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61 identificar

v.

to identify.

Ella reconoce a su hermano She recognizes her brother.

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identificar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to identify

► verbo pronominal identificarse

1 (mostrar la documentación) to identify oneself

2 (solidarizarse) to identify ( con, with)

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verb

to identify

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1. VT

1) (=reconocer) to identify

han identificado al ladrón — they have identified the thief

aún no han identificado las causas de la tragedia — the causes of the tragedy have still not been identified

una víctima sin identificar — an unidentified victim

2) (=equiparar)

no identifiques violencia con juventud — don't think that young people and violence automatically go together

siempre la identificaban con causas humanitarias — she was always identified o associated with humanitarian causes

2.

See:

identificarse

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1.
verbo transitivo to identify

un joven sin identificar — an unidentified young man

fue identificado como el autor del atraco — he was identified as the robber

lo identifican con ese estilo — he is identified with that style
2.
identificarse v pron

a) (compenetrarse, solidarizarse)

identificarse con algo/alguien — to identify with something/somebody

b) ( demostrar la identidad) to identify oneself

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= authenticate, identify, label, pinpoint, map out, screen, pick up.

Ex. Such records would be made available to other libraries in other systems and to some extent will be reviewed or authenticated by the Library as time permits.

Ex. Once identified, all of these searchable elements are merged into an existing file or dictionary of searchable elements.

Ex. Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.

Ex. Critical abstracts are especially effective in pinpointing documents of excepcional interest.

Ex. Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.

Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.

Ex. The most successful are based on computational morphosyntax which will pick up inflexional forms of stems.

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* identificarse = resonate, card.

* identificarse con = empathise with [empathize, -USA].

* identificarse con Alguien = feel + at one with + Nombre.

* identificarse con un papel = project + Reflexivo + into + role.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* que no se puede identificar con un término = unnameable.

* que se puede identificar con un término = nameable.

* sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped.

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1.
verbo transitivo to identify

un joven sin identificar — an unidentified young man

fue identificado como el autor del atraco — he was identified as the robber

lo identifican con ese estilo — he is identified with that style
2.
identificarse v pron

a) (compenetrarse, solidarizarse)

identificarse con algo/alguien — to identify with something/somebody

b) ( demostrar la identidad) to identify oneself

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= authenticate, identify, label, pinpoint, map out, screen, pick up.

Ex: Such records would be made available to other libraries in other systems and to some extent will be reviewed or authenticated by the Library as time permits.

Ex: Once identified, all of these searchable elements are merged into an existing file or dictionary of searchable elements.

Ex: Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.

Ex: Critical abstracts are especially effective in pinpointing documents of excepcional interest.

Ex: Down the years, the information industry has mapped out for itself the categories of information with which it is prepared to deal.

Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.

Ex: The most successful are based on computational morphosyntax which will pick up inflexional forms of stems.

* identificarse = resonate, card.

* identificarse con = empathise with [empathize, -USA].

* identificarse con Alguien = feel + at one with + Nombre.

* identificarse con un papel = project + Reflexivo + into + role.

* identificar un problema = outline + problem, identify + problem, isolate + problem.

* que no se puede identificar con un término = unnameable.

* que se puede identificar con un término = nameable.

* sin identificar = unidentified, unmapped.

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identificar [A2 ]

vt

‹sospechoso/víctima› to identify; ‹problema/síntomas› to identify

un joven sin identificar an unidentified young man

identificar algo/a algn COMO algo to identify sth/sb AS sth

fue identificado como el autor del atraco he was identified as the robber

identificar algo/a algn CON algo/algn to identify sth/sb WITH sth/sb

lo han identificado con ese estilo de música he has been identified with that style of music

no identifiques la religión con la moral don't identify o confuse religion with ethics

■ identificarse

v pron

1 (compenetrarse, solidarizarse) identificarse CON algo/algn to identify WITH sth/sb

no me identifico con sus objetivos I don't identify with their objectives

me identifico con el personaje I identify with the character

2 (demostrar la identidad) to identify oneself, show/state one's identity identificarse COMO algo to identify oneself AS sth

se identificó como dueño del vehículo he identified himself as the owner of the vehicle

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identificar ( conjugate identificar) verbo transitivo
to identify
identificarse verbo pronominal
a) (compenetrarse, solidarizarse) identificarse con algo/algn to identify with sth/sb

b) ( demostrar la identidad) to identify oneself

identificar verbo transitivo to identify [con, with]
' identificar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reconocer
- ubicar
English:
assailant
- doe
- identify
- name
- pick out
- equate
- place
- stand

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identificar

♦ vt

1. [establecer la identidad de] to identify;

han identificado al autor del robo the person who carried out the robbery has been identified;

la identificaron como responsable del crimen she was identified as the person who committed the crime;

descubrieron varios cuerpos sin identificar a number of unidentified bodies were found

2. [equiparar]
identificar algo con algo to identify sth with sth

♦ See also the pronominal verb identificarse

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identificar

v/t identify

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identificar {72} vt

: to identify

♦ See also the reflexive verb identificarse

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identificar vb to identify [pt. & pp. identified]

la víctima ha identificado al atracador the victim has identified the mugger

me identifico con los ecologistas I identify with the ecologists

Spanish-English dictionary > identificar
62 incorporar

v.

to incorporate.

incorporaron los territorios al imperio (cooking) the territories became part of the empire

Elsa incorporó los libros Elsa incorporated the books.

María incorpora nuevas técnicas Mary incorporates new techniques.

La empresa incorporó nuevos empleados The company incorporated new employees

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incorporar

► verbo transitivo

1 (añadir) to incorporate, include

■ habrá que incorporar el documento al acta the document will have to be included in the minutes

2 COCINA (añadir) to add; (salsa) to blend in

3 (enfermo) to help to sit up

■ incorporado en la cama sitting up in bed

► verbo pronominal incorporarse

1 (levantarse) to sit up

2 (a un trabajo) to start; (a una empresa, equipo, etc) to join

■ acaba de incorporarse a la plantilla he has recently joined the company

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FRASEOLOGÍA

incorporarse a filas to join up

incorporarse a su destino to take up one's post

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verb

1) to incorporate

2) include

•

- incorporarse a

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1. VT

1) (=añadir) [gen] to incorporate (a, en into, in)
(Culin) to mix in, add
incorporar a filas — (Mil) to call up, enlist

2) (=involucrar) to involve (a in, with)

3) (=abarcar) to embody

4) (=levantar)

incorporar a algn — to sit sb up ( in bed)

5) (Teat)

Rosana incorpora al personaje de Julieta — Rosana plays the part of Julieta

2.

See:

incorporarse

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1.
verbo transitivo (frml)

1)

a) ( agregar) to add

incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla — fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

b) ( integrar) to incorporate

mi sugerencia fue incorporada al plan — my suggestion was incorporated in the plan

c) < empleado>

incorporar a alguien a algo — to assign somebody to something

d) < recluta> to draft, call up

2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include

3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
2.
incorporarse v pron (frml)

1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

incorporarse a algo — to join something

incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

2) ( levantarse) to sit up

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= accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.

Ex. Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.

Ex. The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.

Ex. In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex. For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

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. User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.

Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex. People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

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* incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).

* incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* incorporarse = sit up.

* incorporarse a = join.

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1.
verbo transitivo (frml)

1)

a) ( agregar) to add

incorporar algo a algo — to add something to something, include something in something

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla — fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

b) ( integrar) to incorporate

mi sugerencia fue incorporada al plan — my suggestion was incorporated in the plan

c) < empleado>

incorporar a alguien a algo — to assign somebody to something

d) < recluta> to draft, call up

2) (incluir, contener) <innovaciones/información> to incorporate, include

3) <enfermo/niño> to sit... up
2.
incorporarse v pron (frml)

1) (a equipo, puesto) to join

incorporarse a algo — to join something

incorporarse a filas — to join up, join the army

2) ( levantarse) to sit up

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= accommodate, assimilate, embody, take (in/into), bring + Nombre + into the matter, design into, build in, take in.

Ex: Changes have been made to accommodate modern approaches or new groupings of subjects.

Ex: The concern is that this sudden and increased flow of information is simply going to overwhelm us -- far more information than any of us can monitor and assimilate.

Ex: In alphabetical indexing languages, such as are embodied in thesauri and subject headings lists, subject terms are the alphabetical names of the subjects.

Ex: For example, a computer on board a space ship, o even in some cars, takes in data, works out settings, displays results completely automatically.

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: User-friendliness is sometimes assumed rather than designed into any specific project.

Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.

Ex: People like to browse the books and magazines, take in the ambiance, and be seen and perceived as a patron of the arts and literature.

* incorporar (a) = build into, incorporate (into).

* incorporar Algo = take (+ Nombre) + on board (+ Nombre).

* incorporarse = sit up.

* incorporarse a = join.

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incorporar [A1 ]

vt

( frml)

A

1 (agregar) to add incorporar algo A algo to add sth TO sth, include sth IN sth

incorporó estos detalles a su informe he added these details to o included these details in his report

incorporar las claras batidas a la mezcla fold the whisked egg whites into the mixture

le ha sido incorporado un nuevo sistema de ventilación it has been fitted with a new cooling system

2 ‹empleado› incorporar a algn A algo to assign sb TO sth

3 ‹recluta› to draft, call up

B (incluir, contener) ‹innovaciones/información› to incorporate, include

C ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up

■ incorporarse

v pron

( frml)

A (a un equipo, puesto) to join incorporarse A algo to join sth

incorporarse a filas to join up, to join the army

B (levantarse) to sit up

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incorporar ( conjugate incorporar) verbo transitivo (frml)
1
a) ( agregar) to add;

incorporar algo a algo to add sth to sth
b) ( integrar) to incorporate

2 ‹enfermo/niño› to sit … up
incorporarse verbo pronominal (frml)
1 (a equipo, puesto) to join;
incorporarse a algo to join sth
2 ( levantarse) to sit up
incorporar verbo transitivo
1 (añadir) to add
2 (incluir) to incorporate [a, into]
3 (sentar) to help to sit up
' incorporar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agregar
- sumar
- integrar
English:
incorporate
- integrate
- fold

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incorporar

♦ vt

1. [añadir] to incorporate (a into);
incorporar el azúcar a la nata mix the sugar into the cream;

incorporaron los territorios al imperio the territories became part of the empire;

incorporaron las propuestas de los verdes en su programa electoral they incorporated the Greens' proposals into their election manifesto

2. [levantar]
incorporar a alguien to sit sb up

3. [incluir] to include, to incorporate;

el modelo incorpora la última tecnología digital the model incorporates the latest digital technology

♦ See also the pronominal verb incorporarse

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incorporar

v/t incorporate

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incorporar vt

1) : to incorporate

2) : to add, to include

♦ See also the reflexive verb incorporarse

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incorporar vb to include

en el próximo fascículo incorporarán el disquete the diskette will be included in the next instalment

Spanish-English dictionary > incorporar
63 información básica

(n.) = background information, background note

Ex. For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

Ex. Each section includes a background note, general information on library services and a detailed account of specific services.

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(n.) = background information, background note

Ex: For example, the child doing a project about birds will require books to give him background information, a record or cassette to let him hear a bird-song, and a film to help him to appreciate bird flight.

Ex: Each section includes a background note, general information on library services and a detailed account of specific services.

Spanish-English dictionary > información básica
64 libre

adj.

1 free.

un taxi libre a free o empty taxi

el puesto de tesorero ha quedado libre the post of treasurer is now vacant

200 metros libres (sport) 200 meters freestyle

ser libre de o para hacer algo to be free to do something

ir por libre to go it alone (peninsular Spanish)

libre de free from; (sin) exempt from (exento)

libre cambio (economics) free trade

libre de franqueo post-free

libre de impuestos tax-free

libre mercado (economics) free market

2 external (pupil).

estudiar por libre to be an external student

3 floating.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: librar.

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libre

► adjetivo

1 (gen) free

2 (asiento) free, vacant

■ ¿está libre? is this seat free?

3 (sin ocupación) free

■ mañana tenemos el día libre we've got the day off tomorrow

■ si tengo un rato libre ya me pasaré if I've a spare moment I'll call round

4 (exento) free

■ el que esté libre de pecado que tire la primera piedra let he who is without sin cast the first stone

■ es una inversión libre de impuestos it's a tax-free investment

5 (alumno) external

6 (en natación) free-style

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar libre a alguien to set somebody free

ir por libre familiar to do one's own thing

entrada libre free admittance

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adj.

1) free

2) vacant

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1. ADJ

1) [gen] free (de from, of)

cada cual es libre de hacer lo que quiera — everyone is free to do as they wish

¿estás libre? — are you free?

el martes estoy libre, así que podemos quedar — I'm free on Tuesday so we can meet up

2) (=exento)

libre de derechos — duty-free

libre de franqueo — post-free

libre de impuestos — free of tax

estar libre de servicio — to be off duty

3) (=sin ocupar) [plaza] vacant, unoccupied

¿está libre este asiento? — is this seat free?

libre — [parking] spaces; [taxi] for hire

4) [tiempo] spare, free

5)

al aire libre — in the open air

6)

• por libre (=por cuenta propia) —

examinarse por libre — to take one's exams as an independent candidate

trabajar por libre — to freelance

ir o funcionar por libre — to go it alone

7) (Dep, Natación)

los 200 metros libres — the 200 metres freestyle

estilo libre — freestyle
saque 1., 1), tiro 3)
8) [traducción, adaptación, verso] free

9)

libre a bordo — (Com) free on board

10) † (=inmoral) loose, immoral

de vida libre — loose-living, immoral

2. SM

1) (Dep) (=tiro) free kick

libre directo — direct free kick

libre indirecto — indirect free kick

2) Méx taxi

3.

SMF (Dep) (=jugador) sweeper

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adjetivo

1) <país/pueblo> free

lo dejaron libre — they set him free

libre de + inf — free to + inf

eres libre de ir donde quieras — you're free to go wherever you want

- libre albedrío

- libre cambio or comercio

- libre empresa/mercado

2)

a) <traducción/adaptación> free

los 200 metros libres — the 200 meters freestyle

b) < estudiante> external

trabajar por libre — to work freelance

ir por libre — (Esp fam) to do as one pleases

3) ( no ocupado) <persona/tiempo/asiento> free

¿tienes un rato libre? — do you have a (spare) moment?

en sus ratos libres — in her spare time

tengo el día libre — I have the day off

¿está libre el cuarto de baño? — is the bathroom free?

4) (exento, no sujeto)

libre de algo: la empresa queda libre de toda responsabilidad the company does not accept any responsibility; artículos libres de impuestos duty-free goods; nadie está libre de que le pase una cosa así — something like that could happen to any of us

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= free [freer -comp., freest -sup.], unrestricted, unchecked, unconstrained, unhindered, uninhibited, unobstructed, untrammelled, vacant, unfettered, up for grabs, footloose, free-flowing, at large, unassigned, freewheeling [free-wheeling], fancy-free.

Ex. Within a restriction of total record size of maximum of 30,000 characters, an intending user is free to format the records in his system.

Ex. Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.

Ex. The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.

Ex. Libraries need to tackle issues that can ensure that their clients will have an unconstrained access to electronic information.

Ex. The USA is, therefore, campaigning for absolutely unhindered information flow across all national boundaries.

Ex. Barriers to the uninhibited international flow of scientific and technical information continue to increase.

Ex. From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

Ex. In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.

Ex. Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex. This article urges those responsible to ensure that the service goal of libraries remains as unfettered as possible by a collective agreement.

Ex. The article 'Internet domain name control up for grabs' relates the decision by the National Science Foundation, USA, not to renew its agreement with Network Solutions Inc to handle Internet domain registrations.

Ex. Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.

Ex. Creating an innovative organisation requires a sponsor followed by guidance by example and gradual change aided by free-flowing communication.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.

Ex. If you would like to volunteer to present on one of the unassigned listed topics, please contact me.

Ex. The culture that grew around this institution was even more freewheeling than it is today.

Ex. In those days, he was a fancy-free young American, living out of a suitcase with a red and green camera always under his arm.

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* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* al aire libre = open-air, in the open, out of doors, outdoors.

* barra libre = open bar.

* biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.

* búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.

* campo de texto libre = free-text field.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* definición libre = liberal definition.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* día libre = day off.

* disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.

* en los ratos libres de Uno = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.

* escalada libre = free-climbing.

* espacio al aire libre = outdoor space.

* espíritu libre = free spirit.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* esquí libre = freestyle skiing.

* estanterías de libre acceso = open shelves.

* estar libre de = be free from.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* fondo de inversión libre = hedge fund.

* fondos de acceso libre = open stacks.

* fondos de libre acceso = open access stacks.

* frase de texto libre = free-text phrase.

* horas libres = released time.

* indización en lenguaje libre = free language indexing.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.

* juego al aire libre = outdoor game.

* lenguaje de indización libre = free indexing language.

* lenguaje libre = free language.

* libre albedrío = free will.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* libre circulación de la información = free flow of information.

* libre circulación de mercancías = free movement of goods.

* libre comercio = free trade, free movement of goods.

* libre como el viento = footloose and fancy-free.

* libre de = unhampered by, unimpeded by, untrammelled by, unencumbered by.

* libre de censura = uncensored.

* libre de complicaciones = hassle-free.

* libre de culpa = guilt-free, blameless.

* libre de derechos de autor = royalty-free.

* libre de drogas = drug-free.

* libre de gravámenes = unencumbered.

* libre de humo = smokeless.

* libre de humos = smoke-free.

* libre de impuestos = tariff-free, duty-free, tax-free.

* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* libre de peligro = free of danger.

* libre de polvo = dust-free.

* libre de preocupaciones = worry-free.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* libre de restricciones = unencumbered.

* libre de riesgo = riskless, risk-free.

* libre de servicio = off-duty.

* libre de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* libre de trabas = unencumbered.

* libre mercado = free market.

* libre y sin compromiso = footloose and fancy-free.

* manos libres = hands-free.

* mantener libre de = keep + free of.

* mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado libre = open market, free-for-all.

* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure time.

* piscina al aire libre = outdoor pool, open-air swimming pool, open-air pool.

* piscina climatizada al aire libre = outdoor heated pool.

* por libre = freelance.

* pregunta de respuesta libre = open-ended question.

* programas de software libre = freeware.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* quedar libre = become + vacant.

* recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval.

* sistema para la recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval system.

* software libre = freeware, free software.

* teatro al aire libre = outdoor theatre.

* tener un rato libre = spare + time.

* tiempo libre = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* zona libre de humo = smoke-free zone, smoke-free area.

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adjetivo

1) <país/pueblo> free

lo dejaron libre — they set him free

libre de + inf — free to + inf

eres libre de ir donde quieras — you're free to go wherever you want

- libre albedrío

- libre cambio or comercio

- libre empresa/mercado

2)

a) <traducción/adaptación> free

los 200 metros libres — the 200 meters freestyle

b) < estudiante> external

trabajar por libre — to work freelance

ir por libre — (Esp fam) to do as one pleases

3) ( no ocupado) <persona/tiempo/asiento> free

¿tienes un rato libre? — do you have a (spare) moment?

en sus ratos libres — in her spare time

tengo el día libre — I have the day off

¿está libre el cuarto de baño? — is the bathroom free?

4) (exento, no sujeto)

libre de algo: la empresa queda libre de toda responsabilidad the company does not accept any responsibility; artículos libres de impuestos duty-free goods; nadie está libre de que le pase una cosa así — something like that could happen to any of us

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= free [freer -comp., freest -sup.], unrestricted, unchecked, unconstrained, unhindered, uninhibited, unobstructed, untrammelled, vacant, unfettered, up for grabs, footloose, free-flowing, at large, unassigned, freewheeling [free-wheeling], fancy-free.

Ex: Within a restriction of total record size of maximum of 30,000 characters, an intending user is free to format the records in his system.

Ex: Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.

Ex: The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.

Ex: Libraries need to tackle issues that can ensure that their clients will have an unconstrained access to electronic information.

Ex: The USA is, therefore, campaigning for absolutely unhindered information flow across all national boundaries.

Ex: Barriers to the uninhibited international flow of scientific and technical information continue to increase.

Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

Ex: In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.

Ex: Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex: This article urges those responsible to ensure that the service goal of libraries remains as unfettered as possible by a collective agreement.

Ex: The article 'Internet domain name control up for grabs' relates the decision by the National Science Foundation, USA, not to renew its agreement with Network Solutions Inc to handle Internet domain registrations.

Ex: Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.

Ex: Creating an innovative organisation requires a sponsor followed by guidance by example and gradual change aided by free-flowing communication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.

Ex: If you would like to volunteer to present on one of the unassigned listed topics, please contact me.

Ex: The culture that grew around this institution was even more freewheeling than it is today.

Ex: In those days, he was a fancy-free young American, living out of a suitcase with a red and green camera always under his arm.

* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* al aire libre = open-air, in the open, out of doors, outdoors.

* barra libre = open bar.

* biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.

* búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.

* campo de texto libre = free-text field.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* definición libre = liberal definition.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* día libre = day off.

* disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.

* en los ratos libres de Uno = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.

* escalada libre = free-climbing.

* espacio al aire libre = outdoor space.

* espíritu libre = free spirit.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* esquí libre = freestyle skiing.

* estanterías de libre acceso = open shelves.

* estar libre de = be free from.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* fondo de inversión libre = hedge fund.

* fondos de acceso libre = open stacks.

* fondos de libre acceso = open access stacks.

* frase de texto libre = free-text phrase.

* horas libres = released time.

* indización en lenguaje libre = free language indexing.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.

* juego al aire libre = outdoor game.

* lenguaje de indización libre = free indexing language.

* lenguaje libre = free language.

* libre albedrío = free will.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* libre circulación de la información = free flow of information.

* libre circulación de mercancías = free movement of goods.

* libre comercio = free trade, free movement of goods.

* libre como el viento = footloose and fancy-free.

* libre de = unhampered by, unimpeded by, untrammelled by, unencumbered by.

* libre de censura = uncensored.

* libre de complicaciones = hassle-free.

* libre de culpa = guilt-free, blameless.

* libre de derechos de autor = royalty-free.

* libre de drogas = drug-free.

* libre de gravámenes = unencumbered.

* libre de humo = smokeless.

* libre de humos = smoke-free.

* libre de impuestos = tariff-free, duty-free, tax-free.

* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* libre de peligro = free of danger.

* libre de polvo = dust-free.

* libre de preocupaciones = worry-free.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* libre de restricciones = unencumbered.

* libre de riesgo = riskless, risk-free.

* libre de servicio = off-duty.

* libre de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* libre de trabas = unencumbered.

* libre mercado = free market.

* libre y sin compromiso = footloose and fancy-free.

* manos libres = hands-free.

* mantener libre de = keep + free of.

* mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado libre = open market, free-for-all.

* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure time.

* piscina al aire libre = outdoor pool, open-air swimming pool, open-air pool.

* piscina climatizada al aire libre = outdoor heated pool.

* por libre = freelance.

* pregunta de respuesta libre = open-ended question.

* programas de software libre = freeware.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* quedar libre = become + vacant.

* recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval.

* sistema para la recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval system.

* software libre = freeware, free software.

* teatro al aire libre = outdoor theatre.

* tener un rato libre = spare + time.

* tiempo libre = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

* zona libre de humo = smoke-free zone, smoke-free area.

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libre¹

adjective

A

1 ‹país/pueblo› free

lo dejaron libre they set him free

2 libre DE + INF free to + INF

eres libre de ir donde quieras you're free to go wherever you want

soy muy libre de ir vestida como se me antoje I'm perfectly entitled to dress however I like

3

(sin compromiso): me confesó que no era libre he admitted that he wasn't a free man

Compuestos:

● libre albedrío

masculine free will

● libre cambio or comercio

masculine free trade

● libre empresa

feminine free market, free market system

● libre mercado

masculine free market

B

1 ‹traducción/adaptación› free

una redacción sobre tema libre an essay on a theme of your choice, a free composition

los 200 metros libres the 200 meters freestyle

2 ‹estudiante› external

trabajar por libre to work freelance

hacer algo por libre ( Esp); to do sth one's own way

ir por libre ( Esp fam); to do as one pleases

C (no ocupado)

1 ‹persona› free

¿estás libre esta noche? are you free tonight?

2 ‹tiempo› free

¿tienes un rato libre? do you have a (spare) moment?

en sus ratos libres in her spare o free time

hoy tengo el día libre I have the day off today

cuando tengas un par de horas libres when you have a couple of hours free o to spare

3 ‹asiento› free

¿ese asiento está libre? is that seat free?

no pasó ni un taxi libre not a single empty taxi went by

¿está libre el cuarto de baño? is the bathroom free?

[ S ] Parking: libre Parking Lot: spaces ( AmE), Car Park: spaces ( BrE)

D (exento, no sujeto) libre DE algo:

una propiedad libre de hipotecas an unmortgaged property

la empresa queda libre de toda responsabilidad the company does not accept any responsibility

artículos libres de impuestos duty-free o tax-free goods

nadie está libre de culpa nobody is blameless

nadie está libre de que le pase una cosa así something like that could happen to any of us

libre de riesgo risk-free

libre²

masculine

( Méx)

taxi

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Del verbo librar: ( conjugate librar)

libré es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

libre es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
librar
libre
librar ( conjugate librar) verbo transitivo
1 ( liberar) libre a algn de algo ‹ de peligro› to save sb from sth;
‹de obligación/responsabilidad› to free sb from sth;
◊ ¡Dios nos libre! God forbid!

2 ‹batalla/combate› to fight
librarse verbo pronominal:
◊ se libró por poco he had a lucky escape;

librese de algo ‹de tarea/obligación› to get out of sth;
librese de un castigo to escape punishment;
se libró de tener que ayudarlo she got out of having to help him;
se libreon de morir asfixiados they escaped being suffocated;
librese de algn to get rid of sb
libre adjetivo
1 ‹país/pueblo› free;
◊ lo dejaron libre they set him free;

eres libre de ir donde quieras you're free to go wherever you want;
libre albedrío free will;
libre cambio or comercio free trade;
libre mercado free market
2 ‹traducción/adaptación› free;
◊ los 200 metros libres the 200 meters freestyle

3 ( no ocupado) ‹persona/tiempo/asiento› free;
◊ ¿tienes un rato libre? do you have a (spare) moment?;

en sus ratos libres in her spare o free time;
tengo el día libre I have the day off
4 ( exento):
◊ artículos libres de impuestos duty-free goods

librar
I verbo transitivo
1 to free: me libró de un castigo, she let me off from a punishment
2 (una orden de pago) to draw
II vi (tener el día libre) libra los fines de semana, he has weekends off
libre adjetivo free: está libre de sospecha, she's free from suspicion
eres (muy) libre de hacerlo, you are quite free to do it
libre de impuestos, tax-free
¡vía libre!, make way!
' libre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- albedrío
- bufé
- carga
- desocupada
- desocupado
- día
- entrada
- franca
- franco
- hueca
- hueco
- impuesta
- impuesto
- librar
- lucha
- perilla
- plaza
- radical
- suelta
- suelto
- tiempo
- tienda
- Tiro
- tomarse
- traducción
- vía
- aduana
- caída
- despejado
- dios
- dueño
- economía
- estilo
- falta
- hora
- lavadero
- limpiar
- limpio
- lugar
- melé
- ocio
- ocupar
- paso
- puerto
- sacar
- teatro
- tiro
- tomar
- tranquilo
English:
all-in wrestling
- available
- buffet
- clear
- clearance
- day off
- door
- duty-free
- economy
- equity
- festival
- free
- free enterprise
- free fall
- free kick
- free love
- free rein
- free trade
- free-style
- garden party
- have off
- hire
- leisure time
- liberal
- liberty
- off
- open
- open-air
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outdoorsman
- own
- place
- quit
- sky-dive
- sky-diver
- sleep out
- smokeless zone
- spare
- take off
- tax free
- unoccupied
- vacancy
- vacant
- day
- demand
- duty
- enterprise
- foot
- freelance

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libre adj

1. [sin limitaciones] free;

el amor libre free love;

ser libre de o [m5] para hacer algo to be free to do sth;

eres libre de hacer lo que quieras you are free to do as you wish;

es libre para casarse con quien quiera she is free to marry whoever she pleases;

entrada libre [en letrero] entry free

Comp
libre albedrío free will; Econ libre cambio free trade; [de divisas] floating exchange rates; Econ libre circulación de capitales free circulation of capital;
libre circulación de mercancías free movement of goods;

libre circulación de personas free movement of people;

libre mercado free market

2. [no encarcelado] free

3. [país] free

4. [sin novio, pareja] free, available

5. [sin obstáculos] [camino, carretera] clear

6.
libre de [exento] exempt from;

libre de culpa free from blame;

libre de franqueo esp Br post-free, US postage-free;

libre de impuestos [alcohol, cigarrillos] tax-free, duty-free

7. [desocupado] [asiento] free;
[retrete] vacant; [casa] empty;
¿estarás libre mañana? will you be free tomorrow?;

el puesto de tesorero ha quedado libre the post of treasurer is now vacant;

un taxi libre a free o empty taxi;

libre [en taxi] for hire;

ahora no tengo las manos libres my hands are full at the moment;

aparcamiento: libre [en letrero] parking: spaces

8. [tiempo] free, spare;

cuando tenga un rato libre, te llamo I'll call you when I've got a (spare) moment;

en mis ratos libres me gusta tocar el piano in my spare o free time I like to play the piano;

mañana tengo el día libre I've got the day off tomorrow;

tengo dos horas libres I have two hours spare

9. [independiente] independent;
[alumno] external;
trabajar por libre to work freelance;

estudiar por libre to be an external student;
Esp
ir por libre to do things one's own way;
Esp
cuando viajo me gusta ir por libre más que ir en grupo I prefer travelling alone to travelling in a group

10. [estilo, traducción] free;
Dep
200 metros libres 200 metres freestyle

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libre

adj free; tiempo spare, free;

eres libre de you’re free to;

trabajar por libre be self-employed;

libre de impuestos tax free

* * *

libre adj

1) : free

un país libre: a free country

libre de: free from, exempt from

libre albedrío: free will

2) desocupado: vacant

3)

día libre : day off

* * *

libre adj free

libre de impuestos tax free / duty free

Spanish-English dictionary > libre
65 limitar

v.

1 to limit, to restrict.

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an hour

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

Ricardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.

El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.

2 to mark out (terreno).

3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).

4 to border.

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limitar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to limit

► verbo intransitivo limitar con

1 to border with

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

limitarse a + inf to restrict oneself to + gerund, do no more than + inf

■ una persona inteligente no se limita a ver la televisión an intelligent person does not restrict himself to watching television

■ limítate a cumplir ordenes just obey orders

* * *

verb

to restrict, limit

* * *

1.

VT (=restringir) to limit, restrict

nos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have

limitaron el tiempo del examen a dos horas — the exam time was limited to two hours

hay que limitar el consumo de alcohol entre los adolescentes — alcohol consumption among young people should be restricted

2.

VI

limitar con — to border on

España limita al norte con Francia — Spain borders on France to the north

3.

See:

limitarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month
2.
limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west
3.
limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

* * *

= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

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* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por mes — he's restricted to going out twice a month
2.
limitar vi

limitar con algo — to border on something

España limita al oeste con Portugal — Spain is bounded by Portugal to the west
3.
limitarse v pron

limitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it

* * *

= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.

Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.

Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.

Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.

Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.

Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.

Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.

* limitar con = border on.

* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.

* * *

limitar [A1 ]

vt

‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrict

las disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearms

es necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of action

habrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakers

le han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week

■ limitar

vi

limitar CON algo to border ON sth

España limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the west

■ limitarse

v pron

limitarse A algo:

yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to me

no hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watching

limítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to do

el problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big cities

tiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means

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limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
limitarse verbo pronominal:
◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;

me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
limitar
I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France

' limitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constreñir
- tapiar
- lindar
English:
border on
- confine
- limit
- narrow down
- restrict
- border

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limitar

♦ vt

1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;

quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;

han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;

este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary

2. [terreno] to mark out;

limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land

♦ vi

to border ( con on);
limita al norte con Venezuela it borders on Venezuela to the north

♦ See also the pronominal verb limitarse

* * *

limitar

I v/t limit; ( restringir) limit, restrict

II v/i

:

limitar con border on

* * *

limitar vt

restringir: to limit, to restrict

limitar vi

limitar con : to border on

♦ See also the reflexive verb limitarse

* * *

limitar vb

1. (restringir) to limit

quieren limitar el consumo de agua they want to limit water consumption

2. (tener frontera) to border

España limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France

Spanish-English dictionary > limitar
66 literatura juvenil

(n.) = juvenile fiction, young adult literature

Ex. Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, TEDDY BEARS instead of TOYS.

Ex. For the writer of young adult literature to offer predetermined correctness or to moralise is to sacrifice both honest literature and true learning.

* * *

(n.) = juvenile fiction, young adult literature

Ex: Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, TEDDY BEARS instead of TOYS.

Ex: For the writer of young adult literature to offer predetermined correctness or to moralise is to sacrifice both honest literature and true learning.

Spanish-English dictionary > literatura juvenil
67 línea de ferrocarril

(n.) = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s)

Ex. From Glasgow, rail lines radiate in most directions.

Ex. Wangaratta is strategically placed on the direct rail link between Melbourne and Sydney.

Ex. The wall between the Hotel's garden and pool and the railway line and the beach was flattened by the tsunami.

Ex. The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.

Ex. Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.

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(n.) = rail line, rail link, railway line, railroad(s), railway(s)

Ex: From Glasgow, rail lines radiate in most directions.

Ex: Wangaratta is strategically placed on the direct rail link between Melbourne and Sydney.

Ex: The wall between the Hotel's garden and pool and the railway line and the beach was flattened by the tsunami.

Ex: The article 'Libraries and the railroads -- or sitting on a siding watching the freight trains go by' compares the possible future of libraries and information centres with the state of US railways.

Ex: Displays which take a theme approach, for example wild flowers, vintage cars, railways, and gather together material from different places in the library, can be useful in drawing attention to specific aspects of a library's resources.

Spanish-English dictionary > línea de ferrocarril
68 mapa

m.

map.

borrar algo del mapa (informal figurative) to wipe something off the map

desaparecer del mapa (informal figurative) to vanish into thin air

mapa de bits (computing) bit map

mapa de carreteras road map

mapa físico geographic map

mapa mudo blank map

mapa político political map

mapa del tiempo weather map o chart

mapa topográfico contour map

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mapa

► nombre masculino

1 map

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FRASEOLOGÍA

borrar algo del mapa familiar to wipe something off, get rid of something

hecho,-a un mapa familiar disfigured

mapa de carreteras road map

mapa del tiempo weather map

mapa mudo blank map

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noun m.

map

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SM ABR
= Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación ≈ MAFF, ≈ USDA (EEUU)
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masculino map

te hago un mapita — I'll draw you a map

estos cambios en el mapa político — these changes in the political scene o landscape

desaparecer del mapa — to disappear off the face of the earth

- mapa celeste

- mapa de rutas or carreteras

- mapa del tiempo

- mapa físico/político

* * *

= map.

Nota: Representación plana, simplificada y convencional, de toda o una parte de la superficie terrestre o cualquier cuerpo celeste, con una relación de similitud proporcionada a la que se llama escala.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

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* archivador de mapas = map cabinet, map chest.

* basado en mapas = map-based.

* bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.

* biblioteconomía especializada en los mapas = map librarianship.

* colección de mapas = map collection.

* elaboración de mapas = mapmaking.

* hacer un mapa = map.

* lectura de mapas = map-reading.

* mapa a gran escala = large-scale map.

* mapa cartográfico = chart.

* mapa catastral = cadastral map.

* mapa celeste = celestial chart.

* mapa de carreteras = road map [roadmap].

* mapa de citación = citation map.

* mapa de citas = citation map.

* mapa de cocitas = cocitation map.

* mapa de la biblioteca = library map.

* mapa del directorio = directory map.

* mapa del servidor = site map.

* mapa del tiempo = weather map.

* mapa de navegación marítima = sea chart.

* mapa de rutas = route map.

* mapa en relieve = relief map.

* mapa mental = mind map, rich picture.

* mapa pictórico = pictorial map.

* mapa que se inserta en otro documento = inclusion map.

* mapa sensitivo = image map, sensitive map.

* mapa temático = topic map, topic map.

* mapa topográfico = topographical map, topographic map.

* mapa web = site map, Web map.

* mediante mapas = map-based.

* programas para la gestión de mapas = map software.

* representación mediante mapas de cocitas = cocitation mapping.

* representación mediante mapas mentales = mind mapping.

* trazar un mapa = map.

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masculino map

te hago un mapita — I'll draw you a map

estos cambios en el mapa político — these changes in the political scene o landscape

desaparecer del mapa — to disappear off the face of the earth

- mapa celeste

- mapa de rutas or carreteras

- mapa del tiempo

- mapa físico/político

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= map.

Nota: Representación plana, simplificada y convencional, de toda o una parte de la superficie terrestre o cualquier cuerpo celeste, con una relación de similitud proporcionada a la que se llama escala.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

* archivador de mapas = map cabinet, map chest.

* basado en mapas = map-based.

* bibliotecario encargado de la colección de mapas = map librarian.

* biblioteconomía especializada en los mapas = map librarianship.

* colección de mapas = map collection.

* elaboración de mapas = mapmaking.

* hacer un mapa = map.

* lectura de mapas = map-reading.

* mapa a gran escala = large-scale map.

* mapa cartográfico = chart.

* mapa catastral = cadastral map.

* mapa celeste = celestial chart.

* mapa de carreteras = road map [roadmap].

* mapa de citación = citation map.

* mapa de citas = citation map.

* mapa de cocitas = cocitation map.

* mapa de la biblioteca = library map.

* mapa del directorio = directory map.

* mapa del servidor = site map.

* mapa del tiempo = weather map.

* mapa de navegación marítima = sea chart.

* mapa de rutas = route map.

* mapa en relieve = relief map.

* mapa mental = mind map, rich picture.

* mapa pictórico = pictorial map.

* mapa que se inserta en otro documento = inclusion map.

* mapa sensitivo = image map, sensitive map.

* mapa temático = topic map, topic map.

* mapa topográfico = topographical map, topographic map.

* mapa web = site map, Web map.

* mediante mapas = map-based.

* programas para la gestión de mapas = map software.

* representación mediante mapas de cocitas = cocitation mapping.

* representación mediante mapas mentales = mind mapping.

* trazar un mapa = map.

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mapa

masculine

map

te hago un mapita I'll draw you a map

estos cambios en el mapa político these changes in the political scene o landscape

desaparecer del mapa to disappear off the face of the earth

Compuestos:

● mapa celeste

map o chart of the heavens

● mapa de carreteras

road map

● mapa del mundo

world map, map of the world

● mapa del tiempo

weather map o chart

● mapa de rutas

road map

● mapa de sitio

( Inf) site map

● mapa físico

physical map

● mapa genético or génico

genetic o gene map

● mapa genético

gene map

● mapa hipsométrico

relief map

● mapa mudo

blank o skeleton map

● mapa político

political map

● mapa topográfico

topographic map

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mapa sustantivo masculino
map;
◊ mapa de carreteras road map;

cambios en el mapa político changes in the political scene o landscape;
desaparecer del mapa to disappear off the face of the earth
mapa sustantivo masculino map
mapa de carreteras, road map
♦ Locuciones: familiar borrar del mapa, to wipe out
desaparecer del mapa, to vanish off the face of the earth

' mapa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acotar
- desaparecer
- desplegar
- doblar
- enrollada
- enrollado
- extendida
- extendido
- globo
- isotérmica
- isotérmico
- itinerario
- topográfica
- topográfico
- abrir
- calcar
- cuadriculado
- exacto
- extender
- guiar
- indicar
English:
contour map
- demographic
- face
- large-scale
- map
- open out
- roll up
- route map
- spread
- unfold
- weather map
- road

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mapa nm

map;

Comp
Fam
desaparecer del mapa to vanish into thin air;

Comp
Fam
borrar algo del mapa to wipe sth off the map

Comp
Informát mapa de bits bit map; Informát mapa de caracteres character map;
mapa de carreteras road map;

mapa celeste celestial map;

mapa físico physical map;

mapa genético genetic map;
Informát mapa interactivo [en página Web] clickable image map;
mapa lingüístico linguistic map;

mapa mudo blank map [without names of countries, cities, rivers etc];

mapa político political map;

mapa de relieve relief map;

mapa del tiempo weather map;

mapa topográfico contour map

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mapa

m map;

desaparecer del mapa fam disappear off the face of the earth

* * *

mapa nm

carta: map

* * *

mapa n map

Spanish-English dictionary > mapa
69 mes

m.

1 month.

al o por mes a month

viajo a Lima tres veces al o por mes I go to Lima three times a month

2 monthly salary (salario).

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mes

► nombre masculino

1 month

■ en el mes de abril in (the month of) April

■ dentro de un mes in a month's time

■ ¿cuánto ganas al mes? how much do you earn a month?

2 (mensualidad - que cobrar) monthly salary; (- que pagar) monthly instalment (US installment)

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar con el mes familiar to have one's period

el mes pasado/que viene last/next month

mes civil calendar month

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noun m.

month

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SM

1) month

al mes llegó él — he came a month later

50 dólares al mes — 50 dollars a month

el mes corriente — this month

el mes que viene, el mes próximo — next month

mes lunar — lunar month

2) (=sueldo) month's pay; (=renta) month's rent; (=pago) monthly payment

facilidades de pago 36 meses — 36 months credit available

3) (Med)
*
estar con o tener el mes — to have one's period

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masculino month

el mes pasado/que viene — last/next month

una vez al mes — once a month

¿cuánto pagas al mes? — how much do you pay a month?

tiene siete meses — he's seven months old

está embarazada de tres meses — she's three months pregnant

nos deben dos meses — they owe us two months' rent (o pay etc)

* * *

= month.

Ex. For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

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* al mes = per month.

* cada seis meses = six-monthly.

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de nueve meses = nine-month.

* de seis meses = six-monthly.

* de un mes de duración = month-long.

* durante los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.

* durante meses y meses = for months on end.

* el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.

* el mes pasado = last month.

* en los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.

* en los últimos meses = in recent months.

* llegar a final de mes = make + ends meet.

* mes a mes = month by month.

* mes civil = calendar month.

* mes del calendario = calendar month.

* meses del invierno = winter months.

* meses del verano = summer months.

* mes natural = calendar month.

* mes próximo, el = next month, next month.

* mes que viene, el = next month.

* mes tras mes = month by month.

* por mes = per month.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

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masculino month

el mes pasado/que viene — last/next month

una vez al mes — once a month

¿cuánto pagas al mes? — how much do you pay a month?

tiene siete meses — he's seven months old

está embarazada de tres meses — she's three months pregnant

nos deben dos meses — they owe us two months' rent (o pay etc)

* * *

= month.

Ex: For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

* al mes = per month.

* cada seis meses = six-monthly.

* de cinco meses de duración = five-month-long.

* de nueve meses = nine-month.

* de seis meses = six-monthly.

* de un mes de duración = month-long.

* durante los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.

* durante meses y meses = for months on end.

* el más favorito del mes = pick of the month.

* el mes pasado = last month.

* en los dos últimos meses = over the last couple of months.

* en los últimos meses = in recent months.

* llegar a final de mes = make + ends meet.

* mes a mes = month by month.

* mes civil = calendar month.

* mes del calendario = calendar month.

* meses del invierno = winter months.

* meses del verano = summer months.

* mes natural = calendar month.

* mes próximo, el = next month, next month.

* mes que viene, el = next month.

* mes tras mes = month by month.

* por mes = per month.

* una vez al mes = once a month.

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mes

masculine

[ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

month

el mes pasado/que viene last/next month

una vez al mes once a month

¿cuánto pagas al mes de alquiler? how much rent do you pay a month?, how much is your monthly rent?

durante los meses de verano during the summer months

a principios de mes at the beginning of the month

tiene siete meses he's seven months old

está embarazada de tres meses she's three months pregnant

nos deben dos meses they owe us two months' rent ( o pay etc)

estar con el mes to be having one's period

Compuesto:

mes de María

( Relig):

el mes de María May; (en CS) period from November 8 to December 7

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mes sustantivo masculino
month;
◊ el mes pasado/que viene last/next month;

una vez al mes once a month;
tiene siete meses he's seven months old;
nos deben dos meses they owe us two months' rent (o pay etc)
mes sustantivo masculino
1 (tiempo) month: su mujer está de siete meses, his wife is seven months pregnant
dentro de dos meses, in two month's time
durante el mes de abril, during April
el mes próximo, next month
2 (sueldo) monthly salary o wages pl
(pago) monthly payment
3 fam (menstruación) period

' mes' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- aparecer
- curso
- devengar
- dos
- entrar
- fecha
- inspección
- julio
- nacer
- tanta
- tanto
- tirarse
- última
- último
- una
- uno
- antelación
- anticipación
- aún
- ayer
- bimensual
- cobrar
- corriente
- de
- durante
- el
- enero
- fin
- gasto
- ir
- limpio
- mediados
- plazo
- por
- presente
- saber
- ser
- tardar
English:
absent
- arrears
- bankrupt
- bash out
- best
- bring in
- calendar
- discouraging
- end
- grace
- lighten
- mess
- message
- messenger
- Messrs
- messy
- month
- monthly
- notice
- operational
- probation
- prorate
- provided
- second
- see out
- so
- time
- whole
- within
- about
- first
- out
- over
- payable
- schedule
- start
- struggle
- supply
- tide
- will
- work

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mes nm

1. [del año] month;

se va unos meses de vacaciones she's going away on Br holiday o US vacation for a few months;

las elecciones se celebrarán en el mes de enero the election will take place in January;

al mes siguiente the following month;

a los pocos meses only a few months later;

todos los meses every month;

un mes sí y otro no every other month;

no ha parado de llover en todo el (santo) mes it hasn't stopped raining all month (long);

al o [m5] por mes a month;

viajo a Lima tres veces al o [m5] por mes I go to Lima three times a month

2. [salario] monthly salary

3. Fam [menstruación]
está con el mes it's her time of the month

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mes

m month;

en el mes de mayo in the month of May;

al mes de haber llegado a month after she arrived

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mes nm

: month

* * *

mes n month

el mes que viene next month

el mes pasado last month

Spanish-English dictionary > mes
70 modo

m.

1 way (manera, forma).

¿has visto el modo en que o el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?

no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking

a modo de as, by way of

al modo de in the style of

de ese modo in that way

de ningún modo in no way

de todos modos in any case, anyway

de un modo u otro one way or another

en cierto modo in some ways

modo de empleo instructions for use

de modo que so (así que)

¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?

2 mood (grammar).

modo adverbial adverbial phrase

3 mode, brand, manner, way.

4 grammar mood, mood.

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modo

► nombre masculino

1 way, manner

■ no me convence su modo de trabajar I'm not sure about the way he does his job

2 LINGÚÍSTICA mood

■ el modo subjuntivo the subjunctive mood

■ adverbios de modo adverbs of manner

► nombre masculino plural modos

1 manners

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a modo de as a, like a

■ lo utilizaron a modo de un jarrón they used it as a vase

de cualquier modo (como conector de frases) in any case, anyway 2 (despreocupadamente) any old how

de modo que so

■ de modo que ya lo sabes so now you know

de todos modos anyhow, at any rate

en cierto modo in a way

modo de empleo instructions plural

modo de ser character

■ es su modo de ser that's the way he is

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noun m.

1) way, manner

2) mode

3) mood

•

- de cualquier modo
- de modo que
- de todos modos
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SM

1) (=manera) way, manner frm

los han distribuido del siguiente modo — they have been distributed in the following way o frm manner

¿no hay otro modo de hacerlo? — isn't there another way of doing it?

no me gusta su modo de actuar — I don't like the way he does things

de un modo u otro — one way or another

a mi modo de pensar o ver — in my view, the way I see it

modo de empleo — instructions for use

modo de gobierno — form of government

modo de producción — mode of production

modo de vida — way of life
see MANERA, FORMA, MODO
2) [locuciones]

• a mi/tu modo — (in) my/your (own) way

cada uno lo interpreta a su modo — everyone interprets it in his or her own way

• a modo de — as

utilizó una bolsa a modo de maleta — she used a bag as a suitcase

a modo de ejemplo/respuesta — by way of example/reply

• en cierto modo — in a way, to a certain extent

• de cualquier modo — [antes de verbo] anyway, in any case; (=después de verbo) anyhow

de cualquier modo, ahora tenemos que irnos — we have to go now anyway o in any case

hazlo de cualquier modo — do it anyway you like, do it anyhow, do it any old how *

• de modo + adj —

tenemos que actuar de modo coherente — we must act consistently

eso nos afectará de modo directo — this will have a direct effect on us, this will affect us directly

el accidente influyó de modo negativo en el niño — the accident had a negative effect on the child

• de ese modo — [antes de verbo] (in) this way; [después de verbo] like that

de ese modo no habrá problemas — this way there won't be any problems

no hables de ese modo — don't talk like that

• grosso modo — broadly speaking

esa fue, grosso modo, la contestación que nos dio — broadly speaking, that was the answer he gave us

• de mal modo — rudely

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — he asked me for it very rudely

• del mismo o de igual modo — in the same way

todos van vestidos del mismo o de igual modo — they are all dressed the same o in the same way

del mismo modo sucedió con los agricultores — the same thing happened with the farmers

del mismo modo que — in the same way as o that, just as

• de ningún modo o en modo alguno, no quiero de ningún modo o en modo alguno implicarla en esto — I don't want to involve her in this in any way

no puedo permitir eso de ningún modo — there's no way I can allow that

no se parece de ningún modo a lo que habíamos imaginado — it's nothing like we had imagined

¡de ningún modo! — certainly not!, no way! *

• de todos modos — anyway, all the same, in any case

aunque no me dejes, me iré de todos modos — even if you don't let me, I'll go anyway o all the same o in any case

aunque lo esperaba, de todos modos me sorprendió — even though I was expecting it, I was still surprised

3)

• de modo que — [antes de verbo] so; [después de verbo] so that

¡de modo que eras tú el que llamaba! — so it was you that was calling!

apílalos de modo que no se caigan — stack them up so (that) they won't fall over

4) Esp frm (=moderación) moderation

bebe con modo — drink in moderation

5) LAm

¡ni modo! — (=de ninguna manera) no way *, not a chance *; (=no hay otra alternativa) what else can I/you etc do?

ni modo que lo va a hacer — no way she's going to do it

si no me quieres, ni modo — if you don't love me, what else can I do?

6) pl modos (=modales) manners

• buenos modos — good manners

con buenos modos — politely

• malos modos — bad manners

me contestó con muy malos modos — he answered me very rudely

7) (Ling) [del verbo] mood

de modo — manner antes de s

adverbio de modo — manner adverb

modo adverbial — adverbial phrase

modo conjuntivo — conjunctional phrase

modo imperativo — imperative mood

modo indicativo — indicative mood

modo subjuntivo — subjunctive mood

8) (Inform) mode

9) (Mús) mode

modo mayor/menor — major/minor mode

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masculino

1)

a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

no lo digas de ese modo — don't say it like that

del siguiente modo — in the following manner

a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) (en locs)

a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

3) (Ling) mood

4) (Mús) mode

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= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex. In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex. In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex. The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex. Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex. They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex. City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

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* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.

* actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.

* adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.

* al modo de = a la.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.

* del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.

* del otro modo = the other way (a)round.

* de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* de modo agresivo = aggressively.

* de modo alarmante = alarmingly.

* de modo alternativo = alternatively.

* de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.

* de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.

* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

* de modo censurable = reprehensibly.

* de modo claro = transparently.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de modo competitivo = competitively.

* de modo complementario = complimentarily.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.

* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.

* de modo decisivo = decisively.

* de modo desastroso = disastrously.

* de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.

* de modo divertido = funnily.

* de modo egoísta = selfishly.

* de modo errático = erratically.

* de modo especulativo = speculatively.

* de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.

* de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.

* de modo gracioso = funnily.

* de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.

* de modo heurístico = heuristically.

* de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.

* de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.

* de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.

* de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de modo informal = informally.

* de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.

* de modo insinuante = suggestively.

* de modo irregular = erratically.

* de modo irritante = annoyingly.

* de modo pesimista = gloomily.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* de modo provocativo = suggestively.

* de modo que = so.

* de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de modo recíproco = reciprocally.

* de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.

* de modos diversos = variously.

* de modos extraños = funnily.

* de modo sorprendente = shockingly.

* de modo tal que = so much so that.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* de otro modo = conversely.

* de qué modo = by what means.

* de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.

* de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.

* de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.

* de todos modos = at any rate.

* de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.

* de un modo = in a fashion.

* de un modo absorto = absently.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.

* de un modo acalorado = hotly.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.

* de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.

* de un modo aleatorio = at random.

* de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.

* de un modo anárquico = anarchically.

* de un modo anodino = prosaically.

* de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* de un modo auténtico = authentically.

* de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.

* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.

* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.

* de un modo chirriante = jarringly.

* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

* de un modo compacto = compactly.

* de un modo concluyente = positively.

* de un modo conservador = conservatively.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* de un modo constructivo = constructively.

* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.

* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.

* de un modo crítico = critically.

* de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.

* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

* de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.

* de un modo desenfadado = playfully.

* de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.

* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* de un modo discreto = quietly.

* de un modo disonante = jarringly.

* de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.

* de un modo elegante = elegantly.

* de un modo encantador = charmingly.

* de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.

* de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.

* de un modo extraño = freakishly.

* de un modo fiable = reliably.

* de un modo flexible = flexibly.

* de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.

* de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

* de un modo gradual = incrementally.

* de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.

* de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de un modo holístico = holistically.

* de un modo imparcial = impartially.

* de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.

* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.

* de un modo incidental = incidentally.

* de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.

* de un modo incompleto = incompletely.

* de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.

* de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.

* de un modo indiferente = regardless.

* de un modo inductivo = inductively.

* de un modo innovador = innovatively.

* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

* de un modo insulso = prosaically.

* de un modo inteligente = intelligently.

* de un modo interesante = interestingly.

* de un modo intermitente = in bursts.

* de un modo lógico = logically.

* de un modo malsonante = jarringly.

* de un modo matemático = mathematically.

* de un modo mecánico = mechanically.

* de un modo meditabundo = pensively.

* de un modo molesto = annoyingly.

* de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.

* de un modo muy general = crudely.

* de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.

* de un modo nervioso = nervously.

* de un modo nítido = cleanly.

* de un modo o de otro = either way.

* de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.

* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.

* de un modo óptico = optically.

* de un modo optimista = optimistically.

* de un modo pasivo = passively.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* de un modo pensativo = pensively.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.

* de un modo práctico = practically.

* de un modo provocador = defiantly.

* de un modo provocativo = defiantly.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* de un modo racional = rationally.

* de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.

* de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* de un modo regional = regionally.

* de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.

* de un modo relacionado = connectibly.

* de un modo remunerado = gainfully.

* de un modo retribuido = gainfully.

* de un modo secuencial = step by step.

* de un modo seguro = securely.

* de un modo similar = in a similar vein.

* de un modo simplista = simplistically.

* de un modo sistemático = systematically.

* de un modo susceptible = sensitively.

* de un modo tautológico = tautologically.

* de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.

* de un modo tosco = crudely.

* de un modo trágico = tragically.

* de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.

* de un modo transparente = seamlessly.

* de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.

* de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.

* de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.

* distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.

* distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.

* el mejor modo de = the best way of.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el modo de = the way in which.

* el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.

* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.

* en modo alguno = by no means.

* estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* examinar el modo de = examine + way.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.

* indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.

* información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.

* ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.

* modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.

* modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.

* modo de andar = gait.

* modo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* modo de comunicación = communication pathway.

* modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* modo de conseguir Algo = lever.

* modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* modo de presentación visual = display device.

* modo de resaltar = spotlight.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.

* no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.

* pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* pero no hubo modo = but no dice.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por el modo = by the way.

* preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.

* usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].

* usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).

* usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml)

no lo digas de ese modo — don't say it like that

del siguiente modo — in the following manner

a mi modo de ver — to my way of thinking, in my opinion

modo de empleo — instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo — (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) (en locs)

a mi/tu/su modo — (in) my/your/his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho; a modo de introducción by way of introduction; de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) (indep) in any case, anyway; ( sin cuidado) anyhow; del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that); de modo que ( así que) so; ( para que) (+ subj) so that; ¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?; de modo que se vean desde aquí so that they can be seen from here; de ningún modo no way; de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept; de todos modos anyway, anyhow; en cierto modo in a way; ni modo (AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? - no, ni modo did they get in? - no, no way (colloq); traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good; ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am (colloq); ni modo que te quedes aquí — there's no way you're staying here (colloq)

2) modos masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos — politely/rudely o impolitely

3) (Ling) mood

4) (Mús) mode

* * *

= approach [approaches, -pl.], avenue, guise, means, mode, way, manner, fashion.

Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.

Ex: In the attempt to match the above criteria, there are two fundamentally distinct avenues to the construction of the schedules of a classification scheme.

Ex: In various guises, the basic concepts have found application in the design of a number of special classification schemes.

Ex: The easiest means of illustrating some of the foregoing points is to introduce in outline some special classification schemes.

Ex: Various modes of operation are possible for such a journal, and the precise operation will depend upon the type of information being conveyed.

Ex: They are likely to influence the future function of DC, and the way in which the scheme will evolve, but since there will be a continuing need for shelf arrangement, DC will remain necessary.

Ex: City planning is a body of techniques and theories for co-ordinative decision-making which tries to distribute the community's resources in a manner which will best achieve the community's specific goals, whatever they may be = El urbanismo es un conjunto de técnicas y teorías para la toma coordinada de decisiones que intenta distribuir los recursos de la comunidad de tal forma que se consigan mejor los objetivos específicos de ésta, sean cuales sean.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

* actuar de otro modo = do + otherwise.

* actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo diferente = strike out on + a different path.

* actuar de un modo implacable = play + hardball.

* actuar de un modo independiente = go it alone.

* actuar de un modo intransigente = play + hardball.

* adverbio de modo = adverb of mode.

* a groso modo = crudely.

* a grosso modo = roughly, rough draft.

* al actuar de este modo = by so doing, in so doing, by doing so.

* al modo de = a la.

* a mi modo de ver = in my books.

* a modo de = by way of, in the vein of, as a kind of.

* a modo de aclaración = in parenthesis, on a sidenote.

* a modo de advertencia = cautionary.

* a modo de ejemplo = by way of illustration.

* a modo de explicación = parenthetically.

* a modo de ilustración = by way of illustration.

* a modo de inciso = in passing, by the way of (a) digression.

* a modo de paréntesis = parenthetical.

* a modo de prólogo = prefatory.

* a modo de resumen = wrap-up.

* analizar de un modo imparcial = take + a cool look at.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* artículo a modo de réplica = rebuttal article.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* avecinarse de un modo amenazador = loom + large on the horizon.

* buscar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* conocer de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* crecer de modo exhuberante = grow + rampant.

* de algún modo = in any way [in anyway], somehow, after a fashion, in some form, some way.

* de algún modo + Adjetivo = otherwise + Adjetivo.

* de algún modo u otro = of some sort.

* decir Algo de un modo colérico = flame out.

* decir de un modo enfadado = spit out.

* de cualquier modo = however, either way.

* de diferente modo = differently.

* de ese modo = in doing so, in this,, thereby.

* de este modo = by so doing, by this means, in so doing, in this fashion, in this manner, thereby, this way, thus, this way round, in this way, by doing so, in these ways, this is how, in doing so.

* definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].

* de igual modo = alike, equally, in like fashion, in like vein.

* de igual modo que = just as, just as well... as..., along the lines of, on the lines (of).

* del mejor modo posible = to the best of + Posesivo + ability.

* del mismo modo = exactly, in the same vein, by the same token.

* del mismo modo que = as, in the form that, in the same way (as), in the same way that, just as, in the same manner (as), along the lines, after the fashion of, similar to, in common with.

* del otro modo = the other way (a)round.

* de modo + Adjetivo = on a + Adjetivo + basis.

* de modo agresivo = aggressively.

* de modo alarmante = alarmingly.

* de modo alternativo = alternatively.

* de modo altivo = superciliously, haughtily.

* de modo apreciable = to an appreciable extent.

* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.

* de modo censurable = reprehensibly.

* de modo claro = transparently.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de modo competitivo = competitively.

* de modo complementario = complimentarily.

* de modo conjunto con = in partnership with.

* de modo considerable = to a considerable extent.

* de modo convincente = cogently, unconvincingly.

* de modo decisivo = decisively.

* de modo desastroso = disastrously.

* de modo desconcertante = bewilderingly.

* de modo divertido = funnily.

* de modo egoísta = selfishly.

* de modo errático = erratically.

* de modo especulativo = speculatively.

* de modo estructurado = in a structured fashion.

* de modo fácil = with the tip of a hat.

* de modo gracioso = funnily.

* de modo gratuito = on a complimentary basis.

* de modo heurístico = heuristically.

* de modo humorístico = in a humorous vein.

* de modo imaginativo = imaginatively.

* de modo inconfundible = unmistakably.

* de modo individual = on a case-by-case basis.

* de modo inequívoco = unambiguously.

* de modo inesperado = like a bolt out of the blue, like a bolt from the blue.

* de modo informal = informally.

* de modo ininterrumpido = in an unbroken line.

* de modo insinuante = suggestively.

* de modo irregular = erratically.

* de modo irritante = annoyingly.

* de modo pesimista = gloomily.

* de modo poco imaginativo = unimaginatively.

* de modo provocativo = suggestively.

* de modo que = so.

* de modo que + poder + oír = within earshot of.

* de modo raro = funnily.

* de modo recíproco = reciprocally.

* de modo reprobatorio = reprovingly, reproachfully.

* de modos diversos = variously.

* de modos extraños = funnily.

* de modo sorprendente = shockingly.

* de modo tal que = so much so that.

* demostrar de un modo contundente = demonstrate + beyond (all) doubt, prove + beyond all doubt.

* de ningún modo = by no means, in no way, on no account, in no sense, by any means, not at all, under no/any circumstances, in any shape or form, for the life of me, not on any account, by no stretch of the imagination.

* de nuevos modos = in new ways.

* de otro modo = conversely.

* de qué modo = by what means.

* de tal modo que = in such a way that, so.

* de tal modo que raya en lo ridículo = ridiculously.

* de tal modo que + Subjuntivo = in such a way as to + Infinitivo.

* de todos modos = at any rate.

* de un mod discreto = unobtrusively.

* de un modo = in a fashion.

* de un modo absorto = absently.

* de un modo aburrido y pesado = tediously.

* de un modo acalorado = hotly.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* de un modo + Adjetivo = in + Adjetivo + fashion, in + Adjetivo + measure, in a + Adjetivo + manner, in + Adjetivo + manner, on a + Adjetivo + scale, to a + Adjetivo + degree, in a + Adjetivo + vein.

* de un modo afirmativo = affirmatively.

* de un modo ahorrativo = thriftily.

* de un modo aleatorio = at random.

* de un modo anafórico = anaphorically.

* de un modo anárquico = anarchically.

* de un modo anodino = prosaically.

* de un modo antieconómico = wastefully.

* de un modo apropiado = fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo aprovechado = opportunistically.

* de un modo atractivo = appealingly.

* de un modo auténtico = authentically.

* de un modo barato = inexpensively, thriftily.

* de un modo bochornoso = shamefully.

* de un modo cansado = wearily.

* de un modo caro = expensively + Participio.

* de un modo casual = in a by-the-way fashion.

* de un modo chirriante = jarringly.

* de un modo chocante = jarringly.

* de un modo compacto = compactly.

* de un modo concluyente = positively.

* de un modo conservador = conservatively.

* de un modo constante = on an ongoing basis.

* de un modo constructivo = constructively.

* de un modo convincente = convincingly, forcibly.

* de un modo coordinado = synergistically.

* de un modo crítico = critically.

* de un modo decepcionante = disappointedly.

* de un modo desconcertado = disconcertedly.

* de un modo descontrolado = uncontrollably.

* de un modo desenfadado = playfully.

* de un modo deshonesto = dishonestly.

* de un modo desordenado = higgledy-piggledy.

* de un modo devastador = devastatingly.

* de un modo diferente = differentially.

* de un modo discreto = quietly.

* de un modo disonante = jarringly.

* de un modo económico = economically, thriftily.

* de un modo elegante = elegantly.

* de un modo encantador = charmingly.

* de un modo engorroso = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo equivalente = equivalently.

* de un modo espectacular = spectacularly.

* de un modo estrafalario = freakishly.

* de un modo exhaustivo = comprehensively, in depth, exhaustively.

* de un modo extraño = freakishly.

* de un modo fiable = reliably.

* de un modo flexible = flexibly.

* de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.

* de un modo fraudulento = fraudulently.

* de un modo gradual = incrementally.

* de un modo habitual = as a matter of routine.

* de un modo heterogéneo = heterogeneously [heterogenously].

* de un modo holístico = holistically.

* de un modo imparcial = impartially.

* de un modo impreciso = fuzzily.

* de un modo impresionante = impressively.

* de un modo impulsivo = impulsively.

* de un modo incidental = incidentally.

* de un modo incómodo = awkwardly, cumbrously.

* de un modo incompetente = inefficiently.

* de un modo incompleto = incompletely.

* de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.

* de un modo incorrecto = inaccurately.

* de un modo indiferente = regardless.

* de un modo inductivo = inductively.

* de un modo innovador = innovatively.

* de un modo insolente = defiantly.

* de un modo insulso = prosaically.

* de un modo inteligente = intelligently.

* de un modo interesante = interestingly.

* de un modo intermitente = in bursts.

* de un modo lógico = logically.

* de un modo malsonante = jarringly.

* de un modo matemático = mathematically.

* de un modo mecánico = mechanically.

* de un modo meditabundo = pensively.

* de un modo molesto = annoyingly.

* de un modo moralista = sanctimoniously.

* de un modo muy general = crudely.

* de un modo muy interesante = most interestingly + Verbo.

* de un modo nervioso = nervously.

* de un modo nítido = cleanly.

* de un modo o de otro = either way.

* de un modo oportunista = opportunistically.

* de un modo opresivo = oppressively.

* de un modo óptico = optically.

* de un modo optimista = optimistically.

* de un modo pasivo = passively.

* de un modo penetrante = piercingly.

* de un modo pensativo = pensively.

* de un modo poco constructivo = unconstructively.

* de un modo poco económico = wastefully.

* de un modo poco natural = unnaturally.

* de un modo positivo = positively, constructively.

* de un modo práctico = practically.

* de un modo provocador = defiantly.

* de un modo provocativo = defiantly.

* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.

* de un modo racional = rationally.

* de un modo rápido = rapidly, overnight, at short notice.

* de un modo rapsódico = rhapsodically.

* de un modo raro = freakishly.

* de un modo regional = regionally.

* de un modo regular = on a regular basis, on an ongoing basis, on a continuing basis.

* de un modo relacionado = connectibly.

* de un modo remunerado = gainfully.

* de un modo retribuido = gainfully.

* de un modo secuencial = step by step.

* de un modo seguro = securely.

* de un modo similar = in a similar vein.

* de un modo simplista = simplistically.

* de un modo sistemático = systematically.

* de un modo susceptible = sensitively.

* de un modo tautológico = tautologically.

* de un modo temporal = on a temporary basis.

* de un modo tosco = crudely.

* de un modo trágico = tragically.

* de un modo tranquilizador = soothingly, reassuringly.

* de un modo transparente = seamlessly.

* de un modo u otro = somehow, some way.

* de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.

* de un modo voluntario = voluntarily.

* de un nuevo modo = in a new way.

* dicho de otro modo = in other words, said differently.

* distribuir de un modo escalonado = lay out in + stages.

* distribuir de un modo planificado = zone.

* el mejor modo de = the best way of.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el modo de = the way in which.

* el modo de + Infinitivo = the way to go about + Gerundio.

* en cierto modo = to some extent, after a fashion, to a certain extent, in a manner of speaking, so to speak, to some degree.

* en cierto modo + Verbo = sort of + Verbo.

* encontrar el modo de = find + way of/to.

* encontrar el modo de paliar un problema = find + way (a)round + problem.

* encontrar el modo de regresar = find + Posesivo + way back.

* encontrar su propio modo de actuar = find + Posesivo + own way.

* en metálico y de otro modo = in cash and in kind.

* en modo alguno = by no means.

* estimar a grosso modo = guesstimate.

* estudiar el modo de = explore + ways in which, explore + ways and means of.

* examinar el modo de = examine + way.

* extenderse a modo de abanico = fan out.

* flujo de datos de un modo intermitente = bursty traffic.

* frase a modo de título = title-like phrase.

* funcionar de un modo autónomo = operate under + an autonomous hand.

* hablar del mismo modo = talk + alike.

* hacer esto y aquello de un modo relajado = mess about, pootle, piddle around.

* indizar de modo KWIC = KWIC.

* información a modo de ejemplo = sample data.

* ingeniarse el modo de = dream up + ways to.

* modo de actuar = arrangement, course of action, practice, rationale.

* modo de ahorro de energía = power save mode.

* modo de andar = gait.

* modo de aprendizaje = learning style.

* modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.

* modo de comunicación = communication pathway.

* modo de conducta = mode of conduct, way of conduct.

* modo de conseguir Algo = lever.

* modo de expresión = way of expression, mode of expression.

* modo de hacer preguntas = questioning behaviour.

* modo de introducción de datos = input mode.

* modo de pensar = thinking, way of thinking, mindset [mind-set], mode of thought, mode of thinking.

* modo de presentación visual = display device.

* modo de resaltar = spotlight.

* modo de vida = way of life.

* modo de vida tradicional = folklife.

* modo no interactivo = non-interactive mode.

* no haber modo de = there + be + no means of.

* no hay modo de que = for the life of me.

* o de algún otro modo = or otherwise.

* pensar del mismo modo = think + alike.

* pensar de un modo diferente = think out(side) + (of) the box.

* pero no hubo modo = but no dice.

* por decirlo de algún modo = in a manner of speaking, so to speak.

* por el modo = by the way.

* preparar de un modo rápido = throw together.

* recordar de un modo rápido = sweep back to.

* saber de algún modo = know + on some grounds.

* ser en cierto modo un + Nombre = be something of a + Nombre.

* surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.

* tratar de igual modo = treat as + equal.

* usando el tiempo de un modo eficaz = time efficient [time-efficient].

* usar de un modo descuidado = bandy (about/around).

* usar de un modo despreocupado = bandy (about/around).

* uso de un modo descuidado = bandying about.

* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.

* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.

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modo

masculine

A

1 (manera, forma) way, manner ( frml)

éste no es modo de hacer las cosas this is no way of going about things

no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that

hay que hacerlo del siguiente modo it has to be done in the following manner

a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion

¿qué modo de hablarle a tu abuela es ése? that's no way to speak to your grandmother

[ S ] modo de empleo instructions for use, directions

me lo pidió de muy mal modo ( AmL); she asked me (for it) very rudely o in a very rude way

2 ( en locs):

a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way

hazlo a tu modo do it (in) your (own) way

le gusta hacer las cosas a su modo he likes to do things his (own) way

a modo de: se puso una manta a modo de poncho he put a blanket round his shoulders like a poncho

a modo de introducción by way of introduction

de cualquier modo (de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway; (sin cuidado) anyhow, any which way ( AmE colloq), any old how ( BrE colloq)

del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that)

de modo que (así que) (+ indic) so;

(para que) (+ subj) so that

lo hiciste porque quisiste, de modo que ahora no te quejes you did it because you wanted to, so don't complain now

¿de modo que se van? so they're going, are they?

colócalos de modo que se vean desde aquí arrange them so that they can be seen from here

de ningún modo no way

yo no puedo aceptarlo, de ningún modo there is no way I can accept it

de todos modos anyway, anyhow

no creo que lo pueda lograr, de todos modos volveré a intentarlo I don't think I can do it, but I'll have another try anyway o anyhow

en cierto modo in a way

ni modo ( AmL exc CS fam): ¿pudieron entrar? — no, ni modo, las entradas se habían acabado did they get in? — no, no way o not a chance, it was sold out ( colloq)

traté de persuadirlo para que fuera pero ni modo I tried to persuade him to go but it was no good

ni modo, yo soy como soy that's tough o too bad, I am the way I am ( colloq)

ni modo que ( AmL exc CS): tienes que regresar a tu casa, ni modo que te quedes aquí you have to go home, there's no way you're staying here ( colloq)

B modos mpl (modales) manners (pl)

con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely

C ( Ling) mood

el modo indicativo/subjuntivo the indicative/subjunctive mood

D ( Mús) mode

Compuesto:

modo mayor/menor

major/minor mode

E ( Inf) mode

Compuesto:

modo de reposo

sleep mode

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modo sustantivo masculino
1
a) (manera, forma) way, manner (frml);

◊ el modo de hacerlo the way of doing it;

del siguiente modo in the following manner;
a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking, in my opinion;
no lo digas de ese modo don't say it like that;
de un modo u otro one way or another;
su modo de ser the way he is;

( on signs) modo de empleo instructions for use, directions;
◊ me lo pidió de muy mal modo (AmL) she asked me (for it) very rudely

b) ( en locs)

◊ a mi/tu/su modo (in) my/your/his (own) way;

de cualquier modo ( de todas formas) ( indep) in any case, anyway;

( sin cuidado) anyhow;
del mismo or de igual modo que just as, in the same way (that);
◊ de modo que ( así que) so;

( para que) so that;
◊ de ningún modo no way;

de ningún modo puedo aceptar there's no way I can accept;
de todos modos anyway, anyhow;
en cierto modo in a way;
ni modo (AmL exc CS fam) no way;
traté de persuadirlo pero ni modo I tried to persuade him but it was no good;
ni modo que te quedes aquí there's no way you're staying here (colloq)
2
◊ modos sustantivo masculino plural ( modales) manners (pl);

con buenos/malos modos politely/rudely o impolitely
modo sustantivo masculino
1 (forma de hacer) way, manner: habla de un modo extraño, he speaks in a strange way
2 Ling mode: modo imperativo, imperative mood 3 modos, manners: ¡no vengas aquí con esos malos modos!, don't come around here with those bad manners!
' modo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- así
- camino
- cante
- canto
- carácter
- censurar
- cocina
- como quiera
- comoquiera
- con
- conforme
- de
- dicha
- dicho
- empleo
- en
- estilo
- forma
- ir
- gustar
- habla
- igualmente
- inciso
- indicativa
- indicativo
- mirada
- olla
- parcial
- pensión
- poner
- proceder
- radical
- reconocer
- replicar
- risa
- según
- sentada
- sic
- sistema
- tal
- temeraria
- temerario
- temperamento
- tono
- tres
- uso
- ver
- vía
- vida
English:
abrupt
- alike
- allowance
- aloud
- anyhow
- as
- at
- captivate
- casually
- deliriously
- depressingly
- direction
- dramatically
- educationally
- fashion
- funnily
- gloomily
- haphazardly
- harmlessly
- illegibly
- impressively
- inadequately
- incompletely
- incomprehensibly
- inconclusively
- inconveniently
- instruction
- keenly
- kind
- loophole
- love
- maddeningly
- manner
- mode
- modus operandi
- mood
- mother
- nowhere
- observe
- offhandedly
- originally
- ostentatious
- other
- outrageous
- pass round
- plausibly
- quizzical
- ravishingly
- reassuringly
- reciprocally

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modo

♦ nm

1. [manera, forma] way;

no encuentro el modo de dejar el tabaco whatever I do, I just can't seem to give up smoking;

ése no es modo de comportarse that's no way to behave;

¿has visto el modo en que o [m5] el modo como te mira? have you seen how o the way he's looking at you?;

esta vez lo haremos a mi modo this time we'll do it my way;

al modo de in the style of, after the fashion of;

a modo de as, by way of;

a mi modo de ver the way I see it;

de algún modo somehow;

se le cayó el botón porque lo cosió de cualquier modo the button fell off because he sewed it on carelessly o any old how;

hazlo de cualquier modo do it however you like;

no te preocupes, de cualquier modo no pensaba ir don't worry, I wasn't going to go anyway;

de ese/este modo that/this way;

del mismo modo similarly, in the same way;

lo hice del mismo modo que ayer/tú I did it the same way as yesterday/you;

lo organizaron de modo que acabara antes de las diez they organized it so (that) it finished before ten;

¿de modo que no te gusta? so, you don't like it (then)?;

de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno deberíamos dejarle salir under no circumstances should we let her out;

de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno quise ofenderte I in no way intended to offend you;

¿te he molestado? – de ningún modo o [m5] en modo alguno did I annoy you? – not at all o by no means;

¿quieres que lo invitemos? – ¡de ningún modo! shall we invite him? – no way o certainly not!;

de otro modo [si no] otherwise;

de tal modo (que) [tanto] so much (that);

de todos modos in any case, anyway;

de todos modos seguiremos en contacto in any case, we'll keep in touch;

de todos modos, ¿qué es eso que decías de un viaje? anyway, what's that you were saying about going away?;

de un modo u otro one way or another;

dicho de otro modo in other words, put another way;

en cierto modo in a way;

¡qué modo de hacer las cosas! that's no way to do things!

Comp
Ling modo de articulación manner of articulation;
modo de empleo instructions for use;

modo de pensar way of thinking;

a mi modo de pensar to my way of thinking;

modo de ser: [m5] tiene un modo de ser muy agradable she has a very pleasant nature;

no me gusta su modo de ser I don't like the way he is;

modo de vida way of life, lifestyle

2.
modos [modales] manners;

buenos/malos modos good/bad manners;

me contestó de buenos/malos modos she answered politely/rudely

3. Gram mood;

modo indicativo/subjuntivo indicative/subjunctive mood;

en modo indicativo in the indicative (mood)

4. Informát mode

Comp
modo de edición edit mode;
modo gráfico graphic mode;

modo de inserción insert mode

5. Mús mode

♦ ni modo loc adv
Am salvo RP [de ninguna manera] no way, not a chance;
¿llegaremos a tiempo? – ni modo will we get there on time? – no way o not a chance;

ni modo pues there's nothing we can do about it, then

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modo

m

1 way;

a mi modo de ver to my way of thinking;

dicho de otro modo to put it another way;

de este modo like this;

modo de ser personality

2 GRAM mood

3 MÚS mode

4

:

modos pl manners;

de malos modos rudely

5

:

a modo de as;

de modo que so that;

de ningún modo not at all;

de otro modo otherwise;

de tal modo que so much that;

de todos modos anyway;

de cualquier modo anyway, anyhow;

en cierto modo in a way o sense

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modo nm

1) manera: way, manner, mode

de un modo u otro: one way or another

a mi modo de ver: to my way of thinking

2) : mood (in grammar)

3) : mode (in music)

4)

a modo de : by way of, in the manner of, like

a modo de ejemplo: by way of example

5)

de cualquier modo : in any case, anyway

6)

de modo que : so, in such a way that

7)

de todos modos : in any case, anyway

8)

en cierto modo : in a way, to a certain extent

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modo n way

tiene que haber un modo más fácil there must be an easier way

de modo que (por tanto) so (de forma que) so that

de ningún modo no way

de todos modos anyway

Spanish-English dictionary > modo
71 más o menos

más o menos

more or less

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= more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.

Ex. True, the machine is sometimes controlled by a keyboard, and thought of a sort enters in reading the figures and poking the corresponding keys, but even this is avoidable.

Ex. For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

Ex. In summary, accountability has been perceived by some as a threat of sorts.

Ex. Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.

Ex. Estimates of the books currently in print in Britain usually give a number of round about a quarter of a million titles.

Ex. Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.

Ex. President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.

Ex. In hindsight about 350k dollars ( ballpark) turned out to be the magic number.

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= more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.

Ex: True, the machine is sometimes controlled by a keyboard, and thought of a sort enters in reading the figures and poking the corresponding keys, but even this is avoidable.

Ex: For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

Ex: In summary, accountability has been perceived by some as a threat of sorts.

Ex: Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.

Ex: Estimates of the books currently in print in Britain usually give a number of round about a quarter of a million titles.

Ex: Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.

Ex: President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.

Ex: In hindsight about 350k dollars ( ballpark) turned out to be the magic number.

Spanish-English dictionary > más o menos
72 nombrar

v.

1 to mention.

2 to appoint.

3 to name, to utter.

Ella nombra razones She names reasons.

Ella nombra a su hijo She names her son.

Ellos nombraron al presidente They named the president.

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nombrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (dar nombre, mencionar) to name

2 (llamar) to call

3 (designar) to name, appoint

■ lo han nombrado director he has been appointed director

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verb

1) to appoint

2) name

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VT

1) [gen] to name; (=designar) to designate

2) [para puesto, cargo] to nominate, appoint; (Mil) to commission

nombrar a algn embajador — to appoint sb ambassador

3) (=mencionar) to mention

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) (citar, mencionar) to mention

la persona anteriormente nombrada — the aforementioned person

2) ( designar) to appoint

* * *

= appoint, label, name, style, nominate, baptise [baptize, -USA].

Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex. Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.

Ex. The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.

Ex. Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.

Ex. Until 1979, Members of the European Parliament were nominated by their national parliaments but in June of that year the first elections by universal suffrage were held in each of the nine member states.

Ex. This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries = Este artículo explica un microlenguaje de programación, denominado MILAMU, que facilita tanto el acceso a estas bases de datos multimedia como la formulación de enunciados de búsqueda de documentos multimedia.

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* nombrar a dedo = handpick.

* nombrar rey = enthrone.

* nombrar una delegación = appoint + delegation.

* nombrar un comité = appoint + committee.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some, to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

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verbo transitivo

1) (citar, mencionar) to mention

la persona anteriormente nombrada — the aforementioned person

2) ( designar) to appoint

* * *

= appoint, label, name, style, nominate, baptise [baptize, -USA].

Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex: Its primer purpose is the finding of specific documents, and consequently this type of catalogue has been labelled a finding list catalogue or an inventory catalogue.

Ex: The author statement may, for example, name all of a string of authors, or just the first named.

Ex: Mathilda Panopoulos, known as 'Tilly' to her friends and colleagues but usually styled 'Tilly the Hun' or just 'the Hun' by her detractors, is a native of Pritchard.

Ex: Until 1979, Members of the European Parliament were nominated by their national parliaments but in June of that year the first elections by universal suffrage were held in each of the nine member states.

Ex: This article defines a user friendly micro-language, baptized MILAMU, that facilitates both access to these multimedia databases and formulation of multimedia queries = Este artículo explica un microlenguaje de programación, denominado MILAMU, que facilita tanto el acceso a estas bases de datos multimedia como la formulación de enunciados de búsqueda de documentos multimedia.

* nombrar a dedo = handpick.

* nombrar rey = enthrone.

* nombrar una delegación = appoint + delegation.

* nombrar un comité = appoint + committee.

* por nombrar (sólo) + Número = to name (only) + Número.

* por nombrar sólo unos cuantos = to name only some, to name only some.

* por nombrar sólo unos pocos = to name but a few.

* por nombrar unos pocos = to name a few.

* volver a nombrar = rename.

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nombrar [A1 ]

vt

A (citar, mencionar) to mention

desde entonces no lo ha vuelto a nombrar since then she's never mentioned his name o him again

la persona anteriormente nombrada the aforementioned person

B (designar)

1 (para un cargo) to appoint

fue nombrado jefe de sección he was appointed head of department

2 ( Der):

lo nombró heredero she named o appointed him (as) her heir

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nombrar ( conjugate nombrar) verbo transitivo
a) (citar, mencionar) to mention;

◊ no lo volvió a nombrar she never mentioned his name o him again

b) ( designar) to appoint

nombrar verbo transitivo
1 (para un cargo) to appoint: le nombraron secretario general, he was appointed secretary general
nombrar a dedo, to handpick
2 (mencionar) to name, mention: ¡a ése ni me lo nombres!, don't even mention his name!
' nombrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
asignar
- impronunciable
- aludir
- apoderado
- siguiente
English:
appoint
- assign
- designate
- knight
- make
- name
- nominate
- put forward
- put up
- reappoint
- commission

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nombrar vt

1. [citar] to mention

2. [designar] to appoint

* * *

nombrar

v/t

1 mention

2 para un cargo appoint

* * *

nombrar vt

1) : to appoint

2) : to mention, to name

* * *

nombrar vb

1. (mencionar) to mention somebody's name

a Juan ni me lo nombres don't even mention Juan's name to me

2. (designar) to name / to appoint

la han nombrado directora she's been appointed manageress

Spanish-English dictionary > nombrar
73 osito de peluche

osito de peluche

teddy bear

* * *

(n.) = teddy bear

Ex. Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, teddy bears instead of TOYS.

* * *

(n.) = teddy bear

Ex: Also, even juvenile fiction could be better accessed by applying more specific descriptors when possible; for example, teddy bears instead of TOYS.

Spanish-English dictionary > osito de peluche
74 para que

adv.

what for, wherefore, why.

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para que

so that

■ déjale una nota a tu madre para que sepa dónde estás leave your mother a note so that she knows where you are

■ cierra la puerta para que no entre el perro shut the door so that the dog doesn't get in

■ aún es pronto para que vuelvan it's still too early for them to be back

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so that, in order to

* * *

= in order that, so that, seeing that

Ex. In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.

* * *

= in order that, so that, seeing that

Ex: In order that the plans be better understood, it is essential that the aims of the library be outlined first.

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: He will be particularly employed, of course, as the chair of the session, seeing that the floor is not hogged by a few articulate public speakers.

Spanish-English dictionary > para que
75 pensamiento

m.

1 thought.

leer el pensamiento a alguien to read somebody's mind o thoughts

2 pansy (botany).

3 thinking, ability to think.

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pensamiento

► nombre masculino

1 (idea) thought

2 (mente) mind

3 BOTÁNICA pansy

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noun m.

thought

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SM

1) (=facultad) thought

- como el pensamiento

2) (=mente) mind

acudir o venir al pensamiento de algn — to come to sb's mind

no le pasó por el pensamiento — it never occurred to him, it never entered his mind

envenenar el pensamiento de algn — to poison sb's mind ( contra against)

ni por pensamiento — I wouldn't dream of it

3) (=cosa pensada) thought

mal pensamiento — nasty thought

el pensamiento de Quevedo — Quevedo's thought

adivinar los pensamientos de algn — to read sb's thoughts, guess what sb is thinking

nuestro pensamiento sobre este tema — our thinking on this subject

pensamiento único — (Pol) single system of values

4) (=propósito) idea, intention

mi pensamiento es hacer algo — my idea o intention is to do sth

5) (Bot) pansy

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masculino

1)

a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

me adivinó el pensamiento — she read my mind o my thoughts

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

- pensamiento lateral

2) (Bot) pansy

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= mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.

Ex. Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).

Ex. Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.

Ex. Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex. A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.

Ex. By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.

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* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.

* de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.

* escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.

* expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.

* leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.

* líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.

* línea de pensamiento = line of thought.

* método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.

* pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.

* pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.

* pensamiento científico = scientific thought.

* pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.

* pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.

* pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.

* pensamiento errante = meandering thought.

* pensamiento errático = meandering thought.

* pensamiento grupal = groupthink.

* pensamiento humano = human thought.

* pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.

* pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.

* pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.

* pensamiento libre = free thought.

* pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.

* pensamiento original = creative thinking.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* pensamiento racional = rational thought.

* serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.

* * *

masculino

1)

a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

me adivinó el pensamiento — she read my mind o my thoughts

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

- pensamiento lateral

2) (Bot) pansy

* * *

= mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.

Ex: Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).

Ex: Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.

Ex: Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex: A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.

Ex: By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.

* adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.

* de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.

* escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.

* expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.

* leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.

* libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.

* líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.

* línea de pensamiento = line of thought.

* método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.

* pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.

* pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.

* pensamiento científico = scientific thought.

* pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.

* pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.

* pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.

* pensamiento errante = meandering thought.

* pensamiento errático = meandering thought.

* pensamiento grupal = groupthink.

* pensamiento humano = human thought.

* pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.

* pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.

* pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.

* pensamiento libre = free thought.

* pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.

* pensamiento original = creative thinking.

* pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.

* pensamiento racional = rational thought.

* serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.

* * *

pensamiento

masculine

A

1 (facultad) thought

2 (cosa pensada) thought

siempre me adivina el pensamiento she always knows what I'm thinking, she can always read my mind o my thoughts

3 (doctrina) thinking

el pensamiento político de la época the political thinking of the time

4 (máxima, sentencia) thought

estas citas son pensamientos de autores célebres these quotes are the thoughts of famous writers

Compuesto:

pensamiento lateral

lateral thinking

B ( Bot) pansy

* * *

pensamiento sustantivo masculino
1
a) ( facultad) thought

b) ( cosa pensada) thought

c) ( doctrina) thinking

d) ( máxima) thought

2 (Bot) pansy
pensamiento sustantivo masculino
1 (una idea) thought
2 (un conjunto de ideas) thinking
3 Bot pansy
♦ Locuciones: leer el pensamiento, to read sb's mind
pasársele a uno por el pensamiento, to come to one's mind
' pensamiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adivinar
- antípodas
- asaltar
- desterrar
- espina
- hilo
- manifestar
- vacía
- vacío
- abstraerse
- agilizar
- ánimo
- leer
- profundo
- rondar
- transmisión
English:
avert
- deep
- destructive
- impure
- impurity
- pansy
- private
- reflection
- run
- thinking
- thought
- train
- unvoiced
- mind

* * *

pensamiento nm

1. [facultad] thought;
[mente] mind;
se debe potenciar la capacidad de pensamiento en los alumnos pupils should be encouraged to think;

sumido en sus pensamientos deep in thought;

no me pasó por el pensamiento it never crossed my mind;

leer el pensamiento a alguien to read sb's mind o thoughts

Comp
pensamiento lateral lateral thinking
2. [idea] idea, thought;

el pensamiento socialdemócrata social democratic thought o thinking

Comp
Pol el pensamiento único:
según el pensamiento único… according to the current free-market liberal-democratic consensus…

3. [sentencia] maxim, saying

4. [flor] pansy

* * *

pensamiento

m

1 ( reflexión) thought

2 BOT pansy

* * *

pensamiento nm

1) : thought

2) : thinking

3) : pansy

* * *

pensamiento n thought

Spanish-English dictionary > pensamiento
76 prácticamente

adv.

1 practically, in a practical way, pragmatically.

2 practically.

3 for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes.

* * *

prácticamente

► adverbio

1 practically

* * *

adv.

practically, virtually

* * *

ADV practically

está prácticamente terminado — it's practically finished, it's almost finished

* * *

adverbio practically, virtually

¿has terminado? - prácticamente — have you finished? - almost o nearly

* * *

= practically, to all intents, virtually, fundamentally, pretty well.

Ex. However, the rules of 1908 and 1949, on which practically all our catalogs have been based, included no such provision, save in the case of so-called anonymous classics.

Ex. Suppose, for example, that the indexer decides that the terms 'Great Britain' and 'United Kingdom' are to all intents synonyms.

Ex. Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

Ex. Dewey announced that the structure of the scheme would not be fundamentally changed.

Ex. Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.

* * *

adverbio practically, virtually

¿has terminado? - prácticamente — have you finished? - almost o nearly

* * *

= practically, to all intents, virtually, fundamentally, pretty well.

Ex: However, the rules of 1908 and 1949, on which practically all our catalogs have been based, included no such provision, save in the case of so-called anonymous classics.

Ex: Suppose, for example, that the indexer decides that the terms 'Great Britain' and 'United Kingdom' are to all intents synonyms.

Ex: Virtually all software packages offer the purchaser the opportunity to evolve a record format which suits a specific application.

Ex: Dewey announced that the structure of the scheme would not be fundamentally changed.

Ex: Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.

* * *

prácticamente

adverb

practically, virtually

el teatro estaba prácticamente vacío the theater was practically o virtually o almost empty

¿has terminado? — prácticamente have you finished? — almost o nearly o ( colloq) just about o ( colloq) pretty well

* * *

prácticamente adverbio practically
' prácticamente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
segura
- seguro
English:
expansive
- good
- practically
- virtual
- virtually
- near

* * *

prácticamente adv
[casi] practically;
es prácticamente imposible que lo consiga there's practically o almost no chance of him doing it;

¿estás lista ya? – prácticamente are you ready yet? – almost o nearly

* * *

prácticamente adv

: practically

* * *

prácticamente adv practically

Spanish-English dictionary > prácticamente
77 punto de acceso

(n.) = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point

Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex. UNIBID has less redundancy and covers more types of bibliographic material than UNIMARC, whereas the latter probably has more entry points for catalogue headings.

Ex. These instructions codes convert the operators into machine-readable manipulation codes, and show which terms are to be used as entry term.

Ex. All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.

Ex. Much more important, however, is the fact that an online catalog contains many more retrieval accesses than a catalog based on the Paris Principles and is therefore a far more effective tool from the user's point of view.

Ex. Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.

Ex. Such libraries act as access points to the full range of resources that are housed in the central libraries with which they are linked.

Ex. One of the greatest assets that libraries possess as potential hosts for community information services is their extensive network of service points.

Ex. Simplifying the filing rules and adding more points of access are exactly what we need.

Ex. Written in engaging, lively prose, the biography might offer an accessible entrance point into 17th-century studies for scholars new to the period.

* * *

(n.) = access point, entry point, entry term, index entry, retrieval access, search key, access point, service point, point of access, entrance point

Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

Ex: UNIBID has less redundancy and covers more types of bibliographic material than UNIMARC, whereas the latter probably has more entry points for catalogue headings.

Ex: These instructions codes convert the operators into machine-readable manipulation codes, and show which terms are to be used as entry term.

Ex: All index entries and references in a PRECIS index are derived from an indexing string.

Ex: Much more important, however, is the fact that an online catalog contains many more retrieval accesses than a catalog based on the Paris Principles and is therefore a far more effective tool from the user's point of view.

Ex: Typically some parts of records can be searched and their elements used as search keys.

Ex: Such libraries act as access points to the full range of resources that are housed in the central libraries with which they are linked.

Ex: One of the greatest assets that libraries possess as potential hosts for community information services is their extensive network of service points.

Ex: Simplifying the filing rules and adding more points of access are exactly what we need.

Ex: Written in engaging, lively prose, the biography might offer an accessible entrance point into 17th-century studies for scholars new to the period.

Spanish-English dictionary > punto de acceso
78 recomendar

v.

1 to recommend.

recomendar a alguien que haga algo to recommend that somebody do something, to advise somebody to do something

se recomienda precaución caution is advised

no recomendada para menores de 18 not suitable for persons under 18 (película)

2 to recommend (trabajador, restaurante).

3 to recommend to.

* * *

recomendar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 to recommend, advise

■ te recomiendo que estudies más I recommend that you study harder

* * *

verb

1) to recommend

2) advocate

* * *

VT

1) (=aconsejar) to recommend

recomendar a algn que haga algo — to recommend o advise sb to do sth

le recomiendo esta novela — I recommend this novel to you

2) [para un trabajo]

lo recomendaron para el puesto — he was recommended for the job

3) LAm (Correos) to register

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <libro/restaurante> to recommend

b) ( para empleo) to recommend, put forward

c) ( aconsejar) to advise

no te lo recomiendo — I wouldn't advise it

* * *

= advocate, counsel, direct, make + recommendation, prescribe, recommend, commend.

Ex. In order to understand the citation order that PRECIS indexing advocates it is necessary to examine the function of the operators more closely.

Ex. For example, ALA 5A counsels that collections should be entered under the compiler or editor, individual or corporate.

Ex. This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.

Ex. In its final report, however, the Working Group made a number of recommendations concerning the future direction of development relating to authorities.

Ex. Factors here may be: any guidelines set internally, by external agencies or networks restricting the length and content of abstracts, and prescribing stylistic features.

Ex. In the interest of economy, and in order to avoid an overcomplex catalogue these rules recommend selective use of added entries.

Ex. As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.

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* recomendar a = put + a word in for.

* recomendar directrices = provide + guidelines.

* recomendar encarecidamente = urge.

* * *

verbo transitivo

a) <libro/restaurante> to recommend

b) ( para empleo) to recommend, put forward

c) ( aconsejar) to advise

no te lo recomiendo — I wouldn't advise it

* * *

= advocate, counsel, direct, make + recommendation, prescribe, recommend, commend.

Ex: In order to understand the citation order that PRECIS indexing advocates it is necessary to examine the function of the operators more closely.

Ex: For example, ALA 5A counsels that collections should be entered under the compiler or editor, individual or corporate.

Ex: This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.

Ex: In its final report, however, the Working Group made a number of recommendations concerning the future direction of development relating to authorities.

Ex: Factors here may be: any guidelines set internally, by external agencies or networks restricting the length and content of abstracts, and prescribing stylistic features.

Ex: In the interest of economy, and in order to avoid an overcomplex catalogue these rules recommend selective use of added entries.

Ex: As drill exercises in writing, the writing of book reviews has little to commend it.

* recomendar a = put + a word in for.

* recomendar directrices = provide + guidelines.

* recomendar encarecidamente = urge.

* * *

recomendar [A5 ]

vt

1 ‹libro/película/restaurante› to recommend

un médico que me han recomendado a doctor who has been recommended to me

2 ‹persona› (para un empleo) to recommend

3 (aconsejar) to advise

hazlo si quieres, pero no te lo recomiendo do it if you want to, but I wouldn't advise it o recommend it

* * *

recomendar ( conjugate recomendar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹libro/restaurante/persona› to recommend

b) ( aconsejar) to advise;

◊ no te lo recomiendo I wouldn't advise it

recomendar verbo transitivo to recommend ➣ Ver nota en propose
' recomendar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
homologar
- recomienda
English:
advocate
- commend
- exhort
- recommend
- urge
- word
- prescribe

* * *

recomendar vt

1. [aconsejar] to recommend;

el médico me ha recomendado reposo the doctor has recommended that I rest, the doctor has advised me to rest;

me han recomendado este restaurante this restaurant has been recommended to me;

recomendar a alguien que haga algo to recommend that sb do sth, to advise sb to do sth;

te lo recomiendo I recommend it to you;

se recomienda precaución caution is advised;

no recomendada para menores de 18 [película] not suitable for persons under 18

2. [a trabajador] to recommend;

lo recomendaron para el puesto he was recommended for the job

* * *

recomendar

v/t recommend

* * *

recomendar {55} vt

1) : to recommend

2) aconsejar: to advise

* * *

recomendar vb to recommend

Spanish-English dictionary > recomendar
79 reflexión

f.

1 reflection, careful consideration, meditation, thought.

2 reflection, reflexion.

* * *

reflexión

► nombre femenino

1 reflection

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

con reflexión on reflection

sin reflexión without thinking

* * *

noun f.

reflection, thought

* * *

SF

1) (Fís) reflection

2) (=consideración) reflection, thought

con reflexión — on reflection

sin reflexión — without thinking

mis reflexiones sobre el problema — my reflections on the problem

hacer reflexiones — to reflect

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( acción) reflection

entregado a la reflexión — deep in thought

sin reflexión — without thinking

b) reflexiones femenino plural ( consideraciones) reflections (pl)

después de muchas reflexiones — after much reflection o thought

hizo unas reflexiones sobre... — he made some observations on...

2) (Fís) reflection

* * *

= deliberation, reflection [reflexion], contemplation, thought, rumination.

Ex. Such deliberations on subject scope will normally lead to a preliminary list of significant terms.

Ex. Her paper was entitled ' Reflections on the use of an on-line instrument for information retrieval in libraries'.

Ex. 'Look,' she began, rousing herself from her secret contemplation, 'Cindi Kass doesn't strike me as the type to grieve'.

Ex. Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The library and the library school: some ruminations on relationships'.

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* dar lugar a la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar materia para la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* jornada de reflexión = reflection-day.

* período de reflexión = cooling-off period.

* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.

* que invita a la reflexión = thought-provoking.

* reflexiones = thoughts, musings.

* unos segundos de reflexión = a moment's thought, a moment's reflection.

* * *

femenino

1)

a) ( acción) reflection

entregado a la reflexión — deep in thought

sin reflexión — without thinking

b) reflexiones femenino plural ( consideraciones) reflections (pl)

después de muchas reflexiones — after much reflection o thought

hizo unas reflexiones sobre... — he made some observations on...

2) (Fís) reflection

* * *

= deliberation, reflection [reflexion], contemplation, thought, rumination.

Ex: Such deliberations on subject scope will normally lead to a preliminary list of significant terms.

Ex: Her paper was entitled ' Reflections on the use of an on-line instrument for information retrieval in libraries'.

Ex: 'Look,' she began, rousing herself from her secret contemplation, 'Cindi Kass doesn't strike me as the type to grieve'.

Ex: Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The library and the library school: some ruminations on relationships'.

* dar lugar a la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* dar materia para la reflexión = provide + food for thought.

* jornada de reflexión = reflection-day.

* período de reflexión = cooling-off period.

* que incita a la reflexión = provocative of.

* que invita a la reflexión = thought-provoking.

* reflexiones = thoughts, musings.

* unos segundos de reflexión = a moment's thought, a moment's reflection.

* * *

reflexión

feminine

A

1

(acción): lo encontré entregado a la reflexión I found him deep in thought o meditation o reflection

sin reflexión without thinking, without thought o reflection

2 reflexiones fpl

(consideraciones): estaba absorta en sus reflexiones she was deep in thought o meditation o reflection

como resultado de mis profundas reflexiones after much serious reflection o thought

hizo unas reflexiones sobre la derrota he reflected on the defeat

B ( Fís) reflection

Compuesto:

reflexión total

total reflection

* * *

reflexión sustantivo femenino reflection
actuar sin reflexión, to act without thinking
' reflexión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balance
- ciega
- ciego
- de
- temeridad
English:
consideration
- impulsively
- reflection
- second thought
- thought

* * *

reflexión nf

1. [meditación] reflection;

sin previa reflexión without thinking

2. [razonamiento] thought;

me hizo unas reflexiones sobre el asunto he made a few remarks on the matter to me, he shared some of his thoughts on the matter with me

3. [de onda, rayo] reflection

* * *

reflexión

f reflection, thought

* * *

reflexión nf, pl - xiones : reflection, thought

* * *

reflexión n reflection

Spanish-English dictionary > reflexión
80 restringir

v.

1 to limit, to restrict.

El general restringe las actividades The general restricts the activities.

El detective restringe la información The detective restricts the data.

2 to cause a reduction in, to bite into, to bite on.

Esto restringe la disponibilidad This causes a reduction in availability.

* * *

restringir

Conjugation model [ DIRIGIR], like link=dirigir dirigir

► verbo transitivo

1 (limitar) to restrict, limit

2 (astringir) to contract

► verbo pronominal restringirse

1 (reducirse) to reduce

* * *

verb

to limit, restrict

* * *

VT to restrict, limit (a to)

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
2.
restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself

* * *

= curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex. Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.

Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex. The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.

Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

Ex. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.

Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.

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* restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo < gastos> to restrict, cut; < libertad> to restrict
2.
restringirse v pron to restrict o limit oneself

* * *

= curtail, place + restriction, restrict, tie down, circumscribe, box in, constrict, narrow down, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: Is it necessary to place the same restrictions on research and nonresearch libraries?.

Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.

Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.

Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

Ex: The gland was pale pink in colour with an hourglass shape that was constricted in the middle.

Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.

Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.

Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.

Ex: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.

Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.

* restringir una búsqueda = limit + selection, narrow + search, qualify + search, qualify + selection.

* * *

restringir [I7 ]

vt

‹gastos› to restrict, cut, limit; ‹libertad› to restrict

■ restringirse

v pron

to restrict o limit oneself

* * *

restringir ( conjugate restringir) verbo transitivo
to restrict
restringir vtr (el acceso a un lugar, derecho) to restrict, limit
(el consumo, distribución de algo) to cut back, restrict
' restringir' also found in these entries:
English:
circumscribe
- confine
- cut down
- limit
- restrict
- tie down
- curtail
- narrow

* * *

restringir vt

to limit, to restrict

* * *

restringir

v/t restrict, limit

* * *

restringir {35} vt

limitar: to restrict, to limit

* * *

restringir vb to restrict

Spanish-English dictionary > restringir

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specific legacy — see legacy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. specific legacy … Law dictionary
specific intent — see intent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. specific intent … Law dictionary
Specific fuel consumption (thrust) — Specific fuel consumption, often shortened to SFC, or TSFC is an engineering term that is used to describe the fuel efficiency of an engine design with respect to thrust output. It allows the efficiency of different sized engines to be directly… … Wikipedia

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