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  • 1 comercio

    m.
    1 trade.
    libre comercio free trade
    comercio exterior/interior foreign/domestic trade
    comercio justo fair trade
    2 shop, store (tienda).
    3 shops (British), stores (United States).
    4 commerce, trade, dealing, business.
    5 commercial institution, business, business establishment, commerce.
    6 place of business, shop.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: comerciar.
    * * *
    1 (ocupación) commerce, trade
    2 (tienda) shop, store
    3 figurado (trato sexual) dealings plural, intercourse
    \
    comercio al por mayor wholesale trade
    comercio al por menor retail trade
    comercio exterior foreign trade
    libre comercio free trade
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) commerce, trade
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=actividad) trade, commerce

    comercio E, comercio electrónico — e-commerce

    comercio justo — (Com) fair trade

    cámara 1., 3)
    2) (=tienda) shop, store (EEUU)

    ¿a qué hora cierran hoy los comercios? — what time do the shops o stores close today?

    ha comenzado la huelga del comercio — the shopkeepers' o (EEUU) storekeepers' strike has started

    3) (=intercambio)
    * * *
    a) ( actividad) trade

    el comercio de armas/pieles — the arms/fur trade

    b) ( tiendas)

    hoy cierra el comercio — the stores (AmE) o (BrE) shops are closed today

    c) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    * * *
    = business [businesses, -pl.], commerce, shop, store, trade, trading, retailer, commercial outlet, merchandising, trafficking, traffic, parlour [parlor, -USA].
    Ex. The treatise arose from Kaiser's work in indexing information relating to business and industry.
    Ex. Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
    Ex. In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned.
    Ex. The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.
    Ex. Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
    Ex. The detailed analysis of the figures of turnover for 1979 give only a cross-sectional analysis of one year's trading.
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex. People do not come to the public library for alternative material to the high street commercial outlet.
    Ex. Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex. The author calls for state and federal laws to make the trafficking in fraudulently obtained subscriber IDs and Passwords.
    Ex. She wrote for the daily press on the manners and morals of society, on the plight of London's working women and children, and on the international traffic in women.
    Ex. This article focuses especially on cultural practices that encourage reading in social settings, including the school, Sunday school, public library, and domestic parlour.
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    * Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles y Comercio (GATT) = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
    * cadena de comercios = retail chain.
    * cajero de comercio = checkout cashier.
    * cámara de comercio = chamber of commerce.
    * comercio agrícola = agribusiness.
    * comercio de armas = arms trade.
    * comercio de drogas = drug trade.
    * comercio de esclavos = slave trade.
    * comercio de la música = music trade.
    * comercio del libro = bookselling [book selling], book trade [booktrade].
    * comercio del libro, el = book business, the.
    * comercio de pieles = fur trade.
    * comercio electrónico = electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic business (e-business), online business.
    * comercio en línea = online business.
    * comercio exterior = foreign trade.
    * comercio internacional = world trade, international trade, international business.
    * comercio justo = fair trade.
    * comercio sexual = sex trade.
    * Comisión Federal de Comercio = Federal Trade Commission.
    * Denominación de Productos para las Estadísticas del Comercio Externo de la = Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE).
    * directivo del comercio minorista = retail executive.
    * EFTA, la (Asociación Europea para el Libre Comercio) = EFTA (European Free Trade Association).
    * libre comercio = free trade, free movement of goods.
    * Ministerio de Comercio = Department of Trade.
    * Ministerio de Comercio e Industria = Department of Trade and Industry.
    * mundo del comercio del libro = book-trade life.
    * Oficina para el Mejor Comercio = Better Business Bureau.
    * Organización Mundial para el Comercio = World Trade Organization (WTO).
    * paso del comercio = flow of commerce.
    * * *
    a) ( actividad) trade

    el comercio de armas/pieles — the arms/fur trade

    b) ( tiendas)

    hoy cierra el comercio — the stores (AmE) o (BrE) shops are closed today

    c) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    * * *
    = business [businesses, -pl.], commerce, shop, store, trade, trading, retailer, commercial outlet, merchandising, trafficking, traffic, parlour [parlor, -USA].

    Ex: The treatise arose from Kaiser's work in indexing information relating to business and industry.

    Ex: Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
    Ex: In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned.
    Ex: The cheapest of these machines costs under $100 and they can be bought in stores, supermarkets and by mail-order.
    Ex: Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
    Ex: The detailed analysis of the figures of turnover for 1979 give only a cross-sectional analysis of one year's trading.
    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex: People do not come to the public library for alternative material to the high street commercial outlet.
    Ex: Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex: The author calls for state and federal laws to make the trafficking in fraudulently obtained subscriber IDs and Passwords.
    Ex: She wrote for the daily press on the manners and morals of society, on the plight of London's working women and children, and on the international traffic in women.
    Ex: This article focuses especially on cultural practices that encourage reading in social settings, including the school, Sunday school, public library, and domestic parlour.
    * Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles y Comercio (GATT) = General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
    * cadena de comercios = retail chain.
    * cajero de comercio = checkout cashier.
    * cámara de comercio = chamber of commerce.
    * comercio agrícola = agribusiness.
    * comercio de armas = arms trade.
    * comercio de drogas = drug trade.
    * comercio de esclavos = slave trade.
    * comercio de la música = music trade.
    * comercio del libro = bookselling [book selling], book trade [booktrade].
    * comercio del libro, el = book business, the.
    * comercio de pieles = fur trade.
    * comercio electrónico = electronic commerce (e-commerce), electronic business (e-business), online business.
    * comercio en línea = online business.
    * comercio exterior = foreign trade.
    * comercio internacional = world trade, international trade, international business.
    * comercio justo = fair trade.
    * comercio sexual = sex trade.
    * Comisión Federal de Comercio = Federal Trade Commission.
    * Denominación de Productos para las Estadísticas del Comercio Externo de la = Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (NIMEXE).
    * directivo del comercio minorista = retail executive.
    * EFTA, la (Asociación Europea para el Libre Comercio) = EFTA (European Free Trade Association).
    * libre comercio = free trade, free movement of goods.
    * Ministerio de Comercio = Department of Trade.
    * Ministerio de Comercio e Industria = Department of Trade and Industry.
    * mundo del comercio del libro = book-trade life.
    * Oficina para el Mejor Comercio = Better Business Bureau.
    * Organización Mundial para el Comercio = World Trade Organization (WTO).
    * paso del comercio = flow of commerce.

    * * *
    1 (actividad) trade
    durante este período se desarrolló el comercio entre los dos países during this period trade between the two countries developed
    el mundo del comercio the world of commerce, the business world
    el comercio de armas/pieles the arms/fur trade
    libre1 (↑ libre (1))
    2
    (conjunto de establecimientos): hoy cierra el comercio the stores ( AmE) o ( BrE) shops are closed today
    el comercio no secundó la huelga the storekeepers ( AmE) o ( BrE) shopkeepers did not support the strike
    3 (tienda) store ( AmE), shop ( BrE)
    Compuestos:
    sexual intercourse
    e-commerce
    foreign trade
    domestic trade
    ( Econ) fair trade
    * * *

     

    Del verbo comerciar: ( conjugate comerciar)

    comercio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    comerció es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    comerciar    
    comercio
    comerciar ( conjugate comerciar) verbo intransitivo
    to trade, do business;
    comercio en algo to trade o deal in sth
    comercio sustantivo masculino


    el mundo del comercio the world of commerce
    b) ( tiendas):

    ◊ hoy cierra el comercio the stores (AmE) o (BrE) shops are closed today

    c) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)

    comerciar verbo intransitivo to trade: comercian con antigüedades, they trade in antiques
    comercio sustantivo masculino
    1 (establecimiento) shop
    2 (relación) commerce, trade
    comercio exterior, foreign trade
    comercio interior, domestic trade
    ' comercio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cámara
    - cambiar
    - interior
    - libertad
    - local
    - minorista
    - mostrador
    - mundial
    - recaudación
    - red
    - rótulo
    - abierto
    - abrir
    - cerrar
    - cuenta
    - exterior
    - falluca
    - impulsar
    - impulso
    - liberalizar
    - libre
    - marítimo
    - propietario
    - subdirector
    - sucursal
    English:
    arm's length
    - brisk
    - business
    - Chamber of Commerce
    - commerce
    - develop
    - development
    - DTI
    - embargo
    - export
    - free trade
    - FTC
    - overseas
    - promote
    - promotion
    - slave-trade
    - trade
    - trading
    - trading nation
    - wholesale trade
    - chamber
    - e-commerce
    - free
    - good
    - shop
    * * *
    1. [de productos] trade;
    comercio de aceite/esclavos oil/slave trade;
    libre comercio free trade
    Informát comercio electrónico e-commerce;
    comercio exterior foreign trade;
    comercio interior domestic trade;
    comercio internacional international trade;
    comercio justo fair trade
    2. [actividad] business, commerce
    comercio mayorista wholesale trade;
    comercio minorista retail trade
    3. [tienda] shop, store
    comercio on-line o en línea on-line shop
    4. [conjunto de tiendas] Br shops, US stores;
    el comercio cierra mañana por ser festivo the Br shops o US stores are closed tomorrow because it's a holiday
    * * *
    m
    1 actividad trade; fig
    dealings pl ;
    libre comercio free trade
    2 local store, shop
    * * *
    1) : commerce, trade
    2) negocio: business, place of business
    * * *
    1. (negocio) trade
    2. (tienda) shop

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercio

  • 2 comercio del libro

    (n.) = bookselling [book selling], book trade [booktrade]
    Ex. Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    * * *
    el comercio del libro
    (n.) = book business, the

    Ex: The book business is in crisis for reasons such as the glorification of mass popular entertainment.

    (n.) = bookselling [book selling], book trade [booktrade]

    Ex: Without going into too much detail and thus ending up writing a textbook on bookselling, it is important to note that in the United Kingdom there are two sorts of new books sold and these are called 'net books' and 'non-net books'.

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercio del libro

  • 3 mercado editorial

    (n.) = book trade [booktrade]
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    * * *
    (n.) = book trade [booktrade]

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mercado editorial

  • 4 proveedor de sistemas

    (n.) = systems supplier, system supplier [systems supplier]
    Ex. This article discusses events which led to the setting up by the MARC Users Group in 1987 of the Book Trade Electronic Data Interchange Standards Committee (BEDIS), membership of which was drawn from public and academic libraries, library suppliers, booksellers, publishers, service suppliers, and systems suppliers.
    Ex. This article discusses events which led to the setting up by the MARC Users Group in 1987 of the Book Trade Electronic Data Interchange Standards Committee (BEDIS), membership of which was drawn from public and academic libraries, library suppliers, booksellers, publishers, service suppliers, and systems suppliers.
    * * *
    (n.) = systems supplier, system supplier [systems supplier]

    Ex: This article discusses events which led to the setting up by the MARC Users Group in 1987 of the Book Trade Electronic Data Interchange Standards Committee (BEDIS), membership of which was drawn from public and academic libraries, library suppliers, booksellers, publishers, service suppliers, and systems suppliers.

    Ex: This article discusses events which led to the setting up by the MARC Users Group in 1987 of the Book Trade Electronic Data Interchange Standards Committee (BEDIS), membership of which was drawn from public and academic libraries, library suppliers, booksellers, publishers, service suppliers, and systems suppliers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > proveedor de sistemas

  • 5 minorista

    adj.
    retail.
    f. & m.
    retailer.
    * * *
    1 retail
    1 retailer
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ retail antes de s
    2.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo retail (before n)

    comerciante/vendedor minorista — retailer

    II
    masculino y femenino retailer
    * * *
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo retail (before n)

    comerciante/vendedor minorista — retailer

    II
    masculino y femenino retailer
    * * *

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

    * * *
    retail ( before n)
    comerciante/vendedor minorista retailer
    retailer
    * * *

    minorista adjetivo
    retail ( before n)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    retailer
    minorista
    I adjetivo retail
    comercio minorista, retail trade
    II mf retailer
    ' minorista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    retailer
    * * *
    minorista, Chile, Méx menorista
    ♦ adj
    retail;
    comercio minorista retail trade
    ♦ nmf
    retailer
    * * *
    COM
    I adj retail atr
    II m/f retailer
    * * *
    : retail
    : retailer

    Spanish-English dictionary > minorista

  • 6 detallista

    adj.
    1 painstaking (meticuloso).
    2 detail-oriented, exacting, finicky, minute.
    f. & m.
    1 retailer (commerce).
    2 fussy person, stickler.
    * * *
    1 (perfeccionista) perfectionist
    2 (que piensa en los demás) thoughtful, considerate
    1 COMERCIO retailer, retail trader
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=meticuloso) meticulous
    2) (Com) retail antes de s
    2. SMF
    1) (=meticuloso) perfectionist
    2) (Com) retailer, retail trader
    * * *
    I
    1) ( minucioso) precise, meticulous
    2) (Com) retail (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Com) retailer
    * * *
    = stickler for detail(s), retailer, scrupulous, retail, downstream, attention to detail, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.].
    Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex. Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
    Ex. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc., the world's largest retail coffee and doughnut shop chain, uses the Informark system supplied by NDS a software package containing a demographic file of data from the 1980 USA Census and other commercial data bases.
    Ex. The exchange of trading information on a regular basis influences the balance company bargaining power between upstream and downstream companies in grocery marketing.
    Ex. He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    * * *
    I
    1) ( minucioso) precise, meticulous
    2) (Com) retail (before n)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Com) retailer
    * * *
    = stickler for detail(s), retailer, scrupulous, retail, downstream, attention to detail, finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.].

    Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex: Happily the rules of quasi-facsimile are easily mastered; what is difficult is to observe them with scrupulous, undeviating accuracy.
    Ex: Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc., the world's largest retail coffee and doughnut shop chain, uses the Informark system supplied by NDS a software package containing a demographic file of data from the 1980 USA Census and other commercial data bases.
    Ex: The exchange of trading information on a regular basis influences the balance company bargaining power between upstream and downstream companies in grocery marketing.
    Ex: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.
    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.

    * * *
    A
    1 (minucioso) precise, meticulous, perfectionist
    2 (atento) thoughtful, considerate
    ¡qué poco detallista eres! le podías haber llevado unas flores you're not very thoughtful, you might have taken her some flowers
    B ( Com) retail ( before n)
    A (persona minuciosa) perfectionist
    B ( Com) retailer
    * * *

    detallista adjetivo ( minucioso) precise, meticulous
    detallista
    I adjetivo perfectionist
    II mf Com retailer
    ' detallista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    minuciosa
    - minucioso
    English:
    retailer
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [meticuloso] meticulous, thorough;
    es muy detallista en su trabajo she is very meticulous o thorough in her work, she's a perfectionist in her work
    2. [atento] considerate, thoughtful;
    ¡ya podías ser un poquito más detallista! you could have been a bit more considerate!
    ♦ nmf
    Com retailer
    * * *
    m/f COM retailer
    * * *
    1) : meticulous
    2) : retail
    1) : perfectionist
    2) : retailer

    Spanish-English dictionary > detallista

  • 7 negocio

    m.
    1 business (empresa).
    ¿cómo va el negocio? how's business?
    negocio familiar family business
    2 deal, (business) transaction.
    (buen) negocio good deal, bargain
    hacer negocio to do well
    ¡mal negocio! (figurative) that's a nasty business!
    negocio redondo great bargain, excellent deal
    negocio sucio shady deal, dirty business
    3 establishment, concern, business.
    4 gain.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: negociar.
    * * *
    1 (actividad) business
    2 (gestión) deal, transaction
    3 (asunto) affair
    4 (local) shop, US store
    \
    ¡bonito negocio hemos hecho! (con ironía) some deal that was!, some deal that turned out to be!
    hablar de negocios to talk business
    hacer negocio to make a profit
    hacer un buen negocio (comercialmente) to do a good deal 2 (gen) to do well
    * * *
    noun m.
    •
    - mujer de negocios
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Com, Econ) (=empresa) business; (=tienda) shop, store (EEUU)

    montar un negocio — to set up o start a business

    traspasar un negocio — to transfer a business, sell a business

    2) (=transacción) deal, transaction

    ¡hiciste un buen negocio! — iró that was a fine deal you did!

    un negocio redondo — a real bargain, a really good deal

    negocio sucio, negocio turbio — shady deal

    3) pl negocios (Com, Econ) business sing, trade sing

    hombre/mujer de negocios — businessman/businesswoman

    4) (=asunto) affair

    ¡mal negocio! — it looks bad!

    5) And, Cono Sur (=firma) firm, company; (=casa) place of business
    6) And, Caribe
    *

    el negocio — the fact, the truth

    pero el negocio es que... — but the fact is that...

    7) And (=cuento) tale, piece of gossip
    * * *
    a) ( empresa) business

    montar or poner un negocio — to set up a business

    b) ( transacción) deal
    c) (CS) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    d) negocios masculino plural ( comercio) business
    e) (fam) ( asunto) business (colloq)
    * * *
    a) ( empresa) business

    montar or poner un negocio — to set up a business

    b) ( transacción) deal
    c) (CS) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)
    d) negocios masculino plural ( comercio) business
    e) (fam) ( asunto) business (colloq)
    * * *
    negocio1
    1 = affair, business [businesses, -pl.], line of business, trade, business venture.

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

    Ex: The treatise arose from Kaiser's work in indexing information relating to business and industry.
    Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.
    Ex: Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.
    Ex: In considering business ventures libraries should pay attention to the following considerations -- the library's mission, its capability, the financial impact, legal aspects, and professional and ethical issues.
    * asociación benéfica de hombres de negocios = Lions club.
    * dedicarse a un negocio = enter + a business.
    * de negocios = transactional.
    * economía de negocios = managerial economics.
    * emprender un negocio = take on + business venture.
    * escuela de negocios = business school.
    * gente de negocios = business people.
    * hacer negocio = make + business.
    * hacer negocios = do + business.
    * hacer un gran negocio = make + a killing.
    * hombre de negocios = businessman [businessmen, -pl.], entrepreneur.
    * hombres de negocios = business people.
    * llevar un negocio = conduct + a business.
    * magnate de los negocios = business leader, business magnate.
    * mundo de los negocios = business world, business environment.
    * negocio del ocio, el = entertainment industry, the.
    * negocio electrónico = online business.
    * negocio en línea = online business.
    * negocio internacional = international business.
    * negocio lucrativo = lucrative business.
    * negocio multimillonario = multibillion dollar business.
    * negocios = biz.
    * negocio sucio = monkey business.
    * orientado hacia los negocios = business-minded.
    * promocionar un negocio = drum up + business.
    * propuesta de negocios = business proposition.
    * quedarse sin negocio = go out of + business.
    * relacionado con los negocios = business-related.
    * reunión de negocios = business meeting.
    * sagacidad para los negocios = business acumen.
    * usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.
    * visión para los negocios = business acumen.
    * volumen de negocios = turnover, stock turnover, turnover of stock.

    negocio2
    2 = business [businesses, -pl.], shop, outfit.

    Ex: To a small or mid-sized business, information is critical for effective planning, growth and development.

    Ex: In strong contrast to, say, television sets and instant coffee, where the consumer may save by shopping around, there is no advantage to be gained by going to one shop rather than another for a book so far as price is concerned.
    Ex: The author compares the advantages and disadvantages of buying from the larger established companies and smaller outfits.
    * base de datos de negocios = business database.
    * cerrar el negocio = fold up + shop.
    * cerrar un negocio = go out of + business.
    * montar + Posesivo + propio negocio = set + Reflexivo + up in business.
    * negocio de venta de coches usados = used car business.
    * negocio familiar = family-run business.
    * obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.
    * pequeño negocio = small business.

    * * *
    1 (empresa) business
    montó or puso un negocio de compraventa de coches he set up a used-car dealership, he set up in business buying and selling cars
    [ S ] traspaso negocio de vinos wine business for sale
    esto de la compraventa de apartamentos es un negocio there's a lot of money to be made buying and selling apartments
    hicimos un buen negocio we made o did a good deal
    hizo un negocio redondo con la venta de la casa he made a fortune when he sold the house
    hacer negocio to make money
    3 (CS) (tienda) store ( AmE), shop ( BrE)
    en ese barrio no hay negocios there are no stores o shops in that area
    dejó la enseñanza para dedicarse a los negocios he gave up teaching to go into business
    hablar de negocios to talk business
    en el mundo de los negocios in the business world
    5 ( Chi fam) (asunto) business ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    Del verbo negociar: ( conjugate negociar)

    negocio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    negoció es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    negociar    
    negocio
    negociar ( conjugate negociar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to negotiate
    negocio sustantivo masculino
    a) (Com) business;

    montar or poner un negocio to set up a business;

    hablar de negocios to talk business;
    en el mundo de los negocios in the business world


    c) (CS) ( tienda) store (AmE), shop (BrE)

    d) (fam) ( asunto) business (colloq)

    negociar
    I vtr (acordar, tratar) to negotiate: negociamos con él la compra de las acciones, we negotiated the purchase of the shares with him
    están negociando la subida de las pensiones, they are negotiating a rise in pensions
    II vi (traficar, comerciar) to do business, deal: negocia con ropa usada, he deals in second-hand clothes
    negocio sustantivo masculino
    1 Com Fin business: esa venta fue un mal negocio, that sale was a bad deal
    2 (asunto) affair: no sé en qué negocios anda, I don't know what type of business he's involved in
    3 (tienda, empresa) su padre tiene un negocio de restauración de muebles, his father's got a furniture restoring business
    ♦ Locuciones: hacer negocio, to make a profit: mal negocio vas a hacer si no les cobras a los amigos, you're not going to do very good business if you don't charge your friends
    ' negocio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abocada
    - abocado
    - acondicionada
    - acondicionado
    - activar
    - ampliar
    - ampliación
    - bancarrota
    - camelar
    - cerrar
    - chanchullo
    - cierre
    - contabilidad
    - dirigir
    - dirigente
    - embarcarse
    - entablar
    - estimativa
    - estimativo
    - evolución
    - filón
    - floreciente
    - fraudulenta
    - fraudulento
    - fundar
    - gárgaras
    - gestión
    - honrada
    - honrado
    - hundirse
    - liquidación
    - llevar
    - local
    - lucrativa
    - lucrativo
    - montar
    - naufragar
    - pantalla
    - patrón
    - patrona
    - patrono
    - peligrar
    - pique
    - poner
    - redonda
    - redondo
    - reflotar
    - regentar
    - regente
    - regir
    English:
    attend to
    - backing
    - bootstrap
    - bust
    - buy out
    - carry on
    - close down
    - concern
    - control
    - decline
    - enterprise
    - established
    - expand
    - fail
    - flourishing
    - founder
    - funny business
    - going
    - handle
    - injection
    - invest
    - keep
    - lucrative
    - mine
    - nourish
    - open up
    - operate
    - patronize
    - shady
    - shop
    - show
    - shut down
    - shut up
    - slacken off
    - sluggish
    - start
    - start up
    - stock
    - stumbling-block
    - successful
    - big
    - business
    - engaged
    - killing
    * * *
    1. [empresa] business;
    tiene un negocio de electrodomésticos he has an electrical appliance business;
    ¿cómo va el negocio? how's business?
    negocio familiar family business
    2.
    negocios [actividad] business;
    el mundo de los negocios the business world;
    un viaje de negocios a business trip;
    se dedica a los negocios he's in business;
    hacer negocios con to do business with;
    3. [transacción] deal, (business) transaction;
    hacer negocio to do well;
    negocio redondo great bargain, excellent deal
    4. [ocupación] business;
    ¡ocúpate de tus negocios! mind your own business!;
    ¿en qué negocios andas metido? what are you involved in now?;
    ¡mal negocio! that's a nasty business!;
    negocio sucio shady deal, dirty business
    5. RP [tienda] store
    * * *
    m
    1 business
    2 ( trato) deal
    * * *
    1) : business, place of business
    2) : deal, transaction
    3) negocios nmpl
    : commerce, trade, business
    * * *
    1. (comercio, actividad) business [pl. businesses]
    2. (trato) deal

    Spanish-English dictionary > negocio

  • 8 chabacano

    adj.
    1 coarse, low-minded, vulgar, lurid.
    2 gullible.
    m.
    1 apricot.
    2 gawk.
    * * *
    1 coarse, vulgar
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [chiste] vulgar, coarse, in bad taste; [objeto] cheap; [trabajo] shoddy
    II
    SM Méx apricot, apricot tree
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    ----
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

    Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

    * * *
    chabacano1 -na
    1 ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, tacky ( colloq); ‹espectáculo› vulgar, tasteless; ‹persona› vulgar; ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
    2 ( Méx) (simple, ingenuo) gullible
    A ( Ling) pidgin Spanish ( spoken in the Philippines)
    B ( Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot
    * * *

    chabacano 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless;


    ‹espectáculo/persona› vulgar;
    ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
    chabacano 2 sustantivo masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree;
    ( fruta) apricot
    chabacano,-a adj pey (de mal gusto) cheap
    ' chabacano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chabacana
    English:
    tacky
    - apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -a
    ♦ adj
    vulgar
    ♦ nm
    1. [lengua] = Spanish creole spoken in some parts of the Philippines
    2. Méx [fruto] apricot
    3. Méx [árbol] apricot tree
    * * *
    I adj vulgar, tacky fam
    II m Méx
    apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -na adj
    : tacky, tasteless
    chabacano nm, Mex : apricot

    Spanish-English dictionary > chabacano

  • 9 pequeño comercio

    (n.) = retailer, retail store, retail shop
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex. Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex. Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.
    * * *
    (n.) = retailer, retail store, retail shop

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

    Ex: Another main trend emerging is merchandising, where the public library is set up in a similar way to a retail store with items on sale.
    Ex: Books were advertised in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by means of printed publishers' lists, which were carried about by salesmen and were probably put up in retail shops.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pequeño comercio

  • 10 tripartito

    adj.
    tripartite.
    * * *
    1 tripartite
    * * *
    * * *
    = three-part, tripartite.
    Ex. Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.
    Ex. She recommends a tripartite strategy for achieving these goals and proposes an action plan to accomplish them.
    * * *
    = three-part, tripartite.

    Ex: Nowadays there is a clear three-part division of the book trade into publishers, wholesalers, printers, and retailers, but in the hand-press period the functions of book traders overlapped to a much greater extent.

    Ex: She recommends a tripartite strategy for achieving these goals and proposes an action plan to accomplish them.

    * * *
    tripartite
    * * *

    tripartito,-a adjetivo tripartite
    un acuerdo tripartito, a tripartite agreement
    ' tripartito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tripartita
    - troika
    * * *
    tripartito, -a adj
    tripartite
    * * *
    tripartito, -ta adj
    : tripartite

    Spanish-English dictionary > tripartito

  • 11 auge

    m.
    1 boom (gen) & (economics).
    estar en (pleno) auge to be booming
    2 prosperity, progress, development.
    3 climax, acme, apex, culmination.
    * * *
    2 (de precios) boost
    3 (de fama etc) peak, summit
    4 (de órbita) apogee
    \
    cobrar auge to gain importance, become important
    estar en auge to be on the increase, be thriving, be booming
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) boom
    2) height, peak
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=apogeo) peak
    2) (=ascendencia)

    el feminismo está en auge — feminism is increasingly successful o influential, feminism is on the up and up *

    3) (Astron) apogee
    * * *
    a) ( punto culminante) peak

    en el auge de su carrera — at the peak o height of his career

    b) ( aumento)
    * * *
    = rise, heyday, boom, bouyancy, elevation.
    Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.
    Ex. The late 18th century heyday of aristocratic libraries was a brief but important chapter in Hungarian library history.
    Ex. The article 'The electronic boom: a gamble or a sure bet?' considers the threat of the new technology to the future of newspapers.
    Ex. The author outlines the reason for the buoyancy of the book trade and discusses the prospects for exports which appear to be much better.
    Ex. Within the last 40 years, information has undergone remarkable elevation.
    ----
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + auge = reach + Posesivo + height.
    * ciudad en auge = boom town.
    * durante el auge de = at the height of, during the height of, during the heyday of.
    * en auge = in ascendancy, buoyant, booming, on the rise, at high tide.
    * en pleno auge = in full cry, at its height.
    * en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * estar en auge = go + strong.
    * * *
    a) ( punto culminante) peak

    en el auge de su carrera — at the peak o height of his career

    b) ( aumento)
    * * *
    = rise, heyday, boom, bouyancy, elevation.

    Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.

    Ex: The late 18th century heyday of aristocratic libraries was a brief but important chapter in Hungarian library history.
    Ex: The article 'The electronic boom: a gamble or a sure bet?' considers the threat of the new technology to the future of newspapers.
    Ex: The author outlines the reason for the buoyancy of the book trade and discusses the prospects for exports which appear to be much better.
    Ex: Within the last 40 years, information has undergone remarkable elevation.
    * alcanzar + Posesivo + auge = reach + Posesivo + height.
    * ciudad en auge = boom town.
    * durante el auge de = at the height of, during the height of, during the heyday of.
    * en auge = in ascendancy, buoyant, booming, on the rise, at high tide.
    * en pleno auge = in full cry, at its height.
    * en sus años de auge = in + Posesivo + heyday.
    * estar en auge = go + strong.

    * * *
    estaba en el auge de su carrera he was at the peak o height of his career
    un artista que alcanzó su auge en los años veinte an artist who reached his peak o had his heyday in the twenties
    2
    (aumento): la comida vegetariana está en auge vegetarian food is on the increase o is enjoying a boom
    el idioma español está tomando un gran auge internacional Spanish is rapidly gaining in importance worldwide
    un período de auge económico a period of economic growth
    * * *

    auge sustantivo masculino

    ◊ en el auge de su carrera at the peak o height of his career

    b) ( aumento):


    un período de auge económico a period of economic growth
    auge sustantivo masculino peak
    Econ boom: el cine cubano está en pleno auge, Cuban cinema is at its very peak
    ' auge' also found in these entries:
    English:
    boom
    - rise
    - booming
    - heyday
    * * *
    auge nm
    1. [apogeo]
    estar en (pleno) auge to be booming;
    una idea que está cobrando auge an idea that is becoming more popular
    2. [ascenso]
    el auge del fascismo en la primera mitad de siglo the rise of fascism during the first half of the century;
    el auge de la economía the growth of the economy
    * * *
    m peak;
    estar en auge aumento be enjoying a boom
    * * *
    auge nm
    1) : peak, height
    2) : boom, upturn

    Spanish-English dictionary > auge

  • 12 adyacente

    adj.
    adjacent.
    * * *
    1 adjacent
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo adjacent
    * * *
    = adjacent, surrounding, proximate, bordering.
    Ex. Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.
    Ex. The wealth that accompanied this duchy continued to accumulate over the next centuries, as can be seen from the elegant patricians' houses lining the cathedral and market squares and the streets surrounding them.
    Ex. For example, Literature and Language should be proximate, as should Commerce and Economics and Business, Psychology and Medicine, and so on.
    Ex. This professional periodical provides a perspective on how libraries relate to bordering areas of activity such as education and the book trade.
    * * *
    adjetivo adjacent
    * * *
    = adjacent, surrounding, proximate, bordering.

    Ex: Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.

    Ex: The wealth that accompanied this duchy continued to accumulate over the next centuries, as can be seen from the elegant patricians' houses lining the cathedral and market squares and the streets surrounding them.
    Ex: For example, Literature and Language should be proximate, as should Commerce and Economics and Business, Psychology and Medicine, and so on.
    Ex: This professional periodical provides a perspective on how libraries relate to bordering areas of activity such as education and the book trade.

    * * *
    adjacent
    * * *

    adyacente adjetivo
    adjacent
    adyacente adjetivo adjacent: están construyendo en el terreno adyacente, they're building on the adjacent land
    ' adyacente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    adjacent
    * * *
    adjacent;
    viven en la casa adyacente a la nuestra they live in the house next to ours
    * * *
    adj adjacent
    * * *
    : adjacent

    Spanish-English dictionary > adyacente

  • 13 avatares

    m.pl.
    vicissitudes, ups and downs.
    * * *
    = vicissitudes, ups and downs, misfortune, twists and turns.
    Ex. The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex. The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
    Ex. He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.
    ----
    * avatares del tiempo, los = vicissitudes of time, the, whims of time, the.
    * los avatares de la guerra = the tides of war.
    * * *
    = vicissitudes, ups and downs, misfortune, twists and turns.

    Ex: The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.

    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex: The economic misfortunes of the decade had removed much of the opposition to the working classes using public libraries.
    Ex: He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.
    * avatares del tiempo, los = vicissitudes of time, the, whims of time, the.
    * los avatares de la guerra = the tides of war.

    * * *
    mpl changes

    Spanish-English dictionary > avatares

  • 14 cateto

    adj.
    boorish, hick.
    m.
    1 side of a triangle, leg.
    2 yokel, bumpkin, boor.
    3 cathetus.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 peyorativo (palurdo) dimwit, yokel
    ————————
    1 (de triángulo) side of a right-angled triangle forming the right angle
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    * SM / F yokel *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    cateto1 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp) (paleto) peasant ( pej), yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq), yokel ( BrE colloq)
    B
    * * *

    cateto,-a
    I m,f pey yokel
    II m Mat cathetus
    ' cateto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cateta
    English:
    boorish
    - hick
    - redneck
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    ♦ adj
    Pey uncultured, uncouth
    ♦ nm,f
    Pey country bumpkin
    ♦ nm
    Geom = either of the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, Espec cathetus
    * * *
    I m MAT leg
    II m, cateta f pop
    hick fam, yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cateto

  • 15 de mal gusto

    in bad taste
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]
    Ex. The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    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. An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]

    Ex: The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    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: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal gusto

  • 16 fundamental

    adj.
    fundamental.
    * * *
    1 fundamental
    * * *
    adj.
    basic, fundamental
    * * *
    ADJ fundamental, basic
    * * *
    adjetivo fundamental

    es fundamental que entiendas — it is vital o essential that you understand

    * * *
    = core, fundamental, seminal, substantive, underlying, pivotal, prime, ultimate, constitutive, basal, cardinal, foundational.
    Ex. The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.
    Ex. A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex. He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    Ex. In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.
    Ex. One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex. His position was pivotal because he was not only the organizer but also the financier and indeed the speculator of the book trade.
    Ex. For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex. The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex. Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex. Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex. To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex. These foundational principles are the means by which we articulate what is and has been intrinsically important to the institution.
    ----
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * disposición fundamental = basic provision.
    * fundamental, lo = gist, the.
    * idea fundamental = keynote.
    * papel fundamental = pivotal role.
    * principio fundamental = principium [principia, -pl.].
    * razón fundamental = rationale.
    * * *
    adjetivo fundamental

    es fundamental que entiendas — it is vital o essential that you understand

    * * *
    = core, fundamental, seminal, substantive, underlying, pivotal, prime, ultimate, constitutive, basal, cardinal, foundational.

    Ex: The core function of such a service was seen as giving information and advice, but other services might be added.

    Ex: A fundamental theoretical rule of subject indexing is that each heading should be co-extensive with the subject of the document, that is, the label and the information or documents found under that label should match.
    Ex: He has published seminal papers on automated cataloging and authority control in Library Journal, Library Quarterly, and Journal of Library Automation.
    Ex: In Zimbabwe out of the seven universities with substantive librarians in the country, six of them were headed by women.
    Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.
    Ex: His position was pivotal because he was not only the organizer but also the financier and indeed the speculator of the book trade.
    Ex: For instance, my sporting goods store is on the ground level and to the right -- prime mall location.
    Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.
    Ex: Three definitions of information are given: information as a resource, information as a commodity, and information as a constitutive force in society.
    Ex: Basal textbooks, despite their well-publicized limitations in comparison with other media, remain the keystone of US school publishing.
    Ex: To underestimate your enemy is committing the cardinal mistake and often the last you'll make!.
    Ex: These foundational principles are the means by which we articulate what is and has been intrinsically important to the institution
    .
    * actividad fundamental = core activity.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * disposición fundamental = basic provision.
    * fundamental, lo = gist, the.
    * idea fundamental = keynote.
    * papel fundamental = pivotal role.
    * principio fundamental = principium [principia, -pl.].
    * razón fundamental = rationale.

    * * *
    ‹necesidad› basic, fundamental; ‹aspecto/objetivo/cambio› fundamental
    es de fundamental importancia it is of fundamental importance
    es fundamental que entiendas it is vital o essential that you understand
    * * *

     

    fundamental adjetivo
    fundamental
    fundamental adjetivo fundamental
    la diferencia fundamental, the basic difference
    ' fundamental' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    elemental
    - primordial
    - principio
    - sustancial
    - sustantiva
    - sustantivo
    - básico
    - esencial
    - primero
    - sagrado
    - vital
    English:
    basic
    - cardinal
    - essential
    - fundamental
    - hygiene
    - main
    - primal
    - primary
    - vital
    - central
    - imperative
    - part
    * * *
    fundamental;
    lo fundamental es que hallemos una solución the most important thing is that we find a solution;
    es fundamental que no nos pongamos nerviosos it's essential that we don't get nervous
    * * *
    adj fundamental
    * * *
    básico: fundamental, basic
    * * *
    fundamental adj fundamental / essential

    Spanish-English dictionary > fundamental

  • 17 revoltijo

    m.
    scramble, hodgepodge, hodge-podge, mishmash.
    * * *
    1 (mezcla) mess, clutter, jumble
    2 figurado (confusión) mess, chaos
    3 COCINA figurado scrambled eggs plural
    * * *
    revoltillo masculino
    1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble
    2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    * * *
    = mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex. The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.
    Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex. It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex. It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.
    Ex. ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex. We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    ----
    * hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.
    * revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.
    * * *
    revoltillo masculino
    1) (fam) ( desorden) mess, jumble
    2) (fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    * * *
    = mixed bag, mess, jumble and squeeze, jumble, hodgepodge [hotchpotch, -UK], hotchpotch [hodgepodge, USA], cobbling together, mash-up, mishmash, melange.

    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.

    Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.
    Ex: The vista of main street shows in addition to the jumble and squeeze of shops, a 12-story skyscraper, several impressive banks, and a few elderly housing units.
    Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.
    Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.
    Ex: It has thus has created a logical and ordered system out of what was once a hotchpotch of individual decision.
    Ex: It argues that Genesis is a unified text rather than a clumsy cobbling together of disparate materials.
    Ex: ' Mash-ups' of data on the web are starting to appear on Australian sites and could provide a new means of online advertising.
    Ex: We follow a mishmash of characters as they move through their unfortunate life without felicity.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    * hacer un revoltijo = cobble together.
    * revoltijo de letras = jumbled letters.
    * un revoltijo de = a jumble of, a welter of.

    * * *
    revoltijo, revoltillo
    A ( fam) (desorden) mess, jumble
    B ( fam) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction
    C ( Méx) ( Coc) traditional dish made with seafood, vegetables and prickly pear
    * * *

    revoltijo,
    ◊ revoltillo sustantivo masculino (fam)


    b) (comida, bebida) mixture, concoction

    revoltijo sustantivo masculino
    1 (de cosas) jumble, clutter
    2 (situación) chaos, mess
    ' revoltijo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    clutter
    - jumble
    - mishmash
    * * *
    revoltijo, revoltillo nm
    jumble
    * * *
    m mess, jumble
    * * *
    1) fárrago: mess, jumble
    2) Mex : traditional seafood dish
    * * *
    revoltijo n jumble

    Spanish-English dictionary > revoltijo

  • 18 vicisitudes

    f.pl.
    vicissitudes, ups and downs.
    * * *
    = vicissitudes, pitfalls and potholes, long haul, twists and turns, ups and downs
    Ex. The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Getting your licence: pitfalls and potholes on the electronic highway'.
    Ex. The author presents an outline of a guide for those considering the long haul associated with such a major undertaking = El autor presenta una guía breve para aquellos que estudiando las vicisitudes relacionadas con esta importante tarea.
    Ex. He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    * * *
    = vicissitudes, pitfalls and potholes, long haul, twists and turns, ups and downs

    Ex: The textual vicissitudes of British nineteenth-century novels in America are notorious.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Getting your licence: pitfalls and potholes on the electronic highway'.
    Ex: The author presents an outline of a guide for those considering the long haul associated with such a major undertaking = El autor presenta una guía breve para aquellos que estudiando las vicisitudes relacionadas con esta importante tarea.
    Ex: He carefully traces Churchill's twists and turns on this subject and concludes that his 'apparent somersaults were mere digressions and often only tactical in character'.
    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.

    * * *
    1. [sucesos] setbacks, mishaps;
    tras muchas vicisitudes alcanzamos la costa after many setbacks we reached the coast
    2. [altibajos] ups and downs, Literario vicissitudes;
    el relato de las vicisitudes de una familia de emigrantes the story of the ups and downs o Literario vicissitudes in the life of a family of emigrants
    * * *
    fpl ups and downs

    Spanish-English dictionary > vicisitudes

  • 19 cajón de sastre

    figurado jumble
    * * *
    (n.) = catch-all, mixed bag, rag-bag [ragbag], grab-bag
    Ex. The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a ' catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).
    Ex. The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex. In practice the generalia class, as we shall see, is also used as a rag-bag for miscellaneous items that will not fit anywhere else.
    Ex. This emphasis on specialisation turns the core curricula into a superficial grab-bag.
    * * *
    (n.) = catch-all, mixed bag, rag-bag [ragbag], grab-bag

    Ex: The assistant's position frequently degenerates into a ' catch-all' position, with the assistant ending up with a number of miscellaneous odd-jobs (sometimes 'keep-busy' type jobs, well below his or her capabilities).

    Ex: The book trade is a mixed bag of ups and downs even within one broad category of publishing.
    Ex: In practice the generalia class, as we shall see, is also used as a rag-bag for miscellaneous items that will not fit anywhere else.
    Ex: This emphasis on specialisation turns the core curricula into a superficial grab-bag.

    * * *
    fam
    hodgepodge fam, Br
    hotchpotch fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cajón de sastre

  • 20 colindante

    adj.
    neighboring, adjacent.
    f. & m.
    1 adjoining owner, adjoining landlord, adjoining landowner, adjoining proprietor.
    2 adjoining property, abutter.
    * * *
    1 adjacent, adjoining
    * * *
    ADJ adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring, neighboring (EEUU)
    * * *
    adjetivo adjoining
    * * *
    = coterminous [co-terminous], bordering, adjoining, adjacent.
    Ex. Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.
    Ex. This professional periodical provides a perspective on how libraries relate to bordering areas of activity such as education and the book trade.
    Ex. The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.
    Ex. Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.
    * * *
    adjetivo adjoining
    * * *
    = coterminous [co-terminous], bordering, adjoining, adjacent.

    Ex: Sample articles were chosen for subjects coterminous with each other for 1950, 60 and 70.

    Ex: This professional periodical provides a perspective on how libraries relate to bordering areas of activity such as education and the book trade.
    Ex: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.
    Ex: Before him there are the two items to be joined, projected onto adjacent viewing positions.

    * * *
    ‹terreno› adjacent, adjoining; ‹edificio› adjoining
    * * *

    colindante adjetivo adjacent
    ' colindante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    adjacent
    - adjoining
    * * *
    neighbouring, adjacent
    * * *
    adj adjoining
    * * *
    contiguo: adjacent, neighboring

    Spanish-English dictionary > colindante

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