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1 toujours

toujours [tuʒuʀ]

adverb

   a. ( = tout le temps) always

• je t'aimerai toujours I'll always love you

• il est toujours à or en train de critiquer (inf) he's always criticizing

• les jeunes veulent toujours plus d'indépendance young people want more and more independence

• comme toujours as always

• ce sont des amis de toujours they are lifelong friends

• il est parti pour toujours he's gone forever

• presque toujours almost always

   b. ( = encore) still

• bien qu'à la retraite il travaillait toujours although he had retired he was still working

• j'espère toujours qu'elle viendra I'm still hoping she'll come

• ils n'ont toujours pas répondu they still haven't replied

• est-ce que Louise est rentrée ? -- non elle est toujours à Paris/non toujours pas is Louise back? -- no, she's still in Paris/no not yet

• il est toujours aussi désagréable he's still as unpleasant as ever

   c. (intensif) anyway

• écrivez toujours, il vous répondra peut-être write anyway - he might answer you

• il vient toujours un moment où... there must come a time when...

• je trouverai toujours une excuse I can always think up an excuse

• vous pouvez toujours crier, il n'y a personne shout as much as you like - there's no-one about

• il était peut-être là, toujours est-il que je ne l'ai pas vu he may well have been around, but the fact remains that I didn't see him

• c'est toujours ça de pris (inf) that's something anyway

• ça peut toujours servir it might come in handy

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tuʒuʀ
adverbe

1) (exprimant la continuité, la répétition) always

j'en rêve depuis toujours — I've always dreamed about it

de toujours — [ami] very old; [amitié] long-standing

toujours plus vite — faster and faster

des frais toujours plus importants — ever-increasing costs

2) ( encore) still

c'est toujours aussi difficile — it's still just as hard

3) ( de toute façon) anyway

viens toujours — come anyway

on peut toujours essayer — we can always try

cela peut toujours servir — it might come in handy

c'est toujours mieux que rien — it's still better than nothing

c'est toujours ça de pris or de gagné — that's something at least

toujours est-il que — the fact remains that

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tuʒuʀ adv
1) (= tout le temps) always

Il est toujours très gentil. — He's always very nice.

pour toujours — forever

2) (= encore) still

Quand nous sommes revenus, il était toujours là. — When we got back he was still there.

3) (autres locutions)

depuis toujours — always

essaie toujours — try anyway

toujours est-il que — the fact remains that

toujours plus — more and more

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toujours adv

1 ( exprimant la continuité) always; cela a toujours existé et existera toujours it always has existed and it always will; je t'aimerai toujours I'll always love you; ce n'est pas toujours vrai that is not always true; comme toujours as always; vouloir toujours plus always to want more; pour toujours forever; ils se connaissent depuis toujours they've known each other all their lives; j'en rêve depuis toujours I've always dreamed about it; de toujours [ami] very old; [amitié] long-standing; toujours plus vite faster and faster; toujours plus grand bigger and bigger; des frais toujours plus importants ever-increasing costs;

2 ( exprimant la répétition) always; il est toujours en retard he is always late; c'est toujours pareil it's always the same; ce n'est pas toujours évident it's not always obvious; toujours prêt à aider/critiquer always ready to help/criticize; vous serez toujours le bienvenu you're always welcome;

3 ( encore) still; il est toujours couché? is he still in bed?; il n'est toujours pas levé? is he still not up?; c'est toujours aussi difficile it's still just as hard;

4 ( de toute façon) anyway; viens toujours come anyway; on peut toujours essayer we can always try; cela peut toujours servir it might come in handy; c'est toujours mieux que rien it's still better than nothing; c'est toujours ça de pris or de gagné that's something at least; toujours est-il que the fact remains that.

[tuʒur] adverbe

1. [exprimant la continuité dans le temps] always

je l'ai toujours dit/cru I've always said/thought so

il est toujours à se plaindre he's always ou he never stops complaining

ils n'ont pas toujours été aussi riches they haven't always been so rich

ça ne durera pas toujours it won't last forever

le ciel toujours bleu the eternally blue sky

Sophie, toujours plus belle Sophie, ever more beautiful

toujours plus haut, toujours plus vite, toujours plus loin ever higher, ever faster, ever farther

ils sont toujours plus exigeants they are more and more demanding

2. [marquant la fréquence, la répétition] always

elle est toujours en retard she is always late

les erreurs ne sont pas toujours où on les attend mistakes sometimes occur where we least expect them

tu as toujours raison, enfin presque toujours you're always right, well, nearly always!

3. [encore] still

tu travailles toujours are you still working?

il fait toujours aussi chaud it is as hot as ever

tu es toujours aussi serviable! (ironique) you're just ou still as helpful as ever(, I see)!

toujours pas still not

ta leçon n'est toujours pas sue you still don't know your lesson

elle n'a toujours pas téléphoné she hasn't phoned yet, she still hasn't phoned

4. [dans des emplois expressifs]

tu peux toujours essayer you can always try, you might as well try

prends-le, tu peux toujours en avoir besoin take it, you may ou might need it (some day)

ça peut toujours servir it might come in handy ou useful

c'est toujours mieux que rien still, it's better than nothing

on trouvera toujours un moyen we're sure ou bound to find a way

tu peux toujours pleurer, je ne céderai pas (you can) cry as much as you like, I won't give in

tu lui fais confiance? — pas dans le travail, toujours! do you trust him? — not when it comes to work, anyway!

c'est toujours ça de pris that's something (at least)

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comme toujours locution adverbiale

as always, as ever

il a été charmant, comme toujours he was charming as always

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de toujours locution adjectivale

elle se retrouvait face à son public de toujours she found herself before her faithful audience of old

une amitié de toujours a lifelong friendship

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pour toujours locution adverbiale

forever

tu me le donnes pour toujours? can I keep it forever ou for good?

toujours est-il que locution conjonctive

the fact remains that

j'ignore pourquoi elle a refusé, toujours est-il que le projet tombe à l'eau I don't know why she refused, but the fact remains that the plan has had to be abandoned

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > toujours
2 difícil

adj.

difficult, tough, arduous, cumbersome.

Un trabajo difícil [duro] A stiff job.

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difícil

► adjetivo

1 difficult, hard

■ es difícil de complacer she's hard to please

■ lo que dices es difícil de entender what you're saying is difficult to understand

2 (improbable) unlikely

■ es difícil que nos encontremos allí it's unlikely that we'll meet there, we're unlikely to meet there

* * *

adj.

difficult, hard

* * *

ADJ

1) (=complicado) [problema] difficult; [tiempos, vida] difficult, hard; [situación] difficult, delicate

es difícil de hacer — it's difficult o hard to do

es difícil que venga — he is unlikely to come

me resulta muy difícil decidir — I find it very hard to decide, I have great difficulty in deciding

creo que lo tiene difícil — I think he's going to find it difficult

2) [persona] difficult

es un hombre difícil — he's a difficult man to get on with

un niño difícil — a difficult child

3) * [cara] ugly

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adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil — you're making it harder for me by being like that

lo tiene difícil para convencerlo — she'll have a hard job convincing him

me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

esto se hace cada vez más difícil — this is becoming more and more difficult

difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

es difícil de entender — it's difficult to understand

b) [estar] (fam)

está la cosa difícil — things are pretty difficult o tricky (colloq)

2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

va a ser muy difícil que acepte — it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane — I doubt if she'll win

3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult

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= arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

Ex. Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

Ex. It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.

Ex. Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.

Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex. It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.

Ex. As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex. The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.

Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex. The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

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

Ex. It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.

Ex. Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex. Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.

Ex. This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

Ex. The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.

Ex. The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

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* ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.

* algo muy difícil = a tough sell.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* cuestión difícil = poser.

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.

* difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.

* difícil de hacer = hard to do.

* difícil de localizar = irretraceable.

* difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.

* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.

* difícil de tratar = unruly.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.

* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.

* en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.

* hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.

* hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* pregunta difícil = poser.

* pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.

* problema difícil = poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* situación difícil = hardship.

* tarea difícil = hard task.

* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy.

* tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

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adjetivo

1)

a) [ser] <problema/situación> difficult; < examen> hard, difficult

corren tiempos difíciles — these are difficult times

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil — you're making it harder for me by being like that

lo tiene difícil para convencerlo — she'll have a hard job convincing him

me fue muy difícil decírselo — it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas — it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

esto se hace cada vez más difícil — this is becoming more and more difficult

difícil de + inf — difficult o hard to + inf

es difícil de entender — it's difficult to understand

b) [estar] (fam)

está la cosa difícil — things are pretty difficult o tricky (colloq)

2) [ser] ( poco probable) unlikely

es posible pero lo veo difícil — it's possible, but I don't think it's very likely

va a ser muy difícil que acepte — it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane — I doubt if she'll win

3) [ser] <persona/carácter> difficult

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= arduous, demanding, difficult, intractable, laborious, painful, taxing, tough [tougher -comp., toughest -sup.], thorny [thornier -comp., thorniest -sup.], delicate, tortuous, hardscrabble, obstinate, bumpy, dicey [dicier -comp., diciest -sup.], uphill, problematic, problematical, hard [harder -comp., hardest -sup.].

Ex: Plays and music performances put on by staff and children require less arduous preparation than a full-length public performance.

Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

Ex: It's already difficult to find a lot of these things as it is, but it would be absolute irresponsibility to go to a title-main entry.

Ex: Unfortunately, these factors simultaneously make the resolution of the situation more intractable.

Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

Ex: It is difficult to remember the special interests of more than a few people, and hence rather taxing to provide SDI manually to more than a handful of users.

Ex: As educators, then, we need to ask ourselves some very tough questions -- some to which we would rather not hear the answers.

Ex: The article 'The comfortable pew is a thorny throne' reviews the technological, political, philosophical, professional and educational issues associated with filtering access to information.

Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.

Ex: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.

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

Ex: It is not wise, by the way, to approach the author by telephone for this puts him on the spot and he may refuse simply in self-defense and especially if you happen to butt in when he is struggling with an obstinate chapter in a new book.

Ex: The article is entitled 'The big bumpy shift: digital music via the Internet'.

Ex: Predicting the future is dicey.

Ex: Promoters of this tax will have an uphill fight and the cultural objections will be very great.

Ex: This attitude is based on the waste bin decision process widely used in political and educational organisations, which tend to have open-ended goals, problematic preferences, hazy technology, and poor feeback.

Ex: The manufacture of these high-density chips is problematical.

Ex: The amount of stuffing in the balls was varied to suit the nature of the work; large, soft balls with weak ink were used for low-grade work; small, hard balls and strong ink for work of better quality.

* ahorrar para cuando lleguen tiempos difíciles = save for + a rainy day.

* algo muy difícil = a tough sell.

* aprender de la forma más difícil = learn + the hard way.

* aunque parezca difícil = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* cuestión difícil = poser.

* de difícil solución = intractable.

* de la forma más difícil = the hard way.

* difícil de aceptar = hard to swallow.

* difícil de agradar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de complacer = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de comprender = difficult to understand.

* difícil de conseguir = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de contentar = choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.].

* difícil de descifrar = cryptic.

* difícil de distinguir = indistinguishable.

* difícil de encontrar = hard-to-find.

* difícil de entender = cryptic.

* difícil de gestionar = unmanageable.

* difícil de gestionar + Adjetivo = unmanageably + Adjetivo.

* difícil de hacer = hard to do.

* difícil de localizar = irretraceable.

* difícil de manejar = clumsy [clumsier -comp., clumsiest -sup.], unwieldy.

* difícil de masticar = chewy [chewier -comp., chewiest -sup.].

* difícil de obtener = hard to come by, difficult to come by.

* difícil de seguir = heavy going.

* difícil de sustituir = hard to replace.

* difícil de tratar = unruly.

* empezar por lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* en circunstancias difíciles = under difficult circumstances.

* en condiciones difíciles = under difficult conditions.

* encontrar Algo demasiado difícil = be out of + Posesivo + league.

* encontrar Algo difícil = have + a hard time, have + a tough time.

* encontrar difícil de explicar = be hard put to explain.

* encontrar difícil + Infinitivo = find it hard to + Infinitivo.

* encontrar muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* en épocas difíciles = in times of need.

* enfrascado en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* enfrascar a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* enfrascarse en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end, plunge in at + the deep end.

* en tiempos difíciles = in times of need.

* hacer difícil = make + it + difficult, make + difficult.

* hacerlo difícil de + Infinitivo = make + it + hard to + Infinitivo.

* mecanismo de reducción de situaciones difíciles = threat-reduction mechanism.

* meter a Alguien de lleno en lo más difícil = throw in + at the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = plunge in at + the deep end.

* meterse de lleno en lo más difícil = swim in + the deep end, jump in at + the deep end.

* metido en lo más difícil = in at the deep end.

* muy difícil de traducir = defy + translation.

* por muy difícil que parezca = difficult though it may seem, difficult as it may seem.

* pregunta difícil = poser.

* pregunta difícil de responder = awkward-to-handle enquiry.

* problema difícil = poser.

* problema difícil de resolver = tough nut to crack, hard nut to crack, brain tickler.

* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.

* ser Algo demasiado difícil para = be in over + Posesivo + head, be out of + Posesivo + depth.

* ser difícil = be a stretch.

* ser difícil de bregar = be a (real) handful.

* ser difícil de conseguir = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de creer = beggar + belief.

* ser difícil de encontrar = be hard to find.

* ser difícil de lograr = be hard to get.

* ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.

* ser muy difícil = be hard-pushed to.

* situación difícil = hardship.

* tarea difícil = hard task.

* tarea muy difícil = uphill struggle.

* tenerlo difícil = not be easy.

* tiempos difíciles = embattled time(s).

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difícil

adjective

A

1 [ SER] ‹problema/tema/situación› difficult

el examen fue muy difícil the exam was very hard o difficult

es un problema difícil it's a tricky o difficult problem

corren tiempos difíciles para nuestra economía this is a difficult time for our economy

con tu actitud me lo estás poniendo más difícil you're not making it any easier for me o you're making it harder for me by being like that

no creo que gane, lo tiene muy difícil I don't think she'll win, she's in a difficult position

me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him

resulta difícil evaluar las pérdidas it is difficult o hard to put a figure on the losses

cada vez se hace más difícil encontrar un buen empleo it is becoming more and more difficult o it's becoming harder and harder to get a good job

difícil DE + INF difficult o hard to + INF

mi madre es muy difícil de complacer my mother is very hard o difficult to please

2 [ ESTAR] ( fam):

está la cosa difícil things are pretty difficult o tricky ( colloq)

B [ SER]

(poco probable): es posible pero lo veo difícil it's possible, but I think it's unlikely o I don't think it's very likely

difícil QUE + SUBJ:

va a ser muy difícil que acepte it's very unlikely that he'll accept

veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win, I think it's unlikely that she'll win

C [ SER] ‹persona/carácter› difficult

un niño difícil a difficult child

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difícil adjetivo
1
a) ‹problema/situación› difficult;

‹ examen› hard, difficult;
◊ me fue muy difícil decírselo it was very hard o difficult for me to tell him;

es difícil de hacer/entender it's difficult o hard to do/understand
b) ‹persona/carácter› difficult

2 ( poco probable) unlikely;
◊ va a ser difícil que acepte it's unlikely that he'll accept;

veo difícil que gane I doubt if she'll win
difícil adjetivo
1 (que cuesta trabajo o esfuerzo intelectual) difficult, hard
difícil de explicar, difficult to explain
difícil de soportar, hard to bear
2 (improbable) unlikely: es difícil que suceda, it is unlikely that that will happen
3 (una persona) difficult
' difícil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amarre
- cañón
- compaginación
- concienciarse
- delicada
- delicado
- despreocuparse
- disyuntiva
- engorrosa
- engorroso
- escabrosa
- escabroso
- escala
- espinosa
- espinoso
- estrechamiento
- gustar
- harta
- harto
- hueso
- impronunciable
- insensible
- judicatura
- lance
- mas
- onerosa
- oneroso
- papelón
- respirar
- sí
- tocha
- tocho
- viabilidad
- arrecho
- caprichoso
- contentar
- costar
- creer
- duro
- epopeya
- especial
- esperar
- esquivo
- fregado
- hacer
- ingrato
- jodido
- malabarismo
- mancha
- manchar
English:
arduous
- around
- awkward
- beating
- choose
- climb
- concentrate
- cumbersome
- desperately
- difficult
- distance
- dodgy
- elusive
- embark
- folly
- for
- gap
- grammar
- hard
- hard-won
- housekeeper
- immensely
- injustice
- lean
- mess
- problematic
- problematical
- realize
- replacement
- ruggedness
- scramble
- shake off
- situation
- so
- sticky
- stiff
- surely
- think ahead
- to
- tough
- tricky
- trying
- agonizing
- deep
- demanding
- going
- increasingly
- keep
- likely
- plight

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difícil adj

1. [complicado] difficult;

va a ser difícil encontrar un sitio abierto a estas horas it's going to be difficult o hard to find anywhere that's open at this time;

son tiempos difíciles these are difficult times;

pasaron por una situación difícil they went through a difficult period;

no es difícil imaginar lo que pasó it's not difficult o hard to imagine what happened;

es una pregunta difícil de responder it's a difficult question to answer;

hacerse difícil: se hace difícil entender por qué lo hizo it's difficult to understand why she did it;

se me hace difícil acostumbrarme a madrugar I can't get used to getting up early;

ponérselo difícil a alguien to make things difficult for sb;

no me lo pongas difícil don't make things difficult o hard for me;

serle difícil a alguien: le va a ser muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's going to be very difficult for him to find a job, he's going to find it very difficult to get a job;

tener difícil algo: tiene muy difícil encontrar trabajo it's very difficult o hard for him to find work

2. [improbable] unlikely;

puede ser, aunque me parece difícil maybe, but I think it's unlikely;

es difícil que ganen they're unlikely to win;

no es difícil que ocurra it could easily happen

3. [rebelde] difficult, awkward;

es un niño muy difícil he's a very awkward o difficult child;

tener un carácter difícil to be an awkward person, to be difficult to get on with

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difícil

adj

1 difficult;

ponerlo difícil a alguien make it difficult for s.o.;

difícil de decir hard o difficult to say

2 ( poco probable)

:

es difícil que venga he’s unlikely to come, it’s unlikely that he’ll come

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difícil adj

: difficult, hard

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difícil adj

1. (en general) difficult

una asignatura difícil a difficult subject

2. (improbable) unlikely [comp. unlikelier; superl. unlikeliest]

es difícil que se casen they're unlikely to get married

Spanish-English dictionary > difícil
3 apretar

v.

1 to press (oprimir) (botón, tecla).

me aprietan las botas my boots are too tight

La enfermera apretó la herida The nurse pressed the wound.

2 to grit (juntar) (dientes).

La niña aprieta los dientes al dormir The girl grits her teeth when sleeping.

3 to squeeze.

apretar la mano a alguien to shake somebody's hand

María apretó la mostaza Mary squeezed the mustard.

4 to press.

lo están apretando para que acepte la oferta they are pressing him o putting pressure on him to accept the offer

5 to get worse, to intensify (calor, lluvia).

6 to tighten.

El mecánico aprieta duramente el tornillo The mechanic tightens the screw.

7 to pinch.

Me aprietan los zapatos My shoes pinch.

Ricardo apretó su nariz Richard pinched her nose.

8 to be too tight.

Esta faja aprieta This belt is too tight.

9 to press down, to push down.

Ricardo apretó el botón para iniciar Richard pressed down the button to start.

10 to be too tight for.

Me aprieta la ropa My clothes are too tight for me.

11 to be most intense, to be more intense.

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apretar

Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar

► verbo transitivo

1 (estrechar) to squeeze, hug

2 (tornillo) to tighten; (cordones, nudo) to do up tight

3 (comprimir) to compress, press together, pack tight

4 (activar) to press, push

■ si aprietas este botón sonará la alarma if you press this button the alarm will go off

5 figurado (acosar) to keep on at; (presionar) to put pressure on, pressurize

► verbo intransitivo

1 figurado (aumentar) to increase, get worse

■ el calor aprieta it's getting hotter and hotter

2 (prendas) to fit tight, be tight on

■ esta falda me aprieta this skirt is too tight on me

3 (esforzarse) to work hard

■ tendrás que apretar en tus estudios you'll have to study a lot harder, you'll have to pull your socks up

► verbo pronominal apretarse

1 (apiñar) to narrow, tighten

2 (agolparse) to crowd together; (acercarse) to squeeze up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

apretar a correr to start running

apretar el paso to quicken one's pace

apretar la mano a alguien to shake somebody's hand

apretar el gatillo to pull the trigger

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verb

1) to press

2) tighten

3) squeeze

4) pinch, be too tight

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1. VT

1) [+ tapa, tornillo, nudo] to tighten

2) (=pulsar) [+ interruptor, pedal, tecla] to press; [+ gatillo] to squeeze, pull

aprieta el botón derecho del ratón — press the right-hand button on the mouse

apretar el acelerador — to put one's foot down (on the accelerator), depress the accelerator frm

3) (=apretujar)

a) [+ objeto] to squeeze, grip; [para que no caiga] to clutch

apretó bien los papeles en la cartera — he packed o squeezed the papers into the briefcase

apretaba entre sus manos un ramo de flores — he was clutching a bunch of flowers in his hands

con un puro apretado entre los dientes — with a cigar between his teeth

hay que apretar el compost con los dedos — you have to press the compost down with your fingers

• apretar los dientes — to grit one's teeth, clench one's teeth

• apretar la mano a algn — to shake sb's hand

• apretar el puño — to clench one's fist

b) [+ persona] [contra pared, suelo] to pin, press; [con los brazos] to clasp, clutch

me apretaba con todo su cuerpo contra la pared — he pinned o pressed me against the wall with his whole body

la apretó con fuerza entre sus brazos — he clasped o clutched her tightly in his arms

4) (=presionar)

• apretar a algn — to put pressure on sb

nos aprieta mucho para que estudiemos — he puts a lot of pressure on us to study, he pushes us to study hard

- apretar las clavijas o las tuercas a algn

5)

• apretar el paso — to quicken one's pace

6)

aprieta mucho la letra cuando escribe — he bunches up the words when he writes

7) (Mil) [+ asedio] to step up, intensify; [+ bloqueo] to tighten

2. VI

1) (=oprimir) [zapatos] to be too tight, pinch one's feet; [ropa] to be too tight

estos zapatos aprietan — these shoes are too tight, these shoes pinch my feet

este vestido me aprieta en la cintura — this dress is too tight for me around the waist
zapato
2) (=aumentar) [dolor, frío] to get worse; [viento] to intensify

es media mañana y el hambre aprieta — it's half way through the morning and I'm beginning to feel hungry

cuando el frío aprieta — when the cold gets worse, when it gets really cold

donde más aprieta el calor — where the heat is at its worst

3) (=presionar) to put on the pressure, pile on the pressure *

la oposición aprieta cada vez más — the opposition are putting on more and more pressure

si le aprietan un poco más, confesará — if they put a bit more pressure on him, he'll confess

• apretar con el enemigo — to close with the enemy
Dios 3)
4) (=esforzarse)

si apretáis un poco al final, aprobaréis — if you make an extra effort at the end, you'll pass

5)

• apretar a hacer algo, si aprieta a llover — if it starts to rain heavily

apretamos a correr — we broke into a run

6)

¡aprieta! — nonsense!, good grief!

7) Chile (=irse con prisa)

apretemos que viene la profesora — let's run for it, the teacher's coming

fueron los primeros en salir apretando después del golpe — they were the first ones to make a getaway after the coup

8) ** [al defecar] to push

3.

See:

apretarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < botón> to press, push; < acelerador> to put one's foot on, press; < gatillo> to pull, squeeze

b) <nudo/venda/tornillo> to tighten

apretó bien la tapa — he screwed the lid on tightly

aprieta el puño — clench your fist

apreté los dientes — I gritted my teeth

c)

apretar el paso or la marcha — to quicken one's pace o step

2)

a) ( apretujar)

apretó al niño contra su pecho — he clasped o clutched the child to his breast

me apretó el brazo con fuerza — he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly

b) ( presionar) to put pressure on
2.
apretar vi

1) ropa/zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

el vestido le aprieta — the dress is too tight for her

2) ( hacer presión) to press down (o in etc)

3) ( ser fuerte)

cómo aprieta el calor! — it's incredibly hot!

cuando el hambre aprieta... — when people are in the grip of hunger...

4)

a) ( esforzarse) to make an effort

b) profesor/jefe to be demanding

apretar a correr — (fam) to break into a run
3.
apretarse v pron to squeeze o squash together

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= squeeze, nip, tighten, screw, tighten + Posesivo + grip on, press, clenching, cramp.

Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.

Ex. Rotary presses are like wringers the printing paper being nipped between two cylinders.

Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex. This was done by laying the right number of letters on their sides in the stick, pushing the sliding bar up to them and screwing it up tight.

Ex. This paper reports on measures being taken by the government to tighten its grip on what universities do with their money.

Ex. To read a borrower label place the scanner on the left side of the label and move it from left to right across the bar codes, pressing lightly to keep it in direct contact with the label.

Ex. A bite guard, also known as a stress guard, teeth guard, dental guard or night guard, is a dental appliance provided by the dentist to protect your teeth from excessive grinding or clenching.

Ex. The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.

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* apretar el gatillo = pull + the trigger.

* apretar fuerte = bear down on.

* apretarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* apretarse los machos = gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* cuando el sol aprieta = during the heat of the day.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) < botón> to press, push; < acelerador> to put one's foot on, press; < gatillo> to pull, squeeze

b) <nudo/venda/tornillo> to tighten

apretó bien la tapa — he screwed the lid on tightly

aprieta el puño — clench your fist

apreté los dientes — I gritted my teeth

c)

apretar el paso or la marcha — to quicken one's pace o step

2)

a) ( apretujar)

apretó al niño contra su pecho — he clasped o clutched the child to his breast

me apretó el brazo con fuerza — he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly

b) ( presionar) to put pressure on
2.
apretar vi

1) ropa/zapatos (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

el vestido le aprieta — the dress is too tight for her

2) ( hacer presión) to press down (o in etc)

3) ( ser fuerte)

cómo aprieta el calor! — it's incredibly hot!

cuando el hambre aprieta... — when people are in the grip of hunger...

4)

a) ( esforzarse) to make an effort

b) profesor/jefe to be demanding

apretar a correr — (fam) to break into a run
3.
apretarse v pron to squeeze o squash together

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= squeeze, nip, tighten, screw, tighten + Posesivo + grip on, press, clenching, cramp.

Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.

Ex: Rotary presses are like wringers the printing paper being nipped between two cylinders.

Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.

Ex: This was done by laying the right number of letters on their sides in the stick, pushing the sliding bar up to them and screwing it up tight.

Ex: This paper reports on measures being taken by the government to tighten its grip on what universities do with their money.

Ex: To read a borrower label place the scanner on the left side of the label and move it from left to right across the bar codes, pressing lightly to keep it in direct contact with the label.

Ex: A bite guard, also known as a stress guard, teeth guard, dental guard or night guard, is a dental appliance provided by the dentist to protect your teeth from excessive grinding or clenching.

Ex: The goals are to reduce stress on the fingers and wrists and to keep your hands in a natural position rather than cramping them together.

* apretar el gatillo = pull + the trigger.

* apretar fuerte = bear down on.

* apretarse el cinturón = tighten + Posesivo + belt, gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* apretarse los machos = gird (up) + Posesivo + loins.

* cuando el sol aprieta = during the heat of the day.

* el que mucho abarca poco aprieta = jack of all trades, master of none.

* quien mucho abarca poco aprieta = bite off more than + Pronombre + can chew.

* sin apretar = loosely hanging, baggy [baggier -comp., baggiest -sup.], saggy [saggier -comp., saggiest -sup.].

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apretar [A5 ]

vt

A

1 ‹botón› to press, push; ‹acelerador› to put one's foot on, press, depress ( frml); ‹gatillo› to pull, squeeze

2 ‹nudo/venda› to tighten; ‹tapa/tornillo› to tighten

apretó bien la tapa he screwed the lid on tightly

aprieta el puño clench your fist

apreté los dientes I gritted my teeth

clavija, tornillo

3

apretar el paso or la marcha to quicken one's pace o step

4 ‹letra› to squeeze together ( AmE), to squeeze up ( BrE)

apretar los puntos to knit tightly

B

1

(apretujar): apretó al niño contra su pecho he clasped o clutched the child to his breast

llevaba el osito apretado entre sus brazos she was clutching the teddy bear in her arms

me apretó el brazo con fuerza he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly

2 (presionar) to put pressure on

el profesor nos apretó mucho en los últimos meses in the last few months the teacher put a lot of pressure on us o pushed us really hard

■ apretar

vi

A «ropa/zapatos» (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight

el vestido le aprieta the dress is too tight for her o is very tight on her

la falda me aprieta en las caderas the skirt is too tight around the hips

¡cómo me aprietan estos zapatos! these shoes are so tight!, these shoes really pinch my feet!

ver tb zapato

B (hacer presión) to press down ( o in etc)

C

(ser fuerte): a las tres de la tarde cuando el calor aprieta at three o'clock when the heat is at its most intense

a primeras horas de la mañana el frío aprieta (Chi, Méx); in the early hours of the morning you really feel the cold

cuando el hambre aprieta, la gente come cualquier cosa when people are in the grip of hunger they will eat anything

D

1 (esforzarse) to make an effort

vas a tener que apretar en la física you're going to have to knuckle down o make more of an effort in physics

2 «profesor/jefe» to be demanding dios

E

( Chi fam) (irse): todos apretaron a la salida everyone made a dash for o ran for the door ( colloq)

tuvimos que salir apretando we had to make a run for it ( colloq)

apretar a correr ( fam); to break into a run, start running

■ apretarse

v pron

to squeeze o squash together, to squeeze o squash up ( BrE) cinturón

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apretar ( conjugate apretar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ botón› to press, push;

‹ acelerador› to put one's foot on, press;
‹ gatillo› to pull, squeeze
b) ‹nudo/tapa/tornillo› to tighten;

‹puño/mandíbulas› to clench;
◊ apreté los dientes I gritted my teeth

2
a) ( apretujar):

◊ apretó al niño contra su pecho he clasped o clutched the child to his breast;

me apretó el brazo con fuerza he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly
b) ( presionar) to put pressure on

verbo intransitivo
1 [ropa/zapatos] (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight;
◊ el vestido le aprieta the dress is too tight for her

2 ( hacer presión) to press down (o in etc)
apretarse verbo pronominal
to squeeze o squash together
apretar
I vtr (pulsar un botón) to press
(el cinturón, un tornillo) to tighten
(el gatillo) to pull: me aprietan los zapatos, these shoes are too tight for me
II verbo intransitivo el calor ha apretado en julio, it was really hot in July
♦ Locuciones: apretar el paso, to hasten, hurry
apretarle las clavijas a alguien, to put the screws on someone
donde aprieta el zapato, where the problem is
' apretar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ajustar
- estrujar
- aprieta
- estrechar
- fuerte
- gatillo
- oprimir
- puño
English:
clench
- grip
- loosely
- pack
- pack down
- pinch
- press
- pull
- push
- screw up
- squeeze
- tighten
- wedge
- which
- accelerate
- foot
- loosen
- screw
- speed
- tooth

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apretar

♦ vt

1. [oprimir] [botón, tecla] to press;
[gatillo] to pull, to squeeze; [acelerador] to step on;
el zapato me aprieta my shoe is pinching;

me aprietan las botas my boots are too tight

2. [nudo, tuerca, cinturón] to tighten;

Comp
Fam
apretar las clavijas o [m5] los tornillos a alguien to put the screws on sb

3. [juntar] [dientes] to grit;
[labios] to press together; [puño] to clench;
tendrás que apretar la letra you'll have to squeeze your handwriting up

4. [estrechar] to squeeze;
[abrazar] to hug;
no me aprietes el brazo, me estás haciendo daño stop squeezing my arm, you're hurting me;

la apretó contra su pecho he held her to his chest;

apretar la mano a alguien to shake sb's hand

5. [acelerar]
apretar el paso o [m5] la marcha to quicken one's pace;

como no apretemos el paso, no llegaremos nunca if we don't hurry up, we'll never get there

6. [exigir] to tighten up on;
[presionar] to press;
apretar la disciplina to tighten up on discipline;

lo apretaron tanto que acabó confesando they pressed him so hard that he ended up confessing;

no me gusta que me aprieten en el trabajo I don't like to feel pressurized in my work;

lo están apretando para que acepte la oferta they are pressing him o putting pressure on him to accept the offer

7. [ropa, objetos] to pack tight

♦ vi

1. [calor, lluvia] to get worse, to intensify;

salgo de casa a las dos, cuando más aprieta el calor I leave home at two o'clock, when the heat is at its worst;

en agosto ha apretado mucho el calor it got a lot hotter in August;

cuando la necesidad aprieta, se agudiza el ingenio people become more resourceful when they really have to

2. [zapatos] to pinch;
[ropa] to be too tight
3. [esforzarse] to push oneself;

tienes que apretar más si quieres aprobar you'll have to pull your socks up if you want to pass

4. Fam
apretar a correr to run off;

el ladrón apretó a correr the thief ran off

♦ See also the pronominal verb apretarse

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apretar

I v/t

1 botón press;

apretó contra el pecho la fotografía/el niño she held the photograph/the child close, she pressed the photograph/the child to her breast;

apretar los puños clench one’s fists;

apretar los dientes grit one’s teeth

2 ( pellizcar, pinzar) squeeze

3 tuerca tighten

4

:

apretar el paso quicken one’s pace

II v/i

1 de ropa, zapato be too tight

2

:

apretar a correr start to run, start running

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apretar {55} vt

1) : to press, to push (a button)

2) : to tighten

3) : to squeeze

apretar vi

1) : to press, to push

2) : to fit tightly, to be too tight

los zapatos me aprietan: my shoes are tight

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apretar vb

1. (botón) to press

aprieta este botón press this button

2. (gatillo) to pull

apretó el gatillo he pulled the trigger

3. (tornillo, cinturón, nudo) to tighten

¿has apretado los tornillos? have you tightened the screws?

4. (exigir) to be strict with / to push hard

el profesor nos aprieta mucho the teacher is very strict with us

5. (quedar estrecho ropa) to be too tight

este pantalón me aprieta these trousers are too tight for me

6. (esforzarse) to work harder

tendrás que apretar más si quieres aprobar you'll have to work harder if you want to pass

7. (aumentar calor) to increase

el calor está apretando it's getting hotter and hotter

apretar la mano a alguien to shake someone's hand

Spanish-English dictionary > apretar
4 exigente

adj.

demanding.

f. & m.

demanding person.

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exigente

► adjetivo

1 demanding, exacting

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adj.

demanding, exacting

* * *

ADJ [persona, trabajo] demanding, exacting

ser exigente con algn — to be demanding o exacting of sb, be hard on sb

es muy exigente con la limpieza — she is very particular about cleanliness

* * *

adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting

eres demasiado exigente con él — you're too demanding with him

para paladares exigentes — for the discerning palate

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= demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.

Ex. It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

Ex. And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.

Ex. She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.

Ex. The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.

Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.

Ex. Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex. Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

Ex. This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.

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* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.

* ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

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adjetivo < persona> demanding; < prueba> demanding, exacting

eres demasiado exigente con él — you're too demanding with him

para paladares exigentes — for the discerning palate

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= demanding, exacting, hard-driving, exigent, nitpicking [nit-picking], choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], discerning, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], fastidious, quality-sensitive.

Ex: It is clear to me that they face a professional role that will be far more complicated and far more demanding that the one we have known.

Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.

Ex: She did observe, however, that his conduct was pretty well as it had been described: he was a hard-driving taskmaster and thoroughly autocratic.

Ex: The exigent demands library managers face often result in highly dramatic events.

Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.

Ex: Moreover, the shady image of video libraries drove away discerning customers.

Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.

Ex: Some of them will be sufficiently bizarre to suit the most fastidious connoisseur of the present artifacts of civilization.

Ex: This segment of the population is relatively quality-sensitive and not very price sensitive.

* poco exigente = untaxing, undemanding.

* ser exigente al elegir = pick and choose.

* ser exigente al escoger = pick and choose.

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exigente

adjective

‹persona› demanding; ‹prueba› demanding, exacting

eres demasiado exigente con él you ask too much of him, you're too demanding with him, you're too hard on him

el jefe está muy exigente esta tarde the boss is being very demanding this afternoon

para paladares exigentes for the discerning palate

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exigente adjetivo ‹persona/prueba› demanding;
‹clientela/paladar› discerning
exigente adjetivo demanding
' exigente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caprichosa
- caprichoso
- delicada
- delicado
- jodido
- quisquilloso
English:
challenging
- choosy
- demanding
- discerning
- discriminating
- easy-going
- exacting
- fussy
- lax
- particular
- pick
- please
- taxing
- undiscerning
- fastidious
- undemanding

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exigente

♦ adj

demanding;

ser exigente con alguien to be demanding of sb;

no seas tan exigente con el chico don't ask so much from the lad;

últimamente está bastante exigente he's been pretty demanding recently

♦ nmf

demanding person;

ser un exigente to be very demanding

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exigente

adj demanding

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exigente adj

: demanding, exacting

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exigente adj demanding

Spanish-English dictionary > exigente
5 engañar

v.

1 to deceive, to trick, to take in, to fool.

2 to deceive, to lie.

3 to cheat on, to cuckold, to be unfaithful to, to deceive.

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engañar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to deceive, mislead, fool, take in

2 (estafar) to cheat, trick

3 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to

► verbo intransitivo

1 to be deceptive

► verbo pronominal engañarse

1 (ilusionarse) to deceive oneself

2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken, be wrong

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

engañar el hambre figurado to stave off hunger

engañar el tiempo figurado to kill time

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

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verb

1) to cheat

2) deceive

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1. VT

1) [+ persona] (=embaucar) to deceive, trick; (=despistar) to mislead; [con promesas, esperanzas] to delude; (=estafar) to cheat, swindle

engaña a su mujer — he's unfaithful to his wife, he's cheating on his wife

a mí no me engaña nadie — you can't fool me

no te dejes engañar — don't let yourself be taken in

logró engañar al inspector — he managed to trick the inspector

2)

necesito picar algo para engañar el hambre — I need to nibble at sth to stop me feeling hungry

engañar el tiempo — to kill time

2.

VI to be deceptive

- las apariencias engañan

3.

See:

engañarse

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

me engañó la vista — my eyes deceived me

no te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead

tú a mí no me engañas — you can't fool me

lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)

b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
2.
engañarse v pron

a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)

b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

* * *

= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.

Ex. We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.

Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

Ex. Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.

Ex. Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.

Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex. The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.

Ex. Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.

Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex. 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".

Ex. It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex. Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

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. They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex. One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.

Ex. By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.

Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

Ex. A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.

Ex. He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.

Ex. Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.

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* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.

* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.

* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

* * *
1.
verbo transitivo

a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead

me engañó la vista — my eyes deceived me

no te dejes engañar — don't be deceived o mislead

tú a mí no me engañas — you can't fool me

lo engañó haciéndole creer que... — she deceived him into thinking that...

engañar a alguien para que + subj — to trick somebody into -ing

engañar el hambre or el estómago — to stave off hunger, to keep the wolf from the door (colloq)

b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on
2.
engañarse v pron

a) (refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)

b) ( equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta junio — it lasted until June, if I'm not mistaken

* * *

= fool, hoodwink, deceive, cheat (on), delude, trick, dupe, perpetrate + deception, practise + a deception, rip off, take in, swindle, fiddle, bamboozle, shortchange, bluff, cheat + Posesivo + way through, be had, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path, con, hoax, bullshit.

Ex: We may be fooling ourserlves and I would caution public libraries, school libraries and libraries in general that indeed one code might not satisfy all our needs.

Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.

Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.

Ex: Students who cheat on literature searching, for instance, will not get the full benefit of the course.

Ex: Nonetheless, it is claimed that his 1987 graduate and undergraduate editions continue to delude students seeking information about schools to attend, including schools of library science.

Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.

Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.

Ex: The public should at least be told that they will end up paying dearly for the deception being perpetrated upon them.

Ex: Librarians have been practising a deception, and must wake up to three dangers.

Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex: 'Boy, have you been brainwashed! You've been taken in by the tobacco industry', she said = Ella dijo: "¡Chico, te han lavado el cerebro! la industrial del tabaco te ha timado".

Ex: It is evident that the candidates for everlasting youth will be eternally swindled.

Ex: Thus, the wrong impression was gained, for instance, when the olive oil subsidies were being ' fiddled' in Italy.

Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.

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: They are bluffed easily, and it is quite possible they will be bluffed again.

Ex: One of the major dichotomies between students and teachers is the recognition by students that the technologies can give them an edge, that is they can cheat their way through school.

Ex: By the time Americans learned they'd been had, the die was cast -- we were committed to 58,000 dead!.

Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.

Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.

Ex: A number of victims have contacted police after seeing Masterson's mug shot and recognizing him as the man who conned them.

Ex: He hoaxed the popular media into thinking that he had burnt a million quid for the publicity it would, and has continued to, generate.

Ex: Being able to bullshit effectively requires at least a modicum of knowledge about the subject at hand.

* dejarse engañar = fall for, get + sucked in.

* engañar al sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.

* las apariencias engañan = don't judge a book by its cover, there's more to it than meets the eye.

* si mi olfato no me engaña = if my hunch is right, if I am not mistaken.

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engañar [A1 ]

vt

1

(embaucar): no te dejes engañar don't be misled o fooled o deceived o taken in

sé que no estuviste allí, tú a mí no me engañas I know you weren't there, you can't fool me

a él no se lo engaña tan fácilmente he's not so easily fooled o duped o deceived, he's not taken in that easily

te han engañado, no está hecho a mano you've been cheated o conned o had o done, it's not handmade ( colloq)

me engañó la vista my eyes deceived o misled me

si la memoria no me engaña if my memory serves me right o correctly

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

engañar el hambre or el estómago to keep the wolf from the door ( colloq)

comimos un poco de queso para engañar el hambre we had some cheese to keep the wolf from the door o to take the edge off our appetites o to keep us going

2 (ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on ( AmE colloq)

su marido la engaña con la secretaria her husband's being unfaithful to her o cheating on her, he's having an affair with his secretary

■ engañarse

v pron

1 ( refl) (mentirse) to deceive oneself, delude oneself, kid oneself ( colloq)

no te engañes, no se va a casar contigo don't deceive o delude o kid yourself, she's not going to marry you

2 (equivocarse) to be mistaken

duró, si no me engaño, hasta noviembre it lasted until November, if I'm not mistaken

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engañar ( conjugate engañar) verbo transitivo
a) ( hacer errar en el juicio) to deceive, mislead;

◊ me engañó la vista my eyes deceived me;

tú a mí no me engañas you can't fool me;
lo engañó haciéndole creer que … she deceived him into thinking that …;
engañar a algn para que haga algo to trick sb into doing sth
b) (estafar, timar) to cheat, con (colloq)

c) ( ser infiel a) to be unfaithful to, cheat on

engañarse verbo pronominal ( refl) ( mentirse) to deceive oneself, kid oneself (colloq)
engañar
I verbo transitivo
1 to deceive, mislead
2 (mentir) to lie: no me engañes, ese no es tu coche, you can't fool me, this isn't your car
3 (la sed, el hambre, el sueño) comeremos un poco para engañar el hambre, we'll eat a bit to keep the wolf from the door
4 (timar) to cheat, trick
5 (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to
II verbo intransitivo to be deceptive: parece pequeña, pero engaña, it looks small, but it's deceptive
' engañar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burlar
- confiada
- confiado
- torear
- tramoya
- clavar
- disfraz
- disfrazar
- joder
English:
betray
- cheat
- deceive
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- fool
- fox
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead on
- mess about
- mess around
- mislead
- put over
- ride
- stitch up
- take in
- trick
- try on
- two-time
- unfaithful
- wool
- hood
- kid
- lead
- square
- take
- two

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engañar

♦ vt

1. [mentir] to deceive;

engañó a su padre haciéndole ver que había aprobado she deceived her father into believing that she had passed;

es difícil engañarla she is not easily deceived, she's hard to fool;

logró engañar al portero he managed to outsmart the goalkeeper;

me engañó lo bien que vestía y que hablaba she was so well dressed and so well spoken that I was taken in;

¿a quién te crees que vas a engañar? who are you trying to fool o kid?;

a mí no me engañas, sé que tienes cincuenta años you can't fool me, I know you're fifty

2. [ser infiel a] to deceive, to cheat on;

engaña a su marido she cheats on her husband;

me engañó con mi mejor amiga he cheated on me with my best friend

3. [estafar] to cheat, to swindle;

te engañaron vendiéndote esto tan caro they cheated you if they sold that to you for such a high price;

Comp

engañar a alguien como a un chino o [m5] a un niño to take sb for a ride

4. [hacer más llevadero] to appease;

engañar el hambre to take the edge off one's hunger

♦ vi

to be deceptive o misleading;

engaña mucho, no es tan tonto como parece you can easily get the wrong impression, he's not as stupid as he seems;

Comp

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

♦ See also the pronominal verb engañarse

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engañar

v/t

1 deceive, cheat;

engañar el hambre take the edge off one’s appetite;

te han engañado you’ve been had fam

2 ( ser infiel a) cheat on, be unfaithful to

* * *

engañar vt

1) embaucar: to trick, to deceive, to mislead

2) : to cheat on, to be unfaithful to

♦ See also the reflexive verb engañarse

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engañar vb

1. (mentir) to lie

me engañaste al decirme que era guapo you lied to me when you said he was good looking

2. (ser infiel) to cheat on

engañó a su mujer he cheated on his wife

3. (timar) to trick

me engañaron they tricked me

4. (dar impresión falsa) to be deceptive

esta foto engaña: parezco más alta de lo que soy this photo is deceptive: I look taller than I am

las apariencias engañan appearances can be deceptive

Spanish-English dictionary > engañar
6 preocupado

adj.

worried, troubled, concerned, distressed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: preocupar.

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preocupado

► participio pasado

1→ link=preocupar preocupar

► adjetivo

1 worried

* * *

(f. - preocupada)

adj.

worried

* * *

ADJ worried, concerned ( por about)

* * *

- da adjetivo worried

me tiene muy preocupada que aún no haya llegado — I'm really worried (that) he hasn't arrived yet

preocupado POR algo — worried about something

* * *

= troubled, preoccupied, concerned, anxious, worried, in a tizz(y).

Ex. These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.

Ex. He came at Hawthorne's urging, but he seemed preoccupied with grave and heavy matters.

Ex. Concerned, thoughtful, supportive, humorous -- all those traits lacking from the present boss he has in abundance.

Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex. And finally, we have the art librarians in a tizzy because they think certain types of headings have been tampered with.

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* despreocupado = unconcerned.

* estar preocupado por = be anxious to.

* preocupado por el presente = present-minded.

* preocupado por el tiempo = time-conscious.

* preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].

* preocupados, los = concerned, the.

* * *

- da adjetivo worried

me tiene muy preocupada que aún no haya llegado — I'm really worried (that) he hasn't arrived yet

preocupado POR algo — worried about something

* * *

= troubled, preoccupied, concerned, anxious, worried, in a tizz(y).

Ex: These thoughts and many more like them flitted to and fro ceaselessly over the troubled surface of his mind.

Ex: He came at Hawthorne's urging, but he seemed preoccupied with grave and heavy matters.

Ex: Concerned, thoughtful, supportive, humorous -- all those traits lacking from the present boss he has in abundance.

Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex: And finally, we have the art librarians in a tizzy because they think certain types of headings have been tampered with.

* despreocupado = unconcerned.

* estar preocupado por = be anxious to.

* preocupado por el presente = present-minded.

* preocupado por el tiempo = time-conscious.

* preocupado por los costes = cost-conscious [cost conscious].

* preocupados, los = concerned, the.

* * *

preocupado -da

adjective

worried

me tiene muy preocupada que no llame I'm really worried (that) he hasn't phoned

está como distraído y preocupado he seems rather distracted and preoccupied

preocupado POR algo worried ABOUT sth

está preocupado por la salud de su mujer/por lo que pueda pasar he's worried o anxious about his wife's health/about what might happen

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Del verbo preocupar: ( conjugate preocupar)

preocupado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
preocupado
preocupar
preocupado
◊ -da adjetivo

worried;
preocupado POR algo worried about sth
preocupar ( conjugate preocupar) verbo transitivo
to worry;
no quiero preocupadolo I don't want to worry him;
le preocupa el futuro she's worried o concerned about her future;
me preocupa que no haya llamado it worries me that she hasn't phoned;
no me preocupa it doesn't bother o worry me
preocuparse verbo pronominal
1 ( inquietarse) to worry;
preocupadose POR algo/algn to worry about sth/sb
2 ( ocuparse) preocupadose DE algo:
◊ me preocupé de que no faltara nada I made sure o I saw to it that we had everything;

no se preocupó más del asunto he gave the matter no further thought
preocupado,-a adjetivo worried, concerned
preocupar verbo transitivo to worry, bother: les preocupa su futuro, they are concerned about his future
no le preocupa, it doesn't bother him
' preocupado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dejar
- inquieta
- inquieto
- preocupada
- sombría
- sombrío
- angustiado
- asustado
- enrollado
- intranquilo
- mucho
- nada
- nervioso
English:
about
- anxious
- concerned
- disturbed
- preoccupied
- uneasy
- unhappy
- untroubled
- worried
- be
- have
- troubled

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preocupado, -a adj

worried, concerned ( por about);
nuestro hijo nos tiene muy preocupados we're very worried o concerned about our son

* * *

preocupado

adj worried ( por about), concerned ( por about)

* * *

preocupado adj worried

Spanish-English dictionary > preocupado
7 inquieto

adj.

1 restless, bouncy, wriggly, antsy.

2 uneasy, worried, anxious, pre-occupied.

3 everchanging, changeable, restlessly active, skittish.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: inquietar.

* * *

inquieto

► adjetivo

1 (agitado) restless

2 (preocupado) worried, anxious

3 (interesado) eager, interested

* * *

(f. - inquieta)

adj.

1) restless

2) troubled, uneasy

* * *

ADJ

1) (=preocupado) anxious, worried

estar inquieto por algo — to be anxious about sth, be worried about sth

2) (=agitado) restless, unsettled

* * *

- ta adjetivo

a) [estar] ( preocupado) worried

se sentía inquieta tan sola — she felt uneasy being all alone

b) [ser] ( emprendedor) enterprising; ( vivo) lively, inquiring (before n)

c) ( que se mueve mucho) restless

* * *

= restive, uneasy, fidgeting, restless, anxious, ill-at-ease, fidgety, frisky [friskier -comp., friskiest -sup.].

Ex. We are increasingly restive about being held hostage to bindings that cost more than they are actually worth for library use.

Ex. Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.

Ex. As children we learn in converse with our parents the significance of a sigh, or a firmly closed mouth, or fidgeting hands, or raised eyebrows.

Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex. One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.

Ex. Fidgety people are rarely well, they have generally `a headache,' or `spasms,' or `nerves,' or something of that sort.

Ex. A man sitting alone on a park bench is suddenly joined by two women that get very frisky with him, but they have other things on their mind than just sex.

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* estar inquieto = be disturbed.

* persona inquieta = fidget.

* * *

- ta adjetivo

a) [estar] ( preocupado) worried

se sentía inquieta tan sola — she felt uneasy being all alone

b) [ser] ( emprendedor) enterprising; ( vivo) lively, inquiring (before n)

c) ( que se mueve mucho) restless

* * *

= restive, uneasy, fidgeting, restless, anxious, ill-at-ease, fidgety, frisky [friskier -comp., friskiest -sup.].

Ex: We are increasingly restive about being held hostage to bindings that cost more than they are actually worth for library use.

Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.

Ex: As children we learn in converse with our parents the significance of a sigh, or a firmly closed mouth, or fidgeting hands, or raised eyebrows.

Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.

Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

Ex: One quite serious barrier to improvement is the reluctance of users to tell librarians of their feelings, but perhaps it is expecting too much of them to complain that they are ill-at-ease.

Ex: Fidgety people are rarely well, they have generally `a headache,' or `spasms,' or `nerves,' or something of that sort.

Ex: A man sitting alone on a park bench is suddenly joined by two women that get very frisky with him, but they have other things on their mind than just sex.

* estar inquieto = be disturbed.

* persona inquieta = fidget.

* * *

inquieto -ta

adjective

1 [ ESTAR] (preocupado) worried

estaba inquieto porque no habían llamado he was worried o anxious because they hadn't called

se sentía inquieta en la casa tan sola she felt nervous o uneasy being all alone in the house

2 [ SER] (emprendedor) enterprising; (vivo) lively, inquiring ( before n)

3 (que se mueve mucho) restless

* * *

Del verbo inquietar: ( conjugate inquietar)

inquieto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

inquietó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
inquietar
inquieto
inquieto
◊ -ta adjetivo

a) [estar] ( preocupado) worried

b) [ser] ( emprendedor) enterprising;

( vivo) lively, inquiring ( before n)
c) ( que se mueve mucho) restless

inquietar verbo transitivo to worry
inquieto,-a adjetivo
1 (preocupado, desazonado) worried, [por, about]
2 (curioso, emprendedor) eager
3 (agitado) restless
' inquieto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espíritu
- inquieta
- mosca
- nerviosa
- nervioso
- vilo
English:
antsy
- anxious
- fidgety
- restless
- unsettled
- worried
- apprehensive
- disturbed
- fretful
- ill
- uneasy

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inquieto, -a adj

1. [preocupado] worried, anxious ( por about);
estoy inquieto por su ausencia I'm worried that he's not here

2. [agitado, nervioso] restless;

es un niño muy inquieto he's a very restless o fidgety child;

el paciente está muy inquieto the patient is very unsettled

3. [con afán de saber] curious;

tiene una mente inquieta he has an inquiring mind

4. CAm [predispuesto] inclined, predisposed

* * *

inquieto

adj worried, anxious

* * *

inquieto, -ta adj

1) : anxious, uneasy, worried

2) : restless

* * *

inquieto adj

1. (agitado, revuelto) restless

es un niño muy inquieto he's a very restless child

2. (preocupado) worried

estoy un poco inquieta I'm a bit worried

Spanish-English dictionary > inquieto
8 deber

m.

duty.

los derechos y los deberes de los ciudadanos citizens' rights and duties

Ella tiene el deber de cuidarla She has the obligation to take care of her

v.

1 to owe.

deber algo a alguien to owe somebody something, to owe something to somebody

¿qué o cuánto le debo? how much is it?

Esa pobre mujer debe desde hace mucho That poor woman owes since long before

Esa mujer debe mil dólares That woman owes one thousand dollars.

2 to have to, to be bound to, to have got to, to must.

Ella debe cuidar de María She has to take care of Mary.

3 to be supposed to.

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deber

► verbo transitivo

1 (estar obligado a algo) to owe

■ debemos respeto a nuestros padres we owe respect to our parents

2 (dinero, cosa) to owe

■ te debo cincuenta euros I owe you fifty euros

► auxiliar

1 (obligación presente) must, have to, have got to

■ debo ir a comprar I must go shopping

■ debes acabar antes de que lleguen you have to finish before they arrive

2 (obligación pasada) should, ought to

■ debía haberlo comprado ayer I should have bought it yesterday

3 (obligación futura) must, have to, have got to

■ deberás tenerlo a las cinco you must have it ready by five o'clock

4 (obligación moral) should, ought to

■ no deberías haberlo hecho you shouldn't have done it

5 deber de (probabilidad) must; (negativa) can't

■ deben de ser las seis it must be six o'clock

■ debes de haberlo oído you must have heard it

■ no sé cuántas veces he debido de decírtelo I don't know how many times I must have told you

■ no deben de haber llegado they can't have arrived

► verbo pronominal deberse

1 (ser consecuencia) to be due (a, to)

■ esto se debe a su falta de interés this is due to his lack of interest

2 (tener una obligación) to have a duty (a, to)

■ un soldado se debe a su patria a soldier has a duty to his country

► nombre masculino deber

1 (obligación) duty, obligation

► nombre masculino plural deberes

1 (escolares) homework sing

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cumplir con su deber to do one's duty

hacer los deberes to do one's homework

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1. noun m.
duty
2. verb
1) must

2) ought to, should

3) to owe

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1.

VT [+ dinero, explicación, respeto] to owe

me debes cinco dólares — you owe me five dollars

¿qué le debo? — [en bares, tiendas] how much (is it)?, how much do I owe you?

me deben muchos favores — they owe me a lot of favours

te debo una disculpa — I owe you an apology

el teatro español debe mucho a Buero Vallejo — Spanish theatre owes a lot to Buero Vallejo

todo lo que he conseguido se lo debo a mi padre — I have my father to thank for everything I have achieved, I owe everything I have achieved to my father

2. VI

1) + infin
[obligación]
debo intentar verla — I must try to see her

no debes preocuparte — you mustn't worry

no debes comer tanto — you shouldn't eat so much

como debe ser — as it ought to o should be

debería cambiarse cada mes — it ought to o should be changed every month

habrías debido traerlo — you ought to have o should have brought it

no deberías haberla dejado sola — you shouldn't have left her alone

debíamos haber salido ayer — we were to have o should have left yesterday

2) + infin
[suposición]
debe (de) ser brasileño — he must be a Brazilian

debe (de) hacer mucho frío allí — it must be very cold there

debe (de) ser así — it must be like that, that's how it must be

he debido (de) perderlo — I must have lost it

no debe (de) ser muy caro — it can't be very dear

no debe (de) tener mucho dinero — he can't have much money

no debía (de) tener más de dieciocho años — she couldn't have been more than eighteen

no debía (de) andar lejos de los 200.000 libros — it can't have been far off 200,000 books

no debía (de) quedar ninguno vivo — it is unlikely that any survived

3.

See:

deberse

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I 1.
verbo transitivo

a) < dinero> to owe

exigen el pago de lo que se les debe — they're demanding to be paid what is owing to them

¿cuánto se debe? — how much do I/we owe you?

te debo las entradas de ayer — I owe you for the tickets from yesterday

b) <favor/visita/explicación> to owe

España le debe mucho al Islam — Spain owes a great debt to Islam

esta victoria se la debo a mi entrenador — I have to thank my coach for this victory
2.
deber v aux

1) ( expresando obligación)

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

2) (expresando suposición, probabilidad)

a)

deber (de) + inf: deben (de) ser más de las cinco it must be after five o'clock; deben (de) haber salido they must have gone out; debe (de) estar ganando mucho — she/he must be earning a lot

b) ( en frases negativas)

no deben (de) saber la dirección — they probably don't know the address

no les debe (de) haber interesado — they can't have been interested
3.
deberse v pron

1) ( tener su causa en)

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

2) persona ( tener obligaciones hacia)

deberse a alguien — to have a duty to somebody

el artista se debe a su público — an artist has a duty to his/her public
II
masculino

1) ( obligación) duty

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

faltó a su deber — he failed in his duty

siento que es un deber de conciencia ayudarlos — I feel morally bound to help them

2) deberes masculino plural ( tarea escolar) homework, assignment (AmE)

¿has hecho los deberes? — have you done your homework?

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I 1.
verbo transitivo

a) < dinero> to owe

exigen el pago de lo que se les debe — they're demanding to be paid what is owing to them

¿cuánto se debe? — how much do I/we owe you?

te debo las entradas de ayer — I owe you for the tickets from yesterday

b) <favor/visita/explicación> to owe

España le debe mucho al Islam — Spain owes a great debt to Islam

esta victoria se la debo a mi entrenador — I have to thank my coach for this victory
2.
deber v aux

1) ( expresando obligación)

deber + inf: debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her; deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her; la trató respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with respect, as he should; no debes usarlo you are not to o you must not use it; no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies; no deberías haberlo dejado solo — you shouldn't have left him alone

2) (expresando suposición, probabilidad)

a)

deber (de) + inf: deben (de) ser más de las cinco it must be after five o'clock; deben (de) haber salido they must have gone out; debe (de) estar ganando mucho — she/he must be earning a lot

b) ( en frases negativas)

no deben (de) saber la dirección — they probably don't know the address

no les debe (de) haber interesado — they can't have been interested
3.
deberse v pron

1) ( tener su causa en)

deberse a algo: se debió a un fallo humano it was caused by o was due to human error; todo se debe a que no estudia it's all due o down to the fact that she doesn't study; ¿a qué se debe este escándalo? — what's all this racket about?

2) persona ( tener obligaciones hacia)

deberse a alguien — to have a duty to somebody

el artista se debe a su público — an artist has a duty to his/her public
II
masculino

1) ( obligación) duty

cumplió con su deber — he carried out o did his duty

faltó a su deber — he failed in his duty

siento que es un deber de conciencia ayudarlos — I feel morally bound to help them

2) deberes masculino plural ( tarea escolar) homework, assignment (AmE)

¿has hecho los deberes? — have you done your homework?

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deber¹

¹ = duty [duties, -pl.], obligation.

Ex: Organisations often expect an information officer or librarian to prepare such abstracts as are necessary, in addition to performing various other information duties.

Ex: At the same time, the Library acknowledges its obligation to cooperate with major abstracting and indexing services to build a comprehensive national bibliographic data base.

* consciente de los deberes de Uno = dutiful.

* cumplir (con) un deber = discharge + duty.

* deber ciudadano = civic duty.

* deber cumplido = duty accomplished.

* deberes = homework, school tasks, homework assignment, school work [schoolwork], class assignment, course assignment, student assignment.

* deber familiar = familial duty.

* deber moral = moral duty.

* deber profesional = professional duty.

* hacer el deber de Uno = do + Posesivo + part.

* hacer los deberes = do + homework.

* incumplimiento del deber = neglect of duty, breach of duty.

* más allá del deber = beyond the call of duty.

* negligencia en el cumplimiento del deber = dereliction of duty.

* no hacer los deberes = be asleep at the wheel.

* sentido del deber = sense of duty.

* tener el deber de = have + a responsibility to.

* tener un deber que cumplir con = have + a responsibility to.

deber²

² = must, ought to, owe.

Ex: Even the same collection some years on will have altered, and the device, in order to remain effective, must evolve in keeping with the development of the collection.

Ex: Early in its discussions the Working Group concluded that the implementation of an international authority system ought to follow a phased approach.

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS can then tell which borrowers owe the library money.

* debe por lo tanto deducirse que = it must therefore follow that.

* debe por lo tanto esperarse que = it must therefore follow that.

* debe por lo tanto ser lógico que = it must therefore follow that.

* debe por lo tanto ser una consecuencia lógica que = it must therefore follow that.

* deber haber ocurrido antes = be long overdue.

* debería existir = there + ought to be.

* debería haber = there + ought to be.

* debería(n) = should.

* deber pagarse = be payable.

* deber pensarse = thought + must be given.

* deber prestar atención = warrant + consideration.

* deberse = be due.

* deberse a = be due to, be caused by, be attributable to, boil down to.

* deber una multa = owe + fine.

* deber + Verbo = be + to be + Verbo.

* debe ser + Participio = be to be + Participio.

* estar haciendo algo que no se debe = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* mérito + deberse a = credit + be due to, credit + go to, be to the credit of.

* multa que se debe = unpaid fine.

* no actuar como se debe = be remiss.

* no cumplir con + Posesivo + deber = be remiss.

* no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.

* no debes juzgar un libro por el color de sus pastas = don't judge a book by its cover, don't judge a book by its cover.

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deber¹ [E1 ] [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ]

vt

1 ‹dinero› to owe

le deben 15.000 pesos/dos meses de sueldo they owe her 15,000 pesos/two months' salary

quieren que les paguen lo que se les debe they want to be paid what they are due o what is owing to them

no le debo nada a nadie I don't owe anything to anyone

¿cuánto or ( fam) qué se debe? how much o what do I/we owe you?

te debo las entradas de ayer I owe you for the tickets from yesterday

2 ‹favor/visita/explicación› to owe

le debo la vida I owe her my life

todavía le debo el regalo de cumpleaños I still owe him o haven't given him a birthday present

me debe carta ella a mí she owes me a letter, it's her turn to write to me

les debes respeto y obediencia you owe them respect and obedience

España le debe mucho al Islam Spain owes a great debt to Islam

esta victoria se la debo a mi entrenador I have my coach to thank for this victory

¿a qué debo este honor? to what do I owe this honor?

■

v aux

A (expresando obligación) deber + INF:

debes decírselo you have to o you must tell her

deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her

deberás decírselo you will have to tell her

debería or debiera darte vergüenza you ought to be o you should be ashamed of yourself

la trató cortés y respetuosamente, como debe ser he treated her with courtesy and respect, as he should

no debes usarlo sin antes pedir permiso you are not to o you must not use it without asking first

no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies

no deberías or debías haberlo dejado solo or no debiste dejarlo solo you shouldn't have left him alone

B (expresando suposición, probabilidad)

1 deber ( DE) + INF:

ya deben (de) ser más de las cinco it must be after five o'clock

¡debes (de) estar muriéndote de hambre! you must be starving!

deben (de) haber salido they must have gone out

nos hemos debido (de) cruzar we must have passed each other

debe (de) estar ganando mucho más que eso she must be earning a lot more than that

le debe (de) doler mucho it must be very painful

ésos debieron (de) ser or deben (de) haber sido momentos muy duros that must have been a very difficult time

has debido (de) perderlo or debes (de) haberlo perdido you must have lost it

2

(en frases negativas): no deben (de) saber del accidente, si no habrían vuelto they can't know about the accident or they would have come back

¿por qué no ha llamado? — no debe (de) haber podido why hasn't he phoned? — he obviously hasn't been able to

la conferencia fue en francés, no deben (de) haber entendido nada the lecture was in French, I bet they didn't understand a word o they can't have understood a word

no les debe haber interesado or no les debió interesar they can't have been interested o presumably, they weren't interested

■ deberse

v pron

A (tener su causa en) deberse A algo:

el retraso se debe al mal tiempo the delay is due to the bad weather

el accidente se debió a un fallo humano the accident was caused by o was due to human error

¿a qué se debe este escándalo? what's all this racket about?

¿a qué se debe tan agradable sorpresa? to what do I owe such a pleasant surprise?

B «persona» (tener obligaciones hacia) deberse A algn; to have a duty TO sb

el artista se debe a su público an artist has a duty to his or her public

me debo antes que nada a mis pacientes my first responsibility o duty is to my patients

me debo a mis electores I have a duty to the people who voted for me

deber²

masculine

A (obligación) duty

cumplió con su deber he carried out o did his duty

faltó a su deber he failed in his duty, he failed to do his duty

el deber del soldado para con su patria a soldier's duty to his country

votar es un derecho y un deber del cuidadano voting is the right and duty of every citizen

tengo el triste deber de comunicarles el fallecimiento de … ( frml); it is my sad duty to inform you of the death of …

es un deber de conciencia ayudarlos I feel morally bound to help them

B deberes mpl (tarea escolar) homework, assignment ( AmE)

¿has hecho los deberes? have you done your homework?

nos ponen or mandan muchos deberes they set us a lot of homework

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deber 1 ( conjugate deber) verbo transitivo ‹dinero/favor/explicación› to owe;
◊ te debo las entradas de ayer I owe you for the tickets from yesterday

deber v aux
1 ( expresando obligación):
◊ debemos trabajar más we must work harder;

no debes usarlo you must not use it;
deberías or debías habérselo dicho you ought to have o you should have told her;
no se debe mentir you mustn't tell lies;
no deberías haberlo dejado solo you shouldn't have left him alone
2 (expresando suposición, probabilidad):
◊ deben (de) ser más de las cinco it must be after five o'clock;

deben (de) haber salido they must have gone out;
debe (de) estar enamorado she/he must be in love;
no deben (de) saber la dirección they probably don't know the address;
no les debe (de) interesar they can't be interested
deberse verbo pronominal
1 ( tener su causa en) deberse a algo to be due to sth;
◊ se debe a que no estudia it's due to the fact that she doesn't study;

¿a qué se debe este escándalo? what's all this racket about?
2 [ persona] ( tener obligaciones hacia) deberse a algn to have a duty to sb
deber 2 sustantivo masculino
1 ( obligación) duty;
◊ cumplió con su deber he carried out o did his duty

2
◊ deberes sustantivo masculino plural ( tarea escolar) homework, assignment (AmE)

deber 1 sustantivo masculino
I duty: deberá cumplir con su deber, she must do her duty
II Educ deberes, homework sing
deber 2
I verbo transitivo
1 (tener una deuda) to owe: me debe una disculpa, he owes me an apology
le debe mucho a su entrenador, he owes a lot to his trainer
2 (+ infinitivo: estar obligado a) must, to have to: debe tomar el medicamento, he must take the medicine
debía hacerlo, I had to do it
ya debería estar aquí, he ought to be here‚ ¡debería darte vergüenza!, you should be ashamed of yourself! o shame on you! ➣ Ver nota en must 3 (para dar un consejo) should: deberías estar presente, you should be present
II verbo intransitivo ( deber + de + infinitivo: ser posible) (positivo) must: debe de haberlo oído en alguna parte, he must have heard it from somewhere
(negativo) can not: debe de estar dormido, he must be asleep
todavía no deben de haber llegado, they can't have arrived yet
' deber' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carga
- hacer
- imponerse
- incumplir
- incumplimiento
- obligación
- alto
- ciudadano
- cometido
- cumplimiento
- cumplir
- inexcusable
- ir
- satisfacción
- sentido
English:
accomplishment
- avoid
- before
- carry out
- civic
- discharge
- do
- duck
- duty
- immune
- job
- meet
- must
- need
- neglect
- ought
- owe
- service
- should
- suppose
- want
- bound
- call
- well

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deber

♦ nm
[obligación] duty;
mi deber es ayudar it is my duty to help;

es mi deber intentar detenerle it is my duty to try to stop him;

cumplir con el deber to do one's duty;

faltarás a tu deber si no acudes a la reunión you will be failing in your duty if you don't come to the meeting;

los derechos y los deberes de los ciudadanos citizens' rights and duties;

mantener la ciudad limpia es deber de todos keeping the city tidy is everyone's responsibility;

tiene un gran sentido del deber she has a great sense of duty;

tengo el triste deber de comunicarles la aparición del cuerpo de su hijo it is my sad duty to inform you that your son's body has been found

♦ deberes nmpl
[trabajo escolar] homework;
hacer los deberes to do one's homework;

nos han mandado muchos deberes para el fin de semana they've set o given us a lot of homework for the weekend

♦ vt

1. [adeudar] to owe;

deber algo a alguien to owe sb sth, to owe sth to sb;

¿qué o [m5] cuánto le debo? how much is it?, how much does it come to?;

¿qué se debe? how much is it?, how much does it come to?;

¿qué te debo del pan y la leche? what do I owe you for the bread and milk?;

me deben medio millón de pesos they owe me half a million pesos;

me debes una cena you owe me a meal out

2. [moralmente] to owe;

te debo la vida I owe you my life;

este éxito se lo debo a mis compañeros I owe this success to my colleagues, I have my colleagues to thank for this success;

creo que te debo una explicación I think I owe you an explanation;

debemos mucho a nuestros padres we owe our parents a lot;

no le debo nada a nadie I don't owe anybody anything;
Formal
¿a qué debemos el honor de su visita? to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?;

Comp
Fam
deber una a alguien to owe sb one;

te debo una, compañero I owe you one, mate

♦ vi

1. (antes de infinitivo) [expresa obligación]
debo hacerlo I have to do it, I must do it;

deberían abolir esa ley they ought to o should abolish that law;

debes dominar tus impulsos you must o should control your impulses;

debería darles vergüenza they ought to be ashamed;

no deberías fumar tanto you shouldn't smoke so much;

no debes decir mentiras you mustn't o shouldn't tell lies;

no debiste insultarle you shouldn't have insulted her;
Fam
una película como debe ser a proper film, a film like films were meant to be

2. [expresa posibilidad]
el tren debe de llegar alrededor de las diez the train should arrive at about ten;

deben de haber llegado ya a casa they must o should be home by now;

deben de ser las diez it must be ten o'clock;

no debe de ser muy mayor she can't be very old;

no debe de hacer mucho frío it can't be very o that cold;

debe de ser extranjero he must be a foreigner;

debes de estar cayéndote de sueño you must be exhausted;

debo haberlo dejado en casa I must have left it at home

♦ See also the pronominal verb deberse

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deber

I m

1 duty

2

:

deberes pl homework sg

II v/t owe;

deber a alguien 500 pesos owe s.o. 500 pesos

III v/i

1 en presente must, have to;

debo llegar a la hora I must be on time, I have to be on time;

no debo llegar tarde I mustn’t be late

2 en pretérito should have;

debería haberme callado I should have kept quiet

3 en futuro will have to;

deberán terminar imediatamente they must finish o they will have to finish immediately

4 en condicional should;

¿qué debería hacer? what should I do?;

no deberías hacer eso you shouldn’t do that;

debería ser lo suficientemente largo that should be long enough

5 como suposición

:

debe de hacer frío it must be cold;

debe de tener quince años he must be about 15;

debe de hacer poco que viven aquí they can’t have lived here for long;

ya deben de haber llegado they must o should have arrived by now

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deber vt

: to owe

deber v aux

1) : must, have to

debo ir a la oficina: I must go to the office

2) : should, ought to

deberías buscar trabajo: you ought to look for work

3) (expressing probability) : must

debe ser mexicano: he must be Mexican

♦ See also the reflexive verb deberse

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deber¹ n duty [pl. duties]

es un deber del ciudadano pagar los impuestos it is every citizen's duty to pay taxes

cumplir con un deber to do your duty

deber² vb

1. (dinero, favor, etc) to owe

te debo 1.000 pesetas I owe you 1,000 pesetas

me debes un favor you owe me a favour

2. (estar obligado en presente) must / to have to

debemos respetar a los demás we must respect other people

3. (estar obligado en condicional) should / ought to

deberías ser menos impulsivo you should be less impulsive

deber de must

debe de haber aprobado porque está muy contento he must have passed because he's very happy

Spanish-English dictionary > deber
9 holgadamente

adv.

1 widely, amply, fully, loosely.

Caben holgadamente they fit easily

2 quietly, carelessly.

3 at leisure, comfortably, easily, leisurely.

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holgadamente

► adverbio

1 (con amplio margen) easily

■ caben cuatro niños holgadamente four children fit in easily

■ ganaron holgadamente they won easily

2 (con comodidad) comfortably

■ viven holgadamente they are well off, they are comfortably off

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ADV

1) (=ampliamente) loosely, comfortably

caben holgadamente — they fit in easily, they go in with room to spare

ganaron las elecciones holgadamente — they won the elections easily o comfortably

2) (=cómodamente)

vivir holgadamente — to live comfortably, be comfortably off

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= comfortably.

Ex. In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

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= comfortably.

Ex: In this reading mood we feel anxious, tired, lazy, worried -- whatever causes us to reject demanding and 'new' literature and forces us to take up again books that are comfortably -- and comfortingly -- known and easily enjoyed.

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holgadamente

adverb

1 (con holgura económica) comfortably

viven holgadamente they are well-off, they live comfortably

2

(con amplio margen): pudimos terminar el trabajo holgadamente we finished the job with plenty of time to spare

en el asiento trasero caben tres holgadamente you can fit three in the back seat comfortably

aprobó el examen holgadamente she passed the exam easily

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holgadamente adv

1. [ampliamente]
cabemos todos holgadamente we can all fit in easily;

triunfaron holgadamente they won easily;

cumplió holgadamente lo que prometió he more than fulfilled his promise, he did what he had promised and more;

la abstención sobrepasó holgadamente el 60 por ciento well over 60 percent abstained

2. [con bienestar] comfortably, easily;

viven holgadamente they live comfortably, they are comfortably off

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holgadamente adv

: comfortably, easily

vivir holgadamente: to be well-off

Spanish-English dictionary > holgadamente
10 competencia

f.

1 competition (entre personas, empresas).

la competencia the competition

hacer la competencia a alguien to compete with somebody

competencia desleal (commerce) unfair competition

2 field, province (incumbency).

no es de mi competencia it's not my responsibility

3 competence.

4 competition. ( Latin American Spanish)

5 area of responsibility, terms of reference.

6 domain, scope.

7 jurisdiction, venue.

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competencia

► nombre femenino

1 (rivalidad) competition, rivalry

■ hay una gran competencia entre los dos tenistas there's great competition between the two tennis players

2 (competidores) competitors plural, rival company

■ Emilio trabaja ahora para la competencia Emilio is now working for our competitors

3 (habilidad) competence, ability, proficiency

4 (incumbencia) responsibility; (jurisdicción) jurisdiction

■ este asunto no es de su competencia this matter is outside his jurisdiction, this matter is outside his area of responsibility

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en competencia con in competition with

hacer la competencia a to compete with, compete against

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noun f.

1) competence

2) competition

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SF

1) (=rivalidad) competition

nos enfrentamos a la competencia de los productos norteamericanos — we are faced by competition from American products

existe una fuerte competencia entre las dos empresas por el control del mercado externo — the two companies are vying for control of the foreign market, there is fierce competition between the two companies for control of the foreign market

• competencia desleal — unfair competition

• competencia despiadada — ruthless competition

• en competencia con algn/algo — in competition with sb/sth

en competencia directa con el sector privado — in direct competition with the private sector

actúan en competencia con el estado — they are in competition with the state

• hacer la competencia a algn/algo — to compete with sb/sth

dos compañías nos hacen la competencia — we have two companies to compete with

¿me quieres hacer la competencia? — are you trying to compete with me?

• libre competencia — free competition

2) (=rival) competition

han conseguido hundir a la competencia — they have managed to beat the competition

ahora trabaja para la competencia — she's working for the competition now

la competencia tiene mejores ofertas — our competitors have better offers, the competition has better offers

3) (=capacidad) competence, ability

no dudo de tu competencia como abogado — I am not questioning your competence o ability as a lawyer

competencia lingüística — linguistic competence, linguistic ability

4) (=responsabilidad)

ese tema no es de mi competencia — that matter is outside my jurisdiction o my competence

esta decisión es competencia exclusiva del gobierno — this decision is the exclusive jurisdiction of the government, only the government is competent to deal with this decision

las competencias legales del Consejo de Administración — the jurisdiction o areas of competence of the Administrative Council

5) pl competencias (Pol) powers

competencias transferidas a las comunidades autónomas — powers devolved o transferred to the autonomous regions

6) LAm (Dep) competition

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femenino

1)

a) ( pugna) competition, rivalry

siempre ha habido competencia entre ellos — there's always been rivalry o a lot of competition between them

hacerse la competencia — to be rivals o in competition

hacerle la competencia a alguien — to compete with somebody

la competencia es feroz — competition is fierce

b) (persona, entidad) competition

la competencia se nos adelantó — our competitors o the competition got in first

- competencia desleal

2) (de juez, tribunal) competence

es competencia del consejo — this is a matter for the council

este asunto no es de mi competencia — I have no authority o say in this matter

tienen competencias plenas en materia educativa — they have complete authority on educational issues

3)

a) (habilidad, aptitud) competence, ability

b) (Ling) competence

4) (AmL) (Dep) ( certamen) competition

•

- competencia de atletismo

* * *

= competence, competency, competition, proficiency, province, purview, joust.

Ex. In order that you should be able to perform these required skills with greater competence, selected elements of the theory of subject indexing will be included.

Ex. SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.

Ex. The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.

Ex. Factors here may be: Characteristics of the abstracting staff, such as their proficiency as abstractors, subject knowledge, and other duties demanding their time and attention.

Ex. The bibliographical control of such items is the province of in-house indexing.

Ex. This article discusses the fact that no library is able to acquire all published material within its subject purview.

Ex. The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

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* adelantarse a la competencia = get in + ahead of the field.

* bajo la competencia de = under the jurisdiction of.

* caer dentro de la competencia de = be the province of, fall within + the province of.

* competencia de precios = price competition.

* competencia lingüística = language competence.

* competencias de información = information literacy.

* competencias en información = information literacy.

* dentro de + Posesivo + competencia = within + Posesivo + jurisdiction.

* entrar bajo la competencia de = fall under + the purview of.

* entrar dentro de la competencia de = fall + under the purview of.

* entrar dentro de la competencia de Alguien = fall within + Posesivo + purview.

* estar dentro de la competencia de = be the province of.

* fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.

* fuera de + Posesivo + competencia = outside + Posesivo + jurisdiction.

* información sobre la competencia = business intelligence, competitive intelligence, competitor intelligence.

* mantenerse por delante de la competencia = keep + one step ahead of the game, keep + one step ahead of the competition.

* política de competencias = competition policy.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia = Office of Fair Trade.

* ventaja sobre la competencia = competitive edge, competitive advantage.

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femenino

1)

a) ( pugna) competition, rivalry

siempre ha habido competencia entre ellos — there's always been rivalry o a lot of competition between them

hacerse la competencia — to be rivals o in competition

hacerle la competencia a alguien — to compete with somebody

la competencia es feroz — competition is fierce

b) (persona, entidad) competition

la competencia se nos adelantó — our competitors o the competition got in first

- competencia desleal

2) (de juez, tribunal) competence

es competencia del consejo — this is a matter for the council

este asunto no es de mi competencia — I have no authority o say in this matter

tienen competencias plenas en materia educativa — they have complete authority on educational issues

3)

a) (habilidad, aptitud) competence, ability

b) (Ling) competence

4) (AmL) (Dep) ( certamen) competition

•

- competencia de atletismo

* * *

= competence, competency, competition, proficiency, province, purview, joust.

Ex: In order that you should be able to perform these required skills with greater competence, selected elements of the theory of subject indexing will be included.

Ex: SLIS programmes intended to 'produce' librarians with competency in the use of IT have to be designed.

Ex: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.

Ex: Factors here may be: Characteristics of the abstracting staff, such as their proficiency as abstractors, subject knowledge, and other duties demanding their time and attention.

Ex: The bibliographical control of such items is the province of in-house indexing.

Ex: This article discusses the fact that no library is able to acquire all published material within its subject purview.

Ex: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.

* adelantarse a la competencia = get in + ahead of the field.

* bajo la competencia de = under the jurisdiction of.

* caer dentro de la competencia de = be the province of, fall within + the province of.

* competencia de precios = price competition.

* competencia lingüística = language competence.

* competencias de información = information literacy.

* competencias en información = information literacy.

* dentro de + Posesivo + competencia = within + Posesivo + jurisdiction.

* entrar bajo la competencia de = fall under + the purview of.

* entrar dentro de la competencia de = fall + under the purview of.

* entrar dentro de la competencia de Alguien = fall within + Posesivo + purview.

* estar dentro de la competencia de = be the province of.

* fomentar la competencia = cultivate + competition.

* fuera de + Posesivo + competencia = outside + Posesivo + jurisdiction.

* información sobre la competencia = business intelligence, competitive intelligence, competitor intelligence.

* mantenerse por delante de la competencia = keep + one step ahead of the game, keep + one step ahead of the competition.

* política de competencias = competition policy.

* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.

* Tribunal de Defensa de la Competencia = Office of Fair Trade.

* ventaja sobre la competencia = competitive edge, competitive advantage.

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competencia

feminine

A

1 (pugna) competition, rivalry

siempre ha habido competencia entre ellos there's always been rivalry o a lot of competition between them

las dos compañías se hacen la competencia the two companies are rivals o are in competition

has sacado muy malas notas, ¿le estás haciendo la competencia a tu hermano? ( iró); you got very low grades, are you trying to compete with your brother? ( iro)

competencia desleal unfair competition

en ese campo la competencia es feroz competition is fierce in that field

2

(persona, entidad): la competencia se nos adelantó our competitors o the competition got in first

se fue a trabajar para la competencia he went to work for the opposition o for one of our competitors o for a rival company

Compuesto:

competencia desleal

unfair competition

B

(incumbencia, poder): no aceptó que el tribunal tuviera competencia para fallar he did not accept the court's competence to pass judgment o the court's authority o the court's jurisdiction

es competencia directa del consejo the council has direct responsibility for it o is directly responsible for it

este asunto no es de mi competencia I have no authority o say in this matter, this matter is outside my jurisdiction o my competence o my area of responsibility

tienen competencias plenas en materia educativa they have complete authority on o absolute power regarding educational issues

C

1 (habilidad, aptitud) competence, ability

no dudo de su competencia como profesional I have no doubts about his professional competence

2 ( Ling) competence

D ( AmL) ( Dep) (certamen) competition

Compuestos:

● competencia de atletismo

track and field meet ( AmE), athletics meeting ( BrE)

● competencia de atletismo en or de pista

track meet ( AmE), track events competition ( BrE)

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competencia sustantivo femenino
1
a) ( pugna) competition, rivalry;

◊ hacerse la competencia to be rivals o in competition;

hacerle la competencia a algn to compete with sb
b) (persona, entidad) competition;

◊ la competencia se nos adelantó the competition got in first

c) (AmL) ( certamen) competition

2
a) (de juez, tribunal) competence;

◊ este asunto no es de mi competencia I have no authority o say in this matter

b) (habilidad, aptitud) competence, ability;

◊ falta de competencia incompetence

competencia sustantivo femenino
1 (entre competidores) competition
2 (responsabilidad) field, province: no es asunto de tu competencia, it's not up to you
3 (capacidad, aptitud) competence
' competencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
circunscribirse
- poner
- solvencia
- altura
- autoridad
- capacidad
- puntaje
English:
competence
- competition
- cutthroat
- dog-eat-dog
- keen
- opposition
- photo finish
- proficiency
- publicity
- unfair competition
- brief
- contest
- couple
- dog
- high
- muscle
- province
- rivalry

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competencia nf

1. [entre personas, empresas] competition;

hay mucha competencia por conseguir ese contrato there's a lot of competition for that contract;

hacer la competencia a alguien to compete with sb

Comp
Com competencia desleal unfair competition
2. [persona, empresa]
la competencia the competition;

trabaja para la competencia he works for the competition

3. [incumbencia] field, province;

no es de mi competencia it's not my responsibility;

ese asunto es competencia de la policía that is a matter for the police;

los casos de terrorismo no son competencia de ese tribunal that court is not responsible for dealing with terrorism cases

4. [atribuciones]
competencias powers;

tienen competencias en materia de educación they have authority over educational matters

5. [aptitud] competence, ability;

un profesional de una gran competencia a very able o competent professional

6. Ling competence

Comp
competencia comunicativa communicative competence;
competencia lingüística linguistic competence

7. Am [deportiva] competition

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competencia

f

1 ( habilidad) competence

2 entre rivales competition;

hacer la competencia a alguien/algo compete with s.o./sth

3 ( incumbencia) area of responsibility, competency;

eso no es de mi competencia that’s not my department

4 L.Am.
DEP competition
* * *

competencia nf

1) : competition, rivalry

2) : competence

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competencia n

1. (rivalidad) competition

hay mucha competencia there's a lot of competition

2. (competidores) competitors / rival company

se fue a trabajar para la competencia he went to work for a rival company

3. (capacidad) ability

ha demostrado su competencia she's proved her ability

4. (responsabilidad) responsibility

es competencia del Estado the state is responsible for it

Spanish-English dictionary > competencia
11 adecuado

adj.

adequate, appropriate, becoming, apt.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: adecuar.

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adecuado

► participio pasado

1→ link=adecuar adecuar

► adjetivo

1 adequate, suitable, appropriate

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(f. - adecuada)

adj.

appropriate

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ADJ

1) (=apropiado) [actitud, respuesta, ropa, tratamiento] appropriate; [documento, requisito] appropriate, relevant

los medios adecuados para resolver el problema — the appropriate means to solve the problem

es el traje más adecuado para la primavera — it is the most suitable o appropriate outfit for spring

exigen un uso adecuado de los recursos — they are demanding that resources be used appropriately o properly

una actitud poco adecuada — an inappropriate attitude

estar en el momento y el lugar adecuados — to be in the right place at the right time

esta no es la pieza adecuada — this is not the right part

el hombre adecuado para el puesto — the right man for the job

lo más adecuado sería... — the best thing o the most appropriate thing would be to...

2) (=acorde)

adecuado a algo: un precio adecuado a mis posibilidades — a price within my budget o reach

3) (=suficiente) [dinero, tiempo] sufficient

* * *

- da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado)

un vestido adecuado para una boda — a suitable dress for a wedding

la persona adecuada para el cargo — the right person for the job

el momento adecuado — the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados — we do not have adequate o the necessary resources

b) ( aceptable) adequate

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= adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.

Ex. There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex. Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex. By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex. It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex. The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.

Ex. Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.

Ex. The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex. If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

Ex. And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.

Ex. This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex. The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex. That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex. With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex. Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.

Ex. I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.

Ex. Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex. For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex. Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex. I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex. Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.

Ex. Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

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* adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.

* considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.

* creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo adecuado = adequacy.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.

* proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up.

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- da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado)

un vestido adecuado para una boda — a suitable dress for a wedding

la persona adecuada para el cargo — the right person for the job

el momento adecuado — the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados — we do not have adequate o the necessary resources

b) ( aceptable) adequate

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= adequate, appropriate, apt, desirable, suitable, competent, convenient, correct, eligible, felicitous, fine [finer -comp., finest -sup.], fit [fitter -comp., fittest -sup.], proper, successful, timely, fitting, commensurate, accommodating, timely, fit for purpose, beffiting.

Ex: There must be provision for changes necessary to keep the coverage of subjects adequate for new literature.

Ex: Informative abstracts are appropriate for texts describing experimental work.

Ex: By building upon a more apt conceptual framework the transfer of information technology can play a role, albeit limited, in the development process.

Ex: It is desirable that they be treated as parts of a single serials record, since this will provide a 'one-stop' file containing all the relevant data, and will produce a file with a number of funtions.

Ex: The approach which is suitable in specialised indexing tools for medical research will need to be very specific in order to differentiate between two closely related subjects.

Ex: Those responsible in libraries must ensure that the users are given competent advice.

Ex: The most convenient manual format for recording terms is to write each term on a card.

Ex: If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

Ex: And yet, everyone knows that historically only a very small portion of the eligible users have ever crossed the threshold of a public library.

Ex: This is hardly a felicitous solution to be followed in other similar cases.

Ex: The solution is fine when the qualifying term that the user seeks is present, and is used relatively consistently.

Ex: That was considered to be a fit matter to be relegated to the machines.

Ex: With proper authorization, you may request information about the status of the copies displayed.

Ex: Someone's off-the-cuff idea may be the clue that will tap another's thought and lead to a successful solution.

Ex: I believe that the issues brought forth and debated in the following papers and discussions are as timely today as they were when the institutes were first held.

Ex: Since libraries are the lifeblood of research, it seems only fitting then that the education of librarians should include familiarity with research methodology.

Ex: For their indifference, they were rewarded with personnel evaluations which reflected an imaginatively fabricated version of the truth, but which did afford the requisite ego boost and commensurate pay increase.

Ex: Monitors tuned to television news may have to be located in areas that are less than accommodating to the large numbers of users who want to know the fast-breaking events which affect us all.

Ex: I am not very good at fortune telling but I suspect it may be timely for people to communicate briefly on strategy and options with him.

Ex: Commercial pressures are placing demands on the designer to provide solutions which are fit for purpose for all user groups.

Ex: Since I write in English I should really refer to the city as Florence, but Firenze is such a phonically beautiful sounding word, far more befitting of the beautiful Italian city.

* adecuado para = accommodative to, well suited to/for.

* considerar adecuado = judge + suitable, consider + appropriate.

* creer adecuado = see + fit, think + fit.

* de forma adecuada = adequately, fitly, appropriately.

* de un modo adecuado = appropriately, fitly.

* el más adecuado = ideally suited.

* el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* en el momento adecuado = at the right time.

* estar en el lugar adecuado en el momento adecuado = be in the right place at the right time.

* lo adecuado = adequacy.

* no ser lo más adecuado para = ill suited to/for.

* poco adecuado = unsuited, unsuitable, inapt.

* prácticas más adecuadas = lessons learned [lessons learnt], best practices.

* proporcionar el + Nombre + adecuado al + Nombre + adecuado en el m = provide + the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.

* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.

* ser adecuado = be right, stand up.

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adecuado -da

adjective

1

(apropiado): me parece poco adecuado para una ocasión así I don't think it is very suitable for such an occasion

es la persona más adecuada para este trabajo she is the best person o the most suitable person for the job o to do the job

éste no es el momento adecuado this is not the right moment

no disponemos de los medios adecuados para realizar el trabajo we do not have adequate o the necessary resources to carry out the work

2 (aceptable) adequate

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Del verbo adecuar: ( conjugate adecuar)

adecuado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
adecuado
adecuar
adecuado
◊ -da adjetivo

a) ( apropiado) ‹vestido/regalo› suitable;

‹ momento› right;
‹ medios› adequate;
◊ la persona adecuada para el cargo the right person for the job

b) ( aceptable) adequate

adecuar ( conjugate adecuar) verbo transitivo adecuado algo a algo to adapt sth to sth
adecuado,-a adjetivo appropriate, suitable
adecuar verbo transitivo to adapt
' adecuado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adecuada
- aparente
- apta
- apto
- corresponder
- distribuir
- encontrar
- justa
- justo
- microclima
- momento
- pertinente
- propia
- propio
- bien
- indicado
- planteamiento
English:
adequate
- appropriate
- beginner
- due
- fit
- fitting
- proper
- suitable
- undue
- unsuitable
- right
- suited

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adecuado, -a adj

appropriate, suitable;

muchos niños no reciben una alimentación adecuada many children do not have a proper diet;

ponte un traje adecuado para la ceremonia wear something suitable for the ceremony;

no es un hombre adecuado para ella he's not the right sort of man for her;

el sistema actual no es el adecuado the current system isn't the right one;

no creo que este sea el lugar más adecuado para discutir del tema I don't think this is the best o right place to discuss the matter;

repartieron los fondos de forma adecuada they shared out the funds appropriately

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adecuado

adj suitable, appropriate

* * *

adecuado, -da adj

1) idóneo: suitable, appropriate

2) : adequate

* * *

adecuado adj right / suitable

es la persona adecuada para este trabajo he's the right person for this job

Spanish-English dictionary > adecuado
12 maraña

f.

1 trick, snarl.

2 thicket.

3 tangle, knot, snarl-up.

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maraña

► nombre femenino

1 (espesura) thicket

2 (enredo) tangle

3 (asunto confuso) muddle, mess

* * *

noun f.

tangle

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SF

1) (=maleza) thicket, tangle of plants

2) [de hilos] tangle

3) (=enredo) mess, tangle

una maraña de pasillos — a maze o labyrinth of passages

una maraña de burocracia — a bureaucratic maze o labyrinth

una maraña de mentiras — a web of lies

4) * (=truco) trick, ruse

5) And small tip

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femenino

a) (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña — a tangled ball of wool

b) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetation

c) (lío, confusión) tangled mess

es una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

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= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.

Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.

Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex. For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

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* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.

* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.

* maraña política = political thicket.

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femenino

a) (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña — a tangled ball of wool

b) (de arbustos, malezas) tangle of vegetation

c) (lío, confusión) tangled mess

es una maraña de personajes y relaciones — it is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

* * *

= morass, tangled web, tangle, miasma, garble, snarl, snarl-up.

Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.

Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.

Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.

Ex: For some other slants on this topic, see these two blogs; but beware, as they do contain some notable garbles and omissions.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.

* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.

* maraña política = political thicket.

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maraña

feminine

1 (de hilos, cabello) tangle

un ovillo hecho una maraña a tangled ball of wool

2

(de arbustos, malezas): mi jardín es una verdadera maraña my garden is a real tangle of weeds o is a real jungle

con un machete se abrió paso en la maraña he hacked his way through the tangled vegetation with a machete

3

(lío, confusión): el argumento es una maraña de personajes y relaciones the plot is a complicated o tangled web of characters and relationships

no sé cómo entiende esta maraña de números I don't know how he can understand this mess o jumble of numbers

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maraña sustantivo femenino
tangle;
◊ la maraña burocrática the tangle of bureaucracy

maraña sustantivo femenino tangle

' maraña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enredo
English:
tangle
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maraña nf

1. [de cabellos, hilos] tangle;

encontré el interruptor entre una maraña de cables I found the switch amid a tangle of electric cables

2. [maleza] thicket;

la maraña de arbustos no nos permitía avanzar the dense undergrowth prevented us from going any further

3. [complicación] tangle;

están intentando desenrollar la maraña de normas que regulan el sector they are trying to unravel the tangle of regulations that regulate the industry;

no hay quien se entienda con la maraña de idiomas que se hablan allí nobody can understand the jumble of languages they speak there;

le cuesta mucho encontrar lo que busca en la maraña de Internet he finds it difficult to find what he's looking for on-line, the Internet is such a maze

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maraña

f

1 de hilos tangle

2 ( lío) jumble

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maraña nf

1) : thicket

2) enredo: tangle, mess

Spanish-English dictionary > maraña
13 pedir

v.

1 to ask for.

pedir algo a alguien to ask somebody for something

pedir a alguien que haga algo to ask somebody to do something

pedir a alguien (en matrimonio) to ask for somebody's hand (in marriage)

pedir (prestado) algo a alguien to borrow something from somebody

pide un millón por la moto he's asking a million for the motorbike

Yo pido una pizza I ask for a pizza.

Yo le pido a María una pizza I ask Mary for a pizza.

Yo le pido a María I ask Mary.

2 to order.

¿qué has pedido de postre? what have you ordered for dessert?

3 to demand.

4 to call for, to need.

5 to beg.

6 to ask to, to request to.

Yo pedí hablar en la reunión I requested to talk at the meeting.

7 to require.

El caso pide una acción immediata The case requires immediate action.

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pedir

Conjugation model [ SERVIR], like link=servir servir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to ask for

■ me pidió el teléfono he asked me for my phone number

■ me pidió que la acompañara she asked me to go with her

2 (mercancías, en restaurante) to order

■ lo pedí por teléfono I ordered it over the phone

■ ¿qué has pedido de postre? what did you order for dessert?

3 (necesitar) to need, cry out for

■ este suelo está pidiendo a gritos un fregado this floor is crying out to be washed

► verbo intransitivo

1 (por la calle) to beg

■ siempre hay gente pidiendo there are always people begging

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FRASEOLOGÍA

a pedir de boca just right, perfectly

pedir la cuenta to ask for the bill

pedir la mano de alguien to ask for somebody's hand in marriage

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verb

1) to ask for, request

2) order

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1. VT

1) (=rogar, solicitar) to ask for

¿habéis pedido ya la cuenta? — have you asked for the bill yet?

lo único que pido es que no llueva mañana — all I ask is that it doesn't rain tomorrow

necesito pedirte consejo — I need to ask your advice

a ti nadie te ha pedido tu opinión — nobody asked your opinion

estuve pidiendo auxilio durante un buen rato — I was calling for help for some time

una manifestación pidiendo la libertad de los secuestrados — a demonstration calling for the release of the hostages

llamé para pedir que me pusieran una canción — I phoned to request a song

• pedir cuentas a algn — to demand an explanation from sb

• pedir algo a Dios — to pray to God for sth

• pedir disculpas — to apologize

• pedir algo por favor, me pidió por favor que fuera discreto — he asked me to please keep it to myself

te lo pido por favor, quédate conmigo — please stay with me

• pedir hora — to make an appointment

• pedir limosna — to beg

• pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

pido la palabra, señoría — permission to speak, my lord

• pedir perdón — (=disculparse) to apologize; [suplicando] to beg (for) forgiveness

• pedir permiso — to ask (for) permission

- te lo pido por Dios

- ¿qué más se puede pedir?

2) (Com) (=encargar) to order

he pedido unos zapatos por correo — I've ordered some shoes by post

tengo pedidos varios libros — I've got some books on order

3) [en un restaurante] to order; [en un bar] to ask for, order

de primero hemos pedido sopa — we've ordered soup as a starter

hemos pedido dos cafés y un té — we've asked for o ordered two coffees and a tea

4) [para casarse] to propose to

fue a su casa a pedirla — he went to her house to propose to her

mis dos hermanas ya están pedidas — my two sisters are already spoken for

• pedir la mano de algn — to ask for sb's hand

• pedir a algn en matrimonio — to ask for sb's hand in marriage

5) (Jur) [+ condena] to ask for

el fiscal pidió siete años de cárcel — the prosecution asked for a seven-year sentence

6) (=requerir) to need

esta planta pide mucho sol — this plant needs lots of sunlight

ese sofá pide una cortina azul — that sofa needs a blue curtain to go with it

• pedir algo a gritos o voces — to be crying out for sth

la casa está pidiendo a voces que la pinten — the house is crying out to be painted

7) (tb: pedir prestado) to borrow

tengo que pedirte unos libros — I need to borrow some books off you

me pidió prestado el coche — he asked if he could borrow the car, he asked to borrow the car

2. VI

1) (=rogar)

este niño está todo el día pidiendo — that child is always asking for things

• pedir por algn — (Rel) to pray for sb

pido a Dios por los difuntos — I pray to God for the dead

- por pedir que no quede

2) (=pedir dinero) [mendigo] to beg; [voluntario] to collect money

iba pidiendo por los vagones — he went begging from carriage to carriage

piden para una buena causa — they are collecting money for a good cause

3) [en un bar, restaurante] to order

¿habéis pedido ya? — have you ordered yet?
boca 1., 3)
3.

See:

pedirse
PEDIR ¿"Ask" o "ask for"? ► La expresión pedir algo se traduce por ask for something: Pidieron muchas cosas diferentes They asked for many different things Si el verbo pedir lleva dos complementos, el complemento de persona siempre va delante: Pídele un lápiz a la profesora Ask the teacher for a pencil ► La estructura pedir a alguien que haga algo, se traduce al inglés por ask + ((objeto)) + ((construcción de infinitivo)): Le pedí a mi hermana que me trajera una alfombra de Turquía I asked my sister to bring me a rug from Turkey Le pediremos que nos haga un descuento We'll ask him to give us a discount Si el contexto es más formal pedir también se puede traducir por request: Ambas partes en conflicto están pidiendo ayuda al extranjero Both sides are requesting help from abroad Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <dinero/ayuda> to ask for

pidieron un préstamo al banco — they asked the bank for a loan

pidió permiso para salir — she asked permission to leave

pide limosna — he begs (for money)

perdirle algo a alguien — to ask somebody for something

le pidió ayuda — he asked her for help

nadie (te) ha pedido tu opinión — nobody asked (for) your opinion

me pidió disculpas or perdón — he apologized (to me)

me pidió explicaciones or cuentas — he asked me to justify my actions

pedir hora — to make an appointment

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

¿qué más se puede pedir? — what more could you ask for?

me pidió que le enseñara — he asked me to teach him

pidió que lo trasladaran — he asked to be transferred; ver prestado

b) (en bar, restaurante) <plato/bebida> to order; < cuenta> to ask for

2) (Com)

a) ( como precio)

pedir algo POR algo — to ask something for something

¿cuánto pide por la casa? — how much is she asking for the house?

b) < mercancías> to order

3) ( para casarse)

pedir a una mujer en matrimonio — to ask for a woman's hand in marriage (frml)

4) ( requerir) to need

este pescado pide un vino blanco — this fish needs a white wine to go with it

esta planta está pidiendo a gritos que la rieguen — this plant is crying out to be watered
2.
pedir vi

a) ( mendigar) to beg

b) (en bar, restaurante) to order

c) ( para tener algo) (AmL) to ask

pidió para salir temprano — he asked if he could go early

estos niños sólo saben pedir — these children do nothing but make demands

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= ask, ask for, have + calls for, call for, call on/upon, canvass, instruct, invite, order, plead for, request, require, prompt, bid, beg, howl for, cadge, call on/upon, bay.

Ex. This recommendation asks the cataloguer to ascertain the name by which an author is commonly known.

Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex. For some while there have been calls for an abbreviated version of AACR, for small libraries and for non-cataloguers.

Ex. The main rules call for entry of societies under name and institutions under place.

Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex. A change to 48% reduction instead of the present 24% is being canvassed, in order to keep the size within bounds, but this should not cause any serious problems in use, particularly as many modern microform readers have dual magnification.

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. Members of the audience were invited to ask questions, make statements, and express themselves freely.

Ex. Edge notch cards are often ordered in a size tailored to the demands of the index, and can be purchased with any coding that the index designer specifies.

Ex. I would plead for more standardization, not less, because I think whatever we do is going to be imperfect.

Ex. Also, with online display, the user should be able to request displays indicating different levels of specificity.

Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.

Ex. You will be prompted to choose a file; your last search will then be executed automatically in the file that you choose.

Ex. 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex. A sociologist at Yale begs libraries to keep information from him - he says that information seeks him everywhere in this world of email, fax and telephone.

Ex. The article ' Howling for change' suggests what can be done to halt the decline of the book industry.

Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

Ex. The difference is only that an indexer is not usually called upon to appreciate the subtleties of the subject to the same extent as an abstractor.

Ex. If the Holocaust cannot be discussed freely then stop baying about freedom of speech.

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* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* pedir ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* pedir ayuda a = enlist + the cooperation of.

* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.

* pedir dinero prestado = borrow + money.

* pedir disculpas = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.

* pedir encarecidamente = urge, appeal for, make + a plea for, urging.

* pedir en préstamo = borrow.

* pedir especialmente = special order.

* pedir información = request + information.

* pedir información de = ask for + details of.

* pedir información sobre = enquire of [inquire of, -USA].

* pedir la cabeza de Alguien = bay for + Posesivo + blood.

* pedir la documentación = card.

* pedir la identificación = card.

* pedir la luna = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* pedir la opinión sobre = ask for + opinion on.

* pedirle cuentas a Alguien = bring + Nombre + to book.

* pedirle peras al olmo = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* pedir perdón = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.

* pedir prestado = borrow.

* pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* pedir sugerencias = solicit + recommendations.

* pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.

* pedir un préstamo = take + a loan.

* pedir un rescate = ransom.

* pedir venganza = bay for + vengeance, bay for + blood.

* persona que pide asilo = asylum seeker.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <dinero/ayuda> to ask for

pidieron un préstamo al banco — they asked the bank for a loan

pidió permiso para salir — she asked permission to leave

pide limosna — he begs (for money)

perdirle algo a alguien — to ask somebody for something

le pidió ayuda — he asked her for help

nadie (te) ha pedido tu opinión — nobody asked (for) your opinion

me pidió disculpas or perdón — he apologized (to me)

me pidió explicaciones or cuentas — he asked me to justify my actions

pedir hora — to make an appointment

pedir la palabra — to ask for permission to speak

¿qué más se puede pedir? — what more could you ask for?

me pidió que le enseñara — he asked me to teach him

pidió que lo trasladaran — he asked to be transferred; ver prestado

b) (en bar, restaurante) <plato/bebida> to order; < cuenta> to ask for

2) (Com)

a) ( como precio)

pedir algo POR algo — to ask something for something

¿cuánto pide por la casa? — how much is she asking for the house?

b) < mercancías> to order

3) ( para casarse)

pedir a una mujer en matrimonio — to ask for a woman's hand in marriage (frml)

4) ( requerir) to need

este pescado pide un vino blanco — this fish needs a white wine to go with it

esta planta está pidiendo a gritos que la rieguen — this plant is crying out to be watered
2.
pedir vi

a) ( mendigar) to beg

b) (en bar, restaurante) to order

c) ( para tener algo) (AmL) to ask

pidió para salir temprano — he asked if he could go early

estos niños sólo saben pedir — these children do nothing but make demands

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= ask, ask for, have + calls for, call for, call on/upon, canvass, instruct, invite, order, plead for, request, require, prompt, bid, beg, howl for, cadge, call on/upon, bay.

Ex: This recommendation asks the cataloguer to ascertain the name by which an author is commonly known.

Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex: For some while there have been calls for an abbreviated version of AACR, for small libraries and for non-cataloguers.

Ex: The main rules call for entry of societies under name and institutions under place.

Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.

Ex: A change to 48% reduction instead of the present 24% is being canvassed, in order to keep the size within bounds, but this should not cause any serious problems in use, particularly as many modern microform readers have dual magnification.

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: Members of the audience were invited to ask questions, make statements, and express themselves freely.

Ex: Edge notch cards are often ordered in a size tailored to the demands of the index, and can be purchased with any coding that the index designer specifies.

Ex: I would plead for more standardization, not less, because I think whatever we do is going to be imperfect.

Ex: Also, with online display, the user should be able to request displays indicating different levels of specificity.

Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.

Ex: You will be prompted to choose a file; your last search will then be executed automatically in the file that you choose.

Ex: 'Sit down please,' he bade her.

Ex: A sociologist at Yale begs libraries to keep information from him - he says that information seeks him everywhere in this world of email, fax and telephone.

Ex: The article ' Howling for change' suggests what can be done to halt the decline of the book industry.

Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

Ex: The difference is only that an indexer is not usually called upon to appreciate the subtleties of the subject to the same extent as an abstractor.

Ex: If the Holocaust cannot be discussed freely then stop baying about freedom of speech.

* a pedir de boca = without a hitch.

* pedir ayuda = seek + assistance, seek + help.

* pedir ayuda a = enlist + the cooperation of.

* pedir con insistencia = urge, urging.

* pedir dinero prestado = borrow + money.

* pedir disculpas = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.

* pedir encarecidamente = urge, appeal for, make + a plea for, urging.

* pedir en préstamo = borrow.

* pedir especialmente = special order.

* pedir información = request + information.

* pedir información de = ask for + details of.

* pedir información sobre = enquire of [inquire of, -USA].

* pedir la cabeza de Alguien = bay for + Posesivo + blood.

* pedir la documentación = card.

* pedir la identificación = card.

* pedir la luna = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* pedir la opinión sobre = ask for + opinion on.

* pedirle cuentas a Alguien = bring + Nombre + to book.

* pedirle peras al olmo = cry for + the moon, ask for + the moon, reach for + the moon.

* pedir perdón = eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt.

* pedir prestado = borrow.

* pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* pedir sugerencias = solicit + recommendations.

* pedir un deseo = make + a wish, mounting problems.

* pedir un préstamo = take + a loan.

* pedir un rescate = ransom.

* pedir venganza = bay for + vengeance, bay for + blood.

* persona que pide asilo = asylum seeker.

* salir a pedir de boca = come up + roses, go off without + a hitch.

* volver a pedir = reorder [re-order].

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pedir [ I14 ]

vt

A

1 ‹dinero/ayuda› to ask for

pidieron un préstamo al banco they asked the bank for a loan

pidió permiso para salir she asked permission to leave

me pidió consejo he asked my advice, he asked me for advice

pide limosna a la puerta de la iglesia he begs (for money) at the church door

préstamelo, te lo pido por favor please lend it to me

si no me lo pides por favor no te lo doy I won't give it to you unless you say please o unless you ask nicely

pedir algo prestado ver prestado:

nadie te ha pedido (tu) opinión nobody asked (for) your opinion

me pidió disculpas or perdón por lo que había hecho he apologized for what he had done

pídele perdón a tu padre apologize to o say you're sorry to your father

¿quién eres tú para venir a pedirme cuentas or explicaciones? who do you think you are, asking me to justify my actions?

pedir hora to make an appointment

pedir la palabra to ask for permission to speak

pide cuatro años de cárcel para los acusados he is asking for a four-year sentence for the accused

es un sitio donde se come barato y bien, no se puede pedir más it's the sort of place where you can eat cheaply and well, what more could you ask for? o it's ideal

está haciendo todo lo posible, no se le puede pedir más she's doing all she can, you can't ask for more than that o that's all you can ask

pedir QUE + SUBJ:

me pidió que le comprara el periódico he asked me to buy him the newspaper

pidió que lo trasladaran he asked to be transferred

boca

2 (en un bar, restaurante) to order

pedimos pescado de segundo we ordered fish for our second course

pide la cuenta y nos vamos ask for o get the check ( AmE) o ( BrE) bill and we can go

B ( Com)

1 (como precio) pedir algo POR algo to ask sth FOR sth

¿cuánto pide por la casa? how much is she asking for the house?

2 ‹mercancías› to order

C

(para casarse): pedir a una mujer en matrimonio to ask for a woman's hand in marriage ( frml)

le pedí la mano de su hija I asked for his daughter's hand in marriage ( frml), I asked to marry his daughter

vino a pedir a mi hermana he came to ask if he could marry my sister

D (requerir) to need

este pescado pide un buen vino blanco this fish needs a good white wine to go with it, this fish would go well with a good white wine

ese vestido pide unos zapatos más altos that dress needs shoes with a higher heel

está pidiendo una bofetada she's asking for a slap

esta planta está pidiendo a gritos que la rieguen this plant is crying out to be watered

■ pedir

vi

1 (mendigar) to beg

pide a la puerta de la iglesia he begs at the church door

2 (en un bar, restaurante) to order

3 (para tener algo) ( AmL) to ask

pidió para salir temprano he asked if he could go early o he asked permission to go early

estos niños sólo saben pedir these chidren are very demanding o do nothing but make demands

■ pedirse

v pron

( leng infantil); to have dibs on ( AmE colloq), to bags ( BrE colloq)

me pido la cama de arriba I have dibs on the top bunk, I bags the top bunk

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pedir ( conjugate pedir) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹dinero/ayuda› to ask for;

◊ pidieron un préstamo al banco they asked the bank for a loan;

pidió permiso para salir she asked permission to leave;
pide limosna he begs (for money);
pedirle algo a algn to ask sb for sth;
le pidió ayuda he asked her for help;
me pidió disculpas or perdón he apologized (to me);
pedir hora to make an appointment;
pedir la palabra to ask for permission to speak;
me pidió que le enseñara he asked me to teach him;
ver prestado
b) (en bar, restaurante) ‹plato/bebida› to order;

‹ cuenta› to ask for
2 (Com)
a) ( como precio) pedir algo POR algo to ask sth for sth;

◊ ¿cuánto pide por la casa? how much is she asking for the house?

b) ‹ mercancías› to order

verbo intransitivo
a) (en bar, restaurante) to order

b) ( mendigar) to beg

pedir verbo transitivo
1 (un favor) to ask: me pidió que la ayudara, he asked me to help her
2 (una cosa) to ask for: el niño le pidió unos caramelos, the child asked him for some sweets ➣ Ver nota en ask
3 (en la tienda, en el bar, etc) to order
4 (limosna) to beg
5 (requerir, necesitar) to need: ese coche está pidiendo que lo laven, that car needs washing
♦ Locuciones: pedir a gritos, to cry out
pedir disculpas, to apologize
pedir prestado, to borrow
a pedir de boca, just fine
' pedir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apestosa
- apestoso
- bastar
- boca
- cita
- cobrar
- cuenta
- demandar
- disculpa
- hora
- luna
- pera
- perdón
- prestar
- requerir
- socorro
- voz
- asilo
- audiencia
- auxilio
- aventón
- cola
- excusar
- gorrear
- informe
- justicia
- limosna
- mano
- ordenar
- palabra
- palmada
- pida
- prestado
- qué
- raid
- turno
- vez
English:
apologetic
- appeal
- apply for
- appointment
- ask
- ask for
- asylum
- beg
- borrow
- clamor
- clamour
- cry out for
- formality
- get
- have
- invite
- may
- order
- permission
- propose
- request
- seek
- send away for
- send for
- send off for
- shall
- sorry
- summon
- tall order
- want
- wish
- write back
- write off
- apologize
- by
- call
- claim
- cry
- hitch
- impossible
- make
- might
- place
- send
- urge

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pedir

♦ vt

1. [solicitar] to ask for;

pedir algo a alguien to ask sb for sth;

me pidió (mi) opinión she asked me (for) my opinion;

pedir un taxi (por teléfono) to ring for a taxi;

pedir a alguien que haga algo to ask sb to do sth;

le pido que sea breve, por favor I would ask you to be brief, please;

le pedí que saliera conmigo I asked her out;

pedir a alguien en matrimonio, pedir la mano de alguien to ask for sb's hand (in marriage);

pedir prestado algo a alguien to borrow sth from sb;

pide un millón por la moto he's asking a million for the motorbike;

no tienes más que pedirlo all you need to do is ask;

si no es mucho pedir if it's not too much to ask;

Comp
CAm, Méx
pedir raid to hitch a ride o Br lift

2. [en bares, restaurantes] to order;

¿qué has pedido de postre? what have you ordered for dessert?

3. [mercancías] to order;

pedir algo a alguien to order sth from sb

4. [exigir] to demand;

¡pido que se me escuche! I demand to be heard!;

le pedimos al gobierno una inmediata retirada de las tropas we demand that the government withdraw its troops immediately;

la acusación pide veinte años de cárcel the prosecution is asking for twenty years

5. [requerir] to call for, to need;

los cactus piden poca agua cacti don't need a lot of water;

esta cocina está pidiendo a gritos que la limpies this kitchen is crying out for you to clean it

♦ vi

1. [mendigar] to beg;

hay mucha gente pidiendo por la calle there are a lot of beggars in the streets

2. [en bares, restaurantes] to order;

¿han pedido ya? have you ordered?

3. [rezar]
pedir por el alma de alguien to pray for sb's soul

♦ See also the pronominal verb pedirse

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pedir

I v/t

1 ask for;

pedir algo a alguien ask s.o. for sth;

me pidió que no fuera he asked me not to go;

te lo pido I beg you

2 ( necesitar) need

3 en bar, restaurante order

II v/i

1 ( mendigar) beg

2 en bar, restaurante order

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pedir {54} vt

1) : to ask for, to request

le pedí un préstamo a Claudia: I asked Claudia for a loan

2) : to order (food, merchandise)

3)

pedir disculpas or

pedir perdón : to apologize

pedir vi

1) : to order

2) : to beg

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pedir vb

1. (en general) to ask for

ha pedido una bicicleta a los Reyes Magos he's asked Father Christmas for a bicycle

¿cuánto piden por el cuadro? how much are they asking for the picture?

2. (un favor) to ask

te tengo que pedir un favor I've got to ask you a favour

3. (en restaurante) to order

¿qué has pedido de segundo? what have you ordered for your main course?

pedir disculpas to apologize

pedir hora to make an appointment

pedir / pedir limosna to beg [pt. & pp. begged]

pedir perdón to apologize

pedir prestado to borrow

Spanish-English dictionary > pedir
14 lío

m.

1 mess, difficulty, mix-up, problem.

2 bundle.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: liar.

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lío

► nombre masculino

1 (embrollo) mess

2 (aventura amorosa) affair

3 (fardo) bundle

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FRASEOLOGÍA

armar un lío to make a fuss

hacerse un lío (uso literal) to get tangled up 2 (uso figurado) to get muddled up

meterse en un lío to get oneself into a mess

¡qué lío! what a mess!

tener un lío con alguien to be having an affair with somebody

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noun m.

1) mess

2) trouble

3) affair, liaison

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SM

1) (=fardo) bundle; Cono Sur truss

2) * (=jaleo) fuss; (=confusión) muddle, mix-up

ese lío de los pasaportes — that fuss about the passports

en mi mesa hay un lío enorme de papeles — my desk is in a real muddle with all these bits of paper

• armar un lío — to make a fuss, kick up a fuss

• armarse un lío, se armó un lío tremendo — there was a terrific fuss

• hacerse un lío — to get into a muddle, get mixed up

se hizo un lío con tantos nombres — he got into a muddle with all the names

3) (=aprieto)

meterse en un lío — to get into trouble

4) * (=amorío) affair

tener un lío con algn — to be having an affair with sb

lío de faldas — affair

5) (=cotilleo) tale, piece of gossip

¡no me vengas con líos! — less of your tales!

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex. 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex. The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex. The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex. In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex. A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex. Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex. Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex. Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex. The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

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* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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masculino

1)

a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

qué lío! — what a mess!

hacerse un lío con algo — to get into a mess with something (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación)

tiene líos con la policía — he's in trouble with the police (colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos — don't come to me with your problems

qué lío se va a armar! — there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)

armó un lío — he kicked up a fuss (colloq)

meterse en un lío — to get oneself into trouble

c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2) ( fardo) bundle

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= mess, jumble, hassle, cock-up, bedlam, snarl, snarl-up, a pretty kettle of fish, a fine kettle of fish, palaver, predicament, rigmarole [rigamarole].

Ex: 'Look, Mel,' said James after the hiatus, 'I'm irritated at the convoluted mess this simple case of filling a vacancy has become'.

Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.

Ex: The article is entitled 'How to implement electronic subscriptions replacing the routing list hassle'.

Ex: The repatriation of the emigres was a tragic oversight rather than a war crime, a cock-up rather than a conspiracy.

Ex: In subsequent years, Bethlem became ' Bedlam,' a metaphor for madness; being so long the only public receptacle for the insane, it became equated with madness itself.

Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.

Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.

Ex: A pretty kettle of fish indeed, out of whom only Tracy is really trying seriously to make a new life for herself.

Ex: Knowing the historical roots of their misfortune may not make it easier for them to escape the fine kettle of fish they are in.

Ex: Most fashion-conscious shoppers will beaware of the palaver caused last month by the swastika design embroidered on a Zara handbag.

Ex: Any attempt to coerce a response without good reason based on that child's present predicament is to place in jeopardy the child's willing engagement now and in the future.

Ex: The government is creating a rigmarole of a process for residents to exercise their constitutional right.

* armar el lío = make + trouble.

* armar un lío = kick up + a fuss, kick up + a stink, raise + a stink, make + a stink (about), make + a racket, make + a row, make + a ruckus, kick up + a row.

* ¡En qué lío cada vez más complicado nos metemos al mentir! = O what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!.

* en un lío = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil, in a twirl.

* estar hecho un lío = be at sixes and sevens with.

* lío amoroso = fling.

* meterse en líos = get into + trouble.

* meterse en un lío = be in trouble, get into + a predicament.

* no meterse en líos = keep out of + trouble.

* ¡qué lío! = what a palaver!.

* tener un lío amoroso = have + an affair, have + a fling.

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lío

masculine

A

1 ( fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess

¡qué lío! ¡esto no hay quién lo entienda! what a mess! this is totally incomprehensible

se hizo un lío con las cuentas she got into a mess o a muddle o she got confused with the accounts ( colloq)

2 ( fam)

(problema, complicación): tiene líos con la policía he is in trouble with the police ( colloq)

no me vengas con tus líos don't come to me with your problems

¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! ( colloq), the shit is really going to hit the fan (sl)

armó un lío tremendo porque le sirvieron la sopa fría he created o kicked up a real fuss because his soup was cold ( colloq)

si no obedeces te vas a meter en un buen lío if you don't do as you're told, you're going to get into a lot of trouble o to land yourself in serious trouble

no vengas aquí buscando líos don't come here looking for trouble ( colloq)

3 ( fam) (amorío) affair

tuvo un lío con una periodista famosa he had an affair o ( colloq) a fling with a famous journalist

B (fardo) bundle

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Del verbo liar: ( conjugate liar)

lío es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

lió es:

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

Multiple Entries:
liar
lío
liar ( conjugate liar) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹ cigarrillo› to roll

b) ( atar) to tie (up);

( envolver) to wrap (up);
(en un fardo, manojo) to bundle (up)
2 (fam)
a) ‹situación/asunto› to complicate

b) ( confundir) ‹ persona› to confuse, get … in a muddle

c) ( en un asunto) ‹ persona› to involve

liarse verbo pronominal
1 (fam)
a) [ asunto] to get complicated

b) [ persona] to get confused

2 (Esp fam)
a) ( entretenerse):

◊ nos liamos a hablar y … we got talking and …

b) ( emprenderla):

◊ se líoon a golpes they started throwing punches at each other

lío sustantivo masculino
1
a) (fam) (embrollo, confusión) mess;

◊ armarse/hacerse un lío (con algo) to get into a mess (with sth) (colloq)

b) (fam) (problema, complicación) trouble;

◊ meterse en un lío to get oneself into trouble;

tiene líos con la policía he's in trouble with the police (colloq);
¡qué lío se va a armar! there's going to be hell to pay! (colloq)
c) (fam) ( amorío) affair

2 ( fardo) bundle
liar verbo transitivo
1 (envolver) to wrap up
(un cigarro) to roll
2 (embrollar) to muddle up
(aturdir) to confuse
lío sustantivo masculino
1 fam (desorden) mess, muddle
2 fam (romance) affair
3 (de ropa, etc) bundle
♦ Locuciones: armar un lío, to kick up a fuss
hacerse líos con, to get mixed up
meterse en un lío, to get into trouble
' lío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avispero
- barullo
- berenjenal
- buena
- bueno
- enredarse
- follón
- gorda
- gordo
- meterse
- mogollón
- monumental
- petate
- tinglado
- tomate
- trapisonda
- armar
- bochinche
- bronca
- desenredar
- despelote
- enredado
- enredar
- enredo
- menudo
- meter
- pedo
- pelotera
- quilombo
English:
carry-on
- cock-up
- fuss
- hassle
- hot
- hot water
- jam
- kick up
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- muddle
- palaver
- pickle
- rigmarole
- scrape
- screw-up
- tangle
- to-do
- trouble
- ungodly
- water
- bundle
- get
- havoc
- mix
- muddled
- rumpus
- stink
- stir
- to
- wad

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lío nm

1. Fam [enredo] mess;

esto de la declaración de hacienda es un lío filling in your tax return is a real pain o Br palaver;

hacerse un lío to get muddled up;

son tantos hermanos que siempre me armo un lío con sus nombres there are so many different brothers, I always get their names muddled up;

estoy hecho un lío, no sé qué hacer I'm all confused, I don't know what to do

2. Fam [problema]
meterse en líos to get into trouble;

me he metido en un lío del que no sé salir I've got myself into a mess that I don't know how to get out of

3. Fam [jaleo] racket, row;

armar un lío to kick up a fuss

4. Fam [amorío] affair;

está casado pero tiene un lío con alguien del trabajo he's married, but he's having an affair with someone from work

Comp

tener un lío de faldas to be having an affair

5. [paquete] bundle

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lío

m

1 bundle

2 fam ( desorden) mess;

lío amoroso fam affair;

estar hecho un lío be all confused;

hacerse un lío get into a muddle;

meterse en líos get into trouble

3 fam ( jaleo) fuss;

armar un lío fam kick up a fuss fam

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lío nm, fam

1) : confusion, mess

2) : hassle, trouble, jam

meterse en un lío: to get into a jam

3) : affair, liason

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lío n

1. (desorden) mess

tiene la habitación hecha un lío his room is in a right mess

2. (problema) trouble

se ha metido en un buen lío she's in big trouble

se va a armar un lío there's going to be trouble

hacerse un lío to get into a muddle

Spanish-English dictionary > lío
15 salida

f.

1 departure (partida).

va a efectuar su salida it's about to depart

2 start (sport).

dar la salida a una carrera to start a race

salida nula false start

3 exit, way out (place).

¿dónde está la salida? where's the way out?

salida de emergencia emergency exit

salida de humos air vent

salida de incendios fire exit

4 trip (viaje).

5 appearance (aparición) (de revista, nuevo modelo).

a la salida del sol at sunrise

esta llave regula la salida del agua this tap o (British) faucet controls the flow of water (United States)

salida a bolsa (finance) flotation (de empresa)

6 output (commerce) (producción).

este producto no tiene salida there's no market for this product

7 output (computing).

8 way out.

si no hay otra salida if there's no alternative

9 witty remark (ocurrencia).

tener salidas to be witty

salida de tono out-of-place remark

10 departure gate.

11 starting point, start.

12 excursion, sally.

13 computer output, output.

14 exodus, exit.

15 production.

16 exitus, outlet.

17 efflux.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: salir.

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salida

► nombre femenino

1 (partida) departure

■ la salida del tren es a las dos the train leaves at two

2 (puerta etc) exit, way out

3 (momento de salir)

■ nos encontramos a la salida del cine we met coming out of the cinema

4 (viaje corto) trip

5 (de un astro) rising

6 DEPORTE start

7 COMERCIO outlet, market

■ estas prendas no tienen salida there's no market for these clothes

8 FINANZAS outlay, expenditure

9 figurado (ocurrencia) witty remark, witticism

10 figurado (escapatoria) solution, way out

11 figurado (perspectiva) opening

12 TÉCNICA outlet

13 INFORMÁTICA output

14 (en naipes) lead

15 (parte que sobresale) projection

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de salida from the start

no tener otra salida figurado to have no other option

tener salida a to open on to, come out at

salida de artistas stage door

salida de efectivo cash outflow

salida de emergencia emergency exit

salida de incendios fire exit

salida de tono unfortunate remark, improper remark

salida del sol sunrise

salida nula false start

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noun f.

1) exit

2) departure

3) way out

4) witty remark

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- salida del sol

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SF

1) [de un lugar]

le prohibieron la salida del país — he was forbidden to leave the country

exigen la salida de las tropas extranjeras — they are demanding the withdrawal of foreign troops

tras su salida de la cárcel — when he came out of prison

• a la salida, te esperaremos a la salida — we'll wait for you on the way out

a la salida del cine fuimos a tomar una copa — after the cinema we went for a drink

sondeos realizados a la salida de las urnas — exit polls

hubo salida a hombros para el primero de los diestros — the first matador was carried out of the ring shoulder-high

• dar salida a, el pasillo que da salida a la pista de tenis — the passageway which leads out (on)to the tennis court

necesitaba dar salida a su creatividad — he needed to give expression to o find an outlet for his creativity

dio salida a su indignación — he gave vent to his anger

• puerta de salida — exit door
visado
2) (=aparición)

los fans esperaban su salida al escenario — the fans were waiting for her to come (out) onto the stage

tras la salida de los futbolistas al terreno de juego — after the footballers came/went out onto the pitch

la venda detuvo la salida de sangre — the bandage stopped the flow of blood

• precio de salida — [de objeto subastado] starting price; [de acciones] offer price

salida del sol — sunrise

3) (=lugar) [de edificio] exit, way out; [de autopista] exit, turn-off

¿dónde está la salida? — where's the exit o the way out?

salida — [encima de la puerta] exit; [en el pasillo] way out, exit

una cueva sin salida — a cave with no way out

el ejército controla las salidas de la ciudad — the army controls the roads out of the city

• tener salida a algo, nuestro edificio tiene salida a las dos calles — our building has access onto both streets

un país que no tiene salida al mar — a country with no access to the sea

la sala tiene salida al jardín — the living room opens on to the garden

salida de artistas — stage door

salida de emergencia — emergency exit

salida de incendios — fire exit
callejón
4) [de avión, tren] departure

la hora de salida del vuelo — the flight departure time

salidas internacionales — international departures

salidas nacionales — domestic departures

el autobús efectuará su salida desde el andén número cuatro — the bus will depart from bay number four

después de la salida del tren — after the train leaves, after the departure of the train

5) (=escapada) [de viaje] trip; [de excursión] trip, outing; [por la noche] night out, evening out

en mi primera salida al extranjero — on my first trip abroad, on my first foreign trip

me controlaban mucho las salidas por la noche — they kept tight control of my nights out o my going out at night

es su primera salida desde que dio a luz — it's the first time she's been out since she gave birth

salida al campo — field trip

6) (=comienzo) [de carrera, desfile] start

fuimos a ver la salida de la procesión — we went to see the start of the procession, we went to see the procession move off

salida — start

los corredores estaban preparados para la salida — the runners were ready for the start (of the race)

acudieron a los puestos de salida — they took their starting positions

Palmer tuvo una mala salida del tee — (Golf) Palmer played a poor tee shot

• dar la salida — to give the starting signal

es el encargado de dar la salida a la carrera — he is the one who starts the race o gives the starting signal for the race

• tomar la salida — (=empezar) to start the race; (=participar) to take part, compete

salida en falso, salida falsa — false start

salida lanzada — running start, flying start

salida nula — false start

salida parada — standing start
parrilla 2)
7) (Teat) [al entrar en escena] appearance; [para recibir aplausos] curtain-call

hago una sola salida al principio de la obra — I only make one appearance at the beginning of the play

hicieron tres salidas en los aplausos — they took three curtain calls

8) (=solución) solution

buscan una salida negociada al conflicto — they are seeking a negotiated solution to the conflict

la única salida está en la negociación — the only way out is through negotiation, the only solution is to negotiate

buscan en la música una salida a sus frustraciones — they try to find an outlet for their frustration in music

no le quedaba otra salida que la dimisión — she had no alternative o option but to resign

9) [al hablar]

¡qué buena salida! — that was a really witty comment!

tiene unas salidas que te mueres de risa — some of the things he comes out with are just hilarious

salida de bombero Esp —
hum
¡vaya salidas de bombero que tuvo! — he dropped some real clangers! *

salida de tono, fue una salida de tono — it was inappropriate o uncalled-for

10) (Com) [de producto] launch

• dar salida a, dar salida a los excedentes agrícolas — to find an outlet for surplus produce

dimos salida a nuestras existencias en dos meses — we sold off our stock in two months

• tener salida — to sell well

tener una salida difícil — to be a hard sell

tener una salida fácil — to have a ready market, be a soft sell

11) (Econ) (=cargo) debit entry

entradas y salidas — income and expenditure

12) pl salidas [en el trabajo] openings, job opportunities

esa carrera no tiene apenas salidas — there are very few openings o job opportunities for someone with that degree

salidas profesionales — job opportunities

13) (Téc) [de aire, gas, vapor] vent; [de agua] outlet

tiene salidas de aire caliente por los laterales — it has hot air vents on the sides

los orificios de salida de vapor — the steam vents

apertura de salida del agua — water outlet

14) (Inform) output

salida impresa — hard copy

15) (=prenda)

salida de baño — Cono Sur [en casa] bathrobe; [en playa, piscina] beach robe

salida de teatro — evening wrap

16) (Arquit) (=saliente) projection

17) (Mil) [para el ataque] sortie

18) (Naipes) lead

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femenino

Sentido I

1) ( hacia el exterior)

( lugar)

a) (de edificio, lugar) exit

salida — exit

dimos mil vueltas buscando la salida — we went round and round looking for the way out o the exit

todas las salidas de Bilbao — all the roads out of Bilbao

Bolivia no tiene salida al mar — Bolivia has no access to the sea

mi habitación tenía salida a la terraza — my bedroom opened onto the terrace

es una calle sin salida — it's a dead end

b) ( de tubería) outlet, outflow; ( de circuito) outlet

- salida de emergencia/incendios

2)

a) ( acción)

me lo encontré a la salida — I met him on my way out

a la salida del concierto — after the concert

el gobierno les ha negado la salida del país — the government has refused to allow them to leave the country

impedir la salida de divisas — to prevent currency being taken out of o leaving the country

la salida del primer toro — the entry of the first bull

b) ( como distracción)

es su primera salida desde que la operaron — it's the first time she's been out since her operation

una salida al campo — an outing o a trip to the country

c) (de líquido, gas, electricidad) output

d)

la salida del sol — sunrise

Sentido II

3) ( partida)

(de tren, avión) departure

el tren efectuará su salida por la vía cinco — the train will leave from track five

salidas nacionales/internacionales — domestic/international departures

4) (Dep) ( en una carrera) start

Sentido III

5)

a) ( solución)

no le veo ninguna salida a esta situación — I can see no way out of this situation

no nos queda otra salida — we have no other option

b) ( posibilidades)

la informática tiene muchas salidas — nowadays there are many job opportunities in computing

esta prenda no tiene mucha salida — this garment doesn't sell very well

6) (Com, Fin) ( gasto) payment

entradas y salidas — income and expenditure

7) ( ocurrencia)

este chico tiene cada salida... — this child comes out with the funniest things...

fue una salida que nos hizo reír mucho — his remark o comment had us all in stitches

•

- salida de tono

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femenino

Sentido I

1) ( hacia el exterior)

( lugar)

a) (de edificio, lugar) exit

salida — exit

dimos mil vueltas buscando la salida — we went round and round looking for the way out o the exit

todas las salidas de Bilbao — all the roads out of Bilbao

Bolivia no tiene salida al mar — Bolivia has no access to the sea

mi habitación tenía salida a la terraza — my bedroom opened onto the terrace

es una calle sin salida — it's a dead end

b) ( de tubería) outlet, outflow; ( de circuito) outlet

- salida de emergencia/incendios

2)

a) ( acción)

me lo encontré a la salida — I met him on my way out

a la salida del concierto — after the concert

el gobierno les ha negado la salida del país — the government has refused to allow them to leave the country

impedir la salida de divisas — to prevent currency being taken out of o leaving the country

la salida del primer toro — the entry of the first bull

b) ( como distracción)

es su primera salida desde que la operaron — it's the first time she's been out since her operation

una salida al campo — an outing o a trip to the country

c) (de líquido, gas, electricidad) output

d)

la salida del sol — sunrise

Sentido II

3) ( partida)

(de tren, avión) departure

el tren efectuará su salida por la vía cinco — the train will leave from track five

salidas nacionales/internacionales — domestic/international departures

4) (Dep) ( en una carrera) start

Sentido III

5)

a) ( solución)

no le veo ninguna salida a esta situación — I can see no way out of this situation

no nos queda otra salida — we have no other option

b) ( posibilidades)

la informática tiene muchas salidas — nowadays there are many job opportunities in computing

esta prenda no tiene mucha salida — this garment doesn't sell very well

6) (Com, Fin) ( gasto) payment

entradas y salidas — income and expenditure

7) ( ocurrencia)

este chico tiene cada salida... — this child comes out with the funniest things...

fue una salida que nos hizo reír mucho — his remark o comment had us all in stitches

•

- salida de tono

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salida¹

¹ = departure, egress, exit, outlet, outing, escape route, turnover, work-around [workaround], stock turnover, turnover of stock, flight mission, way out, turn-off.

Ex: Apart from its undoubted value in its own right, Sears' provides a valuable model or point of departure for others.

Ex: The reduction of public access and egress to a single point well controlled by electronic or other means goes some way to reduce the loss of books.

Ex: A cash desk should be placed by each exit.

Ex: Hawthorne gave an uneasy laugh, which was merely the outlet for her disappointment.

Ex: The 1st calendar of events included a slide show, a literary afternoon, travel tips, and a picnic and outing.

Ex: At present the onus appears to be on individual library directors to develop alternative career paths and escape routes = Por ahora la responsabilidad de desarrollar trayectorias profesionales y vías de escape alternativas parece recaer sobre los directores de la biblioteca en cuestión.

Ex: Yet the genuine stockholding bookseller is committed to holding good stocks of books for the customers' benefit which means that he does not aim simply at buying in the books with the quickest turnover.

Ex: Obviously, the work-around is to cut-and-paste this into the end of the document, but why did this happen in the first place?.

Ex: The booksellers in the sample 'turned over their stocks on average about four times a year' though rates of stock turnover varied widely.

Ex: ' Turnover of stock' is, then, an important part of successful and lively bookselling.

Ex: The collection is composed of more than 400,000 prints and negatives from photographs taken during 1,258 separate flight missions, most of which were flown over California.

Ex: She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.

Ex: There's a great gas station and convenience store at the turn-off.

* a la salida = on the way out.

* asesor de salidas profesionales = career(s) adviser.

* bandera de salida, la = checkered flag, the.

* callejón sin salida = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.

* caudal de salida = flow rate.

* con salida al mercado = due out.

* consejero sobre salidas profesionales = career advisor, career counsellor.

* control de salida = exit barrier.

* dar el pistoletazo de salida = fire + the starting gun.

* dar salida a = vent.

* de salida = outgoing.

* disco de salida = output diskette.

* dispositivo de salida = output equipment.

* encontrar la salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* encontrar una salida a = find + a/the way out of.

* entradas y salidas = comings and goings.

* estrategia de salida = exit strategy.

* fecha de salida = departure date.

* fichero de salida = outgoing file.

* fichero de salida de datos = communication output file.

* hora de salida = departure time, check-out time.

* información sobre salidas profesionales = career(s) information.

* la mejor salida = the best way forward.

* libro de registro de entrada y salida de cartas = letterbook [letter book].

* no tener salida = be stuck, get + stuck.

* orientación sobre salidas profesionales = career guidance.

* parrilla de salida = starting grid.

* pasillo de salida = exit lane.

* pistoletazo de salida = starting signal, starting gun.

* precio de salida = starting price.

* primera posición de salida = pole start, pole position.

* puerta de salida = exit door.

* registro de salida de cartas = outward letterbook.

* salida de aire = venting.

* salida de artistas = stage door.

* salida de datos = output.

* salida de emergencia = emergency exit.

* salida de humos = flue.

* salida de incendios = fire exit.

* salida de lectores = public exit.

* salida del sol = sunrise.

* salida del sol, la = rising of the sun, the.

* salida en falso = false start.

* salida lateral = side entrance.

* salida nula = false start.

* salida profesional = career opportunity, career path, career pattern, career option.

* salidas profesionales = careers guidance, career development, career planning, careers education, employability, job opportunities.

* sin salida al mar = land-bound [landbound], land-locked [landlocked].

* sistema de control de la salida = exit control system.

* sondeo hecho a la salida = exit survey.

* tacos de salida = starting blocks.

* válvula de salida = outlet valve.

* vía de salida = exit lane.

salida²

² = witticism, witty remark, witty remark, quip.

Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.

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salida

feminine

Sentido I (hacia el exterior)

A (lugar)

1 (de un edificio, lugar) exit

[ S ] salida exit

dimos mil vueltas buscando la salida we went round and round looking for the way out o the exit

todas las salidas de Bilbao all the roads out of Bilbao

Bolivia no tiene salida al mar Bolivia has no access to the sea

es una calle sin salida it's a dead end

callejón

2 (de una tubería) outlet, outflow; (de un circuito) outlet

3 ( Inf) tb

salida del sistema logoff, logout

Compuestos:

● salida de artistas

(en un teatro) stage door; (en una sala de conciertos) artists' entrance

● salida de emergencia/incendios

emergency/fire exit

B

1

(acción): me lo encontré a la salida I met him on the way out, I met him as I was leaving

quedamos en encontrarnos a la salida del concierto we arranged to meet at the end of o after the concert

acelera a la salida de la curva accelerate (as you come) out of the curve

el gobierno les ha negado la salida del país the government has refused to allow them to leave the country

impedir la salida de divisas to prevent currency being taken out of o leaving the country

estaban esperando la salida de la novia they were waiting for the bride to appear

la salida del primer toro the entry of the first bull

2

(como distracción): es su primera salida desde que la operaron it's the first time she's been out since her operation

una salida a la ópera an evening at the opera

una salida al campo an outing o a trip to the country

3 (de un líquido, gas) output; (de un circuito) output

4

la salida del sol sunrise

Compuesto:

salida de baño

(para la playa) beach robe; (para la casa) bathrobe

Sentido II (partida)

A (de un tren, avión) departure

LANSA anuncia la salida del vuelo 503 LANSA announces the departure of flight 503

el tren efectuará su salida por vía cinco the train will leave from track five

[ S ] salidas nacionales/internacionales domestic/international departures

B ( Dep) (en una carrera) start

dan la salida con un disparo a gun is fired to start the race o to signal the start

Compuestos:

● salida en falso

false start

● salida nula

false start

Sentido III

A

1

(solución): no le veo ninguna salida a esta situación I can see no way out of this situation

hay que buscar una salida a la crisis económica a solution must be found to the economic crisis

vamos a tener que aceptar, no nos queda otra salida we're going to have to accept, we have no option

2

(posibilidades): la informática, hoy en día, tiene muchas salidas nowadays there are many openings o job opportunities in computing

esta prenda no tiene mucha salida this garment doesn't sell very well

B ( Com, Fin) (gasto) payment

entradas y salidas income and expenditure, receipts and outgoings ( BrE)

C

(ocurrencia): este chico tiene cada salida … this child comes out with the funniest things …

fue una salida que nos hizo reír mucho his remark o comment had us all in stitches

Compuesto:

salida de tono

fue una salida de tono it was totally out of place, it was a totally inappropriate thing to say/do

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salida sustantivo femenino ( hacia el exterior)
1
a) (lugar, puerta) exit;

◊ salida de emergencia/incendios emergency/fire exit;

todas las salidas de Bilbao all the roads out of Bilbao;
es una calle sin salida it's a dead end
b) ( de tubería) outlet, outflow;

( de circuito) outlet
2
a) ( acción):

◊ me lo encontré a la salida I met him on my way out;

nos encontramos a la salida del concierto we met at the door after the concert;
una salida al campo an outing o a trip to the country
b) (de líquido, gas, electricidad) output

c)

◊ la salida del sol sunrise

( partida)
1 (de tren, avión) departure;
◊ el tren efectuará su salida por la vía cinco the train will leave from track five;

( on signs) salidas nacionales/internacionales domestic/international departures
2 (Dep) ( en una carrera) start
1 ( solución):
◊ no le veo ninguna salida a esta situación I can see no way out of this situation;

no nos queda otra salida we have no other option
2 (Com, Fin) ( gasto) payment
salido,-a adjetivo
1 (saliente, prominente) projecting
(frente, pómulos, etc) prominent
(ojos) bulging
familiar sticky-out
2 fam pey (cachondo) horny, randy
salida sustantivo femenino
1 (lugar por donde se sale) exit, way out: nos pasamos diez minutos buscando la salida, we spent ten minutes looking for the way out
este carril tiene salida a la autopista, this lane leads onto the motorway
callejón sin salida, dead end
(de una tubería, desagüe) outlet, outflow
Inform output
2 (acción de salir) leaving
a la salida del trabajo, on leaving work
(de un tren, un avión) departure
(del Sol, de la Luna, etc) rising
salida del sol, sunrise
(viaje corto, excursión) trip
una salida al campo, an outing to the country
3 Dep start
dar la salida, to give the signal to start
línea de salida, starting line
4 (solución) option, solution: este problema no tiene salida, there's no solution to this problem
5 Lab prospect: la filosofía no tiene muchas salidas, there aren't many job opportunities in philosophy
6 (cese de una actividad) el próximo año se producirá mi salida del cargo, I'll be leaving the post next year
7 fig (agudeza, ocurrencia) witty remark
8 (comentario inapropiado) salida de tono, inappropriate remark
9 (puesta en venta, lanzamiento de un producto) la salida del nuevo periódico se producirá el lunes, the new newspaper will be launched onto the market next Monday
10 Fin (gasto) hemos tenido demasiadas salidas en concepto de compra de materiales, purchase of materials has led to an unacceptable increase in spending
' salida' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acaso
- callejón
- dirigir
- efectuar
- emergencia
- empujar
- escape
- escorrentía
- expectante
- fichar
- forzuda
- forzudo
- panel
- prever
- punto
- retardar
- taponar
- bloquear
- cortada
- desvío
- escapatoria
- excursión
- lateral
- línea
- obstruir
- partida
- retrasar
- tapar
- ver
English:
blind alley
- checkout
- clock off
- clock out
- crowd
- cul-de-sac
- dead end
- departure
- exit
- false start
- fight
- fire exit
- hasty
- off
- out
- outlet
- output
- rise
- rising
- sailing
- seal off
- stampede
- start
- starter
- starting block
- starting line
- starting post
- starting price
- sunrise
- sunup
- takeoff
- turn off
- way
- wisecrack
- block
- catch
- curtain
- dead
- emergency
- false
- flotation
- flying
- land
- mark
- quip
- ramp
- release
- rush
- stand
- starting

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salida nf

1. [partida, marcha] departure;

tenían prevista la salida al amanecer they intended to leave at dawn;

el tren con destino a Santiago va a efectuar su salida por la vía 4 the Santiago train is about to depart from platform 4;

salidas nacionales/internacionales [en aeropuerto] national/international departures

2. [lugar para salir] [de edificio, recinto] exit, way out;
[de red de cables, cañerías] outlet;
gira en la próxima salida turn off at the next exit;

la región no tiene salida al mar the region has no outlet to the sea;

salida 20 [en autopista] junction 20;

¿dónde está la salida? where's the way out?;

salida [en letrero] exit, way out;

esta calle no tiene salida this road's a dead end;

todas las salidas de Caracas estaban colapsadas traffic was at a standstill on all the roads leading out of Caracas;

dar salida a [sentimientos] to vent, to let out;
[ideas] to find an outlet for
Comp
salida de emergencia emergency exit;
salida de humos air vent;

salida de incendios fire exit

3. [en deportes, carreras] start;

dar la salida a una carrera to start a race

Comp
salida nula false start
4. [viaje] trip;

una salida al extranjero a trip abroad;

hicimos una salida al campo de un día we went out for the day to the country, we went on an outing to the country for a day

5. [aparición] [de revista, nuevo modelo, producto] appearance;

a la salida del sol at sunrise;

su salida a escena fue recibida con aplausos her entry on stage was greeted with applause, she was applauded as she came on stage;

esta llave regula la salida del agua this Br tap o US faucet controls the flow of water

Comp
Fin salida a bolsa [de empresa] flotation
6. [momento]
quedamos a la salida del trabajo we agreed to meet after work;

te espero a la salida del cine I'll meet you after the movie

7. [solución] way out;

es preciso encontrar una salida al problema/a esta situación we need to find a way round the problem/a way out of this situation;

si no hay otra salida if there's no alternative

8. [ocurrencia] witty remark;
[pretexto] excuse;
tener salidas to be witty;

desde luego tiene cada salida… she certainly comes out with some witty remarks

Comp
salida de tono out-of-place remark
9. Com [producción] output;
[posibilidades] market;
dar salida a [producto] to find an outlet for;

este producto tiene mucha salida [posibilidades de venta] there's a big market for this product;
[se vende] this product sells well;
este producto no tiene salida [posibilidades de venta] there's no market for this product;
[no se vende] this product doesn't sell
10.
salidas [en contabilidad] outgoings

11. Informát output

12. Dep [partido fuera de casa] away game

13.
salidas [posibilidades laborales] openings, opportunities;

carreras con salidas university courses with good job prospects

14. Am [ropa] salida de baño bathrobe;

salida de playa beach robe

SALIDA AL MAR

The War of the Pacific, fought victoriously by Chile against Peru and Bolivia (1879-1883), was to have a huge influence on the later development of all three countries. The major incentive for turning a territorial dispute into a war was the rich deposits of nitrates (then a vital raw material for the production of fertilizers and explosives) in the Atacama Desert. By acquiring the Atacama, Chile also deprived Bolivia of its only access to the sea at the port of Antofagasta, with inevitably damaging consequences for the future economic and commercial development of the country. Bolivia's desire for a salida al mar (“outlet to the sea”) led it to seek alternative access to the Atlantic, and this was partly behind the outbreak of the horrific Chaco War with Paraguay (1932-1935), though the interest of foreign oil companies in possible oil deposits in the Chaco region was at least as important a factor. Today, Bolivia has adopted the peaceful road of negotiations with Chile to resolve the problem.

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salida

f

1 de edificio, zoo etc exit, way out; de autopista exit

2 TRANSP departure

3 DEP de carrera start;

tomar la salida start;

dar la salida give the starting signal o the off

4 COM

:

tiene salida there’s a market for it;

salida a bolsa flotation

5 fig

opportunity, opening;

salida profesional career opportunity

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salida nf

1) : exit

salida de emergencia: emergency exit

2) : leaving, departure

3) solución: way out, solution

4) : start (of a race)

5) ocurrencia: wisecrack, joke

6)

salida del sol : sunrise

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salida n

1. (puerta) exit / way out

la salida de emergencia the emergency exit

2. (acción de salir) way out

nos encontramos a la salida we met on the way out

3. (acción de irse) departure

anunciaron la salida del tren they announced the departure of the train

4. (en una carrera) start

los atletas estaban en la línea de salida the athletes were on the start line

5. (excursión) outing

hace dos meses que no hacemos una salida we haven't been on an outing for two months

6. (viaje) trip

una salida al extranjero a trip abroad

7. (solución) solution

una salida a mi problema a solution to my problem

salida del sol sunrise

Spanish-English dictionary > salida
16 demandar

v.

1 to ask for, to seek.

2 to demand, to ask for, to claim, to request.

Ella demanda atención She demands attention.

Ella demandó ayuda She called for assistance.

3 to sue, to file a claim, to bring a lawsuit, to file a charge.

Ricardo demandó sin demora Richard sued quickly.

Ricardo demandó a María Richard sued Mary.

4 to require, to require to, to entail, to entail to.

La necesidad demanda proceder Need requires proceeding.

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demandar

► verbo transitivo

1 (pedir) to request, ask for; (desear) to desire

■ los lectores demandaban nuevas aventuras the readers asked for new adventures

2 DERECHO to sue

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verb

1) to sue

2) sue, file a lawsuit

3) call for

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VT

1) (=exigir) to demand

2) (Jur) to sue, file a lawsuit against

demandó al periódico por difamación — he sued the paper for libel

demandar a algn por daños y perjuicios — to sue sb for damages

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verbo transitivo

1) (Der) to sue

lo demandé por daños y perjuicios — I sued him for damages

2) (AmL) ( requerir) to require

un trabajo que demanda mucha dedicación — a job which requires great dedication

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= demand, sue, clamour for [clamor, -USA], bring + a suit against, take + legal action, take + legal proceedings, exact.

Ex. The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.

Ex. Given the increasing frequency frequency of lawsuits brought against all kinds of institutions and individuals, libraries and librarians should not assume that they are immune against being sued.

Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.

Ex. How does one bring a harassment suit against one's employer?.

Ex. If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.

Ex. The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.

Ex. Every time the monarch came to parliament to pass a new tax bill, the parliament obliged only after exacting more liberty from him.

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* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.

* demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.

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verbo transitivo

1) (Der) to sue

lo demandé por daños y perjuicios — I sued him for damages

2) (AmL) ( requerir) to require

un trabajo que demanda mucha dedicación — a job which requires great dedication

* * *

= demand, sue, clamour for [clamor, -USA], bring + a suit against, take + legal action, take + legal proceedings, exact.

Ex: The other part of the picture reveals title indexes to be only crude subject indexes, which for effective use demand imagination and searching skills on the part of the user.

Ex: Given the increasing frequency frequency of lawsuits brought against all kinds of institutions and individuals, libraries and librarians should not assume that they are immune against being sued.

Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.

Ex: How does one bring a harassment suit against one's employer?.

Ex: If the law is not complied with the individual could take legal action.

Ex: The article 'Publishers go for the jugular over copyright' examines the activities of the American Association of Publishers (AAP) in taking legal proceedings against libraries on copyright grounds and in enforcing payment for photocopying periodical articles.

Ex: Every time the monarch came to parliament to pass a new tax bill, the parliament obliged only after exacting more liberty from him.

* demandar cada vez más enérgicamente = build + pressure.

* demandar mucho esfuerzo por parte de Alguien = tax + Posesivo + imagination.

* demandar por daños y perjuicios = sue for + damage.

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demandar [A1 ]

vt

A ( Der) to sue

lo demandé por daños y perjuicios I sued him o I brought a lawsuit against him for damages

B

1 (pedir, exigir) to demand

que Dios y la Patria me lo demanden ( frml); ≈ so help me God ( formula used in certain oaths)

2 ( AmL) (requerir) to require

un trabajo que demanda mucha dedicación a job which calls for o requires great dedication

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demandar ( conjugate demandar) verbo transitivo
1 (Der) to sue
2 (AmL) ( requerir) to require
demandar verbo transitivo
1 Jur to sue
2 (pedir) to demand
' demandar' also found in these entries:
English:
action
- court
- sue

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demandar vt

1. [legalmente]
demandar a alguien (por) to sue sb (for);

demandar a alguien por daños y perjuicios to sue sb for damages;

demandar a alguien por difamación to sue sb for libel;

los demandaremos ante el juez we'll take them to court

2. [pedir, requerir] to ask for, to seek;

los sindicatos demandan una mejora salarial the unions are demanding a wage rise;

este deporte demanda mucha disciplina this sport calls for o requires a lot of discipline

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demandar

v/t JUR sue

* * *

demandar vt

1) : to demand

2) requerir: to call for, to require

3) : to sue, to file a lawsuit against

Spanish-English dictionary > demandar
17 rescate

m.

1 rescue.

2 ransom (money).

3 recovery.

4 rescue money, ransom money, ransom, reward.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: rescatar.

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rescate

► nombre masculino

1 (salvamento) rescue; (de ciudad) recapture

2 (dinero) ransom

3 (recuperación) recovery, recapture

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

exigir rescate por alguien to hold somebody to ransom

equipo de rescate rescue team

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noun m.

1) rescue

2) ransom

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SM

1) [en incendio, naufragio] rescue

operaciones de rescate — rescue operations

acudir al rescate de algn — to go to sb's rescue

2) [de cautivo] rescue, freeing; [de pueblo] recapture, recovery

3) [de algo empeñado] redemption

4) [en secuestro] (=dinero) ransom

5) [de posesiones] recovery

6) [de delitos] atonement, expiation frm

7)

rescate de terrenos — land reclamation

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masculino

1)

a) ( salvamento) rescue

equipo/operación de rescate — rescue team/operation

b) ( precio) ransom

2)

a) (de dinero, joya) recovery

b) ( de tierras) reclamation

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= rescue, ransom, salvaging.

Ex. The article 'Cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.

Ex. Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

Ex. In contrast to Bush who seems poised to recklessly waste more lives and resources in pursuit of his ideological mission and the salvaging of his legacy.

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* acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.

* búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).

* carta de rescate = ransom note.

* dinero del rescate = ransom money.

* equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.

* equipo de rescate = rescue team.

* exigir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* exigir un rescate = ransom.

* labores de rescate = rescue work.

* misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.

* nota de rescate = ransom note.

* operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.

* operación de rescate = salvage operation, salvaging operation, rescue operation.

* operaciones de rescate = rescue work.

* pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* pedir un rescate = ransom.

* perro de rescate = rescue dog, search dog.

* todos al rescate = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

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masculino

1)

a) ( salvamento) rescue

equipo/operación de rescate — rescue team/operation

b) ( precio) ransom

2)

a) (de dinero, joya) recovery

b) ( de tierras) reclamation

* * *

= rescue, ransom, salvaging.

Ex: The article 'Cavalry to the rescue' describes how a library experimented with the use of temporary employees for the purpose of shelving and shelf reading.

Ex: Suppose you are abducted by a highway robber, who intends to ransom you and in return for your release you promise to deliver the ransom yourself; should you subsequently keep your promise?.

Ex: In contrast to Bush who seems poised to recklessly waste more lives and resources in pursuit of his ideological mission and the salvaging of his legacy.

* acudir al rescate = come to + Posesivo + rescue.

* búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue (SAR).

* carta de rescate = ransom note.

* dinero del rescate = ransom money.

* equipo de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue team.

* equipo de rescate = rescue team.

* exigir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* exigir un rescate = ransom.

* labores de rescate = rescue work.

* misión de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue mission.

* nota de rescate = ransom note.

* operación de búsqueda y rescate = search and rescue operation, search and rescue mission.

* operación de rescate = salvage operation, salvaging operation, rescue operation.

* operaciones de rescate = rescue work.

* pedir rescate por Algo = hold + Nombre + for ransom.

* pedir un rescate = ransom.

* perro de rescate = rescue dog, search dog.

* todos al rescate = all hands on deck, all hands to the pump(s).

* trabajos de rescate = rescue work.

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rescate

masculine

A (de un rehén, prisionero) rescue; (ante un peligro) rescue

equipo de rescate rescue team

operación de rescate rescue operation

B (precio) ransom

exigen un rescate de dos millones de dólares they are demanding a two-million-dollar ransom

C (de dinero, una pulsera) recovery

D (de tierras) reclamation

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Del verbo rescatar: ( conjugate rescatar)

rescaté es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

rescate es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
rescatar
rescate
rescatar ( conjugate rescatar) verbo transitivo
a) ( salvar) to rescue

b) ‹dinero/pulsera› to recover, get back

rescate sustantivo masculino
a) ( salvamento) rescue;

◊ equipo de rescate rescue team

b) ( precio) ransom

c) (de dinero, joya) recovery

rescatar verbo transitivo
1 (de un secuestrador, peligro) to rescue
2 (del olvido) to recover
rescate sustantivo masculino
1 (liberación) rescue
2 (pago exigido por un secuestrador) ransom
3 (de un derecho, un bien, una tradición) recovery
' rescate' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
patrulla
- operación
English:
lifeboat
- ransom
- rescue
- salvage
- dash
- recovery
- search

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rescate nm

1. [liberación, salvación] rescue

2. [dinero] ransom;

pagaron un millón de dólares de rescate they paid a ransom of a million dollars

3. [recuperación] recovery

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rescate

m

1 de peligro rescue;

equipo de rescate rescue team

2 en secuestro ransom

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rescate nm

1) : rescue

2) : recovery

3) : ransom

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rescate n

1. (dinero) ransom

han pagado el rescate they have paid the ransom

2. (salvamento) rescue

una operación de rescate a rescue operation

Spanish-English dictionary > rescate
18 по мне

I

• ПО МНЕ highly coll

[PrepP; Invar; sent adv (parenth)]

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⇒ from my point of view:

- if you ask me;

- to me;

- as far as I'm concerned;

- the way I see it;

- [in limited contexts] for all I care.

     ♦ Осетины шумно обступили меня и требовали на водку; но штабс-капитан так грозно на них прикрикнул, что они вмиг разбежались. "Ведь этакой народ, - сказал он: - и хлеба по-русски назвать не умеет, а выучил: "офицер, дай на водку!" Уж татары, по мне, лучше: те хоть непьющие..." (Лермонтов 1). The Ossetians vociferously besieged me, demanding money for vodka; but the captain shouted at them so fiercely that they dispersed in a moment. "You see what they are like!" he grumbled. "They don't know enough Russian to ask for a piece of bread, but they've learned to beg for tips: 'Officer, give me money for vodka!' To me the Tatars are better-they're tee-totalers at least..." (1b).

     ♦ "По мне, хоть вы все живите в пятикомнатных квартирах" (Войнович 3). "As far as I'm concerned, you can all live in five-room apartments" (3a).

     ♦ "...По мне, его кобыла и с матерью - да будь они прокляты! - а я жеребца не дам обскакать!"(Шолохов 2). ".. His mare and its mother can go to bloody hell for all I care, but I won't let him beat the stallion!" (2a).

II

• ПО МНЕ <ПО ТЕБЕ и т. п.> coll

[PrepP; subj-compl with быть, прийтись etc (subj: usu. abstr or, less often, human)]

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⇒ to be pleasing to me (you etc), be in accord with my (your etc) tastes, interests:

- X по мне≈ X is to my taste (liking);

- X suits me;

- X is my cup of tea < my thing>;

- [in limited contexts] X is right for me;

- X is the one <the [NP]> for me;

|| Neg X не по мне≈ X doesn't sit too well with me;

- [in limited contexts] X grates on me.

     ♦ "Ну, для чего вы идёте на войну?" - спросил Пьер. - "Для чего? Я не знаю. Так надо. Кроме того, я иду... - Он остановился. - Я иду потому, что эта жизнь, которую я веду здесь, эта жизнь - не по мне!" (Толстой 4). "And why are you going to war?" asked Pierre. "Why? I don't know. Because I must. And besides, I'm going-" he paused. "I'm going because this life I am leading here - this life is - not to my taste" (4a).

     ♦...И то ему не так, и это не по нему. Что бы она ни сделала, все было неладно (Распутин 3). Nothing was to his liking. Whatever she did displeased him (3a).

     ♦...Он [Чичиков] обратился к другому шкафу... Всё книги философии... "Это не по мне"... (Гоголь 3)....Chichikov turned to another bookcase....They were all books on philosophy.... "That's not my cup of tea"... (3a).

     ♦ [Ирина:] Надо поискать другую должность, а эта не по мне (Чехов 5). [I.:] I must try to find some other job, this one's not right for me (5d).

     ♦ [Фёкла:]...Уж каких женихов тебе припасла!.. Первый, Балтазар Балтазарович Жевакин, такой славный, во флоте служил - как раз по тебе придётся (Гоголь 1). [F:]... What a bunch of gentlemen I've got for you!...First, Baltazar Baltazarovich Zhevakin, such a nice gentleman; he served in the navy-he's just the one for you (lc).

     ♦...Проходя однажды мимо МХАТа, я увидел объявление, что этому театру требуются рабочие сцены. Ну вот, решил я, эта работа... по мне (Войнович 1). One day, walking past the Moscow Art Theater, I noticed a sign saying that stage-set workers were needed. That's the job for me, I decided (1a).

     ♦...Вообще Пётр Петрович принадлежал к разряду людей, по-видимому чрезвычайно любезных в обществе... но которые, чуть что не по них, тотчас же и теряют все свои средства и становятся похожими скорее на мешки с мукой, чем на развязных и оживляющих общество кавалеров (Достоевский 3). Generally speaking, Pyotr Petrovich belonged to that category of people who appear extremely affable in company...but who, as soon as something grates on them, instantly lose all their resources and begin to seem more like sacks of flour than offhand and convivial cavaliers (3c).

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по мне
19 afanar

v.

to pinch, to swipe (informal) (robar).

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afanar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar (robar) to nick, pinch

► verbo pronominal afanarse

1 to work with zeal

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

afanarse en to work hard at

afanarse por to strive to, do one's best to

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1. VT

1) * (=birlar) to pinch *, swipe *

2) CAm [+ dinero] to earn, make

3) (=acosar) to press, harass, bother; LAm (=empujar) to hustle

2.

See:

afanarse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (arg) ( robar) to pinch (colloq)

2) (Col fam)

a) ( apurar) to rush

b) ( preocupar) to worry

3) (Per fam) < chica> to hit on (AmE colloq), to try to get off with (BrE colloq)
2.
afanarse v pron

1) ( esforzarse) to work, toil

afanarse en or por + inf — to strive to + inf

2) (enf) (arg) ( robar) to pinch (colloq)

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= rip off, heist, nick.

Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex. This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.

Ex. It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

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* afanarse = swipe.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1) (arg) ( robar) to pinch (colloq)

2) (Col fam)

a) ( apurar) to rush

b) ( preocupar) to worry

3) (Per fam) < chica> to hit on (AmE colloq), to try to get off with (BrE colloq)
2.
afanarse v pron

1) ( esforzarse) to work, toil

afanarse en or por + inf — to strive to + inf

2) (enf) (arg) ( robar) to pinch (colloq)

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= rip off, heist, nick.

Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called 'bungs' for prime space.

Ex: This can vary, however, as sometimes banks are robbed and armored cars heisted to forward their causes, but this was not Kahl's way of doing things.

Ex: It's more advisable to have a cheap and skanky bike for pootling around town, the idea being that no-one would want to nick a nasty looking bike.

* afanarse = swipe.

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afanar [A1 ]

vt

A ( arg) (robar) to swipe ( colloq), to nick ( BrE colloq), to pinch ( BrE colloq)

B ( Col fam)

1 (apurar) to rush

¡afánale! ( fam); get a move on! ( colloq)

2 (preocupar) to worry

C ( Per fam) ‹chica› to hit on ( AmE colloq), to try to get off with ( BrE colloq)

■ afanarse

v pron

A (esforzarse) to work, toil afanarse EN or POR + INF to strive to + INF afanarse POR QUE + SUBJ:

siempre se afana por que todos se sientan como en su casa she always goes to great pains o to a lot of trouble to make everyone feel at home

B ( enf) ( arg) (robar) ‹cigarrillos/radio› to swipe ( colloq), to nick ( BrE colloq), to pinch ( BrE colloq)

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afanar vtr fam (hurtar) to nick, pinch: le afanaron la cartera, they pinched his wallet
' afanar' also found in these entries:
English:
nick
- rip

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afanar

♦ vt
Fam [robar] to pinch, to swipe
♦ See also the pronominal verb afanarse

* * *

afanar

I v/i C.Am. ( ganar dinero) make money

II v/t

1 C.Am.

dinero make

2 Rpl fam ( robar) swipe fam, Br tb

pinch fam

Spanish-English dictionary > afanar
20 aplicación

f.

1 application, program, software, application software.

2 application, utilization, use, implementation.

3 administration, application, dosification, dosing.

4 application form, form, application.

5 diligence, attention, studiousness, application.

6 appliqué, decoration, trimming.

7 application, use of a physical means.

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aplicación

► nombre femenino

1 (gen) application

2 (adorno) appliqué

* * *

noun f.

1) application

2) diligence, dedication

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SF

1) (=uso externo) (tb Med) use, application frm

recomiendan la aplicación de compresas frías — they recommend the use o application frm of cold compresses

una o dos aplicaciones diarias — to be applied once or twice daily

solo de aplicación externa — for external use only

tras la aplicación de la primera capa de pintura — after applying the first coat of paint

aplicación tópica — external use

2) (=puesta en práctica) [de acuerdo, impuesto, medida] implementation, application; [de método] implementation; [de sanción, castigo] imposition

la aplicación de las nuevas tecnologías en la industria — the implementation of new technologies in industry

en aplicación de la ley 9/1968 — in accordance with law 9/1968

una brigada encargada de vigilar la aplicación de las sanciones — a brigade in charge of overseeing the imposition of sanctions

3) (=dedicación) application

le falta aplicación en el estudio — he doesn't apply himself enough to his studies, le lacks application in his studies frm

4) (=aplique) (Cos) appliqué

una puerta con hermosas aplicaciones de metal — (Téc) a door with beautiful metalwork overlay

5) pl aplicaciones (=usos) (Téc) uses, applications; (Com, Inform) applications

un producto con múltiples aplicaciones en la industria — a product with multiple uses in industry

aplicaciones comerciales — business applications

aplicaciones de gestión — management applications

6) Bol, Col, Ven (=solicitud) application

enviar una aplicación — to send an application

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femenino

1)

a) (frml) ( de crema) application (frml); (de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)

b) (frml) ( de sanción) imposition; (de técnica, método) application; (de plan, medida) implementation

en este caso será de aplicación el artículo 12 — (frml) in this case article 12 shall apply (frml)

2) ( uso práctico) application, use

3) (esfuerzo, dedicación) application

aplicación a algo — application to something

4) (Andes) ( solicitud) application

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femenino

1)

a) (frml) ( de crema) application (frml); (de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)

b) (frml) ( de sanción) imposition; (de técnica, método) application; (de plan, medida) implementation

en este caso será de aplicación el artículo 12 — (frml) in this case article 12 shall apply (frml)

2) ( uso práctico) application, use

3) (esfuerzo, dedicación) application

aplicación a algo — application to something

4) (Andes) ( solicitud) application

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aplicación¹

¹ = application, enforcement, take-up, uptake, operationalisation [operationalization, -USA], enablement.

Ex: The most appropriate type of abstract must be chosen in accordance with the requirements of each individual application.

Ex: These are less tangible, more dependent upon personal motivation and inclination, and not amenable to enforcement through institutional policies.

Ex: One of the reasons for the relatively slow take-up of microcomputers in libraries in the Philippines is the problem caused by the multitude of languages used in the island group.

Ex: The project is investigating the factors which promote or inhibit the uptake of computers in primary schools.

Ex: Theories and models from the behavioural sciences offer a sound basis for understanding the problems with conceptualization and operationalization of user satisfaction.

Ex: The aim was that the edge would come from leveraging its knowledge assets, ie the leadership and expertise of its worldwide work force, through information technology enablement.

* adaptar a una aplicación concreta = harness.

* adaptarse a una aplicación = suit + application.

* ámbito de aplicación = field of application.

* aplicación a tareas bibliotecarias = library application.

* aplicación práctica = application, practical application.

* área de aplicación comercial = niche.

* campo de aplicación = field of application, scope of application, field of practice, area of application.

* de aplicación específica a un equipo de ordenador = hardware-based.

* de aplicación general = general-purpose, of general application.

* encontrar aplicación práctica = find + application.

* hacerse a medida de una aplicación práctica concreta = tailor to + application.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* orientado hacia una aplicación práctica concreta = application-oriented.

* relación de aplicación = bias relation.

* según la aplicación de reglas = rule-governed.

aplicación²

² = industry, diligence.

Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.

Ex: If these guidelines are not adhered to with due care and diligence, financial damage to the library can result = Si no se siguen estas directrices con el debido cuidado y atención, el resultado puede ser que la biblioteca sufra daños económicos.

* con aplicación = industriously, studiously.

aplicación³

³ = software system, software program, app [application].

Nota: Abreviatura.

Ex: READS is a software system designed to run on a local area network (LAN) file server and accessed by multiple workstation.

Ex: In the Internet, a client is a software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server software program on another computer, often across a great distance.

Ex: I am sick and tired of how Win 2000 runs DOS apps, but I need Windows for other reasons.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicación de código abierto = open source software.

* aplicación didáctica = courseware.

* aplicaciones = toolbox [tool box].

* aplicaciones comerciales = proprietary software, commercial software.

* aplicaciones ofimáticas = office software.

* aplicaciones para la información = information solutions.

* aplicación filtro = filtering software.

* aplicación informática = application(s) program(me), application(s) software, computer application.

* aplicación multimedia = multimedia application.

* aplicación web = Web application.

* apoyo técnico de aplicaciones informáticas = software support.

* dedicado a una aplicación específica = dedicated.

* desarrollo de aplicaciones = software development, application development.

* productor de aplicaciones informáticas = application(s) developer.

* programa de montaje de aplicaciones = software packager.

* programador de aplicaciones bibliotecarias = library software developer.

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aplicación

feminine

A

1 ( frml) (de crema, pomada) application ( frml); (de pintura, barniz) coat, application ( frml)

le hicieron aplicaciones de cobalto he was given o he had radiotherapy

2 (de una pena, sanción) imposition; (de una técnica, un método) application; (de un plan, una medida) implementation

en este caso será de aplicación el artículo 12 ( frml); in this case article 12 shall apply ( frml)

la aplicación de los métodos audiovisuales en la enseñanza de idiomas the use of audiovisual techniques in language teaching

B (uso práctico) application, use

las aplicaciones pacíficas de la energía nuclear the applications o uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

C (esfuerzo, dedicación) application aplicación A algo application TO sth

su aplicación al estudio the application she shows/has shown to her studies

D ( Com, Inf) application

paquete de aplicaciones applications package

Compuesto:

aplicación de software

software application

E ( Andes) (solicitud) application

F aplicaciones fpl (en costura) appliqué work

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aplicación sustantivo femenino
1
a) (frml) ( de crema) application (frml);

(de pintura, barniz) coat, application (frml)
b) ( de sanción) imposition;

(de técnica, método) application;
(de plan, medida) implementation
2 ( uso práctico) application, use
3 (Col, Ven) ( solicitud) application
4 (Inf) application
aplicación sustantivo femenino application
' aplicación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
práctica
- uso
- ámbito
- diligencia
English:
app
- application
- enforcement
- industry
- studiously
- studiousness

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aplicación nf

1. [de técnica, teoría] application;
[de plan] implementation; [de sanciones] imposition;
una ley de aplicación inmediata a law that will take immediate effect;

exigen la aplicación del acuerdo de paz they are demanding that the peace agreement should be implemented

2. [de pomada, vendaje, pintura] application

3. [uso] application, use;

las aplicaciones de la energía hidroeléctrica the different applications o uses of hydroelectric power

4. [al estudio] application;

su aplicación al trabajo the application she shows in her work

5. [adorno] appliqué

6. Informát application

7. Mat map, function

8. Andes [solicitud] application

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aplicación

f application

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aplicación nf, pl - ciones

1) : application

2) : diligence, dedication

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aplicación n application

Spanish-English dictionary > aplicación

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