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  • 41 improvisado

    adj.
    improvised, ad-libbed, extemporaneous, off-the-cuff.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: improvisar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) improvised; (discurso) impromptu
    * * *
    ADJ [discurso] improvised; [reparación] makeshift; [música] impromptu
    * * *
    = ad hoc, improvised, off-hand [offhand], off-the-cuff, impromptu, makeshift, unscripted, off the top of + Posesivo + head, rough and ready.
    Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
    Ex. A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex. They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex. Unfortunately for any student of the process, the sequence and direction of these steps is often more impromptu than premeditated.
    Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex. Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex. Pricing trends for periodicals are discussed with reference to charts not reproduced in the article 'Publishing policies, off the top of my head' but shown at the conference session.
    Ex. The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    ----
    * carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.
    * de un modo improvisado = right off the bat.
    * orador improvisado = soapbox orator.
    * * *
    = ad hoc, improvised, off-hand [offhand], off-the-cuff, impromptu, makeshift, unscripted, off the top of + Posesivo + head, rough and ready.

    Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

    Ex: A program consisting of readings, improvised scenes, and scripted extracts from the author's work is the kind of project I have in mind.
    Ex: They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
    Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.
    Ex: Unfortunately for any student of the process, the sequence and direction of these steps is often more impromptu than premeditated.
    Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex: Loud, unscripted quarrels between unshaven peasants break out in odd corners of the auditorium and add to the liveliness.
    Ex: Pricing trends for periodicals are discussed with reference to charts not reproduced in the article 'Publishing policies, off the top of my head' but shown at the conference session.
    Ex: The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    * carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.
    * de un modo improvisado = right off the bat.
    * orador improvisado = soapbox orator.

    * * *

    Del verbo improvisar: ( conjugate improvisar)

    improvisado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    improvisado    
    improvisar
    improvisar ( conjugate improvisar) verbo transitivo
    to improvise;

    verbo intransitivo [actor/músico] to improvise
    improvisado,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin ensayo previo) improvised
    (discurso) impromptu
    2 (realizado con los medios disponibles) improvised
    un refugio improvisado, a improvised refuge
    improvisar verbo transitivo to improvise
    Mús to extemporize

    ' improvisado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    improvisada
    - pichanga
    English:
    extemporaneous
    - impromptu
    - makeshift
    - rough
    - unprepared
    - cuff
    - make
    - role
    * * *
    improvisado, -a adj
    [comida, plan, actuación artística] improvised; [discurso] impromptu; [comentario] ad-lib; [cama, refugio] makeshift
    * * *
    adj improvised
    * * *
    improvisado, -da adj
    : improvised, ad-lib

    Spanish-English dictionary > improvisado

  • 42 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 43 mísero

    adj.
    1 churchy, mass loving, fond of going to church.
    2 applied to a priest who says mass very often.
    * * *
    1 miserable
    ■ ¡oh, mísero de mí! woe is me!
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 miser
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( pobre) miserable
    b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly
    * * *
    = hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
    Ex. And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.
    Ex. Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( pobre) miserable
    b) (delante del n) ( escaso) miserable, measly
    * * *
    = hardscrabble, miserable, penurious, skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].

    Ex: And so, from its hardscrabble beginnings to immediate time, Wexler has lead a varied existence, changing from shipping point for fruit to resting place for travelers = Y por lo tanto, desde sus comienzos difíciles hasta el presente, Wexler ha llevado una vida variada, pasando de ser un centro de recepción y envío de fruta a un lugar de descanso para los viajeros.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.
    Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.

    * * *
    mísero -ra
    1 (pobre) miserable
    viven en un mísero cuartucho they live in a miserable o squalid o wretched hovel
    2 ( delante del n) (escaso) miserable, measly
    el mísero sueldo que me pagan the miserable o paltry o measly salary they pay me, the pittance they pay me
    * * *

    mísero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    miserable
    mísero,-a adjetivo miserable

    ' mísero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mísera
    - sórdida
    - sórdido
    English:
    miserable
    - paltry
    * * *
    mísero, -a adj
    1. [pobre, desdichado] wretched, miserable;
    vive en una mísera choza he lives in a miserable hovel;
    no nos ofreció ni un mísero vaso de vino she didn't even offer us a measly o miserable glass of wine
    2. [tacaño] mean, stingy
    * * *
    adj
    1 condición, persona wretched
    2 sueldo miserable;
    ni un mísero dólar not a miserable dollar
    * * *
    mísero, -ra adj
    1) : wretched, miserable
    2) : stingy
    3) : paltry, meager

    Spanish-English dictionary > mísero

  • 44 persiana

    f.
    1 blind.
    2 Persian blind, shade, sun-blind, blind.
    3 shutter.
    * * *
    1 blind
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF [de lamas] (Venetian) blind; [de tablitas] slatted shutter; [enrollable] roller blind
    * * *

    enrollarse como una persiana — (Esp fam) to go on and on

    b) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter
    * * *
    = roller blind, blind, shutter, louvre [louver, -USA].
    Ex. Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.
    Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The traditional concept of louvers for solar protection has recently been combined with many fresh ideas.
    ----
    * persiana de láminas = louvre [louver, -USA].
    * persiana de metal = security shutter.
    * persiana de tabillas = louvre [louver, -USA].
    * * *

    enrollarse como una persiana — (Esp fam) to go on and on

    b) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter
    * * *
    = roller blind, blind, shutter, louvre [louver, -USA].

    Ex: Particular problems with reflections in VDU screens may need special diffused lighting or roller blinds, for example.

    Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, ' blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.
    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The traditional concept of louvers for solar protection has recently been combined with many fresh ideas.
    * persiana de láminas = louvre [louver, -USA].
    * persiana de metal = security shutter.
    * persiana de tabillas = louvre [louver, -USA].

    * * *
    enrollarse como una persiana ( Esp fam); to go on and on
    se enrolló como una persiana she went on and on forever
    es un pesado, se enrolla como una persiana he's really tedious, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey ( colloq)
    2 ( AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter
    Compuestos:
    roll-down shutter
    ● persiana veneciana or de lamas
    Venetian blind
    * * *

     

    persiana sustantivo femenino

    persiana veneciana or de lamas Venetian blind
    b) (AmL) (contraventana, postigo) shutter

    persiana sustantivo femenino blind
    ' persiana' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajar
    - enrollar
    - lama
    - rendija
    - desenrollar
    - levantar
    - subir
    English:
    blind
    - pull down
    - roll up
    - shade
    - venetian blind
    - louver
    - roller
    - Venetian blind
    * * *
    [enrollable] (roller) blind; [con láminas] (Venetian) blind; Esp
    enrollarse como una persiana o [m5]como las persianas: se enrolla como una persiana he could talk the hind legs off a donkey
    persiana enrollable roller blind;
    persiana veneciana Venetian blind
    * * *
    f de tablillas fijas shade, Br
    blind; enrollable shade, Br
    roller blind
    * * *
    : blind, venetian blind
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > persiana

  • 45 portero

    m.
    1 doorman, redcap, porter, hall porter.
    2 janitor, super, porter, superintendent.
    3 goalkeeper, goalie, gatekeeper.
    4 doorkeeper, person in charge of the door, porter.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    2 DEPORTE goalkeeper
    \
    portero automático entryphone
    * * *
    (f. - portera)
    noun
    1) doorman, caretaker
    * * *
    portero, -a
    1. SM / F
    1) [de edificio] caretaker, concierge, (apartment house) manager (EEUU)
    2) [en hotel, hospital] porter
    3) (Dep) goalkeeper
    2.
    SM

    portero automático, portero eléctrico, portero electrónico — entry phone

    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)
    2) (Dep) goalkeeper
    •• Cultural note:
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip
    * * *
    = janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.
    Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.
    Ex. It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.
    Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex. He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.
    Ex. This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.
    Ex. Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.
    Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    ----
    * cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.
    * portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].
    * * *
    - ra masculino, femenino
    1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)
    2) (Dep) goalkeeper
    •• Cultural note:
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip
    * * *
    = janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.
    Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.

    Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.

    Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.
    Ex: He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.
    Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.
    Ex: Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.
    Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    * cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.
    * portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].

    * * *
    portero -ra portero (↑ portero a1)
    masculine, feminine
    A (que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; (que cuida el edificio) super ( AmE), superintendent ( AmE), caretaker ( BrE), concierge
    Compuesto:
    portero eléctrico or ( Esp) automático
    masculine intercom ( AmE), entryphone ( BrE)
    B ( Dep) goalkeeper
    A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay.
    Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom).
    The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip.
    * * *

     

    portero
    ◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino

    1 ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter;
    ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE);
    portero eléctrico or (Esp) automático sustantivo masculino
    entryphone
    2 (Dep) goalkeeper
    portero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (de una vivienda) porter, caretaker
    (de un edificio público) doorman
    portero automático, entry-phone
    2 Dep goalkeeper
    ' portero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camelarse
    - despeje
    - garita
    - gorila
    - obnubilarse
    - portera
    - interfono
    - mayordomo
    English:
    caretaker
    - doorman
    - goalkeeper
    - intercom
    - janitor
    - porter
    - scapegoat
    - door
    - entry
    - goal
    - superintendent
    - turn
    * * *
    portero, -a
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [de casa] Br caretaker, US super(intendent)
    2. [de hotel, ministerio] [en recepción] porter;
    [a la puerta] doorman
    3. [de discoteca] doorman
    4. [en fútbol, balonmano, hockey] goalkeeper;
    [en hockey] goalminder
    ♦ nm
    portero automático entryphone;
    portero eléctrico entryphone;
    * * *
    m
    1 doorman
    2 de edificio superintendent, Br
    caretaker
    3 DEP goalkeeper
    * * *
    portero, -ra n
    1) arquero: goalkeeper, goalie
    2) : doorman m
    3) : janitor, superintendent
    * * *
    1. (en deportes) goalkeeper

    Spanish-English dictionary > portero

  • 46 provisional

    adj.
    provisional, makeshift, temporary, ad interim.
    * * *
    1 provisional, temporary
    \
    de forma provisional provisionally
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo provisional
    * * *
    = ad hoc, interim, provisional, temporary, tentative, makeshift, transitional, rough and ready, ad interim.
    Ex. Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.
    Ex. After much subsequent discussion, and the publication of a series of interim reports, a new code was published.
    Ex. Three significant products emerged from the research: provisional rules for classing, based upon a standard citation order....
    Ex. A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.
    Ex. In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
    Ex. Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex. The period 1850-69 was transitional, with rag slowly giving way to wood.
    Ex. The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    Ex. The ad interim government of Texas operated from March 16 to October 22, 1836.
    ----
    * como medida provisional = as an interim measure.
    * en libertad provisional = on probation.
    * medida provisional = stopgap [stop-gap], stopgap measure.
    * título provisional = working title.
    * * *
    adjetivo provisional
    * * *
    = ad hoc, interim, provisional, temporary, tentative, makeshift, transitional, rough and ready, ad interim.

    Ex: Begun in 1973, CONSER was conceived by an ad hoc discussion group on Serials Data Bases of American and Canadian librarians.

    Ex: After much subsequent discussion, and the publication of a series of interim reports, a new code was published.
    Ex: Three significant products emerged from the research: provisional rules for classing, based upon a standard citation order....
    Ex: A fascicle is one of the temporary divisions of a work that, for convenience in printing or publication, is issued in small instalments.
    Ex: In 1943, he was offered a three-month appointment by the Director of the Library of Congress' Processing Department, the purpose of which was to make a tentative study of the ALA rules of description.
    Ex: Putting books on show is a way of making recommendations by, as it were, remote control and anything tatty, botched-up and sloppily makeshift should be avoided.
    Ex: The period 1850-69 was transitional, with rag slowly giving way to wood.
    Ex: The opposite situation occurs when a rough and ready translation is needed.
    Ex: The ad interim government of Texas operated from March 16 to October 22, 1836.
    * como medida provisional = as an interim measure.
    * en libertad provisional = on probation.
    * medida provisional = stopgap [stop-gap], stopgap measure.
    * título provisional = working title.

    * * *
    provisional
    llegamos a un arreglo provisional we reached a provisional o temporary arrangement
    * * *

     

    provisional adjetivo
    provisional
    provisional adjetivo provisional
    ' provisional' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borrador
    - escala
    - remiendo
    - temporal
    - transitorio
    English:
    accommodation
    - caretaker government
    - interim
    - makeshift
    - provisional
    - stopgap
    - temporary
    - tentative
    - conditional
    - make
    - stop
    * * *
    provisional, Am provisorio, -a adj
    provisional
    * * *
    adj provisional, temporary
    * * *
    : provisional, temporary
    * * *
    provisional adj provisional

    Spanish-English dictionary > provisional

  • 47 a la luz de una lámpara de gas

    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a la luz de una lámpara de gas

  • 48 devaluar

    v.
    to devalue.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACTUAR], like link=actuar actuar
    1 to devalue
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    VT to devalue, devaluate (EEUU)
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to devalue
    2.
    devaluarse v pron moneda to fall; terrenos/propiedad to depreciate, fall in value
    * * *
    = detract from, devalue, downgrade [down-grade].
    Ex. These symbols always detract from the automatic ordering.
    Ex. This does not devalue the comparison between enumerative classification and menu-based information retrieval system.
    Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to devalue
    2.
    devaluarse v pron moneda to fall; terrenos/propiedad to depreciate, fall in value
    * * *
    = detract from, devalue, downgrade [down-grade].

    Ex: These symbols always detract from the automatic ordering.

    Ex: This does not devalue the comparison between enumerative classification and menu-based information retrieval system.
    Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.

    * * *
    vt
    to devalue
    la última vez que se devaluó el peso the last time the peso was devalued
    «moneda» to fall; «terrenos/propiedad» to depreciate, fall in value
    el peso se ha devaluado con la crisis the peso has fallen because of the crisis
    estos terrenos se han devaluado en los últimos años this land has fallen in value o depreciated in the last few years
    * * *

    devaluar ( conjugate devaluar) verbo transitivo
    to devalue
    devaluarse verbo pronominal [ moneda] to fall;
    [terrenos/propiedad] to depreciate, fall in value
    devaluar verbo transitivo to devalue
    ' devaluar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    devalue
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to devalue;
    devaluaron el euro un 3 por ciento the euro was devalued by 3 percent
    * * *
    v/t devalue
    * * *
    devaluar {3} vt
    : to devalue

    Spanish-English dictionary > devaluar

  • 49 diario matinal

    m.
    morning newspaper, morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diario matinal

  • 50 diario matutino

    m.
    morning paper, morning newspaper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > diario matutino

  • 51 periódico de la mañana

    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning newspaper, morning paper

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Spanish-English dictionary > periódico de la mañana

  • 52 periódico matutino

    m.
    morning newspaper.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning paper, morning newspaper
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.
    * * *
    (n.) = morning paper, morning newspaper

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    Ex: The morning newspaper was an avid supporter of Miller and claimed he was 'as strong as an ox'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > periódico matutino

  • 53 postigo

    m.
    1 shutter (contraventana).
    2 wicket gate (puerta).
    3 outside shutter, shutter.
    4 wicket door, postern, wicket, wicket gate.
    5 hidden door, false door.
    * * *
    1 (de ventana) shutter; (de puerta) wicket gate
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=contraventana) shutter
    2) † (=puerta chica en otra mayor) wicket, wicket gate; (=portillo) postern; (=puerta falsa) side door, side gate
    * * *
    masculino shutter
    * * *
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    ----
    * cerrar los postigos = shutter.
    * echar los postigos = shutter.
    * * *
    masculino shutter
    * * *

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.

    * cerrar los postigos = shutter.
    * echar los postigos = shutter.

    * * *
    shutter
    * * *

    postigo sustantivo masculino
    shutter
    postigo m (de puerta) wicket, small gate
    (de ventana) shutter
    ' postigo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    persiana
    English:
    shutter
    * * *
    1. [contraventana] shutter
    2. [puerta] wicket gate
    * * *
    m shutter
    * * *
    1) contraventana: shutter
    2) : small door, wicket gate
    * * *

    Spanish-English dictionary > postigo

  • 54 subestimar

    v.
    1 to underestimate.
    2 to undervalue, to downplay, to down-play, to belittle.
    María subestima la fuerza de Ricardo Mary undervalues John's strength.
    3 to miscalculate.
    María subestimó la velocidad Mary miscalculated the speed.
    * * *
    1 to underestimate
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ capacidad, enemigo] to underestimate, underrate; [+ objeto, propiedad] to undervalue; [+ argumento] to understate; [+ persona, artista] to undervalue, underrate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, underestimate, downgrade [down-grade], understatement, understate.
    Ex. Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.
    Ex. Yet such indices appear to underestimate the inflation being experienced in the libraries themselves.
    Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex. Perhaps it is an understatement to say that it is easy to reach consensus on the basic elements to be included in the evaluation form.
    Ex. University faculty generally understate prices of textbooks for their courses = El profesorado universitario generalmente subestima los precios de los libros de textos de sus cursos.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to underestimate
    * * *
    = underrate, underestimate, downgrade [down-grade], understatement, understate.

    Ex: Its contribution in this context should not be underrated.

    Ex: Yet such indices appear to underestimate the inflation being experienced in the libraries themselves.
    Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex: Perhaps it is an understatement to say that it is easy to reach consensus on the basic elements to be included in the evaluation form.
    Ex: University faculty generally understate prices of textbooks for their courses = El profesorado universitario generalmente subestima los precios de los libros de textos de sus cursos.

    * * *
    subestimar [A1 ]
    vt
    to underestimate
    * * *

    subestimar ( conjugate subestimar) verbo transitivo
    to underestimate
    subestimar verbo transitivo to underestimate
    ' subestimar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    difusor
    - difusora
    - menospreciar
    English:
    belittle
    - underestimate
    - understate
    - under
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to underestimate
    * * *
    v/t underestimate
    * * *
    : to underestimate, to undervalue

    Spanish-English dictionary > subestimar

  • 55 a base de carne

    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]
    Ex. Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.
    * * *
    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]

    Ex: Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.

    Spanish-English dictionary > a base de carne

  • 56 actuar lento

    (v.) = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks
    Ex. Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.
    Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    * * *
    (v.) = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks

    Ex: Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.

    Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.

    Spanish-English dictionary > actuar lento

  • 57 carnoso

    adj.
    1 fleshy, meaty.
    2 sarcous, carneous.
    * * *
    1 fleshy
    * * *
    ADJ meaty
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < fruta> fleshy; < pollo> meaty
    * * *
    = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].
    Ex. Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < fruta> fleshy; < pollo> meaty
    * * *
    = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.].

    Ex: Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.

    * * *
    carnoso -sa
    ‹fruta› fleshy; ‹pollo› meaty
    * * *
    carnoso, -a adj
    [persona] fleshy; [parte] fleshy, meaty; [labios] full
    * * *
    adj fleshy
    * * *
    carnoso, -sa adj
    : fleshy, meaty

    Spanish-English dictionary > carnoso

  • 58 comenzar lento

    (v.) = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks
    Ex. Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.
    Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.
    * * *
    (v.) = be slow off the mark, be slow off the blocks

    Ex: Rovers were slow off the mark and found themselves one down after five minutes, but Pat Daly soon had Rovers level.

    Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comenzar lento

  • 59 con carne

    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]
    Ex. Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.
    * * *
    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]

    Ex: Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con carne

  • 60 de carne

    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]
    Ex. Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.
    * * *
    (adj.) = meaty [meatier -comp., meatiest -sup.]

    Ex: Natural diets based on raw meaty bones promote the health of pets, the human economy and the natural environment but, I admit, I used to believe the opposite.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de carne

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