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1 Océano Pacífico, el
= Pacific Ocean, theEx. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica. -
2 Pacífico
m.Pacific (Océano).* * *► adjetivo1 peaceful\el (océano) Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *SM (tb: océano Pacífico) Pacific (Ocean)* * ** * ** * *pacífico12 = peaceful, pacific, nonviolent [non-violent], mellowed, peaceable, pacific.Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
Ex: These organizations are of particular importance for information on primary commodities which the European Community trades with the ACP countries (African, Caribbean and pacific countries).Ex: We believe that if children are exposed to an environment conducive to moral and spiritual values from the very beginning, they will grow as peaceful nonviolent future citizens.Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.Ex: His works are interpreted in a human rights context in which children find their voice in the peaceable resolution of everyday conflicts.Ex: The public reference or reading room, crowded, anonymous, purposeful, and pacific, is a setting of therapeutic value.* diálogo pacífico = peaceful talks.* manifestación pacífica = peaceful demonstration.* protesta pacífica = peaceful protest.* * *el (océano) Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *
Del verbo pacificar: ( conjugate pacificar)
pacifico es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
pacificó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
Pacífico
pacificar
pacífico
Pacífico sustantivo masculino:
pacificar ( conjugate pacificar) verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml);
( calmar) to pacify, appease;
pacífico -ca adjetivo
‹ animal› peaceful
pacificar verbo transitivo
1 (una zona en conflicto, etc) to pacify
2 (los ánimos, personas) to appease, calm
pacífico,-a adjetivo peaceful
' Pacífico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pacífica
- pacífico
- quieta
- quieto
- tranquilo
English:
nonviolent
- Pacific
- peaceful
* * *♦ adjel océano Pacífico the Pacific Ocean♦ nmel Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *I adj peaceful; persona peaceable;el océano Pacífico the Pacific OceanII m:el Pacífico the Pacific* * *pacífico, -ca adj: peaceful, pacific* * *pacífico adj peaceful -
3 pacífico
m.Pacific (Océano).* * *► adjetivo1 peaceful\el (océano) Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *SM (tb: océano Pacífico) Pacific (Ocean)* * *- ca adjetivoa) <manifestación/medios> peaceful, pacific (frml)b) <carácter/persona> peace-loving, peaceable; < animal> peaceful* * ** * *pacífico12 = peaceful, pacific, nonviolent [non-violent], mellowed, peaceable, pacific.Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
Ex: These organizations are of particular importance for information on primary commodities which the European Community trades with the ACP countries (African, Caribbean and pacific countries).Ex: We believe that if children are exposed to an environment conducive to moral and spiritual values from the very beginning, they will grow as peaceful nonviolent future citizens.Ex: Allegedly mellowed coach Mike Ditka went ballistic on his inept players as they were being crushed by the visiting team.Ex: His works are interpreted in a human rights context in which children find their voice in the peaceable resolution of everyday conflicts.Ex: The public reference or reading room, crowded, anonymous, purposeful, and pacific, is a setting of therapeutic value.* diálogo pacífico = peaceful talks.* manifestación pacífica = peaceful demonstration.* protesta pacífica = peaceful protest.* * *el (océano) Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *
Del verbo pacificar: ( conjugate pacificar)
pacifico es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
pacificó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
Pacífico
pacificar
pacífico
Pacífico sustantivo masculino:
pacificar ( conjugate pacificar) verbo transitivo (Mil) to pacify (frml);
( calmar) to pacify, appease;
pacífico -ca adjetivo
‹ animal› peaceful
pacificar verbo transitivo
1 (una zona en conflicto, etc) to pacify
2 (los ánimos, personas) to appease, calm
pacífico,-a adjetivo peaceful
' Pacífico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pacífica
- pacífico
- quieta
- quieto
- tranquilo
English:
nonviolent
- Pacific
- peaceful
* * *♦ adjel océano Pacífico the Pacific Ocean♦ nmel Pacífico the Pacific (Ocean)* * *I adj peaceful; persona peaceable;el océano Pacífico the Pacific OceanII m:el Pacífico the Pacific* * *pacífico, -ca adj: peaceful, pacific* * *pacífico adj peaceful -
4 Océano Pacífico
m.Pacific Ocean, Pacific, Ocean Pacific.* * *el Océano Pacífico= Pacific Ocean, theEx: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
* * *Pacific Ocean -
5 salmón perro
(n.) = chum, chum salmon, dog salmonEx. Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.Ex. Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline.Ex. Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.* * *(n.) = chum, chum salmon, dog salmonEx: Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.
Ex: Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline.Ex: Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean. -
6 limitar
v.1 to limit, to restrict.han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometers an houreste sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salaryRicardo limitó las reglas Richard limited the rules.El médico limitó al paciente The doctor limited the patient.2 to mark out (terreno).3 to set out, to define (atribuciones, derechos).4 to border.* * *1 (gen) to limit1 to border with\■ una persona inteligente no se limita a ver la televisión an intelligent person does not restrict himself to watching television* * *verbto restrict, limit* * *1.VT (=restringir) to limit, restrictnos han limitado el número de visitas — they have limited o restricted the number of visits we can have
hay que limitar el consumo de alcohol entre los adolescentes — alcohol consumption among young people should be restricted
2.VI3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict2.limitar vi3.limitarse v pronlimitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it
* * *= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.Ex. Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.Ex. Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.Ex. This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex. Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.Ex. Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.Ex. There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.----* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.* limitar con = border on.* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.* * *1.verbo transitivo <funciones/derechos> to limit, restrict2.limitar vi3.limitarse v pronlimitarse a algo: el problema no se limita únicamente a las ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to cities; me limité a repetir lo que tú habías dicho I just repeated what you'd said; limítate a hacerlo — just do it
* * *= bound, confine, constrain, limit, reduce, restrict, tie down, restrain, circumscribe, disable, box in, narrow down, border, fetter, hem + Nombre + in.Ex: Word is a character string bounded by spaces or other chosen characters.
Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.Ex: This limits the need for libraries to reclassify, but also restricts the revision of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex: Use of the legal data bases is partly restrained by cost considerations, partly by the fact that their coverage is not exhaustive and partly by the reserved attitude of the legal profession and the judiciary.Ex: Traditional theories of management circumscribe the extent of employee participation in decision making.Ex: There are socializing factors which further disable those children who lack such basic support.Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.* limitar búsqueda = limit + search.* limitar con = border on.* limitar el debate a = keep + discussion + grounded on.* * *limitar [A1 ]vt‹funciones/derechos/influencia› to limit, restrictlas disposiciones que limitan la tenencia de armas de fuego the regulations which restrict o limit the possession of firearmses necesario limitar su campo de acción restrictions o limits must be placed on his freedom of actionhabrá que limitar el número de intervenciones it will be necessary to limit o restrict the number of speakersle han limitado las salidas a dos días por semana he's restricted to going out twice a week■ limitarvilimitar CON algo to border ON sthEspaña limita al oeste con Portugal Spain borders on o is bounded by Portugal to the west, Spain shares a border with Portugal in the westlimitarse A algo:yo me limité a repetir lo que tú me habías dicho I just repeated o all I did was repeat what you'd said to meno hizo ningún comentario, se limitó a observar he didn't say anything, he merely o just stood watchinglimítate a hacer lo que te ordenan just confine yourself to o keep to what you've been told to doel problema no se limita únicamente a las grandes ciudades the problem is not just confined o limited to big citiestiene que limitarse a su sueldo she has to live within her means* * *
limitar ( conjugate limitar) verbo transitivo ‹funciones/derechos› to limit, restrict
verbo intransitivo limitar con algo [país/finca] to border on sth
limitarse verbo pronominal:◊ el problema no se limita a las ciudades the problem is not confined o limited to cities;
me limité a repetir lo dicho I just repeated what was said
limitar
I verbo transitivo to limit, restrict: tengo que limitar mis gastos, I have to limit my spending
II verbo intransitivo to border: limita al norte con Francia, at North it borders on France
' limitar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
constreñir
- tapiar
- lindar
English:
border on
- confine
- limit
- narrow down
- restrict
- border
* * *♦ vt1. [restringir] to limit, to restrict;quieren limitar el poder del presidente they want to limit o restrict the president's power;han limitado la velocidad máxima a cuarenta por hora they've restricted the speed limit to forty kilometres an hour;este sueldo tan bajo me limita mucho I can't do very much on such a low salary2. [terreno] to mark out;limitaron el terreno con una cerca they fenced off the land♦ vi* * *I v/t limit; ( restringir) limit, restrictII v/i:limitar con border on* * *limitar vtrestringir: to limit, to restrictlimitar vilimitar con : to border on* * *limitar vb1. (restringir) to limit2. (tener frontera) to borderEspaña limita con Francia Spain borders on France / Spain has a border with France -
7 lindar
v.to be adjacent, to abut.* * ** * *VIlindar con: mis tierras lindan con las suyas — my land borders on theirs
* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( limitar)b) ( asemejarse)lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something
* * *= border.Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.----* lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.* * *verbo intransitivoa) ( limitar)b) ( asemejarse)lindar con algo — to border on something, verge on something
* * *= border.Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
* lindar con = adjoin, adjoin, border on.* * *lindar [A1 ]vi1 (limitar) lindar CON algo to adjoin sthel parque linda con la carretera the park runs alongside o runs adjacent to the road, the park adjoins the road2 (asemejarse) lindar CON algo to border ON sth, verge ON sthsu novela linda con el melodrama her novel borders o verges on the melodramatic* * *
lindar ( conjugate lindar) verbo intransitivo lindar con algo ( limitar) to adjoin sth;
( aproximarse a) to border on sth, verge on sth
lindar verbo intransitivo to border [ con, on]
' lindar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rayar
English:
border on
- adjoin
- border
* * *lindar vi1.lindar con [terreno] to adjoin, to be next to;su finca linda con la mía her land borders on mine2.lindar con [conceptos, ideas] to border on, to verge on;un chiste que linda con lo grosero a joke which borders o verges on being rude* * *v/i:lindar con algo adjoin sth; fig border on sth* * *lindar vi1)lindar con : to border, to skirt2)lindar con bordear: to border on, to verge on -
8 corriente + arrastrar
(v.) = wash upEx. Wreckage from the space station Mir that plunged into the Pacific Ocean this week could wash up on Pacific islands, experts believe.* * *(v.) = wash upEx: Wreckage from the space station Mir that plunged into the Pacific Ocean this week could wash up on Pacific islands, experts believe.
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9 estación espacial
f.space station.* * *(n.) = space stationEx. Wreckage from the space station Mir that plunged into the Pacific Ocean this week could wash up on Pacific islands, experts believe.* * *(n.) = space stationEx: Wreckage from the space station Mir that plunged into the Pacific Ocean this week could wash up on Pacific islands, experts believe.
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10 salmón del Pacífico
(n.) = chum, chum salmonEx. Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.Ex. Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline.* * *(n.) = chum, chum salmonEx: Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.
Ex: Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline. -
11 salmón keta
(n.) = chum salmon, chumEx. Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline.Ex. Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean.* * *(n.) = chum salmon, chumEx: Like other members of Washington State's salmonid family, chum salmon populations have been in decline.
Ex: Also called dog salmon, chum is one of the more commercially important salmon species found in the Pacific Ocean. -
12 Antártica, la
= Antarctica, Antarctic, the.Ex. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.Ex. Books about the Antarctic and other expeditions are available for loan. -
13 Antártica
la Antártica= Antarctica, Antarctic, the.Ex: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
Ex: Books about the Antarctic and other expeditions are available for loan.* * *
antártico,-a
I adjetivo Antarctic
II sustantivo masculino el Antártico, the Antarctic
' antártica' also found in these entries:
English:
Antarctic
- waste
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14 Estrecho de Bering, el
= Bering Straits, theEx. The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica. -
15 Estrecho de Bering
el Estrecho de Bering= Bering Straits, theEx: The Pacific Rim encompasses an enormous geographical area composed of all of the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean, east and west, from the Bering Straits to Antarctica.
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16 Tuvalu
m.Tuvalu, Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, formerly the Ellice Islands.* * *1 Tuvalu -
17 el (océano) Pacífico
the Pacific (Ocean) -
18 Pacífico,2 el
= Pacific, the.Ex. ACPAD has established a record as an efficient and effective distributor of publications to libraries in the Pacific.----* ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).* Cuenca del Pacífico, la = Pacific Basin, the.* habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* norte del Pacífico = North Pacific.* Océano Pacífico, el = Pacific Ocean, the.* Pacífico del Sur, el = South Pacific, the.* países de la costa del Pacífico = Pacific Rim, the.* procedente de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* región del Pacífico asiático = Asia-Pacific region.* región del Pacífico, la = Pacific region, the.* salmón del Pacífico = chum, chum salmon. -
19 océano
m.ocean, marine area, sea.* * *1 ocean* * *noun m.* * *SM ocean* * *masculino ocean* * *= ocean.Ex. This organisation pools information available in all countries that have an interest in the optimal use of global ocean resources.----* al otro lado del océano = across the pond.* a orillas del océano = oceanfront.* fondo del océano = ocean bed, ocean floor.* frente al océano = oceanfront.* las profundidades del océano = the deep.* Oceano Atlántico, el = Atlantic Ocean, the.* Oceano Indico, el = Indian Ocean, the.* Océano Pacífico, el = Pacific Ocean, the.* océano tropical = tropical ocean.* * *masculino ocean* * *= ocean.Ex: This organisation pools information available in all countries that have an interest in the optimal use of global ocean resources.
* al otro lado del océano = across the pond.* a orillas del océano = oceanfront.* fondo del océano = ocean bed, ocean floor.* frente al océano = oceanfront.* las profundidades del océano = the deep.* Oceano Atlántico, el = Atlantic Ocean, the.* Oceano Indico, el = Indian Ocean, the.* Océano Pacífico, el = Pacific Ocean, the.* océano tropical = tropical ocean.* * *oceanlo suyo ya no son lagunas sino océanos ( hum); I wouldn't say there are gaps in his knowledge, more like yawning chasms ( hum)Compuestos:Atlantic OceanIndian OceanPacific Ocean* * *
océano sustantivo masculino
ocean
océano sustantivo masculino ocean
' océano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abisal
- ártica
- ártico
- atlántica
- atlántico
- índica
- índico
- pacífico
- profundidad
- Ártico
- Atlántico
- charco
- Índico
- Pacífico
English:
Antarctic Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Atlantic
- floor
- Indian Ocean
- ocean
- Pacific
- Antarctic
- Arctic
- depth
- Indian
* * *océano nm1. [mar] oceanocéano Atlántico Atlantic Ocean;océano Antártico Antarctic Ocean;océano Ártico Arctic Ocean;océano Glacial Antártico Antarctic Ocean;océano Glacial Ártico Arctic Ocean;océano Índico Indian Ocean;océano Pacífico Pacific Ocean2. [inmensidad] sea, host;afrontamos un océano de problemas we face a host of problems* * *m ocean* * *océano nm: ocean* * *océano n ocean -
20 Pacífico,
Pacífico,2 el= Pacific, the.Ex: ACPAD has established a record as an efficient and effective distributor of publications to libraries in the Pacific.
* ASTINFO (Red Regional para el Intercambio de Información y Experiencias de l = ASTINFO (Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific).* Cuenca del Pacífico, la = Pacific Basin, the.* habitante de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* norte del Pacífico = North Pacific.* Océano Pacífico, el = Pacific Ocean, the.* Pacífico del Sur, el = South Pacific, the.* países de la costa del Pacífico = Pacific Rim, the.* procedente de las islas del Pacífico = Pacific Islander.* región del Pacífico asiático = Asia-Pacific region.* región del Pacífico, la = Pacific region, the.* salmón del Pacífico = chum, chum salmon.
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