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  • 61 dificultad

    f.
    1 difficulty.
    el grado de dificultad de los exámenes the degree of difficulty of the exams
    2 problem.
    la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mojarse los pies the difficult thing is to do it without getting your feet wet
    encontrar dificultades to run into trouble o problems
    pasar por dificultades to suffer hardship
    3 hardness, not easiness.
    imperat.
    2nd person plural (vosotros/ustedes) Imperative of Spanish verb: dificultar.
    * * *
    1 difficulty
    2 (obstáculo) obstacle; (problema) trouble, problem
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=obstáculo) difficulty
    2) (=problema) difficulty

    no hay dificultad para aceptar que... — there is no difficulty about accepting that...

    3) (=objeción) objection
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad de difícil) difficulty
    b) ( problema)

    superar or vencer dificultades — to overcome difficulties

    * * *
    = difficulty, rough spot, snag, hardness, hiccup, crunch, challenge, hassle, rub, kink.
    Ex. UDC is widely used despite the difficulties in keeping the schedules up to date.
    Ex. But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex. Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex. Hardness and the penetration of the ink layer into the paper were also measured = También se midió la solidez y la penetración de la tinta en el papel.
    Ex. The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex. The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex. The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex. But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex. However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
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    * afrontar una dificultad = front + difficulty.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * con dificultad = laboriously, with difficulty.
    * con dificultades = in difficulties.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * con gran dificultad = with great difficulty.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad económica = fiscal exigency, financial exigency.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * dificultades = crisis [crises, -pl.].
    * dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.
    * dificultades + aquejar = difficulties + beset.
    * dificultades de aprendizaje = learning difficulties.
    * dificultades económicas = fiscal constraints, fiscal adversity, economic adversity.
    * dificultades presupuestarias = budget adversity.
    * dificultad presupuestaria = budget crunch.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * en dificultades = stranded.
    * enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.
    * entrañar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * fórmula para la dificultad de lectura = reading formula.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * ganar con dificultad = eke out.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con dificultad = muddle through, plod (along/through).
    * indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * leer con dificultad = wade through.
    * meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.
    * pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * poner en dificultades = put + Nombre + in difficulties.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * progresar con dificultad = thread through.
    * respirar con dificultad = gasp for + breath, wheeze.
    * señalar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.
    * tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.
    * tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.
    * tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * toparse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * tropezar con dificultades = run into + difficulties.
    * * *
    a) ( cualidad de difícil) difficulty
    b) ( problema)

    superar or vencer dificultades — to overcome difficulties

    * * *
    = difficulty, rough spot, snag, hardness, hiccup, crunch, challenge, hassle, rub, kink.

    Ex: UDC is widely used despite the difficulties in keeping the schedules up to date.

    Ex: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.
    Ex: Another snag was the existence of entrenched divergent cataloguing habits among the multinational staff, not to mention their fear of the unknown = Otro problema era la existencia de hábitos de catalogación divergentes y ya arraigados entre el personal multinacional, por no mencionar su miedo hacia lo desconocido.
    Ex: Hardness and the penetration of the ink layer into the paper were also measured = También se midió la solidez y la penetración de la tinta en el papel.
    Ex: The book 'The Last Hiccup of the Old Demographic Regime' examines the impact of epidemics and disease on population growth in the late seventeenth century.
    Ex: The author of the article 'The crunch and academic library services: a personal view' believes that inflation is one of the underlying causes of the crisis in university libraries.
    Ex: The duration of the cycle varies markedly from institution to institution, dependent upon the adaptability of the institutional structure to challenge and change.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.
    Ex: But as elegant and efficient as this seems, this strategy has a rub - you've got to have technology to track shipments, since you're ultimately responsible for purchases, warranties and returns.
    Ex: However, like any emerging technology, there are still a few kinks in the system.
    * afrontar una dificultad = front + difficulty.
    * ahí está la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * aprobar sin dificultad = sail through + exam.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * caminar con dificultad = plod (along/through).
    * causar dificultad = cause + difficulty.
    * clasificado por nivel de dificultad = graded.
    * con dificultad = laboriously, with difficulty.
    * con dificultades = in difficulties.
    * conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.
    * con gran dificultad = with great difficulty.
    * conseguir con dificultad = eke out.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad + apremiar = difficulty + dog.
    * dificultad económica = fiscal exigency, financial exigency.
    * dificultad + encontrarse = difficulty + lie.
    * dificultades = crisis [crises, -pl.].
    * dificultades + agravarse = difficulties + exacerbate.
    * dificultades + aquejar = difficulties + beset.
    * dificultades de aprendizaje = learning difficulties.
    * dificultades económicas = fiscal constraints, fiscal adversity, economic adversity.
    * dificultades presupuestarias = budget adversity.
    * dificultad presupuestaria = budget crunch.
    * dificultad + surgir = difficulty + arise.
    * dificultad técnica = technical difficulty.
    * encontrar dificultades = encounter + difficulties, encounter + limitations.
    * encontrarse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * encontrarse en dificultades = find + Reflexivo + in difficulties.
    * en dificultades = stranded.
    * enfrentarse con una dificultad = face + difficulty.
    * entrañar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * esa es la dificultad = herein lies the rub, there's the rub.
    * estar en dificultades = be in trouble.
    * forma de evitar una dificultad = way (a)round + difficulty.
    * fórmula para la dificultad de lectura = reading formula.
    * funcionar con dificultad = labour [labor, -USA].
    * ganar con dificultad = eke out.
    * ganar sin ninguna dificultad = beat + Nombre + hands down, win + hands down.
    * hacer Algo con dificultad = muddle through, plod (along/through).
    * indicar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * insertar con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * leer con dificultad = wade through.
    * meter con dificultad = squeeze in/into.
    * mitigar una dificultad = alleviate + difficulty.
    * pasar dificultades = struggle, be under strain, bear + hardship, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.
    * pasar por muchas dificultades = be to hell and back.
    * plantear dificultad = pose + difficulty.
    * plantear dificultades = raise + difficulties.
    * poner en dificultades = put + Nombre + in difficulties.
    * presentar dificultad = present + difficulty.
    * progresar con dificultad = thread through.
    * respirar con dificultad = gasp for + breath, wheeze.
    * señalar las dificultades = note + difficulties.
    * sin dificultad = without difficulty.
    * sin dificultad alguna = without a hitch.
    * sin mucha dificultad = painlessly.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * surgir una dificultad = arise + difficulty.
    * tener dificultad = struggle, experience + difficulty, be hard pressed.
    * tener dificultad de + Infinitivo = have + difficulty + Gerundio, have + difficulty in + Gerundio.
    * tener dificultad en + Verbo = be at pains to + Infinitivo.
    * tener dificultades = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.
    * toparse con dificultades = run up against + difficulties.
    * tropezar con dificultades = run into + difficulties.

    * * *
    un ejercicio de escasa dificultad a fairly easy exercise
    el grado de dificultad de la prueba the degree of difficulty of the test
    respira con dificultad his breathing is labored, he has difficulty breathing
    2 (problema) difficulty
    superar or vencer dificultades to overcome difficulties
    ¿tuviste alguna dificultad para encontrar la casa? did you have any trouble o difficulty finding the house?
    tiene dificultades en hacerse entender she has difficulty in o she has problems making herself understood
    la dificultad está en hacerlo en el mínimo de tiempo the difficult o hard part is to do it in the shortest possible time
    pasamos muchas dificultades, pero salimos adelante we had a lot of problems, but we came through it all
    me pusieron muchas dificultades para entrar they made it very hard for me to get in
    * * *

     

    Del verbo dificultar: ( conjugate dificultar)

    dificultad es:

    2ª persona plural (vosotros) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    dificultad    
    dificultar
    dificultad sustantivo femenino
    difficulty;

    tiene dificultades en hacerse entender she has difficulty in making herself understood;
    me pusieron muchas dificultades para entrar they made it very hard for me to get in;
    meterse en dificultades to get into difficulties
    dificultar ( conjugate dificultar) verbo transitivo
    to make … difficult
    dificultad sustantivo femenino
    1 difficulty
    2 (penalidad, contrariedad) trouble, problem
    dificultades económicas, financial problems

    ' dificultad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    coja
    - cojo
    - elevarse
    - encarar
    - escollo
    - evadir
    - fatiga
    - impedimento
    - infranqueable
    - intríngulis
    - necesidad
    - nudo
    - obstáculo
    - pena
    - remontar
    - retroceder
    - salir
    - salvar
    - tela
    - tumbo
    - vencer
    - apuro
    - complicación
    - confrontar
    - contra
    - contrariedad
    - encontrar
    - esquivar
    - insuperable
    - miga
    - ofrecer
    - pantano
    - pega
    - pero
    - presentar
    - radicar
    - sortear
    - subsanar
    - superar
    - surgir
    - traba
    - tropezar
    English:
    difficulty
    - experience
    - extricate
    - gasp
    - hassle
    - hitch
    - hobble
    - inarticulate
    - iron out
    - job
    - manage
    - painless
    - squash in
    - struggle
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - tongue-tied
    - trial
    - trouble
    - trudge
    - considerable
    - difficult
    - grade
    - hiccup
    - pit
    - scramble
    - wheeze
    - wriggle
    * * *
    1. [cualidad de difícil] difficulty;
    caminaba con dificultad she walked with difficulty;
    el grado o [m5] nivel de dificultad de los exámenes the degree o level of difficulty of the exams;
    un ejercicio de gran dificultad a very difficult exercise
    2. [obstáculo] problem;
    todo son dificultades con ella she sees everything as a problem;
    la dificultad está en hacerlo sin mojarse los pies the difficult thing is to do it without getting your feet wet;
    encontrar dificultades to run into trouble o problems;
    poner dificultades to raise objections;
    nos puso muchas dificultades para entrevistarlo he put no end of obstacles in our way when we wanted to interview him;
    superar o [m5] vencer las dificultades to overcome the difficulties;
    ¿tuviste alguna dificultad para dar con la calle? did you have any difficulty finding the street?
    3. [penalidad]
    pasar por dificultades to suffer hardship
    * * *
    f difficulty;
    con dificultades with difficulty;
    poner dificultades make it difficult
    * * *
    : difficulty
    * * *
    1. (concepto) difficulty [pl. difficulties]
    2. (problema) problem

    Spanish-English dictionary > dificultad

  • 62 en otro orden de cosas

    = on another topic, as for, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters
    Ex. On another topic, how much trust and confidence do you have at this time in your mayor and city council, when it comes to handling city problems?.
    Ex. As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex. As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex. Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex. Meanwhile in 1951, the Library Association reconstituted its Catalogue Code Revision Committee and started discussion.
    Ex. On another matter, in many cases it is cheaper to pay workers for overtime than it is to hire more people.
    Ex. On another note, if a child is bilingual, it is very difficult to make him fluent in both languages.
    Ex. On other matters, it appears that our server was down again this morning.
    * * *
    = on another topic, as for, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters

    Ex: On another topic, how much trust and confidence do you have at this time in your mayor and city council, when it comes to handling city problems?.

    Ex: As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex: As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex: Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex: Meanwhile in 1951, the Library Association reconstituted its Catalogue Code Revision Committee and started discussion.
    Ex: On another matter, in many cases it is cheaper to pay workers for overtime than it is to hire more people.
    Ex: On another note, if a child is bilingual, it is very difficult to make him fluent in both languages.
    Ex: On other matters, it appears that our server was down again this morning.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en otro orden de cosas

  • 63 flirtear

    v.
    1 to flirt.
    2 to flirt with, to give the come-on.
    Te flirtea Ricardo Ricardo flirts with you.
    * * *
    1 to flirt
    * * *
    VI to flirt ( con with)
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to flirt
    * * *
    = flirt, chat up.
    Ex. While many artists have flirted with technology, however, there has not been a fully committed alliance between art & technology.
    Ex. She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to flirt
    * * *
    = flirt, chat up.

    Ex: While many artists have flirted with technology, however, there has not been a fully committed alliance between art & technology.

    Ex: She was 15 kilograms too heavy, rudderless, half-lost to drinking and chatting up other girls' boyfriends.

    * * *
    flirtear [A1 ]
    vi
    to flirt
    * * *

    flirtear ( conjugate flirtear) verbo intransitivo
    to flirt
    flirtear verbo intransitivo to flirt
    ' flirtear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lesear
    - tontear
    English:
    flirt
    * * *
    [con persona] to flirt;
    flirteó con la idea de presentarse candidato she flirted with the idea of running as a candidate
    * * *
    v/i flirt ( con with)
    * * *
    : to flirt
    * * *
    flirtear vb to flirt

    Spanish-English dictionary > flirtear

  • 64 fracasar

    v.
    1 to fail (intento, persona).
    El chico fracasó The boy failed.
    2 to be unsuccessful, to fail to accomplish anything, to draw a blank.
    El chico fracasó The boy failed.
    El detective fracasó The detective failed to accomplish anything.
    El proyecto fracasó The project failed.
    Me fracasó el muchacho My boy failed.
    * * *
    1 to fail, be unsuccessful, fall through
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT LAm to mess up, make a mess of
    2.
    VI [gen] to fail, be unsuccessful; [plan] to fail, fall through
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to fail
    * * *
    = flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.
    Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.
    Ex. This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
    Ex. While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex. Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
    Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex. While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex. Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.
    Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.
    Ex. This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.
    Ex. Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex. He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
    Ex. The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
    Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
    ----
    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.
    * fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.
    * fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.
    * hacer fracasar = foil, derail.
    * planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.
    * prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to fail
    * * *
    = flounder, fail, misfire, founder, be unsuccessful, bite + the dust, backfire, go under, give up + the ghost, meet with + failure, flop, fall + apart, come + unstuck, fall + flat, go + pear-shaped, fizzle, go out + the window, come + a cropper, fall through, go + kaput, go + haywire, be up the spout.

    Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

    Ex: This article suggests the steps that libraries might take during periods of instability to reduce their chances of being injured by a vendor that fails.
    Ex: While project ALBIS was seen as an exercise in networking that misfired it did produce some positive results = Aunque se consideraba que el proyecto ALBIS fue un intento de cooperación en red que fracasó, no obstante produjo algunos resultados positivos.
    Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex: Alex Wilson sides with the librarians who say 'concentrate your book service first and foremost on existing users because expenditure on attracting those with a low motivation is much more costly and likely to be mostly unsuccessful'.
    Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex: While this direct contact can backfire if the person is not knowledgeable about the product, it is also a golden opportunity to respond directly to customer questions and unique needs.
    Ex: Many of them are likely to go under in the next wave of economic recession.
    Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.
    Ex: This opera flopped at its premiere in 1819.
    Ex: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.
    Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.
    Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.
    Ex: He had years of experience and common sense and to the best of my knowledge never came a cropper.
    Ex: The sale fell through recently, after the buyer was unable to come up with the money.
    Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
    * esfuerzo + fracasar = effort + founder.
    * fracasar de manera lamentable = fail + miserably, fail + dismally.
    * fracasar estrepitosamente = fall + flat on + Posesivo + face.
    * fracasar miserablemente = fail + dismally, fail + miserably, come + a cropper.
    * hacer fracasar = foil, derail.
    * planes + fracasar = plan + fall through.
    * prosperar o fracasar = sink or swim.

    * * *
    fracasar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 «negociaciones» to fail; «plan» to fail, fall through
    2 «persona» to fail
    como padre fracasó horriblemente he failed miserably as a father
    fracasó como actor he failed o was unsuccessful as an actor
    fracasar EN algo to fail IN sth
    fracasó en su intento de conquistar el Everest he was unsuccessful o he failed in his attempt to conquer Everest
    * * *

     

    fracasar ( conjugate fracasar) verbo intransitivo
    to fail
    fracasar verbo intransitivo to fail
    ' fracasar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    venirse
    - sonar
    - tronar
    English:
    backfire
    - bomb
    - break down
    - fail
    - fall apart
    - fall through
    - flop
    - founder
    - miserably
    - unstuck
    - back
    - break
    - collapse
    - flat
    - grief
    * * *
    1. [intento] to fail;
    [producto] to be a failure;
    el modelo fracasó en Europa the model was a failure in Europe
    2. [persona] to fail;
    fracasó en su intento de obtener un acuerdo he failed in his attempt to get an agreement;
    fracasó como cantante she was a failure as a singer
    * * *
    v/i fail
    * * *
    1) fallar: to fail
    2) : to fall through
    * * *
    1. (en general) to fail
    2. (planes) to fall through [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > fracasar

  • 65 fundación benéfica

    f.
    charitable trust.
    * * *
    (n.) = charitable trust, donor agency, aid agency, aid organisation, charitable institution, charitable organisation
    Ex. It recommends the establishment of a centralised Chinese collection by a joint venture involving a charitable trust.
    Ex. The importance of developing information systems in the water sector seems to have been seriously neglected, both by national government and donor agencies.
    Ex. Aid agencies have played a major role as sources of funding in assisting developing countries to implement projects involving information technology.
    Ex. The author suggests ways in which aid organizations can assist developing economies to develop information technology.
    Ex. The author explains the reconstruction of charitable institutions (including hospitals, cemeteries, almshouses, orphanages and schools) in California after the 1783 earthquake.
    Ex. This charitable organization was established nearly 50 years ago to provide cultural exchange opportunities for young people all over the world.
    * * *
    (n.) = charitable trust, donor agency, aid agency, aid organisation, charitable institution, charitable organisation

    Ex: It recommends the establishment of a centralised Chinese collection by a joint venture involving a charitable trust.

    Ex: The importance of developing information systems in the water sector seems to have been seriously neglected, both by national government and donor agencies.
    Ex: Aid agencies have played a major role as sources of funding in assisting developing countries to implement projects involving information technology.
    Ex: The author suggests ways in which aid organizations can assist developing economies to develop information technology.
    Ex: The author explains the reconstruction of charitable institutions (including hospitals, cemeteries, almshouses, orphanages and schools) in California after the 1783 earthquake.
    Ex: This charitable organization was established nearly 50 years ago to provide cultural exchange opportunities for young people all over the world.

    Spanish-English dictionary > fundación benéfica

  • 66 genético

    adj.
    genetic.
    * * *
    1 genetic
    * * *
    (f. - genética)
    adj.
    * * *
    genético, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F geneticist
    genética
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo genetic
    * * *
    Ex. DEFORMITIES- GENETIC ASPECTS is an aspect of birth defects, and that has not yet become a standard LC heading.
    ----
    * código genético = genetic code.
    * defecto genético = gene defect, birth defect.
    * enfermedad genética = genetic disease.
    * especialista en genética = geneticist.
    * genética molecular = molecular genetics.
    * ingeniería genética = genetic engineering.
    * investigación genética = genetic research.
    * manipulación genética = genetic manipulation.
    * material genético = genetic material.
    * perfil genético = genetic pattern.
    * tecnología genética = gene technology, genetic technology.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo genetic
    * * *

    Ex: DEFORMITIES- GENETIC ASPECTS is an aspect of birth defects, and that has not yet become a standard LC heading.

    * código genético = genetic code.
    * defecto genético = gene defect, birth defect.
    * enfermedad genética = genetic disease.
    * especialista en genética = geneticist.
    * genética molecular = molecular genetics.
    * ingeniería genética = genetic engineering.
    * investigación genética = genetic research.
    * manipulación genética = genetic manipulation.
    * material genético = genetic material.
    * perfil genético = genetic pattern.
    * tecnología genética = gene technology, genetic technology.

    * * *
    genetic
    * * *

    genético
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    genetic
    genético,-a adjetivo genetic
    información genética, genetic information

    ' genético' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    genética
    English:
    genetic
    * * *
    genético, -a adj
    genetic
    * * *
    adj genetic
    * * *
    genético, -ca adj
    : genetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > genético

  • 67 grabable

    adj.
    recordable.
    * * *
    * * *
    = recordable, writable.
    Ex. This article reviews current trends and developments in the technology of optical discs with particular reference to erasable, rewritable and recordable technology.
    Ex. This paper reviews the recently released standards for writable optical discs.
    ----
    * DVD-R (DVD-Grabable) = DVD-R (DVD-Recordable).
    * * *
    = recordable, writable.

    Ex: This article reviews current trends and developments in the technology of optical discs with particular reference to erasable, rewritable and recordable technology.

    Ex: This paper reviews the recently released standards for writable optical discs.
    * DVD-R (DVD-Grabable) = DVD-R (DVD-Recordable).

    Spanish-English dictionary > grabable

  • 68 grabación magnética

    f.
    magnetic recording.
    * * *
    Ex. Magnetic recording is the technology used in recording, storing and reproducing information in digital format, a technology used in audio and video recording and for mass storage in computers.
    * * *

    Ex: Magnetic recording is the technology used in recording, storing and reproducing information in digital format, a technology used in audio and video recording and for mass storage in computers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > grabación magnética

  • 69 hacer encaje de bolillos para que cuadre Algo

    (v.) = juggle
    Ex. Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.
    * * *
    (v.) = juggle

    Ex: Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer encaje de bolillos para que cuadre Algo

  • 70 hacer juegos malabares para que cuadre Algo

    (v.) = juggle
    Ex. Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.
    * * *
    (v.) = juggle

    Ex: Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer juegos malabares para que cuadre Algo

  • 71 hacer malabarismos para que cuadre Algo

    (v.) = juggle
    Ex. Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.
    * * *
    (v.) = juggle

    Ex: Information technology managers face the challenge of juggling both information technology and business issues = Los encargados de la tecnología de la información se enfrente al reto de tener que compatibilizar las cuestiones relacionadas con la tecnología de la información con las cuestiones puramente empresariales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer malabarismos para que cuadre Algo

  • 72 igualdad entre las razas

    Ex. The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.
    * * *

    Ex: The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad entre las razas

  • 73 igualdad racial

    f.
    racial equality.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality
    Ex. The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.
    Ex. The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.
    * * *
    (n.) = race equality, racial equality

    Ex: The article ' Race equality and information technology in Europe' focuses on how information technology impacts on the quality of life of black people.

    Ex: The Gazette advocated uncompromised racial equality and viewed the migration as a weapon against oppression.

    Spanish-English dictionary > igualdad racial

  • 74 inestabilidad

    f.
    instability.
    * * *
    1 instability, unsteadiness
    \
    inestabilidad atmosférica changeable weather
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF instability, unsteadiness
    * * *
    a) (de edificio, estructura) instability
    b) (de país, gobierno) instability
    c) (Psic) instability, lack of stability
    d) (Meteo) instability, changeability
    * * *
    = volatility, precariousness, insecurity.
    Ex. The rapid obsolescence of technology, the volatility of ephemeral standards and the high cost of maintenance have underscored the importance of adopting mainstream products and standards of the commercial market.
    Ex. In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.
    Ex. Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.
    ----
    * inestabilidad política = political instability.
    * inestabilidad sísmica = seismic instability.
    * * *
    a) (de edificio, estructura) instability
    b) (de país, gobierno) instability
    c) (Psic) instability, lack of stability
    d) (Meteo) instability, changeability
    * * *
    = volatility, precariousness, insecurity.

    Ex: The rapid obsolescence of technology, the volatility of ephemeral standards and the high cost of maintenance have underscored the importance of adopting mainstream products and standards of the commercial market.

    Ex: In the 1980s, both groups became subject to greater instability, an increasing precariousness of contracts and decreases in real wages.
    Ex: Both staff and users may suffer from fear, insecurity and general apprehension of new technology.
    * inestabilidad política = political instability.
    * inestabilidad sísmica = seismic instability.

    * * *
    1 (de un edificio) instability; (de una estructura) unsteadiness, instability
    2 (de un país, gobierno) instability
    un período de inestabilidad económica a period of economic instability
    3 ( Psic) instability, lack of stability
    4 ( Meteo) instability, changeability
    * * *

    inestabilidad sustantivo femenino
    instability
    inestabilidad sustantivo femenino instability
    ' inestabilidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    instability
    - shakiness
    - unsteadiness
    * * *
    1. [de construcción] instability
    2. [de régimen, economía] instability
    3. [de carácter] instability
    4. [de tiempo] changeability
    * * *
    f instability
    * * *
    : instability, unsteadiness

    Spanish-English dictionary > inestabilidad

  • 75 interdisciplinar

    = cross curricular, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary [inter-disciplinary], cross-domain, cross-functional, boundary spanning.
    Ex. Many LEA's and individual schools are seeing the school library as an appropriate location for computers to support the developments in cross curricular work and resource based learning.
    Ex. Interesting perspectives of cross-disciplinary developments can be gathered from citation indexes in a way that would be difficult with traditional indexes.
    Ex. The scope of a citation index, especially those published by ISI, is interdisciplinary, and also crosses time barriers in a way that a normal index would not do.
    Ex. This article discusses techniques for building robust and domain-specific thesauri to assist in cross-domain scientific information retrieval.
    Ex. In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.
    Ex. Particular attention is being paid to the need for boundary spanning go-betweens to manage the vital communication aspects of technology transfer.
    ----
    * colaboración interdisciplinar = interdisciplinary collaboration.
    * equipo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * * *
    = cross curricular, cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary [inter-disciplinary], cross-domain, cross-functional, boundary spanning.

    Ex: Many LEA's and individual schools are seeing the school library as an appropriate location for computers to support the developments in cross curricular work and resource based learning.

    Ex: Interesting perspectives of cross-disciplinary developments can be gathered from citation indexes in a way that would be difficult with traditional indexes.
    Ex: The scope of a citation index, especially those published by ISI, is interdisciplinary, and also crosses time barriers in a way that a normal index would not do.
    Ex: This article discusses techniques for building robust and domain-specific thesauri to assist in cross-domain scientific information retrieval.
    Ex: In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.
    Ex: Particular attention is being paid to the need for boundary spanning go-betweens to manage the vital communication aspects of technology transfer.
    * colaboración interdisciplinar = interdisciplinary collaboration.
    * equipo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.
    * grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.

    * * *
    interdisciplinar, interdisciplinario, -a adj
    interdisciplinary
    * * *
    adj interdisciplinary

    Spanish-English dictionary > interdisciplinar

  • 76 invadir

    v.
    1 to invade.
    los turistas invadieron el museo the tourists flooded the museum
    Ellos invadieron el pueblo They invaded the town.
    Ella invade su privacidad She invades his privacy.
    Ellos invadieron de repente They invaded suddenly.
    2 to overcome, to overwhelm.
    lo invadió la tristeza he was overcome by sadness
    3 to fill, to overflow.
    4 to be invaded by.
    Me invadieron muchas dudas I was invaded by many doubts...
    5 to permeate.
    El agua invade la bodega The water permeates the storage room.
    * * *
    1 to invade
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=atacar) [+ célula, país] to invade; [+ espacio aéreo, aguas jurisdiccionales] to violate, enter

    las malas hierbas/los insectos invadieron el trigal — the wheatfield was overrun with weeds/insects

    2) (=ocupar)
    a) [multitud] [gen] to pour into/onto; [protestando] to storm into/onto

    los fans invadieron el estadio/el escenario — the fans poured into the stadium/onto the stage

    los manifestantes invadieron la ciudad/las calles — the protesters stormed into the city/onto the streets

    b) [vehículo] to go into/onto

    el camión invadió el carril contrario/la pista de despegue — the lorry went into the wrong lane/onto the runway

    3)

    invadir a algn — [sentimiento] to overcome sb

    la invadió una gran tristeza — she was filled with great sadness, a great sadness overcame her

    el miedo había invadido su cuerpo — she was overcome by fear, she was filled with fear, fear overcame her

    4) (Com) [producto] to encroach on
    5) (Jur) to encroach upon
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ejército/fuerzas to invade
    b) <espacio aéreo/aguas> to enter, encroach upon

    invadió nuestras aguas jurisdiccionales — it encroached upon o entered our territorial waters

    c) tristeza/alegría to overcome, overwhelm

    lo invadió un gran pesar — he was overcome o overwhelmed with sorrow

    * * *
    = encroach on/upon, muscle in, horn in, invade, overrun [over-run], come over, wash over, storm, take over.
    Ex. We have not been alone, of course, in our concentration on inessentials; and ours is not the only profession that is being encroached upon by alternative professionals.
    Ex. They are, however, very much in a minority in the high technology field and any feeling that the products of such courses are ' muscling in' on library and information work is hard to substantiate.
    Ex. There might be some difficulty with agencies who see us as ' horning in' on their territory.
    Ex. Information technology invades every facet of industrial, business and personal life.
    Ex. Doomsayers persist in the belief that the book world has been overrun by philistinism.
    Ex. 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.
    Ex. The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.
    Ex. On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.
    Ex. We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.
    ----
    * invadir el terreno (de Alguien) = encroach on/upon + Posesivo + domain.
    * invadir la intimidad de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ejército/fuerzas to invade
    b) <espacio aéreo/aguas> to enter, encroach upon

    invadió nuestras aguas jurisdiccionales — it encroached upon o entered our territorial waters

    c) tristeza/alegría to overcome, overwhelm

    lo invadió un gran pesar — he was overcome o overwhelmed with sorrow

    * * *
    = encroach on/upon, muscle in, horn in, invade, overrun [over-run], come over, wash over, storm, take over.

    Ex: We have not been alone, of course, in our concentration on inessentials; and ours is not the only profession that is being encroached upon by alternative professionals.

    Ex: They are, however, very much in a minority in the high technology field and any feeling that the products of such courses are ' muscling in' on library and information work is hard to substantiate.
    Ex: There might be some difficulty with agencies who see us as ' horning in' on their territory.
    Ex: Information technology invades every facet of industrial, business and personal life.
    Ex: Doomsayers persist in the belief that the book world has been overrun by philistinism.
    Ex: 'I better go in,' Leforte muttered, a wearied, disillusioned expression coming over her pallid features.
    Ex: The information rich are similarly paralyzed because of their inability to create order from all the information washing over them.
    Ex: On October 6, 1976, an angry mob stormed the university to attack students who seemed to threaten the nation.
    Ex: We need to replace those aspects of traditional public library service which have been taken over by other media or rendered redundant by social change.
    * invadir el terreno (de Alguien) = encroach on/upon + Posesivo + domain.
    * invadir la intimidad de Alguien = intrude on + Posesivo + privacy.

    * * *
    invadir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 «ejército/fuerzas» to invade
    los manifestantes invadieron la plaza the demonstrators poured into the square
    los turistas que invaden el pueblo cada verano the tourists who invade the town each summer
    una plaga de langostas invadió la plantación the plantation was overrun by a plague of locusts
    el virus invade todo el organismo the virus invades the whole organism
    la televisión invade nuestros hogares television is invading our homes
    2 ‹espacio aéreo/aguas› to enter, encroach upon
    había invadido nuestras aguas jurisdiccionales it had encroached upon o entered our territorial waters
    el autobús invadió la calzada contraria the bus went onto the wrong side of the road
    el gobierno invadió las atribuciones del poder judicial the government encroached upon the powers of the judiciary
    3 «tristeza/alegría» to overcome, overwhelm
    se sintió invadido de una sensación de angustia he felt overcome by o filled with a feeling of anxiety
    * * *

    invadir ( conjugate invadir) verbo transitivo
    a) [ejército/fuerzas] to invade

    b) ‹espacio aéreo/aguas› to enter, encroach upon

    c) [tristeza/alegría] to overcome, overwhelm

    invadir verbo transitivo to invade
    figurado los trabajadores invadieron la calle, workers poured out onto the street
    ' invadir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    encroach
    - invade
    - overrun
    - over
    * * *
    1. [sujeto: ejército] to invade;
    el caza invadió el espacio aéreo ruso the fighter plane encroached on Russian airspace;
    una plaga de langostas invadió los campos a plague of locusts invaded the fields
    2. [sujeto: turistas]
    los turistas invadieron el museo the tourists poured o flooded into the museum;
    la población invadió las calles people poured onto the streets
    3. [sujeto: sentimiento] to overcome, to overwhelm;
    lo invadió la tristeza he was overcome o overwhelmed by sadness;
    nos invade la alegría we are overcome o overwhelmed with joy;
    me invadió una sensación repentina de cansancio a sudden feeling of tiredness overcame me
    4. [sujeto: vehículo]
    el vehículo invadió el carril contrario the vehicle went onto the wrong side of the road;
    la moto invadió la acera y atropelló a dos peatones the motorbike mounted the Br pavement o US sidewalk and hit two pedestrians
    5. [sobrepasar límite de]
    acusaron al ministro de invadir las competencias de otro departamento the minister was accused of encroaching upon another department's area of responsibility;
    los fotógrafos invadieron la intimidad de la actriz the photographers invaded the actress' privacy
    * * *
    v/t
    1 invade;
    invadir el carril contrario go onto the wrong side of the road
    2 de un sentimiento overcome
    * * *
    : to invade
    * * *
    invadir vb to invade

    Spanish-English dictionary > invadir

  • 77 irse a pique

    (barco) to sink 2 (plan, proyecto) to go under, fall through
    ————————
    (barco) to sink 2 (proyecto etc) to fall through
    * * *
    (v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout
    Ex. It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.
    Ex. The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex. This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex. Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex. The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex. With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex. I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
    Ex. They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex. No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex. These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.
    Ex. Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.
    * * *
    (v.) = founder, bite + the dust, give up + the ghost, come + unstuck, go + pear-shaped, go + kaput, be kaput, go + haywire, go down + the tube, go down + the drain, be up the spout

    Ex: It is that, without direction, the library craft may founder in the perpetual whitewater.

    Ex: The article 'Interchange bites the dust' comments on the decision by AT&T to abandon the Interchange online service technology.
    Ex: This article examines one such example, Cherrie Moraga's ' Giving Up the Ghost' where, for the first time, the issue of Chicana lesbian sexuality is addressed on the stage.
    Ex: Bright people will always manage towork out the technology but it is the higher-level issues and processes that usually cause a project to come unstuck.
    Ex: The test on the new machines went pear-shaped: nothing really worked properly and they had to install everything again.
    Ex: With oil at $76 a barrel, it won't be long until it all goes kaput!.
    Ex: I had a mechanic chap take a gander earlier on and he said it's possible the pedal itself is kaput, as in there's something fishy going on with the mechanics of it.
    Ex: They left a trail of destruction in the wake of a plan gone haywire.
    Ex: No wonder their paper is going down the tube with their trashy reporting.
    Ex: These businesses were growing rapidly until 1964 when the economy started to go down the drain and manufacturing was not anymore profitable.
    Ex: Their email system has been up the spout since Saturday preventing the staff from communicating everyday matters and causing extensive housekeeping delays.

    Spanish-English dictionary > irse a pique

  • 78 juegos malabares

    m.pl.
    1 juggling.
    2 cunning, deftness.
    * * *
    juggling sing
    * * *
    masculino plural juggling
    * * *
    (n.) = juggling act
    Ex. The article 'Adaptive technology: a juggling act' describes the wide range of adaptive technology available to help blind and vision impaired students = El artículo "Tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales: juegos malabares" describe la gran variedad de adaptaciones tecnológicas para ayudar a los estudiantes ciegos y con problemas visuales.
    * * *
    masculino plural juggling
    * * *

    Ex: The article 'Adaptive technology: a juggling act' describes the wide range of adaptive technology available to help blind and vision impaired students = El artículo "Tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales: juegos malabares" describe la gran variedad de adaptaciones tecnológicas para ayudar a los estudiantes ciegos y con problemas visuales.

    Spanish-English dictionary > juegos malabares

  • 79 liberar

    v.
    1 to liberate.
    liberar a alguien de algo to free somebody from something
    Ellos liberaron al prisionero They liberated the prisoner.
    2 to untie.
    3 to let free, to free, to unlock.
    Ellos liberaron al reo They let the jailbird free.
    Ellos liberaron sus pasiones They freed their passions.
    4 to release, to clean.
    La corte libera a Ricardo The court releases Richard.
    * * *
    1 (persona, animal) to free; (país, ciudad) to liberate
    2 (energía) to release
    \
    liberar a alguien de algo to free somebody from something
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ rehén] to free, release; [+ país, pueblo] to liberate
    2)

    liberar a algn de — [+ carga, obligación] to free sb of o from; [+ peligro] to save sb from

    3) (Econ) [+ precios] to deregulate; [+ acción] to pay in full; [+ deuda] to release; [+ tipo de cambio] to float
    4) [+ energía, oxígeno] to release
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <preso/rehén> to release, free; <pueblo/país> to liberate
    2) < precios> to deregulate; <recursos/fondos> to release
    3) <energía/calor> to release
    2.
    liberarse v pron

    liberarse de algo — de ataduras/deudas to free oneself from something

    * * *
    = emancipate, free, release, relieve, liberate, set + free, discharge, disencumber, vent, enfranchise.
    Ex. Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.
    Ex. Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and free the individual from the burden of repetitive decision-making.
    Ex. If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.
    Ex. This enabled them to re-establish their own identities and relieved them of the incidence of getting involved in 'library business'.
    Ex. I hope this new technology somehow will liberate us from the drudge work.
    Ex. When studied first at Dongwu University, I was most gratified by its well-stocked library and had the feeling of a caged bird set free to fly into the vast sky.
    Ex. By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex. The novel disencumbers us of the baggage that we usually bring to the scene of human suffering.
    Ex. Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.
    Ex. There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    ----
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * liberar a uno de = take off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberar de = lift from, discharge from.
    * liberar de hacer Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * liberar energía = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * liberar horas = time off.
    * liberar recursos = free up + resources.
    * liberarse de = extricate + Reflexivo + from, shed, be free from, escape + the shackles of, break + free of, shake off, break + loose from.
    * liberarse de Alguien/Algo = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberarse del yugo de = throw off + the yoke of, cast off + the yoke of.
    * liberar tensión = release + tension, relieve + tension.
    * liberar tiempo = free up + time.
    * liberar vapor = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <preso/rehén> to release, free; <pueblo/país> to liberate
    2) < precios> to deregulate; <recursos/fondos> to release
    3) <energía/calor> to release
    2.
    liberarse v pron

    liberarse de algo — de ataduras/deudas to free oneself from something

    * * *
    = emancipate, free, release, relieve, liberate, set + free, discharge, disencumber, vent, enfranchise.

    Ex: Regardless of whether automation emancipates the library itself from reliance on cataloging data, we recognize our responsibility to meet the needs of libraries that cannot take advantage of the new technology.

    Ex: Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and free the individual from the burden of repetitive decision-making.
    Ex: If you press the shift key again to return the keyboard to the unshifted (lowercase) condition, the lock is then released.
    Ex: This enabled them to re-establish their own identities and relieved them of the incidence of getting involved in 'library business'.
    Ex: I hope this new technology somehow will liberate us from the drudge work.
    Ex: When studied first at Dongwu University, I was most gratified by its well-stocked library and had the feeling of a caged bird set free to fly into the vast sky.
    Ex: By the beginning of the nineteenth century many British printers had come to rely for most of their work on relays of apprentices, who were simply discharged at the end of their terms and replaced by new apprentices.
    Ex: The novel disencumbers us of the baggage that we usually bring to the scene of human suffering.
    Ex: Mount Etna in Sicily is currently venting white steam clouds.
    Ex: There were a total 1713 manumissions, 250 manumitted by colonial law and the remainder had been enfranchised by persons in England.
    * conseguir liberarse de = secure + relief from.
    * liberar a uno de = take off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberar de = lift from, discharge from.
    * liberar de hacer Algo = take + Nombre + out of + Posesivo + hands.
    * liberar del exceso de trabajo = relieve + overload.
    * liberar de trabajo = relieve + pressure.
    * liberar de una tarea = relieve of + task.
    * liberar energía = blow off + steam, let off + steam.
    * liberar horas = time off.
    * liberar recursos = free up + resources.
    * liberarse de = extricate + Reflexivo + from, shed, be free from, escape + the shackles of, break + free of, shake off, break + loose from.
    * liberarse de Alguien/Algo = get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back.
    * liberarse del yugo de = throw off + the yoke of, cast off + the yoke of.
    * liberar tensión = release + tension, relieve + tension.
    * liberar tiempo = free up + time.
    * liberar vapor = blow off + steam, let off + steam.

    * * *
    liberar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹preso› to free, release, set … free; ‹pueblo/país› to liberate
    los secuestradores liberaron a su rehén the kidnappers freed o released their hostage
    la policía logró liberar a los rehenes the police managed to free the hostages
    para liberarlo de preocupaciones sobre su futuro to save him worrying about his future, to free him of worries about his future
    esto me libera de todo compromiso this frees o absolves me from all obligation
    B
    1 ‹precios› to deregulate
    2 ‹recursos/fondos› to release
    C ‹energía/calor› to release
    liberarse DE algo:
    intentó liberarse de las ataduras she attempted to get free of o to free herself from the ropes
    es incapaz de liberarse de los prejuicios he's unable to rid himself of o get rid of his prejudices
    para liberarse de las deudas to free themselves of o from the burden of their debts
    * * *

     

    liberar ( conjugate liberar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹prisionero/rehén› to release, free;

    ‹pueblo/país› to liberate
    b) ( de una obligación) liberar a algn de algo to free sb from sth

    liberarse verbo pronominal liberarse de algo ‹de ataduras/deudas› to free oneself from sth
    liberar vtr (de un invasor, opresor, etc) to liberate
    (sacar de la cárcel) to free, release
    ' liberar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    librar
    English:
    deliver
    - discharge
    - exonerate
    - free
    - let out
    - liberate
    - release
    - relieve
    - set
    - unclench
    - unleash
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [ciudad, país] to liberate;
    [rehén, prisionero] to free
    2. [de compromiso]
    liberar a alguien de algo to free sb from sth
    3. [emitir] to release, to give off
    * * *
    v/t (set) free, release; país liberate; energia release
    * * *
    : to liberate, to free
    * * *
    liberar vb (preso) to free

    Spanish-English dictionary > liberar

  • 80 magnate

    f. & m.
    magnate, tycoon, millionaire, baron.
    m.
    magnate.
    magnate del petróleo/de la prensa oil/press baron
    * * *
    1 tycoon, magnate
    * * *
    noun mf.
    tycoon, magnate
    * * *
    SMF tycoon, magnate
    * * *
    masculino y femenino magnate, tycoon
    * * *
    = magnate, tycoon, mogul.
    Ex. American cornflakes magnate John Harvey Kellogg declared war on masturbation at the end of 19th century.
    Ex. Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.
    Ex. Many celebrities including singers, actors, and other important moguls were there to show support and try to induce donations from many organizations.
    ----
    * magnate de los negocios = business leader, business magnate.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino magnate, tycoon
    * * *
    = magnate, tycoon, mogul.

    Ex: American cornflakes magnate John Harvey Kellogg declared war on masturbation at the end of 19th century.

    Ex: Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.
    Ex: Many celebrities including singers, actors, and other important moguls were there to show support and try to induce donations from many organizations.
    * magnate de los negocios = business leader, business magnate.

    * * *
    magnate, tycoon
    un magnate naviero a shipping magnate o tycoon
    los magnates de la prensa the press barons
    * * *

    magnate sustantivo masculino y femenino
    magnate, tycoon;

    magnate mf magnate, tycoon: es un magnate del petróleo, he's an oil magnate

    ' magnate' also found in these entries:
    English:
    baron
    - mogul
    - tycoon
    * * *
    magnate, tycoon
    magnate del petróleo oil baron;
    magnate de la prensa press baron o magnate
    * * *
    m magnate, tycoon
    * * *
    magnate nmf
    : magnate, tycoon

    Spanish-English dictionary > magnate

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