
    1 promotion, advancement, furtherance, development.
    2 promotion, giveaway.
    3 promotion, preferment, raise of position.
    * * *
    1 (gen) promotion
    2 EDUCACIÓN year, US class
    \
    campaña de promoción promotion campaign
    promoción interna internal promotion
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=ascenso) [gen] promotion, advancement; [profesional] promotion
    2) [de producto, oferta] promotion
    3)
    4) (=año) class, year

    estaba en mi promoción — he was from my class o year, he was the same class o year as me

    5) (=ganga) special offer
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de actividad, producto) promotion
    b) ( ascenso) promotion
    2) (Educ)
    * * *
    = advancement, promotion, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, promoting, rise through the ranks, furtherance, professional advancement, cohort, advocacy.
    Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex. In order to denote the concept 'promotion' you have used the special auxiliaries enumerated at 35.07/.08.
    Ex. These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex. Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex. This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex. Promoting can be via advertising, personal contact or atmospherics (building design for users).
    Ex. Several respondents felt that women's rise through the ranks was less meteoric than that of their male colleagues.
    Ex. The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.
    Ex. Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex. This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex. However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.
    ----
    * campaña de promoción = promotional campaign, advocacy.
    * capacidad de promoción = promotability.
    * de promoción = marketing, promotional.
    * obtener promoción = arrive at + promotion.
    * promoción comercial = marketing.
    * promoción de + Año = graduating class of + Año.
    * promoción de estudiantes = cohort of students.
    * promoción de la lectura = reading promotion.
    * promoción de la salud = health promotion.
    * promoción de libros = book promotion.
    * promoción de productos = product-promoting.
    * promoción de ventas = sales promotion.
    * promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * promoción inmobiliaria = property development.
    * promoción laboral = job promotion.
    * promoción profesional = career movement, career progression.
    * promoción social = social advancement.
    * relacionado con la promoción de libros = book-promotional.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de actividad, producto) promotion
    b) ( ascenso) promotion
    2) (Educ)
    * * *
    = advancement, promotion, upward mobility, upward job mobility, career advancement, promoting, rise through the ranks, furtherance, professional advancement, cohort, advocacy.

    Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

    Ex: In order to denote the concept 'promotion' you have used the special auxiliaries enumerated at 35.07/.08.
    Ex: These institutions, bringing higher education to many families for the first time, offered a new channel for upward mobility.
    Ex: Upward job mobility, if it leads to geographical relocation, is unacceptable to the majority of professionals.
    Ex: This article studies job mobility of men and women librarians and how it affects career advancement.
    Ex: Promoting can be via advertising, personal contact or atmospherics (building design for users).
    Ex: Several respondents felt that women's rise through the ranks was less meteoric than that of their male colleagues.
    Ex: The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.
    Ex: Race was identified in previous studies as a perceived barrier to professional advancement.
    Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.
    Ex: However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.
    * campaña de promoción = promotional campaign, advocacy.
    * capacidad de promoción = promotability.
    * de promoción = marketing, promotional.
    * obtener promoción = arrive at + promotion.
    * promoción comercial = marketing.
    * promoción de + Año = graduating class of + Año.
    * promoción de estudiantes = cohort of students.
    * promoción de la lectura = reading promotion.
    * promoción de la salud = health promotion.
    * promoción de libros = book promotion.
    * promoción de productos = product-promoting.
    * promoción de ventas = sales promotion.
    * promoción en el trabajo = job promotion.
    * promoción inmobiliaria = property development.
    * promoción laboral = job promotion.
    * promoción profesional = career movement, career progression.
    * promoción social = social advancement.
    * relacionado con la promoción de libros = book-promotional.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de una actividad, un producto) promotion
    promoción de ventas sales promotion
    2 (ascenso) promotion
    B ( Educ):
    somos de la misma promoción we graduated together o at the same time
    los médicos de la promoción de 1988 the doctors who qualified in 1988
    los oficiales de mi promoción ( Mil) the officers who were commissioned at the same time as me
    C (en fútbol) play-off
    * * *

     

    promoción sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (de actividad, producto) promotion;



    2 (Educ):

    promoción sustantivo femenino
    1 (de una persona) promotion
    2 (de estudios, etc) year, class: son de la promoción del 58, they graduated together in '58
    3 (de un producto) promotion, special offer
    ' promoción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escalada
    - hornada
    English:
    advancement
    - class
    - endorsement
    - freebie
    - hype
    - promotion
    - sales promotion
    - promotional
    * * *
    1. [de producto, candidato] promotion
    Com promoción de ventas sales promotion
    2. [ascenso] promotion
    3. [en deportes] promotion;
    van a jugar la promoción they will play off to decide who is promoted
    4. [curso] class, year;
    la promoción del 91 the class of 91
    * * *
    f
    1 en empresa promotion
    2 EDU class, Br
    year
    3 DEP play-offs pl
    * * *
    promoción nf, pl - ciones
    1) : promotion
    2) : class, year
    3) : play-off (in soccer)

    Spanish-English dictionary > promoción

  • 14 situación

    f.
    1 situation, state, picture.
    2 position, siting.
    3 presentation of the fetus, lie, lie of the fetus, presentation.
    * * *
    1 (circunstancia) situation
    2 (posición) position
    3 (emplazamiento) situation, location
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=circunstancias) situation

    ¿qué harías en una situación así? — what would you do in a situation like that?

    2) (=emplazamiento) situation, location

    la casa tiene una situación inmejorable — the house is in a superb location, the house is superbly located o situated

    3) [en la sociedad] position, standing

    crearse una situación — to do well for o.s.

    situación económica — financial position, financial situation

    4) (=estado) state
    5)

    precio de situación — LAm bargain price

    * * *
    1)
    a) ( coyuntura) situation
    b) ( en la sociedad) position, standing
    2) ( emplazamiento) position, situation (frml), location (frml)
    * * *
    = event, location, picture, position, scenario, scene, setting, situation, state, state of affairs, pass, set and setting, landscape, juncture, setup [set-up], footing, stage, climate, conjuncture.
    Ex. The concept of corporate body includes named occasional groups and events, such as meetings, conferences, congresses, expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, and fairs.
    Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
    Ex. Outside the Gwynedd, Dyfed and Clwyd heartland the picture was not encouraging.
    Ex. The directory is a finding list which lists for every field its tag, the number of characters in the field, and the starting character position of the field within the record.
    Ex. This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.
    Ex. Scenes that include conflict, emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings, and unreasonableness but also kindliness, humor, friendliness, and goodwill are acted out daily in different kinds of libraries.
    Ex. Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.
    Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. One likely effect of this would be that the information-rich would become richer and the information-poor poorer, a state of affairs which many would consider highly undesirable.
    Ex. As he traversed the length of the corridor to the media center, Anthony Datto reflected on the events that had brought him to this unhappy pass.
    Ex. For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex. During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    Ex. For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.
    Ex. 'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.
    Ex. Certain new factors have fertilized the ground for the rooting and growth of activity on a stronger and firmer footing than has ever been possible in the past.
    Ex. Although this study examines the international management stage, there are some points of relevance to this project.
    Ex. The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
    Ex. This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.
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    * aceptar la situación = accept + situation.
    * adaptable a la situación = situation-aware.
    * afrontar la situación = bear + the strain.
    * agravar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * analizar los pormenores de una situación = look + behind the scene.
    * aprovechar la situación = ride + the wave.
    * cambiar a la situación anterior = reverse.
    * cambiar la situación = change + the course of events.
    * complicar la situación = cloud + the issue, confuse + the issue.
    * confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.
    * contemplar una situación = address + situation.
    * controlar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * corregir una situación = correct + situation, redress + situation.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * dada la situación = in the circumstances.
    * darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.
    * desafiar una situación = challenge + situation.
    * describir una situación = depict + situation.
    * disfrutar de la situación = ride + the wave.
    * dominar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.
    * encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.
    * en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en cualquier situación = in any given situation.
    * en esta situación = at this juncture.
    * enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.
    * en la situación concreta = on the scene.
    * en situación de = in the position to.
    * en situación de crisis = on the rocks.
    * en situaciones de riesgo = in harm's way.
    * en situaciones normales = under normal circumstances.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en una situación de emergencia = in an emergency situation, in an emergency.
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * en una situación muy problemática = in deep trouble, in deep water.
    * estado de una situación = state of being.
    * estar en situación de = be in a position to.
    * estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.
    * explicar la situación = explain + the situation.
    * gravedad de la situación, la = seriousness of the situation, la, gravity of the situation, the.
    * hacer frente a la situación = tackle + situation.
    * hacer que se produzca una situación = bring about + situation.
    * hecho para una situación específica = niche-specific.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * la situación = the course of events.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * mejora de situación social = upward mobility.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.
    * ocupar una situación idónea para = be well-placed to.
    * pasar a una situación económica más confortable = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * perder el control de la situacion = things + get out of hand.
    * reaccionar ante una situación = respond to + situation.
    * rectificar una situación = rectify + situation.
    * remediar una situación = remedy + situation.
    * resolver una situación = manage + situation, resolve + situation.
    * responder a una situación = respond to + situation.
    * salir de una situación difícil = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.
    * sensible a la situación = situation-aware.
    * simulacro de una situación supuesta = play-acting.
    * situación actual = current situation, current state, present state, current status.
    * situación actual, la = scheme of things, the.
    * situación + agravar = situation + exacerbate.
    * situación análoga = analogue.
    * situación apremiante = plight.
    * situación apurada = hardship.
    * situación azarosa = predicament.
    * situación buena = strong position.
    * situación + cambiar = tide + turn.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.
    * situación confusa = muddy waters.
    * situación cotidiana = everyday situation, daily situation.
    * situación crítica = critical situation.
    * situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.
    * situación de desesperación = scene of despair.
    * situación de estrés = stress situation.
    * situación de préstamo = loan status.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación de tensión = stress situation.
    * situación diaria = daily situation.
    * situación difícil = plight, hardship, bumpy ride.
    * situación económica = financial situation, economic status.
    * situación económica, la = economics of the situation, the.
    * situación embarazosa = embarrassing situation.
    * situación en la que hay un vencedor y un perdedor = win-lose + Nombre.
    * situación en la que las dos partes salen ganando = win-win + Nombre.
    * situaciones = sphere of activity, sphere of life, walks (of/in) life.
    * situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].
    * situación experimental = laboratory situation.
    * situación forzada = Procrustean bed.
    * situación hipotética = scenario.
    * situación ideal = ideal situation.
    * situación insoportable = unbearable situation.
    * situación insostenible = unbearable situation.
    * situación + irse de las manos = things + get out of hand.
    * situación laboral = employment situation, employment status.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.
    * situación peligrosa = endangerment, dangerous situation.
    * situación penosa = plight.
    * situación poco clara = clouding.
    * situación política = political scene.
    * situación posible = scenario.
    * situación precaria = precarious situation.
    * situación privilegiada = advantageous location.
    * situación problemática = problem situation.
    * situación sin solución = impasse.
    * situación + surgir = situation + arise.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.
    * situación ventajosa = winning situation.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * verse en la situación = find + Reflexivo + in the position.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( coyuntura) situation
    b) ( en la sociedad) position, standing
    2) ( emplazamiento) position, situation (frml), location (frml)
    * * *
    = event, location, picture, position, scenario, scene, setting, situation, state, state of affairs, pass, set and setting, landscape, juncture, setup [set-up], footing, stage, climate, conjuncture.

    Ex: The concept of corporate body includes named occasional groups and events, such as meetings, conferences, congresses, expeditions, exhibitions, festivals, and fairs.

    Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
    Ex: Outside the Gwynedd, Dyfed and Clwyd heartland the picture was not encouraging.
    Ex: The directory is a finding list which lists for every field its tag, the number of characters in the field, and the starting character position of the field within the record.
    Ex: This article describes a scenario in which the training of junior staff on-the-job is discussed emphasising that the reality in New Zealand libraries falls far short of the ideal.
    Ex: Scenes that include conflict, emotions, prejudices, misunderstandings, and unreasonableness but also kindliness, humor, friendliness, and goodwill are acted out daily in different kinds of libraries.
    Ex: Over 700 CRT terminals are online to Columbus and are used in a variety of ways to improve service in the local library settings.
    Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: One likely effect of this would be that the information-rich would become richer and the information-poor poorer, a state of affairs which many would consider highly undesirable.
    Ex: As he traversed the length of the corridor to the media center, Anthony Datto reflected on the events that had brought him to this unhappy pass.
    Ex: For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
    Ex: During the post-war period international organizations have become a prominent feature of the international landscape.
    Ex: For all national libraries a major factor is technological change in communication proceeding at an ever accelerating rating which has brought them to the current juncture.
    Ex: 'You know,' she had said amiably, 'there might be a better job for you here once things get rolling with this new regional setup'.
    Ex: Certain new factors have fertilized the ground for the rooting and growth of activity on a stronger and firmer footing than has ever been possible in the past.
    Ex: Although this study examines the international management stage, there are some points of relevance to this project.
    Ex: The article 'Keeping your ear to the ground' discusses the skills and knowledge information professionals need to have in today's IT-rich climate.
    Ex: This has opened up issues of what is & is not thinkable &, therefore, doable in the present conjuncture of crisis & instability.
    * aceptar la situación = accept + situation.
    * adaptable a la situación = situation-aware.
    * afrontar la situación = bear + the strain.
    * agravar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * analizar los pormenores de una situación = look + behind the scene.
    * aprovechar la situación = ride + the wave.
    * cambiar a la situación anterior = reverse.
    * cambiar la situación = change + the course of events.
    * complicar la situación = cloud + the issue, confuse + the issue.
    * confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.
    * contemplar una situación = address + situation.
    * controlar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * corregir una situación = correct + situation, redress + situation.
    * crear una situación = create + a situation.
    * dada la situación = in the circumstances.
    * darse una situación más esperanzadora = sound + a note of hope.
    * desafiar una situación = challenge + situation.
    * describir una situación = depict + situation.
    * disfrutar de la situación = ride + the wave.
    * dominar la situación = tame + the beast.
    * empeorar la situación = make + things worse.
    * empeorar una situación = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation.
    * encontrarse con una situación = come across + situation, meet + situation.
    * encontrarse en una mejor situación económica = be economically better off.
    * en cualquier otra situación = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.
    * en cualquier situación = in any given situation.
    * en esta situación = at this juncture.
    * enfrentarse a una situación = face + situation, meet + situation.
    * en la situación concreta = on the scene.
    * en situación de = in the position to.
    * en situación de crisis = on the rocks.
    * en situaciones de riesgo = in harm's way.
    * en situaciones normales = under normal circumstances.
    * en situaciones peligrosas = in harm's way.
    * en una situación de emergencia = in an emergency situation, in an emergency.
    * en una situación desesperada = in dire straits.
    * en una situación muy problemática = in deep trouble, in deep water.
    * estado de una situación = state of being.
    * estar en situación de = be in a position to.
    * estar en una situación diferente = be on a different track.
    * explicar la situación = explain + the situation.
    * gravedad de la situación, la = seriousness of the situation, la, gravity of the situation, the.
    * hacer frente a la situación = tackle + situation.
    * hacer que se produzca una situación = bring about + situation.
    * hecho para una situación específica = niche-specific.
    * imaginarse una situación = envision + situation.
    * información que permite mejorar la situación social de Alguien = empowering information.
    * informe de situación = status report.
    * informe sobre la situación actual = state of the art report.
    * la situación = the course of events.
    * mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.
    * mejora de situación social = upward mobility.
    * mejorar la situación = improve + the lot.
    * mejorar una situación = ameliorate + situation.
    * meterse en una situación embarazosa = put + Reflexivo + into + position.
    * ocupar una situación idónea para = be well-placed to.
    * pasar a una situación económica más confortable = improve + Posesivo + lot.
    * perder el control de la situacion = things + get out of hand.
    * reaccionar ante una situación = respond to + situation.
    * rectificar una situación = rectify + situation.
    * remediar una situación = remedy + situation.
    * resolver una situación = manage + situation, resolve + situation.
    * responder a una situación = respond to + situation.
    * salir de una situación difícil = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.
    * sensible a la situación = situation-aware.
    * simulacro de una situación supuesta = play-acting.
    * situación actual = current situation, current state, present state, current status.
    * situación actual, la = scheme of things, the.
    * situación + agravar = situation + exacerbate.
    * situación análoga = analogue.
    * situación apremiante = plight.
    * situación apurada = hardship.
    * situación azarosa = predicament.
    * situación buena = strong position.
    * situación + cambiar = tide + turn.
    * situación cómica = comedy sketch.
    * situación confusa = muddy waters.
    * situación cotidiana = everyday situation, daily situation.
    * situación crítica = critical situation.
    * situación de decadencia irreversible = terminal decline.
    * situación de desesperación = scene of despair.
    * situación de estrés = stress situation.
    * situación de préstamo = loan status.
    * situación desagradable = unpleasantness.
    * situación de tensión = stress situation.
    * situación diaria = daily situation.
    * situación difícil = plight, hardship, bumpy ride.
    * situación económica = financial situation, economic status.
    * situación económica, la = economics of the situation, the.
    * situación embarazosa = embarrassing situation.
    * situación en la que hay un vencedor y un perdedor = win-lose + Nombre.
    * situación en la que las dos partes salen ganando = win-win + Nombre.
    * situaciones = sphere of activity, sphere of life, walks (of/in) life.
    * situaciones de la vida = life situations [life-situations].
    * situación experimental = laboratory situation.
    * situación forzada = Procrustean bed.
    * situación hipotética = scenario.
    * situación ideal = ideal situation.
    * situación insoportable = unbearable situation.
    * situación insostenible = unbearable situation.
    * situación + irse de las manos = things + get out of hand.
    * situación laboral = employment situation, employment status.
    * situación + mejorar = situation + ease.
    * situación peligrosa = endangerment, dangerous situation.
    * situación penosa = plight.
    * situación poco clara = clouding.
    * situación política = political scene.
    * situación posible = scenario.
    * situación precaria = precarious situation.
    * situación privilegiada = advantageous location.
    * situación problemática = problem situation.
    * situación sin solución = impasse.
    * situación + surgir = situation + arise.
    * situación tensa = stress situation.
    * situación ventajosa = winning situation.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * verse en la situación = find + Reflexivo + in the position.

    * * *
    A
    1 (coyuntura) situation
    nuestra situación económica our financial situation o position
    no está en situación de poder ayudarnos she is not in a position to be able to help us
    se encuentra en una situación desesperada her situation o plight is desperate, she is in a desperate situation
    apenas crearon situaciones de gol they hardly made any scoring chances
    salvar la situación to save the day o rescue the situation
    2 (en la sociedad) position, standing
    Compuesto:
    extreme situation
    B (emplazamiento) position, situation ( frml), location ( frml)
    la situación del local es excelente the premises are ideally situated o located
    * * *

     

    situación sustantivo femenino
    1


    2 ( emplazamiento) position, situation (frml), location (frml)
    situación sustantivo femenino
    1 (económica) situation
    2 (trance) me puso en una situación muy embarazosa, he put me in an awkward situation
    3 (emplazamiento) location
    4 (condiciones, disposición) state: no estamos en situación de rechazarlo, we are in no position to refuse it
    ' situación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abusiva
    - abusivo
    - acierto
    - aclimatarse
    - adueñarse
    - afianzarse
    - airosa
    - airoso
    - ambiente
    - ámbito
    - anterioridad
    - aprovechar
    - caer
    - calibrar
    - callejón
    - cañón
    - capear
    - cargo
    - caso
    - comparable
    - comprometedor
    - comprometedora
    - comprometida
    - comprometido
    - compromiso
    - condición
    - conducir
    - considerablemente
    - correr
    - coyuntura
    - crisis
    - decantar
    - desdramatizar
    - desembocar
    - detonante
    - dimanar
    - disposición
    - dueña
    - dueño
    - embrollo
    - emotiva
    - emotivo
    - endemoniada
    - endemoniado
    - enrarecerse
    - enredar
    - enredarse
    - entrar
    - estar
    - estado
    English:
    aggravate
    - anywhere
    - applicable
    - apprise
    - aspect
    - assess
    - assessment
    - awkward
    - backdrop
    - border on
    - break
    - bullet
    - business
    - case
    - command
    - confuse
    - consolidate
    - danger
    - defuse
    - deteriorate
    - dinner
    - dire
    - disgusting
    - distressing
    - encouraging
    - end
    - explosive
    - fraught
    - fuel
    - further
    - grim
    - heat
    - hook
    - hot up
    - in
    - indoors
    - inflammable
    - injustice
    - irritating
    - joke
    - mess
    - misjudge
    - muddy
    - nasty
    - need
    - no-win
    - off
    - ongoing
    - pass
    - picture
    * * *
    1. [circunstancias] situation;
    [legal, social] status;
    estar en situación de hacer algo [en general] to be in a position to do sth;
    [enfermo, borracho] to be in a fit state to do sth;
    estar en una situación privilegiada to be in a privileged position
    situación económica economic situation;
    situación límite extreme o critical situation
    2. [ubicación] location;
    la tienda está en una situación muy céntrica the shop is in a very central location
    * * *
    f situation;
    estar en situación de be in a position to
    * * *
    situación nf, pl - ciones : situation
    * * *
    situación n situation

    Spanish-English dictionary > situación

  • 15 anticuado

    adj.
    old-fashioned, archaic, out-of-date, antiquated.
    f. & m.
    old-fashioned person, fuddy-duddy, fuddy, lame.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: anticuar.
    * * *
    1 antiquated, old-fashioned, obsolete, out-of-date
    * * *
    (f. - anticuada)
    adj.
    old-fashioned, outdated
    * * *
    ADJ [maquinaria, infraestructura, tecnología] antiquated; [moda] old-fashioned, out-of-date; [técnica] obsolete
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.
    Ex. Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.
    Ex. When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex. It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex. Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex. Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex. The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex. Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex. What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex. Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    ----
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo old-fashioned
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = antiquated, backwater, out of date [out-of-date], outdated [out-dated], stale, old-fashioned, outworn, musty [mustier -comp., mustiest -sup.], timed, fossilised [fossilized, -USA], passé, atavistic, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], fuddy-duddy, daggy [daggier -comp., daggiest -sup], long in the tooth.

    Ex: Almost without exception these problems occurred in libraries with antiquated or inadequate ventilation without air-conditioning.

    Ex: When he was younger he really turned the library around, from a backwater, two-bit operation to the respected institution it is today.
    Ex: It is for this reason that many special libraries have constructed their own indexing language; they have avoided being tied to a possibly out of date published list.
    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term 'Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Does the library continue a stale tradition, or does it interpret social change?.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: This advertisement was part of a publicity campaign which was based on a presentation of Europe so outworn as to be almost meaningless.
    Ex: Only if we continuously redefine our goals in accordance with the developments in our societies will we remain dynamic libraries and not turn into musty institutions.
    Ex: Librarians need to be vociferous about achievements and services offered in order to dispel ideas about the stereotype librarian, timed and out of touch with contemporary society.
    Ex: The article deals with matters of image and status, professional associations, cultural policies, collections, censorship, outdated infrastructure and fossilised mentalities.
    Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.
    Ex: Teaching lost its status when education became secularized as a tool for economic mobility, when concerns for the spiritual became embarrassingly atavistic.
    Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.
    Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: According to him, tea as a category has lacked innovation and upgradation in recent years and hence has a very fuddy-duddy image.
    Ex: What wearing daggy clothes is all about for me is feeling relaxed, knowing I can wear them around people I'm comfortable with.
    Ex: Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
    * estar anticuado = dated.
    * estar un poco anticuado = be some years old.
    * quedarse anticuado = date.

    * * *
    anticuado1 -da
    ‹persona/ideas› old-fashioned, antiquated; ‹ropa› old-fashioned; ‹sistema/aparato› antiquated
    anticuado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    * * *

    Del verbo anticuarse: ( conjugate anticuarse)

    anticuado es:

    el participio

    anticuado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    old-fashioned
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: eres un anticuado you're so old-fashioned
    anticuado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino old-fashioned, antiquated

    ' anticuado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    anticuada
    - apolillada
    - apolillado
    - antiguo
    - atrasado
    - pasado
    - zanahoria
    English:
    antiquated
    - date
    - fuddy-duddy
    - old
    - old-fashioned
    - outdated
    - outmoded
    - dated
    - out
    - time
    * * *
    anticuado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [persona, ropa] old-fashioned;
    esa técnica está anticuada that method is out of date;
    mi módem se ha quedado anticuado my modem is out of date
    ♦ nm,f
    old-fashioned person;
    mi madre es una anticuada my mother is very old-fashioned
    * * *
    adj antiquated
    * * *
    anticuado, -da adj
    : antiquated, outdated
    * * *
    anticuado adj old fashioned

    Spanish-English dictionary > anticuado

  • 16 desencadenamiento

    m.
    unchaining, outbreak, unleashing.
    * * *
    2 figurado outbreak, outburst
    * * *
    SM [de pasión, energía] unleashing
    * * *
    masculino triggering
    * * *
    Ex. Ruldoph recognizes that leaders were responding to 'the unleashing of new impulses to social and economic mobility'.
    * * *
    masculino triggering
    * * *

    Ex: Ruldoph recognizes that leaders were responding to 'the unleashing of new impulses to social and economic mobility'.

    * * *
    triggering
    * * *
    1. [de tormenta] breaking
    2. [de polémica, conflicto] triggering;
    causar el desencadenamiento de algo [accidente, crisis] to bring sth about;
    [conflicto] to trigger o spark off sth
    * * *
    m setting off, triggering

    Spanish-English dictionary > desencadenamiento

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