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1 puente
m.1 bridge.puente colgante suspension bridgepuente levadizo drawbridgepuente peatonal footbridge2 ? long weekend.hacer puente (consisting of a public holiday, the weekend and the day in between) = to take an extra day off to join a public holiday with the weekend3 gun deck.puente de mando bridge4 bridge.5 link.6 jumper.7 bridge circuit.* * *1 (sobre un río etc) bridge■ el Pilar cae en jueves y el viernes hacemos puente Columbus Day is on a Thursday and we're taking Friday off as well■ el martes es fiesta, pero el lunes no tengo puente Tuesday's a holiday, but I haven't got Monday off3 (en dentadura, gafas) bridge4 (en un coche) bridge circuit5 (en gimnasia) backbend\puente colgante suspension bridgepuente de mando MARÍTIMO bridgepuente levadizo drawbridge* * *noun m.* * *1. SM1) (Arquit) bridgesirven de puente entre los refugiados y la Administración — they act as intermediaries o as a link between the refugees and the Government
puente aéreo — [de servicio frecuente] shuttle service; [en crisis] airlift
2) [de gafas, entre dientes] bridge3) (Elec)4) (Náut) (tb: puente de mando) bridge; (=cubierta) deck5) [entre fiestas] long weekend6) (=brecha) gaphabrá que salvar el puente de una cosecha a otra — something will have to be done to fill o bridge the gap between one harvest and the next
7) And (=clavícula) collarbone2.ADJ INV (=temporal) temporary; (=de transición) provisional, transitionalHACER PUENTE When a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday it is common practice for employers to make the Monday or Friday a holiday as well and to give everyone a four-day weekend. This is known as hacer puente. When a named public holiday such as the Día de la Constitución in Spain falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, people refer to the whole holiday period as e.g. the puente de la Constitución.hombre puente — linkman, intermediary
* * *1) (Ing) bridgetender (un) puente — to build bridges
2) (Mús, Odont) bridge; ( de anteojos) bridge3) (Elec) bridge (circuit)le tuve que hacer el or un puente — (Auto) I had to hot-wire it
4) ( vacación) ≈long weekend ( linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)5) (Náut) tb•• Cultural note:Puentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday* * *= bridge, bridge passage, gateway.Ex. My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.Ex. This sort of informal discussion between teacher and pupils is really a ' bridge passage' leading smoothly from one occupation -science, or P.E. or maths, etc.- to literary reading.Ex. One of the roles of the local library is to act as a gateway to other information sources.----* actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.* expresión puente = transitional phrase.* palabra puente = transitional word.* puente aéreo = airlift.* puente atirantado = cable-stayed bridge.* puente colgante = suspension bridge.* puente cubierto = covered bridge.* puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.* puente de barcazas = pontoon bridge.* puente de pontones = pontoon bridge.* puente de trabajo = catwalk.* puente levadizo = drawbridge.* puente peatonal = footbridge.* ser puente = act as + a bridge.* ser puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.* tender puentes = build + bridges, span + boundaries, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the gulf.* tender un puente = bridge.* * *1) (Ing) bridgetender (un) puente — to build bridges
2) (Mús, Odont) bridge; ( de anteojos) bridge3) (Elec) bridge (circuit)le tuve que hacer el or un puente — (Auto) I had to hot-wire it
4) ( vacación) ≈long weekend ( linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)5) (Náut) tb•• Cultural note:Puentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday* * *= bridge, bridge passage, gateway.Ex: My own definition of 'Hypermedia' is a system whereby audiovisual 'statements' can be used as bridges between materials that are conceptually related in some way.
Ex: This sort of informal discussion between teacher and pupils is really a ' bridge passage' leading smoothly from one occupation -science, or P.E. or maths, etc.- to literary reading.Ex: One of the roles of the local library is to act as a gateway to other information sources.* actuar de puente = act as + a bridge.* cabeza de puente = bridgehead.* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.* expresión puente = transitional phrase.* palabra puente = transitional word.* puente aéreo = airlift.* puente atirantado = cable-stayed bridge.* puente colgante = suspension bridge.* puente cubierto = covered bridge.* puente de barcas = pontoon bridge.* puente de barcazas = pontoon bridge.* puente de pontones = pontoon bridge.* puente de trabajo = catwalk.* puente levadizo = drawbridge.* puente peatonal = footbridge.* ser puente = act as + a bridge.* ser puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.* servir de puente = act as + a bridge.* servir de puente entre = serve as + a bridge between.* tender puentes = build + bridges, span + boundaries, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gap, bridge + the gulf.* tender un puente = bridge.* * *puente (↑ puente a1)A ( Ing) bridgesirvió de puente entre las autoridades y los secuestradores he acted as intermediary between o as a go-between for the authorities and the kidnapperstender puenteor un puente to build bridgesCompuestos:(servicio frecuente) shuttle service, shuttle; ( Mil) airliftbascule o balance bridgesuspension bridge● puente de barcas or pontonespontoon bridgeroad bridgeswing bridge(en un castillo) drawbridge; (en una carretera) lifting bridgefootbridgetransporter bridgeB1 ( Odont) bridge2 ( Mús) bridge3 (de anteojos) bridgeC ( Elec) bridge circuit, bridgele tuve que hacer el or un puente ( Auto) I had to hot-wire itD (vacación) ≈ long weekend ( linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)el martes es fiesta, así que seguramente haremos puente Tuesday's a public holiday so we'll probably get Monday off as wellpuente de mayo (junio, etc) the May (June, etc) long weekendE ( Náut) tbpuente de mando bridgePuentes are very important in Spain and most of Latin America. Hacer puente means that when a working day falls between two public holidays, it too is taken as a holiday.* * *
puente sustantivo masculino
1 (Ing) bridge;◊ puente colgante/giratorio suspension/swing bridge;
puente levadizo ( en castillo) drawbridge;
( en carretera) lifting bridge;
(Mil) airlift
2 (Mús, Odont) bridge;
( de anteojos) bridge
3 (Elec) bridge (circuit)
4 ( vacación) ≈ long weekend ( linked to a public holiday by an extra day's holiday in between)
5 (Náut) tb
puente sustantivo masculino
1 bridge
puente levadizo, lifting bridge
(de un castillo) drawbridge
2 Av puente aéreo, shuttle service
3 (en un barco) puente de mando, bridge
4 (entre dos fiestas) long weekend
♦ Locuciones: tender un puente, to build bridges
' puente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arcada
- colgante
- crecida
- crecido
- hacer
- ojo
- pasarela
- por
- tender
- tendida
- tendido
- ceder
- cruzar
- después
- licitación
- pilar
- pilón
- seguir
- trazar
- volar
English:
airlift
- architecture
- bridge
- drawbridge
- footbridge
- get across
- go over
- impassable
- link
- metre
- outcast
- railway bridge
- shuttle
- span
- suspension bridge
- unsafe
- walk across
- air
- draw
- jump
- over
- suspension
- swing
- toll
- walk
- world
* * *puente nm1. [construcción] bridge;tender un puente to offer a compromisepuente de barcas pontoon (bridge);puente basculante balance o bascule bridge;puente colgante suspension bridge;puente ferroviario rail bridge;puente giratorio swing bridge;puente levadizo drawbridge;puente de peaje toll bridge;puente peatonal footbridge;puente de pontones pontoon (bridge)2. [días festivos] ≈ long weekend [consisting of a public holiday, the weekend and the day in between];hacer puente = to take an extra day off to join a public holiday with the weekend3. [en barco] bridgepuente de mando bridge [militar] airlift5. [en dientes] bridge6. [de gafas] bridge7. [en instrumento de cuerda] bridge8. [del pie] arch9. [en gimnasia] arch, back bridge10.hacer un puente [para arrancar un coche] to hot-wire a carPUENTEWhen a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, Spanish people usually take another day's holiday to make a four day “long weekend”. This is called “hacer puente” (literally “making a bridge”). Depending on the employer, this extra day may be regarded as extra to the agreed annual holidays.* * *m bridge;hacer el puente DEP do a bridge;hacer un puente a un coche hot-wire a car;tender un puente tb fig build a bridge* * *puente nm1) : bridgepuente levadizo: drawbridge2) : denture, bridge3)puente aéreo : airlift* * *puente n (en general) bridgeEn Inglaterra no existe la costumbre de hacer puente entre festivos, así que no hay término en ingléscomo el jueves es fiesta, haremos puente el viernes as Thursday is a holiday, we'll take Friday off as well -
2 distanciamiento
m.1 distance, coldness (afectivo).2 separation, isolation, coming apart, distance.* * *1 distancing, separation* * *SM1) (=acto) spacing out2) (=estado) remoteness, isolation3) (=distancia) distance4) (Teat, Literat) distancing effect* * *se nota un cierto distanciamiento entre ellos — they seem to have grown o drifted apart
* * *= remoteness, rift, estrangement, move away from, aloofness, distancing.Ex. Their expressed concern is far more with his remoteness, unresponsiveness, lack of sympathy, glibness, or dogmatism.Ex. Chief among these challenges is the technological rift that exists between the Third World and on-line systems that have their roots in technologically advanced societies.Ex. The key will be to minimize the problems of estrangement and contradiction caused by economic, political, social and cultural imbalances and differences, through greater cultural information dissemination and exchange.Ex. This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.Ex. Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.Ex. Visual problems may be overcome by the correct distancing of screen and keyboard.----* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.* distanciamiento de = swing away from.* orden judicial de distanciamiento = restraining order.* * *se nota un cierto distanciamiento entre ellos — they seem to have grown o drifted apart
* * *= remoteness, rift, estrangement, move away from, aloofness, distancing.Ex: Their expressed concern is far more with his remoteness, unresponsiveness, lack of sympathy, glibness, or dogmatism.
Ex: Chief among these challenges is the technological rift that exists between the Third World and on-line systems that have their roots in technologically advanced societies.Ex: The key will be to minimize the problems of estrangement and contradiction caused by economic, political, social and cultural imbalances and differences, through greater cultural information dissemination and exchange.Ex: This is a radical move away from the accepted principle of using the actual item as the primary source of cataloguing data.Ex: Social distance, the aloofness and unapproachability of persons of different social strata, is both a symbol of class standing.Ex: Visual problems may be overcome by the correct distancing of screen and keyboard.* distanciamiento cada vez mayor entre... y = widening of the gap beween.... and, widening gap between... and.* distanciamiento de = swing away from.* orden judicial de distanciamiento = restraining order.* * *(acción) distancing(efecto): se nota un cierto distanciamiento entre ellos they seem to have grown o drifted apart* * *
distanciamiento sustantivo masculino distancing: ha habido un distanciamiento entre ellos, they've grown apart
' distanciamiento' also found in these entries:
English:
rift
* * *1. [afectivo] distance, coldness;con los años, se produjo un distanciamiento entre ellos as the years passed, they grew apart;ver un asunto con cierto distanciamiento to consider an issue with a certain detachment2. [de opiniones, posturas] distancing;se ha dado un claro distanciamiento de posturas entre ambos bandos the two sides have adopted more clearly opposing positions* * ** * *1) : distancing2) : rift, estrangement -
3 irremediablemente
adv.1 inevitably.2 irretrievably, unavoidably, hopelessly.* * *► adverbio1 irremediably* * *ADV1) (=inevitablemente) inevitablyirremediablemente habrá una inclinación hacia la izquierda — inevitably there will be a swing to the left
2) (=irreparablemente) irremediablyuna oportunidad irremediablemente perdida — an opportunity irremediably lost, an opportunity lost forever
el matrimonio estaba irremediablemente roto — the marriage had broken down hopelessly o irretrievably
* * *adverbio inevitablyvan a perder irremediablemente — they're bound o certain to lose
* * *= hopelessly + Adjetivo, irretrievably, incorrigibly, incurably, terminally.Ex. Rumor has it that she 'tolerates' Mathilda Panopoulos, having tried many times to engage her in meaningful dialogue only to find her ' hopelessly set in her opinions'.Ex. Without full descriptive cataloguing, newspapers were irretrievably lost in the online catalogue.Ex. The logic of nuclear deterrence is incorrigibly probabilistic, but probabilistic reasoning in this area is inappropriate.Ex. Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.Ex. The gap between God's finger and Adam's in Michelangelo's Creation of Adam (Vatican, Sistine Chapel) reflects Adam's terminally imperfect state.* * *adverbio inevitablyvan a perder irremediablemente — they're bound o certain to lose
* * *= hopelessly + Adjetivo, irretrievably, incorrigibly, incurably, terminally.Ex: Rumor has it that she 'tolerates' Mathilda Panopoulos, having tried many times to engage her in meaningful dialogue only to find her ' hopelessly set in her opinions'.
Ex: Without full descriptive cataloguing, newspapers were irretrievably lost in the online catalogue.Ex: The logic of nuclear deterrence is incorrigibly probabilistic, but probabilistic reasoning in this area is inappropriate.Ex: Regrettably, the well-intentioned publication of Devereux's typescript has been incurably bungled, and Rastell remains without either a complete or trustworthy bibliography.Ex: The gap between God's finger and Adam's in Michelangelo's Creation of Adam (Vatican, Sistine Chapel) reflects Adam's terminally imperfect state.* * *inevitablyese camino conduce irremediablemente al fracaso that road leads inevitably to failure o is bound to lead to failurevan a perder irremediablemente they're bound o certain to lose* * *inevitably;la responsabilidad pesó irremediablemente sobre él he was inevitably held responsible
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