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  • 101 automatizado

    adj.
    automated, robot, intelligent, automatized.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: automatizar.
    * * *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo automated
    * * *
    = automated, computer-based, computer-held, computerised [computerized, -USA], machine assisted, machine-held, mechanised [mechanized, -USA], computer-stored, machine-based, computer-controlled, electronically based, computering, disintermediated, unmanned, machine-readable.
    Ex. These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.
    Ex. It may well be that the computer-based environment of such systems may overcome many of the limitations of enumerative classification schemes in their traditional applications.
    Ex. For each term entering the vocabulary a record is constructed in a computer-held file.
    Ex. Printed title indexes which could be used as elementary subject indexes were one of the first products of computerised information retrieval systems.
    Ex. Her ALA activity includes having been Editor of Message from MARS, the occasional newsletter of the new RASD discussion group MARS, which stands for machine assisted Reference Service.
    Ex. Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.
    Ex. Mechanized systems offer a wide range of potential search strategies and searching aids.
    Ex. If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).
    Ex. The incorporation of such features into a system would permit us to create a machine-based catalog rather than a reference file of bibliographic records.
    Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. The 1980s have seen a significant increase in the quantity and breadth of offshore computering services -- those based in the developing countries.
    Ex. Database records are enhanced with links through to the full text of periodical articles, where these are available, or to the Library's disintermediated document delivery system where an online version of the article is not available.
    Ex. The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    Ex. 'Data base' is a term referring to machine-readable collections of information, whether numerical, representational or bibliographic.
    ----
    * método automatizado = computer-based method.
    * semiautomatizado = partially-automated, semi-automated.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo automated
    * * *
    = automated, computer-based, computer-held, computerised [computerized, -USA], machine assisted, machine-held, mechanised [mechanized, -USA], computer-stored, machine-based, computer-controlled, electronically based, computering, disintermediated, unmanned, machine-readable.

    Ex: These principles are being applied in an ever increasing variety of contexts, both manual and automated.

    Ex: It may well be that the computer-based environment of such systems may overcome many of the limitations of enumerative classification schemes in their traditional applications.
    Ex: For each term entering the vocabulary a record is constructed in a computer-held file.
    Ex: Printed title indexes which could be used as elementary subject indexes were one of the first products of computerised information retrieval systems.
    Ex: Her ALA activity includes having been Editor of Message from MARS, the occasional newsletter of the new RASD discussion group MARS, which stands for machine assisted Reference Service.
    Ex: Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.
    Ex: Mechanized systems offer a wide range of potential search strategies and searching aids.
    Ex: If a computer-stored controlled vocabulary is used, the assigned terms might be checked automatically and new or mistyped terms would be flagged (marked).
    Ex: The incorporation of such features into a system would permit us to create a machine-based catalog rather than a reference file of bibliographic records.
    Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: The 1980s have seen a significant increase in the quantity and breadth of offshore computering services -- those based in the developing countries.
    Ex: Database records are enhanced with links through to the full text of periodical articles, where these are available, or to the Library's disintermediated document delivery system where an online version of the article is not available.
    Ex: The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
    Ex: 'Data base' is a term referring to machine-readable collections of information, whether numerical, representational or bibliographic.
    * método automatizado = computer-based method.
    * semiautomatizado = partially-automated, semi-automated.

    * * *
    automated
    * * *

    Del verbo automatizar: ( conjugate automatizar)

    automatizado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    automatizado    
    automatizar
    automatizado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    automated
    automatizar ( conjugate automatizar) verbo transitivo
    to automate

    * * *
    automatizado, -a adj
    automated

    Spanish-English dictionary > automatizado

  • 102 bizantino

    adj.
    1 Byzantine, intricate.
    2 Byzantine, rich in detail, elaborate.
    3 Byzantine.
    4 Byzantine, from Byzantium.
    5 Byzantine, pertaining to Byzantium.
    * * *
    1 Byzantine
    3 figurado (decadente) decadent
    * * *
    bizantino, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) ( Hist) Byzantine
    2) (=baldío) idle, pointless; (=irreal) over-subtle, unreal
    3) (fig) (=decadente) decadent
    2.
    SM / F Byzantine
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Byzantine
    b) ( insoluble)
    * * *
    = Byzantine, byzantine.
    Ex. This Symposium acted as a brains trust on questions and problems of lexicography, as well as glossaries on Byzantine administrative terminology and the special language of hagiographic texts.
    Ex. Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    ----
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.
    * * *
    - na adjetivo
    a) (Hist) Byzantine
    b) ( insoluble)
    * * *
    = Byzantine, byzantine.

    Ex: This Symposium acted as a brains trust on questions and problems of lexicography, as well as glossaries on Byzantine administrative terminology and the special language of hagiographic texts.

    Ex: Those elderly bureaucrats and their byzantine procedures are cherished by the customers, who tend to be uninterested in the arcane details of 'digital,' and so are relentlessly passé themselves.
    * discusión bizantina = pointless discussion, pointless argument.

    * * *
    1 ( Hist) Byzantine
    2
    (insoluble): nos metimos en una discusión bizantina we got involved in a protracted and pointless argument o a protracted and unresolvable argument
    * * *

    bizantino
    ◊ -na adjetivo (Hist) Byzantine

    bizantino,-a adjetivo
    1 (complicado e irrelevante) hair-splitting: no perdamos el tiempo en cuestiones bizantinas, let's not waste time splitting hairs
    2 (de Bizancio) Byzantine

    ' bizantino' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bizantina
    * * *
    bizantino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Hist Byzantine
    2. [discusión, razonamiento] hair-splitting
    ♦ nm,f
    Byzantine
    * * *
    adj fig
    pointless

    Spanish-English dictionary > bizantino

  • 103 clase de redacción

    Ex. College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.
    * * *

    Ex: College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.

    Spanish-English dictionary > clase de redacción

  • 104 composición original

    Ex. This might be achieved by the setting up of a network of housebound readers and writers for the sharing and discussion of their creative writing.
    * * *

    Ex: This might be achieved by the setting up of a network of housebound readers and writers for the sharing and discussion of their creative writing.

    Spanish-English dictionary > composición original

  • 105 con iniciativa

    (adj.) = proactively [pro-actively], proactive [pro-active], enterprising
    Ex. So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.
    Ex. Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.
    Ex. I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.
    * * *
    (adj.) = proactively [pro-actively], proactive [pro-active], enterprising

    Ex: So long as the library possesses accurate knowledge about its activities, it can use it proactively to define the areas where it would be money and effort down the drain.

    Ex: Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.
    Ex: I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con iniciativa

  • 106 con sentido

    = meaningful, purposeful, in a meaningful way
    Ex. Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.
    Ex. To do this is to thwart the goal of eliciting genuine dialogue -- candid, searching, and purposeful discussion -- and motivating students to think, to study, to weigh ideas, and to develop their own solutions.
    Ex. If there is no god, it might eventually be possible to answer these questions in a meaningful way, a way that actually explains something.
    * * *
    = meaningful, purposeful, in a meaningful way

    Ex: Each operator has a filing value which has been designate in order to ensure that terms appear in the index string in an order that will produce a meaningful set of index entries.

    Ex: To do this is to thwart the goal of eliciting genuine dialogue -- candid, searching, and purposeful discussion -- and motivating students to think, to study, to weigh ideas, and to develop their own solutions.
    Ex: If there is no god, it might eventually be possible to answer these questions in a meaningful way, a way that actually explains something.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con sentido

  • 107 conservador

    adj.
    1 conservative, discreet, moderate, restrained.
    2 conservative, orthodox, rightist, right-wing.
    3 Conservative.
    m.
    1 conservative, praetorian, rightist, right-winger.
    2 preservative, preserver.
    3 Conservative.
    4 curator.
    * * *
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 PLÍTICA conservative
    2 (de museos) curator
    * * *
    1. (f. - conservadora)
    noun
    2. (f. - conservadora)
    adj.
    * * *
    conservador, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) (Culin) preservative
    2. SM / F
    1) (Pol) conservative, Tory
    2) [de museo] curator, keeper
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
    Ex. There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.
    Ex. The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex. In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex. This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex. The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex. He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex. Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex. One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex. The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex. Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex. Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex. Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex. Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex. The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex. He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex. It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex. This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex. No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex. Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    ----
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo conservative
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative
    b) ( de museo) curator
    * * *
    = conservative, conservator, curator, custodian, standpatter, preserver, ingrown, old-fashioned, backward-looking, keeper, custodial, Luddite, laggard, conservationist, conservative, illiberal, risk-averse, tweedy [tweedier -comp., tweediest -sup.], safekeeper [sake-keeper], dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

    Ex: There is a tendency to advance propositions premised upon the assumption that SLIS are staffed by inherently conservative, where they are not simply obtuse, individuals.

    Ex: The benefits of an on-site conservation laboratory and conservator are underlined.
    Ex: In her previous vocation she served as curator of History at the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences and later as Assistant to the Director of Johns Hopkins University, Institute of History and Medicine.
    Ex: This article maintains that archivists as custodians of the records have an ethical obligation to support the freest possible access to public records.
    Ex: The 'standpatters' have seen power shift away from themselves to the newcomers and other lifelong 'progressive' Junctionvillers, who were muted under previous administrations.
    Ex: He also lumps himself and librarians together as 'devoted and in some instances veteran pursuers, preservers, and disseminators of truth'.
    Ex: Book clubs need not be enclosed, much less ingrown = Los clubs de lectores no deben ser cerrados y mucho menos conservadores.
    Ex: One is tempted to say that the enthusiasts for postcoordinate systems, being forced to admit reluctantly that control was necessary, couldn't bear to use the old-fashioned term 'list of subject headings'.
    Ex: The book is essentially backward-looking rather than forward-looking in content.
    Ex: Vervliet's involvement with books began with his appointment in 1949 as keeper at the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp, where he acquired a wide knowledge of the history of printing in the Low Countries.
    Ex: Broadly, one can distinguish, then, between what one might call the ' custodial' or 'warehouse' aspects of the librarian's task, and the 'communications' aspect.
    Ex: Librarians who have reservations about the spread of electronically based services are not Luddites.
    Ex: Individuals are distributed along a normal bell-shaped curve, with the majority in the large center and innovators and laggards a the the two extremes.
    Ex: The present conservationist approach to librarianship reflects Victorian priorities.
    Ex: He ends his book with a discussion of the politicizing effects of the actions of conservatives and loyalists at the end of the century.
    Ex: It is argued that Israel, in spite of its free elections, is an illiberal democracy.
    Ex: This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the ' risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
    Ex: No bright new digital firm can do without at least some of the supposedly decrepit bureaucracy it so abhors in the old tweedy institutions it wants to replace.
    Ex: Libraries find themselves frustrated in their role as safekeepers of science: how can they ensure optimal access and availability if they do not control the access systems?.
    Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
    Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    * conservador de documentos = records custodian.
    * conservador del archivo = archives custodian.
    * de un modo conservador = conservatively.
    * neoconservador = neoconservative [neo-conservative], neoconservative [neo-conservative].
    * partido conservador = conservative party.

    * * *
    1 ( Pol) ‹partido/gobierno› conservative
    2 (tradicional) ‹persona/ideas› conservative
    es muy conservador en sus gustos he's very conservative in his tastes
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Pol) conservative
    2 (de un museo) curator
    3
    conservador masculine ( Coc) preservative
    * * *

    conservador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    conservative
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Pol) conservative


    conservador,-ora
    I adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino conservative
    Pol Conservative
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Pol Conservative
    2 (de un museo, una biblioteca) curator
    ' conservador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barrer
    - bloque
    - conservadora
    - europeísta
    English:
    conservative
    - keeper
    - seat
    - Tory
    - wet
    - Conservative
    - curator
    - custodian
    - round
    * * *
    conservador, -ora
    ♦ adj
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative;
    es un entrenador muy conservador he's a very conservative manager
    2. [del partido conservador] Conservative
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tradicionalista] conservative
    2. [miembro del partido conservador] Conservative
    3. [de museo] curator;
    [de biblioteca] librarian; [de parque natural] keeper
    * * *
    I adj conservative
    II m, conservadora f
    1 de museo curator
    2 POL conservative
    * * *
    conservador, - dora adj & n
    : conservative
    : preservative
    * * *
    conservador adj n conservative

    Spanish-English dictionary > conservador

  • 108 convencional

    adj.
    conventional.
    * * *
    1 conventional
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    adjetivo conventional
    * * *
    = conventional, stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], mainline, mainstream, conventionalised [conventionalized, -USA].
    Ex. The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex. Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex. Historically, knowledge about plant and animal species is systematised through conventionalised descriptive terminology.
    ----
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * nombre convencional = conventional name.
    * poco convencional = unconventional.
    * * *
    adjetivo conventional
    * * *
    = conventional, stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], mainline, mainstream, conventionalised [conventionalized, -USA].

    Ex: The foregoing discussion concerning analytical entries assumes implicitly a conventional catalogue format, that is, card, microform or other printed catalogue.

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex: This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
    Ex: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.
    Ex: Historically, knowledge about plant and animal species is systematised through conventionalised descriptive terminology.
    * nada convencional = unorthodox.
    * nombre convencional = conventional name.
    * poco convencional = unconventional.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona/ideas/estilo› conventional
    viste de manera convencional he dresses conventionally
    2 ‹armas› conventional
    delegate
    * * *

    convencional adjetivo
    conventional
    convencional adjetivo conventional
    ' convencional' also found in these entries:
    English:
    conventional
    - off-beat
    - unconventional
    - uptight
    - off
    - straight
    - stuffy
    * * *
    1. [ideas, gustos, persona] conventional
    2. [armas] conventional
    * * *
    adj conventional
    * * *
    : conventional

    Spanish-English dictionary > convencional

  • 109 depravado

    adj.
    depraved, corrupt, perverse, degenerate.
    m.
    depraved man, unprincipled person, reprobate.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: depravar.
    * * *
    1→ link=depravar depravar
    1 depraved
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 depraved person, degenerate
    * * *
    depravado, -a
    1.
    ADJ depraved, corrupt
    2.
    SM / F degenerate
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino degenerate
    * * *
    = vicious, degenerate, pervert, cad.
    Ex. For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.
    Ex. Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.
    Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex. Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino degenerate
    * * *
    = vicious, degenerate, pervert, cad.

    Ex: For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.

    Ex: Music by Jewish composers and works were branded in Nazi Germany as degenerate art.
    Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex: Not only that, but this cad has also convinced them she is losing her faculties.

    * * *
    depravado1 -da
    depraved
    depravado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    degenerate
    un depravado sexual a pervert, a sexual pervert
    * * *

    Del verbo depravar: ( conjugate depravar)

    depravado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    depravado    
    depravar
    depravado
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino

    degenerate
    depravado,-a
    I sustantivo masculino y femenino depraved person
    depravado sexual, (sexual) pervert
    II adjetivo depraved, corrupt
    depravar verbo transitivo to deprave, corrupt

    ' depravado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    depravada
    English:
    depraved
    * * *
    depravado, -a
    ♦ adj
    depraved
    ♦ nm,f
    depraved person;
    ser un depravado to be depraved o degenerate
    * * *
    adj depraved
    * * *
    depravado, -da adj
    degenerado: depraved, degenerate

    Spanish-English dictionary > depravado

  • 110 desairar

    v.
    to snub, to slight (person).
    * * *
    1 (desatender) to slight, snub
    2 (desestimar) to reject
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ persona] to slight, snub; [+ cosa] to disregard
    2) (Com) to default on
    2.
    VI
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to snub
    * * *
    = rebuff, slight, snub, spurn, diss.
    Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.
    Ex. 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.
    Ex. Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.
    Ex. Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex. The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex. And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to snub
    * * *
    = rebuff, slight, snub, spurn, diss.
    Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.

    Ex: 'Do not rebuff him before he has swept out his body or before he has said that for which he came'.

    Ex: Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.
    Ex: Some black librarian see little progress towards race-neutral attitudes and finds themselves either directly or indirectly snubbed, patronised or completely ignored by users as well as staff members.
    Ex: The government seems to spurns the architecture profession and there is a growing rift between architects who assert their utility and those who cleave to artistic prerogatives.
    Ex: And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.

    * * *
    desairar [A1 ]
    vt
    to snub
    * * *

    desairar verbo transitivo to slight, snub: aceptaron la invitación para no desairar a su hermana, they accepted the invitation so her sister wouldn't be offended
    ' desairar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rebuff
    - slight
    - snub
    * * *
    [persona] to snub, to slight
    * * *
    v/t snub
    * * *
    desairar {5} vt
    : to snub, to rebuff

    Spanish-English dictionary > desairar

  • 111 desde entonces

    adv.
    ever since, from that time on, ever after, from that time.
    * * *
    since then
    * * *
    * * *
    = ever since, henceforth, in the interim, since, since that time, since then, henceforward, ever since then, ever since then, thenceforth, in the intervening years, ever after, in the intervening period, since that day
    Ex. By the 1820s good white paper was regularly produced with the aid of chlorine bleaches, and the process has been used in the manufacture of virtually all white paper ever since.
    Ex. Henceforth the inventory function was no longer to be a part of the functions of the library's catalog.
    Ex. In the interim there has been considerable activity in developing guidelines for catalogue headings and in compiling authority lists.
    Ex. It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.
    Ex. This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex. Since then library planning has developed along lines best suited to British practise and needs.
    Ex. Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex. Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex. Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex. From 1751 to 1766 he copied out the details of all the various processes in two books, which were thenceforth kept in the factory's archives.
    Ex. In the intervening years reference collections and reference services have changed greatly with the introduction of electronic media.
    Ex. The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    Ex. The present survey involved contacting the same libraries and institutions in order to see what changes had taken place in the intervening period.
    Ex. A lot has been written about the plunge in consumer confidence since that day.
    * * *
    = ever since, henceforth, in the interim, since, since that time, since then, henceforward, ever since then, ever since then, thenceforth, in the intervening years, ever after, in the intervening period, since that day

    Ex: By the 1820s good white paper was regularly produced with the aid of chlorine bleaches, and the process has been used in the manufacture of virtually all white paper ever since.

    Ex: Henceforth the inventory function was no longer to be a part of the functions of the library's catalog.
    Ex: In the interim there has been considerable activity in developing guidelines for catalogue headings and in compiling authority lists.
    Ex: It has since been echoed repeatedly in the discussion of cataloging despite the persuasive and decisive refutation of it by Panizzi before the Royal Commission.
    Ex: This practice has been adopted by a number of national cataloguing codes promulgated since that time.
    Ex: Since then library planning has developed along lines best suited to British practise and needs.
    Ex: Originally the advent of on-line interactive searches was hailed by some as a boon to users who could henceforward conduct their own searches.
    Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead.
    Ex: From 1751 to 1766 he copied out the details of all the various processes in two books, which were thenceforth kept in the factory's archives.
    Ex: In the intervening years reference collections and reference services have changed greatly with the introduction of electronic media.
    Ex: The author focuses on debunking the Cinderella Myth -- that relates the tale of Cinderella who is abused and exploited until she finds Prince Charming and lives happily ever after.
    Ex: The present survey involved contacting the same libraries and institutions in order to see what changes had taken place in the intervening period.
    Ex: A lot has been written about the plunge in consumer confidence since that day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde entonces

  • 112 desviar

    v.
    1 to divert.
    2 to deviate, to deflect, to detour, to put off track.
    El guarda desvió el auto The guard deviated the car.
    El agua desvía la luz Water deviates light.
    Ella desvió su atención She deviated his attention.
    3 to turn aside, to shift, to turn, to avert.
    * * *
    (stressed í in certain persons of certain tenses)
    Present Indicative
    desvío, desvías, desvía, desviamos, desviáis, desvían.
    Present Subjunctive
    desvíe, desvíes, desvíe, desviemos, desviéis, desvíen.
    Imperative
    desvía (tú), desvíe (él/Vd.), desviemos (nos.), desviad (vos.), desvíen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    •
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=apartar) [+ balón, flecha] to deflect; [+ golpe] to parry; [+ pregunta] to evade; [+ ojos] to avert, turn away; [+ tren] to switch, switch into a siding; [+ avión, circulación] to divert ( por through)
    2) [+ persona]
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; < río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; < fondos> to divert

    desvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze

    2) ( apartar)

    desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal

    2.
    desviarse v pron
    1) carretera to branch off; vehículo to turn off

    el coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right

    * * *
    = deflect, divert.
    Ex. On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.
    Ex. In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    ----
    * desviar a = shunt into.
    * desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.
    * desviar fondos = divert + funds.
    * desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.
    * desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.
    * desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.
    * desviarse del curso = veer from + course.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) <tráfico/vuelo> to divert; < río> to alter the course of; <golpe/pelota> to deflect, parry; < fondos> to divert

    desvió la mirada — he looked away, he averted his gaze

    2) ( apartar)

    desviar a alguien de algo: desviar a alguien del buen camino to lead somebody astray; aquello me desvió de mi propósito — that deflected me from my goal

    2.
    desviarse v pron
    1) carretera to branch off; vehículo to turn off

    el coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad/hacia la derecha — the car turned off toward(s) the city center/turned off to the right

    * * *
    = deflect, divert.

    Ex: On deflecting one of these levers to the right he runs through the book before him, each page in turn being projected at a speed which just allows a recognizing glance at each.

    Ex: In February 1986 an unforeseeable financial crisis at the Georgia Institute of Technology's library made it necessary to divert the binding budget to other areas and without warning binding activities were halted.
    * desviar a = shunt into.
    * desviar el debate de... a = wrest + discussion + away from... to.
    * desviar fondos = divert + funds.
    * desviar + Posesivo + atención = divert + Posesivo + attention.
    * desviarse = stray (from/outside), skew away, drift off, fork.
    * desviarse de = depart from, deviate (from), wander from.
    * desviarse del buen camino = go off + the rails.
    * desviarse del curso = veer from + course.
    * desviarse del tema = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, wander off + track, wander off + topic, go off + the track, get off + the track, fly off on + a tangent.
    * desviarse del tema en cuestión = go off on + another track.
    * desviarse del tema principal = sidetrack.
    * desviarse de rumbo = be off course, fly off + course.
    * desviarse de un tema temporalmente = go off on + side excursions.

    * * *
    vt
    A ‹tráfico› to divert; ‹río› to alter the course of, divert; ‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, ward off, parry
    el avión/vuelo fue desviado a Detroit the plane/flight was diverted to Detroit
    desviar la conversación to change the subject
    desvió la mirada or los ojos he looked away, he averted his gaze o eyes
    B ( Fin) ‹fondos› to divert
    C (apartar) desviar a algn DE algo:
    las malas compañías lo han desviado del buen camino the bad company he keeps has led him astray
    no conseguirán desviarme de mi propósito they will not manage to deflect me from my goal
    ■ desviar
    vi
    to turn off
    A «carretera» to branch off; «vehículo» to turn off
    donde la carretera se desvía hacia la frontera where the road branches off toward(s) the border
    el coche se desvió hacia el centro de la ciudad the car turned off toward(s) the city center
    la conversación se desvió hacia otros temas the conversation turned to other things
    B «persona»: desviarse DE algo; to stray OFF sth
    nos desviamos del camino y nos perdimos we went off o strayed off the path and got lost
    se han desviado de su programa original they have strayed from their original plan
    nos estamos desviando del tema we're getting off the point o going off at a tangent o getting sidetracked, we're digressing
    * * *

     

    desviar ( conjugate desviar) verbo transitivo ‹tráfico/vuelo/fondos› to divert;
    ‹ río› to alter the course of;
    ‹golpe/pelota› to deflect, parry;

    desvió la mirada he looked away
    desviarse verbo pronominal
    1 [ carretera] to branch off;
    [ vehículo] to turn off;

    2 [ persona] desviarse de algo ‹ de ruta› to deviate from sth;
    ‹ de tema› to get off sth
    desviar verbo transitivo
    1 (un río, el tráfico, fondos) to divert, detour
    2 (un tiro, golpe) to deflect
    3 (la conversación) to change
    4 (la mirada) to avert
    ' desviar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    derivar
    - distraer
    English:
    avert
    - deflect
    - divert
    - head off
    - redirect
    - siphon off
    - switch
    - turn aside
    - ward off
    - detour
    - reroute
    - side
    - siphon
    - ward
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [tráfico, automóviles] to divert;
    [río, cauce] to divert; [dirección, rumbo] to change;
    aquello desvió al “Mayflower” de su rumbo that caused the “Mayflower” to change course;
    los vuelos fueron desviados al aeropuerto de Luton flights were diverted to Luton airport
    2. [fondos] to divert (a into)
    3. [golpe] to parry;
    [pelota, disparo] to deflect;
    Sanz desvió el balón a córner Sanz deflected the ball for a corner
    4. [pregunta] to evade;
    [conversación] to change the direction of;
    no desvíes la conversación don't get us off the subject
    5. [mirada, ojos] to avert;
    desvió la mirada avergonzado he looked away in shame
    6. [apartar] to dissuade, to turn aside (de from);
    aquel imprevisto lo desvió de sus planes that unforeseen circumstance caused him to depart from his plans
    * * *
    v/t
    1 golpe deflect, parry; pelota deflect; tráfico divert; río divert, alter the course of;
    desviar la conversación change the subject;
    2
    :
    * * *
    desviar {85} vt
    1) : to change the course of, to divert
    2) : to turn away, to deflect
    * * *
    desviar vb (tráfico) to divert

    Spanish-English dictionary > desviar

  • 113 difundir una idea

    (v.) = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea
    Ex. The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.
    Ex. This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.
    Ex. Our aim is to provoke discussion and to provide commentators with an opportunity to circulate their ideas in a new format.
    * * *
    (v.) = spread + view, spread + an idea, circulate + Posesivo + idea

    Ex: The view that Chinese immigration was a threat to the American labour force spread throughout the United States in the late 19th century.

    Ex: This idea spread during an era in which reformers regarded the book as a curative for societal ills = Esta idea se difundió durante una era durante la que los reformistas consideraban el libro como un remedio para los males sociales.
    Ex: Our aim is to provoke discussion and to provide commentators with an opportunity to circulate their ideas in a new format.

    Spanish-English dictionary > difundir una idea

  • 114 elegido

    adj.
    elected, favorite, chosen, elect.
    f. & m.
    designee, appointee, choice, elect.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: elegir.
    * * *
    1→ link=elegir elegir
    1 (escogido) chosen
    2 (predilecto) preferred
    3 PLÍTICA elected
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 chosen one
    2 PLÍTICA elected person
    1 the chosen few
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=escogido) chosen, selected
    2) (Pol) elect, elected
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino (Relig) chosen one
    * * *
    = chosen, nominated, elected.
    Ex. A menu-based information retrieval system displays, on a television or other terminal connected to a computer, a list of categories from which the user must select one by keying the code which represents the chosen category.
    Ex. In a computer conference, a discussion document (or a nominated topic) is commented upon by participants at various locations, over a period of time.
    Ex. Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    ----
    * opción elegida = choice.
    * ser elegido = get in.
    * unos pocos elegidos = a select few.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino (Relig) chosen one
    * * *
    = chosen, nominated, elected.

    Ex: A menu-based information retrieval system displays, on a television or other terminal connected to a computer, a list of categories from which the user must select one by keying the code which represents the chosen category.

    Ex: In a computer conference, a discussion document (or a nominated topic) is commented upon by participants at various locations, over a period of time.
    Ex: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.
    * opción elegida = choice.
    * ser elegido = get in.
    * unos pocos elegidos = a select few.

    * * *
    elegido -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Relig) chosen one
    los elegidos the chosen, the elect
    * * *
    elegido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [escogido] selected, chosen
    2. [por votación] elected
    ♦ nm,f
    person chosen/elected;
    los elegidos the chosen few;
    sólo unos cuantos elegidos podrán asistir al acto only a select few will be able to attend the ceremony
    * * *
    elegido, -da adj
    1) : chosen, selected
    2) : elected

    Spanish-English dictionary > elegido

  • 115 encuestar

    v.
    to poll.
    * * *
    1 to poll
    * * *
    VT to poll, take a poll of

    el 69 por 100 de los encuestados — 69% of those polled

    * * *
    = survey, poll.
    Ex. Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.
    Ex. College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.
    * * *
    = survey, poll.

    Ex: Chapters 7 and 8 introduced the problems associated with author cataloguing and have surveyed the purpose of cataloguing codes.

    Ex: College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.

    * * *
    encuestar [A1 ]
    vt
    to survey
    * * *

    encuestar verbo transitivo to poll
    ' encuestar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    survey
    * * *
    to poll
    * * *
    v/t poll
    * * *
    : to poll, to take a survey of

    Spanish-English dictionary > encuestar

  • 116 enseñar

    v.
    1 to teach, to show, to lecture on.
    Ella le enseña a Ricardo She teaches Richard.
    Le enseñó a todos la verdad He showed the whole world the truth.
    Ella enseña en su tiempo libre She teaches in her spare time.
    Enseñó los dientes He showed his teeth.
    Ella enseña inglés She teaches English.
    2 to teach, to instruct, to educate, to train.
    Ella le enseña a Ricardo She teaches Richard.
    3 to show, to show to.
    Le enseñó a todos la verdad He showed the whole world the truth.
    4 to teach.
    Ella enseña en su tiempo libre She teaches in her spare time.
    5 to show, to exhibit.
    Enseñó los dientes He showed his teeth.
    6 to point out, to preach.
    Enseñó el camino He pointed out the way.
    * * *
    1 (en escuela etc) to teach, train, instruct
    2 (educar) to educate
    3 (mostrar, dejar ver) to show
    4 (señalar) to point out
    \
    enseñar los dientes figurado to bare one's teeth
    * * *
    verb
    2) show
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Educ) to teach, educate
    2) (=mostrar) to show; (=señalar) to point out

    nos enseñó el museo — he showed us over o around the museum

    3) (=entrenar) to train
    2.
    VI to teach, be a teacher
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < asignatura> to teach

    enseñarle a alguien a + inf — to teach somebody to + inf

    b) ( dar escarmiento) to teach
    2) ( mostrar) to show
    2.
    enseñarse v pron (Méx fam)

    enseñarse a + inf — ( aprender) to learn to + inf; ( acostumbrarse) to get used to -ing

    * * *
    = instruct, show, teach, train, hold up, educate, walk + Nombre + through.
    Ex. Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.
    Ex. This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.
    Ex. The aim of this course is to teach some of the practical skills required in subject indexing.
    Ex. The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex. Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex. The staff undertake searches and enquiries for the user and educate the user by various ways, from informal discussion to fully prepared lectures.
    Ex. This unit of study walks early elementary students through the basics of counting and using the smallest U.S. coin denominations (penny, nickel, and dime).
    ----
    * enseñado a pedir el baño = toilet-trained.
    * enseñado a usar el orinal = potty-trained.
    * enseñado a usar la caja de arena = house-trained.
    * enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].
    * enseñar el culo = moon, do + a moony.
    * enseñar los dientes = show + Posesivo + teeth, bare + Posesivo + teeth.
    * enseñar una lección = give + a lesson, teach + lesson.
    * enseñar un edificio a Alguien = show + Nombre + round.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * historia + enseñar = history + teach, lesson from history.
    * volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < asignatura> to teach

    enseñarle a alguien a + inf — to teach somebody to + inf

    b) ( dar escarmiento) to teach
    2) ( mostrar) to show
    2.
    enseñarse v pron (Méx fam)

    enseñarse a + inf — ( aprender) to learn to + inf; ( acostumbrarse) to get used to -ing

    * * *
    = instruct, show, teach, train, hold up, educate, walk + Nombre + through.

    Ex: Some of the above limitations of title indexes can be overcome by exercising a measure of control over the index terminology, and by inputting and instructing the computer to print a number of pre-determined links or references between keywords.

    Ex: This shows a record in an abstracts based bibliographic data base.
    Ex: The aim of this course is to teach some of the practical skills required in subject indexing.
    Ex: The larger abstracting organisations train their own abstractors.
    Ex: Banning's decision to hold up Madison and Jefferson as models without discussing in some depth the practical ways in which they politicked shortchanges the reader.
    Ex: The staff undertake searches and enquiries for the user and educate the user by various ways, from informal discussion to fully prepared lectures.
    Ex: This unit of study walks early elementary students through the basics of counting and using the smallest U.S. coin denominations (penny, nickel, and dime).
    * enseñado a pedir el baño = toilet-trained.
    * enseñado a usar el orinal = potty-trained.
    * enseñado a usar la caja de arena = house-trained.
    * enseñar de nuevo = retrain [re-train].
    * enseñar el culo = moon, do + a moony.
    * enseñar los dientes = show + Posesivo + teeth, bare + Posesivo + teeth.
    * enseñar una lección = give + a lesson, teach + lesson.
    * enseñar un edificio a Alguien = show + Nombre + round.
    * experiencia + enseñar = experience + teach.
    * historia + enseñar = history + teach, lesson from history.
    * volver a enseñar = retrain [re-train].

    * * *
    enseñar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹asignatura› to teach enseñarle a algn A + INF to teach sb to + INF
    me enseñó a nadar she taught me to swim
    ¿me enseñas cómo se hace? will you show me how it's done o how to do it?, will you teach me how to do it?
    les enseñan a buscar drogas they train them to search for drugs
    eso te enseñará a comportarte como es debido that'll teach you to behave properly
    B (mostrar) to show
    tienes que enseñarme las fotos/tu nuevo piso you must show me the photos/your new apartment
    me enseñó el camino she showed me the way
    vas enseñando la combinación your slip's showing
    ( Méx fam) enseñarse A + INF (aprender) to learn to + INF; (acostumbrarse) to get used TO -ING
    * * *

     

    enseñar ( conjugate enseñar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹asignatura/niño› to teach;

    ‹ animal› to train;
    enseñarle a algn a hacer algo to teach sb to do sth

    2 ( mostrar) ‹camino/procedimiento› to show
    enseñarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) enseñarse a hacer algo ( aprender) to learn to do sth;
    ( acostumbrarse) to get used to doing sth
    enseñar verbo transitivo
    1 to teach: enséñame a manejar la cámara, teach me how to use the camera ➣ Ver nota en teach 2 (dejar ver) to show: enséñame el camino, show me the way
    ' enseñar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aleccionar
    - alfabetizar
    - demostrar
    - educar
    - iluminar
    - ilustrar
    - método
    - presentar
    English:
    chest
    - instruct
    - intent
    - rope
    - show
    - teach
    - toilet-train
    - toilet-training
    - train
    - flash
    - mean
    - take
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [instruir] to teach;
    enseña inglés en una academia de idiomas he teaches English in a language school;
    enseñar a alguien a hacer algo to teach sb to do sth;
    está enseñando a su hijo a Esp [m5] conducir o Am [m5] manejar she's teaching her son to drive;
    mi padre me enseñó a hacerlo o [m5] cómo hacerlo my father taught me how to do it
    2. [aleccionar] to teach;
    enseñar a alguien a hacer algo to teach sb to do sth;
    la derrota les enseñó a ser más humildes the defeat taught them some humility
    3. [mostrar] to show;
    enséñame tu vestido nuevo show me your new dress;
    enséñanos lo que has aprendido show us what you've learned;
    al estirarse, enseñaba el ombligo when he stretched you could see his belly button;
    va enseñando los hombros provocativamente her shoulders are provocatively uncovered
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( dar clases) teach;
    enseñar a leer a alguien teach s.o. to read
    2 ( mostrar) show
    * * *
    1) : to teach
    2) mostrar: to show, to display
    * * *
    1. (instruir) to teach [pt. & pp. taught]
    2. (mostrar) to show [pt. showed; pp. shown]

    Spanish-English dictionary > enseñar

  • 117 estar resuelto a

    (v.) = be intent on, be all set to
    Ex. The Chinese government is intent on stifling debate in the country's blogosphere by restricting the activities of bloggers and preventing discussion of sensitive topics.
    Ex. With that in mind, both girls were all set to go to Mindoro but the circumstances made it extra difficult for them to reach their destination.
    * * *
    (v.) = be intent on, be all set to

    Ex: The Chinese government is intent on stifling debate in the country's blogosphere by restricting the activities of bloggers and preventing discussion of sensitive topics.

    Ex: With that in mind, both girls were all set to go to Mindoro but the circumstances made it extra difficult for them to reach their destination.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar resuelto a

  • 118 estudiante universitario de primer año

    Ex. College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.
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    Ex: College freshman enrolled in English composition classes were polled to determine their attitudes towards two different methods of bibliographic instruction: the lecture-discussion practicum and the workbook.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estudiante universitario de primer año

  • 119 expresar agradecimiento

    (v.) = express + thanks, express + appreciation
    Ex. I would like to wholeheartedly agree with what the previous speaker said and to express my thanks to the Library of Congress and its staff members.
    Ex. I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.
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    (v.) = express + thanks, express + appreciation

    Ex: I would like to wholeheartedly agree with what the previous speaker said and to express my thanks to the Library of Congress and its staff members.

    Ex: I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar agradecimiento

  • 120 expresar aprecio

    (v.) = express + appreciation
    Ex. I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.
    * * *
    (v.) = express + appreciation

    Ex: I should like first of all to express my appreciation to the enterprising and energetic partnership of Freedman and Malinconico for their indefatigable efforts to focus attention and foster discussion on current developments and issues in cataloging.

    Spanish-English dictionary > expresar aprecio

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