the euro region

las zonas más ricas/remotas/deprimidas del país — the richest/remotest/most depressed areas o parts of the country

• zonas costeras — coastal areas

• zona montañosa o de montaña — mountainous area, mountainous region

• zonas rurales — rural areas

• zonas turísticas — tourist areas

• zonas urbanas — urban areas

zona de conflicto — (Mil) conflict zone

zona fronteriza — [gen] border area; (Mil) border zone

zona roja — Esp Republican territory

zona azul — Esp (Aut) ≈ pay-and-display area

• zona comercial — [para negocios en general] commercial district; [solo de tiendas] shopping area

• zona de copas, ¿dónde está la zona de copas? — where do people go out to drink?

• zona edificada — built-up area

zona marginada — CAm slum area

zona roja — LAm red-light district

zona rosa — Méx partly pedestrianized zone, so called because of its pink paving stones

zona ancha — (Dep) midfield

zona de castigo — (Dep) sin bin

zona de penumbra, zona de sombra — (lit) shaded area; (fig) area of secrecy

las zonas oscuras de la política — the shady o murky areas of politics

Ex: The area in which standards for bibliographic description have had the most impact is in catalogues and catalogue record data bases.

au niveau du cou — [blessures] in the neck region

bâtiment sur deux niveaux — two-storey GB ou two-story US building

de haut niveau — [athlète] top (épith); [candidat] high-calibre [BrE] (épith)

niveau des salaires — wage levels (pl)

au plus haut niveau — [discussion] top-level (épith)

au niveau de (personne, travail) — on a level with

arrivare al punto in cui — to reach the point o stage where

essere sul punto di fare — to be on the point of doing o (just) about to do o close to doing

a un punto tale che, a tal punto che — to such a degree o an extent that, so much so that

fino a un certo punto — up to a point, to a certain extent o degree

non è questo il punto — that's not the point o issue

punto com — inform. dot com

essere un punto a favore, a sfavore di qcn. — to be a point in sb.'s favour o a plus point for sb., to be a black mark against sb

alle 9 in punto — at 9 o'clock sharp o on the dot

mettere a punto — to develop [sistema, metodo]; to adjust, to fine-tune [macchina, apparecchio]

messa a punto — (di sistema, metodo) development; (di macchina, apparecchio) fine tuning

punto caldo — fig. hot o trouble spot

essere di nuovo punto e a capo — fig. to be back at square one

punto cardinale — fis. geogr. compass o cardinal point

punto critico — critical o crisis point

punto debole — weak point o spot

punto dolente — sore point o spot

punto esclamativo — exclamation mark BE o point AE

punto fermo — fig. anchor

punto di fuga — art. arch. vanishing point

punto G — anat. G spot

punto a giorno — sart. hemstitch

punto d'incontro — meeting point (anche fig.)

punto d'intersezione — mat. point of intersection

punto metallico — (graffetta) staple

punto morto — tecn. dead centre

essere a un punto morto — fig. to be at (a) deadlock o standstill

punto nero — med. blackhead

punto di partenza — starting point (anche fig.)

punto e basta! — that's (the end of) that! that's final! full stop! BE, period! AE

Ex: Not finding a particular item in the region, the search would be switched over to the national data base, and the record could be supplied.

una costumbre de reciente implantación — a custom that has only recently become established o taken root

tras la implantación del capitalismo — since capitalism became established o took root

Ex: This software is important to the further implementation of the record format, especially in developing countries.

los bancos son los que más se benefician — it's the banks that profit o benefit most

Ex: There are a number of features of a catalogue or index which benefit from some standardisation.