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technological+development

  • 1 evolución

    f.
    1 evolution, progress, advance.
    2 development.
    * * *
    1 (cambio) evolution; (desarrollo) development
    2 (vuelta) turn
    3 MILITAR manoeuvre (US maneuver)
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Bio) evolution
    2) (=desarrollo) evolution, development
    3) (Med) progress
    4) (Mil) manoeuvre, maneuver (EEUU)
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Biol) evolution
    b) (de ideas, sociedad) development, evolution; ( de enfermedad) development; ( de enfermo) progress
    2) (de avión, pájaro) circle; (de gimnasta, patinador) evolution (frml)
    * * *
    = development, evolution.
    Ex. Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.
    Ex. A number of ancillary factors about the development of knowledge can be examined such as the extent of self-citation and the evolution of concepts.
    ----
    * estudiar la evolución histórica de Algo = historicise [historicize, -USA].
    * evolución de los datos = data trend.
    * evolución histórica = historical evolution.
    * evolución temporal = temporal development, timeline [time line].
    * línea indicativa de la evolución de una gráfica = trend line [trend-line].
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * que está en constante evolución = ever-evolving.
    * teoría de la evolución, la = theory of evolution, the.
    * trazar la evolución de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.
    * trazar la evolución de Algo = chart + progress, chart + the history.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (Biol) evolution
    b) (de ideas, sociedad) development, evolution; ( de enfermedad) development; ( de enfermo) progress
    2) (de avión, pájaro) circle; (de gimnasta, patinador) evolution (frml)
    * * *
    = development, evolution.

    Ex: Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.

    Ex: A number of ancillary factors about the development of knowledge can be examined such as the extent of self-citation and the evolution of concepts.
    * estudiar la evolución histórica de Algo = historicise [historicize, -USA].
    * evolución de los datos = data trend.
    * evolución histórica = historical evolution.
    * evolución temporal = temporal development, timeline [time line].
    * línea indicativa de la evolución de una gráfica = trend line [trend-line].
    * presentar la evolución de Algo = chart + the history.
    * que está en constante evolución = ever-evolving.
    * teoría de la evolución, la = theory of evolution, the.
    * trazar la evolución de = trace + the development of, trace + the evolution of.
    * trazar la evolución de Algo = chart + progress, chart + the history.

    * * *
    A
    1 ( Biol) evolution
    2 (de las ideas, la sociedad) development, evolution; (de una enfermedad) development; (de un enfermo) progress
    la evolución de la situación energética nacional the changes in o evolution of the country's energy situation
    B (de un avión, pájaro) circle; (de un gimnasta) movement, evolution; ( frml) (de un patinador) figure, evolution ( frml)
    * * *

     

    evolución sustantivo femenino
    a) (Biol) evolution

    b) (de ideas, sociedad, enfermedad) development;

    ( de enfermo) progress
    evolución sustantivo femenino
    1 Biol evolution
    2 (de los acontecimientos, de un negocio) development
    ' evolución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    doblete
    - escalón
    - progreso
    English:
    develop
    - evolution
    - progress
    - progression
    * * *
    1. [progreso] [de sociedad, situación, negociaciones] development, progress;
    [de enfermo] progress;
    me preocupa la evolución económica del país I'm concerned about the way the country's economy is going;
    la evolución tecnológica technological development o progress;
    una sociedad en plena evolución a rapidly developing society
    2. [cambio] change
    3. [de especies] evolution;
    la evolución de las especies marinas the evolution of marine life
    4. [movimiento]
    contemplaban las evoluciones del jugador en la banda they watched the player warming up on the sidelines;
    me gusta ver las evoluciones de los aviones en el aeropuerto I like watching planes taking off and landing at the airport
    5. Mil manoeuvre
    * * *
    f
    1 BIO evolution
    2 ( desarrollo) development
    * * *
    evolución nf, pl - ciones
    1) : evolution
    2) : development, progress
    * * *
    1. (en biología) evolution
    2. (desarrollo) development

    Spanish-English dictionary > evolución

  • 2 coger desprevenido

    v.
    to take by surprise, to blind-side, to catch off-balance, to catch flat-footed.
    * * *
    figurado to catch unawares
    * * *
    (v.) = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares
    Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.
    Ex. The pace of social and technological development has caught many statesmen unprepared.
    Ex. You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.
    * * *
    (v.) = come as + a great surprise, catch + unprepared, take + Nombre + unawares

    Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

    Ex: The pace of social and technological development has caught many statesmen unprepared.
    Ex: You can fend off a danger which you can see, but you are more liable to be taken unawares and be bitten by a snake in the grass.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coger desprevenido

  • 3 el paso del tiempo

    = the passage of time, the sands of time
    Ex. These principles should apply to all types of libraries and should not be changed by the passage of time or technological development.
    Ex. Since then the sands of time have taken their toll, making my face all leathery, wizening my gaze.
    * * *
    = the passage of time, the sands of time

    Ex: These principles should apply to all types of libraries and should not be changed by the passage of time or technological development.

    Ex: Since then the sands of time have taken their toll, making my face all leathery, wizening my gaze.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el paso del tiempo

  • 4 mampara

    f.
    screen.
    * * *
    1 screen
    \
    mampara de baño shower screen
    * * *
    SF screen, partition
    * * *
    a) (biombo, tabique) screen, partition
    b) (Chi, Per) ( puerta) inner door
    * * *
    = divider, bulkhead, screen, partition.
    Ex. Technological development, the visible indicator of modernization, is the great divider between the developed & the underdeveloped nations = El desarrollo tecnológico, indicador visible de la modernización, es el gran separador entre los países desarrollados y los subdesarrollados.
    Ex. Furniture from ships was sometimes built-in, sometimes capable of being taken to pieces easily, and sometimes it bore fittings allowing it to be secured to deck or bulkhead.
    Ex. An online terminal may comprise either a printer, or a visual display unit with a screen, or both a visual display unit and a printer.
    Ex. It is concluded that the choice of citation and co-citation thresholds can be influenced by formal considerations which ensure statistically meaningful partitions rather than arbitrary decision which can produce meaningless interpretations.
    * * *
    a) (biombo, tabique) screen, partition
    b) (Chi, Per) ( puerta) inner door
    * * *
    = divider, bulkhead, screen, partition.

    Ex: Technological development, the visible indicator of modernization, is the great divider between the developed & the underdeveloped nations = El desarrollo tecnológico, indicador visible de la modernización, es el gran separador entre los países desarrollados y los subdesarrollados.

    Ex: Furniture from ships was sometimes built-in, sometimes capable of being taken to pieces easily, and sometimes it bore fittings allowing it to be secured to deck or bulkhead.
    Ex: An online terminal may comprise either a printer, or a visual display unit with a screen, or both a visual display unit and a printer.
    Ex: It is concluded that the choice of citation and co-citation thresholds can be influenced by formal considerations which ensure statistically meaningful partitions rather than arbitrary decision which can produce meaningless interpretations.

    * * *
    1 (biombo, tabique) screen, partition
    2 (Chi, Per) (puerta) inner door
    * * *

    mampara sustantivo femenino
    a) (biombo, tabique) screen, partition

    b) (Chi, Per) ( puerta) inner door

    mampara sustantivo femenino screen
    ' mampara' also found in these entries:
    English:
    partition
    - screen
    - divider
    * * *
    screen
    * * *
    f screen
    * * *
    biombo: screen, room divider
    * * *
    mampara n screen

    Spanish-English dictionary > mampara

  • 5 separador

    adj.
    1 divisive, separative.
    2 compartment.
    m.
    1 separator.
    2 partitioner, partinionist.
    * * *
    1 separative
    1 separator, divider
    ————————
    1 separator, divider
    * * *
    SM
    1) [en carpeta, maletín] divider
    2) (Téc) separator
    3) (Inform) delimiter
    4) Col (Aut) central reservation, median strip (EEUU)
    * * *
    1) ( de carpeta) divider
    2) (Col) (Auto) median strip (AmE), central reservation (BrE)
    * * *
    = bookmark, separator, divider.
    Ex. From now on you will be referred to these extracts and so it would be helpful for you to place a bookmark by section 196.
    Ex. A separator is an element of a notation used to separate individual elements within a class symbol.
    Ex. Technological development, the visible indicator of modernization, is the great divider between the developed & the underdeveloped nations = El desarrollo tecnológico, indicador visible de la modernización, es el gran separador entre los países desarrollados y los subdesarrollados.
    ----
    * pantalla separadora de cedazo = mesh screen.
    * separador de campo = field separator.
    * separador de registro = record separator.
    * * *
    1) ( de carpeta) divider
    2) (Col) (Auto) median strip (AmE), central reservation (BrE)
    * * *
    = bookmark, separator, divider.

    Ex: From now on you will be referred to these extracts and so it would be helpful for you to place a bookmark by section 196.

    Ex: A separator is an element of a notation used to separate individual elements within a class symbol.
    Ex: Technological development, the visible indicator of modernization, is the great divider between the developed & the underdeveloped nations = El desarrollo tecnológico, indicador visible de la modernización, es el gran separador entre los países desarrollados y los subdesarrollados.
    * pantalla separadora de cedazo = mesh screen.
    * separador de campo = field separator.
    * separador de registro = record separator.

    * * *
    B ( Col) ( Auto) median strip ( AmE), central reservation ( BrE)
    C ( Tec) separator
    Compuesto:
    ( Coc) egg separator
    * * *

    separador sustantivo masculino
    1 ( de carpeta) divider
    2 (Col) (Auto) median strip (AmE), central reservation (BrE)
    ' separador' also found in these entries:
    English:
    divider
    - partition
    * * *
    separador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    separating
    ♦ nm,f
    separator
    ♦ nm
    1. Tec separator
    2. Med retractor
    3. [en carpeta] divider

    Spanish-English dictionary > separador

  • 6 CTCAP

    f.
    CTCAP, Commission of Scientific and Technological Development of Central America and Panama.
    m.
    CTCAP, Commission of Scientific and Technological Development of Central America and Panama.

    Spanish-English dictionary > CTCAP

  • 7 escaparate

    m.
    1 (shop) window, display window.
    2 showcase, display window, shopwindow, shop window.
    3 wardrobe, cabinet.
    * * *
    1 shop window
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de tienda] window, shop window

    ir de o mirar escaparates — to go window-shopping

    2) [de promoción] showcase
    3) LAm (=armario) wardrobe
    4) ** (=pecho) tits ** pl, bosom hum, chest
    * * *
    1) (esp Esp) ( de tienda) shop window
    2) (Col) ( vitrina) display cabinet; ( aparador) sideboard
    3) (Ven) ( armario) wardrobe
    * * *
    = shopwindow [shop window], showcase.
    Ex. We can learn from good shopwindow displays and from the best museums about such matters as grouping of books shown and the number included (clutter is ugly and overcrowding confuses the eye).
    Ex. This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.
    ----
    * como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.
    * * *
    1) (esp Esp) ( de tienda) shop window
    2) (Col) ( vitrina) display cabinet; ( aparador) sideboard
    3) (Ven) ( armario) wardrobe
    * * *
    = shopwindow [shop window], showcase.

    Ex: We can learn from good shopwindow displays and from the best museums about such matters as grouping of books shown and the number included (clutter is ugly and overcrowding confuses the eye).

    Ex: This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.
    * como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

    * * *
    A ( esp Esp) (de una tienda) shop window
    ¿cuánto cuesta el del escaparate? how much is the one in the window?
    salir a ver escaparates to go window-shopping
    el escaparate del desarrollo tecnológico del país the showcase for the country's technological development
    B ( Col) (vitrina) display cabinet; (aparador) sideboard
    C ( Ven) (armario) wardrobe
    no ser escaparate de nadie ( fam): no soy escaparate de nadie I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems o of everyone crying on my shoulder ( colloq)
    seguir con un escaparate al hombro ( fam); to carry a burden on one's shoulders
    * * *

     

    escaparate sustantivo masculino
    a) (esp Esp) ( de tienda) shop window


    ( aparador) sideboard
    c) (Ven) ( armario) wardrobe

    escaparate sustantivo masculino
    1 (en tienda) shop window 2 figurado showcase: el alcade quiere que las fiestas sirvan de escaparate de la ciudad, the mayor would like the festival to be a showcase for the city
    ' escaparate' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparador
    - cristal
    - exponer
    - expuesta
    - expuesto
    - vitrina
    - cristalera
    - luna
    - maniquí
    - vidriera
    English:
    dummy
    - storefront
    - window
    - ram
    - shop
    - show
    * * *
    1. [de tienda] (shop) window;
    ir de escaparates to go window-shopping;
    la Exposición Universal será un escaparate para el país the Universal Exposition will be a showcase for the country
    2. Col, Cuba, Ven [ropero] wardrobe
    * * *
    m store window, Br tb
    shop window
    * * *
    1) : shop window
    2) : showcase
    * * *
    escaparate n shop window

    Spanish-English dictionary > escaparate

  • 8 retaguardia

    f.
    rearguard (tropa).
    * * *
    1→ link=retaguarda retaguarda
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Mil) rearguard

    tres millas a retaguardia — three miles to the rear, three miles further back

    estar o ir a o en retaguardia — to bring up the rear

    2) * (=culo) rear *, posterior hum
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) rearguard

    estar en la retaguardia — ( en carrera) to be at the back

    * * *
    Ex. The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.
    ----
    * cuidar de la retaguardia = hold + the fort, hold + the fortress.
    * * *
    femenino (Mil) rearguard

    estar en la retaguardia — ( en carrera) to be at the back

    * * *

    Ex: The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks on North American soil and assets abroad, have brought asymmetric warfare to the home front.

    * cuidar de la retaguardia = hold + the fort, hold + the fortress.

    * * *
    ( Mil) rearguard
    estamos en la retaguardia con respecto al desarrollo tecnológico we are lagging behind as regards technological development
    * * *

    retaguardia sustantivo femenino (Mil) rearguard
    retaguardia sustantivo femenino rearguard
    ' retaguardia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rear
    - rearguard
    * * *
    1. Mil [tropa] rearguard
    2. Mil [territorio] rear;
    tienen dos acorazados en retaguardia they have two battleships at their rear
    3. Fam [parte trasera] rear, back
    * * *
    f MIL rearguard
    * * *
    : rear guard

    Spanish-English dictionary > retaguardia

  • 9 rezagado

    adj.
    behind, lagging, late, behind-time.
    f. & m.
    1 latecomer, late-comer, lingerer, back marker.
    2 laggard, lagger, straggler.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: rezagar.
    * * *
    1→ link=rezagar rezagar
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 straggler, latecomer
    \
    ir rezagado,-a to lag behind
    quedar rezagado,-a to be left behind
    * * *
    rezagado, -a
    1.
    ADJ

    quedar rezagado — (=quedar atrás) to be left behind; (=estar retrasado) to be late, be behind; [en pagos, progresos] to fall behind

    carta rezagada — And, Méx [sin reclamar] unclaimed letter

    2.
    SM / F (=que llega tarde) latecomer; (Mil) straggler
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo

    quedar rezagado — to fall o drop behind

    iban or estaban rezagados — they were lagging behind

    II
    - da masculino, femenino straggler
    * * *
    Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    ----
    * cola de los rezagados, la = trailing edge, the.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo

    quedar rezagado — to fall o drop behind

    iban or estaban rezagados — they were lagging behind

    II
    - da masculino, femenino straggler
    * * *

    Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.

    * cola de los rezagados, la = trailing edge, the.

    * * *
    rezagado1 -da
    quedar rezagado to fall o drop behind
    iban or estaban rezagados they were lagging behind, they had fallen o dropped behind
    el trabajo está rezagado we've fallen behind with the work, the work is behind schedule
    los alumnos más rezagados the slower students
    los países más rezagados en cuanto al desarrollo tecnológico the most backward countries in terms of technological development
    rezagado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    straggler
    esperaremos a los rezagados we'll wait for the stragglers o for those who have fallen behind
    * * *

    Del verbo rezagar: ( conjugate rezagar)

    rezagado es:

    el participio

    rezagado
    ◊ -da adjetivo: quedar(se) rezagado to fall o drop behind;

    iban rezagados they were lagging behind;
    los alumnos más rezagados the slower students

    ' rezagado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atrasada
    - atrasado
    English:
    straggle
    - straggler
    * * *
    rezagado, -a
    ♦ adj
    la atleta se quedó rezagada the athlete fell behind;
    las empresas del país se están quedando rezagadas the country's businesses are beginning to lag behind;
    venían rezagados 3 kilómetros más atrás they were lagging 3 kilometres behind
    ♦ nm,f
    straggler;
    ya espero yo a los rezagados I'll wait for the stragglers
    * * *
    I adj behind
    II m, rezagada f straggler
    * * *
    rezagado, -da n
    : straggler, latecomer

    Spanish-English dictionary > rezagado

  • 10 trasuntar

    v.
    1 to copy (copiar), to transcribe.
    2 to abridge.
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=copiar) to copy, transcribe
    2) (=resumir) to summarize
    3) (=mostrar) to show, exude
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to reflect
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) to reflect
    * * *
    trasuntar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); to reflect
    * * *
    Formal to reflect;
    los cambios en la ganadería trasuntan el desarrollo tecnológico general the changes in livestock farming are a reflection of o reflect more general technological development

    Spanish-English dictionary > trasuntar

  • 11 desarrollo tecnológico

    m.
    technological development.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desarrollo tecnológico

  • 12 nivel de desarrollo

    (n.) = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development
    Ex. This is in part due to the different stages of development reached by different libraries.
    Ex. The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
    Ex. Researchers of smaller countries, however, might be interested also in the scientific and technical literature produced in countries of compatible economic, technological infrastructure, development level, size and/or population.
    Ex. The amount of information a country has could be taken as one of the most significant indicators of the level of development.
    * * *
    (n.) = stage of development, developmental level, development level, level of development

    Ex: This is in part due to the different stages of development reached by different libraries.

    Ex: The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
    Ex: Researchers of smaller countries, however, might be interested also in the scientific and technical literature produced in countries of compatible economic, technological infrastructure, development level, size and/or population.
    Ex: The amount of information a country has could be taken as one of the most significant indicators of the level of development.

    Spanish-English dictionary > nivel de desarrollo

  • 13 avance

    m.
    1 advance.
    avances científicos scientific advances
    2 advance payment (finance).
    3 preview (radio & television).
    4 advancement, breakthrough, development, headway.
    5 progress, advance, forward movement.
    pres.subj.
    1st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: avanzar.
    * * *
    1 (acción) advance
    2 (pago) advance payment; (balance) balancing; (presupuesto) estimate
    3 (de película) trailer
    \
    avance informativo TELEVISIÓN news preview, US news brief
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=movimiento) advance
    2) (=progreso) advance
    3) (Econ) advance (payment)
    4) (Cine) (=tráiler) trailer

    un avance de la programación matinal — (TV) a look ahead at the morning's programmes

    avance informativo — news headlines, advance news summary

    5) (Com) (=balance) balance; (=cálculo) estimate
    6) (Elec) lead
    7) (Mec) feed
    8) Cono Sur (=ataque) attack, raid
    9) Cono Sur (=regalo) tempting offer, inducement ( made to secure sb's goodwill)
    10) CAm (=robo) theft
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( adelanto) advance
    b) ( movimiento) advance; (Mil) advance; (Dep) move forward
    2)
    a) (Esp) (Cin, TV) trailer
    b) avances masculino plural (Méx) (Cin, TV) trailer
    •
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( adelanto) advance
    b) ( movimiento) advance; (Mil) advance; (Dep) move forward
    2)
    a) (Esp) (Cin, TV) trailer
    b) avances masculino plural (Méx) (Cin, TV) trailer
    •
    * * *
    avance1
    1 = move, progress, push towards, progression, march.

    Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

    Ex: AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.
    Ex: In the frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
    Ex: In the past few years, there has been a technological progression from the Internet to intranets and, now, to extranets.
    Ex: The march of information technology has changed service presentation but the media which are used today are those which have served public librarians for years.
    * avance inexorable = relentlessness.
    * avance rápido de imágenes = fast motion.
    * AvPág (Avance Página) = PgDn (Page Down).
    * coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * evaluación del avance realizado = progress evaluation.
    * hacer avances = make + headway.
    * informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.
    * retrasar el avance = retard + progress.
    * ser un gran avance = be half the battle.
    * símbolo de avance de línea = line feed character.
    * tecla de Avance de Página = Page Down key.

    avance2
    2 = advance, advancement, breakthrough [break-through], development, enhancement, stride, betterment, step forward, furtherance, step up.

    Ex: I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.

    Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
    Ex: With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.
    Ex: Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.
    Ex: Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.
    Ex: Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.
    Ex: The new danger is that new technologies will be used for the betterment of only a small part of the world's population.
    Ex: This article represents a step forward in attempting to systematize the redefinition of library purpose, not simply by basing purpose on community needs but by 'linking needs and libraries in a coherent way'.
    Ex: The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.
    Ex: In terms of intellectual evolution, it is a radical step up and great leap forward for mankind.
    * avance de la medicina = medical advance.
    * avance espectacular = quantum leap.
    * avance importantísimo = giant leap, great leap forward.
    * avance médico = medical advance.
    * avance profesional = career progression, rise through the ranks.
    * avance técnico = technical advance.
    * avance tecnológico = technological advancement.
    * con avances = stepped-up.
    * con los últimos avances = state-of-the-art, leading edge.
    * mantenerse al día de los avances = track + developments.
    * mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.
    * nuevos avances = future development(s).
    * ser un avance = be a step forward.
    * suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.
    * suponer un avance = be a step forward.

    avance3
    3 = trailer, sneak preview, sneak peek, movie trailer.

    Ex: A trailer is a short motion picture film consisting of selected scenes from a film to be shown at a future date, used to advertise that film.

    Ex: It includes 50 pages of listings of forthcoming spring books, as well as 11 pages of ' sneak previews' of children's books scheduled for autumn 1998 = Incluye 50 páginas de novedades editoriales para la primavera así como 11 páginas de " avances" de libros infantiles programados para otoño de 1998.
    Ex: This is a 'sneak peek' at new products that systems vendors will have on exhibit at the conference = Este es un " avance" de los nuevos productos que los vendedores de sistemas expondrán en el congreso.
    Ex: The movie trailer was promissory of action and adventure, but the film itself was a bore.

    avance4

    Ex: The mobile library was based on a converted pickup truck with a camper shell, plus a tent shelter, and camp lantern for night services.

    * * *
    A
    1 (adelanto) advance
    un gran avance en el campo de la medicina a great step forward o a breakthrough in the field of medicine
    no hubo avances significativos en las negociaciones no significant progress was made in the negotiations
    2 (movimiento) advance; ( Mil) advance; ( Dep) move forward
    la lucha contra el avance del desierto the struggle against the advancing o encroaching desert
    B
    1 ( Esp) ( Cin, TV) trailer
    un avance de la programación del fin de semana a preview of o a look ahead at this weekend's programs
    2 avances mpl ( Méx) ( Cin, TV) trailer
    Compuesto:
    news summary, news headlines (pl)
    C ( Méx) ( Hist) (robo) pillage, looting; (botín) booty
    * * *

     

    Del verbo avanzar: ( conjugate avanzar)

    avancé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    avance es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

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

    Multiple Entries:
    avance    
    avanzar
    avance sustantivo masculino

    ◊ un avance en este campo an advance o a step forward in this field


    (Mil) advance;
    (Dep) move forward
    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avance sustantivo masculino
    1 advance
    2 Rad TV avance informativo, news summary, preview of news headlines
    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avance' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    av pág
    - tráiler
    - adelanto
    - implacable
    - paso
    English:
    advance
    - advancement
    - breakthrough
    - development
    - progress
    - trailer
    - wave on
    - break
    - drag
    - flash
    - hail
    - march
    - preview
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    1. [movimiento hacia delante] advance;
    el avance a través de la selva fue dificultoso making progress through the jungle was not easy
    Informát avance de línea [de impresora] line feed; Informát avance de página [de impresora] form feed
    2. [adelanto, progreso] advance;
    avances científicos/tecnológicos scientific/technological advances o progress;
    los avances en la lucha contra el cáncer advances in the fight against cancer
    3. [anticipo de dinero] advance payment
    4. [de película] trailer
    5. Rad & TV [de futura programación] preview
    avance informativo [resumen] news summary; [por noticia de última hora] newsflash
    * * *
    m
    1 advance;
    avance de papel en impresora paper advance
    2 en cine trailer
    * * *
    avance nm
    adelanto: advance
    * * *
    1. (progreso) advance

    Spanish-English dictionary > avance

  • 14 progreso

    m.
    progress.
    hacer progresos to make progress
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: progresar.
    * * *
    1 progress
    \
    hacer progresos to make good progress
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM (=mejora) progress; (=avance) advance
    pl progresos progress sing

    hacer progresos — to progress, make progress, advance

    * * *
    a) ( adelanto)
    b) (evolución, desarrollo) progress
    * * *
    = advance, advancement, development, progress, stride.
    Ex. I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.
    Ex. In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
    Ex. Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.
    Ex. AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.
    Ex. Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.
    ----
    * coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * hacer grandes progresos = make + great strides.
    * hacer progresos = make + headway.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * progreso social = social progress.
    * progreso tecnológico = technological progress.
    * realizar progreso = make + progress.
    * * *
    a) ( adelanto)
    b) (evolución, desarrollo) progress
    * * *
    = advance, advancement, development, progress, stride.

    Ex: I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.

    Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.
    Ex: Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.
    Ex: AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.
    Ex: Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.
    * coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.
    * hacer grandes progresos = make + great strides.
    * hacer progresos = make + headway.
    * informe de progreso = status report.
    * progreso social = social progress.
    * progreso tecnológico = technological progress.
    * realizar progreso = make + progress.

    * * *
    1
    (adelanto): la electricidad supuso un gran progreso electricity was a great step forward
    ha hecho grandes progresos he has made great progress
    2 (evolución, desarrollo) progress
    3
    el progreso progress
    las injusticias que se cometieron en aras del progreso the injustices which were committed in the name of progress
    * * *

    Del verbo progresar: ( conjugate progresar)

    progreso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    progresó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    progresar    
    progreso
    progresar ( conjugate progresar) verbo intransitivo [ persona] to make progress, to progress;
    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress
    progreso sustantivo masculino
    a) ( adelanto):


    hacer progresos to make progress
    b) (evolución, desarrollo) progress

    progresar verbo intransitivo to progress, make progress
    progreso sustantivo masculino progress: significó un gran progreso, it was a great step forward
    hacer progresos, to make progress
    ' progreso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adelanto
    - desarrollo
    - despegar
    - frenar
    - obstaculizar
    - obstruir
    English:
    advance
    - chart
    - definite
    - development
    - going
    - headway
    - hinder
    - maintain
    - obstruct
    - overtake
    - progress
    - satisfaction
    - set back
    - slow
    - way
    * * *
    1. [adelanto, avance] progress;
    los progresos de la ciencia scientific progress o advances;
    hacer progresos to make progress
    2. [en política] progress;
    se ha erigido en defensor del progreso he has appointed himself a champion of progress
    * * *
    m progress
    * * *
    : progress
    * * *
    progreso n progress

    Spanish-English dictionary > progreso

  • 15 cuestión

    f.
    issue, matter, problem, subject.
    * * *
    1 (pregunta) question
    2 (asunto) business, matter, question
    3 (discusión) dispute, quarrel, argument
    \
    en cuestión in question
    en cuestión de... (tiempo) in just a few..., in a matter of...
    eso es otra cuestión that's a whole different matter
    la cuestión es que... the thing is that...
    ser cuestión de vida o muerte figurado to be a matter of life or death
    cuestión candente burning question
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=asunto) matter, question

    ¡sigue gritando, la cuestión es no dejarme tranquilo! — iró * carry on shouting, don't mind me!

    no sé por qué, pero la cuestión es que ahora soy más pobre — * I don't know why, but the fact is that I'm poorer now than I was

    • cuestión de, una cuestión de honor — a matter of honour

    todo es cuestión de proponérselo — it's all a matter o question of telling yourself you can do it

    puedes beber, pero no es cuestión de que te emborraches — you can have a drink or two, but there's no need to get drunk

    • en cuestión — in question

    quid, vida 1)
    2) (=pregunta) question
    3) (=duda)

    poner algo en cuestión — to call sth into question, raise doubts about sth

    * * *
    1)
    a) (tema, problema) question, matter

    otra cuestión sería que or si estuviera enfermo — if he were ill, that would be another matter o a different matter altogether

    la cuestión es... — the thing is...

    la cuestión es molestar — he/she only does it to annoy

    es cuestión de diez minutos — it'll only take/I'll only be ten minutes

    si fuera cuestión de dinero, no habría problema — if it were a question of money, there'd be no problem

    todo es cuestión de... — it's just a question of...

    2) ( duda)
    3) (fam) ( problema) disagreement, problem; (cosa, objeto) thing, thingamajig* (colloq)
    * * *
    = affair, consideration, enquiry [inquiry, -USA], issue, matter, point, question, topic, business [businesses, -pl.], concern, question.
    Ex. And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.
    Ex. This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.
    Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
    Ex. These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex. AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex. The point being that these systems are very much in their infancy and have a long way to go before they reach the comparable sophistication of space probes and reusable rocketry.
    Ex. One argument against including a list of questions is that often analysts will think they are the only questions that might be asked.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.
    Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex. The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    ----
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * adoptar una postura firme ante una cuestión = take + position on + issue.
    * analizar una cuestión = explore + question, explore + issue.
    * cuestión administrativa = management issue, administrative issue.
    * cuestión candente = burning issue, burning question.
    * cuestión científica = scientific issue.
    * cuestión controvertida = vexed question, vexing question.
    * cuestión crítica = critical issue.
    * cuestión debatible = debatable point.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión delicada = sensitive issue.
    * cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.
    * cuestión difícil = thorny issue, thorny question, poser.
    * cuestión económica = economic issue, financial issue.
    * cuestiones = matters.
    * cuestiones bibliotecarias = library issues.
    * cuestiones clave = key issues.
    * cuestiones de intendencia = housekeeping.
    * cuestiones de reglamento = policy issue.
    * cuestiones implicadas = issues involved.
    * cuestión específica = topical issue.
    * cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].
    * cuestiones prácticas = mechanics, how-to.
    * cuestiones problemáticas = problem areas.
    * cuestiones sociales = social affairs.
    * cuestiones técnicas = check + under the hood, crawl + under the hood.
    * cuestión ética = ethical issue.
    * cuestión financiera = financial issue.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * cuestión histórica = historical issue.
    * cuestión imprescindible = imperative.
    * cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión laboral = work-related issue.
    * cuestión legal = legal issue.
    * cuestión negociable = negotiable point.
    * cuestión peliaguda = sticky issue.
    * cuestión personal = life issue, personal issue.
    * cuestión polémica = vexed question, vexing question.
    * cuestión política = political issue.
    * cuestión práctica = practicality.
    * cuestión problemática = issue of concern, sticky issue.
    * cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión sin trascendencia = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión social = social issue, societal issue.
    * cuestión + surgir = issue + surface.
    * cuestión técnica = technical issue.
    * cuestión tecnológica = technological issue.
    * debatir una cuestión = discuss + idea, discuss + issue.
    * dejar la cuestión abierta = leave + the question open.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * discutir una cuestión = air + issue.
    * el quid de la cuestión = the crux of the problem, the crux of the matter.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * en cuestión = at hand, concerned, in hand, in question, individual, at issue, of concern.
    * en cuestión de minutos = within minutes, in a matter of minutes.
    * en cuestión de segundos = within seconds, in a matter of seconds.
    * en cuestión de + Tiempo = in a matter of + Tiempo, within a matter of + Tiempo.
    * en cuestiones de = in matters of.
    * enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.
    * en las cuestiones relacionadas con = in the areas of.
    * esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.
    * esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * estado de la cuestión = state of the art.
    * estudio crítico del estado de la cuestión = review.
    * estudio del estado de la cuestión = survey.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * exponer una cuestión = raise + point.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * la cuestión es que = the thing is.
    * la juventud no es cuestión de edad sino de espíritu = you are as old as you feel.
    * llegar al fondo de la cuestión = see to the + bottom of things.
    * llegar al meollo de la cuestión = arrive at + the heart of the matter.
    * llegar al quid de la cuestión = arrive at + the heart of the matter.
    * llevar a hablar de una cuestión = bring up + issue.
    * mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.
    * meollo de la cuestión, el = heart of the matter, the, heart of the question, the.
    * no ser cuestión de = there + be + no question of.
    * partes en cuestión, las = parties concerned, the.
    * plantearle a Alguien una cuestión = put before + Nombre + an issue.
    * plantear una cuestión = bring forth + issue, issue + arise, pose + question, raise + argument, raise + issue, raise + point, open up + issue.
    * poner en cuestión = call into + question, render + questionable.
    * poner en cuestión la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.
    * proyección de cuestiones de interés = issues management.
    * quid de la cuestión, el = heart of the matter, the, heart of the question, the.
    * relacionado con cuestiones raciales = race-related.
    * resolver las cuestiones menores = work out + details.
    * resolver una cuestión = resolve + point, resolve + question, issue + settle.
    * responder la cuestión = get behind + the question.
    * sacar a colación una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + issue, bring up + point.
    * ser cuestión de = come down to.
    * ser la cuestión = be the point.
    * ser una cuestión de = be a matter for/of.
    * ser una cuestión debatible = be an open question.
    * ser una cuestión problemática = be at issue.
    * surgir una cuestión = issue + arise, arise + question.
    * suscitar una cuestión = evoke + issue, open up + issue.
    * tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.
    * tratar la cuestión de = get to + the issue of.
    * tratar una cuestión = address + constraint, address + issue, address + question, consider + issue, tackle + issue, address + concern, deal with + issue, broach + issue, broach + question, grapple with + issue.
    * tratar una cuestión ligeramente = touch on/upon + issue.
    * una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.
    * una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.
    * zanjar la cuestión = clinch + the affair, clinch + the argument.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (tema, problema) question, matter

    otra cuestión sería que or si estuviera enfermo — if he were ill, that would be another matter o a different matter altogether

    la cuestión es... — the thing is...

    la cuestión es molestar — he/she only does it to annoy

    es cuestión de diez minutos — it'll only take/I'll only be ten minutes

    si fuera cuestión de dinero, no habría problema — if it were a question of money, there'd be no problem

    todo es cuestión de... — it's just a question of...

    2) ( duda)
    3) (fam) ( problema) disagreement, problem; (cosa, objeto) thing, thingamajig* (colloq)
    * * *
    = affair, consideration, enquiry [inquiry, -USA], issue, matter, point, question, topic, business [businesses, -pl.], concern, question.

    Ex: And also until Groome appeared, newcomers were a nullity as an active political force, exerting little influence in city affairs.

    Ex: This broader consideration of descriptive cataloguing problems serves to set a context for the consideration of cataloguing problems associated with nonbook materials.
    Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
    Ex: These issues are reviewed more thoroughly in chapter 10.
    Ex: AACR2 generally recommends collocation although it is suggested that the extent of collocation and the need for uniform titles is a matter for local decisions.
    Ex: The point being that these systems are very much in their infancy and have a long way to go before they reach the comparable sophistication of space probes and reusable rocketry.
    Ex: One argument against including a list of questions is that often analysts will think they are the only questions that might be asked.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.
    Ex: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex: The question is not how much time we have, but what we do with it and how we utilize it.
    * aclarar una cuestión = clarify + matter, clarify + issue.
    * adoptar una postura firme ante una cuestión = take + position on + issue.
    * analizar una cuestión = explore + question, explore + issue.
    * cuestión administrativa = management issue, administrative issue.
    * cuestión candente = burning issue, burning question.
    * cuestión científica = scientific issue.
    * cuestión controvertida = vexed question, vexing question.
    * cuestión crítica = critical issue.
    * cuestión debatible = debatable point.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión delicada = sensitive issue.
    * cuestión de vida o muerte = life or death issue.
    * cuestión difícil = thorny issue, thorny question, poser.
    * cuestión económica = economic issue, financial issue.
    * cuestiones = matters.
    * cuestiones bibliotecarias = library issues.
    * cuestiones clave = key issues.
    * cuestiones de intendencia = housekeeping.
    * cuestiones de reglamento = policy issue.
    * cuestiones implicadas = issues involved.
    * cuestión específica = topical issue.
    * cuestiones poco claras = grey area [gray area].
    * cuestiones prácticas = mechanics, how-to.
    * cuestiones problemáticas = problem areas.
    * cuestiones sociales = social affairs.
    * cuestiones técnicas = check + under the hood, crawl + under the hood.
    * cuestión ética = ethical issue.
    * cuestión financiera = financial issue.
    * cuestión + girar en torno a = question + revolve around.
    * cuestión histórica = historical issue.
    * cuestión imprescindible = imperative.
    * cuestión insignificante = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión laboral = work-related issue.
    * cuestión legal = legal issue.
    * cuestión negociable = negotiable point.
    * cuestión peliaguda = sticky issue.
    * cuestión personal = life issue, personal issue.
    * cuestión polémica = vexed question, vexing question.
    * cuestión política = political issue.
    * cuestión práctica = practicality.
    * cuestión problemática = issue of concern, sticky issue.
    * cuestión relacionada con el trabajo = work-related issue.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión sin trascendencia = matter of no consequence.
    * cuestión social = social issue, societal issue.
    * cuestión + surgir = issue + surface.
    * cuestión técnica = technical issue.
    * cuestión tecnológica = technological issue.
    * debatir una cuestión = discuss + idea, discuss + issue.
    * dejar la cuestión abierta = leave + the question open.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * discutir una cuestión = air + issue.
    * el quid de la cuestión = the crux of the problem, the crux of the matter.
    * eludir una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * en cuestión = at hand, concerned, in hand, in question, individual, at issue, of concern.
    * en cuestión de minutos = within minutes, in a matter of minutes.
    * en cuestión de segundos = within seconds, in a matter of seconds.
    * en cuestión de + Tiempo = in a matter of + Tiempo, within a matter of + Tiempo.
    * en cuestiones de = in matters of.
    * enfrentarse a una cuestión = run up against + issue.
    * en las cuestiones relacionadas con = in the areas of.
    * esa es la cuestión = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * esquivar la cuestión = sidestep + the issue.
    * esquivar una cuestión = dodge + issue.
    * estado de la cuestión = state of the art.
    * estudio crítico del estado de la cuestión = review.
    * estudio del estado de la cuestión = survey.
    * evitar discutir una cuestión = circumvent + issue.
    * evitar una cuestión = skirt + issue, tiptoe around + issue.
    * exponer una cuestión = raise + point.
    * informe del estado de la cuestión = state of the art report, state of the art review.
    * la cuestión es que = the thing is.
    * la juventud no es cuestión de edad sino de espíritu = you are as old as you feel.
    * llegar al fondo de la cuestión = see to the + bottom of things.
    * llegar al meollo de la cuestión = arrive at + the heart of the matter.
    * llegar al quid de la cuestión = arrive at + the heart of the matter.
    * llevar a hablar de una cuestión = bring up + issue.
    * mencionar una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + point.
    * meollo de la cuestión, el = heart of the matter, the, heart of the question, the.
    * no ser cuestión de = there + be + no question of.
    * partes en cuestión, las = parties concerned, the.
    * plantearle a Alguien una cuestión = put before + Nombre + an issue.
    * plantear una cuestión = bring forth + issue, issue + arise, pose + question, raise + argument, raise + issue, raise + point, open up + issue.
    * poner en cuestión = call into + question, render + questionable.
    * poner en cuestión la validez de = bring into + question the validity of, question + the validity of.
    * proyección de cuestiones de interés = issues management.
    * quid de la cuestión, el = heart of the matter, the, heart of the question, the.
    * relacionado con cuestiones raciales = race-related.
    * resolver las cuestiones menores = work out + details.
    * resolver una cuestión = resolve + point, resolve + question, issue + settle.
    * responder la cuestión = get behind + the question.
    * sacar a colación una cuestión = bring up + matter, bring up + issue, bring up + point.
    * ser cuestión de = come down to.
    * ser la cuestión = be the point.
    * ser una cuestión de = be a matter for/of.
    * ser una cuestión debatible = be an open question.
    * ser una cuestión problemática = be at issue.
    * surgir una cuestión = issue + arise, arise + question.
    * suscitar una cuestión = evoke + issue, open up + issue.
    * tocar una cuestión = touch on/upon + issue.
    * tratar la cuestión de = get to + the issue of.
    * tratar una cuestión = address + constraint, address + issue, address + question, consider + issue, tackle + issue, address + concern, deal with + issue, broach + issue, broach + question, grapple with + issue.
    * tratar una cuestión ligeramente = touch on/upon + issue.
    * una cuestión de principios = a matter of principle.
    * una cuestión de vida o muerte = a matter of life and death.
    * zanjar la cuestión = clinch + the affair, clinch + the argument.

    * * *
    A
    1 (tema, problema) question, matter
    es experto en cuestiones de derecho internacional he is an expert on matters o questions of international law
    otra cuestión sería que or si estuviera enfermo if he were ill, that would be another matter o a different matter
    llegar al fondo de la cuestión to get to the heart of the matter o issue, to get to the root of the problem
    2 ( en locs):
    en cuestión in question
    el museo en cuestión va a ser clausurado the museum in question is going to be closed
    en cuestión de in a matter of
    aprendió inglés en cuestión de meses she learnt English in a matter of months
    la cuestión es … the thing is …
    la cuestión es que no tengo tiempo the problem o thing is that I don't have time
    la cuestiónes divertirnos the main thing is to enjoy ourselves
    pide por pedir, la cuestión es molestar she asks just for the sake of asking, she only does it to annoy
    ser cuestión de to be a matter o question of
    es una cuestión de principios it's a matter o question of principle
    en taxi es cuestión de diez minutos it's only a ten-minute taxi ride
    si fuera cuestión de dinero, no habría problema if it were a question of money, there'd be no problem
    todo es cuestión de darle tiempo al tiempo it's just a question of waiting
    todo es cuestión de poner atención it's just o all a question of concentrating, it's just o all a matter of concentration
    será cuestión de planteárselo y ver we'll just have to put it to him and see
    tampoco es cuestión de enloquecernos there's no need to get in a flap ( colloq)
    ayúdala, pero tampoco es cuestión de que lo hagas todo tú help her by all means, but there's no reason why you should do it all yourself
    B
    (duda): poner algo en cuestión to call sth into question, to raise questions o doubts about sth
    este descubrimiento pone en cuestión la validez del método this discovery raises questions about o raises doubts about o calls into question the validity of the method
    C ( fam)
    1 (problema) disagreement, problem
    2 (cosa, objeto) thing, thingamajig* ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    cuestión sustantivo femenino
    a) (tema, problema) question, matter;

    ◊ cuestiones de derecho internacional matters o questions of international law;

    llegar al fondo de la cuestión to get to the heart of the matter
    b) ( en locs)


    en cuestión de in a matter of;
    la cuestión es … the thing is …;
    la cuestión es divertirnos the main thing is to enjoy ourselves;
    ser cuestión de to be a matter of;
    todo es cuestión de … it's just a question of …
    cuestión sustantivo femenino
    1 (asunto) matter, question
    2 (pregunta) question
    ♦ Locuciones: en cuestión, in question: el muchacho en cuestión, the boy in questión
    en cuestión de unas horas, in just a few hours
    poner en cuestión algo, to doubt sthg
    si te cansas de conducir, es cuestión de parar en cualquier lado, if you get tired of driving, we can stop anywhere
    ' cuestión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discutir
    - inaccesible
    - indecisa
    - indeciso
    - intrincada
    - intrincado
    - palpitante
    - quid
    - radicar
    - resolverse
    - seno
    - soslayar
    - tratar
    - volar
    - asunto
    - chabolismo
    - delicado
    - empezar
    - fondo
    - plantear
    - tema
    - vida
    English:
    arise
    - burning
    - cast
    - crux
    - issue
    - matter
    - morality
    - nitty-gritty
    - open
    - pose
    - principle
    - proceed
    - question
    - raise
    - stake
    - undecided
    - vexed
    - whip on
    - come
    - point
    * * *
    1. [pregunta] question
    2. [problema] problem;
    no es cuestión de tamaño sino de peso it's a question o matter of weight not size
    3. [asunto] matter, issue;
    una cuestión de honor/de principios a matter of honour/principle;
    los investigadores quieren llegar al fondo de la cuestión the investigators want to get to the bottom of the matter;
    la cuestión es que no he tenido tiempo the thing is, I haven't had time;
    en cuestión in question;
    el candidato en cuestión es venezolano the candidate in question is Venezuelan;
    tenemos que discutir el tema en cuestión we must discuss the matter at hand;
    en cuestión de [en materia de] as regards;
    en cuestión de una hora in no more than an hour;
    el edificio se hundió en cuestión de segundos the building collapsed in a matter of seconds;
    es cuestión de un par de días it is a matter of a couple of days;
    ya acabo, es cuestión de cinco minutos I'm nearly finished, I'll only be five minutes;
    es cuestión de trabajar más it's a question of working harder;
    será cuestión de ir yéndose it's time we were on our way;
    será cuestión de esforzarnos más we'll just have to work harder;
    no es cuestión de que el abuelo se ponga a hacerlo there's no need for grandad to have to do it
    4.
    poner algo en cuestión to call sth into question
    * * *
    f
    1 question
    2 ( asunto) matter, question;
    en cuestión de dinero as far as money is concerned;
    no es cuestión de dinero it’s not a question of money;
    en cuestión in question;
    la cuestión es que the thing is
    * * *
    cuestión nf, pl - tiones asunto, tema: matter, affair
    * * *
    1. (asunto) matter
    2. (pregunta) question

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuestión

  • 16 de tamaño medio

    (adj.) = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, medium size [medium-size], medium scale [medium-scale], mid-size [midsize]
    Ex. It was designed as a list of subject headings for use in the dictionary catalogues of medium-sized libraries.
    Ex. To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.
    Ex. For people living in what might be called industrial-rural areas the best that could be expected locally would be a moderate provision in the local middle-sized town.
    Ex. The purpose of the project was to examine the costs and benefits of OCLC in small and medium size libraries of all types.
    Ex. The system will be made available to the patrons of a medium-scale branch library (c. 75000 volumes) via network access.
    Ex. Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.
    * * *
    (adj.) = medium-sized, mid-sized [midsized], middle-sized, medium size [medium-size], medium scale [medium-scale], mid-size [midsize]

    Ex: It was designed as a list of subject headings for use in the dictionary catalogues of medium-sized libraries.

    Ex: To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.
    Ex: For people living in what might be called industrial-rural areas the best that could be expected locally would be a moderate provision in the local middle-sized town.
    Ex: The purpose of the project was to examine the costs and benefits of OCLC in small and medium size libraries of all types.
    Ex: The system will be made available to the patrons of a medium-scale branch library (c. 75000 volumes) via network access.
    Ex: Small to midsize companies are more likely to use technological surveillance (i.e., computer spy programs), as they're more readily available than undercover detective agencies, which can get a bit pricey.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de tamaño medio

  • 17 destacar

    v.
    1 to emphasize, to highlight (poner de relieve).
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    Ella destaca sus logros She highlights his achievements.
    Ella destacó su importancia She emphasized its importance.
    2 to station (tropas).
    3 to stand out.
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out among her other novels for o because of its humor
    Sus logros destacan His achievements stand out.
    4 to put on the front, to deploy, to detach, to put at the front line.
    Ricardo destacó al alumno Richard put the student on the front.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (despuntar) to stand out
    1 MILITAR to detach
    2 (en pintura) to highlight, make stand out
    3 figurado (dar énfasis) to point out, emphasize
    1 to stand out
    * * *
    verb
    1) to highlight, emphasize
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer resaltar) to emphasize

    quiero destacar que... — I wish to emphasize that...

    2) (Mil) to detach, detail
    3) (Inform) to highlight
    2.
    VI
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.
    Ex. The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex. Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex. Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex. In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex. Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex. This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex. Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex. Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex. A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex. Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex. Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex. As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex. This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex. Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex. This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex. This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex. The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex. This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex. The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex. Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex. In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex. There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex. A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex. Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex. If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex. Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    ----
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.

    Ex: The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.

    Ex: Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex: Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex: Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex: In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex: Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex: Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex: Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex: A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex: Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex: Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex: As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex: This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex: Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex: This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex: This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex: The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex: This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex: The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex: Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex: In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex: There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex: A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex: Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex: If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex: Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

    * * *
    destacar [A2 ]
    vt
    A (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    destacó la gravedad de la situación he underlined o stressed o emphasized the gravity of the situation
    B ( Art) to highlight, bring out
    C
    1 (enviar) ‹tropas› to post
    fueron destacados para defender el puente they were detailed to defend the bridge
    2 ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send
    ■ destacar
    vi
    to stand out
    el trabajo destaca por su originalidad the work is remarkable for o stands out because of its originality
    el marco hace destacar aún más la belleza del cuadro the frame further enhances the beauty of the picture
    destacó como autor teatral he was an outstanding playwright
    a lo lejos destacaba el campanario de la iglesia the church tower stood out in the distance
    nunca destacó como estudiante he never excelled o shone as a student
    destaca entre los de su edad por su estatura he stands out from others of his age because of his height
    * * *

     

    destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
    1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
    ‹color/plano› to bring out
    3
    a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

    b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

    verbo intransitivo
    to stand out;
    destacar en algo to excel at o in sth
    destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
    destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
    ' destacar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brillar
    - despuntar
    - destacarse
    - perfilarse
    - realzar
    - resaltar
    - sobresalir
    - subrayar
    English:
    angular
    - detail
    - highlight
    - shine
    - stand out
    - crowd
    - excel
    - heighten
    - stand
    - tower
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner de relieve] to emphasize, to highlight;
    debo destacar lo importante que es la operación I must stress o emphasize how important the operation is;
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…;
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    2. [tropas] to station;
    [corresponsales] to assign, to send
    ♦ vi
    [sobresalir] to stand out;
    tiene afán por destacar she is keen to excel;
    destacó como concertista de piano he was an outstanding concert pianist;
    hay una alumna que destaca de los demás/entre todos there is one student who stands out from the others/from all the others;
    destaca en sus estudios she is an outstanding student;
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out from her other novels for o because of its humour;
    destaca mucho por su imponente físico he really stands out because of his impressive physique;
    un pueblo que no destaca por nada en particular a town that is not remarkable for anything in particular, a rather unremarkable town
    * * *
    I v/i stand out
    II v/t emphasize
    * * *
    destacar {72} vt
    1) enfatizar, subrayar: to emphasize, to highlight, to stress
    2) : to station, to post
    : to stand out
    * * *
    1. (resaltar) to point out / to emphasize
    2. (sobresalir) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]

    Spanish-English dictionary > destacar

  • 18 eliminar

    v.
    to eliminate.
    El líquido eliminó las manchas The liquid eliminated the stains.
    El mafioso eliminó al testigo The mobster eliminated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to eliminate, exclude
    2 (esperanzas, miedos, etc) to get rid of, cast aside
    3 familiar (matar) to kill, eliminate
    * * *
    verb
    3) kill
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer desaparecer) [+ mancha, obstáculo] to remove, get rid of; [+ residuos] to dispose of; [+ pobreza] to eliminate, eradicate; [+ posibilidad] to rule out

    eliminar un directorio — (Inform) to remove o delete a directory

    2) [+ concursante, deportista] to knock out, eliminate

    fueron eliminados de la competición — they were knocked out of o eliminated from the competition

    3) euf (=matar) to eliminate, do away with *
    4) [+ incógnita] to eliminate
    5) (Fisiol) to eliminate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.
    Ex. It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.
    Ex. The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex. Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex. The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex. With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex. The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex. List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex. Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex. In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex. Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex. The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex. The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex. Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex. This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex. It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex. A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex. Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex. Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex. This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex. Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex. Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex. But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex. Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex. 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex. Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex. Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex. Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex. Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex. Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex. There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex. Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex. This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex. Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex. Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex. Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex. This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex. The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex. There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex. Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex. Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex. The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex. His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex. Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex. It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex. It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex. Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex. This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex. My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    ----
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < obstáculo> to remove; < párrafo> to delete, remove
    b) < candidato> to eliminate; (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)
    d) < residuos> to dispose of
    2) <toxinas/grasas> to eliminate
    3) (Mat) < incógnita> to eliminate
    * * *
    = abort, cut off, delete, detach, disband, discard, dispose of, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, erode, kill, obviate, purge, remove, rid, suppress, take out, withdraw, screen out, retire, squeeze out, decrement, dispel, weed out, axe [ax, -USA], abolish, pare out, chop off, excise, obliterate, scrap, take off, expunge, cut out, put to + rest, sweep away, root out, nix, drive out, deselect, strip away, roll back, efface, cashier, clear out, weed, sunset, stomp + Nombre + out, zap, take + Nombre + out.

    Ex: It is important to know what police or fire responses are triggered by alarms and how that reaction can be aborted and the alarm silenced.

    Ex: The only way to solve these problems is either to revise your catalog in its totality or to cut it off.
    Ex: Expressive notation is generally easier to truncate, that is, delete final characters to create the notation for a more general subject.
    Ex: The words from the deleted abstract in the abstract word file will be detached when DOBIS/LIBIS is not busy with other work.
    Ex: With the completion of the draft in 1983, the Working Group on an International Authority System was officially disbanded.
    Ex: The dates should be checked regularly and updated so that old dates are discarded and new ones entered.
    Ex: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.
    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS does away with the multiplicity of files and catalogs.
    Ex: Obviously, computers and the use of notation in computerised systems may place additional constraints upon the nature of the notation, or may eliminate the need to consider some of the characteristics below.
    Ex: In this instance links would be insufficient to eradicate the false drop.
    Ex: Pressing the delete key erases a characters without leaving a blank space.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: He was looking for the book 'Flowers and Bullets and Freedom to kill' = Estaba buscando el libro "Flores, balas y libertad para matar".
    Ex: The intercalation of (41-4) after 329 obviates this function.
    Ex: The system requests the number of the borrower and then purges that borrower's name and number from its files.
    Ex: Folders allow a set of papers to be kept together when a set on a given topic is removed from the file.
    Ex: This function can be used to rid access-point files of unused entries.
    Ex: It is possible to suppress references and to omit steps in a hierarchy.
    Ex: A scheme should allow reduction, to take out subjects and their subdivisions which are no longer used.
    Ex: Thus, all cards corresponding to documents covering 'Curricula' are withdrawn from the pack.
    Ex: Most journals rely for a substantial part of their income on advertisements; how would advertisers view the prospect of being selectively screened out by readers?.
    Ex: This article stresses the importance for libraries of making current informationav ailable on AIDS, and of retiring out-of-date information on the subject.
    Ex: Subjects not in the core of major employment areas are likely to be squeezed out of the standard curriculum.
    Ex: Document terms absent from the original query were decremented.
    Ex: But years and experience do not always dispel the sense of unease.
    Ex: Information services administrators expect library schools to uphold admission standards and weed out unsuitable candidates.
    Ex: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.
    Ex: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.
    Ex: Because the assumption in this method is that none of the preceding years' operations are worth continuing unless they can be shown to be necessary, zero-based budgeting (ZZB) can be useful for paring out the deadwood of obsolete or uselessly extravagant programs.
    Ex: Others chop off old records to remain within the limits of 680 MB.
    Ex: Once a new digitized system has been introduced irrelevancies and redundant features can more easily be seen and excised.
    Ex: Typing errors cannot be obliterated with a normal erasing fluid as this would print and appear as a blotch on the copies.
    Ex: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.
    Ex: Meek took her glasses off and twiddled them as her supervisor related the following incident.
    Ex: This article examines the controversial issue about whether to expunge books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: In order to support a core acquistions programme of essential materials for its users, a library will more readily cut out material on the fringe of its needs if such material can be obtained by a good document supply system.
    Ex: Careful investigation by the library board of the possibilities inherent in system membership usually puts to rest preconceived fears.
    Ex: Librarians should ensure that the principles they stand for are not swept away on a tide of technological jingoism.
    Ex: Libraries should root out unproductive and obsolete activities.
    Ex: This play was nixed by school officials on the grounds that the subject of sweatshops was not appropriate for that age group.
    Ex: The development of user-friendly interfaces to data bases may drive out the unspecialised information broker in the long run.
    Ex: There is a need to provide public access to the Internet and to develop guidelines for selecting and deselecting appropriate resources.
    Ex: Like its predecessor, it wants to strip away the sentimentality surrounding male-female relationships and reveal the ugly, unvarnished truth.
    Ex: Some Russia specialists say President Putin is rolling back liberal economic and political reforms ushered in by his predecessor.
    Ex: The beauty, the aliveness, the creativity, the passion that made her lovable and gave her life meaning has been effaced.
    Ex: His case was referred to the next session, and in the following May he was cashiered.
    Ex: Pockets of resistance still remain in Fallujah, but the vast majority of insurgents have been cleared out.
    Ex: It seems to me that the electronic catalog provides the ability to build a file that can, in fact, be easily weeded.
    Ex: It's instructive to remember just how passionately the media hyped the dangers of ' sunsetting' the ban.
    Ex: Like I said, no wonder racism won't die, it takes BOTH sides to stomp it out, not just one!.
    Ex: This electric fly swatter will zap any fly or mosquito with 1500 volts.
    Ex: My lasting image of Omar is of him crouched in the rubble waiting for U.S. troops to get close enough so he could take one of them out.
    * ayudar a eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar al intermediario = cut out + the middleman.
    * eliminar ambigüedades = disambiguate.
    * eliminar barreras = flatten + barriers, tackle + barriers, erase + boundaries.
    * eliminar de un golpe = eliminate + at a stroke.
    * eliminar de un texto = redact out, redact.
    * eliminar diferencias = flatten out + differences.
    * eliminar el hielo = de-ice [deice].
    * eliminar el sarro = descale.
    * eliminar gases = pass + gas, break + wind, pass + wind.
    * eliminar la necesidad de = remove + the need for.
    * eliminar las barreras = break down + barriers.
    * eliminar las diferencias = iron out + differences.
    * eliminar los duplicados = deduplicate.
    * eliminar + Nombre = clear of + Nombre.
    * eliminar obstáculos = clear + the path, clear + the way.
    * eliminar por etapas = phase out.
    * eliminar progresivamente = phase out.
    * eliminar puestos de trabajo = shed + jobs, axe + jobs, cut + jobs.
    * eliminar puliendo = buff out.
    * eliminar una barrera = topple + barrier.
    * eliminar una ecuación de búsqueda = clear + search.
    * eliminar un error = remove + error.
    * eliminar un obstáculo = remove + barrier, sweep away + obstacle.
    * eliminar un problema = sweep away + problem, work out + kink.

    * * *
    eliminar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹obstáculo› to remove; ‹párrafo› to delete, remove
    para eliminar las cucarachas to get rid of o exterminate o kill cockroaches
    2 ‹equipo/candidato› to eliminate
    fueron eliminados del torneo they were knocked out of o eliminated from the tournament
    3 ( euf) (matar) to eliminate ( euph), to get rid of ( euph)
    B ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate
    C ( Mat) ‹incógnita› to eliminate
    * * *

     

    eliminar ( conjugate eliminar) verbo transitivo

    ‹ párrafo› to delete, remove

    (Dep) to eliminate, knock out
    c) (euf) ( matar) to eliminate (euph), to get rid of (euph)


    e) ‹toxinas/grasas› to eliminate

    eliminar verbo transitivo to eliminate
    ' eliminar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acabar
    - cortar
    - descalificar
    - michelín
    - quitar
    - sonda
    - terminar
    - tranquilizar
    English:
    cut out
    - debug
    - eliminate
    - face
    - hit list
    - knock out
    - liquidate
    - obliterate
    - remove
    - weed
    - cut
    - delete
    - do
    - knock
    - take
    - zap
    * * *
    1. [en juego, deporte, concurso] to eliminate (de from);
    el que menos puntos consiga queda eliminado the person who scores the lowest number of points is eliminated;
    lo eliminaron en la segunda ronda he was eliminated o knocked out in the second round
    2. [acabar con] [contaminación] to eliminate;
    [grasas, toxinas] to eliminate, to get rid of; [residuos] to dispose of; [manchas] to remove, to get rid of; [fronteras, obstáculos] to remove, to eliminate;
    eliminó algunos trozos de su discurso he cut out some parts of his speech
    3. Mat [incógnita] to eliminate
    4. Euf [matar] to eliminate, to get rid of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 eliminate
    2 desperdicios dispose of
    3 INFOR delete
    * * *
    1) : to eliminate, to remove
    2) : to do in, to kill
    * * *
    1. (en general) to eliminate
    2. (manchas) to remove

    Spanish-English dictionary > eliminar

  • 19 examinar

    v.
    1 to examine.
    El científico examinó la evidencia The scientist examined the evidence.
    El médico examinó al paciente The doctor examined the patient.
    Ricardo examinó el libro Richard examined=perused the book.
    2 to interrogate.
    La policía examinó al testigo The police interrogated the witness.
    * * *
    1 (gen) to examine
    2 (investigar) to consider, inspect, go over
    1 to take an examination, sit an examination
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ alumno] to examine
    2) [+ producto] to test
    3) [+ problema] to examine, study
    4) [+ paciente] to examine
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.
    Ex. With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.
    Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex. This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex. The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex. The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex. This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex. It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex. Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex. This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex. I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex. All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex. Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex. It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex. Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex. A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex. Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    ----
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <alumno/candidato> to examine
    2) (mirar detenidamente, estudiar) < objeto> to examine, inspect; <documento/proyecto/propuesta> to examine, study; <situación/caso> to study, consider; < enfermo> to examine
    2.
    examinarse v pron (Esp) to take an exam

    me examiné de latín — I had o took my Latin exam

    * * *
    = analyse [analyze, -USA], assess, discuss, examine, go over, look at, look into, overhaul, study, survey, probe into, offer + an account of, go through, vet, test, look over, check out, check up on, keep + tabs on, review, question, peruse, screen, probe.

    Ex: With a clear objective, the next step is to analyse the concepts that are present in a search.

    Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.
    Ex: This review also illustrates some of the issues which cataloguers have discussed over the years, and demonstrates other solutions to standards in cataloguing than those embodied in modern cataloguing codes.
    Ex: The article 'Home schoolers: a forgotten clientele?' examines ways in which the library can support parents and children in the home schooling situation.
    Ex: The person assigned as coach goes over the work of the new abstractor, makes editorial changes, and discusses these changes with the new man.
    Ex: This article looks at three interrelated issues regarding on-line services based on the recent literature.
    Ex: The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a data base concerned solely with development issues.
    Ex: It is difficult to overhaul the basic structure of an enumerative scheme without complete revision of sections of the scheme.
    Ex: Each of the binders is portable and can be separately studied.
    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.
    Ex: This article offers an account of the processes shaping the professionalisation of college and research librarianship within the framework of 4 contemporary sociological theories.
    Ex: I believe Mr. Freedman hired about 11 student assistants to go through this intentionally dirty file and clean it up.
    Ex: All three types of material, when first received by DG XIII, are submitted to the Technological Information and Patents Division of DG XIII in order to vet items for possible patentable inventions.
    Ex: Inmate library workers often test a new librarian, but once he or she has passed the test, they usually become very protective and staunch promoters of the library.
    Ex: It would be of enormous help to us if you could put a few things together for us to look over.
    Ex: Where problems do arise it is sensible to check out the training programme before blaming the assistant for poor performance of duties.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: There is only space to review briefly the special problems associated with the descriptive cataloguing of nonbook materials.
    Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.
    Ex: A summary differs from an abstract in that it assumes that the reader will have the opportunity to peruse the accompanying text.
    Ex: Employers should take a preventive role in protecting women's general health, for example, screening women workers for cervical cancer.
    Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.
    * al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.
    * examinar cómo = look at + ways in which.
    * examinar detenidamente = scrutinise [scrutinize, -USA], put + Nombre + under the spotlight, bring + Nombre + under the spotlight.
    * examinar el modo de = examine + way.
    * examinar el papel de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la función de Algo = investigate + role.
    * examinar la posibilidad de (que) = examine + the possibility that/of.
    * examinar los conocimientos = test + knowledge.
    * examinar más detenidamente = look + closer, take + a closer look at, take + a close look.
    * examinar más minuciosamente = examine + in greater detail.
    * examinar minuciosamente = pull apart.
    * examinar + Posesivo + conciencia = search + Posesivo + conscience.
    * examinar rápidamente = scan.
    * examinar un tema = explore + theme.
    * sin examinar = unexamined.

    * * *
    examinar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹alumno/candidato› to examine
    B (mirar detenidamente, estudiar)
    1 ‹objeto› to examine, inspect; ‹contrato/documento› to examine, study
    2 ‹situación/caso› to study, consider; ‹proyecto/propuesta› to study, examine
    3 ‹paciente/enfermo› to examine
    ( Esp) to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    ayer nos examinamos de latín we had o took o ( BrE) sat our Latin exam yesterday
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    examinar    
    examinar algo
    examinar ( conjugate examinar) verbo transitivo
    to examine;
    ‹situación/caso› to study, consider
    examinarse verbo pronominal (Esp) to take an exam
    examinar verbo transitivo to examine: quisiera examinar las pruebas detenidamente, I'd like to thoroughly examine the evidence
    ' examinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mirar
    - pensar
    - tantear
    - analizar
    - escudriñar
    - ver
    English:
    examine
    - inspect
    - look into
    - look over
    - paper
    - reassess
    - review
    - scrutinize
    - search
    - see into
    - study
    - test
    - trace
    - view
    - look
    - peruse
    - reexamine
    - survey
    - vet
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [alumno] to examine
    2. [analizar] to examine;
    examinó detenidamente el arma he examined the weapon carefully;
    examinaremos su caso we shall examine her case;
    tienes que ir al médico a que te examine you must go and get the doctor to examine you
    * * *
    v/t examine
    * * *
    1) : to examine
    2) inspeccionar: to inspect
    * * *
    examinar vb to examine

    Spanish-English dictionary > examinar

  • 20 industrial

    adj.
    industrial.
    f. & m.
    1 industrialist.
    2 industrial, employee in an industry.
    * * *
    1 industrial
    1 industrialist, manufacturer
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=de la industria) industrial
    2) (=no casero) factory-made, industrially produced
    3) * (=enorme) huge, massive
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo industrial
    II
    masculino y femenino industrialist
    * * *
    = industrial, industrialist.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.
    Ex. Producers, whether scientists, inventors or industrialists, must record all their technological achievements.
    ----
    * académico-industrial = academic-industrial.
    * ciudad industrial = industrial town.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * compañía industrial = industrial firm.
    * complejo industial = industrial park.
    * desarrollo industrial = industrial development.
    * diseño industrial = industrial design.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * filtración de secreto industrial = industry leak.
    * industrial del motor, la = motor trade, the.
    * información industrial = industrial information.
    * máquina industrial = manufacturing equipment.
    * para uso industrial = heavy-duty.
    * polígono industrial = industrial park.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * producto industrial = industrial product.
    * proletariado industrial = industrial proletariat.
    * revolución industrial, la = industrial revolution, the.
    * ruido industrial = industrial noise.
    * secreto industrial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * sector industrial, el = industrial sector, the.
    * sociología de las relaciones industriales = industrial sociology, sociology of industrial relations.
    * sociología industrial = industrial sociology.
    * suministro industrial = industrial supply.
    * superpotencia industrial = industrial superpower.
    * vertido industrial = industrial effluent.
    * zona industrial = industrial area.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo industrial
    II
    masculino y femenino industrialist
    * * *
    = industrial, industrialist.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: And, just as importantly, computers have assumed an increasingly pervasive role in industrial automation.

    Ex: Producers, whether scientists, inventors or industrialists, must record all their technological achievements.
    * académico-industrial = academic-industrial.
    * ciudad industrial = industrial town.
    * Clasificación Industrial General de las Actividades Económicas (NACE) = General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (NACE).
    * compañía industrial = industrial firm.
    * complejo industial = industrial park.
    * desarrollo industrial = industrial development.
    * diseño industrial = industrial design.
    * disputa industrial = industrial dispute.
    * encuadernación industrial = edition binding, trade binding.
    * filtración de secreto industrial = industry leak.
    * industrial del motor, la = motor trade, the.
    * información industrial = industrial information.
    * máquina industrial = manufacturing equipment.
    * para uso industrial = heavy-duty.
    * polígono industrial = industrial park.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * producto industrial = industrial product.
    * proletariado industrial = industrial proletariat.
    * revolución industrial, la = industrial revolution, the.
    * ruido industrial = industrial noise.
    * secreto industrial = trade secret, competitive information.
    * sector industrial, el = industrial sector, the.
    * sociología de las relaciones industriales = industrial sociology, sociology of industrial relations.
    * sociología industrial = industrial sociology.
    * suministro industrial = industrial supply.
    * superpotencia industrial = industrial superpower.
    * vertido industrial = industrial effluent.
    * zona industrial = industrial area.

    * * *
    ‹sector/zona/desarrollo› industrial; ‹maquinaria/instalaciones› industrial
    industrialist
    * * *

    industrial adjetivo
    industrial
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    industrialist
    industrial
    I adjetivo industrial
    polígono industrial, industrial estate
    II mf industrialist
    ' industrial' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidente
    - cámara
    - conflicto
    - desarrollo
    - desechos
    - laboral
    - perita
    - perito
    - polígono
    - relojería
    - sociedad
    - caldera
    - cinturón
    - complejo
    - ingeniero
    - mecánico
    - movilización
    - zona
    English:
    dispute
    - engineer
    - industrial
    - industrial action
    - industrial area
    - industrial espionage
    - industrial estate
    - industrial unrest
    - industrialist
    - manufacturing
    - trading estate
    - cash
    - fair
    - heavy
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [de la industria] industrial
    2. Fam [muy grande]
    fumaba cantidades industriales de habanos he used to smoke vast quantities of cigars;
    había cerveza en cantidades industriales there were gallons of beer
    ♦ nmf
    industrialist
    * * *
    I adj industrial;
    cantidad industrial fam massive amount fam
    II m/f industrialist
    * * *
    : industrial
    : industrialist, manufacturer
    * * *
    industrial adj industrial

    Spanish-English dictionary > industrial

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