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  • 1 Nervi, Pier Luigi

    [br]
    b. 21 June 1891 Sondrio, Italy
    d. 9 January 1979 (?), Italy
    [br]
    Italian engineer who played a vital role in the use and adaptation of reinforced concrete as a structural material from the 1930s to the 1970s.
    [br]
    Nervi early established a reputation in the use of reinforced concrete with his stadium in Florence (1930–2). This elegant concrete structure combines graceful curves with functional solidity and is capable of seating some 35,000 spectators. The stadium was followed by the aircraft hangars built for the Italian Air Force at Orvieto and Ortebello, in which he spanned the vast roofs of the hangars with thin-shelled vaults supported by precast concrete beams and steel-reinforced ribs. The structural strength and subtle curves of these ribbed roofs set the pattern for Nervi's techniques, which he subsequently varied and elaborated on to solve problems that arose in further commissions.
    Immediately after the Second World War Italy was short of supplies of steel for structural purposes so, in contrast to the USA, Britain and Germany, did not for some years construct any quantity of steel-framed rectangular buildinngs used for offices, housing or industrial use. It was Nervi who led the way to a ferroconcrete approach, using a new type of structure based on these materials in the form of a fine steel mesh sprayed with cement mortar and used to roof all kinds of structures. It was a method that resulted in expressionist curves instead of rectangular blocks, and the first of his great exhibition halls at Turin (1949), with a vault span of 240 ft (73 m), was an early example of this technique. Nervi continued to create original and beautiful ferroconcrete structures of infinite variety: for example, the hall at the Lido di Roma, Ostia; the terme at Chianciano; and the three buildings that he designed for the Rome Olympics in 1960. The Palazzetto dello Sport is probably the most famous of these, for which he co-operated with the architect Annibale Vitellozzi to construct a small sports palace seating 5,000 spectators under a concrete "big top" of 194 ft (59 m) diameter, its enclosing walls supported by thirtysix guy ropes of concrete; inside, the elegant roof displays a floral quality. In 1960 Nervi returned to Turin to build his imaginative Palace of Labour for the centenary celebrations of Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel in the city. This vast hall, like the Crystal Palace in England a century earlier (see Paxton), had to be built quickly and be suitable for later adaptation. It was therefore constructed partly in steel, and the metal supporting columns rose to palm-leaf capitals reminiscent of those in ancient Nile palaces.
    Nervi's aim was always to create functional buildings that simultaneously act by their aesthetic qualities as an effective educational influence. Functionalism for Nervi never became "brutalism". In consequence, his work is admired by the lay public as well as by architects. He collaborated with many of the outstanding architects of the day: with Gio Ponti on the Pirelli Building in Milan (1955–9); with Zehrfuss and Breuer on the Y-plan UNESCO Building in Paris (1953–7); and with Marcello Piacentini on the 16,000-seat Palazzo dello Sport in Rome. Nervi found time to write a number of books on building construction and design, lectured in the Universities of Rio de Janiero and Buenos Aires, and was for many years Professor of Technology and Technique of Construction in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Rome. He continued to design new structures until well into the 1970s.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    RIBA Royal Gold Medal 1960. Royal Institute of Structural Engineers Gold Medal 1968. Honorary Degree Edinburgh University, Warsaw University, Munich University, London University, Harvard University. Member International Institute of Arts and Letters, Zurich; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
    Bibliography
    1956, Structures, New York: Dodge.
    1945, Scienza o Arte del Costruire?, Rome: Bussola.
    Further Reading
    P.Desideri et al., 1979, Pier Luigi Nervi, Bologna: Zanichelli.
    A.L.Huxtable, 1960, Masters of World Architecture; Pier Luigi Nervi, New York: Braziller.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Nervi, Pier Luigi

  • 2 конца-краю нет

    конца-краю (конца и краю, ни конца ни краю) нет (не видно, не видать) ( чему)
    there seems to be (one can see) no end to it; there is no end of smth.; there is no bottom in it (to it); smth. has no end and no beginning; the end is not in sight

    Нет конца полю, не уйдёшь от него никуда! Исходил его Коняга с сохой вдоль и поперёк, и всё-таки ему конца-краю нет. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Коняга) — The field is endless, there is no escape from it. The old Nag has tramped up and down with the plough, and still the end is not in sight.

    Часами мы едем по невиданной ореховой аллее, посаженной ещё по приказу Ермолова. Нет ей конца и края. (Н. Тихонов, Двойная радуга) — We drove for hours along a grand avenue of nut-trees planted at Yermolov's orders. There seemed no end to it.

    Ему показалось - вся Россия, которой нет ни конца, ни края, стоит бесконечно влево и бесконечно вправо, рядом с этими тремя домами, где держится он, капитан Сабуров, со своим поредевшим батальоном. (К. Симонов, Дни и ночи) — It seemed to him that all of Russia, which had no end and no beginning, stretched endlessly away to his left and to his right, flanking these three buildings where he, Captain Saburov, with his dwindling battalion, was still holding out.

    - Хорошо, что ты не открыла причину торжества. Конца и краю тостам до утра не было бы. (Ю. Бондарев, Выбор) — 'A good thing you didn't tell them the reason for the gathering. There would have been no end of toasts till morning.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > конца-краю нет

  • 3 sobresalir

    v.
    1 to jut out, to stick out.
    el tejado sobresale varios metros the roof juts out several meters
    la enagua le sobresale por debajo de la falda her petticoat is showing beneath her skirt
    La cornisa sobresale mucho The cornice juts out too much.
    2 to stand out.
    sobresale por su inteligencia he is outstandingly intelligent
    Sus logros sobresalen His achievements stand out.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SALIR], like link=salir salir
    1 to stick out, protrude
    2 figurado to stand out, excel
    * * *
    verb
    1) to project, protrude
    * * *
    VI
    1) (Arquit) to project, overhang, jut out; (=salirse de la línea) to stick out
    2) (=destacarse) to stand out, excel
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) alero/viga to project, overhang
    b) ( ser más alto) to stand out
    c)

    sobresalir en algo — en deportes, idiomas to excel o shine at something

    * * *
    = bulge, excel, protrude, stand out, stick out, stick up, tower above/over, stand + proud.
    Ex. Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.
    Ex. Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex. Internal guiding is achieved by inserting guide cards with tabs which protrude above the catalogue entries, and external guiding by labelling the outside of each drawer.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. Firth sticks out awkwardly, however, and the film appears to have been packaged around him.
    Ex. Elaine poked at the ribs sticking up so oddly above the otherwise flattened skeleton.
    Ex. Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.
    Ex. Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    ----
    * sobresalir comercialmente = gain + a competitive edge.
    * sobresalir por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, a cut above the rest, stick up above + the rest, stick out above + the rest, a cut above, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * sobresalir sobre = stick out from.
    * sobresalir sobre los demás = stick up above + the rest, stick out above + the rest, a cut above the rest, a cut above, stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) alero/viga to project, overhang
    b) ( ser más alto) to stand out
    c)

    sobresalir en algo — en deportes, idiomas to excel o shine at something

    * * *
    = bulge, excel, protrude, stand out, stick out, stick up, tower above/over, stand + proud.

    Ex: Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

    Ex: Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex: Internal guiding is achieved by inserting guide cards with tabs which protrude above the catalogue entries, and external guiding by labelling the outside of each drawer.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: Firth sticks out awkwardly, however, and the film appears to have been packaged around him.
    Ex: Elaine poked at the ribs sticking up so oddly above the otherwise flattened skeleton.
    Ex: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.
    Ex: Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    * sobresalir comercialmente = gain + a competitive edge.
    * sobresalir por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, a cut above the rest, stick up above + the rest, stick out above + the rest, a cut above, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * sobresalir sobre = stick out from.
    * sobresalir sobre los demás = stick up above + the rest, stick out above + the rest, a cut above the rest, a cut above, stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.

    * * *
    vi
    1 «alero/viga» to project, overhang, stick out
    el borde sobresale unos tres centímetros the edge sticks out o juts out o protrudes about three centimeters
    la aguja de la catedral sobresalía a lo lejos the spire of the cathedral rose up o stood out in the distance
    2
    (destacarse): siempre sobresalió en los deportes he always excelled o shone o ( AmE) shined at games
    sobresale entre los niños de su edad he stands out among children of the same age
    sobresale por su talento musical his talent for music sets him apart from the rest
    sobresale por la belleza de su interior it is notable for its beautiful interior
    * * *

    sobresalir ( conjugate sobresalir) verbo intransitivo
    a) [alero/viga] to project, overhang;

    [ borde] to protrude
    b) (destacarse, resaltar) to stand out;

    ◊ sobresale entre los demás it/she stands out from the rest;

    sobresalir en algo ‹en deportes/idiomas› to excel o shine at sth
    sobresalir verbo intransitivo
    1 (asomar) to protrude [de, from], stick out [de, from]
    (de una superficie horizontal, suelo) to stand out: Juan sobresale entre la multitud, Juan stands out above the crowd
    (de un plano vertical, fachada) to project [de, from]
    2 (distinguirse, destacar) to stand out
    ' sobresalir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distinguirse
    - emerger
    - resaltar
    English:
    bulge
    - excel
    - jut
    - overhang
    - project
    - protrude
    - stick out
    - over
    - stand
    - stick
    * * *
    1. [en tamaño] to jut out, to stick out;
    arreglaron la baldosa que sobresalía del pavimento they have fixed the slab which was sticking out from the Br pavement o US sidewalk;
    el tejado sobresale varios metros the roof juts out several metres;
    la enagua le sobresale por debajo de la falda her petticoat is showing beneath her skirt;
    su cabeza sobresalía entre la masa his head stuck out above the rest of the crowd
    2. [descollar] to stand out;
    sobresale por su inteligencia he is outstandingly intelligent
    * * *
    v/t stick out, protrude; fig
    excel;
    sobresalir entre stand out among
    * * *
    sobresalir {73} vi
    1) : to protrude, to jut out, to project
    2) : to stand out, to excel
    * * *
    1. (distinguirse) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]
    2. (ser más alto) to rise above [pt. rose; pp. risen]
    3. (estar más saliente) to stick out [pt. & pp. stuck]

    Spanish-English dictionary > sobresalir

  • 4 Guardia Civil

    f. & m.
    civil guard.
    * * *
    Civil Guard
    * * *
    femenino Civil Guard
    •• Cultural note:
    A rural paramilitary police force founded in Spain in 1844. It has been used by different governments to fight against organized labor, republicanism, and regional autonomy, and came to be seen as an instrument of state repression. The Civil Guard has adapted to the new democratic Spain and is involved in anti-terrrorist operations, the coastguard service and environmental protection. Civil guards are armed and traditionally have had a distinctive uniform, including the tricornio, a black patent leather, three-cornered hat. In an effort to change its image, the tricornio is now worn only on ceremonial occasions or in front of official buildings
    * * *
    femenino Civil Guard
    •• Cultural note:
    A rural paramilitary police force founded in Spain in 1844. It has been used by different governments to fight against organized labor, republicanism, and regional autonomy, and came to be seen as an instrument of state repression. The Civil Guard has adapted to the new democratic Spain and is involved in anti-terrrorist operations, the coastguard service and environmental protection. Civil guards are armed and traditionally have had a distinctive uniform, including the tricornio, a black patent leather, three-cornered hat. In an effort to change its image, the tricornio is now worn only on ceremonial occasions or in front of official buildings
    * * *
    A rural paramilitary police force founded in Spain in 1844. It has been used by different governments to fight against organized labor, republicanism, and regional autonomy, and came to be seen as an instrument of state repression.
    The Civil Guard has adapted to the new democratic Spain and is involved in anti-terrrorist operations, the coastguard service and environmental protection.
    Civil guards are armed and traditionally have had a distinctive uniform, including the tricornio, a black patent leather, three-cornered hat. In an effort to change its image, the tricornio is now worn only on ceremonial occasions or in front of official buildings.
    * * *
    Esp
    civil guard

    Spanish-English dictionary > Guardia Civil

  • 5 antiestético

    adj.
    unaesthetic, ugly, unsightly, inartistic.
    * * *
    1 ugly, unsightly, unattractive
    * * *
    ADJ unsightly, ugly
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo unsightly
    * * *
    = unaesthetic, unsightly, eyesore.
    Ex. I defy anybody to say that the entries using full ISBD punctuation are in any way confusing, unattractive, unaesthetic, or whatever.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. He argues for special attention to faculty offices, landscaping, 'green' architecture, preservation of heritage buildings, removal of eyesore buildings, and safety.
    ----
    * algo antiestético = a blot on the landscape.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo unsightly
    * * *
    = unaesthetic, unsightly, eyesore.

    Ex: I defy anybody to say that the entries using full ISBD punctuation are in any way confusing, unattractive, unaesthetic, or whatever.

    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: He argues for special attention to faculty offices, landscaping, 'green' architecture, preservation of heritage buildings, removal of eyesore buildings, and safety.
    * algo antiestético = a blot on the landscape.

    * * *
    unattractive
    la moda actual me resulta antiestética I think today's fashions are unattractive o ugly
    se hizo quitar esas verrugas antiestéticas he had those unsightly warts removed
    * * *

    antiestético
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    unsightly
    antiestético,-a adjetivo unsightly

    ' antiestético' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antiestética
    English:
    unsightly
    * * *
    antiestético, -a adj
    unsightly
    * * *
    adj unattractive, unesthetic, Br
    unaesthetic
    * * *
    antiestético, -ca adj
    : unsightly, unattractive

    Spanish-English dictionary > antiestético

  • 6 de dos caras

    (adj.) = two-sided, two-faced
    Ex. Galleys are two- or three- sided trays, nowadays made of metal and three or four times as long as they are wide.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    * * *
    (adj.) = two-sided, two-faced

    Ex: Galleys are two- or three- sided trays, nowadays made of metal and three or four times as long as they are wide.

    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de dos caras

  • 7 destacar

    v.
    1 to emphasize, to highlight (poner de relieve).
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    Ella destaca sus logros She highlights his achievements.
    Ella destacó su importancia She emphasized its importance.
    2 to station (tropas).
    3 to stand out.
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out among her other novels for o because of its humor
    Sus logros destacan His achievements stand out.
    4 to put on the front, to deploy, to detach, to put at the front line.
    Ricardo destacó al alumno Richard put the student on the front.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 (despuntar) to stand out
    1 MILITAR to detach
    2 (en pintura) to highlight, make stand out
    3 figurado (dar énfasis) to point out, emphasize
    1 to stand out
    * * *
    verb
    1) to highlight, emphasize
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=hacer resaltar) to emphasize

    quiero destacar que... — I wish to emphasize that...

    2) (Mil) to detach, detail
    3) (Inform) to highlight
    2.
    VI
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.
    Ex. The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex. Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex. Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex. In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex. Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex. Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex. This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex. Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex. Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex. A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex. Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex. Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex. Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex. As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex. This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex. Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex. This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex. This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex. The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex. This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex. The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex. Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex. In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex. There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex. A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex. Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex. If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex. Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    ----
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2) ( realzar) <belleza/figura> to enhance; <color/plano> to bring out
    3)
    a) (Mil) < tropas> to post

    destacar a alguien para + inf — to detail somebody to + inf

    b) <periodista/fotógrafo> to send
    2.
    destacar vi to stand out

    destacar en algo — to excel at o in something

    * * *
    = bring into + focus, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], give + prominence, give + emphasis, highlight, make + Posesivo + mark, single out, illuminate, heighten, stand out in + the text, play up, stand out, foreground, lay + emphasis on, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, excel, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, place + great store on, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, stand + apart, shine, deploy, flag + Nombre + up, stand + proud.

    Ex: The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.

    Ex: Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex: Provision should be on the basis of quality and originality, with classic works of the genre given prominence.
    Ex: Some are poorly written giving either too much or too little data, and giving undue emphasis to the author's priorities.
    Ex: In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex: Prior to that date he had already begun to make his mark.
    Ex: Conference proceedings are singled out for special attention because they are an important category of material in relation to abstracting and indexing publications.
    Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex: Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex: Both Dialog and Chemical Abstracts Service stand out in the text.
    Ex: A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.
    Ex: Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex: Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex: As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex: This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex: Expert systems represent an attempt to harness, as an intellectual tool, those features of the computer where it excels in the handling of data.
    Ex: This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex: This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex: The IFLA letter places great store on the number of FID members who are also IFLA members.
    Ex: This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex: The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex: Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex: In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex: There are many books published in the world and of many kinds, but one category stands apart: books that come under the heading of literature.
    Ex: A light box would be provided for this purpose so that the cards could be accurately stacked on top of each other to allow the light from the light box to shine through any holes that the three cards had in common.
    Ex: Any attack on Iran will require that military forces quickly deploy to Dubai to forestall the closing of the strait.
    Ex: If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex: Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    * destacar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * destacar en = pull off on.
    * destacar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * destacar por encima de los demás = stand out from + the rest, stand out above + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * destacar sobre los demás = stand out above + the rest, stand out from + the rest, stand out in + the crowd.
    * es de destacar que = significantly.
    * es importante destacar = importantly.
    * hay que destacar = importantly.
    * sin acontecimientos que destacar = uneventful.
    * sin nada que destacar = uneventful.

    * * *
    destacar [A2 ]
    vt
    A (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    destacó la gravedad de la situación he underlined o stressed o emphasized the gravity of the situation
    B ( Art) to highlight, bring out
    C
    1 (enviar) ‹tropas› to post
    fueron destacados para defender el puente they were detailed to defend the bridge
    2 ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send
    ■ destacar
    vi
    to stand out
    el trabajo destaca por su originalidad the work is remarkable for o stands out because of its originality
    el marco hace destacar aún más la belleza del cuadro the frame further enhances the beauty of the picture
    destacó como autor teatral he was an outstanding playwright
    a lo lejos destacaba el campanario de la iglesia the church tower stood out in the distance
    nunca destacó como estudiante he never excelled o shone as a student
    destaca entre los de su edad por su estatura he stands out from others of his age because of his height
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    destacar ( conjugate destacar) verbo transitivo
    1 (recalcar, subrayar) to emphasize, stress
    2 ( realzar) ‹belleza/figura› to enhance;
    ‹color/plano› to bring out
    3
    a) (Mil) ‹ tropas› to post

    b) ‹periodista/fotógrafo› to send

    verbo intransitivo
    to stand out;
    destacar en algo to excel at o in sth
    destacar vtr fig to emphasize, stress
    destacar(se) verbo intransitivo & verbo reflexivo to stand out
    ' destacar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brillar
    - despuntar
    - destacarse
    - perfilarse
    - realzar
    - resaltar
    - sobresalir
    - subrayar
    English:
    angular
    - detail
    - highlight
    - shine
    - stand out
    - crowd
    - excel
    - heighten
    - stand
    - tower
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [poner de relieve] to emphasize, to highlight;
    debo destacar lo importante que es la operación I must stress o emphasize how important the operation is;
    cabe destacar que… it is important to point out that…;
    hay que destacar el trabajo de los actores the acting deserves special mention
    2. [tropas] to station;
    [corresponsales] to assign, to send
    ♦ vi
    [sobresalir] to stand out;
    tiene afán por destacar she is keen to excel;
    destacó como concertista de piano he was an outstanding concert pianist;
    hay una alumna que destaca de los demás/entre todos there is one student who stands out from the others/from all the others;
    destaca en sus estudios she is an outstanding student;
    destaca entre sus otras novelas por su humor it stands out from her other novels for o because of its humour;
    destaca mucho por su imponente físico he really stands out because of his impressive physique;
    un pueblo que no destaca por nada en particular a town that is not remarkable for anything in particular, a rather unremarkable town
    * * *
    I v/i stand out
    II v/t emphasize
    * * *
    destacar {72} vt
    1) enfatizar, subrayar: to emphasize, to highlight, to stress
    2) : to station, to post
    : to stand out
    * * *
    1. (resaltar) to point out / to emphasize
    2. (sobresalir) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]

    Spanish-English dictionary > destacar

  • 8 Haus

    n; -es, Häuser
    1. house; (Gebäude) building; im Haus inside, indoors; im nächsten Haus oder ein Haus weiter bei Einfamilienhäusern: next door; bei größeren: in the next block (of flats) (Am. the next [apartment] building); zwei Häuser weiter bei Einfamilienhäusern: next door but one, Am. two houses down ( oder up); bei größeren: two blocks (Am. buildings) (further) down ( oder up); Haus an Haus wohnen live next door to each other, be next-door neighbo(u)rs; Haus an Haus mit jemandem wohnen live next door to s.o.; von Haus zu Haus gehen etc.: from door to door; jemanden durchs Haus führen show s.o. (a)round (the house); Haus und Hof oder Haus und Herd house and home; er hat an der Börse Haus und Hof verspekuliert he lost everything he had speculating on the stock exchange; ihm steht eine Versetzung ins Haus fig. he’s got a posting (Am. transfer) coming up, he’s due for a posting (Am. transfer); es oder uns stehen Neuwahlen ins Haus fig. elections are coming up, there are elections ahead ( oder on the doorstep)
    2. (Zuhause) home, house, place umg.; (Haushalt) household; das väterliche Haus one’s father’s home; außer Haus essen eat out; er ist außer Haus(e) he’s out, he’s not in, he’s gone out; im Haus meiner Tante at my aunt’s (house); im Hause Müller at the Müllers’ (house); jemandem das Haus bestellen oder führen keep house for s.o.; ein großes Haus führen entertain lavishly; ein offenes Haus haben keep open house; das Haus hüten ( müssen) (have to) stay at home ( oder indoors); Haus halten haushalten; jemandem das Haus verbieten not allow s.o. in the ( oder one’s) house; zu jemandem ins Haus kommen Friseur, Lehrer etc.: come to the ( oder one’s) house; das kommt mir nicht ins Haus! I’m not having that in the ( oder my) house; der / die kommt mir nicht ins Haus (wird als Familienmitglied nicht akzeptiert) he / she will never be welcome in this family; sich (Dat) einen Hund etc. ins Haus holen take ( oder bring) home a dog etc.; in zehn Jahren werden die Kinder aus dem Haus sein (ihre eigene Wohnung haben) in ten years the children will be out of the house ( oder won’t be living with us any more); einrennen, frei I 10, Herr 3, schneien etc.
    3. nach Hause home; jemanden nach Hause bringen take ( oder see) s.o. home; komm du mir nur nach Hause! drohend: just wait till I get you home!; komm mir ja nicht mit einer kaputten Hose nach Hause! don’t come home with your trousers torn; komm mir ja nicht mit einem Kind nach Hause! don’t come home pregnant; den Typen brauchst du nicht mehr nach Hause bringen you needn’t bring that one home again; den Sieg nach Hause fahren SPORT fig. come home ( oder back) victorious
    4. zu Hause at home (auch SPORT); zu Hause sein auch be in; wieder zu Hause sein be back home again; für ihn sind wir nicht zu Hause we’re not at home to him; er ist in X zu Hause his home is (in) X, he comes from X; bei uns zu Hause (in meinem Heim) in my family, at our place umg.; (in meiner Heimat etc.) where I come from; wohnst du noch zu Hause? (bei deinen Eltern) are you still living at home?; fühlt euch ganz zu Hause make yourselves at home; diese Arbeit kann ich von zu Hause aus machen this is a job I can do from home; in etw. (Dat) zu Hause sein fig. (sich auskennen) be well up ( oder at home) in s.th.
    5. für Firma etc.: house; im Hause auf Briefen: in house; außer Haus geben WIRTS. contract out, bes. Am. outsource; ist Frau X schon im Hause? is Ms ( oder Ms.) X in yet?; ich möchte mich im Namen unseres Hauses bedanken I’d like to thank you on behalf of the firm (bes. Am. company); das erste Haus am Platz(e) the best hotel ( oder restaurant, store) in town, the number one hotel etc. around here; Empfehlung des Hauses Gericht etc.: our recommendation, the house special; fig. bei Geschenk an einen Kunden: compliments of the management
    6. THEAT. house; ausverkauftes oder volles Haus THEAT. full house; immer volles Haus oder volle Häuser haben always be sold out; vor leeren Häusern spielen play to empty houses
    7. (Familie, Herkunft) family, home; (Herrscherhaus) house; (Geschlecht) dynasty; das Haus Hannover the House of Hanover; aus gutem Hause sein come from a good family; von Haus aus by birth; fig. (eigentlich) actually; (ursprünglich) originally; (seit jeher) always, (von Natur her) by nature; er ist von Haus aus Chirurg fig. (eigentlich) he’s (actually) a qualified surgeon; (ursprünglich) he was originally a surgeon; (seit jeher) he’s always been a surgeon; du meinst wohl, du hast von Haus aus Recht? umg., fig. I suppose you think you’re always bound to be right
    8. in Eigennamen etc.: das Weiße Haus POL., in Washington: the White House; wie aus dem Weißen Haus verlautet... according to White House sources; das Haus Gottes oder das Haus des Herrn RELI., geh. the House of God ( oder the Lord); das Haus des Sports / Handwerks etc. the house of sports / craft etc.
    9. PARL. House; Hohes Haus! hono(u)rable members (of the House)!; die beiden Häuser des Parlaments both houses of Parliament; das Haus ist ( nicht) beschlussfähig the house is (not) quorate
    10. umg. Koll.: das halbe Haus war auf dem Fest (viele Bewohner) half the building was at the party; das ( ganze) Haus tobte im Theater etc.: the (whole) audience went wild, they nearly brought the house down
    11. umg., hum. (Person): altes Haus old chap; fideles etc. Haus cheerful type; gelehrtes Haus scholarly type
    13. ASTROL. house; im siebten Haus in the seventh house
    14. der Schnecke etc.: shell; ohne Haus naked
    * * *
    das Haus
    home; building; house
    * * *
    das
    1) (a building in which people, especially a single family, live: Houses have been built on the outskirts of the town for the workers in the new industrial estate.) house
    2) (a place or building used for a particular purpose: a hen-house; a public house.) house
    3) (a theatre, or the audience in a theatre: There was a full house for the first night of the play.) house
    4) (the space round which a staircase winds: He fell down the stair-well.) well
    * * *
    <-es, Häuser>
    [haus, pl ˈhɔyzɐ]
    nt
    1. (Wohngebäude) house
    das Internat bestand aus mehreren Häusern the boarding school consisted of several buildings
    es wird schon kühl, lass uns ins \Haus gehen it's getting cool, let's go indoors [or inside]
    meine Klavierlehrerin kommt immer ins \Haus my piano teacher always comes to our house
    bei der Kälte bleibe ich lieber im \Haus I prefer to stay indoors [or inside] when it's cold
    \Haus an \Haus next door
    wir wohnen \Haus an \Haus we live next door to each other
    aus dem \Haus gehen to leave the house
    von \Haus zu \Haus gehen/wandern/ziehen to go/wander/roam from house to house [or door to door]
    das \Haus Gottes [o (geh) des Herrn] the house of God [or form the Lord]
    \Haus und Hof verlieren to loose house and home
    \Haus der Jugend youth centre
    jd/etw kommt jdm nicht ins \Haus sb does not allow sb/sth in the house
    eine Katze kommt mir nicht ins \Haus! I'm not having a cat in the house!
    ein öffentliches \Haus (euph veraltet: Bordell) a house of ill repute
    das Weiße \Haus the White House
    2. (Wohnung, Zuhause, Heim) home
    aus dem \Haus sein to have left home
    außer \Haus essen to eat out
    am Wochenende essen sie außer \Haus they eat out at weekends
    frei \Haus liefern ÖKON to deliver free of charge
    nichts mehr im \Haus haben to have nothing [left] [to eat/drink] in the house
    [etw] ins \Haus liefern ÖKON to deliver [sth] to the door
    liefern Sie ins \Haus? do you make home deliveries?
    jdn ins \Haus nehmen to take sb in[to one's home]
    jdm das \Haus verbieten to not allow sb in the house
    ▪ nach \Hause [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. nachhauseRR] home
    komm nicht so spät nach \Hause! don't come home so late!
    es ist nicht mehr weit bis nach \Hause! we're not far from home now!
    ich muss nach \Hause! I must [or have to] go home!
    komm mir bloß nicht damit nach \Hause! (fig fam) don't you [dare] come that one with me!
    jdn nach \Hause bringen to see [or take] sb home
    kannst du mich mit dem Auto nach \Hause bringen? can you drive me home?
    jdn nach \Hause schicken (fam) to send sb packing fam, to send sb home
    ich habe den Vertreter gleich wieder nach \Hause geschickt I sent the rep packing straight away
    die Lehrerin schickte den Schüler nach \Hause the teacher sent the pupil home
    ▪ zu \Hause [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. zuhauseRR] at home
    seid unbedingt vor Mitternacht wieder zu \Hause! make sure you're back home before midnight!
    wir können schon in drei Stunden zu \Hause sein we can be home in three hours
    wie geht's zu \Hause? how are things at home?
    ich bin für niemanden zu \Hause I'm not at home to anybody
    von zu \Hause aus arbeiten to work from home
    bei jdm zu \Hause, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. zuhause in sb's home
    bei euch zu \Hause ist es so gemütlich there's such a relaxed atmosphere in your home
    bei uns zu \Hause wurde vor dem Essen gebetet we always said prayers before a meal in our house
    sich akk [irgendwo/bei jdm] wie zu \Hause fühlen to feel at home [somewhere/in sb's house]
    fühlen Sie sich wie zu \Hause! make yourself at home
    irgendwo zu \Haus[e] sein to live [or come from] somewhere
    wo sind Sie eigentlich zu \Hause? tell me, where are you from?
    der Pandabär ist nur in China zu \Hause the panda bear can only be found in China
    3. (Familie) household
    er ist ein alter Freund des \Hauses he's an old friend of the family
    aus adligem \Hause from a noble family
    aus angesehenem \Hause from a respectable family
    aus bürgerlichem/gutem/schlechtem \Hause stammend from a middle-class/good/bad family
    die Dame/der Herr des \Hauses the lady/master of the house
    nicht mehr Herr im eigenen \Haus sein to not be master in one's own house any more
    von \Hause aus by birth
    von \Hause aus ist sie musikalisch she comes from a musical family
    4. (Dynastie) house
    die Kaiser von Österreich stammten aus dem \Hause Habsburg the Emperors of Austria came from the House of the Hapsburgs
    5. (Haushalt) house
    sein \Haus bestellen to put [or set] one's house in order
    jdm das \Haus führen to keep house for sb
    ein großes \Haus führen (geh) to entertain in style
    Haus \Haus (veraltend: den Haushalt führen) to keep house
    6. (Gesamtheit der Hausbewohner)
    das ganze \Haus rannte auf die Straße the whole house ran onto the street
    7. (Villa, Gasthof) house
    „\Haus Talblick“ “Talblick House”
    das erste \Haus am Platze the best hotel in town
    ein gepflegtes [o gut geführtes] \Haus a well-run restaurant
    eine Spezialität des \Hauses a speciality of the house
    8. (geh: Unternehmen) firm, company
    Rauchen ist im ganzen \Haus verboten! smoking is not allowed anywhere in the company buildings
    das erste \Haus am Platze the best firm in the area
    im \Hause sein to be in
    Sie können mich jederzeit im Büro erreichen, ich bin den ganzen Tag im \Hause you can get me at the office any time, I'm in [or there] all day
    9. THEAT (Saal, Publikum) house
    das große/kleine \Haus the large/small theatre
    vor vollem [o ausverkauftem] /leerem \Hause spielen to play to a full [or packed]/empty house
    10. POL (Kammer) House
    das Gesetz passierte das \Haus ohne Gegenstimmen the act passed through the House without opposition
    Hohes \Haus! (geh) honourable members! form
    11. ZOOL (Schneckenhaus) house, shell
    12. ASTROL (Kraftfeld) house
    13. (hum veraltend fam: Person) chap dated fam
    grüß dich Josef, [du] altes Haus! hallo Josef, old chap! dated fam
    14.
    ▶ jdm das \Haus einrennen (fam) to be constantly on sb's doorstep fam
    ▶ das europäische \Haus the family of Europe
    ▶ jdn ans \Haus fesseln to confine sb to the house
    seit sie krank ist, ist sie ans \Haus gefesselt since she's been ill she's been confined to the house
    ▶ [mit etw dat] \Haus halten (sparsam wirtschaften) to be economical [with sth]
    wir müssen mit den Vorräten \Haus halten we have to be careful with our provisions
    sie kann nicht \Haus halten she cannot hold onto her money; (dosiert einsetzen) to conserve
    ich muss mit meinen Kräften \Haus halten I must conserve my strength
    ▶ das \Haus hüten müssen to have to stay at home
    ich muss wegen einer Grippe das \Haus hüten I have to stay in due to a bout of flu
    ▶ für jdn ein offenes \Haus haben to keep open house for sb
    ▶ jdm ins \Haus schneien [o geschneit kommen] (fam) to descend on sb
    ▶ in etw dat zu \Hause sein to be at home in sth
    in der Physik bin ich nicht so zu \Hause wie Sie! I'm not as much at home in physics as you are!
    ▶ [jdm] ins \Haus stehen to be in store [for sb]
    vielleicht steht uns ein großer Lottogewinn ins \Haus perhaps we're in store for a big win on the lottery
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    das; Hauses, Häuser
    1) house; (Firmengebäude) building

    kommt ins Haus, es regnet — come inside, it's raining

    Haus und Hof — (fig.) house and home

    jemandem ins Haus stehen — (fig. ugs.) be in store for somebody

    2) (Heim) home

    etwas ins Haus/frei Haus liefern — deliver something to somebody's door/free of charge

    das Haus auf den Kopf stellen — (ugs.) turn the place upside down

    außer Haus[e] sein/essen — be/eat out

    ist Ihre Frau im Haus[e]? — is your wife at home?

    jemandem das Haus einrennen — (ugs.) be constantly on somebody's doorstep

    auf einem Gebiet/in etwas (Dat.) zu Hause sein — (ugs.) be at home in a field/in something

    3) (Theater) theatre; (Publikum) house

    das große/kleine Haus — the large/small theatre

    vor vollen/ausverkauften Häusern spielen — play to full or packed houses

    4) (Gasthof, Geschäft)

    das erste Haus am Platze — the best shop of its kind/hotel in the town/village etc.

    5) (Firma) firm; business house
    6) (geh.): (Parlament)
    7) (geh.): (Familie) household

    der Herr/die Dame des Hauses — the master/lady of the house

    aus gutem Hause kommen — come from a or be of good family

    von Haus[e] aus — (von der Familie her) by birth; (eigentlich) really; actually

    8) (Haushalt) household

    das Haus Tudor/[der] Hohenzollern — the House of Tudor/Hohenzollern

    10)

    ein gelehrtes/lustiges usw. Haus — (ugs. scherzh.) a scholarly/ amusing etc. sort (coll.)

    11) (SchneckenHaus) shell
    12)
    * * *
    Haus n; -es, Häuser
    1. house; (Gebäude) building;
    im Haus inside, indoors;
    ein Haus weiter bei Einfamilienhäusern: next door; bei größeren: in the next block( of flats) (US the next [apartment] building);
    zwei Häuser weiter bei Einfamilienhäusern: next door but one, US two houses down ( oder up); bei größeren: two blocks (US buildings) (further) down ( oder up);
    Haus an Haus wohnen live next door to each other, be next-door neighbo(u)rs;
    Haus an Haus mit jemandem wohnen live next door to sb;
    von Haus zu Haus gehen etc: from door to door;
    jemanden durchs Haus führen show sb (a)round (the house);
    Haus und Herd house and home;
    er hat an der Börse Haus und Hof verspekuliert he lost everything he had speculating on the stock exchange;
    ihm steht eine Versetzung ins Haus fig he’s got a posting (US transfer) coming up, he’s due for a posting (US transfer);
    es oder
    uns stehen Neuwahlen ins Haus fig elections are coming up, there are elections ahead ( oder on the doorstep)
    2. (Zuhause) home, house, place umg; (Haushalt) household;
    das väterliche Haus one’s father’s home;
    er ist außer Haus(e) he’s out, he’s not in, he’s gone out;
    im Haus meiner Tante at my aunt’s (house);
    im Hause Müller at the Müllers’ (house);
    führen keep house for sb;
    ein großes Haus führen entertain lavishly;
    ein offenes Haus haben keep open house;
    das Haus hüten (müssen) (have to) stay at home ( oder indoors);
    jemandem das Haus verbieten not allow sb in the ( oder one’s) house;
    zu jemandem ins Haus kommen Friseur, Lehrer etc: come to the ( oder one’s) house;
    das kommt mir nicht ins Haus! I’m not having that in the ( oder my) house;
    der/die kommt mir nicht ins Haus (wird als Familienmitglied nicht akzeptiert) he/she will never be welcome in this family;
    sich (dat)
    ins Haus holen take ( oder bring) home a dog etc;
    in zehn Jahren werden die Kinder aus dem Haus sein (ihre eigene Wohnung haben) in ten years the children will be out of the house ( oder won’t be living with us any more); → einrennen, frei A 10, Herr 3, schneien etc
    3.
    nach Hause home;
    jemanden nach Hause bringen take ( oder see) sb home;
    komm du mir nur nach Hause! drohend: just wait till I get you home!;
    komm mir ja nicht mit einer kaputten Hose nach Hause! don’t come home with your trousers torn;
    komm mir ja nicht mit einem Kind nach Hause! don’t come home pregnant;
    den Typen brauchst du nicht mehr nach Hause bringen you needn’t bring that one home again;
    den Sieg nach Hause fahren SPORT fig come home ( oder back) victorious
    4.
    zu Hause at home ( auch SPORT);
    wieder zu Hause sein be back home again;
    für ihn sind wir nicht zu Hause we’re not at home to him;
    er ist in X zu Hause his home is (in) X, he comes from X;
    bei uns zu Hause (in meinem Heim) in my family, at our place umg; (in meiner Heimat etc) where I come from;
    wohnst du noch zu Hause? (bei deinen Eltern) are you still living at home?;
    fühlt euch ganz zu Hause make yourselves at home;
    diese Arbeit kann ich von zu Hause aus machen this is a job I can do from home;
    in etwas (dat)
    zu Hause sein fig (sich auskennen) be well up ( oder at home) in sth;
    5. für Firma etc: house;
    im Hause auf Briefen: in house;
    außer Haus geben WIRTSCH contract out, besonders US outsource;
    ist Frau X schon im Hause? is Ms ( oder Ms.) X in yet?;
    ich möchte mich im Namen unseres Hauses bedanken I’d like to thank you on behalf of the firm (besonders US company);
    das erste Haus am Platz(e) the best hotel ( oder restaurant, store) in town, the number one hotel etc around here;
    Empfehlung des Hauses Gericht etc: our recommendation, the house special; fig bei Geschenk an einen Kunden: compliments of the management
    6. THEAT house;
    volles Haus THEAT full house;
    volle Häuser haben always be sold out;
    vor leeren Häusern spielen play to empty houses
    7. (Familie, Herkunft) family, home; (Herrscherhaus) house; (Geschlecht) dynasty;
    das Haus Hannover the House of Hanover;
    aus gutem Hause sein come from a good family;
    von Haus aus by birth; fig (eigentlich) actually; (ursprünglich) originally; (seit jeher) always, (von Natur her) by nature;
    er ist von Haus aus Chirurg fig (eigentlich) he’s (actually) a qualified surgeon; (ursprünglich) he was originally a surgeon; (seit jeher) he’s always been a surgeon;
    du meinst wohl, du hast von Haus aus recht? umg, fig I suppose you think you’re always bound to be right
    8. in Eigennamen etc:
    das Weiße Haus POL, in Washington: the White House;
    wie aus dem Weißen Haus verlautet … according to White House sources;
    das Haus des Herrn REL, geh the House of God ( oder the Lord);
    das Haus des Sports/Handwerks etc the house of sports/craft etc
    9. PARL House;
    Hohes Haus! hono(u)rable members (of the House)!;
    die beiden Häuser des Parlaments both houses of Parliament;
    das Haus ist (nicht) beschlussfähig the house is (not) quorate
    10. umg koll:
    das halbe Haus war auf dem Fest (viele Bewohner) half the building was at the party;
    das (ganze) Haus tobte im Theater etc: the (whole) audience went wild, they nearly brought the house down
    11. umg, hum (Person):
    altes Haus old chap;
    fideles etc
    Haus cheerful type;
    gelehrtes Haus scholarly type
    13. ASTROL house;
    im siebten Haus in the seventh house
    14. der Schnecke etc: shell;
    ohne Haus naked
    * * *
    das; Hauses, Häuser
    1) house; (Firmengebäude) building

    kommt ins Haus, es regnet — come inside, it's raining

    Haus und Hof — (fig.) house and home

    jemandem ins Haus stehen — (fig. ugs.) be in store for somebody

    2) (Heim) home

    etwas ins Haus/frei Haus liefern — deliver something to somebody's door/free of charge

    das Haus auf den Kopf stellen — (ugs.) turn the place upside down

    außer Haus[e] sein/essen — be/eat out

    ist Ihre Frau im Haus[e]? — is your wife at home?

    jemandem das Haus einrennen — (ugs.) be constantly on somebody's doorstep

    auf einem Gebiet/in etwas (Dat.) zu Hause sein — (ugs.) be at home in a field/in something

    3) (Theater) theatre; (Publikum) house

    das große/kleine Haus — the large/small theatre

    vor vollen/ausverkauften Häusern spielen — play to full or packed houses

    4) (Gasthof, Geschäft)

    das erste Haus am Platze — the best shop of its kind/hotel in the town/village etc.

    5) (Firma) firm; business house
    6) (geh.): (Parlament)
    7) (geh.): (Familie) household

    der Herr/die Dame des Hauses — the master/lady of the house

    aus gutem Hause kommen — come from a or be of good family

    von Haus[e] aus — (von der Familie her) by birth; (eigentlich) really; actually

    8) (Haushalt) household

    das Haus Tudor/[der] Hohenzollern — the House of Tudor/Hohenzollern

    10)

    ein gelehrtes/lustiges usw. Haus — (ugs. scherzh.) a scholarly/ amusing etc. sort (coll.)

    11) (SchneckenHaus) shell
    12)
    * * *
    Häuser n.
    home n.
    house n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Haus

  • 9 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

    [br]
    b. 27 March 1886 Aachen, Germany
    d. 17 August 1969 Chicago, USA
    [br]
    German architect, third of the great trio of long-lived, second-generation modernists who established the international style in the inter-war years and brought it to maturity (See Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) and Gropius).
    [br]
    Mies van der Rohe was the son of a stonemason and his early constructional training came from his father. As a young man he gained experience of the modern school from study of the architecture of the earlier leaders, notably Peter Behrens, Hendrik Berlage and Frank Lloyd Wright. He commenced architectural practice in 1913 and soon after the First World War was establishing his own version of modern architecture. His building materials were always of the highest quality, of marble, stone, glass and, especially, steel. He stripped his designs of all extraneous decoration: more than any of his contemporaries he followed the theme of elegance, functionalism and an ascetic concentration on essentials. He believed that architectural design should not look backwards but should reflect the contemporary achievement of advanced technology in both its construction and the materials used, and he began early in his career to act upon these beliefs. Typical was his early concrete and glass office building of 1922, after which, more importantly, came his designs for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition of 1929. These designs included his famous Barcelona chair, made from chrome steel and leather in a geometrical design, one which has survived as a classic and is still in production. Another milestone was his Tugendhat House in Brno (1930), a long, low, rectilinear structure in glass and steel that set a pattern for many later buildings of this type. In 1930 Mies followed his colleagues as third Director of the Bauhaus, but due to the rise of National Socialism in Germany it was closed in 1933. He finally left Germany for the USA in 1937, and the following year he took up his post as Director of Architecture in Chicago at what is now known as the Illinois Institute of Technology and where he remained for twenty years. In America Mies van der Rohe continued to develop his work upon his original thesis. His buildings are always recognizable for their elegance, fine proportions, high-quality materials and clean, geometrical forms; nearly all are of glass and steel in rectangular shapes. The structure and design evolved according to the individual needs of each commission, and there were three fundamental types of design. One type was the single or grouped high-rise tower, built for apartments for the wealthy, as in his Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago (1948–51), or for city-centre offices, as in his Seagram Building in New York (1954–8, with Philip Johnson) or his Chicago Federal Centre (1964). Another form was the long, low rectangle based upon the earlier Tugendhat House and seen again in the New National Gallery in Berlin (1965–8). Third, there were the grouped schemes when the commission called for buildings of varied purpose on a single, large site. Here Mies van der Rohe achieved a variety and interest in the different shapes and heights of buildings set out in spatial harmony of landscape. Some examples of this type of scheme were housing estates (Lafayette Park Housing Development in Detroit, 1955–6), while others were for educational, commercial or shopping requirements, as at the Toronto Dominion Centre (1963–9).
    [br]
    Further Reading
    L.Hilbersheimer, 1956, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago: P.Theobald.
    Peter Blake, 1960, Mies van der Rohe, Architecture and Structure, Penguin, Pelican. Arthur Drexler, 1960, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, London: Mayflower.
    Philip Johnson, 1978, Mies van der Rohe, Seeker and Warburg.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

  • 10 afectar

    v.
    1 to affect.
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    La conversación afecta sus ideas The conversation affects his ideas.
    2 to upset, to affect badly.
    le afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3 to damage.
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4 to affect, to feign.
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    María afecta interés pero no es así Mary feigns interest but it is not so.
    5 to pretend to.
    El chico afecta saber mucho The boy pretends to know a lot.
    * * *
    1 (aparentar) to affect
    2 (impresionar) to move
    3 (dañar) to damage
    4 (concernir) to concern
    1 (impresionarse) to be affected, be moved
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=repercutir sobre) to affect
    2) (=entristecer) to sadden; (=conmover) to move
    3) frm (=fingir) to affect, feign

    afectar ignorancia — to affect o feign ignorance

    4) (Jur) to tie up, encumber
    5) LAm [+ forma] to take, assume
    6) LAm (=destinar) to allocate
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.
    Ex. Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.
    Ex. Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex. The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex. Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex. It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex. The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex. Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex. The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex. There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex. A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex. The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex. Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex. Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex. Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex. The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex. The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex. Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex. With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex. An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    ----
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) ( tener efecto en) to affect
    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml)
    2) ( fingir) <admiración/indiferencia> to affect, feign
    * * *
    = affect, colour [color, -USA], cut into, disturb, hit, impair, mar, plague, take + Posesivo + toll (on), beset (with/by), concern, afflict, disrupt, bias, prejudice, cross over, bedevil, dog, dent, make + a dent in, ail, strike, spill over into, take + a toll on, hobble, cast + an impact.

    Ex: Errors such as indexers assigning unsuitable terms to concepts, or relationships being omitted, will affect precision.

    Ex: Lastly, the style, length and contents of an abstract should and will be coloured by the resources of the abstracting agency.
    Ex: The paperback has cut sharply into fiction circulation, and Ennis is right in questioning this type of library.
    Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.
    Ex: Flooding, fire, earthquake, collapsed buildings and landslides are the most frequent kinds of disasters to hit libraries: nearly all will lead to wet books.
    Ex: It is difficult to neglect either entirely, without impairing the effectiveness in fulfilling the other objective.
    Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.
    Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
    Ex: The pressures which modern society puts on all its members are great and those pressures take their toll.
    Ex: Since 1963 they have produced their own bibliographic listings with various degrees of efficiency and comprehensiveness but usually with the same depressing tardiness in recording new publications which has so beset the UNDEX listings.
    Ex: The first issue concerns the consistent description of subjects.
    Ex: There will also be those who have in fact decided what information they need but are afflicted by the paralysis of 'unverbalised thought'.
    Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.
    Ex: A sample would be biased if some elements in the population have no chance of selection.
    Ex: The very requirements for success in one area may prejudice success in another.
    Ex: Conversely, indirect costs are those factors that are difficult to assign to individual products because they cross over several products.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.
    Ex: Perhaps by the year 2010 newspaper circulations might be seriously dented by online services.
    Ex: Office automation products and techniques will be able to make a sizeable dent in the growing number of office workers.
    Ex: The federal government has been once again defined as something broken and part of the problem ailing America.
    Ex: The collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic have suffered from the floods that recently struck a large part of the country.
    Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.
    Ex: Agoraphobia can take a toll on sufferers' families as well as the sufferers themselves, as some agoraphobics may become housebound or cling to certain people for safety.
    Ex: With Florida's no-fault auto insurance law set to expire in October, there are fears that that medical services could be hobbled.
    Ex: An interest-rate increase is a weapon to fight inflation which will cast an impact on all industries.
    * afectar a = cut across, have + impact (on), have + effect on, have + implication for, impinge on/upon, operate on, carry over to.
    * afectar a la eficacia de Algo = prejudice + effectiveness.
    * afectar al mundo = span + the globe.
    * afectar a todo = run through.
    * afectar a todo el país = sweep + the country.
    * afectar a una decisión = colour + decision, affect + decision.
    * afectar completamente = engulf.
    * afectar directamente = cut to + the quick.
    * afectar directamente a = cut to + the heart of.
    * afectar fuertemente = hit + hard.
    * afectar mucho = hit + hard.
    * dificultad + afectar = difficulty + dog.
    * no afectar = be immune against, leave + unaffected.
    * no ser afectado = leave + unaffected.
    * problema + afectar = problem + afflict, problem + plague.
    * problemática que afecta a = issues + surrounding.
    * que afecta a = surrounding.
    * que afecta a toda la sociedad = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.
    * que afecta a varias edades = cross-age [cross age].
    * que afecta a varias generaciones = cross-generational.
    * ser afectado por = have + a high stake in.
    * sin ser afectado = untouched.
    * verse muy afectado por = have + a high stake in.

    * * *
    afectar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (tener efecto en) to affect
    la nueva ley no afecta al pequeño empresario the new law doesn't affect the small businessman
    está afectado de una grave enfermedad pulmonar ( frml); he is suffering from a serious lung disease
    la enfermedad le afectó el cerebro the illness affected her brain
    las zonas afectadas por las inundaciones the areas hit o affected by the floods
    2 (afligir) to affect ( frml)
    lo que dijiste lo afectó mucho what you said upset him terribly
    3 ( Der) ‹bienes› to encumber
    B (fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign afectar + INF to pretend to + INF
    * * *

     

    afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
    1


    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml);


    2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
    afectar verbo transitivo
    1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
    2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
    ' afectar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmune
    - tocar
    - afligir
    - impresionar
    - repercutir
    - sacudir
    English:
    affect
    - damage
    - get
    - hit
    - tell
    - upset
    - dent
    - difference
    - disrupt
    - impair
    - interfere
    - touch
    - whole
    * * *
    1. [incumbir] to affect;
    las medidas afectan a los pensionistas the measures affect pensioners
    2. [afligir] to upset, to affect badly;
    todo lo afecta he's very sensitive;
    lo afectó mucho la muerte de su hermano his brother's death hit him hard
    3. [producir perjuicios en] to damage;
    la sequía que afectó a la región the drought which hit the region;
    a esta madera le afecta mucho la humedad this wood is easily damaged by damp
    4. [simular] to affect, to feign;
    afectó enfado he feigned o affected anger
    5. RP [destinar, asignar] to assign
    * * *
    v/t
    1 ( producir efecto en) affect
    2 ( conmover) upset, affect
    3 ( fingir) feign
    * * *
    1) : to affect
    2) : to upset
    3) : to feign, to pretend
    * * *
    1. to affect
    2. (conmover) to affect / to upset [pt. & pp. upset]

    Spanish-English dictionary > afectar

  • 11 eléctrico

    adj.
    electric, electrical, power-driven, power-operated.
    * * *
    1 electric, electrical
    * * *
    (f. - eléctrica)
    adj.
    electric, electrical
    * * *
    ADJ electric, electrical
    eléctrica ELÉCTRICO ¿"Electric" o "electrical"? ► El adjetivo eléctrico se traduce por electric cuando nos referimos a un aparato en particular o a la luz eléctrica: Siempre duermo con una manta eléctrica I always sleep with an electric blanket ... una estufa eléctrica...... an electric heater... ... la invención de la luz eléctrica...... the invention of electric light... ► En cambio, si hablamos de aparatos eléctricos en general o de la electricidad generada por un organismo vivo, se traduce por electrical: ... aparatos eléctricos...... electrical appliances... ... componentes eléctricos...... electrical components... ... la actividad eléctrica en el cerebro...... electrical activity in the brain... Eso ha ocurrido a consecuencia de un fallo eléctrico That was caused by an electrical fault
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <tren/motor/luz> electric; <instalación/aparato> electrical; < carga> electrical, electric
    * * *
    = electric, electrical, electrically-operated, electrically-powered.
    Ex. It was a dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.
    Ex. One of the most obvious implications has been the electrical, mechanical and structural requirements imposed on library buildings.
    Ex. Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex. Toy locomotives powered by clockwork were popular into the late 1930s, until electrically-powered models became more readily available.
    ----
    * aparato eléctrico = electrical apparatus, power appliance.
    * aparatos eléctricos = electrical equipment, electrical appliances, appliances, household appliances.
    * aparatos eléctricos del hogar = home appliances, domestic appliances.
    * cable eléctrico = power cable, power line.
    * caja de registro eléctrico = wiring compartment.
    * calentador eléctrico = immersion heater.
    * cambiar la instalación eléctrica = rewire.
    * carga eléctrica = electrical charge.
    * central eléctrica = electric power station, power plant, powerhouse.
    * compañía eléctrica = power company.
    * componente eléctrico = electrical part.
    * contacto eléctrico = electric contact, electrical contact.
    * corriente eléctrica = electric current.
    * corte de la corriente eléctrica = power cut.
    * corte en el fluido eléctrico = power cut, power failure.
    * descarga eléctrica = electric shock, electrical discharge.
    * energía eléctrica = electric power, power.
    * fluido eléctrico = power.
    * generador de energía eléctrica = power generator, power unit, electrical generator.
    * generador eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * hervidora eléctrica de agua = electric kettle.
    * impulso eléctrico = electrical impulse.
    * industria de la ingeniería eléctrica, la = electrical engineering industry, the.
    * ionización eléctrica = electrical ionisation.
    * manta eléctrica = electric blanket.
    * máquina de escribir eléctrica = electric typewriter.
    * motor eléctrico = electric motor.
    * no eléctrico = nonelectrical [non-electrical].
    * pieza eléctrica = electrical part.
    * plancha eléctrica = electric hotplate.
    * plancha eléctrica de cocinar = electric hotplate.
    * potencia eléctrica = power.
    * recambio eléctrico = electrical part.
    * red de suministro eléctrico = mains electricity.
    * red eléctrica = power grid, mains electricity.
    * red eléctrica, la = mains, the, mains supply, the.
    * sacudida eléctrica = electric shock.
    * seguridad contra corrientes eléctricas = electrical security.
    * señal eléctrica = electric signal.
    * silla de ruedas eléctrica = electric wheelchair.
    * silla eléctrica, la = electric chair, the.
    * sistema de conductos eléctricos = ducting system.
    * sistema eléctrico = electrical system.
    * suministro eléctrico por fases = phase supply.
    * toma eléctrica = electrical outlet.
    * tormenta eléctrica = thunderstorm, thunder storm.
    * utensilios eléctricos = electrical appliances, appliances.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo <tren/motor/luz> electric; <instalación/aparato> electrical; < carga> electrical, electric
    * * *
    = electric, electrical, electrically-operated, electrically-powered.

    Ex: It was a dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.

    Ex: One of the most obvious implications has been the electrical, mechanical and structural requirements imposed on library buildings.
    Ex: Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
    Ex: Toy locomotives powered by clockwork were popular into the late 1930s, until electrically-powered models became more readily available.
    * aparato eléctrico = electrical apparatus, power appliance.
    * aparatos eléctricos = electrical equipment, electrical appliances, appliances, household appliances.
    * aparatos eléctricos del hogar = home appliances, domestic appliances.
    * cable eléctrico = power cable, power line.
    * caja de registro eléctrico = wiring compartment.
    * calentador eléctrico = immersion heater.
    * cambiar la instalación eléctrica = rewire.
    * carga eléctrica = electrical charge.
    * central eléctrica = electric power station, power plant, powerhouse.
    * compañía eléctrica = power company.
    * componente eléctrico = electrical part.
    * contacto eléctrico = electric contact, electrical contact.
    * corriente eléctrica = electric current.
    * corte de la corriente eléctrica = power cut.
    * corte en el fluido eléctrico = power cut, power failure.
    * descarga eléctrica = electric shock, electrical discharge.
    * energía eléctrica = electric power, power.
    * fluido eléctrico = power.
    * generador de energía eléctrica = power generator, power unit, electrical generator.
    * generador eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.
    * herramienta eléctrica = power tool.
    * hervidora eléctrica de agua = electric kettle.
    * impulso eléctrico = electrical impulse.
    * industria de la ingeniería eléctrica, la = electrical engineering industry, the.
    * ionización eléctrica = electrical ionisation.
    * manta eléctrica = electric blanket.
    * máquina de escribir eléctrica = electric typewriter.
    * motor eléctrico = electric motor.
    * no eléctrico = nonelectrical [non-electrical].
    * pieza eléctrica = electrical part.
    * plancha eléctrica = electric hotplate.
    * plancha eléctrica de cocinar = electric hotplate.
    * potencia eléctrica = power.
    * recambio eléctrico = electrical part.
    * red de suministro eléctrico = mains electricity.
    * red eléctrica = power grid, mains electricity.
    * red eléctrica, la = mains, the, mains supply, the.
    * sacudida eléctrica = electric shock.
    * seguridad contra corrientes eléctricas = electrical security.
    * señal eléctrica = electric signal.
    * silla de ruedas eléctrica = electric wheelchair.
    * silla eléctrica, la = electric chair, the.
    * sistema de conductos eléctricos = ducting system.
    * sistema eléctrico = electrical system.
    * suministro eléctrico por fases = phase supply.
    * toma eléctrica = electrical outlet.
    * tormenta eléctrica = thunderstorm, thunder storm.
    * utensilios eléctricos = electrical appliances, appliances.

    * * *
    ‹tren/motor/corriente/luz› electric; ‹instalación/aparato› electrical; ‹carga› electrical, electric azul2 (↑ azul (2)), silla
    * * *

     

    eléctrico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹tren/motor/luz› electric;


    ‹instalación/aparato› electrical;
    ‹ carga› electrical, electric
    eléctrico,-a adjetivo electric
    ' eléctrico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparato
    - cable
    - corte
    - eléctrica
    - elevalunas
    - fluida
    - fluido
    - llave
    - motor
    - pera
    - potencial
    - tendida
    - tendido
    - torre
    - batidor
    - brasero
    - colgar
    - exprimidor
    - piloto
    - portero
    - taladro
    English:
    agony
    - bell
    - electric
    - electrical
    - electrical equipment
    - engine driver
    - entry
    - flex
    - immersion
    - intercom
    - juicer
    - line
    * * *
    eléctrico, -a adj
    [corriente, luz, motor] electric; [energía] electric, electrical; [aparato, instalación] electrical;
    el sector eléctrico the electricity industry
    * * *
    adj luz, motor electric; aparato electrical
    * * *
    eléctrico, -ca adj
    : electric, electrical
    * * *
    eléctrico adj (aparatos, electrodomésticos) electric
    También existe electrical que se utiliza para hablar de la electricidad y la gente que trabaja con ella

    Spanish-English dictionary > eléctrico

  • 12 estación de servicio

    service station
    * * *
    service station, gas (AmE) o (BrE) petrol station
    * * *
    (n.) = gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station
    Ex. Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.
    Ex. For rural youth, Internet cafes provide an alternative to the local petrol station as a place to meet in public.
    Ex. Students examined the following occupations: veterinarian, weatherman, dentist, game warden, meatcutter, petroleum industry worker, service station attendant, nurse, and radio announcer.
    Ex. The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.
    * * *
    service station, gas (AmE) o (BrE) petrol station
    * * *
    (n.) = gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station

    Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.

    Ex: For rural youth, Internet cafes provide an alternative to the local petrol station as a place to meet in public.
    Ex: Students examined the following occupations: veterinarian, weatherman, dentist, game warden, meatcutter, petroleum industry worker, service station attendant, nurse, and radio announcer.
    Ex: The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.

    * * *
    service station

    Spanish-English dictionary > estación de servicio

  • 13 estar de brazos cruzados

    (v.) = stand + idle, sit + idle
    Ex. A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
    Ex. Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
    * * *
    (v.) = stand + idle, sit + idle

    Ex: A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.

    Ex: Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar de brazos cruzados

  • 14 estar sin hacer nada

    (v.) = sit + idle, stand + idle
    Ex. Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
    Ex. A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.
    * * *
    (v.) = sit + idle, stand + idle

    Ex: Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.

    Ex: A single companionship of this sort would often have three or four works in production at the same time in a busy house, so that its members rarely stood idle for want of copy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > estar sin hacer nada

  • 15 falso

    adj.
    1 false, fake, dummy, counterfeit.
    2 false, delusory, misleading.
    3 false, liar, deceitful, fake.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: falsar.
    * * *
    1 (no verdadero) false, untrue
    2 (moneda) false, counterfeit; (cuadro, sello) forged
    3 (persona) insincere, false; (sonrisa) false
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (persona) insincere person
    \
    dar un paso en falso (tropezar) to trip, stumble 2 (cometer un error) to make a mistake, make a wrong move
    en falso (con falsedad) falsely 2 (sin apoyo) without proper support
    jurar en falso to commit perjury
    falsa alarma false alarm
    * * *
    (f. - falsa)
    adj.
    1) false, untrue
    2) fake
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [acusación, creencia, rumor] false

    falso testimonio — perjury, false testimony

    2) [firma, pasaporte, joya] false, fake; [techo] false; [cuadro] fake; [moneda] counterfeit
    3) (=insincero) [persona] false, insincere; [sonrisa] false
    4) [caballo] vicious
    5)

    en falso: coger a algn en falso — to catch sb in a lie

    dar un paso en falso — (lit) to trip; (fig) to take a false step

    2.
    SM CAm, Méx false evidence
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) < billete> counterfeit, forged; < cuadro> forged; < documento> false, forged; <diamante/joya> fake; <cajón/techo> false
    b) ( insincero) < persona> insincere, false; <sonrisa/promesa> false
    2)
    a) ( no cierto) <dato/nombre/declaración> false

    eso es falso — that is not true, that is untrue

    b)

    en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjury; golpear en falso — to miss the mark

    •
    * * *
    = dummy, false, sham, spurious, unauthentic, faked, untrue, bogus, deceitful, pseudo, fake, two-faced, inauthentic, phony [phoney], meretricious, counterfeit, insincere, hocus pocus, specious, dishonest, mendacious, delusional.
    Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
    Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex. A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    Ex. Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
    Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    Ex. Libri was accused of stealing manuscripts of unique importance and rarity from French provincial libraries in the 1840s and inserting faked notes of provenance, substituting Italian place names for French ones.
    Ex. Public library collections are of little use to scholars and have failed to provide the communications links that might prove this hypothesis untrue.
    Ex. The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.
    Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex. Sometimes authors write ' pseudo abstracts' to meet deadlines for articles or for talks to be delivered.
    Ex. This article deals with the detection of fake letters and documents.
    Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
    Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
    Ex. The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.
    Ex. Criminal charges are to be brought against 3 people after the seizure of counterfeit copies of British Telecom's PhoneDisc, a CD-ROM database containing the company's 100 or so telephone directories.
    Ex. There is a point when participation may become mere meddling and insincere.
    Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    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. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    ----
    * abeto falso = spruce.
    * alegación falsa = ipse dixit.
    * charlatanería falsa = cant.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.
    * dar un paso en falso = make + a false move.
    * democracia falsa = travesty democracy.
    * diamante falso = rhinestone.
    * erradicar falsas ideas = erase + misconceptions.
    * erradicar una falsa idea = dispel + idea.
    * falsa alabanza = lip service.
    * falsa ilusión = delusion.
    * falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.
    * falsa pretensión = false pretence.
    * falsa sensación de seguridad = false sense of security.
    * falso pretexto = false pretence.
    * falso testimonio = perjury.
    * hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.
    * hacer un movimiento en falso = make + a false move.
    * idea falsa = misconception, bogus idea, illusion.
    * movimiento en falso = false move.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * paso en falso = false move.
    * pista falsa = red herring.
    * resultar falso = prove + false.
    * sonar falso = have + a hollow ring.
    * toma falsa = outtake.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1)
    a) < billete> counterfeit, forged; < cuadro> forged; < documento> false, forged; <diamante/joya> fake; <cajón/techo> false
    b) ( insincero) < persona> insincere, false; <sonrisa/promesa> false
    2)
    a) ( no cierto) <dato/nombre/declaración> false

    eso es falso — that is not true, that is untrue

    b)

    en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjury; golpear en falso — to miss the mark

    •
    * * *
    = dummy, false, sham, spurious, unauthentic, faked, untrue, bogus, deceitful, pseudo, fake, two-faced, inauthentic, phony [phoney], meretricious, counterfeit, insincere, hocus pocus, specious, dishonest, mendacious, delusional.

    Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.

    Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.
    Ex: A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.
    Ex: Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.
    Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).
    Ex: Libri was accused of stealing manuscripts of unique importance and rarity from French provincial libraries in the 1840s and inserting faked notes of provenance, substituting Italian place names for French ones.
    Ex: Public library collections are of little use to scholars and have failed to provide the communications links that might prove this hypothesis untrue.
    Ex: The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.
    Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.
    Ex: Sometimes authors write ' pseudo abstracts' to meet deadlines for articles or for talks to be delivered.
    Ex: This article deals with the detection of fake letters and documents.
    Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.
    Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
    Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.
    Ex: The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.
    Ex: Criminal charges are to be brought against 3 people after the seizure of counterfeit copies of British Telecom's PhoneDisc, a CD-ROM database containing the company's 100 or so telephone directories.
    Ex: There is a point when participation may become mere meddling and insincere.
    Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.
    Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.
    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: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.
    Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.
    * abeto falso = spruce.
    * alegación falsa = ipse dixit.
    * charlatanería falsa = cant.
    * crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.
    * dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.
    * dar un paso en falso = make + a false move.
    * democracia falsa = travesty democracy.
    * diamante falso = rhinestone.
    * erradicar falsas ideas = erase + misconceptions.
    * erradicar una falsa idea = dispel + idea.
    * falsa alabanza = lip service.
    * falsa ilusión = delusion.
    * falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.
    * falsa pretensión = false pretence.
    * falsa sensación de seguridad = false sense of security.
    * falso pretexto = false pretence.
    * falso testimonio = perjury.
    * hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.
    * hacer un movimiento en falso = make + a false move.
    * idea falsa = misconception, bogus idea, illusion.
    * movimiento en falso = false move.
    * nivel jerárquico falso = false link.
    * paso en falso = false move.
    * pista falsa = red herring.
    * resultar falso = prove + false.
    * sonar falso = have + a hollow ring.
    * toma falsa = outtake.

    * * *
    falso -sa
    A
    1 ‹billete› counterfeit, forged; ‹cuadro› forged
    2 ‹documento› (copiado) false, forged, fake; (alterado) false, forged
    3 (simulado) ‹diamante/joya› fake; ‹bolsillo/cajón/techo› false
    4 (insincero) ‹persona› insincere, false; ‹sonrisa› false; ‹promesa› false
    B
    1 (no cierto) ‹dato/nombre/declaración› false
    eso es falso, nunca afirmé tal cosa that is not true o that is untrue, I never said such a thing
    2
    en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjury
    golpear en falso to miss the mark
    esta tabla está en falso this board isn't properly supported
    la maleta cerró en falso the suitcase didn't shut properly
    el tornillo giraba en falso the screw wouldn't grip
    paso1 m C 1. (↑ paso (1))
    Compuestos:
    feminine false alarm
    feminine false modesty
    masculine ( Der) false testimony, perjury
    no levantar falso testimonio ( Relig) thou shalt not bear false witness
    * * *

     

    falso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo


    ‹ cuadro› forged;
    ‹ documento› false, forged;
    ‹diamante/joya› fake;
    ‹cajón/techo› false

    ‹sonrisa/promesa› false
    c) ( no cierto) ‹dato/nombre/declaración› false;

    ◊ eso es falso that is not true o is untrue;

    falsa alarma false alarm;
    falso testimonio sustantivo masculino (Der) false testimony, perjury
    falso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 false: eso que dices es falso, what you're saying is wrong
    había un puerta falsa, there was a false door
    nombre falso, assumed name
    2 (persona) insincere: Juan me parece muy falso, I think Juan is insincere
    3 (falsificado) forged
    dinero falso, counterfeit o bogus money
    II m (persona) insincere person, hypocrit
    ♦ Locuciones: en falso, false: jurar en falso, to commit perjury
    ' falso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cierta
    - cierto
    - falaz
    - falsa
    - fantasma
    - incierta
    - incierto
    - jurar
    - perjurar
    - testimonio
    - colar
    - supuesto
    English:
    absolutely
    - affected
    - bogus
    - counterfeit
    - deceitful
    - disingenuous
    - dud
    - fake
    - false
    - false move
    - faux pas
    - hollow
    - insincere
    - phoney
    - sham
    - slimy
    - spurious
    - two-faced
    - untrue
    - untruthful
    - smooth
    - spruce
    - sycamore
    - trumped-up
    - two
    * * *
    falso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [afirmación, información, rumor] false, untrue;
    eso que dices es falso what you are saying is not true;
    en falso [falsamente] falsely;
    [sin firmeza] unsoundly;
    si haces un movimiento en falso, disparo one false move and I'll shoot;
    dio un paso en falso y se cayó he missed his footing and fell;
    jurar en falso to commit perjury
    falsa alarma false alarm;
    falso testimonio [en juicio] perjury, false evidence;
    dar falso testimonio to give false evidence
    2. [dinero, firma, cuadro] forged;
    [pasaporte] forged, false; [joyas] fake;
    un diamante falso an imitation diamond
    3. [hipócrita] deceitful;
    no soporto a los falsos amigos que te critican a la espalda I can't stand false friends who criticize you behind your back;
    basta ya de falsa simpatía that's enough of you pretending to be nice;
    Fam Hum
    es más falso que Judas he's a real snake in the grass
    Ling falso amigo false friend;
    falsa modestia false modesty
    4. [simulado] false
    falsa costilla false rib;
    falso estuco [en bricolaje] stick-on plasterwork;
    falso muro false wall;
    falso techo false ceiling
    ♦ nm,f
    [hipócrita] hypocrite
    * * *
    adj
    1 false
    2 joyas fake; documento, firma forged; monedas, billetes counterfeit
    3
    :
    declarar en falso commit perjury
    4 persona false
    * * *
    falso, -sa adj
    1) falaz: false, untrue
    2) : counterfeit, forged
    * * *
    falso adj
    1. (en general) false
    2. (billete, cuadro) forged
    3. (joya) fake
    4. (persona) false / insincere

    Spanish-English dictionary > falso

  • 16 gasolinera

    adj.&f.
    feminine of GASOLINERO.
    f.
    gas station, filling station, service station, fuel pump.
    * * *
    1 petrol station, US gas station
    2 (lancha) motorboat
    * * *
    noun f.
    gas station, service station
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Aut) petrol station, gas station (EEUU)
    2) (Náut) motorboat
    * * *
    1) ( estación) gas station (AmE), petrol station (BrE)
    2) ( embarcación) motorboat
    * * *
    = filling-station, gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station.
    Ex. A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'How can my daughter train to be a hairdresser?', 'Do cars or pedestrians have the right of way at a filling-station entrance?', 'Where can I find out just how to make a potpourri?'.
    Ex. Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.
    Ex. For rural youth, Internet cafes provide an alternative to the local petrol station as a place to meet in public.
    Ex. Students examined the following occupations: veterinarian, weatherman, dentist, game warden, meatcutter, petroleum industry worker, service station attendant, nurse, and radio announcer.
    Ex. The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.
    ----
    * en la gasolinera = at the pumps.
    * * *
    1) ( estación) gas station (AmE), petrol station (BrE)
    2) ( embarcación) motorboat
    * * *
    = filling-station, gas station, petrol station, service station, gasoline station.

    Ex: A good reference librarian should be able to answer questions such as 'How can my daughter train to be a hairdresser?', 'Do cars or pedestrians have the right of way at a filling-station entrance?', 'Where can I find out just how to make a potpourri?'.

    Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.
    Ex: For rural youth, Internet cafes provide an alternative to the local petrol station as a place to meet in public.
    Ex: Students examined the following occupations: veterinarian, weatherman, dentist, game warden, meatcutter, petroleum industry worker, service station attendant, nurse, and radio announcer.
    Ex: The exhibition focuses on three examples of American vernacular architecture: diners, gasoline stations, and fast-food restaurants.
    * en la gasolinera = at the pumps.

    * * *
    A (estación) filling station, gas station ( AmE), petrol station ( BrE), garage ( BrE)
    B (embarcación) motorboat
    * * *

    gasolinera sustantivo femenino
    gas station (AmE), petrol station (BrE)
    gasolinera sustantivo femenino petrol, US gas station
    ' gasolinera' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bomba
    - grifo
    English:
    filling station
    - garage
    - gas station
    - petrol station
    - station
    - gas
    - petrol
    * * *
    1. [establecimiento] Br petrol station, US gas station
    2. [lancha] motorboat
    * * *
    f gas station, Br
    petrol station
    * * *
    : gas station, service station
    * * *
    gasolinera n petrol station

    Spanish-English dictionary > gasolinera

  • 17 perder el tiempo

    (v.) = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around
    Ex. The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Best bet Internet: reference and research when you don't have time to mess around'.
    Ex. Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.
    Ex. If an obscure Mitteleuropean monk named Gregor Mendel hadn't spent the middle part of the last century messing about with peas, the world would be a very different place today.
    Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    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.
    Ex. Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
    Ex. Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.
    Ex. After piddling around most of the morning yesterday, my sis, her husband Fred, and my parents came over to celebrate Christmas Day.
    * * *
    (v.) = dawdle, mess around, pissing into the wind, mess about, faff (about/around), pootle, sit + idle, muck around/about, piddle around

    Ex: The title of the article is 'The challenge of the information country lane (and those who dawdle in it)'.

    Ex: The article is entitled 'Best bet Internet: reference and research when you don't have time to mess around'.
    Ex: Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.
    Ex: If an obscure Mitteleuropean monk named Gregor Mendel hadn't spent the middle part of the last century messing about with peas, the world would be a very different place today.
    Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.
    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.
    Ex: Unused school buildings sit idle as ravages of time take toll.
    Ex: Rather than spend the money on the navy we could stop mucking about with wind farms and build more proper power stations.
    Ex: After piddling around most of the morning yesterday, my sis, her husband Fred, and my parents came over to celebrate Christmas Day.

    Spanish-English dictionary > perder el tiempo

  • 18 resaltar

    v.
    1 to highlight.
    Ella destaca sus logros She highlights his achievements.
    2 to stand out.
    3 to stick out (en edificios) (balcón).
    4 to project out, to stand out, to jut out, to project.
    La cornisa sobresale mucho The cornice juts out too much.
    5 to flatter.
    * * *
    1 (sobresalir) to project, jut out
    2 figurado (distinguirse) to stand out (de, from)
    1 to highlight, stress, emphasize
    \
    hacer resaltar to emphasize, stress, highlight
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=destacarse) to stand out

    hacer resaltar algo — to set sth off; (fig) to highlight sth

    2) (=sobresalir) to jut out, project
    2.
    VT (=destacar) to highlight
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (sobresalir, destacarse) to stand out
    2)

    hacer resaltar — < color> to bring out; <importancia/necesidad> to highlight, stress

    2.
    resaltar vt <cualidad/rasgo> to highlight; <importancia/necesidad> to highlight, stress
    * * *
    = bring into + focus, bring out, conspicuousness, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], enhance, highlight, stress, underscore, illuminate, accentuate, heighten, play up, attract + attention, stand out, foreground, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, point up, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, make + a point of + Gerundio, point to, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, flag + Nombre + up, celebrate, stand + proud.
    Ex. The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.
    Ex. These should be used to speed up our processing, but the important thing is that we bring out the essential parts of a work and give all the possible entries to identify the work.
    Ex. One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex. An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex. In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex. However, it must be stressed that these problems are still in the future.
    Ex. All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
    Ex. This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex. However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex. Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex. A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex. A few minutes spent with teacher and pupils talking about books conversationally in a by-the-way fashion serves the double purpose of preparing the right set of mind for reading while at the same time attracting attention to books that might be enjoyed.
    Ex. Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex. His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex. Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex. Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex. As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex. This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex. This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex. This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex. The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.
    Ex. This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex. The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex. Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex. In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex. Reference librarians shouldy make a point of constantly reminding themselves that serving these needs is what they are doing.
    Ex. This article points to economically feasible and communication-based indexing methods which fit the potentials of current information technology.
    Ex. Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
    Ex. If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex. Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.
    Ex. Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    ----
    * es de resaltar que = significantly.
    * hacer resaltar = set off.
    * hacer resaltar las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.
    * instrumento para resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * resaltar la necesidad = stress + the need.
    * resaltar la necesidad de = imprint + the need for.
    * resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    1) (sobresalir, destacarse) to stand out
    2)

    hacer resaltar — < color> to bring out; <importancia/necesidad> to highlight, stress

    2.
    resaltar vt <cualidad/rasgo> to highlight; <importancia/necesidad> to highlight, stress
    * * *
    = bring into + focus, bring out, conspicuousness, emphasise [emphasize, -USA], enhance, highlight, stress, underscore, illuminate, accentuate, heighten, play up, attract + attention, stand out, foreground, be to the fore, bring to + the fore, come to + the fore, give + highlights, spotlight, bring to + the forefront, point up, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, have + high profile, bring + attention to, make + a point of + Gerundio, point to, make + Reflexivo + conspicuous, flag + Nombre + up, celebrate, stand + proud.

    Ex: The current technological scene is reviewed to bring fee-related issues into sharper focus.

    Ex: These should be used to speed up our processing, but the important thing is that we bring out the essential parts of a work and give all the possible entries to identify the work.
    Ex: One of the most cited shortcomings of mobile advice centres, that their conspicuousness deters people from using them, does not seem to have been a problem.
    Ex: Analytical cataloguing aims to emphasise the content of documents, rather than relying entirely upon cataloguing whole works.
    Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.
    Ex: In each case the object of the discussion will be to highlight what appear to be the significant aspects, particularly those concerning the background which affect the nature of the scheme.
    Ex: However, it must be stressed that these problems are still in the future.
    Ex: All I wanted to underscore with these four horror stories is that the judicious, discretionary assignment of added entries can either powerfully inhibit or promote access to the documents.
    Ex: This appraisal attempts to illuminate aspects of Irish library history omitted from international reference works.
    Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.
    Ex: Automated support services have heightened the sense of interdependency between libraries and vendors.
    Ex: A long-standing but unfortunate tradition plays up antagonism between those librarians who become catalogers and those who opt for reference or public service.
    Ex: A few minutes spent with teacher and pupils talking about books conversationally in a by-the-way fashion serves the double purpose of preparing the right set of mind for reading while at the same time attracting attention to books that might be enjoyed.
    Ex: Three national library catalogues stand out as highly important sources of general bibliography.
    Ex: His survey of how such poetry has been edited in recent years, however, shows that a single edition is still foregrounded while other editions are only obliquely indicated via footnotes.
    Ex: Those countries which were already to the fore in science and technology certainly faced problems in the handling of information.
    Ex: Installation of new computer terminals may bring the problem to the fore.
    Ex: As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.
    Ex: This article gives highlights of a trade show on the applications of optical information systems in publishing organised by Learned Information and held in New York City, 15-17 Oct 86.
    Ex: This article spotlights the role that authority files play in promoting uniformity of cataloguing practice.
    Ex: This theft of valuable letters and documents brings to the forefront, once again, the question of collection security in the nation's archives.
    Ex: The obvious first line of defence is for librarians, agents and journal publishers to join forces to point up the decline in library provision.
    Ex: This article pesents an interview with George Cunningham who sees his role as creating a high profile for the library profession and fostering a love of books.
    Ex: The course gives information technology a very high profile.
    Ex: Before the launch of Penguin Books India in 1987, trade publishing in English in India did not have the high profile in bookstores it has today..
    Ex: In crisp, economical prose, the journal calmly brought attention to the nooks and crannies, and absurdities of university life, concerning itself with both the idiosyncratic and the profound.
    Ex: Reference librarians shouldy make a point of constantly reminding themselves that serving these needs is what they are doing.
    Ex: This article points to economically feasible and communication-based indexing methods which fit the potentials of current information technology.
    Ex: Even so, birds must balance the benefits of flashy feathers with the risks of making themselves conspicuous to sharp-eyed predators.
    Ex: If you spot an error then flag it up to your bank promptly and insist they take action to rectify it.
    Ex: Were we to allow ourselves to be enticed by it, we should be celebrating our Bicentennial by a return to the pre-Panizzi days in cataloging.
    Ex: Even now, hundreds of years after his death, his timepieces stand proud in historic buildings around the world.
    * es de resaltar que = significantly.
    * hacer resaltar = set off.
    * hacer resaltar las mejores cualidades de = bring out + the best in.
    * instrumento para resaltar = spotlight.
    * modo de resaltar = spotlight.
    * resaltar con mucho sobre = stand out + head and shoulders (above/over), be head and shoulder (above/over).
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * resaltar la necesidad = stress + the need.
    * resaltar la necesidad de = imprint + the need for.
    * resaltar lo que Uno quiere decir = drive + home + Posesivo + point.

    * * *
    resaltar [A1 ]
    vi
    A (sobresalir, destacarse) to stand out
    resaltaban sus grandes ojos negros the most striking thing about her was her big dark eyes
    B
    hacer resaltar ‹color› to bring out;
    ‹importancia/necesidad› to highlight, stress, emphasize
    ■ resaltar
    vt
    ‹cualidad/rasgo› to highlight; ‹importancia/necesidad› to highlight, stress, emphasize
    quiso resaltar que … he wanted to stress o emphasize (the fact) that …
    * * *

     

    resaltar ( conjugate resaltar) verbo intransitivo (sobresalir, destacarse) to stand out;


    ‹importancia/necesidad› to highlight, stress
    verbo transitivo ‹cualidad/importancia/necesidad› to highlight
    resaltar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 (destacar) to stand out: resalta entre sus amigos por su sensatez, he stands out from his friends because of his good sense
    2 (en una construcción) to project, jut out: la nueva torre resalta entre las casas bajas, the new building stands out above the houses
    II verbo transitivo
    1 (realzar) to enhance, bring out: este vestido resalta tu figura, this dress shows off your figure
    2 (acentuar, hacer más visible) to emphasize: su inmadurez resalta la diferencia de edad, his immaturity accentuates the difference in age
    es preciso resaltar sus rasgos originales, we should stress her unusual features
    ' resaltar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    marcar
    - acentuar
    - pronunciar
    - sobresalir
    English:
    emphasize
    - set off
    - show off
    - show up
    - stick out
    - accentuate
    - bring
    - set
    - show
    - stand
    - stick
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [destacar] to stand out;
    resalta en el equipo por su velocidad he stands out as one of the fastest players in the team
    2. [en edificios] [cornisa, ventana] to stick out
    ♦ vt
    [destacar] to highlight;
    hacer resaltar algo to emphasize sth, to stress sth;
    el orador resaltó la contribución del difunto a la ciencia the speaker highlighted the contribution to science made by the deceased
    * * *
    I v/t highlight, stress
    II v/i ARQUI jut out; fig
    stand out
    * * *
    1) sobresalir: to stand out
    2)
    hacer resaltar : to bring out, to highlight
    : to stress, to emphasize
    * * *
    1. (sobresalir) to stand out [pt. & pp. stood]
    2. (hacer destacar) to bring out [pt. & pp. brought]
    3. (subrayar) to stress

    Spanish-English dictionary > resaltar

  • 19 Bunning, James Bunstone

    [br]
    b. 1802 London, England
    d. 1863 London (?), England
    [br]
    English surveyor responsible for some impressive structures in London.
    [br]
    For the last twenty years of his life Bunning served as architect to the Corporation of London. During this time he was especially noted for three large buildings: Holloway Prison (1849–52), built in stone in a bold, castellated style; Caledonian Market (1855); and, most important and original, the Coal Exchange (1847–9).
    Bunning's larger replacement for an earlier building in Lower Thames Street was a ferrovitreous triumph. The exterior was of fashionable Italianate design, but inside it contained an elegant 60 ft (18 m) diameter rotunda of cast iron intended for the meeting of merchants. Galleries made entirely of iron and supported on brackets encircled the walls at three levels, and above was a glazed dome of ground plate glass rising to over 74 ft (22.5 m) from ground level, supported by thirty-two iron ribs. For decoration there were twenty-four painted panels depicting plants and fossils found in coal seams, and eight smaller compartments showing coal implements. The demolition of this outstanding structure in 1962 so that the road could be widened, served as a trigger to public concern over the then-increasing rate of demolition of notable nineteenth-century structures. During excavation for this building, a structure which cost £40,000, a Roman hypocaust system was found beneath and preserved.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    G.Godwin, 1850, "Buildings and Monuments: Modern and Medieval", The Builder.
    DY

    Biographical history of technology > Bunning, James Bunstone

  • 20 heilig

    Adj.
    1. KIRCHL. holy; (geheiligt, geweiht) sacred, hallowed; vor Eigennamen: Saint (Abk. St, St.); heilig sprechen canonize; der heilige Antonius St ( oder St.) Anthony; der Heilige Abend Christmas Eve; der Heilige Geist / Stuhl / Vater the Holy Spirit ( oder Ghost)/ See / Father; das Heilige Grab / Land the Holy Sepulch|re (Am. -er)/ Land; die Heilige Jungfrau the Blessed Virgin; Heilige Maria Holy Mary; die Heilige Schrift the Bible, the Holy Scriptures Pl.; die Heiligen Drei Könige the Three Kings, the Three Wise Men; das Heilige Römische Reich HIST. the Holy Roman Empire
    2. (fromm) altm. pious, devout; heilig tun umg., pej. act the saint
    3. geh. (unantastbar) sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct; (ehrwürdig) venerable; (feierlich) solemn; heilige Kuh auch iro. sacred cow; jemandes heilige Pflicht s.o.’s sacred duty; das ist mein heiliger Ernst I’m in deadly earnest; ihn erfasste ein heiliger Zorn he was seized with righteous anger; ihm ist nichts heilig nothing is sacred to him; schwören bei allem, was ( einem) heilig ist swear by all that is holy; den Sonntag heilig halten keep the Sabbath holy, observe the Sabbath
    4. umg. (groß) Angst, Respekt: tremendous; seine heilige Not haben mit have terrible trouble with
    5. umg. in Ausrufen: heiliger Bimbam oder Strohsack etc.! holy smoke!, ye gods!
    * * *
    holy; saintly; sacred
    * * *
    hei|lig ['hailɪç]
    adj
    1) holy; (= geweiht, geheiligt) sacred, holy; (bei Namen von Heiligen) Saint; (old = fromm) devout, saintly; (pej) holier-than-thou

    jdm héílig sein (lit, fig) — to be sacred to sb

    bei allem, was héílig ist — by all that is sacred, by all that I hold sacred

    die héílige Veronika — Saint Veronica

    der héílige Augustinus — Saint Augustine

    das héílige Abendmahl, die héílige Kommunion — Holy Communion

    die Heilige Dreifaltigkeit/Familie/Stadt — the Holy Trinity/Family/City

    der Heilige Geist/Vater/Stuhl — the Holy Spirit/Father/See

    die Heiligen Drei Könige — the Three Kings or Wise Men, the Magi

    das Heiligste (lit, fig) — the holy of holies

    2) (fig = ernst) Eid, Pflicht sacred, solemn; Recht sacred; Eifer, Zorn righteous; (von Ehrfurcht erfüllt) Stille, Schauer awed; (= unantastbar) Würde, Gefühl, Gewohnheit sacred

    héílige Kuh — sacred cow

    es ist mein héíliger Ernst — I am deadly serious (Brit), I am in dead earnest

    3) (inf = groß) incredible (inf); Respekt healthy, incredible (inf)

    mit jdm/etw seine héílige Not haben — to have a hard time with sb/sth

    von einer héíligen Angst gepackt werden — to be scared out of one's wits

    4)

    (inf in Ausrufen) (ach du) héíliger Bimbam or Strohsack!, héíliges Kanonenrohr! — holy smoke! (inf), hell's bell's! (inf)

    * * *
    1) (holy: the Blessed Virgin.) blessed
    2) ((worthy of worship or respect because) associated with God, Jesus, a saint etc; sacred: the Holy Bible; holy ground.) holy
    3) (good; pure; following the rules of religion: a holy life.) holy
    4) (of God or a god; (that must be respected because) connected with religion or with God or a god: Temples, mosques, churches and synagogues are all sacred buildings.) sacred
    5) ((of a duty etc) which must be done etc eg because of respect for someone: He considered it a sacred duty to fulfil his dead father's wishes.) sacred
    * * *
    hei·lig
    [ˈhailɪç]
    1. REL (geweiht) holy
    die \heilige katholische Kirche the Holy Catholic Church
    die \heilige Kommunion Holy Communion
    ▪ jdm ist etw \heilig sth is sacred to sb
    ▪ jdm ist nichts \heilig nothing is sacred to sb
    bei allem, was jdm \heilig ist by all that is sacred to sb
    der \heilige Matthäus/die \heilige Katharina Saint Matthew/Saint Catherine
    die H\heilige Jungfrau the Blessed Virgin
    3. (ehrfürchtig) awed
    4. (fam: groß) incredible
    ein \heiliger Zorn incredible anger
    ein \heiliger Respekt healthy respect
    5.
    ▶ etw ist jds \heilige Pflicht
    es ist deine \heilige Pflicht, dich um deine alten Eltern zu kümmern it's your solemn duty to look after your old parents
    * * *
    1) holy

    die heilige Barbara/der heilige Augustinus — Saint Barbara/Saint Augustine

    die Heilige Familie/Dreifaltigkeit — the Holy Family/Trinity

    die Heiligen Drei Könige — the Three Kings or Wise Men; the Magi

    das Heilige Römische Reich — (hist.) the Holy Roman Empire

    jemanden heilig sprechen — (kath. Kirche) canonize somebody

    2) (besonders geweiht) holy; sacred

    heilige Stätten — holy or sacred places

    der Heilige Abend/die Heilige Nacht — Christmas Eve/Night

    3) (geh.): (unantastbar) sacred <right, tradition, cause, etc.>; sacred, solemn < duty>; gospel < truth>; solemn <conviction, oath>; righteous < anger, zeal>; awed < silence>

    bei allem, was mir heilig ist — by all that I hold sacred; s. auch hoch 2. 4)

    4) (ugs.): (groß) incredible (coll.); healthy < respect>
    * * *
    heilig adj
    1. KIRCHE holy; (geheiligt, geweiht) sacred, hallowed; vor Eigennamen: Saint (abk St, St.);
    der heilige Antonius St ( oder St.) Anthony;
    der Heilige Abend Christmas Eve;
    der Heilige Geist/Stuhl/Vater the Holy Spirit ( oder Ghost)/See/Father;
    das Heilige Grab/Land the Holy Sepulchre (US -er)/Land;
    die Heilige Jungfrau the Blessed Virgin;
    Heilige Maria Holy Mary;
    die Heilige Schrift the Bible, the Holy Scriptures pl;
    die Heiligen Drei Könige the Three Kings, the Three Wise Men;
    das Heilige Römische Reich HIST the Holy Roman Empire
    2. (fromm) obs pious, devout;
    heilig tun umg, pej act the saint
    3. geh (unantastbar) sacred, inviolable, sacrosanct; (ehrwürdig) venerable; (feierlich) solemn;
    heilige Kuh auch iron sacred cow;
    jemandes heilige Pflicht sb’s sacred duty;
    das ist mein heiliger Ernst I’m in deadly earnest;
    ihn erfasste ein heiliger Zorn he was seized with righteous anger;
    ihm ist nichts heilig nothing is sacred to him;
    schwören bei allem, was (einem) heilig ist swear by all that is holy
    4. umg (groß) Angst, Respekt: tremendous;
    seine heilige Not haben mit have terrible trouble with
    5. umg in Ausrufen:
    Strohsack etc! holy smoke!, ye gods!
    hl. abk (heilig) St.
    * * *
    1) holy

    die heilige Barbara/der heilige Augustinus — Saint Barbara/Saint Augustine

    die Heilige Familie/Dreifaltigkeit — the Holy Family/Trinity

    die Heiligen Drei Könige — the Three Kings or Wise Men; the Magi

    das Heilige Römische Reich — (hist.) the Holy Roman Empire

    jemanden heilig sprechen — (kath. Kirche) canonize somebody

    2) (besonders geweiht) holy; sacred

    heilige Stätten — holy or sacred places

    der Heilige Abend/die Heilige Nacht — Christmas Eve/Night

    3) (geh.): (unantastbar) sacred <right, tradition, cause, etc.>; sacred, solemn < duty>; gospel < truth>; solemn <conviction, oath>; righteous <anger, zeal>; awed < silence>

    bei allem, was mir heilig ist — by all that I hold sacred; s. auch hoch 2. 4)

    4) (ugs.): (groß) incredible (coll.); healthy < respect>
    * * *
    adj.
    holy adj.
    sacred adj.
    saintly adj. adv.
    sacredly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > heilig

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