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  • 21 acantilado

    adj.
    steep, precipitous, cliff-like, sheer.
    m.
    cliff.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acantilar.
    * * *
    1 (costa) steep, sheer; (rocoso) rocky, craggy
    2 (fondo del mar) shelving
    1 cliff
    ————————
    1 cliff
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [risco] steep, sheer; [costa] rocky; [fondo del mar] shelving
    2.
    * * *
    masculino cliff
    * * *
    = cliff, bluss, rock face, steep rock face, cliff face.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Bringing the mountain to Mohammed without falling off the cliff of unmanageable technology'.
    Ex. On Bearskin Neck some may go to the granite breakwater for the views, others may choose the peaceful quiet of the bluss overlooking the harbor.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'View from the rock face: survey of overseas students currently studying in the UK'.
    Ex. Following the narrator across endless ash fields, lava fields and steep rock faces, the reader easily gets lost in a dream in which the mysterious and the familiar merge.
    Ex. For many years now there have been peregrine falcons breeding on a cliff face on the outskirts of the city of Plymouth.
    ----
    * pared del acantilado = cliff face.
    * * *
    masculino cliff
    * * *
    = cliff, bluss, rock face, steep rock face, cliff face.

    Ex: The article has the title 'Bringing the mountain to Mohammed without falling off the cliff of unmanageable technology'.

    Ex: On Bearskin Neck some may go to the granite breakwater for the views, others may choose the peaceful quiet of the bluss overlooking the harbor.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'View from the rock face: survey of overseas students currently studying in the UK'.
    Ex: Following the narrator across endless ash fields, lava fields and steep rock faces, the reader easily gets lost in a dream in which the mysterious and the familiar merge.
    Ex: For many years now there have been peregrine falcons breeding on a cliff face on the outskirts of the city of Plymouth.
    * pared del acantilado = cliff face.

    * * *
    cliff
    * * *

    Del verbo acantilar: ( conjugate acantilar)

    acantilado es:

    el participio

    acantilado sustantivo masculino
    cliff
    acantilado sustantivo masculino cliff
    ' acantilado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    borde
    - escarpado
    English:
    abseil
    - cliff
    - hang over
    - ledge
    - sheer
    - away
    - beat
    - up
    * * *
    cliff
    * * *
    m cliff
    * * *
    : cliff
    * * *
    acantilado n cliff

    Spanish-English dictionary > acantilado

  • 22 aislado

    adj.
    1 isolated, remote, alone, cocooned.
    2 isolated, infrequent.
    3 discrete.
    m.
    isolate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: aislar.
    * * *
    1→ link=aislar aislar
    1 (suelto) isolated
    2 TÉCNICA insulated
    * * *
    (f. - aislada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=remoto) isolated
    2) (=incomunicado) cut off

    están aislados de la civilización — they are cut off o isolated from civilization

    3) (=suelto)
    4) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( alejado) remote, isolated
    b) ( sin comunicación) cut off

    aislado de algo — cut off o isolated from something

    c) < caso> isolated
    2) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    = occasional, hideaway, isolated, insulated, behind closed doors, out in the woods.
    Ex. BLAISE conduct the occasional search for those libraries which do not have access to a terminal.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex. Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.
    Ex. Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    Ex. This house is located in the small village and writers can get work done here but not because they are out in the woods.
    ----
    * aislado de personalidad = personality isolate.
    * aislado por el invierno = winterbound.
    * aislado por la nieve = snowbound.
    * colina aislada = butte.
    * mantenerse aislado = keep to + Reflexivo.
    * sentirse aislado = feel + left out.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( alejado) remote, isolated
    b) ( sin comunicación) cut off

    aislado de algo — cut off o isolated from something

    c) < caso> isolated
    2) (Elec) insulated
    * * *
    = occasional, hideaway, isolated, insulated, behind closed doors, out in the woods.

    Ex: BLAISE conduct the occasional search for those libraries which do not have access to a terminal.

    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.
    Ex: Health problems and potential legal liability caused by polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulated wiring in library building air ducts is referred to.
    Ex: Committee meetings are normally held behind closed doors but, occasionally, a committee will decide to hold a public hearing on a given topic.
    Ex: This house is located in the small village and writers can get work done here but not because they are out in the woods.
    * aislado de personalidad = personality isolate.
    * aislado por el invierno = winterbound.
    * aislado por la nieve = snowbound.
    * colina aislada = butte.
    * mantenerse aislado = keep to + Reflexivo.
    * sentirse aislado = feel + left out.

    * * *
    aislado -da
    A
    1 (alejado) remote, isolated
    el pueblo quedó aislado durante varios días the village was cut off for several days
    aislado DE algo cut off o isolated FROM sth
    desde que ella murió vive aislado del mundo since she died he's cut himself off from the world
    una zona aislada de la civilización an area cut off o isolated from civilization
    3 ‹caso› isolated
    B ( Elec) insulated
    * * *

    Del verbo aislar: ( conjugate aislar)

    aislado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    aislado    
    aislar
    aislado
    ◊ -da adjetivo




    vive aislado del mundo he's cut himself off from the world
    c) ‹ caso› isolated

    d) (Elec) insulated

    aislar ( conjugate aislar) verbo transitivo
    a) (apartar, separar) ‹ enfermo› to isolate, keep in isolation;

    ‹ preso› to place … in solitary confinement;
    ‹ virus› to isolate

    c) (Elec) to insulate

    aislarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to cut oneself off
    aislado,-a adjetivo
    1 isolated
    2 Téc insulated
    aislar verbo transitivo
    1 to isolate
    2 Téc to insulate
    ' aislado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aislada
    - incomunicada
    - incomunicado
    - tampoco
    - diablo
    - perdido
    English:
    isolated
    - isolation
    - lonely
    - marooned
    - remote
    - remotely
    - scattered
    - snow in
    - snowbound
    - cut
    - occasional
    - secluded
    - snow
    * * *
    aislado, -a adj
    1. [remoto] isolated
    2. [incomunicado] cut off;
    nos quedamos aislados por la nieve we were cut off by the snow;
    vive aislado del resto del mundo he has cut himself off from the rest of the world
    3. [singular] isolated
    4. [cable, pared] insulated
    * * *
    adj isolated
    * * *
    aislado, -da adj
    : isolated, alone
    * * *
    aislado adj isolated

    Spanish-English dictionary > aislado

  • 23 bloque de apartamentos

    (n.) = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    * * *
    (n.) = apartment block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block

    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.

    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.

    * * *
    apartment building, Br
    block of flats

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloque de apartamentos

  • 24 bloque de pisos

    block of flats
    * * *
    (n.) = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block
    Ex. The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.
    Ex. In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
    Ex. There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    * * *
    (n.) = block of flats, block of high-rise flats, tower block, apartment complex, apartment building, apartment block

    Ex: The area is populated by old people, immigrants and single parent families housed in blocks of flats.

    Ex: In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
    Ex: There is a multiscreen cinema within 30 minutes walk of the conference venue, including the recently opened IMAX cinema, which shows specialist films on a screen as large as a tower block.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bloque de pisos

  • 25 bulldozer

    m.
    bulldozer.
    * * *
    1 bulldozer
    * * *
    [bul'doθer]
    SM (pl bulldozers) [bul'doθer] bulldozer
    * * *
    = bulldozer, dozer.
    Nota: Abreviatura de bulldozer.
    Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.
    Ex. The villagers are using this break in the weather to dig themselves out as much as possible and so the streets are full of dozers and shovels etc,. 'Making hay while the sun shines'.
    * * *
    = bulldozer, dozer.
    Nota: Abreviatura de bulldozer.

    Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

    Ex: The villagers are using this break in the weather to dig themselves out as much as possible and so the streets are full of dozers and shovels etc,. 'Making hay while the sun shines'.

    * * *
    bulldozer [bul'doθer] (pl bulldozers) nm
    bulldozer

    Spanish-English dictionary > bulldozer

  • 26 casa de pisos

    block of flats
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex
    Ex. To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.
    Ex. The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    * * *
    (n.) = tenement, apartment block, apartment building, apartment complex

    Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

    Ex: The difference between the two systems can be illustrated by analogy with a set of letter-boxes located in the entrance to an apartment block, with one box for each resident.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.

    * * *
    apartment house, Br
    block of flats

    Spanish-English dictionary > casa de pisos

  • 27 mixto

    adj.
    mixed, mingled.
    * * *
    1 mixed
    1 (sandwich) toasted ham and cheese sandwich
    \
    colegio mixto coeducational school, co-ed school
    ————————
    1 (sandwich) toasted ham and cheese sandwich
    * * *
    (f. - mixta)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=mezclado) mixed; [comité] joint; [empresa] joint
    2. SM
    1) (=sandwich) (toasted) cheese and ham sandwich
    2) (=fósforo) match
    3) (Mil) explosive compound
    4) (Ferro) passenger and goods train
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) < escuela> mixed, coeducational
    b) <partido/equido> mixed
    2)
    a) <comisión/comité> joint (before n)
    b) <economía/agricultura> mixed
    II
    * * *
    = mixed, coeducational [co-educational], joint, blended, merged, interracial, cross-functional, match.
    Ex. The notation of LCC is mixed, including both letter and numbers.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.
    Ex. There is an overarching need to establish a shared set of values that defines the blended organisation.
    Ex. We are convinced that this process will go a long way towards breaking down the few barriers that still exist between the merged entities that make up Learning Services.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.
    Ex. In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.
    Ex. Early matches were made with sulfur.
    ----
    * curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.
    * ensalada mixta = tossed salad.
    * equipo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * notación mixta = mixed notation.
    * programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) < escuela> mixed, coeducational
    b) <partido/equido> mixed
    2)
    a) <comisión/comité> joint (before n)
    b) <economía/agricultura> mixed
    II
    * * *
    = mixed, coeducational [co-educational], joint, blended, merged, interracial, cross-functional, match.

    Ex: The notation of LCC is mixed, including both letter and numbers.

    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution.
    Ex: There is an overarching need to establish a shared set of values that defines the blended organisation.
    Ex: We are convinced that this process will go a long way towards breaking down the few barriers that still exist between the merged entities that make up Learning Services.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Interracial children's books: problems and progress'.
    Ex: In the field of information technology academic institutions should adopt a cross-functional approach that provides a curriculum content that addresses real-world situations in a global setting.
    Ex: Early matches were made with sulfur.
    * curso mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich course.
    * ensalada mixta = tossed salad.
    * equipo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * grupo mixto = cross-functional team.
    * notación mixta = mixed notation.
    * programa mixto de clases y práctica en la empresa = sandwich programme.

    * * *
    mixto1 -ta
    A
    1 ‹escuela› mixed, coeducational
    educación mixta coeducation
    2 ‹partido› mixed
    B
    1 ‹comisión/comité› joint ( before n)
    2 ‹economía/capitales› mixed
    3 ‹agricultura/explotación› mixed
    4 ( Ferr):
    un tren mixto a train carrying passengers and freight
    un mixto de jamón y queso a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
    B ( Ferr) train carrying passengers and goods
    C
    1 ( Mil) gunpowder
    2 ( Jueg) cap
    3 ( ant) (cerilla) match
    echando mixtos: se fue echando mixtos he dashed off, he left like a shot
    * * *

    mixto 1
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    mixed;
    educación mixta coeducation
    mixto 2 sustantivo masculino
    toasted sandwich ( with two different fillings)
    mixto,-a adjetivo mixed: sandwich mixto, combination sandwich

    ' mixto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mixta
    English:
    co-ed
    - joint
    - mixed
    * * *
    mixto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [con dos elementos] mixed;
    capital mixto mixed capital;
    comisión mixta joint committee;
    financiación mixta public-private financing
    2. [con hombres y mujeres] mixed;
    un colegio mixto a mixed school;
    los dobles mixtos the mixed doubles
    3. [matrimonio] mixed
    ♦ nm
    [sándwich] cheese and ham sandwich
    * * *
    I adj
    1 colegio mixed
    2 comisión joint
    II m toasted ham and cheese sandwich
    * * *
    mixto, -ta adj
    1) : mixed, joint
    2) : coeducational
    * * *
    mixto adj mixed

    Spanish-English dictionary > mixto

  • 28 ruidoso

    adj.
    1 noisy, loud, braying, clattering.
    2 noisy, riotous, roaring, obstreperous.
    3 noisy.
    4 much talked-about.
    * * *
    1 noisy, loud
    2 figurado sensational
    * * *
    (f. - ruidosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=estrepitoso) noisy
    2) [noticia] sensational
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/máquina/persona> noisy; <caso/proceso> much talked-about
    * * *
    = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], noisy [noisier -comp., noisiest -sup.], rumbling, roaring, vociferous, rumbustious.
    Ex. Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.
    Ex. The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.
    Ex. Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex. Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex. The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    ----
    * sorbo ruidoso = slurp.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <calle/máquina/persona> noisy; <caso/proceso> much talked-about
    * * *
    = loud [louder -comp., loudest -sup.], noisy [noisier -comp., noisiest -sup.], rumbling, roaring, vociferous, rumbustious.

    Ex: Visitors would be surprised by the loud creaking and groaning of the presses as the timbers gave and rubbed against each other.

    Ex: The factory worker compensates for his noisy and dirty work environment by digging his allotment.
    Ex: Gerould College, a co-educational undergraduate institution, is located on the outskirts of a peaceful, hideaway village in the Northeast, far from the rumbling tempo of industrialism.
    Ex: Today, with its population of almost 80,000, Wexler bears little resemblance to the roaring lumber center it became in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
    Ex: The reaction came in 1978 -- a vociferous social demand for reading and learning, including a new interest in librarianship.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    * sorbo ruidoso = slurp.

    * * *
    ruidoso -sa
    1 ‹calle/máquina/persona› noisy
    2 ‹caso/proceso› much talked-about
    * * *

    ruidoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹calle/máquina/persona› noisy

    ruidoso,-a adjetivo
    1 noisy, loud
    2 fam (una noticia, etc) sensational, much talked about/of

    ' ruidoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escandalosa
    - escandaloso
    - ruidosa
    - alborotado
    - gallinero
    - infierno
    English:
    loud
    - noisy
    - raucous
    - rowdy
    - understatement
    - vocal
    * * *
    ruidoso, -a adj
    1. [que hace ruido] noisy
    2. [escandaloso] sensational;
    llevaba una corbata ruidosa he was wearing a very loud tie
    * * *
    adj noisy
    * * *
    ruidoso, -sa adj
    : loud, noisy
    ♦ ruidosamente adv
    * * *
    ruidoso adj noisy [comp. noisier; superl. noisiest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruidoso

  • 29 vegetación

    f.
    vegetation.
    * * *
    1 vegetation
    1 MEDICINA adenoids
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=plantas) vegetation
    2) (Med)
    * * *
    a) (Bot) vegetation
    b) (Med) vegetaciones femenino plural adenoids (pl)
    * * *
    = greenery, vegetation, vegetation, plant life, plant community.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. The database consists of 126 resource variables, describing the topography, soils and geology, coastal features, vegetation, hydrology, and land use/ownership of a region along the Wisconsin Lake Superior shore.
    Ex. The database consists of 126 resource variables, describing the topography, soils and geology, coastal features, vegetation, hydrology, and land use/ownership of a region along the Wisconsin Lake Superior shore.
    Ex. His paintings feature surrealistic and often disturbing views of animal and plant life.
    Ex. This beachside plant community is important to the life and survival of many different species of wildlife.
    ----
    * línea de vegetación arbórea, la = tree line, the, timberline, the.
    * línea de vegetación, la = tree line, the, timberline, the.
    * * *
    a) (Bot) vegetation
    b) (Med) vegetaciones femenino plural adenoids (pl)
    * * *
    = greenery, vegetation, vegetation, plant life, plant community.

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    Ex: The database consists of 126 resource variables, describing the topography, soils and geology, coastal features, vegetation, hydrology, and land use/ownership of a region along the Wisconsin Lake Superior shore.
    Ex: The database consists of 126 resource variables, describing the topography, soils and geology, coastal features, vegetation, hydrology, and land use/ownership of a region along the Wisconsin Lake Superior shore.
    Ex: His paintings feature surrealistic and often disturbing views of animal and plant life.
    Ex: This beachside plant community is important to the life and survival of many different species of wildlife.
    * línea de vegetación arbórea, la = tree line, the, timberline, the.
    * línea de vegetación, la = tree line, the, timberline, the.

    * * *
    1 ( Bot) vegetation
    2 ( Med) vegetaciones fpl adenoids (pl)
    * * *

    vegetación sustantivo femenino
    a) (Bot) vegetation

    b) (Med)

    ◊ vegetaciones sustantivo femenino plural

    adenoids (pl)
    vegetación
    I sustantivo femenino Bot vegetation
    II fpl Med vegetaciones, adenoids
    ' vegetación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    alpina
    - alpino
    - densidad
    - exuberante
    - tupida
    - tupido
    - agreste
    - espesar
    - espeso
    - frondoso
    - rico
    - salvaje
    - selva
    English:
    lush
    - overgrown
    - sparse
    - thick
    - vegetation
    - diverse
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    vegetation
    ♦ vegetaciones nfpl
    Med adenoids
    * * *
    f
    1 vegetation
    2
    :
    vegetaciones pl MED adenoids
    * * *
    1) : vegetation
    2) vegetaciones nfpl
    : adenoids
    * * *
    vegetación n vegetation

    Spanish-English dictionary > vegetación

  • 30 arsenal

    m.
    1 shipyard (de barcos). (peninsular Spanish)
    2 arsenal.
    Tiene un arsenal de ideas innovadoras He's got an arsenal of new ideas.
    3 array.
    4 ammunition dump.
    * * *
    1 MARÍTIMO shipyard
    2 (de armas) arsenal
    3 figurado (cantidad) storehouse, mine
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Náut) naval dockyard; (Mil) arsenal
    2) (=conjunto numeroso) storehouse, mine
    * * *
    a) (Mil) arsenal
    b) ( colección) armory*
    c) (Esp) (Náut) navy yard (AmE), naval dockyard (BrE)
    * * *
    = armoury [armory, -USA], arsenal, ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot.
    Ex. Natural language indexing will certainly continue to be used as part of the retrieval armory in computer-based information systems.
    Ex. But no litany of caveats should be allowed to obscure the fact that on-line searching has added a major weapon to the reference librarian's arsenal.
    Ex. An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.
    Ex. In addition there are numerous smaller ammunition compounds within army barracks scattered around the country.
    Ex. Reports from Afghanistan say three people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.
    Ex. An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.
    ----
    * arsenal nuclear = nuclear stockpile.
    * * *
    a) (Mil) arsenal
    b) ( colección) armory*
    c) (Esp) (Náut) navy yard (AmE), naval dockyard (BrE)
    * * *
    = armoury [armory, -USA], arsenal, ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot.

    Ex: Natural language indexing will certainly continue to be used as part of the retrieval armory in computer-based information systems.

    Ex: But no litany of caveats should be allowed to obscure the fact that on-line searching has added a major weapon to the reference librarian's arsenal.
    Ex: An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.
    Ex: In addition there are numerous smaller ammunition compounds within army barracks scattered around the country.
    Ex: Reports from Afghanistan say three people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.
    Ex: An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.
    * arsenal nuclear = nuclear stockpile.

    * * *
    1 ( Mil) arsenal
    2 (colección) armory*
    cuentan con un arsenal de datos they have an armory o mine of information at their disposal
    3 ( Esp) ( Náut) navy yard ( AmE), naval dockyard ( BrE)
    * * *

    arsenal sustantivo masculino
    a) (Mil) arsenal;


    b) (Esp) (Náut) navy yard (AmE), naval dockyard (BrE)

    arsenal sustantivo masculino arsenal
    ' arsenal' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arsenal
    - armory
    * * *
    1. [de armas] arsenal
    2. [de cosas, pruebas] array;
    utilizó todo el arsenal teórico del marxismo para rebatir el argumento he used the entire armoury of Marxist theory to refute the argument
    3. Esp [de barcos] shipyard
    * * *
    m arsenal
    * * *
    : arsenal

    Spanish-English dictionary > arsenal

  • 31 edificio de apartamentos

    (n.) = apartment building, apartment complex
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.
    * * *
    (n.) = apartment building, apartment complex

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    Ex: Multiculturalism is the reality of the community's neighbourhood and apartment complexes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edificio de apartamentos

  • 32 funcionario del ayuntamiento

    (n.) = city official, city worker
    Ex. Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
    Ex. City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.
    * * *
    (n.) = city official, city worker

    Ex: Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.

    Ex: City workers carried out orders to burn some of the library books, while others were buried with the aid of a bulldozer; the remaining books were loaded on trucks and hauled away to trash dumps on the outskirts of the city.

    Spanish-English dictionary > funcionario del ayuntamiento

  • 33 morada

    f.
    1 dwelling.
    2 haunt, hideout.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: morar.
    * * *
    1 adobe, dwelling
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. f., (m. - morado)
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=casa) dwelling liter, abode liter, dwelling place
    allanamiento 4)
    2) (=estadía) stay, period of residence
    * * *
    femenino (frml o liter)
    a) (residencia, hogar) dwelling (frml), abode (frml or liter)
    b) ( estancia)
    * * *
    = habitation, abode.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    Ex. The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    ----
    * robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.
    * * *
    femenino (frml o liter)
    a) (residencia, hogar) dwelling (frml), abode (frml or liter)
    b) ( estancia)
    * * *
    = habitation, abode.

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    Ex: The forest, therefore, is regarded as the abode of robbers & sundry miscreants, implying its relation to the forces of chaos & disorder.
    * robo con allanamiento de morada = burglary.

    * * *
    ( frml or liter)
    1 (residencia, hogar) dwelling ( frml), abode ( frmlo liter)
    la última morada the final resting place
    2
    (estancia): hacer morada en un lugar to stay in a place
    * * *

    morada sustantivo femenino (frml o liter) dwelling (frml), abode (frml or liter)
    morado,-a
    I adjetivo purple
    II sustantivo masculino
    1 (color) purple
    2 (moratón) bruise
    ♦ Locuciones: familiar pasarlas moradas, to have a tough time
    ponerse morado, to stuff oneself [de, with]
    morada f frml dwelling
    ' morada' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    allanamiento
    English:
    break-in
    - breaking and entering
    - dwelling
    - forcible entry
    - housebreaking
    - abode
    - breaking
    - burglary
    * * *
    morada nf
    Literario dwelling, abode;
    entren en mi humilde morada welcome to my humble abode;
    miles de personas lo acompañaron a su última morada thousands of people accompanied him to his final resting place
    * * *
    f dwelling;
    la última morada lit one’s final resting place
    * * *
    morada nf
    residencia: dwelling, abode

    Spanish-English dictionary > morada

  • 34 precipio

    = cliff, cliff face.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Bringing the mountain to Mohammed without falling off the cliff of unmanageable technology'.
    Ex. For many years now there have been peregrine falcons breeding on a cliff face on the outskirts of the city of Plymouth.
    ----
    * pared del precipio = cliff face.
    * * *
    = cliff, cliff face.

    Ex: The article has the title 'Bringing the mountain to Mohammed without falling off the cliff of unmanageable technology'.

    Ex: For many years now there have been peregrine falcons breeding on a cliff face on the outskirts of the city of Plymouth.
    * pared del precipio = cliff face.

    Spanish-English dictionary > precipio

  • 35 asentamiento

    m.
    1 settlement.
    2 base, foundation.
    * * *
    1 (poblado) settlement
    2 MILITAR emplacement
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=acción) [de personas, partículas] settlement
    2) (=lugar) [de personas] settlement, establishment; [de animales] colony
    3) (=pueblo) shanty town, township
    4) (Med) settling
    * * *
    masculino settlement
    * * *
    = homesteading, settlement, habitation.
    Ex. At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.
    Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    ----
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.
    * * *
    masculino settlement
    * * *
    = homesteading, settlement, habitation.

    Ex: At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with affirmative action, alternative energy sources, homesteading, Chinese-American boys, androgyny, food co-ops.

    Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.
    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    * asentamiento agrícola = agricultural settlement.
    * asentamiento en tierras federales = homesteading.

    * * *
    1 (acción) settlement, settling
    2 (colonia — de personas) settlement; (— de animales) colony
    * * *

    asentamiento sustantivo masculino
    settlement
    asentamiento sustantivo masculino settlement
    ' asentamiento' also found in these entries:
    English:
    settlement
    * * *
    1. [acción] settlement
    Perú asentamiento humano shanty town; Am asentamiento ilegal illegal settlement
    2. [lugar] settlement
    * * *
    m settlement
    * * *
    : settlement

    Spanish-English dictionary > asentamiento

  • 36 bungalow

    m.
    bungalow.
    * * *
    1 bungalow
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    ['boŋɡaloˌ buŋɡa'lo]
    SM (pl bungalows) ['boŋɡaloˌ buŋɡa'lo] bungalow
    * * *
    [bunɤa'lo]
    masculino (pl - lows) cabin, chalet
    * * *
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    * * *
    [bunɤa'lo]
    masculino (pl - lows) cabin, chalet
    * * *

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    * * *
    /bunɣaˈlo/
    (pl - lows)
    cabin, chalet

    Spanish-English dictionary > bungalow

  • 37 chalet

    m.
    chalet, bungalow, cottage, country house.
    * * *
    1 (casa individual) house, detached house
    2 (en el campo) country house, cottage; (en la montaña) mountain chalet
    3 (de lujo) villa
    4 (adosado) semidetached house
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    [ta'le]
    SM (pl chalets) [ta'les]
    1) (=casa con jardín) [independiente] detached house; [en hilera] terraced house; [de campo] villa, cottage; [de una sola planta] bungalow; [de montaña] chalet

    chalet pareado — semi-detached house, duplex (EEUU)

    2) (Dep) clubhouse
    * * *
    [tʃa'le]
    masculino (pl - lets) ( en urbanización) house; ( en el campo) cottage; ( en la montaña) chalet; ( en la playa) villa
    * * *
    = villa, bungalow.
    Ex. It's a leafy little road, middle-class in an Iraqi way, educated families living in villas shadowed by palm trees.
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    ----
    * chalet pareado = terrace(d) home, terrace(d) house, semidetached house.
    * * *
    [tʃa'le]
    masculino (pl - lets) ( en urbanización) house; ( en el campo) cottage; ( en la montaña) chalet; ( en la playa) villa
    * * *
    = villa, bungalow.

    Ex: It's a leafy little road, middle-class in an Iraqi way, educated families living in villas shadowed by palm trees.

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    * chalet pareado = terrace(d) home, terrace(d) house, semidetached house.

    * * *
    /tʃaˈle/
    (pl - lets)
    tienen un chalecito junto al lago they have a little house o a cottage by the lake
    Compuestos:
    ( Esp) semi-detached house
    ( Esp) detached house
    ( Esp) semi-detached house
    * * *

    chalet /tʃa'le/ sustantivo masculino (pl


    ( en el campo) cottage;
    ( en la montaña) chalet;
    ( en la playa) villa
    chalet sustantivo masculino house
    La palabra house se refiere a cualquier vivienda unifamiliar: chalet adosado, terraced house; chalet pareado, semi-detached house (o también semi o semi-detached)
    chalet independiente, con su propio jardín, detached house. En el Reino Unido también encontrarás cottage, una casita en el campo o en un pueblo pequeño, probablemente antigua, y bungalow, una casa de una sola planta. Chalet es el nombre de una casa pequeña, teóricamente con el techo inclinado, que se suele alquilar para las vacaciones. Finalmente, villa describe una casa en las afueras de la ciudad o al lado del mar.
    ' chalet' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casa
    - chalé
    - villa
    - montaña
    English:
    chalet
    - cottage
    - detached house
    - house
    - villa
    * * *
    * * *
    m chalet
    * * *
    chalet nm, Spain : house
    * * *
    1. (en general) house
    2. (en la costa) villa

    Spanish-English dictionary > chalet

  • 38 depósito de armas

    (n.) = ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot
    Ex. An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.
    Ex. In addition there are numerous smaller ammunition compounds within army barracks scattered around the country.
    Ex. Reports from Afghanistan say three people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.
    Ex. An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.
    * * *
    (n.) = ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot, ammo depot

    Ex: An ammunition dump near the town of Balkhash in central Kazakhstan blazes after a huge explosion on Wednesday.

    Ex: In addition there are numerous smaller ammunition compounds within army barracks scattered around the country.
    Ex: Reports from Afghanistan say three people were injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.
    Ex: An ammo depot in Kabul caught fire and injured nine people in May.

    Spanish-English dictionary > depósito de armas

  • 39 expansivo

    adj.
    1 expansive, open, effusive, frank.
    2 wide-spreading.
    * * *
    1 (gas etc) expansive
    2 figurado (franco) expansive, open, frank
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [gas] expansive
    2) (Econ)

    una fase/política expansiva — a phase/policy of expansion

    3) [persona] expansive
    * * *
    - va adjetivo expansive
    * * *
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    ----
    * onda expansiva = shock wave.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo expansive
    * * *

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    * onda expansiva = shock wave.

    * * *
    1 ‹gas/vapor› expansive onda
    2 ‹persona/carácter› expansive
    * * *

    expansivo,-a adjetivo
    1 Fís expansive
    2 (abierto) sociable, expansive, effusive
    ' expansivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    expansiva
    English:
    expansive
    * * *
    expansivo, -a adj
    1. [gases, vapores] expansive
    2. [persona, modo de ser] open, frank
    * * *
    adj expansive
    * * *
    expansivo, -va adj
    : expansive

    Spanish-English dictionary > expansivo

  • 40 flanqueado de árboles

    (adj.) = tree-lined
    Ex. The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.
    * * *
    (adj.) = tree-lined

    Ex: The broad tree-lined streets with large Victorian homes surrounded by ample greenery on what were once the outskirts of town -- the gracious and expansive habitations of the wealthy mill and factory owners -- gradually yield to a miscellany of recent bungalows, modest cottages, and modern apartment buildings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > flanqueado de árboles

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